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O. T. ROGERS TOMB.
WILLIAM GLOVER TOMB.
MOSES WEBSTER TOMB.
G. W. HALL TOMB.
HUTCHINSON TOMB.
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Also three tombs located in the central part of the old cemetery, first purchase,-
FENNO TOMB .- East. MILLER TOMB .- Middle. BILLINGS TOMB .- West.
These tombs are the oldest in the grounds, and are supposed to have been built about the year 1719.
At the March meeting, 1719, the town voted, " That Capten John Billing shal have liberty to buld a Tomb in our Buring Place at the direction of the Selectmen."
CHAPTER LXVI.
MILTON-( Continued).
BY H. B. MARTIN.
Civil and Military - Representatives-Town Clerks-Town Treasurers-War of the Rebellion-List of Soldiers, etc.
Representatives to General Court .- The fol- lowing is a list of those persons chosen by the inhab- itants of the town of Milton to represent said town in the Great and General Court from the year 1682 down to the present time.
The first record of the election of a representative to the General Court is in these words :
" A Town-meeting 16, 12 mon., 1682, the Inhabitants being orderly assembled, &c .- The freemen chose Ralph Houghton a deputie for the General Court."
The next item found upon the records relating to a representative to the General Court is as follows :
" March 6, 1693. It was voted that Thomas Vose should be cleared of his Province Rates, for his serving as Representative at the General Court." At the said meeting " It was voted that Thomas Swift should be abated four pounds out of his Prov- ince Rates, for his serving as Representative at the General Court." Same date, " It was voted that William Blake and his sons Nathaniel and Edward, should be abated their Province and town rates, till he be paid eight pounds, fifteen shillings for his serving as Representative at the General Court, in the time between the revolution and this present government."
In the following order were chosen,-
April 30, 1694. E. Clap.
21, 1771. May 17, 1708. Geo. Sumner.
9, 1709.
19, 1710. E. Tucker.
1700. 66
66 16, 1711.
.. 11, 1702.
Feb. 22, 1703. Geo. Sumner.
18, 1713. 66
1 Voted not to choose a representative.
2 To Provincial Congress.
3 To 'General Court, held at Watertown.
" 14, 1705.
66
14, 1716.
66 20, 1717. J. Wadsworth.
May 19, 1718. E. Tucker. 66 : 18, 1719. 9, 1720.
: Sept. 22, 1774. Capt. D. Raw-
son.
June 13, 1720. ..
May 22, 1721. ..
Aug. 7, 1721. May 21, 1722. .. 20, 1723.
.. 18, 1724. .. 17, 1725. J. Wadsworth.
15, 1727. Jon. Gulliver. Nov. 13, 1727. Eph. Tucker.
May 22, 1777. Eben. Tucker. June 29, 1778. Daniel Vose.
May 17, 1779. Seth Sumner. June 28, 1779. E. H. Rob- bins.4
.6 12, 1730. O. Thatcher.
Jan. 26, 1731. Eph. Tucker. May 18, 1731. 4 66
Aug. 9, 1779. A. Blake5 and Allen Crocker.5
Aug. 9, 1779. S. Henshaw.4 May 22, 1780.
.. 16, 1733.
.. 13, 1734. Jon. Gulliver.
Oct. 10, 1780. 66
.. 19, 1735. “
.. 17, 1736. "
.. 15, 1737. ..
16, 1738. N. Clap. 15, 1739. 19, 1740. B. Sumner.
66 17, 1786.1
18, 1741. ..
May 14, 1787. Hon.
James
17, 1742. 66
.. 16, 1743. Saml. Miller.
.. 14, 1744. Saml. Swift.
11, 1789.
10, 1790. Seth Sumner.
19, 1746.
9. 1791. .
.. 18, 1747. Saml. Swift.
.. 16, 1748. Saml. Miller.
6, 1793.
.. 15, 1749.
6, 1794.
6, 1795. 66
3, 1796. 66 66
13, 1752.
16, 1753. Joseph Bent.
15, 1754. Saml. Miller.
6, 1799.
66
14, 1755. .6
19, 1756. ..
4, 1801. 66
18, 1757. J. Tucker.
3. 1802.
66
24, 1758.
14, 1803. David Tucker.
16, 1759. A. Belcher.
7,1804.
66
66
14, 1760.
6, 1805. 66
66
20, 1761. ..
66
5, 1806. 66
17, 1762. ..
4, 1807.
16, 1763.
2, 180%. ..
16, 1764.
1. 1809.
66
15, 1765. Steph. Miller. May
7, 1810. Wm.
Pierce
21, 1766. J. Tucker. and Asaph Churchill.
20,1767.
May 6, 1811. Wm. Pierce.
16, 1768. 17, 1811. Jacob Gill.
17. 1769. B. Wadsworth. May 4, 1812. A. Churchill and William Pierce.
23, 1770.
May 3, 1813. Jacob Gill.
.. 13, 1772. Josiah Howe.
2, 1814. S. K. Glover.
.. 13. 1775. ..
66 1, 1815. J. Houghton.
.. 16, 1774. Steph'n Miller.
6, 1816. «
66 14, 1712.
April 21, 1703. Thos. Vose.
66 18, 1714.
May 8, 1704. 66 9,1715.
4 To State Convention.
5 'To Concord.
Jan. 23, 1775. Capt. D. Raw- son.2 May 22, 1775. Capt. Daniel Vose.2
July 12, 1775. Capt. Daniel Vose.3 May 21, 1776. Eben. Tucker and Joseph Clap.
May 13, 1728. "
.. 14, 1729. 4
.. 22, 1732. J. Wadsworth.
May 10, 1781. E. H. Robbins.
17, 1782. 66 13, 1783. Seth Sumner.
66 13, 1784. E. II. Robbins.
66 12, 1785.
Warren. May 15, 1788. Joseph Blake.
7, 1792. E. H. Robbins.
.. 21, 1750.1
22, 1751.1
66
2, 1797. " 66
1, 1798. 66 66
5, 1800.
66
May 10, 1697. Wm. Blake.
66 13, 1698. Thos. Vosc.
66 20,1706.
20, 1745. Saml. Miller.
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May 66 4, 1818. “
5, 1817. J. Ruggles, Jr. Nov. 14, 1836. E. J. Baker
and Nathaniel Thomas.
66 3, 1819. « 66 Nov. 13, 1837. N. Thomas and James M. Robbins.
Oct.
1, 1820.1 16, 1820. B. Smith6 and | Nov. 12, 1838. E. G. Tucker J. Atherton.6
and Nathaniel Thomas. Nov. 11, 1839. E. G. Tucker.
May 7, 1821.1
66 6, 1822. B. Smith.
May 5, 1823. Barney Smith and William Pierce.
66 8, 1841. Charles Breck. 66 14, 1842.
May 3, 1824. Barney Smith and William Pierce.
Nov. 13, 1843. Thomas T. May 2, 1825.1
Wadsworth. Nov. 13, 1844.7
66 1, 1826. F. Davenport.
7. 1527. .
10, 1646.7
66 S, 1817. Jason Reed.
13, 1848. G. W. Greene.
May 4, 1829. John Ruggles and John Swift. 12, 1849. Jason Reed.
May 3, 1830. John Ruggles. 11, 1831.
Nov. 14, 1831. James Camp- bell and Thomas Hunt.
Nov. 12, 1832. John Ruggles and Josiah Bent.
Nov. 11, 1833.7
13, 1854. J. W. Martin.
66 6, 1855. S. Babcock.
66 4, 1856. Amos Poole.
Nov. 9, 1835. Moses Gragg . and Jason Houghton.
Eleventh Norfolk District.
Nov. 4, 1857. Joseph M. | Nov. 6, 1866. George Vose. Churchill. | 1867. None from Milton.
1858. None from Milton.
1868. 66 66
1859.
Nov. 2, 1869. John Sias.
Nov. 6, 1860. J. M. Robbins.
8, 1870. D. W. Tucker.
66 5, 1861. Samuel Cook.
7, 1871.
1862. None from Milton.
| 1872. None from Milton.
1863. 66
66
| 1873. 66 66
Nov. 8, 1864. G. W. Greene. | Nov. 3, 1874. E. L. Pierce.
7, 1865. George Vose.
2, 1875.
Fourth Norfolk District.
1876. None from Milton.
1880. None from Milton.
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Nov. 5, 1878. H. E. Ware.
Nov. 7, 1882. H. B. Martin.
4, 1879. 1 " 6, 1883. J. W. Bradlee.
Town Clerks .- The first record of the election of a town clerk in Milton is in these words :
" At a Towne Meeting the 10th of March, 1670- 71, Thomas houlman was chosen to be the townes Clarke, to have the Towne book, and Record such Vots as the towne due from time to time legally pass."
The next record relating to the choice of a town clerk is as follows : "Dec. 8, 1673, Robert Tucker was chosen Towne Recorder," etc. By the records we find that he held the office until 1677, when John Kinsley was chosen, who held the office one year, when Thomas Holman was chosen, and held the office
from 1678 to 1682, when Ralph Houghton was chosen, and held the office for one year.
1683, Thomas Holman was again chosen, and served until 1686, when John Kinsley was elected, who held the office until 1689, when Thomas Vose, Sr., was chosen, and held the office for two years ; he was fol- lowed by Ebenezer Clap, who also served two years, and surrendered up the office as town recorder on March 6, 1693, to Capt. Thomas Vose, who was upon that date chosen as town clerk.
Capt. Vose was elected each successive year to the position of town clerk until 1708, when Ephraim Tucker was chosen annually to the office for a period of twenty-two years; then came John Daniell, who served from 1730 to 1734. March 4, 1734, Nehe- miah Clap was elected, and held the office until Aug. 1, 1743, when Ephraim Tucker was again elected, and held the office until his successor, Benjamin Wads- worth, was chosen, May 20, 1745. Mr. Wadsworth held the position for seventeen years, when he turned it over to Stephen Clap, March 14, 1763, who, in turn, vacated it in 1765, when Elijah Wadsworth was chosen ; he held the office three years, or until March 14, 1768, when Amariah Blake was chosen, serving until 1779 ; then Samuel Henshaw served one year, when Amariah Blake was again chosen, serving until March 13, 1786, when John Ruggles was elected, and held the office twenty-one consecutive years, or until March 9, 1807 ; then James Foord was chosen to the position each year for seven years, finally relin- quishing the office March 14, 1814, upon being elected register of deeds for the county of Norfolk.
Upon the retirement of Mr. Foord, March 14, 1814, John Ruggles, Jr., was elected, and, what was some- what remarkable, held the office the exact period (counting in years) in which the same office was held by his father, namely, twenty one years, or until March 9, 1835.
Upon that date Nathan C. Martin was elected, holding the office four years.
March 11, 1839, Jason F. Kennedy was chosen, he also serving for four years, or until March 13, 1843, when Jason Reed was elected, serving the town faithfully in that capacity for thirty consecutive years, or until his decease on July 13, 1873.
Henry B. Martin was appointed town clerk, pro tempore, in 1873, owing to the illness of Mr. Reed (he not being able to attend to the duties of the office), and acted in that capacity until the annual election of town officers, March, 1874, when he was chosen as town clerk, holding the office by virtue of the several successive annual elections up to the present time, January, 1884.
6 Delegates to revise the Constitution.
7 Voted not to send a representative.
8 Delegate to Constitutional Convention.
9,1840. ‹‹ ‹
10, 1845. S. Emerson.
66 5, 1828. "
11, 1850.
24, 1851. A. J. Mosher.
8, 1852. No choice.
March 7, 1853. J. M. Church- il1.8 Nov. 14, 1853. Jason Reed.
Nov. 10, 1834. J. S. Foord and Jason Houghton.
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HISTORY OF NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Town Treasurers .- It was long after the incor- poration of those towns that were settled at an early period in the history of the " Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay" before the inhabitants made any selec- tion of a person to keep guard over the public moneys.
A " watch-dog of the treasury" was then unknown, -in fact, for many years after the settlement of the town the " treasury" was a mythological nonentity.
People in those days-" in the good old colony times"-were not burdened with riches; they did not lay awake nights contriving schemes and inventing modes to defraud the community, as some of their descendants have since done ; it is true, that occa- sionally some enterprising merchant would " rise with the lark" for the purpose of putting a little sand in his sugar, or a little water in his rum, but even those were not then common occurrences.
As a matter of fact, what few treasures our revered ancestors had were laid up " where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, or thieves break through and steal."
Such being the case, although it may seem " pass- ing strange" to the men of to-day, nevertheless, al- though the town of Milton was settled in 1640 and incorporated in 1662, the first item on record relating to the choice of a town treasurer is under date of | 1733,-ninety-three years after the first settlement of the town,-and is as follows :
" March 12, 1733. Mr. George Badcock was chose Town Treasurer."
Under date of December 20th, the same year, is found this record : " It was put to Vote to the Town whether they would reconsider the vote of the choice of Mr. George Badcock to be Town Treasurer, he being infirm and unable to serve in that Office-and it past in the affirmative."
" It was voted that the Selectmen succeed Mr Badcock, that was chosen Town Treasurer, and to do the work his Office obliged him to do."
later, when the town, by a vote passed on March 10, 1739-40, chose Nehemiah Clap, the then town clerk, to act also as town treasurer ; Mr. Clap continuing to hold the position as town treasurer until his death, July 18, 1743, when Ephraim Tucker was elected to serve for the balance of the year. March 12, 1744, Benjamin Wadsworth was chosen town treasurer, serving that and the succeeding year ; but at the an- nual March meeting of 1746, and again in 1747, we find this record : " Voted, to have no Treasurer." March 14, 1748, Benjamin Wadsworth was again chosen, and held the office for twenty-one consecutive years, or until March 13, 1769, when Josiah Howe was elected, serving until March 13, 1775. Then Amariah Blake held the position one year, when William Tucker was chosen, serving six years. March 11, 1782, Josiah Howe was again selected for the office, this time serving for three years, or until March 14, 1785, when John Ruggles was chosen, holding the office for many years, and upon his re- tirement being succeeded by his son, John Ruggles, Jr. They together retained and served the town in that capacity until 1821, a period of thirty-six years. March 12th of that year Jedediah Atherton was chosen to succeed Mr. Ruggles, holding the office three years, when Jesse Vose was elected, March 8, 1824, serving eleven years, or until March 9, 1835, when Isaac Gulliver was chosen, serving four years. March 11, 1839, Charles Breck was elected, holding the office for nineteen years, or until March 1, 1858, when Jason Reed was chosen, Mr. Reed holding the office until his decease, in 1873.
Consequent upon the illness of Mr. Reed, in 1873, Charles Breck was by the selectmen appointed town treasurer, pro tempore, serving in that position until March, 1874, when he was again elected, and re- elected each subsequent year to date (1884).
We have no reason to doubt but that the above vote and the instructions of the town to the select- men therein embodied, were carried out to the let- ter, and to the full satisfaction of the towns-people ; CHAPTER LXVII. and when we take into consideration that at that MILTON-(Continued). period the Board of Selectmen consisted of five mem- bers, and that the whole amount raised for defraying War of the Rebellion .- Appended are the names all town charges during the year (exclusive of the | of those soldiers who enlisted for the term of three ministerial tax) was but 160 pounds 11 shillings and , years, and who formed part of Milton's quota, in the 4 pence, it would not seem that the duties of the war of the Rebellion. Board as disbursing officers were very arduous or The list is complete only as far as that the soldiers whose names are herewith given were accredited to Milton as part of her quota. Many names there are that should find place upon the Milton records, names of her honored and illustrious sons, who, living in wearisome ; and so we may suppose thought the staid citizens of " ye olden time," for by the records we judge that that duty devolved upon the board (as it had in all previous years) until some six years
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other places at the outbreak of the war, enlisted and were accredited to the quotas of those towns or cities where they at that time resided.
As an illustration I will here cite two cases which came within my knowledge.
At the commencement of hostilities the best drill- officer in the city of Boston was Louis N. Tucker ; the best drill-officer in the city of San Francisco was James Sewall Reed, both Milton boys, with that ardor and love of country which has ever characterized the citizens of their native town. They enlisted, and with great zeal entered into the arduous duties thenceforth devolving upon them, duties which but few men out- side of the regular army were competent or able to perform. Night and day they were employed drilling the raw recruits, who, in immense numbers, were swarming to do battle for their country ; and thus, mainly through the exertions and the important pre- paratory work by them performed, were sent to the front some of the most efficient troops that did battle for the Union.
After months of laborious work thus performed they, too, started for the front, one to return with honorable scars received in defense of the old flag, the other dying upon the field of battle while gal- lantly fighting for his native land.
The subjoined list is given in alphabetical order, without designation of rank :
Allen, William S., Co. C, 33d Regt. Angell, Moses E., Co. A, 14th Regt. Bacon, Albert J., Co. D, 35th Regt. Badger, Algernon S., Co. I, 26th Regt. Baker, Edward K., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Bull, Lyman, Bat. D, Art. Barrington, John, Co. B, 18th Regt. Baxter, George O., Co. E, 1st Regt. Boale, William, Co. E, 7th Regt. Bent, George F., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Blackman, Elbridge, Co. I, 38th Regt. Bradlee, J. Walter, Co. I, 38th Regt. Broad, Horace S., Co. E, 7th Regt. Bronsdon, Amos H., Co. A, 13th Regt. Bronsdon, Charles, Co. I, 38th Regt. Burditt, Charles E., Co. E, 1st Regt. Burditt, George W., Co. E, Ist Regt. Burleigh, N. G., band, 18th Regt. Chamberlain, James, Co. E, 7th Regt. Chamberlain, Patrick, Co. D, 22d Regt.
Chandler, Jonathan HI., Co. I, 38th Regt. Clark, George E., band, 20th Regt. Clark, Philip C., Co. A, 18th Regt. Collins, Edward, Lieut. U.S.A. Cook, Charles W., Co. E, 35th Regt. Corey, Stephen, Co. C, 27th Regt. Crossman, John G., Co. I, 38th Regt. Collins, John H., band, 7th Regt. Dalton, George W., Co. E, Ist Regt. Davis, Walter S., Co. F, 22d Regt.
Dow, James E., Co. C, 1st Regt.
Dyer, Andrew J., Co. C, 18th Regt. Everett, N. Stanley, Co. A. 13th Regt.
Fessenden, William H., Co. L, Ist Regt.
Fisher, Herman, Co. E, 7th Regt. Fisher, William I., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Forbes, William H., Co. E, 1st Cav.
Gilbert, Wallace H., Co. F, 22d Regt. Graham, Charles H., Co. I, 38th Regt. Gunnison, Edwin L., Co. A, 29th Regt. Grant, Everett A., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Hall, George W., Jr., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Hastings, Frank B., Co. D, 13th Regt. Hebard, Henry J. A., Co. A, 13th Regt. Hicks, David F., Co. B, 13th Regt.
Holmes, Abraham, Jr., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Hopkins, Edward F., Co. E, 7th Regt. Hoyt, T. D. V., Co. M, 1st Cav.
Hunt, Charles C., Co. I, 38th Regt. Hunt, Isaiah, Co. I, 35th Regt.
Huntington, Edward L., U.S.A.
Ingraham, Sewell S., Co. I, 24th Regt.
Jones, John P., Co. I, 3Sth Regt.
Kirby, Patrick T., Co. I, 7th Regt.
Kittredge, Henry G. W., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Lacy, John, Co. I, 38th Regt. Leavitt, Albion E., Co. I, 26th Regt. Littlefield, Charles G., Co. I, 38th Regt. Lord, George F., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Lord, James F., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Lord, William H., Co. L, Ist Regt.
Loring, Abraham M., Co. H, 39th Regt.
Lycett, James, C'o. E, 7th Regt. Madden, Thomas, Co. H, 18th Regt.
Mahoney, John, Co. E, Ist Regt.
Martin, Albert T. B., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Martin, John W., Co. D, 24th Regt.
McWhirk, Alexander, Co. D, 24th Regt.
Merrill, Thomas, Co. E, 7th Regt. Moses, George F., Co. B, 39th Regt.
Moulton, George H., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Moulton, Luther, Jr., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Moulton, Charles H., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Munroe, William, Co. F, 22d Regt.
Murray, James, not stated. Murray, John, Co. E, 35th Regt.
Myers, Nathaniel T., Co. M, Ist Cav.
Myers, Samuel G., Co. D, Ist Cav. Nightingale, James H., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Nightingale, William H., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Noble, Joseph A., Co. K, Ist Cav.
Nye, Hiram T., Co. I, 38th Regt. Page, Chester S., Co. H, 39th Regt.
Pearce, George W., Co. I, 38th Regt.
Pearce, Thomas L., Co. I, 38th Regt. Parsons, Joseph A., Co. I, 26th Regt.
Pickering, George H., not stated.
Perkins, Stephen G., 2d Regt. Ransom, George H., 9th Bat.
Raymond, George T., Co. I, 13th Regt.
Robertson, James B., Co. H, 18th Regt. Rockwood, William O. V., Co. E, 7th Regt.
Rooney, Patrick H, Co. I, 26th Regt.
Rowe, John F., Co. L, Ist Cav.
Russell, George S., Co. H, 39th Regt. Scaff, John, Co. E, 7th Regt.
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Seibert, John, Co. I, 26th Regt. Shannon, Edward, Co. I, 38th Regt. Sias, John (2d), Co. I, 38th Regt. Simmons, John D., Co. C, 33d Regt. Simpson, John E., Co. I, 38th Regt. Skinner, Otis A., Co. I, 13th Regt. Spear, John M., Jr., Co. D, 24th Regt. Spiller, James F., Co. E, 7th Regt. Sweeney, Terrence, Co. I, 38th Regt. Thayer, Frederick A., Co. E, 7th Regt. Thayer, Charles H., Co. I, 38th Regt. Thayer, Samuel G., Co. E, 35th Regt. Vose, George E., Co. I, 38th Regt. Whittier, Napoleon B., Co. E, Ist Regt. Wigley, James, Co. I, 38th Regt. Williams, Claudius, Co. I, 38th Regt.
The following were the enlistments for the nine months' service :
Alden, Samuel W., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Baker, Jonathan, Co. I, 42d Regt.
Badger, William F., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Bartlett, Benjamin J., Co. B, 45th Regt. Boden, William F., Co. B, 45th Regt. Bolster, Charles, Co. B, 45th Regt.
Breck, Charles E. C., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Brigham, William F., Co. B, 45th Regt. Bronsdon, William B., Co. B, 45th Regt. Caswell, Henry P., Co. B, 45th Regt. Churchill, Joseph M., Co. B, 45th Regt. Conklin, Edward D., Co. B, 45th Regt. Cunningham, John J., Co. B, 45th Regt. Cunningham, Patrick, Co. B, 45th Regt. Cunningham, Peter, Co. B, 45th Regt. Cunningham, William, Co. B, 45th Regt. Davenport, Nathaniel T., Jr., Co. B, 45th Regt. Delunnoy, Desire, Co. B, 45th Regt. Dennison, Jeremiah, Co. B, 43d Regt.
Dunican, Patrick, Co. B, 45th Regt. Emerson, John H., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Halliday, George W., Co. B, 45th Regt. Higgins, John, Co. B, 45th Regt. Hollis, Abijah, Co. B, 45th Regt. Jewett, Jonas W., Co. B, 45th Regt. Jones, Benjamin F., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Jones, Elbridge, Co. B, 45th Regt. Leavitt, William S., Co. B, 45th Regt. Littlefield, Henry W., Co. D, 45th Regt. Lord, Joseph B., Co. 1, 44th Regt. Mathes, Daniel, Co. B, 45th Regt. Merrill, William, Co. B, 45th Regt. Moffatt, Elijah W., Co. B, 45th Regt. Morrissey, John, Co. B, 45th Regt. Morrissey, Thomas, Co. B, 45th Regt. Morse, Alfred L., Co. E, 44th Regt. Murphy, James, Co. B, 45th Regt. Niles, Jerome S., Co. C, 45th Regt. Nolan, Christopher, Co. B, 45th Regt. Norton, Edward, Co. B, 15th Regt. Ochs, Joseph, Co. B, 45th Regt. Pierce, George, Co. B, 45th Regt. Shaw, Joseph A., Co. B, 45th Regt. Skinner, George E., Co. B, 45th Regt. Snow, Elbridge, Co. B, 45th Regt. Snow, James II., Co. B, 15th Regt. Thompson, James A., Co. B, 45th Regt.
Rooney, Bartholomew, Co. B, 45th Regt. Vialle, James L., Co. G, 42d Regt. Ware, William, Co. C, 44th Regt. Wellington, Henry F., Co. B, 45th Regt. White, Edward P., Co. E, 44th Regt. White, James E., Co. G, 44th Regt. Williams, Thomas, Co. B, 45th Regt. Williams, John M., Co. B, 45th Regt.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
MILTON-( Continued).
| Town Hall-The Blue Hill National Bank-The Milton News- Post-Office.
Town Hall .- The present town hall, one of the finest structures of its kind in the commonwealth, was dedicated on the evening of Feb. 18, 1879. The building is a substantial structure of brick and stone, contains a spacious hall, capable of seating five hun- dred people in the body of the hall and two hundred in the gallery, and has also convenient offices for the various town officials, the whole fitted up with every modern convenience. The style of architecture is Gothic, and is artistic and pleasing to the eye.
The announcement of the opening of the building drew thither a large number of visitors from all the country round about, and the scene was an animated one all the afternoon. The exercises of the dedica- tion in the evening, in spite of the very forbidding weather, were attended by an assemblage of the town's people that crowded the hall. The exercises were opened by the Cadet Band of Boston, which gave the i spirited " Light Cavalry" overture, by Suppe. Col. Henry S. Russell presided, and, after brief remarks of congratulation on the success which had attended the enterprise of building the hall, called upon the Rev. A. K. Teele to offer prayer. The report of the building committee was read by its chairman, Mr. W. | H. Forbes. It reviewed the history of the enterprise, and gave full particulars in regard to the cost of the various parts of the work and other details. The · vote authorizing the appropriation of thirty-five thou- sand dollars for the work was passed by the town March 4, 1878, and the committee, consisting of William H. Forbes, George Vose, Edward L. Pierce, Samuel Babcock, Samuel Gannett, J. H. Wolcott, Albert K. Teele, Charles L. Copeland, and Horace E. Ware, was appointed to carry out the work. Mr. Copeland resigned, and his place was filled by James M. Robbins. Mr. Nathaniel J. Bradlee, of Boston, was employed as consulting architect, and the plans
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of Messrs. H. W. Hartwell and George T. Tilden were accepted. The contracts were awarded as fol- lows : Mason-work, W. C. Poland & Sons, of Boston ; carpenters', Creesy & Noyes, of Boston ; roofing, J. Farquhar's Sons, of Boston ; copper-work, L. Cush- ing & Son, of Waltham. The two last-named con- tracts were afterwards included in that with Creesy & Noyes, as well as all glazing and painting, except the decoration of the two halls and the front entrance, which was done by W. J. McPherson, of Boston. The work on the cellar was begun June 3d, and the corner-stone was laid about the 10th of July. The work was carried on without interruption until its completion. The cost was as follows : Masons' con- tract, $13,077.82 ; carpenters', $14,924.56 ; painting, $550; architects, $1500; total for building proper, | $30,052.38 ; grading, gas-fixtures, furnaces, and sun- dries, $1458.58 ; total cost of the work, $34,959.09.
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