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Lewis A. Camp.
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Henry P. Day.
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Samuel A. Beach.
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Albert B. Dunham.
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REPRESENTATIVES. *Sylvester Smith. Bennett Wooster. Sylvester Smith. Harris B. Munson.
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Carlos French. Philo Holbrook.
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Hiram W. Randall. Burton W. Smith. 66 66 Henry S. Johnson.
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TREASURERS. Sylvester Smith. Burton W. Smith.
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* For Town of Derby. Joshua Kendall represented the town of Derby in 1849.
Horatio N. Eggleston.
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SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR.
1850-51, Leman Chatfield, Daniel L. Holbrook, Thomas Cochran. 1852, Isaac B. Davis, Sharon Y. Beach, Harpin Riggs. 1853, Leman Chatfield, Harpin Riggs, Jabez E. Pritchard. 1854, Harpin Riggs, Jabez E. Pritchard, Henry Bradley, 1855, Jabez E. Pritchard, Henry Bradley, Philo Holbrook. 1856, Sheldon Church, Miles Culver, Daniel L. Holbrook. 1857-8, Henry Bradley. Edwin Smith, Abel Holbrook. 1859-60, Henry Bradley, Edwin Smith, Stephen D. Russell. 1861-2, Henry Bradley, John Davis, Stephen D. Russell. 1863, Harvey Hotchkiss, Stephen R. Rider, Nathan Holbrook. 1864, Stephen R. Rider, Charles A. Wooster, Nathan Holbrook. 1865, Henry Bradley, Philo Holbrook, Stephen D. Russell. 1866, W.m. A. Fairchild, Samuel P. Davis, Charles A. Wooster. 1867, Henry G. Hurd, Stephen R. Rider, Adonijah French. 1868-9, Stephen H. Culver, Samuel P. Davis, George W. Divine. 1870, Sharon Y. Beach, Nathan R. Wooster, Samuel P. Davis. 1871, Edwin Smith, Frank C. Gerard, Edwin Buckingham. 1872, Edwin Smith, Frank C. Gerard, Roswell N. Kinney. 1873, Lewis A. Camp, Frank C. Gerard, Roswell N. Kinney. 1874, Lewis A. Camp, Cornelius W. James, Samuel P. Davis. 1875, Lewis A. Camp, Cornelius W. James, Frederick M. Clemons. 1876, Lewis A. Camp, Frank E. Steele, Frederick M. Clemons. 1877, Lewis A. Camp, Frank E. Steele, Edward L. Hoadley. 1878, Horace A. Radford, Frank E. Steele, Edward L. Hoadley.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
For lists previous to 1870 see foregoing pages.
1870, HI. B. Munson, J. J. Wilcoxen, B. W. Smith, Israel French, Na- than Holbrook, Matthias Bunyan, Samuel Roselle, David Betts, Jr., Adam Newheim, S. Y. Beach.
1872, H. B. Munson, Geo. A. Rogers, Wm. S. Cooper, Henry P. Davis, Edwin Tomlinson, Geo. W. Divine, Wilson Wyant, Henry B. Beecher, C. W. James, Sheldon Tucker.
1874, G. W. Divine, James Swan, L. A. Camp, Ebenezer Fairchild, W. N. Storrs, S. Y. Beach, S. P. Davis, W. S. Cooper, F. M. Clemons, C. W. James.
1876, F. M. Clemons, Wm. R. Tomlinson, G. W. Divine, W. S. Cooper, II. S. Chamberlin, J. W. Rogers, Samuel Butler, S. Y. Beach, Ashbel Storrs, Theodore S. Ladd.
1878, Edwin Buckingham, Gustave Becker, John W. Rogers, Frederick M. Clemons, William R. Tomlinson, James Buckley, Horatio S. Cham- berlin, Aslıbel Storrs, John Smith, William S. Cooper.
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NTIL 1856 the schools were managed by districts and school societies. The districts on the east side of the river constituted the First School Society, and those on the west side the Second School Society. The meetings of the latter were held in the meeting house on Great Hill from 1824 to 1851, when the whole of the districts of Seymour were united in one Society. The Nangatuck river was made the division line between the two societies by an act of the Assembly in 1832. (Pr. Acts, Vol. 2, p. 1086.) In 1841 the boundaries were defined as follows :
We the School Committee of the Second School Society in the Town of Derby have laid and established the fourth Day of June, A. D., 1842, the following described bounds and limits to the 2d School Society in Derby, viz., commencing at the Town bounds between Derby and Oxford, on the west side of the highway a few rods - - of the House now occupied by Oliver Nettleton, thence proceeding in a direct line south-westerly to the former site of the old District School House at the center of which site we have laid bounds ; thence proceeding in a direct line a little south of west to bounds laid by us near an old cellar about three rods south of a large pine tree, said bounds on the highway near the fence, thence proceeding in a direct line a little south of east to a large rock a little off the road near the house of Jube Weston, by a spring, on which rock we have laid bounds ; thence proceeding in a direct line south easterly to bounds laid by us on the highway about two rods -of small house now occupied by the widow of Ephraim Allen and James Harding ; thence proceeding in the same direction until the line strikes Nangatuck river; from thence said district is bounded on the east and separated from the first society by Naugatuck river until it meets the line between Derby and Oxford, when it strikes the west side of the said river ; from thenee said district is bound- ed on the north by said town line, running west until it strikes the bounds on the highway first com- menced at. Said boundaries of the above named district, so far as they have not been legally settled and defined before, are hereby settled and defined by us.
ANSON DAVIS, 2 SOCIETY JAMES C. TOMLINSON. § COMMITTEE.
At each annual meeting of the Second Society were elected a moderator, clerk, treasurer, a society's committee of three, a visiting committee of nine, and until 1840 the district committees were elected at the Society's meetings. The Shrub Oak district appears to have been first included in the Second Society in 1831.
At a special meeting of the voters of the Great Hill School Society held Sept. 30th, 1851, it was voted that the fund of the Great Hill School Society be divided equally between the four districts, and that the first meeting of the
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School Society of Seymour be held in the Congregational Church in Im- phreysville. At the said first meeting Daniel L. Holbrook was elected chair- man ; B. W. Smith, clerk ; G. F. DeForest, treasurer; Sylvester Smith, S. Y. Beach and Harpin Riggs, society's committee; Jolm B. Steel, collector ; and Joshua Kendall, visiting and examining committee. The numbers of the districts were continned the same except that the Falls district, now the Center district, which had been known as the eighth, was made the sixth.
At a special meeting of the Seymour School District held Feb 1st, 1869, it was voted to purchase a lot in the Pines and to build thereon a school-house of sufficient capacity to accomodate 160 scholars. A tax was to be laid suffi- cient to raise the sum of $6,000 to defray the expenses. The lot was pur- chased at a cost of $700 and is still held by the town, but on account of ob- jections to the location the school-house has not been built.
SCHOOL VISITORS OF THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR.
ELECTED IN SCHOOL SOCIETY MEETINGS.
1850 to 1855, Joshua Kendall. 1855-6, Sylvester Smith.
ELECTED IN TOWN MEETING, FOR THREE YEARS EACH. The stars indicate those elected each year.
1856-7, George F. DeForest,* Philo B. Buckingham,* Luzon B. Morris,* 1857-8, Joshua Kendall,* Sharon Y. Beach .*
1858-9, Joshua Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach, Philo B. Buckingham,* 1859-60, Joshma Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach,* Philo B. Buckingham. 1860-1, Joshua Kendall,* Sharon Y. Beach, Philo B. Buckingham. 1861-2, Joshua Kendall, Sharon Y. Beach, Charles B. Wooster .* 1862-3, Joshna Kendall, Charles B. Wooster, Rev. Owen E. Shannon .* 1863-4, Rev. Owen E. Shannon, Frederick Durand, John Chatfield .*
F. Durand elected by the other visitors to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of C. B. Wooster. 1364-5, Rev. Owen E. Shannon, Frederick Durand,* John Chatfield. 1865-6, Rev. O. Evans Shannon,* Frederick Durand, John Chatheld. 1866-7, Rev. O. Evans Shannon, Frederick Durand, Cornelius W. James .* F. Durand resigned May 21, 1867, and J. Kendall was elected to fill the vacancy. 1867-8, Joshua Kendall, Cornelius W. James, Henry Davis .*
ELECTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 1868-9, Joshua Kendall, Cornelius W. James, Henry Davis. 1869-70, Joshua Kendall, Cornelius W. James, Henry Davis. 1870-1, JJoshua Kendall.
1871-2, Joshua Kendall, Edmund Day, Harpin Riggs.
1872-3, Joshua Kendall, Sanmel P. Davis.
1873-4, Joshua Kendall, Norman Sperry.
1874-5, Joshma Kendall, Virgil HI. MeEwen, Norman Sperry.
1875-6, Joshua Kendall, Virgil II. MeEwen, William C. Sharpe. 1876-7, Joshua Kendall, Virgil II. MeEwen, William C. Sharpe. 1877-8, Joshua Kendall, William C. Sharpe. 1878-9, Joshua Kendall, William C. Sharpe.
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ELECTED IN UNION SCHOOL MEETING.
1868, elected for one year-Cornelius James, Henry Davis, Eli Gillette.
For two years-Harpin Riggs, John W. Bassett, John R. Chatfield. For three years-Joshua Kendall, Peter Worth, C. W. Storrs. 1869, Elliott R. Bassett, Samuel A. Beach, Henry Davis.
Carlos French was elected by the board June 6th, 1870, to fill the vacancy caused by the re- moval of Henry Davis. 1870, Harpin Riggs, Wilbur W. Smith, John W. Bassett. 1871, Joshua Kendall, Edmund Day, Thomas James. ELECTED IN TOWN MEETING.
1872, Carlos French, A. Y. Beach, Samuel P. Davis.
A. Y. Beach resigned Nov. 12th and S. H. Canfield was appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy.
1873, Sharon Y. Beach, Norman Sperry, H. N. Eggleston.
1874, V. H. McEwen, Joshua Kendall, Edmund Day.
1875, S. H. Canfield, Carlos French, William C. Sharpe.
x 1876, Sharon Y. Beach, Frederick M. Clemons, Nathan Holbrook.
1877, Edmund Day, Joshua Kendall, Norman Sperry.
V. H. MeEwen elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Norman Sperry, until the next town election.
1878, S. H. Canfield, W. C. Sharpe, David Tucker, James Howard. James Howard to fill vacancy for two years.
GREAT HILL SCHOOL, No. 1.
This is probably the oldest school in the town. An abstract of a volume of the earlier records is given on pages 19 and 20.
At a meeting of the Second Society held Nov. 7th, 1831, Wm. Smith, Samuel Wire and Samuel Meigs were appointed a committee to designate a location for a new school-house in the First or Great Hill District, and decided upon the north-east angle of the roads below the present location of the church.
The district line was changed by vote of the school society Oet. 12, 1843, as follows :
Resolved, That so much of the 1st school district, 2d society in Derby, be and hereby is, set off to the 5th school district in Oxford, as lies north and west of a line beginning at the Oxford line, by the dwelling-house of Andrew S. Graham, running southeasterly to the corner of road leading to Rock-house Hill ; thence by said road to the corner of land of Abel and Benjamin English, near the house of Christopher Smith ; thence northwesterly to Oxford line, including the house of Abel and Benjamin English.
The lines were laid out anew Nov. 1st, 1843, as follows :
Whereas, The record defining the lines of the Great Hill School District in the second school society in Derby being lost, and the undersigned committee being empowered by an act of the legis- lature of the State of Connecticut, passed 1841, to lay out new and establish old lines, do make and establish the following lines, which shall constitute the school district of Great Hill, viz : Begin- ning eighty rods from the mouth of Toby Brook on 2d brook ; thence in a straight line to the north- east corner of Monroe Scranton's farm ; thence in a straight line to Josialı Bassett's saw mill; thence in a straight line to the west side of the highway, running by the dwelling-house formerly belonging to Truman Hawkins, now Anson Davis; thence on the west side of said highway until opposite a pine tree standing near the Rowe place, so-called ; thence in a straight line to the town bounds lying in the highway some thirty or forty rods south of Stephen Baldwin's dwelling-honse; thence on the town line until it comes in a parallel line with the road sonth of Abel and Benjamin English ; thence following the lines of that part of said English farm lying north of said road to the town line; thence
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on town line to a stone bridge near the dwelling-house of widow Ammon Tomlinson; thence on the town line to the northwest corner of Bennet Lum's farm, adjoining Simeon Hinman's land; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning. The above lines shall constitute and define the school district of the Great Hill.
Done in Derby, Nov. Ist, 1843.
LUTHER FOWLER,) EPHRAIM SMITH, WM. D. LUM,
SOCIETY COMMITTEE.
In 1852, by joint action of the School Society and the 1st and 4th dis- tricts, the Squantuck district was consolidated with the Great Hill district, and the lines were defined as follows :
Whereas, The legal voters of the school society in the town of Seymour, at a meeting warned and held on the 3rd day of July, 1852, voted to annex the Squantuck School District to the First School District in said school society ; Therefore, We, the undersigned Society's Committee, hereby establish the following described lines and boundaries aunexed, viz: Beginning at the Ousatonic river, at the mouth of the Old Field brook at the boundary of the school society line between Derby and Seymour, running easterly on said line to the late dwelling-house of Philo Lum, deceased, leaving said dwelling-house in the North District in Derby School Society ; thence runuing easterly on school society line to a heap of stones on a rock at the west corner of Asa Bassett's land, about thirty rods southerly of the house occupied by Miles Bronson ; thenee running northerly by the Buuga School District to Josiah Bassett's saw mill ; thence northerly in a straight line to the west side of the highway at the east side of the Beard land, so called, southerly of the dwelling-house of Marcus Davis; thence on the west side of said highway till opposite a pine tree standing near the Rowe place, so called; thence north-westerly to the old town bounds in the highway, about thirty rods south of the house of Stephen Baldwin; thence west on society line between Oxford and Seymour to the west side of highway in front of the dwelling-house of Andrew S. Graham; thence south- westerly to the corner of the road leading to Rock-house Hill; thence by said road to the corner of land of Abel and Benjamiu English, near the house of Christopher Smith ; theuce north-westerly to the school society line between Oxford and Seymour; thence on said line to stone bridge on Rock- house Hill road, north of the Ammon Tomlinson place, so called; thence on society line to the north-west corner of Bennet Lum's farm, adjoining Simeou llinman's land; thence straight line to the south end of Otter Rocks on the Ousatonic river; thenceby the east side of the Ousatonic river to the first-mentioned bounds ; and the above-described lines and boundaries hereby constitute the boundaries of the First School District in Seymour.
SYLVESTER SMITII, {
Dated at Seymour, Feb. 22d, 1855. HIRAM UPSON. SOCIETY'S COMMITTEE.
The above is a true record. Attest : B. W. SMITH, CLERK.
At a town meeting held Oct. 1st, 1877, it was voted that a new school- house be built at an expense of $700 and that the location be changed to the angle of the roads on the Hill near the house of Wm. R. Tomlinson. The building was completed about the first of January, 1878.
TEACHERS.
1826, Henry Scott.
1827, Eliza Russell, Henry Burton.
1828, Maria Wattles, Simon Curtiss, Jr. 1829, Jane Tomlinson, Simon Curtiss, Jr. 1830, Catherine Umberfield, S. Curtiss, Jr. 1831, Jane Fowler, Simon Curtiss, Jr.
1832, Betsey Tomlinson, John Riggs, Jr. 1833, Jane Fowler, Simon Curtiss, Jr.
1834, Lilly Wakeley, John Lindley.
1835, Jane Fowler, Silas Hurd.
1836, Sarah A. Benham, Simon Curtiss, Jr. 1837, Mary A. Smith, David Hawes.
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1838, Sarah Lindley.
1839, Miss Davis, John Lindley. 1840, Sarah E. Gilbert, Judson Candee. 1841, Sarah M. Osborn, John Lindley. 1842, Eliza. A. Mansfield, Merwin Bowen. 1843, Ann Eliza Shelton, Abel Holbrook. 1844, C. A. Fowler, A. T. Hotchkiss. 1845, Elizabeth Durand, Merwin Bowen. 1846, Maria Chatfield, William Bristol. 1847, Jane M. Wooster, Albert E. Smith. 1848, Jane M. Wooster.
1849, Frances E. Wooster, Gid. H. Candee. 1850, Eliza Lnm, Betsey Cable.
1851, Rossetta Bassett, Henry Harger. 1852, Mary Bradley, Charles Gillette.
1853, Augusta Sanford.
1854, Juliette Wooster, John Allen.
1855, Augusta Sanford, Clark E. Lum. 1856, Julia A. Fairchild, John Smith.
1857, Julia A. Fairchild, Marens E. Hyde.
1858, Nancy Sutton, R. S. Hinman.
1859, Mary F. Meacham, Clark E. Lum. 1860, Elvira W. Somers, Eben G. Wheeler. 1861, Elvira W. Somers, Jaue E. Tyrrell. 1862, Jane E. Tyrell.
1863, Frances E. Wheeler, H. A. Tomlinson 1864, Martha E. Davis, John Killon. 1865, Martha E. Davis, C. C. Burwell. 1866, C. C. Burwell, Martha E. Davis. 1867-8, Martha E. Davis.
1869, Sophia Davis.
1870, Virginia Davis.
1871, Emily A. Smith, Emmarette Sperry. 1872, C. E. Lum, E. Sperry, C. E. Lum. 1873, C. E. Lum, 2 t; Matilda Smith. 1874, Rufus Spencer, Lottie E. Booth. 1875, Rufus Spencer, Clara S. Rider. 1876, Clara S. Rider, Hattie Riggs. 1877, Josie E. Ladd.
1878, Rufus Spencer, Phoebe Tomlinson.
SHRUB OAK SCHOOL, No. 2.
The records of the Shrub Oak District not having been handed over to the town clerk, are not now available, and but little account can be given of it. The district seem to have been set off Dec. 27th, 1779. See page 47. The names of the teachers, so far as ascertained, are :
Winter terms of 1846-7, 1847-8, 1848-9, Frederick Durand.
Oct., 1861, to April, 1863, Rhoda Kendall.
Summer of 1866, Sarah Swift.
Fall of 1866 to Dec., 1876, C. C. Burwell. Jan., 1877, to July, 1878, Harriet Riggs.
Sept., 1878, Josie E. Ladd.
BUNGAY SCHOOL, No. 3.
Records not filed in town clerk's office.
TEACHERS. May, 1867 to Oct., 1868, Emma S. Tomlinson. Oct., 1868, to July, 1869, Sarah M. Riggs. Sept., 1869, to April, 1870, Alice Northrop. April, 1870, to July, 1872, Sarah M. Riggs. Sept., 1872, to July, 1873, L. Davis. Sept., 1873, to July, 1874, Ellen C. Hard. Sept., 1874, to July, 1875, Hattie J. Riggs. Sept., 1875, to 1878, Hattie Bassett.
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CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL, No. 4.
The fifth district was divided in 1837, the new district, called the seventh, being bounded southerly by a line from the mouth of Bladen's brook, easterly to the Woodbridge line, passing south of the house of Samuel R. Ilickox. The first meeting of the new district was held Aug. 30th, and arrangements commenced for building a school-house. The location was selected by Joel White, Isaac White and Joel R. Chatfield, and at a meeting held Sept. 20th it was voted to accept the proposals of Solomon Terrell to build a stone school- house, 18 x 25 feet, 73 feet clear, with six windows of 24 lights and one of 9 lights, to be plastered inside and out, with a hall of five feet in width at one end, and two doors from the hall; the whole to be completed for $175. Terrell was afterward allowed $8 for extra work, and some slab benches and sloping boards for writing-desks, with a stove and desk and chair for teacher, completed this "temple of science" in time for the winter school. It was found necessary to remove the partition in 1843 to enlarge the school-room. The teacher was then paid $2.25 per week and required to "board around." Board being then estimated at $1.75, the teacher's services were valued at $4 per week, teaching five and one-half days. The next year the price was raised one dollar per week. In 1852 it became evident that a larger school- house was needed, and in July it was voted to build 26 x 40 feet, but at a subsequent meeting the matter was indefinitely postponed.
January 31st, 1868, it was voted to build a new school-house, and Smith Botsford, Ashbel Storrs and Joel R. Chatfield were appointed building com- mittee. The size finally determined upon was 273 x 34 feet, to cost $1,700, including furniture of the best patterns. The school-house was well built, by Ashbel Storrs, and is a credit to the district. Up to 1863 the building had been known as the "Stone School-house." The name, "Cedar Ridge," was then given to the school and has since been retained.
Charles Oatman was clerk of the district from 1837 to 1849, and Sylves- ter Smith from 1849 until the schools of the town were consolidated in 1868.
The old stone building, small, inconvenient and antiquated, is yet the subject of many pleasant reminiscences by teachers and scholars, now scattered among the scenes of busy life, to whom the following list of teachers will recall pleasant memories of by-gone days.
TEACHERS.
1841, A. T. Hotchkiss, winter term.
1842, Frances N. Thomas, two terins.
1843, Laura Tomlinson, George Bassett. 1844, Laura Tomlinson, H. B. Munson. 1845, Miss Fairchild, H. B. Munson.
1846, Charlotte M. Smith, Jane E. Terrell. 1847, Annie Holcomb, Wm. E. Holbrook. 1848, Henry Warren.
1849, Rosetta Bassett, Mrs. P. E. Clark. 1850, Rosetta Bassett, Mary A. Wooster. 1851, Miss Fairchild, Frederick Duraud. 1852, M. A. Wooster, Frederick Durand. 1853, Miss Hull, Frederick Durand. 1854, M. A. Wooster, Thomas Munson.
1855, Eliza Clark, Thomas Munson.
1856, Charles T. Hotchkiss, Miss Upson.
1857, Eliza J. Tattle, two terms.
1858, Jane Doolittle, Clark Lum.
1859, Marietta Benham, David Hawley. 1860, Lanra M. French, Joel F. Selleck.
1861, Kate MeKay, Clark E. Lnm.
1862, Lucy A. Atwood, two terms.
1863, Julia Leavenworth, W. C. Sharpe.
1864, Mrs. M. A. Gleason, Miss Swift.
1865, Josephine A. Walker.
1866, Minerva Bassett, Miss Bradley.
1867, Mary Chatfield, three terms. 1868, Mary Chatheld.
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1869, Mary Chatfield, Josephine Walker.
1870, J. Walker, 2 t; L. C. Chatfield.
1871, L. Cornelia Chatfield.
1872, L. Cornelia Chatfield.
1873, L. Cornelia Chatfield.
1874, L. Cornelia Chatfield, C. F. Abbott Libbie O. Lockwood.
1875, Libbie O. Lockwood.
1876, Clara F. Abbott, E. O. Lockwood.
1877-8, Libbie O. Lockwood.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES.
1837, Isaac White.
1851, Ashbel Storrs.
1838, Jared Bassett.
1852, Samnel Hickox.
1839, Sylvester Smith.
1853, Henry W. Benedict.
1840, Oliver Stoddard.
1854, Smith Terrell.
1841, Samuel Bassett.
1855, Wm. B. Watson.
1842, Hiram Upson.
1856, David Johnson.
1843, Joel R. Chatfield,
1857, Wm. F. Gilyard.
1844. Smith Botsford.
1858, Wilson Wyaut.
1845, Israel French.
1859, Wm. W. Dibble.
1846, Julius Bassett.
1860, Lorenzo M. Bassett,
1847, Wm. B. Watson.
1861-2, Smith Terrell.
1863-6, Ashbel Storrs.
1867, Joel R. Chatfield, (app. by Sch. Vis.)
1850, George Merrick.
1868, David Johnson.
THE BELL SCHOOL, No. 5.
In 1769 Joseph Johnson deeded a piece of land on the east side of Pearl street, a little south of the house of Smith Terrell, for a location for a school house, as follows :
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JOSEPH JOHNSON of Derby in the County of New Haven, Collony of Connecticut, New England, do firmly set, remit & releas unto the proprietors of the third Destrict for Schooling in Derby, one certain piece of land pitch upon by the proprietors of the third Destrict, to set up a School House upon for the benefit of Said Destrict, containing twenty feet square, for the term of Ninety Nine years Next Coming the Date hereof, to have &. to hold it for the use said schoolhouse.
Furthermore I the said Johnson do promis for myself, my heirs, Executors & Adminis- trators, to defend the Same from all Claims and demands whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th Day of muy in the year of our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred Sixty Nine.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presents of Benjamin Crawford. Hezekiah Johnson.
JOSEPH JOHNSON.
This school-house seems to have been occupied about forty years. In that time the number of the district was changed to six, and in 1799 it was known as the Chusetown District.
At a school meeting held in the school-house September, 27th, 1799, Lieut. E. Beecher Johnson was chosen moderator and Bradford Steele, Jr., clerk. At this meeting Calvin Lines was engaged to teach the school six months at $11 per month, or, if he should continue a year, he was to teach at $10.50 per month. At an adjourned meeting, held October 7th at the house of Joseph Johnson, Leroy Tomlinson and Bezaleel Peck were chosen a com- mittee "to pitch a stake for a school-house."
On the 21st of November, 1803, it was voted that Daniel Holbrook and Amadeus Dibble be a committee to repair the school-house and build an
1848, David Johnson.
1849, Stephen H. Culver.
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addition 14 feet long with two chimneys, the whole to be completed by Oct. 4, 1804, and painted Spanish brown. Chauncey Johnson was elected district committee.
On the 8th day of February, 1804, the following persons were recorded as residents of the district : " Levi Tomlinson, Esq., Joel Chatfield, Jesse Johnson, Ebenezer B. Johnson, Amadeus Dibel, Daniel Holbrook, Jur., Enoch French, Gibson Smith, Isaac Johnson, Amos Dorman, Bezaleel Peek, Isaac Chais, Ebenezer Peck, Charles French, John Wheler, Samuel Smith, Jarvis Downs, Elephas Bradley, John White, Isaac Bostick, Joseph Johnson, Benjamin Beach, Simeon Beach, Hezekiah Johnson, Erazmass Sperry, Ashbell Steel, John Crawford, Lydia Keney, Phebe Dayton, Hanah Stodard, Nathan Stiles, Silas Baldwin, Elezer Patchen, James Leach, Charles Deal, Mary Bartis, Sebrie Molthroop, Bradford Steele, John Shenson, Hezekiah Tomson, Josiah Swift, Lydia Cowel, Oliver Clark, Richard Freeman, Isrel French, Reuben Davis. SERGT. CHAUNCEY JOHNSON, Clerk."
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