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1831-S. B. Walcott, moderator ; D. Singletary, treasurer ; D. Single- tary, clerk ; S. B. Walcott, Nathan Phipps, representativas.
1835-Nathan Phippe, moderator; D. Singletary, treasurer ; ! D. Singletary, clerk ; S. B. Walcott, Nathan Phipps, representatives.
1836-S. B. Walcott, moderator ; D. Singletary, treasurer ; D. Single- tary, clerk ; S. B. Walcott, Michael Homer, representatives.
1837-Nathan Phippe, moderator ; D. Singletary, treasurer ; D. Singletary, clerk ; Jeffress Hall, representatives.
1838-Amara Eames, moderator; Augt. Phipps, treasurer ; D. Single- tary, clerk ; Moses Phipps, Jefferson Pratt, representatives.
1839-Mathew Metcalf, moderator ; Dauiel Singletary, treasurer ; D. Singletary, clerk ; Jefferson Pratt, Amara Eames, representatives.
1840-Amara Eames, moderator ; Marshall Whitney, treasurer ; D. Singletary, clerk ; Jefferson Pratt, representative.
' 1841-S. B. Walcott, moderator ; Marshall Whitney, treasurer ; Augt. Phipps, clerk : Amara Eames, representative.
1842-S. B. Walcott, moderator ; Marshall Whitney, trevsurer ; Augt. Phipps, clerk ; Marshall Whitney, representative.
1843-Amara Eames, moderator ; Marshall Whitney, treasurer ; Augt. Phipps, clerk ; Neh. Pierce, representative.
1814-Albert Wood, moderator ; J. Pratt, treasurer ; Augt. Phipps, clerk ; Josiah Buruam, representative.
1815-Amara Eames, moderator ; Natban A. Phipps, treasurer ; Augt. Phipps, clerk.
1846-Abijah Ellis, moderator ; A. C. Putoam, treasurer ; Angt. Phipps, clerk ; S. B. Walcott, representative.
1847-Amara Eames, moderator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; A. H. Keith, clerk ; Augt. Phipps, representative.
1848-S. B. Walcott, moderator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; A. H. Keith, clerk ; William Claflin, repressutative.
1849-Augt. Phipps, moderator; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; W. Wood- ard (2d), clerk ; William Claflin, representative.
1850-Albert Wood, moderator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; W. Wood- ard (2d), clerk ; William Claflin, representative.
1851-Augt. Phipps, moderator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; L. P. Co- burn, clerk ; William Claflin, representative.
1852-Augt. Phipps, moderator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; L. P. Co- burn, clerk ; Levi P. Coburn, representative.
1853-Augt. Phipps, mudarator ; A. C. Putnam, treasurer ; L. P. Co- hurn, clerk ; John A. Fitch, representative.
1854-Daniel Eames, moderator; A. C. Putoam, treasurer ; J. A. Tillinghast, clerk ; John A. Fetch, representative ..
1855-John Fetch, moderator; John S. Crook, treasurer ; J. A. Till- inghast, clerk ; Uriah Bowker, representative.
1x56-Albert Wood, moderator ; John S. Crook, treasurer ; J. A. Till- inghast, clerk ; Albert Wood, representative.
1857-Albert Wood, moderator ; J. Whittemore, treasurer ;"J. A. Till- inghast, clerk ; Albert Wood, representative.
1858-Daniel Eamee, moderator ; J. Whittemore, treasurer ; J. A. Till- ingbast, clerk ; W. F. Ellie, representative.
1859-Albert Wood, moderator ; J. Whittemore, treasurer ; J. A. Till- inghast, clerk ; Wm. A. Phipp, representative.
1860-Albert Wood, moderator ; J. Whittemore, treasurer ; J. A. Till- inghast, clark ; Hilton Claflin, representative.
1861-Albert Wood, moderator ; J. Whittemors, treasurer ; J. A. Till- inghaet, clerk ; Benj. IIomer, representative.
1862-Daniel Eames, moderator; J. Whittemore, treasurer ; J. Till- inghast, clerk ; Erastue Thompson, representative.
1863-C. P. Morse, moderator ; J. Wbittemore, treasurer ; J. Tilling- hast, clerk ; N. P. Coburn, representative.
1864-N. P. Coburn, moderator; J. Whittemers, treasurer ; J. A. Woodbury, clerk ; John Clark, representative.
1865-C. Meserve, moderator ; J. Whittemore, treasurer ; J. A. Wood- bury, clerk ; E. S. Thayer, representative.
1866-C. Meserve, moderator ; J. S. Tilestou, treasurer ; J. A. Wood- bury, clerk ; L. H. Bowker, representative.
1867-C. Meserve, moderator; L. B. Mayberry, treasurer ; J. A. Woodbury, clerk ; J. N. Pike, representative.
1868-C. Meserve, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; J. C. Palmer, clerk ; M. C. Phipps, representative.
1869-J. Whittemore, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; C. Mes- erve, clerk ; E. A. Bates, representative.
1870-J. A. Fitch, mederator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; C. Meserve, clerk : J. A. Pike, representative.
1871 -- J. A. Woodbury, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; C. Mes erve, clerk ; A. C. Putnam, representative.
1872-J. A. Woodbury, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; B. F. Coburn, clerk ; M. L. Bock, representative.
1873-C. Meserve, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; B. F. Co- burn, clerk; Chas, Alden, representative.
1874-C. Meserve, moderator; L. B. Maybry, treasurer; B. F. Co- buru, clerk ; C. Meserve, representative.
1875-C. Meserve, moderator; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; B. F. Co- buru, clerk ; E. A. Bates, representative.
1876-J. A. Woodbury, moderator; L. B .; Maybry, treasurer; B. F. Coburn, clerk ; Wm. F. Ellis, representative.
1877-J. A. Woodbury, moderator; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; J. Wbittemore, clerk ; John Mahon, representative.
1878-C. Meserve, moderator; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; J. Whitte- more, clerk ; J. Whittemore, representative.
1879-C. Meserve, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; J. Wbitte- more, clerk ; Silas F. Thayer, representative.
1880-J. A. Woodbury, moderator ; L. B. Maybry, treasurer ; J. Whit- temors, clerk ; Owen Wood, representative.
1881-C. Meserve, moderator ; Owen Wood, treasurer ; O. P. Wonder- ly, clerk ; Owen Wood, representative.
1882-J. A. Woodbury, moderator; Owen Wood, treasurer ; C. P. Wouderly, clerk ; Caleb Holbrook, representative.
1883-J. A. Woodbury, moderator; Owen Wood, treasurer ; C. P. Wonderly, clerk : Cromwell McFarland, representative.
1884-R. M. Fahey, moderator ; Owen Wood, treasurer ; C. P. Won- derly, clerk ; Alonzo Coburn, representative.
1885-C. Meserve, moderator ; Owen Wood, treasurer ; C. P. Wonder- ly, clerk, Fred. N. Oxley, representative.
1886-R. M. Fahey, moderator ; E. D. Bliss, treasurer ; C. P. Won- derly, clerk ; D. J. O'Brien, representative.
1887-R. M. Fahey, moderator ; E. L. Bridges, treasurer ; C. P. Won- derly, clerk ; D. J. O'Brien, representative.
1888-R. M. Fahey, moderator ; E. L. Bridges, treasurer ; O. P. Won- derly, clerk ; Abner Greenwood, representative.
1889-J. A. Woodbury, moderator ; E. L. Bridges, treasurer; C. P. Wonderly, clerk, Alonzo Coburn, representative.
1890-J. A. Woodbury, moderator ; D. J. O'Brien, treasurer ; John F. Fitzgerald, clerk.
MILITARY .- It appears that in the expedition against the West Indies, in the Spanish War, in 1741, the town furnished eleven men and a boy, who en- listed under Captain Jonathan Prescott.
These men were: Henry Walker, Henry Walker, Jr., Edward Caryl, Gideon Gould, Franees Parce, Thomas Bellews, Eleazer Rider, Cornelius Clafton, Samuel Frale, Samuel Clemons, Ebenezer Collar and Samuel Rousseau. The affair was badly managed; disease set in, and only Gideon Gould and the boy, Henry Walker, Jr., returned to Hopkinton.
The first record of money being granted for military purposes was at the October meeting, 1743, when the town voted £20, old tenor, with the addition of £2 al- ready in the hands of Captain Jones, to provide a stock of ammunition. This grant was probably made in anticipation of war between France and England.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
This war was declared June 2, 1744, known in America as " King George's War," and was well rep- resented by Samuel Speen, Edward Bowker, Josiah Bowker, John Kelley, John Devine, Gideon Gould, Samuel Walker, Sr., Timothy Tounling, Capt. Charles Morris, Ebenezer Hall, Jr., Robert Bowker, Micah Bowker, Jonathan Fairbanks, John Galloway, Eben- ezer Hall, Isaac Jones, Elisha Kenney, Isaac Morse, Benjamin Stewart, Edmund Shays, Patrick Shays, Simpson Twamuch, John Watkin, Joshua Whitney, John Wilson, Sr., and John Wilson, Jr. Patrick Shays was the father of Daniel Shays, who afterward was at the head of the well-known "Shays' Rebel- lion." Sergeant John Devine, Gideon Gould and James Cloyes were at the capture of Louisbourg under General Sir William Pepperill, 2d company, First Massachusetts Regiment.
At the annual meeting in 1755 the town voted to appropriate twenty pounds to furnish guns, powder and bullets, which were stored in the meeting-house.
Many from Hopkinton were engaged in the French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754 to 1763. Joseph Cody, Jr., George Ware, Daniel Gasset and George Stimpson went to Crown Point. Daniel Gould, Jason Rice and Solomon Walker were wounded in the service.
Pelatiah Bixby, John Evans, Cornelius Claflin, Joseph Cody, James Pierce, Samuel Bowker, Benjamin Watkins, Daniel Evans, were at Fort George in Cap- tain Jones' company.
Thomas Webster, John Evans and John Walker were at Fort William Henry in 1756.
The passage of the Stamp Act by the British Par- liament appeared to arouse the indignation of the citizens of Hopkinton, as well as the citizens of neigh- boring towns, for at a town meeting held November 27, 1767, the following article was acted upon, "To consider some measures lately proposed by several wise and publick-spirited gentlemen, adopted by the town of Boston, to use our utmost indeavors unitedly to save this Province from Poverty and Ruin that threaten us; By using and recommending the strictest frugality and economy ; By encouraging to the utmost of our Power our own manufactures, not only such as we have been heretofore in the Possession of, but also by introducing new ones; By discouraging to the ntmost of our power the importation of European Goods, particularly the Articles Enumerated in the account published in the proceedings of the town of Boston Relating thereto-Voted : That the town will take all the produce and manufactures of this Prov- ince ; and to Lessen the use of Superfluities and Par- ticularly the following Enumerated Articles imported from abroad, viz: Loaf Sugar, Cordage, Anchors, Coaches, Chases and Carriages of all sorts, house fur- niture, Men and Women's hatts, Men's and Women's apparel, Ready-made household furniture, Gloves, Men and Women's Shoes, Sole Leather, Sheating and Deer-tails, Gold and Silver and Thread Lace of all
sorts, Gold and Silver Buttons, Wrought plate of all sorts, Diamond, Stone and plate ware, Snuff, Mustard, Clocks and Watches, Silversmith's and Jeweller's Ware, Broadcloths that cost above 10s. per yard, Muffs, furrs and Tippetts, and all sorts of Millinery Ware, Starch, Women and children's Stays, fire engines, china ware, Silk and Cotton Velvets, Gauzes Peuterers' Hollow Ware, linseed oyl, Glue, lawns, Cambrick, Silks of all kinds for garments, Malt Liquers and Cheas."
This action of the town tended to awaken the spirit of industry and constituted every household a busy workshop.
" At a meeting held Sept. ye 21, 1768, for the pur- pose of seeing if the town would think proper to make choice of one or more suitable persons to serve them as a committee at a convention proposed to be held at Fanenil Hall in Boston, the 22nd day of September, Instant, at ten of the clock, before noon, the citizens of the town Voted-To send one man to represent the town at the Convention at Boston."
They chose Capt. Joseph Mellen to represent them. "" Voted, to choose a committee to give advice to our Representative."
They chose Dr. John Wilson, Samuel Chamberlain, John Nutt, Jacob Gibbs, John Albe and James Wark.
At an adjourned meeting October 3d they voted four dollars for the expenses of Capt. Mellen White at Boston, and thanks for his services.
As the feeling against England deepened, a resort to arms became a certainty, and in consequence the town commenced to make preparations for the inevi- table crisis. It was voted September 5, 1774, to grant £12 "to buy a stock of Powder, bullets and tents." September 12th it was voted " to send Capt. Dench and James Mellen as delegates to attend a Provincial Congress at Concord." A committee was also chosen " to draw up a bill of regulations in the time of con- fusion and non-operation of the civil law." February 20, 1775 it was voted to have three companies in town. "Roger Dench was chosen Captain for ye East Company, John Homes for ye West Company and John Jones for ye Alarm Company." The town also voted " that any man train under that Captain he liketh best, and that every man equips himself with arms and ammunition according to Law."
On the 17th of April it was voted to have a com- pany of Muster Men numbering forty, and that these men have £1 each at their enlistment. It was also voted to raise £50 to pay the Muster Men, and £6, 13.8. 4d. for powder and other purposes.
April 19, 1775, when the news reached the town of the advance of the British on Lexington, the citizens of all classes became intensely excited, and no people in the colonies caught the echo of the "shot heard round the world," with a quicker or more responsive ear, than the people of Hopkinton. For the Minute Men mustered at once and went forward to aid in ar- resting the progress of the enemy.
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HOPKINTON.
The following persons were present April 19th, at Roxbury :
Capt. John Homes, Lieut. Aaron Albe, Lieut. Dan- iel Emes, Sargt. Henry Millen, Sargt. Ebenezer Claf- lin, Jr., Sargt. John Freeland, Sargt. Samuel Bowker, Corp. John Battle, John Pirmenter, Isaac Burnap, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Wm. Freeland, F. Wm. Barnes, Joseph Thomas, Elisha Hayden, Wm. Bread, Abel Fiske, T. Walker, Joshua Andrews, Jacob Parker, Thomas Moue, Nathan Perry, Nathan Loring, Alex. Calby, Francis Homes, Caleb Claflin, Jr., Arthur Carey, Daniel Loring, John Wales, Grendley Jack- son, David Johnson, Thomas Fletcher, Joseph Jack- son, Joseph Coddy, Atherton Clark, Joseph Barnes, Benj. Adams, John Hers, Samuel Stimpson, Isaac Jones, Samuel Valentine, Reuben Johnson, John Commey, Jacob Chamberlain, Elisha Warren, Dr. Sigismund Boudley, John Homes, Jr., Benjamin Smith, Isaac Claflin, Ebenezer Singletary, Jeremiah Butler, Thomas Hayden, Daniel Singletary, Amariah Hayden, Ebenezer McFarlin, Ebenezer Smith, Na- thaniel Smith, Jr., Joseph Loring, Thomas Low, Ainos Barrett, Wm. Haven, Johu Gibson, Samuel Clark, John Emes, Fred'k Haven, Jr., Ezekiel Adams, Samuel Snell, William Prentice, Wm. White, Thomas Fanning, Levi Dunton, Moses Watkins, Anthony Jones, Jr., Eli Claflin, William Pierce, Amos Stimp- son, Alex. Stimpson, William Fanning, Joseph Freeland, Samuel Claflin, Moses Rice, Daniel Seaver, James McFarland, John Claflin, Elisha Adams, Aaron Emes, Henry Dunn, William Thomas, Simeon Miller, Simeon Green.
Asa Bowker enlisted May 8, 1776, for three months and Arthur Carey, July 23d, served nine days in Samuel A. Warren's company, Col. Read's regiment ; James White enlisted. in Capt. Cramor's company, Col. Arnold's regiment ; Aaron Eames, Joseph Neeld, in Capt. Jacob Miller's company, Col. Doolittle's reg- iment ; George Clark, Theo. Biss, in Col. Patterson's regiment, Capt. Fay's company, in 1775. Capt. James Miller, Lieut. Aaron Albee, Lieut. Samuel Claflin, Sergt. James Freeland, Sergt. Joseph Freeland, Sergt. Samuel Snell. John Snell, Samuel Hiscock, William Prentis, John Clemens, Daniel Sever, Benj. Mastick, Ebenezer Tombs, Nathan Evans, William White, Thomas Fanning, David Duustou, Moses Watkins, Anthony Jones, Thadeus Spring, Richard Hiscock, Joseph Dickinson, Eli Claflin, Abel Ephraam, Seaver Hammond. Joshua Burnam, James Gibson, William Pierce, William Tombs, Edward Gould, Thomas Free- land, Lovett Mellen, William Fanning, Thomas Mc- Farland,Col. Ward's regiment.
An abstract of the mileage of men to and from camp, at a penny a mile, reckoning twenty miles to a day, 1776 :
John Eames .
64.1
5だ
Ahel Smith
64.1
7£
Nathal. Peke
64.1
5.6
7£
John Walker
64.1
5.f
7f
James Wise
64.1
5.£
List of men that arrived at Fishkill, June 19, 1774, Captain Perry's Company, Ballard's Regimeut.
Age
Height
Daniel Bowker
17
6 4
John White
31
5 8
Isaao Wilson
20
58 1
Levi Smith
21
57
Daniel Wheaton
44
6
Joseph Welsh
38
5 4
Simeon Evans
30
5 4
List of Six-Months Men 1777 .- James Ames, Levi Smith, John Young, Joseph Bread, Asa Bowker, Peter Barton, John Staney, John Clemons, David Mellen, David Wheaton, , Timothy Walker .- Captain Banks' Company.
Sergeant, John Walker; Corporal, John Eames; Corporal, John Whitney; John Bullard, John Stone, Archibald Pierce .- Captain Baldwin's Company.
List of Three- Yeurs Men 1777 .- William White, John Walker, Micah Watkins, Daniel North, Erastus Harris, William Fanning, Nathan Evens.
Descriptive List of Men for 1779.
Age.
Height.
Archibald Wood
36
5 7
Thomas Lowe
25
5 10
Pheneas Wood.
18
5 1
Stephen Thayer
16
5
Nathal Duntlin
20
5 816
Horatio Duntlin 19
5 612
Daniel Wheeler
44
6
Isaac Wilson
20
5 8
Simeon Evans
29
58
Daniel Bowker
17
5 4
List of the Seventh Division of Six Month Men, Marched from Springfield Under Captain Dix, July 7, 1780.
Age.
Height.
John Young
17
5 3
David Wheeler
17
5 8
Levi Smith
23
5 6
David Miller
17
5 7
Under Capt. Isaac Pope July 25, 1780.
Age. Height.
Timothy Walker .
27
5 8
A List of Men Enlisted Agreeable to the Resolve of December, 1780.
Age. Height.
Simon Enmes
44
5 7
John Hescoock
18
5 9%
Abner Gasshat
19
5 8
Seth Morse 17
5 11
George Wear
16
6 6
Daniel Bowker
20
5 7
Joseph Young
16
5 6
Reuben Albee
20
5 7
David Wheaton 17
5 81/2
Benj. Green
18
5 3
Thomas Morey
38
5 11
Isaac Savage .
40
5 712
Archibald Wood
36
5 7
Thomas Lowe
25
5 10
Phineas Wood
18
51
Stephen Shyer
16
5
Nath1. Dontlin . 20
5 81%
Horatio Dontlin
19
5 6
List Serving in the Army in 1780 .- Simeon Page, Moses Craigie, Oliver Tidd, John Harris, Sergeant William Harris, Asa Rider, William Toombe.
Age. Height.
Peter Barton
21
5 6
Serg. John Willson
64.1
7£ 68
John Whitney
64.1
7.£
Asa Bowker
23 5 7
-
Miles
Travel and Wages
Major John Haden .
64.1
5.£
9₺
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
A List of Men Enlisted Agreeable to the Resolve of December, 1780.
Age. Height.
Simon Eames
44 5 7
John Hescock
18 5 91%
Abner Gasshet
19 5 8
Seth Morsa
17 5 11
George Weare 16
5 6.
Daniel Bowker 20
5 7
Joseph Yonng
16
5 6
Reuben Albee
17
5 81/3
Benja, Greeu
18
5 3
Thomas Morey
38
5 11
Isaac Savage
40
5 7%
List Serving in the Army in 1780 .- Simeon Page, Moses Craigie, Oliver Tidd, Asa Rider, John Harris (Sergeant), William Harris, William Toomhs.
A List of the Men Enlistedl in the Continental Army for Three Years or During the War .- Joshua Wheaton, William Fanning, William White, Jono Toombs, Isaac Bixby, Edmund Gould, Asa Rider, William Young, Daniel North, Erastus Harris, Jr., Thomas Freeland, Jr., John Walker, William Toombs, James Gay, William Prentice, John Graves, George Fischer, John Welden, John Gould, Thomas Bushell, John Haven, Adam Britass, Geffres Graves, Barnhard Rodemaker, Granshaw Ma- haran, William Roseman, Frances Duplarey, Sammuel Geffus, Moses Gray.
At a meeting held June 17, 1776, I find the follow- ing record : "Put to vote to see weather the town will Declare themselves Independent of the Kingdom of Great Britton in case the Contenantial Congress should Declare the same-Past in the Affemetive by a very Unanamose vote."
April 7, 1777, the town voted to give the men that enlisted into the Continental service, eighteen pounds as a hounty by the town each man.
The records of the town, in the War of the Revo- lution, for patriotism and love of liberty, cannot be surpassed by any town in the State or country, when taken in connection with the fact that it ap- pears, by a report of a committee made to the town December 28, 1789, that there was less than 200 fam- ilies in town.
It appears that in the War of 1812, the town ' fur- nished its full quota. Colonel Joseph Valentine was in command at Boston.
When the War of the Rebellion broke out, the "first meeting to consider the matter relating to the war, was held April 29, 1861, at which meeting Nathan P. Coburn, Alonzo Coburn, William A. Phipps, Clement Meserve and John A. Phipps were appointed a committee to consider and report what should be done by the town "to aid in the defence of the nation." The committee reported " that the town appropriate a sum not to exceed five thousand dol- lars, to be expended for the purpose of organizing and drilling military companies for the national de- fence." The report was accepted and the money appropriated. Lee Claflin, William A. Phipps, Al- bert Wood, Charles P. Morse and Thomas Mead were chosen a committee to superintend the expenditure of the money.
1862, July 17, the town voted to pay a bounty of fifty dollars to each volunteer for three years, or dur- ing the war, to the number of forty-seven, to fill the quota of the town. On the ISth of August the town
voted to increase the bounty to one hundred dollars, and on September 18th the same bounty was author- ized to be paid to volunteers for nine months' service, and to pay the men Government pay from the time they enlist until they are mustered into the service.
No action appears to have been taken by the town in its corporate capacity for the years of 1863 and 1864, although recruiting was continued as usual.
April 11, 1865, voted to pay a bounty of one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer to the credit of the town for three years' services, to con- tinue until March 1, 1865. Also to pay the same bounty to drafted men.
Hopkinton furnished four hundred and twenty-five men for the war, which was a surplus of sixteen over and above all demands ; three were commissioned offi- cers. The total amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war exclu- sive of State aid was thirty thousand dollars ($30,- 000.00).
The amount of money raised and expended by the town for State aid was as follows : In 1861, $1,499 .- 03, in 1862, $6,572.11, in 1863, $8,178.71, in 1864, $8,600.00, in 1865, $5,000.00. Total amount $29,849.85.
The selectmen in 1861 were N. P. Coburn, E. A. Bates, David Eames, O. L. Woods; in 1862, 1863, 1864, N. P. Coburn, E. A. Bates, Gardner Parker, C. P. Morse, Thomas Mead; 1865, E. A. Bates, Erastus Thompson, Thomas Mead, Charles Seaver, and M. C. Phipps. The town clerk for 1861, 1862, 1863, was Joseph A. Tillinghast ; I. Augustus Woodbury, for 1864 and 1865; the town treasurer during all the years of the war was Jonathan Whittemore.
A list of persons serving in the Civil War as re- corded in the records of the town :
Adams, Charles H., enl., July 3, 1861, Co. D, 15th Reg. ; res., Hopkin- ton ; died, Fsb. 27, 1862, at Washington, D. C., in hospital.
Adams, Win. B., enl., Aug. 5, 1862, Co. F, 14th Reg. ; res., Hopkin- tou ; died at Washington, D. C., Sept. 29, 1863, of fever.
Adams, Ileury, enl., Ang. 7, 1861, Co. R, 25th Hag. ; res., Hopkinton ; dis., Oct. 20, 1864.
Armstrong, Luke, enl., Sept. 24, 9 mos., 42d Reg., Co. Il.
Aldrich, George A., enl., March 4, 1864, 3 yrs, 59th Rag., Co. H ; res., Hopkinton ; dis., July 31, 1865.
Bick nall, Sum. B., enl., July 2, 1861, 3 yrs, 16th Reg., Co. B; res., llopkinton ; die., Dec. 17, 1862.
Bryant, Stilman, eul. July 12, 1861, 3 yrs, 13th Reg., Co. K ; ros., Hopkinton ; dis., Aug. 31, 1862.
Bradford, J. E., enl., July 17, 1861, 3 yrs, 13th Reg., Co. K ; ree., Hopkinton ; dis., March 2, 1863.
Brown, Gso. H., onl., 1861, 3 yrs, 13th Reg., Co. B; res., Hopkin- ton ; dis., Jau. 23, 1863.
Brenn, Jeremiah, 3 yrs, 9th Reg., Co. C ; res., Ilopkinton.
Burke, Martin, 3 yrs, 9th Reg., Co. €; res., Hopkinton ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 30, 1803.
Baker, Henry E., enl., Aug. 4, 1862, 3 yrs, 14th Rag., Co. F ; res., Hopkinton ; dis., Juls 8, 1864.
Barber, Charles H., eul., Aug. 1, 1862, 3 yra, 1.Ith Reg., Co. F ; res., Hopkinton ; dis., July 30, 1864.
Burke, John S., onl., Aug 5, 1862, 3 yrs, 14th Reg., Co. F; res., Ilopkinton ; died of wounds Juus 18, 1864, near l'stersburg, Va.
Bodge, John M., enl., Ang. 5, 1862, 3 yrs, 14th Reg., Co. F; died at Hopkinton, Feb. 2, 1865, of chronic diarrhea.
Barber, John, sul., Aug. 1, 1862, 3 yrs, 14th Reg., Co. F ; res., Hop- kinton ; died at Fort Craig, Arlington Heights, March 9, 1863.
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Bagley, Fred. C., enl., Ang. 4, 1862, 14th Reg., Co. F ; rea., llopkin- ton ; dia., Oct. 10, 1863.
Boyle, Laurence, 3 yra, 19th Reg., Co. F; res., Hopkinton.
Batea, John F., 3 yra, 13th Reg., Co. K ; rea., Hopkinton ; dis., Ang. 1, 1864.
Brennan, John, 3 yrs, 9th Reg., Co. A ; res., Hopkinton.
Brady, J. S., 3 yrs, 9th Reg., Co. A ; res., Hopkinton.
Burke, Alex., 3 yrs, 9th Reg., Co. A ; res., Hopkinton.
Boyden, Joshua N., enl., Sept. 24, 1862, 9 mos, 42nd Reg., Co. 11 ; rea., Hopkinton.
Bord, David H., enl., Ang., 1864, 1 yr ; res., Hopkinton.
Bemis, Hiram C., enl., May 13, 1864, 1 yr, lst Batt., Co. E ; res., llopkinton ; dia., June 28, 1865.
Basford, Wm. H. H., enl., Ang. 9, 1864, 1 yr, 4th H. A. ; rea., Ilop- kinton ; dis., July 15, 1865.
Boynton, Henry A., Ang. 16, 1864, 1 yr, 22nd H. A. ; rea., Ilopkin- tou.
Brown, Dexter, enl., Ang. 12, 1864, 1 yr, 22nd H. A. ; res., Hopkin- ton ; die., July 15, 1865.
Burke, Michael, enl., Ang. 15, 1864, 1 yr, 22nd H. A. · rea., Hopkin- top ; die., June 17, 1865.
Balea, Amoa R., enl., Dec. 28, 1863, 3 yrs, 15th Batt. ; res., Hopkin- ton ; die., Ang. 15, 1865.
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