History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620-1890, Part 53

Author: Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York : Blake
Number of Pages: 1292

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Amos Otis, Edward Thacher, and Oliver Hallet were authorized, by a vote of the town, in 1841, to set trees along the highways of Yar- mouth Port, provided the road be left thirty feet wide within the trees. The trees were procured in Middleboro, and set from the Barnstable line to the Second District school house, greatly adding to the present beauty and comfort of the street. The legislature of 1843 passed an act incorporating the Long Pond Fishing Company, of Yar- mouth, to open an outlet from Long pond to Swan pond, and to im- prove Parker's river. May 12th, a destructive fire raged in the woods in the southeasterly portion of the town, spreading over four thousand

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acres, and destroying standing and cut wood, to the value of fifty thousand dollars.

In 1844 John Reed, of this town, was chosen by the legislature to the office of lieutenant governor, there having been "no choice " by the people. Mr. Reed was re-elected six subsequent terms. Decem- ber 20, 1852, the magnesia works of Fearing & Akin, South Yarmouth, were destroyed by fire; loss, five thousand dollars. In December, 1853, in a severe snow storm, accompanied by high wind and tide, Central wharf, in Yarmouth Port, was nearly destroyed, the store and packing shed of Hawes & Taylor, located upon it, containing a stock of goods, was washed away and broken up, and five vessels driven from their moorings, floated ashore. The bark Ida, and several schooners went ashore on Sandy neek. The schooner Leo, of Rock- land, Me., came ashore on Sandy neck; her crew were doubtless all lost. In October, 1858, the schooner Granite, of Quincy, was wrecked on the outer bar, off Yarmouth, and her crew, five in number, were swept overboard and drowned.

May 3, 1863, the store and stock of goods of James B. Crocker were destroyed by fire; loss, about five thousand dollars. August 11th; a camp-meeting, under the auspices of Methodist Episcopal societies of the Providence Conference, was initiated. The association having the matter in charge, had previously purchased a grove about one mile and a quarter from the Yarmouth railroad station, on the Hyannis road, and erected suitable buildings for the purpose. This grove, with its accommodations, has been greatly enlarged, and improved yearly since that time. The last vessel of the Yarmouth Port fishing fleet was sold this year. October 15, 1868, the ancient cemetery, having been enlarged and greatly improved, there were impressive services held to commemorate the event; the chief feature of which was an address, by Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D., of Norfolk, Conn. March 14, 1869, the schooner Electric Light, of Provincetown, from Boston for Provincetown, was driven by a severe northeasterly gale into Yar- mouth harbor, striking upon the bar and capsizing. Her crew of five men, with five passengers, all lost their lives. The severity of the weather of March, 1872, was said by the oldest people to be unprece- dented for that month of the year. It was reported in the newspapers of March 23d, that it had been three weeks since any communication was had with Sandy neck.

June 20, 1873, a fire broke out in the woods northeasterly from the town house, burning over a region of a square mile, destroying a large quantity of cut and standing wood. The station house of the Old Colony Railroad Cempany, in Yarmouth Port, was destroyed by fire November 17, 1878, and a few months after another was erected on the spot. Village Hall, Yarmouth Port, was also destroyed by fire,

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December 22, 1880, and replaced during the following year by another and handsome edifice.

Two hundred and fifty years after the admission of the town into the colonial group-September 3, 1889-the event was celebrated by a joint commemoration, in which Yarmouth as a municipality, and Dennis by a large number of its citizens, took part, in connection with many friends from abroad.

ORDINARIES, TAVERNS AND HOTELS .- Anthony Thacher was the first person in town authorized to " draw wine " in Yarmouth, in June, 1644, which was a perquisite of an ordinary. His house was on the lot near the marsh, southeasterly of the James G. Hallet place, in Yar- mouth Port. Edward Sturgis, who was licensed in 1646 " to keep an ordinary and draw wine in Yarmouth, provided Mr. Thacher draw out his," lived a little to the northeast of the old cemetery in Yarmouth. He imported a good deal of liquor, and the inference is that he sold more than was for the public good, as he was fined in 1663 for bring- ing liquor into town without giving notice to those appointed to in- voice it, and his license was taken away. John Miller was next appointed to keep an ordinary. He lived in a house near the site of the present school building. He was the son of the second minister and subsequently the town schoolmaster. The best and most discreet men in town were sought out for this business, which was important to the interests of the towns.

Subsequently to the revolution, Captain John Beare kept an ordinary or tavern, as the name then began to be written. He lived in a house on the site of the present residence of Captain Isaac B. Gage, near the old meeting house. This old stand was subsequently kept by the successful host, Elisha Doane. Mr. Beare seems to have done a flourishing business. He used to entertain the ordaining and ecclesiastical councils at his house, furnishing them with spirituous as well as other refreshments. Some seventy- five or eighty years ago there was another much-resorted-to tavern in Yarmouth village: the old Hamblin House, next westerly to the house of Watson Thacher, and kept by Colonel Joshua Hamblin and others. At both of these places there was an abundance of good cheer, and the townsmen at that time, until the great tem- perance reformation in 1817, were renowned for their social and convivial habits.

The Sears Hotel, in Yarmouth Port, was afterward a most noted hostelry. It was for many years the end of the stage coach route from Boston, the point from which the stages to Provincetown and Chatham diverged. The reputation of the house was acquired for it by Charles Sears, Esq., a brother of Joshua, the great Boston merchant. Mr. Sears kept no bar and sold no liquors, but none of

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his customers suffered for want of reasonable creature comforts. He was succeeded by his son Charles, and afterward by Calvin Conant, Eben A. Hallet, and perhaps by others. The house is now the property of R. E. Holmes, of Worcester, and is occupied sum- mers by his family, and all the year round by A. G. Megathlin. It is nearly twenty-five years since it has been used as a hotel.

CHURCHES .- The Congregational church was coeval with the town in its organization. The first minister was Mr. Marmaduke Mat- thews, the prefix of Rev. not being then employed. He became em- broiled in disputes with some of his people, who endeavored to found another society, with Rev. Joseph Hull, of Barnstable, as preacher. The court interfered, Mr. Hull was interdicted from further action in the matter and the project was abandoned. But Mr. Matthews finally decided to seek a new field and left town, probably about 1646, after an incumbency of not far from seven years. He was succeeded in 1647 by Rev. John Miller, who remained until 1661.

Mr. Miller was succeeded by Rev Thomas Thornton, in 1667, though his ministerial labors commenced about 1663. He was one of the ministers of the established church, ejected from their livings for nonconformity, in 1662. He continued with the church and society until 1693, when he removed to Boston, and died in 1700. While pas- tor of this society he actively engaged in efforts to Christianize the Indians, and also acted as physician among his people. During his ministry, the meeting house, which originally was of rude construc- tion, was greatly embellished according to the fashion of those times. Mr. Thornton was succeeded, in 1693, by Rev. John Cotton, whose incumbency continued to 1705, when he died. In 1708, Rev. Daniel Greenleaf was settled as pastor, continuing in that relation until 1727. During Mr. Greenleaf's ministry, a new meeting house was built, at an expense of four hundred pounds. The old one, which had been located on Fort hill, on the southern side of the ancient cemetery, was given to Mrs. Rebecca Sturgis for a dwelling house, and its tim- bers are now found in the easterly wing of the house at present owned and occupied by Hannah Crowell. During Mr. Greenleaf's ministry, the parish was divided, the easterly portion settling Rev. Josiah Den- nis. Rev. Thomas Smith succeeded Mr. Greenleaf, in 1729, and con- tinued until 1754. Rev. Grindall Rawson was his successor, and in 1760, in consequence of disagreement with members of the church, he retired. Rev. Joseph Green, jr., was pastor from 1762 to 1768, when he died, greatly beloved and lamented.

Rev. Timothy Alden, who was settled here in 1769, continued un- til his death in 1828, a period of almost sixty years. After him came Rev. Nathaniel Cogswell, from 1822 (when he was settled as col- league of Mr. Alden), to 1851, when he resigned. Rev. Abel K.

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Packard was pastor from 1851 to 1859; Rev. Joseph B. Clark, from 1861 to 1868: Rev. John W. Dodge, from 1868 to the present time. The meeting house used in the time of Mr. Greenleaf was enlarged in 1768, and again in 1787. In 1830 the old meeting house was taken down and another-the one now used as a post office and grocery store by I. H. Thacher-was erected in its place. In 1870, the spa- cious edifice now used by the society was erected on a new site, and very near the geographical center of the parish.

The Society of the New Jerusalem was organized in Yarmouth Port in 1843, and for several years held services in the room above the present market. and afterward in that over the store of James Knowles & Co. The present church edifice was dedicated December 20, 1870, with a sermon by Rev. Joseph Pettee. The first pastor settled by the society was Rev. John P. Perry, who continued in that relation from 1853 to 1870. He was succeeded by Rev. William H. Mayhew, from 1874 to 1887. The pulpit has since been supplied by Rev. G. I. Ward.

The Second Congregational Society originated in 1794, when the West Yarmouth, or " South Sea" portion of the old parish, insisted upon having preaching there a part of the time. A meeting house was built and dedicated. Reverends Messrs. Alden, of Yarmouth, and Waterman, of Barnstable, preaching forenoon and afternoon. The sermons were both printed. Mr. Alden agreed to preach at South Sea the proper proportion of the time, and always seemed to enjoy his connection with that portion of his distant parishioners. In 1815, Mr. Alden, being eighty years of age, according to records, was occasion- ally assisted by his son Martin. One of the duties of the son was to post the notices and appointments, of which the following is a sample: " There will be preaching in this house three weeks from today. If father can't preach, I shall." Rev. Nathaniel Cogswell, Mr. Alden's associate, after 1822 and until 1828, officiated in his place. Until 1840 this society was a part of the old Yarmouth parish. The pastors and supplies since that time have been: Reverends Daniel H. Babcock, 1840; Ebenezer Chase, 1842; Samuel Darling, 1847; - Cobb, 184S; John H. Wells, 1851; Martin S. Howard, 1856; John E. Corey, 1859; Elisha Bacon, 1861; Robert Samuel, 1863; Henry E. Lounsbury, 1865; Luther Farnham (supplied), 1867; Joseph D. Strong, 1868; De Forest Dodge (supplied), 1872; John F. Norton, 1873; Nathaniel S. Moore, 1877; Stephen Smith, 1880; Marshall B. Angier, supplied from January, 1882, to March, 1882; Roderick J. Mooney, 1882; Jeremiah K. Aldrich, 1885; Frank E. Kavanaugh, 1886; and George Wesley Osgood, present pastor since November, 1887. In 1880 this church and Hyannis Congregational church united, and Rev. Stephen Smith and all since his time preached at both places.

A Methodist Society was organized in Yarmouth Port, in 1819, con-

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sisting of six persons. In 1821, nineteen had been added to the original number, and a church was that year organized. At the pre- sent time its numbers have greatly decreased, and for several years its services have been dependent upon a supply. A list of ministers stationed here is not available.

The Universalist Society was organized in Yarmouth Port, in 1836, when the present meeting house was erected. The pastors have been here in the following order. The first, after the erection of the meet- ing house, was Mr. Abraham Norwood, of Brewster, who officiated half the time for one year, when he left, to preach in Marblehead, Mass. October 22, 1837, Rev. John N. Parker commenced to preach one half the time. In April, 1840, he went to another field of labor. In August, 1840, Rev. Gillman Noyes, then officiating at Hyannis, commenced to preach here one third of the time: his last service be- ing December 12, 1841. In April, 1842, Rev. T. K. Taylor engaged to supply the pulpit one third of the time for one year. In January, 1844, Rev. G. Collins agreed to preach forty Sabbaths of the year; he left in the latter part of December, 1845. There were various sup- plies for several years, and in 1851, Rev. C. Marston was settled, but was dismissed in 1855. He was succeeded in 1856, by Rev. J. E. Davenport. He was succeeded in 1874, by Rev. Cyrus A. Bradley, who now supplies the pulpit.

The South Yarmouth Methodist Episcopal Society is a flourishing organization. An old meeting house formerly stood southeast of the village by the cemetery and near Silas Baker's homestead. The Ba- kers were prominent in its erection; but of its history little is known. It was afterward removed to Dennis Port and converted into a store. Of its old ministers, Dr. Lewis B. Bates was one, prior to 1853; Dr. George W. Stearns was another. In 1852 the present edifice was erected, at which period the records commence. The first minister in the new edifice was Henry Aston in 1853-4; followed by James M. Worcester in 1855: Lemuel T. Harlow in 1856; Edward B. Hinckley, 1857; William E. Sheldon, 1858; Lawton Cady, 1859; Benjamin L. Sayer, 1860; F. A. Loomis, 1862; Joseph Gerry, 1864; Charles Ham- mond, 1865; L. Bowdish, 1867; W. F. Farington, 1869: S. F. Whidden and. W. F. Whitcher in 1872; W. L. Phillips, 1875; W. F. Steele, 1877; George E. Fuller, 1879; A. McCord, 1880; Edward Williams, 1881; George W. Wright, 1883; S. H. Day and Joseph H. George, 1885; W. P. Arbuckle, 1886: W. E. Kuyler, 1887; George E. Dunbar, since 1888.

The South Yarmouth Baptist Church was organized November 20, 1824, as the First Baptist Church of Yarmouth. The first church edi- fice was built in 1825, and the present one rebuilt in 1860. Simeon Crowell was first pastor until his death in 1848. The society united with the Congregationalists a few years in service, when in 1859 they

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settled Stephen Coombs as pastor; in 1860, A. W. Ashley; 1862, Wil- liam Leach; 1865, A. E. Battelle; 1867, J. C. Boomer: 1870, John A. Baskwell; 1872, William Hurst; 1876, J. H. Seaver; 1877, F. B. Joy; 1883, Orange J. Scott, who was dismissed in 1885; and 1SSS. O. F. Waltze, until the spring of 1889, when he was dismissed. There is now no settled minister.

A chapel was built about 1860 at South Yarmouth by David Kelley. This he has since furnished and maintained as an undenominational place of worship, free to all, and it has proved a Bethel to many.

SCHOOLS .- Yarmouth has never been behind the other towns in the county in appreciating the advantages of education for the people. The common school system was not an imported idea; it grew out of the wants and necessities of the inhabitants. The earliest official recognition of this fact by the town is found in the record of 1693, when a committee was " appointed to agree with some fit person to teach school." which was to be done "in squadrons " covering all parts of the town. Mr. John Miller, son of the second minister, had previously taught a private school, in a house near the spot where the North side school house now stands. Dea. Joseph Hawes, soon after the revolution, was a famous teacher. The history of the public schools in this town is a history of all the schools in the county up to 1854, when the present graded system was inaugurated, which since has been subject to frequent improvement.

In 1809 an academy was erected on Hawes's lane, Yarmouth Port. It was the same building now used as a market house by A. C. Megathlin, but stood, when erected, about seventy-five feet south- west of its present location. This was a private school, where a large number of the incipient sea captains and merchants of the town ac- quired a good solid basis for an education. James Henry, a brilliant and well-educated young Irishman, taught for several years; after him Hugh Montgomery, the early friend of the late Joshua Sears, suc- ceeded. Among its later teachers was Rev. Thomas P. Rodman, a writer of ability, The Yarmouth Academy, situated on the site of the present school house, had such teachers as A. M. Payson and John E. Sanford, who kept up a high educational standard. The present excellent condition of the common schools renders the con- tinuance of private seminaries unnecessary.

CIVIL LISTS .- The deputies from Yarmouth in 1639 were Thomas Payne and Philip Tabor, who served two years each. In 1641 John Crow was first elected and served two years; also Richard Hoar, who served three. In 1642 William Palmer was elected and served 6. years; 1643, Anthony Thacher, 10 years; 1643, Thomas Folland, 2; 1644, James Matthews, 2; 1645, Edmund Hawes, 16; 1652, William Lumpkin and John Joyce, each 1; 1653, Thomas Howes, 9; 1654, Sam-

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uel Arnold, 2; 1655, William Nickerson, 1; 1658, Edward Sturgis, 5; 1662, Richard Sears, 1: 1663, Yelverton Crow, 3; 1668, John Thacher, 9: 1671, John Miller, 13: 1672. Thomas Howes, 5; 1677. Jeremiah Howes, 10 years, and in 1685, Silas Sears, who served 7 years.

Yarmouth's representatives in the colonial and state legislature, with date of each man's first election and total years of service, if more than one, were: 1692, John Thacher and Jeremiah Howes, each 2: 1693, John Hallet: 1694, Thomas Sturgis, 9; 1695, Jaspar Taylor; 1696, John Hawes, 2; 1701, John Miller; 1703, Elisha Hall, 5; 1704, Samuel Howes; 1705, Samuel Sturgis; 1706, Zachariah Paddock, 3; 1711, Peter Thacher, 3; 1713, Joseph Hawes, 2; 1714. John Paddock; 1715, Joseph Hall, 2; 1718, Seth Taylor; 1719, John Hedge, 3; 1721, Eben Hawes. 5; 1727, Josiah Miller; 1728, Shubael Baxter, 4; 1732, Samuel Sturgis, 7; 1737, Judah Thacher; 1739, Daniel Hall, 4; 1740, Thomas Hallett; 1741. John Hallett, 5; 1746, John Miller, 2; 1748, Joseph Thacher, 3; 1751. Joseph Hall, 3; 1757, Thomas Howes, 1758. John Bearse; 1760. John Bare; 1764, David Thacher, 27: 1774, Elisha Bassett, 3; 1775, Enoch Hallett, 2; 1779, Jonathan Howes, 3; 1780, Ed- mund Howes, 2; 1786, Atherton Hall, 3; 1799, David Thacher, jr., 3; 1802, Elisha Doane, 4; 1806, David Kelley, 2; 1809, John Eldridge, 6; 1809, James Crowell, 16; 1815, Thomas Hedge, 2; 1816, Henry Thacher, 4: 1820, John Reed; 1827, Joseph Eldridge; 1828, John B. Doane, 3; 1830, Charles Hallett, 2; 1831, Isaiah Crowell, 3; 1831, Joseph White: 1832, John H. Dunbar, 3; 1833, David K. Akin, 3: 1834, Oliver Hallett, 2: 1836, Reuben Ryder: 1836, N. S. Simpkins, 3; 1836, Ichabod Sher- man: 1837, Ezekiel Crowell, 2; 1838, Freeman Taylor, 2; 1839, Sylvanus Crowell; 1842, Joseph Hale: 1843, J. B. Crocker; 1844, Elisha Jenkins, 2; 1846, Samuel Matthews, 2; 1848, Ezekiel Crowell, 2; 1852, Charles Baker, 2; 1854. Samuel Thacher, 2; and 1856, Zadok Crowell.

The municipal affairs of the town have ever received the attention and commanded the services of Yarmouth's most able men. The se- lectmen-generally chosen with reference to their devotion to the public good-have included men not perhaps otherwheres noticed in this work; hence we give a list of all, with the date of first election, and if again elected, the whole number of years of service. In 1665 the town chose Anthony Thacher, who served 2 years; Edmund Hawes, 23; James Matthews, 4; John Miller, 28; and Joseph Hawes, 2; in 1667, Edward Sturgis, 16; Yelverton Crow; and Samuel Sturgis; in 1668, Thomas Howes, 8; and John Thacher, 15; in 1676, Jeremiah Howes, 20; 1683, Joseph Howes, 5; 1684, John Hall; 1685, Silas Sears, 10; 1693, Joseph Hall, sr., 2: 1694, Josiah Thacher, 10; 1695, Thomas Folland, 4; 1697, John Hallett, 5; and Thomas Sturgis, 3; 1699, Samuel Sturgis, 29; 1701, Joseph Hall, 28; 1702, Peter Thacher, 5; 1707, Jona- than Howes, 3; John Howes, S; and Josiah Miller, 15; 1718, Shubael

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Baxter, 7; Seth Taylor; and Judah Paddock, 4; 1728, Eben Hall, 13: 1729, Peter Thacher, 4; Timothy Hallett; Jonathan Baker; 1731, Joseph Bassett, 7; 1734, John Sears, 2; 1737, Judah Thacher, 5; and Daniel Hall, 29; 1741, John Hallett, 13; 1745, John Howes, 6; 1747. Jonathan Smith; 1750. Jonathan Hallett, S; and Joseph Thacher, 3; 1753, Isaac Chapman, 3; 1755, Eben Taylor; 1756, Prince Hawes, 11; and Lot Howes, 4; 1758, John Hedge, 3; 1760, Thomas Tobey, 14; 1767, Richard Baxter, 3; 1769, Isaac Matthews, 12; David Thacher, 13; and Samuel Howes; 1771, Seth Tobey, 10; 1772, Daniel Taylor, 4; and Edward Hall: 1776, John Hall; 1777, Seth Crowell; 1778, John Chapman, 2; and Samuel Eldridge, 3; 1781, Jeremiah Howes, 10; 1782, Isaac Hallett, 6; and Josiah Hall; 1786, Israel Nickerson, 3; and Athn. Hall: 1788, Daniel Crowell, 2; 1789, Thomas Thacher, 15; and Peter Sears; 1792, Thomas Howes, 2: 1795, Matthew Gorham, 2: 1797, Abner Taylor, 9; and Benjamin Matthews, 13; 1801, Charles Hallett, 2; 1802. Seth Baker; 1806, Joseph Hawes, 2; 1807, Elkanah Crowell, 9; 1808, John Eldridge, 8; 1810, Eben Gage, 3; 1811. Howes Taylor, 5; 1816, Prince Matthews, 10; and Seth Kelley, 2; 1818, Eben Bray, 7; and Gorham Crowell, 17; 1821, Bars. Thacher; 1822, Samuel Thacher, 27: 1825, James Matthews, 25; 1830, William Green; 1834, Ichabod Shearman, 11: 1844, Elisha Taylor, 26; 1848, Samuel Matthews, 2; 1851, Silas Baker, 3: and Thacher Taylor, 25; 1855, Eliakim Studley; 1856, Watson Thacher, 5; 1861, Zadock Crowell, 5; 1865, Braddock Matthews, 16; 1873, Daniel Wing, 2; 1875, Stephen Wing, 5; 1877, Winthrop Sears, 6; 1878. George H. Loring, 2; 1880, Edward Lewis, 10; 1883, Charles Bassett; Stephen Sears, 6; and Thacher T. Hallet, 7.

The first treasurer of the town was Anthony Thacher for twenty- eight years, succeeded in 1667 by Edward Howes for a like period. In 1695 John Howes was chosen and served three separate years; John Paddock, James Sturgis. Thomas Howes, sr., and Thomas Stur- gis served a year each and in 1702, Samuel Sturgis was first chosen. His successors, with year of first election, have been: 1709, Peter Thacher; 1715, Josiah Miller; 1721, Edward Sturgis; 1729, Joseph Hawes; 1737, Judah Thacher; 1744, John Crowell; 1748, Seth Hall; 1753, Thomas Tobey; 1759, Jasper Taylor; 1765, Prince Hawes; 1768. Samuel Howes; 1771, Daniel Taylor; 1776, Seth Tobey; 1778, Josiah Thacher; 1781, Joseph Griffith; 1784, Anthony Hall; 1788, Jeremiah Howes; 1789, John Thacher; 1805, James Hedge; 1810, Elisha Doane; 1811, Oliver Alden; 1812, Isaiah Alden; 1817, Joshua Hamblin; 1829, John B. Doane; 1837, Simeon Crowell; 1841, Thacher Taylor; 1844, William P. Davis began his already remarkably long term in which he is still serving. Prior to 1695 and also since 1837, and quite gen- erally between these two date, the town clerks have been the same as the treasurers.

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VILLAGES .- The town coutains four considerable villages, known by their post office designations as Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, South Yarmouth and West Yarmouth. Besides these, a picturesque and rural community called Weir Village is situated on the north side of the town. Here for a long series of years was a mill for grinding. now for fifty years unused.

At Yarmouth Port and Yarmouth, to a great extent, the buildings and residences have been erected upon the one street which extends eastward from the Barnstable line 23 miles. This region, with a por- tion of the eastern part of Barnstable, comprises the ancient Mat- tacheese of the Indians. Although there are two post office deliveries in this territory, to all intents and purposes there is but one village, which may as well be designated the North Side of Yarmouth. The school house on the north side, in which are four graded schools; the library and the three principal churches, are all within a short distance of the geographical center of the united village. The na- tional bank, the Mutual Fire Insurance Company's office: the Railroad station and the two printing offices, are in the westerly part of Yar- mouth Port. The tendency of the population for the last twenty years has rather been in that direction.

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History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620-1890, Part 53

Author: Deyo, Simeon L., ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: New York : Blake Number of Pages: 1292

Author: Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York : Blake
Number of Pages: 1292