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Representative, Thomas Warren.
1782. Moderator, Isaac Farrar; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectoren- Benjamin Ball, Daniel Adams, Jr., Lemuel Petts, Daniel Sher- win, James Giles.
Representative, James Locke.
1783. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectmen- Benjamin Ball, Daniel Adams, Jr., Benjamin Spaulding, Thomas Seaver, Elijah Wyman,
1784. Moderator, William Hobart ; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectmen -Benjamin Ball, Daniel Adame, Jr., Benjamin Spaulding, Thomas Seaver, Lemuel Petts.
Representative, William Hobart.
1785. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectmen- Benjamin Ball, Thomas Seaver, Thomas Warren.
1786. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectmen- Benjamin Ball, Thomas Warren, Benjamin Spaulding.
1787. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Jr. Selectmen -Daniel Adams, Jr., Lemuel Petts, Benjamin Spaulding, Jacob Blodget, Abner Adanıs. Representative, Daniel Adams.
1788. Moderator, David Spafford ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Jr. Select- men -- Benjamin Ball, Benjamin Spaulding, David Spafford, Jr., Thomas Warren, Thomas Seaver.
Representative, Daniel Adams.
1789. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Benjamin Ball. Selectmen- Benjamin Ball, Benjamin Spaulding, David Spafford, Jr., Dan- jel Adams, Jr., John Campbell.
Representative, Daniel Adams.
1790. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Jr. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Jr., Benjamin Spaulding, John Campbell, Rich- ard Wyer, Lemuel Petts.
Representative, Daniel Adams.
1791. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Jr. Selectmen -Daniel Adams, Jr., Benjamin Spaulding, Nathan Conant, John Campbell, Jobn Emery.
1792. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Jr. Selectmen -Daniel Adams, Jr., Lemuel Petts, Jonathan Wallis, John Campbell, Nathan Conant.
Representative, Jonathan Wallis.
1793. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Life Baldwin. Selectmen- Life Baldwin, Daniel Adams, Jr., Jobn Campbell, Jonathan Wallace, Zacheriah Hildreth.
Representative, Jonathan Wallace.
1794. Moderator, Walden Stone ; Clerk, Walden Stone. Selectmen- Life Baldwin, John Campbell, Jonathan Wallis, Abner Adams, Thomas Seaver. Sent no Representative.
1795. Moderator, Walden Stone; Clerk, Jacob Blodget. Selectmen- Jacob Bloilget, Abner Adams, John Emery, Samuel Stone, Na- than Scales. Sent no Representative.
1796. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Jacob Blodget. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Jacob Blodget, Almer Adams, John Emery, Samuel Stone.
Representative, Daniel Adams,
1797. Moderator, John Campbell ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Jacob Blodget, Abner Adams, Samuel Stone, Jo- sial Richardson.
Representative, Daniel Adams.
1798. Moderator, Jonathan Wallis ; Clerk, Isanc Mullikin. Selectmen -Walter Mullikin, Jacob Blodget, Abner Adams, Josiah Rich- ardsou, Samuel Brooks.
Sent no Representative.
1799. Moderator, John Campbell ; Clerk, Isaac Mullikin. Selectmen -Isaac Mullikin, Abuer Adams, Josiah Richardson, Johu Emery, Samuel Brooks.
Representative, John Campbell.
1800. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Ahner Adams, Josiah Richardson, Samuel Brooks, John Emery. Representative, John Campbell.
1801. Moderator, Caleb Sylvester ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectnieo- Daniel Adams, Josiah Richardson, Joseph Adams, Abner Adams, Caleb Sylvester.
Representative, John Campbell.
1802. Moderator, Caleb Sylvester; Clerk, Isaac Mullikin. Selectmen -Isaac Mullikin, John Campbell, Jonathan Keep, Sanınel Stone, Daniel Conaut.
Sent no Representative.
1803. Moderator, John Campbell ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adanıs, Abner Adams, John Campbell, Josiah Richard- son, Jacob Blodget. '
Sent no Representative.
1804. Moderator, Jobu Campbell ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, John Campbell, Jacob Blodget, Benanuel Pratt, Shubal C. Allen.
Sent no Representative.
1805. Moderator, Caleb Sylvester; Clerk, Josiah Richardson. Select- men-Josiah Richardson, John Emery, Daniel Conant, Eb- enezer Stone, Richard Warner.
Representative, John Campbell.
1806. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Josiah Richardson. Selectmen -- Josish Richardson, John Emery, Daniel Conant, Ebenezer Stone, Richard Warner. Representative, Jobn Campbell.
1807. Moderator, Daniel Conant ; Clerk, Josiah Richardson. Selectmien -Josiah Ribhardsoo, John Emery, Daniel Conant, Ebenezer Stone, Richard Warner.
Representative, Abner Adams.
1808. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, Josiah Richardson, Selectmen -- Josiah Richardson, Ebenezer Stone, Aaron Warren, Samuel Brooks, Nathaniel Cummings,
Representative, Abner Adams.
1809. Moderator, John Emery ; Clerk, Josialı Richardson. Selectmen -Josiah Richardson, Aaron Warren, Samuel Brooks, Nathaniel Cummings, Noah Ball. Sent to Representative.
1810. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Josiah Richardson. Selectmen -Josiah Richardson, Aaron Warren, Samuel Brooks, Nathaniel Cummings, William Archibald.
Representative, Abner Adams.
1811. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Samuel Brooks. Selectmen -- Samuel Brooks, Richard Warner, Aaron Warren, Nathaniel Cummings, William Archibald. Representative, Samuel Brooks.
1812. Moderator, Aaron Warren; Clerk, Samnel Brooks. Selectnien -Samuel Brooks, Richard Warner, Aaron Warren, Nathaniel Cummings, William Archibald. Representative, Samuel Brooks.
1813. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Sammel Brooks. Selectmen -Samuel Brooks, Aaron Warren, Nathaniel Cummings, Wil- liam Archibald, Josoph Adams. Representative, Samuel Brooks,
1814. Moderator, Aaron Warren; Clerk, Samuel Brooks, Selectmen -Sanmel Brooks, Aaron Warren, William Archibald, Joseph Adams, Eliab Going. Representative, Samuel Brooks.
1815. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Samuel Brooks, Selectmen- Samuel Brooks, Joseph Adams, Eliab Going, Nathaniel Cum- mings, Isaac Sanders.
Representative, Samuel Brooks.
1816. Moderator, Josiah Richardson ; Clerk, Nathaniel Cummings. Selectmen-Nathaniel Cummings, John Richardson, Isaac San- ders, Zela Bartlett, Solomon Jewett. Representative, Samuel Brooks,
1817. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Nathaniel Cummings. Se- Jectmen-Nathaniel Cummings, Josiah Richardson, Isnac San- ders, Benanuel Pratt, Joel Adams. Representative, Samuel Brooks,
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1818. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Nathaniel Cummings. Se- lectmen-Nathaniel Cummings, Samuel Brooks, Aaron Warren. Sent no Representative.
IS19. Moderator, Aaron Warren; Clerk, Nathaniel Cummings. Se- lectmen-Nathaniel Cummings, Samuel Brooks, Aaron Warren. Representative, Aaron Warren.
1820. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Nathaniel Cummings. Se- lectmen-Nathaniel Cummings, Sanmel Brooks, Isaac Turner. Representative, Aaron Warren.
1821. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Selectmen- Aaron Warren, Samuel Stone, Jr., John Shipley.
Representative, Aaron Warren.
1822. Moderator, Nathaniel Cummings; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Se- lectmen-Aaron Warren, Samuel Stone, Jr., Daniel Giles. Sent no Representative.
1823. Moderator, Aaron Keyes; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Selectmen- Aaron Warren, Samuel Stone, Jr., Daniel Giles.
· Representative, Aaron Warren.
1824. Moderator, William A. Bancroft ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Se- lectmen-Aaron Warren, Joel Adams, Joel Spaulding. Representative, Aaron Warren,
1825. Moderator, Joel Adams; Clerk, Joel Adams. Selectmen-Joel Adams, Joel Spaulding, Josiah G. Heald.
Sent no Representative.
1826. Moderator, Aaron Warren ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Selectmen- Aaron Warren, Josiah G. Heald, Samuel Brooks, Aaron Keyes, William Pratt. Representative, Aaron Warren.
1827. Moderator, Solomon Jewett, Jr. ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Select- men-Aaron Warren, Samuel Stone, Jr., William Pratt, Joel Spaulding, Aaron Keyes.
Representative, Aaron Warren.1
1828. Moderator, Jacob S. Ryner; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Selectmen -Aaron Warren, William Pratt, Josiah G. Heald, Pant Gerrish, Aaron Keyes. Representative, Aaron Warren.
1829. Moderator, Solomon Jewett, Jr. ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Se- lectmen-Aaron Warren, William Pratt, Panl Gerrish, Aaron Keyes, Richard W. Pierce.
Representative, Aaron Warreu.
1830. Moderator, Solomon Jewett, Jr. ; Clerk, Aaron Warren. Select- men-Paul Gerrish, Aaron Keyes, Richard W. Pierce, Solo- mnou Jewett, Jr., Benjamin Barrett, Jr.
Representative, Aaron Warren.
1831. Moderator, Solomon Jewett, Jr. ; Clerk, Solomon Jewett, Jr. Selectmen-Solomon Jewett, Jr., Richard W. Pierce, Benjamin Barrett, Jr., Josiab G. Heald, Isaac Spaulding. Seut no Representative.
1832. Moderator, Aaron Keyes ; Clerk, Solomon Jewett, Jr. Selectmen -Solomon Jewett, Jr., Richard W. Pierce, Benjamin Barrett, Jr., Joel Emery, Levi Sherwin. Representative, Paul Gerrish.
1833. Moderator, Joel Adams ; Clerk, David Palmer, Selectmen- Solomon Jewett, Jr., Richard W. Pierce, Benjamin Barrett, Jr., Levi Ball, Abraham Seaver. Representative, David Palmer.
1834. Moderator, Henry Sceva ; Clerk, Paul Gerrish. Selectmen -- Paul Gerrish, Joel Emery, William Pratt. Representatives, David Palmer and Elnathan Davis.
1835. Moderator, Joseph Steele ; Clerk, Pant Gerrish. Selectmen-Paul Gerrish, William Pratt, Benjamin Barrett, Jr. Representatives, Joel Emery and David Palmer.
1836. Moderator, Samuel Adams; Clerk, David Palmer. Selectmen- Quincy Sylvester, Luther Adams, Daniel Adams. Representatives, Joel Emery and Samuel Adams.
1837. Moderator, Samuel Adams; Clerk, David Palmer. Selectmen- Joel Adams, Levi Ball, Elnathan Davis. Representative, Joel Emery.
1 In 1827, " Voted that the town will ahulieb the custom of receiving a treat from their representative when chosen." Townsend commenced early in the temperance canse. Aaron Warren, this year, instead of furnishing the liquors, presented an expensive pall or burying-cloth to the town. This might have been Intended as a symbol of public opinion which was preparing to bury His Majesty, King Alcohol.
1838. Moderator, Henry Sceva ; Clerk, David Palmer. Selectmen- William Pratt, Benjamin Barrett, Jr., Paul Gerrish. Representative, Josiah G. Heald.
1839. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Samuel Adams. Selectmien- Joel Adams, Joel Emery, Luther Adams.
Representative, Luther Adams.
1840. Moderator, Henry Sceva ; Clerk, John Bertram. Selectmen- Joel Emery, Richard W. Pierce, William Pratt.
Representative, Daniel Giles.
1841. Moderator, Henry Sceva; Clerk, John Bertram. Selectmen -- Henry Sceva, Ebenezer Rawson, Henry A. Woods. Sent no Representative.
1842. Moderator, Henry Sceva ; Clerk, John Bertram. Selectmen- Henry Sceva, Henry A. Woods, Luther Adams.
Representative, Henry Sceva.
1843. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Daniel Giles. Selectmen-Paul Gerrish, Luther Adams, Daniel Adams.
Representative, Henry Sceva.
1844. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Daniel Giles. Selectmen-Paul Gerrish, Daniel Adams, Luther Adams.
Sent no Representative.
1845. Moderator, Samuel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Giles. Selectmen- John Scales, Levi Stearus, Ebenezer Rawson. Sent no Representative:
1846. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Giles. Selectmen- John Scales, Joseph Adams, John Hart. Representative, Levi Warren.
1847. Moderator, Ezra Blood, Jr. ; Clerk, Joseph Adams. Selectmen --- Joseph Adams, Levi Stearns, John Hart.
Representative, Joel Kendall.
1848. Moderator, Ezra Blood, Jr. ; Clerk, Joseph Adams. Selectmen- Joseph Adams, Levi Stearns, Joel Emery.
Representative, Joel Emery.
1849. Moderator, Ezra Blood, Jr. ; Clerk, Joseph Adams. Selectmen- Joel Emery, Luther Adams, Ezra Blood, Jr.
Representative, Samuel Hart.
1850. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Joseph Adams. Selectmen -- Joseph Adams, John Scales, Zimri Sherwin. Representative, Henry A. Gerry.
185I. Moderator, Charles Powers ; Clerk, Henry A. Gerry. Selectmen -Charles Powers, Aaron Pressey, Joel Emery.
Representative, Samuel S. Haynes.
1852. Moderator, Levi Sherwin ; Clerk, Quincy A. Sylvester. Select- men-Quincy A. Sylvester, Levi Sherwin, Nathaniel F. Cum- mnings.
Sent uo Representative.
1853. Moderator, Abram S. French ; Clerk, Quincy A. Sylvester. Se- lectmen-Daniel Adams, Nathaniel F. Cummings, Charles B. Barrett.
Sent no Representative.
1854. Moderator, Samuel Adams; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Selectmen- Joseph Adams, Levi Stearns, Charles B. Barrett.
Representative, Benjamin E. Wetherbee.
1855. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Rector T. Bartlett. Selectmen- Nathaniel F. Cummings, Ezra Blood, James E. Adams. Representative, Frederick A. Worcester.
1856. Moderator, Eliab Going ; Clerk, Rector T. Bartlett. Selectmen- Nathaniel F. Cummings, Daniel Adams, Alexander Craig. Representative, Luther Adams.
1857. Moderator, Eliab Going ; Clerk, Rector T. Bartlett. Selectmen -- Henry Sceva, Albert Howe, Benjamin E. Wetherbee. Representative, Frederick A. Worcester, of Townsend."
1858. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmea -- Joseph Adams, William H. Lewis, Zimri Sherwin. Representative, Noah Ball, of Townsend.
1859. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- John Scales, Jr., John Whitcomb, Jonathan Pierce. Representative, Alexander Craig, of Townsend.
1860. Moderator, Christopher Gates ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -- John Scales, Jr., Alexander Craig, Benjamin F. Lewis. Representative, Joseph Foster, of Ashby.
1861. Moderator, Ezra Blood ; Clerk, Ezra Blood. Selectmen-Na- thanicl F. Cummings, Alexander Craig, Benjamin F. Lewis. Representative, Abram S. French, of Townsend.
2 Townscud and Ashby constituted District No. 27, this year.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS ..
1862. Moderator, Edwin A.Larkio; Clerk, Noah Wallace. Selectmen- Nathaniel F. Cummings, Alexander Craig, Benjamio F. Lewis. Representative, Abram S. French, of Townsend.
1863. Moderator, Samnel S. Haynes; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Nathaniel F. Cummings, Oliver H. Pratt, Charles II. Warren. Representative, Paul Gates, of Ashby.
1864. Moderator, Stillman Haynes ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Nathaniel F. Cummings, James N. Tucker, Newton C. Boutell.
Representative, Anson D. Fessenden, of Townsend.
1865. Moderator, Stillman Haynes; Clerk, Daniel Adams. -Oliver Proctor, Stillman Haynes, Abel G. Stearns.
Selectmen
Representative, George L. Hitchcock, of Ashiby.
1866. Moderator, Samnel S. Haynes ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Abel G. Stearns, Noah Ball, Edwin A. Larkin. Representative, Noab Wallace, of Townsend.
1867. Moderator, Christopher Gates ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -- Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin F. Lewis, Edward A. Larkio. Representative, Jonathan Pierce, of Townsend.1
1868. Moderator, Christopher Gates; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Abel G. Stearns, Edwin A. Larkin, Jonathan Pierce. Representative, A. A. Plympton, of Shirley.
1869. Moderator, Christopher Gates ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Abel G. Stearns, Charles Osgood, Benjamin Browa.
Representative, Samuel R. Damon, of Ashby.
1870. Moderator, Christopher Gates ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -- Abel G. Stearns, Charles Osgood, Benjamin Brown. Representative, Benjamin F. Lewis, of Townsend.
1871. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, Christopber Gates. Se- lectmen-Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin Brown, Joshua S. Page. Representative, Alvin Lawton, of Shirley.
1872. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, Christopher Gates. Se- lectmen-Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin Brown, Joshua S. Page. Representative, Samuel S. Haynes, of Townsend.
1873. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, Christopher Gates. Se- lectmen-Abel G. Stearos, Benjamin Brown, Joshua S. Page. Representative, Alonzo A. Carr, of Aabhy.
1874. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, Christopher Gates. Se- lectmen-Charles Osgood, Eliot Moore, Ephraim S. Wilder. Representative, Edwin A. Spaulding, of Townsend.
1875 Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, Christopher Gates. S6- lectmen-Charles Osgood, Ephraim S. Wilder, George A. Upton. Representative, Samnel'Longley, of Shirley.
1876. Moderator, Itbamar B. Sawtelle; Clerk, Christopher Gates. Se- . lectmen-Ephraim S. Wilder, Abel G. Stearns, Eugene R. Kil- bonro.
Representative, Alfred M. Adams, of Townsend.2
1877. Moderator, Itbamar B. Sawtelle; Clerk, Christopher Gates. Se- leetmen-Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Henecy. 1878. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, William P. Taylor ; Se- lectmen-Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin Browo, Edwin A. Spaulding.
1879. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Se- lectmen -- Abel G. Stearns, Benjamin Brown, A. K. Tyler.
1880, Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Se- lectmen-Abel G. Stearos, Benjamin Brown, A. K. Tyler. Representative, John E. Dickerman.
1881. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Selectmen-Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, Benjamin Brown.
I882. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Se-
lectmen-Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, Benjamin Brown.
1883. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Se- leetmen-Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, George II. Baldwin,
1884. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, William P. Taylor. Se- lecimen-Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, Benjamin Brown. Representative, Julian W. Eastman.
1885. Moderator, Albert L. Fessenden ; Clerk, E. A. Blood. Selectmen -Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, George If. Baldwin.
1886. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, E. A. Blood. Select mon-Clarence Stickney, Eugene R. Kilbourn, Oliver Proctor.
Representative, William P. Taylor.
1887. Moderator, Ithamar B. Sawtelle ; Clerk, E. A. Blood, Selectmen -Clarence Stickney, Eugene R. Kilbourn, Oliver'Proctor.
1888. Moderator, Edward J. Sartelle; Clerk, E. A. Blood. Selectmen -Enguene R. Kilbourn; Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler.
1889. Moderator, Edward J. Sartelle; Clerk, E. A. Blood. Selectmen -Abel G. Stearns, A. K. Tyler, Ransom B. Adams. Representative, Charles F. Worcester:
1890. Moderator, Edward J. Sartelle ; Clerk, E. A. Bloodl. Selectmeu -Asa K. Tyler, Ransom B. Adams, Everett W. Server.
The valuation of the town is about.$1,000,000.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.
For the support of schools $3000
For the support of roads and bridges 1800
For to defray town charges 1500
For the support of the poor 800
For to be added to the memorial fund 500
For military aid . 400
For the Fire Department 400
For the suppression of liquor-selling
200
For repairs on school-houses
200
For the purchase of school-books . 200
For the public library 175
For carrying children to school 150
For the village improvement society 115
$410
FINALE .- The space in this work given to Town- send is so limited that notices of many prominent individuals must be omitted; and yet it may be stated that this town has produced several men who have had a good influence on their contemporaries. Her sons have filled the learned professions outside of New England as well as in this Commonwealth ; and her daughters, leaving the West Townsend Female Seminary, wherever located, have been welcomed as teachers in that field of womanly labor. Miss Myra Proctor spent the best years of her life as a missionary in Turkey. In connection with her labors she trans- lated "Cutter's Physiology," and other English liter- ature, into the Turkish language, and gathered around her many friends in that far-off land, over which the crescent has been the symbol for many centuries. Henry Price, an Englishman, was an adopted citizen of Townsend for seventeen years. In 1764 and 1765 he represented Townsend in the Provincial Legisla- ture, in which he served on two important commit- tees. He was the founder of duly constituted Masonry in America, died in Townsend (1780), and was buried here. In 1888, more than one hundred years after his death, the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts erected a plain but strikingly beautiful and appropri- ate monument, at his grave, which was dedicated by that body June 21st of that year. Among the Town- send men who have been actors in the theatre of mer- chandise, the name of Asa Whitney is prominent. He was an engineer and a manufacturer of car-wheels in Philadelphia. It was through his advice that the rails on our roads are laid fifty-six and one-half inches apart. He was very rich and he gave liberally.
Townsend has been represented in the State Senate by three of its citizens. John Hubbard, once a pop- ular professor of Dartmouth College, was a musician and an author. More than eighty years ago " Hub-
1 ]n 1867, Townsend, Ashby and Shirley constituted a representative district. Middlesex County was entitled to forty-one of the two hundred und forty members of the House of Representatives.
2 In 1876, Ayer, Ashby, Shirley and Towusend constituted ono .repre- sentative district.
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bard's Anthems " were in use in all the New England churches. Daniel Adams was the author of a series of school-books, which were in use throughout the Eastern States for more than half a century. The list of the deserving might be extended, but it must be left to larger space and an abler pen.
"Long live the good town, giving out year by year Recruits to true manhood and womanhood dear ; Brave boys, modest maidens, in beauty sent forth The living epistles and proof of its worth."
BIOGRAPHICAL.
ALFRED M. ADAMS.
Alfred Mark Adams, son of Noah and Levina P. (Cowden) Adams, was born in Townsend October 2, 1835. He was of the fifth generation from Joseph Adams, who came from England about 1685 and set- tled in Cambridge, in that part thereof which is now Arlington. While he was at school he was always free from tronble either with his teachers or school- fellows. He was noted for his politeness towards his superiors. At the age of fifteen years he entered New Ipswich Academy, where he remained nearly three years, when he left that institution and joined a class at Westfield Academy, where he continued his studies for about two years. On leaving this academy he went to Boston and was a clerk in a wholesale carpet- store for more than a year. The firm of Adams & Powers was dissolved by the death of Mr. Powers in 1856. On the 1st of January, 1857, the surviving partner and father of Alfred M. Adams bought out the interest of the widow and that of Charles E. Powers, the only heir. Mr. Noah Adams, being out of health and feeling the pressure of business, was very anxious to have his son return from Boston and assist bim; and he made so liberal an offer to him that he complied with his father's wishes. In De- cember, 1859, Mr. Noah Adams died. Soon after his decease Alfred M. Adams bought the interest of his mother, brother and sister in the estate and continued in the coopering, lumbering and grinding Western corn business until August 27, 1884, when he died. He married Eliza A. (Sylvester) Everett November 21, 1860. Union S. Adams, his only son and heir, has continued the business since the decease of his father, and he has a large and increasing trade in all the branches of industry above enumerated.
As a successful manufacturer and manager of an extensive business, the record of A. M. Adams will not appear to disadvantage when viewed in connec- tion with the efforts of men of larger experience and equally favorable surroundings. He made many im- provements in his mill and extended the business, particularly in the grain elevator department. His life exemplified the exception rather than the rule in the descent of property. Generally when a young
man, not knowing how to earn money, has a large property left to him, he loses it almost as easily as he obtained it; and then, perhaps, he will make an effort to learn the value of money by earning some himself. This gentleman kept as much property as he inherited and added largely to that amount. Mr. Adams was a prominent member of the Republican party, and as such he represented the Thirty-fifth Middlesex Dis- trict in the General Court in 1877. He was strongly attached to the Masonic fraternity, and he was buried with the honors of that ancient institution, a large number of the order being in attendance at his obsequies.
ALEXANDER CRAIG.
Alexander Craig, son of James and Naney (Mc- Bride) Craig, was born in Mason, New Hampshire, January 18, 1815. The family of which he was a member moved to Townsend when he was a small boy, and lived on a farm at the south part of the town, where he worked with his father during his mi- nority. He attended the district schools regularly at the time when both sexes were in attendance dur- ing the winter months, until they arrived at the stat- ure of manhood and womanhood, and by dint of perse- verance he obtained an education suitable for a busi- ness life, all of which, except in early childhood, was passed in Townsend. On his arrival at majority he com- menced work for himself, at a time when " from sun to sun " was the length of a day's work, and when the pay for the labor which he performed was about one- fourth as much as it is at the present time. The amount of money for his first year's work, over and above his expenses, he lost by loaning it and taking a note from a man supposed by every one to be solvent. This experience so sharpened his observa- tion that always afterward his funds were safely in- vested. After accumulating a limited sum of money he commenced trading in neat stock, and for a short time he was in the butchering business at West Townsend, in which he was both popular and suc- cessful. In a certain degree, every transaction which he made increased his wealth. For several years, between 1840 and 1850 and until the completion of the Peterborough and Shirley Railroad, he kept a liv- ery-stable at West Townsend. He contracted for furnishing several thousand ties for this railroad, and in carrying ont this agreement he employed about twenty men in cutting, hewing and teaming them. He also furnished most of the telegraph poles on this line of road from Greenville to Ayer. From 1850 to the time of his death he traded in most everything in which there was money to be made, including cat- tle, horses, wood, lumber and farms. He would buy farms, cut off the wood and timber, and then sell the freehold on the best terms he conld, as the value to him was in the wood and timber. He had good judgment in all his traffic and people knew it. If he bought anything at an auction, before touching it,
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