Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885, Part 55

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., Printed at the Journal Office
Number of Pages: 972


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TOWN OF ADAMS.


Todd Frederick S., plumbing, stoves, hardware, silver plated ware and crockery, Myrtle, h do.


Todt Herman, loom fixer, h 140 Summer.


Toland John, plasterer, Columbia.


Toland Sarah, widow of John, resident, Columbia.


Tolland Alexander, laborer, bds Columbia.


Tolland George, laborer, h Myrtle.


Toole James, emp. Renfrew Co., bds Grove.


Tower Harvey B., truckman, h 17 Hoosac.


Trabold Barbara Mrs., agent sewing machines, periodicals, and cards, variety store, h 64 Summer.


Trabold Sebastian, laborer, h Summer.


Tracy Dennis, emp. Renfrew Mfg Co., h Dean.


Tracy Patrick, peddler, h Columbia.


Trese Oscar, butcher, h Jordan.


Treuhartt Ernest, loom fixer, h 5 Spring.


Trombley Alexander, carpenter, N. Summer.


Trombley Benjamin. laborer, h Friend.


Trombley Henry, paper maker, h 10 Harmony.


Trombley Joseph, emp. Renfrew Co., h 8 Columbia.


Trombley Moses, laborer, 8 Columbia.


Trombley Henry, machinist, emp. of L. L. Brown Paper Co., h n Com- mercial.


Tshaatsh Julius, carpenter, bds Genman Hall.


Tubbs Laura B., r 8, widow of Ephraim, farmer 2.


Tucker Henry L., constable and artist, h Dean.


Tucker Lucy A. Mrs., millinery a d ladies' fancy goods, Dean, h do.


Tulle Oscar, emp. Renfrew Co., h 34 Columbia.


Tulley Michael, laborer, h Jordan.


Tumpane Patrick, meat market, Myrtle, h Columbia.


Turcotte Moses, carpenter, h Cheshire Harbor.


Turner Celestia, widow, owns h and 3 acres, E. Pearl.


Turner William, weaver, bds 42 Columbia.


Tyler Alonzo P., teamer, 30 Hoosac. Tyler Celistia Miss, resides 13 Summer.


Tyler Henry P., teamer, h 30 Hoosac.


Upshaw Foster D. B., barber, Myrtle cor Center, h Commercial.


UPTON DANIEL, president and treasurer of the Gas Co., and treasurer of the water Co., 18 cows, farmer 200, h Friend. Urban William A., weaver, 26 Hoosac.


Vanslet Josephine, widow of Edwin, Maple Grove.


VanSlyke William J., dresser, h 21 Burt.


Varin Louis, laborer, N. Summer. Varno Arthur, factory hand, h Zylonite st.


Varno Oney, clerk for E. D. Streeter, h 64 Commercial.


Vencil August, r 9, factory hand.


Verameau Joseph, clerk, h 64 Commercial.


Villard Alexander, emp. L. L. Brown Paper Co., h Prospect.


Vinclett Charles, emp. L. L. Brown Paper Co., h 3 River. Viner Herbert H., r I, teamster.


Vogle Charles, r 9, factory hand, farmer 100.


Vogler John, factory hand, N. Summer.


Wagenknecht Harmon, weaver, h Summer.


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TOWN OF ADAMS.


Wagenknecht Reynold, weaver, h Summer.


Walch Helen, widow, h 81 Columbia.


Walch Michael, finisher at Renfrew's, h 81 Columbia.


Waldron John J., restaurant and cigar store, Myrtle, h 15 Park.


Walker Charles, weaver, 103 Friend.


Walker Edward, factory hand, h 36 Columbia.


Walker Elmer E., beamer tender for Renfrew Co., bds Columbia.


Walker Rachel, widow of John, Columbia.


Walkup Frantz, teamster, bds Harmony.


Walling Arca, r 19, fruit grower 200 trees, 18 cows, farmer 180.


Walpole John M., finisher in gingham mill, Edmunds st.


Walpole William, loom fixer, bds 26 Columbia.


Waters Charles A., supt. of S. Adams gas works and water works, h East. WATERS FRANK M., mason, contractor and builder, h 106 Commercial. Waters Harriet, widow of William, h 107 Commercial.


Waters John H., mason, 38 Hoosac.


Waters John R., brick mason, bds 107 Commercial.


Waters Sarah, widow of John, boarding, h Crandall.


WATERS WILLIAM HENRY, mason, h Temple.


Watson James E., mason, h Orchard.


Weeks Phineas F., r 22, building mover.


Welch Charlotte, widow of James, h 83 Columbia.


Welch Felix, laborer, h off Summer.


Welch John, spinner, h 53 Columbia.


Welch Michael, emp. Renfrew Co., h 81 Columbia.


Welch Richard, dyer, h 77 Columbia.


Welch Thomas, factory hand, h 39 Columbia.


Welch Thomas P., wholesale and retail liquor dealer, 41 Center, h do.


WELLINGTON HARVEY H., cashier First National Bank of Adams, h Liberty.


WELLS ALEXANDER L., carpenter Allen's Iron Works, h Mill. WELLS CHARLES W., carpenter, h Elm.


Wells George, factory hand, 79 Columbia.


Wells Henry C., groceries and provisions, Center, h I Summer.


Wells William C., beamer, bds 1 : Adams Bros.' grounds.


Wells William H., beamer for Adams Bros., h 11 Adams Bros.' grounds. Welspeake Leander, beamer, 24 Adams Bros.' grounds.


Welterlen Dabold, weaver.


Wensley Edward E., printer, h East.


Wenzell August, farmer 80, East road.


Wesar Ernst, factory hand, h Friend.


Weston Betsey, widow of Augustus, boarding house, 37 Park.


WESTON LEROY A., plumber, emp. J. D. Ainslee, bds 37 Park.


Whalan David, loom fixer, h 7 Columbia.


WHEELER EMILY C., widow of Daniel D., h Commercial.


Wheelock F. Lyman, mason, h Bellevue ave.


Wheelock Ruth A., widow of Francis S., spooler in Renfrew Mills, h Edmunds.


Whipple Archibald M., carriage trimmer, h Arnoldsville.


Whipple Charles E., machinist, emp. B. F. Phillips & Son, h Maple Grove. Whipple George B., r 23, 18 cows, farmer 150.


Whipple John, manuf. lime, h Summer.


Whipple Reuben, manuf. lime, h Summer.


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TOWN OF ADAMS.


Whitaker Frank, clerk, h Center cor East.


Whitaker Frank E., clerk, emp. H. C. Wells, h Orchard.


Whitcher Nancy M. Mrs., milliner and dressmaker, Park, h Mill.


Whitcher Reuben, wheelwright, h Mill.


White Albert, teamster, h Dean.


White Dexter, carpenter, h High. White Herbert H., fiddle maker, h High.


White Wellington, carpenter, h High.


White Wellington D., carpenter, h High.


White William L, folder, Renfrew Mfg Co., h Temple.


Whitman John, laborer, h Hoosac.


Whitney Henry, h Pleasant.


Whittle Bridget, widow of Wm., h 73 Columbia.


Wilbur Hiram M., carder for J. S. Adams, h Edmunds.


Wilbur Isaac H., emp. Renfrew Mfg. Co., h Columbia.


Wilbur Lyman M., loom fixer, emp. Renfrew Mfg. Co., bds Edmunds.


Wilbur Stephen W., teamster, bds Columbia.


Wilcox Charles F., laborer, emp. A. Hall.


Wilcox George M., r 14}. laborer.


WILDER FRANK I., surgeon dentist, office Collins block, h East. Wilder Hermon, weaver, h Friend.


Williams Henry S., retired, h Commercial.


Williams Thomas, retired, aged 90 years, h Center.


Williams Walter A., emp. Meigs, Richmond, h Crandall.


Williamson Robert, weaver, h 40 Columbia.


Wilsey George, farmer, for Mrs. Farnum.


Wilson Numan S., fermer, for Daniel Upton, h Friend.


Wilson William E., emp. A. H. Simmons, h Allen.


Winard Frank, laborer, h Bellevue.


Wing Alexander, r 142, laborer.


Wing Henry, r 143, laborer,


Wink Frank, meat market, Park, h Hoosac.


Winslow Henry N., retired farmer, owns in Windsor 20 cows, and 300 acres, h Crandall.


Wittig August, dyer, h 29 Friend.


Wittig Anton, weaver, owns a block of tenements, h Summer. ,


Wittig Osworth, weaver, h II Burt.


Wittig Renhold, emp. Renfrew Co., h 68 Columbia.


Wittig Rheinold, weaver, 68 Columbia.


Wolcott Edwin, box maker for H. J. Arnold, h Summer.


Wood Edgar M., prop. of Greylock restaurant and billiard rooms, Center, bds Greylock House.


Wood Zelotes R , agent of the American Zylonite Co., h Center.


Wood Z. R. Mrs., organist and teacher of music, h Center.


Woodbridge Warren S., pastor St. Paul Universalist church, h Crandall. Woods Joseph, laborer, h Columbia,


Wright Charles M., station agent at Renfrew B. & A. R. R., h 31 Burt. WRIGHT EDGAR, boss carder, Mill No. 6, Renfrew Mfg. Co., h 3 Grove. Wright Frederick H., second hand spool room Renfrew Mfg. Co., h Renfrew. Yackle August, emp. Renfrew Co., h Friend.


Yahnig George, clerk for F. E. Mole & Co., Pearl.


Yaskyeih Joseph, loom fixer, 68 Columbia.


Yates Herbert, emp. American Zylonite Co., h Howland ave.


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TOWN OF ALFORD.


Yates William B., mechanical engineer and draughtsman American zylonite Co., and Zylonite Comb and Brush Co.


Yeaw Isaac P., carpenter, h West.


Young Alfred, laborer, h Reeves.


Young Levi, laborer, h Columbia.


Young Robert, dyer, h 30 Burt.


Young William, retired, h Hill.


Zylonite Comb and Brush Co., James Whitmore, of New York, pres. ; Joseph Sutphin, of New York, treas. ; C. A. Denny, sec'y. ; manutrs. Zylonite combs, brushes, hand mirrors, etc., S. W. Ingalls, of N. Adams, mana- ger, Howland Station.


ALFORD.


( For explanations etc., see page 3, part second. )


(Postoffice address is Alford, unless otherwise designated in parenthesis.)


Arnold Aaron, r 4, ship builder.


BALLARD JACKSON P., (N. Egremont) r 15, iron ore mine, 15 cows, farmer 121.


BARNUM EDWIN R., r 6, farmer 200.


Bassett Charles H., (N. Egremont) r 19, market gardener, small fruits, and fancy fowls.


Bassett Edwin A., (N. Egremont) r 19, farmer 140.


Beckwith Alexander, (N. F.gremont) r 17, farmer 27.


BEEBE RICHARD, (N. Egremont) r 18, physician and surgeon, examining physician for Charter Oak, Home N. Y., American Benefit Associa- tion, and Ministerial Masonic Association of Chatham, N. Y., 8 cows, farmer ?38.


Bolton William H., r 13, resident.


Buckbee Charles M., r 11, 7 cows, farmer 130.


Buckbee Walter, r 12, laborer.


Calkins Harrison, r 2, blacksmith and farmer 150.


CHAMPION EVI J., r 10, 14 cows, farmer 200.


Church Elihu, r 3, 8 cows, farmer 220.


Church Francis M., r 3, farmer, leases of Elihu 220.


Church John L., r 12, farmer 35.


Coon Alonzo, r 4, laborer.


Coon Jacob, (North Egremont) r 17, laborer.


Coon William, (North Egremont) r 17, laborer.


Corson William E., off r 11, carpenter and farmer, 60.


Crocker Edwin S., r 1, farmer 200.


Cruikshank Arthur, r 8, laborer.


Cruikshank Thomas, r 7, farmer 125.


Curtis George R., (North Egremont) r 17, with Robert M., farmer 100. Curtis Robert M., (North Egremont) r 17, farmer with George R. 100.


Young Men and Women Educated for Business at CHICKERING'S COM- MERCIAL COLLEGE, Pittsfield, Mass.


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TOWN OF ALFORD.


Damms James, (North Egremont) r 17, farmer.


Dana Jay Rev., r 4, Congregational clergymen.


Davis Calvin, resident.


Decker John, r 13, farmer 55.


Deforest John C., r 3, farmer 90.


DINGS ADELBERT, r 12, breeder and dealer in fancy fowls, brown and white Leghorns, bronze turkeys, brown and white China geese.


Dings Frank, r 8, farmer.


Dings Hiram, r 12, farmer, leases of H. D. Gay, of New Lebanon, N. Y., I40.


Dings Hiram J., r 12, farmer.


Edwards James H., postmaster, dealer in dry goods, groceries, provisions, hardware, &c., farmer. 35.


Edwards Thomas W., clerk for James H.


Ellicott James, r 11, 10 cows, farmer 112.


Fitch Frederick, r 11 cor 5, farmer 100.


Fitch Henry E., retired att'y and counselor at law.


*FITCH HORACE S., wholesale and retail marble producer and dealer, cemetery work in American and Italian marble and granite, farmer 48, [Card on page 34] Fitch Reuben C., retired farmer.


Galvin Dennis, r 3, farmer 50.


Garrison Andrew S., (North Egremont) r 17, teamster and farmer.


Gates Elijah M., r 3, farmer 152.


Gleason Martin L., r 1, farmer 115.


Goodsell Justin, r 11, farmer 50.


Hallock Maggie E., r 8, widow of Everett, farmer 60.


Hawver Eli, mail carrier, farmer, leases of Maria Holmes 80.


Hinman William C., r 1, 10 cows, farmer 185.


Hollenbeck John, (North Egremont).


Holmes Richard A., r 12, carpenter and farmer 41.


HUGGINS DEXTER A., r 3, dry goods, grocery and notion peddler.


Jacobs Himan, r 9, farmer 1 18.


Jacobs Horace S., r 10, farmer 150.


Jones William, (North Egremont) r 17, carpenter and farmer 2.


Keefe Luke, r TI, farmer 83.


Kelsey Prudence D., r 13, widow of Lewis, farm 28.


Kelsey William L., r 13, laborer.


Kline Frank, r 12, blacksmith.


Kline George, r 12, blacksmith.


Kline Milo, r 4, laborer.


Longdyke John B., (North Egremont) r 16, farmer, leases of William Day, of Great Barrington, 100.


Mulligan Frederick S., r 10, son of J. L.


MULLIGAN JOHN L., r ro, farmer, leases of Michael H. Tuttle 223. Minkler Calvin, r 3, farmer.


Moore David A., r 3, farmer.


Murphy James, r 4, marble cutter for H. S. Fitch.


Noteware James F., r 11, laborer.


Olds William H., (N. Egremont) r 16, farmer 50.


Oles George H., laborer.


Oles John B., r 4, farmer, leases of L. Moffatt, of Stockbridge, 50.


Osborn Edward, r 13, selectman, horse and cattle farrier, farmer 140.


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TOWN OF BECKET.


Osborne Lester T., r 14, 20 cows, farmer 125.


Peck Henry, r 8, farmer, leases of Maggie E. Hallock 60.


Post Leonard, (North Egremont) r 15, farmer 85.


Prindle Gorton F., r I, carpenter and builder.


Prindle Russell, r 19, retired farmer.


Pultz George E., (N. Egremont) r 17, music teacher.


Reed Mary J., r 9, widow of Simeon, farmer 50.


Rowe Myron, (N. Egremont) r 19, farmer 100, and in Hillsdale 235. Scutt Ernest, r 10, laborer.


Shufelt Jeremiah, (N. Egremont) r 20, farmer.


Smith Ernest, r 14, dealer in cattle and horses, and with Stephen, farmer 130.


Smith George W., r 14, wagon maker and house painter.


Smith Henry W., school teacher, and farmer 100.


Smith Stephen, r 14, cider and feed mill, and with Ernest farmer 130. Sperry William A., laborer.


Sperry William H., r 12, farmer 22, in Barrington 170, and in Egremont 97. STICKLES GEORGE W., r I, farmer 153.


Stoddard Augustus R., (N. Egremont) r 17, resident.


Stoddard Benton E., (N. Egremont) r 15, farmer 110.


STODDARD CHARLES F., agent, (N. Egremont) r 17, butcher and meat peddler, grist-mill, saw-mill, shingle and cider-mill, lumber dealer, farmer IIO.


Stoddard William, (N. Egremont) r 15, farmer 110.


Swartz Enos J., (N. Egremont) r 15, farmer, leases of J. P. Ballard 121.


Taylor John M., r 1I, II cows, farmer 175.


Taylor Norman A., r II, farmer I.


TICKNOR EZRA C., r 14, justice of peace, farmer 160.


Ticknor Henry, r 14, town clerk and farmer.


Ticknor Walter H , r 12, 20 cows, farmer 120.


Ticknor William A., prop. grist and saw-mill, and farmer.


TOBEY ELISHA L., r 18, dealer in beef, cattle and hogs, prop. of saw- mill, shingle and planing-mill and cider-mill, farmer 200.


Tobey George B., r 18, farmer.


Tuttle John H., r 62, resident.


Tuttle Michael H., retired farmer, aged 86.


Wagner Henry P., off r 10, with Silas, farmer 25.


Wagner Silas, off r 10, carpenter and joiner, and with Henry P. farmer 25. Warfield John F., (N. Egremont) r 17, meat peddler for C. F. Stoddard. WILLIAMS ELIJAH K., (N. Egremont) r 17, resident, aged 82.


WILLIAMS SAMUEL K., (N. Egremont) r 17, breeder of Hampshiredown


and Southdown sheep, 250 sheep, farmer 300, and 125 in Egremont. Woodford John B., farmer 86.


BECKET.


( For explanations, etc., see page 3, part second. ) (Postoffice address is Becket, unless otherwise designated in parenthesis.)


Abbott Amos, r 5, retired farmer, aged 97. Abbott Charles V., butcher, Main st.


Wide awake Young People Educated for their own profit at CHICKER- ING'S BUSINESS SCHOOL, Pittsfield, Mass.


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TOWN OF BECKET.


Abbott George, r 11 cor 12, leases on shares to Geo. W. Turner farm 260. ALDERMAN MILTON J., r 25, sugar orchard 400 trees, 35 sheep, farmer 300, takes from 20 to 25 city boarders through the summer.


Alderman Maria, r 25, widow of Romeo.


Alger Roland F., pastor Baptist church at Becket, cor Main and Pleasant sts. Allen Alfred, laborer for J. W. Wheeler, h Main.


Ames Joel, r 25, retired farmer, aged 87.


Andrews Albert C., (W. Becket) r 40 cor 41, farmer 175.


Ballou Elias, retired miller and farmer 90, h Main.


Ballou Monroe E., prop. of Ballou's grist-mill, dealer in flour, feed and meal, h Main,


Pandeen David, r 62, quarryman.


Barber Orson, laborer, Main st.


Barnes Almon, retired farmer, aged 86 Main.


Barnes Sidney, station agent B. & A. R. R., owns farm 50, Pleasant.


BARNES SILAS, r 2, retired farmer, aged 79.


Barnes Wright, retired merchant, Floral place.


Barton William E., r 25, farm laborer for M. J. Alderman.


Beattie Francis, r 6, paving cutter.


Bennett Henry E., (Becket Center) r 35, works farm for Jonas.


BENNETT JONAS, (Becket Center) r 34, farmer 135.


BENNETT SAMUEL H., (Becket Center) r 34, farmer 200.


Bidwell Louisa A., widow of Henry A., h Main.


Blair Mary A., widow of Harvey L., h Main.


Broga Orson D., (East Lee) r 21, carpenter and farmer 218.


Brown George W., Chester, Hampden Co.) r 31, farmer with James C.


Brown James C., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 32, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 190.


Bruce George, (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 28, farmer 200.


Camp Daniel A., (Becket Center) r 43 cor 33, 12 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 250, owns with E. W. Lyons farm 200, and works farm 40 for Gad Phinney.


CAMP MARY J., (Becket Center) r 43 cor 33, (Mrs. Daniel A.) postmas- ter at Becket Center.


Carter Eli L., r 6, quarryman.


Carter Emily A., widow of Mark P., r 62 cor 53.


Carter George G., (W. Becket) r 36, 8 cows, and farmer 200.


Carter Henry T., (W. Becket) r 36, farmer.


Carter Lulu N., (Mrs. Mark,) school teacher, Pleasant st.


Carter S. Mark, carpenter and millwright, butcher and prop. meat market Main, h Pleasant st.


Carter Stephen W., (W. Becket) r 36, selectman, justice of the peace, farmer 250.


Chaffee Chauncey J., laborer, Maple st.


Chaffee Daniel P., r 1, teamster and farmer for James M.


Chaffee Franklin L., r 1, farmer for James M.


Chaffee James M., r 1, farmer 150.


Chaffee Lucy, r 6, widow of Minor.


Chapman Julia W., r 5, widow of Samuel.


CHEESEMAN SIDNEY H., manager Western Union Telegraph office, B. & A. R. R., and baggage master, agent American Express Co., h Main st.


CHURCH J. HENRY, r 5, works farm for Richard.


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TOWN OF BECKET.


Church Mary A., r 6, assistant teacher select school, Middletown, N. Y. Church Richard, r 5, farmer 50.


Church S. Blanche, r 6, school teacher.


Claflin House, r 6, A. G. Cross, prop.


Coleman John, r 6}, laborer.


Combs Leander W. allo. physician and surgeon.


Cone Clark L., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 26, music teacher, student at New England Conservatory of Music.


Cone Dwight E., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 26, farm laborer.


CONE LYMAN N., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 26, farmer 220.


Cone Mary E., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 26, school teacher.


Cone Minor C., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 26, farmer for Lyman N.


Cook Christopher C., r 53, tanner and laborer.


Corby Jerry, (Chester, Hamp len Co.) r 48, laborer.


Corby John, (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 48, laborer.


CORDONIER AUGUSTUS., (N. Lee) r 19, 8 cows, farmer 300.


Cordonier Nicholas, (N. Lee) r 19, farmer with Augustus.


Coty Blais, r 20, resident, aged 76 years.


Crane William M., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 31, farmer 5.


Cross Amos G., r 6, town clerk and collector, prop. Claflin House, constable and collector, justice of peace.


CROSS JAMES N., assessor, owns 25 acres on r 5 and 70 acres on r 2, ten- ement house on Main st., and { of 2 acres on same street, h and lot Main. Cross Samuel, r 13, retired farmer, aged 85 years.


Cun Connon Patrick, (W. Becket) r 41, farmer, lives with John Phelan, aged 70 years.


Curran Morris, r 24, farmer 150.


Curran Thomas, r 24, farm laborer.


Daniels Joel, farmer.


Daniels Reuben H., r 9, carpenter and joiner, farmer 30.


Davis Alphonzo, (W. Becket) r 38, farm laborer.


Davis Letica, lives with O. S. Higley, widow of Austin, aged 84.


Day Ira, r 4 cor 13, retired farmer.


DAY WILLIAM I., r 5 cor 13, manuf. of all kinds of wood work, Excel- sior clothes frames a specialty, farmer 50.


Dearing Mary J., (W. Becket) r 39, widow of Pliny S. Demas Julius, r 3, farm laborer.


Dewket William W., r I, leases of Lafayette Jones farm 65.


Duga Charles, (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 48, machinist, farmer 150.


Duga Mack, (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 48, laborer.


Dwyer Jerry, manuf. of baskets, h Main.


Eames Charles O., student, bds Pleasant st.


Eames Mary E., widow of William O., farm in Washington 120, h and lot High st.


Ednie James, r 6, paving cutter.


ELLSWORTH ALBERT, (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 9, 8 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, farmer 300.


Ellsworth Allen, (Chester, Hampden Co.) off r 45, leases farm 300 of James Keefe.


Ellsworth Charles E., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 10, teamster for Bulkley Dunton & Co.'s Union paper mill.


Ellsworth Clara B., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 31, school teacher.


Ellsworth Delia N., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 9 school teacher.


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TOWN OF BECKET.


Ellsworth James A., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 31, farmer 100.


Fallon Peter, r 6, laborer.


Felton Franklin, r 15, farmer 80.


Fitzgerald Daniel, r 63, laborer.


Fitzgerald Edward H., r 8, basket maker.


Fitzgerald John, r 8, farmer.


Fitzgerald Michael, r 8, farmer.


Follon Martin, r 3, farmer with Thomas.


Follon Thomas, r 3, farmer 86.


Follon Thomas, Jr., r 3, farmer with Thomas.


Ford Michael, r 19 cor 17, farmer 400.


Ford Michael W., r 17, farmer.


FRISBIE LESTER, r 62, general blacksmith and horseshoer.


Frisbie Lester L., r 62, works for Lester.


Gardner Eliza, widow of Alexander, h Maple st.


Gately Patrick, saloon keeper, Railroad st.


GEER CALVIN, (Becket Center) r 42, 12 cows, 112 sheep, farmer 500. Geer Frank E., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 47, carpenter and joiner, farmer 40. Geer George W., (Becket Center) r 42, farmer, with Calvin.


Geer Willard F., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 32, honey merchant, farmer 75. Geer William M., r 6, general merchant, farmer 700.


Geer Willis F., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 32, peddler and farmer.


Gibbs John, (Becket Center) r 43 cor 33, farm laborer.


Gilbert James J., quarryman, h Railroad.


Gillan George, paving cutter, bds Main.


Golliker Dennis, r 63, section hand.


GOODHIND FREDERICK, (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r 10, foreman at


Bulkley, Dunton & Co.'s Union paper mill, and works his farm of 160. Goorn Anthony, (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) off r 10, laborer at Union Mills. Gourmet August, r 23, farmer 250.


Grant Thomas, paving cutter, bds Main.


Greene Elijah S., (Chester, Hampden Co.) farmer 50.


Greenwood William A., r 13. carpenter and joiner, farmer 22.


Hamilton John O., (Becket Center) r 33, 8 cows, owns farm 70 and 200 acres of woodland.


Handy Barney C., tanner, h and lot, Maple st.


Harlow Lincoln, r 6, pastor of Congregational church.


Harris Leverett, (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 46, teamster and farmer 60.


Harris Nathan W., Dea., retired farmer, owns tenement house, h and lot Main st.


HARRIS NORMAN J., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 46, quarryman.


Haskell George W., (West Becket) r 41, owns saw mill and farm 100.


Heath William A., (Chester, Hamden Co.) r 46, laborer.


Henessey John, (Becket Center) off r 50, farmer 150.


Higley Charles W., student, cor Main and Pleasant. HIGLEY ORLANDO S., h Main, retired farmer.


Higley William E., grocery and drug store, cor Main and Pleasant.


HILLS ALBERTON M., r 12, hatter and farmer 100.


Holmes Abbie B., (Chester, Hampden Co.) off r 30, widow of William L., 50 sheep, farmer 240.


Holmes Charles S., (Chester, Hampden Co,) off r 30, works farm for Abbie B. Holmes Willie K., (Chester, Hampden Co.) off r 47, farmer 130.


Hopkins Homer H., sup. of Clark Hill granite quarry, h Maple st.


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50


BERKSHIRE COUNTY DIRECTORY.


MRS. + W. B. + WALDEN, PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL


BOOK AND JOB PRINTINGHE


Of Every Description Neatly and Promptly Executed at Short Notice. Particular Attention Paid to PRINTING IN BRONZE AND COLORS.


TOP"Sole Agent for Hodder's Patent Blotter Tablet for Berkshire County ; also Agent for Mead & Harris' Patent Blotter Tablet for Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Orders- by mail will receive prompt attention. C MRS. W. B. WALDEN,D


24 South Street,


NORTH ADAMS, MASS.


A. H. JONES,


8 Wilson House Block,


HOLDEN STREET, NORTH ADAMS.


HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL GOODS FOR


STEAM, WATER AND GAS.


>>STEAM HEATING A SPECIALTY .<


Plumbing pue Sanitary Engineering


In All Its Branches.


ORSON DALRYMPLE, 3%


-DEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE-


GROCERIES,


Teas, Coffees, Provisions.


BOTH PATENT AND ST. LOUIS FLOUR.


FANCY AND STAPLE


Dry Goods, notions, Jewelry,


CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO and CIGARS.


21 EAGLE STREET, North Adams, Mass.


Lustre Painting, Kensington Painting, Hammered Brass, POTTERY AND EMBROIDERY OF ALL KINDS TAUGHT,


Stamping of all kindsdone.at - Short notice.


Outfits of ten patterns, powder and instructions to stamp sent out for $1.00, with the privilege of making a choice from over two hundred designs. Articles in the above work for sale at the Art Rooms. Also orders taken for anything in the branches named.


MRS. A. N. CHAPIN,


PITTSFIELD ART ROOMS, SOUTH STREET.


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TOWN OF BECKET.


HOUSTON HUGH, (W. Becket) r 22 cor 37, retired machinist, farmer 500, 40 sheep, 10 cows, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, owns on r 38 farm 200, and 500 wild land in Tyringham and Otis.


Hoy Martin, laborer, Railroad st.


Hunt Allie M. F., (W. Becket) r 39, ( Mrs. Wilbur L.) school teacher.


Hunt James A., (W. Becket) r 39, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 400.


HUNT VERLETTA, (W. Becket) r 39, school teacher.


Hunt Wilbur L, (W. Becket) r 39, farmer with James A.


Hunt Willis L., (W. Becket) r 41, farm laborer.


Hunt Winfield S., (W. Becket) r 39, farmer with James A.


HUNTINGTON WILLIAM S., r 6, school committeeman, (served as clerk


for J. W. Wheeler & Co. and Becket Tanning Co. 28 years, ) justice of peace.


Jennings Henry A., r 25, selectman, assessor, carpenter and joiner, farmer 253.


JENNINGS WILLIAM A., carpenter and joiner, h Pleasant.


JOHNSON EDWARD P., (Bancroft, Hampshire Co.) r ro, laborer at Union mill, and leases farm 200 in Washington to Charles Sanders.


JOHNSON WILLIAM, (Becket Center) r 33, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 230.


Jones Clinton L., r I, farmer 57.


Jones James, r 8, 15 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 250.


JONES SAMUEL, r I, farmer 390.


Keeler Joseph, Jr., (Bancroft. Hampshire Co.) r 31 cor 26, farmer 150.


Kent Henry W., section hand, Maple st.


Kenyon Benjamin B .. (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 45, supt. at saw-mill for Mrs. Benjamin B.


Kenyon Eugene L., (Chester, Hampden Co.) r 45, laborer at saw-mill.




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