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$ 34,882 67
Cr.
By cash in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1862, $ 1,233 98
amount due from E. B. Souther
2,428 98
State, rent of armory, 100 00
60
66 of liquor in hands of Agent, 133 31
66 due from town of Gloucester . 22 75
Weymouth, 5 00
66 State, for military ser-
vice to Jan. 1, 1862 3,248 51
66 due from State, for military ser- vice rendered from Jan. 1, 1862, 578 57
66 due from State for funeral ex- penses of paupers 27 50
due from estate of C. A. Cum- mings on 1858 tax 48 76
66 due from estate of C. A. Cum-
mings on 1859 tax 89 74
due from estate of C. A. Cum- mings on 1860 tax 2,619 43
$ 10,536 53
Amount of town debt Feb. 1, 1862 $ 24,346 14
66
Feb. 1, 1861 . 22,211 41
Increase of debt . $ 2,134 73
66
45
FINANCES.
WYMAN ABERCROMBIE, Treasurer, DR.
To cash in treasury Feb. 1, 1861 . $ 708 18
rece'd of State Treas., military service, 359 00
66 66 66 rent of armory . 100 00
66 of State Treasurer, portion of school fund 275 34
To cash rec'd of liquor agent
77 50
" from hayscales . 72 32
66 66 " of Boston, supplies to J. D. Billings, 79 77
66 66 " of Hingham, supplies to A. Cain . 12 00
66 66 " of Abington, " to B. F. Clark, 16 88
To cash rec'd of Randolph, funeral expenses of Mrs. E. Thayer 15 00
To cash rec'd of Newton, supplies to Mrs. Alden, 24 54
" for lots sold in new cemetery 115 00
66 66 " income from town hall 199 72
66 " rent of rooms in town house 187 50
66 6 " for dog licenses 143 50
" for use of receiving tomb 5 00
66
" for counter from lyceum room . 2 00
66
" for sale of hose from fire departm't, 30 00
To cash rec'd from county treasurer, interest deducted on county tax
55 00
To cash rec'd for produce sold from town farm, 448 77
66 66 " from Stephen Morse, Jr., 1858 tax, 327 72
66
66 66 66 1859 tax, 360 61
66
66
66 66 1860 tax, 2,376 02
66
66 " from Ed. B. Souther, 1861 tax, 28,380 17
" on notes 43,107 92
66
66 " of T, A. Huntress, rent of Rock Is., 10 00
66
66
" of liquor agent 37 10
$ 77,526 56
WYMAN ABERCROMBIE, Treasurer, CR. By cash paid sundry notes and interest . $ 40,214 75
66 town orders 30,334 33
Amount carried forward, $ 70,549 08
46
Amount brought forward. $ 70,549 08
By cash paid Collector of county tax
4,399 50
.. ..
66 State tax
1,344 00
on hand 1.233 9S
8 77,526 56
GENERAL STATEMENT.
Whole amount of the orders drawn on Town Treasurer,
for the year ending Feb. 1, 1862
8 30.334 33
Disbursed as follows : -
For the almshouse establishment $ 2,192 25
" poor out of the almshouse 1,175 96
" highways 1,471 37
" school teaching
9,129 69
" incidentals of schools 2,083 52
" fire department 1,871 49
" lock up . 40 46
. Hancock Light Guard 200 00
" M. W. Cemetery 59 10
Old Cemetery 125 89
" Town Hall building 252 13
·· French suit
625 12
"' town officers
1,211 50
·· miscellaneous expenses 661 69
For abatements, collecting. and discounts on
taxes of 1858, 1859 and 1860 902 05
For abatements, collecting. and discounts on 1861 tax 1,475 59
For soldiers . 6,856 52
$ 30,334 33
LIST OF ABATEMENTS FOR 1561.
Adams, N. Micajah. poll 1 50
Armstrong, Patrick, “ 1 50
Bass, Lewis, as guardian, personal estate 2 96
Blanchard, W. H., real estate 13 32
Baxter, L. George, 2d, poll 1 50
47
Bowen, William, poll
1 50
Bagly, Andrew, 66
1 50
Bent, H. William, 66
1 50
Brown, A. Edward,
1 50
Briggs, John,
66
1 50
Bodsworth, Thomas,
1 50
Bowker, Harris,
1 50
Ball, S. Dennison, 66
1 50
Bemis, W. George. 66
1 50
Bradbury, Mr.
1 50
Bradly, John,
66
1 50
Bent, A. George,
1 50
Bent, M. James,
66
1 50
Cudworth, Urbane, Jr., personal estate
2 22
Caswell T. Betsy, real estate
1 48
Cole, Richard, Jr., poll
1 50
Clapp, E. Francis, personal estate
6 66
Carrigan, Andrew, poll
1 50
Coolidge, Richard,
1 50
Crowley, Bartholomew, poll
1 50
Collins, Dennis,
1 50
Churchill, Bela, 66
1 50
Chesly, Amos, 66
1 50
Connor, Eugene, 66
1 50
Clark, Jonathan,
1 50
Chick, Henry, 66
1 50
Clark, William,
1 50
Clark, John, 66
1 50
Clark, F. Benjamin, 66
1 50
Cavaneau, Thomas, 66
1 50
Cornell, Andrew, 66
1 50
Dinnegan, Patrick, real estate
1 48
Desmond, Patrick, personal estate
1 48
Derry, A. Horace, 66
74
Derry, H. William, 66
74
Dorrity, Michael,
7 42
Daily, John, poll .
1 50
Dooly, Joseph, poll
1 50
Daily, Patrick, “
1 50
Davis, William, “
1 50
48
Davis, Joseph, poll .
1 50
Devine, Jerome, “ 1 50
Donnoher, Cornelius, poll .
1 50
Drollet, Peter, 1 50
Dowd, John, 66
1 50
Davis, R. Edward, 66
1 50
Duggan, James,
1 50
Dinsmore, William,
1 50
Dow, Everett,
1 50
Evans, Hugh, 66
1 50
Emerson, Charles,
1 50
Farrell, Simon, personal estate
2 96
Flowers, James, “ 66
1 48
Faxon, George, heirs of, personal estate .
2 22
Forster, S. Chase, personal estate, 2.22 ; poll, 1.50
3 72
Ford, Dennis, poll
1 50
Forbush, John, poll .
1 50
Foley, William, “
1 50
Fitzgerald, Patrick, poll
1 50
French, Edward, 66
1 50
Faxon, N. Horatio, 66
1 50
Fox, John, 66
1 50
Fox, John, 2d,
1 50
Findly, John, 66
1 50
Farrell, Patrick, 66
1 50
Garrity, Patrick, personal estate
74
Glover, H. William, personal estate
2 22
Green, James, poll
1 50
Gallagher, James, poll
1 50
Gallagher, James, 2d, poll
1 50
Gibson, Owen,
1 50
Gillman, Lyman,
1 50
Glennan, Edward, 66
1 50
Griffin, John,
1 50
Guptill, Robert,
66
1 50
Giachrist, James,
66
1 50
Gately, Martin, 66
1 50
Gragg, William,
1 50
Galvin, Jeremiah,
1 50
Griffin, Edmund,
66
1 50
.
49
Guptill, John. poll
1 50
Glover, H. Brigham,
1 50
Halstram, Jonas, 1 50
Howly, William, real estate
74
Hayden, Harvey, poll
1 50
Holbrook, Jonathan, poll
1 50
Harrigan, Daniel,
1 50
Hersy, Jerome, 66
1 50
Hayden, W. George,
1 50
Horace, Johnson, personal estate real estate
74
Joyce, Martin, poll
1 50
Jones, William, “
1 50
Jock, James,
1 50
Jonkins, John, 6
1 50
Kelly, Thomas, “
1 50
Kelly, W. James, poll
1 50
Kain, John, 2d, poll
1 50
Keenan, Christopher, poll .
1 50
Keenan, Maurice,
1 50
Kelly, Albert,
1 50
Kelly, Michael,
1 50
Larkin, Thomas, real estate
74
Leeland, Charles, poll
1 50%
Lannon, John, 66
1 50
Lennon, Michael,
1 50
-
Lines, James, 66
1 50
Manning, Michael, “
1 50
McRea, John,
1 50
Mann, Charles,
1 50
Mahan, Timothy,
1 50
McGuire, Anthony “
1 50
McNulty, Daniel,
1 50
Munroe, James, 66
1 50
Moody, F. Benj.
1 50
McClay, Robert, 66
1 50
Malloy, James, 66
1 50
Morrison, David, 66
1 50
McKenney, Hugh, “ 1 50
McNeil, Thomas, “
1 50
4
74
50
McCarty, Alex. poll
1 50
Mills, John,
1 50
Moran, John, 66
1 50
McGowen, Andrew " 1 50
Moses, Charles, 66
1 50
McCarty, Timothy “
1 50
Murphy, John, 2d, “
1 50
Newcomb, Wm. 66
1 50
O'Brine, Dennis,
1 50
Owens, John,
1 50
Ogle, Wm.
1 50
O'Neil, John, 66
1 50
Owens, Hugh, 66
1 50
Percival, James, 66
1 50
Perry, Mr. 66
1 50
Peters, Wm. 66
1 50
Prouty, Nath'l,
1 50
Palmer, B. M. Jas. «
1 50
Puffer, John,
1 50
Pope, E. Charles, personal estate
74
Quigly, Patrick. poll
1 50
Quigly, Francis, “
1 50
Quimby, Mr.
1 50
Reardon, Daniel, personal estate
1 48
Roby, Simon, poll
1 50
Russel, Edward. poll
1 50
Ring, John, personal estate
74
Scully, Jeremiah, poll
1 50
Smith, Thomas,
1 50
Sidelinger, Elijah,
1 50
Samuel, Mr.,
1 50
Smith, Samuel,
1 50
Smith, Francis,
1 50
Streak, George,
1 50
Smart, Benjamin,
1 50
Snow, J. Henry, 66
1 50
Sanborn. G. Phineas "
1 50
Stiles, Thomas, 66
1 50
Sleeper, Barnard, 66
1 50
Steele, Robert,
1 50
51
Southard, James, poll .
1 50
Thomas, George, personal estate
22 50
Thompson, W. George, poll 1 50
Thompson, Samuel, 66
1 50
Tripp, F. James, 66
1 50
Tracy, Larry, 66
1 50
Thayer, B. Washington, “
1 50
Tracy, Morris, 66
1 50
Underwood Ebenezer, personal estate
2 96
Woodward, E., Dr.
14 80
Williams, John, real estate
1 48
Wadsworth, J. & T. “
2 96
Williams, Evan, poll
1 50
Williams, John,
1 50
Williams, Owen,
1 50
Whaland, Matthew "
1 50
Wood, James,
1 50
Wilmarth, L. Calvin, poll
1 50
Welsh, John, poll
1 50
Lath, Abagail, real estate
74
Skelton, P. C.
1 48
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The undersigned, auditors for the year ending January 31, 186 submit the foregoing pages as a summary of their labors. We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and the accounts of the Town Treasurer, and find them correctly kept and vouched, and have arranged all bills that have been paid under their appropriate heads. Your Committee have appraised all the personal property at the Almshouse, and after a thorough inspection of the house, the different apartments allotted to the several inmates, the quiet and apparent cheerfulness of each one, and the scrupulous cleanliness of all, we feel that the worthy Matron and Superintendent do perform their whole duty, and that they really make a home for the aged and infirm who are under their care. And we would respectfully suggest for the consideration of the town, the expediency, - and certainly soon it will be a necessity, -of re- placing the very uncomfortable and inconvenient house now on the town farm, for one which will be better suited and adapted to the wants of the occupants and the community.
The duties of the Selectmen, the past year, have been very arduous ;
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for, in addition to the duties of their office, the payment of soldiers' claims, and as a committee for the disbursement of the Donation Fund, has absorbed a great portion of time. We give in the report a general statement of the condition of the above mentioned fund, and the doings entire of the other two committees. We would respectfully reiterate the suggestion made last year by the Chairman of the Board of Select- men, to have the salaries of the school teachers end for the year on the last of January.
We omitted in our report to mention under the proper head, that Messrs. Huckins, Pratt, Reed, Pope, and others, furnished gratuitously labor and material to the amount of $ 175.32, on the repairs to the Squantum Road.
In the Appendix to the Report will be found a report by the Engi- neers of the Fire Department; also, a complete list of tax payers and delinquent tax payers. The list of marriages and deaths are also in the Appendix. But the very interesting table of aged persons of Quincy, is omitted on account of the incompleteness of the list of names.
In closing we would tender our thanks to the Board of Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Treasurer, for their assistance, and respectfully sub- mit the foregoing Report to the consideration of the town.
JOHN CHAMBERLIN, JONATHAN JAMESON, WILLIAM FIELD, GEO. W. B. TAYLOR, GEORGE L. GILL,
Auditors.
APPENDIX. .
MARRIAGES
REGISTERED IN THE
TOWN OF QUINCY IN 1861.
Jan. 3, 1861, Joseph M. Glover, of Quincy, Frances A. Dodge,
Jan. 9, 1861, Noah H. Marston, of Chelsea, Ruth L. Crane, of Quincy.
Jan. 13, 1861, Timothy Sullivan, of Quincy,
Margaret Ford,
Jan. 17, 1861, Francis Veazie, of Quincy,
H. E. A. Blake,
66
Jan. 17, 1861, Robert J. Atkinson, of Quincy,
Mary McClay,
66
Jan. 20, 1861, John L. Fahy, of Quincy, Bridget Devine, 66
Jan. 20, 1861, John McGovern, of Quincy, Catherine Healy,
Jan. 23, 1861, N. Holbrook, Jr., of Randolph, Ann C. Johnson, יר
Feb. 2, 1861, N. B. Nichols, 2d, of Scituate, Mary R. Page, of Quincy.
Feb. 5, 1861, George W. Trask, of Quincy, Sarah A. Doble, 66
Feb. 5, 1861, Thomas Munroe, of Quincy, Arabella S. Damon, 66
Mar. 3, 1861, John F. Parrott, of Quincy, Carrie McConnell
Mar. 6, 1861, George W. Marriner, of Jamestown, Cal. Emily F. Perry, of Quincy.
54
Mar. 9. 1861, Paul G. Coffin, of Quincy, Octavia Nutting,
Mar. 20. 1861, George W. Griffin, of Quincy, Sarah Oliver, 66
Mar. 28, 1861. George H. Arnold, of Boston, Harriet A. Field. of Quincy.
Mar. 31, 1861, G. Watson Huntress, of Weymouth, Emma A. Newcomb, of Quincy.
Apr. 4, 1861, Thomas Owens, of Quincy, Grace Thomas. 66
Apr. 13, 1861, James Calderwood, of Stoughton, Maggie C. Smith, of Quincy.
Apr. 14, 1861, Alfred Harper, of Weymouth, Sarah E. Chesley, of Quincy.
Apr. 14, 1861, Peter McGlone, of Hingham, Ellen Mulvey
Apr. 20, 1861, Patrick Phelan, of Quincy, Catherine O'Brine, 66
Apr. 28, 1861, Wm. A. Peabody, of Danvers, Adelaide Bigelow, of Quincy.
May 18, 1861, Adams Whitney, of Quincy, Susanna C. Burrell, “
May 19, 1861, Dennis Linnihan, of Quincy, Catherine Mahoney
May 26, 1861, Granville S. Webster, of Milton, Carrie Beal, of Quincy.
June 8, 1861, Z. S. Phillips, of Quincy, Sarah Chandler, 66
June 9, 1861, Wm. G. Robinson, of Quincy, Anna R. Rideout,
June 10, 1861, Daniel Ford, of Quincy, Mary Jane Falvey, 66
June 12, 1861, Wm. K. Chubbuck, of Quincy,
Louisa F. Hersey,
66
55
June 23, 1861, James Edwards, of Quincy, Alice D. Botts,
June 26, 1861, George A. Gustin, of Weymouth, Adaline H. Allen, of Quincy.
June 26, 1861, Jerome Hersey, of Quincy, Abigail Jones,
June 30, 1861, P. F. Armstrong, of Quincy, Mary Sullivan, 66
July 11, 1861, Samuel Ames, of Quincy, Emma J. Hayden, “
Aug. 10, 1861, Alexander White, of Weymouth, Joanna Callahan,
Aug. 11, 1861, Jesse P. Newcomb, Jr., of Quincy, Sabrina Nash, of Denmark, N. Y.
Aug. 18, 1861, John Williams, of Quincy, Maria Lyons,
Aug. 31, 1861, Oliver J. Robbins, of Quincy, Sarah Clements,
Sept. 8, 1861, John Glover, Jr., of Quincy, Laura Beard,
Sept. 8, 1861, William Lemis, of Quincy, Mary E. Duffy,
Sept. 12, 1861, Alonzo Jones, of Quincy, Mary L. Jones,
Sept. 15, 1861, Benjamin F. Curtis, of Quincy, Eunice M. Baxter,
Sept. 26, 1861, Wm. H. H. Lapham, of Quincy, Clarissa T. Cook, of Abington.
Oct. 15, 1861, Timothy Egan, of Quincy, Margaret Lawler, 6
Oct. 17, 1861, Benjamin W. Munroe, of Quincy, Ellen H. Lunt,
Oct. 23, 1861, Stedman Williams, of Quincy, Jerusha G. Curtis,
56
Oct. 27, 1861, Jeremiah Coughlin, of Quincy, Mary Claspy,
Oct. 29, 1861, James E. Tirrell, of Quincy, Adaline T. Adams,
Oct. 30, 1861, George H. Pratt, of Weymouth, Eunice A. G. Pearson, of Quincy.
Nov. 3, 1861, Ferdinand M. Berry, of Roxbury, Eliza A. Rideout, of Quincy.
Nov. 21, 1861, Andrew J. Preston, of Quincy, Eleanor Francis Carr,
Dec. 7, 1861, Lewis McIntyre, of Quincy, Josephine Rideout, 66
Dec. 8, 1861, Albert Thomas, of Weymouth, Julia E. Dyer, of Quincy.
Dec. 8, 1861, Charles F. Lord, of Quincy, Mary R. Hodgkinson, “
Dec. 14, 1861, Henry A. Pierce, of Braintree, Eliza J. Wildman, of Quincy.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN QUINCY FOR THE YEAR 1861.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
January 1
Infant, Healy
·
2
Warren Loud.
81
..
.
4
Ellen Dady.
33
.
.
10
Paul Wild Adams
5
8
13
George F. French.
23
6
.
18
William F. Dyer.
39
. .
. .
19
Willie P. Litchfield.
7
10
Scarlet Fever.
19
Charlotte Adams.
72
2
. .
20
Ellen Collins ...
8
..
23
Charles Gibbons.
4
9
. .
28
Daniel Sullivan.
4
2
..
30
Ellen O'Neil.
11
15
30
Maria Galvin ..
8
..
February 1
Priscilla S. Newcomb.
42
. .
. .
3
William Dallus ..
38
2 12
3
Hannah Adams.
71
5
..
5
Joseph Bean.
86
.
.
6
6
5
Scarlet Fever.
7
Susan Loud.
62
Consumption.
10
Richard H. Follen.
1
7
14
Abby Crane ...
11
7
11
Consumption.
16
Infant, Keegan .. .
. .
.
8
. .
. .
3
8
8
Scarlet Fever.
20
Ida M. Faxon ..
3
. .
.
23
Anna W. Tirrell.
42
7
. .
23
Henry C. Bigelow.
16
6 18
25
Charles A. Cummings
7
. .
27
Solomon Willard ...
8
1
Apoplexy.
28
Hannah A. H. Bent.
25
10
Consumption.
March
7
Joseph Gould Carr.
7
Congestion of Lungs.
12
Laura Lingham.
2
. .
Inflammation of Lungs.
14
Lizzie L. Packard.
6 7
Scarlet Fever. 66
21
Alma L. Taplin ..
28
3
29
Daniel Ford
34
.
29
Ebenezer Crane.
66 5 20
Pleurisy Fever.
April
3
Infant, Dunn.
4
..
7
Margaret Donlan.
3
2
1
Scarlet Fever. 66
9 Lizzie Smitlı ..
5
. .
. .
12
Mary Hooper Neil.
11
12
13
Mary A. Moriarty .
Consumption.
15
James F. McClaire.
36
..
. .
18
William F. Donnavan
9
Canker.
18
Catherine Flynn.
12
10
Consumption.
22
Einina Louisa Cleverly
1
4 2
Scarlet Fever.
22
Mary McGovern Infant, Bradley.
48
. .
.
.
. .
Scarlet Fever.
Isabella McDermott
5
8
.
May
Julia Mulgrim.
4
4
66
7
Mary McDermott.
2
. .
10 Catherine l'ay.
5
. .
Sore Throat.
11 Thomas Dorny.
1
..
23
John O'Brien.
1
. .
Dropsy on Brain.
12
Ella M. Packard.
3
7
Scarlet Fever.
18
Lucy N. Packard.
10
. .
..
Consumption. 66
4
Charles H. Smitli.
3
..
.
Scarlet Fever. Consumption.
Killed by cars.
. .
.
.
20 Rebecca Thayer.
45
. .
Suicide.
29
Catherine Nutting.
7
5
.
30 1
66
66
10 Maggie McDermott.
66
66
11 Mary R. Nichols.
21
66
18
Catherine Delaney
Fever.
George W. Chase ..
66
Consumption. 66
53
Suicide.
77
. .
10
. .
15
Old Age.
Josiah Hayden.
..
. .
Scarlet Fever.
16
Erysipelas.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Heart Disease.
Consumption.
Paralysis.
. .
Consumption. 66
Scarlet Fever. Consumption.
Y. M. D.
..
29
66
12
66
Hattie V. White.
·
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DEATHS IN QUINCY - continued.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
May
25
Margaret Bragg.
80
. .
.
26
Frances A. Pope.
29 7
29
Erysipelas.
June
2
George B. Harrington
Heart Disease.
3
Caleb Rowell ..
42
3
. .
6
Stephen Bates
70
10
. .
9
Francis L. Souther
24
9
. .
12
Thomas Walsh ..
3
. . . .
14
Sarah A. Templeton
37
. .
Inflammation of Lungr.
16
Infant, Tholan ..
. .
..
..
22
Mary Murphy.
. .
.
July
5
Herbert W. Hayden
4
4
Scarlet Fever.
6
Michael Bowes.
45
Consumption.
9
Allen N. Kingsly
30
..
·
Drowned.
11
John A. Green ...
46
11
11
Scarlet Fever.
15
Florence Reed ..
1
2
Convulsions.
21
Alice M. Edwards
..
11 12
Congestion of Brain.
25
Hannah Scannel.
26
..
..
August
5
Helen P. Clapp ..
1
6
. .
9
38
..
. .
11
Catherine Donnahue.
..
5
Dysentery.
14
John S. Evans
1
5
5
17
John Q. Wild.
4
27
19 19
Thomas Maloney
2
. .
. .
22
Ann E. Nightingale.
52
..
. .
22
Chauncy Ellsworth Locke ... Infant, Ellis.
..
. .
. .
23
James P. Wilson.
33
2
Chronic Scurvy.
25
Margaret Donahoe.
50
.
..
25
Edward J. Roche.
1
2
8
Cholera Infantum.
26
Relief Penniman.
87
. .
. .
29
Thaddeus Churchill
..
. .
Septem'r 8
Thomas H. Newcomb
23
13
Consumption.
11
David Morrison.
66 11
Apoplexy.
11
Mary Ella Dickerman
9
22
Cholera Infantum.
12
Charles H. Glines.
4 5
17
19
Rebecca Pitts.
82 6 11
23
Zenas Whiting.
63 .
. .
27
Caroline A. Robey.
. .
.
Infantile.
20
Infant, Swift ..
.. . .
. .
30
William T. Houghton
5
66 Cholera Infantum. 66
October 6
Michael J. Cronin.
1
. .
11
George Pierce ..
46
. .
17
Mary Amy Pollock.
2
..
19
Anna L. Dale.
1 23
Dropsy on the Brain.
29
Catherine O'Neil.
50 ..
. .
30
John Lyons.
6
Typhoid Fever.
Novem'r 4
Mary Ann Strong.
1
1
9
9
Edward Nevlin. .
2
. .
..
11
Susan Mckeon.
75
. .
.
12
John Fox ..
31 . .
. .
14
2
2 29
Consumption
25
60
. . ..
26
Alice L. Newcomb.
1
3
Croup.
Decem'r 5
Elizabeth O'Connor
66
. . . .
Killed by cars.
14
Mary B. Corliss.
3
6
Dropsy on Brain.
20
John Walsh, Jr
26
. .
20
Daniel Monk ...
59 3 ..
24 Infant, Hurley.
28 James Green ...
80
10
.
30 Infant, Creswell.
:
. .
53
. ..
Killed by a wagon.
31 Frank W. Spear
. .
4 18
Congestion of Lungs.
. .
Scarlet Fever.
28
John Walsh.
. .
10
29
Dropsy.
Inflammation of Brain.
Shot in Battle.
Scarlet Fever.
Childbirth.
.
12
Cholera Infantum.
8
Disease of Head.
14
Annie B. Johnson
7
. .
Dropsy on the Brain. Inflammation of Bowels.
John Hunt
79
6
. .
Old Age.
Consumption. Cholera Infantum.
..
11
3
22
. .
Consumption.
Dysentery.
3
Heart Complaint.
17
Bessie W. Shaw
1
Inflammation of Lungs. Teething.
Paralysis. 66
Pleurisy. Cholera Infantum.
Killed by cars.
Lung Fever.
Fever.
Killed in a well.
Erysipclas.
. .
28
Abby Edwards.
26 6 23
Consumption.
5 Daniel Riordan.
74 8
6
Rheumatism.
14
10 Jonathan Marsh. Infant, Smith ..
. . ..
.
. .
Consumption.
Old Age.
31 Lyman Williams
52 ..
. .
Dropsy.
..
. .
15
.
. .
. .
Frederick H. Baxter. Mary Cahill.
. .
Y. M. D.
Old Age.
13
..
. .
Nathan C. Baxter. Mary Sugrue ..
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways,
DANIEL BAXTER, EBENEZER ADAMS, NOAH CUMMINGS.
Town Clerk, GEORGE L. GILL.
Town Treasurer, WYMAN ABERCROMBIE.
School Committee,
George White, Wm. B. Duggan, For 3 years.
James A. Stetson, For 2 years.
George H. Locke,
Daniel H. Bills, Edmund Pope, For 1 year.
W. M. French, Samuel Ames,
Constables, Albert Hayden, George Savill, C. N. Hunt.
A. S. Sawtelle,
Luke Rideout,
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Daniel Baxter,
Fence Viewers, Seth Crane, Thompson Baxter.
G. L. Miller, Eliab Ramsdell, Albion Dearborn,
Field Drivers, Seth Crane, Lyman Gillman, H. G. Dearborn, Charles Swift.
Thompson Baxter, Francis L. Souther, Charles Spear,
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John Chamberlin,
Jonathan Jameson,
Auditors, G. W. B. Taylor,
William Field, Jesse P. Newcomb, Jr., George L. Gill.
Surveyors of Wood and Bark,
E. B. Taylor, Richard Newcomb,
Leon C. Badger, Geo. Nightingale,
Howard Vinal, Wm. F. Whitney, S. F. Newcomb,
Ed. A. Adams,
P. W. Newcomb,
James Bradford.
George Nightingale,
Weighers of Coal, G. Briesler Pray, William Kingman.
Owen Adams,
Sealer of Weights and Measures, and Weigher of Vessels, Josiah Adams.
Collector of Taxes, Edward B. Souther.
Undertaker, John Hall.
Superintendent of Town Hall Building, Jacob Flint.
Superintendent of Police Station, Washington M. French.
Representative to General Court, Noah Cummings.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WILLIAM CURTIS, Chief Engineer.
Joseph G. Brackett, Assistant Engineers. S Reuben Ricker,
Ebenezer Cleverly,
James M. Glover.
To the Selectmen of Quincy, the accompanying Report of the condi- tion of the Fire Department is respectfully submitted.
There are now five companies in commission, viz : -
NIAGARA, No. 1.
Richard Newcomb, Foreman.
Abbot F. Jones, 1st Assistant.
Francis W. French, 2d Assistant.
Charles C. Dickerman, Clerk and Treasurer.
Wm. Faxon, Steward, vice N. Q. Pope resigned, Jan. 1, 1862.
Turned out to fires and alarms sixteen times.
Number of members returned May 1st, 55.
TIGER, No. 2.
Amos M. Litchfield, Foreman.
Gilbert Blaisdell, 1st Assistant.
Joseph W. Hayden, 2d Assistant. Frederick Hardwick, Clerk and Treasurer.
Gilbert Blaisdell, Steward.
Turned out to fires and alarms fourteen times.
Number of members returned May 1st, 49.
GRANITE, No. 3.
Richard M. Dexter, Foreman.
Richard Cole, 1st Assistant. William Boyd, 2d Assistant. Joseph T. French, Clerk and Treasurer. William Gragg, Steward.
Turned out to fires and alarms twenty-eight times.
Number of members returned May 1st, 55.
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VULTURE, No. 4.
William H. Sampson, Foreman.
George W. Hersey, 1st Assistant.
George B. Pray, 2d Assistant.
H. T. Adams, Clerk and Treasurer.
James T. Cleverly, Steward.
Turned out to fires and alarms eight times since May 1, 1861.
Number of members returned May 1st, 41.
FIREMAN'S AID. - HOOK AND LADDER CO. No. 1.
Charles H. Edwards, Foreman.
William S. Glover, Assistant Foreman.
George Veazie, 2d, Clerk and Treasurer.
Samuel B. Pope, Steward.
Turned out to fires and alarms eleven times.
Number of members returned May 1st, 30.
During the past year, the fire department has been called out twenty- eight times. Eleven times by fires in Quincy, at each of which some of the engines have been worked. Twice by fires out of town, at which some of our engines have lent valuable assistance ; and fifteen times by reason of false alarms.
The estimated loss of property by fires during the past year, is $ 4,775.00. On which property, as near as can be ascertained, there was $ 2,550.00 insurance. The chief, on inspection, finds the engine houses, engines, and apparatus, to be in good order, and well taken care of; and would suggest that, to make the department more efficient, and property more secure against fire, that there be two or more reser- voirs provided, one in the central part of the town, - say near the premises of John Savill, - and one near the Episcopal Church.
And as it often happens at fires, one engine will be in advance of the others, and it being stationed to draught water, it cannot with its own hose reach the fire. I would suggest that there be two hundred feet of leading hose purchased, and kept on the hose carriage of the Hook and Ladder Company, and to be used by any of the engines whenever neces- " sary ; and by having this extra hose, very often four streams of water might be put on a fire where now two only can be had.
I have the pleasure to report that the different companies of the department are in good discipline, and seem determined to do their duty, and to effect the object as near as possible for which the depart-
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ment was established, viz : the protection of property from fire. A table of fires and alarms, the past year, is subjoined.
Respectfully yours,
WILLIAM CURTIS, Chief Engineer.
QUINCY, February 1, 1862.
TABLE
OF FIRES AND ALARMS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1861, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1862.
DATE.
LOCATION.
OWNER.
LOSS.
CAUSE.
1861.
Feb. 18
Barn near canal,
Seth Spear,
$ 50 00
Unknown.
23
False alarm.
Mar.
8
Fire in woods.
April
5
Barn in West District,
25 00
Unknown. 66
11
House on W. Turnpike, House at Quincy Neck,
J. Richardson,
400 00
Accidental.
May
5 17
66
21 25
June
22
House in West District, Fire in the woods,
James Usher,
300 00
Accidental.
23
False alarm.
23
66
Daniel Dinnegan,
700 00
Unknown.
July
False alarm. 66 66
Aug.
4
Burning brush.
Sept.
4
House in Milton,
John Quirk,
Unknown.
11
False alarm.
26
Oct.
14
House on Brackett Street,
Thomas Doland,
375 00
27
Barn near quarries,
Maurice Sheahen,
200 00
Accidental. Unknown.
30
False alarm.
20
Soap Works at Neponset, House on Sea Street,
Charles Hunt, Daniel Dinnegan,
1,200 00
1862.
1
House at Quincy Neck, 66 66 66
Bryant Newcomb, Sargent & Bosworth,
500 00
Unknown. 66
13
800 00
$ 4,750 00
Insurance on the above, as far as known, $ 2,550.00.
WILLIAM CURTIS, Chief Engineer.
TOWN OF QUINCY INCORPORATED IN 1792.
Valuation in 1861 of personal property $ 1,258,200 00
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