History of the town of Lakeville, Massachusetts, 1852-1952; one hundredth anniversary of the town of Lakeville, Part 14

Author: Vigers, Gladys De Maranville
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: [Lakeville]
Number of Pages: 266


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SMALLPOX CEMETERY


The Smallpox Cemetery, off County Road, is back of the old Fish place, where the Bruce McCaigs now live. In this grave- yard there is only one stone, that of Beulah Davis, who died of smallpox, 1781 - 1842. Enoch Davis, who died in 1843, is also buried in this lot. His grave is the only one in the family with- out a stone.


WARD CEMETERY


The Ward Cemetery was first known as the Peirce Hill Ceme- tery, the land being taken from the farm of Captain Job Peirce. This cemetery is located in back of the Elbridge Cushman farm (now the Duck Farm), and is sometimes referred to as the Cush- man Cemetery.


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The oldest gravestone which is readable is that of Elizabeth, wife of. Captain Job Peirce, who died in 1790. There is an Indian grave with this inscription: "AMETUC, A70Y, D 1817."


Two old stones are those of Thomas Samson, 1735 - 1792, and Thomas Sampson, 1768 - 1818. Some of the other old graves are as follows: Job Peirce, 1737 - 1819; Charity Peirce, 1768 - 1831; Experience Peirce, 1772 - 1845; Peter Hoar Esq., 1755 - 1815, his wife Mercy, 1762 - 1847; Lucinda Southworth, 1780 - 1832; Nathaniel Southworth, 1759 - 1819; Leonard Southworth, 1795 - 1857, his wife Virtue, 1797 - 1863; William Southworth, 1778 - 1861, his wife Phebe, 1779 - 1855; Abial Southworth, 1798 - 1868; Seth Southworth, 1773 - 1862, his wife Hopy, 1779 - 1865.


The Ward family lot has a tall granite shaft which can at times be seen from Main Street. The first one to be buried in the Ward part of the cemetery was the wife of General Ephraim Ward, whose stone bears the inscription: "Erected in Memory of Priscilla Ward Consort of Gen. Ephraim Ward, died Nov. 13, 1826, in the 46 year of her age"; General Ward, 1778 - 1856; Nathaniel Macomber, 1735 - 1814, his wife Bathsheba, 1749 - 1818; Bathsheba Macomber, 1785 - 1820; Daniel Macomber, 1770 - 1861; Deacon Ephraim Leach, 1782 - 1864; Nathaniel Staples, 1779 - 1862, his wife Lydia, 1781 - 1863; David Shearman, 1787 - 1828; Elijah Smith, 1759 - 1864, his wife Mary, 1787 - 1828; Rebecca Smith, 1784 - 1826; Martha Clark, 1780 - 1851; Deacon George Leonard, 1729 - 1807; Silvanus Tillson, 1758 - 1822, his wife Hannah, 1755 - 1821; Seth Howard, 1779 - 1852.


Some of the family names in this cemetery are: Bassett, Brown, Caswell, Clark, Coombs, Cushman, Dunham, Fletcher, Hoar, Howard, Leach, Leonard, Macomber, Morgan, Nason, Peirce, Porter, Richmond, Sanford, Shaw, Shearman, Southworth, Star- rett, Staples, Tillson, Tinkham, and Ward.


The following have Revolutionary markers: Captain Job Peirce, Peter Hoard Esq., Nathaniel Macomber, and Deacon George Leonard.


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1812 Markers are on the graves of Leonard Southworth, General Ephraim Ward, and Captain Silvanus Tillson.


Job Staples has a G.A.R. marker.


HAFFORD CEMETERY


The Hafford Cemetery is located about three hundred feet off County Road, on land which long, long ago was the Hafford Farm. About twenty graves are enclosed by an iron rail fence. In this cemetery is a tall white monument to honor the memory of the Haffords.


Ebenezer Hafford, whose grave is in this cemetery, was a Rev- olutionary soldier, born in 1751, and died in 1839. There are also a few field stone markers.


A PEIRCE CEMETERY


The Peirce Cemetery, sometimes called the Parris Hill Cem- etery, is located on Lang Street. The early part, which is at the right, has become nearly impassable. Many of the stones are un- readable, making the records very incomplete. There are many field stone markers in both the old and the new part of this cemetery.


The stones in the older part, and which are readable, bear the names and inscriptions as follows: John, son of Mr. Nicholas and Mrs. Lois Webber, who died March ye 13, 1778, being only an infant; Holder Reed, son of Mr. Simeon and Lurane Peirce, died February ye 4th 1720, in the 4th year of age; Mr. George Peirce, 1774; Isaac Holloway, 1848, and his wife Lois, 1842; Lois Holloway, wife of Benjamin Parioh, 1858; Harriet E., wife of Barnabas Clark, died July 5, 1836, at the age of 19 years, and Priscilla, widow of Guilford Booth.


At the left of the cemetery are buried the members of the Peirce family. This part of the cemetery is neat and well cared for. There are several individual Peirce lots, which are enclosed by the traditional iron-railed fence. Some of the old graves


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include: the twin stones for Silas Peirce, 1772 - 1860, his wife Cynthia Tobey, 1773 - 1865; Enos Peirce, 1789 - 1868, his wife Lucy, 1795 - 1860; Elizabeth Peirce Winslow, 1764 - 1845; Ben- jamin Winslow, 1744 - 1818, his wife Phebe, 1757 - 1836; John Peirce, 1799 - 1884; Basheba Peirce, 1799 - 1884; Enos Peirce, 1748 - 1789, his wife Ruth, 1758 - 1811; Ensign David, 1741 - 1779; Abiah H. Peirce, 1792 - 1871; Sally Peirce, 1768 - 1856; Isaac Peirce, 1705 - 1782, his widow Deliverance, 1714 - 1801; Oliver Peirce, 1786 - 1860, his first wife Amy, 1787 - 1825, his second wife Polly, 1788 - 1832, his third wife, Anna 1778 - 1847. Enos Peirce, 1748 - 1789, has a Revolutionary marker. Patrick Carlin has a G.A.R. marker. Everett E. Charron, 1896 - 1951, has a World War I marker.


THE PAUPER CEMETERY


The Pauper Cemetery is located in the woods, off the Race Course, on land formerly owned by Zebulon L. Canedy. There are several graves marked only by field stones, which are sup- posed to be those of the paupers. Within an enclosure of granite posts and iron rails are the graves of John Ramdell, 1786 - 1856, his wife Sarah, 1787 - 1848, and Samuel Robbins, 1793 - 1854. There is a field stone which has a 1775 marker and is decorated , cach year with a flag.


STROBRIDGE CEMETERY


The Strobridge Cemetery is located on Kingman Strect, in the section once known as the Strobridge district. The old and original part is enclosed by a fence and arborvitae trees. The oldest graves are those of Henry Strobridge, 1760 - 1842, and his wife Zilpha, 1758 - 1833.


Other family names arc Tinkham, Peirce, Baker, Bullock, Parris, McGee, Staples, Recd and Williams.


Four graves have G.A.R. markers: Thomas Hunt, Gilbert W. Carver, William J. Parris, and Caleb B. Parris.


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RACE COURSE CEMETERY


Grave of Ammon, the slave of William Canedy


The Race Course Cemetery is located on the old Race Course. It is here that Ammon, the slave of Capt. William Can- edy, is buried. His grave is honored with a Revolutionary marker, 1752 - 1778.


There are only two other stones in this cemetery, John Booth, 1728 - 1802, with a Revolutionary mark- er, and Lydia Booth, 1732-1784. There several other graves but they have only field stone markers.


HASKINS CEMETERY


The Haskins Cemetery located on Rhode Island Road, on Reed's Hill, is the burial place of Cephas Haskins and his family. Other family names are: Levi Reed, Myrick Haskins, Nathan F. Washburn, Captain Enoch Haskins, James H. Suttie, Galen Haskins, Levi H. Coombs and the grave of Helen Dean. There are several graves without markers.


Albert M. Haskins, 1842 - 1881, has a G.A.R. marker.


KEITH CEMETERY


The Keith Cemetery, located on County Road, is a small family burial ground. There are few graves in this cemetery, among them one for Joseph W. Keith, 1797 - 1870, and for his wife Judith, 1814 - 1897.


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CANEDY CEMETERY


The Canedy Cemetery, located on Highland Road, is a small family cemetery with only fifteen graves. Zebulon L. Canedy, 1793 - 1840, and his wife Olive, 1799 - 1886, seem to be the oldest.


HOWLAND CEMETERY


The Howland Cemetery, located off Howland Road in the Howland district of town, is large. It has several family lots enclosed separately by iron fences. It has been very poorly kept. In fact the oldest part was so grown up that, until the spring of 1952, it was impassable. The inscriptions are illegible, making it impossible to include all the names and dates.


There are many Howland graves, some of the oldest being: Seth Howland, 1789 - 1872, his wife Abigail, 1789 - 1824; Joshua Howland, 1763 - 1824, his wife Phebe, 1759 - 1787; Earle Sears, 1762 - 1842; Samuel Baker, 1778 - 1851, his wife Welthy, 1765 - 1860; Jedebiah Howland, 1788 - 1847, his wife Susan T., 1794 - 1887.


Joshua Howland, 1763 - 1824, has a Revolutionary marker. The following have G.A.R. markers: Benjamin F. Howland, 1833 - 1862; William Baker, U.S.N., and Edmund H. Peirce, 1831 - 1884.


CLARK CEMETERY


The Clark Cemetery is located on Bedford Street and was set aside from the Clark lot. Some of the early graves are those of Abigail Sturtevant, 1779 - 1820; Noah Clark Esq., 1749 - 1830, his wife Anner, 1753 - 1839; Noah Clark, Jr., 1781 - 1841, his wife Elizabeth E., 1786 - 1849, and Lucy Clark, 1788 - 1848.


Some of the other family names are Nye, Cudworth, Emerson, Briggs and Harvey.


The service flags of this cemetery are for Noah Clark Esq., a Revolutionary soldier. There are G.A.R. flags for John L. Emer- son of the Army and William C. Nye of the Navy.


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RICHMOND CEMETERY


The Richmond Cemetery is located at the corner of Taunton Road and Cross Street in North Lakeville. Upon entering the cemetery, one is impressed by a large white field stone. It is the McFarlin family monument.


The oldest stones seem to be those of Gideon Macomber, 1778 - 1852, and his wife Huldah, 1783 - 1849. Other old stones are those of Benjamin Hinkley, 1793 - 1885; Deacon Benjamin Richmond, 1784 - 1830, his wife Phebe, 1755 - 1839; William Richmond, 1774 - 1849, and another William Richmond, 1798 - 1873.


G.A.R. markers are on the graves of George Black, 1820 - 1881; William Dunham, 1829 - 1863; C. Everett Washburn, 1839 - 1870; and Benjamin Leonard Washburn, 1837 - 1863.


HORR CEMETERY


The Horr Cemetery is beside the Clark Cemetery on Bedford Street. This lot was set aside from the Benjamin E. Horr farm. The first two graves are those of two children of Mr. Horr, both dying in the same year, 1861. The oldest graves are those of Benjamin E. Horr, 1819 - 1891, and his wife Susan, 1825 - 1893. The family lots of Joseph and William DeMaranville are also in this cemetery.


PICKENS CEMETERY No. 1


This Pickens Cemetery is off Pickens Street, across from the old homestead of Ben Pickens, about a half mile into the woods. There are only nine graves, all members of the Pickens family. The oldest graves are those of Deacon Zattu Pickens, 1765 - 1843, and his wife Rachel, 1761 - 1840.


PICKENS CEMETERY No. 2


The second Pickens Cemetery is located on Pickens Street, beside the Cora Pickens Peirce house. There is one large granite monument for Davis Pickens, the other ten graves


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have single white stones, which are reversed, with the foot stones near the street and the inscriptions on the head stones facing the graves. The first burial dates back to' 1830 and the last interment was in 1952 (Cora Peirce).


Silas Pickens, Esq., 1763 - 1847, was a Revolutionary soldier.


SAMPSON CEMETERY


The Sampson Cemetery located on Bedford Street, near the Town House, has the early part enclosed by the traditional gran- ite posts and iron rails. From time to time additional parcels have been added, the land being donated by the Boston Coun- cil of Boy Scouts and by Ethan A. Peirce.


On March 1, 1944, the Sampson Cemetery Association was organized: Susan Goodridge, president; N. Merrill Sampson, vice-president; M. Alma Sampson, secretary and treasurer; trustees, Leslie H. Norton, Wallace C. Wilkie and N. Merrill Sampson.


The oldest families who are buried here are Sampson, Bump, Williams and Nelson. Some of the more recent families are Dean, Goodridge, Reed, Mills, Longworth, Peck, Dill, Babbitt, Eaton and Lucas.


Lieut. James B. Sampson, 1837 - 1865, Horatio Sampson, 1838 - 1913, and Lieut. James M. Sampson, 1854 - 1902, have G.A.R. markers. Eli M. Williams, 1796 - 1885, has an 1812 marker. Winthrop Howard Norton, 1921 - 1946, U.S.N.R.


THE POND CEMETERY OR THE OLD NELSON BURYING GROUND


The Nelson Cemetery, now called the Pond Cemetery, is on Bedford Street, on the shore of Lake Assawompsett. A copy of the deed, which the Nelson family have carefully preserved through all the years, tells us that the land was sold by Ebenezer Richmond to Thomas Nelson, his heirs, for use as a burying place, October 14th, 1734. Burial lot 1733.


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The first white settler to die in West Middleboro (now Lake- ville) was Amos Nelson, the first to be buried in the Nelson Cemetery. His grave is marked by a small stone, made of native slate or whet stone, taken from the west extreme of the old home- stead, on the shore of Long Pond. The letters were marked out by a carpenter's compass. The inscription reads:


HEAR LYES YE BODY OF AMOS NELSON AGED V YEARS DIED JANUARY YE 17, 1724


Many of the graves are those of members of the Nelson family, whose genealogy appears in the third chapter.


The one and only tomb in this cemetery was built for the Ebenezer Briggs family, 1839.


Some of the other graves of the eighteenth century are those of Elias Sampson, 1771 - 1847, his wife, Betsey, 1777 - 1850; Dea- con Ebenezer Briggs, 1731 - 1808, with a Revolutionary marker, his widow Elisabeth, 1733 - 1813; Sarah, widow of David Briggs, 1697 - 1794; Sarah, wife of John Peirce, 1731 - 1774; Ebenezer Peirce, 1704 - 1796, his wife Mary, 1717 - 1768; Eunice, wife of Jonathan Westgate, 1777 - 1819; Judith, wife of Harris Rogers, 1762 - 1815; Job Horr, 1760 - 1851, his wife Phebe, 1762 - 1852; Lieut. Josiah Smith, 1721 - 1790, with a Revolutionary marker; John Townsend, 1715 - 1790, his widow Mary, 1699 - 1778; Abiel Townsend, 1739 - 1775.


Ezra Clark, 1711 - 1780; John Russell, 1734 - 1776; Roger Clark, 1758 - 1812, with a Revolutionary marker; Andrew Cole, 1755 - 1841, with a Revolutionary marker; Mary Foster, 1790 - 1879; Catharine Foster, 1795 - 1881; Nathaniel Foster, 1710 - 1793, with a Revolutionary marker, his wife Abigail, 1714 - 1783; Anna Eliza Cole, 1745 - 1813; Job Townsend, dates not readable, with a Rev- olutionary marker.


Deacon John Macomber, 1720 - 1774, his wife Elizabeth, 1727 - 1775; Hannah Fuller, 1773 - 1803; Hannah Macomber, 1781 -


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1827; Oliver Harvey, 1768 - 1835, his wife Desire, 1769 - 1851; Andrew Pickens, 1716 - 1795, with a Revolutionary marker, his wife Elizabeth, 1713 - 1795; Captain John Smith, 1756 - 1809, his widow Abigail, 1756 - 1810; Captain Daniel Smith, 1779 - 1829, his wife Susan, 1782 - 1868; Samuel Pickens, 1772 - 1850, his widow Matilda, 1762 - 1839; Stephen R. Pickens, 1788 - 1829, his wife Abigail, 1791 - 1875; John Bly, 1734 - 1790, with a Revolu- tionary marker, his wife Margaret, 1756 - 1839; Benjamin S. Hath- away, 1783 - 1833; Ziba Fuller, 1763 - 1811; Samuel Fuller, 1798 - 1843: Timothy Ingraham, 1780 - 1818; Eljah Williams, 1744 - 1818, his wife Sarah, 1731 - 1812; Silas Townsend, 1743 - 1822, with a Revolutionary marker, his widow Hope, 1760 - 1833; Mrs. Nancy, wife of Gilbert Booth, 1797 - 1841; Eben R. Clark, 1770 - 1818: Richard Clark, 1796 - 1830; Xenophon Clark, 1799 - 1829; Captain Horatto Clark, 1798 - 1829.


Lemuel Briggs, 1761 - 1849, with a Revolutionary marker, his first wife Abigail, 1764 - 1810, his second wife Esther, 1767 - 1849; Ezra Clark, 1750 - 1793, with a Revolutionary marker, his wife Mary, 1745 - 1790; Sarah, wife of Joseph Miller, 1755 - 1808; Joseph Phinney, 1716 - 1793, his wife Phebe, 1723 - 1790; Lydia Phinney, 1755 - 1835; Lucinda Phinney, 1790 - 1872; Samuel Cole, 1794 - 1872, with an 1812 marker, his wife Mary, 1793 - 1854; Captain Silas Briggs, 1771 - 1858, his wife Elizabeth, 1773 - 1858; Eliza Briggs, 1799 - 1885; Ann, wife of Thomas Sampson, 1788 - 1863; Sarah Downing, 1791 - 1881; Joseph Shockley, 1787 - 1863, his wife Sally Alden, 1796 - 1859. There is a Shockley stone with a Revolutionary marker, the name and dates unreadable.


There are five graves of G.A.R. soldiers: Silas D. Pickens, W. E. Loner, G. G. Cole, Albert L. Cole and Narcissus Williams.


James D. Maxim has a Spanish - American War stone and marker.


CHAPTER XIII


SERVICEMEN


KING PHILIP'S WAR


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ECORDS show that Isaac Peirce, the pioneer settler, was a soldier in King Philip's War. He was among those brave men who endured the hardships of the winter of 1675 - 1676. He fought bravely when the English captured that swampy island in Kingston, Rhode Island, which was the Indians' last stronghold.


FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR


The French and Indian War was declared in June, 1756, and concluded in February, 1763. Abiel Peirce, a great-grandson of Isaac Peirce, served. He was made a corporal in the early part of 1759, promoted to a lieutenant May 4, 1759, and to captain in 1760.


Henry Peirce, a brother of Abiel, was a private soldier. Job Peirce, another brother, also served three terms of enlistment in that conflict. Levi Peirce served as a private; Abiel Cole and Hilkiah Peirce as sergeants.


REVOLUTIONARY WAR


Anticipating the outbreak of war, emergency companies of military organizations were formed known as "Minute-men." In Middleboro four of these companies had been formed, known as First, Second, Third and Fourth Foot Companies. A large part of the Second Foot Company was composed of persons whose homes were within what is now Lakeville.


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At the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775, Captain Abiel Peirce led a company and nearly one hundred men served from what is now Lakeville.


At the Rhode Island Alarm in 1776, Captain Job Peirce led a company of about thirty-three men. Captain Peirce led another company to and participated in the "Secret Expedition" in 1777 into Rhode Island in which eighty-two soldiers served.


Captain Henry Peirce had a company on duty in Rhode Island in 1777, of which there were fifty-two men.


Captain Amos Washburn's company of forty-one soldiers par- ticipated in the successful defense of what was then Dartmouth, now New Bedford and Fairhaven, when it was actually invaded by the British forces in September 1778.


Captain Henry Peirce's company of thirty-five men were in Lieut. Col. Ebenezer White's regiment in the expedition to Rhode Island in 1780.


William Rounseville Peirce (a son of Capt. Job Peirce) shipped on board an American privateer some time during the Revolu- tion. That privateer was captured by a British man-of-war, and the crew carried as prisoners to England, and there confined till the independence of the United States had been secured and peace was proclaimed.


THE WAR OF 1812


Lakeville, then a part of Middleboro, furnished quite a num- ber of men who performed duty in the "coast guard" stationed at New Bedford and Plymouth. But from the records it is difficult to separate the Lakeville men from those of Middleboro.


CIVIL WAR


When the Civil War broke out, a tract of land was selected in Lakeville, as an encampment for the volunteer militia. Three regiments were stationed there: the Third, Fourth and Fifth. Three farms were used for this encampment, so arranged that one regiment occupied each farm. This camp was named for General Joseph Hooker, and is still known as Camp Joe Hooker.


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In 1863 the first camp was dismantled and the barracks with all the various camping equipment went to Readville, Massa- chusetts.


A few years later the New Bedford Dragoons, commanded by Captain George Henry Shaw of Middleboro, did a tour of duty at Camp Joe Hooker, which lasted for a week.


In 1902 a training camp of three regiments (State Militia) was set up there for a period of two weeks. These men wishing a new name for their own special camp called it Camp Bates, in honor of Governor John L. Bates.


Again in 1913 a division of the United States Militia encamped there for a period of two weeks. This camp was named Camp Walsh in honor of Governor David I. Walsh.


WORLD WAR I - 1914 - 1918


The men who served in the Army during the first World War were:


David Ashley


Michael P. Harrington


Ralph W. Baker


Lester W. Haskins


Frederick A. Barton


Joseph F. Lavalley


Isaac S. Barton


Charles Maclellan


Commi Beech


Kenneth Maker


Clifford C. Bernier


Bertram A. Manton


William L. Bernier


Leslie C. Maranville


Richard C. Bowen


Frederick L. Matthews


Nathan D. Brown


Arthur C. Metcalf


George E. Burnham


William H. Miller


William H. Campbell


Frank E. Minott


*George D. Carr Justin H. Caswell Everett E. Charron Roy S. Chase


John Murdock


* William Murdock, Jr. George R. Perkins Jesse C. Perkins


Fred F. Claflin, Jr. Max A. Cohen John Coolidge


Harold P. Reed Wilson D. Spooner


Augustus S. DeMoranville


Charles I. Wambolt


Gordon E. DeMoranville Leon R. DeMoranville


William J. Wambolt


Clarence C. White


*Dickran Diran Clarence M. Gurney Frank P. Hamel


George M. Whitney Archie I. Wilbur


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Joseph A. Moquin


Richard H. Moranville


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The men who served in the Navy were:


Lucius J. N. Alley


Arthur S. Hall


Otis E. Alley


Clarence A. Holmes


Patrick Armstrong


Walter W. Metcalf


Everett L. Caswell


Blake S. Norris


J. Myron DeMaranville


Elwin H. Norris


George F. Frost


J. William Grantham


Lester Pfister Carl F. Pillsbury


Killed in action.


Wounded.


German 77 m.m. Cannon


On October 9, 1917, the Lakeville Soldiers Aid was organized, Henry L. Pember, chairman; Mrs. Annie J. Peirce, secretary, and Ernest C. Harvey, treasurer. The last meeting of this organiza- tion was held on January 8, 1920. At that time it was voted to use the money left toward paying the freight on a German 77 m.m. gun being shipped from New York. On May 30, 1920, the cannon was presented to the town by Henry L. Pember, chair- man of the Welcome Home Committee. It was accepted for the town by Alton Hoard, then selectman.


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On May 30, 1919, memorial exercises were held on the Library lawn for Dickran Diran, the only one of the sixty-one boys who went from Lakeville to be left over there.


On May 30, 1929, the boulder bearing a bronze tablet, with the names of Lakeville's honor roll, was unveiled and at the same time Lakeville paid tribute to Dickran Diran, when the park in front of the Town House was named in his honor.


WORLD WAR II, 1939 - 1946


Lakeville's Roll of Honor which has been erected on the lawn at the Town House has the names of the men and women who served the nation in the Armed forces:


Arthur J. Alley Leon A. Alley Charles W. Angers


Helen Louise Corayer Alden E. Cowen


Albert Crossley, 3rd


Malcolm G. Ashley


Elmer N. Cudworth


Robert E. Ashley


Raymond N. Cudworth


Dwight E. Atwood Hubert L. Atwood Roger L. Atwood


Donald Cummings


Alfred V. Dahl, Jr.


Francis E. Baker, Jr.


§Francis J. Dooley William P. Dooley, Jr. James A. Downey


William J. Baker Roger E. Beech


Harold L. Dunham, Jr.


William F. Begley Kenneth E. Belben


Ronald R. Dunham


Francis A. Bell, Jr. Arsene J. Berube Donald L. Bowles


David L. Fitting, Jr. Doris E. Freeman


William J. Brodie Leella E. Brooks Warren E. Brooks Roland J. Brule


Manuel J. Freitas George F. Frost


Albert R. Buttermore


*Vincent Galfre Frederick Gibbs


Arthur J. Gibney


Norman E. Given


Nathan F. Goodridge


Ettore Gola


Chester E. Goodwin, Jr.


George Gray Stephen Grice Clarence M. Gurney


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Robert E. Buttermore Joseph Carbone, Jr. Daniel H. Charron Ernest C. Charron Sylvester O. Charron Bernard Cobb John L. Costa Edward F. Corayer Edna May Corayer


George W. Frates


Joseph F. Freitas


Joseph H. Baker


Leo F. DeMoranville


Francis E. Baker, Sr.


Lawrence M. Dahl


Donald H. Erickson


Blanche L. Fitting


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Arthur F. Hall Roy E. Heffner, Jr. Robert D. Higgins Alan Hoard Everett A. Holmes, Jr.


Winsor Holmes


Forrest F. Horn


Alwin C. Jones


Roger L. Quelle


Merle F. Josselyn Chester R. Kennedy, Jr.


Kenneth W. Reed


Maurice J. Kennedy


Leon E. Reynolds


Robert A. Kennedy, Jr. William T. Kennedy Edmund Knysinski Joseph Knysinski Frances Ella LaMothe Albert W. Lawrence Leonard Lawrence


Howard P. Sewell


Nelson W. Sherman


Charles Wm. Leonard


Jean Han Shing Jeanon Shing Grace Logan Sinclair


Warren B. Standish


Philip W. Stafford


Richard E. Stafford


Clarence W. Sullivan


Jean L. Logan, Jr.


John Swanson Laurence F. Sylvester


Hector A. Lusignan Gordon E. MacNeill


George H. Taylor


William L. Mann


Richard L. Taylor


Bruce W. McCaig


Laurence W. McCaig


Mary L. McCaig William McFarlin


Arnold Tripp Roger Tripp


Russell Tripp


James J. Vigers, 3rd


Newell Wambolt


Maurice W. Washburn Philip A. Westgate


Stanley A. Westgate


Allerton B. Wilbur


Joseph Roberts Wilbur Warren J. Willette Louis Willette


Joseph J. Wolk Laurier A. Wood


Raymond E. Wordell


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Sherrard Paquin James J. Parquette James A. Pasquarello B. Irene Perkins Russell W. Perkins §Edward E. Pierce David Pimentel Francis B. Quelle


Charles Richards Nicholas Roberts Walter P. Scholz Thomas D. Sena


George Lewoczko Myron M. Lewoczko Walter Lewoczko Charles R. Linton Alton Linton, Jr.


Arnold G. Thomas


*Merle B. McIntire Nelson J. McIntire Armand P. Mello Edward J. Mello


Joseph L. Mello Lionel E. Mello Stanley Mills, Jr. Donald A. Morrison John J. Murdock Sidney P. Nelson Winthrop Norton Robert Noyer




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