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Adelphian Academy .- About the middle of Au- gust, 1844, two young men, brothers, who had just finished their collegiate studies, came into town, entire strangers, without letters of introduction or money, and opened a school in a building owned by Maj. Na- than Hayward, south of the hotel and quite near the " Old Unitarian Church." They commenced with thirty students, Sept. 4, 1844, and steadily increased in numbers as follows : the first term they had forty- six students ; second term, fifty ; third term, ninety- six, fourth term, sixty-nine ; fifth term, one hundred and twenty-one. The second year the building proved inadequate to their wants, and the church above named Was procured for the same purpose. The school con- tinued in favor and was doing well, when a meeting was held to consider the propriety of erecting a suit- able building for the permanent establishing of the academy. Three thousand dollars was agreed upon as the amount needed to accomplish the object. Fail- ing to get enough subscribed, the project was aban- doned for a time. Struggling against adverse circum- stances, and after much thought and many solicitations to go elsewhere, they concluded to remain at North Bridgewater, and to make that town a permanent home. A small hillock of about four acres, a short distance north of the railroad depot, was purchased, which they called Montello, upon which they erected buildings suitable for their purpose, involving an ex- penditure of nearly ten thousand dollars. The friends of the enterprise made them a dedicatory visit soon after the completion of the buildings, and presented them with a valuable bell for the academy building. In the spring of 1847, an act of incorporation was granted to the proprietors with corporate powers. The following is a copy of the act :
" Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by Authority of the Same as follows :
"Silas L. Loomis, L. F. C. Loomis, Nathan Jones, and their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Adelphian Academy, to be established in the town of North Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes."
This corporation had permission to hold real estate to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, and per- sonal estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars, to be exclusively devoted to the purposes of cducation.
Approved March 11, 1847.
The following were elected officers of the institu- tion : Joseph Sylvester, president ; L. C. Loomis, sec- retary ; S. L. Loomis, treasurer ; Hon. Jesse Perkins, L. C. Loomis, Josiah W. Kingman, Edwin H. King- man, David Cobb, Newton Shaw, Silas L. Loomis, George Clark, Caleb Copeland, Franklin Ames, Isaac Eames, trustces.
This institution continued to increase in numbers until a high school was thought of being established in the town, which the Messrs. Loomis supposed might injure their school, when they concluded to close it as soon as it might be done without too great a sacrifice. Thus the academy was brought to a close in 1854, after a term of ten years from its commencement. During this time they had gathered a library of over one thousand volumes and a cabinet of over ten thou- sand specimens. The following are among those that had taught in that institution :
Professor Silas L. Loomis, A.M., M.D., now surgeon in the United States army ; Professor L. C. Loomis, A.M., M.D., now president of the Wesleyan Female College, Wilmington, Del .; J. E. Marsh, A.M., M.D., now surgeon in the United States Army ; Rev. Horace C. Atwater, A.M., Hon. Isaac Atwater, A.M., chief justice of Iowa ; Rev. J. H. Burr, A.M., Rev. Daniel Steele, A.M., J. Mason Everett, E. A. Kingsbury, Maximilian Hall, B. A. Tidd, Miss Emma L. Loomis, Miss Susan T. Howard, Otis S. Moulton, Annie E. Belcher, S. M. Saunders, Emery Seaman, O. W. Win- chester, A.B .; Mrs. Mary A. Winchester.
The building formerly used as an academy has since been removed to the corner of Centre and Montello Streets, near the railroad depot, and is used as a manu- factory. It was a three-story building, painted white, with green blinds, and crowned with a cupola for a bell.
North Bridgewater Academy .- This institution was founded by Mr. Sereno D. Hunt, who was assisted at different times by the following teachers : Mrs.
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Hunt. wife of the principal : Miss Mary H. Clough, Miss Clara Kingman, Miss Sarah B. Fiske, Miss E. Marion Hurlbut, Miss Helen Eveleth, Edwin Hunt. A.B .. Miss Hattie F. Stacy, and Miss Julia M. Howard.
Private Schools .- Among the most prominent of these institutions in the town is Mrs. Nathan Jones' school. We take pleasure in recording the fact that for more than thirty years Mrs. Jones has kept a private boarding-school for children of both sexes at her residence ; and few there are to be found of the young persons, natives of the town, who have not attended " Mrs. Jones' School" at least for one term.
Deacon Heman Packard kept a select school at the north end of the town, on Prospect Hill, for several years previous to his leaving town for New Orleans, which had a good reputation.
Rev. E. Porter Dyer kept a select school in the town in 1835 and 1836.
Normal School .- List of persons having attended the State Normal School at Bridgewater, with the years of their attendance, most of whom are graduates :
Mr. Lncius Gurney. 1841 Miss Almira Kingman ... 1858 Miss Melinda A. Carey ... 1841
Mr. Henry Manley ..... 1859 Mr. Chauncey Conant. 1842 Miss Lizzie A. Kingman 1860
Mr. Nathaniel Wales ... 1842 Mr. Isaac K. Harris ...... 1860
Mr. Elbridge G. Ames ... 1843 Mr. Thomas S. Kingman 1861
Mr. Lysander Dickerman 1843 Mr. Frederick Perkins ... 1843
Miss Mary E. Hughes. 1863
Mr. Josiah V. Bisbee 1853
Miss Mary A. Hollis .. 1863
Mr. Augustns Remick ... 1857 Miss Martha J. Packard 1863
Miss Harriet N.Kingman 1857 Miss Esther M. Simmons 1863
Mr. Ellis V. Lyon .. 1858 Mr. Charles H. W. Wood 1863
Mr. Jonas Reynolds 1858 Miss Lucia A. Kingman 1864 1869.
College Graduates .- List of graduates from dif- ferent colleges of persons from North Bridgewater, so far as can be ascertained, to 1865 :
James Thompson, 1761, Princeton, N. J., clergyman and pre- ceptor.
John Porter, Jr., 1770, Harvard, clergyman.
Huntington Porter, 1777, Harvard, clergy man.
Jonathan Porter, 1777, Harvard, physician.
Eliphalet Porter, 1777, Harvard, clergyman.
Thomas Crafts, 1783, Harvard, clergyman. Asa Packard, 1783, Harvard, clergyman.
Zechariah Howard, 1784, Harvard, clergyman.
Hezekiah Packard, 1787, Harvard, clergyman.
Joshna Cushman, 1787, Harvard, clergyman and statesman. Naphtali Shaw, 1790, Dartmonth, clergyman. Theophilus Packard, 1796, Dartmouth, clergyman.
Daniel Howard, 1797, Harvard, attorney-at-law.
Issachar Snell, 1797, Harvard, physician.
Lucius Cary, 1798, Brown University, attorney-at-law.
Daniel Noyes, 1813, Yale, merchant. Jonas Perkins, 1813, Brown University, clergy man.
Frederick Crafts, 1816, Brown University, preceptor. Jonathan P. Crafts, 1817, Brown University. Austin Packard, 1821, Brown University, attorney-at-law. Levi Packard, 1821, Brown University, clergyman. Eliphalet P. Crafts, 1821, Brown University, clergyman. Thomas Jefferson Snow, 1823, Brown University, preceptor.
Lucius Kingman, 1830, Brown University, attorney-at-law. Abel W. Kingman, 1830, Amherst, physician. Austin Cary, 1837, Amherst, clergyman.
Samuel Dike, 1838, Brown University, clergyman. Ahel Kingman Packard, 1845, Amherst, clergyman. David Temple Packard, 1850, Amherst, clergyman.
Lysander Dickerman, 1851, Brown University, clergyman. Augustus T. Jones, 1856, Yale, editor and publisher.
John P. Apthrop, 1861, Amherst.
Heman Packard DeForest, 1862, Yale.
Ebenezer Couch, 1864, Harvard.
Miss Elizabeth A. Packard, M.D., graduated at New England Female Medical College.
John Goddard entered at Amherst, 1858, but owing to ill health did not graduate.
Henry T. Eddy is now in Yale College.
LIST OF GRADUATES OF THE BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL.
1867.
N. Waldo Bradford.
Edward C. Wood.
Eldridge L. Brown.
R. Augusta Brett.
William P. Burden. Alice M. Keith.
Warren Goddard. Mary W. Lyon.
Edward D. Hall.
Alice M. Packard.
Ezra T. Kimball.
Sarah F. Packard.
Charles G. Manley.
Alice A. White.
Charles F. Reynolds.
Emma White.
Granville W. Tinkham.
1868.
David W. Battles.
M. Addie Hall. Florilla M. Hall.
Ellis F. Copeland.
Henry L. French .
Cynthia Hamilton.
Charles A. Leach.
Julia B. Hayward.
John F. Muir.
Isabella A. Howard.
Herman W. Perkins.
Rosa E. Kingman.
Walter L. Sawyer.
Charles H. Bates.
Addie F. Field.
Charles E. Field.
S. Nellie Foss.
George Clarence Holmes.
Mary E. Kingman.
Chester V. Keith.
Abbie Leach.
Joseph C. Snow.
Annie Leach.
Hugh H. Smith.
Ella D. Packard.
Fannie B. Bradford.
Florence L. B. Peterson.
Lizzie M. Clapp.
Emily C. Wood.
Mattie A. Copeland.
1870.
Henry M. Dunham.
Alice Cary.
Hervey Dunham.
Eliza S. Eaton.
Frank. A. Dunham.
Jennie Hollywood.
Henry E. Goddard.
Ella Holmes.
Edwin D. Hathaway.
Fannie S. Kimball.
Elmer C. Packard.
Ida F. Kingman.
Lyman Shaw.
Hattie Sawyer.
Marcia L. Alden.
1871.
William F. Field.
Hattie P. Beal.
Forrest F. French.
Helen A. Cary.
Emery Gill. Clara B. Cobb. Rufas Henry Kimhall. Louise J. Crocker.
Patrick Gilmore. E. Jennie Goldthwait.
Florus C. Reynolds.
Addie B. Leavitt.
Grace A. Murray.
E. Bradford South worth. Lyman C. Tilden.
Louisa R. Bailey.
Franklin S. Reynolds.
Miss Arabella Ames ..... 1859 Miss Vesta Holbrook .... 1841
Miss Julia A. Packard ... 1863
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1872.
Ida E. Andrews.
Anna 1 .. Barry. Addie L. Crocker. Louisa F. Howard.
Isabol Keith. Georgianna F. Peterson. Laura D. Pierce. Asa E. Goddard. Helen Cushman. Josephine M. IIall.
Charles Eaton. Lucius M. Leach. L. Eliot Packard.
Mary E. Hayward.
1873.
Mary C. Copeland.
Ahhie M. Holmes.
Minnie C. Johnson.
Ahhie A. Dunham.
Ella M. Kimhall.
Inez M. Rogers.
Lillian F. Packard.
Idella M. Stevens.
Lizzie F. Trow.
Walter S. Hayward.
Edwin W. Reynolds. Fred. P. Richmond. Alice M. Field.
Austin M. White.
Gardner F. Packard.
1874.
Louise G. Allen.
Clara E. Gill.
Charles O. Emerson. Elmer R. Gorham.
Edith M. Howard.
Fred. R. French.
Frank E. Packard.
Annie L. Kendall.
Fannie E. Howard.
Jessie B. F. Little.
Hattie E. McLauthlin.
Eliza T. Wilder.
1875.
E. Mabel Morey.
Anna M. Trow.
Anna W. Howard.
Helen M. Packard.
Seth E. Foss.
William H. Porter.
James E. Pointz.
1876.
Lizzie F. Estes.
Ellen Manley.
Mary C. Puffer.
Henry L. Emerson.
John Gilmore.
Austin Keitlı.
Albert Manley.
Harry C. Severance.
1877.
Annie I. Churchill.
H. Maria Holinherg. Edith Leach. Anna M. Ponitz.
Nellie D. Sewall. Louise Carr. Lillie E. Blanchard. Laura D. Gill. L. Etta Prescott. Elher C. Bryant. Oliver L. Congdon.
James Dorgan. Edwin L. Emerson. D. Everett Hall. Nathan Hayward.
C. Herhert Kingman. J. Rohert McCarty. Harry L. Marston. Dennis Murphy. John Kont.
John J. Saxton.
1878.
Mattie M. Allen.
Fannie E. Ahhott.
L. Ella Holines.
Jennie II. Packard.
Mattie II. Studley.
Winifred S. Bennett.
Edward T. Ford.
Charles F. Jenny.
Charles W. Packard.
1879.
Mary L. Bullard.
John Kelliher. Ada F. Lawson.
Susan E. Manley.
Lucy HI. Fuller.
Herbert I. Mitchell.
Ellen M. Kingman.
Jennie A. Packard.
Nellie W. Packard.
Lizzie J. Packard.
Belle Rankin.
Julia W. Peckham.
Horace Richmond. Minetta E. Snow.
Nellie M. Poole. Hattie E. Porter.
Annie N. Thompson.
Sophia G. Thomas.
George H. Bryant.
L. Jennie Clark.
M. Etta Eliot.
Herbert L. Hayden.
1880.
Eunice C. Blanchard.
Berthia Manley.
M. Agnes Brigham.
Kattie F. Parker.
Adam Capen Gill.
Jennie M. Sewall.
Lillian M. Gurney.
Marion H. Harris.
Kitty P. Jones.
Julia A. Mann.
1881.
Cora F. Battles.
Robert E. Brayton.
Charles A. Briggs.
Annie L. Burke.
Fannie B. Clark.
Nellie D. Hayward.
Mary S: Howard.
Ellen M. Kendall.
Florence W. Lambert.
Louie H. Ridgway.
Frances E. Sproul.
Marian F. Smith.
Annie B. Clark.
Emily B. Crowell.
1882.
Susie L. Bowen. Emma W. Ilall.
Emma E. Hall. Laura P. Hall.
Mary F. Hay ward.
Lucy C. Holbrook.
George E. Horton.
Jennie H. Richmond.
Harry E. Howland. Elisha W. Morse.
S. Emma Thompson. Florence E. Jones. Edward F. Barry. Lucy E. Benson. Maria C. Coots. George W. Emerson. Charles C. Fitzgerald. Patrick H. Gegan.
Eda R. Packard. Nora F. Russell. R. Minnebel Southworth. Mary E. Sullivan. Evan W. Thomas. Bornard B. Winslow. J. Alice Wiswell.
1883.
Allon F. Brett.
Arthur L. Copeland.
Hattie M. Dunbar.
Lottio R. Keith.
Francis C. Kingman.
Ella F. Osborno. Alioe M. Packard. Alice G. Pettee. Ella D. Youngquist.
Mary E. Brooks.
Terrie L. Brownoll. Carric E. Perkins. Emma F. Straffin.
Mary A. Tighe. Walter J. Keith.
Bernard Saxton. Walter H. Cleveland.
Louisa Cary. Mary A. Cole.
Annie P. White. J. William Baxendale. William H. Bryant. D. Frank Cooley.
William H. Sanford. Annie K. Severance. John E. Tighe. Arthur E. South worth.
Sarah R. Thompson. Ida B. Wheeler.
M. Francis Buckley.
Maggie E. Hannigan. Norman B. Shaw.
Fred. M. Bixhy. Merton F. Copeland. Helen M. Deane. Ida E. Frazer.
William Gilmore. Arthur E. Keith. Mary A. Kent.
Benjamin W. Cohh. Wallace C. Keith.
Arthur E. Kendrick. Mary E. Pinkham.
Joseph M. Hollywood. C. Wesley McCoy. William S. Packard.
John G. Parrott. Joseph H. Perkins.
Loyed E. Chamberlain.
Edgar B. Stevens.
Minnie Ida Estes. Mary A. Hall. Nellie Packard. Henry C. Gurney. J. Emil C. Lagergreen. Frank. A. McLauthlin. Lizzie F. Cushman.
L. Maude Studley. Effio A. Tinkham.
Carrie L. Hawkins.
William F. Brooks.
Annie M. Howard.
Rosaletta M. Ilall. Lizzie J. Jonos. Marian II. Packard.
Mary A. Sawyor. HIonry F. Burrill.
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S. Franklin Beals.
Nellie M. Lewis.
Frank B. Buck.
Thomas B. Riley.
Hattie E. Holmes.
Alice M. Snow.
Lena S. Howes.
Wesley S. Snow.
Albert K. Joslyn. Lillie M. Keith. Minnie E. Lewis.
Lottie F. Swain. Hattie White.
1SS4.
David Brayton, Jr.
Ada Baxter.
Lillian M. Estes.
Lizzie C. Brett.
Chester G. Hill.
Arthur E. Clark.
Ella L. Johnson.
Adelbert M. Fullerton.
Hannah J. Leonard.
Edward Gilmore.
Wilfred B. Littlefield.
Hattie A. Hayward.
Minnie E. Moors.
George A. Holmes.
Eve E. Prescott.
Nellie M. Howes.
Minnie E. Wentworth.
J. Arthur Jenkins.
Lena M. Baker.
Clarence R. Packard.
Lucia E. Cole.
Lewis E. Rich.
The Press of Brockton .- The first newspaper published in Brockton was commenced by George H. Brown, Esq., of East Bridgewater, Aug. 22, 1835, under the name of Bridgewater Patriot and Old Colony Gazette, in the hall over Maj. Nathan Hay- ward's store, in what is now the south corner of East Elm and Main Streets.
Mr. William H. Burleigh and Rev. E. Porter Dyer assisted Mr. Brown in the publication of the paper till its removal to East Bridgewater.
The next paper in the town was entitled the Old Colony Reporter and North Bridgewater Union, and was published by Messrs. F. W. Bartlett and Thomas D. Stetson, of Kingston, Mass., under the firm of Bartlett & Stetson, commenced Oct. 27, 1848. Mr. Bartlett left the firm after a term of one year, after which Mr. Stetson and Rev. William Whiting continued the paper in Col. Edward Southworth's hall till 1851.
About the same time there was a small shcet pub- lished at the office of the Reporter, devoted to the temperance cause, edited by young persons.
During the latter part of the winter of 1850 and 1851, one Dr. Cawdell commenced the publication of a paper called the Bay State Clipper. A few num- bers were printed, and the paper, press, types, and one form of the paper were left in the hands of Col. Southworth, the owner of the premises occupied by the doctor, for expenses.
The Adelphian, a literary paper, was published for two years from Oct. 11, 1850, by the Messrs. Loomis, late principals of the Adelphian Academy, which was edited by the young ladies of the academy, and was especially devoted to the interests of the young.
On the 16th day of May, in the year 1851, the
North Bridgewater Gazette was commenced in the hall over Col. Edward Southworth's store, by George Phinney, Esq., now of the Waltham Free Press, who continued to publish the same till July 25, 1855, when he removed his office to a new building on Franklin Street.
Mr. Phinney continued to edit and publish the paper till 1863, when he sold his interest in the paper and printing-office to Mr. Augustus T. Jones, who removed to the old stand in Southworth's hall, opposite the First Congregational Church, and continued to publish a weekly paper until April 1, 1884, when the management was for a time under the care of F. H. Buffum & Co. On the 1st of Septem- ber Mr. Jones sold the paper to A. M. Bridgman, a person well known among the newspaper fraternity as connected with the Haverhill Gazette and other papers.
The Brockton Evening Gazette (daily ) was started by Mr. Jones April 13, 1881.
In 1874, Mr. G. F. Andrews, of Plymouth, Mass., started a paper called the Old Colony Press, which had but a short existence. The material was closed out by E. Y. Perry, Esq., of Hanover, Mass., who held a mortgage on the entire property.
Mr. Albert H. Fuller, thinking the time had come for a second paper in an enterprising town like Brock- ton, purchased the material, and published the first number of the Brockton Weekly Advance, May 6, 1876, under the firm of A. H. Fuller & Co., Walter L. Hathaway having an interest in the same, and W. J. Jenks, editor. Mr. Fuller sold the paper to Isaac Folger and S. Heath Rich, of Nantucket, who conducted the same from September, 1878, to May, 1879, reaching a circulation of about two thou- sand two hundred. This enterprise not meeting the expectations of its proprietors they surrendered it to their creditors, and the material was sold March 15, 1882, to Arthur E. Fessenden, who published the same a few months only.
Albert H. Fuller, mentioned above, started the Brockton Weekly Enterprise, July 5, 1879, and is now the publisher of the same, assisted by an able corps of journalists. This paper is in a prosperous and thrifty condition, S. Heath Rich, editor, having a circulation of fifteen hundred copies. Mr. Fuller started the first daily newspaper in Plymouth County, Jan 26, 1880, and has a circulation of two thousand two hundred copies.
Mr. Fessenden started a penny paper some years since which had a short existence. It was called the Daily Advance.
In 1878, the Brockton Trades Bulletin, a paper
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printed at the Sentinel office, in Stoughton, had a short life, and was soon forgotten.
Several years since G. A. Goodall published a min- iature paper called Campello Press, which was sold to Augustus T. Jones, of the Gazette. It was an ad- vertising shect, and given to the public.
Mr. J. F. Hardy afterwards purchased the same, and with J. C. Russell as partner, under the firm of Hardy & Russell, published the same for a short time.
In 1883, Mr. Goodall published a paper known as the Campello Herald, also short-lived.
On the 8th of March the Campello Leader was first issued, and was published sixteen weeks. This was more of a literary paper than a newspaper, and was illustrated by the well-known artist of Brockton, Mr. A. F. Poole, having cartoons and pictures of local scenes, etc. Not being remunerative, this also shared the fate of its predecessors, and stopped.
The Brockton Eagle is the name of an eight-col- umn weekly paper published by William L. Puffer, at No. 5 Green Street. The first number was issued Feb. 20, 1884.
Thus we see there are three weekly and two daily papers in the city.
Town Maps .- March 1, 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a resolve requiring the several towns in the commonwealth "to make a survey of their territory, and deposit a copy in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth." In conformity to this resolve, and by a vote of the town passed May 10, 1830, Jesse Perkins, Esq., made a survey of the town, and a map was published. Bradford Kingman, Esq., of' Brookline, has a few copies.
April 5, 1853, at a legal meeting of the town, George W. Bryant, Chandler Sprague, Edward South- worth, Jr., Benjamin Kingman, and Frederick How- ard were chosen a committee to cause the town to be resurveyed and a new map to be published. The contract for publishing the same was given to Messrs. H. F. Walling and E. Whiting. The map contained names of residences, views of churches, manufactories, roads, woods, streets, ponds, rivers, and divisions of the various school districts. The first map was about twenty inches squarc, of which a few copies only are in existence. The last map was thirty by thirty-nine inches. The first map of the ancient town of Bridgewater, including what is now North Bridgewater, was drawn with a pen by Beza Hayward, at that time one of the selectmen, June 16, 1795, and is a very crude affair.
A survey was made by Silas L. Loomis, A.M., in 1851, which was about twelve inches square.
In 1873, F. W. Beers & Co., of 36 Vesey Street, New York, published a map thirty-eight by sixty.
In 1880, Elbridge L. Brown, Esq., made a survey of the town, showing the different wards of the city. Nearly the same thing was published in the " Brock- ton Directory," in 1884.
An elegant copy-plate map was published by Brad- ford Kingman, Esq., in 1866, for his " History of North Bridgewater." The surveying and copy from which it was made was executed by Otis F. Clapp, Esq., a native of Brockton, now in charge of the " Providence City Water-Works," and is a skillful specimen of engineering work.
United States Pensions .- The following is a list of persons in Brockton who draw pensions by reason of wounds or other causes, as furnished by United States Pension Commissioner Dudley :
Name.
Cause for which Peusioned.
Monthly Rate.
Pease, Francis ..
Heart disease.
$4.00
Ripley, Josiah W.
.. Wound left shoulder.
18.00
Rush, Jolin ..
Gunshot wound right side.
4.00
Tiukham, George F. ... Gunshot wound right arm ..
4.00
Thompson, Elijah. Malarial poison.
8.00
Tinkham, Ephraim
.. Wound left shoulder.
12.00
Tonge, Eben Wound left thigh
2.33
Thompson, Charles H ..... Wound left leg.
18.00
Sullivan, Thomas. . Wound right leg.
6.00
Shepardson, Luther S
.Gunshot wound right arm.
4.00
Snell, Issachar K
.Injured left leg and groin
4.00
Smith, Jesse W ..
Wound right hip.
4.00
Stranger, Ilerman F ....... Gunshot wound right leg.
4.00
Keith, Martin M
Gunshot wound riglit thigh
2.00
Snell, Bradford Gunshot wound left arm and hreast ....
4.00
Jackson, Laban .. Gunshot wound left side.
6.00
Hathaway, Joseph T. Malaria poison (navy) ..
7.50
Howard, Webster .. Tuberculosis
4.00
Mahar, Johu Wounded and injured spine.
18.00
McGill, Florence ... Wound left foot ..
4.00
Valley, Franklin ..
.Gunshot wound left hand ..
12.00
South wick, Thomas A ..... Gunshot wound left thigh .. 4.00
Packard, Stephen S ......
. Injured right hip.
12.00
Knowlton, Edward J ....... Wound thigli
2.66
Harriman, William H ..... Gunshot wound left hip.
4.00
Hall, Andrew
Wound right foot.
4.00
Drohan, Ellen .Mother.
8.00
Crabbe, Polly
8.00
Davis, Daniel Father.
8.00 20.00
Whitmore, Hannah H ...
Widow (navy).
20.00
South worth, Rhoda ...... .Widow 1812
8.00
Hartwell, Amy
8.00
Howard, Eliza.
8.00
Howard, Harriet M.
8.00
Kingman, Janette H.
8.00 8.00
Knapp, Polly.
Kingman, Rebecca
8.00 8.00
Manley, Iza A.
8.00 8.00
Williams, Susan M
8.00
Warren, Rhoda.
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
Wilbur, Almira.
8.00
Conant, Salina.
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8.00
Copeland, Martha
8.00
Ames, Sally
8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
Brett, Almira
Noyes, Alva ...
Survivor 1812
8.00
McKenney, Abigail. Mother.
8.00
8.00
Roberts, Maria
Widow
8.00
Childs, Wealthy.
8.00 8.00
Miller, Louisa S
8.00 8.00
Vincent, Jaines
6.00
Thompson, Zenas M .Varicose vein right leg and thigh
8.00
Moran, David. Gunshot wound left ankle.
6.00
McIntee, Arthur. Gunshot wonud right hand.
8.00
Willis, Henry A. . Diseased lungs.
8.00
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Woodward, Flora.
Brett, Nancy S.
Bradford, Mary
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Frost, John
Father. Gunshot wound lower jaw.
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Blanchard, Margaret.
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HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
Monthly
Name. Cause for which Peusioned. Rate.
Name.
Cause for which Pensioned.
Mouthly Rate.
O'Donnell, Hugh
Wound left hip.
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