Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1901-1905, Part 1

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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.


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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


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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.


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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


19


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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