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VINE HILLS CEMETERY.
The difficulties of getting a suitable way from Samoset street to the new Cemetery, are not yet removed. The way laid out by the Selectmen is not wholly satisfactory to parties desiring to purchase lots, if the land damages could be satisfactorily adjusted, and if the whole of the land offered by Mr. Davee were purchased, a more attrac- tive entrance could be made. The Superintendent states
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that applications for lots to the value of about $250 await the decision upon the entrance. Mr. Davee has modified his first offer of the whole land, to avoid contest on the damage awarded for the way laid out, so that the differ- ence in the cost of the whole and the way laid out is but $450, if settlement is obtained upon the terms of the award. The majority of the Selectmen are of opinion that the simplest, and in the end the cheapest solution of the matter, is the purchase of the whole lot, but as the authority given them in the premises is not recent, and the Board are not unanimous upon it; they would prefer that the town should decide the matter by express instruc- tion. If the purchase is made, the appropriation should be increased $300. It is important that the question should be decided, as the fencing ought not to be delayed. The cost of the fencing will not be affected by the pur- chase, only its location. The unusual pressure upon con- tingent account by the great fire in the woods, has pre- vented the credit to this account of $2000-from corpora- tion tax, as recommended last year-the transfer of the balance from abatements has been made. The receipts from the sale of lots have been $138.70, and some other sales have been made, in which deeds had not been deliv- red at the close of the accounts. The amount expended in care, clearing up, &c., was $286.95, for work done during the year.
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WATER WORKS.
The decision of the United States Supreme Court that compelled the payment of interest on the water loan in gold, has materially delayed this department in becoming self sustaining, and together with two extensions made during the year, has created a deficiency of $1,515.09. But for gold interest, and extensions, the water rents would have been sufficient for all the demands of this department, the report of the Commissioners will be found appended. A petition, largely signed by the tax- payers of Chiltonville, has been presented to the Select- men, asking for the extension of the water pipes to that village. The outlay involved in such an extension would prevent the Selectmen from authorizing it under the general power given them over extensions, but if the applicants can show, as they claim to be able to do, that the water rents to be secured by the extension would pay six per cent. on the cost, there would seem to be no good reason why the town should refuse to make provis- ion for such extension. As the whole water rents have not paid six per cent. on the cost of the works until quite recently, there is much force in the claim of the residents of Chiltonville that they should be accommo- dated if the rents that would accrue should not at once reach that percentage, provided there was reasonable promise that they would do so. The Selectmen are not
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yet furnished with full information of the number of takers that can be secured. The cost of the extension desired, if four inch pipe were used, would be nearly five thousand dollars. Three inch pipe would be suffi- cient for all the present wants of the place, and would cost twelve hundred dollars less. If the extension is made, the Selectmen recommend that the money be hired and treated as part of the water loan, the interest being chargeable to the account of Water Works.
CLAIM OF SANDWICH.
For three years, from 1865 to 1868, inclusive, the town of Sandwich admitted to its school several children living in Plymouth, at Red Brook, remote from any school in Plymouth, and in the year 1869, presented a bill to the School Committee of Plymouth for three years' tuition, at the same rate that the school where they were taught cost per scholar. This bill, the Committee declined to pay for want of authority, never having made any con- tract in relation to them, or known of their existence, but made agreement for the future tuition at a satisfactory rate.
Since then, the bill has been modified from the basis of the cost of the single school to the cost of all the schools in Sandwich, and reduced from about $120 to $94.60, and is now presented rather as an equitable, than
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a legal claim upon Plymouth. The scholars taught, could not have attended any school in Plymouth, and were taught cheaper than provision could have been made for them in any other way, if the claim is paid. The School Committee refer the claim to the Selectmen, and the Selectmen deem it proper to submit it to the to wn, with the recommendation that it be allowed.
GUIDE BOARDS.
In accordance with the requirements of the statute, the guide boards of the town are reported in fair condi- tion.
The reports of the Overseers of the Poor, Water Commissioners, Engineers, Liquor Agent, Petroleum Inspector, Committee on Agawam and Half Way Pond Fishery, and the Trustees of the Water Scrip Sinking Fund, accompany this report.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations for the current year are recommended :- .
Schools, and repairs of schoolhouses,
$15,500 00
Poor,
7,000 00
Roads,
7,000 00
Town Debt,
3,700 00
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Insane Poor, 1,500 09
Fire Department,
1,500 00
Assessors,
300 00
Discounts,
3,500 00
Treasurer,
500 00
Sexton,
125 00
Burial Hill,
50 00
New Roads,
600 00
Lighting Streets,
500 00
Collection of Taxes,
450 00
Water Scrip Sinking Fund,
1,500 00
Vine Hills Cemetery,
2,300 00
Water Works,
800 00
$46,825 00
DEFICIENCIES.
Roads,
$653 97
Water Works,
1,515, 09
$2,169 06
$48,994 06
ALBERT MASON, LYSANDER DUNHAM, HOSEA BARTLETT, DAVID CLARK, LEMUEL BRADFORD. Selectmen of Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, March, 4, 1871.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The number of inmates at the Almshouse for this year has not been so large as that of 1869.
We give below some statistics :
The largest number of inmates in 1870,
25
Average, 66
20
Present number,
15
Number of deaths,
6
Admitted during the year,
10
Discharged,
9
Able to perform some labor,
3
Strangers and travellers,
53
Supplies of wood and provisions have been furnished to sixty families.
In consideration of the expenses of living, and the lack of employment, we cannot recommend to the Town to raise a less sum for the support of the Poor, than was raised last year.
Six families living in other towns have gained what is termed a military settlement in Plymouth, and one of the families is now receiving aid from this town.
THE INSANE.
Plymouth has ten insane persons at the Asylums at Taunton and Worcester, at a cost of $3.50 per week, ex- clusive of clothing, &c. The rooms at the Alshouse, constructed for the accommodation of the harmless and
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incurable insane, are now ready for occupation, and those persons will be brought to them as soon as the weather is suitable for their removal.
The care of these persons here, instead of at the Hos- pitals, will lessen the expenses of the Town in this de- partment, and we recommend a reduction of $500 from the amount appropriated last year.
REPAIRS.
Six rooms have been constructed and furnished for the use of the harmless and incurable insane, and a Lawson furnace procured for heating them, and six other rooms.
A bath-room, and two water closets, have also been constructed, which add very much to the comfort and convenience of the inmates, and lesson the care and labors of those having them in charge.
It was found necessary to build some 70 feet of stone wall, and a board fence of the same length, at the Alms- house for an inclosure and yard, to confine those persons unsafe to go at large, where they could have the sunshine and air freely, and an opportunity for exercise. For this, and some other expenditures, the cost of repairs, items of which are given in the Town Report, has exceeded our estimates.
JOHN H. HARLOW, L. T. ROBBINS, WM. H. WHITMAN, LEMUEL BRADFORD.
Overseers of the Poor.
128 WATER COMMISSIONERS.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Gentlemen :- The Water Commissioners for the Town of Plymouth submit the following as their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1870 :
There has been laid two hundred feet of cement pipe at Northtown, at the cost of $19, exclusive of pipe. There has also been eight hundred feet of iron pipe laid in Fremont street, at the cost of $360.
The increase of water rents the past year from new takers, amounts to $137. The whole amount of water rents during the same time, amounts to $6,930.50.
The expense of stock and labor on the Water Works, repairing and laying service pipes, has been $318.85.
There has been three leaks in the main pipe during the year. The connection between the ponds remain the same as former report.
Respectfully submitted,
ABBOT DREW, LEMUEL BRADFORD,
Water Commissioners.
REPORT OF J. C. FULLER, TOWN LIQUOR AGENT, PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1, 1871.
Trial Balance.
Profit and Loss.'
Townof Plym'th.
Balance.
1870.
CASH ACCOUNT.
Jan. 1. To cash on hand,
$137 62
Dec 31 .. rec'd from sales, in 1870, 3,255 04
-* 3,302 66
CI :.
Cash paid for Mose., viz .:
Liquors, J. A. Brodhead, $2681 26
C. F. Rogers, corks, 5 23
Glassware and faucets, 2 85
Bit and stock, 75
$2,690 09
To State Treasurer,
15 90
$2,705 99
To cash paid sundry ex- penses, viz. : Rich & Weston, $67 70
Andrews Bros., 11 00
W. W. Avery, 5 00
(1. C. Doten, 3 55
G. W. Bagnall,
Postage,
79
Wrapping paper, 3 00
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REPORT OF J. C. FULLER, TOWN LIQUOR AGENT, PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1, 1871. Continued.
Trial Balance.
Profit and Loss. Town of Plym'th.
Balance.
Freight (O. C. R.) 2 47
Agent's trav. ex. to Boston, 15 00
$108 89
Agent's salary,
325 00
433 89 3,139 88
Balance on hand, $252 78 $252 78
$252 78
MERCHANDISE ACCOUNT.
To Liquor on hand, Jan. 1. 1870. $462 23
Bill against State,
6 24
Store fixtures, .. 48 98
C'ash, sundry Mdse. 8 83
Liquors bo't J. A. Brodhead,
2,646 16
turned over by Court, 22 15
$3,194 59
CR.
By sales, $3,255 04
Liquors to State, 9 56
499 13
$499 13
Stock on hand, Liquors, 450 63
Store Fixtures. 48 50
Net gain, 569 14
$569 14
$569 14
$3,763 43 $3,763 73,
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Town of Plymouth, Due Jan. 1, 1870, J. A. Brodhead, bills due at date,
340 32 276 34
$340 39
#276 34
Expense account, as per cash acct. above,
433 89
#433 89
$1,185 80 $1,185 80
Total expenses: gains, Net profits,
$433 89 --
$569 14
135 25
135 25
$569 14
$569 14
Balance due Town of Plymouth, at date,
$475 57
Total Assets,
Liabilities.
$276 34
Net investment of Town at date,
475 57
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$751 91. $751 91
The number of sales during the year is 5,824; varying in price from 6 cents to $9.75. The towns of Carver, Plympton, Kingston and Duxbury, having no Agents, are in part supplied from Plymouth ; and not few are the calls from Middleboro', Pembroke, Halifax and Hanson. In justice to the "Commissioner " of the State, allow me to say, that from the first, the liquors which he has supplied, have been PURE, and of Good quality; thus enabling the Town Agencies to be, -what the law intends, -places where PURE liquors, for the purposes recognized by law, may be obtained and at reasonable prices.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. FULLER.
.
$475 57 $475 57
$751 91
132 INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM OILS.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Plymouth :
GENTLEMEN :- The following Report for the year 1870, of Inspector of Petroleum Oils is respectfully submitted :-
INSPECTED
BBLS.
For A J. Atwood,
3
William Burns,
+
A. J. Bradford, 8
George F. Bartlett,
13
George W. Bramhall,
8
F. H. Churchill,
1
William R. Drew,
B. C. Finney & Co.,
7
Allen Holmes,
9
Charles Holmes,
1
William Gooding,
1
Thomas Loring,
5
A. G. Morton,
1
F. Prior & Co.,
6
Arad Perkins,
1
E. F. Sherman,
7
Thomas B. Sears,
3
Wait Wadsworth, 1
Ansel Bartlett,
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INSPECTED
BBLS.
For S. P. Brown,
2
Clark & Swift,
1
Holmes & Paty,
1
H. C. Whitten,
4
O. Edes, 1
Samuel Rickard, 1
L. Pratt & Co., 7
There are but six now who sell Petroleum Oils in the town, that call for the services of the Inspector.
J. C. FULLER,
Inspector of Petroleum Oils.
PLYMOUTH, January 2, 1871.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Gentlemen :- In accordance with the vote of the Town, I have the honor to present the following report :
There are belonging to the Department 131 men, 42 of the same are volunteers without pay; also 1 steam ' fire engine, 4 hand engines, (two of the same having no company attached to them) 10 hose carriages, 1 hook and ladder carriage, 13 ladders, 1,200 feet of leather, 1,600 feet of canvas, 400 feet of linen, and 100 feet of rubber leading hose. The steam fire engine, one hose carriage, and the rubber hose were purchased within the past year. The engine and apparatus are in good working order.
There has been one fire during the year, the damage about $2,000, covered by insurance.
I would recommend an appropriation of $1,500 for the ensuing year, and the purchase of 400 feet of hose, to be put in charge of a company of six men, and located in a central part of the town.
The Steam Fire engine proves satisfactory, and I con- gratulate our citizens in this great addition to our protective force in case of fire.
P. C. CHANDLER,
Chief Plymouth Fire Department.
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AGAWAM AND HALF-WAY POND FISHERY.
The Committee on Agawam and Half-way Pond Fishery for 1870, would respectfully present their annual report.
The last year has been a favorable year, with a good run of Herrings. More fish went into Half-way pond last year, than ever before.
Your Committee was at some trouble and expense to get a good way for the fish around Glen Charlie dam, but it is now in first rate condition and a permanent screen to turn the fish up the fish-way.
The right to take fish was sold to George
Sanford, Esq., for $605 00
One-half belonging to Plymouth, 302 50
$302 50
Expenses of washing and cleaning at brook,
with other expenses, 98 10
$204 40
which was paid into the Town Treasurer of Plymouth. The condition of the sale was that all the fish caught, were to be divided equally between the two Towns, and, after two hours, no one appearing from Plymouth to take their share, the purchaser sold them to any person living . in either of the Towns of Plymouth or Warcham. Your
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Committee think Plymouth better accommodated this year than ever before.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN ATWOOD, AUGUSTUS ROBBINS, STEPHEN PEMBER,
Committee.
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SINKING FUND OF PLYMOUTH WATER SCRIP.
The undersigned, Trustees of said Fund, present to the Town the following report of their doings for the past vear :
The amount of the sinking fund by last report, $1,700 00
Received January 7, 1870, dividend of
Old Colony National Bank. 50 00
66 Interest on $700 Bonds of Water Scrip, 24 02
66 October 4, Dividend of Old Colony National Bank, 50 00
6. December 1, Interest of $700 Bonds of Water Scrip, 23 26
December 1, from Town of Plymouth. 1,300 00
$3,147 28
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS.
Twenty Bonds of $100 cach, of Plymouth
Water Scrip, $1,980 39
Ten shares in Old Colony National Bank, cost, 1.019 61
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Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank,
$147 28
$3,147 28
Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN DANFORTH, WM. T. DAVIS, WM. H. NELSON,
Trustees. PLYMOUTH, February 1, 1871.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen-Albert Mason, Lemuel Bradford, Lysander Dunham, Hosea Bartlett, David Clark.
Town Clerk-Leander Lovell.
Town Treasurer-James Cox.
Collector of Taxes-Lemuel Bradford.
Assessors-John Harlow. Edward W. Bradford, Lem- uel Bradford.
Overseers of the Poor-John H. Harlow, William H. Whitman, Lemuel Bradford. Leavitt T. Robbins, Josiah C. Hovey.
Sexton-Clement Bates.
Water Commissioners-Lemuel Bradford, Abbot Drew.
School Committee-William H. Whitman, Charles Bur- ton, expires 1873 ; Albert Mason, Lemuel Bradford 2d, ex- pires 1872 ; Alexander Jackson, Benjamin Hubbard, ex- pires 1871.
Superintendent of Schools-Charles Burton.
Agawam Fishery Committee-John Atwood, Stephen Pember, Augustus H. Robbins
Constables-Barnabas Hedge, Harvey W. Weston, John Perkins, John Atwood, Lewis J. Wadsworth.
Board of Health-Barnabas H. Holmes, John Atwood, Barnabas Hedge, Amos H. Locke, William E. Barnes.
Surveyors of Highways-William Hall, Joseph F. Towns, Ezra Finney, George Thrasher, Jr., Winslow Rickard,
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Thomas Pierce, Stephen Doten, Thomas Sampson, Isaac N. Barrows, Elisha Nelson, David Clark. Lewis W. Thrasher.
Burying Hill Committee-Warren S. Macomber, Charles Raymond, James B. Collingwood.
Truant Committee-John Perkins, Josiah D. Baxter, James B. Collingwood.
Surveyors of Lumber-George H. Jackson, Leavitt T. Robbins, Jr., Nathaniel Brown.
Inspector and Sealer of Leather-John Churchill.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Horace C. Whitten.
Committee on Plymouth Beach-Thomas B. Sears, Henry Whiting, Charles Burton, Josiah D. Baxter.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Joseph F. Towns, Samuel Cole, Ezra Finney, Stephen Doten, Lewis W. Thrasher. Hosea C. Bartlett, Charles Whitten, Nathan B. Perry, Lewis S. Wadsworth.
Committee on Shell Fish-Josiah D. Baxter, Barnabas Hedge, John T. Hall.
Committee on Fire in the Woods-Franklin B. Cobb, Henry Whiting, Jr., Alanson Thomas, William T. Davis, Gustavus G. Sampson, Thomas Pierce, Horatio Wright, Isaac N. Barrows, Otis W. Burgess, Truman Sampson, Barnabas Hedge, Henry Whiting, Leavitt T. Robbins, Jr., Ezra Finney, George W. Cobb, James Hall, Aaron Sampson.
Superintendent of Water Works-Abbot Drew.
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Pound Keepers-At the Almshouse, Oliver L. Wood; at Chiltonville, Galen R. Holmes ; at Manomet Ponds, Josiah C. Hovey.
Liquor Agent-Josiah C. Fuller.
Board of Engineers-Peleg C. Chandler, Barnabas Chur- chill, Wait Wadsworth, Richard W. Bagnall, Henry Whi- ting, Jr.
Number of Polls-1,513.
Tax on Polls-$2.00.
Rate of Taxation-1,5%,
Valuation, Real Estate.
$2,028,375
Personal Estate, 1,357,200
Total Real and Personal Estate, $3,385,575
Voted, That the claim of Martin Howland be referred to the Selectmen with instructions to report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to widen and straighten the town portion of High Street.
Voted, That all bills against the town shall be approved by order of the Board or Committee under whose author- ity the same are contracted, or by the signatures of a majority of such Board or Committee, before the Select- men shall draw orders upon the Treasury for the payment of the same.
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Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended to Mrs. Mary M. Harlow, for her services in procuring a Town Clock, and that the Selectmen be authorized to reimburse her for any bills paid by her on account of the clock which have not been otherwise reimbursed.
Voted, That the School Committee be authorized to dispense with the School at Indian Brook, if in their judgment it shall be deemed expedient. *
Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to use their efforts to secure the enforcement of the Statute in re- lation to the employment of children in mills.
Voted. That the town reports of next year be required to be in detail so far as to show to whom and for what each payment of money is made.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to call the attention of our Representative in Congress, to the urgent necessity of an appropriation for Plymouth Beach, and to the injuries that have resulted to the Beach during the storms of the past Winter, by reason of the failure of the appropriation last year, which requires immediate atten- tion from the General Government.
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MARRIAGES ENTERED IN 1870.
January 2. Augustus S. Hathaway and Nancy L. Fin- ney, both of Plymouth.
January 2. Ebenezer Sherman of Kingston, and Lucy M. Burgess of Plymouth.
January 3. Samuel C. Wright of Plympton, and Mary E. Nickerson of Plymouth.
January 5. . John K. Cobb and Mary Brown, both of Plymouth.
January 19. Clark Finney, Jr., and Antonette C. Bach- elder, both of Plymouth.
January 22. Thomas R. Jordan and Hannah T. Holmes, both of Plymouth.
January 29. Ellis S. Pierce and Harriet E. Wood, both of Plymouth.
February 1. George L. Churchill of Kingston, and Emma H. Hedge of Plymouth.
February 5. Albert Raymond and Naomee F. Manter both of Plymouth.
February 15. Albert F. Reed of Middleboro,' and Isa- bell Richmond of Plymouth.
February 17. Edward W. Drew and Lizzie C. Holmes, both of Plymouth. Married at Cambridge.
March 12. Herbert W. Cobb of Kingston, and Juliette Grover of Plymouth.
March 21. Daniel Callahan and Kate Cahew, both of Plymouth.
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April 7. William 1. Bartlett and Mary A. Shaw, both of Plymouth.
April 7. Lyndon P. Hubbard and L. Ella Churchill, both of Plymouth. Married at New York City. April 20. Joseph S. Buckingham and Mary S. Brown, both of Plymouth.
April 21. William P. Stoddard and Annie C. Farris, both of Plymouth.
May 1. Edward W. King of Carver, and Sarah F. Cobb of Plymouth.
May 6. Seth T. Mayo and Elizabeth A. Pippy, both of Plymouth.
May 7. Abner H. Harlow, Jr., and. Henrietta Thomas, both of Plymouth. Married at Abington.
May 14. Eugene C. Pool of Abington, and S. Josie Burgess of Plymouth.
May 20. John M. Edson and Lizzie F. Westgate, both of Wareham.
June 2. Caleb Harding of Plymouth, and Harriet L. Saunders of Sandwich.
June 5. Seth Mahuren, Jr., and Salinar H. Nickerson, both of Plymouth.
June 12. Herbert E. Faunce of Carver, and Abbie F. Burgess of Plymouth.
June 29. Lowell Q. Clifford and Ellen Lamb, both of Kingston.
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July 3. Linus B. Thomas and Helen I .. Harlow, both of Plymouth,
July 12. Josiah V. Dean and Mary Shehan, both of Plymouth.
July 27. Charles P. Morse and Julia A. Seavey, both of Plymouth. Married at Boston.
August 15. Howard K. Swift and Julia A. Sears, both of Plymouth.
August 17. William H. Moore of New York, and Fannie C. Whiting of Plymouth.
September 5: Edwin H. Peterson of Ohio, and Junie S. Weston of Plymouth.
September 13. Frederic H. Whitmore and Fannie Bradley, both of Plymouth. Married at Kingston,
September 14. Elkanah C. Finney, Jr., of Plymouth, and Florence Weston of Duxbury.
September 14, George A. Manter and Sophronia P. Sampson of Plymouth.
September 21. Eliel Benson of Carver, and Sally Ryder of Plymouth.
September 28. Ezra Holmes of New Bedford, and Bardie S. Hovey of Plymouth.
October 6. Lewis Eddy of Boston, and Mary P. Talbot of Plymouth.
October 13. Charles G. Hathaway and Mary Stoddard, both of Plymouth.
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October 20. William A. Tarbell and Lucy H. Whiting, both of Cambridge.
October 22. Charles A. Pierce and Laura Westgate, both of Plymouth.
October 22. Elijah E. Douglass and Mary Sherman, both of Plympton.
October 24. Albert T. Finney of Plymouth, and Pella T. Whitmore, of St. Louis, Mo. Married at Newton. October 27. Edward E. Bassett and Mary F. Swift, both of Plymouth. Married at Sandwich.
November 2. William E. Baker and Eliza S. Vaughan, both of Plymouth,
November 5. George R. Calloway and Lizzie P. Wood, both of Plymouth.
November 6. John R. Bradley and Louise F. Bradford, both of Plymouth. Married at Kingston.
November 13. Joseph H. Ross and Mary C. Cox, both of Plymouth.
November 14. Thomas E. Cornish and Martha A. Collingwood, both of Plymouth.
November 15. James B. Brewster and Martha Stoddard, both of Plymouth.
November 15. Winslow B. Barnes of Plymouth, and Marietta J. Keating of Cambridge.
November 16. Ellis Gibbs and Julia A. Pierce, both of Plymouth.
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November 23. Ansel G. Douglass and Annie M. Vaughan, both of Plymouth.
November 23. Henry B. Pierce and Martha A. Blanchard, both of Plymouth.
November 24. William K. Churchill of New York, and Sarah A. E. Nelson of Plymouth.
November 24. Charles Meyer and Blandine Folk, both of Plymouth.
November 25. William W. Wood of Plymouth, and Arabella D. Perry of Wareham. Married at Wareham.
December 8. George P. Bowers and Eliza A. Shaw, both of Carver.
December 10. William E. Hadlock of Boston, and Martha W. Reed of Plymouth.
December 15. Elisha T. Howe and Sarah C. Finney, both of Plymouth.
December 18. Edward Giles and Mary E. Wilson, both of Plymouth.
December 24. John P. Romain of New York, and Emma C. Howland of Plymouth. Married at Duxbury.
December 25. Walter H. Freeman 'and Alfretta G. Tripp, both of Plymouth. December 25. John Washburn of Kingston, and Annetta Doten of Plymouth.
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BIRTHS.
Whole number of Births, 154
Males; 83
Females, 71
DEATHS.
The whole Number of Deaths registered for the year 1870, 117
Males, 61
Females, 56
Age.
Age.
Under 5 years, 30
From 50 to 60 years, 12
From 5 to 10,
3
66
60 to 70
17
10 to 20,
4
70 to 80
15
20 to 30,
9
80 to 90
10
30 to 49,
6
66
over 90
3
40 to 50,
8
--
Total, 117
DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1870.
DATE.
NAMES.
DISEASE.
YRS.
MOS.
DYS.
PARENTS, ETC.
Jan'y 1. Sylvanus H. Harlow,
..
3. Ichabod P. Bagnell,
54
6
12
Son of Nicholas S. Bagnell.
.. 4. Estella Reed,
13. Hira Bates,
Drowned,:
50
6
29
Clement Bates.
28. Ebenezer N. Bradford, Killed on Railroad in Canada
Dropsy of chest,
Pneumonia,
82
i
4
11
Wife of Benjamin D. Jackson.
15. Betsey L. Jackson,
68
3
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