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Heirs of Henry B. Dyer, 12 71
Edward P. Hayward, 23 73
Otis B. Dean, 2 00
Samuel Hayward, 2 00
Robert Dickey, 17 17
G. Henry Howard, .
2 00
Daniel Carrigan, .
2 00
Edward Farseyth,
Timothy Crowley,
2 00
Samuel H. Gooch, 2 00
Henry H. Goodnow, 3 64
Charles E. Goodnow, 2 00
John Cokely,
2 00
William S. Farrer, IO 20
27 42
Adam A. French,
2 00
John Brady, . 2 00
2 00
T. Horton Dearing, balance, . .45 34
Heirs of Jas. Bannon,
L. W. Cathcart, 2 00
Luda W. Holbrook, 2 00
II
42
Caleb Hayden, $46 69
Benjamin Landers $12 66
William Hayden, 46 69
James E. Lathrop, 2 00
Nelson E. Hayden, .
Sarah W. Lane, 92 25
Hosea B. Hayden,
3 64
Byron Loud, 2 00
Edgar Hayden,
2 00
Patrick Lynch,
2 00
Henry M. Hayden,
2 00
Joseph H. Mellus, 38 08
· Loring Hayden,
2 00
Edward H. Mellus, 2 00
3 64
George E. Hayden,
3 64
William H. Mills,
25 78
Charles Hayden, 2 41
S. A. F. Mansfield, 2 00
Joel Hollis, 47 92
Charles W. Mansfield, 2d, 2 00
2 00
Albert O. Hollis, .. II 84
Patrick Maguire, 2d,
2 00
George E. Houghton,
2 00
William Mulligan,
2 00
Charles M. Hobart, . 2 00
Luke Mulligan,
43
Henry Hobart, 26 19
Joseph S. Miller, .
6 10
N. Morton Hobart, . Ira Hunt, balance, Edward Huff,
131 56
John 'Murry, :
2 00
41
John F. Moriarty, J. Edward Mellen, Michael Moran,.
2 00
Thomas Houston,
24 14
William V. Hinsman,
15 53
Henry A. Murry,
2 00
Heirs of John Higgins,
43 05
John McMannus,
2 00
Wm. S. W. Houghton, 2 00
William McEwan,
18 40
Patrick Hennessey, . 18 40
James McSweney,
27 OI
John S. Hanson,
31 93
Daniel McCue,
21 68
George W. Hardwick,
2 00 John McGlincy,
2 00
John Harvey,
2 00
James McKenney,
4 46
Henry Hayden,
6 51
Frances McDonnell, 2 00
Elbridge G. Hayden,
2 82
Thomas J. McCormick 13 48
Timothy Hughes,
2 00
David McAuliffe, 17 99
Thomas V. Howard,
2 00 Wm. McCormick, 2 00
Robert M. Hunt, .
2 00
Hugh Maguire,
2 00
Jeremiah Haley,
2 00
Leander Moore,
2 00
Edward D. Holbrook,
2 00
O. H. P. Niles, 23 73
J. Willa Hayden,
2 00
Minott Newton,
36 03
Leroy Hollis,
2 00
E. A. Newton, 44 23
George W. Hunt,
2 41
Michael Nolan,
2 4I
D. W. Howe, .
2 00
Elisha B. Nightingale,
2 00
Moses Jones,
20 45
Alvin M. Nightingale,
2 00
Silas M. Jones,
19 63
Michael O'Hare, .
2 00
George W. Jones,
28 65
James O'Herne,
2 00
Sydney Johnson, . James E. Johnson,
2 00
Samuel Penniman,
77 44
Joseph Jenkins, .
32 34
James Kirbey, Jr.,
2 00
Joseph H. Penniman, Martin Porter,
2 00
Murrey Knight,
2 00
Heman Porter, .
2 00
B. F. Kennedy,
2 00
George M. Parrot,
2 00
John Kirbey,
2 00
Franklin B. Parks,
38 90
A. B. Keith, .
176 25
Patrick Powers,
2 00
Albert Pool, .
2 00
Judah Loring,
2 00
Francis Pratt,
2 .00
Alden P. Loring,
2 00
George H. Patterson,
3 64
Robert M. Loring,
2 00
Richard H. Randall,
13 48
Heirs of T. J. Langley,
18 86
William M. Richards . 24 14
Aaron Leavitt, . 2 00
Samuel Rennie, 2 00
Stillman Leavitt, 2 00
John W. Richardson, . 45 87
6 92
Bradford Knight,
27 OI
Wm. R. Penniman, balance, . 21 72 Elijah Penniman, 27 0I
2 00
B. T. Loring,
450 58
2 00
8 56
2 00
William A. Hollis, 27 42
George Mansfield,
John G. Minchin,
Benj. F. Hayden, balance, 4 71
24 14
43
John Rafferty, . $2 00
Michael Ryan, .
John D. Record, .
31 52
Horace J. Richards,
2 00
Willard Wilson,
2 00
John Riley, 2 41
Benj. Stevens,
33 59
Con. Smith, 13 89
James R. Smith, 2 00
Joseph Smith, 2 00
E. Watson Saunders, 36 03
James W. Saunders, 2 00
Wm. W. Saunders,
2 00
John Sullivan, E. B., 2 00
Thomas South, 128 69
Benjamin Sanderson, Jr., 27 06
Terrence Starr, 2 00
Mary Sharkey, 3.28
Con. Sergun, 2 00
Dennis Sweeney, 2 00
Timothy Smith, 2 00
Jeremiah Saxon, 2 00.
Simeon Thayer,
17 58
Abel H. Thayer, . 6 51
Wm. H. Hutchingson, 24 60
J. B. Thompson, 4 5I
Frank Frost, 2 87
Charles Nadd,
2 05
Walter H. Baker,
I 64
Heirs of Ephraim Whitcomb, I 23
Daniel W. Thayer,
41
Eleazer Beals,
I 64
Tower & Others, .
8 20
Francis Richards, 14 76
Robert V. Barnes, 6 15
Thomas B. Porter, 41 00
William Buker, 5.74
Benj. S. Dowse,
1 23
Issac N. Tirrell,
23
Emily Houghton,
5 33
James N. Tower, .
2 .00
Elisha H. Tower,
5 28
Heirs of Acton Taylor, 8 20
John Thompson, 87 28
Alvin Totman, .
4 05
Napoleon Tellier,
2 00
L. W. Anderson, .
6 56
George Thompson,
2 00
Warren Thomas, .
2 00
James Timney, 2 00
John Towhil, 2 00
Freeman G. White, 13 57
N. Thayer Wild, .
2 00
George W. White, 38 20
William R. Wild, 30 29
James Willis, 22 09
James M. Willis, . 2 00
George S. Whiting, 8 56
Heirs of Joseph Weaver, 19 68
Heirs of Gustave Wiksell, . . $34 85
2 00
Michael Welsh,
2 00
Robert A. Wilson, 2 00
Willard Wild,
2 00
George De Witt, .
2 00
Frank Wall, .
2 00
Willis,
2 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Boston Flax Mills, 2132. 00
Edward Potter,
18 70
William Howe, IO 66
William Claflin, 205 00
Edward McAuliffe, 40 18
Heirs of Rachel Wood, 14 92
Thomas Callaghan, . 12 30
Boston Organ Company, 65 .60
John L. Hunnewell, 102 50
James L. Thayer, 2 00
Abel H. Thayer and James L. Thayer, . 23 78
Charles W. Thayer, 2 00
Heirs of Wm. S. Thayer, 28 70
David Thayer, 27 83
David B. Thayer, 15 94
Charles Thayer, 36 44
Lewis Thayer, . 13 48
Ira Thayer, 66 78
Francis P. Thayer, 2 00
Nahunı Thayer, 2 00
J. Q. A. Thayer, .
2 00
Sylvanus Thayer, 17 58
John Tower, 24 14
Daniel Conners,
23 37
Wm. G. Prescott,
3 28
Nathaniel H. Beals,
3 28
John Q. Denton, .
2.05
Thomas Hayes, . 30 34
Henry W. Wild, .
6 56
Nathaniel Beals, 12 30
David P. Hayward,
56 58
Abner Curtis,
77 90
James Lane, . 22 96
R. S. Clisby, 9 43
Clisby & Co., 8 20
Hannah C. Berry,
9 43
James Green, : 28
Abbie Worster,
2 87
Total am't of taxes unpaid, 7286 87
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JURY LIST,
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REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEBRUARY 16, 1875.
Barnabas F. Arnold, Frank E. Allen, Abijah Allen, Joseph. A. Arnold, Richard L. Arnold, J. Frederic Allen, : John B. Arnold, E. Watson Arnold, Samuel E. Brackett, Alexander Bowditch, Ebenezer C. Bowditch, David H. Bates, Andrew J. Bates,
Francis Crane,
Wm. H. Cobb,
Ansel O. Clark,
Eben Denton,
Samuel L. Dyer, E. Warner Daily, Azel R. French, Joseph R. Frasier, Levi W., Hobart,
Charles W. Hobart,
S. W. Hollis, N. H. Hunt,
William Howard, Ebenezer F. Howard, Moses D. Holbrook, Henry M. Hollis, Samuel Hayden, John Kimball, George F. Leonard, Wm. F. Lock,
Paul J. Minchin,
Alva S. Morrison, Josiah Penniman, Charles Pratt, N. Warren Penniman,
Charles . W. Proctor,
Marcus A. Perkins,
Jechonias Penniman, Henry W. Simonds, Joel F. Sheppard, Amos Wm. Stetson, Amasa S. Thayer, Lewis Thayer, Adoniram J. White, John S. Whitaker, Nathaniel White, Thomas B. Vinton.
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Statistics of the Town of Braintree,
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
Whole number of intentions of marriage recorded, . 41
66
marriages recorded, 46
66 births 16
113
66 " deaths 82
The eldest male married was
. 54 years
female
44
The youngest male 66
.. 20 66
female, “ . 16
The oldest man who died was Samuel French, who was 84 years old.
The oldest woman who died was Mrs. Ann . Storrs, widow of the late Dr. Storrs, who was 81 years old.
Marriages Solemnized in Braintree, 1
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
Jan.
6, Hugh Curry, 26
Braintree.
Ireland.
Catharine Barber, 28
IO, Martin F. Smith,
21
Randolph.
Mary Ella Callahan,
18
Braintree, 66
Randolph. Abington. Ireland.
17, Malachy Donovan, Lucy J. Badger, Horace Dana,
32
66
Canada.
19,
S. Eleanor Hunt,
21
66
Braintree.
28, Chas. Henry Holbrook, 21 Alice Peabody Whitcomb, 18
21, Adam Warren Hobart, 30
Braintree.
Braintree .:
Hannah M. Hall, 28
Attleboro'.
Attleboro'.
Feb. 3,
Chas. Harrison Hobart, 33 Abbie F. Hardwick, 29
Quincy.
Quincy.
14, Geo. E. Thompson, Anna E. Smith, 19
23
Weymouth. 66
Weymouth. 66
22, John J. McCarthy, Hannah Murphy, 22
Wraintree.
Boston.
25, Ebenezer W. Richards, 24 Alice Isabel Hunt, 23
Weymouth.
Weymouth. 66
26, Calvin T. Dyer, 27
Boston.
Quincy.
Sarah A. Smith, 22
29
54
Grafton, Vt.
Holbrook.
Holbrook.
66
Braintree.
Braintree.
26 Boston.
Ireland.
12
46
.DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
Apl. 9, Frederick Bunker, Ella S. Vinton,
27
Braintree.
Braintree.
66
27
12, Leonardo Morales, Agnes T. Simpson,
19
East Weymouth.
East Weymouth.
28, Frank Hale Mason, Lucretia A. Chipman,
23
Weymouth.
East Weymouth.
May 6, L. L. Hartshorn, 24
Walpole.
Walpole. ‘
Emma J. Richards,
21
Braintree.
Sharon.
17,
Robert P. T. Pratt,
32
Wolbrook.
Braintree.
Desire C. Dyer,
19
Braintree.
Weymouth.
28, Charles. W. Bowen, Caroline B. Keith,
46
No. Bridgewater. . "6
37
29,
Edward H. Drinkwater, 26 Annie Cora Thayer,
23
"
Andover.
Weymouth.
June 13,
Nathaniel F. Hunt, Areamia P. Robbins,
24
Plymouth.
Lowell.
17, William H. Stoddard, Mary L. Green,
25 Randolph.
Randolph.
28, Samuel V. Arnold, Mary O. McElwain,
43
Braintree.
Braintree. .
26 Concord.
Charlestown.
July 18, Heman G. Porter, 26 Braintree.
Braintree.
Georgie A. Sprague,
17
19, Washington I. Jordan, Eunice W. Bowditch,
20
Braintree.
Denmark, Me. Braintree.
Aug. 2, Albert F. Parks, Addie M. Wheeler,
25
Cambridgeport.
18
Augusta, Me.
13, Albert W. Dyer, . Elisina Taylor,
20
Randolph.
Randolph.
Braintree ..
Braintree.
Sep. I, Joel A. Guild,
50
Brookline.
Dedham.
Sarah A. Weed,
24
Braintreee.
Portsmouth, R. I.
5, Moses N. Hunt, Sophia E. Croak,, 35
29
Holbrook.
Randolph.
9, Wm. E. Foye, Mary E. Eldridge,
18
State of Maine.
20, John F. Moriarty, Mary A. Sutton,
20
St. Johns, N. F.
St. Johns, N. F. Braintree.
Oct. 1, Edward P. Allen,
44
Braintree.
Catherine W. Willis,
44
Cumberland, Me.
4, Geo. T. Dee,
21
Cohasset.
Mary E. Finnigan, 17
16
Braintree.
Braintree ..
Waterville, Me.
31, Charles A. Lund, Clara F. Hickey,
19
36
Braintree.
24
Braintree.
Braintree.
28
Bridgewater.
30
Braintree.
29, N. Warren Penniman, 52. Juliette A. Penniman, 37
Randolph.
26
Braintree.
Weymouth.
23
Lewiston, Me.
29
Cuba.
23
Braintree.
Boston.
Walpole.
W, Bridgewater. Topsham, Me.
19
47
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE
Io, Hemon A. Damon, Annie Foss,
Hingham. Weymouth.
II, F. W. Parks,
35
Braintree.
Cambridge.
Mary C. Hathaway,
24
Boston.
New Bedford.
13, Charles L. Badger, Annie W. French, '
37
Braintree.
Braintree.
25
Rochester.
16
Braintree.
Nov. 2,
A. A. Nightingale, G. A. Peterson,
23
Sweden.
29
Braintree.
Braintree.
7, William Allen, Emma F. Jones,
18.
15, Patrick J. Powers, Lucy M. Roach, 21
25
St. John's, N.F. St. Mary's, N. F. Braintree.
19, William Dickey,
28
Catharine Hill,
22
26, Richard A. Gage, Hattie A. Holbrook, Horace A. Manley,
30
Boston.
Madison, Me.
Julia A. Richards,
18
Braintree.
Sharon.
Dec. 25,
Charles F. Coan,
28
Hyde Park.
Exeter, Me.
A. C. Rackliff,
22
Lincolnville, Me.
Charles F. Howard,
24
Randolph.
Randolph.
Lydia A. Farrington,
17
New Bedford.
Fairhaven.
1873. Apl. 26,
Timothy Trowley, Jr.,*
21
Braintree.
East Boston.
Usula T. Billings,
20
Boston.
* This certificate was not returned in season last year, so that it must be recorded this year.
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17, Henry B. Grinnell, Georgianna Whiting,
20 Braintree.
17 Weymouth.
54 Quincy.
Bow, N. H.
26 Randolph.
22
17
1
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1
Deaths in Braintree for the Year 1874.
-21
DATE. NAME.
YRS.
MOS. DAYS.
DISEASE.
Jan. · I, Lizzie A. Morrison,
35
6
Dropsy.
2, Mary D. Coffin,
69 1
8. Paralysis of Brain.
14,. Mary A. Porter,
27
Diphtheria.
19; · Susan N. T. Thayer,
73
6
22 Lung Fever.
29 Mary Ann Dowd,
'Gideon Thayer,
Sarah H. Hayward,
. . ..
5
5 Consumption.
15, " James H. Starr, 1
3
8 Marasmus.
19, Mary Emily Arnold,
40
6
9
Cancer of Bowels.
28, Moses Long,
4*
I
2
Fits.
Mar. 5, Deborah Johnson,
75.1.
4
29
Pneumonia.
12, Susan B. Fenno,
78 ...
.1 20, Abigail C. Trask,
72,
5
21, Benjamin F. Lund,
'19
2
27
Heart Disease.
22, Willie Stone,
30, . Josiah Hollis,
74
IO
11
Heart Disease. Consumption.
Apr. 8,
Elizabeth Stevens,
65
5
3
"IO, Baker Hathaway,
82
Heart Disease.
23,
Charles Preston Hayden,
II
13
Pneumonia.
30, Elisha Nightingale, «
82
6 :
Pneumonia.
May
5, Joseph Leodo Flour,
4
5
Infantile.
6, Rosanna R. Ela,
39
Consumption.
7, Eugene F. Langley, John Brandley,
15
II
27
8, Julia Florence Tellier,
I
5
I
I 22
Consumption.
12, Emma Frances Smith, Serinda Hibbard,
65
5
18
Internal Cancer.
14, Eliza Lund, James O'Keefe,
28
3
II
:
2
II
16, Martha Elsie Randall,
17
8
13 Consumption.
17, Julia May Finnigan,
14
I
9
21, George H. Thayer,
70
13-24, Julia Hawkes,
40
24, Mary Buker,
77
4 Brigt's Dis. of Kid's
27, Catharine Murray,
7
3
4 Scrofula.
30,
Margaret Sullivan,
47
June 16,
Edward E. Allen,
15
3
17, Rhoda Huff,
65
2
9 Consumption. Paralysis.
25, Dolly Payson,
76
24
Drowned.
Feb. 10,
II
Heart Disease. -
-
: General Debility: Consumption.
I
Heart Disease.
23
Drowned.
Accidental. Scarlet Fever.
Consumption. Croup.
Diphtheria. Killed by cars. Shot.
Liver Complaint. Burned.
II
49 .
DATE, NAME.
YRS. MOS. DAYS. DISEASE.
June 26, Jonas Perkins,
83 8
II
Pneumonia.
July 6, Mary G. R. Daland,
01 001 4
I Tubuc'r Meningitis. Old Age.
I3, Samuel Hayward,
81 9
21, William I. Houghton,
66
6
21
Typhoid Fever. .
24, Charles T. Thayer, 19
IO IO
Typhoid Fever.
Aug. 8, Cecil Foss Bunker,
II 12.
Cholera Infantum. Suicide.
9, William H. Thayer, 75
IO, Francis P. McCormack,
5 20
Cholera' Infantum.
14, · Charles' Gifford, 75
. 6. -
Paralysis of Brain.
24, Willie Jones,
7 C .
Cholera Infantum. Consumption.
27, Abel Holbrook, 77 Ann Storrs, 81
II
24
Old Age. Abscess.
31, Charles Harrison Hayden,
2
Sep.
2, · Benjamin F. Hayden, 32
3
II Consumption. Cancer.
5, Joseph Griffin, Viola M. Pratt,
5
28
Croup.
8, Gertrude Austin Penniman,
7
Meningitis. 5
17, Samuel French, . 84
9
27
Cancer.
29, Hattie L. Baker,
II
14
Cholera Infantum.
Oct.
I, William H. Gillespie, I
2
22
Cholera Infantum. Cholera Infantum. Consumption.
5, Samuel Reynolds Millick, [
5
6 Teething.
IO, . William Morrill, 45 Susan A. Thompson, 78
8
II
General Debilty.
12, Sarah Ann Murphy, 35
5
6
Pneumonia. Cholera Infantum.
28, Henry Cleary,
I
9 Convulsions.
31, Mary. D. Howard, 34
8
22 Heart Disease. Pneumonia ...
Nov. II,
Carrie Louisa Saunders, 2
14, Tamar Cutting, 8
79
19
Old Age.
17, Mary Ann Norton, 21
8
4
Consumption.
23; Harriet B. Cushman,
29
7
25
Typhoid Pneumonia
26, Hattie Coy Cushman,
9
30, Peter A. Drollett,
44
9
15
Dec. I, Solon Jenkins,
81
IO, - White,
1
20, 'Samuel Penniman,
81
II.
23
-
Susan M. Hill, IO
10
Heart Disease.
29, Jane F. Sullivan,: " 27
Lewis .E. Goodnow,
2
15 Cholera Infantum. Cholera Infantum.
4, Clarissa B. Gregg, 74
4
27 Marasmus. .
22 Cholera Infantum.
· Eva F. David, R. Frances Mann, 49
8
4
8
Consumption.
24, Kittie V. Maybury,
26
. .
Consumption. Dropsy.
Strangulated Hernia
13
8
1
10, Chas. Loring Gregg,
50
Births in Braintree for the Year 1874.
DATE.
NAME.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan.
1, Joseph Lodo Flour, Martha Eliot Miller,
2, Maud Hellen Fitch,
10, Harry Arnold Simonds,
15 Nellie Louisa Saunders,
C. Watson and Louisa.
19, . William Bradford Richards,
21, Mary Jane Smith,
21, William Jenders,
James and Emma.
24, Fannie Jane Hobart,
:25, Lawrence Doyle,
26, Eva Frances David,
30, Fannie. Lucinda Baker,
Feb.
5," Charles Loring Gregg,
6, Florence Lisette Goodnow,
IO, Burt Forest Hollis,
Thomas and Adeline E .. .
20, George Thomas Fallon, Stella Frances Cavanagh, " Francis P. McCormack,
, 21, Eliza Jane Chambers,
23, . Mary Catharine Long,
24, Ann Mary Brooks,
25, .Ella Hannaford,
Augustus F. and Sarah A.
26, Kittie McAndrew White,
: Robert and Jennie.
.. Horace S. and Victoria M.
5, .Mary Goldsmith R. Daland, John and Sarah E.
8, Joseph Griffin, ,
Michael and Margaret. Joseph and Amelia.
13, John Joseph White,
19, Oliver Chessman Hunt,
20, Teresa Smith,
Charles B. and Georgiana M. Cornelius and Mary. Lemuel D. and Alice F. Aaron H. and Laura V.
22, Willie Stone,
28, Aaron Howe Russell,
29, Everett Clarence Mansfield, Eva Gertrude Mansfield,
Gardner W. and Josephine A. Gardner W. and Josephine A. Sarah Harrison Hayden.
81, Charles Harrison Hayden,
Apl. 10, Annie Mira Willis,
II, Elton Winfield Dana,
12, Henry McDonald,
14, Mary Lizzie Chandler,
Edgar W. and Elizabeth R.
19, Lillabelle Hayden,
24, Alvin Alex. Totman,
George D. and Mary E. Horace and Sarah E. Alexander and Margaret.
Harriet A. Hayden. Alvin and Louisa.
Joseph and Maria.
Joseph S. and Rebecca. Cyrus B. and Hellen F. H. Willie and E. Clarabel.
Horace J. and Harriet R. Mathew and Jane .;
: Robert D. and Sarah F. ; Thomas and Mary. Solon and Agnes. Jonathan W. and Fannie B.
Caleb C. and Lydia P. Henry H. and Lisette M. Leander B. and Maria E.
John and Annie. M. Thomas J. and Mary A. . James and Eliza.
Edward and Catharine. Douglas A. and Ann Mary.
Mar. 2, Louise Scott George,
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DATE.
NAME.
May
I, Mary Rainsford Bates,
3, Mary Kirby,
4, . Freddie Winchell Cram, 8, Nettie Ella Willis, 13, Mary Louise Gooley,
23, Appleton M. Nightingale,
June 9, James Kelley,
II, Jennie Purcell,
17, Alice Lavada Boyle,
June 22, Julie Isabel Arnold,
23, George E. Surarder Huff,
23, Gracie Belle Bowditch,
14, Lewis Eliot Goodnow,
26, Cyrille N: Greenwood,
26, Phillip Sullivan,
July
4, Mary"Alice Hunt,
9, Sarah Lizzie Hollis,
14, "Clara Livia Thayer,
12, Allen Grant Angus,
13, Winnefred Thayer,
19, Gertrude Austin Penniman,. .
19, Reginald H. Johnson, -
25, John Edmund Orr,
28, Florence Octavia Walsh,
28, Charles Edward Bannon,
29. Carroll Austin Holbrook,
29, Susan Maria Hayden,
Aug. 8, Elsie Estella Drinkwater, 9, Viola M. Pratt,
13, George Frederic Beyette,
13, Albert Thomas Donovan,
17, John Hallissey,
22, Margaret Celia Preston,
Michael and Margaret.
Reuben F. and Lydia Ann.
Patrick and Mary.
Charles and Laura G.
George O. and Abbie F. P.
Michael and Mary.
James F. and Susan J.
Maurice and Mary E.
27, . John Jordan, .
28,' Florence Eugenia Langley,
28, Kittie V. Maybury, ..
30, Frank Albert Doherty,
NAME OF PARENTS.
J. Franklin and Margery M. Edward F. and Margaret. Frederic A. and Esther H. Samuel A. and Clara E.
Charles A. and Margaret. Andrew C. and Bridget. James and Catharine. Patrick and Bridget.
John E. and Margaret. E. Watson and Maria V.
Edward and Lucy Jane. ,
George A. and Arabella A.
Charles E. and Lydia D.
John and Mary F.
Edward and Ellen. . Willard M. and Mary E.
Joseph A. and Laura Ann.
William Howe and Adeline H.
William and Isabella.
Angenette Thayer.
Henry A. and E. Anna.
Henry A. and Elizabeth S. William and Sarah.
Theodore and Elizabeth.
Edward and Catharine A.
Peter D. and Sarah B. Edgar and Mary Ann. Albion C. and Susie H.
Henry Otis and Maria L.
Joseph I. and Diantha J.
Malichi and Lucy J.
Daniel and Mary.
26, Chester Hollis,
28, James Alfred Lynch, 30, R. McLanathan Stearns,
31, Mary Hellen Wales
Sept. 4, Edward Quinn, 16, Frank S. McAlpin,
19, Henry Cleary,
Patrick and Eliza.
Eugene F. and Amanda J.
Edwin D. and Kittie. (
George and Julia. ..
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NAME.
Sept. 30, Amos William Buker,
30, Timothy Gannon,, .
30, Alexander A. Raitt,
Oct. 4, Miriam Blagden Lane,
9, Maurice Lucien Belcher,
13, Teresa Grace O'Rourke,
15, Mary Elizabeth Alden,
16, Huff,
19, Warren Henry Crocker,
24, Edward Devany,
24, John Thomas Downes,
Nov. 3, Emily Cornelia Lochman, 4, George Francis Dennehy,
II, Fannie Louise Mead,
10, - - Jackson,
12, Henry Moulton, Hollis, ..
17, Hattie Coy Cushman,
27, John, Edw. S. Drinkwater, 23, Hamilton,
Dec.
5, Philip Sullivan,
IO, . White,
13, Mary Ann Havay,
19, Lizzie Marilla Hobart,
21, Alice May Mellen,
25, Hayden,
27, Charles W. M. Lehman,
31, Mary Eagan,
31, Mary Louise Parks,
NAME OF PARENTS.
Syms G. and Mary Ann .;
Thomas and Bridget.
James and Jennie.
George H. and Sarah W.
Alexander T. and Addie E.
Peter and Teresa.
George A. and Elizabeth.
Alonzo and. Lucy H.
Eugene and Lydia.
Patrick and Margaret:
John, J. and Annie ...
J. Edmund and Harriet M.
Jeremiah and Hannah.
Charles A. and Mary S.
Hosea and Adelaide.
Henry M. and Caroline D.
Alfred W. and Harriet.
Edward H. and Annie Cora.
Robert and Almira.
Thomas and Margaret.
Austin and Mary F.
Andrew and Mary.
C. Harrison and Abbie F.
John Edward and Mary J.
Nelson E. and Mary A.
Sophia Lehman. Martin and Bridget.
Albert F. and Addie M.
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The School Committee of the Town of Braintree beg leave to submit the fol- lowing Annual Report for the year 1874-5.
REPORT.
Our present report must be to some extent a repe- tition of the last and former reports.
The Board of School Committee was organized immediately after the qualification of the members elected, with the choice of
N. L. WHITE, CHAIRMAN. N. TORREY, SECRETARY. 1 And the usual Sub-Committees were selected to have : immediate charge of certain specified schools. There have been monthly meetings held during the year, with reports of inspection, visiting, progress and gen- eral standing of the various schools.
Rev. F. B. Sleeper resigned during the month of September last, and the vacancy still exists. There has been no especial change in the studies and exer- cises of the schools during the past year. It has become more the custom for cities and towns to se- cure teachers and for men and women to graduate from institutions of learning, all parties making new arrangements in the Summer; and, if occasion re- quires, far better opportunities for the Committee to secure teachers.
In consideration of these views, the Committee have made a change in the organization and arrange-
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ment of the High School for the future ; and in order to carry their project into effect, will continue this school year to the end of the Spring term, and not admit any class until the commencement of the Fall term. We will undoubtedly raise the standard of admittance. A more thorough preparation for enter- ing the High School will be expected in the Grammar Schools ; thus no disadvantage will arise to pupils as they now rank in their respective positions.
This arrangement will not interfere with the finan- 1 cial affairs of the town. All accounts. can be closed as at the present.
We notice at the examinations of some of the schools, exercises in calisthenics, of which we approve and recommend a part of the school time of each day exercises of that kind be participated in. Writ- ing is not generally so well taught as it might be. The children are put to writing words and sentences before they know how to form letters. The Com- mittee report good progress in Drawing, in some of the schools, this useful and interesting branch of instruction. It is a most desirable and profitable study and practice ; in our opinion should be com- menced in all the Grammar and Primary schools; it will not prevent their progress in other studies.
The school property is not respected as it should be by some pupils in the schools. Any defacing or damaging the school building, interior or exterior, the teacher must examine into, and, if necessary, re- port to the Sub-Committees, or they will hold them responsible therefor.
More attention should be paid to teach and impress
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good manners. Our teachers should instruct the boys to salute their elders, clergymen, teachers, parents and friends, when they meet them; also, the boys and girls to practice politeness towards each other in the school room which they are sometimes required to display in society.
The duty of providing for vacancies is onerous, and one for the satisfactory discharge of which the Committee many times have not sufficient time nor facilities. We certainly agree, in order to secure the best results, of consulting and advising with each other, and deem it good practice in making selections for teachers, to give the preference to our people who have been educated in home schools, if they do not fall below others, of whom we have knowledge in attainments and qualifications.
Truancies are less frequent than they have ever been in years before, doubtless owing to the appoint- ment of the truant officer.
It is to be regretted that parents and friends do not oftener visit the schools, and thus show some interest in their welfare. Their presence would always be welcomed by the teachers, and would certainly be encouraging to the pupils. Examinations of the schools are not fair tests of either pupils or the ability of the teachers, which are usually well attended, while the school room, the place of daily labor and of daily advancement, if any be made, is. seldom visited. We have, on the whole, a most ex- cellent corps of teachers in our schools, who labor, with patience and good success.
The Grammar and Primary schools are in a flour-
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ishing condition. Their examinations were generally satisfactory, and well attended by the parents and public at large.
The anuual exercises of the High School in the Town Hall were very successful, and will be remem- bered by the graduates of the school long after many other important events are forgotten, as a RED-LETTER DAY-when all the world appeared as bright in the future as the scene which surrounded them.
HIGH SCHOOL.
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CHARLES S. STETSON, A.M. PRINCIPAL. MISS REBECCA M. HOLYOKE, ASSISTANT.
The whole number of pupils in the school at the opening was-71.
The number admitted in February last was 28; comprising 19 girls, 9 boys.
This school, like all others, belongs to the people, and is for their benefit. It should maintain a rea- sonable high standard of scholarship. To admit those who are not qualified, or to permit them to remain is a serious drawback on those who are capa- ble of more rapid advancement.
The Principal, Charles S. Stetson, has managed the school with great efficiency and success. He has been well supported by the able assistant, Miss Rebecca M. Holyoke, and the Committee are pleased to continue their valuable services in the future.
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