History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 152

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1576

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On the 4th of February the town voted to petition the Legislature for an act incorporating the new town substantially in accordance with the terms of the report, and on the 3d of March, 1848, the follow- ing act was passed :

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF WEST BROOKFIELD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :

Sec. 1. All that part of the town of Brookfield, in the County of Wor- cester, which lies westerly of the line hereinafter described, is hereby incorporated into a separate town by the name of West Brookfield, and the said town of West Brookfield is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges, rights and immunities, and shall be subject to all the duties and requisitions to which other towns are entitled and subjected hy the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. The dividing lina he- tween the two towns shall be and the same is hereby established as fol- Jows ; Beginning at the north end of said line at a town monument be- tween Brookfield and North Brookfield; thence south eighteen and three-fourth degrees west thirty-one rods and twenty-two links to a stake and stones ; thence south eighty-six degrees west twenty-four rods ; thence north eighty-four and three-fourths degrecs west ten rods and eighteen links ; thenca south fifty-six and three-fourths degrees west seventeen rods and five links ; thence sonth fifty-four degrees west fif_ teen rods and twenty-three links ; thence south sixty-nine and one- third degrees west fourteen rods and twenty-two links; thence south seven degrees west nineteen roda and seven links; thence south twenty- four and one-fourth degrees west nine rods and nine links; theoce north fifty-six and one-fourth degreee west twelve rods; thenca north fifty- two and three-fourths degrees west eixteen rods ; thence south nine de- grees west eixty-six rods and twenty links; thence south fifteen degrees west sixty-six rods and twenty links; thence south nine degrees west seventeen rods and seventeen links; thence south eighty-two and one_ half degrees west fifteen rods and three links; thence south five and one-half degrees east fifty-nine rods and seven links ; theoce south fitty_ nine degrees west eighteen rods and twelve links ; thence south forty- three and one-half degrees west eight rods; thence south ten and one- half degrees east eeven rods and four links ; thence sonth thirty degrees east seven rods and four links ; thence south fifty-three and one-half de- grees east nine rods and thirteen links; thence south thirty-four degrees west twenty-six rods and thirteen links; thence south seventy-five and three quarters degrees east nine rods and twenty links; thence sonth Dine and one-fourth degrees west three rods ; thence south seventy-four degrees east sixteen rods ; thenca south twenty and one-fourth degrees west one hundred and twenty-nina rods to the north bank of the river ; thence southerly to the middle of the river ; thence down the middle of the river to a point opposite the corner of land of Renben Blair and the Brigham Farm, lying on the southerly side of said river ; thenca sonth- orly to said corner ; thenca south thirty-three and one-fourth degrees west one hundred and eighty-five rods and fifteen links ; thenca north sixty-eight and three-fourths degrees west thirty-three rods and twenty links ; thence south sixteen degrees west two hundred and thirty-six rods and twenty links ; thence south sixty-seven and three-fourths de- grees east thirty-two rods ; thence south seven degrees west three rods ; thence south seventy degrees east sixteen rods and eight links; thence south seventeen degrees west forty rods and two links; thence sonth eighty-four and three-fourths degrees west seven rods and fifteen links; thence south three and ona-fonrth degrees west twenty-six roda ; thence south eighty-five and one-half degrees west twenty-five rods and thirteen links ; thence north sevent; and three fourths degrees west twenty-eight

rods and eighteen links ; thence north eighty-six and one-half degrees west twenty-eight rods and five links ; thence south twelve rods ; thenca south twenty-nine and one-half degrees west forty-fonr rods and fifteen links ; thence south seventeen and one-half degrees west fifty-five rods and fourteen links ; thenca south seventy five and one-half degrees east ninety rode; thence south thirteen and one-third degrees west eighty- eight rods and twenty-two links ; thence north seventy-five degrees west sixty-one rods and twenty lioks; thence south nineteen and three-fourths degrees west eighty rods ; thence sonth forty and one-half degrees east seventeen rods; thence north twenty-five degrees east twenty-three rods and fifteen links; thence south eighty degrees east fifty-four rods and ten links; thence south thirteen and one-third degrees west one hun- dred and twenty-seven rods and five links ; thence north sixty-five de- grees west sixty-eight rods and ten links ; thence south sixty-two degrees west eleven rods and twelva links ; thenca north forty-nine degrees west five rods and nine links ; thence north sixteen degrees west twelve rods ; theoce north sixty-one and one-half degrees west forty-two rods and twenty links, to a poiut on the town line between said Brookfield and Warren.

Section 2. The inhabitants of West Brookfield shall be holden to pay to the collector of Brookfield all arrears of taxes legally assessed on them in the said town of Brookfield before the passage of this act, and also shall be holden to pay their proportion of State and County taxes that may be assessed upon them previously to the taking of the next State valuation, said proportion to be ascertained aod determined by the town valuation of the town of Brookfield next preceding the passage of this act; and the said town of West Brookfield shall be holden to pay one-half of the debts dne and owing from the town of Brookfield at the time of the passage of this Act, and shall be entitled to receive one-half of all corporate personal property except as hereinafter provided and all assets now owned by said town of Brookfield ; and the town of West Brookfield shall be entitled to receive one-half of the school fund be- longing to or receivable by the town of Brookfield.

Sec. 3. The poor farm belonging to the town of Brookfield shall re- main and continue to be the property of the town of Brookfield, togeth- er with all the personal property on or attached to said farm. And the said town of Brookfield shall support during their lives the following- named persons, provided the same shall continue to he paupers and re- quire support to wit: Joseph Porter, Simeon Johnson, David Snow, Elenor Gilbert, Abigail Staples, Solon Phipps, Hannah Lawrence, Mar- tha Richardson, Elizabeth Hobbs, Hannah Richards, Sally Forbes, Sally Parker, Hnldah Wood, Mary Walker, Mary Ward, Esther Jennings, Sally Thomas, Abigail Paddock, John Lindley, Wm. Richardson and Emily P. Morse. And the said town of West Brookfield shall pay to the town of Brookfield the sum of twenty-five cents per week for the sup- port of each of said persons respectively so long as they shall severally live, whether they shall continue paupers or otherwise. And the town of Brookfield shall hereafter support Ruth Henshaw, a pauper, and the town of West Brookfield shall support Harriett Casey, a pauper, so long as they shall respectively require support. The towns of Brook- field and West Brookfield shall he respectively liable for the support of all other persons who now do or hereafter shall stand in need of relief as paupers whose settlement was gained by or derived from a residence within their respective limits.

Sec, 4. If the County Commissioners shall, within two years, order the construction of the road which has been located from Ware to West Brookfield Depot, and the road which has been located from Fiskdale to South Brookfield Depot on either of said roads as the same are located or so altered as not to increase the expense, the towns of Brookfield and West Brookfield shall each pay one-half the expense of said road or roads.

Sec. 5. The town of West Brookfield shall continua 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, and electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, until the next decennial census shall be taken in pursuance of the thirteenth article of amendment of the constitution; 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 ; and the selectmen of West Brookfield shall make a true list of all per- sons in said town qualified to vote at every such election, and shall, ten days at least before the day of every euch election, deliver the same to the selectmen of Brookfield, to ba used by them in the same manner for anch elections as if prepared by themselves.

Sec. 6. Any justica of the peace within and for the county of Wor- cester is hereby authorized to issue his warrant directed to any principal inhabitant of the town of West Brookfield, requiring him to notify and

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waro the inhabitants thereof qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the time and place therein appointed for the purpose of choosing all Buch town officers as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meetings ; and such justice, or in bis absence, such principal inhabitant shall preside till the choice of a moderator in said meeting.

In conformity with the provisions of the act of incorporation, Elisha Hammond, of West Brookfield, a justice of the peace, issued a warrant to George S. Duell, a principal iuhabitant of West Brookfield, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the town hall in said town on Monday, the 27th of March, 1848, to choose towu officers and raise such sums of money as might be needed for town affairs, and also to decide on the manner of calling meetings of the town. The town hall, so called, was the Con- gregational Church, which had iu alternate years with the Congregational Church in the south part of the town been used for town meetings. The warrant was dated March 11th and was duly served by Mr. Duell, who made his return of service on the same. At the meeting Alanson Hamilton was chosen moderator, and a prayer was offered by Rev. Leonard S. Parker, then pastor of the Congregational Church in West Brookfield. The following town officers were chosen for the year: Selectnien, Alanson Hamilton, Eli Chamberlain, Baxter Barnes, Mandley Peirce, Bramin Sibley; Town Clerk-Jacob Dupee; Asses- sors-Alanson Hamilton, William Cowee, William R. Thomas ; Treasurer-Lucius Tomblin; Overseers of the Poor-Jesse Bliss, Seth Crabtree and Avery Keep; Visiting School Committee-Leonard S. Parker, William Curtis and William R. Thomas ; Fence-Viewers-Nathaniel Lynde, Joseph A. Sprague and Jolin M. Fiske; Measurers of Wood and Bark- Lucius Tomblin, William Cowee and T. Lindsey ; Measurers of Leather-H. Brown, B. T. Leland and Joseph A. Sprague; Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures-William Barrett; Surveyors of Highways- Horace F. Watson, Bostwick Gilbert, Linus Banister, William Barrett, Augustus Makepeace, Seth Crabtree, Warren Blair, Bramin Sibley, Mandley Peirce and Aretas D. Gilbert; Surveyors of Lumber-George H. Gilbert, Lucius Tomblin, Senate Johusou; Fire- Wards-Avery Keep, J. M. Fiske, H. Brown, G. Crowell, A. C. Gleason and G. W. Lincoln ; Field- Drivers-I. Lincoln, G. Crowell, E. W. Coombs, Joseph A. Sprague, J. M. Fiske, Arad Gilbert, C. T. Cooke and Avery Keep.

It was voted to put out the collection of taxes to the lowest bidder, and George S. Duell took the col- lection for one and a quarter per cent. George S. Duell and Charles Cutter were chosen constables, and it was voted that warrants for town-meetings should be posted at least seven days at the Congregational Church and at the school-house near the house of William Adams.

Josiah Henshaw, Nathaniel Lynde and Isaac Gil- bert were chosen a committee to ascertain the finan-

cial condition of the town and report at an adjourned meeting on the 17th of April. At the adjourned meeting the committee reported that the outstanding orders of the two towns amounted to $750. Due on account of schools, $80 ; due on account of tax abate- ments, $50; due on account of poor, $153.52; due on account of contingent expenses, $100.48-$1,134. Assets deducted, $434.45-amount of indebtedness, $699.55, one-half of which is West Brookfield's share : $350.

The committee recommended appropriations which were made as follows: One-half of indebtness of the two towus, $350; schools, $900; roads, $300; con- tingent and tax discount, $225; poor, $450-total appropriations, $2,225.

It was also voted that the sum of six hundred dol- lars be worked out on the roads as a labor tax. The following is a list of the selectmen of the town since its incorporation, chosen in the years set against their names :

1848. Alansoo Hamilton. Eli Chamberlain. Baxter Barnes.

Mandley Peirce. Bramin Sibley.

1849. Same.

1850. Baxter Ellis,

Ebenezer Fairbanks. Willard Gilbert. Benj. W. Leland. Daniel C. Snow

1851. Willard Gilbert. Aretas D. Gilbert. Adolphins Hamilton. Horace G. Rawson. William Cowee.

1852. Hammond Brown. Seth Crabtree. Joshua Ross. Horace G. Rawson. Abijah Cutler.

1853. Horace G. Rawsoo, Mandley Peirce. Chandler Giddings. Joseph W. Woods. Joseph Dane, Jr.

1854. Cbandler Giddings. Joseph W. Woods. Joseph Dane, Jr. Bramin Sibley. Juha R. Snow.

1855. George II. Gilbert. Moses Hall. George Ganlt. Cheney Dane. Chandler Giddings.

1856. Hanmond Brown. Moses Hall. Bramin Sibley. David B. Gleason. Charles E. Smith.

1857. Alanson Hamilton. Wm. B. Stone. Ebenezer B. Lynde. Charles E. Smith. George A. Barnes.

1858. Alanson Hamilton. Wmi. B. Stone. George A. Barnes, William Paige.

Warren A. Blair.

1859. Wm. B. Stvoe. William Adams, Jr. Warren A. Blair. Raymond Cummings. Francis H. Barnes.

1860. Josiah Henshaw. Raymond Cummings. Heory P. Barrett. Francis H. Barnes. Amos C. Alleo.

1861. Raymond Cumonings. Amos C. Alleo. Augustus Makepeace. William Foster. E. W. Coombs.

1862. Raymond Cummings. Amos C. Alleo. Augustus Makepeace. E. W. Coombs. William Foster.

1863. Hammoud Browo. Amus C. Allen. Aboer C. Gleason. Daniel Allen. H. 1 .. Banister.

1864. Hammond Brown. Amos C. Alleo. Abner C. Gleasoo. Daniel Allen. Zebulon E. Cary.

1865. Amos C. Alleo. Abner C. Gleason. Sanford Adams. Zebnion E. Cary. David S. Lawrence.

1866. Amos C. Allen. Sanford Adams.

David S. Lawrence. O. A. Davis. R. K. Makepeace.

1867. George Crowell. Daniel Allen. L. H. Chamberlain. Warren Dane, Wm. H. Barnes.

1868. George Crowell. Daniel Allen. L. H. Chamberlain.

1869. Benjamin Aiken.

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O. P. Maynard. Wm. B. Stone.

Royal K. Makepeace. 1881. E. W. Coombs.

1870. B. P. Aiken.

Wm. B. Stone. Raymond Cummings.

1871. Same.

1872. Raymond Cummings. John B. Tomblin. George A. Parratt.

1873. Raymond Cummings. H. G. Rawson. Edward MCEvoy.

1874. Same.

1875. Same.

1876. B. P. Aikea.

B. K. Makepeace. Wm. H. Allen.

1877. Edward McEvoy. Wm. Il. Alleo. Raymond Cummings. J. G. Brnce.

1885. E. W. Coombs. Charles H. Allen. John T. Gulliver.

1886. E. W. Coombs.

C. H. Fairbanks.

George A. Parratt.

J. T. Gulliver.

1887. Sanford Adams.

Amos C. Allen.

G. H. Coolidge.

Edward McEvoy.

1888. Sanford Adams.

R. K. Makepeace.

Goorge Il. Brown.

1880. W. A. Blair.

G. H. Coolidge.

Edward McEvoy.

The moderators at annual meetings have been :

Alanson Hamilton 1849-50

L. Fnllam. 1868-69

Hammond Brown .. 1851-54

Lyman H. Chamberlaio ......... 1870 L. Fullam 1871-72 George W. Liocolo .. 1855-58

D. S. Merrell 1859

Lyman H. Chamberlain .... 1873-78 L. Fullam, 1879-80 Josiah Henshaw 1860

George W. Lincoln, 1861-62 Josiah Henshaw .1863

George H. Coolidge .1886-88 Lyman H. Chamberlain ... .. 1867

Jacob Dupee served as clerk from 1848 to 1857, in- clusive; E. Hutchins Blair, from 1858 to 1879, inclu- sive, and in 1880 H. W. Bush, the present clerk, was chosen. Lucius Tomblin served as treasurer from 1848 to 1851, inclusive; Oliver S. Cook, from 1852 to 1856, inclusive; Hammond Brown, from 1857 to 1859, inclusive; E. H. C. Blair, from 1860 to 1866, inclusive; A. C. Gleason for the year 1867, and E. H. C. Blair from 1868 until his death, in May, 1887. George H. Fales was then appointed to fill the vacancy and was chosen by the town at the annual meeting in 1888.

While presenting lists of the most prominent officers of the town, it will not be out of place to include in this narrative the names of those who have represented the town in the General Court. In the act of incor- poration it was provided that for the purpose of choos- ing these, West Brookfield should form a part of Brookfield until the next State census in 1850. In 1848 the two towns chose no representative and in November, 1849, Oliver C. Felton, of Brookfield, was chosen to represent them. Those chosen in West Brookfield at the election in the following years were: Chosen in 1850. William Curtts ; 1851, Horace J. Rawson; 1852, none; 1853, Baxter Barnes; 1854, William R. Thomas; 1855, none; 1856, John M. Fales.

The Legislatures of 1856 and 1857 adopted the

Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution, which was approved by the people May 1, 1857, providing that a census of the legal voters of each city and town should be taken on the first day of May, 1857, and returned to the Secretary of the Commonwealth on or before the last day of June, and a census of the in- habitants of each city and town in 1865, and every tenth year thereafter, including the legal voters. The amendment also provided that the House of Repre- sentatives should thereafter consist of two hundred and forty members, who shall be apportioned by the Legislature, at its first session after the return of the census, to the several counties of the Commonwealth, according to their relative numbers of legal voters and the apportionment certified to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston and to the county commissioners of other counties than Suffolk, wlio shall, on the first Tuesday after the receipt of the apportionments, divide their counties into representa- tive districts and assign to each its number of repre- sentatives. Under the apportionment of 1857 the towns of Warren, West Brookfield and New Braintree constituted the Eleventh District of Worcester County and were entitled to one Representative. The follow- ing is a list of the Representatives cho-en to represent that district in the nine succeeding years :

Chosen in 1857, Samuel E. Blair, of Warren; 1858, Nelson Carpenter, of Warren ; 1859, George Crowell, of West Brookfield; 1860, Joseph Rawson, of West Brookfield; 1861, Lucius J. Knowles, of Warren ; 1862, Sexton P. Martin, of New Braintree; 1863, John M. Fales, of West Brookfield ; 1864, Lucius J. Knowles, of Warren; 1865, Nathan Richardson, of Warren.

Under the apportionment of 1866, based on the census of 1865, the towns of Sturbridge, Brookfield, West Brookfield, North Brookfield and Warren con- stituted the Eighteenth Worcester District and the following were chosen to represent that district in the ten succeeding years :

Chosen in 1866, James S. Montague, of Brookfield, Charles E. Smith, of West Brookfield; 1867, Amasa C. Morse, of Sturbridge, Joseph B. Lombard, of War- ren ; 1868, Ezra Batcheller, of North Brookfield, Dan- iel W. Knight, of Brookfield; 1869, Benjamin A. Tripp, of Warren, John Harvey Moore, of Warren ; 1870, Martin L. Richardson, of Sturbridge, George S. Duell, of Brookfield; 1871, Daniel W. Knight, of Brookfield, Simon H. Sibley, of Warren ; 1872, Noah D. Ladd, of Sturbridge, William B. Stone, of West Brookfield; 1873, Warren Tyler, of North Brookfield, Stillman Butterworth, of Brookfield ; 1874, Charles B. Sanford, of West Brookfield, George T. Lincoln, of Sturbridge; 1875, Charles Fuller, of Sturbridge, John Wetherbee, of Warren.

Under the apportionment of 1876 the same towns constituted the Twelfth Worcester District and were represented as follows during the ten succeeding years :

Edward McEvoy. R. K. Makepeace. 1882. R. K. Makepeace. Philip M. Butler, Joseph Eatoo. Edward McEvoy. E. W. Coombs.

1883. Philip M. Butler. E. W. Coombs. Edward MCEvoy. Amos C. Allen. Charles H. Allen.

1884. E. W. Coombs. Charles H. Allen. Charles B. Heasbaw.

1878. Raymond Cummings, Jr. Edward McEvoy. W. A. Blair.

1879. W. A. Blair.

Lyman H. Chamberlain ..... 1881-83 Ebenezer B. Lynde. 1884-85 Hammond Brown 1864-66

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Chosen in 1876, William H. Montague, of North Brookfield, George W. Johnson, of Brookfield ; 1877, George C. Lincoln, of North Brookfield, Alvin B. Chamberlain, of Sturbridge ; 1878, Theodore C. Bates, of North Brookfield, Joseph Smith, of Warren ; 1879, George W. Johnson, of Brookfield, George N. Bacon, of Sturbridge ; 1880, George A. Parratt, of West Brookfield, George M. Newton, of Warren, died (Lu- cien M. Gilbert, of Warren, filled vacancy); 1881, Hiram Knight, of North Brookfield, David W. Hodgkins, of Brookfield; 1882, Emory L. Bates, of Sturbridge, Horace W. Bush, of West Brookfield; 1883, Allen Batcheller, of North Brookfield, Joseph W. Hastings, of Warren; 1884, Edwin D. Goodell, of Brookfield, David B. Wright, of Sturbridge; 1885, Edwin Wilbur, of West Brookfield, Marcus Bur- roughs, of Warren.

Under the apportionment of 1886 the towns of Brookfield, West Brookfield, North Brookfield, New Braintree, Oakham, Sturbridge and Warren consti- tuted the Fifth Worcester District and the following Representatives have been chosen to represent it :

Chosen in 1886, Edwin D. Goodell, of Brook- field, Samuel Clark, of North Brookfield ; 1887, George H. Coolidge, of West Brookfield, Henry D. Haynes, of Sturbridge; 1888, George Bliss, of Warren, John B. Gould, of Warren.

In the early life of West Brookfield little occurred to arrest the attention of the historian or interest the reader. Its current flowed with gentle tide, bearing satisfactory prosperity to its enterprises and peace and happiness to its people. Its real history lies hack of its incorporation far in the past and is owned in common with its sister towns. Brookfield, though the Third Precinct, inherits the name and records of the original town, while West Brookfield, really the mother instead of sister of the towns at the north and south, and holding within its borders the ancient landmarks of Quabaug, has scarcely passed the for- tieth year of its municipal age. It would be a fitting acknowledgment of its historic record to place in its keeping the ancient archives and christen it anew with the name which rightfully belongs to it. South Brookfield is the title which Brookfield often bears in the records, and to an impartial eye it seems more ap- plicable to-day to the town from which West Brook- field was separated in 1848.

As owners in common of the memories of the good old town, the citizens of the three towns of Brookfield, North Brookfield and West Brookfield celebrated the anniversary of our national independence on Satur- day, the 3d of July, 1858. The purpose of the celebration was a double one,-both to celebrate the event which the day commemorated and, as stated by the committee in their circular, sent to the sons of the three towns, to make preliminary arrangements for the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town, which would occur in 1860. The circular was signed by Aaron Kimball, Francis Howe, Lewis

Abbott, S. W. Banister, Perley Stevens, Luther Stowell, Oliver C. Felton, Calvin Jennings, Otis Hayden, Emmons Twichell and Alfred Rice, of Brookfield ; Amasa Walker, Daniel Whitney, Hiram Edson, Charles Duncan, William Adams, George H .. Lowe, Royal Pickard, Ezra Batchellor, Lysander Brewer, James H. Hill and Bonum Nye, of North Brookfield, and Alanson Hamilton, Nathaniel Lynde, Ebenezer Merriam, John M. Fales, Augustus Make- peace, Ebenezer Fairbanks, David A. Gleason, David L. Merrill, Raymond Cummings, George W. Lincoln and Warren A. Blair, of West Brookfield. At that time the population of the three towns, in the order here given, was 2007, 2307 and 1363 respectively. A dinner was held in a tent pitched on the Common in Brookfield and nine hundred guests were seated at the tables. A procession, under the Chief Marshal George D. Clapp, with Tyler Hosman and Henry L. Mellen as his aids, contained four divisions in the following order and marched through the principal streets to the tent :

First Division. Bonds Coroet Band, 20 pieces, Cataract Engine Company, of Brookfield, Capt. A. H. Moulton. Committee of Brookfield. Speakers and guests. Citizens. Second Division. American Eogioe Company, of West Brookfield, Capt. C. B. Sanford. Committee of West Brookfield. West Brookfield Glee Club. Citizens. Third Division. Committee of North Brookfield. President, Vice- President, Chaplain.

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History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 152

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1576

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1576