Three or four years after the settlement of the eastern portion of the township began, Elder Mitchell made visits to Watrousville, and upon one occasion Mr. and Mrs. Baker walked there, a distance of three and one-half miles, to invite him to their house to arrange for a religious meeting. He accepted their invitation, and returned with them, Mrs. Baker riding his horse and he accompanied Mr. Baker on foot. At this visit he made an appointment to return and preach in two weeks, the meeting to be held at Mr. Baker’s house. The appointment was kept, and that meeting was the first public worship in that part of Denmark. About that time Mrs. Baker carried on a Sunday-school at her house. The children from the whole neighborhood assembling for that purpose. Placing the chairs in a circle, Mrs. Baker gathered the school about her and performed the duties of superintendent, chorister and teacher.

The first regularly organized Sunday-school was established by the American Sabbath-school Union, at the house of Mr. Henry Carr, in the spring of 1856. The house was what was known as a block house, with two large rooms. The use of one was given for the Sunday School. Mr. Carr was not a professor of religion, but Mrs. Carr was a devoted Christian woman. Mr. Matthew Wilkinson, an Englishman, who had been in this country but a few years, was elected superintendent of the school. He was not at that time a professor of religion, but he took hold of the matter with a great deal of interest and earnestness, and the school was prosperous under his management. The children used to gather from all parts of that section, some traveling a distance of five or six miles, thus setting an example which might be studied with profit.

The first postoffice in the west part of the town was at the German settlement and was called Richville. The office is still continued, and Henry Liepkert is postmaster. The first in the east part of the town was at Carr’s Corners, and Henry F. Carr, now dead, was postmaster. The office is still continued, but the name has been changed to Denmark, and the present postmaster is Reuben Alexander. The other postoffice is at Gates or Reese, as the village is now called, and is spoken of in connection with the village.

From the annual school report of Denmark for the year ending September 4, 1882, the following facts are obtained: School directors for the ensuing year: Frederick Wirth, Eugene Willson, George Robinson, Thomas Gulliver, and D. G. Wakeman. There are four whole and three fractional school districts, with two brick and three frame school-houses. The whole number of children of school age is 528; attending school during the year, 887.