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George W. Pratt, Superintendent of Town Farm.
1862.
DR.
Feb. 1. To orders on treasurer, $1,914 32
amount received for produce, 712 21
$2,626 53
1862.
CR.
Feb. 1. By bill of goods by him bought, . $2,326 53
his salary,
300 00
$2,626 53
Amount received for Produce, Stock, Labor, &c., by Mr. Pratt.
Received of J. Martin for beef, .
$167 72
for pigs,
50 25
of H. Newton, making shoes,
241 14
for labor, .
57 50
of Hayden, for beef,
132 12
for eggs, fowl, &c.,
29 74
for produce, &c., .
33 74
$712 21
Support of the Poor out of the House.
Paid Dr. E. L. Warren, for Francis English,
$25 00
Mr. Lawrence, funeral expenses of B. Duffy, 3 00
Z. L. Bicknell, for Mrs. Sullivan,
7 00
City of Boston, for Elizabeth Pratt,
20 12
Sarah Patty,
13 88
Mary Bates,
12 00
75 03
21
Paid Elnathan Bates, for Esther Bates at hospital,
$94 00
Jonathan Hunt, for Mrs. B. Dyer, 6 82
Mrs. J. Binney, .
3 00
W. M. Tirrell,
9 00
Mrs. E. Hunt,
3 98
Thomas Burrell, . 3 99
Charles E. Hunt, for James Nash, 39 00
Overseers orders to Hosea Hollis, 76 50
Ebenezer Pool, .
78 00
Mary Bates,
26 00
Widow E. Pratt,
26 00
Mrs. B. Dyer,
52 00
S. J. Osborn,
26 00
A. A. Ryan,
23 62
Widow P. Thayer,
33 00
Mary Thayer,
39 00
Noah Fifield, for Mrs. Tuel, 5 25
Isaac Binney, 10 50
J. P. Terry, clothing for A. Derby's children, 16 00
Ezra Reed, for John C. Gotham,
2 75
Town of Stoughton, for E. Howland,
6 00
Dr. G. C. S. Choate, State Lunatic Hospital Taunton, for L. Derby,
at
125 64
Rosamond Pratt,
160 37
H. B. Joyce, .
90 70
Lucy P. Raymond,
151 85
Lemuel Torrey, for S. J. Osborn,
3 50
Perez Loud, for 66 15 75
John W. Thomas, Dedham, for D. Binney,
13 14
M. Shine,
4 42
John O. Foye, wood for Mrs. Murphy,
1 75
George Mann,
3 50
Mrs. J. Binney,
1 75
Town of Randolph for A. A. Ryan, .
32 50
Joseph Loud & Co., coal for Mrs. J. Binney,
9 00
N. Kingman,
3 25
Mrs. B. Dyer,
9 75
George Graves,
6 00
A. A. Ryan, .
11 13
John Carson, .
6 00
Isaac Linfield,
2 75
Widow P. Thayer,
3 30
James Larkin,
· 3 25
22
Paid Joshua Binney, for Mrs. B. Dyer,
$19 09
George Groves, .
19 07
Thomas Burrell, . 47 90
John Carson,
12 00
George Mann,
3 00
Obed Raymond, .
15 00
Mrs. Green,
6 00
Mrs. J. Binney,
22 32
Mrs. E. Hunt, .
10 96
J. H. Briggs,
4 00
Dr. G. W. Fay, for Mrs. B. Dyer,
3 00
Dr. J. H. Gilbert, for Mrs. J. Leonard,
5 00
Samuel Curtis, for Richard Torrey,
6 75
A. Raymond, for Thomas Duffy,
1 50
James Tirrell, for Isaac Lynfield,
18 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses of George Groves' child,
3 00
Mrs. Murphy's child,
3 00
R. Stephenson, Jr., .
15 25
John Carson, . 13 00
Hosea Hollis, .
10 00
N. Kingman's child,
4 00
$1,562,55
Deduct cash received from other towns,
75 83
$1,486 72
RECAPITULATION.
Cost of supporting the poor out of the house,
. $1,486 72
Cost of supporting the poor in the house, . .
2,066 40
·
$3,553 12
Deduct for use of town farm,
300 00
$3,253 12
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Paupers in the Almshouse from Feb. 1, 1861, to Feb. 1, 1862.
Date.
NAMES.
Age.
Discharged.
Weeks.
Days.
Feb.
1,
Jeremiah Stetson,
84
-
52
1,
Err Cushing,
76
52
1,
Betsey Overy,
79
52
-
1,
Sarah Harding,
65
52
1,
Benjamin 'Torrey,
65
52
1,
Polly Torrey,
66
52
1,
Deborah Pratt,
65
52
1,
Henry C. Bates,
25
52
1,
A. B. Rosey,
35
52
1,
Mary F. Rosey,
27
52
1,
Angeline Rosey,
9
52
1,
Henry W. Rosey,
8
52
1,
Wilton S. Rosey, .
3
52
1,
Elizabeth Tirrell,
42
52
1,
Lucy Thayer,
38
52
1,
Samuel Badlam,
58
52
1,
David Binney,
54
47
4
1,
Aroline Thayer,
8
June 4, 1861,
17
5
1,
Mary A. Thayer, .
6
4, 1861,
17
5
1,
Anna E. Torrey, .
27
May 10, 1861,
14
1
1,
Richard Torrey, .
27
10, 1861,
14
1
1,
Matilda M. Torrey,
7
10, 1861,
14
1
1,
Caroline R. Torrey,
6
10, 1861,
14
1
1,
Ida A. Torrey,
5
10, 1861,
14
1
1
1,
Rosetta L. Thayer,
15
3
14,
Daniel Hurley,*
52
11
2
May 9,
G. W. Dyer,t
17
-
18
25,
Thomas Carney, .
33
Aug. 24, 1860,
8
4
29
Sarah A. Green, .
54
31
-
29,
Cordelia E. Young,
8
31
Aug. 24,
Leroy Tirrell,
20
-
23
3
Sept. 1,
Harriet Thayer,
17
22
Nov. 26,
Lucy P. Raymond,
42
9
3
Charles Hollis, ·
25
5
Different persons,
-
12
1
1, Joseph Torrey,
2
10, 1861,
14 17
June 21,
Charles H. Thayer,
48
4
1, Sarah Thayer,
12
52
* Died April 20, 1861.
t Died May 12, 1861.
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Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Provisions, Farming Implements, &c., February 1, 1862.
5 cows,
$180 00
beetle and wedges, $3 00
1 horse, .
· 50 00
wood-saw and horse, 3 00
1 colt,
75 00
5 hay forks, . 4 00
1 colt,
35 00
scythes and snaths, 5 00
1 yoke oxen,
100 00 ·
2 harrows, 16 00
2 yearlings,
20 00
stone tools, . 8 75
7 hogs,
70 00
8 tons English hay, .
128 00
1 horse cart,
25 00
2 tons salt hay,
22 00
2 ox carts, .
40 00
40 hay caps, .
25 00
1 ox sled, .
6 00
lot wood, 60 00
2 wagons,
52 00
hard coal, .
5 00
1 sleigh,
10 00
lot manure, . ·
200 00
1 roller,
10 00
ice chest, 3 00
1 drag,
5 00
force pump, 9 00
1 harness, 15 00
bench vice, . 3 00
2 draft harnesses,
10 00
1 churn, 6 00
1 cart saddle,
10 00
baskets, $3, lantern, $1, 4 00
saddle and bridle,
1 25
grass seed, . 6 00
blankets and halters,
6 00
1 barrel beans, 3 00
robe and blanket,
8 00
20 bushels corn, 16 00
3 ox yokes, .
7 00
shorts and meal, . $ 25
4 manure forks, .
4 00
550 pounds pork, 49 50
5 hoes,
2 00
280 pounds bacon, 22 40
100 pounds lard, 1 00
iron bars, .
7 00
50 bushels potatoes, 30 00
3 axes,
3 00
turnips, 4 00
6 shovels,
5 00
cabbages, 4 00
hay poles, 1 00
30 pounds tea, .
18 00
3 ploughs,
25 00
35 pounds butter,
7 70
1 horse hoe,
6 00
75 pounds rice,
4 50
1 horse rake,
₹ 00
10 pounds coffee, .
1 50
2 sleds,
3 00
20 pounds cheese, ·
L 65
2 hammers, .
, 00
15 gallons vinegar, . 1 87
dried apples & squashes, 2 00
1 grindstone,
3 00
1000 pounds carrots, . 5 00
flour and crackers, 4 50
1 wheelbarrow, bush hook,
2 00
onions,
75
bush scythes,
: 00
herrings,
2 00
3 ladders, .
3 00
soft soap,
3 00
seed sower,
5 00
hens, .
13 00
hay chopper,
5 00
winnowing machine,
10 00
$1,639 62
corn sheller,
7 50
SAMUEL CURTIS, L Overseers LEMUEL TORREY, of
JAMES TIRRELL, the Poor.
·
carpenter tools, ; 50
3 00
ox chains,
5 00
25
MARRIAGES
Solemnized in the Town of Weymouth for the Year ending Dec. 31, 1861.
1861.
Jan. 6. Daniel B. Estes, of Braintree, and Harriet A. Beal, of Abington .
19. Leander Larme, and Hannah Mitchell, both of Weymouth.
27. James Moor, and Ann McGee, both of Weymouth.
Feb. 6. Augustus W. Clapp, and Eleanor F. Richards, both of Weymouth.
6. Solon W. Pratt, and Maria L. Clapp, both of Weymouth.
13. Fenton Bullock, and Hattie Maria Farrington, both of Weymouth.
Mar. 10. Joseph Neat, and Mary A. Harris, both of Randolph.
17. George W. Orcutt, of Weymouth, and Mary Ellen Davis, of Randolph.
April 16. Wm. Franklin Coolidge, of Weymouth, and Cordelia A. E. Lapham, of Quincy.
25. George H. Coolidge, and Rachel B. Thayer, both of Weymouth.
30. Josiah H. Pratt, and Lizzie Beals, both of Weymouth.
May 4. David White, and Finanda A. Holbrook, both of Weymouth.
11. Alden B. Smith, and Susan C. Bates, both of Weymouth.
12. George W. Bicknell, and Eliza J. Murray, both of Weymouth.
26. William Connor, and Catharine Carr, both of Weymouth. 30. Jacob Whitcomb, of Randolph, and Caroline T. Childs, of Weymouth.
June 5. Elbridge S. Pratt, and Ellen L. Pratt, both of Weymouth.
July 21. Samuel R. Hodge, and Sarah A. Loud, both of Weymouth.
Aug. 17. William French, and Hannah Holbrook, both of Weymouth.
24. James B. Larkins, and Martha M. Cathcart, both of Weymouth.
Sept. 4. John Henry Gill, of Randolph, and Henrietta Torrey, of Weymouth.
15. John M. Whitcomb, and Hattie B. Loud, both of Weymouth.
17. Nathaniel B. Stevens, of Boston, and Susan B. Copeland, of Weymouth.
18. Peleg W. Sampson, of Abington, to Hannah P. Tirrell, of Weymouth.
18. Warren Tirrell, of Weymouth, and Julia N., Brown, of Scituate.
4
26
Nov. 2. Franklin M. Belcher, and Caroline M. Pedman, both of Weymouth.
3. Leander Perento, of Spencer, and Eliza White of Braintree.
18. James Wildes French, and Mary Greierson, both of Wey- mouth.
20. Augustus Beals, and Abbie F. Lovell, both of Weymouth.
21. George F. Faulkner, of Randolph, and Sarah A. Arnold, of Braintree.
26. Nelson L. Barrett, of Mason, N. H., and Hattie A. Russell, of N. Ipswich, N. H.
26. Morton L. Barrett, of Mason, N. H., and Rhoda M. Jones, of Mason, N. H.
Dec. 4. William W. Bates, and Anna Gordon Cowing, both of Wey- mouth.
15. Samuel A. Worthington, and Louisa Webb, both of Weymouth.
25. Lyman Thomas Holmes, and Eleanor Frances Smith, both of Weymouth.
30. Wm. Williamson, and Elizabeth McCricket, both of Braintree.
Registered in the Town of Weymouth for the Year ending December 31, 1861, the same being solemnized in other Towns.
1861.
Jan. 27. Ira Litchfield, and Eliza J. Wales, both of Weymouth.
Feb. 3. William Lynch, and Catharine Flannery, both of Weymouth.
12. William Walsh, and Ellen Mansfield, both of Weymouth.
April 14. Alfred Harper, of Weymouth, and Sarah E. Chesley, of Quincy.
28. John D. Rea, and Catharine J. Pratt, both of Weymouth.
May 1. Matthew G. Reed, and 'Harriet M. Bicknell, both of Wey- mouth.
5. Andrew Tracy, and Mary Ann Whall, both of Weymouth.
11. Reuben Sutton, and Lucy Jane Thompson, both of Weymouth.
June 26. George A. Gustin, of Weymouth, and Adeline H. Allen, of Quincy.
July 13. Augustus Hessee, and Almira Thurston, both of Weymouth.
29. John Burns, and Bridget Cary, both of Weymouth.
31. John McCarty, and Catharine Husbands, both of Weymouth.
Aug. 8. Elijah Prouty, and Betsy White, both of Weymouth.
10. Alexander White, and Johanna Callihan, both of Weymouth.
27. William Lonergan, and Ann Dwyer, both of Weymouth.
Sept. 8. Abner D. Tirrell, Jr., and Anne H. Colson, both of Weymouth. 8. Jeremiah Crowley, and Catharine Desmond, both of Wey- mouth.
27
Sept. 18. Joseph G. Woods, of Weymouth, and Ann E. Cummings, of Braintree.
Oct. 7. Samuel Shores, and Anne Barrows, both of Weymouth.
23. Benjamin J. Mann, of Weymouth, and Clara A. Haskell, of Jefferson, Me.
27. James Smith, and Margaret Capples, both of Weymouth.
30. George H. Pratt, of Weymouth, and Eunice A. G. Pearson, of Quincy.
Nov. 3. Jeremiah Coffee, and Ellen Sullivan, both of Weymouth.
Dec. 1. Ellis V. Lyons, of N. Bridgewater, and Hattie F. Kingman, of Weymouth.
31. Thomas Joy Hill, and Ellen Jewett Orcutt, both of Weymouth.
A true copy of the original record of the above items.
FRANCIS AMBLER, Town Clerk.
BIRTHS.
Whole number of births registered, . . Number of births where both parents were natives of the United States, . 158
265
Number of births where fathers were natives of the United States and mothers foreign, . 6
Number of births where mothers were natives of the United States and fathers foreign, . 8
Number of births where both parents were foreign, · 265
93
Number of births where both parents were natives of Weymouth,
42
Excess of births over deaths,
117
28
DEATHS Registered in the Town of Weymouth, for the Year 1861.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Years.
M'ths.
Days.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Jan.
1.
Isaac Binney,
.
54
4
12
Consumption,
Weymouth. 66
Frederic W. Joy,
5
8
2
-
5,
Carrie F. Thayer, .
6
8
6
Deptheria, ..
66
6. 11.
Pamelia J. Chesman,
29
9
13
13.
Oaks A. Tasker, ·
24
9
-
15,
Jason P. Tirrell,
29
OC
-
19,
Mary Pratt, .
43
23
9
14
Consumption,
Feb.
4,
Abby F. Kingman,
-
6
6
8,
Mary Louisa Leduc,
22
4 8
Accidental Burning, by burst- ing of fluid can,
Milford. Weymouth. 66
14,
Fanny W. Loud, .
-
7
3
15,
Joseph Dyer, .
65
Dropsy of Chest, . Diptheria,
66
1
Sarah Dizer, ._
1
1
Poisoned by an overdose of medicine taken by mistake,
March 5,
Joseph P. Hodgdon,
35
9
Diptheria, -
10,
Betsey Burrell,
88
6
Old Age,
12.
Lydia W. Raymond,
21
10
Child-bed,
15.
Elthea Joy,
64
15,
Charles Warren Thayer, Daniel Lovell,
1 36
2
Dropsy of the Brain, Inflammation of Liver,
66
Sarah Jane Dillon,
.
25
-
4
Consumption, 66
66
April · 1, 6,
6.
8
1
10, 11,
Nancy B. Richards,
75
1
12,
Walter Fales Houghton, Harrison F. S. Tirrell, . _ Groves,
36
14 20m
Wm. F. McGinnis,
5
1
23
Harriet B. West,
40
4
24
20,
Daniel Herley,
52
20,
Francis Leduc, ·
5
26,
Harvey W. Reed,
30
3
4
17
6
22
66
May 6, 9,
A. D. A. Withington, Ruth K. Bates,
63
8
62
1
15,
1
1
19,
62
9
9
Typhoid Pneumonia,
66
July
4, 18,
3
11
1
Dysentery,
Feb.
78
10
47
-
Consumption, Convulsions,
66
31,
July
26
4
3
Cancer,
62
3
6 Consumption,
40)
1
1
26
Lung Fever,
Weymouth.
24,
Robert Stevenson, Jr.,
36
7
9
Kittery, Me. Abington.
26, 1,
Sarah Jane Stowell, Ella Stowell, .
33
-
26
Aug.
Warren Vining,
76
3
7
Cancer,
13,
Abigail W. Adlington,
-
-
Consumption,
Braintree.
-
23.
Lewis Oaks Tasker,
-
28
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth.
10,
Phoebe Nash Weston,
82
1
9. 21,
George Osgood,
3 1
52
Consumption,
Braintree. Rem'ton, NH
17,
-
11
9
4
Bled to death,
66
18, 26.
Abby Lucinda Burrell, Edmund Holbrook,
Elizabeth A. McGinnis, . Chloe Thayer,
54
1
1 Consumption, Paralysis, Congestion of the Lungs,
Abington. Weymouth. 66
18. 18, 19, 19,
66 66 Boston. Ireland. Weymouth. Abington. Weymouthı.
May April 28,
8
- 22
Liver Complaint, .
66 Rochester. Hingham. Weymouth. 66
June 16,
1
3
7
Consumption,
5
24
Stoppage,
May
12, 15, 31,
Moses Hawes, .
32
4
66
10, 12, 21,
Clapp, Clapp. S Sarah A. Lawler, Charlotte Tirrell, Ellen More, Jennie N. Shaw,
Twins,
Stillborn.
66 Sumner, Me. Weymouth. Ireland.
1 Dropsy,
21,
Typhoid Diarrhœa, Dysentery, .
Weymouth. 66
6
22
28.
Dropsy of the Brain, Suicide, by shooting, Diptheria, -
12 29
30, 4,
Lindley Murray, Mary Ellen McGinnis, Joshua Binney Nash, Ellen S. Terry,
8 32 24
111 1 1
1
1
Consumption, 66
Sandwich. Weymouth. 66
66
.
30
1 Diptheria, - Fever,
66
Joseph W. Nash,
14
-
-
New York. N. Hampshire Weymouth.
28.
Catherine Meehan,
Clarintha V. Hunt,
14 26
66
7 2
-
Bertram W. Pratt, Joseph Torrcy, Jeremiah P. Cohen, Elizabeth Blanchard, Winthrop Torrey, . Hannah Vining, George W. Dyer, .
Hingham. Weymouth.
29
Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Years.
M'ths.
Days.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Aug. 18,
Sylvia J. Baker,
Cholera Infantum,
Weymouth. 66
July
Almira J. White, .
15
11
24
Typhoid Fever,
Aug.
13.
Thomas Connell, .
4
7
Sept.
23,
Willie F. Hamilton,
4
5
Disease of the Spine,
66
23,
Patrick Hogan,
68
6
7
8
Inflammation of Bowels, Lung Fever,
May
6,
Roswel H. Trufant,
28
4
12
13.
Anna Lincoln,
77
9
-1
June
16,
Ebenezer Humphrey,
79
Hem'hage of Bladder & Kid.
66
Aug.
22,
Nabby Pratt, .
83
6
22
Inflammation of Bowels,
66
28.
Lot Lincoln, .
72
Not given,
66
29,
Joseph Torrey,
-
11
Cholera Infantum,
66
Sept.
10, 0, 18,
Charlotte A. Burrell, Johanna Daily, Walter H. Brown, .
131 3 1
4
Teething, Diarrhea, and Cholera Infantum, 66 Cholera Infantum, 66
66
23,
Frederick W. Pool,
7
6
4
Cholera Infantum,
21, 28. 13.
William Hamilton, Mary H. Tisdel, Bates, Ella A. Whiting, .
38
10 1
11
Canker,
Cholera Infantum,
4.
13 Not given,
8,
8. 14,
Alice E. Godfrey, . Otis Thayer, Emma J. McGill, . C. Alice Lothrop, Emily D. Randall, . John Cook,
1 1 1
11 6
1
7
1
Canker,
8
9 Consumption,
29,
Alice H. Vining, ·
6
13 Consumption of the Bowels, Not given, ·
66
3
14 Cholera Infantum,
66
21,
Lucy E. Cushing, . Nellie W. Tirrell, Arthur C. Sherman,
22
2
14
5
21
Not given, 66
-
Functional Derangement of Liver,
66
Nov.
9. 1,
Rebecca Pratt,
73
3
1 Canker,
10.
Mary J. Cook,
36
2
17 Consumption,
30,
Mary L. Halligen, .
1
10
Croup, .
Dec. 20. 11, 20,
Patrick Maharah, . Rosina Halligen, Edward Willis,
1
7
14
28,
. H'y Williams McGraary, Mary Shores, . Eva L. Bailey, . Sarah R. Pratt, .
28
-
21
Nov. Dec.
30,
Alice Dugan Dempsy, John Loud,
76
1
78
3
1 Paralysis,
Connecticut.
Feb. 14,
7
20 Pneumonia,
Weymouth. 66
April 28.
25
8
18
9,
1
26,
6 10 Consumption,
Quincy.
May June
24, 15
Mary H. Blanchard, Eliza Sullivan, .
28
7 1
23
14,
Mary Murphy,
67
2
24
Pulmonary Catarrh and Phthisis Pulmonalis, Not given,
Not given,
66
66
1
13
66
10,
-
17,
6
66
66
66
7
27
66
66
22. 27, 28,
Pamelia J. Chesman,
114 1 4
7
20
Cancerous Humor and Con- gestion of Brain,
66
28.
Nellie Maria Lovell,
-
25
Consumption,
-
5
20,
6
17 Bowel Complaint,
66 Gloucester. Walpole. Weymouth. 66
1
8
14
7
3 Teething,
Boston. Weymouth. 66
13, 1 1.
- Bowker, Edith M. Richards,
23
25,
Consumption,
27,
6 6
Mid'ton, N.H Weymouth. Dorchester. Weymouth. 66
66
1
6
3
1
10 Pneumonia, .
67
9
- Consumption,
Braintree. Ireland.
65
-
-
2 Consumption of Bowels,
Weymouth.
19, 23,
Ebenezer Totman, . Sarah T. Leach, Mary Arnold Thayer, Ellen Sophia Gerry, - Stark, Mary Bent Bailey, .
60 10
4
1 Not given, 66 66
66
66 66
Scrofula Humor and Pneu- monia Acute,
Weymouth. 66
66 Not given, "
5
July
17, 24, 25, 30, 31, 29, 13,
Jacob Shaw, Edw'd Everett Raymond,
John Griffin, . John Griffin, .
Stillborn, 1 5 2
1 24
Hanover. Weymouth.
Aug.
James Quillan, Quillan, Francis Bradf'd Harding, Wilbur Lambert Bicknell, Geo. Williams Raymond,
5
3
1
Accidental Drowning,
.
3
1
6 Croup, .
Consumption, 66 66
18. 1 26,
Old Age,
.
Oct.
Dysentery,
20,
29
9
29
Dropsy on the Brain,
Whitef'd, Me. Weymouth.
13,
Fever, .
Ireland. Weymouth. 66
27,
J. Albree Reed,
Not given,
Accidental Drowning,
66
Winfred Reed,
Clara N. Stoddard,
.
7,
56
66
1h.
66
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Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Years.
Mʼths.
Days.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Sept. 19,
Francis Henry Stoddard,
1
6
27
Not given,
·
Weymouth. "
15,
John Baylan, .
-
20 m
66
60
16.
Edward Wheeler Hall,
9
66
66
66
13,
Mary Ellen Mead, .
1
2
3
66
66
66
5,
- Smith, .
Stillborn,
Oct.
15.
Wm. Joseph Fitzgerald,
1
2
-
Not given, 66
66
Nov.
7,
Rebecca E. Pratt, .
2
1
-
·
-
Patrick Powers,
35
-
66
66
Weymouth.
April 20,
Cyrus Sherburn White,
14
2
23
Dec.
25,
George Rogers,
1
16
Pneumonia, .
Feb. 19,
Ellen Louise Remick,
Diptheria, -.
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April 16,
Amos Remick,
32
7
1
Consumption,
N. Hampshire
Dec.
7.
Walter Scott Adlington, John Hope, Jr., .
19 1
10
23
Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth. 66
June 19,
1
Not given,
-
66
66
19,
John Desmond,
8
2
25,
Mary Hart, .
9
26
Teething, Convulsions, and Congestion of the Brain, .
66
66
Ireland.
18,
Ida Augusta Burgoyne,
1
5
11
Diptheria and Congestion of the Brain, .
Halifax. Weymouth.
10
1
Not given,
Edward Powers,
·
A true copy of the original Record of Deaths.
FRANCIS AMBLER, Town Clerk .
.
66
66
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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1862.
TOWN CLERK. FRANCIS AMBLER.
TREASURER. GILMAN BURRELL.
JAMES HUMPHREY,
SELECTMEN. NOAH VINING,
Z. L. BICKNELL.
ASSESSORS.
ISAAC N. HOLLIS,
WM. W. RAYMOND.
SAMUEL CURTIS,
OVERSEERS OF POOR. JAMES TIRRELL,
LEMUEL TORREY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For three years,
Rev. LEVI A. ABBOTT, WILLIAM WHITE.
For two years, Dr. G. W. FAY.
CONSTABLES.
GEORGE W. WHITE, JR., WILLIAM STODDARD,
JACOB N. BATES, BENJ. F. ROBINSON.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
District 1-NATHANIEL FORD.
District 7-WILLIAM STODDARD.
66 2-JOSIAH COPELAND.
66 8-QUINCY L. REED.
66 3-JACOB FRENCH.
9-SIMEON W. GUTTERSON.
4-FRANKLIN WHITTEN.
10-STEPHEN CAIN.
66 5-LORING TIRRELL.
11-GILBERT BATES.
PRUDENTIAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
District 1-JOHN BINNEY. District 7-SAMUEL SHORES.
2-WILLIAM WHITE.
8-MARTIN THOMAS.
66 3-JAMES LOVELL.
66 9-LEVI A. ABBOTT.
66 4-FRANCIS H. TILDEN.
10-STEPHEN CAIN.
5-WILLIAM G. NASH.
66 6-SAMUEL BATES.
66 11-GILBERT BATES.
P
ELBRIDGE G. HUNT,
Rev. ELMER HEWETT, Hon. B. F. WHITE,
6-JASON HOLBROOK.
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SURVEYORS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK.
District 1-WILLIAM BICKNELL, L. F. PRATT, WILLIAM SEABURY.
66 2-HERVEY CUSHING, L. N. BICKNELL, EDWIN PRATT.
66 3-JOSIAH E. RICE, CYRUS WASHBURN, JAMES C. FORD.
66 4-FRANCIS H. TILDEN, R. V. BARNS, NATHANIEL RICHARDS.
66 5-I. J. FEARING, JONATHAN TRUFANT, L. GARDNER, REUBEN LOUD, J. D. GARDNER.
6-JASON PRATT, HENRY DYER, THOMAS WHITE.
66 7-WILLIAM H. THOMAS, JOSEPHUS WHITE, J. H. STODDARD.
66 8-FRANKLIN DERBY, Q. L. REED, ISAAC N. HOLLIS, JR.
9-J. O. FOYE, M. M. BLANCHARD, M. M. LEONARD, THOMAS A. KINGMAN, HASKELL BOYNTON, WILLIAM P. SANBORN, GEORGE H. REED, W. H. REED.
66 10-B. F. SHAW, THOMAS HUMPHREY, STEPHEN CAIN.
66 11-WARREN THAYER, MARTIN DERBY, JR., ELIPHALET LOUD, JR.
FIELD DRIVERS.
District 1-J. L. WHITE, ANSEL BURRELL, JR., EDWARD LINCOLN L. F. PRATT.
66 2-JOSHUA VINAL, WILLIAM PIERCE, SYLVESTER FEARING.
66 3-JAIRUS B. LINCOLN, ALBERT JOYCE, SOLOMON PRATT.
66 4-MONROE THAYER, A. D. TIRRELL, JR., NATHANIEL RICHARDS.
66 5-N. A. SARGENT, J. FORBES REED, J. EMMONS DERBY, WARREN THAYER, 2D, CHARLES A. DUNBAR, AUSTIN TIRRELL, RICHARD LOUD.
66 6-ISAAC SHAW, DAVID HOLBROOK, GEORGE H. SHAW.
66 7-FRANKLIN REED, ELLIS REYNOLDS, WILLIAM STODDARD, JR., JEREMIAH STODDARD.
66 8-THOMAS HOLLIS, JR., SIDNEY TOWER, E. J. WHITCOMB.
66 9-EDWARD BATES, ELBRIDGE TIRRELL, CLINTON POPE, SAMUEL KING.
10-ISAAC F. FRENCH, LEMUEL FRENCH.
11-BENJAMIN ORCUTT, THOMAS DERBY, JR., GILBERT SHAW.
FENCE VIEWERS.
FRANCIS RICHARDS, JASON HOLBROOK, SIMEON W. GUTTERSON, GEO. W. HUNTRESS, T. J. BURRELL.
WILLIAM W. RAYMOND,
WEIGHER OF VESSELS. WILLIAM RICE. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. GEORGE W. PRATT.
POUND KEEPER. FRANCIS TIRRELL.
DANIEL BATES,
LEVI L. BARKER,
FIRE WARDS. J. B. HOWE,
S. D. MURRAY, DAVID N. WADE.
ORAN WHITE,
AUDITING COMMITTEE. G. W. HUNTRESS, ELIAS RICHARDS.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. COTTON BATES.
POLICE OFFICER. SILAS BINNEY.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF
WEYMOUTH.
5
REPORT.
The School Committee of Weymouth respectfully submit the following Report.
At the commencement of the year your Committee met, and having organized, proceeded to the appointment and confirma- tion of teachers and the choice of a Sub-Committee, consisting of five, to examine teachers and superintend schools, with power to appoint others to assist.
The arrangement of last year was again taken up, by which Grammar, Intermediate and Mixed Schools were kept ten, the Primary nine, and the Sub-Primary eight months, and a uniform price paid to teachers of the same grade throughout the town. The schools of each district also were assigned to special committees for supervision and direction.
NORTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
This school, in the care of Mr. L. Z. Ferris, the teacher of last year, has moved steadily on in the march of improvement. The first term commenced April 8th, 1861, with thirty-two who had formerly been scholars-including some who had been absent a long intermission-and fifteen new ones ; making the whole number forty-seven. The average attendance was thirty-nine. During this session continual evidence was furnished that the fine reputation of the prior term was to be fully sustained, and the commendations of its closing examination to be again fairly earned. That this was done with an increase rather than an abatement of excellencies, all present at the close of the Summer school were convinced, and the town is assured that its appropriations here have been responded to by an industry and a success upon the part of teacher and pupils which must constitute the very best encouragement and reward.
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The Winter Term began September 9th, with an increase of scholars, making the whole number fifty-nine, and an average of fifty. With this addition came also many more classes, making it imperative, if the high standard of the school was to be sustained, that an assistant should be employed. Miss Mary E. Douse, of Sherborn, was therefore engaged from the third week of the Winter session, and, without undertaking to speak conclusively upon her permanent success in so difficult a position, and after so short a trial-a period in which one can only begin to adapt self to the work-the Committee feel that without her the school must have suffered, and willingly accept for the present the language of the Principal himself, who " bears witness with great pleasure to her faithfulness, energy and efficiency."
It may be proper to add, in this connection, that at the last examination-marked by great merit in every department- the classes of Miss Douse shared with but slight exception in the praises bestowed upon the school.
The critical learning, exhaustive analysis, and well-disciplined memories in some classes of this institution are remarkable, and the standard to which the whole school is addressed is high.
Fears have been expressed in some quarters that the close application demanded of students here will become too severe and injurious to health. Let our motto be "make haste slowly." A cripple in the right way will beat a racer in the wrong. Let us suggest a due regard to physical education, and this too under the eye of the master, and we shall have no reaction to dread, but steady, vigorous and all sided advance- ment.
It only remains to add that during the year the beginning of a Cabinet of Natural History has been made, for which several hundred specimens have been procured; also the nucleus of a Library.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
The Committee felt that they had a difficult task to procure a teacher that should fill the place of the able and popular
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teacher who had charge of the school the two preceding years. After much inquiry they engaged Mr. A. H. Davis, a graduate of Bowdoin College. The information obtained by the Com- mittee of his qualifications, experience and success as a teacher, led them to anticipate a prosperous school. The school opened with encouraging prospects of success. The teacher was active, ardent and earnest. The scholars were interested and diligent in their studies. There was, later in the term, some abatement of interest on the part of a few scholars, which hindered their progress and was somewhat detrimental to the school. But the closing examination was of great excellence. Most of the recitations were perfect. The Greek and Latin classes gave evidence of their having received criti- cal and thorough instruction. The examination was highly commended by the Committee and others.
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