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Danforth Sylvester, work on breakwater $4 50
Jesse Spooner, work on breakwater 4 50
George Pratt, work on breakwater 4 50
Charles H. Mitchell, work on breakwater
1 50
Cushing O. Litchfield, posting warrants, 1877 3 00
Edwin Young, committee on Pond street, by vote of town
1 90
Daniel Brown, expenses on Little's bridge and toll house 25 00
Post 31, G. A. R., for Decoration day
100 00
William Kennard, care of town hall.
10 12
Charles E. Bailey, expressing on books.
35
H. A. Seaverns & Co., school books.
38 08
William W. Gordak, painting hearse 20 00
Albert Hutchinson, three months' and six days'
drill, vote of town, 1864. 36 00
William P. Allen, school books.
63 09
Frederick Cushing, work on town hall
5 00
Hosea D. Nott, services and expenses as constable,
12 75
Charles T. Chubbuck, watching fires
21 00
Benjamin Brown, oil, &c., for town hall
66
E. C. Gardner, services as constable 3 00
E. C. Gardner, returning deaths. 5 00
William C. Bailey, returning deaths 25
Hosea V. Orcutt, returning deaths 1 00
Charles E. Bailey, returning deaths
25
David W. Whitcomb, returning deaths
25
William J. Newcomb, returning deaths
4 75
Amount
$366 45
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IMPROVEMENTS ON POND STREET.
Amount of orders drawn
$293 32
Payments.
Clarence Bisbee,
$11 25 William H. Litchfield, $12 00
Fred. G. Bisbee,
3 00
Charles Damon, 18 50
Augustine Hunt,
4 50 Harvey W. Litchfield, ·
4 50
George H. Jenkins,
14: 25
John Brown, 3 00
Luke G. Fitts,
11 62
Harvey D. Northey, 15 90
Wiley Damon,
9 00
E. A. Turner, 1 00
William H. Dalby,
6 00
Henry H. Northey, 14 16
J. Emerson,
6 00
Edmund Mann,
1 50
William O. Merritt,
9 00
Josiah Mann,
1 50
Otis Briggs,
12 16
Caleb M. Jenkins,
3 00
Israel Damon,
29 79
Jesse Totman,
75
Israel D. Damon,
10 87
William H. Wade, 6 00
Noah Nichols,
27 25
H. A. Seaverns & Co.,
3 13
Israel H. Sherman,
20 45
Charles Cottle, 2 50
Benjamin Andrews,
6 00
Israel Nichols,
1 87
William E. Hunt,
7 87
Daniel Johnson,
6 00
George Emerson,
9 00
Amount,
$293 32
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IMPROVEMENTS ON ELM STREET.
Amount of orders drawn
$131 97
Payments.
Duxbury & Cohasset
railroad,
$3 12 Russell Cook, $13 75
James Hughes,
13 50
Everett Torrey, 5 25
Cushing O. Litchfield,
17 50 Job Vinal, 17 20
Turner Litchfield,
9 00
William H. Litchfield, 1 00
Patrick Dunn,
17 15 Marcellus Day & Co., 20 10
Nathaniel Wade,
12 90
John Hughes, 1 50
Amount, $131 97
IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Amount of orders drawn
$138 81
Payments.
Augustine Hunt,
$5 00 James B. Totman,
$9 25
Luke G. Fitts,
6 25 Harvey D. Northey, 2 90
Josiah Mann,
8 75 Charles F. Clapp, 6 75
Frederick Cole,
2 85
Samuel J. Hunt,
11 75
John Bisbee,
5 00
Marcus Barber, 6 75
Edward Ward,
2 50
Henry T. Otis, 10 77
Edmund Mann,
7 50
William H. Litchfield, 6 00
Henry H. Northey,
22 17
William E. Hunt,
1 25
Harvey C. Litchfield,
3 75
James W. Sampson,
9 00
Jesse Totman,
10 62
Amount, $138 81
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MANN HILL ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$386 75
Payments.
James A. Bailey, $20 10 J. Emerson, $0 75
James Sullivan, 11 85 Job Vinal, 49 87
George O. Vinal, 30 47 William H. Litchfield, 10 80
Abner Litchfield, 43 35 Stephen Litchfield, 2d, 10 50
Charles M. Ferguson, 58 00
Horace Litchfield, 7 87
B. B. W. Litchfield,
40 15
Walter Litchfield, 7 87
David B. Litchfield,
16 22 Lewis N. Curtis, 7 87
Perez L. Litchfield, 14 10
Harvey Curtis, 6 75
Marshall Litchfield, Jr., 8 10
Jacob C. Newcomb, 4 37
Joseph H Litchfield, 9 47
James Lovejoy, 4 37
William O. Merritt, 5 85 Cushing O. Litchfield, 5 62
William E. Hunt, 5 85
William H. L'alby, 6 60
Amount,
$386 75
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Amount of state tax
$810 00
Amount of county tax 1,781 79
$2,591 79
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Total amount of interest accrued for the year $5,742 10
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STATE AID.
Authorized by Chapter 282, Acts of 1878.
Amount of orders drawn
$819 35
Payments.
Fred. N. Curtis,
$36 00
Thomas Otis,
$18 00
Thomas Keefe,
49 50
Joseph Brown, 16 00
Munroe Merritt,
63 00
Shadrach B. Curtis, 20 00
James A. Bailey,
31 00
Edward Arnold,
8 00
John Doherty,
34 00
John Berry,
12 00
William Elliot,
31 00
Reuben L. H. Andrews, 10 00
Nicholas Wherity,
34 00
William H. Osborne,
10 00
Charles H. Nott,
30 00
William Burrows,
10 50
Andrew J. Hobson,
32 00
William O. Merritt,
14 00
William R. Damon,
66 50
John P. Giffin,
9 00
Josiah Mann, 22 00
William Hawthorn,
8 00
Thomas R. Webb,
18 00
Thomas Paine,
8 00
Alvin R. Glines,
16 00
Henry W. Leavitt,
10 00
William W. Hunt,
18 00
John W. Pierce,
4 00
Otis Litchfield,
18 00
Thomas P. R. Nash,
162 85
Amount, $819 35
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND DISCOUNT.
Discount on taxes $198 02
Amount of fees for collecting 213 44
$411 46
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RECAPITULATION.
For removing snow $1,005 14
Support of schools 3,405 50
Incidentals for schools 162 87
Support of poor
2,919 87
Repairs of roads and bridges.
2,314 46
Repairs of public buildings
245 81
Town officers
522 62
Printing and stationery
118 96
Abatement of taxes
192 14
State aid
941 50
Miscellaneous
366 45
Improvements on Pond street
293 32
Improvements on Elm street
131 97
Mann Hill road
386 75
Improvements on South Main street
138 81
State aid, authorized by chapter 282, acts of 1878 819 35
Interest
5,742 10
State tax
810 00
County tax
1,781 79
Collection of taxes
213 44
Discount on taxes
198 02
Amount of expense $22,710 87
Deduct state aid 1,760 85
$20,950 02
EXTRAORDINARY-
Expenses of beach committee, paid by the treasurer by vote of the town 225 00
Net expense $21,175 02
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INCOME.
Amount of tax bills of 1878 $21,820 08
Amount of corporation tax 420 46
Amount of bank tax 442 73
Pedlers' licenses 24 00
Auctioneers' licenses 8 00
Interest on C. M. Jenkins' debt 6 00
From lease of beaches 8 50
Amount, excluding school fund $22,729 77
Deduct net expense . 21,175 02
Surplus of income over expenses $1,554 75
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The selectmen have examined the town treasurer's record of payments and receipts, and found it correct.
The following is his report :-
TOWN OF SCITUATE, in account with ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
DR.
To amount of orders paid $14,609 19
To cash paid state treasurer, tax 810 00
To cash paid county treasurer, tax 1,781 79
To cash paid interest on notes
5,642 70
To cash paid interest on notes, (money borrowed and paid) 99 40
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1878 7,674 79
Amount of fees for collecting taxes 213 44
Amount of discount on taxes 198 02
To cash paid Edwin Young, beach committee 175 00
To cash paid C. H. Paine by beach committee 50 00
Cash on hand Feb. 1st, 1879, to balance
4,075 79
$35,330 12
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CR.
By cash on hand Feb. 1st, 1878 $3,827 49
By cash received from N. and C. Vinal's estates 73 23
By cash received from county treasurer, dog fund of 1877 161 29
By cash received of state treasurer for corporation tax of 1977 1 88
By cash received of state for burial of state pauper. 5 00
By cash received from town of South Abington for assistance to F. G. Bisbee 28 00
By cash received from town of Malden for assistance to John W. Pierce 56 00
By cash received from city of Boston for assistance to Daniel Jenkins. 33 14
By cash received from city of Boston for assistance to E. C. Prentiss 66 00
By cash received of Waldo Higginson for lease of beach 4 00
By cash received of Joshua Higgins for lease of beach 1 25
By cash received of H. H. Sylvester for lease of beach 25
By cash received of H. H. Sylvester, Jr., for lease of beach 25
By cash received of Danforth P. Sylvester for lease of beach 50
By cash received of J. W. Weatherbee for lease of beach 1 00
By cash received of Benjamin Merritt for lease of beach 75
Amount carried forward ... $4,260 03
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Amount brought forward . $4,260 03 50.
By cash received of E. B. Pratt for lease of beach .. By cash received of Thomas Vinal for auctioneer's license 2 00
By cash received of Isaac Nightingale for auction- eer's license 2 00
By cash received of L. W. Cook for auctioneer's license 2 00
By cash received of C. A. Cole for auctioneer's license By cash received of Town of East Bridgewater for assistance to Leander Osborne and family · By cash received of C. M. Jenkins for interest on note
54 43
By cash received of state for state pauper .
5 00
By cash received of state for corporation tax
420 46
By cash received of state for national bank tax 442 73
By cash received of state for state aid
902 00
By cash received of state for school fund of 1878. . .
204 89
By cash received of town of Weymouth for assis- tance to Hannah McFawn
67 08
By cash received of county treasurer for dog fund of 1878 121 64
By cash received for pedlers' licenses
24 00
By taxes collected of 1872
2 00
By taxes collected of 1873
2 00
By taxes collected of 1875
31 99
By taxes collected of 1876
414 17
by taxes collected of 1877
6,543 12
By taxes of 1878, for collection 21,820 08
$35,330 12
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
SCITUATE, Feb. 1, 1879.
2 00
6 00
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN,
February 1, 1879.
LIABILITIES.
Due notes and interest as follows : -
NAMES OF PAYEES.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest paid to
Interest due to Feb. 1,'79.
Eunice Rogers,
$175 00
July 20, 1865,
July 20, 1878,
$5 57
Salem Savings Bank,
4.000 00
July 26, 1867,
Jan. 20, 1879,
2 88
Scituate Savings Bank,
6,570 00
March 2, 1868,
Sept. 2, 1878,
162 06
Stephen Litchfield,
300 00
April 23, 1873,
Oct. 23, 1878,
4 90
Stephen Litchfield,
500 00
Oct. 10, 1871,
Oct. 10, 1878,
9 25
E. Weymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
500 00
May
27, 1876,
Nov. 27, 1878,
5 25
Seaman's Savings Bank,
30,000 00
Feb.
14, 1871,
Jan. 1, 1879,
175 00
State of Massachusetts,
30,000 00
May
2,1871,
Nov. 2, 1878,
445 00
State of Massachusetts,
15,000 00.
Nov.
8. 1873,
Nov. 8, 1878,
242 08
Amount of Principal, $87,045 00
Amount of Interest due,
$1,051 99
Amount of principal of notes due $87,045 00
Amount of interest due . . .
1,051 99
Due for outstanding orders of 1876-7
43 50
Due for outstanding orders of 1878- 9
1,518 90
Due for salaries of teachers 1,035 75
Due for support of poor
105 00
Due for removing snow
100 00
Due for repairs of highways
41 00
Amount of liabilities
$90,941 14
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RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of treasurer $4,075 79
Uncollected taxes of 1872 2 73
Uncollected taxes of 1873 35 86
Uncollected taxes of 1874 33 09
Uncollected taxes of 1875 97 62
Uncollected taxes of 1876 367 36
Uncollected taxes of 1877
1,236 63
Uncollected taxes of 1878
7,674 79
Value of security of C. M. Jenkins' house
103 70
Tools on hand 25 00
Due from town of Cohasset
215 67
Due from city of Boston
131 25
Due from town of Malden
35 00
Due from town of South Scituate
10 00
Due from state for supplies to state paupers
163 95
Due from state for state aid from Jan. 1st, 1878, to to Feb. 1st, 1879 1,023 00
Due from state for state aid, authorized by chapter 282, acts of 1878 819 35
Due from estate of Edmund Jenkins 49 75
Due from estate of Eveline Jenkins 129 70
Amount of resources $16,230 24
Amount of liabilities $90,941 14
Deduct resources 16,230 24
Balance debt of the town Feb. 1st, 1879 $74,710 90
Deduct losses on railroad 70,000 00
The ordinary debt of the town would have been $4,710 90
The ordinary debt of the town in 1878 was $6,077 26
Balance, decrease of debt for the year $1,366 36
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1879.
For removing snow. $1,000 00
Support of schools 3,300 00
Incidentals for schools 150 00
Support of poor
3,200 00
Repairs of roads and bridges 2,100 00
Town officers 600 00
Abatement of taxes 200 00
Printing, stationery and postage
150 00
Miscellanous 400 00
Collection of taxes and discount 400 00
Interest on debt
5,800 00
Repairs of public buildings
400 00
Improvements on South Main street 400 00
Total town grant $18,100 00
Add amount of State tax (estimated) 800 00
66 County tax 1,775 00
Total estimated expenses $20,675 00
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards throughout the town remain the same as last year.
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LIST OF JURORS.
Presented for the consideration of the Town, to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting in March.
Albert Clapp,
Charles T. Chubbuck,
David S. Jenkins,
William C. Bailey,
Anthony Gray, Peter Murphy, E. Foster Pierce, Francis M. Litchfield,
Hatherly Merritt,
Franklin Damon,
Andrew Bates,
Caleb Bates, Samuel H. Turner,
George W. Elliott,
Nathaniel J. Vinal,
Abner Litchfield,
E. Parker Welch,
Frederick Cushing,
Thomas Tilden,
Turner Litchfield,
Harvey D. Northey,
Kilborn B. Merritt,
Benjamin T. Turner,
Azro Turner, Thomas O: Cole, John B. Pierce,
Joseph Bailey,
Freeman H. Gannett,
Thaddeus L. Litchfield,
Charles Damon,
Thomas O. Neal,
Frederick S. Sanborne,
Cornelius Doherty,
Alexander Anderson,
Job"¿ Vina],
Henry Merritt,
George W. Merritt,
Israel D. Damon.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, HENRY H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL, Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Scituate. FEBRUARY 1, 1879.
TRUST FUND.
The Jenkins fund, with interest added, remains the same as last year, as no expense has been incurred under this trust.
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, - HENRY H. NORTHEY, Trustees. JOB VINAL,
FEBRUARY 1, 1879.
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Valuation of the Town of Scituate, May 1, 1878.
Real estate. $1,134,615 00
Personal estate 146,299 00
Total valuation of taxable property . $1,280,914 00
Number of polls, 633.
Number acres of land taxed 9,6413
Number of houses taxed 583
Number of horses taxed 281
Number of cows taxed .
290
Number of sheep taxed
68
Tax on 633 polls, at $2
$1,266 00
Tax on $1,280,914, at $16 per $1,000
20,494 62
Amount of assessment $21,760 62
Valuation as compared with 1877.
Real estate increase $6,511 00
Personal estate decrease
22,107 00
Total decrease
$15,596 00
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, H. H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL,
Assessors
of Scituate.
FEBRUARY 1, 1879.
ARTICLES IN WARRANT
FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1879.
ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the selectmen and other town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money, as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and appropriate the same.
ART. 5. To establish the rate of wages for removing snow from the public highways the year ensuing.
ART. 6. To revise and accept the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen.
ART. To see if the town will authorize the overseers of the poor to contract, at their discretion, for the sup- port of the town paupers.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the select- men, in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 9. Will the town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be published in the month of February next. ART, 10. To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen, and act thereon.
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ART. 11. To make allowances to town creditors.
ART. 12. What action will the town take in relation to keeping tramps.
ART. 13. To hear the report of the selectmen, on the petition of Wm. O. Clapp and others, to widen and straighten Cedar street, or act on anything relating thereto.
ART. 14. To hear the report of the selectmen, on the petition of Everett Torrey, and others, to widen and straighten the road leading from Everett Torrey's dwelling house to Kent street, or act on anything relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will finish the improvements on South Main street, as ordered by the county com- missioners, or act thereon.
ART. 16. Will the town permit the Mount Hope Cemetery Association, to buy not exceeding two acres of land for the enlargement of their burial ground.
ART. 17. Will the town abolish the high school or act on anything relating thereto.
ART. 18. To see what action, if any, the town will take with regard to its beaches and shore property, and its rights in the same, and the use and leasing of the same or any part thereof.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take with regard to its public landings.
ART. 20. To see what action the town will take with regard to the old way leading from Scituate harbor to Cedar point.
ART. 21. To see what action the town will take with regard to raising and appropriating money to maintain the rights of the town in its beaches.
ART. 22. To see if the town will allow a discount on taxes, paid on or before the first day of October, or act thereon.
ART. 23. Will the town appoint some proper person for a night police at the easterly part of the town, for the summer months.
Report of the Town Clerk
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1878.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1878.
Jan. 1,
Charles Henry Hayward,
Ward L. and Maria F.,
Vinal. Noonan.
8,
Patrick Curran,
John and Barberry,
11,
Ethel Merritt,
James C. and Henrietta, James W. and Nellie C.,
Bates, Lahey.
14,
James Gammon,
William P. and Lucinda,
Clapp.
14,
Frederick Allen Randall, Randall,
Joseph A. and Harriet E.,
Damon.
43
18, 31, 15,
James O'Connor,
Dudley and Mary A.,
Gill.
Feb.
Walter Scott Harrub,
Walter S. and Clara F. George H. and Joanna,
Andrews.
3,
Plena Augusta Jenkins,
Driscoll.
3,
James Sullivan,
John and Margaret,
S,
William Doherty, Willie Wallace,
John F. and Bridget E.,
Hayes.
10, 16,
Frederick Louis Pratt, Mary Higgins,
Bartley and Mary,
March 4, 4,
Francis Newcomb Hyland,
Charles E, and Lucy A., Webster and Sarah A.,
McGowan. Spooner. Dałby.
7, 9, 12,
Davie Orange Litchfield, Alvah Chester Arnold,
Edward H. and Alefia J.,
Taylor.
Charles P. and Martha J.,
Webb.
21
John Thomas Elliott,
William and Anastia,
Doolan.
Damon.
28,
Henry Bascom Ellms,
Henry L. and Lucy A.
Rodriguez.
Elijah P. and Mary E.
Brown,
John and Rosa,
Maginely.
Edwina Lewis Seaverns,
.
BIRTHS- Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
April 5,
Caleb Henry Smith,
John H. and Flora C.,
6,
Sarah Matilda Spooner,
Jesse W. and Eliza J.,
7,
Mamie Elizabeth Lovejoy,
James A. and Alice V.,
19,
Mary. Welch,
John and Mary E., Luther C. and Hattie M.,
Bates. Archable. Newcomb. Quinn. Bates.
23,
Carrie Winnefred Litchfield, Andrew Ward,
Hugh and Sarah A.,
Evans.
May 14,
24,
Julia Maud Merritt, Arthur Alden Hill,
Daniel E. and Jane M.
Jenkins.
29,
Lucius Lee Bonney, Mary Ellen Wherity,
Nicholas 2nd, and Jane,
Hoar. Ewell.
29,
Lendall Atkins Young, Lettie Gracie Litchfield,
Walter and Abbie C.,
Vinal.
June
11, 13, 25, 2.4,
Esther Jane Cullen,
Patrick and Selina,
Maggs.
James T. and Susan,
Louer.
July
Lottie Harris,
John and Elizabeth, George F. and Adeline F.,
Newell.
Aug.
26,
Grace Cynthia Cushing,
William P. and Esther A.,
Harris.
26,
Alice Hawthorne, Wallace Gilford Simmons,
William B. and Lucy M.,
Simmons.
Sept. 5, 14, 20. 30,
Warren Purdy Hoyt, - Vinal,
Gabriel P. B. and Frances E. George O. and Emeline,
Merritt
George Litchfield,
Walter H. and Olive C.
Litchfield.
Oct. 3, 5,
William Everett Peterson,
Warren Mason Litchfield,
George F. and Elizabeth, Stephen and Irene E.,
Christie. Litchfield.
29,
Laroy S. and Clara B.
Cushman. 44
29,
Isaac H. and Ada,
Cora Edith Bearce,
Haynes.
Studley
George M. and Harriet T.,
Ellms.
Oct. 12, Laura Ulmer, 24, Martha Adelade Clapp, James Francis McDonald, Frederick William Cole, Augustine Ward, Ida Willis Brown,
Nov. 5, 7, 28,
Dec. 22, 1875. Mar. 10, 28, 1876. Jan.
Anna Murphy, Annie Esther Sullivan,
26, Mar. 25, 1877. Aug. 22, April 14,
James Driscoll, Annie Maud Litchfield,
Alfonso Gannett, Richard Stacy Gardner,
Frank M. and Lizzie S., William T. and Abbie C., James and Mary M., Frederick and Maggie, Daniel Jr., and Jennie, Henry W. and Marion J.,
Peter and Bridget, John and Margaret,
Cornelius and Mary T., Luther C. and Hattie M.,
Joy K. and Eliza E. Joseph T. and Martha P.,
Bogle. Vinal. O'Donnell. Pentz. Gaffney. Smith.
Devlin. Driscoll.
Gilboy. Bates.
Webb. Taylor. 45
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1878.
DATE.
NAMES.
Residence of Each at Time of Marriage.
AGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
1
1878.
Lorenzo Warren Bates,
Cohasset,
24
Cohasset,
21
March 14,
George Herbert Curtis,
Somerville,
27
Ella Gertrude Vinal,
Scituate,
23
April 16,
Horace Sampson,
Quincy,
26
Mary Susan Hayden,
Cohasset,
25
April 28,
George William Ainslie,
Cohasset,
20
Aaron Pratt, Esq., of Cohasset, at Cohasset.
Belinda Jane Arnold,
Scituate,
18
May 1,
Alonzo Tolman,
South Scituate,
26
Seitnate,
20
May
4,
Marcus Newell Barber,
Scituate,
22
Rev. P. J. Leddy of Hingham, at Cohasset.
May
26.
Alvin Abbott Colburn,
Seitnate,
26
Scituate, 27
June
23,
Eugene Webster Langdon,
Scituate,
25
East Marshfield,
22
July
il,
Rev. James Nash Studley,
Scituate,
32
Emma Florence Carr,
South Scituate,
25
Rev. T. L. Rogers of Newton, at Scituate.
46
Rev. H. B. Hibben of Scituate, at Scituate. Rev. C. D. R. Meacham of Scituate, at Scituate.
Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate.
Lydia F. Jackson,
Scituate,
20
Margaret May Faloon,
Arletta Brown Saloan,
Rev. C. D. R. Meacham of Scituate, at Seitnate.
Rev. Geo. H. Hosmer of Bridgewater, at South Scituate.
Edy Rich Williamson,
Rev. H. B. Hibben of Scituate, at Scituate.
Jan. 10,
Lottie Clapp Beal,
Aug. 5, Martin Burke, Ellen Cunningham,
Scituate,
42
Rev. Peter J. Leddy.
Scituate,
30
Aug. 18,
Daniel Wright Taylor,
Scituate, 25
Scituate,
18
Sept. 2,
Emery Warren Smith,
Scituate,
20
Lizzie Gifford Carr,
East Needham, 18
Frederic Nath'l Sylvester,
South Scituate,
22 22
Oct.
2,
John Bryant Turner,
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
21
Oct. 9,
Samuel G. Wyman Lee,
Scituate,
28
Cohasset,
25
Oct.
20,
Virgil Henry Damon,
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
18
Oct. 29
George Alvin Briggs,
South Scituate,
25
Cohasset,
17
Nov. 1,
Charles Augustus Taylor,
Scituate,
34
Marshfield,
18
Nov. 9,
William Davis Carter,
Scituate,
20
Scituate,
19
Nov. 13,
Charles Coster Withem,
Scituate,
21
Scituate,
16
Nov. 24,
James Emet Murphy,
Scituate,
21
Margaret Ellen Driscoll,
Scituate,
19
Nov. 26,
Charles Frances Webb,
Scituate,
25
Amanda Rogers Damon,
Scituate,
23
Nov. 28,
Hosea Marshall Orcutt,
Scituate,
28
Scituate,
19
Nov. 29,
Walter Herbert Merritt,
South Scituate, 27
Flora Patience Taylor,
Scituate,
19
Rev. S. J. Axtell, Jr., of Needham, at Needham. Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate.
Sept. 17,
Ellen Maria Langdon,
Scituate,
Rev. Joseph Osgood of Cohasset, at Cohssset. Rev. Granville Yagar of Cohasset, at Cohasset. Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate.
Rev. H. B. Hibben of Scituate, at Scituate.
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Abby Cora Hardwick,
Hannah Elizabeth Bailey,
Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate. Rev. C. D. R. Meacham of Scituate, at Scituate.
Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate. Rev. Peter J. Leddy of Hingham, at Scituate.
Rev. C. D. R. Meacham of Scituate, at Scituate.
Georgietta Bailey,
Rev. C. D. R. Meacham of Scituate, at Seituate. Rev. H. B. Hibben of Scituate, at Scituate.
Aaron Pratt, Esq., of Cohasset, at Cohasset.
Hattie Hooper Garduer,
H. Anna Goodell,
Mary Lovell Bates,
Addie Florence Webb,
Sarah Frances Hobson,
Nellie Frances Hayward,
MARRIAGES - Continued.
DATE.
NAMES.
Residence of Each at Time of Marriage.
AGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Dec.
10,
Alex. Brooks Anderson,
Scituate,
35
Rev. Joseph Osgood of Cohasset, at Scituate.
Dec.
24,
Edmund Waldo Estes,
Cohasset,
20
Addie Washburn Mott,
Scituate,
19
Dec.
25,
Francis E. Henderson,
Marshfield,
23
Scituate,
24
Dec.
29,
Frank Wilbur Torrey,
Weymouth,
20
Lizzie Louise Merritt,
Scituate,
20
1877.
Nov. 11,
Joseph Gannett, Emeline S.(Gray ) Eastman
Scituate,
67
Boston,
39
·
Ellen Mercy Ellms,
Scituate,
30
Rev. Granville Yagar of Cohasset, at Cohasset.
Rev. D. B. Ford of Hanover, at South Scituate.
Rosa Estelle Merritt,
Rev. Wm. B. Greene of Scituate, at Scituate.
Rev. D. H. Ela of Boston, at Boston.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1878.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
DISEASE.
PARENTS' NAMES, ETC.
Y. ) M. D.
1878.
Jan. 3, Joseph Clapp,
Pneumonia,
68
7 2 Alexander and Bethiah.
4, Bessie G. Curtis,
Fibrenous croup,
4 5 11 Shadrach B. and Eleanor.
11, Lavinia Vinal,
Old age,
91 5 Gamaliel and Hannah Merritt.
11, Edwin F. Osborne,
Cerebral congestion,
33 7 18 Caleb and Mary A.
14, Emily S. Lee,
Pulmonary tuberculosis,
30 10 |S|George C. and Olive H.
18, Mercy Thorndike,
Disease of brain,
60|
7 Israel and Mercy.
30, Baker Damon,
Old age,
87 5 Sylvanus and Lydia.
Feb.
5, Rufus Curtis,
Phthisis,
72 8 25 Rufus and Dianna.
20, Leander Osborne,
Cancer,
50
4 14 Levi and Judith.
March 1, Thomas J. Dixon,
Phthisis,
65 George and Margaret.
15, Francis Thomas, M. D.,
Heart disease,
73 11 Nehemiah and Hannah.
23, Daniel Ellms,
60|10 Daniel and Cynthia.
28, Henry B. Dana,
Old age,
86
6 26 Henry and Sarah.
April
1, Israel Cudworth, 1, Maria Vinal,
Phthisis,
66 11 Coleman and Betsey Jenkins.
18, Mary E. Richmond,
Phthisis,
19 3 6 Levi J. and Susan Bradley.
26, Deborah Litchfield,
Old age,
90 10 26 James and Elizabeth Clapp.
May 9, Frank M. Sylvia,
Unknown,
2|21 Frank M. and Margaret.
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Pulmonary tuberculosis, 1
Old age,
90| 2 Israel and Mercy.
1
DEATHS - Continued.
AGE.
DATF.
NAMES.
DISEASE.
PARENTS' NAMES, ETC.
Y. M. |D.
1878.
May 22. Sarah Curtis, 25, Thomas 'Markiviah,
Phthisis,
71
5| 3 |Laban and Hannah Rose.
Meningitis,
3 2 20 Matthew and Persanes.
June
4, Mary A. Torrey,
Typhoid fever,
75 10 2 Ezra and Polly Vinal.
Old age,
93 6 2 John and Elizabeth.
Nephritis,
35 10 6 Sumner and Lillias.
July
15, Judith Damon, 18, Sumner O. Litchfield, 1, George M. Allen, 16, Carrie 'T. Mosher,
Unknown,
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