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Isaac Stedman
Joseph Perry Ichabod Johnson not settled Andrew Blunt Amos Marsh not settled Nathan Stevens David Bassett
Flagg (in part) J. Leonard, farm J. W. Green, farm W. Flagg (in part) W. Flagg and
Sam'l Newall
APPENDIX.
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Owners in 1737.
A few years after.
1761.
1872.
NO 4L 42
Benj. White Wm. Dudley
Gershom Davis Joseph Gould
Moses Evans
M M Stevens
Moses Evans
M. M. Stevens & others
43
44
Wm Dudley Robert Harris
Charles Marsh Robert Harris
Moses Evans James Ball
A. K Litchfield Litchfield and
45 46 47 48 49
John Masecroft Benj. Bugbee Joseph Daniels John Chandler Timothy Mosman Sam'l Perry
Wm. Dudley Wm. Dudley Robert Harris Jno. Chandler Timo. Mosman Sam'l Perry
Barnabas Russell
Messrs. Mayo and others
5
Timothy Whitney
Timo. Whitney
Nathan Ball
Messrs. Mayo and others, Ball
52
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp
Moses Leonard
Messrs. Mayo and others, Ball
53
John Allen
John Mayo
David Ayers
Asa Gould and
54 55
Shubael Seaver Thomas Taft
David Ayers, jun. not settled
others Heirs of D. Tyler Heirs of D. Tyler C. G. A. Prentice C. Hastings
58 59 60
Andrew Seaver John Ruggles
A. Seaver John Ruggles
not settled 64
John Stearns John Stearns J Stearns and
61 62
John Parker John Willson
John Parker John Willson School lot
Charles Woods E. Prestcott not settled
R. Weeks's heirs
63
School lot
Wid Lois Smith
.
56
Andrew Gardner Robert Daniels
Joseph Weeks Robert Daniels Robert Heath Robert Bennett Thos. Mayo
Jedediah Wood Abner Coffin
57
Thomas Mayo
Silas Town
G. H. Richards
E. & E. F. Mayo
50
Jonathan Perry Joseph Goodale David Allen Edward Allen
Goldsbury
Thomas Rich
Cassius Goldsbury
J. & J. Goldsbury Joseph Pierce
Farm
Farm
others
John Whipple
THE WAR OF 1812-14.
This war with Great Britain was declared by a vote of the Congress of the United States, in the month of June, 1812, by a vote of seventy-nine to forty-nine in the House, and of nineteen to thirteen in the Senate; and, on the 18th, Pres. Madison signed the bill, and war was formally declared the next day. In this war the citizens of Warwick took an active part in defence of their country's rights, although a majority of them were opposed to its declaration. Among those that enlisted in the United-States service were John Ager, George Stockwell, Henry Whipple, and Parmenter (privates) ; Benjamin Eddy (drum-major) ; Obadiah Bass (musician).
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
We find on the records of the South company of the Militia in our town the following regimental orders : -
To Capt. William Burnett, Jun.
In pursuance of Brigade Orders, bearing date of Sept. 9, 1814, you are hereby commanded to detach forthwith, from the company under your command, one ensign, one sergeant, and fourteen privates, well armed and equipped, as the law directs. You are likewise further commanded to parade your detached men near the academy, in New Salem, on Tuesday the thir- teenth day of September, inst., at nine o'clock, A.M., and there to wait for further orders.
BENJ. S. WELLS, Col. 3d Regt., 2d Brig., 4th Div.
MONTAGUE, Sept. 9, 1814.
SEPT. II, 1814.
Agreeable to regimental orders, a training was appointed to be held on Monday, Sept. 12, 1814 ; and the clerk received or- ders from Capt. Wm. Burnett for warning the company, which was duly performed according to orders.
SEPT. 12, 1814.
Agreeable to appointment and legal notice, the company met at the usual place of parade at eight o'clock, A.M., and was called to order by the captain. Voted and chose Cummins Lesure clerk pro tem. The company roll was called, and other duty performed ; and a detachment was made, and the follow- ing persons were detached ; viz., Ebenezer Stearns (ensign) ; Ebenezer Barber (sergeant) ; Ephraim Tuel, Manning Whee- lock, Jonas Leonard, Willard Packard, Dexter Fisk, David Gale, Jun., Stephen Ball, William Boyle, Abijah Eddy, Jonas Conant, Samuel Abbot, Peter Warrick, Daniel Smith, Artemas Baker (privates).
(Attest) LEMUEL WHEELOCK, Clerk.
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The above order was also issued to the North company in town ; and said company was called together accordingly. But, as the records of said company have not been found, we therefore add the following names of persons, that, as we are informed, were detached on said occasion for like services : Abner Goodale (ensign) ; Nathan Atwood, Stephen Williams, Joseph Williams, jun., James Ball, jun., Samuel Ball, Ezra Ripley, Eli Stockwell, - Maxwell (privates).
Stephen Gale, Benoni Ballou, George Jaseph, Joseph Jaseph, James Fuller, and some others, went into the service in place of some of the detached men, they having been hired in their stead. Of the aforesaid only these are now living in Warwick : Ebenezer Barber, Henry Whipple.
During the autumn of 1814, John Quincy Adams and others, from the government of the United States, were sent to Ghent, in Belgium, to meet commissioners from Great Britain ; and, on the 24th of December, a treaty of peace was signed. The news reached our country Feb. 1I, 1815. Late at night a horseman was heard galloping through the streets of Washington with news of peace ; and " Peace ! peace !" soon resounded on all sides.
The joyful news soon circulated throughout the country. It was here, when received, as well as everywhere else, hailed with delight which would, at this time of railroads, steamboats, and telegraph wires, be considered tardy in the extreme. And on the eighteenth day of February, the treaty was ratified by the United-States Senate ; and peace was thereby secured, leaving a government debt of over a hundred million dollars, with our commerce destroyed, and all kinds of industry depressed. But we are proud to affirm, that, under the influence of our free institutions, the above debt was in a few years all paid, and a large amount of surplus revenue divided among the States.
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
An Extract from the Reflections on the Tornado which passed from Northfield, through Warwick, to Orange, Sept. 9, 1821. By Elder John Shepardson, Warwick, January, 1822.
How mighty is the voice of God ! How heavy is his hand ! When once he sways his awful rod, None can his power withstand. Oft has he spoke, of ancient date, As many writers say ; And now he speaks to us of late In a surprising way.
From western sky a cloud arose, Some thunder and some rain ; A wind which nothing could oppose, - It swept both hill and plain. It broke the trees of largest size, Tore up the flinty rocks, Striking all nature with surprise, Disturbed the peaceful flocks.
It swept off barns, and houses too, With all the goods they owned, Leaving whole families in woe, And some with broken bones. But oh ! the most surprising stroke, Too shocking to relate : Two blooming youths by whirlwind spoke To the eternal state.
Oh ! come, ye living, search and spy, And view the wonder well ; Go forth from Northfield mountain high To Orange lofty hill ; Go see the wounded, hear their groans, And hear the mourner's cries ; See the rent earth her God doth own With wonder and surprise.
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APPENDIX.
We will here insert, for the purpose of preserving them, the names of our truly noble sons who toiled, bled, suf- fered, and died in the service of their country during the war of the Rebellion.
Some of them removed from town prior to the com- mencement of the war, but had not become residents of any other place previous to their enlistment into the Union army. All honor to such !
We will first record the names of those that died; and their names are inscribed on our Soldiers' Monument : -
Henry W. Lawrence, James D. Delvee,
Francis L. Moore,
Charles Jones,
Levi E. Switzer,
Jas. Henry Fuller,
Frederic Williams, Willard Packard,
Benjamin Hastings, Franklin Pierce,
LaFayette Nelson, John B. Caldwell,
James M. Chapin,
Edward N. Coller, Warren H. Blake,
Seth A. Woodward, Joseph W. Sawyer,
S.P. Shepardson, jun.,
Henry H. Manning, Alexander Cooper,
Leander S. Jillson, M. Stanley Cushing, Monroe L. B. Patridge, Joseph Drake, Edwards Davis,
Joseph W. Ellis (27).
The following are the names of those that returned, and are now residing in Warwick :-
Lyman Mason,
Rayal E. Stimson,
Nath. M. Pond, Jesse F. Bridge,
Henry H. Jillson,
George Jennings,
Dwight S. Jennings,
George E. Cook,
Harwood S. Proctor, Joseph A. Williams, William Dugan (II).
Names of those that returned, but removed to other places : -
Joseph Spencer, Henry O. Cook,
Richards Mayo,
Henry Witherell,
George Mason, Frederic Quinn,
Alonzo Scott, Dwight E. Stone,
Amory Gould, 2d,
Orrin Curtis,
Alphonzo Rayner,
Chas. E. Randall,
Charles Lawrence, Theodore Putnam, Jairus Hammond, Albert C. Barber,
Artemus W. Ward. Richard Weeks, jun.,
Jacob S. Rayner, jun.,
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
William Weeks,
Sumner Lincoln,
Amos Taylor, 3d,
Francis L. Fuller,
Peter Dyer,
Alfred Houghton,
Joseph Putnam,
John Farnsworth,
Elliot Stone,
R. Harding Barber, Lewis Atwood,
Charles W. Higgins,
Henry W. Kidder,
William H. Mason,
Albert L. Hunt,
Andrew J. Curtis, A. R. Jennings,
Silas Jennings,
George Severance,
Joseph Adams,
Samuel Adams,
George B. Cobb,
S. T. Underwood, Total, 41
Joseph Draper and Luke Delvee were drafted and ac- cepted, and each procured a substitute.
Charles Goldsbury, William H. Gale, M. W. S. Clark, *Henry O. Cook, *Dwight S. Jennings, Josiah Conant, 2d, George A. Cushing, and John M. Putney, were also drafted and accepted, and paid three hundred dollars each them- selves, or by their friends, and substitutes procured by the selectmen, or others. Total, eight. In all lists, seventy- nine.
THE REBEL BELL.
WE'VE got a bell from Rebeldom, - A secesh bell, I mean, - Suspended from our school-house dome, Upon the village green.
Its voice rings out at morn and noon To call the happy throng Away from sports and games, From mirth and laugh and song.
We know not where it used to hang, Nor whom it used to call : If amid scenes of mirth or grief Its notes were wont to fall.
* Drafted after discharged and returned from the army.
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APPENDIX.
The rebels had designed to send This bell to Yankee foes, - Not all at once to ring for school, But how, the soldier knows.
Perhaps its hanging here will save The life of some soldier brave ; And he'll come back to friends and home, - Not fill a soldier's grave.
We will not call it rebel now, Here in this North land free : It shall not stay and do its work, And still a rebel be.
Oh, no ! a rebel at the North Is what we all despise ; Then we'll rechristen and rename Our little rebel prize.
And let it hang and do its work ; And, when the war shall end, It shall ring out with joyful shout, - Its voice with others blend,
To welcome back our soldier band, Our soldiers true and brave, Who are fighting, 'neath a Southern sky, For the Union and the slave.
Then let it ring at morn and noon, No more a rebel bell : Its voice shall teach us liberty, It freedom's words shall tell.
And may all those who enter here, Or listen to its voice, Make wisdom, knowledge, liberty, Their earnest, lasting choice.
WARWICK, Dec. 20, 1862.
SUSIE E. BARBER.
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
Said bell was taken from the rebels at New Orleans, on its way to the foundry to be cast into shot and shell to be sent by ordnance into the Union army ; which incited the author to compose the above lines, which were read on that occasion.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, &C.
[WRITTEN BY J. BLAKE IN 1832.]
There have been thirteen physicians established in this town for a longer or shorter term of time, only two of whom have died here. Their names are, -
Medad Pomeroy, Benjamin Hazeltine, John Garfield, Ezra Conant, jun., - Fairfield, - Bliss, John Will- son, Peletiah Metcalf, Ebenezer Hall, Ebenezer Chaplin, Artemas Baker, Joel Burnett, and Amos Taylor.
There has never been but one lawyer who attempted to gain a living among us ; viz., Henry Barnard, Esq.
There have been fourteen different persons chosen repre- sentatives to the General Court ; viz. :-
No. years' service.
No. years' service.
Deacon James Ball . ·
2
Dea. Caleb Mayo
7
Col. Samuel Williams
·
2 Ebenezer Williams .
·
I
Thomas Rich . ·
3 Justus Russell .
. 3
Se
John Goldsbury
9
Jonathan Blake, jun.
2
Nathaniel Cheney
I Joseph Stevens
. 3
Oliver Chapin .
3
Lemuel Wheelock
I
Josiah Cobb
8 Ashbel Ward .
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We have been represented forty-seven years, and have been without a representative twenty-two years, since the town was incorporated. There have been twelve town clerks, who served the number of years set against their names, -
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No. years' service.
No. years' service.
Dea. James Ball
. 12 Josiah Pomeroy, jun. · . 12
Amos Marsh .
4 Jonathan Blake, jun. . 15
Col. Samuel Williams
Ebenezer Hall . 3
. 4
Ezra Conant .
9 William Cobb, jun. .
I
Dr. Ezra Conant, jun.
I Asa Thayer .
·
I
John Conant
·
9
Dr. Amos Taylor
· 3
ALL THE SELECTMEN, SINCE THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED, AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY SERVED SET AGAINST THEIR NAMES.
Year.
Year.
Moses Evans .
I John Whitney .
·
I
Jonathan Woodard .
I Jacob Estey
I
David Buckman
I Zachariah Barber
I
John Ormsbee .
I Ebenezer Pierce
I H
Peter Procter .
I Perez Allen
I
Daniel Whitney
I
Elias Knowlton
I
Ebenezer Cheney
I William Burnett, jun.
1 I
Jacob Rich
I Elijah Fisk
I H
Joel Pierce
I Jacob R. Gale .
I 1
Reuben Shattuck
I Josiah Rawson ·
I
Making twenty selectmen that served one year each.
Here follow those that have served two years :-
Years.
Years.
Joseph Gilbert
·
2
Nathaniel Rich
· 2
Ezra Conant
·
2
William Cobb .
·
2
David Cobb
.
2 Abijah Eddy
2
Seth Peck
2 Ansel Lesure
2
Joseph Mayo
2 Samuel Ball
2
Making ten that have served two years each.
Those that served three years : -
Years.
Years.
Amzi Doolittle
. 3
Ebenezer Stearns
· 3
Col. Samuel Williams
·
3
Ebenezer Barber
.
3.
Samuel Langley
·
Dr. John Willson
·
3
3 Col. James Goldsbury Total seven.
·
3
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
Those that served four years : -
Years.
Years.
Josiah Pomeroy
.
4
Amory Gale
.
.
4
Josiah Procter .
· 4 Total, three.
Those that served five years : -
Years.
Years.
Benjamin Conant .
. 5 Joseph Stevens
· 5
Benjamin Simonds .
·
5
Total, four.
Capt. John Goldsbury
· 5
Those that served six years : -
Years.
Years.
Nathaniel G. Stevens
6 |Justus Russell
6
Total, two.
Those that served seven years : -
Years.
Years.
Jeduthan Morse
7 Ebenezer Williams . · £ 7
Thomas Rich .
.
7 Lemuel Wheelock .
· 7
Jonathan Gale .
. 7 Total, five.
Only one that served eight years, -
Dr. Medad Pomeroy, eight years.
Those that served nine years : -
Years.
Years.
Jonathan Blake, Jr. .
· 9
Caleb Mayo · 9
Amos Marsh
·
9 Joshua Atwood . 9
Mark Moore
·
9 Total, five.
Those that served ten years : -
Years.
Dea. James Ball . 10
Ashbel Ward .
. IO
Total, two.
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Only one person served eleven years, - Col. James Goldsbury .
II Only one person served sixteen years, - Josiah Cobb . · 16
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Years.
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Making sixty-one different selectmen ; and nearly one- third of them served only one year each.
The above account is from the incorporation of the town up to and including the year 1832.
[WRITTEN BY J. BLAKE IN 1854]
In the past twenty-two years, we have chosen nine dif- ferent persons for representatives to the General Court. (Lemuel Wheelock had served one year before 1832), mak- ing twenty-two different persons that have represented this town since it was incorporated.
Clark Stearns served one year, I Ansel Davis . ‘
I Samuel W. Spooner served one year,
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Making three persons that have served one year since 1832, and add two before, making five in all that served one year, 5
Those that served two years : -
William E. Russell,
2 years
Ira Draper, 2
John G. Gale, 2
-
3
These three add to four that served before 1832, making seven in all that served two years, 7
Served three years :-
Jacob C. Gale, Abijah Eddy,
3 years 3
2
Add these two to four that served before 1832, making six in all for for three years, 6
Served six years : -
Lemuel Wheelock, by adding one year before 1832 Caleb Mayo, served seven years before 1832 Josiah Cobb, served eight years before 1832 John Goldsbury served nine years before 1832
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Twenty-two different representatives.
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HISTORY OF WARWICK.
The town has been represented sixty-seven years since it was incorporated, ninety-one years ago, and has been un- represented twenty-four years.
Jonathan Blake, jun., was chosen a delegate to the con- vention for amending the Constitution of the State in 1820.
Samuel W. Spooner was chosen a delegate to the conven- tion for amending the Constitution in 1853.
I have never seen any record of there being a delegate in the convention from this town, when our State Constitution was adopted in 1780.
Town clerks, with the number of years they held the office, since 1832 :-
Amos Taylor,
6 years
Lemuel Wheelock,
2
Abijah Eddy,
6
George Chesebro, 3
66
66
Ira Draper,
5
There had been twelve differ- ent persons before 1832, and four since that time. Amos Taylor had served three years before and six years since, making nine years in all. So there have heen six- teen town clerks, all told.
All the selectmen that had held that office before 1832 were sixty-one. Since 1832 we have had eighteen different persons.
Served one year : -
Joel Pierce, Harvey Conant,
I year .
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2
j ) Add these two to twenty pre- vious ones, makes 22 that 22 . served one year only; Ibri Baker, chosen this year, call I
Those that served two years :-
Asa Wheeler, two years, added to ten previous ones, makes . II
S. N. Atwood,
Edward F. Mayo, 2 2 years 66
And both chosen this year, which 3 shall add with those that have before.
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Served three years : -
Samuel Blake, 3 years
David Gale, jun. 3
David Burnett, 3
Clark Stearns,
3
66
George W. Moore,
3
John G. Gale, 3
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8
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Added to 7 that served before 1832, making a total of 15 that served three years each, 15
Those that served four years : - -
William E. Russell,
4 years
James Stockwell, 4
Hervey Barber, 4
Added to three that served pre- 66 vious to 1832, total, 6 -
3 1 5 years )
Those selectmen that served five years :-
Jasper Leland,
Ira Draper, 5 -
Added to four that served pre- vious to 1832, makes total, 6 2
Those that served six years : -
Joseph Stevens, three, added to | Which, with two others before three before, 6 years 1832, make 3
Those that served seven years : -
Jacob R. Gale, six years since | One, added to five previous 1832, and one before, makes 7 ; ones, makes 6
Dr. Medad Pomeroy served eight years previous to 1832 I
Five different persons served nine years each previous to 1832
Two
ten years each
.
2
One 66 "
" eleven years ·
I
One 66 sixteen years 66
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5
Making eighty different selectmen since the town was incorporated, and the number of years each has served.
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RESIDENTS OF WARWICK OVER SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE.
Names of the Males.
Age.
Age.
Asa Atwood (pauper) .
70
Mary Lincoln . . 79
Cushing Lincoln . .
79 Lucinda Gale (widow) . . 78
Phinehas Child (widower) . 76 Lois Goddard (widow) . 84
Justus Russell
77
Esther Morton (wid., pauper)
78
Stephen Johnson (pauper)
75
Azubah Whitmore (pauper) . 75
Josiah Conant (widower)
90
Elizabeth Whipple (widow) .
7I
Nathan C. Morse .
79
Sarah Leonard (widow) . .
75
Jonas Conant
.
78
Martha Leonard (widow) . 80
Benjamin Conant
78
Eunice Morse . 70
Simeon Stearns
74
Hannah Lesure (w., pensioner) 90 Eunice Stearns (single) . . 83
Asa Bancroft .
73
Tamer Stearns (single) . . 71
Joseph Draper (widower).
80
Mary Gale (widow)
. 83
Ezekiel Nelson .
78
Sophia Whitney (single)
74
Daniel Whitmore (pauper) 80
Polly Davis
74
Aaron Bass . .
.
71
Polly Johnson 7I
Samuel Williams (widower)
73
Betsey Conant · 72
Isaac Hastings 71
Susannah Blake (widow)
70
Elijah Davis .
82
Lucy Eddy (single)
7I
William Howard
76
Sally Weeks . ·' 75
Polly Knowlton (widow) · 74
Lucy Field (single) · 74
Eunice Barnard (w., pauper) . 80
Anne Conant . 71
Leafy Howard ·
75
Rose Sandin (widow) · 70
Amy Kelton (widow) · 70
Elizabeth Spencer (widow) · 70
Rebecca Brown (widow) 81
Lydia Stockwell (widow) . 70
Hannah Leland (widow) . 80
Sally Mallory (single) .
. 70
John Stearns . .
73
Erastus Morgan (pensioner) . 89
Jonathan Blake
73
Males
26
Females .
· 33
Total over seventy years. 59 on Feb. 1, 1854, at which time the above was taken.
33
There are now two persons in town over ninety years of
David Ball
73
Caleb Weeks .
78 Sarah Penniman (widow) · 77
Luther Smith 71
Amos K. Whitney (widower) . 79
.
Names of the Females.
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age, - one man and one woman ; eleven between eighty and ninety years of age, - four men and seven women ; and forty-six between the age of seventy and eighty years. Of the above, five are widowers, and eighteen are widows ; six are maiden ladies. There are two pensioners, - one man and one woman. Six of the above are maintained by the town ; viz., three men and three women.
There is but one doctor to add to the thirteen that we counted in 1832, and he was here but a few years, and then removed to Montague ; viz., Dr. George Wright. Dr. Amos Taylor, before mentioned, is the one now practising here, and has been the principal physician for nearly forty years. The first and only postmaster we have had until within a year was William Cobb, who held that office nearly fifty years, and until his death.
[WRITTEN BY DEACON HERVEY BARBER, 1872.]
The whole number of persons chosen by the town, previ- ous to 1854, to represent them in the Legislature of the Com- monwealth, was twenty-two. In 1855 and 1856, the town voted not to send. Since that time our town has been incor- porated into a district with Orange and New Salem for that purpose. Said district has been represented by a citizen of Warwick four times since its incorporation, by three different persons ; viz., Nathaniel E. Stevens, Esq., one year ; Rev. I. S. Lincoln, two years ; and E. F. Mayo, Esq., one year. The remainder of the time the district has been represented by citizens of Orange and New Salem.
Previous to 1854, eighty different persons had been chosen, and served as selectmen of the town ; and the names and the years each one has served are to be found in the former pages of this work.
From 1854 to 1872, inclusive, seventeen persons have performed like duties ; viz., James L. Stockwell, one year ;
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and Ibri Baker, Clark Stearns, N. E. Stevens, S. W. Jillson, Hervey Barber, Eben G. Ball, for two years each.
Henry G. Mallard, Charles R. Gale, William H. Gale, Lyman Atwood, for the term of three years each.
S. N. Atwood, William H. Bass, Jesse F. Bridge, each for four years ; and Edward F. Mayo for the space of nine years, he having served three years prior to that time, make ing twelve years in all. S. N. Atwood had also served three years previous, making seven in all. Hervey Barber, four previous, making six years as his time of service. Clark Stearns, three before ; showing that he has served five years. Ibri Baker, one prior, two subsequent, making three for him : so that we can now add twelve more names to the honor- able list that has preceded, namely, eighty ; it being a sum total of ninety-two citizens of our town that have been elected as selectmen, and performed the onerous duties of that im- portant office, since we have been known as the town of Warwick, - a little over a hundred and nine years. For twenty-seven years previous to 1763, under the proprietors, we were known as Gardner's Canada ; and from time im- memorial prior to 1736, " This country, that surrounds our beautiful Mount Grace, was called Sheomet, its Indian name."
In summing up the above statement, we find that the persons that have served one year as selectmen are 23 ; those that have served two years, 14; also those that have served three years, 17 ; and those that served for four years, 9 ; also for five years, 8 ; and for six years, 3 ; for seven years, 7 ; for eight years, I ; for nine years, 5 ; for ten years, 2 ; for eleven years, I; for twelve years, I ; for sixteen years, I : making a total of 92 in all, since 1763.
The town first elected a superintending school-committee at the annual March meeting, 1814. Before that time, the resident clergyman performed that service, it being con- sidered a part of his parochial duties ; and from 1814 to
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1827, inclusive, Rev. Preserved Smith served as an honorary member and chairman 'of the Board ; and from 1822 to 1825 the town neglected to choose any school-committee, as there are no names found upon the town records for that responsible office : so the Rev. P. Smith ably and satisfac- torily performed all the labor of that very important station for that term of years. In 1826, the town, at Mr. Smith's request, elected Dea. Josiah Proctor, Dr. Amos Taylor, and Capt. Ebenezer Barber, to assist him in its onerous duties. And from that time to the present, 1872, the town has annually chosen from three to twelve persons to serve them in that capacity.
From that time, 1814, to the present, the following per- sons have been elected, and have served the town in the capacity of Superintending School Committee, for the follow- ing terms of years, including 1832 : -
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