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With the old up-and -down saws, 1500 or 2000 feet a day was called a big day's work. $2. 00 a thousand was had for sawing and in 1845 hemlock lun:ber sold for $5.00 or $6. 00 per thousand.
John Hadlock was for a long time one of the carpenters of the town, and many buildings stood for many years which he built. Lewis Cobb was also a carpenter. Russell S. Chaffin located at West Hawley as a carpenter. Chester F. Griggs was one of the town shoemakers and used to go around with his 'kit' of tools and make up the annual stock of boots and shoes for each family. Warriner King and Phineas Starks each did quite a local business at making and mending shoes for their neighbors. Mr. King used to say that he frequently earned enough on his bench in an evening to pay a hired man a day's wages. Zebedee Wood, who came rom Conn. to Hawley in 1784, was a tanner and shoemaker before com-
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ing here and continued the business to some extent after coming. A blacksnith was one of the fixtures at the 'Square' when that was the busì- ness center of the town. J. U. Houston was later the blacksmith in the vicinity of the church, and Henry W. Starks at Fullerville. Horace Elmer was the blacksmith at Hallockville, Ira Angell the shoemaker and T. E. Easton the tailor. Mr. Elmer later did blacksmithing at West Hawley.
Charles Crittenden and Lewis J. Hall of Hawley did a large business at lumbering in Monroe, under the firm name of Crittenden and Hall. They had a steam mill which they had moved from Savoy, where they also did an extensive business. Several shops in town turned out chair stock which was sold to manufacturers in Worcestor Co.
Charcoal burning was also an early industry in Hawley. There was a cone-shaped stone charcoal kiln in the center of Hawley. An article des- cribing this industry and including a picture of the kiln, was written by Mrs. Olive Crittenden Robinson and published in a recent issue of Yankee Magazine.
'Potash Hill', the nan e given to a very steep highway leading from Pudding Hollow to the 'Square' derived its name from a potash manu- factory which was formerly located near the road.
About 1882 Mr. Charles Crittenden built a blacksmith shop for Watson King. A side job was that of making barrel hoops. Many farmers earned 'pin' money by selling hoop sticks. These sticks were about two inches in diameter, cut through the center and notched so they would interlock.
Following is a record of the development of the potato industry in this area:
1939: Thirty years ago the hill town of Hawley was a great potato area. The failure to follow modern methods and small areas of production on which modern machinery could not be used caused its decline. Now some of the best areas have been secured by a firm of up-to-date potato growers and they are planning to grow certified seed in Franklin Co. To grow certified seed requires a high elevation, cool temperatures, a proper type of soil and skillful growing. The first three of these, this Hawley land appears to have and the present growers are unquestionably skill- ful.Cooperat ion of the Agricultural Department in Boston, and of Prof.Boyd of Mass. State College to supervise and certify these potatoes has been assured Some 200 acres have been cleared, but only about 75 will be planted this year. If this venture is successful, the town of Hawley will soon be turning out many thousand of dollars worth of products.
1940: Farms have been bought by Mr. Harry Liebman of Elington, Conn. About 100 acres will be planted this year. Nearly all of the work is being done by machinery. Dr. David I. Rozman, Associate Consultant to the Mass. State Planning Board, and Prof. of Economics at Mass. State Col-
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lege, reported in the following manner of the results of a survey of Haw- ley: 'Development of future growth in the town of Hawley may well be a long lines of recreational use and forestry culture. Densely wooded hills which rise to a height of as much as 2000 feet and a generally rugged terrain make Hawley highly picturesque and enjoyable. The same condi- tions are a handicap to agriculture although the valleys contain some good soil where a few orchards and several poultry farms are located. The northwestern corner of the town is included in a State forest area. Land values are extremely reasonable, the average value per acre of land and buildings being only $19. 00.' This survey was under the direction of a State planning board as a WPA project.
Oct., 1945: The Liebman Farm has reported that they have shipped 47, 000 bus. of potatoes to South Deerfield to be placed in cold storage. Their yield was 560 bus. to the acre this year. German prisoners of war and help imported from Jamaica were brought in to harvest the crop.
At the present time there are in Hawley 145 acres of potato fields which had to be cleared of stone before being seeded. Shelburne Falls, which is nearer to Hawley, was first considered for the warehouse but no suitable location was available near a railroad siding at the freight yards there. Now large warehouses in South Deerfield store potatoes from the Hawley and Plainfield farms of Harry Liebman, whose vast potato fields are one of this section's new agricultural enterprises.
After the first year, 1939; about 28000 bushels of potatoes were dug, proving the soil and conditions excellent. In 1940 there were 85 acres under cultivation with the same amount of seeds per acre -- about 25 bu.
1941: 90 acres planted. The farm of 400 acres has 260 tillable acres. Plans are made to clear more land each year until the full 260 acres are reached.
1943: With an expected yield of 400 bus. to the acre, a 40-acre lot is valued at $25, 000. 00.
Mar., 1944: Harry Liebman of Ellington, Conn., who recently pur- chased the F.S. Cole farm on the Ashfield Road, has had practically all of the mowing land on the premises plowed in preparation for next season's potato planting. The extensive apple orchard has been uprooted and plowed for this purpose.
In 1924 the largest single farm in Franklin Co. was that of William A. Pratt in Ashfield, Hawley and Plainfield. A boundary line stone on this farm marked a corner of three towns and two counties, Franklin and Hampshire. About 1921 Mr. Pratt, a manufacturer of Greenfield, went to the hills of Hawley. The start was made, however, on a 100A. tract known as the Lucius Hall place in the northwest corner of Ashfield. Later he purchased two other farms, the Enoch Harmon farm and the Church
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farm. Here on a 500 acre tract Mr. Pratt undertook farming. The loca- tion is where the Green Mts. and the Berkshires meet. The soil is rich, elevation high, the highest being in excess of 1800 ft. On this farm were a sawmill and a "sugar bush" where 600 gals. of maple syrup were made annually. Everything in the way of equipment was modern.
At first Mr. Pratt's attention was turned to raising turkeys, later he became famous as a breeder of pure-bred stock.
In West Hawley, Mr. F. Deane Carter operates a woud turning shop which today does a thriving business. He has been manufacturing parts for rail- road fuses for the past 22 years. The parts he makes are called 'buttons' and 'plugs' which fit on both ends of the fusees. He turns out these inch- long wooden pieces at the rate of 2000 gross per month. Since he received
Old brick kiln still standing on the Bassett Place. Beiit in 1870 by Albert Dyer of Plainfield. The road flares.
Mr. F. Deane Carter manufacturing fusees for rail-
kiln holds 25 cords of wood.
Courtesy of Mrs. Herbert A. Holden
his first order in 1927, Mr. Carter estimates he has produced more than 100,000, 000 or enough to make 50, 000, 000 completed fusees. He is one of four manufacturers in the country of this little-known product. As far as he can ascertain, the fusees are used exclusively by railroad men as a signaling device when trains are delayed. He makes about one-fourth of all the plugs and buttons that are used by the Central Railway Signal Co. of Hammond, Ind.
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In 1905 Mr. Carter bought the place where he now resides, from Mr. C. C. Fuller. It was a country store at that time. He ran the store until 1918, when he closed it. In 1916 he purchased the sawmill in back of his place and began to make brick molds and do some custom sawing. In 1927 came the opportunity to buy the business of making fusees parts from a former manufacturer in Charlemont. When a neighbor asked Mr. Carter why he didn't purchase the business, Mr. Carter replied that he didn't know anything about wood turning.
"I'll show you, " the neighbor replied.
Mr. Carter bought the lathes, moved them to his shop, the neighbor showed him how to operate them, and that was the beginning of a thriving business in West Hawley. Outside of making 100, 000 wooden teakettle knobs he has never made anything but the fusees buttons and plugs. After much experience he has found that white birch is best suited to his needs. He finds it is the softest of the hard woods and it doesn't shrink as much as the others. He uses 100, 000 feet of birch a year, which he purchases from local lumbermen. When he started his business he paid $14. 00 per thousand for lumber, in 1949 the cost was $50. 00 for the same amount. Where originally he paid $3. 00 a day for labor, in 1949 he was paying $8. 00 But selling prices also have changed. At first he sold the pieces for 82 1/2¢ per thousand; during the depression years, 48¢ per thousand; in 1949 they brought $1. 95 per thousand.
Mr. Carter has always been an active, prominent citizen. He has been Town Clerk and Treasurer since 1907, he acted as Tax Collector for nine years, served on the School Committee for nine years, was Chairman of Civil Defense during World War II. registered men in his town for both World Wars and served on the Rationing Board. Mrs. Car- ter. a native of Medford, is a teacher in the Charlemont schools.
STATISTICS
Population records: 1772 -- 22 1855 -- 774
1776 -- 244
1860 -- 671 1790 -- 539 1865 -- 687 1800 -- 878
1870 -- 672
1810 -- 1031 1875 -- 588
1820 -- 1089 1880 -- 592
1830 -- 1037 1885 -- 545
1840 -- 977 1900 -- 429
1850 -- 881 1950 -- 257
"Voted to, allow Capt. James Barker 20 shillings for warning parties out of town who have not received license to remain. " (Date unknown.)
In 1812 there were 1001 people and 3060 sheep in Hawley. In 1837 there were 2, 716 merino sheep, producing 7.148 lbs. of wool valued at $4, 574. 00. The value of leather tanned and curried was $13. 000. 00. Population 985.
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Prices that ruled in Hawley in 1787:
Potatoes per bu .... 1 shilling
Shoes per pr. 6 shillings
Wheat per bu. 4
Labor " day. 2
Rye per bu. 3 Labor, man and team 6
Corn " 3
Salt per lb .. 5 " 6 d.
Beans" 4
.Butter per lb 6 d .:
Oats per ". 18 d.
.Hayseed " " 1 sh. 1 d.
Tobacco per lb. .6 d.
. Rum per gal. 4 sh.
Candles 9 d.
Oil per gal. 7 sh.
Salt pork
6 d.
Sugar per lb.
6 d.
Mutton 2 d ..
.Wool " 18 D.
Beef per lb. . 4 d. 2 far Tea
4 sh.
Swine, live weight, per lb. 2 d ..
Making coat. 3 sh.
Veal per lb .. .. 2 d .. Making shoes per pr.l sh. 8 d.
It is probable that a shilling of that currency was about 24¢.
1859 Valuation: (dwelling houses, $300. 00. Barns. $90. 00. Tillage land per acre, $20. 00. Orcharding per acre, $30.00. Upland mowing per acre, $30.00. Pasture land, per acre, $8.00. Woodland per acre, $15. 00 .. Unimproved land per acre, $3. 00. Total valuation, $236, 478. 00.
The following was taken from the Day Book of Joshua Longley, now in the possession of. Mr. Walter Hunt of West Hawley. The book is dated from Apr. 30, 1821, Monday, through Saturday, July 16, 1824.
3 qut. of New England Rum for 62¢ to William Bassett.
Tuesday, May 1.
5/8 yd. crepex 63¢
3/4 yd. muslin 75¢
; ud ribbon 20¢
1 skein silk 5¢
1 pt. of N. E. Rum to Zephtah Pool for 13¢
1 paper of sorted pins for 14¢ to Zenas Bangs.
Remnant of codfish to Bardine Damon for 23¢
1 qt. W.I. Rum, bottle and cork 57¢
1/4 lb. allspice to Bardine Damon for 8¢
Asher Loomis for Emma, 1 sheet press paper 14¢
1 light 7x9 glass, 8¢
1 pt. wine 50¢
l ivory comb 25¢
9 lbs. fresh pork @ 5¢ -- 45¢
1 pr. silk gloves 84¢
l pr. walking shoes $1. 84
2 gimlets 17¢
1 doz. milk.pans $1.67
1 doz. suspender buttons 8¢ 1/2 lb. pepper 25¢ 22 lbs. scrap iron 44¢ 31/4 lbs. butter 37¢
1 scythe $1. 08, 1 snoth 84¢, to be paid 1 days work with oxen $1.25 in rye by the first of Dec. next at Rev. Jonathan Grout, 1
1/2 lb. tobacco to Elias Carrier for 17¢
1 felt hat for $1. 34to Oliver Shattuck.
1/4 lb. snuff for 13¢ to Levi Ford Paidout, $1. 30 for 10 1/2 lbs. of butter.
11 bu. apples @ 11¢ Dr. Charles Knowlton 10 oz. opium 75¢
1/2 doz. plates 42℃ 1 qt. mug, 17¢ to Rev. Jonathan Grout.
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cash price delivered at my store. For horse to Sunderlan, 21 miles @ 4¢ -- 84¢ 49 1/4 lbs. beef @ 4¢ -- $1.97 1 Murray's Grammar 84¢
1/2 quire paper 13¢ I scholars manual 14¢
spelling book 23¢
22 lbs. butter @ 10, $2.20
1 lb. loaf sugar 3C¢
1 pr. steel needles 6¢
1 qt. gin 15¢
10 lbs. maple sugar @ 10¢ -- $1. 00
March 17, 1830. An order to Chester Smith of 73¢ for mending stove pipe. March 25, 1838. Anorder to J. W. Hawks for building chimney in meet- ing house, $2. 50. Jonas Holden tending mason, $1.25.
Mar. 4, 1850. An order to Joseph Hitchcock for ringing bell and taking care of the church. $17.00
April 17, 1850. An order to Healy Newton for service as building committee and money expended on church, $208.50.
Former Inn & Store in West Hawley. Courtesy of Mr. F. Deane Carter
The Town House Courtesy of Mrs. Herbert A. Holden
At a town Meeting, Apr. 7, 1851, it was voted to buy a farm for the sup-' port of the poor. Previous to that time the keeping of the town poor had been done by boarding them with the lowest bidder. They were not all kept at one place, but went where circumstances dictated. The committee chosen to buy a farm was: Levi Holden, Calvin Cooley and Charles Baker.
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They purchased of Dea. Samuel Hall the place known as the Warriner King farm in the southwest part of the town. The selectmen hired a man and his wife as overseers of the farm and house, who received a salary of about $250. annually. At the annual town meeting, Mar. 7,1853, a code of rules was adopted regulating the house and its inmates, which received the title "Black Laws", copies of which were placed upon the records and posted in the house. It was the subject of a poem written and published at the time by Miss Mary Taylor, entitled 'Northern Oppression'.
The following have been superintendents of this farm: 1851-2, Leonard Joy; 1853-4, S.S. Hemenway; 1855-1862, Proctor Marsh; 1862-3, Henry Barton; 1863-1870, Phineas Starks; 1870, John Brown; 1871-1873, Henry Barton; 1875, Horace Todd; 1876-1879, Daniel Larkins; 1879-1884, Phi- neas Starks; 1884, Levi Hawkes; 1885, George Turner; 1886, Charles Davis; 1887, George Turner; 1888-1891, Phineas Starks; 1892-1896, Dan- iel Ingraham; 1897-8, Freeman Brackett; 1899, Melvin H. White. The 'poor-farm' ceased to exist as such in 1910 and was sold in 1916. The last superintendent was Mr. Noel Barber.
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1887: Moderator, Wm.O. Bassett; Clerk and Treas., Lucius Hunt; Selectmen and Assessors, Charles Crit- tenden, J. Wm. Doane, Amos D. Taylor; School Committee for 3 years, Justin B. Warriner, for 2 years, J. W. Doane; Constable and Collector, Adna C. Bissell. Appropriations: Schools, $900. Highways and bridges, $1500. Town expenses, $1200. Total, $3600.
Town Officers, 1924: Clerk and Treas., F. Deane Carter. Selectmen, C. W. Gould, M. H. White, H. L. Raymond. Assessors, C. W. Gould, L. P. Hawkes, M. H. White. School Con mittee, Mrs. Mattie L. White, E. R. Sears, W . A. Wells, A. H. Maynard. Receipts in Treas .. $32, 787. Bal. on hand, Dec. 31, 1924, $2, 145.
Town Officers, 1951: Selectmen: Philip L. Stiles, Ch., 3 years, Har- rison L. Raymond, 3 years, Rollon E. Bellows, 1 year. Clerk and Treas. F. Deane Carter. Assessors, Harrison L. Raymond, Ch., 1 year, Ar- thur H. Maynard, 2 yrs. Harry Clark, 3 yrs. School Committee, Belle T. Bellows, Ch., 2 yrs., Helen M. Stiles, 1 yr., Gertrude L. Ogden, 3 yrs. Tax Collector, Lee Roy T. Hunt. Auditor, Earl D. Rice. Con- stables, David S. Rice, Harry Stiles, Gertrude L. Ogden. Board of Welfare, Philip I. Stiles, Ch., Harrison L. Raymond, Rollon E. Bel- lows. Trustees Public Library, Florence Holden, Anne L. Stiles. Fo- rest Fires Warden, Arthur H. Maynard. Inspector of Animals. Herbert A. Holden. Sealer of Weights and Measures, David S. Rice. Field Driv- ers, David S. Rice, Earl D. Rice, Joachim Dostie. Fence Viewers, David S. Rice, Joachim Dostie, Earl D. Rice. Measurers of Wood and Surveyors of Lumber, Rollon E. Bellows, Harrison L. Raymond. Dog Officer, Harry Taylor. Town Physician, Bronie Apshaga, M.D. Super- intendent of Gypsy Moth Extermination, Herbert A. Holden. Welfare Agent, Phyllis Heist. Veterans' Agent, Robert Scott. Supt. of Streets,
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Roland B. Stiles. Burial Agent, F. Deane Carter. Jurors drawn during 1950, Arthur H. Maynard, Alton P. Fitzroy, Earl D. Rice.
Prices of 1951
Butter per lb. . 83
Sugar per 100 lbs. $9.50
Potatoes per 100 lbs. 6.50
Beans per lb.
. 25
Wood per cord. 18.00
Beef per 100 lbs. . . .65.00
ready for stove.
Swine live weight per lb. . . .32
Flour per 24 lb. bag. . 2. 29
Veal live weight per lb. .... 35
Road labor, per day $8.00 for 8 hrs. Fowl per lb.
55
Salt per 1b. $1.90
Salt pork 20
Town Officers 1792 - 1886.
Date Moderator.
Town Clerk
Constable
David Sexton
Edmund Longley
James Parker David Parker
Joseph Longley Zenas Bangs
Obed Smith
Zimri Longley
David Parker William Sanford Thomas Longley Argalur Pixley
Oliver Carr
Edmund Longley, Jr.
Abel Dinsmore John King
Simeon Crittenden Elias Goodspeed Abel Dinsmore
Ebenezer Hall John King
Elias Goodspeed
Eben Crosby Abel Parker John Hall
Theophilus Crosby
Hezekiah Warriner Jr. Ebenezer Crosby
1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1798 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826
Edmund Longley Joseph Buttrick
Thomas Longley
Zephaniah Lathrop
Edmund Longley
Zephaniah Lathrop
Zenas Bangs Zephaniah Lathrop
Zenas Bangs
Zephaniah Lathrop
Noah Joy
Tea per lb.
1.32
Shoes .. .. 10.00
Coffee per lb. 98
Joseph Longley
Thomas King
Hezekiah Warriner -
Elijah Field
Joseph Longley
Zephaniah Lathrop
Hezekiah Warriner
Joseph Bangs
Zephaniah Lathrop
Hezekiah Warriner
Joseph Bangs
Ebenezer Hall
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John Tobey Noah Joy
Thomas Longley
Noah Joy
Thomas Longley
John Vincent Noah Joy
"
Thomas Longley John Tobey
Moses Smith
Noah Joy John Vincent
John Tobey
Moses Smith Edmund Longley Jr. Anson Dyer
William F. Longley Calvin S. Longley =
John King No record
Clark Sears
John Vincent Calvin S. Longley George Lathrop
John Vincent
CalvinS. Longley
Wm.O. Bassett Clark Sears Wm.O. Bassett
Clark Sears
Dennis W. Baker
F. H. Sears
Wm.O. Bassett John Vincent Clark Sears John Vincent Clark Sears Wm.O.Bassett
Clark Sears John Brown W. E. Mansfield Wm. O. Bassett
W. E. Mansfield Wm. O. Bassett
F.H. Sears
Freeman Atkins
Harvey Baker Edwin Scott
J. W. Doane
John Hall Cushing Shaw
Quartus Taylor Abel Longley Bardine Damon Calvin Longley Ezra Brackett Eben Crosby
Calvin Longley Freeman Longley Harmon Barnes Bardine Damon William O. Bassett Harmon Barnes Ezra King Elijah Longley
Samuel Hall
J. V. King Elijah Longley Jonathan Vincent Harmon Barnes Atherton Hunt
B.Parsons Mansfield Atherton Hunt A.G. Ayres
J. W. Doane E. F. Longley Samuel A. Clark
J. W. Doane James Doane H. W. Starks
E. P. Hunt "
Ambrose K. Sears
1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
...
Moses Smith "
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1876 F.H. Sears 1877 Frank Simpson 1878 1879 1880 1881 J. W. Doane 1882 1883 1884 1885 Frank Simpson 1886
F.H. Sears W. E. Mansfield
Lucius Hunt
Charles Crittenden
1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
Wm. O. Bassett
Willis Vincent
Wm. O. Bassett
J. Wm. Doane
Wm. O. Bassett
Willis Vincent
1894 J. Wm. Doane
Wm. O. Bassett
J. Wm. Doane
=
Charles F. Sears Lucius Hunt
Wm.O. Bassett
Clarence C. Fuller
C.F. Sears
=
Edward L. Eldridge
Clarence C. Fuller Melvin H. White
11 Noel M. Barber
I.C. Vincent F. Deane Carter 11
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F.D. Carter
Edward L. Eldridge
..
C.F. Sears
M. H. White
C.F. Sears
=
1916
1917
1918
Walter Turner 1919
Joseph A. Hitchcock
Edwin Scott
A.K. Sears Joseph A. Hitchcock Lewis Hall Adna Bissell Joseph A. Hitchcock
Joseph A. Hitchcock A. C. Bissell
Clarence C. Fuller A.C. Bissell Clarence C. Fuller C.F. Sears
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
Town Clerk & Treas. Lucius Hunt
=
Melvin H. White Melvin H. White
FredR. Stiles & Lee Roy T. Hunt F.D. Carter & H. C. Dodge W. T. Scott & H. C. Dodge C. W. Gould & Lee Roy T. Hunt W. A. Wells & Lee Roy T. Hunt
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1920 H. C. Dodge
1921
Walter A. Wells
1922 H. C. Dodge
1923 H. A. Holden
1924
1925
1926
1927 C.C. Fuller
1928
1929
1930
11
1931
11
1932
1933 Frank H. Sears
F. Deane Carter
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
Harrison L. Raymond =
Walter A. Turner & Frank H. Sears Fred Gould & Law- rence Atkins F. R. Stiles & George Forget W. A. Wells & Frank H. Sears M. H. White & D. E. Wonsey M. H. White & W. A. Wells Melvin H. White & W. A. Wells F. D. Carter & W. A. Wells F. D. Carter & W. A. Wells Lee Roy T. Hunt & W. A. Wells Lee Roy T. Hunt & W. A. Wells Alfred LaBelle & Fran Francis Sears Phillip L. Stiles & Francis Sears
Freeman P. Hawkes & Hobart Raymond Freeman P. Hawkes & Alfred LaBelle Freeman P. Hawkes & Francis Sears Freeman P. Hawkes & Benj. Shaida John R. Fisher & Benj. Shaida David S. Rice & Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice
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1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor
1950
=
David S. Rice Harry Taylor
1951
=
Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor David S. Rice Harry Taylor
SELECTMEN
The following were the selectmen of the town from 1793-1886 1793 Joseph Longley Thomas King = 1794 1795 Hezekiah Warriner Zephaniah Lathrop Moses Clark 1796 1797 1798 Zephaniah Lathrop = Moses Clark Zephaniah Lathrop Edmund Longley Sylvanus Smith Hezekiah Warriner Sylvanus Smith Nathaniel Newton Hezekiah Warriner 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 Edmund Longley = Nathaniel Newton Zephaniah Lathrop Joseph Buttrick 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 Zephaniah Lathrop ٢١ Hezekiah Warriner Ebenezer Hall Noah Joy Zephaniah Lathrop Joseph Buttrick Hezekiah Warriner Zenas Bangs Edmund Longley Jr. = 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 William Bassett 1819-20-21 Zenas Bangs 1822 Edmund Longley Jr.
Joseph Bangs
Joseph Buttrick
Zenas Bangs
Hezekiah Warriner John Tobey
1823 1824 1825
Noah Joy
11
David S. Rice Harry Taylor
Nathan West Ebenezer Hall
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Wm. Sanford
Edmund Longley Jr.
John Vincent Thomas Longley Edmund Longley Jr.Calvin Cooley
Warriner King
John Tobey Calvin Cooley
Samuel Hall
Calvin Cooley
Edmund Longley Jr.Clark Sears
Warriner King
George Lathrop
Thomas Longley John Tobey
Levi Harmon
John Vincent Clark Sears
Samuel Williams Clark Sears John Vincent Clark Sears
Wm. O. Bassett
S.A. Clark Calvin Cooley Charles Baker Wm. O. Bassett
Clark Sears
Charles Baker
Clark Sears
Wm. O. Bassett
W. E. Mansfield
Charles Crittenden
Wm. O. Bassett
F. H. Sears E.S. Carter
M. H. Vincent Lewis J. Hall
Warriner King John Vincent
Joshua Vincent
John Vincent
Samuel Hall Wm. F. Longley Francis Mantor Samuel Hall
George Lathrop Calvin Cooley Freeman Atkins Freeman Longley
Wm.O. Bassett Nelson Joy Samuel Clark Milo T. Carter Joshua W. Tobey
Harvey Baker J. G. Longley Harvey Baker B. P.Mansfield David Vincent A. G. Ayres Elijah Field F. H.Sears Willis Vincent A.G. Ayres Elijah Field Willis Vincent Harvey Baker
E. P. Hunt E.S. Carter Willis Vincent Harmon Barnes Clinton H. Dodge
Walter Sears
1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
John Tobey Jonas Jones
Thomas Longley Calvin Cooley
John Vincent Warriner King Clark Sears
Clark Sears
George Lathrop
Levi Harmon Freeman Atkins
Otis Longley Harvey Baker Nathan Vincent Joshua W. Tobey
John Vincent
Charles Crittenden
A. G. Ayres Edwin Scott
W. E. Mansfield W. E. Mansfield E.S. Carter John Vincent
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1876 1877 1878 Charles Crittenden
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