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1814-Augustus Pettibone, Eleazer Holt. Two sessions.
1815-Eleazer Holt, Nathaniel Stevens. Two sessions. 1816-Nathaniel Stevens, Elizur Munger. Two sessions. 1817-Nathaniel Stevens, Elizur Munger. Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. 1818-Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. Two sessions.
1819-Nathaniel Stevens, Augustus Pettibone. 1820-Augustus Pettibone, Joseph Battell. 1821-Lawrence Mills, Elizur Munger. 1822-Augustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch. 1823-Augustus Pettibone, Benjamin Welch.
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HISTORY OF NORFOLK.
1824-Augustus Pettibone, Joseph Battell. 1825-Augustus Pettibone, Joseph Battell. 1826-Joseph Battell, Amos Pettibone. 1827-Amos Pettibone, Joseph Riggs. 1828-Amos Pettibone, Joseph Battell. 1829-Amos Pettibone, Thomas Curtis. 1830-Michael F. Mills, Amos Pettibone. 1831-Michael F. Mills, Edmund Brown.
1832-Jedediah Phelps, Harvey Grant. 1833-Michael F. Mills, Harvey Grant. 1834-Thomas Curtis, Warren Cone. 1835-Thomas Curtis, Elizur Dowd.
1836-Benjamin Welch, jun., Darius Phelps.
1837-Asahel E. Case, Levi Shephard.
1838-Warren Cone, Thomas Curtis. 1839-Hiram Mills, Elizur Dowd.
1840-James Shepard, Hiram Gaylord.
1841-Eden Riggs, David L. Dowd. 1842-Thomas Curtis, Dudley Norton. 1843-No appointment.
1844-William Lawrence, James M. Cowles.
1845-E. G. Lawrence, Silas Burr. 1846-Harlow Roys, Horace B. Knapp.
THE CONTINUED LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS TOWN IS THE FOLLOWING:
1847-Oliver B. Butler, John K. Shepard. 1848-Solomon Curtiss, William W. Welch. 1849-Anson Gaylord, John Humphrey. 1850-William W. Welch, Samuel D. Northway. 1851-Hiram Gaylord, James M. Cowles. 1852-Robbins Battell, Austin A. Spaulding. 1853-John Humphrey, William J. Norton. 1854-William K. Peck, Jun., Orlo J. Wolcott. 1855-Jeremiah Johnson, Levi P. Gaylord. 1856-Egbert T. Butler, Frederick A. Spaulding. 1857-John K. Shepard, Plumb Brown. 1858-Robbins Battell, James Humphrey. 1859-Henry J. Holt, Asahel G. Phelps. 1860-Robbins Battell, Thomas Curtiss. 1861-John H. Welch, Henry Pendleton. 1862-John P. Hawley, Ralph Brown. 1863-Aaron Keyes, John A. Shepard. 1864-William K. Peck, Jun., Robert A. Geer. 1865-Erastus Burr, Samuel S. Vaill. 1866-Egbert T. Butler, John Dewell. 1867-Abel Camp, Ralph I. Crissey. 1868-Robert P. Pendleton, Dwight P. Mills. 1869-William W. Welch, William E. Phelps. 1870-William K. Peck, Sen., Joseph N. Cowles. 1871-Harvey Johnson, John K. Shepard. 1872-Loomis L. Whiting, Hiram H. Riggs. 1873-Oliver L. Hotchkiss, Edward Y. Morehouse. 1874-Philip E. Curtiss, Charles M. Ryan. 1875-Miles Riggs, Charles M. Ryan.
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HISTORY OF NORFOLK.
1876-Levi P. Phelps, Henry J. Holt. 1877-Austin Wooster, Henry G. Smith. 1878-Moses F. Grant, Horace A. Stannard. 1879-George R. Bigelow, Abel H. Pendleton. 1880-Robbins Battell, Edward L. Gaylord. 1881-William W. Welch, George Wooster. 1882-Plumb Brown, Alva S. Cowles. 1883-Ralph I. Crissey, Odbrey M. Snow. 1884-Frederick E. Porter, William A. Spaulding. 1885-Joseph Selden, Rufus P. Seymour. 1886-William A. Humphrey, John D. Bassett. 1888-Arthur P. Atwood, Theodore H. Beardsley. 1890-William L. Egleston, Thomas E. Carroll. 1892-Myron N. Clark, Edward C. Stevens. 1894-George T. Johnson, Obed H. Stannard. 1896-Leopold J. Curtiss, Fred M. Darrow. 1898-Henry H. Bridgman, Melvin E. Snow.
RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE STATE SENATE ARE :
1830 & 1831-Hon. Augustus Pettibone. 1843-Hon. John Dewell. 1851 & 1852-Hon. William W. Welch. 1856-Hon. Samuel D. Northway. 1865-Hon. Robbins Battell. 1868 & 1869-Hon. E. Grove Lawrence. 1889-Hon. Joseph N. Cowles.
ERRATA.
Page 244. Read Sidney for Sylvester Tyrrell. Page 502. Read painted Trillium for Trillnun. Page 511. Read Joshua for Josiah Whitney.
APPENDIX.
After this volume was completed, excepting the index, the follow- ing matters of interest were learned, in an interview with Mr. Ralph Emerson, of Rockford, Illinois, a son of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., the pastor of the Congregational Church in Norfolk from 1816 to 1829.
In the sketch of Rev. Ralph Emerson, page 170, it is said: " As the two older brothers had already received a liberal education, and it was the intention of the father to also educate the younger brother, it was felt that Ralph could not be spared from the farm. The desire for a college education, however, increased with his advancing years. The restless thirst for knowledge burned within him."
Mr. Emerson in this interview said: "Just at this time in my father's life, his father said to him one day, 'Your brothers have a col- lege education, and you can have one too if you wish.' He replied instantly, ' I want it.' His father, taken aback, replied, 'You can have it, but I shall want you to come back and work on the farm afterwards.' Ralph replied, ' I will; but I want to go, because I want to know.' When Ralph graduated as valedictorian, first in the academy and then at Yale College, his father was only glad to forget the promise. .
. The College Choir consisted of Ralph Emerson and his room-mate, Sidney E. Morse, brother of Professor Morse, the inventor of the tele- graph. Sidney E. Morse started the Boston Recorder, and after that the New York Observer. The inventor Morse was in another class in col- lege, and he used to come to his brother's room, and for some abuse which he was continually heaping on this brother, he at one time re- ceived a well-merited chastisement from Mr. Emerson, which did not hinder their being close friends for life.
As soon as college rules would allow, Mr. Emerson was called back to the college as tutor. When he first came home on vacation while in college, he at once pulled off his shoes and went barefoot to drive four yoke of oxen. The old Captain, his father, suggested that as the work was difficult,- breaking up a stumpy pasture,- and the oxen fractious, the young man might need some help. But he said, 'No; if I can't drive four yoke of oxen I'll not go back to college till I can.'
At the time Mr. Emerson was the pastor in Norfolk, Dr. Lyman Beecher was the pastor in Litchfield.
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APPENDIX.
In those days liquor was so universally used that when a visiting clergyman came to preach, and also with many pastors in their regular ministrations, one of the church officers felt in duty bound to present a glass of spirits to the minister just before he entered the church. Mr. Emerson, Dr. Lyman Beecher, that old War Eagle, father of all the other Beechers, and one other clergyman, whose name is forgotten, in talking it over, entered into an agreement that they would refuse abso- lutely to take liquor at any time under any circumstances. This pro- duced much criticism from their ministerial brethren and others, and was one of the first, if not the first, total abstinence society, ever formed. Encouraged by this, Mr. Emerson organized among the children of the church in Norfolk, in spite of considerable criticism there, what was probably the first children's temperance society that we have any re- cord of.
This last I had from my brother Daniel, who was a member of the children's society. The other, from my father.
Two members of his church in Norfolk, whom we will call Mr. C. and Mr. D., had had a long bitter quarrel. Soon after Mr. Emerson's settlement, Mr. C. came to the young pastor, narrated the whole quar- rel and asked the pastor's advice. "Is it not my duty to go to D.," he asked, " narrate to him all his short-comings, and see if plainly telling him of it may not lead him to repentance?" Mr. Emerson after hear- ing the very long account, said, "In all this matter, Mr. C., have you not done or said some things which you on the whole regret?" "Well, - yes, - a very few." The young pastor replied, " It is your duty then to go to D. and confess your own short-comings. In that way only can you clear your own conscience."
Mr. C., following the young pastor's advice, called on D., saying,- " You and I have quarrelled long, and I have said some things which I should not have said."
" I should think you had," was the angry reply.
It was hard for the quick-tempered C. to control himself, but, re- membering his pastor's advice, he did, and continued, " I have come to confess, and ask forgiveness."
" It is high time you did," interrupted D.
There was a long pause,- but C., faithful to his determination, went on with his confession, till he was again interrupted by D. "Stop ! stop ! it is my turn now to confess." . . . .. Then and there, on that barn floor, was cemented a life-long friendship.
"This narrative of the facts as they occurred here in Norfolk, and were related to me by my father, was used by him in his lectures to the students in Andover Theological Seminary as a capital illustration of repentance, confession, forgiveness and reconciliation. The illustration was borrowed by his students, and used by them in after life, and at length was published in a book of lectures by one of these Andover students, who became Prof. L -; and strangely, the facts narrated
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APPENDIX.
above were given as having occurred in Prof. L .- 's own pastorate, which my father knew to be a mistake, and wished that the mistake might be corrected."
When was the first Sunday-school organized in this town? has been often asked. The best answer has been, sometime during Mr. Emer- son's pastorate probably; quite likely about 1825. . Regarding this question of the Sunday-school, Mr. Ralph Emerson, says : - "Come to think it over, I know all about it. In 1821, my uncle, Joseph Emerson, then at Byfield, who was a pioneer in Sunday-school work in America, published a "Union Catechism for use especially in Sabbath-schools," consisting of 120 closely printed pages. I have a copy of it, and some garrets in Norfolk should have copies of it yet.
He also published for like use, a Primer, called the " Evangelical Primer," that went through many editions, and copies of it are now rare. I remember my brother, Daniel, said that in that Sabbath-school in Norfolk, which was organized perhaps in 1820 or '21, the Juvenile Temperance Society was formed. A part of the children joined, but not all. It was not crowded. That was a ticklish question in those days.
Esquire Battell was a very kindly man. Always before Thanks- giving, (or was it New Years? Christmas was an unknown quantity then ;) young Joseph Battell brought over a goodly turkey on his sled to the pastor. New Years was a day to be remembered by all the children, for as they crowded into the store to wish Mr. Battell a "Happy New Year," each received a stick of candy. One poverty- stricken family had a half-witted son, who came in tatters with the rest. The kindly merchant was ready for him, and gave him a warm coat. The boy had mind enough to remember that. The first of April came. With it at early dawn came that same almost demented boy. He rushed in saying, "I wish you a happy April fool's day, Mr. Battell, I want a coat." Such was the estimation in which that grand man was held by the poor and lowly.
Boys will be boys; but of boys, men are made,- sometimes. The Norfolk boys wanted some fun. One dark night a stalwart youth caught a goose. A goose was then a bird that on occasion could sing distinctly and clearly, if not always agreeably. The youth and the goose marched in the darkness around and around the green, followed by a crowd of yelling boys, who aided the song of the goose with their chorus. The night was made hideous. Suddenly the strong hand of the pastor, (my father,) was laid on the youth. The goose escaped,- but the boy did not. Of what then passed, in the kindly pastor's study, no record exists, except that the boy did not wish his name to be given out, and it was never mentioned in Norfolk. But one of Norfolk's late citizens, and an influential man could have said, 'I was that boy. That night Mr. Emerson made a man of me.'"
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A sketch of Edmund Brown, Esq., a prominent man for many years in all the affairs of the town, was accidentally omitted from its proper place. He was born in Manchester, Conn .; when about twelve years of age came to Norfolk and lived with his uncle, Edmund Brown, who had no children. When a young man he started for himself, buying the farm on the west road in Norfolk, where he built, and for most of his life, operated a saw-mill, manufacturing a great amount of lumber, cleared and made productive land of the rocky, primeval forest, and made an attractive home, where he and all his children spent their lives. He was for many years the acting justice of the peace, held nearly all the prominent offices of the town, and represented the town in the state legislature. He was a man of great energy, and of marked integrity and unusual force of character, of excellent judgment, a great reader of books requiring deep thought. At his funeral, Dr. Eldridge remarked of him in closing his address, "Seldom shall we find a man the like of Edmund Brown." He married Mabel Holt Norton, daughter of Ebenezer Norton of Norfolk. Their three daughters, Sarah, Abigail and Harriet were ladies of education, refinement and rare Christian character and worth, who spent their lives, unmarried, on the old homestead. Ralph, the eldest son, was like his father, a thoughtful man, a deep reader, an honored citizen who represented the town in the state legislature, and held many of the prominent town offices. He never married, and spent his life upon the old homestead. Plumb, the younger of the two sons, had many of the marked traits of his father ; was a man vigorous of mind and body; held many of the important town offices and positions of trust, and represented the town in the state legislature more than once. He also spent his life on the old homestead. He married Olive E., the only daughter of Benjamin W. Crissey. Their sons, Edmund and Benjamin are now prominent in all the affairs of their native town. Their daughters, Sarah, Mrs. G. Clifford Scoville, and Miss Mabel E. Brown, have their homes in Nor- folk. The youngest son, Plumb Jr., is a prominent physician of Spring- field, Mass.
It was my purpose, had not this volume grown too large, to make brief mention of many others who once lived here in my native town, among them Grove P. Tyrrell, one of the loved friends of my youth, whose active life has been spent in the state of Oregon, as a suc- cessful merchant, at Salem, the capital.
" Judge G. P. Tyrrell was elected by a flattering vote to the highest position in the gift of Marion County in June, 1896, that of County Judge. He has made a faithful and efficient officer, a just and impartial judge."
My work is done. Its mistakes, its omissions, its many imperfec- tions, I sincerely regret.
" The work outlasts the worker." "May the Lord add His bles- sing."
THE COMPILER.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Congregational Church and Dr. Eldridge's pulpit . Frontispiece FACING PAGE
Buttermilk Falls,
11
.
View from Gymnasium, 20
Norfolk, from Crissey Hill,
33
Group, Five Deacons, 74
The Eldridge Residence,
78
The H. H. Bridgman Residence, . 122
Gymnasium Grounds, 141
Rev. Ralph Emerson, D.D., and
Mrs. Z. P. G. Banister, . 169
Michael F. Mills, Esq., . . 190 Haystack and the "Two Villages," 196 The Shepard Hotel, 211 Group, N. B. Stevens, John K. Shepard, Aaron Keyes, A. A. Spaulding, S. D. Northway, 223
The Old School-House and Con- ference Room, . 269
The Battell Fountain and the Park, 287
Group, Thomas T. Cowles, John Ryan, William B. Rice, Capt. John Dewell, Alva S. Cowles, 298
J. H. P. Stevens, M. D., Adjutant Samuel C. Barnum, 317
Colonel George Ryan,
325
Haystack and Old Railroad Station, 329
The Old Toll-Gate, .
337
The Railroad Station,
341
Stoney Lonesome, .
345
The Hillhurst, .
.
591
Mrs. Bilhah Freedom, Dea. James Mars, Samuel Smith, and Nor- folk under the Snow, . 370
Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D., . 404 Rev. Joseph Eldridge and Mrs. Sarah B. Eldridge, 433 Joseph Battell, Esq., and Joseph Battell, Jun., . 445
FACING PAGE
Robbins Battell, 455 . Benjamin Welch, Sen., M.D., and Mrs, Elizabeth L. Welch, 470
Group, The Welch Brothers · 473 William W. Welch, M.D., 475
William H. Welch, M.D., LL.D., . 480
F. M. Shepard, 482
Rev. Reuben Gaylord, Mrs. Mary Gaylord, 488
Church, Chapel, Library, Gymna- sium, 494
Group, William C. Phelps, Harry M. Grant, Charles M. Ryan, Mer- 503 rill Humphrey, Austin Wooster, Group, E. Grove Lawrence, James M. Cowles, Aaron Gilbert, Anson Gaylord, Philo Smith . 510
Group,Benjamin W.Crissey,Eben- ezer Burr, Silas Burr, Ralph Brown, Plumb Brown,. ·
520
Mr. Levi Pettibone, Col. Giles Pet- tibone's House, The Old Robbins House, 538 ·
Judge Augustus Pettibone,
.
Group, Hiram Mills, Charles H.
Mills, Samuel Seymour, Harmon
541
H. Riggs, Capt. J. A. Shepard, . 545 Group, Five Norton Generations,. 555
The Catholic Church and Paro-
chial Residence.
·
587
The Norfolk Library,
·
593
The Eldridge Gymnasium,
.
596
Lake Wangum,
.
The Stevens House, .
601
598
Ty-ny-Tulloch ; Residence of Prof.
F. J. Goodnow,
.
602
INDEX.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Ætna Silk Company,
254
County Seat,
381
Anecdotes,
375
Century Sermon, 141
Anti-slavery period,
294
Communion
Service
Presenta-
Battell Family,
445
tion,
442
Cowles Family, 514
Cowles, Samuel, 478
Cowles, Henry, D. D., 478
Cowles, Joseph, and Descend-
ants,
552
Church Covenant, 74
Church Organs, 579
Dedicatory Prayer, 192
Description of an old Meeting- house, 68
Deeds of the Land, 50
Drawing for Original Lots, 52
Baptist Church,
591
Bear treed a man, 220
Beech Flats, 65
Barnum, Adjutant Samuel C., 317
Blizzard of 1888, 212
Brief Sketches of Individuals, 503
Brown, Cornelius, and Descend- ants, 527
Brown, Owen, 552
Bushnell, Dr. Horace,-Address,
204
Building the Meeting-house,
15
Building the New Meeting-
house,
190
Catholic Church, 587
Case, Capt. Asahel,
554
Cemeteries, 196
Chaplain Robbins' War Journal,
97 to 121
Census Reports,
378
Centre of the Town,
66,190
Cold Summer of 1816, 384
Cone, Samuel and Warren; Scythe-makers, 242
College Land in Norfolk, 41
Committee to raise money, 193
Contributors to build the church, 194
Connecticut Arms Company, 240 Colored People, 370
263
Battell, Joseph, Esq., Sketch,
445
Battell, Mrs. Sarah Bobbins, 447
Battell, Joseph Jun., 448
Battell, Robbins, 454
Battell, Miss Anna,
462
Battell, Philip,
464
Battell Memorial Fountain,
597
Butler, Egbert T., Father of the Railroad, 341
Butler Family, 547
Banister, Mrs. Z. P. Grant, 177 to 190
Dewell Family,
566
Dignifying
anđ
Seating
the
Meeting-house, 70
Dish-mill,
256
"Does the Bible Sanction Slav- ery ?" 300
Early Colonial History, 1 to 11
Early Customs and Habits, 72
Ecclesiastical Society Matters, 155
Ecclesiastical Society Fund, 160
Ecclesiastical Society Fund Con- tributors, 162
Emerson, Rev. Ralph, called, 157
Emerson, Rev. Ralph, D. D., 169
Elevations, 374
English Oppression,
24
Episcopal Church, 590
Eldridge, Rev. Joseph, called, 163
Eldridge, Rev. Joseph, D. D., 404
Eldridge, Mrs. Sarah Battell,
433
Eldridge, Mrs. Ellen Battell,
464
to Eldridge, Rev. Joseph; trip Europe, 166
Eldridge, The Rev. Joseph, D. D., before the Railroad Com- missioners, 345
Freedom, Aunt Bilhah, 372
Fire Near the Meeting-house, 221
Battell, Joseph, Esq., Merchant,
627
INDEX.
Fire in the Meeting-house,
221
Norton, Ebenezer, and Descend-
First Town Meeting,
61
ants, 523
First Town Officers,
62
Norton, Stephen, and Descend-
First Abolition Vote,
295
ants,
555
First Selectmen, 615
Norfolk Library,
593
Flora of Norfolk,
497
Norfolk Academy,
277 249
Fosket, Miss Cynthia L.,
441
Norfolk Hosiery Co.,
36
Grant of Lands to Hartford and Windsor, 37
Norfolk Anti-Slavery Society,
296
Gaylord, Rev. Reuben,
487
Norfolk Men in the Civil War,
306
Great Pond, 59
Norfolk Bank, 366
Grist-mill lot,
54
Norfolk Savings Bank,
367
Grist-mill built,
227
Norfolk Prices Current, 1778, 368
Guiteau, Ephraim, M. D.,
481
Norfolk Brick, 379
Half Century Sermon by Mr. Robbins, 122 to 140
High ways,
51, 329
Holt Family,
560
Norfolk Chimes, 601
Holt, Judge George B.,
563
Norfolk Summer Residents,
602
Humphrey, Asahel, of Goshen,
549
Norfolk Necrology,
603
Humphrey Family,
564
Old Pastorates,
378
Humphrey, Asahel,
565
Old French War, 18, 380
Ice Storm of 1898,
218
Indian Story,
363
Iron Works,
57
Original Proprietors of Norfolk, 46
Original Title of the Lands, 49
228, 229
Kilbourn, Jonathan S., Manufac- turer, 237
Pettibone Family, 538
Kilbourn, Edward E., Inventor, 249
Pettibone, Mrs. Louisa Welch, 479
Larned, Mrs. Irene Battell, 451
Pettibone, Col. Giles, and De- scendants, 539
Pettibone, Giles Jun., 539
Laying out the Lands,
51
Pettibone, Sereno, 539
Land Tax, 71
Pettibone, Judge Rufus, 539
Pettibone, Levi, 539
Pettibone, Judge Augustus,
541
Pendleton Family,
567
Litchfield County Organized, 43
Litchfield County Towns, 35
Love of Our Native Town, 31
219
Longevity in Norfolk, 201
223
Manufactured Articles and Pro- ducts, 1845, 260
Planter's Hoes,
245
Manuscript Arithmetic,
284
Post-Office,
18, 355
Masonic Centennial,
384
Probate District of Norfolk, 48, 381
Merchants, 262
Proprietors' Meetings, 51
Memorial Windows, 581
Potashery, 233
Mills Family,
545
Photography, 600
Moses Family,
524
Probate Judges, 615
Methodist Episcopal Church, 584
Physiography and Geology, 494
Modern Norfolk,
591 Railroad,-Locating, 344
De-
Phelps, Capt. John, and scendants, 544
Panthers in Norfolk,
Manufacturers of the Town,
Pease, Earl P., Woolen Manufac- turer, 233
Letter of Condolence, from the West, 213
Ordination of Mr. Robbins, 77
Organization of the Church, 17
Iron Works; grant and location,
Original Members of the First Church, 74
Lawrence, E. Grove, Iron Man- ufacturer, 246
Old Toll Gate, 337
Humphrey, Mrs. Urania Battell, 458
Norfolk Downs, 598
Norfolk Water Company, 598
Norfolk Newspapers, 600
Grant Family,
556
Norfolk First Mentioned,
Norfolk Sold and Named,
42
Litchfield County Centennial, 202
Pine Timber Lands, 56
628
INDEX.
Railroad Celebration,
352
Shepard Family, 521
Railroad Commissioners' Decis-
Shepard, Frederick M., 482
ion,
351
Stevens Family, 547
Railroad Through Norfolk,
341
Silk Culture, 362
Raising the Meeting-house,
67
Singing Schools,
374
Riggs Family,
550
Strong Fund,
381
Robbins School,
592
Sunday School,
70
Reminiscences of Dr. Eldridge,
383
Summit Rock,
377
Representatives to the General Assembly, 617
Tanneries, 241, 242
Revolutionary War Times,
78
"The Two Villages," poem, 196
Revolutionary Soldiers from Nor- folk, 82 to 91
"The Green Hills of My Father Land," poem, 485
Teachers, 274, 276
Temperance Organizations,
358
Rice, William B., as a Teacher; Address, 279
The Park,
287
Robbins, Rev. A. R., Ordination, 77
Tibbals Family,
533
Robbins, Rev. A. R., Half-cen- tury Sermon, 122
Town Meetings,
21
Robbins, Rev. Thomas, Century Sermon, 141
Town Votes,
22
Robbins Family, 392
Town System,
33
Ryan, Colonel George,
325
Town Clerks,
614
Ryan Family, 573
Town Treasurers,
614
Ryan, J. & E. E. & Co., Woolen Manufacturers, 236
Village Hall, War of 1812,
380
Sale of the Town,
13
Welch Family,
466
Spaulding Family,
577
Welch, Hopestill,
466
Sabbath-day Houses,
16
Welch, Benjamin Sen., M. D., 468
Welch, Mrs. Louisa Guiteau, 472
Welch, Mrs. Elizabeth Loveland, 472
Welch, Asa G., M. D., 473
Welch, Benjamin Jr., M. D., 474
Welch, James, M. D., 475
Welch, William Wickham, M. D., 475
Welch, John Hopestill, M. D., 477
Welch, Professor William H., M. D., LL. D., 479
Whitefield in Norfolk, 382
White Pine Timber Lands, 56
Whipping-post, 354
Wolf Hunt in Norfolk, 222
Woolen Factory, 233
INDEX OF NAMES.
Adams, Edward, 306.
Adams, Auguste, 308.
Adams, Asahel, 84. Atwater, Ichabod, 90.
Allen, Ethan, 228.
Allen, Col. Ethan, 93, 94, 104, 333.
Allen, Marcus, 245.
Allen, Noah, 75.
Allen, Capt. Amos S., 323.
Allen, Sarah Parmelee, 110.
Allen, Lewis, 395.
Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins, 398.
Sketch of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., 169
Sequestration of Mill Sites, 57
Settling a Pastor, 14
Sketch of Norfolk, "S. H. D."
390
Sewer District, 600
Stevens, Nathaniel B., Manufac-
turer, 240, 257
Soldiers, Revolutionary,
82
Soldiers in the Civil War, 306
Soldiers' Monument, 315
Thurston, Mrs. Laura Hawley,
597
State Senators from Norfolk, 619
Saw-mills, 256
Schools, 17, 269
Severe Winters and Storms,
211
Slavery Question in the Church, 298
Title to the Land,
50
Town Lottery,
21
483
Revolutionary War Journal, 97 to 121
Summer Homes, 601
629
INDEX.
Allen, William, 311. Ætna Silk Company, 236, 254, 255, 510. Ames, Miss Susan, 275.
Abernathy, Jared, 82, 86.
Andrew, Rev. Samuel, 41.
Andre, Major, 95.
Apley, Philo, 572.
Apley, Sherman A., 309, 316.
Ashley, Edmond, 578.
Ashley, Henry, 531.
Alvergnat, Monsieur Victor, 428, 544.
Akins, Lemuel, 194, 234, 236, 242, 243, 246, 271, 513.
Akins, Henry, 518, 529, 531.
Aiken, Edmund, 265, 276, 371, 508, 518.
Aiken, Lemuel Jr., 317, 531.
Aiken, Miss Sarah, 317.
Aiken, Calvin, 531.
Aiken, Ashur, 531.
Aspinwall, Caleb, 81, 84.
Aspinwall, Aaron, 46, 47, 61, 84, 88.
Atkins, O. N., 266.
Arnold, General Benedict, 30, 89, 103, 104, 119, 380.
Arnold, Samuel, 46.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 36.
Albro, Rev. John A., 163.
Atwood, A. P., 255.
Atwood, Norman, 570.
Austin, Capt., 118.
Andrus, George N., 309, 316.
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