Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1879-1889, Part 31

Author: Duxbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1879
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incidentals


2,305 00


66


66


school incidentals 526 48


66


66


schools


3,136 95


66


Superintendent


260 00


66


66


repairs of school-houses 246 00


66


public buildings 9


66 432 17


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Selectmen's orders, State aid, chap. 301.


$1,454 00


military aid, chap. 279


734 00


66


Memorial Day, Post 165 50 00


enforcing liquor law .


25 00


66


removing snow 1 80


66


" for support of poor 3,345 15


Bounty on seals 174 00


County tax.


1,635 36


State tax 1,340 00


Temporary loan and interest.


7,060 91


Railroad notes and interest


4,642 50


Deed of property held for taxes


81 17


Accrued tax.


80


Uncollected taxes for 1889.


4,518 84


66


1888


1,133 50


to 1888


380 91


Discount on taxes


293 57


Cash


613 27


$37,808 27


We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Duxbury, have this day examined the foregoing accounts of the Treasurer and find them correctly cast, and believe them to be correct.


D. D. DEVEREUX. 1 Auditing ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER, § Committee.


DUXBURY, Feb. 1st, 1890.


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Railroad Notes and Interest.


1889. Paid-


April 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, note, $2,000 00 66 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, in- terest 95 00


21. Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, in- terest 237 50


May 1. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., coupons 1,012 50


Oct. 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, in- terest 47 50


66 21. Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, in- terest 237 50


30. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., coupons 1,012 50


$4,642 50


Statement of Railroad Loans.


Worcester North Savings Institution, notes given April 21, 1880, for 10 years, at 42 per cent, $2,000 to be paid yearly $2,000 00


Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, note given April


21, 1880, for ten years, at 42 per cent 10,000 00 November 1, 1880, forty-five bonds of $1,000 each, ten years, at 42 per cent 45,000 00


$57,000 00


Amount deposited for payment of note


7,472 66


$49,527 34


Which amount will be decreased by payment of note


due April 21, 1890 2,000 00


Total Railroad indebtedness $47,527 34


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Liabilities of the Town.


Worcester North Savings Institution, note and inter-


est, due April 21st, 1890 $2,047 50


Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, due April 21st, 1890, interest 237 50


Interest on bonds due May 1


1,012 50


Outstanding bills, (estimated)


700 00


$3,997 50


RESOURCES.


Cash in treasury


$613 27


Uncollected taxes, 1889


3,518 84


1888


1,133 50


" to 1888


. 380 91


Deeds of property held for taxes


81 17


Accrued tax 80


Due from the State for State aid


1,822 00


Due from the State for military aid


487 00


$8,037 49


Deduct liabilities


3,997 50


Balance in favor of the Town $4,039 99


We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Duxbury, have this day examined the accounts of the Selectmen for the year ending February 1st, 1890, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.


D. D. DEVEREUX, Auditors.


E. H. CHANDLER,


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Appropriations Recommended for the Ensuing Year.


Support of schools $3,000 00


Support of poor 3,000 00


Repairs of highways 2,800 00


Railroad loan 2,000 00


Railroad interest 2,250 00


Aid to indigent soldiers


400 00


School incidentals


500 00


Repairs of school-houses


200 00


Repairs of public buildings


100 00


Removing snow


200 00


Memorial day ..


50 00


Incidental expenses


Bank and corporation taxes. SAMUEL P. SOULE ) Selectmen J. W. SWIFT. of


HENRY H. LEWIS, ) Duxbury.


List of Jurors,


As revised by the Selectmen February 1, 1890.


John K. Parker,


Edmund H. Sears,


Joshua S. Freeman,


Samuel O. Whitmore,


Henry H. Lewis,


William E. Weston,


Samuel Atwell,


Henry C. Chandler,


Lewis B. Barstow,


Harrison Wadsworth,


Hamilton Wadsworth,


Gilbert M. Ryder,


Elisha Peterson,


David H. Chandler,


Joseph A. Soule,


Hiram Foster,


James A. Simmons,


Albert Soule,


Horatio Chandler,


Thomas Chandler,


Henry B. Chandler,


Henry J. Dunster,


Bailey Chandler,


E. Edgar Chandler,


William S. Frazar,


Josephus Dawes,


Luther W. Sherman,


Samuel P. Soule.


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Value of buildings assessed $628,906 00


Value of land assessed. 334,311 00


$963,217 00


Valuation of personal estated assessed


250,040 00


$1,213,257 00


Money at interest secured by mortgage assessed. $16,550 00


Money on hand and deposits assessed 12,500 00


Public stocks and securities assessed .... 37,746 00


Stocks in corporations without the State assessed 46,266 00


Number of acres of land assessed 13,8931


houses assessed


5711


horses assessed 337


cows assessed 268


neat cattle other than cows assessed. 40


sheep assessed.


1


swine assessed 69


persons paying tax on property 884


persons paying poll tax only . . 163


Total number of tax payers


1,046


Number of polls at $2.00 512


VALUATION COMPARED WITH 1888.


Real estate increase. .


$14,357 00


Personal estate increase 41,294 00


Total increase $55,651 00


Rate of taxation, $14.50 on $1,000 00.


State tax


$1,340 00


County tax. 1,635 36


SAMUEL P. SOULE, ) Assessors J. W. SWIFT, of


HENRY H. LEWIS,


Duxbury.


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Expenses in the Almshouse for the Year Ending Feb. 1, 1890.


Paid-


Overseers, settling and making report, 1888 $15 00


Samuel P. Soule, services as Chairman 1888 and


postage . 8 00


Henry H. Lewis, services as Clerk, 1888


5 00


W. G. Brown, M. D., professional services


13 25


John D. Paige, " 66 66


6 00


Dr. Ira Chandler, 66


8 78


W. S. Freeman & Co., goods 478 08


N. Ford & Sons, goods . 99 03


A. M. Thayer & Son, dry goods 27 78


John S. Loring, coal 121 71


John S. Loring, fertilizer


12 00


Clifford T. Gardner, meats 107 18


C. H. Bradford, meats 54 67


Jacob Hersey, crackers


9 16


Rufus Holliday, fresh fish 25 45


R. M. Leach, clams


5 90


Samuel W. Hunt, salt fish


5 00


C. Hunt & Co., fish tongues 7 00


L. P. Simmons, potatoes 15 00


Charles E. Hunt, wood 15 00


A. F. Loring, bedding 4 50


H. H. Delano, bedding 2 61


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O. C. R. R., freight $0 25


William Hastings, plowing, etc 5 20


Luther Shurtleff, butchering 4 50


Mark L. Simmons, labor on farm 8 60


Hiram B. Simmons, labor on farm 8 25


William S. Frazar, watching at Almshouse. 2 00


William W. Simmons, team hire


16 50


J. K. Parker, services of bull 2 00


William W. Simmons, balance of 1889 115 00


Susan J. Simmons, balance of 1889 100 00


William W. Simmons, payments on salary of 1890. . 100 00


Susan J. Simmons, payments on salary of 1890 75 00


$1,491 40


Support of Poor Outside of Almshouse.


Paid-


Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of Gamaliel Ar-


nold.


$169 46


Westboro Insane Hospital, board of Annie C. Soule, 169 46


For support of-


Polly Carns 144 00


Sabra Keene 72 00


Rebecca Delano 72 00


Mary Glass 66 00


James Randall


95 00


Mr. and Mrs. William C. Gardner


42 11


Mrs. Anderson and family


64 77


Ichabod Chandler 12 50


Luther Phillips 28 95


Peleg Gullifer 109 00


For house rent, Henry Burns


41 67


For house rent, Elijah Snell 16 00


Josiah D. Randall, board of E. M. Magoun


30 00


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Warren M. Simmons, care of David Riley . . . $16 00 Towns of-


Norwell, support of E. M. Magoun 189 62


Halifax, support of Frank Weston .. 151 30


Whitman, support of Mrs. William W. Gardner 45 30


Plymouth, support of Stephen Thomas


59 25


Paid-


City of Brockton, support of Henry Harriman . .. 27 00


Elisha Peterson, burial child of James F. Randall. . 22 00


Levi P. Simmons, team hire of Overseers. 2 50


Medical attendance and support of F. A. Pratt and family, Wareham 79 15


Medical attendance and support of George F. Ryder and family 121 25


Samuel P. Soule, Overseer's services, outside aid . .. 7 00


J. W. Swift, Overseer's services, outside aid 1 00


Henry H. Lewis, Overseer's services, outside aid .


2 75


$1,857 05


Inmates of the Almshouse and their Age.


Samuel Winsor, 86 Betsey A. Churchill, 65


Eden Sampson, 70 Lucy B. Chandler, 40


Avery Hodges, 83 Sarah A. Thayer, 65


William Bowen, 88 Betsey Peterson, 89


Mary Southworth,


74 Charity May Bowen, 80


Ruth Peterson, 83,


Admitted during the year, 2. Discharged during the year, 2. Died during the year, 1, Capt. Wadsworth Hunt, aged 85. Tramps lodged during the year, 11.


Average cost of support per week for each person at the Almshouse has been $2.61 4-10.


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Expenses in the Almshouse $1,491 40


Expenses out of the Almshouse


1,857 C5


Unexpended


110 70


$3,459 15


Available Means for Support of the Poor from March 15, 1889, to February 1, 1890.


Appropriation $3,000 00


C. and E. Hunt, board of Wadsworth Hunt 108 00


Town of Wareham, aid F. A. Pratt and family


74 15


Military aid for E. M. Magoun


224 00


Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales


53 00


$3,459 15


Articles Remaining in the Almshouse and on the Farm February 1st, 1890.


2 bbls. flour,


10 lbs. crackers,


218 lbs. sugar,


8 lbs. butter,


120 lbs. lard,


4 lbs. rice,


1 lb. spice,


2 lbs. saleratus,


¿ bush. salt,


10 lbs. fine salt,


2 bbls. pork,


75 lbs. fish tongues,


2 lbs. tobacco,


1 1b. snuff,


20 lbs. rye meal,


3 lbs. coffee,


5 lbs. tea,


75 lbs. salt fish,


40 gallons molasses,


59 bars soap,


7 empty barrels,


8 pipes,


3Į bush. beans,


¿ 1b. cream of tartar,


2 lbs. rasins,


24 lbs. soapine,


3 bush. corn,


22 bush. meal,


1} bush rye,


160 lbs. ham and shoulder,


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15 bush. potatoes,


5 bush. seed potatoes,


3 bush. turnips,


12 tons coal,


4 cords pine wood,


3 ft. oak wood,


11 cords dressing,


1 bbl. vinegar,


2 gallons pickles,


1 ton English hay,


1 cow,


¿ gross matches,


6 lamp chimneys,


4 gallons oil,


78 fowl,


17 oak posts, new.


Amount, $546.89, being $19.61 cents more than March 15th, 1889.


All of which is respectfully submitted,


SAMUEL P. SOULE, ) Overseers J. W. SWIFT, of HENRY H. LEWIS, the Poor.


We have examined the accounts of the Overseers, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.


D. D. DEVEREUX, 1 Auditing ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER, § Committee.


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TOWN MEETING.


Copy of Articles in Warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held March 10th, 1890, at ten o'clock, A. M. :


ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator.


ART. 2 .- To choose Town Clerk.


ART. 3 .- Will the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 158 of the statutes of the year 1871 in regard to Road Commission- ers, establish a price of labor on the highways, and act on any matter relating thereto.


ART. 4 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers.


ART. 5 .- To hear the annual reports of the several Town Offi- cers and act thereon.


ART. 6 .- Will the Town grant licenses for the sale of intox- icating liquors for the ensuing year ?


ART. 7 -To raise and appropriate such sums of money as will be necessary to defray Town charges.


ART. 8 .- To revise and accept the list of Jurors.


ART. 9 .- Will the Town appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to be expended under direction of William Wadsworth Post No. 165, G. A. R.


ART. 10 .- Will the Town authorize their Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?


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ART. 11 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to Superintendent of Schools.


ART. 12 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to refunding their railroad bonds due November 1st, 1890, amount $45,000.


ART. 13 .- To see what action, if any, the Town will take in regard to regulating the clam fishery.


ART. 14 .- Will the Town offer a bounty, and if so, what amount, for the destruction of hawks ? By request.


ART. 15 .- Will the Town order the laying out of the road from the Marshfield line to the Hummock ? By request.


ART. 16. Will the Town order the removal of the office for Town Officers from the Almshouse to the Library building ? By request.


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Records of the Town Meeting, Held in Duxbury, for the Year 1889, Commencing April 1st.


Agreeable to the Warrant, the Town met and proceeded as follows :-


Chosen, Charles F. Jacobs, Moderator.


Laurence Bradford, Elbridge H. Chandler and Charles Y. Thomas, were appointed by the Moderator as Tellers, and were sworn to the performance of their duty by the Town Clerk.


Chosen, Josiah Peterson, Town Clerk.


Voted, To choose three Selectmen, they also to serve as As- sessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.


Chosen, Samuel P. Soule, Joshua W. Swift and Henry H. Lewis, to serve in the above office.


Chosen, Joshua W. Swift, Treasurer and Collector. Compen- sation to be the same as last year.


Chosen, William J. Alden, Thaddeus W. Chandler and Joshua S. Freeman, as Constables.


Chosen, Charles F. Jacobs, School Committee, for three years. Chosen, Laurence Bradford and Daniel D. Devereux, Auditors. Chosen, Harrison G. Weston, Surveyor of Lumber.


Chosen, Elbridge H. Chandler, Sealer of Wood.


Chosen, Eden W. Soule and Charles H. Chandler, Fence Viewers.


Chosen, Joshua S. Freeman, Louis M. Bailey, Arthur T. Lor- ing, Josiah D. Randall, Robert T. Randall, Thomas Alden, Charles P. Gruby, John S. Loring, John Delano, Proctor Chand- ler, John K. Parker and Reuben D. Wood, Field Drivers.


Voted, That the Selectmen appoint Fire Wards, Sealer of Weights and Measures, and Pound Keeper.


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Voted, Not to accept the provision of Chapter 158 of the stat- utes of the year 1871, in relation to superintendance of streets. Consequently, under Chapter 98 of the acts of the year 1889, one Superintendent of Streets to be appointed by the Selectmen.


Voted, That the report of Town Officers be accepted.


Voted, To accept the list of Jurors, as revised by the Select- men, with the exception of James H. Killian, who declined serving.


Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to hire money in anticipation of taxes.


Voted, That the Selectmen be requested, in their annual reports, to print the proceedings of the previous Town Meeting during the preceding year, attested by the Town Clerk.


Voted, To appropriate for support of schools, $3,000 ; support of poor, $3,000; repairs of highways, $2,800; railroad loan, $2,000 ; railroad interest, $2,595 ; indigent soldiers, $400 ; school incidentals, $500; repairs of school-houses, $250; repairs of public buildings, $250; removing snow, $200; Memorial day, $50; repairs around Town Hall, $100 ; incidental expenses, bank and corporation taxes ; Superintendent of Schools, $250.


Voted, That the Superintendent of Streets receive $2 per day for services, and to be paid for all necessary horse hire.


Voted, To pay 20 cents per hour on the highways and 25 cents for digging snow.


Voted, That the matter of paying for teams on the road be left with the Superintendent of Streets.


Voted That the Selectmen be requested to finish the road from Alden Cushman's up.


Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to widen the road at Arnold's Brook and make suitable provisions for the drainage of surplus water.


Voted, To unite with the Towns of Scituate and Marshfield for the purpose of employing a Superintendent of Schools, under


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the provision of Chapter 431 of the acts of 1888, and $250 be appropriated for that purpose.


Voted, That the next annual Town Meeting be held on the first Monday in March, and the financial year close on the first day of February.


Voted, To grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors the coming year. Whole number of ballots 102. Yes, 52; no, 50.


Voted, That the Treasurer of the Town be authorized to receive such sums of money as may come by gift or bequest for the improvement of the Cemetery, Treasurer to pay to Cemetery such sums as he may be able to obtain by investment of gifts or bequests.


Voted, To accept the following resolution :


Resolved, That the people of Duxbury, in Town Meeting as- sembled, regard with satisfaction the efforts of Mr. William J. Wright to utilize Duxbury Beach by offering for sale building lots and erecting private houses there. And we would therefore request the Selectmen to expend the amount of money assessed upon these buildings in improving that property by road-making or otherwise, as may in their judgment seem best ; and that the money assessed on the property at Cut Island be used in the same way.


The following resolution was unanimously accepted by a rising vote :


Resolved, That the Town of Duxbury, in Town Meeting as- sembled, would extend a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Henry Winsor of Philadelphia, for his generous bequest of $5,000 for a free library for the benefit of Duxbury, and that the Town Clerk be requested to forward to him a copy of this vote.


Voted, To dissolve.


JOSIAH PETERSON, Town Clerk.


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ROAD IN THE NOOK, April 22, 1889.


Agreeable to the warrant the Town met and proceeded as follows :


Chosen, Edmund H. Sears, Moderator.


Voted, To accept the said highway.


Voted, To dissolve.


JOSIAH PETERSON, Town Clerk.


NOVEMBER 20, 1889.


Meeting respecting bridge from Powder Point to Duxbury Beach. Agreeable to warrant the Town met and proceeded as follows :


Chosen, Edmund H. Sears, Moderator.


The Town by vote of 65 for, and 45 against, passed the follow- ing, in connection with the question, "Do the Town want a bridge from Powder Point to Duxbury Beach ?"


DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH Co., MASS., 1889.


Whereas the County Commissioners of Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are authorized by chapter 301 of the acts of 1887, and acts amendatory thereof, to borrow money on the credit of said County in order to build a pile bridge across the waters of Duxbury Harbor, in the Town of Duxbury, from Powder Point easterly, to Duxbury (Salter's) Beach, and whereas said Commissioners have stated in accord- ance with said act it will be necessary to assess upon the Town of Duxbury two-thirds of the cost of building said bridge.


Voted, That the inhabitants of the Town of Duxbury, through their Selectmen, respectfully petition the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for leave to borrow sufficient money to pay said assessments, in such manner and upon such terms, as the Treasurer of said Town may hereafter determine, in sums not to exceed $25,000. Authorized by vote of the Town,


Town Clerk.


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The Town voted the following 1889 : To the Honorable Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts :


Your petitioners respectfully ask your favorable action on the following subject. Authorized by vote of the Town.


Town Clerk.


An act to authorize the Town of Duxbury to borrow in excess of the limit allowed by law.


Be it enacted as follows :


Section 1. The Town of Duxbury, by its Treasurer, in order to pay its share of the cost of building a bridge from Powder Point to Duxbury (Salter's) Beach, authorized by chapter 301 of the acts of the year 1887, and acts amendatory thereof, is authorized to raise, not exceeding $25,000, by loan, scrip, or bonds, in excess of the limit allowed by law.


Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.


Voted, The following :


DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH Co., MASS., 1889.


That the inhabitants of the Town of Duxbury, through their Selectmen, respectfully petition the County Commissioners of Plymouth County, to order or to build a bridge by virtue of chapter 301 of acts 1887, and acts amendatory thereof.


Authorized by vote of the Town.


Town Clerk.


DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH Co., MASS., 1889. To the Hon. County Commissioners of Plymouth County, Com- monwealth of Massachusetts :


GENTLEMEN :- Your petitioners agreeable to the above vote, respectfully request that you will take action upon the same at your earliest convenience.


A true copy.


Attest :


EDMUND H. SEARS, Acting Town Clerk.


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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


Owing to the remarkable healthfulness of this Town, the duties of the Board of Health, as usual, have been very light the past year.


With the exception of one case of diphtheria, no cases of con- tagious diseases have been reported to the Board,


Births Registered in Duxbury during the Year ending December 31, 1889.


DATE.


NAME.


PARENTS.


MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.


1889. January ¥ 30,


Ruth Hamilton De Wolf,


William S. and Mary L.,


Chandler.


February 4,


11,


Albert Lester Gardner,


Arthur L. and Caroline M.,


Sampson. Litchfield


20,


Mabel R. White,


Henry T. and Harriet T.,


Fish.


24,


Harrison Morton Delano,


J. D. and A. J.,


Chandler.


April May


12,


- Randall,


Henry H. and Olive M.,


Berry.


George Douglas,


Arthur H. and Lizzie W.,


Dunster.


30,


Jennie May Hodge,


J. P. and Sylvia,


Sampson.


June


1,


Alpha Lawrence Paulding,


Beaman.


66


3,


Earle Judson Freeman,


J. B. and Lillie J.,


Pool.


40


July


2,


Alice Isabel Edgar,


Hiram B. and Lillian H.,


Peterson.


August


17,


Pearle May Simmons, Hastings,


William J. and Annie A.,


Boyd.


September 12,


Warren E. and Maggie,


Hunt.


66


26,


Arthur C. Chandler,


Albert W. and Jennie C.,


Freeman L. and Mary E.,


Kelley. Brewster.


October


9,


Lucia Bradford Knapp,


Frederick B. and Frances T.,


14,


Rodney W. Deickhoff,


John H. and Mary A. C., Edward and Mary,


Bradley.


14,


Mary Annie Baker,


24,


Benjamin Alden,


Thomas, Jr., and Ruth A.,


Cushing. Church.


November 4, 30,


Mabel Church Sampson,


Elisha G. and Martha L., George A. and Lizzie,


Nickerson.


Ralph Bangs Green,


Brooks.


18,


Warren Edmund Prince,


Henry C. and Edith A.,


26,


Mills,


27,


Mary A. Randall,


27,


Leslie Carlton Turner, Zilpha Wilde,


William J. and Zilpha E., George E. and Angie C.,


Joyce. Hall.


13,


Stephen C. Risdon,


Stephen T. and Amy,


11,


Keef.


H. R. and Maggie L.,


Hamilton.


Mildred Harrison Whiting,


Charles H. and Florence A.,


Hiram T. and Emeline A.,


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Marriages Registered in Duxbury During the Year Ending December 31st, 1889.


Jan. 10 In Kingston, Henry L. McNaught and Mary L. Hunt, both of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.


Feb. 3. In Kingston, Howard Blanchard, of Marshfield, and Mabel W. Fowle, of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. De- Normandie.


Feb. 22. In Duxbury, Benjamin C. Bemis and Mary E. Wood- well, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Wm. H. Wood- well.


Feb. 25. In Plymouth, James Tirnay and Ann Smith, both of Duxbury. By Rev. John T. Cummings.


March 17. In Duxbury, George S. Murdock, of Carver, and Min- nie W. Cahoon, of Marshfield. By Rev. David Howie.


April 14. In Duxbury, Thomas Alden, Jr., and Ruth S. Cush- ing, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Wm. H. Branigan. May 19. In Duxbury, William H. Symes and Louisa J. Fair- bank, both of Duxbury. By Rev. S. B. Flagg.


Oct. 26. In Marshfield, George C. Bradford and Florence N. Chandler, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Eben Alden. Nov. 27. In Duxbury, Daniel W. Chandler and Rubie E. Ab- bot, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Wm. H. Branigan.


Nov. 27. In Plymouth, Fred C. Chandler, of Kingston, and Nellie M. Sampson, of Duxbury. By Rev. Frank B. Sleeper.


Dec. 11. In Kingston, Kenelm S. Ford, of Pembroke, and Hattie M. Chandler, of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.


Dec. 18. In Duxbury, Harry L. Anderson and Catherine J. Cameron, both of Boston. By Rev. Wm. H. Bran- igan.


Dec. 25, In Plymouth, John B. Hadaway, of Boston, and Florence S. Loring, of Duxbury. By Rev. Charles P. Lombard.


Deaths Registered of those having Died in Duxbury during the Year ending December 31, 1889.


AGE.


DATE.


NAMES AND MAIDEN NAMES.


Years.


Months.


Days.


1889.


Elizabeth R. Delano (Curtis,)


63


9


8


Tumor,


Jan.


18,


26,


William S. Simmons,


84


-


7


Cachexia,


Feb.


14,


Samuel E. Briggs,


26


7


15


15,


Jane S. Weston (Chandler,)


68


1


Bright's Disease,


22,


Thomas Weston,


85


4


21


Old Age,


28,


Samuel Esterbrook,


67


5


Cancer,


Mar. 12,


Seth Raudall,


89


6


10


Old Age,


Sylvina Freeman (Delano,)


76


11


3


Pneumonia,


April


7,


Wadsworth Hunt,


84


2


17


Apoplexy,


2 hrs.


May


9,


Joseph Goodspeed,


70


2


Dilotation of Heart,


19,


Thomas Chandler,


76


1


8


Hemorrhage and Bronchitis,


26,


Lydia B. Weston (Brewster,)


93


3


16


Old Age, Disease of Heart,


June


1,


Mary S. Wadsworth (Hall,)


80


1


8


97


1


14


Old Age,


66


19,


Stephen C. Risdon,


8


Hemorrhage,


74


-


-


Carcinoma,


28,


Susan D. Nickerson,


DISEASE.


NAMES OF PAREFTS.


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Jacob and Sally. William and Betsey. Samuel P. and Clara. David and Laura. Thomas and Betsey. Samuel and Sophia.


Nathan and Huldah. Seth and Hulda. Josiah D. and Ada J. David S. and Abigail. James and Abigail. Joseph and Susan. Daniel and Ruth. Samuel and Huldah. Stephen and Amy. Joseph and Sally.


5,


Andrew Stetson,


12,


-- Randall,


Phthisis,


17,


July


23, 27, 2,


1 George L. Jones, Hannah W. Sears (Wadsworth,)


81


3


11 Disease of Heart,


85


11


23


Aug. 66


Betsey T. Delano (Holmes,)


74


6


11


Dysentery, Old Age, Old Age,


Andrew and Betsey. Samuel and Priscilla. William and Lucy. Levi and Annie. Stephen and Lucy.


Perez and Rebecca.


"


6, 18, 22, Leora W. Sampson,


Weltha P. Sampson (Joyce),


93


11


13


4 Consumption,


Bronchitis,


Elisha and Lucy.


Edmund H. and Mary E.


Sept.


31, 3, 6, 25,


Alfred Sampson, Albert Freeman,


71 81 23


6


11 Cerebral Hemorrhage,


1 Old Age,


26,


Hiram C. Remick,


26, 6,


Warren E. Prince, Mercy Wadsworth (Bosworth,)


90


5


Oct.


15,


Mary E. Baker (Bradley,)


37


7


Nov.


6, Lyraan Simmons,


82


Annie M. Palmer (Hooke,)


84


4


15


Pheumonia,


23, -


Charles Southworth,


67


8


12


Disease of Heart,


22


1


- Consumption,


Selina S. Weston (Sampson,) Mary E. Frazar (Sears,)


43 71 25


3


3


28 Consumption,


Alfred and Welthea P.


6 10


1 Typhoid Fever, Lanyngetis, Old Age, Uraemia,


John and Lois. Granville and Emeline. Warren and Maggie. Benjamin and John and Jane M.


8 21 15


29


18,


Jesse and Lucy. Benjamin and Jeanette. Jedediah and Elizabeth.


43


Deborah Burgess,


Deaths Registered of Those Who Died Elsewhere, and Were Brought to Duxbury for Interment During the Year.


AGE.


DISEASE.


NAME OF PARENTS.


DATE.


NAMES AND MAIDEN NAMES.


PLACE OF DEATH.


Years


Months.


Days.


1889.


Disease of Stomach,


Jan. 2,


Sarah A. Peterson (Parker,)


East Boston, Winthrop,


82


6


9


Old Age,


Feb.


14,


Catherine P. Josselyn (Pierce,)


Marshfield,


71


2


12


Consumption,


March 22,


Nehemiah Peterson,


East Boston,


94


11


6


May


1,


Deborah C. Peterson (Clark,) John Shapp,


Chelmsford,


69




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