History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 63

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1818

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Deborah Walker, daughter of the first James, of Taunton, married George Gooding. He settled in the South Purchase in 1678, being one of the earliest settlers.

James, son of James Walker, the second of that name, was born in 1674 and died in 1749. He mar-

Ester Gallop.

James Leonard, Jr.

Edward Bobbett.

John Smith, Sr.

Samuel Williams.

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ried Sarah, daughter of John Richmond, of Taunton. He lived west of Three-Mile River, in Dighton. His will gives the names of four sons and one daughter. James Walker's third son, Nathan, born in 1677, died in 1747, lived in Dighton. He married Abigail Rich- mond, of Taunton, and they had six children.

James Walker, the third of that name, had a son David, who died in 1765. He was twice married, and he lived on the farm that was south of the one now owned by the heirs of Charles W. Green. It formerly belonged to Seth Austin. David was a member of the Legislature in 1721 and again in 1745. He was one of the seleetmen in 1732, and he held a captain's commission in the militia. He had nine children.

The third James Walker's son, Josiah, died in 1749. He married Mary, daughter of George and Deborah Gooding. His father left him three upper lots in Dighton. He had four children.

Peter Walker, son of the first James, had a son, born in 1692 and died in 1752. He married Mercy Richmond. He resided in Taunton, and had no children. In his will he gave "to my kinsman, Elisha Walker, son of my brother James, deceased, and to Eleazer Walker, grandson of my brother Peter, all the lands in Dighton, excepting twenty acres given to Josiah Richmond, and if either Elisha or Eleazer die without issue, then to Nathan Walker, son of Nathan, and if he die without issue, then to the next of my kin, and not to go out of the Walkers for all generations." His homestead was near the burial- place which he gave for the use of his kindred, and which contains the oldest inscription in Taunton.

Among the prominent individuals bearing the name of Walker in this town was Dr. George Walker, son of Col. Elnathan by his third wife. He was born Sept. 7, 1761, and died Oct. 13, 1844. He married Thankful Burt, daughter of David. She died in 1837, aged seventy-two years. George. Walker was about fourteen when his father died, and he then removed to Middleborough with his mother. When the Revolutionary war broke out he was drafted into the army. He was in Capt. Ed- ward Blake's company, and served in Rhode Island. After the war he studied medicine, bought the home- stead of his father, and removed there in 1792. He practiced medicine in Dighton for nearly fifty years, and frequently served the town as selectman and as- sessor. He was also a representative to the General Court for several years. He was pensioned for his service in the war. He held a justice's commission for nearly forty years. He was considered a very skillful physician and an estimable man. His son George was also prominent in Dighton and Taunton affairs. He was a land surveyor, and represented Taunton in the General Court for several years.

Another prominent man in town affairs was Nehe- miah Walker, son of Elijah, born in 1769, died May 7, 1856, aged eighty-seven. He married, in 1796, Elizabeth Frances, who died in 1847, in her seventy-

first year. Nehemiah resided in the northwest part of the town, was a farmer, and was selectman for several years, and represented the town in the Legis- lature eight years. He exerted a large influence in town affairs. He had eight children.

The foregoing are only a few names culled from the many Walkers who have resided in this town. " The name Walker," says Lower in his "Surnames," " signified either (Anglo-Saxon, wealeere) a fuller or an officer whose duty consisted in walking over or inspecting a certain space of forest ground. In the north of England a fulling-mill is still called a walk- mill." There was another forest officer, a "ryder," who superintended the walkers. He was mounted, and his supervision extended over a large district.

The following correspondence from the American Silk Journal, published in New York, one of the edi- tors of which, Mr. Byron Rose, is a native of Dighton, will need no explanation :

" NORTH DIGHTON, MASS., Feb. 7, 1882.

" EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN SILK JOURNAL:

" Dear Sir,-The proposed dress for Mrs. Garfield is by no means the first of entirely American growth and manufacture, those Philadelphia ladies to the contrary notwithstanding. One hundred and fifty years ago we made most of onr cloth of wool and flax, and in Connecticut a considerable amount of silk. From the years 1800 to 1812, my mother lived in Mansfield, Conn., where she was employed in raising silk- worms, reeling the silk, dyeing the same, etc. At that time only sew- ing-silk was made from the smooth threads, as reeled from the cocoons, the great euds and floss, or tow, as some called it, was made into cloth, stocking-yarn, etc. The rough silk amounted to about one-third of the whole. In 1812 my father and mother were married and settled in Bristol, R. I. Finding mulberry-trees there, she, in 1813, sent to Con- nectient and obtained silk-worm eggs, and made from the cocoons raised from them the first silk ever made in the State of Rhode Island, In 1826 my parents moved to Dighton, and in my personal remembrance, from 1830 for many years, silk made by my family, who raised the mul- berry-trees, silk-worms, cocoons, and all, was a common thing. . . . .

" It is safe to say that of the tons of silk that were grown in this conn- try, nearly one-third was made into homespun cloth. My mother made silk for herself from 1813 to 1857, a period of forty-four years. I myself have had pantaloons and vests made from silk we grew, but, though I 'did walk in silk attire,' I derived, so far as I can remember, but little pleasure therefrom, for the voracity of the worms compelled me, as a boy, in all sorts of weather to gather leaves for them to eat.

" HIENRY W. ILART."

" NEW BEDFORD, MASS., Feb. 3, 1882. "EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN SILK JOURNAL:

" Dear Sir,-Mrs. Rescome Ilart took the first silk-worms to Dighton, planted the mulberry-trees upon which they fed, and raised the cocoons. From the worms which Mrs. Hart gave my grandmother (Mrs. Silas Talbot), who was also a resident of Dighton, were raised the cocoons from which she carded, spun, and wove, then had colored and watered, the dress of which you have been informed, and a piece of which I enclose herewith. It was made from the tow of the silk. Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Talbot also made a large amount of very nice sewing-silk. My grand- mother's dress must have been made between forty and fifty years ago, and the assertion that the proposed dress for Mrs. Garfield is the first American silk dress, in both culture and manufacture, is certainly open to question.

" LAZZIE A. DURFEE."

As Dighton initiated the culture and manufacture of silk in this State, it would seem a very appropriate place in which to carry on its manufacture, at least, on a large seale, and in which to build up a thriving village devoted to the business, like that of South Manchester, in Connecticut. Land is cheap here, there are good facilities for reaching the markets, and

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there is no town debt to make taxation high. All that is needed are men of business enterprise and capital.

Dighton in the War of the Rebellion .- With scarcely an exception the people of this town were intensely loyal to the Union cause during the war of the Rebellion, and responded promptly to the several calls of the government for men. The following men were in 1861 and 1862 mustered into the Seventh Regiment, Col. Couch commanding, most of them for three years : Daniel D. Andrews, Henry C. Talbot, Elhanan Ingalls, James E. Rawson, Augustus F. Gammons, Frank Rose, Gustavus Fisher, Frederick Wink, Frank Wink, Daniel Edson, Jr. (quarter- master), George R. Ingalls, George T. McLane, Leon- ard Hathaway, Benjamin F. Williams (corporal), William Martin, John W. Pitts, James L. Gay, Wil- liam E. Walker, George Perry, George T. Briggs, William O. Brown, George R. Trafton, Henry H. Jones, Isaac Hathaway, Henry E. Reed, William Hathaway, James H. Luther.

The bounty paid at that time was fifteen dollars. Five of the above-named men deserted, viz., Henry C. Talbot, Elhanan Ingalls (afterwards re-enlisted in New York ; was wounded and discharged), Frank Rose, Frederick Wink, and Frank Wink. Of the others, Augustus F. Gammons was discharged and re-enlisted in 1864 in the Veteran Reserve Corps ; Leonard Hathaway was promoted to first lieutenant ; John H. Pitts re-enlisted in 1864 ; James L. Gay died Aug. 29, 1862. William E. Walker re-enlisted in 1864, was taken prisoner in front of Richmond, and after six months' imprisonment was discharged ; George T. Briggs re-enlisted in 1864; Henry H. Jones died ; Isaac Hathaway and Henry E. Reed re-enlisted in 1864 in the Veteran Reserve Corps, United States Army ; the bounty of those that enlisted in this corps was four hundred and fifty dollars.

The following-named men enlisted for three years in the Eleventh Rhode Island Regiment : Oliver Jones, Orlando Fales, Phineas M. Pratt, and Dennis Flatry.

The following enlisted in 1862 in the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts : George F. Fales and Jeremiah N. Brown.

Charles T. Jones enlisted in the Forty-third Mas- sachusetts ; was taken prisoner and imprisoned for six months at Andersonville; he escaped in November, 1864.

The following enlisted in Rhode Island regiments : John Garroll, Third Rhode Island ; Nathaniel Brown (promoted to colonel, and died at Port Royal) ; Fred- erick L. Brown, son of Col. Brown, enlisted in the Third Rhode Island; William Pratt and George H. Stratton, in the Third Rhode Island ; John O. Mar- vel, in the Fifteenth Connecticut; Ebenezer L. Briggs, in the First Rhode Island ; Edward P. Lincoln and Calvin M. Perkins, in the Thirty-third Massachusetts ; Benjamin P. Jones, in the Fortieth Massachusetts

(was mustered in Sept. 3, 1862; he died of fever in the hospital at Bermuda Hundred, Va., Jan. 9, 1865) ; Benjamin P. Jones, Jr., John G. Walker (died in the service), Joseph Spencer, Thomas A. Briggs, Edward B. Marvel, Albert Dunlap, Martin F. Kinney, Henry R. Briggs, Horace N. White, E. Bradford Gay, Ed- ward E. Wade (killed in battle May 20, 1864), Samuel B. Westcoat, Hodijah Baylies, James L. Spooner, Daniel Fish, and John A. Briggs, all enlisted in the Fortieth Massachusetts (bounty, three hundred and twenty-five dollars) ; Joseph H. Chace and Frederick W. Shaw, in the Seventh Massachusetts, June 11, 1861; Robert Crossman, Herbert A. Chace (discharged March 27, 1863), Nathan O. Walker, Edwin Haskins, George A. Walker, Josiah L. Horton, Oliver H. Briggs, Henry N. Goff, L. C. Smith, Adam Wink, Albert S. Pratt, John Williams, Baylies R. Chaee, Sylvanus D. Jones, Alvin C. Lincoln, Henry A. Williams, Samuel Hardy, Henry M. Westcoat, Wil- liam H. Belden, Nathaniel M. Babbitt, James O. Reed, Stephen N. Smith, Charles H. Talbot, Charles H. Briggs, Edwin Chace, and James M. Evans were mustered into the Ninth Massachusetts Sept. 23, 1863 (bounty, two hundred dollars) ; Henry F. Root, Arthur A. Hathaway, Andrew C. Pratt, George L. Walker, George S. Whitmarsh (died at Readville), Oliver Jones, Truman S. Gay, and Oliver H. Briggs were mustered into the Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Regi- ment in 1864.

The following-named men served in the navy : George W. Cobb (2), Benjamin Cobb, Jr., Thomas A. Spencer, Joseph W. Spencer, Josiah T. Horton, John Walmsley, Henry B. Jones, George E. Pieree, and William T. Blake.

According to the records there were ninety-five men who served in the army from Dighton, and nine in the navy, or a total of one hundred and four. The large debt contracted by the town for war purposes has been entirely paid off, but no memorial has yet been erected to the memory of those who died in the service of the government.

The following article from the New York Times of Dec. 15, 1853, concerning a native and former resident of Dighton, explains itself. It was received too late to be inserted in the body of this sketch, and is there- fore placed in the appendix. A sister of Capt. Pen- dleton is still living in this town :

" A HERO WHO HAS GONE-THE BRAVERY AND HUMANITY WHICH MADE CAPT. CHARLES B. PENDLETON KNOWN .- The recent death of Capt. Charles B. Pendleton, who died at his residence in Brooklyn on Christ- mas, and was buried at Cypress Hills on Wednesday, recalls to the minds of all old New Yorkers the loss of the steamship ' San Francisco' in 1853, one of the most terrible ocean calamities on record in this country, by which over two hundred and fifty lives were lost. Capt. Pendleton was a native of Massachusetts, having been born in Dighton, April 24, 1816. He went to sea when a lad, and gradually, by perseverance, energy, and untiring labor, worked his way up from the position of 'monkey,' as the boys on sailing vessels were called in those days, to that of master of the packet-ship 'Lucy Thompson,' which was so long and favorably known in the trade between this city and Liverpool. Capt. Pendleton commanded this ship for fourteen years, until 1862, when he abandoned the sea and entered into business as a partner in the firm of John W.

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Mason & Co., importers and commission merchants, at No. 43 Broadway. In this business Capt. Pendleton continued to the day of his death. He leaves a widow and three daughters.

"It was while in command of the ' Lucy Thompson,' in 1853, that public attention was first called to Capt. Pendleton by his resene of some of the passengers of the ill-fated 'San Francisco,' and especially by his manner of extending his aid. The 'San Francisco' was a new steam- ship, owned by Mr. Aspinwall, and built especially for the California trade. She was of two thousand five hundred tons burthen, and was regarded as one of the finest steamers that ever sailed from this port. She started on her first voyage from New York Dec. 21, 1853, having on board about six hundred souls, including officers and crew. Among the passengers were eight companies of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Artillery, comprising about five hundred men, bound for California, under command of Col. William Gates, and a number of ladies and chil- dren composing the families of the officers of the regiment. The 'San Francisco' sailed with fine weather and good prospects for an excellent voyage, but on December 27th, when only three days out of port, a ter- rific gale was encountered, and the new steamship proved to be totally unmanageable in the heavy seas. On the first day of the storm her masts went by the board, and one hundred men were swept overboard and lost by one powerful sea. For five days she labored in the rolling waves, threatening at every moment to founder, and each day a number of unfortunates were swept into the sea and drowned. To add to the horrors of the situation the sailors began to drink heavily, plundering the stores of the purser, and all discipline was at an end on the steam- ship. The cholera also broke out on the dismantled vessel, and scores were prostrated by this scourge, so that there seemed to be only one choice for all,-death by drowning or destruction by the fell disease. On December 29th, however, the bark ' Kilbey,' Capt. Lowe, was spoken, and she took off upward of a hundred of the passengers. Two days later the ' 'Three Bells,' Capt. Creighton, who died a short time ago, rescned another lot, and on Jan. 2, 1854, the 'Antarctic,' Capt. Stouffer, took the remainder of the passengers from the sinking ship, which soon after sank beneath the waves.

" The ' Kilbey,' when she took the passengers from the ' San Francisco,' was herself in distress. She had been out forty-eight days, was short of provisions, and had only one cask of water to serve out to her own crew and the strangers. Capt. Murray, however, thought it probable that he would meet some vessel soon which would relieve him of his charge, and he refused to leave the men to die on the 'San Francisco.' For fifteen days the 'Kilbey' sped along, meeting no ship and encountering heavy gales, which split her sails and almost dismantled her, while her pro- visions had been reduced to such a low ebb that for nearly ten days a hand- ful of parched corn was all that conld be allowed to each person on board. llope of deliverance had well-nigh fled, when, on January 13th, the ' Lucy Thompson,' Capt. Pendleton, was sighted, and, in answer to the signal of distress shown by the ' Kilbey,' lay to, although a terrific gale was blowing and the sca ran dangerously high. Capt. Pendleton sent a boat to the 'Kilbey,' and on ascertaining the condition of things on board the vessel offered to take on the ' Lucy Thompson' one hundred of the passengers of the ' San Francisco,' and to furnish provisions to the ' Kilbey.' It was a matter of great difficulty and danger to transfer the passengers with the heavy sea running, but the work was safely done, and the two vessels proceeded on their way, the ' Kilbey' to Boston, and the ' Lucy Thompson' to this port. Col. Gates, as soon as he boarded the ' Lucy Thompson,' sent his quartermaster to Capt. Pendleton to assure him that he should be paid well for his rescue of the United States offi- cers and soldiers. To this the captain replied that he had done only his duty, and he could not think of taking money for saving human life. Capt. Pendleton continued to hold this noble view of his duty to the day of his death, refusing to put in any claim for payment against the gov- ernment, although he was frequently urged to do so by his friends, and although his officers and men all filed claims and were duly paid for their services. The ' Lucy Thompson' arrived here with the rescued passengers Jan. 15, 1851, and Capt. Pendleton, with the other captains of the vessels who had taken the people from the 'San Francisco,' were the heroes of the hour. The merchants of this city contributed over six thousand dollars for a testimonial to be given to the captains, and at a public dinner Capt. Pendleton was presented with a handsome service of plate, valued at two thousand dollars. This was inscribed, 'Presented by the merchants and citizens of New York to Capt. C. B. Pendleton, of the ship " Lucy Thompson," as a testimonial of the appreciation of his humane and gallant efforts in assisting to save the passengers and crew of the steamship " San Francisco" after the terrific gale of the 24th De- cember, 1853.' The citizens of Boston also sent to Capt. Pendleton a handsome silver pitcher, and from Philadelphia came a purse of two

hundred and fifty dollars. This money he invested in a picture descrip- tive of the rescue of the passengers, painted by Walters, the Liverpool artist. In after-years the house of Capt. Pendleton was often the scene of reunions of the rescued passengers of the 'San Francisco.' "

TOWN CLERKS OF DIGIITON.

1712. Joseph Dean. 1790. Abiezer Phillips.

1717. Capt. Jared Talbot. 1806. Joseph Gooding, Jr.

1718. Joseph Atwood. 1809. John Hathaway, Jr.

1720 Jared Talbot. 1813. Joseph Talbot.

1721. Joseph Atwood.

1818. John P. Perry.

1724. Ephraim Atwood.

1829. Jonathan Jones.

1751. Ezra Richmond.

1841. Leonard Gooding.

1752. Samuel Briggs.

1845. William B. Smith.

1753. Gershom Williams, Jr.

1846. Leonard Gooding.

1755. Nathan Walker. 1855. A. W. Panl.

1756. Ephraim Atwood.

1858. George E. Gooding.

1764. Abiezer Phillips.

1861. William Wood.

1783. Thomas B. Richmond.

1872. G. A. Shove.

1785. David Whitmarsh.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT FROM

DIGHTON.

1719. Ephraim Atwood.

1825. Darius Perry.

1721. Benjamin Crane. 1827. Nathaniel Wheeler.

1722. Jared Talbot.

1829-30, 1832-35. Nehemiah

Walker.

1729. Joseph Atwood.

1838. William Peck.

1753, 1764-67. Ezra Richmond.

1840-41, 1845-52. Anthony Shove.

1771-74. Elnathan Walker.

1842-44. Joseph Pitts.

1774. Dr. William Baylies.

1847. William T. Rose.

1776-78. Georgo Codding.

1848-49. Bradford Pratt.

1779-80, 1783. Abiezer Phillips.

1850. Jonathan Jones.

1784-85. Thomas B. Richmond.

1851. William L. Hathaway.

1786. Elkauah Andrews.

1853-57. Jervis Shove.

1854. Isaac Hathaway.

1855. George F. Gavitt.

1794-95. Thomas Church.

1856. Benjamin Trapton.

1796, 1801-15. Rufus Whitmarsh.

1799, 1802-3, 1809-11. Geo. Walker.

1800. Dr. George Ware.

1866. James H. Codding.2

1868. Rev. E. Dawes.2

1872. Dr. Charles Talbot.3

1877. J. A. Lewis.3

1882. F. A. Ilorr.3

It will be seen that for some years Dighton was not represented in the Legislature, and during several years had two representatives.

SELECTMEN OF DIGHTON.

Edward Paul, 1714-15, 1720.

Samnel Waldron, 1714-18.

Silvester Richmond, 1734, 1742-43,

1745-46, 1748, 1751, 1763, 1767.

Ephraim Atwood, 1739-40, 1754. Josiah Walker, 1744-46.

Oliver Simmons, 1746-48.

David Whitmarsh, 1750-58, 1777- 78. Ezra Richmond, 1751.

Nicholas Stevens, 1717-19.

Nathan Walker, 1718.

Jared Talbot, 1720-25.

Edward Shove, 1720-23, 1725-29, 1731.

David Walker, 1721-23, 1725-31, 1761.

Jolin Burt, 1721.

Abraham Shaw, 1727-29, 1733, 1740.

Samuel Shaw, 1760.

Daniel Axtil, 1725.

Ebenezer Stetson, 1761.

Joseph Dean, 1732-55.

Josiah Talbot, 1733-34, 1739-40, Gershom Williams, 1763-66, 1768-

1742-44, 1746, 1748, 1750.

72, 1774, 1778.

1 Sixth Bristol District.

2 Fifth Bristol District.

3 Tenth Bristol District.

Gershom Crane, 1733-34.

Benjamin Jones, 1714-16, 1731-32, 1740, 1742-45, 1750, 1754, 1758, 1768.

Joseph Atwood, 1715-19, 1745-68.

Col. Ebenezer Pitts, 1716-17, 1719, 1722-23, 1726.

Dr. William Ware, 1751-53.

Joseph Ford, 1753.

Sammel Briggs, 1753.

Elnathan Walker, 1754-55, 1758, 1760-61, 1764-66, 1768-72.

George Pitts, 1755.

Constant Simmons, 1760.

1804-5, 1807-11, 1813, 1821. John Hathaway.

1813-14. Leonard Hathaway.

1816. Jeremiah Jones.

1817-23. Dr. William Wood.

1860. Jonathan Pratt.1

1863. William Wood.1

1787. Silvester Richmond.

1791-92, 1818. Thomas S. Baylies.

1835-37. David Hathaway.

1723-24, 1727-28, 1733. Edward Shove.

Job Winslow, 1763.

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John Pierce, 1764-66, 1768-71, 1773. Seth Briggs, 1772-74. Joseph Gooding, 1773.

Dr. William Baylies, 1774-85. Silvester Richmond, Jr., 1775, 1779- S6.

John Whitmarsh, 1775. Abiezer Phillips, 1775-76, 1779. George Codding, 1776. John Simmons, 1776. William Gooding, 1777. Peter Pitts, 1777-78. Elijah Walker, 1779.

Elkanab Andrews, 1779, 1785-88. Simeon Williams, 1780, 1789-95.

Rufus Whitmarsh, 1780, 1782-84, 1790-95, 1799, 1800-5, 1811-13, 1815-17.

Thomas Chnrel, 1781.

William Brown, 1781.

James Dean, 1782-84. Thomas B. Richmond, 1783. Seth Talbot, 1786-88. Stephen Smith, 1787-89.

Thomas S. Baylies, 1789-95, 1807. William Walker, 1796-98.

Samuel Phillips, 1796, 1800-3, 1805. George Williams, 1796, 1800-1. James Briggs, 1802-3. George Briggs, 1804-5. Samuel Stephens, 1804-6. Silvester Atwood, Jr., 1805. Ephraim Hathaway, Jr., 1806. Josiah Wardwell, 1807-9. George Walker, 1807-9. John Walker, 1808-14.

Nehemiah Walker, 1810-14, 1829- 32, 1835-37, 1853.

Samuel Dean, 1810.

Dr. William Wood, 1814-15, 1817- 23.

Salathiel Jones, 1815.

Simeon Talbot, 1816-17.

Ira P. Briggs, 1875-82.

Caleb Chace, 1818, 1820-28.

E. S. Ashley, 1875.

Elkanah Phillips, 1818-19. Darius Perry, 1819.

Ebenezer Talbot, 1820-25, 1828-30. Luther Talbot, 1824-27.

Matthew Briggs (2d), 1826-30. Charles Whitmarsh, 1831-34. Leonard Gooding, 1831-33, 1857. David Hathaway, 1833. Seth Talbot, 1834. Abiathar White, 1834.

William Peck, 1835, 1838-39.

Edward Rose, 1835-39.

Samuel Davis, 1836-43, 1846-50, 1852, 1854.

Anthony Shove, 1840-43, 1846-52. Samuel Walker, 1840-44.

Charles H. Green, 1841-43, 1846-52. Joseph Pitts, 1844-45.

Cyrus Gooding, 1844-45. Gideon Walker, 1845.

Abiathar Walker, 1851, 1855-56, 1858, 1860.

Oliver Eaton, 1853.

Alfred W. Reed, 1853, 1855.

Jervis Shove, 1854.

Weston Earle, 1854, 1857-59, 1863. G. E. Gooding, 1855-56, 1863. Jathniel Williams, 1856.

Jer. P. Edson, 1857-61, 1864-66. Jonathan Pratt, 1859-60. 0. P. Simmons, 1861-62. Zebina Wilmarth, 1861. George F. Gavitt, 1862. Charles II. Gooding, 1863. James IT. Codding, 1864. Noah Chace, 1864-66, 1872-74. Allen Talbot, 1865-66.

Edward Lincoln, 1867-71. Nehemiah Walker, 1867-68. Cyrus Talbot, 1867-71. Nathan Walker, 1869-71. Joseph B. Warner, 1872. llenry A. Williams, 1872-74. F. A. Horr, 1873-82.

J. A. Lewis, 1876-82.

In the preparation of these pages the sources from which information has been obtained have been so various, and the individuals to whom the writer is under obligations so numerous, that only a few of them can be mentioned here, and he can only extend to the great majority, collectively, his sincere thanks. Among those not already mentioned to whom he is indebted are Hon. Henry Williams, of Taunton ; Gen. E. W. Pierce, of Freetown; C. A. Reed, Esq., of Taunton ; and H. W. Hart and G. E. Gooding, Esqs., of North Dighton. Mr. W. R. Taylor, of Bristol, R. I .; Rev. L. Kinney (historical sketch of Baptist Church) ; and also the pastors and clerks of several of the religious societies for the loan of records.

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History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 63

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1818

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1818