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REGISTER OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN BRISTOL COUNTY.
ACUSHNET.
'TOWN OFFICERS,-Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor,-Pardon Taber, J. Walter Spooner, and Joshua Morse.
Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector of Taxes,-George P. Morse.
School Committee,-Edward R. Ashley, George P. Morse, Burrage J. Warner. Congregational Church .- Samuel Fair- ley, clergyman; Thomas C. Dean, deacon ; Isaac Babbitt, deacon ; Cyrus Hathaway, Treasurer.
Schools,-One graded and five mixed. Teachers,-Caleb Slade, (master) ; Chas. L. Russell, Sarah L. Snow, Ann H. Snow and Clara T. Wing ; Mrs. May Howard, Primary School.
Justices of the Peace,-Benjamin White, Cyrus E. Clark.
Post Masters,-Richard Davis, Jr., Cy- rus E Clark.
ATTLEBORORGH.
Town Clerk,-J. B. Savery.
Select Men,-G. M. Horton, D. S. Hall, H. C. Read.
Town Treasurer,-George Price.
School Committee,-Rev. J. D. Pierce, Geo. Adams, S. P. Lathrop.
Constables,-Jeremiah Williams, A. M. Sperry, Elijah Capron, J. W. Riley, Geo. F. Ide, W. H. Smith, E. L. Syl- vester, J. L. Witherell, E. C. Brown, W. A. McDonald, Alfred Chatterton, Otis Williams, R. S. Tucker.
Societies,-2 Posts G. A. R., 2 Masonic, 2 Odd Fellows, 1 Knights of Pythias,
2 Temples of Honor, 2 Literary, 1 Y. M. C. A
Churches,-3 T. G. Cong., 3 Methodists, 1 Baptist, 2 Universalists, 3 Catholics, 1 P. Episcopal, 1 F. Evangelical, 1 Af. rican, U. M.
Clergymen,-John Whitehill, (1st Con.) Samuel Bell, (2d Con.), F. E. Mars- Road Commissioners,- Emery Goward,
ton, (C. Con.), J. C. Gowan, (M. E.), J. Q. Adams, (M. E.), J. W. Myers, Constables,-P. Wm. Fecto.
(U. A. M.),J. B. Pierce, (Universalist),
H. Canfield, (F. Evan.), J. S. Beers, TOWN OFFICERS ;- Town Clerk, Treas- (P. E.), E. Mungan, (R. C.)
Circulating Libraries, - Mrs. Capron's, Selectmen and Overscers of the Poor,-
Mr. Waldon's, Mr. Fisher's, (East At- tle.), Jones' dry goods store,(N. Attle.)|
BERKLEY.
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor,-Wm. Babbitt, chairman, Peter L. Chase, Isaac Babbitt.
Assessors,-Enoch Boyce, Thomas C. Dean, Noah H. Strange.
School Committee, - Samuel Fairley, Joseph R. Elsbree, Herbert A. Dean.
Methodist,-Charles H. Ewer, clergy- man; Philip H. Fletcher, class lead- er and treasurer.
DARTMOUTH.
TOWN OFFICERS,-Town Clerk, Treas- urer, and Collectar of Taxes,-G. F. Howland.
Selectmen,-B. F. Wing, I. P. Wilbur, P. Barker.
School Committee,-A. D. Faunce, H. M. Walker, E. L. Faunce.
DIGHTON.
Town Clerk,-George A. Shove. Selectmen, Francis A. Horr, Ira I. Briggs, Earl S. Ashley.
Assessors ;- Oliver Eaton, Francis A. Hathaway, George E. Gooding.
Treasurer and Collector,-Noar Chace.
School Committee,-C. W. Turner, Dr. Charles Talbot.
EASTON.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1875; - Town Clerk, Collector and Treasurer,-Rev. Geo. G. Withington.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Oversers of the Poor,-J. A. Pratt, Hiram Wil- liams, and Win. C. Howard.
Fred L. Ames, and Eugene Lothrop.
FAIRHAVEN.
urer, and Collector,-Tucker Damon,jr.
Geo. H. Taber, chairman, Daniel J. Lewis and W. J. Lawton.
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School Committee, - Isaac Fairchild, chairman; Chas. H. Morton, seere- tary ; Isaac Teny, Seth H. Keith, Wm. P. Sullings.
Constables,-Thomas Butman and James Aldermen,-Ward 1, William J. Norton; M. Allen.
FALL RIVER.
CITY GOVERNMENT, - Mayor, -J. F. Davenport.
Aldermen .- Wd. 1, Patrick R. Sullivan ; Wd. 2, Edward Barrett; Wd. 3, John A. McFarlane; Wd. 4, Dan'l R. Sulli- van; Wd. 5, Bradford D. Davol ; Wd. 6, Holder B. Durfee.
Councilmen,-Wd. 1, John T. Crowley, John F. Shay, Joseph Waters; Wd. 2, Philip Regan, Marcus Leonard, Edw. McDonald ; Wd. 3, Henry Bag- shaw, Quinlan Leary, Robert Lewis; Wd. 4, Henry Norsworthy, George N. Bowen, Andrew MeDermott; Wd. 5, Wm. R. Dunham, Geo. H. Eddy, Wm. S. Greene; Wd. 6, John B. McCann, C. V. S. Remington, Charles L. Rip- ley.
FREETOWN.
Postmasters,-D. L. Johnson, (Freetown) Reuel Washburn, (East Freetown.)
Public Halls, - Peirce's Hall, Assonet Village, Freetown; Washburn's Hall, East Freetown.
Officers of Ist Christian Society,-Geo. B. Cudworth, elerk ; David Terry, treasurer : and Benj. F. Aiken, supt. Sabbath school.
TOWN OFFICERS ;- Selectmen,-Geo. W. Hall, Cornelius Chace and M. S. Ter- ry.
Assessors,-Geo. W. Hall, M. S. Terry, and J. R. Gurney.
School Committee,-John Pickens, H. E. Tinkham, and H. Winslow. Town Clerk,-H. A. Francis.
Treasurer and Collector,-George Cud- worth.
Assistant P. M .- Thomas G. Nichols.
MANSFIELD.
TOWN OFFICERS; - Town Clerk and Treasurer,-Alfred V. Rogerson.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor,-Seth C. Shepard, Albert Perry, Alfred B. Day.
School Committee,-Foster Bryant, Ab- ner F. Middleton, Walter A. Crowley, supt. of schools.
Societies,-1st Cong. (Unitarian) Centre ; Friends, W. Mansfield; Episcopal, (Methodist,) E. Mans .; Christian, W. Mans .; Baptist, Centre; 2d Cong, (Or- thodox,) Centre; Catholic, Centre; Emanuel, (M. E.) Centre; New Jeru- salem, Centre.
NEW BEDFORD.
CITY GOVERNMENT, 1875, - Mayor, - Abraham H. Howland, Jr., office, No. 1 Library Building.
Ward 2, Wm. T. Soule; Ward 3, J. Augustus Brownell; Ward 4, James D. Thompson ; Ward 5, Jolin B. Bay- lies ; Ward 6, George R. Stetson.
Common Council,-Edwin Dewes, pres- ident. Ward 1, *James C. Hitel, Haile R. Luther, George H. Free- inan, James A. Gifford; Ward 2, Rufus. A. Soule, Wm. H. Pitinan, Freeman R. Hathaway, William T. Hawes; Ward 3, Augustus Swift, John H. Rounds, Henry W. Briggs, Chas W. Coggeshall ; Ward 4, Win. A. Beard, Stephen W. Hayes, Joseph G. Dean, John H. J. Doane; Ward 5, Edwin Dews, Jonathan Howland, Jr. Henry Holcomb, Antone L. Sylvia; Ward 6, Williani J. Bowen, John P. Taylor, George, Nelson, Leander A. Williston.
*Declines to accept the office.
City Clerk,-Henry T. Leonard, office, No. 5 Library Building.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes,-Jas. B. Congdon, office No. 2 Library Bldg. Auditor, - Hiram Webb, office No. 3 Library Building.
Clerk of the Common Council,-William A. Church.
City Messenger,-William H. Watkins. School Committee, 1875 .- Abraham H.
Howland, jr., Mayor, ex-officio, chair- man; Henry F. Harrington, sec. ; Edwin Dews, President of Common Council, ex-officio; Ward 1, George W. Chace, Alanson Borden, H. F. Thomas; Ward 2, Benjamin S. Batch- ellor, I. S. Cornish, C. R. Price; Ward 3, Cyrenius W. Haskins, John Spare, I. W. Benjamin ; Ward 4, Charles D. Prescott, H. M. Knowlton, G. H. Dun- bar; Ward 5, Charles T. Bonney, Ed- mund Rodman, J. L. Sherman ; Ward 6, B. Otheman, jr., Isaac H. Coe, C. H. Sanford.
Superintendent of Public Schools,-Hen- ry F. Harrington, office, City Hall Basement. Office hours, St to 9 A. M., 12} to 1 p. M., Saturdays, 9} to 10 A. M. Assessors,-David B. Wilcox, chairman, William Tallman, Silas Allen, office, No. 4 Library Building. Assistant Assessors: Ward 1, Jones Robinson ; Ward 2, John Brown; Ward 3, Amasa Bullard; Ward 4, Francis S. Tucker ; Ward 5, *Andrew Haskell; Ward 6, Charles H. Howland.
*Deceased.
Overseers of the Poor,-Office in City Hall Building. His Honor, Abraham
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RAYNHAM.
H. Howland, jr., Mayor, er-officio,! chairman, Peleg S. Macy, secretary. Towx OFFICERS; - Town Clerk and Ward 1, David A. Snell ; Ward 2, Hen -; Treasurer,-Joseph W. White, (R.) ry R. Wilcox; Ward 3, Job B. Sher- Selectmen,-Ehmer Lincoln, (R.), Enoch man; Ward 4, Abner R. Tucker; Robinson, (E. T.), Samuel W. Robin- son, (N. R.) Ward 5, Peleg S. Macy; Ward 6, Si- mon S. Pollock.
Wardens,-Ward 1, Benjamin H. Ar- nold; Ward 2, Robert S. Lawton;
Ward 3, Henry B. Almy ; Ward 4, Supt. of Schools,-Nathan W. Shaw, Wm. Sanders; Ward 5, David B. (N. R.) Kempton ; Ward 6, Peter Gartland.
Ward Clerks,-Ward 1, Ira S. Negus; Ward 2, John L. Gibbs, 2d; Ward 3, Augustus G. Moulton ; Ward 4, Philip Constables,-H. W. Crane, (R.) George D. Slocum ; Ward 5, George W. Par- ker; Ward 6, Peleg Pease.
W. Gilmore, (N. R.), H. H. Robinson, (E. T.)
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department- Auctioneer,-Seth D. Wilbor, (N. R.) Office in City Hall Building, Moses Butchers,-D. R. Simmons & Brother, H. Bliss. Assistant Engineers, - (N. R.), A. I. Simmons, (N. R.) Ist Asst. Alfred M. Chapman; 2d Blacksmiths,-G. H. Lincoln, (N. R .; Asst. Freeman C. Luce; 3d Asst. Lor- S. Makepeace, (N. R.), Zebina K. Leonard, (R.), Nathaniel Dean, 2d. (N. R.), Benj. O. Pettee, (R.) ing T. Parlow ; 4th Asst. John H. Jud- son. Clerk of the Board of Engineers, -George H. Bliss.
Trustees of Free Public Library,-Office of Free Public Library. His Honor, Abraham H. Howland, jr., Mayor,
ex-officio, President : Edwin Dews, Country Stores-E. H. & C. D. Lincoln, President of the Common Council, ex-officio, John B. Bavlies, Chairman of the Committee on Publie Instruction,
( box 3, Taunton,) S. W. Rob- inson, (N. R.), E. Lincoln, (R.), J. T. Field, (R.), C. G. Washburn, (E. T.) ex-officio; Warren Ladd, for one year; Carpenters,-Wm. F. Wilber, (R.), Ed. Benjamin F. H. Reed, for one year; B. King, (R.), Wm. Wentworth, (R.) Masons,-Cyrus Leonard, 1st, [R.] Carriage Manufactory,-Geo. H. Lin- coln, [N. R.], S. Makepeace. S. Griffitts Morgan, for two years; Thomas H. Knowles, for two years; George Howland, jr., for three years ; George H. Dunbar, for three years; Shoe Manufacturers,-W. O. Snow, [R.] D. D. White, [R.], Johnson, Kelly & Co. [N. R.] City Marshal, - John W. Nickerson, Office, Central Police Station, South Second Street. Assistant Marshals,- Grist Mills,-M. G. Williams, [R.]
Luther M. Dayton, John Corey, Henry W. Bumpus, Henry C. Hathaway, Wm. J. Norton. jr., Patrick Cannavan. Constables,-City Marshal and Assist- Nail Mills,-Leeds, Robinson & Co., ants as above.
Officers who have care of Neglected Children,-Isaac H. Coe and Henry Tack Mills,-L. A. Rounds, [R.] F. Harrington, Supt. of Pub. Schools. Anchor Forger .- Theo. Dean, ['T.] Truant Officers,-Isaac H. Coe, Luther REHOBOTH. M. Dayton.
Keeper of the Lock-up,-John W. Nick- erson.
NORTON.
Clergymen,-Seth O. Beach.
School Committee,-Alfred Barker, Orin School Committee, William A. Wing,
C. Walker, Augustus Lane, Win. W. Isaac Perry, William L. Pierce. Smith, L. E. White, Geo. E. Make-, Postmasters .- John C. Marvel, Reho- peace, Joseph Copeland, J. M. Field. both, Frank Stevens, North Rehoboth. SEEKONK. Selectmen, Assessors, and Orerseers of the Poor, - George. R. Perry, Joseph Blacksmith,-L. W. Bourne. Copeland, George B. Crane.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. - Austin Messenger.
Town Clerk,-William H. Luther. Selectmen, - John M. Davis, Elisha Davis, Hale S. Luther.
Collector and Treas .- D. C. Carpenter. Constable,-George L. Goff.
Post Offices,-2. Seekonk and South See- Konk; Postmasters, A. N. Medbery, and Nathan Munroe.
School Committee,-Nathan W. Shaw, (N. R.), Asa Mann, (R.), J. M. Man- ning, (R.)
Assessors,-Nathan W. Shaw, (N. R.), s. W. Gushee, (R.), B. B. King, (R.) Collector,-G. H. Lincoln, (N. R.)
Clergymen,-Enoch Sanford, [retired], (R.), F. H. Boynton, [Con.], (R.), C. A. G. Thurston, [Cou.], (N. R.), W. F. Steel, [M. E.], (R.)
Lumber Mills,-O. S. Wilbur, [R. ], Mel- vin Wilbur, [R.], James R. Tracy, [R.], Martin G. Williams, [R.]
[R.], George W. King, [R.], Old Colony, [E. T.]
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Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of
the Poor,-Joseph Brown, Jonathan CITY GOVERNMENT ;- Mayor, - George Chaffee, A. N. Medbery.
Town Clerk,-Jonathan Chaffee. Town Treasurer,-Henry R. Prentice. Collector of Taxes,-Simeon M. Nash. School Committee, Joseph Brown, A. N. Medbery, John J. Hall.
Surveyors of Highways,-Charles W. Anthony, John Humphrey, Seth B. Common Councilmen,-President, Jas. Miller, Calvin J. Peck, Joshua Day, John M. Burgess. Amos B. Lane, Sol- omon Stone.
Auctioneers, - V. Medbery and Sam- uel Short.
Trial Justice,-V. Medbery.
Wheelwrights,-M. C. Winn and Peleg Headley. Country Stores and Grocers, A. N. Medbery and S. O. Case.
SOMERSET.
TOWN OFFICERS ; - Town Clerk and Treasurer,-C. R. Field.
Collector of Taxes,-J. G. Tinkham.
Selectmen and Assessors,-John Cleve- land, H. N. Eddy, A. Pratt.
School Committee,-F. A. Shurtleff, H.
, M. Eddy, Elisha Slade, George Dun-] ham, D. R. Purinton, Perry Slade, N. R. Sherman, R. Buffinton.
Churches,-1 Baptist, Rev. Butler; ] Con., Rev. Dean; M. E. Rev. S. M. Beal ; 1 Christian, Rev. C. A. Tilling- hast.
Societies,-Pioneer Lodge, F. & A. M. J. G. Tinkham, W. M .; D. Marbles, S. W .; P. Smith, J. W .; T. A. Mar- ble, Treas .; E. A. Davis, Sec. Regu- lar meetings, Monday before full moon of each month.
SWANSEA.
TOWN OFFICERS, - Town Clerk and Treasurer,-J. G. Luther. Collector of Tares .- A. P. Lawton. Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor,-James H. Mason, Gilbert R. Watson, Nathan M. Wood.
Constables,-A. P. Lawton, Elijah P. Chace, Albert E. Allen.
Society, -"Swansey Agricultural Li- brary Association," Meetings Monday Evenings at their Hall at Luthers' Corner,
Country Stores,-Wm. P. Mann, Dan- iel Mason, J. G. Lnther, Henry O. Wood, Seth W. Eddy, Joseph F. Chace, Elijah P. Chace, Geo. E. Esta- brooks.
Harness Maker,-Alpheus H. Wood.
Blacksmiths,-Geo. O. Buffinton, Isaiah Pierce, Wm. H. Cowing. Fish Oil and Guano Works ;- Job T. Wilson. Bleachery and Dye Works,-Hamlet Hackers.
TAUNTON.
H. Babbitt.
Aldermen,-Wd. 1, Henry S. Harris ; Wd. 2, Wm. L. Walker; Wd. 3, Onias S. Paige; Wd. 4, Nathan S. Williams ; Wd. 5, Jolin W. Hart; Wd. 6, Alfred Paull : Wd. 7, Abel W. Parker; Wd. 8, Ruel Harvey.
H. Dean; Wd. 1. Otis Washburn, Shubael P. Bliss, William B. Murphy ; Wd. 2, John E. Browne, Charles E. Richmond. Everett D. Godfrey ; Wd. 3, Asaph, L. Bliss, James McCarty, Thos. O. Falvey ; Wd. 4, Timothy C. Baker, James H. Dean, Samuel R. Townsend, Wd. 5, Charles F. Paull, Alex. H. Williams, George P. King; Wd. 6, James P. Galligan, Charles P. White, Fred. Hathaway; Wd. 7, Hen- ry S. Culver, Zephaniah Hodges, Ja- son Morse: Wd. 8, Thomas Leach, Wilbur F. Allen, Chas. E. Dean.
City Clerk,-James M. Cushman.
City Treasurer and Collector,-George A. Washburn.
Clerk of Common Council,-James R. Husband.
Assessors,-James M. Cushman, Henry N. Harvey, Henry S. Hart.
Supt. of Streets,-Abram Briggs. City Marshal,-Orrin M. Ingalls. Supt. of Schools,-W. W. Waterman.
City Solicitor,-George E. Williams. City Physician,-A. S. Dean.
Engineers of Fire Department,-Edward Mott, chief; Henry A. Thayer, Benj. H. Baker, George E. Dean, Ira Bos- worth.
Supt. Fire Alarm Telegraph,-Abner Coleman.
Joint Standing Committee,-On Finance, The Mayor and Alderman Harris, the President of the Common Council, and Councilmen Murphy, Townsend, Hathaway, and Richmond : On Ac- counts, Aldermen Harris and Paull, and Councilmen Townsend, Wash- burn, and Godfrey : On Public Prop- erty, Aldermen Williams and Walker, and Councilinen Williams, Allen, and Falvey : On Highways, The Mayor and Aldermen Williams and Hart, and Councilmen Richmond, Morse, Bliss of Ward 3, Dean of Ward S, and Bliss of Ward 1 : On Printing, Alder- man Paige, and Councilmen White and McCarty : On Public Instruction, The Mayor and Aldermen Harvey and Paige, and Councilmen Leach, King, and McCarty : On Military Affairs, Aldermen Walker and Parker, and Councilmen Washburn, Bliss of Ward
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3, and Baker : On Claims, The Mayor Board of School Committee,-George H. and Alderman Harvey, and Council- Babbitt, ex-officio; Jaines H. Dean, ex-officio ; For one year, Edmund H. Bennett, William E. Fuller, Charles F. Johnson ; For two years, Joseph Dean, Henry M. Dexter, Charles Young; For three years, Thomas J. Lothrop, Stephen M. Newman, Joseph H. Philbrick. men Murphy, Brownie and Culver : On Ordinances. The Mayor and Alderman Paige, and Councilmen Hathaway, Falvey, and Paull: On Board of Health, Aldermen Paige and Paull, and Councilmen Williams, Galligan, and Allen : On Fire Departinent, Al- dermen Harris and Parker, and Coun-
cilmen Baker, Hodges and Leach : On Town Clerk,-John A. Macomber, 2d. Fisheries. Alderman Hart and Council- men Dean of Ward S, and King.
Board of Aldermen Committees, -On
WESTPORT.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor,-J. C. Little, E. P. Lawton, Peter C. White.
Police and Licenses, The Mayor, and Treasurer and Collector,-Isaac How- Aldermen Harris and Harvey : On land. Poor and Almshouse, Tlc Mayor and Assessors, - David Lawton, John W. Howland, Christopher Borden. Aldermen Williams and Parker : On Sidewalks, The Mayor and Aldermen Justices of the Peace,-G. H. Gifford, Hart and Williams : On Enrollment, Isaac Howland, Charles Fisher. Aldermen Paull, Walker and Harvey. Constable,-Jaines H. Allen.
Common Council Committees,-On Elec- School Committee,-Charles F. Sherman tions, Councilmen Hodges, Paull, and
Charles Fisher, John A. Macomber, 2d Bliss of Ward 1 : On Bills in Second Postmasters,-J. C. Macomber, C. H. Reading, Councilmen Browne, Galli- gan and Culver : On Enrolled Bills, Councilmen Godfrey, Morse, and White.
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ACUSHNET.
ACUSHNET is alphabetically the first, and chronologically the last town in the county ; the tract of land of which it is composed having until a recent date formed parts of other towns.
The greater part of the township of Acushnet from Feb. 22, 1812 to Feb. 13, 1860, was a part of Fair Haven, and from Feb. 22, 1787 to Feb. 22, 1812, was a part of New Bedford. From June 8, 1664 to Feb. 22, 1787, nearly all of Acushnet (that now is) was a part of Dartmouth. A small portion of Acushnet once formed a part of Rochester, but this was set off and annexed to Fairhaven a few years immediately preceding the date at which part of Fairhaven was set off and incorporated as a new and distinct town under the name of Acushnet.
. Acushnet is bounded northerly by the towns of Freetown and Rochester, easterly by Rochester, southerly by Fairhaven, and westerly by the city of New Bedford.
Acushnet, when forming a part of the township of Dartmouth was the home of that distinguished revolutionary patriot, Hon. Walter Spooner, who was born in or about 1721, being a son of Samuel Spooner and grandson of William Spooner.
Hon. Walter Spooner was three times married. His first wife was Allathea, a daughter of Noah Hammond. She bore six children. The second wife was Mrs. Mary Peck, and the third, Mrs. Margaret Davis.
In 1759 Hon. Walter Spooner was elected a selectman of Dart- mouth, a position to which he was many times re-elected, and deemed by his townsmen to have performed the duties of that office well.
In 1761 Dartmouth sent him as a representative to the General Court, in which place he gave such eminent satisfaction to his con- stituents that they conferred upon him that trust 9 years. In 1769 he was advanced to the honorable station of counsellor to his ex- cellency, the governor of Massachusetts, and by repeated elections he was kept in that office seventeen years. He was also a member of the convention that framed the State Constitution. Appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1781, and elected a delegate to the convention that ratified the Constitution of the
: United States; one of the electors of president Washington on both occasions of his being chosen to the presidency of the United States.
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In 1791 Hon. Walter Spooner was chairman of Massachusetts commissioners to settle and adjust the boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and also, for a time, chairman of the board of overseers to the Marshpee Indians. Hon. Walter Spooner died Oct. 26, 1803, aged about 81 years.
In an ancient cemetery at the "Long Plain," so called, may be found tomb-stones bearing the following inscriptions :
"Hon'ble Walter Spooner, Esq., died Oct. 26, 1803, in his 81 year."
"Allathea, wife of Walter Spooner, Esq., died May 12, 1789, in her 64th year."
"Mary, second wife of Hon'ble Walter Spooner, Esq., died Jan. 30, 1796, in her 56th year."
Seth Spooner, a son of Hon. Walter Spooner, was also a distin- guished man and formerly a resident of what is now Acushnet, while that town was a part of New Bedford. Seth Spooner. Esq., represented New Bedford, then a town, eleven years in the State Legislature. He was united in marriage, Sept. 16, 1773, with Patience, a daughter of Elkanah Pierce, of Middleborough, now Lakeville. Seth Spooner, Esq, and his wife, Patience Pierce, were the parents of Dr. Paul Spooner and the Hon. Nathaniel S. Spooner, first judge of the Police Court at New Bedford.
Hon. Alden Spooner was also a son of Hon. Walter Spooner. Hon. Alden Spooner married April 5. 1770, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Rounsevill, of East Freetown. Hon. Alden Spooner and wife were the parents of Dr. Rounsevill Spooner.
In the ancient cemetery, at Long Plain, are also grave stones bearing these inscriptions:
"Hon. Alden Spooner, died Sept. 28th, 1844, aged 94 years, 6 months, and 15 days."
" Elizabeth, wife of Hon. Alden Spooner, died Dec. 14, 1813, in her 64th year.
" Dr. Rounsevel Spooner, died March 17, 1844, aged 66 years."
" Susan, wife of Dr. Rounsevel Spooner, died April 25, 1846, in her 67th year.
In another grave yard at Acushnet may be found stones bearing these inscriptions :
" Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Rounsevel Spooner, and daughter of Edward Pope, Esq., died Dec. 6, 1800, in her 21st year."
" Lieut. Seth Hathaway, died May ye 11th, 1783, in ye 72d year of his age."
Doubtless this was identical with the Lieut. Seth Hathaway who as a Lieut. served in the Bristol County Regiment sent to Cape Breton in 1745, and participated in that great achievement and the
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glorious victory obtained over the French forces occupying the Fortress of Louisburg, that fell just thirty years to a day before the battle of Bunker's Hill. If this man was identical with that, then he was about 34 years of age
In the days when he went soldiering, Long time ago.
The following are true copies of inscriptions still legible on the tomb stones marking the graves of some of the earliest ministers who were settled to preach the gospel in this region of country, (Acushnet that now is,) formed at least a part of their field of reli- gious labor.
" Here lieth ye body of ye Revd. Samuel Hunt, who was the first ordained minister over the Church of Christ, in Dartmouth, who died Jany. ye 25th, 1729 in ye 48th year of his age."
" Memento mori. Here lieth interred the remains of Richard Pierce, A. M., who was born March 29th, 1700, and departed this life March 23d, 1749, after having spent 16 years in the work of the gospel ministery. A gentleman of an unspotted character in the office he sustained, of polite behavior, remarkably affable and kind to all; who lived greatly beloved and died much lamented. Cujus pulvis in pulvere, dormit, expectaus Stellam matutinam."
Names of Acushnet gentlemen who have held commissions as field officers in the Local Militia of Massachusetts :-
Colonel :- Abiel Peirce Robinson, from May 7th, 1834 to 1837. Fourth Reg. in 1st Brigade, 5th Division.
Lieut Colonel :- Cyrus E. Clark, from Dec. 8th, 1829 to 1830. Fifth Reg., 1st Brigade, 5th Division.
Major :- Abiel Peirce Robinson, from 1832 to May 7th, 1834. Fourth Reg., 1st Brigade, 5th Division.
Acushnet and Fairhaven constitute a representative district, entitled to one representative, and this is generally selected alter- nately from each town. For the purpose of milage Acushnet is considered 55 miles from the state capitol. Population in 1865, 1251; in 1870, 1132; legal voters, 286.
ATTLEBOROUGH.
To Attleborough, as a town, was granted by "the great and gen- eral Court of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England," an act of incorporation, Oct. 19, 1694; but the first or earliest record of a town meeting still preserved bears date of May 11, 1696, or about two years subsequent to that ofits incorporation. Doubtless earlier town meetings were held, but the records, (and consequently
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the knowledge), of the transaction of these (if held at all), are now irretrievably lost. But Attleborough has not cause to mourn alone, for such losses to old colony towns came quite too near being the rule instead of the exception.
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