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Edmund Bowker
April 13, 1812,
3 acres
$85 00
B. 183, p. 486.
Deborah and Mercy Kilburn
April
4, 1831,
1 acre and dwelling
118 89
B. 281, p. 246.
Oliver B. Parkhurst
Sept.
7, 1841,
2 parcels, 5 acres ++
125 00
B. 363, p. 130.
Newell Nelson
.
March 24, 1849,
Burial-lot 3,322 feet
125 00
B. 566, p. 378.
Obadiah W. Albee
May
21,
1856,
Old schoolhouse site
25 00
B. 574, p. 307.
John S. Horton
·
July
13, 1863,
Burial lot
.
Lot on Main St. .
·
1,000 00
B. 747, p. 371.
Albert Wood
Sept.
26, 1867,
Lots quitclaimed .
Taxed lands.
B. 755, p. 502.
Gerry W. Cochran
June
1, 1869,
Tract near depot .
$4,125 00
B. 789, p. 590.
Mary Fiske
Aug.
29,
1870,
Tract on Congress St.
250 00
B. 825, p. 144.
Congregational Parish
Sept.
3, 1870,
Piece on Congress St.
133 33
B. 825, p. 146.
Woonsocket Railroad
Sept.
1, 1867,
Tract S. side Central St.
3,500 00
B. 879, p. 69.
Amariah A. Taft
June
5, 1874,
Release Gates estate
16 00
B. 926, p. 639.
Amariah A. Taft
·
·
April 14, 1875,
Lot on Grove St., etc. .
104 00
B. 955, p. 37.
1 See vote of the town May 5, 1794.
2 See B. 692, pp. 109, 111, 114.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
Joseph Albee
·
May -,
1856,
புவ்வ்வ்ஜ்
B. 679, p. 169.
Elbridge Mann
May
8, 1867,
·
·
.
·
March 2, 1787,
£49 19s.
B. 101, p. 432.
Daniel Wedge 1
.
.
1 00
B. 480, p. 430.
·
12 00
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INTERESTING CHRONICLES.
INTERESTING CHRONICLES.
A vague tradition says that a savage murder was committed on the southern slope of Bear Hill, about a hundred and seventy years ago, by a band of Indians under a chief named Long David ; that they killed one Albee, and burnt his mangled corpse on a noted rock there ; and that one Hayward avenged Albee's death by clandestinely shoot- ing Long David. It says that he accomplished this, and buried the body so artfully, that the Indians were completely mystified ; and, though they heard the report of Hayward's gun, and strongly sus- pected him, he deceived them by pretending to have killed a bear, and showing them a fresh bear-skin. I have tried in vain to authen- ticate this tradition, and must confess my doubts of its truth.
1781. - Books for the record of births . and deaths procured ; but the blank leaves of the Precinct Book were used to record the Town's proceedings in till 1797.
The first pound ordered to be built on a site selected by a viewing committee, " a little north-east of the meeting-house by an oak-tree ; " supposed to have stood just behind where Blunt's store-block now stands. The pound afterwards removed. (See farther along.)
" Voted to forego Robert Mingoe's rates, past, present, and to come." He was a poor negro, who had been a slave. In 1784 a similar vote was passed, exempting Andrew Dewner, another poor colored man, from paying poll-taxes.
Assessors allowed two shillings per day for nine days' service in taking the valuation ; three dollars each ; nine dollars total.
1782. - Weights and measures procured. Stocks for the punish- ment of petty offenders ordered by vote to be procured, but nothing further about them appears on record.
Swine were allowed, by annual vote, to run at large till 1799, " if yoked and rung according to law ; " and the custom was adopted of honoring several newly-married husbands with the office of hog reeve.
Deer reeves were annually chosen down to 1794 ; and, being a mere honorary office, it was usually conferred on venerable elders, deacons, or quite aged citizens.
1793. - Constables first required to give bonds as collectors of taxes.
1794. - First plan of the town ordered to be taken. Col. Ichabod Thayer, Lt. Ephraim Chapin, and Lt. David Stearns, committee. Joseph Sumner, their surveyor. Another plan 1830.
1797-98. - A bounty voted for the destruction of crows : one shilling per crow, sixpence per young crow, and twopence per egg ; provided, always, that the victim be taken within our town-limits.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
1799. - Small-pox inoculation allowed under wholesome restric- tions, and one or more pest-houses opened. One of these is said to have been the old Bowker place on So. Main St., near where Plain St. forks off.
This year a sort of charity tax was voted to aid Phinehas Eames in rebuilding his house, destroyed by fire March 31, in which his son and two journeymen perished. Sum voted, three hundred dollars ; payment to be voluntary. Lieut. Ephraim Chapin, special collector ; he with Col. Ichabod Thayer and Lieut. David Stearns made a com- mittee of relief and assistance. The tax believed to have been cheer- fully paid in full.
1806. - The hateful old custom of vendueing the poor abolished by vote, moved and persistently urged by Arial Bragg.
1810. - Kine-pox vaccination first authorized by Town vote.
1811. - Nathaniel Bennett permitted to remove the old pound from near his premises (now owned by Capt. Waldo C. Perry, 174 Main St.) to its present location, on certain conditions, with which he com- plied.
1825. - Town farm and asylum voted and provided for.
1826. - Voted to pay the assessors ten shillings each for making taxes this year and last.
1828. - On proposition to divide the county ; yeas eighty-eight, nays two.
1835. - First attempt, by motion, to have the selectmen refuse approbations for license to sell intoxicating liquors. No vote reached.
Passed over the old customary article in town-warrant about per- mitting swine, neat cattle, and horses running at large, -- long a dead formality. Never afterwards repeated.
Good stone monuments ordered on Mendon line.
The hearse-house removed from its old position.
1837. - Sullivan Sumner, town treasurer, authorized to receive the town's proportion of the U. S. surplus revenue, and a part there- of appropriated to pay town debts.
1838. - Fire-wards first chosen.
1841. - Tithingmen finally ceased to be chosen.
All useless books and papers in the town-clerk's office ordered to be sold at public auction.
1842-43. - Reports of selectmen and overseers of the poor first ordered printed, to the number of five hundred copies.
1843. - Selectmen instructed not to approbate any one for license to retail intoxicating drinks, and a committee appointed to suppress illegal sales. Similar action taken in 1852.
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INTERESTING CHRONICLES.
1848, July 1. - The Branch R. Road from Framingham to Milford opened with jubilant celebration and general rejoicing.
1849. - The lock-up in old town-house voted.
1851. - The assessors allowed a dollar and a half per day for services.
1853. - Voted to build a new town-house ; committee's report on plans accepted ; building committee of seven chosen, and instructed not to exceed the cost of thirteen thousand dollars.
1854. - Voted, if the Legislature will set off a new county, and make Milford its county-seat, to furnish county accommodations for ten years.
Future town-warrants ordered to be published in " Milford Jour- nal " at a cost not exceeding ten dollars per annum.
School districts abolished as corporate bodies.
Fire department established, according to recent act of the Legis- lature.
Voted five hundred dollars towards expense of getting a new county.
Selectmen authorized to light the streets as they think proper.
1855. - About mid-summer telegraphic communication established, and the first office opened in the Mansion House.
1856. - Gas-lamp posts, to the number of twelve, ordered to be set up in Main St.
1858. - Town-clock donated by John Erskine, Esq., and an appre- ciative vote of thanks passed for the same.
The town-library established by vote.
1868, Aug. 1. - The Milford and Woonsocket R. Road opened.
1872, Dec. 24. - The Milford and Hopkinton R. Road opened.
1880, April 1, or soon after. - The Bell Telephone introduced into town by the Central Mass. Telephone Co., and uumerous patrons obtained. The lines extend to Hopedale, and afford marvellous facilities for business communication. It is said that conversation can be carried on between Boston and New York almost as freely as if the persons were in the same room.
INNHOLDERS AND RETAILERS OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.
According to the license records of the Court of General Sessions for Worcester County, Capt. Daniel Lovett was the first licensed retailer of spirituous liquors on our territory, as early as 1734. He was a son of James Lovett, and bro. to the wives of Ebenezer and Joseph Sumner. I think he must have dwelt on Main St., nearly opposite the Mansion House, or thereabouts. He probably kept a
406
HISTORY OF MILFORD.
small grocery store, or something of the kind. Samuel Thayer, and after him Phinehas Lovett, occupied the same premises, and were licensed retailers in succession.
Our first inn was opened, under regular license, by Ichabod Robin- son in 1746, just south of the Lovett place, on what afterwards became famous as the Col. Godfrey Tavern Stand, or closely adja- cent. The same year, if I do not mistake the records, John Thwing took out license as an innholder for a single year. But where he kept, I am puzzled to guess ; possibly at his house on Post Lane ; possibly elsewhere. He was afterwards licensed as a retailer. Rob- inson's inn was regularly licensed and kept open till 1756 or 1757; his widow keeping it some little time after his death, which took place in 1756.
In 1757 Dr. William Jennison bought the now Obed Daniels place of Joshua Chapin, fitted it up, took out license, and opened it as a tavern. This was our second inn. This continued till 1767 or 1768, when Jonathan Jones from Holliston received license as innholder at the old Robinson stand. There he is understood to have continued till 1784, when he sold out to John Robinson, a son of Ichabod, who succeeded him as " landlord." Meantime the So. Milford Penni- mans appeared on the stage. Samuel Penniman became a licensed innholder at the four corners in 1778. And I think another of the Pennimans was a retailer, perhaps at the Parkman place in 1769. Of this, however, I am not quite certain. Samuel, the innholder, was known as "Lieut.," or more commonly as " Landlord Penniman." His must be numbered as our third inn. It continued several years as a tavern-stand, perhaps down to Samuel Penniman, jun's., time. All the way through this period the Centre and So. Milford had plenty of retailers.
Samuel Warren appears to have opened some sort of retailing establishment at the Maj. Chapin place in 1788. This was already, or presently became, an inn, and was kept as such by Samuel Warren, jun., and Josiah Nelson, jun., in co. ; then for some time by Josiah Nelson alone. When President Washington passed through this town in 1789, he halted at this inn long enough to refresh his horses. And tradition says that Rev. Amariah Frost and others paid their respects to him during his brief stop. This, then, must be reckoned our fourth tavern-stand. Between 1770 and 1798 I find on the license record as retailers the names of Joseph Gibbs, Amariah Frost, jun., John Kilburn, Elias Penniman, Samuel Warren, Elias Parkman, James Mellen, Jacob Town, and Benjamin Godfrey, etc. Godfrey now became innholder, and greatly improved the ancient stand ;
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LICENSES TO SELL INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
being not only a large trader, but a popular landlord. It is claimed for Lieut. Joseph Gibbs, first named of these licensees, that he was the earliest storekeeper in this vicinage entitled to be called a mer- chant ; that is, I suppose, in respect to the extent and variety of his goods. Col. Godfrey, who was his son-in-law, soon assumed the establishment, and greatly expanded its mercantile importance.
In 1799 Pearley Hunt appears on the record as a licensed retailer, having for a considerable time before entered on the career of a mer- chant at the Godfrey store, and subsequently removed to his location near Charles-river Bridge. From that time Col. Godfrey continued innholder till 1806. During this period of eight years the Centre had for retailers Nathan Parkhurst, Moses Green, Joel Hunt, Stephen Kilburn, Abner Wight, and John Claflin, jun. At So. Milford the innholders were the Pennimans and Elias Parkman, partly at the Corners, and partly at the Parkman place ; the one place retailing when the other furnished public entertainment. In 1806 we find Benj. Godfrey, John Claflin, jun., and Elias Parkman licensed inn- holders.
1807. - John Claflin, jun., and Elias Parkman, innholders ; Joel Hunt, Pearley Hunt, John Wood, Saml. Penniman, jun., retailers.
1808. - Same as last year, only adding Benj. Godfrey and Abner Wight as retailers.
1809. - Luther Claflin becomes an innholder with Elias Parkman. Retailers the same.
1810. - Innholders and retailers the same as last year.
1811. - The same innholders. Samuel Penniman, Benj. Godfrey, and Jared Rawson, retailers.
1812. - Innholders, John Claflin, jun., and Elias Parkman. Same retailers.
1813. - S. Milford innholding ends ; John Claflin, jun., innholder at the Centre ; Samuel Penniman and Pearley Hunt, retailers.
1814. - The same as last year. 1815 same, only adding Sylvester Dean to retailers.
1816. -- Admiral Albee, innholder ; retailers same as last year.
1817. - Same as 1816.
1818. - Jno. Claflin, jun., innholder ; Admiral Albee, P. Hunt, S. Dean, and Samuel Leeds, retailers.
1819. - A new inn opened at Sumner's. Sullivan Sumner and Daniel Hemmenway, innholders ; retailers unchanged.
1820. - Same innholders and retailers as in 1819.
1821. - Sullivan Sumner and Admiral Albee, innholders ; Albee also a retailer, and Otis Boyden ; the other retailers the same.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
1822. - S. Sumner, innholder ; S. Dean and S. Leeds, retailers.
1823. - S. Sumner and John McWales, innkeepers ; John McWales, S. Dean, S. Leeds, and P. Hunt, retailers.
1824. - S. Sumner and Nahum Legg in the taverns ; same retail- ers, excepting that Jno. Claflin, jun., takes the place of Wales.
1825. - S. Sumner and John Claflin, jun., innholders ; Samuel Plumb added to the retailers.
1826. - Same as last year, only dropping Plumb, and adding Samuel Penniman as retailers.
1827. - Lewis Johnson and Orrin Sumner appear as retailers.
1828. - S. Sumner still remains at the lower inn, and Aaron Claflin keeps the upper one ; retailers the same.
1829. - All the same as last year, except Whitman Bates as retailer at So. Milford.
1830. - Nearly the same innholders and retailers.
I have not thought it advisable to pursue the line of innholders and retailers further, as I have come down to a period within the memory of the older living generation. Whoever may be curious to complete this topic of our history can find the data on record in Worcester.
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SUCCESSION OF CIVIL OFFICERS.
CHAPTER XVI.
SUCCESSION OF CIVIL OFFICERS, ETC.
Opening Explanatory Statement. - "The Easterly Precinct" of Mendon, before becoming a Town, honored with its Share of Municipal Offices. - Concerning Wardens, Deer Reeves, and Tithingmen, whose Offices became sooner or later Obsolete. - A Table of Milford's Legal and Actual Voters since Incor- poration. - Lists of the Principal Town Officers and the Years in which they served, omitting the Minor Grades below Overseers of the Poor. - Military, Religious, and Educational Officers referred to as presented in their Own Dis- tinctive Chapters. - The Names of all our Moderators during the Century, and the Years when they presided once or more. - Our Town Clerks and Treas- urers during the Century. - Our Selectmen and their Years of Service. - Our Assessors and theirs. - Our Overseers of the Poor and theirs. - Representa- tives sent to General Court. - Delegates to Consultive and Constitutional Conventions. - Senators to General Court living in this Town. - Governors, Councillors, etc. - Eminent Natives of the Town that rose to Official Distinc- tion. - Our Justices of the Peace. - Police Court and Officers. - Our Post- offices and Postmasters. -- Our Lawyers. - Our Physicians.
I PRESENT in this chapter the succession of our principal civil officers since the incorporation of town in their several depart- ments and functions. Military, educational, and religious officers will be found duly specified in their appropriate chapters. I have taken for granted that such official lists would not only be interesting to many curious readers, but in some respects historically valuable. My chief difficulty has been to decide how far to extend this civil list in respect to grades of officers; but I have concluded to leave out most of the lower grades, as comparatively unimportant, and too numerous for my space. Whether I have wisely included too many or too few of the grades, may be honestly questionable with different minds. I could only follow my own judgment. Before separation from Mendon, I infer from the records that our "Easterly Precinct " had its reasonable share of public offices in the parent town. After incor- poration, certain classes of officers, annually chosen for a time, were ultimately dropped, either because the laws were changed, or because they became useless. Thus two or more wardens were annually chosen for half a dozen or more years. These officers were overseers of the poor ; and the law made it their duty to govern, inspect, and take care of all persons in town employed at the workhouse, however sent
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
there, to keep them strictly at work, and to punish idle, disorderly, and refractory ones by moderate whipping or setting them in the stocks. In 1782 this Town chose Lt. Joseph Gibbs and Capt. Saml. Warren as wardens. In other years several were chosen, who appear to have been quite responsible citizens ; but they had little or nothing to do in their official line, and so their office became obsolete. Deer- reeves were annually elected down to 1794 ; but the deer had ceased to need looking after, and the office was only nominal. It was usually conferred on venerable church elders, deacons, etc. Tithingmen were in older times of considerable dignity in guarding the sanctity of the sabbath, keeping unruly youngsters in order during public religious services, and watching over civil morality. More or less exemplary citizens were annually chosen to this office for many years ; but either good manners outgrew the need of them, or the town conscience grew too lax to insist on the functions of such dignitaries. In 1839 it was voted to pass over the election of tithingmen. In 1840 several were chosen, but since then none.
Before I proceed to present our lists of civil officers, perhaps I ought to exhibit what may be called the elective or voting forces of the town at different periods since its incorporation. I cannot do this with absolute accuracy, for want of anthentic data; but I can do it with proximate general correctness, by guess-work in part and estimation from recorded bases. At incorporation in 1780 our popu- lation was 760 souls, which, allowing five to a family, would give 152 families, - probably a fair estimate. Reckoning one voter to a family, there would have been not over 152 voters in town. Starting from this point, I will tabulate, from such reliable data as I possess, the proximate number of our legal and actual voters for such years as I have found convenient, not more than ten apart. I take the actual voters from the town records of ballots cast, in the years specified, particularly for governor of the State, which in most cases gives the largest number cast, with certain exceptions, during those years. I will also give the population for the same years, accurately or by esti- mate.
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POPULATION, VOTERS, MODERATORS.
YEAE.
Population.
Legal Voters.
Votes for Governor.
Notes, etc.
1780 .
760
152
None this year. Not organ'd early enough.
1781 .
nearly same.
nearly same.
29
John Hancock.
1785
790 probable.
158 probable.
(Reg. Deeds) 74
Benjamin Read.
1789
800 probable.
160 probable.
Governor
54
John Hancock.
1795
850 probable.
170 known.
Governor 47
Samuel Adams.
1800 .
907 kmown.
175 probable.
Governor
75
Gerry 67, Strong 8.
1805.
930 probable. 973 known.
180 probable.
Governor 141
Gerry 100, Gore 41.
1815 .
1,050 probable.
190 probable.
Governor 140
Dexter 107, Strong 42.
1820 .
1,160 known.
230 probable.
122
Eustis 84, Brooks 38.
1825 .
1,250 probable.
245 at least.
127 Morton, all but 4.
1830 .
1,360 known.
270 at least.
173 Names not noted.
1835 .
1,500 probable.
300 at least.
178 Morton 108, Everett 70.
1840.
1,773 known.
354 at least.
390
Morton 217, Davis 173.
1845 .
2,800 probable.
575 at least.
460 or more.
Names omitted.
1850 .
4,819 known.
900 at least.
583
Names omitted.
1855 .
7,489 known.
1,397 at least.
867
Names omitted.
1860 . 9,132 known.
1,500 at least.
939
Names omitted.
1865 . 9,108 known.
1,490 at least.
(1864)
1,170
Names omitted.
1870 . 9,890 known.
1,630 at least.
951
Names omitted.
1875 . 9,818 known.
1,681 at least.
1,261
Names omitted.
1878. 9,818 known.
1,944 at least.
1,512
Names omitted.
1879, 1880, and 1881 not supposed to vary much from 1878.
This table must pass for what it is worth. I would gladly have made it entirely accurate, but was so baffled in my researches as to leave many points more or less uncertain ; though, I think, so nearly proximate to the facts as to preserve the essential usefulness of the specifications. I leave critics to rectify detected errors. It will be seen how large the disproportion is between legal and actual voters.
I will commence my list with our moderators. There has been a general average of perhaps six or seven town-meetings a year, com- mencing May 1, 1780. Sometimes only three in a year, but oftener from six to twelve, have been held. At certain of these the select- men legally preside, but at the others a moderator is specially chosen. The following-named gentlemen have served at least once in each year specified, and some of them several times.
MODERATORS.
Joseph Dorr, Esq., of Mendon, at the original organization, May 1, 1780. Dr. Samuel Leslie Scammell, 1780, '81, '83, '88.
Daniel Wedge, 1780, '82.
Jonathan Jones, 1780, '82.
Capt. Saml. Warren, 1780, '81, '82, '86.
Capt. Gershom Nelson, 1780, '82, '85.
Edward Rawson, Esq., 1780, '81.
Col. Ichabod Thayer, 1781, '84, '85, '86, '92, '94, '96, '98, 1800, '01, '03, '12. Col. Samuel Jones, 1782, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '96, '97, 98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '17.
198 probable.
Governor
113
Sullivan 70, Strong 43.
1810 .
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
Noah Wiswall, 1783, '87. Dea. Seth Nelson, 1783, '84.
James Sumner, Esq., 1784. Adams Chapin, Esq., 1785.
Col. James Mellen, 1785, '89, '90, '92, '93.
Eld. John Chapin, 1786, '87, '93.
Lt. David Stearns, 1787, '88, '99, 1809, '10, '11, '15. Amos Shepherdson, 1787.
Capt. Nathl. Parkhurst, 1804, '07, '13.
Lt. Ephraim Chapin, 1788, '89, '94, 1800.
Col. Saml. Nelson, 1807, '08, '09, '12, '13, '16.
Pearley Hunt, Esq., 1808, '11, '12, '14, '19, '21, '22, '38.
Esek Green, 1812. Ebenr. McFarland, 1811.
Majr. Levi Chapin, 1816, '18.
John Claflin, Esq., 1817, '18, '29.
Col. Arial Bragg, 1819, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '34, '36, '37.
Dr. Gustavus D. Peck, 1824, '25.
Nahum Legg, 1819, '25, '26, '32.
Col. Saml. L. Scammell, 1825, '26, '27, '28, '29.
Newell Nelson, Esq., 1831.
Capt. Sylvester Dean, 1829, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '40, '41.
Isaac Davenport, Esq., 1829, '38, '42, '44, '47.
William Godfrey, 1832, '35.
Clark Ellis, Esq., 1830, '31, '32, '35, '37, '39, '49, '51, '52, '55. Col. Sullivan Sumner, 1833, '42.
Majr. Clark Sumner, 1833, '38, '43, '44.
Capt. Henry Nelson, 1834, '36, '38, '39, '40, '41, '43, '44, '48, '56. Hon. Lee Claflin, 1835.
Capt. Rufus Thayer, 1835.
Artemas Thayer, 1835.
Henry Ball, 1835. Aaron Claflin, 1835, '40, '54.
Amasa Leland, 1836. John Mc Wales, 1836, '41, '53.
Ellis Sumner, Esq., 1836, '42, '44, '46.
Col. Peter Corbett, 1838.
Africa Madden, 1839.
Capt. Albert Newhall, 1840.
John Erskine, Esq., 1841.
Dexter Walker, 1841. Seth P. Carpenter, Esq., 1842.
Charles F. Chapin, Esq., 1842, '49, '55, '59, '60.
Alfred Bragg, 1845, '46, '47.
John M. Parkhurst, 1847.
Andrew J. Sumner, Esq., 1845, '48, '49, '51, '58.
James R. Davis, Esq., 1848, '57, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78.
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MODERATORS, TOWN CLERKS.
Col. Lewis Johnson, 1848. Henry Chapin, 1849. Charles K. Scribner, 1849. Simpson Bixby, 1850. George Crocker, 1850. Otis Parkhurst, jun., Esq., 1850. John G. Gilbert, 1850. Elias Whitney, 1851. Appleton Bragg, 1852. Charles Leland, 1852. Gen. Orison Underwood, 1852, '54, '56, '58, '59, '61, '62, '64, '67. Willard Bragg, 1852. Edwin Battles, 1854. Rev. James T. Woodbury, 1853, '54, '55, '59. Herman H. Bowers, 1855. Hon. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1843, '49, '53, '57, '59, '61, '62, '63, '66, '73. Leonard Hunt, 1842. Col. James H. Barker, 1858. Amos Holbrook, Esq., 1860. Capt. Elbridge Mann, 1860. Bartholomew Wood, 1860.
Dr. A. C. Fay, 1861. Hon. Winslow Battles, 1862.
George Draper, 1863. George B. Blake, 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '74, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81. William Spencer, 1869. Stephen J. Onion, 1870. Albert C. Withington, 1877.
TOWN CLERKS.
Caleb Cheney, 1781, '82, '83, '87, '88; and also treasurer. Samuel Jones, 1784, '85, '86, 1807 to 1816. Adams Chapin, 1789, '90, '91, '92 to 1807. John Claflin, jun., 1816, '17. Newell Nelson, 1818 to '26. Clark Ellis, 1826 to '29. Isaac Davenport, 1829 to '37. Newell Nelson, again 1837 to '43. John Erskine, 1843 to '48. Leander Holbrook, 1848. John Erskine, again 1849, '50. Charles F. Chapin, 1851 to '55, '56 to '59. William B. Burhank, 1855. Lewis Fales, 1859 continuously to '81. Lewis Hayden, 1881.
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