History of Westminster, Massachusetts (first named Narragansett no. 2) from the date of the original grant of the township to the present time, 1728-1893, with a biographic-genealogical register of its principal families, Part 60

Author: Heywood, William S. (William Sweetzer), 1824-1905
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Lowell, Mass.: Vox Populi Press : S.W. Huse & Co.
Number of Pages: 1082


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S. J. Beals


1870-1872


Quincy Whitney


1851-1854


Gardner Pastors


1875


BAPTIST.


Name.


From


Name.


From


Appleton Morse


1830-1831


Martin Byrne


1850-1851


Amasa Sanderson


1831-1832


J. H. Lerned


1862-1865


David Wright


1835-1836


Edward Mills


1865-1867


Caleb Brown


1836-1839


Robert G. Johnson


1867-1871


George D. Felton


1840-1842


Watson A. Worthington. 1871-1875


Chandler Curtis


1843-1845


Joseph Barber .


1875-1883


Jonathan E. Forbush


1845-1847


Lyman Partridge 1883-1892


George Carpenter


1847-1850


PRACTISING PHYSICIANS.


CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED.


Name.


Date.


Name.


Date.


Jeremiah Everett .


1763-1783


Flavel Cutting


1822-1853


Zachariah Harvey


1767-1783


Milton Fuller


1825


Israel Green


1778


Elijah Darling


1826-1832


Daniel Bartlett


1783-1819


John White .


1824-1852


Abishai Shumway


1786-1830


Avery G. Williams


1840-1859


Asa Miles


1791-1805


Henry M. Lincoln


1852-1853


Benjamin Marshall


1801-1812


William Lincoln Clinton Warner


1853


Jacob Holmes


I 805-1808


Isaac Warren


1 809-1815


W. H. H. Shepard


1 866-1886


Silas Pearson


1810-1824


George B. Swazey


1876-1884


Asaph Rice .


1812-1820


Alvaro E. Mossman


1884


PRACTISING LAWYERS.


Name.


Date.


Name.


Date.


Solomon Strong


1805-1820


Giles H. Whitney


1842-1848


Alexander Dustin


1810-1826


John Todd .


1849-1853


Simeon Sanderson


1824-1841


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.


Name.


Appd.


Name. Appd.


Thomas Brigden


I772(?)


Merari Spalding


1824


Nicholas Dike


1778


Simeon Sanderson


1825


Abner Holden


1786


Joseph Whitman


1825


Ebenezer Jones


17-


Wonder Wears


1833


Abel Wood


1805


John White .


1836


Solomon Strong


1 806


Charles Hudson 184 1 (?)


Jonas Whitney


807


Ezra Wood


1843


Hayman Wheeler


1 809


Giles H. Whitney


1843


Alexander Dustin .


1810


Joseph M. Whitman


1846


Edward Kendall


I821


Benjamin Wyman .


1847


32


497


James H. Brainard


IS20


1854-1870


498


HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (continued).


Name. Appd.


Name. Appd.


William S. Bradbury


1847


James B. Wood


1865


Harrison G. Whitney


1851


Leander H. Dupee


1875


George Kendall


1851


Charles G. Giles


1875


Benjamin Wyman


1852


Edward S. Kendall


1884


Edward Kendall


1855


Cornelius E. Wood


1885


Joseph Hager .


185


S. Dwight Simonds


1885


John Minott


1858


Hobart Raymond


1 890


Daniel C. Miles


1865


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND QUORUM.


Name.


Appd.


-


Name.


Appd.


Michael Gill


1816


Josiah Howe


18 --


TRIAL JUSTICES.


Appd.


William S. Bradbury .


851


NOTARIES PUBLIC.


Name.


Appd.


Name.


Appd.


Leander H. Dupee


1875


Edward S. Kendall


1887


Charles G. Giles


1875


CORONERS.


Name.


Appd.


Name. Appd.


Jonas Miles .


I792


Willard Allen


1841


Isaac Miles .


1 803


Frederic Allen . 1854


Luke Bigelow


1810


DEPUTY SHERIFFS.


Name.


Appd.


Name. Appd.


Jeremiah Gager


177-


Oliver Adams . 1816


Edmund Barnard .


I 783


Ebenezer Jones


1819


John Hoar


I 806


Henry Coolidge 1827


Zadoc Sawyer


1 807


Phineas W. Reed


1840


Tilly Baldwin


1814


CIVIL AND POLITICAL STATISTICS.


OFFICERS OF NARRAGANSETT NO. 2-1733-1759. Original Proprietors' Committee.


Capt. John Cutting, Watertown. -


Capt. Joseph Bowman, Watertown. James Lowden, Charlestown.


Clerks.


William Willis, 1733-37. Benjamin Wellington, 1738. Samuel Burr, 1738-41. Samuel Jackson, 1742.


Daniel Cook, 1742-49. Andrew Darby, 1750-53. Abner Holden, 1754-59.


1892


Joel Merriam, Jr.


1858


Amos B. Holden


ยท Name.


499


OFFICERS OF THE PROPRIETY, ETC.


Standing Committee.


Joseph Bowman, 1733-42. John Cutting, 1733.


James Lowden, 1733. Ebenezer Breed, 1733. Samuel Trumbull, 1733.


Thomas Stearns, 1750-53. Andrew Darby, 1751-53.


Benjamin Brown, 1733. 1743-48.


William Brattle, 1733.


Benjamin Pemberton, 1733.


Edward Jackson. 1733.


John Hall, 1733.


Joseph Holden, Jr., 1754-59.


Nathaniel Norcross, 1733.


Samuel Jackson. 1734-41.


Samuel Kneeland, 1734-42.


Richard Foster, 1742.


Timothy Poole, 1743-45.


Stephen Holden, 1756-59.


Jonathan Watson, 1743-49.


Nicholas Dike. 1756-58.


Joseph Miller, 1746, 1750-54.


Nathan Merriam, 1756.


Elisha Bigelow, 1756-58.


Nathan Wood, 1757. --


Ebenezer Taylor, 1758, '59.


Treasurers.


- Joseph Miller, 1755-59.


Assessors.


(First elected in 1736.)


Joseph Bowman, 1736, 1742-45. Richard Foster, 1736.


Benjamin Brown, 1736.


William Richardson, 1737, '38.


Benjamin Wellington, 1737, '38.


John Cutting, 1737. Samuel Jackson, 1739, '40. James Hay, 1739-47.


Samuel Trumbull, 1739-41, 1746, '47.


Joseph Lynde, 1740-45. Michael Brigden, 1746. '47.


John Hunt, 1748, '49.


Oakes Angier, 1748. '49.


Isaac Jackson, 1748, '49. Joseph Miller, 1750-53. Daniel Hoar, 1750-53. Andrew Darby, 1750-52. Abner Holden, 1753-57. Samuel Whitney, 1754. '55.


John Estabrook, 1754. David Dunster. 1755.


Elisha Bigelow, 1756, '57. Benjamin Butterfield. 1756.


John Rand, 1857-59. Joseph Holden, Jr .. 1758. '59. John Foskett. 1758. '59.


DISTRICT AND TOWN OFFICERS-1759-1892. Moderators of Annual Meetings.


Daniel Hoar. 1759-61. 65. Nicholas Dike, 1762-64. '73-75. '80, '83, '89-91. Joseph Miller, 1766, '67. '76. Dr. Zachariah Harvey, 1768-71, '77. Richard Graves, 1772. John Rand, 1778, '81. '82. '84. '85, '87. Noah Miles, 1779. Abner Holden, 1786. Edmund Bemis, 1788. Moses Thurston, 1792. '97. Reuben Sawin, 1793.


Ebenezer Jones, 1794-96. '98, 99. Zachariah Rand, 1800-03. Jonas Miles, 1804. Dr. Benjamin Marshall, 1805, '06. Solomon Strong, 1807-12, '14. Abel Wood, 1813. Jonas Whitney, 1815.


Cyrus Winship, 1816-18, '21. Timothy Doty, 1819. '20, '22, '23-29, '31, '32. '34. Simeon Sanderson. 1830, '33. Joseph H. Whitney, 1835-42, '47.


Joseph Lynde, 1748, '49. Edmund Trowbridge, 1749.


Jonathan Brown, 1749. John Hunt, 1749.


Daniel Hoar, 1750-53.


Jonathan White, 1750. Richard Graves. 1750-53.


John Rand, 1754, 1758. '59.


Reuben Miles, 1754.


John Estabrook, 1754.


John Miles, 1754.


Daniel Walker, 1755.


Samuel Whitney, 1755, 1758, '59.


Thomas Conant, 1755. John Wheeler, 1755.


Same as Clerk. 1733-49. Joseph Holden, 1750-54.


500


HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.


Dr. John White, 1843.


William S. Bradbury, 1844-46, '53. 54, '56. Edward Kendall, 1848-52, '55.


--


Joseph M. Whitman, 1857. '58. Joel Merriam, Jr., 1859, "60, '65. '66.


Harrison G. Whitney, 1861-64, '67- 69. Augustine Whitney, 1870-81, '83. Joseph Hager, 1882. Lyman Allen. 1884-92.


Clerks.


Joseph Miller, 1759-62. Andrew Darby, 1763.


Abner Holden, 1764-78.


Michael Gill, 1779, 'So, '82.


Samuel Gerrish, 1781.


William S. Bradbury, 1859-61.


William Mayo, 1862-75.


Marcus M. Nichols, 1876-81.


Edward S. Kendall. 1882-92.


Board of Selectmen.


Joseph Miller, 1759-62. '64. '66-71. 75-77.


Daniel Hoar, 1759-61, '63-67.


Andrew Darby, 1759, '60, '62, 63.


Richard Graves, 1759-61.


Samuel Whitney. 1759-61.


Nicholas Dike, 1761, '64-67, '73. '74. Nathan Wood, 1762, "65, '68-70, '74- 77. Abner Holden, 1763, '65-75, '78, '83- 86. Thomas Stearns, 1765. '66, '68-70, '75. Stephen Holden. 1767.


John Rand, 1768-70, '78, '85. '86.


Nathan Whitney, 1771. Josiah Jackson, 1771, 72.


Josiah Cutting, 1771, '72. Joseph Holden, 1772-74. '86. '90, '91. 93-96.


Thomas Brigden, 1772. '73.


Reuben Miles, 1773, '74.


Elisha Jackson, 1775-77.


Noah Miles, 1776-78. '82, '87-89. John Brooks, 1776, '77, '79.


John Hoar, 1778. 181.


Josiah Puffer, 1778, 187-94. Nathan Howard, 1779. '80, '85, '86. 92-94. James Walker, 1779-82.


Samuel Sawin, 1779, '87-90.


Edward Jackson, 1779-82.


Jabez Bigelow, 1780, '81. Michael Gill, 1780, '82. Samuel Gerrish, 1781. William Edgell, 1782-84.


Nathaniel Sawyer, 1783, '84. Timothy Heywood, 1783. Peter Graves. 1783. Elisha Bigelow, 1784. Moses Thurston, 1784.


John Miles, 1785.


Isaac Williams, 1785, '86.


Jonathan Hager, 1787-90.


Joseph Flint, 1787.


Edmund Bemis, 1788, '89, '92.


Edward Bacon, 1790, '91, 96, '97.


Ebenezer Jones. 1791, 93-99. Abel Wood, 1791-97, 1803-08.


Reuben Sawin. 1792.


Zachariah Rand, 1795.


Jonas Whitney, 1795, '97-1806.


Benjamin Flint, 1796-99.


Ahijah Wood. 1798-1802.


Asa Farnsworth, 1798.


Thaddeus Bond, 1799-1802, '04.


Elijah Hager, 1800-08.


Aaron Bolton, 1800, '03.


Merari Spalding, 1801-3.


William Penniman, 1804, '06. 07, '21.


Stephen Hoar, 1805, '06.


Jonas Miles, 1805. Solomon Strong, 1807-9.


Cyrus Winship, 1807-11. Jacob Sawyer, 1808, 'og.


Asa Miller, 1809-II. Rufus Dodd, 1809. 10.


James White, 1810-12.


Jonas Merriam. 1810-13.


David Whitney, ISII, '12.


Alexander Dustin, 1812, '13.


Edward Kendall, 1812, '13.


Isaac Williams. 1813, '14. Joel Whitney, 1813, '14. Ezra Miller, 1814. '15. Zadoc Sawyer, 1814, '15.


Zachariah Whitman, 1814, '15. John Hoar, 1815-17. Asa Bigelow, 1815-18.


Jonas W. Whitney, 1816-20.


Ezra Wood, 1816-20. Joseph Brown, 1816, '17.


Joseph Holden, 1783-96.


Merari Spalding, 1797.


Ezra Holden. 1798-1813.


Edward Kendall, 1814-45. George Kendall. 1846-54.


Samuel G. Kendall, 1855, '56.


Frederic Allen, 1857. '58.


501


SELECTMEN AND TREASURERS.


Nathan Raymond, 1818-19. Edward Bacon, Jr., 1818-20, '29. Timothy Doty, 1819-20, '22-24. John Jackson, 1820. Jonathan Whitman, 1821-23. Sullivan Sawin, 1821-24. Horatio G. Buttrick, 1821-23. Zebina Spaulding, 1821-24. Smyrna Whitney, 1824-27.


David Forbush, 1824, '35. Simeon Sanderson, 1825-27.


John Heywood, 1825-28, '43. Benjamin F. Wood, 1825-28. Wonder Wears, 1825. Joseph Whitman, 1826-30, '35-41. Oliver Adams. 1828, '29. Silas Smith, 1828-31. James Puffer, 1829-31, '34, '43, '44. Joseph H. Whitney, 1830-33, '35- 37. Joseph Whitney, 1830, '34, '43-45. Jesse Spaulding, 1832, '33. Oliver Estey, 1832, '33.


Joel Merriam, 1834. Reuben Fenno, 1835, '46, '47, '56. Samuel Gates, 1835-38.


Joseph Howard, 1836-38.


George Adams, 1836-40.


Stillman Brooks, 1838. '39, '41, '42. Manasseh S. Forbush, 1839, '40. Sylvester Miller, 1839-41. John Minott, 1840-42, 57, 58.


Franklin McIntire, 1841, '42. Artemas W. Johnson. 1842. Orange G. Cowee, 1842. Aaron Wood, 1843, 44. Daniel Miles, 1843, '53. '54. Marshall White, 1844. '45. Benjamin Wyman, 1844. '46. Joseph W. Forbush, 1845, '46, '61- 63. Major Page, 1845, '46. Samuel G. Kendall, 1846-48, '53. Charles G. Giles, 1847, '70-72. Harrison G. Whitney, 1848-50. George W. Hager, 1848. '49. Horace Whitney, 1848, '51. William Mayo, 1848-50. '59-61, '64. Edward Kendall, 1849-52, 55. Josiah Page, 1849. Asa Brooks, 2d, 1850.


Joel Merriam, Jr., 1850-52. 66. Orange Wheeler, 1851, '52. Amos Miller, 1851. Edward Bacon, Jr., 1852, '55, '67, `68, '81-84.


Isaac Hager, 1852.


George Smith, 1853-56. Joseph Pierce, 1853. Artemas Merriam, 1854, 68.


Almon Derby, 1854. David W. Hill, 1855.


Edward R. Carter, 1855.


Joseph M. Whitman, 1855. 57, 58.


William S. Bradbury, 1856.


Benson Bigelow, 1856. '57.


Josiah Puffer, 1856. David Wyman, 1857.


Phineas W. Reed, 1858. Nahum Barrell. 1858.


Milton Joslin, 1858.


Franklin Wyman, 1859, '60, '62-65.


Charles Upton, 1859. '60.


Charles A. Forbush, 1861-63.


T. Dwight Wood, 1864-66.


Augustine Whitney, 1865, '67.


James M. Clark, 1866, '67.


J. Hervey Miller, 1868. '69. '81, '87, '88. Lyman Allen, 1869-73, '75-77. 179. So, '86, '87.


James B. Wood, 1869.


Fred. S. Coolidge, 1870-72.


Amos B. Holden, 1873, '74.


Frank E. Bolton, 1873-75.


Henry J. Partridge, 1874-76.


Edwin L. Burnham, 1876-79. '91, '92. Theodore S. Wood, 1877, '78, '80, 81, '86, 'S7. Abner E. Drury, 1878.


Charles Nichols, 1879, 'So.


S. Dwight Simonds, 1882-85. A. Jackson Bolton, 1882-86, '88. Walter H. Laws, 1885, '86.


C. C. Dawley, 1888, '89. Daniel C. Miles, 1889.


Joseph Hager, 1889, '90. Hobart Raymond. 1890, '91. Judson Foster. 1890-92. Henry M. Wetherbee, 1892.


Treasurers.


Joseph Holden, Jr., 1759. '60, '62-67. Daniel Hoar, 1761. Joseph Miller, 1768-71, '75-89. John Rand, 1772-74. Stephen Miles, 1790-1809. Nathan Whitney, 1810-31. Timothy Doty, 1832-34.


David Forbush, 1835-38. Dr. John White. 1839-44. Harrison G. Whitney, 1845-56. William Mayo, 1857. Phineas W. Reed, 1858. David W. Hill, 1859-1889. Frank W. Fenno, 1890 -.


502


HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.


Board of Assessors.


Daniel Hoar, 1759-61, '63.


Joseph Miller, 1759, '61, '62, '64, '66- 68, '75. Andrew Darby, 1759, '62-65, '67, '68.


Benjamin Butterfield, 1760.


Abner Holden, 1760, '63-65, '69, '72- 77, '80, '83-86. Samuel Whitney, 1761.


Nathan Wood, 1762, '65, '66, '71-75, 277.


Elisha Bigelow, 1766-70, '76, '77, '79, '80, '82, '84, '92, '93.


Daniel Walker, 1769, '70.


Dr. Zachariah Harvey, 1770.


Thomas Brigden, 1771-73.


William Edgell, 1771, '76, '79, 'S4, '87. 'SS.


John Miles, 1774.


Thomas Stearns, 1775.


Elisha Jackson, 1775.


John Foskett, 1778.


Michael Gill, 1778, '81, '83.


Dr. Jeremiah Everett, 1778.


Samuel Gerrish, 1779, 'So, '86.


Stephen Miles, 1781, '87, '88.


Joseph Holden, 1781, '82, '89-92,'94- 96.


Peter Graves, 1782, '83, '87-89.


Seth Heywood, 1785.


Benjamin Howard, 1785.


Ahijah Wood, 1786, '95, 1803.


David Child, 1789-91, '93.


Edmund Bemis, 1790.


Reuben Sawin, 1791-93.


Zachariah Rand, 1794.


Jonas Whitney, 1794, '96, '99-1802, '07-24.


Stephen Hoar, 1795, '97, '98, 1803.


William Penniman, 1796-99, 1802, '04. Jonas Miles, 1797, '98.


Hayman Wheeler, 1799-1801, '03- 07, '15, '17-20.


Abel Wood, 1800-02, '09-1I. Merari Spalding, 1804-08, '21, '23- 25, '28, '30-33, '35. Asa Miller, 1805, '06.


Edward Bacon. 1808-1I.


Ezra Wood, 1812, '13, '26, '27, '29.


John Jackson, 1812-16, '22, '25-27, '29, '35-38. Asa Bigelow, 1814, '25-29. '34, '43, '44.


Cyrus Winship, 1816-24, '28, '30, '32.


John Heywood, 1830, '32, '43. Timothy Doty, 1831. Joseph Whitman, 1831.


Flint McIntire, 1833-39, '44.


Wonder Wears, 1833.


Benjamin F. Wood, 1834.


Joel Baker, Jr., 1836.


Theodore Whitney, 1837, '38, '57- 64, '68-73. Dr. John White, 1839.


Edward Bacon, 1839-48.


Joseph H. Whitney, 1840-42.


Luther Barrell, 1840.


Oliver Estey, 1841, '42.


James Puffer, 1845.


John Minott, 1845, '46.


Joseph Whitney, 1846, '47.


Edward Kendall, 1847.


Benjamin Wyman, 1848-50, '68.


Orange Wheeler, 1848-50, '52, '53.


Aaron Wood, 1849-54, '56.


David Laws, 1851.


Harrison G. Whitney, 1851.


Reuben Fenno, 1852-56, '60, '61.


Isaac Hager, 1854.


Aretas Raymond, 1855, '59.


Daniel C. Miles, 1855, '59.


Joel Merriam, Jr., 1856, '62.


Levi Jackson, 1857.


Anson Spalding, 1857, '58.


Joseph Hager, 1858.


T. Dwight Wood, 1860.


George Adams, 1861.


Samuel H. Sprague, 1862-64.


Calvin Whitney, 1863.


Charles A. Forbush, 1864.


William S. Bradbury,, 1865.


Lyman Allen, 1865-67, '74, '75, '77- 81, '90. James M. Clark, 1865.


Charles G. Giles, 1866, '68-71.


J. Hervey Miller, 1866, '67, '72-91.


Frederic Whitney, 1867.


Leander H. Dupee, 1869-73.


Charles T. Damon, 1874-76.


Henry M. Wetherbee, 1876-78.


Hobart Raymond, 1879-86, '88, '89. Albert Howard, 1882-86.


Stephen F. Lamb, 1887, 'SS.


Judson Foster, 1887, '89.


Wickliffe H. Waterhouse, 1890-92.


William H. Carter, 1891, '92. John P. Roper, 1892.


School Committee.


Merari Spalding. 1806. '11, '16, '22. Solomon Strong, 1806-15. -


Dr. Benjamin Marshall, 1806, '07. Rufus Dodds, 1806-09.


503


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Ezra Wood, 1806-13, '15, '18, '21, '22, 26. Edward Bacon, 1806-09, '11-13, '16, '21. Hayman Wheeler. 1806. '11, '13, '14, '16.


Jacob Sawyer, 1807-'09, '13-15, '22. '2.4, '25.


Dr. Jacob Holmes. 1807. Ezra Holden, 1808, '09.


Aaron Greenwood, 1808.


John C. Miller, 1809, '10, '12, '16.


Ethan A. Greenwood, 1810.


Dr. Isaac Warren, 1810-12.


John Hoar, 1810, '12-15.


Smyrna Whitney. 1810, '19, '21.


Zadock Sawyer, 18I I.


Alexander Dustin, 1811-22.


Asa Miller, 1812. Samuel Cooper, 1813, '16, '18, '21.


Jonas Whitney, 1814.


Moses Whitney, 1814, '15.


Dr. Silas Pearson, 1814, '17, '20, '21. Benjamin F. Wood, 1815, '18-22, '24, '25. Jonas Merriam, Jr., 1816, '18, '19, '24.


Jonathan Minott, 1816, '18, '20.


Simeon Sanderson, 1817, '21, '23, '24, '27, '28, '30-33, '38, '39. Farwell Cowee, 1818, '20-22. Cyrus Winship, 1818, '21.


Ebenezer Jones, 1819-21.


Abel Wood, Jr., 1819.


Daniel Howe, 1819, '25, '26.


John Minott, 1819, '20, '22, '24-26.


Levi Miller, 1820, '23. Orange Green, 1820. Joseph Raymond. 1820, '21, '23, '24, '26, '29. Joel Wyman, 1820, '21. Edmund Barnard, 1820. Asaph Merriam, 1820, '21. Jonathan Whitman, 1820, '22. 25. Jonas Miller, 1820, '21. '26.


Joseph Howard, 1820. John Jackson, 1820.


Samuel Brooks, 1820, '26.


Dr. John White, 1821, '26-31, '33, . '36, '38-45, '50, '51. Daniel Adams, 1821. Horatio G. Buttrick, 1821, '22.


Abram Wood, 1823, '26, '34.


Dr. Flavel Cutting, 1823, '28, '29, '34- 39. 45-47, '49-52. Zebina Spalding, 1824. Wonder Wears, 1824, ,31-33. John Dunn, 1824. Oliver Adams, 1825. Asa Bigelow, 1825. John Heywood, 1825.


Asa Farnsworth, 1825. Jonas W. Whitney, 1825. David Forbush, 1826. James White, 1826.


Joel Wood, 1826.


Edward Kendall, 1826.


Rev. Charles Hudson, 1827-45, 47, '49. Rev. Cyrus Mann, 1827-29, '34, '37- 39. Dr. Elijah Darling, 1827.


George F. Miller, 1830.


William S. Bradbury, 1830.


Samuel G. Kendall, 1831.


Oliver Estey, 1832.


Calvin Hayward, 1832.


Dr. Josiah Howe, 1833. '35.


Isaac Whitney, 1834.


Anson Spalding, 1835, '36, '40, '41, '57-59. Harrison G. Whitney, 1835-37.


Rev. Caleb Brown, 1837. Dr. Avery Williams, 1840, '41.


Franklin McIntire, 1840. '41.


Rev. Stephen S. Smith, 1842-44, '46-


49. Rev. Geo. D. Felton, 1842. A. Holden Merriam, 1842-46. Giles H. Whitney, 1843-45.


Rev. Paul Dean, 1844. Rev. Varnum Lincoln, 1846-48.


Rev. Jonathan E. Forbush, 1846.


Darius M. Allen, 1847, '48, '50-52. '55 Rev. George Carpenter, 1848, '49. J. Russell Gaut, 1848-52. Orange Wheeler, 1850, '53. Rev. O. H. White, 1851-53. Rev. Quincy Whitney, 1852, '53.


Dr. Henry M. Lincoln, 1853.


Daniel C. Miles, 1853, '59.


Rev. De Witt C. O'Daniels, 1855. James F. Clark, 1855.


Dr. Clinton Warner, 1855-57, 59- 68. Dr. Avery G. Williams, 1855, '56, '58. Rev. Charles Kendall, 1856. Isaac Cummings. 1857.


Joseph Hager, 1858. T. Dwight Wood, 1860-63, '67, '68.


Rev. Brown Emerson, 1860-62. Rev. M. H. Hitchcock, 1863-66. Rev. J. H. Lerned. 1864.


Charles T. Damon, 1865. '66. Dr. W. H. H. Shepard, 1867, '68. Rev. A. Judson Rich, 1868-71. Rev. George Proctor, 1869, '70. Rev. Robert G. Johnson, 1869-71. Alonzo K. Learned. 1871, '72. Mrs. Alzina M. O'Daniels, 1872. Rev. S. L. Beal, 1872.


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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.


Rev. W. A. Worthington, 1873-75. Theodore S. Wood, 1873-76, 'So-S2. Fred H. Minott, 1873-75. Charles T. Damon, 1876. J. Harvey Merriam, 1876, '79-83, '85


Daniel C. Miles, 1877-79.


Mrs. Frost, 1877, '78.


Wolfred F. Curtis, 1877, '78.


Herbert N. Howe, 1879, '80.


Charles A. Simonds, 1881-86. Rev. Joseph Barber, 1883. Rev. C. M. Palmer, 1884-90. Rev. Lyman Partridge, 1886-90. Daniel E. Hurd. 1887-89, '92. Thomas S. Eaton, 1890-92. Edward C. Damon, 1891. John C. F. Urban, 1891. Fred. W. Mosman, 1892.


Delegates to Provincial Congress.


First Congress, convened Oct. 7, 1774. Nathan Wood, Abner Holden. Second Congress, convened Feb. 1, 1775. Nathan Wood.


Third Congress, convened May 31, 1775. Nathan Wood.


Delegates to Constitutional Conventions.


To form State Constitution, convened Sept. 1, 1779. Abner Holden. To ratify U. S. Constitution, convened Jan. 9, 1788. Stephen Holden. To amend State Constitution, convened Nov. 15, 1820. Jonas Whitney, Edward Kendall.


To amend State Constitution, convened May 4, 1853. Charles G. Giles.


Representatives in the General Court.


Nathan Wood, 1775.


Nicholas Dike, 1776.


Joseph Miller, 1777-79.


Abner Holden, 1780, 'SI, '85, '86.


Elisha Jackson, 1783, '84.


Josiah Puffer, 1787, '90, '91.


Stephen Holden, 1788.


Ebenezer Jones, 1795, '96, '98, '99.


Jonas Whitney, 1801-13, '23.


Abel Wood, 1811-13.


James White, 1814-17, '19.


Alexander Dustin, 1814-16.


Edward Kendall, 1819, '20, '34, '41, '42.


Timothy Doty, 1823, '26, '28.


Simeon Sanderson, 1827.


Charles Hudson, 1828-33.


Cyrus Winship, 1829-33.


Merari Spalding, 1834. '35.


Dr. Josiah Howe, 1835.


Joseph Whitman, 1836, '37, '39. Joseph H. Whitney, 1836-39. Edward Bacon, 1843.


William S. Bradbury, 1845. Dr. John White, 1851.


John Minott, 1852. George Kendall, 1854.


Edward Kendall, 1855.


Harrison G. Whitney, 1856, '57.


William Mayo, 1859.


Joseph W. Forbush, 1861.


Franklin Wyman, 1863, '67. Augustine Whitney, 1865. T. Dwight Wood, 1870. Amos B. Holden, 1875.


Fred. S. Coolidge, 1875.


Artemas Merriam, 1878.


Edwin L. Burnham, 1884.


S. Dwight Simonds, 1888. Hobart Raymond, 1893.


Senators in the General Court.


Solomon Strong, 1812, '13. Joseph Whitman, 1854.


Charles Hudson, 1833-38. Joel Merriam, Jr., 1865, '66.


Representatives in U. S. Congress.


Solomon Strong, 1815-18. | Charles Hudson, 1841-48.


Representatives in Congress. [Natives of Westminster, but residing elsewhere.]


Abijah Bigelow, Worcester South District, 1809-14. Charles B. Hoar(d), Twenty-third N. Y. District, 1857-60. Frederic S. Coolidge, Eleventh Massachusetts District, 1891, '92.


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TOWN OFFICERS AND VOTING LIST FOR 1892.


TOWN OFFICERS, 1892.


Moderator of Annual Meeting-Lyman Allen. Clerk - Edward S. Kendall.


Treasurer -Frank W. Fenno.


Selectmen - Hobart Raymond, Edwin L. Burnham, Henry M. Wetherbee. Assessors-Wickliffe H. Waterhouse, William H. Carter, John P. Roper. School Committee-Thomas S. Eaton, Daniel E. Hurd, Fred. W. Mossman. Library Committee-Sarah C. Warner, Arabella R. Hager, Abbie S. Brown, Hobart Raymond, Edward S. Kendall.


Auditors- Daniel C. Miles, S. Dwight Simonds.


Fence Viewers-Thomas S. Eaton, Charles F. Giles, Charles Upton. Field Drivers-Stillman Whitney, Louis S. Miller, Alfred W. Barnes. Surveyors of Wood and Lumber -Frank H. Battles, Walter T. Fisher, Albert Minott. L. Ashton Sawin, Samuel H. Sprague, Charles M. Miller, Walter H. Laws, Wickliffe H. Waterhouse, John Minott, Leander Hartwell, Henry N. Derby, Oscar B. Raymond.


Cemetery Committee- Hobart Raymond, Amos B. Holden, Harry L. Pierce.


Collector of Taxes- Lyman M. Drury.


VOTING LIST, 1892.


A


Adams, Alden T. Adams. Frank A. Allen, Lyman Atwood. Richard R.


B


Baker, Adin F.


Baker, Albert A.


Brown, Ernest E.


Davis, George M.


Baker, Charles R.


Brown, Samuel K.


Davis, Horace E.


Baker. Elmer


Bruce. George W.


Danveor, William


Baker, George C.


Burnham, Andrus


Dowley, Charles C.


Baker. Henry


Burnham, Edwin L.


Derby, Frank W.


Baker, J. Artemas


Burpee, Elmer J.


Baker, Levi


Burpee, James A.


Baker, William G.


Balcolm, Ward V. C


Carey, Hugh


Barber. William H.


Carey, Thomas


Donahue. James E.


Barnes, Alfred W.


Carpenter, Elva M.


Drury, Lyman M. Dupee, Charles H.


E


Earl, James T. Eaton, Charles


Eaton, Frank


Eaton. Frederick A.


Battles, Frank H.


Chaffee, Stephen H.


Eaton, George W.


Battles, George A.


Bell, William C.


Chambers, William E. Clegg, George H.


Bean, John M. Bemis. Clark S.


Cody, James Conway, Timothy


Benjamin, William H.


Combs, Harrison D.


Ellis, Preston P.


Bigelow, Frank B.


Corbett, Marshall W.


Black, William J.


Cotton. John H.


Cronin, Lawrence


Curry, John


Curtis, Alonzo Curtis, Frank A.


Bolton, Frank E.


Bolton, Henry A.


Cutler, Amos M.


Bolton, Jackson M. Bolton, Simeon L. Bradley, Madison B.


D


Damon, Edward C.


Bresnahan, Patrick


Damon, Thomas


Bridge, Samuel L.


Davis, Elisha F.


Derby, Henry N. Dickinson, Israel Dike, Charles N. Divoll, George E. Dodge, Richard T.


Barnes. David B.


Barron, Edward C.


Barron, William B.


Bassett, Lysander W.


Carter, Edmond T. Carter, Edward R.


Bassett, Melville T.


Bassett, Walter E. Battles, Alton


Carter, Luman E. Carter, William H.


Eaton, James M. Eaton, Nathaniel Eaton, Thomas S. Eaton, William


Ellis, Walter E. Estabrook, Charles A.


Estabrook, Edward C. Estabrook, Joseph W


Blake, Calvin Blanchard, George P. Bolton, Alonzo D.


Carpenter, Frank N. Carter, Charles F.


Carter, Charles G.


Barber, Cyrus. Jr.


Bolton, Andrew J.


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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.


F


Holden. Handel


Merriam, Eddie E.


Feeley, Albert B.


Holden, Willie S.


Merriam, Eli H.


Fenno, Edgar E.


Hough, Wilbur


Merriam, Frank A.


Fenno, Frank W.


Howard, Albert


Merriam, George W.


Fisher, Adna A.


Howard. Edson H.


Merriam. John F.


Fisher. Walter T.


Howard. Joseph F.


Merriam, Oliver M.


Fifield, Frank A.


Howard, N. Porter


Merriam, Reuben P.


Flagg, Edward R.


Hurd. Arno E.


Miles, Daniel C.


Flagg, Otis


Hurd, Daniel E.


Miller, Charles M.


Forbush, Charles A.


Ingram, E. D.


Miller, Cyrus T.


Miller, Edward P.


Miller, Frank A.


G


Jones, William Il.


Miller. J. Hervey


Gates. Albert E.


Miller, Louis S.


Gates, Emory


K


Miller, Matthews


Gates, Eugene


Kellan, Thomas F., Jr.


Miller, Wallace C.


Gates, George W.


Kelty. Charles B.


Minott, Albert


Gates, Horace


Kelty, Frank M.


Minott, John


Gates, Leonard M.


Kelty. James


Minott, Wallace A.


Gates, Mason E.


Kelty. John


Morse, Chester B.


Giles, Charles F.


Kendall Edward S.


Morse. Farwell


Gilson, Fred L.


Kendall, Ezekiel


Morse, Francis S.


Gilson, Warren E.


Kendall, Frank HI.


Morse, Sewall


Gilson, William E.


Kendall, George F.


Mosman, Charles


Goddard, Emerson N.


Kendall, Lorin B.


Mosman, Silas


Goodridge, John C.


Kenney, John E.


Mossman, Alvaro E.


Goodridge, William J.


King, Aspasio H.


Mossman. Fred W.


Goss, Orville Green, Abner F.


Green, Frank E.


Green, George S.


Green, Robert H.


Greenwood, Jeremiah Griffin, William H.


H


Hackett, Joseph


Laws, Walter H.


Nichols, Frederic


Hager. George W.


L_land, Elbridge G.


Nichols, Henry E.


Nichols, Marcus M.


Nye, Abraham


Hall, Daniel L.


Hall, Hiram H.


P


Page, Charles H.


Page. Frank H.


Page, Josiah


Page, Porter F.


Parcher, Frank L.


Parks, Frank S.


Parks, William H.


Partridge, Lyman Patrick. Calvin B.


Haskins, Charles E.


M Mansur, Charles L.


Marsh, Thomas Marshall, Joseph T.


Matten, Alfred Marvell, James


Pierce, Harvey L.


Pierce. Herbert A.


Pond, Frank


Pond, Joseph


N


L


Newcomb. Daniel G.


LaFarrier, David


Newell. Allie E.


Lamb, Stephen F.


Newell, Augustus W.


Lane, Albert


Nichols, Charles


Lavers, Rufus J.




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