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It was then voted to petition the Legislature for an act providing for admission substantially in accord- ance with the report, and on the 3d of March the fol- lowing act was passed :
Section 1. All that part of the town of Brookfield in the county ef Worcester whichi lies westerly of the line hereinafter descrihed, is hereby incorporated into a separate town by the name of West Brook field, and the said towo of West Brookfield is hereby vested with all the powere privileges, rights and immunities, and shall be subject to all the duties and requisitions to which other towns are entitled and subjected by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. The dividing line he- tween the two towos shall be and the same is hereby established as fol- lows : Beginning at the north end of the said line at a town monument between Brookfield and North Brookfield, thence south eighteen and three-fourths degrees west thirty-one rods and twenty-two links te & stake and stooes ; thence south eighty-six degrees west twenty-four rods ; thence north eighty-four and three-fourths degrees west ten rods and eighteen links; thence south fifty-six and three-fourths degrees west seventeen rods and five links ; thence south fifty-fonr degrees west fif- teen rods and twenty-three links ; thence sonth sixty-nine and one third degrees west fourteen rods and twenty-two links; thence south seven degrees west nineteen rods aod seven links; thence sonth twenty-four and one-fourth degrees west oine rods and nine links; thence north fifty-six and one- fourth degrees west twelve rods ; thence north fifty-two and three-fourths degrees west sixteen rods ; thence south nine degrees west sixty-six rods and twenty links ; thence sonth fifteen degrees west sixty-six rods and twenty lioks ; thence south aine degrees west seven- teen rods and seventeen links; thence south eighty-two and one-half degrees west fifteen rods and three links ; thence sonth five and one-half degrees east fifty-nine rods and seven links : thence south forty-nine de- grees west eighteen rods aod twelve links; thence south thirty-three and one-half degrees west eight rods; thence sonth teo and one-half degrees east seven rods and four links ; thence sonth thirty degrees east seven rods and four links; thence south fifty-three and one half degrees east nine rods and thirteen links ; thence south thirty-four degrees west twenty-six rods and thirteen links ; thence sonth seventy-five and three- fourths degrees east nine roda and twenty lioks; thence sonth nine and one-fourth degrees west three rods ; thence south seveoty-four degrees east sixteen rods ; thence south twenty and one-forth degrees west one hundred and twenty-bine rods to the north bank of the river ; thence sontherly to the middle of the river ; thence dowo the middle of the river to & point opposite the corner of land of Reuben Blair and the Brigham farm lying on the southerly side of said river ; thence southerly to said corner ; thence sonth thirty-three and one-fourth degrees west one hundred eighty-five rods and fifteen links; thence north sixty-eight and three-fourths degrees west thirty-three rods and twenty links ; thence south sixteen degrees west two hundred thirty six rods and twenty links ; thence south sixty seven and three-fourths degrees east thirty- two reds ; thence south seven degrees west three rods; theace south seventy degrees east sixteen rods and eight links ; thence seventeen de- grees west forty rods and two links ; thence sonth eighty-four aod three- fourthis degrees west seveo rods and fifteen links ; theace south three and one-fourth degrees west twenty-six rods ; thence south eighty-five and one-half degrees west twenty-four rods and thirteen links; thence north seventy aod three-fourths degrees west twenty-eight rods and eighteen links ; thence north eighty-six and one-half degrees west twenty- eight roda and five links; thence south twelve rods, thence sonth twenty- Dine and one-half degrees west forty-four rods aud fifteen links ; thence south seventeen one-half degrees west fifty-five rods sud fourteen links ;
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thence sonth seventy-five and one-half degrees east ninety rods; thence south thirteen one-third degrees west eighty eightrods and twenty-two links ; thence north seventy-five degrees west sixty-one rods and twenty links ; thence eonth nineteen and three quarters degrees west eighty rods ; thence south forty and one-half degrees east seventeen rods; theuce north twenty-five degrees east twenty-three rods and fifteen links ; thence sonth eighty degrees east fifty -fonr rods and ten links; thence south thirteen and one-third degrees west one hundred twenty-seven rods aud five links ; thence north sixty-four degrees west sixty-eight rods and ten links; thence south sixty-two degrees west eleven rods and twelve links ; thence north forty-nine degrees west five rods and nine links ; thence north sixty-one and one-half degrees west forty-two rods and twenty links, to a point on the towu line between said Brookfield and Warner.
The remaining sections of the act provided for equit- able settlements of arrears of taxes, of county taxes of debts, of corporate property, the support of the poor, the construction of roads, and further provided, that West Brookfield should
Continue to be a part of the town of Brookfield for the purpose of electing a representative to the General Court, State officers, senators, representatives to Congress aud electors of President and vice-Presi- dent of the United States until the next decennial census shall be taken in pureuance of the 13th article of amendment of the Constitu- tion ; and all meetings for the choice of said officers shall be called by the selectmen of the town of Brookfield in like manner and in the same places as heretofore called.
Six years later, on the 15th of April, 1854, the town lines were again, and for the last time, changed. An act of the Legislature of that date provided that
So much of the town of North Brookfield in the County of Worces- ter as lies eoutherly of a line beginning at a stone mouumeut at the old post road leading to Brookfield, a little Northwesterly of what is called the Wolcott Mill, aud running thence south seventy-seven de- grees and thirty minutes east three hundred and seventy-five rods, to a stone monument, ne now established in the line of Brookfield and North Brookfield, on the easterly side of the Stephens poud, so-called with all the inhabitants and estates thereou is hereby set off from the town of North Brookfield aud annexed to the town of Brookfield ; pro_ vided, however, that for the purpose of electing representatives to the General Court to which the said town of North Brookfield is entitled until the next decennial census ehall be taken in pursuance of the thirteenth article of amendment to the constitution, the said territory shall remain and continue to be a part of the town of North Brook- field, and the inhabitants resident thereon shall be entitled to vote in the choice of anch representatives, nud shall be eligible to the office of representative in the town of North Brookfield in the same manner as if this act had not been passed.
The record of Brookfield in the War of the Rebel- lion impresses upon us anew a realization of the im- mense resources of our government in bringing it to a successful conclusion. Every city and town and ham- let in the loyal North poured out its men and its means, and their sources of supply were far from exhausted when the last soldier had been drafted for the Confederate Army, and the last dollar had been expended for its support. On the 30th of April, 1861, at a town-meeting, at which John E. Prouty acted as moderator it was voted, " that every person belonging to this town who should enroll himself in the com- pany now being raised in this town and vicinity for the purpose of volunteering its services to the Govern- ment, subject to the call of the Governor shall, as soon as said company is accepted by the Governor, receive one dollar a day for every day he is called out to drill by the drill-master, or such officers as are authorized so to order. The payment of the above to be made
weekly to the order of the drill-master, or the officer properly calling them out, and this shall continue till otherwise directed by the Selectmen."
It was also voted, "that every private and non- commissioned officer when called into actual service shall receive from the town such an amount as shall make his pay, including that received by him from the Government, fifteen dollars per month; that every private and non-commissioned officer, who has a fam- ily or any person dependent upon him for support, shall receive in addition to the above eight dollars per month to be paid in such a manner and to such per- son as the Selectmen of the town shall think best for the support of said family or dependent persons."
It was further voted, " that when the company has been organized and accepted by the Governor, each and every member shall be provided with a plain, substantial uniform, and before going into actual ser- vice with an army blanket and revolver at the expense of the town unless otherwise provided."
It was still further voted, "that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow what money the town may want to carry the foregoing votes into effect, to be paid in one, two and three years, and the Selectmen to give all necessary obligations binding the town to pay the same sums and interests that may accrue thereon. And it was finally voted, "to choose a com- mittee of three to confer with North Brookfield in re- gard to the uniform, etc., and for the purchase of the same for the volunteers." This committee consisted of Emmons Twichell, J. S. Montague and Charles Fales.
At a subsequent meeting held on the 15th of June in the same year, at which also John E. Pronty acted as moderator, it was voted " that each member of the family of the volunteer militia be paid one dollar per week for every member of the family, the sum not to exceed twelve dollars per month for any one family and the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the money." It was also voted "that all members that the Committee uniform be paid two dollars and fifty cents per week for five weeks, to be left discretionary with the Selectmen and officers of the company, when to be paid, and to be paid to the officers of said com- pany."
At a meeting held on the following November, at which George W. Johnson acted as moderator, the committee on uniforms reported that the uniforms had been furnished under a contract with Marshal & Duncan of North Brookfield, and that the following men had been supplied :
Sardus S. Sloan, captain.
Elisha F. Johnson, lieutenant.
Lyman Doane, lienteuaut.
John W. Heath.
F. L. Benson, Bromfield.
James E. Adams. Shepard Brown,
L. G. Lamb, Southbridge.
Charles N. Holmes. H. C. Ball, Amherst.
John H. Millman .
F. H. Dickinson, Amherst
Warren A. Walker.
H. C. Albee.
George W. Burr.
Herbert Chaffee.
Benjamin Stevene. Eldridge Doaue.
W. L. Blood, Sturbridge. Sidney Hewitt, Sturbridge.
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Wady H. Cheever.
James B. Freeman.
James R. Freeman.
Richard Dowling.
Samuel E. Gilbert.
Ellridge Doane. Wm. H. Walker.
Otis H. Hamilton. Everatt A. Hebbard.
Seventeenth Regiment.
Wm. S. Pike.
Francie A. Shaw.
Joho H. Copp.
Wm. T. Wilcott.
Charles S: Hamilton.
Emerson Wilcott.
Wm. E. Rice.
Eighteenth Regiment. Charles Riggs.
Twentieth Regiment. Lewis McCrellis.
Twenty-first Regimenl.
Samuel B. Rice.
Leonard J. Alexander.
Hubert Claffery.
George W. Burr.
George Ward.
Twenty-second Regiment.
John A. Plympton, Gilbert Lombard.
Twenty-fourth Regiment.
Elbridge Howe, Curtis Dickinson,
George F. Sibley,
Wm. II. Feary,
George A. Slayton,
Albert S. Howe,
Joho E. Turner,
Henry D. Rogers,
Wo. H. Austia,
George N. Maynard,
Lorenzo Doane,
Sylvester H. Stevens,
Charles B. Carpenter,
Frank P. Works,
Peter Delaue.
Twenty-fifth Regiment.
Cyrus K. Webber,
Hugh Jameson,
Lyman E. Weeks,
Robert Kelley,
Edwin C. Carpenter, John Lyon,
Wm. H. Wabber, John McCarthy.
Twenty-ninth Regiment. Albert H. Prouty. Thirty-first Regiment.
Benjamin O. Gay,
Julius W. Johnson.
Daniel W. Sherman.
Thirty-second Regiment.
Wm. Conroy,
George H. Bush.
James G. Adamı8.
Thirty-fourth Regiment.
Freeman Soow. George K. Perkios.
George A. Haradeo.
Joho M. Putnam, Jr.
Charles A. Porter.
Loring B. Vintoo.
Joho W. Russell.
Andrew F. Jackson.
Ormill Young. Edwin C. Babcock.
Marcus W. Goodell.
Robert Killard.
Ezekiel P. Kemptoo. Rufus S Newtoo.
Franklin L. Koox.
Jacob Watson.
Freedom N. Upham.
Joseph E. Wehber.
Edward L. Draka.
James R. Jorselyo.
Edwin N. Adams.
Thirty-seventh Regiment. Joseph D. Koights. Forty-second Regiment.
Emmoda E. Chapio. Elmer H. Freach.
Edward Lackey.
Alvia N. Lamb.
Wm. S. Freoch.
Oliver P. Merritt.
Heury R. Gilmore.
Charles H. Newton.
Melvin E. Haradeo.
Wm. A. Springer.
Charles B. Heath.
Enoch Spencer.
Frederick A. Howe.
James Spencer.
Oreo B. Chaffee.
Forty-fourth Regiment.
Wm. W. Howa. Frederick A. Howe.
Fifty-fourth Regiment. Osboro Gallup.
Francia W. Adama.
George Varney.
Nahum Gilbert.
Henry O. Adams.
Kiakland Hawes,
Andraw J. Beosoo.
Harrison W. Stone.
Charlee Alden. Hiram Bassett.
Michael McGillicoddy.
Wm. A. Belcher.
Charles P. Webber.
Joel Bartlett.
Charles F. Mullett.
Jonas M. Bellows.
Franklin H. Sawtelle.
Wady H. Cheever. Ezekiel M. Cooper.
Amos Deade.
Alonzo W. Phillips,
Wm. H. Nichols.
Alexander Budreanx.
Wm. H. Webber.
Wm. A. Belcher.
Ralph Prestoo.
Richard Yeatoo.
James H. Belcher.
David Jeoks.
Everett A. Hebard.
John H. Prica.
Ferdinand Dexter.
L. C. Moulton.
Artemas D. Ward.
S. H. Bannister.
Frederick Bullard.
Edward F. Ware.
E. A. Rice.
Amasa Bemis.
They also reported that the cost of equipment and drilling was fifteen hundred dollars
At a meeting held on the 2d of January, 1862, at which Austin H. Moulton acted as moderator, it was voted " that the Selectmen the authorised to pay to each volunteer not to exceed thirty-four in number, who may enlist or has enlisted under the last call of the President for three hundred thousand volunteers, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid to each volunteer upon his being mustered into the service of the United States, it being understood that those who have previously enlisted shall be entitled to the same bounty as those who may hereafter enlist, if they can be legally counted as belonging to our quota of thirty-four men which this towu must raise under the call above mentioned." At a meeting held on the 12th of September, 1862, at which also George W. Johnson acted as moderator, it was voted "that one hundred and fifty dollars be paid to each man voluntarily as a part of the quota of the town under the last call for men for nine months' service whether enlisted before or after the first day of September, 1862."
The following is a list of the soldiers furnished by Brookfield in the War of the Rebellion, taken from the tablets on the interior walls of the town-house:
Eighth Regiment. Austia L. Nichols. Eleventh Regiment. Joho H. Chamberlain. Twelfth Regiment. Charles C. Guppy. Fifteenth Regiment.
Sardus S. Sloan.
Frederick Bullard.
Sidney Hewett. David Jeoks.
Lyman Doane.
George L. Marsh,
H. Eugene Carpenter.
Harrison Moultoo.
George L. Avery.
Lafayette C. Moulton.
Edwin H. Newton.
James S. Nichols.
James E. Adams.
Wm. H. Nichols.
Charles H. Holmes. Orea O. Ormsby.
Benjamin Steveos,
Joseph Pecot.
Artemas L. Ward.
Alonzo W. Phillips.
Joha H. Johnson.
Augustus W. Patten.
Reuben W. Adams.
Ralph Preston.
Joha H. Prior.
Henry C. Alba. Wm. J. Babbitt.
John W. Raymor.
Sumoer H. Banaister.
G. W. Alleo. Michael Rock.
Francis A. Bardea.
James H. Belcher.
Heory H. Slaytoo.
Amasa Bemis.
Warren A. Walker.
Benjamin C. Wheelock.
Richard Yeatoo. Elias H. Woodward.
Simon Gager. Hiram Gallup.
Charles F. Hobbs.
Salem F. Adams.
Wm. H. Ormsby.
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Fifty-seventh Regiment.
Alexaoder Bedreaux. Louis Richell.
Fifty-ninth Regiment.
Thomas Gray.
James Lord. Sanford A. Sawyer.
Sixty-first Regiment.
Wm. Barron.
Joha Gaul.
Second Heavy Artillery.
Charles W. Baker.
Dexter W. Trask.
Alexander B. Moraa. Daoiel W Smith,
Luke Kendrick.
James D. Brown.
Oliver Rood.
Beojamin H. Hatch.
Hiram Hatch.
Gilman Doeg. Andrew W. Ellis. Jonathan M. Ames. Wm. A. Gilbert.
Wm. H. Hatch.
Michael McDonald.
Third Heary Artillery. George S. Keeler.
Fourth Heavy Artillery.
Henry J. Bigelow.
Seneca B. Howland.
Lorenzo N. Fletcher. George F. Fudge.
John W. Knight.
Clark Hill.
Myron W. Sherman.
James A. Hill.
Joshua B. Bellows.
Nath1. E. Merrill. Aosoo Williame.
Wm. E. Cook. John D. Fiske.
Fourth Battery.
George H. Clark. Clement Davieux.
John J. Hyade.
Sixth Battery.
Charles A. Taylor
Dwight Sampson.
Tenth Battery. John Nelson.
Third Battalion, Massachusetts Rifles. Leonard F. Alexaoder.
Wmo. Hendersoo. James T. Phillips.
Third Cavalry. Andrew Blair. Fourth Cavalry.
Rufus E. BInckmer, Joseph Thompsoo, George A. Garfield,
Rinaldo R. Goff, John A. Josselyn, Stephen H. Rollins.
Fifth Cavalry.
Richard Hill, George Smith, Austia Thomas.
Signal Corps. Joho M. Howe.
Firat Artillery, U. S. A. John Cogao.
Second Artillery, U. S. A. Wow. Carroll.
Band U. S. A.
Wm. F. Herney.
Unassigned.
Hartwell B. Martin.
Navy. Patrick Tiffany.
The following enlisted men were killed or died dur- ing the war :
John W. Heath, killed at Antietam September 17, 1862. John H. Hillman. Benjamin Davis. Sheppard Brown. Win. L. Blood. Elisha F. Johnson, Alfred Russell. James E. Sargent. Ferdinand Dextor, killed at Ball's Bluff October 2, 1881.
Joho F. Butters, killed March 12, 1884. Edward F. Ware, died September 23, 1862. Edward W. Prouty, died July 2, 1862.
Wm. E. Vanever, died November 5, 1862. Emery N. Robbios, died July 15, 1864. Wor. A. Mullet, died May 6, 1864. Charles Barnes, died May 8, 1864. Frederick Davis, died March 17, 1863. George Adams, died May 24, 1862. Charles A. Lyoo, died December 24, 1862.
Charles E. Dickinson, died October 9, 1864. Andrew J. Merritt, killed at Newbern March 14, 1862. Salem D. Slayton, killed at Bermuda Hundred May 30, 1864. Marcus E. Lyon, killed at Deep Run August 16, 1864.
Artemas Adams killed near Richmond October 13. 1864. Henry W. Watson, killed at Darbytowo October 13, 1884. Owen Kough, killed in the Wilderness May 7, 1864. James P. Coolidge, killed at Winchester September 19, 1861. Josephi W. Webber, killed at Winchester, September 19, 1864.
Hosea L. Barnes, killed at Piedmont June 15, 1864.
Elijah C. Pearl, died December 8, 1864.
Francis T. Bartlett, died December 30, 1863.
Orlando F. Carpenter, died of wounds June 16, 1864.
James Claffey, killed at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864.
Lyman Hawley, killed at Gaines Mill Juoe 27, 1862.
John F. Hobbs, died September 21, 1862. George F. Haven, killed at Knoxville November 29, 1863.
Henry Fales, killed in the Wilderness May 6, 1864.
James B. Freeman, killed in the Wilderness May 7, 1861.
Harrison Moulton, died at Andersonville January 25, 18G5.
Martin L. D. Leach, died September 16, 1865.
James C. McCinre, died August 25, 1863. Emersoo Wolcott, died April 10, 1865.
Goorge W. Sloan, died July 9, 1865.
Oliver F. Lakin, died October 10, 1864.
James Taylor, died March 25, 1865.
George R. Johnsoo, died April 9, 1884.
Jefferson Richards, died June 25, 1864.
Some of those in the above roll of the dead belonged to Brookfield, but enlisted elsewhere.
The expenditures of money by the town during the war were $29,874.91, of which the sum of $14,166.19 was re-imbursed by the State, as expended under the law for State aid.
But this sketch with the limited space assigned to it in these volumes, must be brought to a close. Besides the Orthodox, Unitarian and Baptist churches already referred to, there is a Methodist church, established in the early part of this century, and a Catholic church, established about the year 1867, of which Father Grace is pastor. Both enjoy a steady and prosperous growth. The town-house was built at a cost of about seventy thousand dollars, and there are two hotels, a high school, a public library, a Grand Army Post and a Masonic Lodge. The business of the town is not extensive, and is chiefly confined to the manufacture of boots and shoes, and bricks, the former by George H. Burt & Co., who employ about five hundred hands, and the latter by the Brookfield Press Brick Company. Under the last census of 1885 the population of the town was three thousand and thirteen, having increased to that number from two thousand six hundred and sixty, in 1875. The valua- tion of the town is about one million three hundred thousand dollars. At the last annual meeting the following appropriations were made to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year :
Lorenzo Hazard, Alfred Hazard, James Hazard,
Eecond Cavalry.
George Allen, Thomas Alleo,
Edwia R. Merritt, died December 15, 1862.
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Fire Department.
$1,250 00
Schools
5,700 00
Roads and Bridges
3,000 00
Poor
2,500 00
Memorial Day
100 00
Library
500 00
Town Dept
3,000 00
Contingent
1,600 00
Military Aid
460 00
Text Books.
500 00
Cemeteries
60 00
Transportation of Scholars
100 00
Common
50 00
Water
15,000 00
State Tax.
1,642 50
County Tax
976 00
Overlay and Sundries.
603 91
$37,042 41
The Merrick Public library, a valuable adjunct to the school system of the town and a means of improve- ment and cultivation to all its inhabitants, stands as a monument to the memory of two of its sons. Its foundation was laid in 1865, for the formation of a library association, with a capital of two hundred and ninety-five dollars, divided into fifty-nine shares at five dollars each, which were taken, five by one per- son, forty hy twenty persons at two each, and the remainder hy fourteen at one each. Additions to this capital were made by gifts of money and books, and about two hundred volumes which had belonged to another, then extinct association, were placed on its shelves. Mr. George Howe, of Boston, contributed one hundred dollars, and his brother, Jabez C. Howe, two hundred and fifty dollars as mementoes of their attachment to an early home. With these and other gifts the library prospered until 1867, when receiving a bequest under the will of Pliny Merrick, a native of the town, it was merged in the Merrick Public Library. Mr. Merrick said in his will: "Having always felt a strong attachment to the town of Brook- field, in which I was born, and where I spent the early years of my life, and where the remains of my parents are entombed ; and wishing to do something to promote the well being and prosperity of the inhabitants of the town in all time to come, I do hereby to that end, and for that purpose, give and bequeath to the said town of Brookfield, the sum of ten thousand dollars to be preserved and maintained perpetually as a fund to be denominated the 'library fund.' The income and interest of which shall be appropriated to the purchase, binding and repair of books, to constitute a library for the free use of the inhabitants of the town and the visitors thereto, sub- ject only to such rules and regulations as the town shall from time to time make and present, and I in like manner give and hequeath to said town all my books which I shall own at my decease, except law books, to constitute a part of said library. These two legacies of money and books are upon the condition that the town shall within nine months next after the probate allowance of this will, vote to accept the same upon and subject to the conditions herein con-
tained. If the town should not so vote the said legacies are to be wholly void and of no force or effect."
The legacies were accepted at the annual meeting of the town in April, 1867, and the library received ten thousand dollars and four hundred and fifty vol- umes, with one hundred and fifty magazines and unbound serials. The fund yields an income of about seven hundred and fifty dollars. This income is expended, as provided in the will, for the pur- chase, binding and repair of books, while other cur- rent expenses of the library are met by town appro- priations.
The commodious and substantial building in which the library is now kept is called "Banister Memorial Hall," and was erected by William A. Banister, of New York, a native of the town, at a cost of about ten thousand dollars, on land presented to the town by Nancy S. R. Felton, widow of Oliver C. Felton, and was dedicated January 31, 1884. At that time the library contained seven thousand five hundred volumes. The present trustees of the institution are Washington Tufts, D. W. Hodgkins, L. H. R. Goss, H. V. Crosby, E. J. Irwin and C. F. Holt.
Judge Pliny Merrick, the benefactor and real founder of the library, was born in Brookfield, Au- gust 2, 1794, and died in Boston, February 1, 1867. He was the son of Pliny Merrick, a graduate at IIar- vard in 1776, and one of Brookfield's most prominent men. Judge Merrick graduated at Harvard in 1814 in the class with Martin Brimmer, Rev. Francis G. P. Greenwood, William H. Prescott and Rev. James Walker. He studied law with Levi Lincoln, and began practice in Worcester in 1817, subsequently practicing at Swansea and Taunton. In 1824 he was appointed county attorney, in 1832 attorney for the middle district, and in 1843 a judge of the old Com- mon Pleas Court. In 1851 he was again appointed judge of the Common Pleas Court, and in 1853 a jus- tice of the Supreme Judicial Court. He was also Representative from Worcester in 1827, and Senator in 1850. Besides the bequest to his native town, he made bequests to the City of Worcester for the estah- lishment of schools of a high grade.
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