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The following is a list of the ministers since the organiza- tion of the church, and the date of the installation of each : Rev. Abishai Sabin, June 23, 1763; Rev. Jesse Ives, June 23, 1772; Rev. Alfred Ely, D. D., December 17, 1806; Rev. Samuel
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C. Bartlett, D. D., August 2, 1843; Rev. Charles B. Kittredge, October 21, 1846; Rev. Theron G. Colton, March 28, 1855; Rev. Charles B. Sumner, January 2, 1868; Rev. E. Hoyt Byington, D. D., June 23, 1880; Rev. F. S. Hatch, November 30, 1887; Rev. N. Miller Pratt, May 29, 1901.
The life of the church has always been active and vigorous, and during the pastorates of Dr. Ely and his immediate succes- sors the church occupied a commanding position among the churches of the denomination in Western Massachusetts.
Methodist Episcopal Church. The introduction of Meth- odism into Monson was made in the summer of 1825. Horace Moulton and two other students at Monson academy, held meet- ings at the north and south villages, and in the fall at the center village. In November, 1825, Rev. Joel W. McKee, stationed on the Brookfield circuit, came to Monson and organized a class. This was the first organization of Methodism in town. Horace Moulton, a Methodist who afterwards joined New England con- ference, was made class leader, and he put all his strength and influence into the work. The rallying point was the Methodist chapel at South Monson, built in 1826. The chapel was 20x40 feet in size and cost $500. It was primitive in fashion, being unfinished, and having only rough benches for seats. It was dedicated free of debt.
In 1847-8 a new era began, for the church under the pastor's leadership secured a more permanent hold on the community. The desire for a new meeting house was being agitated, and in 1849, (Rev. Mr. Olds, pastor,) the structure was built, where it now stands, and was dedicated in October, 1850. It was enlarged to its present size in 1860.
For more than fifty years this edifice has served as the place of worship and church home for the Methodists of Monson. Many are the names of those who have gone out from the church to do noble work in life, among them being Rev. Horace Moul- ton, Mosely Dwight, Sela Stocking, W. A. Broman, J. W. Dad- mun, M. Vinton, Francis Ward, K. D. Nettleton, Albert Squier, Henry Rogers and Henry Ward.
The pastors have been as follows : Joel W. McKee, 1825-26; I. Jennison, 1827-28; Horace Moulton, 1830-31; Enoch Bradly,
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1832; Ebenezer F. Newell, 1833; Amasa Taylor, 1834; Horace Moulton and Geo. Green, 1835: Otis Wilder and J. O. Dean, 1836; Joseph W. Lewis, 1837-38; Charles Virgin, 1839; Wm. Gordon, 1840; Thomas Giles, 1841; David Sherman, 1842; H. S. Shedd, 1843: R. P. Buffington, 1844: Spencer Tilerton. 1845; Win. A. Clapp and Elder Bennett, 1846; Elder Bennett, 1847; James Billings. 1848; W. B. Olds, 1849-50; John W. Dadmun, 1851-52: Chas. Noble and John Paulson, 1853: John Paulson, 1854; David K. Merrill. 1855-56: Silas Hiper, 1857; Thomas Treadwell. 1858-59; A. O. Hamilton. 1860-61 : Frederick Wood, 1862-63; Hiram Satchwell. 1864-65: R. H. Howard, 1866-68; Chas. K. True. 1869: W. J. Pomfret, 1870-72: Win. Silverthorne, 1873-74: O. W. Adams, 1875-76: Henry bummis, 1877-78; Chas. A. Merrill, 1879-81; E. S. Best, 1882-83 ; A. Dight, 1884-86; JJohn W. Emerson, 1887-88: T. C. Martin, 1889-91: Win. H. Marble, 1892-96: A. R. Nichols, 1897-99: A. W. L. Nelson, 1900, the present pastor.
St. Patrick's Church. Roman Catholic. The first mass in Monson was said September 8, 1850, by Father Dougherty. and from that time occasional services were held until Father Healy became pastor at Ware, the parish of which included the Monson mission. Father Healy built St. Patrick's in 1863. and Bishop Williams dedicated the church in April, 1864. In 1878 Monson was made a separate parish with Rev. Jeremiah McCarthy as pastor. He was succeeded in 1881 by Father James H. Kelley, and in 1885 the latter was followed by Father John F. Lee. Rev. Thomas O'Keefe. the present pastor, was appointed to the parish in November. 1894.
First Universalist Parish. The first Universalist services were held in Central block in 1882, by Rev. W. A. Start. then state superintendent of churches, and thereafter he came, or sent a minister, on alternate Sundays. A Universalist social cirele was organized at the residence of Harlow Chapin on October 5. 1882. Of this society men were made honorary mem- bers, and the present ladies' circle is an outgrowth of the original organization. On November 24, 1882. a meeting was held to organize the First Universalist parish, and Rev. Albert Ham-
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matt was the first pastor, beginning his ministry in the early spring of 1883 and continuing to the summer of 1885. The Sunday school was organized informally May 20, 1883. Charles G. King, A. A. Babbitt and W. L. Ricketts have been superin- tendents. On Sunday, May 4, 1884, the pastor received into church fellowship forty-six persons and the first communion service was held in the evening of that same day, Rev. G. V. Maxham, of Stafford, Conn., and Rev. E. A. Perry, of Palmer, Mass., assisting in this service. The church organization was
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perfected January 13, 1886. Rev. Donald Frazer was pastor from November, 1885, to April, 1887. He was succeeded by Rev. Ira A. Priest, who had charge from September, 1887, to April, 1889. During his ministry the church building was begun. It is a fine granite structure and stands at the corner of Main and Lincoln streets. It cost $26,000. D. W. Ellis offered to and did give a dollar for every dollar the parish might raise toward the building. The edifice was dedicated Tuesday, December 3,
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1889, a dedicatory hymn being written for the occasion by Rev. G. V. Maxham. The sermon was delivered by Rev. G. L. Perin, of Boston. Rev. Lee H. Fisher was in pastoral charge from September, 1889, to April, 1891. Rev. Harry Blackford was called to the pastorate in March, 1892, and began his work in the parish in July following. A local Young People's Christian union was organized October 26, 1892. A junior union was formed just before Mr. Blackford closed his pastorate January 31, 1899. Rev. Charles C. Conner was called in the same year.
D. W. Ellis, who died February 6, 1899, made an $18,000 bequest and also devised the parsonage property to the society. Theodore Reynolds, who died March 29, 1900, left $5,000 to the society.
Cemeteries of Monson. The cemeteries of Monson are under the care of a board of cemetery commissioners consisting of three members, one of which is elected annually to serve for three years. The revenue to pay the running expenses is de- rived from three sources : annual town appropriation, income from the permanent fund which now is $6,912 and the charge to lot owners for yearly care.
The first cemetery was laid out and accepted by the town May 13, 1762. It consisted of two acres of land which was to include the grave of Capt. Hitchcock's daughter. It was located west of Joseph Hitchcock's land and east of the present Pearl street. The first man buried therein was Capt. David Hitch- cock and his interment was prior to August 16 of the same year. Cemeteries were early located in Butler, Moulton Hill, Grout, Gage and Colton Hollow districts, and all are still in use. There is a small cemetery on the east side of Main street opposite of the Lyon residence which is not open to the public. On the west side of Main street, opposite Ralph Clifford's residence, is a public cemetery laid out in 1780.
The cemetery now in use in the center of the town was laid out in 1842 and with later additions now extends from Mill to Thompson street and from North Main nearly to Mechanic street. It contains about 9 acres of land. The first interment in this cemetery was that of a child of Dr. Alvin Smith and the
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second that of Benjamin Fuller, these both in 1842. This cemetery has been enlarged four times, once to the west and thrice to the east. The last and most important addition was that to the east, known as the Thompson addition. This will now soon be in use. The grounds have been graded, the roads made and the ground plotted and laid out in lots and only waits for the landscape artist to place the boundary pins of the several lots. It is approached from North Main street through a beauti- ful granite arch which was erected and presented to the town as was also the retaining walls on the east and south by Mrs. Harlan Page of Germantown, Pa.
On the west side of Pearl street and opposite the first ceme- tery of Monson the Catholics have established their cemetery, and they have introduced water and the past season have done much to make it attractive. The cemetery commissioners are Dr. G. E. Fuller, Carlos L. Peck and Frank E. Morris.
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Selectmen. The office of selectman in Monson has been held by these persons: James Merrick, Samuel King, Joshua Shaw, Francis Sikes, Joseph Colton, Joseph Craft, Jabez Keep, Aaron Merrick, Freeborn Moulton, Nathaniel Sikes, Nicholas Graves, Noah Sabin, Simeon Keep, Abijah Newell, Benj. Munn, Abel Goodell, Jonathan Chapin, Reuben Munn, Thomas Anderson, Richard Bishop. David Hyde, Joshua Fuller, Abner Brown, Caleb Keep, Gad Colton,, Asa Gates, Israel Bennett, David L. Shields, Asa White, Richard Gardner, Jeremy Munn, Royal Merrick, Absalom Shaw, Benj. Fuller, Stephen Warriner, Ede. Whittaker, Stephen Newton, Abijah Newton, Jesse Ives, Job Puffer, Abraham Haskell, Luther Carter, Simeon Colton, Joel .Norcross, Henry G. Cady, Jonathan Torrey, John Hoar, Simeon Keep, Jr., Rice Munn, Abner Bennett, Abel Calkins, Austin Fuller, Charles P. Fay, Welcome Converse, Abial Dean, Walter Smith, Watson Merrick, Charles Carpenter, Jr., David H. Childs, Obed M. Ward. John P. Cady, Lucius F. Newton, Carlton Squier, Stephen Tobey, Eldridge Phillips, Wm. Puffer, Joseph I. Reynolds, Hiram Newton, Alden Blodgett, Arial Rogers, War-
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ren Fuller, Phillip Gage, Esbon White, Rice S. Munn, Cyrus Truesdell, Dwight King, Albert M. Phillips, Rufus M. Pease, Daniel G. Potter, Rufus F. Fay, Welcome Converse, Jr., Daniel G. Green, Daniel Foskit, Marcus F. Beebe, Wmn. H. Bradway, Albert Norcross, Gideon Fay, John Newton, Daniel Carpenter, Eleazer Walker, E. W. Sholes, Nelson F. Rogers, Joseph B. Foster, Calvin S. Pease, C. C. Tobey, Horace Squier, Joshua Tracy, Austin King, Alanson N. Chaffee, Alfred Norcross, Rice M. Reynolds, Charles Fowler, Carlos L. Peck, Solomon F. Cush-
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man, Rufus Flynt, Alvin A. Gage, George L. Topliffe, Frank H. King, George H. Newton, Wm. J. Ricketts, John Leahy, Arthur D. Norcross, Capt. G. H. Foskit, Ralph Clifford, Wm. H. Bugbee, Orrin C. McCray, Herbert M. Smith and Horace D. Moulton.
Town Clerks. Samuel King, Joseph Craft, Aaron Merrick, Reuben Munn, Jose Merrick, Abel Goodell, Daniel Jaynes, David Hyde, Ephraim Allen, Asa Gates, Daniel L. Shields, Ede. Whit-
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taker, Deodatus Dutton, Oliver Mckinstry, Hiram Newton, Henry Cady, Albert Norcross, Wm. N. Packard, Daniel D. Moody, Austin Fuller, Nelson F. Rogers, George F. Morris, Edward F. Morris, E. B. Miles, George H. Newton, E. E. Towne. Alvin A. Gage, Carlos M. Gage and Carlos L. Peck.
Representatives to the General Court. Abel Goodell, 1781 to 1784; 1788, 1798 and 1809; Reuben Munn, 1785, 1787, 1792 and 3; Joshua Shaw, 1787, 1789 and 1791; David Hyde, 1791 and 3; Caleb Keep, 1796; Abner Brown, 1810 and 11; Absalom Shaw, 1810; Dr. Ede Whittaker, 1811 and 12, and Stephen War- riner, 1812. For representatives in later years see county civil list.
CHAPTER VIII
THE TOWN OF LUDLOW
The town of Ludlow lies on the north line of Hampden county, and was originally a portion of the Springfield grant. It is bounded on the north by the towns of Granby and Belcher- town, in Hampshire county, east by Belchertown, south by Wil- braham and Springfield, from which it is separated by the Chico- pee river, and west by Chicopee. The southern line is very irregular, being formed by the Chicopee river, but the east and north lines are straight, as is the western with the exception of a single break or "jog" of about one-fourth mile in the division line between Ludlow and Chicopee. In area the town covers about twenty-eight squares miles, or 17,280 acres.
The surface of the town is comparatively level or rolling. with some hilly sections, though nowhere attaining to high alti- tudes. The most prominent elevations are those in the northern portion of the town, known as "Facing Hill". Some distance to the south is an isolated hill known as "Jefferson's Peak"; while "Minnechaug Mountain" rises in the southeastern quarter of the town. Several small ponds are scattered in different local- ities, and the town also contains the principal reservoir from
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which is drawn the water supply for the city of Springfield. This reservoir, located in what was formerly known as Cherry Valley, was constructed in 1873-4, and covers 445 acres, with a marginal area of 350 acres more. Three natural streams, Broad brook, Jabish brook and Higher brook, have been diverted to feed this body of water, in addition to the large natural water shed.
Another natural feature of interest is a peninsula of several acres formed by an abrupt bend of the Chicopee river, below the falls of Wallamanumps. This peninsula is about eighty feet in height, and is largely composed of red sandstone, much of which has been quarried for commercial uses, though enough still remains to show the original ruggedness of the promontory. This is one of the numerous rocky heights in the country known as "Indian Leap," from some tradition connected with the local- ity . A party of Indians, driven by their enemies into this re- treat, and finding all means of escape cut off, are said to have sprung from the high rocks into the raging river below, where they were dashed to death in a moment. It was certainly here that the King Philip's warriors bivouacked, some six hundred in number, on the night of their retreat after burning Springfield in 1675, as the remains of twenty-four campfires and some of the plunder taken from the looted settlement were found there next day by the pursuers.
Doubtless the Ludlow territory was familiar ground to the aboriginal tribes, as many evidences of their occupation have been discovered within the town limits from time to time, while the entire region along the Chicopee river was a favorite hunting ground of the red men, even after the white settlements had reached importance in the neighboring regions. Their name for a large part of Ludlow and neighboring regions, "Minne- chaug", or berry-land, indicates their familiarity with the natural products of the locality. Tradition also attaches a tragic incident to one of the precipices at Facing hills, where a white woman who had been captured at one of the settlements not far away was cruelly put to death to give the Indians better oppor- tunity to escape their pursuers.
The first steps toward the settlement of any portion of what is now Ludlow were taken in 1685, when it was felt that there
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was danger of the undivided lands, or "outward commons", as they were called, being restored to the English crown. Reserva- tions were made for the ministry and for schools, after which the Ludlow territory was divided among nineteen proprietors, none of whom made any settlement upon the lands thus received. In fact, it was not until about 1750, more than sixty years later, that any of the Springfield people ventured so far in that direc- tion into what was then little better than a wilderness. The families of Aaron Colton, James Sheldon, Shem Chapin, and Benjamin Sikes were the first to settle in the territory north of the Chicopee river east of what is now. Chicopee. They were from Springfield, and Captain Joseph Miller of West Springfield followed them in 1751. It is recorded that his friends mourned him as one dead, and that a funeral sermon was preached on account of the removal of his family to so remote and wild a place. Ebenezer Barber joined the colony in 1756, and Jona- than Lumbard the following year ; but no other settlers seem to have ventured into the territory for ten years.
After that time, however, the development was compara- tively rapid, so that in 1774 we find the settlement with a popula- tion of some 200 petitioning for an independent organization. This petition was received by the royal governor, Thomas Hutchinson, and referred to the general court, by whom the petition was granted. An act was passed in February of that year, and approved by the governor on the 28th of the month, setting apart that portion of the township of Springfield known as "Stony Hill", and creating it a separate district under the name of Ludlow, with all the powers and privileges pertaining to towns in the province with the exception of sending a repre- sentative to the general assembly. It was ten years later before the new town reached the dignity of a representative all its own.
The boundaries of the district were thus officially defined : "Southerly on Chicabee river; east on the east line of said Springfield and the west line of Belchertown; northerly on the north line of said Springfield, or partly on Belchertown and partly on Granby, and extending westward so far as to include all that part of the outward commons, so called, that lies in the
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northeast corner of the township of Springfield, and extending also in a line parallel with the west line of said outward com- mons one mile and three-quarters farther west, into the inward commons, so called, in said Springfield, north of Chicabee river". Provision was also made for including the farms of Zachariah Warner, senior and junior, Oliver Chapin and Ezekiel Squires, at "the mill privilege."
For the first meeting of the legal voters of the new district a warrant was issued by "the Honorable John Worthington," directed "to some principal inhabitant," instructing them to gather at the house of Abner Hitchcock. The meeting convened there March 16, 1774, and Moses Bliss of Springfield was chosen moderator, after which the following Ludlow men where elected as the first officers of the new town: Clerk, Benajah Willey ; selectmen, Aaron Ferry, Abner Sikes and Joseph Miller ; wardens, Joshua Fuller and Jacob Kendall; assessors, Joseph Jones, John Hubbard, Jr., and Joseph Hitchcock; constables, John Sikes and Jacob Cooley; treasurer, Joseph Miller; sur- veyors, Beriah Jennings, Joel Willey and Noah Bowker, tithing- men, James Chapin and Oliver Chapin; fence-viewers, Israel Warriner and Isaac Brewer; hog-reeves, Isaac Warriner and Ezra Parsons; deer-reeves, Ezekiel Squires, Aaron Colton and Jonathan Lombard.
The full list of selectmen and town clerks from the organiza- tion of the town to the present time, and of the representatives to the "Great and General Court" to 1812, when the district system was adopted, is as follows:
Selectmen .- 1774-5, Aaron Ferry, Abner Sikes, Joseph Miller; 1776, Joseph Miller, Joseph Hitchcock, Joshua Fuller ; 1777, Joseph Hitchcock, John Hubbard, Jr., Benajah Willey ; 1778, no record; 1779, John Hubbard, Jr., Jonathan Bartlett, John Sikes; 1780, Moses Wilder, Timothy Keyes, Jeremiah Dut- ton: 1781, Joseph Miller, Joshua Fuller, Jonathan Bartlett, James Kendall, Isaac Brewer; 1782, Jonathan Bartlett, Joel Nash, Israel Warriner ; 1783, Joel Nash, Israel Warriner, James Kendall; 1784, Joel Nash, Israel Warriner, Abner Sikes; 1785, Abner Sikes, James Kendall, Samuel Arnold; 1786, Abner Sikes,
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Israel Warriner, David Lyon; 1787, Abner Sikes, Isaac Brewer, Joseph Miller ; 1788, Abner Sikes, Israel Warriner, Joel Nash ; 1789, Abner Sikes, Israel Warriner, Joel Nash; 1790, Abner Sikes, Israel Warriner, Jonathan Burr; 1791, Abner Sikes, Jonathan Burr, David Lyon; 1792, Abner Sikes, Jonathan Burr, Joseph Miller, Samuel Frost, Francis Percival; 1793, Abner Sikes, Francis Percival, John Sikes; 1794, Francis Percival, Aaron Colton, Samuel Frost; 1795, Aaron Colton, Ephraim Chapin, Benjamin Sikes, Jr .; 1796, Aaron Colton, Benjamin Sikes, Jr., Pliny Sikes; 1797, Benjamin Sikes, Jr., Francis Per- cival, Joseph Miller, Jr .; 1798, Timothy Keyes, Jonathan Burr, Samuel Frost, Eli Putnam, Ephraim Chapin; 1799, Jonathan Burr, Samuel Frost, Benjamin Sikes, Jr .; 1800, Jonathan Burr, Benjamin Sikes, Jr., Samuel Frost; 1801-2, Jonathan Burr, Benjamin Sikes, Jr., Joseph Munger; 1803, Jonathan Burr, Benjamin Sikes, Jr., Sherwood Beebe; 1804, Sherwood Beebe, Job Pease, Timothy Nash; 1805-7, Sherwood Beebe, Timothy Nash, Jonathan Sikes; 1808, Timothy Nash, Jonathan Sikes, Gad Lyon; 1809, Timothy Nash, Ezekiel Fuller, Gates Willey ; 1810, Timothy Nash, Gates Willey, Joseph Miller; 1811, Timothy Nash, Gates Willey, Joshua Fuller ; 1812, Benjamin Sikes, Sher- wood Beebe, Gad Lyon; 1813, Timothy Nash, Joshua Fuller, Daniel Sprague; 1814, Timothy Nash, Joshua Fuller, Daniel Sprague; 1815, Timothy Nash, Joshua Fuller, Titus Hub- bard; 1816, Gates Willey, Nathaniel Lyon, James Sheldon; 1817, Gates Willey, Ashbel Burr, Joshua Fuller; 1818, Gates Willey, Ashbel Burr, John Dorman; 1819-22, Ashbel Burr, John Dorman, Timothy Nash ; 1823, Ashbel Burr, John Dorman, Elias Frost; 1824-5, Ashbel Burr, John Dorman, Asahel Rood; 1826, Elias Frost, Gordon B. Miller, Theodore Sikes; 1827-9, Ashbel Burr, Theodore Sikes, Asahel Rood; 1830, John Dorman, Gordon B. Miller, Elam Wright; 1831, John Dorman, Gordon B. Miller, Ashbel Burr; 1832, Gordon B. Miller, John Town, Jr., John Gates; 1833-4, Ashbel Burr, Chester Sikes, William Ray; 1835, Chester Sikes, William Ray, John Gates; 1836-8, Elias Frost, John Gates, Waterman Fuller; 1839, William Ray, Chester Sikes, Dan Hubbard; 1840, William Ray, Chester Sikes, Dan
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Hubbard; 1841, Chester Sikes, Dan Hubbard, Daniel King; 1842, William Ray, John Gates, Artemas H. Whitney; 1843, William Ray, Artemas H. Whitney, Edmund W. Fuller; 1844, William Ray, Artemas H. Whitney, Edmund W. Fuller; 1845, William Ray, Artemas H. Whitney, John Miller; 1846, Elijah Plumley, John Miller, David Lyon; 1847, John Miller, David Lyon, Chester Sikes; 1848, Alva Sikes, Elisha T. Parsons, Jerre Miller; 1849, Alva Sikes, Elisha T. Parsons, Jerre Miller ; 1850- 52. Jerre Miller, Artemas H. Whitney, Henry Fuller; 1853, William Ray, Willis Keyes, Elijah Plumley; 1854, Elijah Plum- ley, Homer Lyon, Aaron Davis; 1855, John Miller, Dan Hub- bard, Aaron Davis; 1856, Artemas H. Whitney, John Miller, Seth J. Bennett ; 1857, Artemas H. Whitney, John Miller, Simeon Jones; 1858, Artemas H. Whitney, Simeon Jones, Elijah G. Fuller; 1859, Artemas H. Whitney, Benjamin Sikes, Gilbert Fuller; 1859, Artimas H. Whitney, Benjamin Sikes, Gilbert Fuller; 1860, Benjamin Sikes, William Ray, Roderick Collins; 1861, Benjamin Sikes, Roderick Collins, Dan Hubbard; 1862-3. Benjamin Sikes, Roderick Collins, Gilbert E. Fuller; 1864, Artemas H. Whitney, Jacob S. Eaton, Francis F. McLean; 1865, Jacob S. Eaton, Francis F. McLean, Henry Charles; 1866, Francis F. McLean, John P. Hubbard, Samuel White; 1867, John P. Hubbard, Samuel White, Eli M. Smith; 1868-9, Samuel White, Eli M. Smith, Benjamin Sikes; 1870-72, Samuel White, Gilbert E. Fuller, Reuben Sikes; 1873, Samuel White, John Ray, Chauncey L. Buell; 1874-5, Samuel White, John Ray, David C. Jones; 1876-7, John Ray, David C. Jones, Ambrose Clough ; 1878, David C. Jones, Ambrose Clough, Edward E. Fuller ; 1879-80, Edward E. Fuller, George R. Clark, Jackson Cady ; 1881, George R. Clark, David Joy, Jacob S. Eaton; 1882-5, Benjamin F. Burr, Charles F. Grosvenor, Franklin Bramble ; 1886-8, Edward E. Fuller, James M. White, George D. Green ; 1889-91, Benjamin F. Burr, Austin F. Nash, Frank A. Towne; 1892-8, Edward E. Fuller, John W. Hubbard, Frank A. Towne; 1899-1901, Edward E. Fuller, John W. Hubbard, Frederick L. Burr.
Town Clerks .- 1774-5, Benajah Willey; 1776-9, Jeremiah Dutton : 1780-82, Aaron J. Miller; 1783-5, Samuel Arnold; 1786,
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Elisha Fuller; 1787, Solomon L. Fuller; 1788, Samuel Arnold; 1789-92, John Jennings; 1793, Plynn Sikes; 1794-6, John Jen- nings; 1797, Plynn Sikes; 1798-9, John Jennings; 1800-08, In- crease Sikes; 1809-29, Ely Fuller; 1830, Theodore Sikes; 1831, Ely Fuller; 1832, Washington B. Alden ; 1833-5, Theodore Sikes; 1836-8, Washington B. Alden; 1839-41, Theodore Sikes; 1842, Samuel S. Bucklin ; 1843-5, Dennis Knowlton : 1846-54, John P. Hubbard: 1855, George Booth; 1856-61, John P. Hubbard; 1862-3, Albert Fuller; 1864, John P. Hubbard; 1865, George E. Root ; 1866-78, Benjamin F. Burr; 1879-88, Warren D. Fuller; 1889-1901, Alfred H. Bartlett.
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