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1845 .- William Seaver, Noble Canady, David Bassett.
1846-49 .- William Seaver, Andrew II. Hall, Samuel L. Crocker.
1850 .- Elias A. Morse, Andrew HI. Hall, Charles R. Atwood. 1851 .- James M. Williams, Andrew HI. Hall, Edwin Keith. 1852-54 .- Elias A. Morse, William F. Macomber, Edwin Keith.
1855,-Elias A. Morse, Allen Presbrey, Ziba Babbitt. 1856-57 .- Elias A. Morse, Allen Presbrey, Isaac G. Carrier.
1858 .- Stephen L. White, Allen Presbrey, Isaac G. Carrier.
1859 .- Allen Pre-brey, Stephen L. White, Isaac G. Carrier. 1860-63 .- Allen Presbrey, Cornelius White, Isaac G. Carrier. 1864 .- Allen Presbrey, Abram Briggs, Nathan S. Williams.
Missing Years of Selectmen .- 1658 to 1665, inclusive ; 1725, 1741, 1742, 1744 to 1759, except 1755; 1767, 1769, 1771, 1778, 1781, 1787.
TOWN CLERKS, 1665-1865.
1665-94. Shadrach Wilbore, who | 1846-54. James P. Ellis. died about 1700. 1855-58. William Brewster.
1708. John Wilbore.
1858-62. Henry C. Porter.
1725. Benjamin Wilbore.
1862-65. James M. Cushman, ap-
1740-1820 James Willians, Jr.
pointed September, 1862, to
1821-34. Alfred Williams. the termination of the town,
1835-44. Edmund Anthony.
1865.
1845. Francis S. Monroe.
TOWN TREASURERS, 1757 TO 1864.
1757. Samnel White. 1838-41. Edmund Anthony.
1764-74. Benjamin Williams. 1844-47. Lemuel L. White.
1775. George Godfrey.
1847-53. Charles Porter.
1805-22. Samuel Crocker.
1-53-54. James P. Ellis.
1822-25. John Seaver. 1855-56. George B. Atwood.
1825. William Reed. 1857. Joseph E. Wilbar.
1826. James L. Hodges. IS58. Samuel M. Tinkham.
1827-34. John Baylies. 1859-63. Philip T. Brewster.
1834-38. Calvin Woodward.
1863-64. George A. Washburn.
ASSESSORS FROM 1865 TO 1883.
1865 .- J. Alonzo Phillips, Horace Lewis, Oliver S. Godfrey, Benjamin Spinney, Charles F. Johnson, Benjamin Porter, Paran F. Smith.
1866 .- J. Alonzo l'hillips, Francis S. Monroe. Oliver S. Godfrey, Benja- min Spinney, Charles F. Johnson, Charles HI. Stephens, Henry N. Harvey, Paran F. Smith.
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HISTORY OF BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
1867-68 .- Charles H. Stephens, J. Alonzo Phillips, Henry N. Harvey. 1869 -George H. Babbitt, Henry N. Harvey, Charles II. Stephens. 1870-71 .- George II. Babbitt, Henry N. Harvey, Abram Briggs. 1872 .- Abram Briggs, Samuel M. Tinkham, Henry N. IFarvey. 1873-74 .- Samuel M. Tinkham, Henry N. Harvey, Henry S. Hart. 1875-76 .- James M. Cushman (chairman), Henry N. Harvey, Henry S. HIart (clerk).
1877 .- James M. Cushman, Henry S. Hart, William H. Plead well. 1878-80 .- William B. Sproat (chairman), Henry S. Ilart (clerk), William H. Pleadwell.
1881-83 .- William B. Sproat (elected for three years, died), William B. Church (elected March 23, 1881), Henry G. Hart.
1883 .- Henry S. Hart (chairman), William 11. Pleadwell, William B. Church (clerk).
CITY OFFICERS.
Taunton became a city in 1865. The following are the city officers, mayors, Board of Aldermen, and councilmen from 1865 to the present time (1883).
1865 .- Mayor, HIon. Edmund H. Bennett. Aldermen, Ward I, Edgar HI. Reed ; 2, Anson J. Barker ; 3, Nathan Rand ; 4, Thompson New- bury ; 5, Nathan S. Williams; G, Lebaron B. Church ; 7, Cornelius White ; 8, Charles L. Lovering ; James M. Cushman was elected city clerk, and re-elected annnally to 1883, and now serving. Common Council, Iloratio Pratt, president : Ward I, John T. Carter, Nathan- iel S. Mason, Henry A. Thayer; 2, John E. Sanford, James H. Sproat, Nathan Clark ; 3, Edwin Keith, E. Dawes Tisdale. J. W. L. Wilbur; 4, Horatio Pratt, Marcus M. Rhodes, Charles Foster ; 5, Jolin W. Hart, Job M. Godfrey, Elisha Williams; G, Frederick Hathaway, John Paull, Artemas Briggs; 7, Ezra P. Woodward, George G. Walker, Joseph W. Hathaway ; 8, Nathaniel B. Leonard, James D. Albro, Ruel Ilarvey ; Bernard A. Galligan, clerk ; George A. Washburn was elected city treasurer in 1865, and has been unani- monsly re-elected annually to 1883, and now serving.
1866 .- Mayor, Edmund H. Bennett. Aldermen, Ward I, Edgar HI. Reed; 2, Anson J. Barker ; 3, John B. Chase 1 ; 4, Thompson Newbury ; 5, Silas S. King; 6, Lebaron B. Church ; 7, George G. Walker; 8, Charles L. Lovering. Councilmen, Charles Foster, president : Ward I, Nathaniel S. Mason, Jonathan J. Stanley, L. J. Wilmarth ; 2, John E. Sanford, Nathan Clark, William R. Davenport; 3, Edwin Keith, J. W. L. Wilbur, William B. Murphy ; 4, Charles Foster, Edmund W. Porter, Andrew H. Hall; 5, George Williams, Ebenezer Padle- ford, II. K. Southworth; 6, W. B. Presbrey, W. H. Phillips, Joseph L. Presbrey ; 7, Stephen Pierce, Zenas F. Bliss, E. P. Woodward ; 8, James D. Albro, John Radley, Ruel Harvey ; B. A. Galligan, clerk.2 1867 .- Mayor, Edmund HI. Bennett,3 Stephen II. Rhodes.4 Aldermen, Ward I, Stephen H. Rhodes,5 Abram Briggs; 6 2, Parley I. Perrin ; 3, John B. Chase; 4, Thompson Newbury ; 5, Silas S. King; G, Le- baron B. Church; 7, George G. Walker; 8, Nathaniel Leonard. Councilmen, John E. Sanford, president : Ward I, J. J. Stanley, L. J. Wilmarth, Leander Soule ; 2, John E. Sanford, William R. Dav- enport, James H. Dean ; 3, Edwin Keith, William B. Murphy, Wil- liam H. Brown ; 4, E. W. Porter, Andrew H. Hall, C. E. Stephens; 5, J. L. Macomber, George Wilhams, Elkanal Pierce; G, S. N. Sta- ples, B. H. Baker, John H. Church ; 7, Leonard L. Short, N. B. Pratt, Alexander H. Champlin ; 8, Ruel Harvey, John Radley, Moses Nelson.
1868 .-. Mayor, Stephen H. Rhodes. Aldermen, Ward 1, Leander Soule ; 2, Parley 1. Perrin ; 3, Daniel L. Mitchell; 4, Thompson Newbury ; 5, Silas S. King; 6, Lebaron B. Church; 7, George G. Walker; 8, Paran F. Smith. Councilmen, John E. Sanford, president : Ward 1, J. J. Stanley, ITorace M. Hall, Charles IFusband ; 2, John E. San- ford, William R. Davenport, James II. Dean ; 3, Edward Galligan, Il. M. Lovering. Connor Brady ; 4, Charles Foster, Edmund W. Por- ter, Thomas R. Bearse ; 5, George Williams, J. L. Macomber, J. C. Haskins; G, S. N. Staples, Alfred Paull, Samuel Miller; 7, Leonard
L. Short, N. B. Pratt; 8, Moses Nelson, Philip A. Frazier, Nathan Lawrence.
1869 .- Mayor, Stephen II. Rhodes. Aldermen, Ward 1, William Tink- ham ; 2, Parley 1. Perrin ; 3, Daniel L. Mitchell; 4, Thompson Newbury ; 5, Silas S. King ; G, Jacob Burt; 7,'A. H. Champlin ; 8, Charles L. Lovering. Councilmen, John E. Sanford, president : Ward I, Silas Dean,7 Albert D. Davol, William M. Cowing; 2, John E. Sanford, William R. Davenport, James II. Dean ; 3, Edward Gal- ligan, Henry M. Lovering, James Hanrahan; 4, Charles Foster, Thomas R. Bearse, Nomns Paige; 5, Julius C. Haskins, John A. Williams, Isaac W. Leach ; 6, Sylvanus N. Staples, Billings T. Pres- brey, Henry J. Fuller; 7, Peter C. Thayer, Joseph W. Hathaway, William L. White, Jr .; 8, Philip A. Frazier, Charles D. McDnflie, William W. Swan.
1870 .- Mayor, Daniel L. Mitchell. Aldermen, Ward 1, William Tink- ham ; 2, Parley I. Perrin ; 3, Joseph Murphy ; 4, George M. Wood- ward; 5, Silas S. King; 6, John H. Church; 7, Leonard L. Short ; 8, Charles L. Lovering. Councilmen, John E. Sanford, president : Ward 1, Albert D. Davol, S. H. Rhodes, D. W. Wastcoat ; 2, John E. Sanford, William R. Davenport, Charles E. Monroe; 3, HI. M. Love- ring, Charles Gallagher, William H. Baker; 4, David D. Perkins, George F. Seaver, Nomus Paige,8 Erastus Morse ; º 5, John A. Wil . liams, G. HI. Holloway, John W. Hart; 6, Henry J. Fuller, Billings T. Presbrey, James M. Evans; 7, William L. White, Jr., Stephen Pierce, George A. Crane; 8, William W. Swan, John C. Macdonald, Palmer Lincoln.
1871 .- Mayor, Daniel L. Mitchell. Aldermen, Ward 1, William Tink- ham ; 2, Parley 1. Perrin ; 3, Joseph Murphy ; 4, George F. Seaver ; 5, Jahazialı S. King, Jr .; 6, James M. Evans ; 7, Stephen Pierce; S, Charles L. Lovering. Councilmen, John E. Sanford, president : Ward 1, John E. Sanford, Peter M. Vaughn, Job B. Crossman ; 2, Charles E. Monroe, Horace Lewis, William B. Sproat ; 3, William H. Baker, James A. Tinkham, Dennis J. Mehegan : 4, David D. Per- kins, Harrison G. O. White, Crawford M. Fairbanks; 5, John W. HIart, George II. Holloway, Lysander Soper; G, Henry J. Fuller, Charles H. Paull, Benjamin B. Hathaway ; 7, George A. Crane, Nicholas N. Crapo, Ezra P. Woodward; 8, William W. Swan, John C. Macdonald, William Robert Willians.
1872 .- Mayor, Daniel L. Mitchell. Aldermen, Ward I, Albert D. Davol; 2, Parley 1. Perrin ; 3, Henry M. Lovering ; 10 4, George F. Seaver ; 5, Jahaziah S. King, Jr. ; 6, Henry J. Fuller; 7, Ezra P. Woodward; 8, William W. Swan. Common Council, John E. Sanford, president : Ward 1, John E. Sanford, Peter M. Vaughn, Job B. Crossman ; 2, Horace Lewis, Charles HI. Atwood, Francis S. Monroe ; 3, James A. Tinkham,11 Onias S. Paige, Dennis J. Mehegan ; 4, James HI. Dean, Erastus Morse, Edmund W. Porter; 5, Lysander Soper, Oliver A. Pierce, Charles II. Macomber; G, Richard Henry IFall, David B. Cushman, John Tyler Williams; 7, James T. Bassett, Abel W. Par- ker, James G. Walker; 8, William Robert Williams, G. Everett Lincoln, John Holland.
1873 .- Mayor, William II. Fox. Aldermen, Ward 1, James II. Codding; 2, Charles H. Atwood; 3, Joseph Murphy ; 4, Lebaron B. Church ; 5, Frederick L. Bosworth ; G, Alfred Paull; 7, James G. Walker; 8, John Holland. Common CouneH, James II. Dean, president : Ward I, John E. Sanford, Henry S. Harris, William B. Murphy ; 2, John E. Brown, C. E. Richmond, William L. Walker; 3, Onias S. Paige, Edwin Keith, James McCarty ; 4, James II. Dean, Edmund W. Por- ter, Samuel R. Townsend ; 5, Alexander H. Williams, Charles Il. Macomber, Oliver A. Pierce ; G, Charles II. Stevens, Asa Williams, James P. Galligan ; 7, James T. Bassett, Benjamin L. Walker, Jason Morse ; 8, Frederick Thayer, Manlius B. Leonard, Henry J. Bur- bank.
1874 .- Mayor, George II. Babbitt. Aldermen, Ward 1, Charles Hus- band; 2, Charles H. Atwood; 3, Joseph Murphy ; 4, Lebaron B. Church; 5, Frederick L. Bosworth ; G, John H. Eddy; 7, James G. Walker; S, James A. B. Woodward. Councilmen, James H. Dean, president : Ward 1, Henry S. Harris, William B. Murphy, Otis Washburn; 2, William L. Walker, John E. Brown, Charles E. Rich- mond ; 3, Ouias S. Paige, Saul W. Eddy, Owen Galligan; 4, James H. Dean, Samuel R. Townsend, Timothy C. Baker; 5, Alexander H. Williams, Charles H. Macomber, Benjamin S. Bosworth ; 6, Charles
1 Elected January 27th in place of Ezra Davol, resigned.
2 March 7th, resigned, and James R. Husband elected to fill vacancy, who remained clerk until 1877.
3 Resigned June 19, 1867.
4 Elected by City Council, June 19, 1867.
5 Resigned June 19, 1867.
G Elected June 29, 1867.
7 Died April 26th ; John S. Pinkerton elected May 29, 1869.
8 Resigned Jan. 5, 1870. 9 Elected Jan. 15, 1870.
10 Elected Feb. 17, 1872, in place of Joseph Murphy, resigned.
11 Elected Jan. 10, 1872, in place of Charles W. Hartshorn, declined.
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TAUNTON.
H. Stevens, James P. Galligan, Frederick Hathaway; 7, Jason Morse, James T. Bassett, Benjamin L. Walker ; 8, Henry J. Burbank, Fred- erick Thayer, Andrew Leddy.
1875 .- Mayor, George IT. Babbitt. Aldermen, Ward I, Henry S. Harris ; 2, William L. Walker; 3, Onias S. Paige; 4, Nathan S. Williams ; 5, John W. Hart ; 6, Alfred Paull; 7, Abel W. Parker; 8, Ruel Harvey. Councilmen, James II. Dean, president : Ward I, Ofis Washburn, Shubael P. Bliss, William B. Murphy ; 2, John E. Browne, Charles E. Richmond, Everett D. Godfrey ; 3, Asaph L. Bliss, James McCarly, Thomas O. Falvey ; 4, Timothy C. Baker, James II. Dean, S. R. Town- send ; 5, Charles F. Paull, Alexander II. Williams, George P'. King; 6, James P. Galligan, Charles P. White, Frederick Hathaway; 7, Henry S. Culver, Zephaniah Hodges, Jason Morse; 8, Thomas Leach, Wilbur F. Allen, Charles E. Dean,
1876 .- Mayor, George II. Babbitt. Aldermen, Ward 1, William B. Mur- phy; 2, William L. Walker ; 3, Asaph L. Bliss; 4, N Bradford Dean ; 5, Jolin W. Hart; 6, Alfred Paull ; 7, Abel W. Parker; 8, Wilbur F. Allen. Common Council, Charles E. Richmond, president : Ward 1, Olis Washburn, Horatio L. Cushman, William E. Dean ; 2, Charles E. Richmond, John E. Browne, Everett D. Godfrey ; 3, J. W. L. Wil- bur, John IT. Galligan, Patrick Conaty; 4, Timothy C. Baker, Cor- nelius Wood, Frederick Mason; 5, Alexander II. Williams, George P. King, John J. O'Connor; 6, William S. Baker, A. L. Willard, John Welch; 7, Peter C. Thayer, Ebenezer Cobb, Franklin Pratt; 8, John C. Macdonald, William II. Pleadwell, John Power.
1877 .- Mayor, Onias S. Paige. Aldermen, Ward 1, Horatio L. Cushman ; 2, William H. Bent; 3, Thomas O. Falvey ; 4, Cornelius Wood ; 5, . Charles R. Richmond ; G, A. Lyman Willard ; 7, Franklin Pratt ; 8, Charles E. Dean ; Councilmen, Ward I, John E. Sanford, William E. Dean, John J. Barker; 2, Charles E. Richmond, Walter S. Sprague, George II. Rhodes; 3, James J. Galligan, James A. Tink- ham, Patrick Conaty ; 4, Frederick Mason, Elisha T. Jackson, Jo- sinh Kinnicutt ; 5, Abiel B. Staples, John J. O'Connor, Arthur W. Macomber ; 6, William S. Baker, Abram Simmons, William H. Cushman; 7, Henry S. Culver, Edwin Haskins, Perry E. Pierce ; 8, John Power, Nelson Thomas, William II. Rankin; President, John E. Sanford; Clerk, Joseph R. Tallman, re-elected annually until 1883.
1878 .- Mayor, Onias S. Paige. Aldermen, Ward 1, Horatio L. Cushman ; 2, William II. Bent; 3, Thomas O. Falvey; 4, Cornelius Wood; 5, Charles F. Johnson ; 6. A. Lyman Willard: 7, Franklin Pratt; 8, Elijah Tolman; Councilmen, Ward 1, John E. Sanford, William Tinkham, John J. Barker : 2, Walter S. Spragne, George II. Rhodes, Everett D. Godfrey ; 3, Henry B. Leach, Francis P. Conaty, John Quinn ; 4, Frederick Mason, Josiah Kinnicutt, Edward B. Maltby ; 5, Aliel B. Staples, George P. King, Arthur W. Macomber; 6, Wil- liam S. Baker, William B. Church, James Hunt ; 7, Henry S. Cul- ver, Perry E. Pierce, J. F. Dunlap; 8, Thomas R. Bearse, Millard F. Moore, William F. Kennedy ; President, Jolin E. Sanford.
1879 .- Mayor, Onias S. Paige. Aldermen, Ward 1, Otis Washburn; 2, Walter S. Spragne; 3, Joseph Murphy; 4, Charles E. Richmond ; 5, Charles F. Johnson ; 6, A. Lyman Willard ; 7, Henry S. Culver; 8. Moses Nelson. Councilnen, Frederick Mason, president : Ward 1, John J. Barker, Charles A. Reed, Martin J. Lincoln; 2, George H. Rhodes, Everett D. Godfrey, Alfred C. Place ; 3, Owen Galligan, Laurens N. Francis, William C. Lawton; 4, Frederick Mason, Josiah Kinnicutt, James Y. Anthony; 5, Winthrop A. Robinson, Philip Williams, Samuel W. Robinson ; 6, William S. Baker, David Padel- ford, Frank Paull; 7, Joseph W. Hathaway, Perry E. Pierce, Joseph S. Tidd; 8, Thomas R. Bearse, William F. Kennedy, Theodore P. Hall.
1880 .- Mayor, Charles F. Johnson. Aldermen, Ward 1, Martin J. Lin- coln ; 2, Walter S. Sprague ; 3, Thomas O. Falvey ; 4, Nathan S. Wil- liams; 5, Benjamin S. Bosworth; 6, William S. Baker; 7, Joseph W. Hathaway; 8, John C. Macdonald. Councilmen, Frederick Mason, president : Ward I, Charles R. Mason, James E. Perry, Daniel Carey ; 2, George II. Rhodes, Everett D. Godfrey, Gamaliel Lane; 3, Laurens N. Francis, Michael J. Hoye, Benjamin Morris; 4, Frederick Mason, Josiah Kinnicutt, James Y. Anthony ; 5, Sam- uel W. Robinson, Winthrop A. Robinson, Philip Williams ; 6, Frank Paul, John C. Chace, Bernard E. Kiernan ; 7, Joseph S. Tidd, Heze- kiah L. Merrill, Enstus C. Bassett; 8, William F. Kennedy, John Field, John W. Lincoln.
1881 .- Mayor, Charles F. Johnson. Aldermen, Ward 1, Martin J. Lin- coln; 2, Walter S. Sprague; 3, Michael J. Hoye ; 4, James Y. An- thony; 5, Benjamin S. Bosworth ; 6, William S. Baker; 7, Joseph W. Hathaway; 8, Elijah Tolman. Councilmen, Frederick Mason,
president : Ward I, Charles R. Mason, James E. Perry, Daniel Carey; 2, George H. Rhodes, Charles A. Monroe, Gamaliel Lane ; 3, Benjamin Morris, George A. Congdon, Thomas E. McCormick ; 4, James II. Dean, Frederick Mason, Timothy C. Baker; 5, Samuel W. Robinson, Horatio Godfrey, Jolin Murphy ; 6, George W. Bar- rows, John A. McDonald, Charles F. Baker; 7, Joseph Dunbar, Arthur B. Knapp, J. Mordecai Lincoln; 8, William F. Kennedy, John W. Lincoln, Charles H. Lincoln.
1882 .- Mayor, Charles F. Johnson. Aldermen, Ward I, Martin J. Lin- coln : 2, Walter S. Sprague ; 3, Michael J. Hoye ; 4, Henry D). Atwood ; 5, Benjamin S. Bosworth ; 6, A. Lyman Willard ; 7, Henry S. Culver ; 8. Samuel Lane. Councilmen, William F. Kennedy, president : Ward 1, Charles R. Mason, Daniel Carey, James II. Bosworth ; 2, George II. Rhodes, Charles A. Munroe, Gamaliel Lane ; 3, Benjamin Morris, William Quillen, James F. Conely ; 4, Charles Foster, Edgar R. Sprague, A. Gilbert Williams ; 5, Samuel W. Robinson, Winthrop A. Robinson, Horatio Godfrey; 6, Charles F. Baker, George W. Barrows, Thomas C. Marley ; 7, Nathaniel J. Crossman, Henry A. Short, Otis A. Thayer; 8, William F. Kennedy, Jolin W. Lincoln, John O'learne.
1883 .- Mayor, Horatio L. 'Cushman. Aldermen, Walter S. Sprague, chairman : Ward 1, Albert D. Davol; 2, Walter S. Sprague ; 3, Mi- chael J. Iloye; 4, Cornelius Wood; 5, Benjamin S. Bosworth; G, George W. Barrows ; 7, Joseph S. Tidd; 8, Frank L. Fish. Conncil- men, George H. Rhodes, president : Ward 1, Daniel Carey, James II. Bosworth, William HI. Wood ; 2, George H. Rhodes, Henry W. Colby, Owen Barker; 3, Benjamin Morris, James F. Conefy, George K. Noyes; 4, Charles Foster, Edgar R. Sprague, A. Gilbert Williams ; 5, Samuel W. Robinson, Winthrop A. Robinson, Horatio Godfrey ; 6, George E. Wilbur, William C. Bowen, Peter II. Corr; 7, Otis A. Thayer, Nathaniel J. Crossman, Frank K. Chace ; 8, John O'Hearne, Jr., Thomas B. Cottrell, Edwin M. Ilills.
CITY MARSHALS.
Robert Crossman (2d), Jan. 25, 18Gõ, to Ang. 27, 1867 (deceased) ; Willis Potter, Sept, 4, 1867, to Jan. 1, 1874 ; John A. Fay, Jan. 1, 1874, to March 14, 1874; Orrin M. Ingalls, March 14, 1874, to Jan. 1, 1877 ; George F. Seaver, Jan. 1, 1877, to Ang. 1, 1879 ; Alfred B. Hodges, Aug. 1, 1879, now in service.
POSTMASTERS OF TAUNTON.
Appointed.
Nicholas Tillinghast March 20, 1793.
Samuel Ilodges
.July 1, 1803.
James Hodges
.Jan. 1, 1804.
James L. Hodges
Dec. 8, 1810.
David C. Hodges.
Sept. 9, 1826.
Joseph L. Lord.
.. Ang. 19, 1829.
Charles R. Vickery March 23, 1835.
William Brewster 1 .May 12, 1849.
Abijah M. Ide, Jr.
July 1, 1853.
Joseph E. Wilbar 1 Dec. 18, 1861.
Abijah M. Ide ...
Jan. 15, 1866.
Samuel O. Dunbar )
April 22, 1869.
Elias E. Fuller 1
March 26, 1873.2
Councilors from Taunton .- The only members of the Executive Council from Taunton in forty years were Hon. Samuel L. Crocker (1850), under the admin- istration of Governor George N. Briggs, and Hon. Harrison Tweed, in 1876-78, under Governor Alex- ander H. Rice.
Senators .- Gen. David Cobb was senator in 1801 to 1805, and president during four years. Chester I. Reed was senator from Taunton in 1862; he was attorney-general in 1864 to 1867, and judge of the Superior Court from 1867 to 1870. John E. San- ford3 was senator in 1864, A. M. Ide in 1865, Harri- son Tweed in 1868-69,' James Brown in 1873, Wil- liam C. Lovering in 1874-75, Ezra Davol in 1878-79, William Reed in 1882.
1 Now living in Taunton. 2 1883, now serving.
8 Mr. Sanford has since been Speaker of the House four years, from 1872 to 1876.
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HISTORY OF BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
CHAPTER LXVII. TAUNTON.1-(Continued.) MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Mill River Manufactories .- WHITTENTON. - The first industrial enterprises on Mill River at Whit- tenton were the saw-mill on the east and the grist- mill on the west side, near the location of the present dam, and were chiefly owned by James Leonard. Mill River takes its rise from Winneconnet Pond, and the rivulets flowing into it in Norton and Easton. Before the numerous mills were erected thereon, which gave it the name over two hundred years ago, it was called "Canoe River," being forded by Indians in their canoes from mouth to source, some ten miles distant, who all along occupied its bank's through their hunting-grounds. About 1670, James Leonard, Sr., who introduced the manufacture of bar-iron in 1656, at the old forge or " bloomery" on Two-Mile River, in Taunton (now Raynham), with his sons and others, built a forge on the west bank of Mill River, near the grist-mill dam at Whittenton,2 with its one hearth bellows, chimney, and other appurtenances for making iron. His sons, Joseph, Uriah,3 and Benjamin, who had served in the first iron-works, worked the forge. James, Sr., died in 1691, leaving a portion of Whit- tenton works to Joseph, and another to Uriah, with the dwelling-house adjoining ; Joseph to pay his mother- in-law, Margaret, widow of James1, four hundred of iron and twenty shillings, and Uriah to pay her six hundred of iron annually as long as she remained their father's widow. Benjamin received lands, including "meadows and mines," to supply the forge with ore; to James, Jr., he gave some land and his " half-share in the old iron-works," of which his eldest son, Thomas Leonard, had charge. Joseph died in 1692, leaving his widow, Benjamin, and Uriah in charge of Whit- tenton Iron-Works and Mills. Two years later, Mary (Joseph's widow), Benjamin, and Uriah, entered into " an agreement that the grist-mill be removed from the place where it now standeth on the east side of the forge, and set upon the west side below," upon land purchased of Rev. George Shove, that each proprietor "shall bear the expenses of removal and the building of a new house for the grist-mill ;" and furthermore, that " the said mill is not to hinder the improvement for making of iron," " the iron-works to have the improvement of the water" in the dry sea- son. They also " covenanted to build a new hearth," with appurtenances, on the east side of the forge, and
Benjamin to be master workman; thus doubling the capacity of the forge for making bar-iron, which was an important factor in those early days of Taunton.
Uriah sold his share of the works, in 1699, to his brother, Capt. James2, with the iron mine near the "eight-mile pond" (Winneconnet) and the ore in the same, for three hundred pounds ; also providing, as James became a partner, " that Joseph's widow shall have six hundred of iron annually during her life, while the works stand." They also purchased of John Pole, merchant of Boston, "50 acres of mine meadow," formerly owned by Capt. William Pole, his father, "bounded on the west by Hoar's highway (Winter Street) for £50, and two tons of good mer- chantable bar-iron." Some years later, Widow Mary having married Joseph Willis, the brothers " cove- nanted that she have the improvement of her late hus- band's interest in the forge and mill, also 600 of iron, four barrels of cider, and twenty bushels of apples from the orchard,4 annually for four years." She had two sons, Edward and William, employed about the works, and two daughters. Edward after- wards became an owner.
The ancient forge and mills were conducted by Capt. James Leonard2, his sons, and other members of the family, to Jonathan and James of the fifth genera- tion, the latter a " refiner," for more than a hundred years after the foregoing incidents transpired in the early history of making charcoal iron by James Leon- ard1; the crude ore for which being produced along the meadows of Watson's pond, "Scadding's moire," to the vicinity of Winneconnet Pond five miles dis- tant, the facts conclusively furnished by ancient deeds and records. In 1699 Nicholas Mowry, ancestor of many of the name, a large land-holder, was a share- owner in the forge, and in 1737, Capt. Thomas Cobb, "mariner," became an owner, increasing another " hearth" and furnishing New Jersey ore of a more profitable percentage than "Scadding's moire" to sup- ply the forge. In 1793 Capt. James Leonard5 con- veyed his portion of the works, owned jointly with Abiather and Samuel, to his nephew Zadoc, who con- tinued the business to 1800. Jonathan, who died in 1797, conveyed the grist-mill to his son, Lee Leonard, who sold the mill privilege and fifty acres of land, in 1810, to Crocker, Bush, and Richmond for four thou- sand dollars. This closed the Leonard interest in that site which had continued about one hundred and fifty consecutive years.
Crocker, Bush, and Richmond, who had been in the employ of Samuel Leonard, Sr., as clerks and assist- ants in the iron business, conceived the plan of utili- zing the Mill River water-power at Whittenton to a better advantage than accrued from the ancient forge and grist-mill. In 1805 they built a nail-mill of one story above the bridge, where nails of various sizes
1 The editor acknowledges his indebtedness in the preparation of this chapter to Capt. J. W. D. Hall. We are also indebted to Capt. Hall for much valuable assistance on the county generally, which has greatly lessened our labor in the preparation of the work.
2 Whittington, in the more ancient records, a tradition that it was named after John Whittington, an emigrant from England.
3 Uriah, above referred to, was the one who, when a young man, worked in the old forge with his father, ran the gauntlet under fire of the Indians while returning horseback from the Centre one afternoon, escaping without a wound, as tradition says, but a wounded horse.
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