Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 135

Author: Borden, Alanson, 1823-1900; Boston History Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1399


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Cook, Charles B., 596


Clarence A., 415


Edward, 188 Elihu, 448


Everett, M., 541


James M., 281


John, 67, 448


Linden, 498, 569, 570


Nathaniel, Dr., 68


Richard H., 595


Thomas, 322


T. Washburn, 377 William, 377


Cooke, John, 39 Thomas, 220


Coombs, Henry C., Rev., 65


Cooper, Benjamin, 270


Samuel W., Rev., 271, 479


Colby, Elijah, Dr., 681 Harrison Gray Otis, 368, 653, sketch of 671


Henry W., 290, 291


Richard, 265


Samuel, 278 note


Cole, Abiel, 102


Allen, Capt., 138


David A., 419


Samuel, Lieut., 84


Thomas E., and Fred M., 186


Cornell, Daniel H., 595 Ezekiel, Capt., 129


Joseph H., 373


Joseph W., 417


Peleg, jr., 128


Stephen, 127 William M., Dr., 89


Colton, William, 88


Comer, John, Rev., 113


Comey, J. F., 204


Comstock, Joseph J., Capt., 496


Conant, P. D., 590


Cone, Dwight E., Dr., 692, 694 William, Rev., 113


Congdon, Benjamin T., 358 Caleb, 407 Charles T., 359 note


Congdon, James B., 145, 165, 360, 368, 372 and note, 373, 377, 381, 395 Joseph, 354 Mary T., 396 Conger, Everett L., Rev., 277


Connell, A. I., Dr., 692, 694 Charles W., Dr., 600


Thomas, 627 William, 610, 612 William, jr., 582


Connelly, M. H., 612


Connors, Thomas F., 565, 566


Converse, Edmund W., 565, 566


Coe, Curtis, Rev., 479


William, Rev., 334 note


Coffin, Davis, 353 Frederick, Charles H., Walter H., and Arthur S., 420 Timothy Gardner, 395, sketch of 670


Coggeshall, Haydon, 351 note


John, 342 John, jr., 351 note Robert C. P., 381 note Thomas, 335 note William, 470


Coggshall, Billings, 131 S. W., Rev., 279


Cohannet Purchase, the, 7


Colburn, Jotham, 276


Thomas, 17, 20 Timothy, 74, 83


Copeland, Benjamin, Dea., 67 Elijah, 94


Horatio and George, 200


Josiah, 84, 162


Coram, Thomas, 70, 120


Corey, C. L., 204


Hugh, 30


Gideon, Rev., 153


Joseph, Capt., 101 Samuel Valentine, Rev., 276


Coleman, Abner, 281 Collins, James H., 368 John, 533 Collyer, John, 275 J. N., Rev., 506 note


William M. and B. L., 90


Cornish, Aaron, Dr., 681 Hannaniah, 99 Israel C., 381 note


Corr, Peter H., 303, 304


Corry, John, Rev., 507


Corwithy (Kerwithy), David, 220


Cory, Benjamin, 127 Isaac, 128 Cotton, John S., 469, 474


373


INDEX.


Cotton, Josiah, 243 Couch, D. N., Col., 168. 534 Coughlin, J. W. Dr .. 692 Coultas, A. J., Rev., 505, 506 note


Coupe, William, & Co., 193


Court house at Fall River, 664 Court houses and jails in New Bedford, 663, 664; at Taunton, 660-663, 655 Court proceedings, early, 651-653 Courts, District, of the county, 658


Covel, A. S., 549, 574, 575, 577, 579, 581, 587, 590, 601, 693 Benjamin, 581 Thomas B., 471 Covell, Clement P., 358 note Cowel, Joseph, 52 Cowen, Jonathan, 147


Cox, Arthur, 147, 210 Ebenezer, 265 E. F., Miss, 694 James V., 383 Obadiah E., Rev., 363 note


Coy, Nehemiah, Rev., 161 William, 220


Crafts, Frederick, 247, 277 W. A., Rev., 133


Craighead, Thomas, Rev., 108


Crandall, Joseph, 499 Phineas, Rev., 480 William, 354 Crandell, Nathaniel, 300 Crandon, Philip, Rev., 147, 149


Crane, Abel and John, 88 Adoniram, Col., 90 Edward, Dr., 89


Ebenezer, Henry and George, 203 Gershom, 88


H. W., 201 John, 72, 90 Jonathan Rev., 59, 90 Joshua, E., 228 Silas A., Rev., Benjamin and Daniel, 89 Crankshaw, A. E., 600 Felix, 576 Cranston, Philip, Rev., 506 note


Crapo, Consider, 102 Henry H., 359, 364, 373, 584 Peter, 102, 103 William W., 351 note, 380, 381, 383, 402, 412, 584, 596, 660 Crary, William H. A., 521 Crocker, George O., 372 note James H., 368 Joseph, 266 Josiah, Rev., 241 Oliver and George O., 353 Peter, Rev., 119


Crocker, Samuel, 142, 160, 263, 273, 292, 295, 296


Samuel and William A., 294 Samuel L., 278 note, 283, 300 William A., 145 278 William A., Samuel L. and George A., 300 & Richmond, 294, 295, 296 Cross, Latham, 411 Crossman, Edward, 271 James W., 277, 278 John, 220, 227 Joseph, 76 Nathaniel, 228 Robert, 227, 228, 261, 266, 291, 321 Robert, son of Robert, 228, 286, 301 William W., 297


Crowell, Stephen. 354 note


Cudworth, David, jr., and Caleb, 439 James, Capt., 29, 37, 38, 40 James, grandson of Capt. James, 31, 422 Cumming, Arthur, 402 Cummings, A. G., Rev., 481 Charles R., 623 E. N. & Co., 159


E. W., Rev., 385


Harmon and C. J., Revs., 506


John W., 659, 693, 694 Preston, Rev., 73 William and John, 187


Cunneen, James E., 585, 591


Curry, John, Rev., 279


Curtis, H. H., & Co., 159


Cushman, Eliphalet, 367


Hercules, 110, 545, 678 Seth L., 278 Z., 362 Cushing, Herbert, 213 James F., 320 James R., Rev., 276 note Cuttle, Gilbert P., 585


Daggett, Ebenezer, and sons H. N. and H. M., 55 Handel N., 156, 177 Homer N., 160 John, 48 note, 54, 98, 283, sketch of, 678 Joseph, 54 Levi, Rev., 152 Nathaniel, 54 Robert, 138 S. L., 158 Thomas, 54 & Clap, 159 Daily, John, 74, 75, 83 Daland, George, Rev., 133


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INDEX.


Dalglish, John H., 278 note Daman, John, 31


Damon, Joseph, 328


Danes, Thomas, Elder, 166


Danforth, Allen, 273


George, 273 note, 274 note Horatio L., 278, 669


Oliver, 242 note


Samuel, Rev., 240, 243, 244, 294


Samuel, jr., 295


Thomas, 160 Thomas, 2d, 161


Danielson, Charles R., 596


Darling, Theodore, 200


Dartmouth, Baptists and Quakers in, 24, 25 church troubles in, 24, 25


churches of, 118, 119, 166, 167


early educational measures in, 117, 118 early industries of, 119


efforts made in, to divide the county, 117


extracts from the records of, 25, 26 first grist mill in, 26


gazetteer of the the town of, 186-188 in the Revolution, 99


list of freemen in, in 1686, 26


list of proprietors and early settlers in, 27-29


Quakers and Baptists in, 115


records showing municipal interfer- ence in personal affairs in, 116, 117 schedule of prices of necessaries in 1779, 104 territory included in the old town of, and its thirty six proprietors, 23, 24 visit of Bartholomew Gosnold to, in 1602, 24 note Purchase, The, 8


Davenport, Dudley, 395, 407 E. W., 157 James F., 589


William C., 278 note


Davis, Benjamin, 128 B. H., 500 David P., 589


Elisha, 179 George, K., 158 Ina C., 595


John, 134 John R., 214 Jonathan, Capt., 125, 128 Jonathan W., 377 N. R., & Son, 190 Perry, 473


Davis, Richard, Rev., 122 Robert T., Dr. 533, 570, 575, 579, 580, 582, 587-589, 592, 594, 596, 615, 693 Stephen, 127 William, 99, 128, 188


Davol, Abner, 447 and note Barjonas, 127 Benjamin D., 518, 521


Bradford D., 497, 564, 576, 579, 582, 584, 586, 587, 590, 594


Ezra, 274 note, 279 note


George S., 575, 590


Stephen, 491 and note, 493, 564, 575, 576, 579, 582, 584-586 William C., 492 and note, 575, 587, 627 William C., jr., 569


Dawes, Ebenezer, Rev., 73, 274 note Ebenezer, Dr., 681


Day, Alfred B., & Co., 205


B. B., 157 Samuel, 58


Deady, Louis J., Rev., 507 note


Dean, Abieser, (father and son), 662, 663


Barney, 278


Barzillai, Capt., 162


Charles H., 574, 578, 588


David, 86 Ebenezer, Capt., 47, 77, 97, 266


Edward, 203


Eliab B., Major, 86


Elijah, 85


Francis B., 279 note, 295


Gardner, 89 Gardner T., 541, 582


George A., 157, 176


G. A., & Co., 157


George W., 190


Gustavus L., David, P. K. and Henry, 201


Isaac, 92


Israel, 2d, Capt., 97, 266


Jacob and Darwin, 94


James, 83, 84, 100


James, Joseph, David, Benjamin, Aaron, Walter, Ezra, David, jr., James, jr., 88 James A., 180


James B., Dr., 684


James H., 290


John, 220, 227, 252, 256, 258


John Gilmore, 86


John M., 585 Joseph, 71, 72, 84, 160, 663 Joseph, sr. and jr., 296 Josiah, 270, 293


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INDEX.


Dean, Josiah and sons Josiah and Eliab B., 263 note, 292 J. O., & Co., 200 Luther, 289 L. B., 196 Noah, 266 N. Bradford, 278 Paul, Rev., 81 Philander W., 301


Robert, 296


Robert S., 278, 279 ncte, 295


Samuel, 66


Theodore, 263 note, 278, 585 Thomas C., 90 Walter, 20, 69, 71, 227, 232, 233, 252 William, Capt., 92, 95 William, jr., 92 William R., 283


Deane, Ezra, Dr., 680


Dedrick, A. C., Dr., 692


De Forest, Heman P., Rev., 56, 276


Delano, Abisha, Reuben, Ephraim, Rich- ard and Nathaniel, 135 Ephraim, Elnathan and John, 138 George, 415 Jabez, 325 Jabez, jr., 210 John, 137, 407 Jonathan, 134 Joseph, Capt., 123 Joseph C., 358 note, 411, 415 Joshua, 137, 330


Richard, 135 Thomas, 137 Timothy, 407 Warren, jr., 210


Demarest & Brady, 159 De Moranville, Charles, 102 Louis, 102 Denison, Henry C., 420 John H., 420


Desmond, John, 545


Devotion, John, 54, 122


Dewey, Loring D., Rev., 479 Orville, 334 note, 354 Dews, Edwin, 377 Dexter, H. Mortimer, Rev., 276 note Dickson, Robert, 57 Dighton, early educational interests in, 73


early families of, 70 churches of, 73, 74, 119, 180 collectors of the port of, 70 note early cotton mills in, 120 early manufactures of, 120, 121 early settlers of, 69-71 early ship building in, 120


Dighton, extracts from the early records of, 71, 72 ferry at, 72 first church of, 72 gazetteer of the town of, 196, 197 in the Revolution, 100


industries of, 150


list of proprietors and incorporation of, 68, 69 manufactures of, 180, 181


officers of, in 1712, 72


schedule of prices in, in 1727, 73


Furnace Co., 180, 197 Manufacturing Co., 180 Rock, the, 197


Dillingham, Benjamin, Capt., 99, 325, 328, 329


Diman, J. Lewis, Rev., 479


Dinnegan, D. G., 405


Dixon, Joseph, 302


Doane, Elisha, 376


Dobra, Christopher, 172


Dodge, Nehemiah and son John C., 156


Dods, John B., Rev., 277


Doe, Walter P., Rev., 113


Doggett, Simeon, Rev., 165 Simeon, jr., 247 Dolan, W, A., Dr., 692, 694 Dorman, Seth, 91, 93 Micajah, 63


Doughty, Francis, 221, 239, 253


Dow, Albert F., 629, 630


Doyle, Joseph J., 159 Rev. Father, 507 note


Drake, Benjamin, 74 Benjamin, son of Benjamin, 76 John, 75, 221 Joseph, nephew of Benjamin, 77 Lincoln, Capt., 162 L. S. and A. L., 163


Simeon, Lieut., 126


Thomas, 74


Thomas, and sons John and Benja- min, 75 Thomas R., 278 note W. E., 200 Draper, Eben S., 592, 593 Ebenezer, 155 F. S. & Co., 159


Gamaliel B., 172


George A., 591, 594


Herbert M., 158


Josiah, 156 J. B., 158 O. M., 174 William F., 594, 597 Drew, Alfred E., Rev., 480 Isaac, 328


376


INDEX.


Drew, William, 200


Dring, Charles P., 589, 601


Driscoll, James, 453, 463, 563


Dubuque, H. A., 659, 693 Duff, Bradford F., Mrs., 211 Dunbar, Elisha, 358 note Franklin, 273 note George H., 402 Joseph, 301 Samuel O., 275 note, 281, 304 W. E., 304 Duncan, John, Rev., 505


Dunham, Isaac, Rev., 276 note Joseph, 63 William E., 585 Dunn, William, 221 Durfee, Benjamin, 604


Benjamin and son Thomas, 425


Bradford, 459, 464 and note, 465 468, 469, 481, 492, 503, 512, 513, 516,


517, 542, 555, 556, 558, 563, 565, 572, 605


Bradford M. C., 572-575, 591


Charles, 447, 511


David, 441, 471


family, the, 434-436


Fidelia B., Mrs., 503


George B., 569, 576, 579, 584


George H., 478


George N., 577, 591, 600


Gideon H., 499


Holder B., 504, 565, 579, 580, 581, 627 Horatio N., 576, 585


James, 373, 407


Joseph, 503, 598


Joseph and wife, 479


Joseph, Col., 450, 484, 566


Joseph, Col., account by, of the British invasion of Fall River, 441- 446


Matthew C., 465, 470, 474, 513


Nathan, Dr., 474 and note, 496, 503, 521, 562 Richard, 479


Robert, 108, 430


Thomas, 605


Walter, 484


Walter C., 499-501, 533, 579, 580


Wealthy, 479, 563 William, 407 William B., 548, 581, 601 William F., 380 Dwelly, Frank H., 572 Jerome, Dr., 694 William H., jr., 630 Dwight, Edmund, 296 Thomas, 475


Dwinell, B. L., Dr., 696, 699 Dyer, D. Hartwell, 568, 575, 576, 578, 584, 585 Timothy J., 210 Dyson, Robert. Rev., 507 note


Eames, Asa., 494, 627 Earl, Benjamin, 475 note, 545 and note Caleb, 127 Daniel, 131


Henry H., 450, 589, 612, 693


John, 132


J. M., 589 Lloyd S., 570, 579, 581


Oliver, 453, 563 Peleg H., 474 Robert, Capt., 129


Easterbrook, James, 189


Eastman, L. R., Rev .. 89 note Robert K., 368


Easton, churches of, 78-82, 161 early settlers of, 74-77 early industries of, 83, 84 educational interests in, 82


gazetteer of the town of, 197-200 in the French and Indian war, 77


in the Revolution, 101


incorporation of, 74 industries of, 162-164


iron business in, 83 Alexander D., 575, 578-581, 585, 587 Fred W., 594, 597


Eaton, James, jr., 354 note Louis H., 354 note T. B., 274 Eddy, Daniel C., Rev., 477


Ebenezer and Eleazer, sons of John and grandsons of Samuel, 63


George H., 577, 579, 580, 582


George H., jr., 465


George M., 384


George S., Dr., 575, 694


Henry H., 598


James, 186, 189


James C., 598 Jesse, 470, 471, 598, 608 Job, 351 note, 462, 464


John, 131, 512 note, 513, 517, 598


John, jr., 251


John and Jesse, 462 and note, 468 Jonathan, 63 Joshua, 131 Peletiah, 266 Saul W., 279 note


Thomas F., 501, 502, 598, 612 William, 359 note William H., 582, 678 Edmenster, James, 439


377


PERSONAL REFERENCES.


Edson, Edward, Rev., 379 note


Educational methods and measures of the early colonists, 33, 34 Elam, Samuel, 401 Eldridge, Elnathan. 134 George H., 334 note Isaiah, 135 Isaiah and Salathiel, 138 John H., 290 Killey, 137, 407


Eliot, Joseph, 64 Thomas, 251 Thomas Dawes, sketch of, 671 William H., 296 Ellery, William, 70


Elliot, Joseph, 93


Ellis, Alden G., 373 Jabez, Capt., 98 James, 138, 669 James P., 278 note John, 147 John, Rev., 139 Leonard B., 354 note, 384 Nathan S., 383


Elms, George N., 288


Ely, Thomas, Rev., 480


Emerson, Daniel, Rev., 118 John F., 394, 395, 396


Emery, S. Hopkins, Rev., 243, 246 note, 276 note, 283 William M., 406 Estes, John H., 570, 578, 589, 600 Etzensperger, John, 159


Evans, David B., 191 D., & Co., 155 S. A., 205 Samuel E., Rev., 139 William, 103, 577 Everett, A. M., 157 Dennis, 157 Ewer, B., 376 Seth, Elder, 477


Fairbanks, Ellis, Capt., 94 Willard, A., 278, 283, 300


Fairhaven, Bristol Gazette of, 136 churches of, 166 early academy at, 137 early business in, 135 early roads in, 134 early settlers of, 134 early town meetings in, 136 erection of, 133, 134 gazetteer of the town of, 209-212 in the Revolution, 135 National Bank of, 210 New Bedford bridge at, 136, 212 progress in, 165 AS


Fairhaven, proprietors of lots in, in 1790, 135


schools of, 211 ship building in, 137 streets laid out in, in 1790, 135


Foundry Co., 211 Improvement Association, 210 Institution for Savings, 210 Riverside Cemetery of, 210 Star, the, 212 Fales, Samuel, 266, 273, 294, 295, 657 note Timothy, 651, 663


Fall River, account of British invasion of, by Col. Joseph Durfee, 441-446 act creating the town of, 447, 449 aldermen of, list of the, 632-634 Algonquin Printing Co. in, 597 American and other Print Works in, 566, 567, (See Fall River Iron Works Co.) American Linen Co. in, 492, 568, 569


American Print Works in, 482


Annawan Manufactory in, 565 armory, 493, 494 and note


at the close of the Revolution, 447 attempt to abolish city government of, 531 Bank, founding of the, 465


Bar Association of, 658-660


Barnaby Manufacturing Co. in, 593 Barnard Manufacturing Co. in, 586


Bay State Print Works in, 484


beginning of individual investment in manufactures in, 536 Bleachery, 583 Bobbin and Shuttle Co., 590


Border City Mills in, 585 boundary dispute relating to, 430 Bourne Mills in, 593


burning of the Granite Mills in, 543 business concerns of, in 1826, 473, 474 B. M. C. Durfee High School in, 612, 613


B. M. C. Durfee Safe Deposit and Trust Co. of, 541


calico printing in, 466, 467, 482 care of the poor of, in early days, 510 capital invested in, from New Bed- ford, 461


causes of the growth of, 524 Chace Mills in, 589


chapter from the village records of : 1803, 509; 1804-5, 510; 1806, 511; 1812, 511-513; 1815-16, 514; 1817- 25, 515; 1846-29, 516; 1830-32, 517; 1833-35, 518; 1837-39, 519; 1840-


378


OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.


42, 520; 1843, 520-21 : 1844-46, 521; 1847-49, 522; 1850-53, 523


Fall River, charter amendments, 542 charter, provisions of, 525-527 chief engineers of the fire depart- ment of, list of the, 627


cholera of 1832 in, 484; of 1854, 508; the last, 530


church history of, before organiza- tion of the town, 477 note


churches of, 476-481, 502-507 Citizen's Savings Bank of, 496


city assesors of, list of the, 641, 642 city clerks and assistant clerks of, list of the, 640


city engineers, physicians, superin- tendents of streets, and district physicians of, lists of the, 642


City Hall, 511 note


city officers of, list of the, 632-42


city treasurers, collectors, auditors, solicitors and marshals of, lists of the, 641


common councilmen of, list of the, 634-640


Conanicut Mills in, 565


co-operative banks of, 541


Cornell Mills in, 595


cotton manufacture, influence of, upon, 554


cotton manufactures, difficulty in dis- posing of, in, 456


cotton mills founded in, between 1820 and 1830, 462-466


cotton mills, increase in the size of, in, 491


Crescent Mills in, 581


Custom House and Post-office build- ing in, 544-546


customs collectors of, list of the, 545 Daily Globe, 623


Daily Herald, 622, 623


Davol Mills in, 575


division of the fourteen lots in, and owners of same, 424-429


Durfee Mills in, 572-574


early militia officers of, list of, 440


educational history of, chapter on the, 602-618 Electric Light Co., 629


Emergency Hospital in. 694


establishment of public library in, 532


Evening News, 621, 622


financial crisis of 1857 in, 528-530


financial depression of 1837 in, 484 financial history of, 551-554


first city officers of, 527


Fall River, first cotton factory in, 450 first dividends of the Troy Co. in, 456-458


First National Bank of, 541


first town officers of, 509


Fire Department, 526 note, 624-629


Five Cents Savings Bank, 500


Flint Mills in, 581


freighting facilities of, 548


Friends and their churches in, 478 founding of cotton mills, 537, 540


founding of cotton and other mills in, 548


founding of miscellaneous corpora- tions in, 549


founding of the Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactory and the Fall River Manufactory in, 451-459


Gas Works Co., 548


Globe Yarn Mills in, 592


Granite Mills in, 570


great fire of 1843 in, 485-490


growth of, after the Civil war, 539


Hargraves Manufacturing Co. in, 599


Hargraves Mills in, 594


hat-making in, 599


Hospital, 693, 694


in the early wars, 437, 438


in the French and Indian war, 439


in the war of the Revolution, 441- 447


in the war of 1812, 459. 460


in the Civil war, 532-536


incorporation of, as a city, 525


increase in population of, 536


Indian reservation in, 426, 438, 439


industrial conditions of, in 1830, 481, 482


industries established in, between 1830 and 1840, 468, 469


Iron Works Company, history of the, 555-561


Iron Works, 468


Kerr Thread Co. in, 595


Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. in, 600


King Philip Mills in, 588


land history of, 422-430


Laurel Lake Mills in, 589


leather manufacturing in, 600 L'Independent, 624


list of the purchasers of the " Free- men's Purchase," 422 Machine Company, 601


Manufactory corporation, 561-563 Map of, between 424 and 425


Marshall & Brother, James, in, 599 Massasoit Manufacturing Co. in, 592


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INDEX.


Fall River, Massasoit National Bank of, 496 mayors of, list of the, 632 Mechanics' Mills in, 575 Medical Society, 692, 693 Merchants' Manufacturing Co. in, 574 Metacomet Mill in, founding of, 492; 566


Metacomet National Bank of, 498 Monitor, 475 note, 620


Montaup Mills in, 579 Narragansett Mills in, 580 National Union Bank of 470


natural characteristics of, 436, 437 New England Fur Co. in, 599


newspaper extracts relating to, 471- 475


newspapers of, 620-624 organization of the city government of, 527, 528 Osborn Mills in, 577, 578


park system in, establishment of the, 538


Parker Mills in, 597


Pocasset Hat Co. in, 600


Pocasset Manufacturing Co, of, 564


Pocasset National Bank of, 499


Pocasset Purchase in, division of the, and owners of same, 423, 429, 430 Police Department, 528 note poor farm and almshouse, 513 population statistics of, 550 postmasters of, list of, 544 post-office established in, 450 power weaving, beginning of, in, 455 prices of cotton products in, in, 1820, 458


Public Library, 618, 619 Quequechan Mills in, 567 railroad facilities of, 496 rapid growth of, between 1820 and 1830, 460 Richard Borden Manufacturing Co. of, 577


Robeson Mills in, 569 Sagamore Manufacturing Co. in, 584 Sanford Spinning Co. in, 596 Satinet Factory in, 467, 468 Savings Bank, 469, 470 School Committee of, list of members of the, 616-618 Seaconnet Mills in, 590 Second National Bank of, 501 selectmen of, list of the, 630-631 settlement of the State boundary line in, 532 sewerage system begun in, 531 and note


Fall River, Shove Mills in, 582 "skeleton in armor," found in, 486 note


sketch of, in 1813, 450, 451


Slade Mills in, 591


Stafford Mills in, 587 statistics of growth of, 549, 550 steamboat lines of, 495, 496 and note


Stevens Manufacturing Co, in, 596 street railways in, 629


Tecumseh Mills in, 571


topographical changes in, 542 tories in, 446


town assessors of, list of the, 631


town clerks of, list of the, 631


town houses of, 449, 511, 512


town officers, list of the, 630-632


town treasurers and collectors of, list of the, 631 transportation, freight, in, 538 Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufac- tory in, 563, 564 Union Belt Co. in, 590


Union Savings Bank of, 541


villages included in the city of, 525 note


Wampanoag Mills in, 579


Wamsutta Woolen Mills in, 598 water supply and works, 546-548 water transportation of 495


Watuppa Reservoir Co. in, founding of the, 458 Weetamoe Mills in, 576 Wyoming Mills in, 590 Falls Manufacturing Co., 155 Fanton, B. S., Rev., 481 Farmers' Factory, the, 155 Farnsworth, J. H., Rev., 365


J. Russell, 247 R. W. C., Rev., 560 note


Farnum, Jerome, 213 Roger, 157 Farrar, George, Rev., 81 Farwell, Thomas, 221 Faunce, Silas, 188 William, Elder, 164 Fay, Solomon P., Rev., 479 Fearing, Israel, Major, 135, 324 Fellows, Stephen, Rev., 481 Fenner, Henry G., 568 Henry S., 591 Ferguson, George, 84 John, Rev., 57 Fernald, O. H., Rev., 279 note Fessenden, C. B. H., 402, 404 Field, Albert, 153, 264, 283, 300 George M., 599 Fields, Braddock, 201


380


INDEX.


Fillebrown, Thomas, 91 Fillmore, Jesse, Rev., 362


Financial crisis of 1834-37, 145; of 1857, 167


Fish, Frank L., 575 George H. and Frank L., 298 Henry H., 298, 465, 524 Isaac, 495


Myron, 595 & Huttlestone, 137


Fishbough, William, Rev., 277


Fisher, Abijah, John and Eleazer, 63 Brothers, 204 Charles E., 589


J. M., & Co., 159


Nathan, 277 Nathaniel, Rev., 72, 73


Samuel, Eleazer, Israel and Nathan- iel, sons of Daniel, 63 S. E., & Co., 159 Fiske, George R., 465 Isaac, Dr. 698


Samuel E., 178, 180, 189, 190, 197, 201, 203, 624 U. M., Rev., 277


Fittz, L. L., Rev., 133


Flanders, Rev. Dr., 365


Fletcher, Elijah T., Rev., 480 Phineas D., 191


Flint, B. K. and B., 205, 206


Franklin C., Rev., 154 note


John D., 506, 579-582, 585, 594, 595, 597, 693, 694 Flocken, Louis M., Rev., 507 note Fobes, Benjamin, 76, 83 Perez, Rev., 87 Samuel, Col., 111, 276


Forbes, Charles H., 418 J. R., 418 Forbush, Jonathan E., Rev., 57


Force, Benjamin, 52


Ford, James, 465, 469, 470, 473, 475, 494, 516, 518, 533, 544, 628, sketch of 675 Forman, Samuel, 603 Forrest, John, Isaiah and Samuel, 63 Foster, Alexander, Capt., 98 Charles, 278, 288, 301 Francis A., 586, 589 James R., Dr., 172


John, 651, 661


John, Rev., 270


Lewis S., 155


Thomas, 649


Timothy, 424 Ward L., 164, 199


Fothergill, Ralph, Rev., 507


Fowler, Orin, Rev., 479


Fox, George S., 404, 405


Fox, Jabez, Rev., 89 Thomas, 173 William H., 278 note, 658 W. Y., 696 Francis, Gideon, 196 Isaac P., 629 Tisdale, 281 Franklin, E. I., 159 Joseph, Capt., 101


Fraser, John, 335 note, 405


Freeman, Benjamin S., and Joseph J., 158 B. S., & Co., 158 David, 52 Daughady & Co., 195


Freetown, early churches in, 107-109 early manufacturing interests in, 110, 111


early physicians of, 111


early school interests in, 109, 110


gazetteer of the town of, 189-191


in the Revolution, 102 lots and lot owners in, 29-31 Journal, the, 189 French and Indian war, the old, 46; the last, 47


Canadians in the county, 182, 183 newspapers, 183


Asa P., 500


Charles G. W., 89


David, 90


Ebenezer, 173


Enoch, 470, 494 and note, 515, 600


Enoch J., 577


Ephraim, 203, 271


H. W., 396


Job, 470


Job B., 523, 575-577


John, Rev., 507


Levi, Rev., 89, 90


Samuel, Jacob, Levi and Israel, 88 William H., 247


Frothingham, Paul Revere, Rev., 334 note Furbush, M. I., 156


Fuller, Albert, 658 Elias E., 304


E. K., Rev., 133


George E., Rev., 507 note


Jacob, Capt., 100


John, 157, 363


Jonathan, 52 Philemon, jr., 210 Samuel, Dr., 680 William E., 283 note, 290 Fulton, Robert, 152, 204


Gage, Benjamin, Mrs., 354


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INDEX.


Gage, Jessie A., 694. 695 Gaige, William, 110, 603 Gallagher, Charles W., Rev., 166, 279, 505 Galligan, E. E., Dr., 696


Gallop, John, 227, 250


Gammons, John G., Rev., 506 M. E., 113 Gardner, Elisha B., 577 E. C., Job, sr., Job, jr., Samuel and Leland, 189


Hiram, 131 Job, 178 Johnson, Dr., 684 P. S., 131


Reuben M., 419


Garrisons maintained during King Phil- ip's war, 38 note


Gavin, Rowland, 80


Geddings, E. J., Rev., 152


Gee, Caroline A., Mrs., 694


Gellet, Sarah M., 474


George, Matthew, 152, 204


Gerry, Nathaniel S., 534


Gibbs, Alfred, 145, 351 note, 360 Ansel, 210 George W., 578 Henry L., 131


John L , 384


Robert S., 574


Rowland, 210


Samuel and Robert, 131 William L. B., 210


Gifford, Abner, 128


Abner B., 128 Abraham, 334, 358 note


Charles H., 335 note, 383 note Ellis, 523


Ferdinand H., 465


Frederick S., 377


George W., 628


J. H., Dr., 692, 694


P. A., 164, 199 William H., 587


Gilbert, David, 93 Eleazer, 76 F. S., 159 George, 161 Horatio, 278 note John, 221, 222, 321 John, sr., 252 Joseph, 101 Nathaniel, Capt., 47, 88, 265 Samuel, 88 Seth, Capt., 101 Thomas, 222, 256, 261, 440 Gile, George W., Rev., 505 Gilligan, Daniel, 564


Gillingham, James L., 658 Gilmore, A. A., 199


A. A., & Co., 164 Elisha, 264 E, W., 199 E. W., & Co., 164 John, Major, 86 Jonathan, 86 Melvin, 86




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