History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 104

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896


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1840-41 .- William Dwight, Sammel Reynolds, Simon Sanborn, Francis MI. Ca- rew, Otis Skvele, William Caldwell, Pliny Chapin.


1842 .- Otis Skeele, Chester W. Chapin.


1×43,-Otis Skeele.


1844 .- Giles 8. Chapin, Charles Howard, Benning Leavitt, John B. Kirkham, Joseph Lumbard, Rufus Chandler, Theodore Williams.


1845 .- Henry Morris, Allen Bangs, Titus Amadon, Austin Chapin (21), Adolphus G. Parker.


1846 .- Henry Morris, Austin Chapin, Adolphus G. Parker, Titus Amadon, John B. M. Stebbins, Harvey Butler, Bildad Belcher.


1847 .- Adolphus G. Parker, Bildad B. Belcher, Titus Amadon.


1848 .- Solomon latch, Jonathan Pease, Jr., William E. Montague, Waitstill Ilast- ings, Levi (. Skeele, Edward Ranney.


1849-51 .- No choice.


1852 .- E. D. Beach, Ephraim W. Bond, Henry Gray, Simon Sanborn, Oliver B. Bannon.


The following entry closes the town records of Springfield :


" SPRINGFIELD, May 25, 1852 .- This day euds the Town and commences the City Government, Having been a Town just Two Hundred and Sixteen years to a day. And now we go from an old town to an Infant ('ity.


" JOSEPH INGRAHAMI,


" Last Town Clerk and first City Clerk amt Treasurer of the old Town and new City of Springfir hal."*


TOWN CLERKS.


1660-76, E. Holyoke ; 1676-80, John Holyoke; 1680, Daniel Denton; 168]- 96, John Holyoke ; 1696, John Pynchon, Jr .; 1697-1704, Jonathan Burt; 1701, John Pynchon; 1702-12, John Holyoke; 1712-15, P. Bliss; 1715-16, J. Warri- ner; 1717-27, P. Bliss; 1728-46, William Pynchon ; 1746-72, Edward Pynchon ; 1773, Benjamin Day ; 1774-75, Elward Pynchon ; 1776-1804, William Pynchon; 1×04-29, Edward Pynchon ; 1830-38, William Bliss; 1835-41, Richard Bliss; 1841, Walter II. Bowden ; 1842-52, J. Ingraham.


REPRESENTATIVES TO TIIE GENERAL COURT.


1633, Maj. Pynchon, Ata town-meeting May 15, 1696, Sergt. Luke Hitchcock was chosen representative for the next Great and General Assembly or Court to lr held at Boston, beginning on the 27th of May, 1696; re-elected in 1697; 1697-98, first session, Sergt. Luke Hitchcock ; second session, Ensign Joseph Stebbins; 1698, Lient. John Hitchcock ; 1701-5, Lieut. John Hitchcock ; 1706, Joseph Parsons; 1707, Lient. Joseph Stebbins; 1708, Joseph Parsons; 1709-12, Maj. John Pynchon ; 1713, Luke Hitchcock ; 1714, Col. John Pynchon; 1713- 16, Luke Hitchcock ; 1717, Lient. Joseph Stebbins; 1718-20, Luke Hitchcock ; 1721, Lieut. Joseph Stebbins; 1722, Luke Hitchcock ; 1723, John Pynchon; 1724-25, Mr. William Pynchon ; 1726-29, Samuel Day; 1730, William Pyn- chon ; 1731, Wm. Pynchon, Esq., and Mr. Wm. Pynchon, Jr .; 1732-33, Capt. Jolın Day; 1734-35,+ C'apt. William Pynchon; 1744, John Worthington; 1762, John Worthington and Josiah Dwight; 1773, John Worthington and John Bliss; 1775, John Hale and William Pynebon, Jr., Capt. George Pynchon, Dr. Charles Pynchon ; 1776, Edward Chapin, Moses Field, William Pynchon, Jr .; 1777, Wm. Pynchon, John Hale, Edward Chapin; 1779, William Pynchon, JJr., Col. Jon. Hart, dr. ; 1780, Thomas Williston, Luke Bliss, and Chauncey Brewer; ISDO, Ebenezer Mattoon ; 1802, Thomas Dwight; 1804, Wm. Ely ; 1805, Jona. Dwight; 1800, Jacob, Bliss, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Moses Chapin ; 1807, John Hooker; 1808, Moses Chapin, Jacob Bliss, Jona. Dwight ; 1809, Moses Chapin, Jonathan Dwight, Oliver B. Morris ; 1810-11, Moses Chapin, Jacob Bliss, Oliver B. Morris, Edmund Dwight; 1812, Wm. Sheldon, Moses Chapin, Elmand Dwight; 1813, Moses Chapin, Edmund Dwight, Oliver B. Morris ; 1814, Sam'l Orne, Edmund Elise, Jos. Pease ; 1815, Edmund Dwight, Edmund Bliss, Jos, Pease ; 1&16, Elijah Wells; 1817, Jacob Bliss; ISIS-19, Jacob Bliss : 1820, Daniel Boutecon ; 1821, Giro. Bliss ; 1822, Thos. Diekman ; 1823, Jostin Willard ; 1824, Jesse Pendleton, Solomon Hatch ; 1825, Wm. B. Calhoun; 1826, George Bliss, Jon. Dwight, Jr., Wm. H. Fos- ter, Jesse Pendleton, and Win. B. d'alhoun ; 1827, Wm. B. Calhoun, Jesse Pendle- ton, George Bliss, Jr., Win. Childs, Simon Sanborn, David Rice, and Wm. HI. Fox- ter; 182x, Wm. B. Calhoun, George Bliss, Jr., Win. H. Foster, Jesse Pendleton, Win. Childs, Simon Sanborn, Frederick A. Packard ; Is29, Win. B. Palhonu, Jesse Pendleton, Eleazer Williams, Thomas Goodman, Charles Howard, Wm. Rice, Win. Il. Foster; 1830, Isaac C. Bates ; 1831, Wm. B. Calhoun, Win. Childs, Kleazer Wil-


* A few omissions occur, in consequence of defective records.


f There is an omission in the town records from 1735 to 1748.


liams, Silas Ste Imin, George Bliss, James Byers; 1832, Win. B. Calhoun, George Bliss, Jonas Coolidge, Joseph Pease, Geo. Ashman, Thes. Bond, Chas, Packard ; 1833, Wm. B. Calhoun, Walter Warriner, and Walter 11. Bowdoin, Joseph Pease, Benj. Day, Chas, Stearns, Joel Brown, Eblad Goodman ; 1534, Win. Childs, Walter Warriner, Orange Chapin, Walter II. Bowdoin, George Ashmun, Joel Brown, Wells Southworth, and Eldad Goodwin ; 1835, William Childs, Orange Chapin, George Ashmun, Wells Southworth. Lemmel W. Blake, Charles Stearns, Joel Miller, Saml. Stebbins, Richard D. Morris, Saml. B. Spooner ; 1836, Joel Miller, Stephen C. Bemis, Edmund Palmer, Austin Chapin (2d), Sanmel H. Stebbins, David Bemis, Samuel Bowles, Daniel W. Willard, Chauncey Chapin, Alpheus Nettleton ; 1837, Daniel W. Willard, Alpheus Nettleton, Josiah Hooker, William Dwight, Sanmel HI. Stebbins, Luke Bemis, Jr .; 1838, George Bliss, Orange Cha- pin, William Childs, Elijah Blake, Sylvester Taylor, Charles Mcclellan; 1840, George Ashmann, Win. Cadwell, Wm. Dwight, Silas Mossman, Francis M. Carew ; 1844, Chester W. Chapin, Edmund Freeman; 1545, Walter Warriner, Henry Morris, Joseph B. Carew, George Dwight, Robert G. Marsh ; 1846, Henry Morris, Walter Warriner, George Dwight, Timothy MI. Carter, Alfred White : 1847, Win. Dwight, Timothy M. Carter, Silas Mossman, Titus Amadon, Joseph A. Decrest ; 1-48, Frederick A. Barton, Win. Stowe, Lester Dickinson, John Wells, and Joseph C. Pynchon ; 1849, William W. Boyington, Lester Dickinson, Thos. J. Shepard; 1850-53, no choice; 1854, Thomas W. Wason, Alanson Hawley, William Foster, William Boduriha; 1835, William Bodurtha, Alanson lawley, William Foster, and Thomas W. Wason; 1856, Henry Vose, Eliphalet Trask, Daniel L. Harris, John H. Fuller; 1857, Marvin Chapin, Henry Vose, Hiram Q. Sanderson ; 1858, Joseph Stone, Philo F. Wilcox, Otis A. Seamaus; 1859, Richard Bliss, Daniel Gay, Ezra Kimberly; INGO, William B. Calhoun, Simeon Newell, Oliver B. Bannon ; 1861, William B. Calhoun, Simeon Newell, and O. B. Bannon; 1862, Eliphalet Trask, Daniel L. Harris. Harvey E. Mosely; 1863, Daniel L. Harris, Titus Amadon (tie in the Third District between W. C. Sturdevant and E. W. Bond); 1864, W. C. Sturdevant, Daniel L. Harris, Titus Amadoa; 1865, Horace J. Chapin, C. A. Winchester, Pliny Wood; 1866, B. C. English, T. W. Wason, Daniel L. Harris, Titus Amadon; 1867, Charles L. Shaw, Tilly Haynes, George Walker, Jolin Severson ; 1868, Tilly Haynes, Emerson Wight, Horace Smith, W. W. Amadon ; 1869, Emerson Wight, J. M. Cooley, Daniel L. Harris, David Pow- et8; 1870, J. M. Cooley, Emerson Wight, Gurdon Bill, Joseph M. Hall; 1871, James Parker, John W. Phelps, W. C. Sturdevant, and C. C. Merritt; 1872, C'has. R. Ladd, H. M. Freuch, A. L. Soule, Henry W. Phelps; 1874, T. D. Beach, C. L. Shaw, James Abbe, A. M. Copeland; 1875, Stephen E. Seymour, Charles W. Richards, James Able, C. C. Merritt ; ISTO, S. E. Seymour, C. W. Richards, Jas. Abbe, C. V. Merritt; 1877, C. W. Richards, E. A. Perkins, Leonard Clark, T. W. Ellis, John C. Perry ; 1878, Win. Pynchon, John E. Shipman, Charles R. Ladd, E. B. Maynard.


VALUATION OF PROPERTY-POPULATION.


The following is the assessor's valuation of property from the incorporation of the city to the present time :


1852 .- Total valuation.


$5,180,210.00


1:53 .-


5,509,600,0KJ


1:54 .-


7,762,250.00


1×,-


8,409,870.00


1×56,-


8,284,000.00


1×57 .- 4 16


8,558,720,00


1858,-Real estate ...


$5,702,040.00


Pers mal estate


5.791,590.00


Personal estate.


2,>45,640,00. 8,640,230.00


1860 .- Real estate


5,962,480.00


Personal estate


1801 .- Real estate.


6,417,660.00


9,4 5,550.00


1862 .- Real estate.


6,719,500,00


Personal estate


3,039,390,00-


9,758,800.00


1863 .- Real estate


Personal estate.


:1,714,790.00


10,956,110.00


1864 .- Real estate


Personal estate


2,871.4:10.00


11,407,026.00


1865 .- Real estate


9,007,850,00


12,792,760.00


1866 .- Real estate


Personal estate,


4,755,480,00


14,997,020.00


1867 .- Real estate


Personal estate


5,110,810.00


17,860,230,00


1868 .- Real estate.


15,125,520,00


5,322,640,00- 20,448,160.00


1869 .- Real estate


Personal estate


5,901,570.00


23,567,180.00


1870 .- Real estate


Personal estate


20,962,100,001


27,551,950.00


1872 .- Realestate. ..


26,09>4120.00


. 33,611,150.00


1×73 .- Realestate


29,30,520.00


37,440,820,00


1874,-Real estate


30,489,550010


34,336,57>.00


1875 .- Real estate


31,123,660.00


- 39,524,572.40


1×76 .- Real estate


Personal estate,


7,461,806,86-


35,100,450.85


1877 .- Real estate ...


23,737,000,00


6,955,776.66- 30,692,776.60


1×78 .- Realestate


22,7-16,330,00


Personal estate


6,637, 15.72-


- 29,384,175.72


CITY OFFICERS.


The following is a list of the mayors, aldermen, and clerks, common councilmen, clerks, city clerks, and treasurers, mar-


Personal estate.


3,7$4,910,00-


10,241,540.00


12,758,420.00


15,443,000,00


6,070,070,00- 24,514,060.00


1871 .- Real estate.


Personal estate.


6,589,870 00-


Personal estate.


7,512,230,00-


Personal estate.


>,060,300,00-


Personal estate.


7.416,928,00)-


Personal estate


27,647,560,00


Personal estate


17,665,610.00


8,3$1,140.00


1859 .- Real estate.


Personal estate.


3,067,920,00


7,211,320,00


$,536,490,00


8,915,280.00


Personal estate


110


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HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.


shals, etc., from the incorporation of the city in 1852 to the present time (1879) :


1852.


Mayor .- CALEN RICE.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Sammel 8. Day; Ward Two, Eliphalet Trask ; Ward Three, E. D. Beach : Ward Four, George Dwight; Ward Five, Albert Morgan; Ward Six, Charles G. Rice; Ward Seven, Oliver B. Bannon; Ward Eight, F. A. Barton.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


Common Councilmen .- President, Heury Morris; Ward One, J. B. M. Stell ins, Eleazer Ripley, John V. Jones; Ward Two, W. C. Sturtevant, Francis Bates, Henry Fuller, Jr .; Ward Three, Charles Merriam, Willis Phelps, Cicero Simons; Ward Four, Henry Morris, Alexander II. Avery, Benjamin F. Warner; Ward Five, William Hitchcock, Hiram Q. Sanderson, Nathaniel Cate ; Ward Six, Henry Adams; Ward Soven, Ezra Kimberly ; Ward Eight, Rodney Holt.


Clerk .- Alanson Hawley.


City Clerk und Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- David A. Adamıs.


1853.


Muyor .- CALEB RICE.


Aldermen .- Ward One, John B. Stebbins; Ward Two, Eliphalet Trask; Ward Three, Willis Phelps; Ward Four, Henry Vose; Ward Five, Titus Amadon ; Ward Six, Drayton Perkins; Ward Seven, Joseph N. Sollace; Ward Eight, Harvey Fuster.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


Common funprilmen,-President, Henry Morris (resigned May 16), William Stowe; Ward One, Daniel Hitchcock, William Pynchon, Addison Day; Ward Two, .heph C. Pynchon, Orrin Baker, E. W. Bond; Ward Three, Lombard Dale, T. M. Walker, William Stowe; Ward Four, Henry Morris, Alexander H. Avery, Edmund Palmer; Ward Five, Nathaniel Cate, William Dickinson, Daniel Collins; Ward Fix, Henry Adams; Ward Seven, Ezra Kimberly ; Ward Eight, William S. Barker.


Clerk .- Alanson Ilawley (resigned March 7), Samuel O. Gay.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- David A. Adams.


1854,


Mayor .- PinLos B. TYLER.


Aldermen,-Ward One, Wilson Eddy ; Wand Two, Eliphalet Trask ; Ward Three, Elkanah Barton ; Ward Four, William L. Washburn; Ward Five, Edward F. Moseley ; Ward Fix, Roderick Lombard; Ward Seven, Joseph Lombard; Ward Eight, Rodney Holt.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham,


Common Conurilmen .- President, Samuel S. Day : Ward One, Asa Clark, Samuel S. Day, Thomas W. Wason; Ward Two, George Il. Roberts, Hemy A. Robinson, Roderick Ashley ; Ward Three, Philo F. Wilcox, Lombard Dale, Frederick II. Harris; Ward Four, Daniel L. Harris, Tilly Haynes, Joseph B. Ilopkins; Ward Five, Daniel Collins, G. W. Harrison, A. H. Clark ; Ward Six, Edwin S. Hall ; Ward Seven, Harris B. Johnson ; Ward Eight, Horace Pease.


Clerk .- Charles O. Chapin.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Murshul .- Sylvester Churchill.


1855.


Mayor .- ELIPHALET TRASK.


Aldermen .- Ward One, James M. Blanchard; Ward Two, W. C. Sturtevant ; Ward Thee, David Smith; Ward Four, Daniel Reynolds; Ward Five, William E. Montague ; Ward Six, Henry Adams; Ward Seven, James P. Chapman; Ward Eight, Harvey Foster.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


C'onmon Councihuen .- President, John M. Stebbins; Ward One, E. B. Haskell, John M. Stebbins, Stephen Morse; Ward Two, O. W. Wilcox, John Hooker (3d), D. H. Brigham; Ward Three, Francis S. Graves, Rufus Elmer, E. W. Dickinson ; Ward Four, Abel B. Howe, John W. Hunt, Jeremiah R. Cadwell ; Ward Five, Nathaniel Howard, S. S. Hlohnes, E. F. Moseley ; Ward Six, J. G. Capron ; Ward Seven, Luther S. Lewis; Ward Eight, Samnel Webber.


Clerk .- Thomas Chubbuck.


City Clerk and Treusnrer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- L. P. Rowland.


1856.


Mayor .- ANSEL PHELPS, JR.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Sanmel S. Day; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, Jr. ; Ward Three, Edmund Freeman ; Ward Fonr, Stephen C. Bemis; Ward Five, Thomas II. Allen ; Ward Six, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Ward Seven, Henry Reynolds ; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


Common Councilmen,-President, James Kirkham; Ward One, Charles O, Bus- sell, Chauncey L. Covell, Hervey ITills; Wurd Two, O. W. Wilcox, Henry A. Chapin, Dexter II. Brigham; Ward Three, Dr. Nathan Adams, Charles L. Shaw, George Whitney ; Ward Four, James Kirkham, George Walker, John W. Hunt; Ward Five, Otis A. Seamans, E. F. Moseley, Nelson Tyler; Ward Six, Elluidge Barton; Ward Seven, William Smith ; Ward Eight, Milton Foster.


Clerk .- Charles O. Chapin.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- Sylvester Churchill.


1857.


Mayor .- ANSEL PHELPS, JR.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Samnel S. Day ; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, Jr. ; Ward Thice, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Ward Four, Stephen C. Bemis; Ward Five, Joseph


Hannis ; Ward Six, James Warner; Ward Seven, Henry Pomroy ; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber, Jr.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


Commnou Councilmen,-President, George Walker; Ward One, Charles O. Rns- sell, Chauncey L. Covell, James Steblins; Ward Two, Erastus Hayes, Lyman King, Francis B. Bacon ; Ward Three, Marvin Lincoln, Henry Avery, John R. Hixon ; Ward Four, George Walker, Samnel Leonard, William Birnie ; Ward Five, Chas. Woodman, Luther Upton, Gro. A. Otis; Ward Six, Elbridge Barton; Ward Seven, William Smith ; Ward Eight, George A. Cooley.


Clerk .- Charles O. Chapin.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshals,-George Ensworth (deceased), Wells P. Hodgett.


1858.


Mayor .- ANSEL PHELPS, JR.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Samuel S. Day; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, Jr .; Ward Three, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Ward Four, Stephen C. Bemis; Ward Five, Jos. Dannis; Ward Six, Jamies Warner: Ward Seven, Henry Pomroy ; Ward Eight, Samnel Webber, JJr. (resigned), E. A. Fuller.


Clerk,-Joseph Ingraham.


Comnon Conucilmen .- President, John R. Ilixon ; Ward One, Wilson Eddy, William Pynchon, William L. Smith ; Ward Two, Randolph E. Ladd, Ambrose N. Merrick, Charles B. Trask ; Ward Three, John R. Dixon, Henry A. Chapin, Gunlon Bill ; Ward Four, Samuel Leonard, John W. Hunt, B. G. Shumway; Ward Five, Charles Woodman, George Swetland, John Brooks; Ward Six, Ellnidge Barton; Ward Seven, Joseph Wheelock, Jr .; Ward Eight, Erastus King.


Clerk .- Charles O. Chapin. City Clerk und Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- Wells P. Ilodgett.


1859.


Mayor .- WILLIAM B. CALHOUN.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Chauncey L. Covell ; Ward Two, Roger S. Moore : Ward Three, Edmund Freeman; Ward Four, Daniel L. Harris; Ward Five, William Ilitchcock ; Ward Six, J. G. Capron ; Ward Seven, Horace Smith; Ward Eight, George W. IFolt.


Clerk .- Joseph Ingraham.


Common Conneilmen .- President, A. N. Merrick (resigned in May), Samnel Leonard; Ward One, Joshna M. Harrington, James M. Cooley, John V. Jones ; Ward Two, George II. Roberts, Lewis H. Taylor, Gurdon C. Judson ; Ward Three, A. N. Merrick, Daniel Gay, Hosea C. Lombard; Ward Four, Samuel Leonard, Alfred Rowe, Reuben T. Safford ; Ward Five, Theodore Bishop, Walter Maynard, Walter North ; Ward Six, Isaac D. Gibbons; Ward Seven, Ransley Hall; Ward Eight, Warren L. Shaw.


Clerk .- Lucins E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Joseph Ingraham.


Marshal .- Otis Childs.


City Solicitor,-A. N. Merrick.


1860.


Mayor .- DANIEL L. HARRIS.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Edmund B. Haskell; Ward Two, Erastus Hayes ; Ward Three, Franklin Chamberlain; Ward Four, John W. Hunt; Ward Five, William Ilitcheock ; Ward Six, John G. Capron; Ward Seven, William Foster; Ward Eight, George W. Ilult.


Clerk .- Horace C. Lve.


Common Concilmro .- President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, Joshua Harring- ton, H. S. Noyes, J. I. Demond; Ward Two, Lewis II. Taylor, George R. Towns- ley, Charles A. Winchester ; Ward Three, William L. Wilcox, John Hamilton, Clark W. Bryan ; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, William Biruie, Alfred Rowe; Ward Five, William Higley, A. F. Strong, Charles Woodman; Ward Six, Bob- ert Crossett ; Ward Seven, Orrin Loml ard; Ward Eight, Andrew J. Plumer.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladld.


City Clerk und Treasurer .- Ilorace C. Lee.


Marshal,-Otis Childs.


1861.


Muyor .- STEPHEN C. BEMIS.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Henry Gray ; Ward Two, Ephraim W. Bond; Ward Three, H. N. Case ; Ward Four, Nathaniel Iloward; Ward Five, Charles Wood- man ; Ward Six, Amos Call; Ward Seven, William Smith ; Ward Eight, A. J. Plumer.


Clerk,-Horace C. Lee. .


Common Councilmen .- President, N. A. Leonard ; Ward One, H. J. Chapin, J. M. Cooley, J. I. Demond; Ward Two, Lewis II. Taylor, P. II. Brigham, F. B. Bacon ; Ward Three, William L. Wilcox, John Hamilton, James M. Skiff; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, John W. Bliss, Alfred Rowe ; Ward Five, William Higley, Otis A. Senmans, A. W. Allen ; Ward Six, Aaron C. Barton ; Ward Seven, Henry Reynokls ; Ward Eight, II. E. Moseley.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk aud Treasurer .- Horace C. Lee.


Murshul .- A. W. Lamb.


1862.


Mayor .- STEPHEN C. BEMIS.


Aldermen,-Ward One, Henry Gray ; Ward Two, E. W. Bond ; Ward Three, II. N. Case ; Ward Four, T. W. Wason; Ward Five, Horace Kibbe ; Ward Six, Horace Smith ; Ward Seven, William Smith ; Ward Eight, II. S. Eveans.


Clerk .- S. B. Spooner, Jr.


Common Councilnien .- President, N. A. Leonanl ; Ward One, Horace J. Chapin, L. O. Hanson, L. J. Powers; Ward Two, Sylvester Day, Tim Henry, Eli II. Patch ;


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HISTORY OF HAMPDEN COUNTY.


Ward Three, James M. Skiff, J. E. Taylor, A. F. Jennings ; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, Alfred Rowe, T. M. Walker; Ward Five, P. V. B. Havens, George K. Jacobs, George K. Charter ; Ward Six, Aaron C. Barton; Ward Seven, Ezekiel Keith ; Ward Eight, H. E. Moseley.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer,-Samuel B. Spooner, Jr. (resigned September 30), A. T. Falsonı.


Marshal .- L. II. Pease.


1863.


Mayor .- HENRY ALEXANDER, JR.


Allermen .- Ward One, Justin M. Cooley; Ward Two, William Patton; Ward Three, William K. Baker; Ward Four, Daniel L. Harris; Ward Five, William Bodurtha; Ward Six, Horace Smith ; Ward Seven, Virgil Perkins; Ward Eight, Andrew J. Plumer.


Clerk .- A. T. Folsom.


Common Councilmen .- Presi lent, N. A. Leonard ; Ward One, N. W. Talcott, George S. Haskell, Luther Clark ; Ward Two, O. H. Greenleaf, G. R. Townsley, John West; Ward Three, Aaron G. Lord, James M. Skiff, Francis S. Graves; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, A. L. Soule, Henry S. Lee; Ward Five, Cheney Big- elow, George K. Charter (resigned), Charles Phelps, Orlando Chapin (resigned), William Collins; Ward Six, J. G. Chase; Ward Seven, C. P. L. Warner; Ward Eight, Hiramı Warner.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Albert T. Folsom.


Marshul .- Ilenry Clark.


1864.


Mayor .- HENRY ALEXANDER, JR.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Norman W. Talcott ; Ward Two, William Patton ; Ward Three, Albert D. Briggs; Ward Four, Frederick H. Harris; Ward Five, Charles Barrows; Ward Six, Warren HI. Wilkinson; Ward Seven, Virgil Per- kins; Ward Eight, Harvey E. Muscley.


Clerk .- A. T. Folsom.


Common Councilmen .- President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, Henry S. ILyde, John Mulligan, Charles II. Allen; Ward Two, O. II. Greenleaf, G. R. Townsley, J. F. Tannatt ; Ward Three, Charles A. Winchester, W. H. Smith, A. N. Mer- rick; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, A. L. Soule, Henry S. Lee; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, William Collins, S. W. Porter; Ward Six, L. II. Taylor; Ward Seven, Peter Valentine; Ward Eight, George Foster.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Albert T. Folsom.


Marshal .- Henry Clark (resigned), Luke II. Pease.


1865.


Mayor .- ALBERT D. BRIGGS.


Aldermen .- Ward One, Henry S. Hyde; Ward Two, George R. Townsley; Ward Three, Otis Childs; Ward Four, Frederick II. Harris; Ward Five, Charles Barrows; Ward six, Warren Il. Wilkinson ; Ward Seven, Virgil Perkins; Ward Eight, Andrew J. PInmer.


Clerk .- A. T. Folsom.


Common Councilmen .- President, Henry S. Lee; Ward One, John Mulligan, W. HI. Allis, H. S. Noyes; Ward Two, Gideon Wells, John Olmsted, J. F. Tan- natt; Ward Three, William H. Smith, J. F. Tapley, II. N. Tinkham; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, Henry S. Lee, S. J. Ilall; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, S. W. Porter, J. Q. A. Sexton; Ward Six, Gustavus D. Tapley; Ward Seven, Raw- son Ilathaway ; Ward Eight, George Foster.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


C'ity Clerk and Treusurer -Albert T. Folsom.


Marshal .- Luke HI. Pease.


186G.


Mayor .- ALBERT D. BRIGGS.


Aldermen .- Ward One, William Pynchon ; Ward Two, D. H. Brigham ; Ward Three, Tim Henry; Ward Four, F. H. Harris; Ward Five, G. W. Harrison; Ward Six, W. II. Wilkinson ; Ward Seven, John G. Taylor (died), Rawson Hath- away; Ward Eight, John Severson.


Clerk .- A. T. Fulsom.


Common Councilmen .- President, William L. Smith; Ward One, J. II. Demond, Warren Emerson, J. C. McIntosh; Want Two, Gideon Wells, H. M. Morehouse, George Dwight, Jr. ; Ward Three, H. N. Tinkham, William II. Smith, Joseph H. Damon ; Ward Four, D. B. Wesson, William L. Smith, W. S Marsh ; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, S. W. Porter, Charles Chapman; Ward Sis, Gustavus D. Tapley ; Ward Seven, John M. Megget ; Ward Eight, Samuel Mills.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk und Treasurer .- Albert T. Folsom. Messenger .- J. D. Bigelow. Superintendent of Schools .- E. A. Hubbard. Marshal,-Luke H. Pease. Assistant Marshal .- S. P. Howard.


1867.


Mayor .- ALBERT D. BRIGGS.


Aldermen .- Ward One, John Mulligan ; Ward Two, Tim IIenry ; Ward Three, H. N. Tinkham ; Ward Four, F. H. Harris; Ward Five, Samuel W. Porter, Ward Six, Amos Call ; Ward Seven, Rawson Hathaway ; Ward Eight, John Severson. Clerk .- A. T. Folsom.


Common Councilmen .- President, William L. Smith ; Ward One, J. C. McIntosh. Warren Emerson, J. HI. Demond; Ward Two, H. M. Morehouse, C. S. HurIbut, L. A. Tiftt; Ward Three, Charles Marsh, II. K. W. Dickinson, P. S. Bailey ; Ward Fonr, W. L. Smith, W. S. Marsh, L. J. Powers; Ward Five, Charles Chapman, A.


II. Clark, J. S. Brown ; Ward Six, Charles A. Call; Ward Seven, E. W. Clark ; Ward Eight, Samuel Mills.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk und Treasurer .-- Albert T. Folsom.


Messenger .- J. D. Bigelow.


Superintendent of Schools,-E. A. Hubbard.


City Marshal .- Luke II. Pease.


Assistant Murshul .- Stephen P. Howard.


I868.


Mayor .- CHARLES A. WINCHESTER.


Aldermen .- Ward One, John Mulligan ; Ward Two, Tim Henry; Ward Three, H. N. Tinkham; Ward Four, W. S. Marsh; Ward Five, Samuel W. Porter; Ward Six, Amos Call; Ward Seven, E. W. Clark ; Ward Eight, Milo Chapin.


Clerk .- A. T. Folsom.


Common Councilmen .- President, Ilenry S. Lee; Ward One, Warren Emerson, Josiah Bumstead, Roswell Lee; Ward Two, O. H. Greenleaf, Charles R. Laid, Lewis A. Tifft ; Ward Three, E. II. Patch, A. J. McIntosh, William II. Smith ; Ward Four, Henry S. Lee, E. G. Norton, M. A. ('lyde; Ward Five, Cyrus E. Buck- land, Alden Warner, William R. Purple; Ward Six, George E. Howard; Ward Seven, Charles Gage ; Ward Eight, George Swetland.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Albert T. Folsom.


Messenger .- J. D. Bigelow.


Superintendent of Schools,-E. A. Hubbard.


City Murshul .- Luke HI. Pease.


Assistent Marshal .- E. S. Crosier.


1869.


Mayor .- CHARLES A. WINCHESTER.


Aldermen .- Ward One, J. M. Cooley ; Ward Two, George Dwight ; Ward Three, William H. Smith ; Ward Four, W. S. Marsh ; Ward Five, Joseph M. Hall ; Ward Six, George E. Iloward; Ward Seven, Charles Gage; Warl Eight, Charles J. Goodwin.


Clerk .- A. T. Folsomn.


Common Councilmen,-President, Henry S. Lee; Ward One, George M. Atwater, Josiah Bumstead, John Olmsted; Ward Two, Charles R. La.l, O. II. Greenleaf, C. C. Smith ; Ward Three, A. J. McIntosh, E. II. Patch, J. II. Appleton; Ward Four, Henry S. Lee, E. G. Norton, L. J. Powers; Ward Five, Alden Warner, E. B. Haskell, W. P. Taylor; Ward Six, I. P. Dickinson; Ward Seven, William H. Pinney ; Ward Eight, George Swetland.


Clerk .- Lucius E. Ladd.


City Clerk and Treasurer .- Albert T. Folsom.




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