Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1898, Part 4

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106


Paid Insurance


Station tools and appliances


$794 1$ 67 83


Office furniture and ex-


penses .


87 05


Oil and waste .


165 78


D. and C. lamps .


313 22


Jobbing material


312 65


Carbons


178 20


Globes


12 84


Salary of manager


250 00


14,189 38


EXTENSION . ACCOUNT.


Extension of lines and lamps 708 36


Extension of real estate


185 57


Extension of electric plant


129 12


Arc lamps


142 07


Transformers and installing


289 80


Meters


375 80


1,830 72


Sinking fund


430 00


430 00


$16,450 10


EXPENSE ACCOUNT.


Paid Wallace P. Mercer, super- intendent $1,150 00


-


Station wages, as per pay · roll · Distribution wages, as per pay roll .


2,629 78


360 09


1


107


Paid jobbing wages, as per pay roll


$309 14


3,117 81


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal Water department, water . P. D. Holbrook, treasurer, sinking fund . ·


278 43


430 00


A. O. Clark, manager, sal- ary


250 00


Insurance :-


Henry A. Monk, on build-


1


ing and machinery 347 58


Hartford Steam Boiler Co., on boilers . 100 00


Charles B. Cummings,


employers' and public liability


346 55


$9,319 38


REPAIRS OF LINES AND LAMPS.


Paid for labor, as per pay roll . $1.506 23


Baker Hardware Co., sup-


plies 24 61


Bibber & White, supplies . 86 69


A. W. Baker, freight ·


16 22


General Electric Co., sup- plies 240 81


.Fore River Engine Co., la- bor and supplies ·


42 10


Houghton Seaverns, sup- plies 42 45


United Electric Improve-


ment Co., supplies 28 57


Charles O. Miller, poles 46 00


108


Paid J. B. Rhines, poles and


lumber .


$32 69


Pettingell - Andrews Co.,


supplies -


6.98


Chandler & Farquhar, sup- plies 5 85


American Electrical Wks., supplies 2 25


Wm. M. Jordan, expressing 7 65


W. I. Jordan, iron work . 1 55


Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., repairs .


8 71


Crifeld Electrical Works, supplies


2 80


John J. Downes, supplies .


3 94


Eagle Oil and Supply Co., supplies .


9 25


C. D. Harlow, supplies


.


2 09


Joseph J. Bates, supplies .


2 05


B. H. Woodsum Co., ce- ment


5 40


Geo. E. Fogg, carting poles


6 00


E. H. Vinton, carting poles


2 50


Thomas F. Finnegan, cart-


ing poles 2 00


New York and Boston Ex- press Co. 1 40


$2,136 79


Credit.


By inventory of material and supplies on hand . $417 66


109


EXTENSION OF LINES.


Paid Bibber & White Co., wire


and supplies . $146 45


Crefeld Electrical Works


wire and supplies . .


184 08


General Electric Co., wire and supplies . 170 64


D. E. Dugan, poles . 10 50


L. A. Burrell, poles . 59 50


For labor, as per pay roll . 130 20


A. W. Baker, freight 6 99


$708 36


REPAIRS OF STEAM PLANT.


Paid Roberts Iron Works 83 32


Fore River Engine, stock


and labor 62 77


A. W. Chesterton, supplies


55 66.


Providence Steam Engine Co. 44 20


Chas. A. Sebeiren, repair-


ing belts 18 45


Crosby Steam Valve Co., supplies 13 46


Chapman Valve Co . 12 15


Andrew Lumsden, new pip-


ing and repairs : 399 97


Eagle Oil Co., supplies


64 33


F. O. Whitmarsh, mason . 83 40


Baker Hardware Co., sup-


plies 5 74


A. W. Baker, freight 22 01


Wm. M. Jordan, freight 4 37


110


Paid W. I. Jordan, ironwork $0 50


J. J. Downes, supplies, 2 25


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 9 00


C. D. Harlow, supplies


80


T. R. Fitch, supplies ·


1 80


Joseph I. Bates, supplies .


2 71


Edward Kendall & Sons,


, supplies 1 65


$888 54


Credit.


By inventory of supplies on hand


79 83


REPAIRS OF REAL ESTATE.


Paid labor


$127 35


J. B. Rhines & Co., lum-


ber


7 81


Fall River Engine Co.


75


Baker Hardware Co ..


16 06


B. F. Torrey


1 00


Wm. M. Jordan, freight


40


A. W. Baker, freight


45


Eagle Oil and Supply Co.,


paint and supplies . . 17 96


$171 78


EXTENSION OF REAL ESTATE.


Paid Hayward Bros., stock and labor fitting up work shop . $45 11


111


Paid Hayward Bros., building coal bin


$30 94


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 38 83


John Gallivan, pipes and labor 29 05


Albert Hobart, graveling roof of coal bin 14 00


B. H. Woodsum Co., drain . pipe 19 50


Baker Hardware Co., sup- plies


6 14


W. I. Jordan, iron work 2 00


-


$185 57 -


REPAIRS OF ELECTRIC PLANT.


Paid labor


$58 50


General Electric Co., sup-


plies


138 33


Fore River Engine Co.


labor and supplies . .


56 31


Bibber & White Co., sup-


plies 14 82


Eagle Oil Co, supplies .


1 40


Baker Hardware Co., sup-


plies


1 39


A. W. Baker, freight


1 18


$271 93


Credit.


By supplies on hand


$32 11


EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC PLANT.


Paid labor


$34 50


General Electric Co., sup-


plies and appliances ·


49 00


112


Paid Westinghouse Electric M'fg. Co., supplies and appliances American Tool & Machine Co. 14 00


$19 44


Fore River Engine, labor and stock 12 18


$129 12


TOOLS AND APPLIANCES. 1


Paid Isaac Sexton, oil filter $12 00


Fore River Engine Co., wrench, etc. 1 70


W. P. Mercer, cash paid,


ladder and wagon jack . 2 25


Baker Hardware Co.


26 96


Chandler, Farquhar, tools .


5 22


Eagle Oil & Supply Co., tools


10 95


J. G. Worster .


1 25


W. J. Jordan .


7 50


$67 83


Cr. .


By tools and appliances on hand


: $254 90


OFFICE FURNITURE AND EXPENSES.


Paid Henry L. Kincaid, furni- ture $21 50


C. S. Hannaford, furniture and supplies . 27 68


113


Paid Weymouth & Braintree Pub. Co., printing $27 65


E. H. Tracey, books and stationery


4 78


Cash paid, invoice book 1 00


W. A. Torrey, stamps ·


3 40


C. H. Hobart, telephone


1 04


$87 05


Cr.


By inventory of fixtures and supplies. · .


. 39 00


OIL AND WASTE.


Paid Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil and waste


$135 31


Salem Waste Co., waste


8 26


M. H. Dinger Co., oil


14 56


O. Q. Ball, oil .


45


A. W. Baker, expressing


3 04


F. R. Fitch, cheese cloth .


4 16


$165 78


Cr


By supplies on hand .


$36 90


ARC LAMPS.


Paid General Electric Co., 6


lamps


.


$142 07


114


DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL-INCANDESCENT LAMPS.


Paid General Electric Co. $269 68


Bibber & White Co. 41 60


A. W. Baker, expressing . 1 94


$313 22


Cr.


By lamps on hand .


$152 90


STABLE ACCOUNT. .


Paid Ambler & Hobart, hay and


grain


$303 31


John E. Hunt, rent of sta- ble, three months . .


12 50


Edward Shay, shoeing


6 10


Claus Ahlf, repairs


12 50


Thomas South, Jr., shoeing and repairs 99 78


A. W. Baker, use of wagon 9 15


E. Bourke, use of wagon .


1 00


Walsh Bros., harnesses and repairs . 81 05


C. D. Harlow, horse medi- cine


5 80


J. Wilkins, use o horse, 1897 .


49 50


J. Wilkins, horse .


65 00


C. S. Hannaford, wagon 35 00


W. J. Jordan, repairs


12 70


$693 39


Credit.


By inventory of horses, wagons,


harnesses, tools and sup- plies on hand $382 89


115


JOBBING SUPPLIES.


Paid Pettingill, Andrews Co.


supplies


$61 52


Bibber & White, supplies . 53 76


General Electric Co. 112 30


McKenney & Waterbury,


fixtures and supplies


49 99


Baker Hardware Co., sup-


plies


9 07


Chandler & Farquhar


·


40


Electric Gas Lighting Co.,


5 26


A. W. Baker, freight 6 60


W. M. Jordan, freight


3 05


E. Bourke, freight


90


Arthur L. Hobart, labor


and supplies . 9 00


Fore River Engine Co. 30


Crosby Steam Gauge Co. . 50


$312 65


Cr


By material on hand $65 31 .


Transformers and installing


·


$289 80


CARBONS.


Paid National Carbon Co., $150 00


American Carbon Co., 9 47


A. W. Baker, expressing . 18 73


1.78 20


Cr.


By carbons on hand


· 42 50


-


METERS.


Paid Westinghouse Electric Mfg.


Co., 34 meters


$372 55


116


Paid A. W. Baker, expressing $2 15 Wm. M. Jordan, express- ing 1 10


375 80


GLOBES AND FREIGHT.


Paid Union Glass Co., $12 84


12 84


EXPENSE ACCOUNT.


Dr.


To operating expenses as per schedule


$14,189 38


interest paid on notes and bonds 1,540 00 · interest on cost of plant paid for in cash over and above notes and bonds, $30,687 at 4 per cent . 1,227 48


depreciation on value of plant at 5 per cent. value, June 30, 1898, $51,550 . 2,577 50 unpaid bills, Dec. 31, 1898 1,145 00 · amount due from con- sumers, Dec. 31, 1897 . 3,394 04 amount of inventory Dec. 31, 1897 903 00 .


$24,976 40


117


Cr.


By cash paid Treasurer for light, meter rent, and jobbing outstanding bills Dec. 31, 1898


7,241 10


1,212 23


inventory of material and supplies, Dec. 31, 1898 .


1,521 45


balance due from consumers,


Dec. 31, 1898


3,561 97


$13,536 75


Charged to the cost of street lights


$11,439 75


Whole number of arc lights, 94.


Whole number of incandescent street lights, 112, equiva- lent to 32 arc lights, making 126 arc lights.


Cost of each arc light per year, $90 78.


Respectfully submitted,


A. O. CLARK, Manager.


The charges on Consumers's Register for D. and C. light- ing, meter rent and jobbing for the year 1898, and the books, accounts, with all vouchers for the same, have been adjusted, and the balance due from consumers December 31, 1898 is ($3,561.97) thirty-five hundred, sixty-one and ninety-seven-hundredth dollars.


DANIEL POTTER, Auditor.


BRAINTREE, January 24, 1899.


SINKING FUND.


ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN OF 1893.


P. D. HOLBROOK, TREASURER ELECTRIC LIGHT SINKING


FUND.


Dr.


For the payment of bonds issued April 5, 1893, payable April 5, 1917.


December 31, 1897 :-


To amount of sinking fund $1,858 43


Town of Braintree, appro- priation 430 00


To Braintree Savings Bank, interest on deposit .


19 18


To Braintree water loan of 1891, interest on one bond 20 00


$2,327 61


Cr.


By one Braintree water loan of 1891 bond, No. 7, at 4 percent .- bond $1,000, premium $95, accrued in- terest $3.33 . $1,098 33


119


By Balance in Braintree Sav-


ings Bank, book No. 2013 $329 97 Balance in Weymouth Sav- ings Bank, book No. 4435 $899 31


2,327 61


Sinking fund electric light loan of 1893, amounting to ($2,327.61) twenty-three hundred twenty-seven and sixty- one hundredth dollars, invested in Braintree water loan bond of 1891 and deposits in Braintree and Weymouth savings bank, as found on examination.


DANIEL POTTER, Auditor.


BRAINTREE, January 10, 1899.


REPORT


OF


THE TOWN LERK


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE, MASS.


1898.


BRAINTREE, January 1, 1899.


In accordance with the usual custom the Town Clerk submits the following report :-


BIRTHS IN 1898.


DATE. Jan.


NAME.


PARENTS' NAMES.


3, Charles Duite,


5, Nina Ethelyn Smith,


7, Helen Victoria Frasier


Frank and Lucy (Pannola) Thomas aud Emma (Pardy) Martin and Victoria (Carpenter)


16, Stilborn,


24, Stephen Patrick Melley


31, Leslie Daniel Berry, Feb.


Stephen and Nora (Welch) George E. and Kate M. (Ray)


2, Daniel Edward Donovan Thomas F. and Rose A. (Duffee) Henry and Rachael (Freeman)


3, Mary Hicks,


10, Hilda Winifred Cushing, Jesse L. and Lizzie M. (Jones)


11, Frederick Melichondi, Martino and Marie (Speare)


13, Marguerite Elizabeth Coose,


18, William Henry Buker, 22, Percy Byron Powers, 22, Edith Loring Sherman, 22, Daniel Clement Dillon, 22, William Byron Heath, 22, Gertrude Florence Hale, Arthur and Annie (Richardson) 24,


- Smith, 25, Caroline Reardon,


26, Edwin James Allen,


28, Edna May Brou,


Edwin F. and Ida M. (Wolfe) William H. and Minnie E. (Ross) John and Mary Ann (McDermott) Willard H. and Lucy E. (Loring) Daniel and Katherine (Gill) William H. and Bertha M. (Hill)


George and Olive (Brow) James and Elizabeth (McMurray) James D. and Sarah E. (Billard) Thomas and Louisa (Pitts)


124


DATE. NAME.


PARENTS' NAMES.


March.


4, Ethel Francis Mehan,


4, Marion Dennehey,


4, Madeline Dennehey,


7, Edward Thomas Mann,


11, Mary Gertrude Murphy, Thomas and Ellen (Morgan)


11, William I. McDonald,


12, Paul Faxon,


14, Leo James Hennessey,


21, Stillborn,


23, Stillborn,


26, Earl Tirrell Pennock,


April.


1, Ruth Harriet Manter,


3, George Henry Murphy,


4, Margaret Reardon,


14, Edith Frances Gorman,


27, Mildrith Ethel Hollis, 29, - - Griffin, 30, Harold Dewey Fraser, May.


3, Harold Wolfe Pedder,


5, Maud Lillian Harnish,


7, Donaid Reviere Car- michael,


9, Charles H. Buker,


10, Myron Elisha Gooch,


10, Elmer Horace Winot,


16, Peter Charles Rogers, Simon and Mary (Pitts)


18, Mabel Richmond Thayer, Stephen E. and Eva L. (Hunt)


20, Dorothy Isabel Jackson, Charles H. and Jennie (Gerrior)


20, George Dewey Dalton, 21, Stillborn,


Patrick H. and Johanna (Walsh) John H. and Nellie M (Doyle) John H. and Nellie M. (Doyle) Ellsworth and Mary T. (Berry)


James E. and Mary (Mahar) Cushing B. and Henrietta S. (Ward- well)


Patrick J. and Julia W. (Mahoney)


Gilbert V. and Edith M. (Tirrell)


John S. and Susie W. (Snow) George and Ellen (Griffin) Timothy and Mary (Donahue) William E. and Mary (Mullin) Joseph D. and Katie A. (King). Lester J. and Luly E. (Denethorn) Jerry and Catherine E. (Frazier)


James and Annie (Reycroft) H. Isaiah and Sarah (Roy)


Fred R. and Sarah M. (Reviere) Edward G. and Annie M. (White- house)


Athelstan E. and Cora E. (Moor- house) James S. and Clara (Piercy)


Thomas F. J. and Mary F. (Griffin)


125


DATE. NAME.


PARENTS' NAMES.


May.


21, Edna May Coffey,


John H. and Ellen J. (Preston)


30, Olive Madeline Holbrook, Charles E. and Margaret G. (Mc- Laughlin)


31, Clarence Fuller Bean, John R. and Nellie F. (Fuller)


June.


7, Hessey Anna Huges,


8. Clarence Dewey Trott,


10, Leo De Young,


Edward J. and Sarah (Fullerton) Joseph and Mary E. (Piercy) Benjamin R. and Mary A. (Levan. gie ) Charles and Salma (-)


12, Herbert Leth,


15, Richard Francis Sweeney, Richard F. and Charlotte E. (Bleak- ley)


16, Frank Sansone, John and Mary (Sock)


18, Winfred Ruth Drinkwater, John J. and Elizabeth A. (Donahue) 19, Mary Ellen, Gill, James and Sarah (Dillon)


23, Nathan Hale,


William A. and Addie J. (Hale) Jacob and Annie M. (Weithrich)


23, Lydia Elmer Klay,


25, Lewis Edwin Goodnow, Frederick E. and Mabel A. (Mann) 26, Georga Gladys Bird, George and Annie (Cudmore)


27, John Conwell Davenport, Henry W. and Hattie (Page)


28, Selden James Lawe, James H. and Lavinia (Taylor)


29, Mildreth Irene Moir, Willliam H. and Nettie A. (Trundy)


July.


4, Margaret Nowers,


12, Florence Louise Mathews, Charles W. and Carrie R. (Torrey) 14, Alice Gertrude Hadley, Edward J. and Isabel W. (Morton) 18, Leon Stanley Frasier, Jerry M. and Sophie (Frasier)


18, Thelma Althea Sweetser Ham,


18, Hazel Louise DeLory, 25, - Sullivan,


29, Carroll Diute, 30, Mary Louise Billings,


Fred H. and Alice (Gifford)


Herman A. and Mary E. (Sweetser)


Henry and Jennie (- -) Frank and May (- -) Angelo and Gesemena (Alard) John A. and Mary L. (Conners)


.


126


DATE. NAME.


PARENTS' NAMES.


August.


7, Bertie Frances Custance, Frank and Kate (Burns)


8, Mary F. Williams, William H. and Martha A. (Blunt)


12, Charles Linnell Moore, Rodolph and Hattie E. (Harris)


12, Annie Gertrude Kennedy, Patrick and Ellen M. (Neagle) 17, Lorenzo Patsey Graziosa, Lorenzo and Lucia (Moccalti)


18, - Crathern, .


Charles F. H. and Sarah G. (Tar- bell)


20, Annie Bertha St. Law- rence, George A. and Elizabeth (O'Lea) Samuel and Martha (Burton)


21, Evelyn Pearl Raines,


28, Buker, Amos S. and Annie E. (Ross)


28, - Buker, Amos S. and Annie E. (Ross)


31, Levi Franklin Belmore, Levi and Ellen J. (Hickey)


31, Stillborn,


Sept. 6, Agnes Marguerite O'Rourke, John and Rosanna (Devereux)


10, Marjorie Fisher,


6, William Weston Merrill, William W. and Johanna (Coffee) Harry A. and Georgiana (John- ston ) Alden A. and Grace (Hackett) Harry C. and Grace E. (Call) John F. and B. Agnes (Quinn)


15, Helen Thorndike,


17, Dorris Evelyn Gifford, 20, John Joseph Gallivan,


22, Clarence Bennett, David and Mary E. (Kinney)


27. Leonard Joseph Thistle, Joseph D. and Emily (Gouthro) Oct.


2, Mildrith Dorothy Harnish, Fitzgerald and Annie M. (Sullivan)


2, Marie Alice Jackson,


5, Stephen Levangie,


6, Rufus Alonzo Smith, 9, Lucy Hudson Abell,


11, Gladys Cecelia Murrin,


12, Harriet P. Sherman,


13, Helen Carmel Dignon,


Frank W. and Lavina (McKenna) Michael A. and Mary S. (Brow) Alfred A. and Ella F. (Billings) Charles L. and Sarah A. (Kelley) James, and Cecelia (McVann) Clarence A. B. and Hattie N. (Baker)


Patrick J. and Kate (Ryan)


127


DATE. NAME.


PARENTS' NAMES.


Oct.


16, Muriel Bloss Kelley,


18, Helen Louise Prescott,


Erskine H. and May{(Waters) Eben and Helen W. (Arnold)


20, Stillborn,


22, Charles Ernest Chapman, William and Mary L. (Page) 26, Violet Marguerite Mc- Loud, Malcome and Addie F. (Harris)


Nov.


5, Elizabeth Annie Reardon, Dennis J. and Mary (Kelley) 11, Elsie Russell Hathaway, Joseph R. and Alice (Chick) 23, - McAloney, Robert F. and Jessie (Ward) Charles M. and Alice C. G. (Moore)


28, Charles Paul Reviere,


28, Elizabeth Gertrude Mc- Causland,


William and Mary (Ryan)


Dec.


1, Harold Pace,


9, Nelson Herrick Small,


Charles and Mary (Long) Lewis F. and Hattie (Hinds)


20, Mary Burke, Michael and Mabel (O'Donnel)


28, Nelson Edward McGib- bon) Edward J. and Alice E. (Hayden)


20, Berg, Elmer and Emma (Loeffler)


29, Dorothy May Burnham, George and Irene E. (Brown) Oct. 29, Illegitimate.


MARRIAGES IN 1898.


DATE. Jan.


NAME.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


1, Lleyllyn Thomas,


24


Weymouth.


Mary O'Connell,


21 Braintree.


2, Stephen E. Thayer,


21 Braintree.


Eva L. Hunt,


19 Weymouth.


5, William H. Morrill,


26 Braintree.


Annie M. Burke,


24


Hingham.


6, George O. Sanford,


26 Clinton.


Edith Bowker Roby,


26 Brockton.


12, Henry M. Ford,


29


Weymouth.


Abbie F. McCue,


28 Braintree.


18 Edward J. McGibbon,


22 Braintree.


Alice E. Hayden,


18 Braintree.


30, Dennis Riordan Mary Keely,


29


Melrose.


Feb.


2, Harry Garfield Dinsmore, Emma Marjorie Leach,


18 Weymouth.


4, William Henry Blackburn,


20 Braintree,


Nellie H. Henderson,


15 Braintree.


11, George Murphy, Ellen Griffin,


25 Braintree.


22 Braintree.


21, Henry Siders Blanchard, Lizzie Hollis Mann,


21 Quincy.


21 Braintree.


41 Braintree.


22, William F. Stark, « Mae L. Hardy,


34


Lynn.


29 Braintree.


19 Braintree.


129


DATE.


NAME.


AGE. . RESIDENBE.


March.


31, Harry S. Allen,


23


Braintree.


Florence Lowell,


18 Weymouth.


April. 20, Charles Wilson,


66


Quincy.


Sarah Erminie Whiting,


31 Braintree.


27,


George Horte,


24 Braintree.


Addie Rachel Hilton,


21 Weymouth.


30.


John Gustafson,


32 Braintree.


Anna Jeppson,


31


Braintree.


May. 17,


Foster F. Tupper,


39


Braintree.


Anna Mira Penniman,


25 Braintree.


June. 15,


James E. Holbrook,


20


Braintree.


Hattie E. White,


21 Braintree.


George Benjamin Loring,


23 Braintree.


Iva Gertrude Hyland,


19


Weymouth.


16, July. 12,


William Gordan Ball,


31 Princess Bay, N. Y.


Susan Ordway Lane,


37


Braintree.


20,


John Anderson,


23 Braintree.


Lizzie Delory,


21 Braintree.


Aug. 3,


William J. Healey,


21 Braintree.


Lucy Moan,


19 Braintree.


8,


John E. Orr,


24 Braintree.


Sarah Eleanor Thomas,


22 Braintree.


13,


James Towler,


43 Braintree.


Margaret (McMahon) Coughlin.


30 Braintree,


Sept. 3,


Nels A. F. Nelson,


35 Braintree.


Marie E, Isacson,


25 Quincy.


6,


Benjamin C. Saulpaugh,


24 Braintree.


Fannie R. Bishop,


25 Braintree.


130


NAME.


AGE


RESIDENCE,


DATE. Sept. 28. William J. Hogan,


23


Boston.


Nellie Connell,


22 Braintree.


Oct. 6, Thomas J. Smith,


29


Braintree.


Anna Almira Pardy,


24 Rockland.


11,


Clarence R. Bestick,


23 Braintree.


Annie G. Reviere,


19 Braintree.


19, Alfred J. Ellsworth,


30 Braintree.


Gertude Sherman,


25


Wollaston.


23, William Grant Perkins,


33 Middleboro.


Ella B. (Haskins) Wentworth,


44 Middleboro.


25, Thys Yutema,


25 Braintree.


Tjitsche DeBoer


25


Braintree.


26, Robert M. Wood,


42 Braintree ..


Catherine Smith,


27 Braintree.


29, Samuel M. Babbitt,


27 Braintree ..


Bessie E. Preist,


18 Braintree.


31, John R. McGrady,


27 Middleboro.


Mary A. Peat,


23


Braintree.


Nov.


1, Robert E. Whitman,


25 Braintree.


Mellie M. Kyte,


28 Braintree.


7, Benjamin O. Hatch,


21 Boston.


Ella May Dimmock,


18 Braintree.


15, Harry Sands Burgess, Hattie Howard Ellis,


27 Braintree.


19, Herbert L. Perry,


23 Braintree.


Lottie Dorrion,


22 Braintree.


24, Noah Francis Stowell, Mabel Crosby Dyer,


25


Braintree.


Dec.


17 Frederick O'Connor,


25 Braintree.


Helen Levangie,


23 Braintree.


21.


Willis Howard Butler,


25 N. Y. City.


Mary Helen Wales


24 Braintree.


26 Weymouth.


24 Braintree.


131


Whole number of marriages, 42.


Birthplace of Males-Braintree, 5; Weymouth, 5; Quincy, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 15; British Provinces, 4; Ireland, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Sweden, 2; Scotland, England, Holland, Pennsylvania and Maine, 1 each.


Females-Braintree, 8; Weymouth, 6 ; Quincy, 1 ; other places in Massachusetts, 9 ; British provinces, 5; Ireland, 3; Maine, 2 ; New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, England, Holland, Norway and Sweden, 1 each.


Residence of males-Braintree, 30; Weymouth, 2; Quincy, 2; other places in Massachusetts, 6; New York, 2.


Females-Braintree, 29; Quincy, 2; Weymouth, 5; other places in Massachusetts, 6.


Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 21; Weymouth, 7; Quincy, 3 ; Boston, 5 ; Hingham, Melrose, Lynn, Cambridge, Chelsea and Whitman one each.


DEATHS IN 1898.


DATE. NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


AGE. Y.


M. D.


Jan. 5, Cynthia (Reynolds) Smith,


Benton, Me.,


82


4


4


10, Albert Titcomb,


Newburyport, 95


11, Ruth Kibble,


Nova Scotia,


89


13, Rachael (French) Morse,


Braintree,


83 -


15


16, - Reardon,


20, Joseph Dunkerly,


England,


61


9


25, . Stephen Gardner Leavitt,


Scituate, ,


73 6


26, Onslow Q. Ball,


Manchester, N.H., 39 -


28, Wilbur F. Nott,


N. Scituate, 33


9


6


28, Caroline C. (Sanderson) Thayer,


Groton,


64


7 16


Feb.


16, Helen J. (Jones) Hewes,


Yarmouth, Me.,


49 11 11


18, Rebecca H. (Cobb) Thayer,


Roxbury,


63


9 18


23, Julian Cuthbert Packard, :27, -- Smith,


Braintree,


2


March.


10, Mary A Nightingale,


Quincy,


89


-


13, Mary (Eagan) Brioda,


Ireland,


71 - -


13, Philander A. Crosby,


Orleans,


40 11 28


21, - Howland,


23, - Holbrook, ,


26, Susan E. (Clift) Collins,


Whitman,


34 10 28


27, Warren Mason Warburton,


Braintree,


4 3


31, George Downey,


St. John, N. B.,


44


6


-


-


Braintree,


8 4


133


DATE. NAME.


BIRTHPLACE. AGE. Y. M. D.


April.


2, - John B. Sears,


St. Johnbury, Vt., 24 - -


6, Susanna (Curtis) Stetson,


Quincy, 89 5 2


6, Emma M. Kane,


Rockland, 25 10 1


9, Elisha Alden Belcher,


No. Bridgewater, 62 8 21


12, Harry B. Foster,


Boston, 23 11 -


12, Edward S. Stetson,


Randolph,


23 - -


23, Charles S. Clapp,


Dorchester, 66 8 11


23, Martha W. (Gushee) Hobart, Raynham,


80 - 16


May.


11, Elmer H. Wynot,


Braintree,


-


1


13, Atherton T. Wilde,


Braintree,


85


6 17


13, Charles E. Packard,


Gardner, Me.,


39 8 3


14, Susan T. (Loud) Dowse,


Weymouth,


64 10 27


22, Joseph L. Folsom,


Nantucket, 63


1 22


26, Nansie W. (Robbins) Beal, June.


Plymouth, 65


9


-


1, Arthur Gilman Wilde,


Holbrook,


20 10 10


1, Robert Waymouth,


Boston,


79


8 14


9, Robert M. Loring,


Weymouth,


48


7 13


10, Earle W. Wade,


S. Thomaston, Me. 23


12, Cornelius Maguire,


Ireland,


68


20, John V. Scollard,


Braintree,


37


Quincy,


29


6


27, Arthur W. O'Connor, July. 12, Thomas W. Sampson,


Middleboro,


58


4 5


Roxbury,


34


9 21


Weymouth,


65


5 19


Sarah Brewster Tupper,


Kingston,


71


4


Ireland,


80 - -


Braintree,


8 11


8


Aug. 4, Ida May Greenough,


8, Frank Benjamin Klaus,


13, Flora E. (Bradley) Chick,


Lynn,


44


1 21


Denmark,


56


9 10


17, Peter Smith,


23, Ralph Austin Torrey,


Braintree,


1


3 16


-


4 22


Braintree,


9 29


-



Braintree,


18, Thomas G. Dana, 18, Mary L. (Derby) Reed,


22,- 14, Ann G. (Gaffey) Cahill, 26, John Edward Pitts,


134


DATE. NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


AGE.


Y.


M. D.


Aug.


25, George A, Newcomb,


Braintree,


8 19


27, Edward B. Hayden,


Franklin,


66


4


31. - - Drysdale


Sept.


2, Sven Spencer Heustin,


Reading,


-


10 15


3, Harold D. Frazier,


Braintree,


4


3


4, Buker,


Braintree,


7


6, 'John Maloney, .


Ireland,


68


7, Buker,


Braintree, -


- 11


9, Wallace W. Dana,


Braintree,


20


6 7


10, Isaac Herbert Clark,


Newcastle, Eng.,


46


-


- -


24, Helen V. Frazer,


Braintree,


- 8 15


29, Lavinia A. (Dyer) Bradford


Braintree,


69


5


3


Oct.


1, Henry Chester French,


Braintree,


28


5 -


6, George F. Durgin,


Quincy,


43


9 14


10, Eliza A. Steele,


Gloucester,


55


8 14


12, Elizabeth E.|(Searles) Bradley, Lynn,


67


3 -


20, - Arnold,


22, Harold E. Dyer,


Braintree,


5 - 15


23, David Brainard Thayer,


Braintree,


62 11 14


25, Ibrahim Morrison,


Braintree,


50 -


5


Nov.


4, Mary J. Spring,


Harmony, Me.,


61


8 11


16, Anna A. L. Richards,


Braintree,


82


1 26


23, Hannah E. Ames,


Jefferson, Me.,


79


2 20


30, Margaret Shaw,


Scotland,


73 11 24


Dec.


7, William H. French,


Braintree,


45


- -


17, ' Elizabeth A. Teakles,


Cambridge,


29


7 -


19, Peter D. Holbrook,


Randolph,


73


8 16


28, Henry S. Harnish,


Braintree,


9


6 15


29. Elizabeth Hollis,


Salem,


75


2 15


30, Maria L. Ross,


Quincy,


49 11


5


30, Hannah A. Buker,


Braintree,


1 3 -


-


135


Whole number of deaths in 1898, 85; males, 49; females, 36 ; single, 35 ; married, 31; widowed, 19.


Birthplace-Braintree, 31 ; other places in Massachusetts, 36 ; Ireland, 4; Maine, 6; British Provinces, 2; England, 2; New Hampshire, Vermont, Scotland and Denmark, 1 each.


Ages-Under one year, 17; between one and ten, 5; ten and twenty, 0; twenty and thirty, 10; thirty and forty, 6; forty and fifty, 9; fifty and sixty, 4; sixty and seventy, 16; seventy and ·eighty, 9; eighty and ninety, 8; over 90, 1.


Birthplace-Fathers : Braintree, 15; other places in Mas- sachusetts, 29; Ireland, 7; Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 3; Vermont, 2; England, 2; British Provinces, 8; Rhode Island, Scotland, Sweden, Bohemia, Denmark, 1 each; not known, 6.


Mothers : Braintree, 8; other places in Massachusetts, 37; British Provinces, 10; Ireland, 7; Maine, 10; England 2; Sweden, Scotland, New Hampshire, 1 each ; not known, 8.


Diseases-Pneumonia, 15; heart disease, 7; still born, 6; apoplexy, 6; cholera infantum, 5; consumption, 4; cancer, accident, Bright's disease, meningitis, typhoid fever, 3 each ; old age, dropsy, bronchitis, hemorrhage, septicemia, inanition and uræmia, 2 each ; cyanosis, neuritis, mumps, influenza, carditis, convulsions, peritonitis, paralysis, malaria, calconoma of intes- tines, diphtheria, diabetes and harmoptyse, 1 each.


TOWN RECORDS.


WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.


NORFOLK, SS. To Either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1898, at seven o'clock in the fore- noon, to act on the following articles, namely :




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