USA > Massachusetts > Plymouth County > Brockton > History of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1656-1894 > Part 51
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89
L. L. Farnham. Frederick Hale.
Orin Wade.
S. P. Gayner.
1. K. Vincent.
Edward Williams.
Elijah Bates.
Stephen Davis. A. L. Arnold.
William E. Davis.
.T. II. Heveland.
M. S. Washburn. John Alden.
Charles H. Eldridge.
Frank P. Keith. Willard Keith.
Albert B. Drinkwater.
John C. Hart. C. W. Wood. George R. Thompson.
Levil Perkins.
B. F. Dunham.
George C. Cary.
George E. Sturtevant.
Lyman E. Keith.
lohn Henderson.
C. A. Buck.
Hlavel B. Keith.
George E. Keith.
13. (. Packard.
lemy R. Haven.
W. L. Osborne.
George Churchill.
Charles A. P. Mason.
Seth L. French.
Charles F. Reynolds.
Thomas P. Lucas.
E. II. Reynolds.
S. G. James.
Galen E. Pratt.
Moses Blodgett.
George W. MeLanthlin.
William D. May.
Edward Thompson.
Huram Wade.
Sammel Crocker.
T. J. Gurney. A. O. Coots.
Gideon F. Swain.
N. D. Wilbur.
Joshua V. Gurney.
A. C. Jenney.
E. R. Wade.
S. Frank Cole.
S. I. Calkins.
Jonas Reynolds.
George L. Stevens.
Alexander Forbes. Alva Noyes.
Robert Packard.
Albion H. Howe. Albert Pratt. G H. Bagnall. C. W. Gardner. Luther Ames.
S. Woodward. Nehemiah Iodgo.
Charles H. Dalton.
I. K. Chilpman.
Martin Wild, jr. Incius Leach.
Clarence Calkins.
Wilmot J. Hayward.
Edm. M. Willis.
O. W. Sargent. I. W. Packard. Charles S. Jones. Alexander O. Pierce.
Peleg S. Leach. George B. Howard.
IS. II. Spalding. E D. Wiswell. Oscar Calkins.
1. W. Jones.
C. Wadsworth.
0. 1. Panl. George Thacher.
IS. A. Packard.
B. F. Reynolds. Alonzo II. Reed.
Cassander L. Reynolds.
Isaac N. Reynolds.
E. E. Fannee.
C. S. Johnson. N. H. Littlefield.
R. C. Fellows.
Thomas Connelly.
(. 2. Koith.
B. H. Gray.
George W. French.
Theodore Lilley.
Jonathan Keilth.
1. W. Keith.
George A. Haven.
1. C. Lewis. Charles J. Nickerson.
F. E. Angier.
S. C. Packard.
Alvin Howe.
Daniel Williams.
O. A. B. Trace.
II. F. Peck. N. W. Pitts.
George E. Curtis.
J. E. Reynolds. MI. O. Snell. Lorenzo Wade. Jeremiah Beals. I. H. Hartwell. Charles Lincoln. L. B. White. Augustus Jones.
D. W. Grover. Joseph Vincent. George A. Warren. Abel W. Kingman.
550
HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
Isaac E. Snell.
Walter B. Ryder.
Izra Holmes.
Levi French.
Clark Sawyer.
Daniel Hayward.
II. C. Studley.
T. J. Howard.
John P. Kingsley.
(1. W. Packard.
Charles Smith.
J. Billings.
Edwin Packard.
D. B. Eames.
Bela T. Brown.
Chas. 11. Davis.
14. M. Sylvester.
Elbridge 1. Brown.
S. Il. Sanford.
Soth M. Hall.
Simeon Packard.
Walter D. Packard.
N. D. Wilber.
R. S. Rogers.
Frank Hartwell.
IC. If. Whitcomb.
L. E. Tribon.
Edward Coleman.
And afterwards, on the 20th of March, the town reconsidered the vote, and substituted the name of " Stanton," by a vote of 136 for Stan - ton and seventy-three for " Standish." A public hearing was held be- fore the legislative committee March 16, 1871, and at that time it seemed as though the name of "Standish " would be adopted. But at a meeting of the committee held later a new name was suggested, and a meeting was called to act upon a new name. This meeting was held March 20, 1871, and the following article (9th) was taken up and acted upon as follows :
NORTH BRIDGEWATER, March 20, 1871.
I do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the votes passed at a legal meeting of the inhabitants of North Bridgewater held March 20, 1871.
To see if the Town will vote to substitute, in the petition already presented to the Legislature for " Standish," some more simple and desirable name as the name of the Town.
Voted, That it is the Sense of the Town to Substitute the name of "Stanton " for " Standish " as the corporate name of the Town.
Voted, To instruct our Representative to present to the committee of the Legislature on Towns a copy of the previous vote.
WELCOME H. WALES, Town Clerk.
This action suggested another name, and the following petition was brought to the attention of the committee :
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives :
The undersigned, Legal Voters of the Town of North Bridgewater, respectfully pray your honorable body to substitute the name of " Amburg " in place of Stanton, in the petition already presented to the Legislature for a change in the Corporate name of North Bridgewater.
L. D. Hervey.
P. S. Leach. Benjamin P. Lucas. E. G. Rhodes. Lyman Clark. Herbert Stevens. Isaac T. Packard.
A. E. Gurney. Martin Beal.
Charles N. Packard.
I. Packard. T. Drake. Mijah D. Hall. .
Fred E. Holmes.
Jarvis White. W. B. Mann.
Francis Cooper. George Bird.
L. T. Bird.
Henry Johnson. Aberdeen Keith.
551
BROCKTON AS A TOWN.
Incins Leach. S. P. Howard. II. Butterfield. Henry S. French. Davis S. Packard. Benjamin Clark. D. Herbert Cobb. II. W. Robinson. Otis I. Curtis. C. C. Bixby. Otis Hayward.
.I. A. Simmons. I. L. Durant. G. A. Stevens.
Richard Holland.
M. O. Snell.
Isaac Il. Hartwell.
J. IS. Reynolds.
B. I. Phillips, jr.
R. 1 .. Willis.
Ix. Wade.
HI. G. Gould.
Daniel S. Iloward.
Edmund Packard.
Michael Roan.
Leonard Ellis.
Henry W. Gammons.
.Iames Pente.
Isaiah A. Beals.
Melvin Packard.
William H. Savage.
William Averill. M. 1 .. McCann.
R. W. Skiff.
David L. Tinkham.
David Snow.
Terance O'Neil.
Lemuel Clark.
John A. Hall.
Isaac Wilder.
Philip Reynokls.
George A. Jenks.
Levi W. Holbrook.
H. F. Whitmarsh.
Jeremiah Beals.
J. B. Mann.
A. A. Spalding.
Oren Wade.
Seaver Henderson.
C. Il. Dunhamn.
(. O. Wilbur.
George A. Packard.
George S. Hopkins.
D. Snow.
L. F. Gurney.
Benjamin Packard.
W. S. Gurney.
A. W. Mowry.
N. B. Sherman.
George Clark.
lohn L. Packard.
T. J. Howard.
Charles T. Wells.
John M. Packard.
II. Il. Howard.
IS. W. Moulton.
S. N. Buck.
James E. Brayley.
Fred Packard.
Samuel Taber.
B. S. Clark.
Edwin L. Howard.
ES. Hamilton.
S. B. Hinckley.
James H. Ripner.
H. L. Thompson.
A. M. Niles.
Augustus T. Jones.
T. P. Reynolds.
A. K. Borden.
Marcus Packard.
Charles Nelson Packard.
John F. Porter.
Josiah W. Ripley.
Ephraim Bailey.
J. A. Belcher.
John W. Hayward. Elmer W. Holmes.
Benjamin A. Packard.
Ilenry Thompson.
Albert Mowry.
I. D. Reynolds. O. B. Reynolds. ES. W. Ilolmes.
Nelson Waterman.
Dan B. Lovell.
Harry Packard.
C. E. Hartwell.
IS. L. Snow.
I. Bradford Snow.
C. Phillips.
(1. Walter Phillips.
Henry Pratt. Charles French.
Ellis Suow. George W. Ilunt. Benj. F. Phillips.
George R. Pierce.
Thomas B. Kingman.
14. N. Hathaway.
John Farrell.
Ferdinand Whipple.
William H. Myrick.
Jonathan Snow.
Isaac E. Wade.
John A. Train.
Charles Hayden.
Manley P. Snow.
G. A. Perkins. S. S. Perkins. John D. Packard.
Waldo Field.
V. A. Bird.
J. W. Crosby.
lohn F. Beal.
Lemmel L. Holmes. Lovi Cole.
M. Thayer.
W. W. Packard.
II. A. Soule.
N. D Wilber.
Alfred Laws.
Jeremiah Sweeny.
Il. Gintle.
J. W. Clifton.
Thomas Lynch.
12. I .. Thayer.
B. P. Davis.
J. D. Thayer. David Brett.
James Farrell.
Fred N. Farnum.
Isaac Keen.
P. Hangans. Francis Goodwin.
II. I. Paine.
N. 11. Washburn.
D. IL. Dimbar. James Russell.
George F. Packard. S. MeLanghlin. Samuel J. Wade.
S. S. Swain. Charles H. Allen. D. B. Reynolds.
John Reynolds.
A. H. Holmes.
Isaac P. Gaynor.
Edwin Packard.
W. F. Willis.
(. Sawyer. Thomas Eiffe.
J. N. Foster. J. Billings.
T. (. Ferguson. David Hancock.
William H. Vose. Charles Howard. E. F. Deane.
B. F. Wheeler.
Walter Barnefield.
S. B. Wilbar.
Simeon Carr.
I. McCusick.
552
HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
S. W. Ilill.
1. 10. Severance. Edward Crocker.
Henry L. Bryant.
Francis Packard.
N. C. Howard.
William Farfor.
19. 14. Sylvester.
Allen Crocker.
lohn Parris. Albert Hartwell.
19. Tinkham.
S. A. Whitten.
Frank Driscoll.
Philip Crimens. Henry Parks.
A. F. Hay ward.
Fred Sylvester.
C. F. Dawes.
George L. Robinson.
George T. Johnson.
R. J. Johnson
Lewis I. Washburn.
I. G. Ames.
Edward A. Shaw.
II. BB. Caldwell. Bradford Packard. G. F. Holbrook.
Albion H. Howe.
A. Elliot Paine.
F. B. Gardner.
J. W. Packard. Liberty Packard.
C. W. Gardner. G. H. Bagnell. Charles A. Gould.
G. G. Curry.
Noah Chesman.
George Thaeher.
G. H. Myriek.
Stephen Snow.
N. Huchins.
William A. Thompson.
J. W. Foye.
Henry F. Borden.
George E. Sturtevant.
E. II. Joslyn.
Edgar P. Howard.
D. F. Studley. Samuel Herrod.
J. D. Mitchell. N. R. Packard.
Summer Witherell.
F. L. Stone.
Nathan Keith.
Thomas Leonard. Daniel Ford.
Reuben Willis.
J. J. Whipple.
J. R. Perkins.
Howard Willis.
Charles B. Lineoln.
George H. Cushman.
W. H. Thompson.
Nathan Smith.
(. T. Reynolds. Alphens Gurney.
E. H. Joslyn. Wendell Leach.
William Wentworth.
S. B. Potter.
J. H. James.
A. W. Hayden.
Frederic Hale.
George K. Borden.
Lewis Fellows.
Edwin Sawtell.
C. J. F. Paekard. Van R. Brown.
C. V. Howard.
Nathaniel Mears.
H. C. Studley.
A. W. Kingman.
Frederiek Howard.
Baalis Sanford, jr.
W. H. Faxon.
P. F. Hollywood. John Tolman. A. C. Severance.
L. C. Stetson.
Rufus C. Kimball.
William H. Wilbor.
J. W. Freeman. Michael Sullivan.
H. E. Lineoln. Benjamin O. Caldwell.
Charles B. Crocker. Earl Sturtevant.
B. F. MeLaughlin.
Henry Gardner.
Earle Bennett.
C. A. Cole.
Jolin Armstrong.
S. W. Snow.
A. E. Burdon.
H. W. Noyes. W. C. Holbrook.
G. A. Warren. John L. Hollis. Harrison Fuller.
Thomas M. Orr.
1 .. J. Bump.
J. F. Cooper.
David Eldred, jr.
Gad P. Bacet. P. Bradley.
A. II. Peterson.
J. B. Parker. John Filoon.
Thomas Reed. Elijah Tolman. Asa Taber.
Thomas Talley. R. E. Mathews.
C. H. Phillips.
Freeman Holmes.
George M. Copeland.
George Sonthworth. Fred C. Collin.
C. F4. Packard. David Dorgan. Gideon F. Swan.
Edwin E. Vittum.
C. L. Sargent.
Laurejus Richmond.
Ii. F. Nash.
R. 1. Williams.
Elbridge Kingman.
Ephraim Copeland.
Ed. Ellis Packard.
J. M. Blanchard.
George C. Cary.
Einery C. Stevens.
( B. Kingman.
A. B. Holmes. Asa F. Crosby.
.
Charles Howard, jr. Daniel Eames. G. G. Dean.
August B. Loring.
Samuel A. Hollbrook.
Jesse Billings.
W. W. Cross.
Charles Tolman.
H. H. Filoon.
Luther S. Shepardson.
N. N. Gurney. P. S. Dunbar. H. H. Ford. Robert Smith.
Henry Cross.
H. Clay Packard.
O. B. Hervey.
Elijah Smith.
J. E. C. Hall.
S. H. Hurd.
G. M. Washburn.
F. B. Herney.
William H. Hall.
Hiram Jernegan.
George IS. Bryant.
John Westgate.
Charles Lincoln.
G. F. Battles.
553
BROCKTON AS A TOWN.
1. O. Allou. J. S. Kingsley
Oscar ES. Dunham.
Franklin Keith.
(. F. Copeland. 12. Hamilton.
John B. Emmes. lohn C. H. Eaton.
Fred Hanson.
Weston Simmons.
Rufus 19. Brott.
Augustus Jones.
lohn Creed.
11. O. Thomas.
George 11. Kingman.
Fred T. Mowry.
S. Prank Cole.
Dexter E. Wilbar.
N. S. Holmes.
W. Il. Barden.
Joseph S. Paine.
Reuben Healey.
11. D. Wilber.
12. 1. Snow.
Martin Wild, jr.
W. Y. Hayward.
S. W. Russell.
lohn Kendall.
J. S. Fuller.
". Spear.
James Farrell.
R B. Packard.
5. Ford.
D. 11. Leach.
George G. Show.
D. J. Lyon.
S. W. Holbrook.
11. T. Marshall. Patrick Burke.
David Thompson.
11. J. Warren.
Stephen Leonard.
Franklin Field.
Apollas Eatou.
R. ES. Packard.
Henry Packard.
George B. Poole.
G. M. Skinner.
A. II. Reed.
William Keith.
Bradford Wild.
George F. Tripp.
II. A. Stevens.
S. T. Brett.
A. S. Glover.
W. M. Shedd.
R. Wilber Duubar.
Jabez Gould.
Edward R. Brackett.
R. S. Rogers.
Voranes Filoon.
Thaddeus R. Washburn.
W. V. Howard.
A. Davenport.
A. C. Thompson.
Henry M. West.
A. W. Tinkham.
L. E. Cobb. .
George Sawyer.
A. R. Sears. William B. Carr.
A. C. Packard.
N. M. Davenport.
J. D. Smith.
L. E. Packard.
Osman Leach.
Patrick Mahoney.
Willard Packard.
Simeon F. Hall.
T. J. Gurney.
George B. Iloward.
John C. Hart.
William Snell.
1 .. W. Allen. Edwin Keith.
William Rankin.
T. B. Packard.
S. P. Clark.
Edward Williams.
Ilavel B. Keith.
W. Cumeen.
Charles W. Allen.
lohn Lawson.
J. A. Wild.
C. II. Lord. Charles lloward (2)
Samuel Waterman
David Kane.
Henry Heveland.
John Alden.
Elmer 1. Keith.
(. Il. Packard.
A. B. Marston. J. T. Marston. Ira 1 .. Gove. Horatio N. Turner.
George A. Wild. Lyman E. Keith. John Henderson.
(. A. Bnek.
HI. R. Haven.
W. L. Osborne.
II. P. Keith.
lohn T. Porter.
Terrance Fitzgerald.
John Phinkett.
Emerson Kingman.
70
Marcus Holmes, second. (. Wardsworth. B. T. Aldrich,
R. C. Fellows. lohn O'Brien. C. P. Keith.
Theodore Lilley.
M. S. Washburn. (. W. Dodge. Charles Peterson. William Kerrigan.
T. C. Perkins.
B. C. Frobisher.
A. M. Packard.
Ambrose Lock wood.
HI. F. Peck.
George T. Kendall. Cornelins Dunbar.
R. T. Sollis.
Seth L. French.
F. Linnell.
Thomas Connelley.
Martin Wild. George A. Haven.
'T. Mitchell. George Churchill.
S. D. Keith.
Thomas Shiverick.
Almiron Leach.
Sylvanus Keith. Daniel Dunbar.
Charles A. Dunbar.
Chas. 1. Nickerson.
John II. Howard.
Isaac Sloan.
Robert B. Chase.
Walter Chamberlain.
lolm M. Wentworth.
George E. Keith.
C. W. Place.
Edward C. Packard.
1. Il. Packard.
W. M. Holmes. George Il. Fisher.
H. Rogers.
II. B. Rogers.
B. Reilly.
S. T. Packard.
J. 6. Snell.
F. F. Gilgan.
D. Keongh.
William Stevens.
lohn Montgomery. Solomon Leighton. Benjamin R. Grow.
11. A Freeman.
Everett Clark.
55.1
HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
J. 1 .. Grew.
George Goodrich.
D. S. Prati.
B. D. Wood.
James Casey.
A. C. Andrews.
Francis Perry.
Daniel Williamson.
Alvin Howe.
Sylvanus C. Packard.
J. C. Coombs.
Mathew Murphy.
Charles A. Churchill
Edwin Howard.
Edmond M. Willis.
S. Woodward. J. K. Vincent. C. H. Dalton.
Joseph Vincent.
James A. Smith.
B. B. Hayward.
Willard Bryant.
Terome Thomas.
William H. Auston.
H. W. Reynolds.
Gardner Wilbar.
Levi Leach.
Minot L. Danforth.
Tsaar Harris.
Noah Thomas.
Albert L. Arnold.
G. W. Reynolds.
Stephen Davis.
Imke Reynolds.
Wm. E. Davis.
.Joseph S. Smith.
M. H. Reynolds.
Marens M. Harris.
M. F. Janes.
Alexander Turner.
S. E. Sewell.
Sidney Perkins.
Carl A. Lindstedt.
C. W. Packard.
Zibeon French.
Alfred C. Monroe.
G. F. Baxter.
Frank French.
T. W. Chig.
J. W. Chamberlain.
Charles F. Porter.
J. A. Davidson.
Joseph Hewett.
Inther Studley.
Daniel Hayward.
G. M. Stevens.
Geo. W. Packard.
Melville Orr.
Charles H. Locke.
Geo. R. Whitney.
D. F. Tribou.
O. A. Campbell.
B. G. Allen.
M. A. Paekard.
G. W. Leonard.
Volney H. Dunbar.
Warren A. Holmes.
Adoniram Faunco.
.John Dunbar.
HI. N. Peffer.
Peter O'Neil.
G. E. Donnelly.
A. G. Tinkham.
William Sweeney.
Owen Wild.
Isaae A. Dunham.
G. W. Keith
Sanford Alden.
Arthur P. Hazard.
Andrew Tinkham.
G. E. Toach.
M. G. Phillips.
Frank Hartwell.
G. K. Cobb.
C. D. Paekard.
G. E. Pratt.
Norman G. Makepeace.
S. G. Tones.
John M. Sharpe.
F. H. Reynolds.
T. N. Reynolds.
N. H. Littiofield.
Cyrill Bonnev.
S. S. Churchill.
TI. M. Littlefield.
Bradford Morse.
Wm. H. Jacobs.
S. V. Tuck.
A. B. Sturtevant.
Ephraim Howard.
Eleazer Cole
A. Perry.
C. R. Tilton.
T. W. Pone.
Hiram M. Wheeler.
Thaddeus Gifford.
W. F. Armstrong. R. M. Armstrong.
D. Edward Hollis. Ansel Packard. Michael Lynch. Joli II. Cole.
G. W. Shaw.
Michael Twohig.
Mandes Fedley.
Charles M. Jennings.
Michael Clark.
Michael Murphy.
M. G. Higgins L. M. Reynolds.
Llorace Baker.
Michael Mulready.
Wilson Orr.
Everett M. Willis.
Edward Scott.
George Bird.
Luther E. Alden. Damon Kingman. H. K. Bartlett.
G. E. Packard. Addison Shaw.
T. Drayton. Moses Blodgett. A. MeLaren.
G. P. Sears.
E. T. Packard.
Ira Bryant. A. C. Jenney.
Wm. Mahov. John M. Whalen.
Joshna Warren.
Henry C. Peekham.
Hiram Battles.
Josiah W. Foye. . E. B. Stranger. John Lundergin.
H. G. Allen.
W. S. Hodges.
C. H. Cary.
Benj. Goldthwait.
N. H. Fuller.
.J. Reynolds.
C. E. Drake.
M. F. Reynolds.
G. E. Gifford.
Wm. W. Stoddard.
Edward C. Jacobs.
n. F. Burrell.
Watson Bonney.
G. T. Wllis.
Lewis Burgess.
(. H. Eldridge.
Williard Keith.
Henry M. Jackson.
C. H. Taber. S. C. Stetson.
John Welch 2d.
E. F. Whitcomb.
.Tohn Sweeney. H. P. Morton.
C. F. Drake.
.I. B. Massay. Richmond Torrey. Cyrus Howard, jr.
555
BROCKTON AS A TOWN.
(. A. Hartwell.
II. Herbert Billings.
Andrew F. Packard.
G. W. Wood.
Henry B. Packard.
John McCoal.
Howard Willis.
Harvey O. Mitchell.
John Hartwell.
(. M. Smith. S. I. Calkins.
Wi. N. Smith.
David Howard.
G. G. Thayer.
George Read.
HI. A. Brett.
I. K. Snell.
1. 1. Holmes.
ES. O. Noyes.
Chas. IL. Allen.
Win. J. Martland.
Chas. D. Brigham.
Franklin French.
John Moore.
Imeins Gurney.
lohn Ames.
Albert Keith.
Henry Burrill.
A. P. Phillips.
N. J. Foss.
L. E. Tribou.
Robert Keith.
isaac Kingman.
S. N. Hamilton.
W. A. May.
I. A. Thayer.
William Lee.
(. F. Field.
Henry A. Ford.
David F. Hall.
1. B. White.
fleury Eddy.
Albert D. Fullerton.
A. C. Gibbs.
1. B. MeNulty.
Ezra Holmes.
G. W. Simmons.
C. Creedan.
Job N. Sherman.
I. M. Vose.
Timothy Spillane.
C. H. Tyler.
B. A. Reynolds.
James Sexton.
G. W. Spiller.
S. S. Seward.
Peter Nathan.
Cornelius Hayes.
John W. Hemmingway.
John Welch.
Geo. F. Caswell.
Thomas Doyl.
l'atrick O'Neil.
Marcus Holmes.
T. N. Osborne.
George Pinkham.
F. E. Allen.
Wm. II. Willis.
James McGuire.
P. Vaughn.
Edward Brett.
P. L. Gnsterson.
B. T. Brown.
Embert Howard.
James Murphy.
William Robinson.
C. S. Jones.
James McSherry.
Charles Curtis.
Mehetabel Tobey.
Edward Berlin.
Geo. H. Gould.
W'm. Il. Tobey. D. Hall.
James Mahon.
Alex. Forbes.
John Baxendale.
N. G. Chaplin.
Daniel Lovell.
Aaron Herrod.
N. A. May.
William Holbrook.
Samnel A. Page.
E. Shechy.
G. E. Briggs.
George A. Grant.
H. A. Poole.
Washburn Packard.
William A. Grant.
W. II. Hathaway.
H. B. Holmes.
D. F. Fullerton.
Francis McDonald.
Patrick Farrell.
T. C. Keith.
G. H. Burke.
Eugene Curran.
J. S. MeCrillis.
Denuis Buckley.
S. M. Richardson.
Albert Faunce.
G. A. Swain. Smith.
A. H. Bumpas.
James P. Beal.
G. F. Pooner.
B. R. Smith.
B. Wade.
Thomas Gegan.
Joseph C. Bryant.
Davis H. Packard.
James Cordley.
Thomas Tobin.
Henry A. Willis.
James Corcoran.
William Swain.
Herbert R. Reynolds.
Chas. E. Percheron.
Joseph Richards.
John R. Trague.
Thomas Barry.
John Bnekley.
Charles H. Tyler.
Frank W. Holmes.
Uriah Macoy.
A hearing was had on the above petitions and the original petition of the selectmen, by vote of the town before them, and, after all parties had been heard, they took the view that as the town had originally voted for " Standish," they thought a petition from a corporate body in public town meeting, duly notified, was of more weight than a lot of petitions handed around for signatures, and therefore reported as fol- lows :
Perez Marshall.
F. H. Woodbridge.
James Graves.
Ebenezer Fuller.
556
HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IN SENATE, March 8, 1871.
The Committee on Towns to whom was committed the petition of C. C. Bixby and eight hundred and two others, citizens of North Bridgewater, praying that the name of the town may be changed to that of "Standish"
REPORT
The accompanying Bill.
Per order of the committec,
N. S. KIMBALL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
An act to Change the; Name of the Town of North Bridgewater.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows :
SECTION 1. The town of North Bridgewater shall take the name of Standish.
SECTION 2. This shall not take effect unless accepted by a majority of the legal voters of said town, present and voting thereon by ballot, at a special meeting held upon no- tice given at least seven days before the time of said meeting, and the polls shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and shall not be closed before four o'clock in the afternoon of said day, nor remain open longer than six o'clock in the after- noon of said day.
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the selectmen of said town to certify and return as soon as may be the number of ballots in favor of the acceptance of this act, and the number of ballots against the acceptance of the same, to the secretary of the Common- wealth; and if it shall appear that a majority of such ballots is in favor of the accept- ance of this act, the secretary shall immediately issue and publish his certificate declar- ing this act to have been duly accepted.
SECTION 4. Said meeting shall be held within ninety days from the passage of this act. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed to be enacted.
Passed to be enacted.
Approved.
House of Representatives, April 18, 1871. HARVEY JEWELL, Speaker. IN. SENATE, April 18, 1871. HORACE H. COOLIDGE, President. April 19, 1871. WILLIAM CLAFLIN.
The citizens of the town were not a little surprised at the result of the committee's conclusions. However, at a town meeting held on Tues-
Henry Ford
557
BROCKTON AS A TOWN.
day, May 9, 1871, the number of votes passed upon the acceptance or rejection of the act, entitled " An Act to change the name of the Town of North Bridgewater," was 887, of which 460 were for rejection and 427 for acceptance.
The following is a report of the selectmen of the town :
NORTH BRIDGEWATER, May 9, 1871.
WHEREAS the Legislature of the Commonwealth at its present session passed an Act changing the name of the Town of No. Bridgewater to " Standish," but making said change conditional upon the acceptance of said Act by the town at a meeting to be called for that purpose, we the undersigned Selectmen of North Bridgewater hereby certify that a meeting for the acceptance of said Act was duly called and held this day ; and, on the question of acceptance there were Four Hundred and Sixty noes (460), and four hundred twenty-seven yeas (427), the voting being by ballot ; so that the act was not accepted.
ISAAC KINGMAN, Selectmen of
HENRY A. FORD, ) No. Bridgewater.
BROCKTON.
We next find a movement to have the name of the town changed to Brockton, and this time it was successful.
Here follows a copy of the petition to the General Court of Massa- chusetts by the selectmen of the town by a special vote of the town :
To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled. :
The undersigned Selectmen of the Town of North Bridgewater, in accordance with a vote passed by the Town at a meeting held on the sixth day of February instant, here- by petition your Honorable body to pass an Act changing the corporate name of our Town to " Brockton."
ISAAC KINGMAN, HENRY A. FORD, W. H. WALES, Selectmen of North Bridgewater.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER, February 7, 1874.
Here follows copies of the petitions as presented to the Committee on Towns, with the report of the committee's action.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives :
The undersigned, legal voters of the Town of North Bridgewater, respectfully petition your honorable body to change the name of said town to Brockton :
658
HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
Rustico ES. Burt.
M. Mackin.
Albert M. Nilos.
Iolm Farrell, jr.
11. T. Gould.
(. O. Wilbur.
David Fitzgerald.
M. J. Robinson.
Charles F. Porter. J. O. Emerson. II. HI. Packard.
S. K. Chipman.
14. Walker.
O. H. Hail.
Rufus P. Kingman.
F. P. Alexander.
C. F. Perry.
11. E. Lincoln.
E. C. Stevens.
C. F. Lynch.
Alfred Laws.
C. W. Summer.
A. B. Dodge.
Thos. G. Nye, jr.
E. Hamilton. George II. Fullerton.
A. R. Scars.
G. B. Poole.
J. J. Whipple.
William H. Wilbur.
W. G. Leach.
Mark Edson.
S. W. Snow.
I. L. Wilbur.
Charles F. Severance.
H. O. Thomas.
D. W. Howard.
Loring W. Puffer.
Ellis Packard.
S. V. Tuck.
N. F. Ford.
S. P. Howard.
Benjamin O. Caldwell.
A. M. Varney.
J. Frank Cole.
Thomas Reed.
C. A. Buck.
Levi I .. Blake.
Martin Wild, Jr.
B. R. Smith.
S. H Thompson.
George W. Stevens.
D. J Sullivan.
J. E. Carr.
(. E. Lane.
S. W. Russell.
L. P. Churchill.
W. W. Packard.
Lyman E. Keith.
Franklin Field.
John F. Beal, jr.
I. Thompson.
Charles H. Cary.
R. H. Smith.
T. B. Farnham.
Hiram F. Peck.
J. B. Wiswell.
IS. F. Packard. Thomas Doyle.
E. W. Holmes.
E. J. Piper.
R. F. Johnson.
A. E. Howard.
J. B. Emmes.
A. R. Coleman.
T. F. Smith.
C. R. Thacher.
Al. Swanson.
Peter Dalton.
Walter D. Packard.
I. W. Seabury.
Willard B. Lincoln.
Horace Wilbar.
William P. Parker.
Thomas J. Lee.
WV. H. Sylvester.
H. A. Freeman.
M. B. Sumner.
Josiah B. Howland.
John Lundstrom.
C. W. S. Grover.
Wilson Morsc.
Bernard Reilly.
William H. O'Neill.
Rufus S. Noyes.
Robert B. Chase.
D. H. Holbrook.
H. (. Peckham.
A. A. Deland.
J. Edward Packard.
E. T. Weeks.
B. F. Dunham.
John M. Packard.
Fred E. Holmes.
George F. Packard.
WVm. H. Myrick.
John H. Cole.
L. D. Stinchfield.
C. W. Lowe.
James Conley.
Fred Hartwell.
C. ('. Bixby. A. T. Jones. C. F. Copeland.
George D. Bryant.
14. P. Keith.
Il. Gould.
Charles Gould. .I. S. Lincoln.
S. F. Drake.
ES. O. Noyes.
G. HI. Eaton.
Stephen Snow.
II. S. Shurtleff.
F. P. Hartwell.
Gorham A. Bray.
D. I .. Starr.
C. T. Reynolds.
A. Elliot Painc.
Frank Hartwell.
J. M. Hyde. George R. Whitney.
James F. Packard.
J. H. Cooper.
1. Bourne Crowell.
Fred Hanson.
Thomas C. Landers.
John Westgate.
Lemuel Clark.
6. Boyden.
H. G. Dunbar.
Roger Oakley.
B. F. Wheeler. Francis French. Asa Taber.
Simeon D. Carr. M. James. George Spear.
Lemuel Cobb.
Edward C. Packard.
Henry Packard. Martin Packard.
I. S. Pero. H. A. Poole.
B. S. Kingman. A. E. Harlow. S. A. Packard. Wm. F. Denson.
C. P. Keith. Rufus P. Keith.
Jobn M. Wentworth.
John B. Dean. Frank Driscoll.
F. C. Cobb. R. N. Taber.
E. Dickerman. Florus C. Reynolds.
Ethan Allen.
H. Cushman. George Churchill.
Thomas Connelly.
Michael McSherry.
Allen Crocker.
J. B. Parker.
Nelson Orr.
559
BROCKTON AS A TOWN.
G. A. Haven.
A. C. Jenney.
R. C. Freeman.
IS. P. Howland.
Roland Harris.
David Snow.
Charles IIndson.
Ansel A. Delano.
Horatio G. Pratt.
Walter F. Mitchell.
M. A. Tyler.
Daniel Roberts.
R. W. Mowry.
Josiah Edson
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.