The first marriage in the town was of Silas H. Moore, son of Alfred and Hannah Moore, of Canton, Wayne County, Mich., and Sarah Rogers, daughter of Levi and Abigail Rogers, December 24, 1851, by Orin A. Gibbs, of Vassar.

The first death was of William Law, February 5, 1852.

The first birth was of Charlotte, daughter of King and Sarah Allen, November 24, 1851. She died March 24, 1852.

The first school meeting was held in May, 1853, at the house of Patrick McGlone.

The first school in the town of Juniata was taught in the summer of 1853 by Miss Ellen E. Miller, now wife of Charles R. Seldon of Caro. The building used was a low log shanty, built by D. G. Wilder to live in, until he could construct a better habitation. It stood nealy opposite the present site of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Watrousville. The following are the names of pupils who attended this first term of school: Sarah, Arvilla, and Eliza McGlone, George, Charles and Abraham Pettingill, Nancy, John and Dall Streeter, Jennie and James King, George Smith, Mary, Sally, Albert and Emily Schultz, Martha Huntley, Lemuel Gamble, Jonathan, Clarissa and Salmon Simons, Nelson and Dana Miller, and Anna Morrell.

Mrs. E. H. Hudson, daughter of Mr. William Jameson, speaks of the first sermon preached in Juniata as follows:

"The first sermon that was preached in the town of Juniata, was preached in my father’s house by the Rev. Mr. Selden, a brother of Mr. Joseph Selden, who for years was our beloved and respected neighbor."

"The Rev. gentlemen came from his New England home to visit his brother, and spent the Sabbath there. As my father’s house offered larger room than many other in that vicinity, he accepted an invitation to preach there and did so to about thirty souls, a pretty well-filled house for those days. This was, I think, in the second year of our pioneer life. You that sit every Sabbath in you grand churches little know how sweet to us were the works of life as they fell from the lips of that good man. We had no churches then; we had no schools, no art galleries, no railroads. No set forms of society troubled us, no social inflictions marred our peace."

"But we had a hearty welcome for all. Alike we welcomed the friend or stranger, the old and the young, the rich and the poor; the cultured or the child of nature shared the hospitalities of our humble homes. Society made no chains for us, but our motto was charity and good will to all."