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Roads and bridges. 3,500 00
Sidewalks. 500 00
School-teachers and fuel. 10,500 00
Evening schoole.
200 00
Books and supplies
800 00
Repairs of school buildings
500 00
Support of poor. 2,000 00
Fire Department. 1,500 00
Cemetery
200 00
Street lights
800 00
Military and State aid.
200 00
Abatement of taxes
300 00
Reduction of school-honse debt
2,700 00
Old town debt
1,000 00
Interest of town debts.
1,500 00
Public Library.
500 00
County tax
1,725 00
State tax.
2,902 50
Total. $34.127 50
Among the institutions and societies in the town are the Quaboag Lodge and the King Solomon R. A. Chapter of Masons; the Arcturus Lodge 187, I. O. O. F .; the Clara Barton Post, No. 65, G. A. R. ; the Calvin Cutter, Sons of Veterans, No. 51; the Cres- cent Division, No. 24, Sons of Temperance ; the Knowles Council, No. 809, Royal Arcanum; the Northern Mutual Relief Association; and the War- ren Savings Bank, of which John W. Chadsey is president, Joseph B. Lombard, vice-president, and Samuel E. Blair, treasurer.
In order that some idea may be obtained of the representative men of Warren in the different gen- erations since its incorporation, it will be well to present lists of those persons who have represented it in the Legislature and filled offices of trust by the suffrage of their fellow-citizens.
The following is a list of the selectmen from 1741 to 1889, with the exception of those in one or two years, concerning whom the records are either silent or from their defacement can throw no light :
1741. Solomon Keys. Nosh Ashley.
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1745
Nathaniel Read. 1742. Noah Ashley. Peter Rice.
- Blair. Samuel Bliss. 1743. Noah Ashley. Peter Rice. Gershom Makepeace. Thomas Rich. Solomon Keys, Jr.
1744. Noah Ashley.
Solomon Keye. Samuel Bliss. Peter Rice. Thomas Rich.
1745. Solomoo Keye.
Peter Rice. John Cheney. Thomas Rich. David Blair.
1746.
1747. Solomon Keye.
Noah Ashley.
Thomas Rich. James Whitcomb. Nathaniel Read.
1748. Noah Ashley. Peter Rice.
Gershom Makepeaco.
James Whitcomlı. Josiah Putnamı.
1749. Solomon Keys. Peter Rice.
Ephraim Hayward. Nathaniel Read. Thomas Rice.
1750. Solomon Keys. Peter Rice.
Thomas Rice.
John Damon. Ephraim Hayward.
1751.
1752. Solomon Keye.
Simeon Dwight.
Nathaniel Read. Wm. Virgin. John Blair.
1768. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace.
James Stone.
James Brown. Solomon Rich.
1769. Simeon Dwight. James Stone. Josiah Putnam. Nathaniel Read. Solomon Rich.
1770. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace.
James Stone. Nathaniel Read. Solomon Rich.
1771. Simeon Dwight. James Stone.
Soloioon Rich. John Patrick. Renben Read.
1757. Gershom Makepeace.
Simeon Dwight.
James Whitcomb. Joho Damon. Nathaniel Read.
1758. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace. James Stevens. Thomas Cutler. Robert Gray.
1759. Gershom Makepeace. Simeon Dwight.
Thomas Rice. Thomas Cutler. Jolin Blair.
1760. Simeon Dwight. Gershon Makepeace. James Whitcomb. Nathaniel Resd.
1761. Gershom Makepeace. Joho Patrick. James Stone. Thomas Rice. Simeon Dwight.
1762. Gershom Makepeace. Simeon Dwight. John Damon. Joho Blair. Nathaniel Read.
1763. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace.
James Stone. Nathanlel Read.
Solomon Rich.
1764. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace. Nathaniel Read. James Stone. Solomon Rich.
1765. Simeon Dwight. James Browo. John Damon. Isaac Tyler. James Stone.
1766. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace.
James Brown. Nathaniel Read. Solomon Rich.
1767. Simeon Dwight. Gershom Makepeace.
James Stone. James Brown. Solomon Rich.
1753. Simeon Dwight.
Solomon Keys.
Thomas Rich. Peter Rice. Wm. Virgin.
1754. Simeon Dwight.
John Tyler. Gerebon Blakepeace. Nathaniel Resd. John Patrick.
1755. Solomon Keys. Simeon Dwight.
Peter Rice. Thomas Rice. David Blair.
1756. Gershom Makepeace.
James Whitcomb. John Tyler.
Thomas Cutler. James Brown.
1772. Simeon Dwight. James Stone. Solomon Rich. Nathaniel Read. Joseph Cutler.
1773. Simeon Dwight. James Stone.
John Patrick. Renben Read. Abner Tyler.
1774. Josiah Putnam. John Blair. Isaac Tyler. Danforth Keys.
Peter Rice.
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Nathan Foster.
1775. Simeon Dwight. John Patrick. Isaac Gleason. Reuben Read. Josiah Putnam).
1776. John Patrick.
Josiah Putnam. Dauforth Keys. Isaac Gleason. Reubeo Read.
1777. Simeon Dwight.
James Stooe. Danforth Keys. Isaac Tyler. Isaac Bliss. 1778. Isaac Gleason. Duty Partridge. William Blair. Samuel Bliss.
1779. Sam. Basconi. Isaac Gleason. William Blair. Isaac Bliss. John Barris.
1780. Daoforth Keys. Solomon Rich. John Barrus. Samuel McAllister. William Brown.
1781. Jolin Barrua, Jr.
Isaac Gleason. Joeiah Putnam, Jr. Baroabas Blackmer. Jason Wright.
1782. Danforth Keys. Isaac Gleason. John Hamilton. Joseph Cutler. Reuben Resd.
1783. James Stone.
Isaac Bliss. Matthew Patrick. Reuben Read. Joho Barrus.
1784. Isaac Read.
Daniel Bliss. William Blair. John Barrus. Matthew Patrick.
1785. Reuben Read. E. Cutler. Matthew Patrick. Capt. Cowee. David Burroughs. 1786. Isaac Gleason. William Cowee. David Burroughs. Duty Partridge. Matthew Patrick. 1787. Mattbew Patrick. Duty Partridge. David Burroughs. Ebenezer Cutler. Samuel Blair.
1788. Matthew Patrick. Isaac Gleason. Josiah Putnam, Jr. Solomon Cummings. Samuel Blair. 1789. Reuben Read. Joseph Cutler. Abner Tyler. Eleazer Cook. Cyrus Rich. 1790. Reuben Read.
Joseph Cutler. Abuer Tyler. Eleazer Cook. Cyrus Rich.
1791. Reuben Read. Abner Tyler. Issac Moore. Joseph Jones. Cyrus Rich.
1792. Dauforth Keys. Reuben Read. Josiah Putnam, Jr. Joseph Jones. James Brown, Jr.
1793. Reuben Read.
Joseph Field. Joseph Jones. Abner Tyler. James Brown, Jr.
1794. Reuben Read.
Matthew Patrick. Joseph Field. Eleazer Cook. Aaron Bliss.
I795. Matthew Patrick.
Reuben Read. Joseph Field. Aaron Bliss. Samuel Blair.
1796. Ebenezer Cutler. James Brown, Jr. David Burroughs. James Blair. Seth Blair. 1797. Aaron Bliss.
James Blair. Seth Blair. Nathan Read. Moses Tyler.
1798.
1797. Danforth Keys. Joseph Fields. Matthew Patrick. Asa Patrick. David Burroughs.
1800. Danforth Keys. Joseph Fields. Daniel Hodges. Seth Lincoln. Joshua Read.
1801. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. Seth Lincoln. Joshua Read. Aaron Bliss. 1802. Aaroo Blisa. David Burronghs. Samuel Blair. Timothy P. Bridges. Asa Patrick. 1803. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. Semnel Wright. Timothy P. Bridges. Frederick Carpenter.
1804. Danforth Keys. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. Samuel Blair. Joshua Read. 1805. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. Samuel Blair. Joshua Read, Samuel Knight. 1806. Joseph Field.
Daniel Hodges. Wm. Cowee. Augustus Phillips. Jobathao Bridges.
1807. Same.
1808. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. Samuel Knight. Jonathan Bridges. Joshna Read.
1809. Joseph Field.
Daniel Hodges. Jonathan Bridges. Abijah Mills. Joseph Ramsdell.
1810. Same. 1811. Joseph Field.
Daniel Hodges. Daniel Tyler. Abijah Mills. Joseph Ramedell.
1812. Joseph Field. Daniel Hodges. James Blair. Joseph Ramsdell. John Hill.
1813. Samuel Knight.
Isaac Tyler. Timothy P. Bridges. Hervey Bascom. Levi Read.
1814. Samuel Blair.
Isaac Tyler. Timothy P. Bridges. Hervey Sessions. Joshua Read.
1815. Isaac Tyler. Timothy P. Bridges. Hervey Sessions. Oliver Bliss. Ezekiel Bliss.
1816. Ilervey Sessions. Chester Powers. Oliver Bliss, Daniel Batcheller. Reuben Cutler.
1817. Hervey Sessione.
Chester Powers. Oliver Bliss. Daniel Batcheller. Reuben Cutler.
1818. Issac Tyler. Joseph Ramsdell. Nathan Day. Renbeo Cutler. Joho G. Cummins.
1819. Hervey Sessions. Joseph Ramsdell. Oliver Bliss. Reuben Cutler. Capt. Cummings.
1820. Oliver Bliss.
Joseph Ramsdell. John G. Cummins. Isaac Tyler. Levi Brown.
1821. Oliver Bliss.
John G. Cummina. Isaac Tyler. Levi Brown. Cyrus Hutchins.
1822. John G. Cummins. Isaac Tyler. Chester Powers. Dady Blodgett. Isaac Patrick.
1823. Oliver Bliss. Isaac Patrick. Joseph Ramedell. Levi Brown. Pardon Keys.
1824. Gershom Makepeace. Linus Hoar. Pardon Allen. leaac Gleason. David Batcheller.
1825. Isaac Tyler. Isaac Patrick. Linus lloar. Pardon Alleu. John Patrick, Jr.
1826. Pardon Allen. John Patrick. Thomas Damon. John Patrick, Jr. Daniel Holt.
1827. Pardon Allen. Thomas Damon. Daniel lIolt. Dady Blodgett. James Blair.
1828. Pardon Allen. Daniel Holt. Pardon Keys. Janes Blair. Alvan Blair.
1829. Pardon Allen. Pardon Keys. Aaron Bliss. Warner Lincolo.
Thomas Damoo.
1830. Thomas Damoo. Warner Lincoln. Timothy Jones. Stephen Gleason. Joseph Ramsdell.
1831. Thomas Damoo. Warner Lincoln. Timothy Jones. Stephen Gleason. Joseph Ramsdell.
1832. Thomas Damon. Timothy Jones. Joseph Ramsdell. Stephen Gleason. Baxter Bridgee.
1833. Same.
1834. Pardon Allen. Baxter Bridges. James S. Davis. Thomas Cutler. Pardon Cowee.
1835. Pardon Allen. Baxter Bridges. James S. Davis. Thomas Cutler. Pardon Cowee.
1836. Pardon Alleo. James S. Davis. Homer Ramsdell. Lewie Moore. John Tyler.
1837. Same. 1838. Same.
1839. Thomas Damon. Joho Tyler. Thomas Cutler. Pardon Cowee. Joon H. Powers.
1840. John Tyler. John H. Powers. Joseph Ramsdell.
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Franklio Drury. David A. Barnes.
1862. Same.
1755. Solomon Keys.
1820. Samuel Blair.
1821-24. Thomas Damon.
1841. John Tyler.
Charles L. Carter.
1757. Thomas Cutler.
1825. Hervey Sessions.
1826-27. Thomas Damon.
1828-41. Hervey Sessions.
1842. Pardon Allen.
David A. Barnes.
Danforth Keys.
1842. Pardon Allen.
1865. Wm. A. Patrick.
Pardon Cowee.
Simon H. Sibly.
Aaron Bliss.
W'm. B. Ramsdell.
David Shepard, Jr.
1866. Wm. A. Patrick.
1774. Danforth Keys.
1855-56. Joseph B. Lombard.
Jeptha Bacon, Jr.
Samnel B. Burroughs.
1775. Gershom .Makepeace.
1857. Calvin Cutler.
1843. John Tyler.
Giles Blodgett.
1776. Danforth Keys.
1858-59. Joseph Ramsdell.
Franklin Drury.
1867. J. F. Hitchcock.
1777-78. Simeon Dwight.
1860. Joseph B. Lombard.
David A. Bemis.
Joseph B. Lombard.
1779. Duty Partridge.
1861. Win. W. Ward.
Levi Combs.
Johu W. Chadsey.
1780. Solomon Rich.
1862.
Joseph Ramsdell.
Joseph B. Lombard.
1868. Wm. A. Patrick,
1781. James Stone.
IS63. John Tyler.
1844. Same.
Samuel N. Gleason.
1782. Danforth Keys.
1864. Daniel Russell.
1845. Pardon Allen.
Charles L. C rter.
1783. James Stone.
1865. Joseph Ramsdell.
Jonas R. Tyler.
1869. Same.
1784. Reuben Read.
1866. Wm. A. Patrick.
Pardon Cowee.
1870. Samuel N. Gleason,
1785. James Stone.
18G7. J. F. Hitchcock.
Alvin Copland.
Wm. A. Patrick.
1786. Duty Partridge.
1868-69. Wm. A. Patrick.
Stillman Ellis.
Samuel R. Burroughs.
1787.
Matthew Patrick.
1870. John W. Tyler.
1846. Same.
1871. Wm. A. Patrick.
Samuel N. Gleason.
1789.
Renben Read.
1874. Joseph Ramsdell.
Charles Bliss.
Willard Hall.
1790.
C. Read.
1875. W'm. A. Patrick.
Henry Z. Studley.
1872. Willard Hall.
1791-92. Reubeo Read.
1×76. John W. Tyler.
Lyman Fay.
Samuel N. Gleason.
1793.
Joseph Jones.
1877. Wm. H. Shepard.
Alexander G. Rich.
Benjamin A. Tripp.
1794.
Reuben Read.
1878-80. Samuel N. Gleason.
1848. Alvan Copeland.
Charles Bliss.
L. M. Gilbert.
179G.
Reuben Read.
1882. John W. Tyler.
Levi Combs.
Benjamin A. Tripp.
1797.
Josiah Putnam.
1883. Joshua D. Rood.
Samuel R. Burroughs.
1874. Samuel N. Gleason.
1798.
1884. Wm. H. Shepard.
Gregory Ellis.
1849. Charles Bliss.
Franklin Drury.
Henry Z. Studley.
1876. Same.
Alden Blodgett.
1877. Samuel N. Gleason.
Dwight Eilis.
Joseph B. Lombard. Willard Hall.
1850. Charles Bliss.
Franklin Drury. Joseph K. Makepeace.
Win. B. Barns.
1743. Noah Ashley.
1816-18. Pardon Keys.
1744. Matthew Beal.
1819. Asa PutDam.
182 -25. Renhen Cutler.
Joseph K. Makepeace.
1852. Franklin Drury.
Wm. H. Shepard.
1750-52. Solomon Keys.
1831-34. Joseph Field.
Joseph B. Lombard. Alexander G. Rich.
1853. Same.
W'm. H. Shepard.
1781-82. John Barrus.
1842. Royal Knight.
1854. Joseph B. Lombard.
Amory W. Crossman.
Nathan Richardson.
1855. Joseph B. Lombard.
1882. Sama.
1883. Joshua D. Rood.
W'm. II. Shepard.
The following have been town treasurers :
1741. 1801-2. Isaac Moore.
1742-46. Solomon Keys.
1803-5. Joseph Field.
1747-52. James Whitcomb. 1806-10. Daniel Hodges.
1753-62. Josiah Putnamı.
1811. James Blair.
1763. Samuel Bascom.
1812. Joseph Ramsdell.
1764-65. Josiah Putnam.
1813-15. Samuel Blair.
1766-68. James Stone.
1816-18. Isaac Tyler.
1769-72. Joseph Cutler.
1819-21. Renbeo Cutler.
1773-76. Danforth Keys.
1822-24. Oliver Bliss.
1777-79. Samuel Bascom.
1825-26. Edmund Mayo.
1780-81. Major Beal.
1827-29. James Blair.
1782-84. Ebenezer Cutler. 1830. Daniel Hitchcock.
1785-86. Abner Tyler.
1831-35. Joseph Field.
1787-80. Cyrus Rich.
1836-38. John Moore.
1839-41. James S. Davis.
1790-92. Matthew Patrick. 1793. Josialı Putnanı.
1842. Royal Kuight.
1794-96. David Burroughs.
1843-44. James S. Davis.
1797-98. Seth Lincoln.
1815-48. Lorenzo Mariner.
1799. Danforth Keys.
1849-54. Joseph F. Hitchcock.
1744-48. Solomon Keys.
1749. Joseph Lovel.
1742. Solomon Keys.
1743. Noah Ashley.
1753. Thomas Rich.
1754. Simeon Dwight.
1800. Solomon Cummings.
1849-54. Joseph F. Hitchcock.
1800-10. Joseph Field.
1855-89. Samuel E. Blair.
Lucius J. Knowles. Charles Bemis.
1856. Joseph B. Lombard.
John M. Drake.
1884. Alfred L. Converss.
Samuel N. Gleason.
Wm. B. Barnes.
1857. Joseph Barns.
John H. Powers.
1885. Alfred L. Converse.
W. H. Bishop.
1858. Same.
1859. Joseph B. Lombard.
1886. Samnel N. Gleason.
Frederick Brigham. Wm. A. Patrick.
Amory Crossman. Samuel N. Cutler.
1860. Same.
1887. Same.
1861. Wm. A. Patrick.
1888. Samuel N. Gleason.
Daniel Russell.
Joseph Ramadell.
Amory Crossman. James M. F. Quinlan.
The moderators of annual been as follows :
town-meetings have
1741-42. Matthew Beal.
1811-15. Seth Lincoln.
1851. Franklin Drury.
Willard Hall. +
Joseph D. Lombard.
1879. Samnel N. Gleason.
Willard Hall.
1748-49. Noah Ashley.
1826-30. Daniel Hitchcock.
1753-75. Simeon Dwight.
1834-38. John Moore.
Wm. B. Barns.
1776-80. Josiah Putvam.
1839-41. James S. Davis.
1783-86. Danforth Keys.
1843-44. James S. Davis.
1787. Duty Partridge.
1845-48. Lorenzo Mariner.
1788-1808. Danforth Keys.
1886. Wm. H. Shepard.
1813-15. Josiah Putnam.
1887. John W. Tyler.
1816-18. Samnel Blair.
1888. Charles H. Walker.
1819. Hervey Sessions.
The following have been the town clerks :
1878. Samuel N. Gleason.
Willard Hall. L. M. Gilbert.
1799. Danforth Keys.
1885. John W. Tyler.
1800-12. Daniel Hodges.
1875. Same.
1795.
Matthew Patrick.
1881. Wm. B. Barns.
1873. Willard Hall.
1788. Danforth Keys.
1871-73. Wm. H. Shepard.
1847. Alvan Copeland.
1863. Daniel Russell.
1756. Simeon Dwight.
1758-59. Gershom Makepeace.
Horatio Nichols. Joseph Ramedell. Franklin Drury.
Danforth Keys.
1864. Daniel Russell.
1760-G1. Simeon Dwight.
1762. Gershom Makepeace.
1763. Simeon Dwight.
1764. Thomas Rich.
1765. Gershom Makepeace.
1846-47. Pardon Allen.
1848-54. John Tyler.
1760-73. Simeon Dwight.
1843. John Tyler.
1844-45. Thomas Damon.
1741. Noah Ashley.
1750-52. Solomon Keys.
W'm. H. Shephard.
Willard Hall.
1745-47. James Whitcomb.
1880. Samuel N. Gleason.
1881. Wm. B. Barns.
Franklin Drury.
Marcus Burroughs.
Marens Burroughs. Amory Crossman.
1855-89. Samuel E. Blair.
S. D. Stoddard.
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The following have been the Representatives in the General Court siuce the adoption of the State Consti- tution in 1780, either representing the town or the representative district of which the town has formed a part :
1780. Col. James Stone.
1810. Hervey Sessions.
1781. None.
1820. Samuel Blair.
1782. James Stone.
1821. Oliver Bbss.
1781. None.
1822. None.
1784. James Stone.
1823. None.
1785. None.
1824. None.
1786. Isaac Gleason.
1825. Hervey Sessions.
1787. Same.
1826. Isaac Patrick.
1788. None.
1827. Isaac Patrick.
1789. Matthew Patrick.
1828. Pardon Keys.
1790. None.
1820. Pardon Keys.
1791. None.
1830. Pardon Allen.
1792. Danforth Keys.
1831. Pardon Allen.
1793. None.
1832. Pardon Allen.
1794. None.
1833. Joseph Field.
1795. Renben Read.
1834. Joseph Field.
1796. None.
1835. None.
1797. None.
1836. Chester Powers.
1798. Reuben Read.
1837. Pardon Allen.
1799. Reuben Read.
1838. Pardon Allen.
1800. Joseph Field.
1839. John Moore.
1801. Joseph Field.
1840. Thomas Damon.
1802. None.
1841. John Tyler.
1803. None.
1842. Aaron Bliss.
1804. Danforth Keys.
1843. Daniel A. Hathaway.
1805. None.
1844. Daniel A. Hathaway.
1806. Joseph Field.
1845. Franklin Drury.
1807. Joseph Field.
1846. Sullivan Cowee.
1808. None.
1847. None.
1809. Joseph Field.
1848. Lewis Moore.
1810. Joseph Field.
1849. None.
1811. Daniel Hodges.
1850. None.
1812. Joseph Field,
1851. None.
1813. Samuel Blair, Jr.
1852. Levi Merritt.
Theodore C. Bates, of North Brookfield. 1879
Joseph Smith, of Warren. 1879
George W. Johnson, of Brookfield 1880
George N. Bacon, of Sturbridge. 1880
George A. Parratt, of West Brookfield 1881
George M. Newton (died), of Warren 1881
Lucien M. Gilbert (vacancy), of Warren. 1881
Hiram Knight, of North Brookfield. 1882
David W. Hodgkins, of Brookfield. 1882
Emory L. Bates, of Sturbridge 1883
Horace W. Bush, of West Brookfield. 1883
Alden Batcheller, of North Brookfield 1884
Joseph W. Ilastings, of Warren 1884
Edwin D. Goodell, of Brookfield
1885
David B. Wight, of Sturbridge, 1885
Edwin Wilbur, of West Brookfield. 1886
Marcus Burroughs, of Warren. 1886
Under the apportionment of 1886, based on the census of 1885, the towns of Brookfield, New Brain- tree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Sturbridge, Warren and West Brookfield constitute the Fifth Worcester Representative District, and have been represented as follows :
Edwin D. Goodell, of Brookfield. 1887
Samuel Clark, of North Brookfield. 1887
George II. Coolidge, of West Brookfield .1888
Henry D. Haynes, of Sturbridge, 1888
George Bliss, of Warren .1889
Jobn B. Gonld, of Warren .. 1889
These lists show who, in the career of the town, have had its management in their hands. So far as town officers were concerned, it seems to have been
The 21st article of amendments to the Constitution was adopted by the Legislatures of 1856 and 1857, and ratified by the people in 1857. The amendment provided for a House of Representatives of two hun- dred and forty members, and a census of legal voters in 1857, upon which an apportionment of Representa- tives should be made in the manner specified in the amendment, which should continue until the appor- tionment based on a census to be taken in 1865. It was further provided that a census should be taken in 1865, and every tenth year thereafter, as a basis of future apportionments. Under the apportionment of 1857 the towns of New Braintree, Warren and West Brookfield constituted the 11th Representative Dis- trict of Worcester County, and were represented until the next apportionment as follows :
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
Saxton P. Martio, of New Braintree 1863
Jolin M. Fales, of West Brookfield 1864
Lucius J. Knowles, of Warren. 1865
Nathan Richardson, of Warren. 1866
Under the apportionment of 1866, based on the census of 1865, the towns of Brookfield, North Brook- field, Sturbridge, Warren and West Brookfield con- stituted the 18th Representative District of Worces- ter County, and, until the next apportionment, were represented as follows :
James S. Montagne, of Brookfield 1867
Charles E. Smith, of West Brook field 1867
A masa C. Morse, of Sturbridge. 1868
Joseph B. Lombard, of Warren 1868
Ezra Batcheller, of North Brookfield 1869
Daniel W. Knight, of Brookfield 1869
Benjamin A. Tripp, of Warren 1870
John Harvey Moore, of Warren 1870
Martin L. Richardson, of Sturbridge. 1871
George S. Duell, of Brookfield 1871
Daniel W. Knight, of North Brookfield. 1872
Simon H. Sibley, of Warren. 1873
Noah D. Ladd, of Sturbridge 1873
Wm. B. Stone, of West Brookfield. 1873
Warren Tyler, of North Brookfield. 1874
Stillman Butterworth, of Brookfield. 1874
Charles B. Sanford, of West Brookfield. 1875
George T. Lincoln, of Sturbridge 1875
Charles Fuller, of Sturbridge 1876
John Wetherbee, of Warren. 1876
Under the apportionment of 1876, based on the census of 1875, the towns of Brookfield, North Brook- field, Sturbridge, Warren and West Brookfield consti- tuted the 12th Representative District of Worcester County, and were represented until the next appor- tionment as follows :
Wm. H. Montague, of North Brookfield. .1877
George W. Johnson, of Brookfield .. .1877
George C. Lincoln, of North Brookfield 1878
Alvin B. Chamberlain, of Sturbridge. 1878
1814. Josiah Putnam.
1853. None.
1815. Hervey Sessions.
1854. None.
1816. Hervey Sessions.
1856. Joseph Ramsdell, Jr.
1817. None.
1856. Samuel E. Blair.
1818. None.
1857. Joseph B. Lombard.
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HISTORY OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
the policy of the town to make frequent changes. This policy was partly due to the feeling that the offices belonged to the people, and that both their honors and burdens should be distributed. In later years it is evident that a belief has prevailed that office is a trust, that an officer is a servant and that a faithful man should be retained in the town's employ. Mr. Samuel E. Blair, the present town clerk and treasurer, has been continued in office thirty- three years. His repeated re-elections have been as creditable to the town as to himself. Among the names on the lists are many who have distinguished themselves in various walks of life. There are Cap- tain Josiah Putnam, Major Reuben Read, Captain John Cutler, Captain Joseph Cutler, Lieutenant Samuel Bascom, Lieutenant Cyrus Rich, Corporal James Blair, Private Solomon Rich and others, who took part in the War of the Revolution. There are Nathan Read, the jurist and inventor; Joseph Field, one of the early manufacturers of the town, and Lucius J. Knowles, recently deceased, who estab- lished permanent and flourishing industries, and at his death, at Worcester, in 1884, made himself, by his will, a benefactor of the town.
Mr. Knowles, of whom it is proper to take more than a passing notice, was a man of more than usual attainments, and in his long and industrious career won not only distinction, but ample rewards of his labors. He was born in Hardwick, July 2, 1819, and received his education from the public schools of his native town and at Leicester Academy. At the age of seventeen he entered a store at Shrewsbury, and soon entered into partnership with his employer. In 1844 he began the manufacture of thread at New Wor- cester, in which he used a spooling-machine of his own invention. In 1847, in company with Harrison H. Sibley, he began the manufacture of cotton warp, at Spencer, and at the end of two years removed to Warren, where, for several years, he and Mr. Sibley continued the same business. In 1853 Knowles & Sibley also engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in a mill erected by them on the Quaboag River, a little distance below the warp-mill. Possess- ing practical inventive power, he had devoted him- self more or less to improvements on machinery, for the manufacture of which, in 1862, he erected a mill on Wigwam Brook, a branch of the Quaboag, which after a short time was confined in its operations to the manufacture of a steam pump, which, through successive steps of improvement, he had perfected.
In 1879, having previously bought the interest of Mr. Sibley, he sold his pump-works to the George F. Blake Manufacturing Company, and removed to Worcester, where he devoted himself until his death to the manufacture of looms. In his will he gave " the sum of five thousand dollars to the Inhabitants of the Town of Warren for the support and mainten- ance of the Free Public Library of said town." This legacy is held in trust by the Board of Selectmen and
its income paid to the library trustees. He also gave to the town in trust one thousand dollars, " the income thereof to be devoted to the embellishment of my lot in the cemetery in said Warren and to taking care of the same and keeping it in complete and perfect order forever."
The town of Warren deserves a more thorough investigation into its history and a more exhaustive record of its career than the limited space allotted to this sketch would permit. Mrs. Dr. Cutter and Rev. O. I. Darling are both familiar with its present and its past, and both have placed the people of the town under an obligation, the weight of which it is hoped that one or both will increase by expanding into a full history the works of which they have been the authors. That part especially of Warren which once belonged to Brookfield has an early history of inter- est, and the pictureque situation of the town on the banks of the Quaboag, with its surrounding hills, from which Graylock and Monadnock and Wachu- sett come within the horizon, should inspire some loving son, either native or adopted, to present to its people a worthy and lasting memorial.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
CALVIN CUTTER, A.M., M.D.
The oldest child of John Cutter was born in Jaf- frey, N. H., 1807, and died iu Warren, Mass., 1872. His ancestors came from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hav- ing a Danish origin. Dr. Calvin Cutter married (first) Caroline, daughter of Nathan Hall, of Milford, N. H .; married (second) Eunice N., daughter of Cap- tain Chester Powers, of Warren, Mass. The Powers family is of Norman origin, one of the name having commanded troops at the battle of Hastings, under William the Conqueror. Captain Chester Powers possessed a sound mind in a sound body ; he died at a ripe old age. Mrs. E. P. Cutter being a child when her mother died, an older brother (Daniel) was re- quested to have especial charge of her education ; from his assiduous care and particular instruction, she was enabled in early girlhood to instruct others. This brother had a fine physique, was an accom- plished scholar and a true, exemplary Christian ; he was a graduate of Yale's famed class of '37, and took a high degree. At the time of his early death he was senior tutor in his alma mater.
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