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TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
Receipts and Expenditures
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1899.
OF REA
TOWN
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W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Printers, Reading, Mass. 1900.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1899-1900.
Selectmen. GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, Chairman, WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, Secretary, OLIVER L. AKERLEY.
Overseers of the Poor. WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, Chairman, GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, Secretary, OLIVER L. AKERLEY.
Assessors.
EDWARD F. PARKER, Chairman Term expires 1902
JOHN H. ADDEN, Secretary .
·
1901
WILLIAM WALLACE DAVIS .
. 1900
Town Clerk. JAMES REID.
Treasurer. EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes .! HERBERT M. VIALL.
Auditors.
EDGAR N. HUNT. WALTER M. SCOTT ..
ALBERT P. DANE.
Board of Health.
GEORGE F. DOW, Chairman Term expires 1901
FRED D. MERRILL, Secretary .
1902
CALVERT H. PLAYDON
1900
4
School Committee.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman
Term expires 1902
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary
1900
MRS. ELLEN M. BANCROFT
1900
HORACE G. WADLIN
66
66 1902
MARY L. NESMITH
66 1901
HENRY C. PARKER
66
1901
MELVILLE A. STONE, Superintendent of Schools.
Water Commissioners.
EDWARD B. DRAKE, Secretary
Term expires 1900
CALVIN L. MARTIN
66 1902
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman .
1901
Municipal Light Board.
HENRY ROBINSON, Chairman
Term expires 1901
A. NEWELL HOWES, Secretary
66
1902
JAMES H. CARLETON . .
66 1900
Trustees of Public Library.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman .
Term expires 1901
CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary ·
.
66
1902
FREDERIC E. WHITTEMORE
1902
HARLEY PRENTISS
1900
HENRY G. KITTREDGE
66 1900
J. WOODWARD MANNING
66 1901
5
Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery.
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman
Term expires 1902
WILLIE E. TWOMBLY
66 1902
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Supt. and Sec.
66 1900
ALDEN BATCHELDER
1901
EDWARD F. BROOKS ·
66
1901
HERBERT BARROWS .
66
66 1900
Registrars. JAMES REID, Clerk. OWEN McKENNEY. JOHN F. TURNER. WILLIAM S. KINSLEY.
Engineers of Fire Department. FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief. CHAS. H. STINCHFIELD, Clerk. GEORGE L. PRATT.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
L. T. EAMES.
Forest Firewards.
ASA PARKER, Chairman. ALBION G. NICHOLS. MARTIN M. CUMMINGS.
OREN N. JONES. WILLARD A. BANCROFT, Secretary. Constables.
FRED D. MERRILL. HENRY STOCK
6
Police. FRED D. MERRILL, Chief, and Keeper of the Lock-up. HENRY STOCK.
Specials.
ARTHUR E. DAVIS. SAMUEL BROWN. GEORGE F. GILMAN.
J. HENRY ORR.
EUGENE L. LOVEJOY.
FRANK W. DAVIS.
(Resigned Nov. 25. 1899,)
Superintendent of Streets. ARTHUR G. EMERSON.
Keeper of Almshouse.
Inspector of Plumbing.
JOHN F. BURNHAM. GREENLEAF S. TUKEY.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANK W. PARKER.
Burial Agent. EPHRAIM WIGHT.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1899.
DATE. NAME OF CHILD.
SEX. NAMES OF PARENTS. OCCUPATION OF FATHER
Jan.
66
5 John Fahey, Lucie Jane Knight,
M Michael and Delia McGrath, Night W'hman. F Eugene F.,Emma L. Mathews, Brakeman.
F William J. and Minerva Hunt, Woodworker.
66
21 Mildred Bailey,
F Hugh and Iva L. Stillings,
S. Machine Ag't.
66
27
Nettie Bernice Morrison,
F Winfield S.andLizzieThurlow, Shoemaker.
66 28
Hilda Symonds,
F Burton K.and Alice E.Abbott, Box M'f'turer. M James A. and Annie G. Jones, Clerk.
Feb. 2 Alice Bosson Herbolzheimer, F Christ.J.G.E., Pauline Canter, Nurse.
2 Eunice Little Reed,
F Herbert A. and Helen Smith, P'vision Dealer.
66
11
John Henry Froton. Stillborn,
M HerbertR.,LottieEmmaHayes Rubber Worker. Laborer. M Ambrose and Teresa Muse, F Elison Smith Robertson,
Mar. 12 Norman C. Theobald,
M Alfred N. and Annie Grant,
Clerk.
.6
22 John Reuben Dulong,
M John R. and Mary C. Muise,
66
28
Helen McGuire,
F Patrick and Ellen Hayes, Night W'lıman. F IrvingW.and Ardelle Dunton, Farmer. F James and Lizzie Fitzgerald, Rubber Worker. F John C. and Annie McCall, Teamster. Laborer. F Charles and Jessie Ellis,
Apr.
1 4 9 12 12 15
Rose Ann Mclntyre, Stillborn,
M Chas. E. Grover, Amalia Lake- Mason. F Herb'tE., CoraF.Hunter. [man Shoemaker.
F Albert C. and Ivaloo Chase, M Arthur H. and Ella Ross,
R. R. Clerk. Brakeman.
18
Earle Ross Hutchinson,
M Dennis F.,Mary Ella Connelly, Box Maker
66
22 John Albert Muise,
M James H.and Janie Hubbard, Fireman.
66
27
Joseph William Campbell, Stillborn-Surette, Joseplı Louis Burbine,
M James A. and Agnes Flaherty, Rubber worker. M Leon and Lizzie Hubbard, M Ambrose and Agnes Muse, Stone Mason. Painter. Laborer. M Joseph and Annie Hurlburt, F George M. and Bessie Briggs, Silk Cutter.
66 28
66 29
June 1
66
1 1
2 Christine Fife,
F Oramel B.and Harriet Sawyer, Clothing Cutter.
F FrankA.and Gussie F. Waden, Fisherman.
F Edmund and Sadie White, F Edmund and Sadie White,
Laborer. Laborer.
66 July 66
5 Ruth Dorothy Reade
9 Helen Hall Staples,
66
9 Theresa May Ellis,
$25 Do ·kendorf Hunt,
Aug. 5 Harold Wentworth Green,
12
Hilding Justinus Roseland,
66
14 John Earl Thompson,
66 16 John Thomas Halloran,
66
19 Herbert Sherman, 66
21 Thomas Joseph Thornton,
29 Louis Granville Hill,
F Stanley L. and Lena H. Butt, T'l'g'ph Op'tor. F Benj. M. and Grace M. Ladd, Brakeman. F Geo.Lowry, Adel'eF.Hubbard, Shoemaker, M F.W.and Mab'IG. Dockendorf, Salesman. M H.H. & Blanche P. Washburn, Brakeman. M Edward & Kristina M. Frisell, Stair builder. M John E.& MabelF. Richardson, Plumber. M Martin J. & Margaret Collins, Laborer. F John W., Marion F. Lombard, Com. Merchant. M Herbert and Alice H. Slocum, Painter. M Thomas and Mary Ferrick,
Section hand. M LouisG.andHattie Ella Oakes, Clerk.
66
21
66
21 Joseph Robert White,
F Lester and Addie E. Rudolph, Carpet Cleaner.
M Edward J. and Annie White, Teamster. F Wm. Harvey andAlice M.Bur- Box Maker. M Angelo & Katie Cuneo, [ditt, Laborer. F Everett C. and Carrie E. Wells, Shoemaker. F Truesdell C., Alice C. Horton, Plumber. F Daniel J. and Nora Driscoll, Gardener.
46 66
10 Nellie Watts,
66
17 Annie Stella White, twin,
66 17 Mary Elizabeth White " 25 Phylis Cook,
F George W. and Alice R. Fogg, Bookkeeper.
F Thomas and Mary Thornton, Section hand.
66 May 18
14 Mary Josephine Dunn,
F JamesP.andJosephineF.Butt, Rubber Worker. Stone Mason.
66
29 Mildred Louise Stone,
Margaret Elizabeth Galvin,
Annie May McKillop,
Hazel Hunter McIntire,
Mary Elizabeth Robinson,
66 19 Paul Joseph Cummings,
24 Mildred Susan Moses, 26 Margaret Turner,
23 Ruth Hutchinson,
Blanche Glennie Fielding, Benjamin L. White, Stillborn, Stacy, Simon Joseph Zanni, Gladys Gertrude Cloudman,
3 Nellie Desmond,
Madeline Ruth Preble,
F Arthur H. and Annie Murray, Baggage Master.
13 Ida May Graham,
28 Whitman Irving Freeman,
5 Robert Melburn Heselton,
24 Gertrude Lillian Livermore, F Henry L. and Stella G. Harris, Carpenter.
27
17 Priscilla Davies
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1899.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Aug. 30 Joseph Henry Meuse,
Sept. 2 William Arthur Riley,
66
5 Marion White Litchfield,
66
7 Rachel McFadden,
66
15 Sylvestine C. White,
66
17 Madeline Rodden,
66
22 Mary Mabel Muse,
66
26
Viola Richardson,
66 30 Stillborn-Bolton,
Oct. 1 Helena Anna Murray,
1 Alberta Frances Hosford,
F Benj. F. & Annie J.T. Currier, Carriage Painter
3 Elizabeth Nelson Deane,
F Arthur N. and Dorothy Pierce, Insurance.
Carpenter. Car washer.
66
15
9 Rodman James Mellen, Nelson Benton Young,
66
17
Mabel Helen Doucette,
66
18
Frank Sanborn.
F James and Mary E. Hubbard, Shoe Cutter. M George F., Mary F. Gamage, Milk Dealer.
66
21
Lillian Elinor Field,
F Fred'c M. , Lillian F. Hutchins, Engineer. M Evelyn Chase,
66 Nov. 1
27 Dana Richmond Pulsifer, Fred Kimball Fowler,
M David and Annie M. Dickie, Coachman. M John W. and Lalıa W. Kimball, Brakeman. M Wm. H.and Caroline M.Potter, Plumber.
4 Potter Hodgkins,
12 Peter Gordon Froton,
M SimonPeter, Albina Dudivoir, Shoemaker. M Edward M., Mary L. Denehey, Plasterer. M Charles D. and Susie S. Morse, Box Maker. F Dean and Sarah M. Pearson, Salesman. F Charles E. and Carrie A. Sias, Shoemaker.
66
26 Florence May Stratton,
66
27 Archibald Francis Robertson,M James R., Jessie Archibald,
Farmer.
66
30 Lawrence Alexander Muse,
Dec. 6 Radcliffe Morse Oxley,
M Norman and Agnes Doucette, Laborer. M J. Clarence and Mazie Morse, Druggist. M John E. and Annie Kennedy, Motorman. F Rufus L.T.and Mary A. Galvin, Drawtender.
66 18 Leslie John Haag,
F Irving C. and Julia E. Keefe, Railr'd Employe. M Charles J. and Sarah McPhee, Mill Hand. F Simon and Lizzie Muise. Teamster.
66 19 Mary Helen Castine,
66
22 John Eddy Melanson,
M William and Lydia Le Blanc, Carpenter.
25
25 Esther Helena Tucker,
66 26
Edwin Badger Greenyer, Stillborn,
F Chas.G.and Frances Campbell Cabinet Maker. M Edwin and Alice B. Badger, Dry Goods Pack'r M O.F. Washburn, EdithForman Traveling.
Whole number of births registered, 98; Males, 45; females, 53. Nativity of parents ; American fathers, 51; Foreign, 45; not reported, 2. American mothers. 51; foreign, 47.
M William and Lizzie Doucette, Carpenter. M Thomas and Annie Murray, Section hand. F George S. and Cora Kidder. Conductor. F James and Bertha Zwicker Foreman. F Jos. H. and Elizabeth Froton, Laborer. F William T. and Mary Wright, Rail Road Clerk. F Alfred and Mary Muse, Laborer.
F Win. H. and Maggie E. Carter, Machinist. M Isaac and Katherine Murray, Laborer. F Philip M.,Margaret D.Curran, Painter.
4 Louisa Elizabeth Butters,
8 Ellen Spillane,
F Frank A. and Mabel Jones, F Timothy and Mary Murray, M William and Annie Melanson, Plumber. M Frank W.and Lillian F.Eamnes, Tailor.
27
17 John Edward Smith,
66 19 Charles Lindsay Morse,
66 22 Anna Peabody,
11 John Edward Denehey,
16 Helen May Goodridge,
16 Ruth Josephine Eaton,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1899.
NAMES OF BRIDE
DATE. AND GROOM.
AGE. OCCUPATION.
BIRTHPLACE.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Thos. A. Morse, Marg'te Oxley Harry and Anna Welch, Michael and Anna Fox, William and Snsan Capron, John D. and Edna M. Smith, Gilb't O. & M'y JJ. Richardson, Chester W. and Mary P. Dean, Sammel and Naney Kenney, I'nE.Jamison, Eliz'h Passmore Ch's. H. & Martha E. Madison Joseph and Sarah E. Huntley, Olepander and Susan Bogler, Win. Dobbin and - Crawford, John D. and Mary A. Duffill, Chas. Il. and Fannie I. MeKay, Jos. G. and Sar'h A. Champion Clar'ce E., Car'e E. Bradford, Albert H. and Zetta Currier, Walter S. & M. Isabel Badger, Samuel R. and Margaret,
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Patrick and Barbara ('rowley, Rev. James F. MeNiff, Wakefield Patriek and Ellen Sullivan, Silas L. Morse, Baptist Minister, Medfield J. E. Millerick, Catholic Priest, Wakefield Win. C. Townsend, Pastor M. E. Church, Greenfield Henry H. French, Clergyman, Malden
R. W. Haskins, Clergyman, Reading
Rev. Charles R Bliss, Cong. Minister, Wakefield Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading J. F. Albion, Minister of the Gospel, Malden George W. Skinner, Rector of Grace Church, Newton, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading
Rev. Wm. T. O'Connor, Assistant Rector, Wakefield
" 27 Albert Mense, Mary Mense,
" 14 George Hatch Clough, Grace Badger Parker, 25 24 Laborer, Domestic, 20 24 Machinist,
" 27 Jason Elbridge Richardson, Emma May Brown,
23
Rubber Worker, Farmer,
Charlestown,
Nova Scotia, Reading, Chicago, Ill., E. Jefferson. Me.,
July 12 Charles Albert Damon, Inez Cook Hall,
23 27 23
Bookkeeper, Wheelwright, Bookkeeper,
Hingham, Halifax, N. S.,
Wakefield,
Newton, Reading,
Andover,
Herrick, Rebceca P. Preston, [Me .Joshua H.& Adeline S. Mason, Samuel and Elizabeth Eaton, Rich'dJ. Reed, EmmaL.Synder
" 19 Samuel W. Bowker, Emma Lonise (Reed) Reed, 35
Aug.30 Thomas W. Stowers 40 Grocer,
At home,
Ha tie F. (Draper) Ilenderson, 41 Sept. 4 George E. Dodge, 38 Telegraph Operator, Royalton, Vt., Mary A.(Wentworth) Washburn 47 House Keeper, Tunbridge, Vt.,
Ireland, Ireland,
27 Domestic,
37 Drnggist, Pointe De Bute, N. B., Joseph and Elizabeth Jones,
Bridgewater, N. S., Joliet, Ill.,
Ilampton, N. H.,
" 18 Charles E Townsend, Lenna B. Ransom,
30 Milliner,
May 4 Herbert A. Brackett, Eva P MeDougall,
27 Salesman,
21 At Home,
Wakefield, New Brunswick,
" 17 James C. Tingley, Imey A. Ackley,
38 llousekeeper,
25 State Bd. of Agri.,
June 7 Charles Edward Neville, Annie Estella Jess, 2.4 At home, 7 Victor II. MeGnffin, Lonisa French Dobbin, 29 Ilonsework,
34 Stenographer,
26 ('lerk,
Somersworth, N. H., Cambridge,
25 At home,
27 Organ Pipe Maker,
23 Bookkeeper,
London, Eng., Florence, Exeter, N. H., Reading,
Nova Scotia,
Nova Scotia, Reading,
Mande and Eunice Mulasong, JJason W.and Mary C. Ilarnden, Henry H. French, Clergyman, Wm. H., Martha R. Me Masters, Albert F. and Adelia Ellis, Henry M. and LydiaA. Lewis, Geo. Il. and Mary F. Marden, Alton J. and Rebecea J. Tobey, L'wis A .& Adelaide Thompson, Robt.and Rebecca Nickerson, Isaac D., Henrietta S. Hayden, Emery and Rose Melntire,
Malden
Charles E. Beals, Minister, Stoneham
Rev. John Pettengill, Pastor of 1st Baptist Ch'h, Jefferson, Me. Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading William C. Merrill, Minister of the Gospel, Lymi Webster Woodbury, Clergyman, Milton
" 13 Frank Denton Merrill, Georgie F. F. Morse,
20 18
" 18 Alden Batchelder, Frances A. (Stott) Parker, 49
62
Retired,
45 Contractor,
Southwest Harbor, Richmond, Va., Woburn, Bennington, N. H.,
Thos. P. & Maria M. Greydon, F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading Hiram S. & Ellen A. Crandall, F. S. Hunnewell, Clergynian, Jarvis and Nancy Fifield, Daniel H. & Harriet B. Draper,
Reading
Jan. 19 Timothy Spillane. Mary Murray, " 25 Joseph Clarence Oxley, Mary ( Morse) Butters, Apr. 2 Harry Stone, Blanche MeCabe
37 24 Coachman, Cook,
22
32 Insurance,
Warwick, R. I., Concord, N. II.,
Dedham,
49 Porter,
New Brunswick, Woburn, Nova Scotia, Ohio-Tuscaruwas, Lowell,
June 8 Roy Duffill Jones, Edith Rebecca Ilill,
" 12 Joseph Alfred Gover Webb, Pauline Cunningham Brown, 21 Neckwear,
" 28 William Wellington Newhouse, 30 Margaret Louise Richardson, 19 29 Salesman,
" 12 William F. Bates, Margaret N. Meffen,
Bicycle Worker,
31 Laborer.
Aug.30 George Franklin Tibbetts, Jr., 24 Blanche Arden Danforth
23 At home,
52
Salesman,
Malden, Woburn, Reading,
Canada,
47
Farmer,
Cambridge,
Beverly,
" 12 Willis Henry Carter, Eva Marian Stillings,
" 28 Justin W. Wilson, Bertha M. Totten,
32 Farmer, At home,
Reading,
Oct. 1 Irving M. Wakefield, Rosamund E. Tukey,
24 Stenographer,
30
Electrician,
Wakefield,
24 At home,
Reading,
N. Y. City, N. Y.,
43 Housekeeper,
Winchester,
38 Proof Reader,
Ipswich,
38 At home,
Boxford,
'22 Teamnster,
Norway, Me.
19 At home,
Richmond, N. H ..
21 Shoe Finisher,
Woburn, Yarmouth, N. S.,
24 Rattan Worker,
30 Physician & Surg'n, Charlemont,
24 At home,
Reading, Medford,
31 Mason,
29 Necktie Maker,
Reading,
19 Salesman,
E. Boston,
21 At liome,
Stoneliam,
40 Lawyer,
Lockeford, Cal.,
30 At home,
Reading,
23 Shoemaker,
Mary Clements,
19 Domestic,
Canaan, Me.,
William and Mary Niles,
Dec. 20 Edward N. Waslıburn, Laura A. Corning,
25
Domestic,
Derry, N. H.,
Peru, Vt.,
6. 20 Albert M. Lyon, Alice M. Elkins,
21 At home,
Natick,
21 Motorman,
Reading,
20 Stitcher.
New Brunswick.
James and Annie Linton.
Malden George N. Green, Justice of the Peace, Stoneham
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyinan, Reading Edward A. Manning, Clergyman, Reading Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading Frederic J. Gauld, Clergyman, Leominster, Mass. Joseph Candlin, Methodist Clergyman, Reading F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading Josialı H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading
Rev. C. H. Hickok, Baptist Clergyman, Wakefield F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading Rev. J. F. McNiff, Clergyman, Wakefield Charles E. Beals, Minister, Stonehan F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading Rev. J. F. McNiff, Clergyman, Wakefield Albert P. Davis, Pastor of Cong. Church, Wakefield Charles Scott, Minister of the Gospel, Reading Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman, Reading
Whole number of Marriages, 40. Nativity of persons married : American-born, 64-males, 34; females, 30. Foreign-born, 16-inales, 6; females, 10. First marriage of 27 males and 29 females ; second marriage of 12 males and 10 females ; third marriage of 1 male and 1 female. Age-Number of persons from 60 to 70, 1; 50 to 60, 2; 40 to 50, 10; 80 to 40, 19; 20 to 30, 42; under 20, 6.
Geo. F. & Susan E. Cushman, Henry H. French, Cleryman, Frank W. & Emma A. Pierce, Benjamin M. and Delia Pratt,
Zeb Lampro & Julia Didware, Geo. W. & Mary A. Burdakin, Ed'd P. & Charlotte K. Roberts HenryL.&Charlotte Ann Bird, Frank P. and Annie M. Head, Joseph W. and Adeline Gracy, Robert C. and Mary Knight, John F. & Laura A. Seaward, G. S. and Sarah E. Butman, Albert A. & Carrie E.Newhall, Frank M. & Anne L. Appleton, Henry and Sarah Prince,
S. W. Pierce& Margaret Adams M. V.B. and Lydia M. Pearson, Edward and Lydia S. Leavitt, Asa F. and Annie D. Foster, Lorie A. and Rhoda E. Parker, Stephen & Josephine Hebron, John A. and Mary M. Meuse, Lorenzo H. andDora K. Leach, FrancisH.&AngustaT. Hawes, Peter E. and Catherine Joyce, Patrick and Hannah Sullivan, George A. and Mary Pinkham, Wm.E.& HattieFlorence Dow, Gilman C. and Bertha Viett, Henry and Emma F. Pearson, Joshua and Mary Doucette,
Mark B. & Addie M. Rideout, John E. and Eleanor J. Horne, Henry A. and Ada L. Beard,
" 24 Herbert G. Stock, Annie Maude Henry.
Shipper.
Sept.11 George A. Boyce, Julia Ardelle, (sometimes called Ida Lampro) Livingston, 32 Housekeeper,
" 12 Marcellus C. Putnam, Caroline Potter, 44 Housekeeper,
22 Carpenter,
Wilmington,
23 At home,
Great Falls, N. H.,
Stonehamn,
29
19 Musician and Clerk, Everett,
Melrose.
4 Arthur Newhall Mansfield, Frances Marshall Smith,
53 Salesman,
" 10 Theodcre F. Hannaford, Margaret Pierce Clark,
" 10 Engene Horace Perley, Eliza Estlier Howe,
" 18 George F. Morsc, Vera V. Howard,
" 21 Stephen Everett Harrow, Mary Louise Lefave,
" 25 Ernest Dalton Richmond, Bessie Livermore Dewey,
" 25 Peter Edward Donahue, .Jr., Catherine Gertrude Barrett,
Nov. 1 Alonzo C. Shackford, Effie B. Knights,
" 15 Edwin C. Holman, Mabel F. Harnden,
" 19 Benjamin L. White,
Stoneham, Nova Scotia,
Simon and Julia Doncette,
39 Carpenter,
Frank and Adeline Griffin,
27 Attorney at Law,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1899.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
Jan. 6 George E. Stevens,
49
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-
73
·2
-
66
15 Raymond L. Storer,
3
5
18 Leslie H. and Lilla G.,
66
18 Mary Elizabeth Mellen,
57
6
6
66
21 Harriet (Niehols) Pratt,
83
-
-
-
14
3 Horace Hall,
78
8
18
66
5 John E. Thompson,
29
29
6 Mary (Batehelder) Nichols,
70
10
13
6 Henry W. Milliken,
6 Silas W. Goodland,
25
8 Andrew J. Green,
63
12 Mary A. (Bryant) MeAlister,
75
2 11
12 Horace W. Blanchard,
50
44
7
9
14
Lydia (Frost) Hodgdon,
72
6
22
16
Mary (MeIntire) Merrill,
27
28 Albert H. Pillsbury,
Mar. 10 Sally Lewis Goodwin,
12 Norman C. Theobald,
66
20 Mary K. (Knowles) Nowell,
84
2 26
Foster Nowell,
General Debility.
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
30
Clarenee Hembold,
.8 2
20 Caleb and Matilda Poole,
86 9 - Jacob C. Wells,
Old Age.
12 16
William H. Twombly,
48
8
28
Jonathan and Mary Rideout,
{ harlotte Sweetser,
65
83
6 6
7 Charles W. Kelley,
48
-
75 4 13
William and Sally Boutwell,
66
June 1
22 J. Gilman Lovejoy, Stacy, 2 Nettie A. (Melntire) Smith,
stillborn,
William H. and Alice M. Burditt,
35 3 8
James B. Smith,
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
General Paralysis. Peritonitis. Membraneous Croup.
l'neumonia. Pneumonia.
Premature Delivery.
Chrome Rheumatism .. Pneumonia.
Apoplexy. LaGrippe followed by Pneumonia.
Bronchial Asthma. Tuberculosis.
Railroad accident.
Cerebral Apoplexy. Cancer of Liver, and Abscess.
Suicide by hanging. Heart failure. Chronie Endocarditis.
Brights Disease.
Elison S. Robertson,
David D. and Clara A. Grush,
Henry W. Goodwin,
Alfred N. and Annie Grant,
Newell R. and Nancy Simpson,
24
Laura J. Frost,
74
10 22
William and Isabel,
General Peritonitis.
Endocarditis and LaGrippe.
3
7 Fanny S. (Shaw) Wells, Grover,
stillborn, 77
1 19 William and Lydia Horne, Robert and Clara Hills, 8 4
.6 16 Esther Bartley,
66
28 Alonzo Cary Blethen,
71
6 19 Herbert B. and Abbie S. Tarr,
James and Rosy Haughy,
Cancer of Stomach and Bowels.
Phthisis. Cerebral Hemorrhage. Chrome Nephritis.
13 Lucinda A. (Flint) Nichols,
75 7 18
Leon and Lizzie Hubbard,
18
stillborn, 73 3 9 Jeremiah G. and Betsey Pratt,
Dislocation and fracture of Spine.
Peritonitis, Tuberculosis of lungs and bowels.
-
Phineas Green, Benjamin McAlister,
Sylvanus and Mary A. Towner,
George W. Pierce,
Phineas S. Hodgdon,
2
George W. Merrill,
80 8 stillborn, 22
3 28
80 10 26 4 hours
52 11 -
William Frost,
19
Apr. 46
Matilda Wakefield,
Charles E. and Amalia Lakeman,
Chronie Cystitis, and Neuralgia. Neurosis of Heart. Angina Pectoris. Broncho Pneumonia. Apoplexy.
May 2 4 John Fluke,
6 Martha R. (Raynolds) Temple,
Freegrace Raynolds and Ann Brown, Augustus S. and Mary C.
Edwin P. Niehols,
16 Henry Deadman, Surette,
NAMES OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
Jolin and Eliza Barnes,
Abijalı and Sarah Goodwin,
James Mellen,
Benjamin +. Pratt,
Hugh and Iva L. Stillings,
William Proctor, Hollis A. Morrill,
Feb. 1
27 Elizabeth A. (Wills) Proctor, Annie M. (Flood) Morrill,
66
Philip Hall,
Charles W. and Aun Potter,
William G. Nichols,
5
10
24 Mildred Bailey,
- 3
11 Charles A. Weston,
19 Frank E. Brown,
Phthisis. Mitral Regurgitation. Asphyxia Pistol shot wound of Head.
13 Clara A. (Armour) Pieree,
5 Emmanuel P. Dias,
70 1
-
7 Arthur Powers,
6
-
10 Jedediah H. Reed,
65
10
8
11 Jessie R. (Ham) Ellinger,
72
1
3
19 Louis S. Surette,
1
21 Dennis Lehan,
33
17 Elizabethı S. Lloyd,
- 74
10 26
.6 22
Katie Cohen,
30
11 26
William H. and Charlotte A. Walker,
Paresis.
Aug. 4 Annie C. Bowen,
Cholera Infantum.
10 Annie Stella White, twin,
1
23
Edmund and Sadie White,
Cholera Infantum.
18 Mary Elizabeth White, twin,
Gastro Enteritis.
29
Robert E. W. Atkinson,
Gastric Catarrh.
30 John Henry Johnson,
57
7 16 1
Israel and Rebecca Cook Beckett, Wm. T. and Mary T. Wright, Henry P. and Calista Smith,
Heart failure.
Madeline Rodden,
36
1
13
24 Frances R. (Baker) Pease,
32
4 21
26
Caroline M. (Cutting) Temple,
74
-
..
27
stillborn,
Oct.
14
Rachel McFadden,
Carcinoma of Breasts and Stomach.
24
Almira R. (King) Russell,
55
1
8
Marasmus.
4
6
13
Richard and Elizabeth Moore,
58
6
27
13
Emma Josephine (Temple) Thomas,
57
20
44
2
20
22
Eliza (Turner) Phelps,
82
6
9
Horace Phelps,
Cerebral Hemorrhage. Malformation of Heart, Marasmus.
23
Peter Gordon Froton,
Acute Lobar Pneumonia.
26
Sarah M. (Pearson) Peabody,
40
2
23
Dean Peabody,
Myocarditis, Syncope.
41
1
8
R. Dana Southwell,
Paralysis Agitans.
Dec. 1
Chronic Disease of Heart.
2 Susan A. (Jenkins) Martin,
82
1
Sylvanus Martin,
Nephritis (Brights.)
11
Elizabeth (Doucette) Surette,
31
3
26
68
10
12
Samuel and Nancy C. Sanborn,
18 John T. Robinson,
11
7
22
Geo. A. and Mary E. Spaulding,
Acute Endocarditis. Acute Nephritis.
19 Bertha M. (Drown) Elliott,
27
7
10
Frank H. Elliott.
Typhoid Pneumonia.
19 George E. Abbott,
49
5
5
Levi and Phebe Lovejoy,
Surgical operation for Sarcoma.
22 Firth Morley,
24
-
62
1
26
Joseph B. Palmer,
Malignant Disease of Uterus and appendages.
-
2
1
Edmund and Sadie White,
26
Harry H. and Catherine (). Mayo,
Sept. 18 23 Charles L. Flint,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Leukaemia.
Fracture of Femur. Heart Disease and Chronic Diarrhoea.
Meningitis. Meningitis.
30 5 Percy Henry White,
4
8 18
Joseph H. and Elizabeth Froton,
1
6
James A. and Bertha Zwicker,
Charles H. Russell,
2
Joseph M. and Jessie L. Muse,
Infantile Paralysis.
Mary Jane McCoy,
Carcinoma of Uterus.
6 Carrie A. (Hartwell) Livermore,
Cancer of Stomach. Collapse following surgical operation.
20 Lura B. (Hall) Moon,
1
11
S. Peter and Albina Didware,
72
4
12
Samuel T. and Almira White,
Melancholia.
29 Annie D. (Clough) Southwell, Mary J. (Cuts) Flint,
74
8
Isaac Flint,
52
Leon Surette,
Phthisis. Carcinoma.
12 Lucy H. Damon,
39
Edgar and Ellen M. Kimball,
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
13 Maria Carter,
Whole number of deaths recorded, 88. Males, 39; females, 49. Nativity : American-males, 34; females, 43. Foreign-males, 5; females, 6, Ages : 80 to 90, 8; 70 to 80, 18 ; 60 to 70, 7; 50 to 60, 8; 40 to 50, 8; 30 to 40, 7; 20 to 30, 5; 10 to 20, 2; 1 to 10, 5; less than 1 yr, 18; not reported, 1.
Chronic Cystitis. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Myocarditis.
Gangrene of leg, Diabetes Mellitus. Pus in chest caused by Pleurisy. Acute Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
July 66
John S. and Sally Boynton,
21 William M. Titus,
8 11
Esther Cohen,
Cholera Infantum. Pulmonary Phthisis. Enteritis. Plthisis.
29 William W. Matthews,
41
Joseph P. and Gertrude, Lizzie Powers, Lyman and Marcia Harris,
Augustus and Louise Muse,
Dennis Lehan and Mary Murray,
Frederick A. and Elizabeth S. Graham,
7
28
John and Jennie Turner,
Charles L. Pease,
22
65
16
Seth H. Temple,
John and Ruth Osgood,
Isaac and Catherine Murray,
Nov. 4 5
Joseph T. Doucette,
George W. Livermore,
Charles D. Thomas,
Thomas C. Moon,
28 Emily Ruggles,
9 Morris Fitzgerald,
Richard and Letitia Mount,
23 Hannah E. (Bancroft) Palmer,
Arthur W. Carr, Bolton,
16
DOGS LICENSED IN THE YEAR 1899.
Whole number licenses issued
167
For males, 146 at $2 each $292 00
" females, 21 at $5 each ·
105 00
$397 00
Less fees for 167 licenses at 20 cents each
33 40
$363 60
1899, June 1st, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer . $145 20
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