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1868-1st dist., Joel B. Williams of Monson ; 2d dist., Wil- liam R. Sessions of Wilbraham; 3d dist., Charles L. Shaw and Tilly Haynes of Springfield ; 4th dist., George Walker of Spring- field; 5th dist., John Severson of Springfield; 6th dist., Edwin H. Snow of Chicopee and Ezra H. Flagg of Holyoke; 7th dist., Ralph S. Brown of Granville and Charles A. Fox of West Spring- field; 8th dist., William G. Bates of Westfield; 9th dist., Thad- deus K. De Wolf of Chester.
1869-1st dist., Ferdinand L. Braley of Wales; 2d dist., Joseph Vaill, died and succeeded by Lyman Dimock of Palmer ; 3d dist., Tilly Haynes and Emerson Wright of Springfield; 4th dist., Horace Smith of Springfield; 5th dist., William W. Ama- don of Springfield; 6th dist., S. H. Walker of Holyoke and Jerome Wells of Chicopee; 7th dist., William Melcher of West Springfield and Edwin Gilbert of Southwick; 8th dist., Samuel Horton of Westfield; 9th dist., Franklin C. Knox of Blandford.
1870-1st dist., Samuel W. Brown of Brimfield; 2d dist., Ira G. Potter of Wilbraham; 3d dist., Emerson Wright and Justin M. Cooley of Springfield; 4th dist., Daniel L. Harris of Spring- field ; 5th dist., David Powers of Springfield ; 6th dist., Lewis M. Ferris of Chicopee and Henry A. Pratt of Holyoke; 7th dist., Lester Williams of West Springfield and Larone Hills of Long- meadow; 8th dist., Samuel Horton of Westfield; 9th dist., Dex- ter Parks of Russell.
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1871-1st dist., George L. Webber of Holland; 2d dist., Ebenezer Brown of Palmer; 3d dist., Emerson Wright and Jus- tin M. Cooley of Springfield; 4th dist., Gurdon Bill of Spring- field; 5th dist., Joseph M. Hall of Springfield; 6th dist., Charles A. Corser of Holyoke and Henry H. Harris of Chicopee ; 7th dist., G. C. S. Southworth of West Springfield and Silas Noble of Gran- ville; 8th dist., Alexander McKenzie of Westfield; 9th dist., La- fayette Granger of Tolland.
1872-1st dist., Rice S. Munn of Monson ; 2d dist., Ephraim Allen of Wilbraham; 3d dist., James Parker and John W. Phelps of Springfield ; 4th dist., W. C. Sturtevant of Springfield; 5th dist., C. C. Merritt of Springfield; 6th dist., George Arms of Chicopee (resigned, succeeded by Roswell P. Crafts) and Reuben Sikes of Ludlow; 7th dist., Ralph Perry of Agawam and Ansel H. Ward of West Springfield ; 8th dist., Lewis R. Norton of West- field; 9th dist., Timothy Keefe of Chester.
1873-1st dist., Thomas J. Morgan of Brimfield; 2d dist., James B. Shaw of Palmer; 3d dist., Charles R. Ladd and H. M. French of Springfield ; 4th dist., A. L. Soule of Springfield ; 5th dist., Henry W. Phelps of Springfield; 6th dist., Edward W. Chapin of Holyoke and William R. Kentfield of Chicopee; 7th dist., Oliver Wolcott of Longmeadow and Aaron Bagg of West Springfield; 8th dist., Lewis R. Norton of Westfield; 9th dist., Francis W. Clark of Montgomery.
1874-1st dist., Julius M. Lyon of Wales; 2d dist., Francis E. Clark of Wilbraham; 3d dist., E. E. Gray and Charles L. Shaw of Springfield; 4th dist., Smith R. Phillips of Springfield ; 5th dist., Henry W. Phelps of Springfield; 6th dist., George D. Robinson of Chicopee and Allen Higginbottom of Holyoke; 7th dist., E. H. Seymour and Rufus Smith of Granville; 8th dist., Reuben Noble of Westfield; 9th dist., Enos W. Boise of Bland- ford.
1875-1st dist., Daniel G. Green of Monson; 2d dist., Charles L. Gardner of Palmer; 3d dist., Charles L. Shaw and T. D. Beach of Springfield; 4th dist., James Abbe of Springfield ; 5th dist., Alfred M. Copeland of Springfield; 6th dist., Jacob W. Davis of Holyoke and S. A. Jacobs of Chicopee; 7th dist., Emer-
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son Geer of West Springfield and Samuel Flower of Agawam; 8th dist., Reuben Noble of Westfield; 9th dist., Edward E. Gibbs of Russell.
1876-1st dist., Rice M. Reynolds of Monson; 2d dist., Charles L. Gardner of Palmer ; 3d dist., Stephen E. Seymour and Charles W. Richards of Springfield; 4th dist., James Abbe of Springfield; 5th dist., Chris. C. Merritt of Springfield ; 6th dist., Edwin L. Kirtland of Holyoke and Charles A. Taylor of Chico- pee ; 7th dist., John M. Gibbs of Granville and Thomas F. Cordis of Longmeadow ; 8th dist., Reuben Noble of Westfield; 9th dist., George W. Granger of Tolland.
1877-1st dist., Rice M. Reynolds of Monson ; 2d dist., Hor- ace M. Sessions of Wilbraham; 3d dist., Warren S. Bragg of Chic- opee; 4th dist., Charles W. Richards and Ephraim A. Perkins of Springfield ; 5th dist., Leonard Clark of Springfield; 6th dist., Theodore W. Ellis of Springfield; 7th dist., John C. Perry of Springfield; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., James H. Newton of Holyoke; 10th dist., Francis S. Eggleston of Westfield and Stephen H. Bodurtha of Agawam; 11th dist., George N. Cone of Chester.
1878-1st dist., Pliny F. Spaulding of Brimfield ; 2d dist., Timothy D. Potter of Palmer; 3d dist., James P. Kelly of Chico- pee; 4th dist., William Pynchon and Theodore Beach of Spring- field; 5th dist., Leonard Clark of Springfield; 6th dist., Rawson Hathaway of Springfield; 7th dist., Marcus P. Knowlton of Springfield; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., E. P. Bartholomew of West Springfield; 10th dist., Joseph G. Noble of Westfield and Henry S. Stiles of Montgomery ; 11th dist., Ed- win Gilbert of Southwick.
1879-1st dist., William J. Ricketts of Monson; 2d dist., Benjamin F. Burr of Ludlow; 3d dist., Frank M. Horton of Chicopee ; 4th dist., William Pynchon and Jonathan E. Shipman of Springfield; 5th dist., Charles R. Ladd of Springfield; 6th dist., Eleazer S. Beebe of Longmeadow ; 7th dist., Elisha B. May- nard of Springfield; 8th dist., Thomas L. Keough of Holyoke; 9th dist., Joseph Murray of Holyoke; 10th dist., Merritt J. Van Deusen and James H. Bryan of Westfield; 11th dist., Ethan D. Dickinson of Granville.
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1880-1st dist., John C. Burley of Wales; 2d dist., Joseph F. Holbrook of Palmer; 3d dist., Dwight L. Shaw of Chicopee ; 4th dist., Hinsdale Smith and Jonathan E. Shipman of Spring- field ; 5th dist., Edwin D. Metcalf of Springfield ; 6th dist., Henry M. Phillips of Springfield; 7th dist., C. C. Merritt of Springfield ; 8th dist., Michael J. Teahan of Holyoke; 9th dist., John Delaney of Holyoke; 10th dist., Merritt Van Deusen of Westfield and J. Henry Churchill of Agawam; 11th dist., Samuel A. Bartholmew of Blandford.
1881-1st dist., Solomon F. Cushman of Monson; 2d dist., Chauncey E. Peck of Wilbraham; 3d dist., John Goodwin of Chicopee; 4th dist., Josiah Bumstead and Hubert M. Coney of Springfield ; 5th dist., Edwin D. Metcalf of Springfield; 6th dist., Henry M. Phillips of Springfield; 7th dist., Chris. C. Merritt of Springfield; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke ; 9th dist., Ash- ton E. Hemphill of Holyoke; 10th dist., Edward C. Carpenter and John W. Colton of Westfield; 11th dist., George F. Bryant of Russell.
1882-1st dist., William L. Webber of Holland; 2d dist., William Holbrook of Palmer; 3d dist., Frank H. Morton of Chicopee; 4th dist., Theodore D. Beach and Wilson Eddy of Springfield ; 5th dist., George P. Stebbins of Springfield; 6th dist., Joseph Scott of Springfield; 7th dist., John L. Rice, re- signed and succeeded by Edward H. Lathrop of Springfield ; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., Isaac B. Lowell of West Springfield ; 10th dist., Edward C. Carpenter and John W. Colton of Westfield; 11th dist., Homer P. Twining of Tolland.
1883-1st dist., Solomon F. Cushman of Monson; 2d dist., Warren D. Fuller of Ludlow ; 3d dist., Ansel F. Wildes of Chico- pee; 4th dist., John Olmstead and Theodore D. Beach of Spring- field ; 5th dist., John B. Stebbins of Springfield ; 6th dist., Charles F. Newell of Longmeadow; 7th dist., Charles Fuller of Spring- field ; 8th dist., Jeremiah J. Donahue, deceased and succeeded by John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., A. Higginbottom of Hol- yoke; 10th dist., William H. Whitney of Westfield and Edwin Leonard 2d of Agawam; 11th dist., Charles H. Knox of Chester.
1884-1st dist., Lucius A. Cutler of Brimfield ; 2d dist., Oren B. Smith of Palmer; 3d dist., Erastus Stebbins of Chicopee ; 4th -
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dist., Charles W. Richards and Frank E. Carpenter of Spring- field; 5th dist., Frank E. Winter of Springfield; 6th dist., Ed- mund P. Kendrick of Springfield ; 7th dist., Nathaniel Howard of Springfield ; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., Wilbert T. Dean of Holyoke; 10th dist., Charles N. Oakes and Eber A. Eggleston of Westfield; 11th dist., Edwin Gilbert of Southwick.
1885-1st dist., Wilson M. Tucker of Monson; 2d dist., Moses H. Warren of Hampden; 3d dist., Matthew Ryan of Chico- pee; 4th dist., Charles W. Richards and Charles C. Smith of Springfield ; 5th dist., William F. Cook of Springfield ; 6th dist., Edmund P. Kendrick of Springfield; 7th dist., Edwin S. Stacy of Springfield; 8th dist., John H. Wright of Holyoke; 9th dist., Ashton E. Hemphill of Holyoke; 10th dist., Charles N. Oakes and Eber A. Eggleston of Westfield ; 11th dist., Marshall V. Stowe of Granville.
1886-1st dist., Alvin A. Hubbard of Wales; 2d dist., Ste- phen S. Taft of Palmer ; 3d dist., Matthew Ryan of Chicopee ; 4th dist., Charles C. Smith and John L. Knight of Springfield ; 5th dist., William F. Cook of Springfield; 6th dist., John S. Sander- son of Springfield ; 7th dist., Edward H. Lathrop of Springfield ; 8th dist., Jeremiah J. Keane of Holyoke; 9th dist., Levi Perkins of Holyoke ; 10th dist., William H. Whitney and William Provin of Westfield ; 11th dist., Henry K. Herrick of Blandford.
1887-1st dist., Seth N. Bennett of Agawam; 2d dist., Wil- liam Provin and William H. Foote of Westfield; 3d dist., Dwight O. Judd of Holyoke; 4th dist., Jeremiah J. Keane of Holyoke ; 5th dist., Norris R. Wood of Chicopee; 6th dist., John L. Knight and George W. Miller of Springfield; 7th dist., Charles C. Spell- man of Springfield ; 8th dist., Fred A. Judd and John S. Ander- son of Springfield; 9th dist., John Brockbank of Monson; 10th dist., Stephen S. Taft of Palmer.
1888-1st dist., Charles H. Knox of Chester; 2d dist., Charles Fay Shepard and William Provin of Westfield; 3d dist., Reuben Winchester of Holyoke; 4th dist., Jeremiah J. Keane of Holyoke; 5th dist., George W. Gibson of Chicopee ; 6th dist., Wil- liam F. Ferry and Ethan C. Robinson of Springfield; 7th dist.,
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A. Olin Brooks of Springfield; 8th dist., Charles A. Call and Charles H. Bennett .of Springfield; 9th dist., Henry Clark of Wilbraham; 10th dist., Charles F. Grosvenor of Ludlow.
1889-1st dist., John B. Ripley of Granville ; 2d dist., Oren B. Parks and Robert B. Crane of Westfield; 3d dist., John Hil- dreth of Holyoke; 4th dist., Jeremiah J. Keane of Holyoke; 5th dist., George D. Eldredge of Chicopee; 6th dist., William F. Ferry and Hiram B. Lane of Springfield; 7th dist., A. Olin Brooks of Springfield; 8th dist., Charles A. Call and Charles H. Bennett of Springfield; 9th dist., Lurin J. Potter of Long- meadow ; 10th dist., William W. Leach of Palmer.
1890-1st dist., Dwight H. Hollister of Southwick; 2d dist., Oren B. Parks and Robert B. Crane of Westfield ; 3d dist., John Hildreth of Holyoke; 4th dist., William P. Buckley of Holyoke ; 5th dist., George D. Eldredge of Chicopee; 6th dist., George W. Miller and Hiram B. Lane of Springfield ; 7th dist., John McFeth- ries of Springfield; 8th dist., Herman Buckholz and Charles H. Bennett of Springfield; 9th dist., Carlos M. Gage of Monson ; 10th dist., Horace H. Sanders of Palmer.
1891-1st dist., James W. Knox of Blandford; 2d dist., James A. Lakin of Westfield and Ethan Brooks of West Spring- field; 3d dist., James Ramage of Holyoke; 4th dist., William P. Buckley of Holyoke; 5th dist., Eugene O'Neil of Chicopee; 6th dist., Frederick H. Gillett and Hiram B. Lane of Springfield ; 7th dist., John McFethries of Springfield; 8th dist., Herman Buckholz and Henry S. Dickinson of Springfield ; 9th dist., Her- bert A. McFarland of Wales; 10th dist., H. E. W. Clark of Palmer.
1892-1st dist., Erastus D. Larkin of Tolland; 2d dist., James A. Lakin and Henry W. Ashley of Westfield; 3d dist., Richard G. Kilduff of Holyoke; 4th dist., William P. Buckley of Holyoke; 5th dist., Eugene J. O'Neil of Chicopee; 6th dist., Frederick H. Gillett and John W. Adams of Springfield; 7th dist., Edwin F. Lyford of Springfield; 8th dist., John A. Dris- coll and Edward S. Brewer of Springfield; 9th dist., Sumner Smith of Hampden; 10th dist., Hiram E. W. Clark of Palmer.
1893-1st dist., William H. Granger of Agawam; 2d dist., Arthur S. Kneil and Henry W. Ashley of Westfield; 3d dist.,
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Frank L. Buck of Holyoke; 4th dist., Roger P. Donahue of Hol- yoke; 5th dist., Eugene J. O'Neil of Chicopee; 6th dist., Ralph W. Ellis and John W. Adams of Springfield; 7th dist., Edwin F. Lyford of Springfield; 8th dist., Stephen C. Warriner and Edward S. Brewer of Springfield; 9th dist., Alvin A. Gage of Monson ; 10th dist., Edward C. Fuller of Ludlow.
1894-1st dist., Clayton D. Smith of Chester ; 2d dist., Henry C. Bliss of West Springfield and Arthur S. Kneil of Westfield ; 3d dist., Dwight H. Ives of Holyoke; 4th dist., Eugene Finn of Holyoke; 5th dist., Alexander Grant of Chicopee; 6th dist., Henry F. Sampson and Joseph L. Shipley of Springfield; 7th dist., Edward S. Bradford of Springfield ; 8th dist., Benj. C. Har- vey and Stephen C. Warriner of Springfield; 9th dist., Jason Butler of Wilbraham; 10th dist., Henry G. Loomis of Palmer.
1895-1st dist., Silas B. Root of Granville; 2d dist., Henry C. Bliss of West Springfield, and William H. Foote of Westfield ; 3d dist., Dwight H. Ives of Holyoke; 4th dist., John F. Sheehan, of Holyoke; 5th dist., Alexander Grant of Chicopee; 6th dist., Lyman H. Perkins and George W. Turner of Springfield; 7th dist., Charles L. Young of Springfield; 8th dist., Benj. C. Har- vey and Stephen C. Warriner of Springfield; 9th dist., J. Mar- shall Burt of East Longmeadow; 10th dist., Horace E. Wallis of Holland.
1896-1st dist., Calvin S. Miller of Southwick; 2d dist., S. Augustus Allen and Henry M. Van Deusen of Westfield; 3d dist., Patrick J. Kennedy of Holyoke ; 4th dist., John F. Sheehan of Holyoke; 5th dist., Henry J. Boyd of Chicopee; 6th dist., George E. Fuller and Willmore B. Stone of Springfield; 7th dist., Charles L. Young of Springfield; 8th dist., Benjamin C. Harvey and Francis R. Richmond of Springfield; 9th dist., Charles W. King of Monson ; 10th dist., Thomas W. Kenefick of Palmer.
1897-1st dist., Thomas W. Kenefick of Palmer; 2d dist., William H. Porter of Agawam: 3d dist., George F. Fuller and Willmore B. Stone of Springfield ; 4th dist., Henry H. Bosworth and Albert T. Folsom of Springfield ; 5th dist., Charles E. Hoag of Springfield ; 6th dist., Henry J. Boyd of Chicopee ; 7th dist.,
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Thomas J. Dooling and John F. Sheehan of Holyoke; 8th dist., Patrick J. Kennedy of Holyoke; 9th dist., Andrew Campbell of Westfield and Frank P. Sargent of West Springfield.
1898-1st dist., Thomas W. Kenefick of Palmer; 2d dist., Arthur D. King of Ludlow; 3d dist., George F. Fuller and Will- more B. Stone of Springfield ; 4th dist., Henry H. Bosworth and Albert T. Folsom of Springfield; 5th dist., Charles E. Hoag of Springfield; 6th dist., Daniel J. Driscoll 2d of Chicopee; 7th dist., Thomas J. Dooling and John F. Sheehan of Holyoke; 8th dist., Ashton E. Hemphill of Holyoke; 9th dist., S. Augustus Allen and Andrew Campbell of Westfield.
1899-1st dist., Nelson A. Bugbee of Monson ; 2d dist., Cal- vin S. Miller of Southwick; 3d dist., Lewis D. Robinson and Willmore B. Stone of Springfield; 4th dist., Albert T. Folsom and Herbert C. Puffer of Springfield; 5th dist., Edward M. Lom- bard of Springfield; 6th dist., Daniel J. Driscoll of Chicopee; 7th dist., Thomas J. Dillon and Thomas J. Dooling of Holyoke ; 8th dist., William E. Judd of Holyoke; 9th dist., Andrew Camp- bell and Frank S. Dewey, jr., of Westfield.
1900-1st dist., Nelson A. Bugbee of Monson; 2d dist., Charles C. Beebe of Wilbraham; 3d dist., Lewis D. Robinson and Willmore B. Stone of Springfield; 4th dist., John F. Marsh and William S. Warriner of Springfield ; 5th dist., Benjamin C. Harvey of Springfield ; 6th dist., Daniel J. Driscoll of Chicopee ; 7th dist., Thomas J. Dooling and Thomas J. Dillon of Holyoke; 8th dist., Augustus W. Esleeck of Holyoke; 9th dist., Frank S. Dewey, jr., of Westfield, and George H. Hapgood of Chester.
1901-1st dist., Joseph H. Loudon of Wales; 2d dist., Joseph Welch of Granville; 3d dist., Eugene C. Gardner and Alexander C. Methven of Springfield; 4th dist., Fordis C. Par- ker and William S. Warriner of Springfield; 5th dist., Fred A. Bearse of Springfield; 6th dist., Bernard F. Mitchell of Chico- pee ; 7th dist., Edward D. Bunyan and Thomas J. Dillon of Hol- yoke ; 8th dist., John F. Chase of Holyoke; 9th dist., Frank S. Dewey and Harold P. Moseley of Westfield.
Speakers of the House-William B. Calhoun, 1828-34; George Ashmun, 1841; George Bliss, 1853.
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Clerks of the House-William Stowe, 1854, and 1857-61.
Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court-Reuben Atwater Chapman, 1868-73.
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court-Reuben Atwater Chapman, 1860, appointed Chief Justice, 1868, died 1873; John Wells, 1866-75, died 1875; Augustus Lord Soule, 1877-81, re- signed, died 1887 ; Marcus Perrin Knowlton, appointed 1887, still in office.
Justices of the Court of Common Pleas-(Court established 1820 and abolished in 1859), David Cummins, 1828-44, resigned, died 1855; Henry Morris, 1855-59, died 1888.
Justices of the Superior Court-Henry Vose, 1859-69 ; Mar- cus Perrin Knowlton, 1881-87, appointed to Supreme Judicial Court; Justin Dewey, 1886-1900; James Robert Dunbar, 1888- 98; Elisha Burr Maynard, 1891-still in office.
Justices of the Court of Sessions1-Samuel Fowler, 1812-13; Gideon Burt, 1812-13; Isaac Coit, 1812-13; Joshua Frost, 1812- 13; Abel Bliss, 1812-13; Abner Brown, 1813-19; Heman Day, 1813-28 ; Ethan Ely, 1813-14; William Ely, 1814-18; Amos Ham- ilton, 1819-20; Stephen Pynchon, 1819-23; Sylvester Emmons, 1819-25; James Stebbins, 1823-28; Joseph Forward, 1826-28.
Judges of Probate2-Samuel Fowler, 1812; John Hooker, 1813; Oliver B. Morris, 1829.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency-John Wells, 1858-63; William S. Shurtleff, 1863-96; Charles L. Long, 1896-now in office.
Judge of Insolvency-John M. Stebbins, 1856-59.
Registers of Probate3-William Blair, 1812-13; Oliver B. Morris, 1813-29; Justice Willard, 1829-51; William L. Smith, 1851-53; Henry Smith, 1853-55; Charles A. Winchester, 1855- 57; Charles R. Ladd, 1857-59.
Registers of Probate and Insolvency-William S. Shurtleff, 1859-63; Samuel B. Spooner, 1863-1901 and now in office.
1This court originally was the administrative power of the county, and as such had control of the public properties. It passed out of existence in 1828.
2Col. John Pynchon, of Springfield, was appointed judge of probate of Hamp- shire county in 1692.
3John Pynchon was register of probate from 1703 to 1729.
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Registers of Insolvency-Charles A. Winchester, 1856-57; William S. Shurtleff, 1857-59.
Police Court of Springfield, Justices-James H. Morton, 1850-76; Gideon Wells, 1876-89 ; Henry W. Bosworth, 1889-1901.
Special Justices-Charles A. Winchester, Edward Morris, Samuel B. Spooner, Alfred M. Copeland, Henry W. Bos- worth, Charles L. Long, Edwin F. Lyford.
Police Court of Chicopee, Justices-Mortimer D. Whitaker, 1855-63; Edwin O. Carter, 1863-81; Loranus E. Hitchcock, 1881- 1901.
Special Justices-Jonathan R. Childs, George S. Taylor, Edwin O. Carter, Charles Sherman, Charles H. Williams, Simon G. Southworth, Luther White, William W. McClench, James H. Loomis.
Police Court of Holyoke, Justices-Joseph P. Buckland, 1871-77; William B. C. Pearsons, 1877-98; Edward W. Chapin, 1898-1901.
Special Justices-Porter F. Underwood, William B. C. Pearsons, Edward W. Chapin, Harris L. Sherman, William Slattery, Jabes W. Carney, John Hildreth, Robert A. Allyn.
District Court of Eastern Hampden, Justices-James G. Allen, 1872-79; George Robinson, 1879-98; William W. Leach, 1898-1901.
Special Justices-George Robinson, Ira G. Potter, Henry F. Brown, James B. Shaw, George H. Newton, Herbert A. McFarland.
District Court of Western Hampden, Justices-Homer B. Stevens, 1886-1901.
Special Justices-H. B. Lewis, Henry Fuller, Willis S. Kellogg, Alfred F. Lilley.
District Attorneys- (Previous to 1832 this office was known as "County Attorney," the incumbent then representing the county, but afterward being an officer of a district.1 Hampden county forms a part of the western district of Massachusetts) .- Oliver B. Morris, 1812; George Bliss, 1812-17; Samuel Lathrop,
'Names of Hampden county incumbents only are given.
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1817-21; Oliver B. Morris, 1821-32; William G. Bates, 1853; Edward B. Gillett, 1857-72; George M. Stearns, 1872-74; N. A. Leonard, 1874-75 ; E. Howard Lathrop, 1875-78; N. A. Leonard, 1878-81; Charles L. Gardner, 1882-1901, now in office.
Clerks of the Court1 (and ex-officio county clerks) -John Ingersoll, 1812-41; Richard Bliss, 1841-52; George B. Morris, 1852-72; Robert O. Morris, 1872-1901, and now in office.
Sheriff's-Jonathan Smith, jr., 1812-14; John Phelps, 1814- 31; Caleb Rice, 1831-51; Justin Wilson, 1851-53; Patrick Boise, 1853-55; Nathaniel Cutler, 1855-57; Robert G. Marsh, 1857-60; Frederick Bush, 1860-69; A. M. Bradley, 1869-78; Hiram Q. Sanderson, 1878-87 ; Simon Brooks, 1887-93; Embury P. Clark, 1893-1902, now in office.
County Treasurer2-Edward Pynchon, 1812-30; David Paine, 1830-35; George Colton, 1835-38; William Rice, 1838-56; Norman Norton, 1856-59; Charles R. Ladd, 1859-67; M. Wells Bridge, 1867-1891; William C. Marsh, 1891-1894; M. Wells Bridge, 1894, still in office.
Registers of Deeds-Edward Pynchon, 1812-30; David Paine, 1830-31; William Rice, 1831-58; James E. Russell, 1858- 1893 ; James Russell Wells, January, 1893, now in office.
County Commissioners-Caleb Rice, 1828-31; Joel Norcross, 1828-35; Reuben Boies, jr., 1828-35; William Bliss, 1831-35; James W. Crooks, 1835-38; Gideon Stiles, 1835-38; Cyrus Knox, 1835-38; John Ward, 1838-44; Patrick Boise, 1841-44; Forbes Kyle, 1841-44; Willis Phelps, 1844-47; Samuel Root, 1844-50; Austin Fuller, 1844-47 ; Benning Leavitt, 1847-50 ; John McCray, 1847-50; Norman T. Leonard, 1850-53; William V. Sessions, 1850-53; Melvin Copeland, 1850-53; William B. Calhoun, 1853- 55; Alured Homer, 1853-57; George C. Gibbs, 1853-56; Francis Brewer, 1855-58 ; Henry Fuller, 1856-59 ; Henry F. Brown, 1857- 60; Nelson D. Parks, 1858-64; Henry Charles, 1859-62; Henry
1Elizur Holyoke, of Springfield, was clerk of courts of Hampshire county from September, 1660, to 1676 ; John Holyoke from 1678 to 1693, and John Pyn- chon from Dec. 1693, to 1735.
2John Pynchon was treasurer of Hampshire county until 1681, and again for several years after 1689. William Pynchon was treasurer from about 1796 to 1808, and Edward Pynchon from 1808 to Nov. 1812.
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Fuller, 1860-63; Benning Leavitt, 1862-65; Daniel G. Potter, 1863-69 ; Charles C. Wright, 1864-67 ; Ambrose N. Merrick, 1865- 68; William M. Lewis, 1867-76; Phineas Stedman, 1867-71; Ran- dolph Stebbins, 1869-71; George R. Townsley, 1871-74 ; James S. Loomis, 1871-74; Lawson Sibley, 1873-76; John O. Donnell, 1874-77 ; L. F. Thayer, 1875-78; N. S. Hubbard, 1876-79; Leon- ard Chase, 1877-80; Edwin Chase, 1878-81; Lewis F. Root, 1879- 82; Leonard Chase, 1880-83; Henry A. Chase, 1881-84; Lewis F. Root, 1882-85; Leonard Clark, 1883-86; Henry A. Chase, 1884- 87; Lewis F. Root, 1885-88; Leonard Clark, 1886-89; Ansel F. Wilde, 1887-90; Lewis F. Root, 1888-91; Leonard Clark, 1889- 92; Harvey D. Bagg, 1890-93; Lewis F. Root, 1891-94; Leonard Clark, 1892-95 ; Harvey D. Bagg, 1893-96; William H. Brainerd, 1894-97; James M. Sickman, 1894-96; Timothy M. Brown, 1895- 98; James M. Sickman, 1896-99; William H. Brainerd, 1897- 1900; Joel M. Hendrick, 1898-1901; James M. Sickman, 1899- 1902; William H. Brainerd, 1900-03; Joel M. Hendrick, 1901-04.
CHAPTER XII
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
Throughout the long period of more than a century and a half after the earliest settlements in the Connecticut valley no attempt was made to establish a thoroughfare of travel and transportation between the thickly settled localities of Eastern Massachusetts and the rapidly growing towns in the western part of the province. The pioneers who made the first settlement on the site of Springfield are said to have availed themselves of two means of travel-land and water.
According to established tradition, Mr. Pynchon's company sent their goods from the Roxbury plantation to Agawam in Governor Winthrop's sailing vessel, by way of the ocean, Long Island sound and the Connecticut river, while the adventurous
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The Boston Stone, a historic landmark in Benton Park, Springfield
History ascribes the erection of this stone to Joseph Wait, a merchant of Brook- field, who lost his way in a blinding snowstorm and wandered out of the traveled path of the Boston Road. That other travelers should not be like- wise beset Mr. Wait erected the stone in 1763.
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