History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 69

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1464

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Rufus D. Moore, enl. July 19, 1861. in 21st Regt., Co. K ; disch. Aug. 5, 1862, for disability ; re-enlisted July 19, 1864, in 42d Regt., Co. G ; disch. Nov. 11, 1864, expiration of service.

Leander L. Murdock, enl. Sept. 3, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. II; disch. Sept. 2, 1863, expiration of service.

Isaac Newton, enl. June 17, 1861, in 12th Regt., Co. B; disch. June 18, 1862, for disability : died Dec. 1, 1862.

Jesse H. Orr, cul. Ang. 4, 1862, in 25th Regt., Co. I; died at Point of Rocks, Va., May 10 1864, of wounds received May 9th.

Alfred R. Parker, enl. May 25, 1861, in 2d Regt., Co. F; corporal ; re-enlisted Dec. 31, 1861, in 2d Regt., Co. F ; killed at Averysboro', N. C., March 16, 1862.

Stephen S. Parker, enl. May 25, 1861, in 2d Regt., Co. F; disch. May 25, 1864, expiration of service.

Willard Parsous, enl. Nov. 4, 1861, in Ft. Warren Bat. ; disch. Nov. 27, 1864 ; trans. to 32d Regt., Co. B, spring of 1862.

Henry G. Pollard, en1. Sept. 13, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. C; disch. Sept. 2, 1863, expiration of service.

George II. Pond, enl. Sept. 21, 1861, in 25th Regt , Co. K; disch. July 13, 1865 ; wounded at Drury'a Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.

Lowell Pond, enl. Oct. 2, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. 1 ; disch. Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.

Rowland Pond, eol. Sept. 21, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. I; killed at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.

Wni. G. Pond, enl. Sept. 21, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co, K ; disch. July 13, 1865, expiration of service.

Francis Rice, enl. July 20, 1862, in 25th Regt., Co. I; disch. Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.

Isaac N. Rice, enl Sept. 3, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. H ; died at Baton Rouge, La., May 13, 1863.

George P. Richardson, enl. Feb. 23, 1864, in 12th H. A. ; 1 disch. Sept. 26, 1865 ; Ist lieut. 3d Regt., Co. H, H. A., June 25, 1865.

James M. Richardson, enl. July 19, 1851, in 21st Regt., Co. C; disch. July 2, 1862, to re-enl. ; raised a company for 44th Regt .; capt. Nov. 16, 1863 ; disch. Nov. 16, 1864 ; raised a company of II. A., which af- terwards became Co. II of 3d Regt. of HI. A .; lient .- col. Mar. 13, 1865 ; disch. Sept. 18. 1865.

Wm. S. Richmond, enl. July 30, 1862, 25th Regt.

Henry F. Russell, enl. Sept. 3, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. H; died at Barracks, N. Y. City, Jan. 9, 1863 ; corp.

Sydney II. Sargent, enl. Nov. 4, 1861, in Ft. Warren Bat .; died Oct. 27, 1862, Al-xandria, Va., Co. B, 32d Regt.

W'm. H. Sargent, enl. Nov, 19, 1861, in 32d Regt., Co. B ; disch. Nov. 20, 1864 ; trans. to V. R. C. Sept. 15, 1863.

Samnel K. Savage, enl. Sepr. 3, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. H ; disch. Sept 2, 1863, expiration of service.

Jacob Shaffer, ent. Aug. 7, 1862, in 25th Regt, Co. K ; disch. Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.

Benj. F. Smith, ent. Sept. 21, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. K; disch. Nov. 28, 1862, for disability.

. Charles A. Smith, enl. July 19, 1861, in 21st Regt., Co. K; disch, Jan.

1, 1864, to re-enl. ; corp ; re-enl. Jan. 2, 1864, in 36th Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 12, 1865; trans. to 56th Regt., Co. D, June 8, 1865. John A. Smith, enl. July 19, 1861, in 21st Regt., Co. K; disch,

Jan. 1, 1864, to re-enl .; re-enl. Jan. 2, 1864, in 3tth Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 12, 1865; trans. to 56th Regt., Co. B.

Asa Stone, enl. Sept. 30, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. I; died at Wash- ington June 20, 1834, of wounds received at Cold Harbor.

J. Frauklin Stone, enl. July 12, 1862, in 23d Regt., Co. II; killed &t battle of White Ilall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862.

Charles E. Stowe, enl. July 19, 1861, in 2Ist Regt., Co. K; disch, Jan. 23, 1863, for disability.

Charles R. Stowe, enl. Mar. 16, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. K ; died July 4, 1864, of wounds received near Petersburg, Va.

George W. Stowe, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, iu 36th Regt., Co C ; disch. May 14, 1864, for disability.

Charles F. Tenney, enl. Sept. 21, 1861, in 25th Regt., Co. K ; disch. Jan. 18, 1864, to re-eul .; corp .; re-enI. Jan. 19, 1864, in 25th Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 21, 1865; wounded at Drury's Bluff May 9, 1864.

George A. Tenney, sergt., enl. May 23, 1861, in 1st Regt., Co. C ; disch. Oct. 28, 1863, for disability.2

W. 11. Frederick Tyler, enl. Ang. 2, 1864, in 58th Regt., Co. E ; disch. July 14, 1865 ; captured at Petersburg Apr. 2, 1865 ; released in 9 days.

Jerre Whitney, enl. May 25, 1861, in 2d Regt., Co. F.

Jonathan W. Whitney, enl. Sept. 5, 1864, in 2d H. A. M., Co .; disch. June 30, 1865 ; trans. to 17th Regt., Co. F, Jan. 16, 1865.

Clayton Witt, enl. July 30, 1862, in 25th Regt., Co. K ; died at Flo- rence, N. C., Nov. 20, 1864.

Daniel II. Woodward, enl. Aug. 18, 1862, in 25th Regt., Co. K ; died at Camp Nelson, Ky , Sept. 15, 1863.

Lyman Woodward, enl. Sept. 3, 1862, in 53d Regt., Co. H ; disch, Sept. 2, 1863 ; 1st lieut .; pro. capt. Oct. 31, 1802.

Parker S. Wright, eul. Ang. 28, 1861, in 22d Regt., Co. D; killed at Gaines Mill, Va., June 27, 1862.

Makepeace Young, enl. Nov. 4, 1861, in Ft. Warren Bat .; trans. to 32d Regt., Co. B ; killed at Cold Ilarbor June 3, 1864.

Samner C. Young, enl. Nov. 4, 1861, in Ft. Warren Bat. ; disch. June 19, 1865: trans. to 32d Regt., Co. B.

The following are the names of those who were drafted or furnished substitutes, and their substi- tutes :

John C. Clark.

John R. Green, substitute.

William C. Hale. James Smithers, substitute.

Milton Stone. Wm. G. Rowelson, substitute.

The following were hired from abroad to fill the quotas of the town, most of whom re-enlisted from the regular army :

Barnes, Willard G.

Jenkins, Michael.

Bignall, Ilenry.

Kelley, Thomas.

Brooks, William H.

McCabe, John.

Corey, John. McCarrick, John.

Crandell, George M.

McCormick, John.

Cunningham, Paul.

McGuly, Patrick.

Dawson, Jeremialı.

Oakler, Frederick.

Denovan, Lloyd S.

O'Brien, Michael.

Denton, George.

O' Brien, William.

Eagan, Eugene.

O'Toole, Francis.

Eberle, Frank.

Tevel, Leon.

Foster, John K.

Reiser, Andreas.

Gibson, George W.

Sullivan, Patrick.

Gilbertson, James.

Tracy, James.

Gleaves, John W. Ucher, William,

Gribben, Daniel.

Walker, David.

Witzman, William.

Eight went into the navy, viz .:

Atkins, Firth B.

Snow, Fred. C.

Hogan, Dennis.

Williams, John.

Watson, Alexander.

Wilson, John.

Smith, George.

Woodward, Thomas F.

2 Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863; died May 14, 1865.

1 Unattached Company.

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SUMMARY.

Number of Hubbardston men 120

Whole uumher furnished by the town, besides the twenty

who re-enlisted and were couuted twice .. 164 Excess above all the number required to fill all the quotas .. 10

Volunteers 120

Died in the service or very soou after (of the 120 residents) 44

CHAPTER CLII.

HUBBARDSTON-(Continued.)

The First Congregational Church-The Evangelical Congregational-Method- ist Church-The Williamsville Society-Schools-Libraries-Fire Com- pang-Prominent Persons-Centennial-Copperas Mines-Physicians -The Militia-G. A. R .- Soldiers' Monument-Post-Ofice-Mannfac- turing-Hubbardston Grange, P. of H .- Civil History-Town Oficers.

THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL (UNITARIAN) CHURCH was organized February 14, 1770, with the following male members: Rev. Nehemiah Parker, Adam Wheeler, Nathaniel Upham, Joseph Grimes, Nathaniel Waite and Ephraim Rice. Jos. Evelethi's name also appears in the covenant, but Rev. Mr. Stowe states that he did not join the church until January 13, 1771.

The next settled pastor was Rev. David Kendall, who was ordained October 20, 1802, and remained until April, 1809.

October 17, 1810, Rev. Samuel Gay became pastor. During the pastorate of Mr. Gay the church divided.

It is evident that public worship was held in town two or three years before there was a church. Octo- ber 24, 1767, the town voted " to hire oue month's preaching," and two days later Benjamin Hoyt was chosen " to provide a minister, and to provide for the minister." February 29, 1768, £5 68. 8d. was voted " for Mr. Parker's preaching," which shows he was here at the beginning of 1768. In June of the same year it was voted "to pay Mr. Parker's salary out of the land tax granted at March meeting," but it would seem he preached here only a part of the time. An- other vote, February, 1769, was "to raise five and one-half pounds for one month's preaching."

August 15, 1769, a formal call was voted to Mr. Parker, with the offer of a salary of forty pounds a year for the first three years, fifty pounds a year for the next three years, and after that sixty pounds yearly.

Mr. Parker was ordained June 13, 1770, under a large oak on the south side of the Common.

He was a graduate of Harvard College, in the class of 1763.

Ilis ministry was one of sore trials, on account of the newness of the place, and the distracted state of the country. November 19, 1781, the town voted "to get Mr. Parker's wood the present year, in consider- ation of his having suffered by the depreciation of the old continental money, on his giving a receipt for

his salary for 1781." "Then voted to Squadron into five squadrons, according to their pay, to get Mr. Parker's wood."

When the town was embarrassed for want of funds, he waited long for the payment of his small salary. During these years he sold the 150 acres of land near Comet Pond, and nearly one-half of his farm, and had spent the proceeds in living, and still found himself in debt. In 1792 he made known his cir- cumstances to the town, and asked for aid. They very coldly added fifteen pounds to his salary “ for that year." The next May he was obliged to ask further aid, and offered to sell his place for a parson- age, or give them security for money on his real es- tate. After discussing many propositions, the meet- ing was dissolved without action, showing that the feeling toward him had changed. His friends now moved for another meeting, at which it was voted " to add fifteen pounds to Mr. Parker's salary, annu- ally." Subsequently the attention of the town was twice called to this subject, but no aid was granted. According to the expressed desire of Mr. Parker, a town-meeting was held June 5, 1800, and a commit- tee, consisting of Robert Murdock, John Clark and Edward Selfridge, was appointed to wait on Mr. Parker and ask him to be present. He complied with the request and made the following communi- cation :

To the Inhabitants of Hubbardston Assembled in Town Meeting.

Gentlemen : Considering the many infirmities of my body, and other important reasons, I think it most for the glory of God that I be dis- missed, and give up my ministerial office. 1 therefore request that yuu vote my dismission, and that the pastoral relation be dissolved.

NEH. PARKER.

His request was granted, and so far as appears, this action was regarded as ultimate, no mention being made of a council.

Thus was dissolved that connection between Rev. Nehemiah Parker and the inhabitants of Hubbardston which was formed in the open air, under the spreading branches of a lofty oak tree, on the 13th of June, 1770; that connection which so happily continued for more than twenty-two years, when each party seemed ready to lay down its life for the other, to spend aud be spent for their mutual benefit and happi- Dess. But when the prinie and vigor of manhood was beginning to de- part from that faithful servaut, and other troubles, over which he had Do control, were pressing heavily upon him, that sympathy which he had formerly received, and now more than ever needed, was beginning to be withheld, and so continued by slow degrees, till he was forced to believe his usefulness had departed. Now in the evening of life, with ruined health and poverty before him, he felt willing. "for the glory of God," to relinquish that small sulary, which, for the last few years, had been so grudgingly paid him, and cast himself entirely upon the mercy of that Heavenly Friend and Master whom he had so faithfully served, and who, he no doubt trusted, would soon take him home.

We would, in charity to our ancestors, withhold this narrative from the people of the present day, but as faithful historians we feel bound to make it public. No truer illustration of the fable of "the old Hound and his Master " was ever acted out in real life.1

Mr. Parker died August 20, 1801, aged fifty-nine, The expenses of his funeral-$18.58-were paid by the town, aud the town also placed a stone over his grave.

1 William Bennett, as quoted iu Centennial Address.

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The next pastor was Rev. David Kendall, ordained October 20, 1802, and remained until April 26, 1809. He was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Gay, who was ordained October 17, 1810. He officiated as pastor until May 1, 1827, when the pastorate ended. The church divided and Mr. Gay became pastor of those who left the old church.

The pastors from this division of the church have been as follows: Revs. Abner D. Jones, Ebenezer Robinson, Wm. H. Kinsley, Claudius Bradford, S. H. Loyd, Geo. T. Hill, Stillman Barton, A. S. Ryder, B. F. McDaniel, A. P. Willard, J. R. Johnson, H. W. Morse, A. C. Nickerson, D. W. Morehouse, N. A. Haskell and George F. Clark, the present pastor, who was settled in 1883.

The frame of the first meeting-house was raised in 1773, but it was not until 1794 that the building was completed, and not until 1806 were the porch and belfry added. The bell was put in in 1805, the clock in 1808 and stoves in 1830. The building was re- modeled in 1842 and again in 1869.

THE EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH was organized in 1827, being composed of seceders from the old church. Ninety-four members of the old church went with the new society, and thirty remained with the town. The society was organized as "The Calvinistic Church of Hubbardston," but subsequently took its present name. The pastors since Rev. Mr. Gay, who retired in 1841, have been as follows : Oliver B. Bidwell, D. B. Bradford, C. W. Allen, Henry B. Fay, John M. Stowe, J. F. Norton and M. H. Hitchcock, the present pastor, who was settled in 1883.

The church edifice was erected in 1827 and enlarged a few years later. It was moved in 1886 and rededi- cated Nov. 1, 1887.

THE METHODIST CHURCH was organized in 1839, and a church building erected in 1846. Among those who have served this church as pastors are Joseph Whitman, Stephen Cushing, Willard Smith, George W. Bates, Wm. Gordon, Samuel Tupper, George Q. Poole, Moses P. Webster, Burtis Judd, F. Q. Bur- rows, Charles Baker, Mr. Atkinson, N. H. Martin, H. R. Parmeter, C. H. Newall, C. H. Vinton, I. B. Bige- low, P. M. Vinton, J. S. Day, T. B. Treadwell, O. W. Adams, W. R. Trisdale, J. J. Woodbury, W. E. Dwight, William Silverthorn, Lorenzo White, L. A. Frost, and J. C. Smith, present pastor.

THE WILLIAMSVILLE UNION SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY was incorporated August 29, 1888, by Charles E. Brown, of Springfield, Mass., M. H. Hitchcock, of Hubbardston, Sarah E. Hemmenway, of Barre, Ellen M. Williams, Susan M. Jewett, Min- erva F. Hale and H. B. Jencks, of Hubbardston. Its object is "to interest all the residents of Wil- liamsville and vicinity in maintaining public wor- ship and a Sunday-school on the Sabbath, and such other religious and social meetings and other assen- blies on week-days as the public interests may re-

quire." Officers,-President, M. H. Hitchcock; Clerk, M. F. Hale; Treasurer, H. B. Jencks. Its constitu- tion is well fitted to carry out the idea of union meetings in a little village four miles from churches. A neat and tasty building has been erected, costing eighteen hundred dollars, and the society is out of debt, owing to the liberality of former residents and friends.

There is a beautiful grove here on the borders of a large pond, in which annual reunion picnics of pres- ent and former residents of three old school districts is held in August.

SCHOOLS .- In the first division of land among the proprietors, a lot, No. 30, was set apart for school purposes, and in 1796 this lot was sold for twelve hundred and seventy-six dollars. In 1767 the first school was held, one month at the house of Joseph Slarrow, and one month at the house of Edward Rice.

After 1768, appropriations for schools were made annually, except for two or three years during the darkest period of the Revolution, the sums ranging from £5 to £1000. The latter amount was in 1780, when the currency had become of little value. For several years after 1784 the amount raised was £60. From 1792 to the close of the century it was £100. In 1800 it was $300; in 1810, $500; 1820, $800; 1830, $700; 1840, $1200; 1850, 1200; 1860, $1600; 1870, $2500; 1880, 2000. Nine times the amount reached $2500, but fell in 1879 to $2000.

In 1770 the town voted to build a school-house twenty-six feet by twenty. This was the first in town, and stood near the southwest corner of the old burial ground, and was for some time used also as a town-house and church. Prior to this the schools and town-meetings had all been held in private houses.

In 1771 the town chose a committee to "squadron out the school places;" that is, provide places for schools in other parts of the town. Before 1781 nothing had been done to build other school-houses. At their March meeting that year a committee of seven was chosen "To squadron out the town for schooling, and to see how many school-housen to build." The next year this committee made their report, dividing the town into seven squadrons, and recommended building a school-house in each squadron. The re- port was accepted ; but no further action was taken till March, 1784, when it was voted to build the seven school-houses, to be completed by the 1st of June, 1785. The sum of £105 was raised to pay ex- penses, and a building committee appointed in each squadron ; but it was from three to five years before these houses were all completed. In 1786 there was an article in the town-meeting warrant, "To see if the town will reconsider the vote formerly passed, granting £105 to build school-houses." The vote to reconsider was in the negative; a new committee was appointed, and fifty dollars additional appropri-

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ated to each squadron to complete its school-house. It is probable that most of them were finished during the next two years.

LIBRARIES .- The Hubbardston Library Associa- tion was formed prior to 1825. It was a private enterprise, and after a few years was abandoned. For almost twenty years prior to 1870 a library asso- ciation was sustained in the village, and in 1871 the Farmers' Library, which was organized about 1861, was united with it. Various donations of books were received from various sources, and in 1872 the library numbered one thonsand one hundred and fifty-nine. The largest donation was made by Jonas G. Clark. The library was moved to the library building in 1875. The first librarian was Miss Sarah E. Marean. The library now contains sixteen thousand volumes.

FIRE COMPANIES .- The first fire-engine was pur- chased in 1830, and a fire company formed soon after. Later a hook-and-ladder company was formed.

PROMINENT PERSONS .- Hon. Ethan A. Green- wood was a successful portrait painter, and was for many years justice of the peace ; was also a represen- tative to the General Court and State Senator.

William Bennett gave much of his time to collect- ing material for a town history of Hubbardston, and all later historians of this town owe him a debt of grati- tude for his invaluable labors in this field of litera- ture. He died in 1881.

Jonas G. Clark has been generous in his donations to his native town, and the town is indebted to him for its fine library building.

The following were Hubbardston men, viz .: Drs. William Parkhurst, John Browning, Stephen Clark, Nelson P. Clark, Jubal C. Gleason and S. E. Green wood.

Samuel Swan and his son George were the only lawyers who have practiced law here. Others who were born here were Ethan A. Greenwood, Thomas O. Selfridge, William A. Williams and Edward B. Savage.

CENTENNIAL .- The town celebrated its centennial June 13, 1867.

The following were the officers of the day : President, Levi Pierce ; Vice-Presidents, Col. Moses Waite, Dr. Moses Phelps, Capt. Ebenezer Stowe, Moses C. Wheeler, Oren Marean, Abel Howe; Chief Marshal, Lyman Woodward; Assistant Marshals, Wm. H. Whittemore, F. P. Morse, Rockwell H. Waite, Asa H. Church ; Toast Master, J. C. Gleason ; Chaplain, Rev. I. B. Bigelow.

The address was delivered by Rev. J. M. Stowe, and a poem read by Horace Underwood. The town also celebrated the Centennial of American Inde- pendence, July 4, 1876. The following hymn, writ- ten by Horace Underwood, was sung on that occasion :

Great God of nations, Mighty One, Before whom centuries pass as days, Since first Thou spake, and it was done, How wonderful have been Thy ways ! Tby sovereign power extends to all, A nation's rise, a sparrow's fall.

We trace Thy providentinl hand Through all these many centuries past ; Especially in this, our land,

We clearly sce it, through the last : When perils come, and fears arose, Thine arm gave vict'ry o'er our foes.

Que hundred years ago to-day,

Our fathers, with strong faith in Thee -- Believing Thou would'st lead the way, Did then declare this nation free : But oh ! what trials they endured, Before their freedom was seenred.

And now we've come to celebrate Our glorions Independence won, .

We've come-yes, to commemorate Those deeds, by our brave fathere done ; We've come, O Father, to thank Thee, That we, to-day, aro truly free.

On all this land, from east to west, On all who are assembled here, O let Thy richest blessings rest, Through all this glad centennial year ; And may our hearts, through coming days, Be filled with gratitude and praise.

Through all the centuries yet to come, May this fair land-as time still flies, Be blest of Thee, as freedom's home ; May this, Star of the West, still rise And shine, with more effulgent ray, Till lost in the millennial day.

COPPERAS MINE .- When the new county road to Templeton was built, in 1828, in cutting through a ledge, ore was discovered which was supposed to be of great value. It proved to be copperas. The mine was worked on a large scale for many years, but though the copperas was ot good quality, the cost of its manufacture was so great the enterprise was at length abandoned, and all the buildings of the settlement have now disappeared. This ledge is very extensive, though it comes to the surface in but . few places.

PHYSICIANS .- The first practicing physician in town was Dr. Moses Phelps, who came here in 1776, and for more than half a century visited his patients on horseback with his huge saddle-bags of medicine. His son, Moses Phelps, studied and practiced with him, except for four years spent in Barre; after more than fifty years of active service, he continued to be consulted till his death, in 1873; the father and son thus covering almost a century of practice.

Others have been Drs. Goodnow, George Hoyt, Brown, Holmes, Taylor, Alexander, Billings, Bemis, Pillsbury, Scribner, Freeland, Lincoln, Sylvester, Ruggles, Ames, Joseph M. Tenney, H. O. Palmer and Amory Jewett.

THE MILITIA .- Prior to 1791 there was but one military . company in this town. It then numbered one hundred and forty men, and was rapidly increas- ing, and the town voted to divide it into two compa- nies, to be called the East Company and the Wes Company, and to choose officers for the two, which shows that military officers at that time were elected in town-meeting. The officers of the West Company were: Ebenezer Mann, captain ; Daniel Parkis (af-

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terwards spelled Parkhurst), lieutenant ; John Brown- ing, ensign. Of the East Company : Moses Green- wood, captain ; Asa Church, lieutenant; Paul Mat- thews, ensign.

Rifle Company .- In 1816 an independent company was chartered, called the Hubbardston Rifle Com- pany. The first officers were: James H. Wheeler, captain; Ephraim Mason, lieutenant; Brigham Davis, ensign.

In 1829, after the active militia was so reduced as to include only able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and thirty, the West Company was dis- banded. The officers-Asa Underwood, captain ; Makepeace Clark, lieutenant, and Samuel A. Knox, ensign-were discharged, and the non-commissioned officers and privates were enrolled in the East Com- pany.

Light Infantry .- In 1843 another independent com- pany was chartered, called the Hubbardston Light Infantry. The first officers of the Infantry Company which followed were: George Williams, Jr., captain; Henry Chase, first lieutenant ; Daniel Witt, second lieutenant; Joseph Russell, third lieutenant, and Harvey Brown, fourth lieutenant.

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- Post 109 was organized in 1868, but finally, the number of members dropping below the number called for by charter, it was abandoned.

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT-The town erected a monu- ment to the memory of her soldiers, in 1885. It was dedicated June 17th of that year, the address upon the occasion being delivered by Hon. W. W. Rice.

POST-OFFICE .- A post-office was established in Hubbardston in 1810, and the following have been postmasters : Reuben Wheeler, Clark Witt, John Church, Levi Pierce, Dana Braun, Appleton Clark, Abijah S. Clark, John Phelps, John F. Clark, Wil- liam Bennett, Jr., William H. Whittemore, Lyman Woodward and J. B. Flynn.

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History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 69

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1464

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1464