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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
R.v. O. W. Cooley was born in Hawley, June 18, IS16; graduated at Williams in 1841, and was licensed in 1845.
Rev. Foster Lilley was born in Hawley, June 6, 1812; graduated at Williams in 1838, and was licensed in 1840.
Rev. Alfred Longley was born in Hawley, Nov. 10, 1809; studied at Oberlin, and was licensed in 1843. He died March 16, 1851.
Rev. Moses M. Longley was born in Hawley, June 14, 1815, studied at Amherst, and graduated at Oberlin in 1845. He was ordained an evan - gelist in 1846.
Rev. Elijah Harmon was born in Hawley, March 22, 1835, graduated at Amherst in 1861, graduated at the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1867, ordained at Winehester, N. H. Oct. 17, 1867, installed at Wilming- ton, Mass., Dec. 15, 1885.
Rev. Joseph G. Longley was born in Hawley May 24, 1823. He be- came a Congregational minister, but died before he had engaged in pas- toral labors.
As Methodist ministers Hawley has furnished Judah Crosby, Silas Leonard and Proctor Marsh. Three natives of the town have served ac- ceptably as Advent ministers, viz: Rufus Starks, born March 21, 1812, Clark R. Griggs, born March 6, 1824, and Dennis Sears. The last six were not graduates, but were licensed.
NOTE. The title D. D. should have been affixed to the names of Rufus and Jeremiah Taylor. The four Taylors were brothers, sons of Jeremiah Taylor. Their mother was a woman of more than ordinary strength of mind and of eminent piety. She died at the honse of her son-in-law, Dea. Freeman Hamlin, in Plainfield, Oct. 22, 1857 aged 80 years.
The three Longleys were brothers, sons of Gen. Thomas Longley. .
The following ladies have married ministers or professional men :- Mary, daughter of Gen. Thomas Longley, married Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, L. L. D., for many years a missionary to the Dakota Indians. She is the Mary of that interesting book by Dr. Riggs, "Mary and I."
Nancy Newton became the second wife of her pastor, Rev. Tyler Thatcher. Angeline, daughter of Otis Longley married Dr. Ashley, a western clergyman. A daughter of Theoptimus Crosby married a min- ister. Mary Bassett was one of the early graduates of Mount Holyoke Seminary, and was for a number of years a prominent teacher in Ohio. She is now the wife of Benjamin M. Ludden, M. D., of East Lynn, Ill . The widow of Dr. Forbes, an early physician, married Dr. Moses Smith, who remained in town as a practitioner about thirty years.
Olive, daughter of Capt. Edmund Longley, married Hezekiah Ryland Warriner, L. L. D., a brilliant teacher in Greenfield and Deerfield, af- terward a law student in the office of Henry T. Grout, L. L. D., in Philadelphia, and died soon after being admitted to the bar, in the midst of a rising reputation.
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
REBELLION RECORD.
Hawley bore a creditable part in the War of the Rebellion. She was represented in all the regiments that went from Western Massachusetts, to the front, and at the last enrollment more than half of the able bod- ied men liable to do military duty were already in the field. Many were the loyal sons who went forth to battle for the old flag in the hour of its peril, some to give their lives in the service for which they fought, and fill soldiers' graves on traitors' soil, some to be brought home and buried by loving hands, beneath their native skies, and still others to return, wearing their laurels. Not only did the people respond to the country's necessities as soldiers, but contributed liberally in appropriations for state aid, bounties, clothing and other articles of comfort.
Nov. 5, 1861, the town voted to abate all the town taxes assessed upon volunteers belonging to the town who have entered the service.
Aug. 29. 1862, Appropriated $300 for state aid to soldiers' families.
Oct. 15, 1862, Voted to pay a bounty of $100 to each volunteer enlist- ing under the last calls of the president, and credited to the quota of the town.
Mar. 2, 1863, Appropriate d $500 for state aid to families of volunteers.
Nov. 3, 1863, Appropriated $1059 78 for volunteers.
Mar. 7, 1864, Voted to raise $1000 for state aid to soldiers' families.
Apr. 25, 1863, Voted to raise a sufficient sum to fill all quotas up to the present time, not to exceed $125 to each man. A similar vote was passed June 27 of that year.
Amount of money raised and paid by the town and private subserip- tions, exclusive of state aid, $17,175. Amount raised and paid by the town and afterwards refunded by the state, 2, 842 63.
The ladies of Hawley contributed $525 in clothing and other articles of comfort for the soldiers, which were forwarded by them to the front.
The following is a list of those who served in the war as soldiers :-
J. William Doane, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He was promoted to corporal at Camp Miller, Greenfield, was discharged in Aug. 1863, returned to civil life, lives on the farm adjoining his birthplace.
Geo. C. Brayman, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He was wounded in the leg June 14, 1863, had the leg amputated, and died in the hospital at Baton Rouge, La, July 3, 1863.
Henry C. Damon, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt., dischar- ged in Aug., 1863, now a farmer, in Meriden, Ct.
Homer F. Damon, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt., dis- charged in Aug., 1863, now a tinne r in New Britain, Ct.
Edwin Warriner, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt., dischar- ged in Aug. 1863, and died June 15, 1882, of consumption.
David C. Clark, oil. Sept. 4, 1862, Co. E, 524 Regt., dis. Ang. 1863.
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Lucius Hunt, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He was sick in hospital, and was discharged July 17, 1863, by reason of disability. His brother Josiah went to Louisiana after him and brought him home. He lives at his birthplace in Hawley.
Nathan B. Baker, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862,in Co. E, 52d Regt. Dischar- ged in Aug. 1863, and is a farmer in Savoy.
Theodore Marsh, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. was dis- charged in Aug. 1863 and lives in Whitingham, Vt ..
Noah Baker, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He was shot through the right side at the battle of Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863, died instantly, and was buried where he fell.
Edwin Baker, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He was dis- charged in Aug. 1863, and is a druggist at Shelburne Falls.
Thomas A. Hall, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. He died at Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 20, 1863. of typhoid fever.
Elijah Harmon, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. discharged Ang. 1863, and is now a clergyman in Wilmington, Mass.
Thaxter Scott, enlisted Sept.4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt., was dis- charged Aug. 1863, and is a farmer in Hawley.
Clinton H. Dodge, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in Co. E, 52d Regt. was dis- charged Aug. 1863, and is a farmer in Hawley.
Otis B. Wood, enlisted June 14, 1861, in Co. H, 10th Regt., promo- ted to Corporal Apr. 11, 1863, and Sergeant, May 1, lives Turners Falls.
Newell S. Rice, enlisted May 3, 1861, in Co. E, 10th Regt. He fol- lowed the fortunes of his regiment till 1863, when he re-enlisted, receiv- ing the veterans' bounty and served through the war. He lives in Ohio.
John H. Larabec, enlisted May 28, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Regt. Served his term of enlistment, and now lives at the west.
Edwin P. Cobb, enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, in Co. C, 27th Regt. discharg- ed July 19, 1865, and lives in Ilawley.
Alfred L Mantor, enl. Oct. 1, 1861, in Co.C. 27th Regt. Killed in
battle May 6, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.
Francis W. Mantor, enl. Oct. 1, 1861, Co. C, 27th Regt. Died of diphtheria Oct. 3, 1862, at Washington, N. C.
Luther Eddy, enl. Oct. 1, 1861, Co. C. 27th Regt.
Samuel Woffenden, enl. Oct. 1, 1861, Co. C. 27th Regt.
Edmund Longley, enl. Oct. 1, 1861, Co. C. 27th Regt. Died of cou- sumption, at New York, Sept. 7, 1863.
John A. Grout, enlisted July 2d 1862, in Co. C, 27th Regt., was dis- charged July 19, 1865, and lives in California.
Charles H. White, enlisted July 2, 1862, in Co. C, 27th Regt.
William J. Sanford, enlisted Nov. 13, 1861, in Co. C, 31st Regt., now lives at Hartford, Ct.
Robert H. Eldridge, enl. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. B. 31st Regt. Taken prisoner at Brashaer citv, July 3. 1863, and died July 6.
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Albert Clark, enlisted April 30, 1861, Co. HI, 10th Regt. Lives in Hawley.
Clark F. Sprague, enlisted Nov. 22, 1861, in Co. B, 31st Regt. Dis- charged June 18, 1862, on account of ill health, and died March 25, 1863 of consumption, at his fathers' house in Hawley.
Asher B. Sprague, enlisted Nov. 22, 1861, in Co. B, 31st Regt., and lives in Hawley.
Henry C. Mason, enlisted Nov. 13, 1861, in Co. B, 31st Regt. He was wounded in the thigh at Port Hi dson plain, July 3, 1863, died in the hospital July 17, of chronic diarrhea.
Albert E. Marsh, enlisted Noy. 22, 1861, in Co. B, 21st Regt. Re- sides in Northampton.
Chandler Hathaway, enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, in Co. C, 31st Regt. Died at Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 12, '63, of congestive chills and buried there.
Erastus S. Kinney, enlisted July 24, 1862, in Co. F, 34th Regt., now lives in Ashfield, and receives a pension of $30 a month.
Chandler HI. Blanchard, enlisted July 24, 1862, in Co. F, 34th Regt. He was wounded in battle in the leg and carried to the rear by a com- rade, who had also been wounded. He lives in Adams and carries & wooden leg.
Peter L. Baker, enlisted July 24, 1864, Co. F. 34tl Regt. He was severely wounded in the thigh, but served out his term of enlistment. He was a splendid marksman and stated that during his term of service he probably discharged his rifle 2000 times and never without taking careful and deliberate aim. He died at Bernardston Vt. Jan. 8, 1879 of consumption.
Alonzo Helm, enlisted July 24, 1862, Co. F. 34th Regt.
Samuel M. Hall, enlisted July 24, 1862, Co. F. 34th Regt. He was shot through the neck and instantly killed in battle.
Everett W. Blanchard, enlisted Oct. 1863, Co. F. 34th Regt. While insane he was killed by jumping from a third story window in Annapo- lis, Md.
Freeman L. Cobb, enlisted Ang. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. Pro- moted as Corporal.
Sidney P. Wood, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. Wound- ed in the shoulder at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, died in May at Fredericksburg.
Edward Peck, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. He was discharged Mar. 17, 1863, at camp near White Oak church by reason of disability caused by not properly recovering from measles. He returned home, and died of consumption, Jan. 27, 1865.
Edmund H. Sears, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. Acci- dentally shot by a comrade near Spottsylvania Court House May 11, 1864, on picket duty was brought home and buried in Hawley.
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
Ira Larkins, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. H. 37th Regt. Appointed Corporal Aug. 15, 1862, appointed sergeant March 1863, killed in battle May 18, 1864, carrying the colors.
Albert Vincent enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. Appointed orderly sergeant Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded May 1863, commissioned 1st Lieutenant July 31, 1864. Commissioned Captain March, 1865.
Freeman Brackett, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H. 37th Regt. Ap- pointed Corporal Mar. 20, 1863. Died of typhoid fever at City Point July 10, 1864, brought home and buried in W. Hawley.
Alonzo F. Turner, enlisted Ang. 14, 1862, Co. II. 37th Regt. Wound- ed July 3, 1863, transferred to V. R. C. Lives in Hawley.
William A. Hallock, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. K. 23rd Regt. John Brown, enlisted Sept. 2, 1864, Co. C. 17th Regt. Ile served only 8 months to the close of the war, saw no fighting or hard service, and received abont $1100 as bounty, state aid and wages. Removed to Kansas.
TOWN OFFICERS. 1792-1886.
The following have served as Town Officers since the organization of the town, including the Moderators of the Annual March meetings :-
Date. Moderator.
Town Clerk.
Constable.
1792 David Sexton Edmund Longley James Parker
1793 Joseph Longley
David Parker
1794 Thomas King
1795 Hezekiah Warriner
66
Joseph Longley
1796 Elijah Field
Zenas Baugs
1797 Joseph Longley
Obed Smith
1798 Zephaniah Lathrop
Zimri Longley
1799 Hezekiah Warriner 1800
66
William Sanford
1801 Joseph Bangs
66
Thomas Longley
1802 Zephaniah Lathrop
Argalur Pixley
1803 Hezekialı Warriner
Oliver Carr
1804 Joseph Bangs
Edmund Longley, Jr.
1805
Ebenezer Hall
1806 Edmund Longley
Abel Dinsmore
1807 Joseph Buttrick
Thomas Longley
John King
1808 Zephaniah Lathrop
1809
1810
66
Simeon Crittenden
David Parker
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
Date. Moderator.
1811 Zephaniah Lathrop
1812 Edmund Longley
1813 Zephaniah Lathrop 1814 Zenas Bangs
1815 Zephaniah Lathrop
1816
66
1817
66
1818 Zenas Bangs
1819
66
1820
1821
66 66
1822 Zephaniah Lathrop
1823 1824 Noah Joy
66
1825 66
66
1826 66
1827 John Tobey
1828 Noah Joy 1829 66
Moses Smith
1830 Thomas Longley
1831 Noah Joy
Thomas Longley
Quartus Taylor Abel Longley Bardine Damon
Calvin Longley Ezra Brackett Eben Crosby
66
1837 Thomas Lougley
Moses Smith
1838 John Tobey 1839
1840 Noah Joy
1841 John Vincent
1842 John Tobey
1843 William F Longley 1844
1845 John King 1846 No record 1847 Clark Sears 1848
1849 1850
1851 John Vincent 1852
66
66
Edmund Longley Jr Harmon Barnes
Anson Dyer Calvin S Longley
Bardine Damon
William O Bassett Harmon Barnes
Ezra King Elijah Longley 66 Samuel Hall
John Vincent Calvin S Longley George Lathrop 6 6 Calvin S Longley
Constable.
Elias Goodspeed Abel Dinsmore Ebenezer Hall John King Elias Goodspeed 66 Eben Crosby Abel Parker John Hall
Theophilus Crosby 66
Hezekiah Warriner Jr Ebenezer Crosby John Hall Cushing Shaw
1832 1833 John Vincent
1834 Noah Joy
66
1835 1836
66
Calvin Longley Freeman Longley
J V King Elijah Longley Jonathan Vincent
Town Clerk.
Thomas Longley
66
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
Date· Moderator.
Town Clerk.
Constable.
1853 Wm O Bassett 1854 Clark Sears 1855 Wm O Bassett 1856
Calvin S Longley
Harmon Barnes Atherton Hunt
66
1857 66
1858 Clark Sears
1859
Dennis W Baker
66
1861
66
66
1862 Wm O Bassett
1863 John Vincent
66
1864 Clark Scars
66
1865 John Vincent
1866 Clark Sears
66
1867 Wm O Bassett
F H Sears
1868 66
1869 Clark Sears
Freeman Atkins
1870 John Brown
1871 W E Mansfield
1872 Wm O Bassett
Harvey Baker Edwin Scott
1873
1874 W E Mansfield
1875 Wm O Bassett 1876 F H Sears
J W Doane
Ambrose K Sears Joseph A Hitchcock
1877 Frank Simpson
66
Edwin Scott
1880 W E Mansfield
Lucius Hunt
1881 J W Doane
1882 66
1883
1884
1885 Frank Simpson 1886 Charles Crittenden 66
A K Sears Joseph A Hitchcock
Lewis Hall Adna Bissell
Joseph A Hitchcock
1860 F H Sears
B Parsons Mansfield Atherton Hunt A G Ayres
66
J W Doane " E F Longley Samuel A Clark 66
J W Doane James Doane H W Starks 60
E P Hunt
1878 1879 F H Sears
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SELECTMEN
The following have been the selectmen of the town from 1793 to 1886.
1793 Joseph Longley Thomas King
1794
1795 Hezekiah Warriner Zephaniah Lathrop
1796-7
Moses Clark
1798-9
Zephaniah Lathrop 66
1800
Moses Clark
1801
Zephaniah Lathrop
1802 Edmund Longley Sylvanns Smith
1803
Hezekiah Warriner
1804
Sylvanus Smith
1805 Nathamel Newton
Hezekiahı Warriner
Joseph Bangs Joseph Bangs Joseph Buttrick
1806-7
1808 Edmund Longley
1809
Zenas Bangs
1810 Nathaniel Newton
1811 Zephaniah Lathrop
1812 Joseph Buttrick
Hezekiah Warriner Zephaniah Lathrop
66
1813
1814 Hezekiah Warriner Ebenezer Hall
1815 Zephaniah Lathrop Joseph Buttrick
1816 Hezekiah Warriner Zenas Bangs
1817 Edmund Longley Jr
1818 .6 William Bassett
1819-20-21 Zenas Bangs
1822 Edmund Longley Jr
1823 66 66
1824-25 " Noah Joy
1826 Wm Sanford
1827-28 Edmund Longley Jr Noah Joy 1829 John Vincent
1830 Thomas Longley
1831 Edmund Longley Jr Calvin Cooley
1832 Warriner King
John Tobey Calyin Cooley
1833
1834 John Tobey
Samuel Hall
Joshua Vincent
1835 Jonas Jones Calvin Cooley 66
1836 Edmund Longley Jr Clark Sears
1837 Thomas Longley Warriner King
1838 Calvin Cooley George Lathrop
1839
Sanuel Hall
66
Noah Joy
Hezekiah Warriner John Tobey
Warriner King John Vincent
John Vincent
Nathan West Ebenezer Hall 66
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
1840 Calvin Cooley
1841 Thomas Longley
1842 John Tobey 1843 Levi Harmon
1844
1845 Johu Vincent
1846 Clark Sears
1847 Samuel Williams
1848 Clark Sears
Levi Harmon
Freeman Atkins
Nelson Joy
Samuel Clark
Milo T Carter
Joshua W Tobey
Harvey Baker J G Longley Harvey Baker
Charles Baker
1858 S A Clark
1859 Calvin Cooley 1860 Charles Baker
1861 Win O Bassett
Charles Crittenden
1862
1863 Clark Sears
1864 Charles Baker
Edwin Scott
1865
66
1866 Clark Sears
W E Mansfield
Willis Vincent
1867 Wm O Bassett
1868
1869
66
1870
1871 W E Mansfield 1872 66
F H Sears E S Carter
1873 Charles Crittenden 1874 M H Vincent
1875-6 Wm O Bassett 1877
Lewis J Hall . :
1878 Charles Crittenden
1879-80 1881
Elijah Scott Willis Vineent
1882
C H Dodge 66
1883 66
1884 66 Lewis J Hall
1885-6 J W Doane
C H Dodge
Wm F Longley Francis Mantor Samuel Hall
George Lathrop Calvin Cooley Freeman Atkins
Freeman Longley
1851
1852 Wm O Bassett
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
John Vincent
B P Mansfield David Vincent. A G Ayres Elijah Field F H Sears Willis Vincent A G Ayres Elijah Field
Harvey Baker
E S Carter John Vinennt
John Vincent
E P Hunt E S Carter Willis Vincent Harmon Barnes C H Dodge
Walter Scars Isaac C Vincent
CHI Dodge Willis Vincent
J A Hitchcock E S Carter Lewis J Hall J W Doane Foster R King
1849 John Vincent
1850 Clark Sears
John Vincent Warriner King Clark Sears
George Lathrop
Wm O Bassett
Otis Longley Harvey Baker
Nathan Vincent
Joshua W Tobey
A G Ayres
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HISTORY OF HAWLEY.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT.
1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1809, Edmund Longley; 1810, 1811, Zenas Bangs; 1812, 1813, 1814, 1816, Thomas Longley; 1818, Ebenezer Hall; 1824, Thomas Longley; 1826, Edmund Longley Jr .; 1829, Moses Smith; 1832, John Tobey; 1833, Edmund Longley Jr .; 1836. Calvin Cooley; 1837, 1838, John Vincent; 1839, 1840, Calvin Cooley; 1841, 1843, George Lathrop; 1844, Clark Sears; 1847, Thomas Longley; 1849, Nelson Joy; 1850, George Lathrop; 1851, Clark Sears; 1853, Nathan Vincent; 1860, John Vincent; 1864, Rev. Henry Seymour; 1868, Clark Sears; 1879, Clinton H. Dodge.
Nov. 3, 1794, Theodore Sedgwick was chosen Representative to Con- gress from the Western District.
DIRECTORY.
The occupation of those engaged exclusively in agriculture will be understood; those engaged wholly or in part in other occupations will be noted.
Francis W. Atkins, Asahiel R. Atkins, Albert B. Atkins, Roswell Ba- ker, Wm. H. Brackett, Wm. O. Bassett, Justice of the Peace, Harmon Barnes, Joseph Buskitt, laborer, Adnah Bissell, produce dealer, Fran- cis Barnard, Edna J. Barnard, Noel Barber, Charles Clemons, Nathan Clark, Nathan Clark Jr., Henry Clark, Herbert L. Clark, School Com- mittee, Warren Clark, David Clark, Samuel A. Clark, Tyler T. Clark, Edwin P. Cobb, laborer, Charles Crittenden, lumber dealer, Herbert L. Crowell, Stillman Carter, Martin V. Cressy, Elias Carrier laborer, Porter J. Carrier, laborer. Joseph H. Carrier, S. Russell Chaffin, car- penter, Mattoon Church, Charles Davis, J. Wm. Doane, Selectman, Clinton H. Dodge, Selectman, Newell Dyer, Thomas E. Eldridge, saw- mill proprietor, Ira Fuller, Wm. A. Fuller, Albert Gould, mechanic, Lemuel Gould, George Gould, Gilbert Gould, Wilson Gould, Clarence Gould, Dennis Gibbons, wood chopper, A. C. Galbraith, Levi Hawkes, William Hawkes, Joseph A. Hitchcock, Constable, Elijah B. Howes, Frank J. Howes, Clarence Hubbard, laborer, Lewis J. Hall, lumber dealer, Wm. F. Harris, Enos Harmon, Charles Harmon, Frank Hill- man, Henry A. Holden, J. N. Hamilton, Francis Holden, Asa Holden, Erastus Graves Frank A. Holden, Atherton Hunt, Lucius Hunt, Town Clerk, Elisha Hunt, Chester F. Hunt, Chester L. Hnut, Charles Hunt, Myron C. Harwood, Mc Kendree Hicks, Lewis Hicks, wood turner, Henry A. Hicks, employee of Davis Mining Co., J. U. Houston, black- smith, Fred N. Haskius, laborer, Frank Ingraham, teanister, Lauriston King, butcher, Alfred King, teamster, John F. King, laborer, Foster R.
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King. merchant, selectman. Charles Kinney, William Kenny, A. J. Kendall, carpenter, School Committee, Lewis Longley, laborer, Daniel Larkins, laborer, Nithan Mason, W. E. Mansfield, Pension Agent, Justice of the Peace, Albert S. Maynard, Allen Murdock, James. M. Parker, Alvin H. Parker, Sylvester Rice, George W. Rice, Rufus Rice, Matthew D. Rice, John Rashford, Oscar Rood, Seth Sears, Royal Sears, Roswell Sears, Edwin W. Sears, F. H. Sears, Charles Sears, George W. Sears, Ambrose K. Sears, Postmaster, Ebenezer Sears, Albert F. Sears, School Committee, James F. Sears, Walter Sears, Dennis Sears, Sylvester Sears, Jolin Sprague, Asher B. Sprague, Chauncey Stafford, George H. Stetson, M. Sprague, Manly Stetsor, Erwin Scott, Walter Scott, Elijah HI. Scott, saw mill proprietor, Edwin Scott, Postmaster, Phineas Scott, Willard F. Scott, Henry Seymour, Clergyman, Bartholomew Scanlan, Michael Scanlan, George K. Starks, grist mill and saw mill proprietor, Phineas Starks, Morris D. Starks, Henry W. Starks, blacksmith, Row- land Stiles, Elijah Shaw, Jr. Frank M. Simpson, Geo. II. Taylor, Hen- ry Taylor, Dennis A. Taylor, Alonzo F. Turner, saw mill and wood working shop, Nuthan Tyler, Henry Tyler, William Thayer, William R. Thayer, Lewis W. Temple, Warriner K. Vining, hoop manufacturer, Willis Vincent, Justice of the Peace, saw mill, and rake manufacturer, Mark H. Vincent, rake manufacturer, Isaac C. Vincent, Samuel Will- iams, Wm. L. Warfield, Justin B. Warriner, Henry B. White, Melvin White, laborer, Justin B. Wood, William Wait, Waldo T. Ward, Ben- jamin C. Wilbur, David White.
TOWN FARM.
At a town meeting, April 7, 1851, it was voted to buy a farm for the support of the poor. Previous to that time the keeping of the town poor had usually been done by boarding them with the lowest bidder, or by the Overseers of the poor, which were the selectmen, making a con- tract with parties to keep them. 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, and they purchased of Dea. Samuel Hall the place known as the Warriner King farm, in the southwest part of the town.
It was urged by some as a reason for buying an alms-house, that some who had in part been maintained by the town and allowed to remain with their friends would prefer to support themselves and escape the odium of going to the "poor-house," as all who received aid from the town were required to go there. The selectmen annually hire a man and his wife as overseers of the farm and house, who receive a stipulated sal- ary, averaging about $250, who are required to keep an exact account of receipts and expenditures. The first of April is the time adopted for
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making a change of overseers, and dairying is the chief source of revenue
The following, and their wives have been the overseers of the town farm. 1851-2 Leonard Joy; 1853-4 S. S. Hemenway; 1855 to 62 Proc- tor Marsh; 1862-3 Henry Barton; 1863 to1870 Phineas Starks; 1870 John Brown; 1871 to 73 Henry Barton; 1875 Horace Todd; 1876 to 1879 Daniel Larkins; 1879 to 84 Phineas Starks; 1884 Levi Hawkes; 1885 Geo. Turner; 1886 Charles Davis.
At the annual town meeting, March, 7, 1853, a code of rules was a- dopted regulating the house and its inmates, which reflects upon the civilization of the 19th century. It 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."
MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES.
It is evident that the erection of mills, particularly sawmills and grist- mills, engaged the attention of the earliest inhabitants. The oldest rec- ord found is furnished by Mr. Geo. D. Crittenden of Shelburne Fall:, made by his great grandfather, Zebebee Wood, at a meeting of the in- habitants of No. 7, held Feb. 24 1778, at the house of Samuel Hitchcock, Thomas King, moderator. The record reads, "Voted Thomas King to go and talk with the proprietors, and see what they will do about build- ing mills and getting on the rest of the settlers."
Sometime about 1790, Capt. Simeon Crittenden started in the extreme south part of the present limits of the town, and operated a sawmill and grist mill. He afterwards sold to Joel Rice, who came from Conway, paying 2000 silver dollars for the property. He conveyed it to his sons, Luther and Daniel, who operated it until 1826, when it was bought by Leavitt Hallock, who built a large tannery in 1827, also built other saw_ mills, and established a large and flourishing business which continued until the tannery was burned, Feb. 11, 1846. It was rebuilt in 1848. but never was operated as a tannerv. A sawmill w.s afterward operated in the building by Homan Hallock, and other wooden ware has been manufactured there, but that interest is now extinct. Half a mile down the stream, Alonzo F. Turner built a sawmill and shop for various man- ufacturing, about twenty years ago, which is still operated.
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