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REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Acton, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 12,
1901
TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT.
RA
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ACTON.
HUDSON, MASS. The E. F. Worcester Press, Printers and Binders. 1901
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INDEX TO CONTENTS.
PAGE
Town Officers
3
Town Clerk's Report .
16
Town Meetings, 1900
5
Births
17
Marriages
18
Deaths
19
Dogs Licensed"
21
Report of Selectmen
23
List of Jurors
47
Road Commissioners
49
Treasurer's Report
50
Overseers of Poor
56
Library Trustees
61
SCHOOL REPORT:
Organization
School Calendar
4
Committee
7
Financial Statement 8
Superintendent's Report
10
Music Teacher's Report 17
High School Graduation Exercises 19
Roll of Honor .
20
Statistical Tables 21
Department of School Supplies
23
Town Warrant 30
REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720
5/05-100
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Acton, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 12,
1901
TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT.
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Geneal Lol 974.44 A 188
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ACTON.
HUDSON, MASS. The E. F. Worcester Press, Printers and Binders.
1901
Town Officers, 1900-1901.
Town Clerk, Horace F. Tuttle. Selectmen,
William F. Stevens,
E. Faulkner Conant, David C. Harris.
James B. Tuttle,
Assessors, William F. Stevens, Hiram J. Hapgood.
Overseers of the Poor,
David C. Harris, William F. Stevens,
E. Faulkner Conant.
Town Treasurer, Jonathan K. W. Wetherbee.
Auditor, Frank W. Hoit.
Collector of Taxes, William F. Stevens.
Constables,
William F. Stevens, James Kinsley. L. E. Reed, William H. Kingsley,
Thomas McCarty .*
Road Commissioners,
Anson C. Piper, (term expires 1901), William H. Kinsley, (term expires 1902), Herman A. Gould, (term expires 1901). School Committee,
Charles J. Williams, (term expires 1902), Horace F. Tuttle, (term expires 1903), Frank R. Knowlton, (term expires 1901).
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Cemetery Committee,
Julien Tuttle,
Herbert T. Clark,
Horace F. Tuttle.
Trustees Memorial Library, (elected by the Town),
William D. Tuttle, (term expires 1901), Charles J. Williams, (term expires 1902), Lucius A. Hesselton, (term expires 1903). Fence Viewers,
Daniel H. Farrar, Reuben L. Reed,*
Oliver W. Mead .*
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves,
Herbert T. Clark, J. P. Fletcher, E. F. Richardson,
Edgar H. Hall,*
M. E. Taylor,* J. E. Billings .*
Field Drivers,
William F. Stevens, James Kinsley, W. H. Kinsley,
L. E. Reed,
Thomas McCarty,
Tree Warden, E. F. Conant.
Committee on Enforcement of Liquor Law,
Adelbert Mead, F. P. Wood, L. V. Clough,
W. F. Dusseault, W. R. Buxton,
G. Eastabrook, Bernard Copping. Registrars of Voters, (appointed),
Samuel A. Guilford, (terms expires 1901), James McGreen, (term expires 1903), David T. Kinsley, (term expires 1902), Horace F. Tuttle, ex-officio.
*Have not taken the oath.
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Town of Acton.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,
HELD, MARCH 26, 1900.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2, To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee and other Town officers.
Voted, To accept the report of the several Town officers as printed.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers and commit- tees and fix salaries.
Voted, To proceed to choose on one ballot :
One Town Clerk,
One Town Treasurer,
Three Selectmen,
Three Assessors,
Three Overseers of the Poor,
One member of the School Committee for one year,
One member of the School Committee for three years,
One Collector of Taxes,
Five Constables,
Three Cemetery Committee,
Three Fence Viewers
Six Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves, Five Field Drivers,
One Trustee of Memorial Library,
One Auditor,
One Road Commissioner,
One Tree Warden.
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Voted, To fix the salary of the Collector of Taxes for the en- suing year at one hundred and fifty dollars, the same to include posting the warrants, enforcing the dog law and all other duties hitherto performed by said officer.
Voted, That the salary of the Road Commissioners be fixed at twenty-five cents per hour employed.
Voted, That laborers be paid seventeen and one-half cents per hour employed.
Voted, That a double team and man be paid forty-two and one half cents per hour employed.
The following Town officers and committees were chosen :
Town Clerk, Horace F. Tuttle.
Town Treasurer, Jona. K. W. Wetherbee,
Selectmen, E. Faulkner Conant, William F. Stevens, David C. Harris.
Assessors, James B. Tuttle, William F. Stevens, Hiram J. Hapgood.
Overseers of the Poor, E. Faulkner Conant, William F. Stevens, David C. Harris.
School Committee, Frank R. Knowlton for one year, Horace F. Tuttle for three years.
Collector of Taxes, William F. Stevens.
Constables, William F. Stevens, James Kinsley, L. E. Reed, Wm. H. Kingsley, Thomas McCarty.
Cemetery Committee, Julien Tuttle, Herbert T. Clark, Hor- ace F. Tuttle.
Fence Viewers, Daniel H. Farrar, Reuben L. Reed, Oliver W. Mead.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves, Herbert T. Clark, J. P. Fletcher, Edgar H. Hall, E. F. Richardson, M. E. Taylor, J. E. Billings.
Field Drivers, William F. Stevens, James Kinsley, L. E. Reed, W. H. Kingsley, Thomas McCarty.
Trustee of Memorial Library, (3 years), Lucius A. Hessel- ton.
Auditor, Frank W. Hoit.
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Town of Acton.
Road Commissioner, Nahum Littlefield (not sworn) ; Her- man A. Gould (appointed).
Tree Warden, E. F. Conant.
Chose Adelbert Mead, F. P. Wood, L. V. Clough, W. F. Dus- seault, W. R. Buxton, G. Easterbrook and Bernard Copping a Committee to enforce the liquor laws.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.
Heard the report of the Committee on Enforcement of the Liquor Laws.
Voted, To accept their report.
ART. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the due observance of Memorial Day.
Voted, To appropriate $100.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as re- vised by the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept and adopt the Jury List as reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the repairing of roads and bridges the present year.
Voted, To raise $3,500.
ART. S. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
Voted, To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in antici- pation of taxes the current year.
ART. 9. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year ?
Whole number of ballots cast, 175
Yes, 86
No, 89
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ART. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
Voted, To raise $400 for current expenses and $200 for the purchase of books.
ART. 11. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools the present year, and act anything thereon.
Voted, To raise for common schools, $3,550
66 " high school, 1,700
66 66 " transportation, 990
66 66 " books for high school, 50
66
66 " salary of Sup't., 450
ART. 12. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for school supplies the present year.
Voted, To raise $475.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will raise a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.
Voted, To raise $500.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the , present year or act anything thereon.
Voted, To appropriate $3 1-2· per lamp, approved by the Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out or relocating by the Road Commissioners of the road from Boxboro to South Acton, from a point in West Acton near the house of Eugene L. Hall to a point near the house of W. H. Lawrence.
Voted, To accept the laying out and relocation by the Road Commissioners of the road from Boxboro to South Acton, from a point in West Acton near the house of Eugene L. Hall to the South Acton road near the house of W. H. Lawrence.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the widening and straightening by the Road Commissioners of the road from South Acton to Stow, near the house of Mrs. Davidson and Mrs .. Bowles.
Voted, To dismiss the article.
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Town of Acton.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the road leading from a point near the house of Daniel Hennessey northerly to the Acton Center road.
Voted, To discontinue the piece of road described.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to hold but one An- nual Town Meeting instead of two.
Voted, To hold the Annual Town Meeting the last Monday in March, to be called not later than 9 o'clock A. M.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will rescind all action taken on Articles 21 and 22, in Warrant of April 3, 1899, and accept ordin- ance in reference to Cemetery Trust Fund or take any action thereon.
Voted, To pass over the Article.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in refer- ence to the collection of taxes the present year.
Voted, That the Collector charge interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next.
Toted, That all taxes shall be paid on or before the first day of March next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Collector shall collect according to law.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in refer- ence to furnishing crushed stone for its roads.
Voted, To pass over the Article.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to build a new bridge near the Powder Mills, on the road leading to Concord, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted, To build a new stone bridge near the Powder Mills, on the road leading to Concord.
Voted, To raise seven hundred dollars to build the bridge and repair the road.
ART. 23. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for town charges.
Voted, To raise $2,500 for Town charges.
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Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting.
Voted, To adjourn without day.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING
HELD AUGUST 21, 1900.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2. To see what action the Town will take in reference to authorizing its Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of two sections of State highway, the present year, in accordance with Chap. 404, Acts of 1900.
Voted, That the Town waive its rights to contract for the building of the proposed sections of State highway allotted to the Town, and leave the matter of building to the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
ART. 3. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Court for a separation of grades between the N. Y., N. H. & H. and B. & M. R. R. Co.'s tracks and the Great Road (so called), or will take any action relating thereto.
Voted, That the Board of Selectmen be requested to petition the Court for a separation of grades between the tracks of the N. Y., N. H. & H. and B. & M. Railroads and the Great Road (so called), and take such other action in the matter as may seem to them desirable and expedient.
ART. 4. To see what action the Town will take to procure two cannon to place on Acton Common.
Chose a Committee consisting of E. Faulkner Conant, Delette H. Hall and Charles M. Kimball.
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Town of Acton.
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take in reference to a fire engine for the South Village.
Voted, That the Town appropriate six hundred dollars, to be placed in the hands of the Selectmen, to be expended at their discretion for fire apparatus in South Acton.
ART. 6. To see what action the Town will take in reference to improving the Isaac Davis Monument Grounds.
Voted, That the Selectmen, with Luther Conant and August- ine Hosmer, be a Committee to provide a proper resting place for the stone presented to this Town by the Town of Concord, and cause a suitable inscription to be placed upon it.
Voted, That no action be taken in the matter of the altera- tion of the monument grounds until a plan has been presented to the Town.
Voted, That Luther Conant, W. D. Tuttle, E. F. Conant, Wm. H. Kingsley and Julien Tuttle be a Committee to consider the matter and report to the Town.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take in reference to authorizing the Selectmen to sell the East Acton school house grounds.
Voted, To dismiss the Articles.
Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting
Voted, To adjourn without day.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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STATE ELECTION.
Election Officers. PRECINCT No. 1.
Republican. Democratic.
Lyman C. Taylor, Inspector. Edward A. Phelan, Warden. John S. White, Deputy Inspector. Spofford Robbins, Deputy Warden.
Horace F. Tuttle, Clerk. Aaron W. Foster, Inspector. Moses E. Taylor, Deputy Clerk. Nahum C. Reed, Deputy Inspector.
PRECINCT No. 2.
Theron F. Newton, Warden. Abram Tuttle, Clerk.
Lucius A. Hesselton, Deputy Warden.
J. E. Reed, Deputy Clerk.
Hiram J. Hapgood, Inspector. Nelson J. Cole, Inspector. Edwin F. Barker, Deputy Inspector.
PRECINCT NO. 3.
Delette H. Hall, Warden, Wm. F. Kelly, Clerk.
Allen B. Parker, Deputy Warden. Wm. L. Tenney, Deputy Clerk.
Charles B. Stone, Inspector. James Kinsley, Inspector.
Fred S. Whitcomb, Deputy Inspector.
James Devane, Deputy ; Inspector.
PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS
HELD Nov. 6, 1900, IN PRECINCTS No. 1, 2 AND 3.
VOTES.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Total
Bryan and Stevenson Electors,
38
24
35
97
Mckinley and Roosevelt “
88
100
100
288
Wooley and Metcalf 66
1
0
3
4
1
0
0
1
Edward Waldo Emerson, Blanks,
8
S
1
17
Lewis C. Hastings, Deputy Inspector.
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Town of Acton.
GOVERNOR.
Precinct 1. Precinct 2. Precinct 3. Total
Charles H. Bradley,
0
2
0)
2
W. Murray Crane,
89
93
91
273
John M. Fisher,
1
1
5
7
Robert Treat Paine, Jr.,
38
21
30
89
Blanks,
8
15
13
36
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates,
91
99
96
286
John B. O'Donnell,
34
19
27
80
Wilbur M. Purrington,
2
0
3
5
Moritz E. Ruther,
0
0
1
1
George H. Wrenn,
2 2
1
0
3
Blanks,
7
13
12
32
SECRETARY.
Addison W. Barr,
2
0
2
William M. Olin,
90
96
93
279
W. H. Partridge,
1
0
4
5
Luther Stephenson,
35
17
28
80
Blanks,
8
19
14
41
TREASURER.
Edward S. Bradford,
89
99
91
279
Joseph L. Chalifoux,
34
19
24
77
Napoleon B. Johnson,
2
0
11
13
Stephen O'Shaughnessey,
0
1
0
1
Blanks,
11
13
13
37
AUDITOR.
Elbridge Gerry Brown,
36
18
25
79
Frank A. Forsstrom,
0
0
1
1
William G. Merrill,
8
2
4
14
Henry E. Turner,
83
94
88
265
Frank S. Walsh, Blanks,
0
1
0
1
9
17
21
47
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
John A. Billings,
1
0)
0
1
Allen Coffin,
1
1
4
6
John C. Crosby,
32
18
21
71
Hosea M. Knowlton,
90
99
94
283
Blanks,
12
14
20
46
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
Charles D. Lewis,
37
25
40
102
Charles Q. Tirrell,
88
93
84
265
Blanks,
11
14
15
40
COUNCILLOR.
S. Herbert Howe,
93
92
92
277
John J. Mahoney,
32
20
27
79
Blanks,
11
20
20
51
SENATOR.
Frank L. Blood,
35
21
26
82
Herbert E. Fletcher,
92
95
92
279
Blanks,
9
16
21
46
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
William N. Cowles,
36
27
35
98
Melvin W. Longley,
91
92
82
265
Blanks,
9
13
22
44
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Truman W. Hagar,
35
19
25
79
John O. Donnell,
1
1
1
3
Samuel O. Upham,
92
96
87
275
Blanks,
8
16
26
50
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Edwin O. Childs,
94
94
92
280
Charles A. Johnson,
4
7
2
13
Blanks,
38
31
45
114
15
Town of Acton.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Albert M. Grant,
6
8
3
17
Joseph O. Hayden, Blanks, A true record, Attest :
94
94
89
277
36
30
47
113
.
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk.
Vote of the 23d Middlesex District for Representative in General Court.
Acton Ayer L'tleton Shirley W'stf'rd Total
William N. Cowles, of Ayer,
98 276
45
118
87
624
Melvin W. Langley, of Shirley, 265
161
118
124
252
920
Blanks,
44
41
22
24
65
196
Total vote,
407
478
185
266
404
1,740
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Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS.
Whole number recorded, 37; all of which occurred in Acton.
Males, 19 Females, 18
Native parentage,
15
Foreign parentage, 11
Mixed parentage, 11
One parent born in Acton, 9
Both parents born in Acton, 0
MARRIAGES.
Whole number recorded, 26
Residents of Acton,
39
Residents of other places, 13
Oldest groom, 63
Oldest bride, 58
Youngest groom, 22
Youngest bride, 17
DEATHS.
Whole number recorded, 40
Residents of Acton,
39
Residents of other places,
1
Average age, 54. + years.
NOTE .- To make the registration as complete as possible, the Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.
NOTE .- In accordance with Section 8, Chap 32, of the Public Statutes, the Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish to all physicians, midwives and persons applying there- for, blanks for the return of births.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Toun Clerk.
Town of Acton.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1900.
No.
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
1900
1 2
Jan. 5
Daniel Christopher Goggin
John William Brodeur
3
Feb. 8
Louise Mary Tobin
4
17
Annie Elizabeth McCarthy
Mch. 1 Laura May Stone
5 6
April 16
Joseph Wilbur Brown
66
June 66
9 Edith Rose Lawrey
July
14 Annie Mary Foley 20 Laura. Heath
Aug.
22 Harry Johannes Phillipson 31 Wallace Edward Carey 6 Elsie Margaret Gough 7 Willard James Ingham
12 Miriam Allen Barker
66
20
Roland Fletcher Willis
66
22 Harold Ralph Searles 25 Ellis Edgar Hayward
Sept. 13 Edwin Henry Christaffersen
66
14
Dorothy Elizabeth Tuttle
66
66
22 Grace Altha® Gilmore 24 Myrtle Ida Abbott
Oct. 5
Douglas Burns Wilson
7
Charles Alfred Morse
28 29 30
Nov. 6
11
Abbie Elizabeth Coughlin Francis Earle Farrar
32 33 34 35
Dec. 7
9 Henry Ross
21 Gladys Alberta Wood
66
21 Alice Winifred Byron
36
31
Richard Morse Davis
Edward and Ellen (Mahoney) Chas. E. and Annie L. (Woodward) Michael and Mary (Quinlan) John and Ellen L. (Tuohey) Peter G. and Rose Mary(McGuire) Joseph R. and Lottie I. (Lehy) Francis S. and Lucy Emily (Noyes) James and Bridget (Neyland) Andrew B. and Mary N. (Lucier) Geo. Francis and EllenA.(Sullivan) Patrick J. and Johanna (Conway) Charles B. and Mary (Cahill) Anton and Caroline S. (Peterson) Edward H. and Ina S. (Bryant) John E. and Margaret (Dillon) Jeremiah R.and Mary Ella (Sibley) George A. and Leah R. (Allen) Herb. E. and Evelyn B. (Fletcher) Sanf'd S. and Annie H.(Hayward). William B. and Margaret (Leary) Anders and Annie (Anderson) Roswell L. and Annie B.(Simpson) Almon H. and Mabel G.(Dufresne) Edward A. and Ellen J. (Weaver) Jas. A. and Mary E. (McLoughlin) Alfred J. and Georgena J. (Beach) John L. and Elizabeth (LaClaire) Cecil E. and Alice A. (Fuller) Charles H. and Leah (Squires) Frank H. and Bessie May (Harris) William C. and Annie J.(Brannan) Frank B. and Dora Jane (Welch) Samuel and Annie (Zeruka) Albert L. and Agnes J. (Butler) Jas. F. and Bridget E. (Delaney) Rich. M. and Lena Maud (Morse)
7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
18
Marie Althea Davis
Elizabeth Ilene Hurley
23 7 Lillie Regenia Brazier
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
16
Francis William Hopps
18
27
Ernest Fuller Brewster Richard Archibald Schnair Edna May Tuttle
31
21
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1900.
NO
DATE PLACE
NAMES
RESIDENCES
1
Jan. 1,
Fredson P. Brooks
Acton Acton Boxboro Boxboro
2 3 4
Feb. 14, Maynard
Harry H. Clark
W. Acton
March 14,
Willard H. Rudolph
W. Acton
W. Acton
Harriet R. Barker
5
March 21.
Sewall H. Hasty
Emma M. Truette
William H. Francis Davis
Lendia Hermione Browne
Acton
March 28,
Will Atkinson Charles
Acton
S. Acton
M. Florence Fletcher
Acton
April 16,
Boston
Margaret S. Frazier
Acton
Charles C. Leighton
W. Acton
Gertrude M. Guilford
W. Acton
John Gilbert
Acton
Katie Poile
Acton
Charles H. Whitney
S. Acton
Cora A. Clough
S. Acton
June 12, S. Acton ?
Maud Virginia Colburn
W. Acton
Stephen F. Townsend
S. Acton
June 27, S. Acton June 27,
Jessie H. Jones Joseph M. King Mary Quinlan
S. Acton
Concord Junc.
W. Acton
S. Acton
Annie B. Gray
S. Acton
William Kay Mary E. Lund
Concord
George E. Crampton
Somerville
Mabel Frances Wetherbee
Acton Boston
Elbert Anderson Bradish
Hattie L. Tuttle
Acton
Oct. 10, Littleton Oct. 10, Littleton
Cora Etta Emery
Acton
Chester H. Harris
Acton
Lottie Moore
Littleton
Harry E. Clough
S. Acton
Mabel D. Bradley
Littleton
Little'n, N.H.
Acton
W. Acton
Bertha I. Downie
W. Acton
Nov. 28, Concord
Alfred O. L. Loring
Concord
Helen P. Emery
Acton
Dec. 19,
Percy E. Tuttle
S. Acton
Boxboro
Alice M. Walch
S. Acton
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Maynard June 28, W. Acton
Joseph T. Regnier
Loretta C. Shattuck
Henry Smith
Concord
July 18, Milford, N.H. 1 Aug. 10, S. Acton Sept. 19, Acton Oct. 3, W. Acton
Freeman W. Robbins
Acton
Oct. 10, Littleton Nov. 14, Chelmsford Nov. 26,
Charles M. Cudworth Cora Rouillard Harry A. Spinney
W. Acton
23 24 25 26
Jan. 11, W. Acton
Acton
Mary D. Blake
Alfred W. Cobleigh
Effie M. Withington
Catherine F. Keegan
Maynard
W. Acton Acton Acton Acton
Concord March 28, Acton
Dexter L. Spinney
Acton
May 3, Hopedale ( May 23, Acton May 29, S. Acton (
Herman C. Tapley
S. Acton
S. Acton
Maynard
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Town of Acton.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1900.
AGES
No.
DATE.
NAME.
YR. MO. DS.
1.
January 14, Joseph Reed,
88
8
28
2.
January 21, Lewis B. Goodnow,
82
9
2
3. January 31, Lottie E. Handley,
38
10
14
4.
February 1, Michael Hannon,
67
4
2
5.
February 26, William H. Booker,
29
11
10
6.
March March
2,
Caroline H. Hosmer,
63
5
11
7.
8,
Patrick Sheary,
69
10
26
8.
March
23,
Harriet L. Gates,
62
0
16
9. March 29,
Charlotte L. Brown,
75
0
3
10.
April
7,
William King, .
70
0
17
11.
April
20,
Elizabeth Bergendahl.
74
0 0
12.
April
22,
Nancy D. Robbins,
73
11
3
13.
April
22, Eliza J. Shattuck,
67
5
7
15.
May
7.
Sarah Jane Reed,
73
1
1
16.
May
15.
Mary E. Pettengill,
76
1 29
17.
May
21,
Bertha E. Hosmer,
31
1
7
18.
May
24,
John William Parsons,
64
6
14
19.
May
28,
Angelina S. Faulkner,
68
8
8
20.
June
2,
Richard G. Dane,
75
3
9
21.
June
8,
Lillie R. Brazier,
0
0
1
22.
June
21,
Mary Agnes Philbrick,
40
0
17
23.
June 25, Nettie Nickerson,
34
11
3
24.
June
26,
Eva Celestia Emery,
35
7 13
25.
July
12,
Isaac G. Reed,:
53
11
13
26.
July
30,
Nathaniel M. Allen,
60
3
1
27.
August 11,
Elsie Margaret Gough,
0
0
5
28.
July 25, Ralph D. Brodeur,
3
1
25
29.
August
12,
Frank E. Merrill,
16
3
9
30.
August
22.
Susan E. Hayward,
52
9
14
31.
August
29,
Henry Shapley,
77
5 20
32.
September 4,
Maria Kingsley,
80
0 28
33.
September 5, James Raymond Gough,
0
11
27
34. September 17.
Erico Gasbaro,
40
0
0
35.
October
11,
Kate Kane,
56
10
26
36.
October
12,
Morris Lane,
76
0 0
37. November
6. Orrilla G. Barker,
64
-
17
38. December
13, Helen Gertrude Haynes,
36
10
17
39. December 16, Lucius S. Hosmer,
55
2
21
40.
December 27, Martha A. Jones,
83
0
24
20
14.
April
24.
Julia Sophia Hale,
51
6
-
20
Annual Reports
NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1900.
AGE
No.
DATE OF DEATH. 1900.
NAME OF PERSON.
RESIDENCE.
YR. MO. DS.
1. Feb. 4,
Lydia A. Wood,
Hyde Park,
57
9
23
2. Feb. 19,
Jane F. Rodgers,
Wareham,
79
0
0
3. Feb. 20, Benjamin Mellen,
Boston,
59
3
15
4. Mar. 5, Annie E. Lothrop,
Charlton,
51 4 18
5. Mar. 20, Direxa E. Mead,
Somerville,
66
0
0
6. Mar. 23,
Mary M. Chase,
Atlanta, Ga.,
63
3
6
7. Mar. 26,
John P. Priest,
Boston,
81
7
27
8. April 1, Melville B. C. Cummings,
Woburn,
64
5
0
9. April 3, William H. Austin,
Maynard,
0
0
4
10. April 16, William Law,
Lancaster,
71
11 0
11. June 28, Mary Law,
Ayer,
79
9
8
12. July 29, Caroline Whitcomb,
Fitchburg,
80
4 28
13. Aug. 22, Cylena H. Conant,
Concord,
81
0
28
14. Sept 6, Daniel R. Briggs,
Chelsea,
83
6
0
15. Sept. 9, Althea Louise Houston,
Boston,
61
3 10
16. Oct. 2, Mary M. Cutter,
Boston,
82
7
8
1872.
17. Jan. 27, Luther Oliver Hale, W. Lebanon, N. H.,
6
5 22
21
Town of Acton.
PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1900.
Lottie C. Flagg, $ 2 00
Lester N. Fletcher, 2 00
Clara L. Stone, 2 00
Frank A. Pratt, 2 00
J. Sterling Moore,
2 00
Howard E. Faulkner, 2 00
James P. Brown,
2 00
Jeremiah McCarthy, 2 00
Clarence E. Switzer,
2 00
Arthur Tuttle, 2 00
Frank R. Stevens,
2 00
H. A. Gould,
2 00
Green & Holden,
2 00
Joseph R. Brown,
2 00
Amasa E. Lincoln,
2 00
Joseph F. Scott, 2 00
Wm. F. Stevens,
2 00 David C. Harris, 2 00
Ernest Johnson,
2 00
Charles H. Wheeler, 2 00
2 00
George T. Knowlton,
2 00
Willard Rudolph, 2 00
5 00
John Temple,
2 00
George H. Brooks,
2 00
Mary E. Davis,
2 00
Mary E. Reynolds, 2 00
2 00
Albert H. Perkins,
2 00
Abel Cole,
2 00
Wm. F. Kelley,
2 00
Fred E. Howland, (2) 4 00
2 00
J. Linwood Richardson,
5 00
Elizabeth Hanson,
2 00
Luke Tuttle,
2 00
Warren H. Jones,
2 00
Charles L. Ford, (3)
12 00
Elnathan Jones,
2 00
George Libby,
5 00
Francis Pratt,
2 00
John Downey,
2 00
George W. Worster, 2 00
Cyrus G. Dole,
2 00
C. F. Shirland,
2 00
N. J. Cole, (2)
7 00
Robert G. Reed,
2 00
F. G. Williams,
5 00
M. G. Hayes, (2)
4 00
Eva C. Shapley,
2 00
Censtance O'Neil,
2 00
Solon A. Robbins,
2 00
Moses Taylor, 2 00
2 00
Smith Finney, (2)
10 00
Francis S. Davis,
5 00
Frank W. Bulette,
2 00
Robert Deschler, (3)
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