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Clark, Thaddeus S .- Tenth unattached Company, Heavy Artillery ; transferred to United States Navy, serving on S. S. Princeton and Monitor Tunxis. Enlisted August 5th, 1863.
Cole, Stephan T .- Company B, Twelfth Regiment; Company E, Fourth Cavalry. Enlisted May 15th, 1861; re-enlisted January 4th, 1864.
Comstock, Albert M .- Musician, Company B, Seventy-second New York. Enlisted May 28th, 1861.
Cooley, Marius S .- Company G, Second Regiment. Enlisted Aug- ust 14th, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Creed, Isaac-Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment. Enlisted April 7th, 1862.
Davis, Alden G .- Company B, Twenty-third New York. Enlisted June 1st, 1863.
Dean, Paul I .- Company D, Fourth Regiment, Heavy Artillery. Enlisted August 17th, 1864.
Dockham, Daniel-Company G, Twelfth New Hampshire. Enlist- ed May 28th, 1864.
Dunker, George.
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Durdeen, Smith-Company F, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted May 28th, 1864.
Gardner, Andrew J .- Company C, Fourth Rhode Island. Enlisted September 9th, 1861.
Geer, Roman J .- Corporal, Company K, Seventh Connecticut. En- listed September 9th, 1861.
Graham, George S .- Company D, Fifty-third Regiment. Enlisted September 2nd, 1862.
Harrington, Dennis-Company E, Twenty-fifth Regiment. Enlist- ed June 3rd, 1862.
Hill, William-Corporal, Company A, Second Vermont. Enlisted July, 1863.
Howe, Church,-Sergeant, Company G, Sixth Regiment; Captain, Company K, Fifteenth Regiment; brevetted Major ; Senior Aide- de-Camp to Major-General Sedgwick. Enlisted April 16th, 1861. Jordan, William A .- Company C, Eighty-eighth, Illinois. Enlisted August 10th, 1862.
Kendall, Herbert I.
Kilburn, William W .- Lieutenant. Killed at the battle of Wil- liamsburg.
Ladd, George H .- Corporal, Company F, Forty-second Regiment. Enlisted July 11th, 1864.
Lamb, Edward P .- Company B, Third Battalion; Corporal, Com- pany F, Eighteenth, Wisconsin. Enlisted April 19th, 1861; re- enlisted February 5th, 1862.
Lane, Benjamin H .- Company H, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania. Enlisted August 26th, 1862.
Leslie, Charles H .- Company C, Thirty-fifth Regiment; Corporal, Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment. Enlisted August 11th, 1864; transferred June 9th, 1865.
Loring, Silas H .- Company A, Fifty-first Regiment. Enlisted Sep- tember 3rd, 1862.
McCabe, John M .- Company B, Second Regiment. Enlisted May 11th, 1861.
McCarty, Edward.
Mellsop, James-Company D, Fifty-first Regiment. Enlisted Sep- tember 30th, 1862.
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Merriam, Horace-Company C, Twenty-fifth Regiment. Enlisted October 10th, 1861.
Moore, Marcus-Company F, Fifty-first Regiment. Enlisted Octo- ber 14th, 1862.
Moore, Thomas-Company I, Tenth Rhode Island Regiment. En- listed May 26th, 1862.
Moran, Thomas-Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment. Enlisted 1865.
Morse, Horace B .- Corporal, Company I, Thirty-ninth Regiment. Enlisted August 4th, 1862.
Murphy, James-Company K, Third United States Infantry. En- listed July 2nd, 1861.
Nado, Michael- New York Cavalry. Enlisted February 12th, 1862.
Newton, Nahum.
Paddock, James D.t
Padelford, John W .- Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment. En- listed September 16th, 1861.
Parker, Warren C .- Company D, Fifty-seventh Regiment. Enlisted January 4th, 1864.
Parmenter, Cyrus T .- Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment. En- listed September 16th, 1861.
Parmenter, Henry H .- Company G, Eighteenth Regiment. Enlist- ed October 3rd, 1861. Died in hospital at Sharpsburg, Va., No- vember 4th, 1862, from wounds received at the battle of Antietam. Parmenter, Joshua R .- Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment. En- listed September 16th, 1861.
Parmenter, William A .- Company E, Fifty-second Regiment. En- listed October 11, 1862.
Partridge, Daniel W .- Company G, Thirty-sixth Regiment. En- listed August 7th, 1862.
Peacock, James-Company D, Fifteenth Regiment; Lieutenant, Company D, Fifty-seventh Regiment. Enlisted July 12th, 1861 ; re-enlisted April 9th, 1864.
Putnam, Austin-Company A, Thirty-fourth Regiment. Enlisted July 22nd, 1862.
+ Served in a South Carolina Regiment.
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Rood, James T .- Assistant Surgeon, Twenty-eighth Regiment. En- listed August 11th, 1862.
Sault, Julius-Company A, First Vermont Cavalry. Enlisted De- cember 5th 1861.
Sawyer, John G .- Company .. , First Regiment, Heavy Artillery. Enlisted August 14th, 1862.
Schofield, John E .- Company D, Fifty-first Regiment. Enlisted October 14th, 1862.
Skiff, Austin E .- Sergeant, Company F, Fifty-seventh Illinois. En- listed October 17th, 1861.
Spaulding, J. Calvin-Sergeant, Company F, Twenty-fifth Regi- ment. Enlisted September 16th, 1861.
Streeter, Edwin H .- Corporal, Company I, Ninth New Hampshire. Enlisted August 4th, 1862.
Strong, Luther W .- Company C, Fifty-first Regiment; Sergeant, Company D, Fourth Regiment Heavy Artillery. Enlisted August 20th, 1862; re-enlisted August 25th, 1864.
Thompson, William-Seventy-ninth New York. Enlisted March 1st, 1865.
Truchon, Charles L .- Sergeant, Company E, Forty-second Regi- ment. Enlisted September 30th, 1862.
Turner, Charles F .- Company F, Thirty-seventh Regiment. En- listed August 1st, 1862.
Tuttle, Fred H.
Verry, Herbert W .- Company A, Twenty-third Regiment. Enlist- ed January 3rd, 1864.
Whitney, Jonas L .- Company A, Twenty-third Regiment. Enlisted September 20th, 1861.
Whittemore, Hezekiah P .- Corporal, Company E, Fourth Cavalry. Enlisted January 5th, 1864.
Woodbury, Robert-Company B, Frontier Cavalry. Enlisted De- cember 31st, 1864.
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List of Grenadier Company from 1816-1837 is as follows :
1816
Jervis Abbott
John Rogers, 2nd
Joel Howe
Amasa Boyden
Samuel Dunton
Leonard Fales
Wm. Drury, Jr.
John Keyes
Simon Hubbard
David Fisk
Simon Chaffin
Chauncy Rugg
Thomas Jones Davis Thomas Davis, Jr.
Jonathan Chaffin
Seth Clapp, Jr.
Cyrus Dryden
Joseph Howard, Jr.
Leonard Fisk
Samuel Munroe
David Clapp
Jotham Bigelow
Walter Lee
David Winch
Warren Flagg
Luther Goddard
Jacob Howard
Silas Flagg
1817
Luther Nash
Chenery Abbott
Sparrow Crosby, Jr.
Micah Holbrook
John Fales
David Cook
Daniel Rogers
Abraham Goddard
Samuel Chickering
David Hoyt
Joseph White
Royal H. Chaffin
John P. Maynard
Merrill Davis
Daniel Knowlton, Jr.
James Maddocks
Jones Estabrook
Joseph Crosby
Amos Adams
Nathan Goodell
Simon Black
Leonard Chenery
Joseph Barbour
Stilman Howe
Rufus P. Fuller
1818
David Partridge
Dennis Davis
John Buss
Artemas White
1819
Samuel Stratton, Jr. Jason Mann
Daniel Hubbard
Benjamin Pierce Elisha Bartlett Caleb Rogers
Thomas Jefferson Davis
HISTORY OF HOLDEN
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John Spring Abel Drury
1820 Samuel D. Greenwood Ebenezer R. Perry Charles B. Maynard George W. Perry
1821
William Flagg Emerson Hubbard
Gardner Davis
Joseph Parminter
Jonathan Munroe William Mathews
Lyman Bryant
Addison Davis Joel Davis
Oliver Stone
1822
Daniel Knowlton, Jr. John E. Willington
David Davis
Addison Arnold
Charles Goodnow Henry Goulding
Hezekiah Bent
William Kendall
Samuel A. Wheeler
1823
Joseph Davis
Moses G. Allen
Moses Newell
Curtis Knowlton
Nathan Rogers, Jr.
Warren Davis William Bassett
Oren Flagg
1824
John L. Davis
William Kendall
Stilman Estabrook Abner Perry, Jr.
Newman Allen
1825
Baylies Upham
William Davis
Alonzo L. Ware
Nahum Howe
Elnathan Davis Caleb Kendall, Jr.
Moses Smith Samuel D. Darling Benjamin T. Southwick Leonard Fales Nathaniel Sibley
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1826
John L. Hewet
Hollis Ball
Rufus F. Bacon
Abner Rogers
Davis Fisk, 2nd
Jeremiah Knowlton
Joseph D. Fuller
1827
Harrison Bixby
Moses Winn
Albert M. Bartlett
Silas Dodd
Alfred P. Bartlett
Francis Davis
Asa Holbrook
Stilman Hubbard
Samuel Temple
Caleb S. Fisk
Edmund Johnson
1828
Amos H. Newell
Gilman Darling
Elisha Tucker
Peter S. Winn
Prescott B. Albee
1829
Daniel F. Hubbard Simon G. Harrington Dwight F. Eager William Rogers Aaron Newell
1830
Horace Nichols
Charles Hubbard
John E. Smith Ethan Davis, Jr.
James Hastings Simon Howe Charles A. Barber
1831
Caleb G. Howe
Sparrow C. Myrick
John Coleigh Simon Goodale
Joseph B. Hubbard William G. Parker
Samuel B. Hubbard Marshall P. Robinson George Hastings
Austin Estabrook
Charles Ball
Austin Flagg
Joab S. Holt John Richardson James Bacon Philo Smith
Elias B. Flagg
Jason Knowlton
Edward Richardson Silas Smith
Joseph Fisk
Lemuel Fisk, Jr.
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1832
Edward Bailey
Alfred F. Hastings
William Howe
Almon Samson
Marshall Hastings
Oliver C. Fairbank
William T. Watson
Squire Slocumb
George Thomas Levi Morgan
1833
Samuel Carpenter John Stone Moses L. Darling
Ebenezer Estabrook Otis Smith
Benjamin Sawyer
James Rawson
Calvin D. Davis
1834
Charles Wood
John M. Hubbard
John F. Smith
George Dryden
George Cheney
Elijah Wheelock
Daniel Willington
George Knowlton
Lothrop Dorman
Simon Crosby
William Willington
Gilbert Wheelock
Silas Barbour, Jr.
John B. Watson
1835
Merrick H. Houghton Caleb K. Sawyer
Eli Darling
Nahum Newell
Ezra Sawyer
Joseph Bassett
Samuel Black
William Howe Hendrick G. Smith
William B. Wright
1836
Ebenezer W. Howe
Danford Hall
Merrill Abbott
Charles Roper Elisha Newell
Samuel Turner, Jr.
David C. Smith
James W. Rogers
George F. Wood
Samuel D. Hubbard
John Boyden Beriah W. Hyde
Alex Loveless
Isaac Damon
Nye Moulton
William W. Dodd
1837
James F. Hervey
James Kendall
William J. Stratton
Dexter Muzzy
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT ASSOCIATION
After the close of the war, surviving veterans and friends of soldiers organized a Soldiers' Monument Association.
When the Town Hall was rebuilt in 1876, the sum of five hundred dollars was paid by the Association toward the expense of the alterations with the privi- lege of placing suitable tablets in the Hall to commem- orate the services of the soldiers who fell in the war.
This was done at a cost of six hundred dollars in ad- dition, and the upper hall was made a "Memorial Hall."
On these four marble tablets are the names of thirty soldiers who gave their lives for their country that there might be
"One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One nation evermore!"
2Ist Regiment
Capt. Ira J. Kelton,
Albert Creed,
Died of wounds,
Died of wounds,
Sept. 24, 1862.
May 2, 1862.
George T. Bigelow,
John Fearing,
Killed, Sept. 17, 1862.
Died of wounds,
August 3, 1864.
25th Regiment
Edward Clark, Died, Sept. 18, 1863.
Charles Gibbs,
Died, Sept. 13, 1864.
Lyman E. Keyes,
Killed, June 3, 1864.
George W. Newell, Died of wounds, July 24, 1864.
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James W. Goodnow, Died in Prison,
Michael Riley, Killed, May 16, 1864.
Sept. 23, 1864.
James W. Haley, Died, Feb. 22, 1864.
John B. Savage,
Died in Prison, Mar. 1, 1864.
34th Regiment
Amasa A. Howe,
Died in Prison,
Nov. 25, 1864.
George T. Johnson, Died, Jan. 4, 1865.
John R. Houghton, William C. Perry, Died, Dec. 11, 1862. Died, Oct. 21, 1862.
36th Regiment
Levi Chamberlain, Killed, May 12, 1864.
Winslow B. Rogers, Died, July 25, 1863.
Calvin Hubbard, Died in Prison, Feb. 26, 1863.
Alfred S. Tucker, Died in Prison, Feb. 6, 1865.
Sergt. Harlan P. Moore, Died, Mar. 1, 1864.
Henry M. Holt, Died, Nov. 14, 1862.
56th Regiment
Frank Lumazette, Died of wounds, Aug. 13, 1864.
57th Regiment
H. Erskine Black, Died, Feb. 22, 1865.
Uriah Bassett, Killed, Aug. 19, 1864.
Henry M. Fales, Killed, May 6, 1864.
John Handley, Killed, May 6, 1864.
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Elisha C. Davenport, Killed, May 6, 1864.
George Thurston, Died of wounds, June 3, 1864.
4th Cavalry
Horace L. Truesdell, Died of wounds, Apr. 15, 1865.
Erected by the HOLDEN SOLDIERS' MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. MDCCLXXVI
1898 HOLDEN IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
The following named persons, residents of Holden or having resided here, took part in the Spanish War:
Charles S. Holden, Captain, Company H, Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Charles P. Reynolds, Company H, Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Odiarne J. W. Gleason, Company C, Second Massachusetts Volun- teer Infantry.
Edward Gilligan, Company F, Second Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry.
S. Walter Rogers, Company F, Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry.
Andrew J. Latimer, Company B, Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry.
Patrick J. Sullivan, Company G, Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry.
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Edward A. Sullivan, Company G, Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Charles H. Harrison, Company A, First Vermont Volunteer In- fantry.
William Veitch, Marine, U. S. Navy, Steamship Resolute.
Charles S. Devlin, Company B, Seventh U. S. Infantry. Albert F. Whitman, Company H, Twelfth U. S. Infantry. John F. Bergstrom, Company B, Twelfth U. S. Infantry.
1917
A committee consisting of George C. Johnson, Henry W. Warren and Edwin A. Richardson was ap- pointed "to draft resolutions in view of the present critical condition of our international affairs." These resolutions were unanimously adopted.
RESOLUTIONS
We, the citizens of the Town of Holden, State of Massachusetts, in town meeting assembled, in view of the present crisis in the affairs of our nation, while appreciating the efforts of our President to preserve peace, do hereby endorse the action taken by him in upholding the honor and rights of the United States.
As in the past the citizens of this town have been willing and ready to respond to the call of their coun- try in times of imminent danger, so now, if the Presi- dent and Congress deem it necessary to take more active measures to defend the rights of our nation, we have the assurance that the patriotic record of Holden in the past will be continued in the days to come.
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
ROLL OF HONOR Town of Holden 1917-18
Those whose names appear here are in our country's service.
John Colone, Died September 27, 1918.
Oscar Fant, Killed in action, July 15, 1918.
John E. Harkins, Killed March 8, 1918.
Gustave E. Lindberg, Killed in action, October 5, 1918.
Nicholas Malooly, Died August 3, 1918.
Joseph W. Adams
Charles K. Dunker
Clifden Agar
George Dunker
Louis Allard
Wesley W. Durant
Verner L. Anderson
Roger M. Fales
Carlyle A. Atherton
John Forgit
Charles Bailey
Elmer M. Freeland
Richard Barlow
Rudolph Freeland
George L. Battye Antonia Berube
Bernard J. Gilbride
Foster J. Brissette
Ralph W. Hammond Henry Handzynski James W. Hanley
Louis J. Brissette
Roland J. Brissette
Alfred H. Buss
Nicholas F. Hanley
Ennio Camillion
D. Frank Harrington Miller Henderson Gustave A. Hiding
Eben H. Cobb
Edgar W. Holden
William Converse
J. Stanley Holt
George M. Coskey
Charles H. Horstman
Harold C. David
Clifford Howe
Edward J. Dickman
Harold B. Janes
Thomas Dickman, Jr.
William C. Denaris
Arvid F. Johnson A. Harmon Johnson Carl F. Johnson
George D. Drawbridge
Richard R. Dockham
Oscar T. Johnson
Alfred B. Drawbridge
Robert H. Johnson
Eugene Chadzynski
Dennis L. Cobb
Robert D. Fuller
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
Edward Dana Kendall Francis Paton Kendall F. Boyden Kelton
Randolph F. Kohlstrom
Clarence R. Perry
Rudolph F. Kohlstrom Einar Larson Oscar G. Larson
C. Arthur Pierce Stephan Pirozok Peter Pirozok Charles A. Porter
Edmund H. Larcheveque Ernest Lemelin
Charles J. Reeves
Joseph F. Lemelin Michael Leonard
Robert P. Russell
Everett W. Lewis
Charles Salvanyus
Albert Lindquist
Harry Scott
Harry G. Lindquist Enoch P. Lindstrom
Daniel W. Shewbrooks Arthur Spring
Wesley H. Lowell
Harold A. Stevens
John D. Lynch
William P. Sullivan
James R. Mainey
Walter E. Marsh
Harold Ulfves
John J. Manning
W. Goulding Warren
William J. Marlowe
Frank H. Washburn, Jr.
George N. Matthews Robert A. Matthews
Frank Wissell
Charles J. McDonald
Antonio Zottoli
Edward J. McLoughlin
Robert N. Oxford
Michael J. McSherry
Martin Johanson
Robert E. Miller
Philip R. Swenson
John P. Millet, Jr.
Eric Hiding William J. Dickman
Dennis H. Nawn
John L. Huistis Allen T. Moulton
James W. Nawn
*James Bright, Jr. *James J. Hennessey
Einar Nelson
*Amadee Guertin
Charles L. Niles
Miss Florence L. Howe
* Canadian Army.
Frank Niles John P. Oberg
William S. Ottoson
Emmet R. Nawn
William J. Nawn
Albert E. Whittles
Arthur Nadeau
Edwin W. Truesdell
Henry W. Reeves
Chapter XIX
Vital Statistics
Births, marriages and deaths recorded in Holden, from
Births
Marriages Deaths
1850-1900
2688
984 1863
1 900-1940
135:5
3353
2150
POPULATION OF HOLDEN
1760
535
1765
495
1776
749
1790
1,077
1800
1,142
1810
1,072
1820
1,402
1830
1,719
1840
1,874
1850
1,933
1855
2,114
1860
1,945
1865
1,846
1870
2,062
1875
2,180
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1880
2,499
.
1885
2,47I
1 890
2,623
1895
2,602
1900
2,464
1905
2,040
1910
2,147
1915
2,514
1920
2,970
1925
3,436
1930
3,87I
1935
3,914
1940
3,924
TOWN CLERKS.
Cyprian Stevens,
1741-1746.
Samuel Heywood,
1747-1751.
Samuel Peirce,
1752.
Joseph Greenwood,
1753.
Samuel Peirce,
1754-1757.
Israel Davis,
1758-1774.
John Child, Jr.,
1775-1777.
Israel Davis,
1778-1781.
John Child,
1782.
David Fisk,
1783-1786.
Noah Haven,
1787.
David Fisk,
1788-1789.
John Dodds,
1790-1801.
William Dodds,
1802.
Paul Davis,
1803-1820.
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Paul Davis, Jr.,
1821-1857.1
John E. Chaffin,
1858-1863.
Isaac Damon,
1864-1867.
Samuel W. Armington,
1868-1869.
George F. Rogers,
1870-1873.2
Samuel W. Armington,
1873.
Isaac Damon,
1874-1892.
Samuel W. Armington,
1893-1909.
Jesse M. Allen,
1910.
Clifford W. Stickney,
1911-1923.
Frances A. Phillips, (resigned )
1924-1930.3
Ralph D. Stickney, 1930-1939.4
Walter W. Gleason,
1939 .*
1At the retirement of Major Davis from his office, the town passed the following resolutions, which are unique in the history of the town.
"WHEREAS, Maj. Paul Davis has served this town as Clerk for the long period of thirty-seven years, and has performed the duties of the office to the entire satisfaction of the town, and WHEREAS, he has this day voluntarily retired from the office, therefore
"Resolved, That the thanks of this town be thus publicly tendered to Maj. Davis for the services he has rendered the town in the capacity of its Clerk.
"Resolved, That a copy of this vote, signed by the Moderator and Clerk, be tendered to Maj. Davis, and that the same be entered upon the records of the Town.
T. E. HALL, Moderator. JOHN E. CHAFFIN, Clerk."
2Resigned June 17th, 1873.
3 Appointed to fill vacancy.
4Resigned July 1st, 1939.
*Appointed Pro-tem 1939.
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HISTORY OF HOLDEN
TOWN TREASURERS.
William Nichols,
1741.
John Bigelow,
1742.
William Nichols,
1743.
Samuel Thompson,
1744.
William Nichols,
1745.
Samuel Heywood,
1746-1749.
John Bigelow,
1750.
Israel Davis,
1751.
Joseph Hubbard,
1752-1755.
Israel Davis,
1756-1758.
Jonathan Lovell,
1759.
Bezaleel Fiske,
1760-1761.
Samuel Hubbard,
1762-1771.
Nathan Harrington,
1772-1778.
Paul Davis,
1779.1
Nathan Harrington,
1779-1783.
James Davis,
1784-1791.
Elisha Hubbard,
1792-1803.
Elnathan Davis,
1804.
Ethan Davis,
1805-1806.
Samuel Damon,
1807.
Ethan Davis,
1808-1826.
Samuel Damon,
1827-1839.
Paul Davis,
1840-1851.
Charles L. Knowlton,
1852-1855.
Joseph Davis,
1856-1857.
Charles Knowlton,
1858-1870.
Charles Flagg,
1871-1872.
Samuel W. Armington,
1873-1876.2
Charles Flagg,
1876.
Leonard B. Brigham,
1877-1881.
Fred H. Fales,
1882-1885.
Leonard B. Brigham,
1886-1887.
Henry W. Warren,
1888-1896.
1Till July 5th.
2Resigned May 1st, 1876.
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Fred H. Fales,
1897-1907.
Stillman F. Morse,
1908-1916.
George C. Johnson,
1917-
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL COURT.
John Child, Jr.,
1780.
Joseph Davis, 1781.
John Child, Jr.,
1782-1783.
Israel Davis, Jr.,
1786.
Josiah Stratton,
1787.
John Child, Jr.,
1790.
1792-1793.
1795-1796.
John Dodd,
1798-1800.
1801.
William Drury,
1802.
Elnathan Davis,
1803-1804.
William Drury,
1805-1813.
Ebenezer Estabrook,
1814-1816.
Ethan Davis,
1817.
Ebenezer Estabrook,
1819.
William Drury,
1820.
Ethan Davis,
1821.
Samuel Damon,
1823-1824.
Ethan Davis,
1826.
Silas Flagg,
1828-1829.
Asa Broad,
1830.
Asa Broad,
1831.
Samuel Damon,
Samuel Damon,
1833-1834.
Charles Chaffin,
Charles Chaffin,
1835.
Paul Davis,
Paul Davis,
1836.
Silas Flagg,
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Paul Davis,
1837.
Silas Flagg,
Willis Smith,
1838.
Silas Flagg,
1839-1840.
Tilla Chaffin,
John Richardson,
1841-1842.
William Flagg,
1843.
Ira Broad,
1844.
David Davis,
1845.
Samuel D. Greenwood,
1847-1848.
James E. Cheney,
1849.
Ira Broad,
1850.
George W. Bascom,
1851-1852.
Charles L. Knowlton,
1853.
Charles Burnett,
1854.
William C. Metcalf,
1855.
Silas Flagg,
1856.
Jonathan Ladd,
1857.1
Isaac Damon,
1858-1861.
Nathan Howe,
1864.
Theron E. Hall,
1866.
Samuel Warren,
1867.
Isaac N. Ross,
1871-1872.
William Howe,
1878.
Henry W. Warren,
1882-1885.
Samuel W. Armington,
1887.
Stillman F. Morse,
1892.
Third Worcester District
Waldo E. Austin,
1895.
Charles E. Parker, 1897.
Waterman L. Williams,
1907-1915.
1Since 1857 Holden has been districted with other towns for the election of a Representative. In 1857 it was classed with Paxton and West Boylston; in 1866, with Oakham, Princeton and Rutland; in 1876, with Leicester, Pax- ton and Rutland; in 1886, with Hubbardston, Paxton, Princeton and West- minster.
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Tenth Worcester District
Waterman L. Williams, 1916.
Ninth Worcester District
W. Goulding Warren, 1932.
John Child represented the town in the Provincial Congress in 1775, and in the "Great and General Court" the same year. In 1776 and 1777 James Davis was sent to the General Court.
Richard Flagg was sent in 1779 to the Convention that framed the Constitution. Charles L. Knowlton was delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1853.
SELECTMEN.
1741.
Simon Davis,
John Bigelow,
Cyprian Stevens.
1745. John Bigelow, Cyprian Stevens, David Brown.
1742. Simon Davis,
John Bigelow, Samuel Thompson.
1746. John Bigelow, Samuel Pierce,
Cyprian Stevens.
1743. Simon Davis, John Bigelow, Samuel Pierce.
1747. Samuel Hubbard, Jonathan Lovell, William Nichols.
1744. Cyprian Stevens, John Bigelow, Samuel Heywood.
1748. Samuel Pierce, John Bigelow, Samuel Heywood.
350
HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1749.
John Bigelow, Samuel Pierce, Samuel Heywood.
1750. Samuel Pierce, John Bigelow, Samuel Heywood.
1751. John Bigelow, Samuel Pierce, Samuel Heywood.
1752. Samuel Pierce, Richard Flagg, Jonathan Lovell.
1753. Richard Flagg, Israel Davis, Samuel Hubbard,
Joseph Hubbard, Joseph Greenwood. 1754.
Richard Flagg, Israel Davis, Samuel Hubbard, Joseph Hubbard, Samuel Thompson.
1755. John Bigelow, Richard Flagg, Israel Davis, Samuel Hubbard, Joseph Hubbard.
1756. Samuel Pierce, Richard Flagg,
John Bigelow, James Boyd,
Amos Heywood.
1757. Samuel Pierce,
Richard Flagg,
Samuel Hubbard,
Amos Heywood,
James Boyd.
1758. Samuel Pierce,
James Boyd,
Richard Flagg,
Israel Davis,
John Child.
1759.
Israel Davis, Samuel Heywood,
Jonathan Lovell,
Benjamin Howard,
Bezaleel Fisk.
1760. Israel Davis, Richard Flagg,
Samuel Heywood,
Bezaleel Fisk,
Jonathan Lovell.
351
HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1761.
Joseph Greenwood,
Joseph Hubbard,
Jonathan Rice, . David Fisk,
John Bigelow. 1762.
Amos Heywood,
Samuel Hubbard,
John Child,
Joseph Hubbard, David Fisk.
1763.
Richard Flagg,
Israel Davis,
Amos Heywood,
Jonathan Wheeler, John Child.
1764.
Israel Davis,
Joseph Hubbard, Samuel Heywood, Samuel Hubbard, John Child.
1765.
Israel Davis,
Joseph Hubbard, John Child,
Isaac Smith, Benjamin Mead.
1766. Israel Davis, Samuel Heywood, Joseph Hubbard, John Child, Benjamin Mead.
1767.
Israel Davis, John Child,
Joseph Hubbard,
Jonathan Rice,
Benjamin Mead.
1768.
Israel Davis,
Jonathan Rice,
Benjamin Mead,
Paul Raymond,
Ignatius Goulding.
1769.
Israel Davis,
David Fisk,
Benjamin Mead,
Paul Raymond,
Jonathan Rice.
1770.
Israel Davis,
Jonathan Rice,
David Fisk,
John Child,
Benjamin Mead.
1771.
Israel Davis, John Child,
David Fisk,
Jonathan Rice,
Benjamin Mead.
1772. John Child, Joseph Hubbard, Jonathan Wheeler, Andrew Smith, James Davis.
352
HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1773.
John Child, Benjamin Mead, Joseph Hubbard,
James Davis,
Paul Raymond.
1774.
John Child,
Benjamin Mead,
James Davis,
Jonathan Rice,
Paul Raymond.
1775.
John Child,
Jonathan Rice,
James Davis,
Benjamin Mead,
Paul Raymond.
1776.
John Child,
Jonathan Rice,
Paul Raymond,
Moses Smith,
James Davis.
1777.
David Fisk,
Paul Raymond,
James Davis,
Moses Smith, John Child, Jr.
1778.
David Fisk,
Moses Smith, James Davis, Jason Gleason, John Perry.
1779.
James Davis, Richard Flagg,
Benjamin Mead, Jason Gleason, John Perry.
1780.
Richard Flagg,
Moses Smith,
Amos Heywood,
John Perry,
Samuel Thompson.
1781.
John Perry, Elisha Hubbard,
Noah Haven,
Francis Willson,
Paul Goodale.
1782.
John Child,
Elisha Hubbard,
William Nichols,
Samuel Thompson,
Josiah Stratton.
1783.
David Fisk,
John Child,
Elisha Hubbard,
Samuel Thompson,
Noah Haven.
1784. James Davis, Ebenezer Estabrook,
Henry Taft,
Israel Davis, Jr., Elisha Mirick.
353
HISTORY OF HOLDEN
1785.
Nathan Harrington,
Ebenezer Estabrook,
Isaac Chenery,
Israel Davis, Jr.,
Elisha Mirick.
1786.
Israel Davis, Jr.,
Ebenezer Estabrook,
Elisha Hubbard,
Isaac Chenery, John Dodd.
1787.
Israel Davis, Jr.,
Samuel Hubbard,
Elisha Hubbard, Paul Goodale, Isaiah Brown.
1788.
Josiah Stratton,
Ebenezer Estabrook,
Isaac Chenery,
Jason Gleason,
Francis Willson.
1789.
Josiah Stratton,
Isaac Chenery,
Henry Taft,
John Davis, David Smith.
1790.
Josiah Stratton, Ebenezer Estabrook, Henry Taft, John Davis, David Smith.
1791.
Josiah Stratton,
Ebenezer Estabrook,
Henry Taft,
John Davis,
David Smith.
1792. Samuel Hubbard,
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