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$9,251 25
APPROPRIATION FOR TOWN BUILDINGS. Paid the Town Hall Building Committee, $1,500 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid.
Winthrop F. Conant, support of Widow Lewis Chaffin, for 1861, $10 75
clothing for Geo. Bullard, for 1861, 8 20
for Philips family for 1861, 22 21
for Alfred Brown, for 1861, 4 00
for Mary A. Law, for 1861, 1 75
66
for aid granted foreigners for 1861, 2 00
for Noah A. Gray, 1 81
Jas. E. Billings, for Elmira Johnson, for 1861,
7 14
for Sarah Childs and Adaline Robbins, for 1861, 12 00
for John Whitney, for 1862,
4 53
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for Alfred Brown, for 1862, 3 00
for Mary N. Smith, for 1861-2, 41 81
for Charles Puffer for 1862, 61 81
O. J. Davis, for services on Town Farm, 95 97 for wardrobe, 6 00
J. K. Putney, for 2 cows for Town Farm, 62 00
J. Tuttle, & Co., merchandise for Town Farm, 179 63
Daniel Jones, for merchandise for Town Farm, 19 67
,
$544 28
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid.
William D. Tuttle, services as Town Clerk,
$15 00
col. and recording 43 births,
8 60
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6
William D. Tuttle, recording 33 deaths, 66 recording 17 marriages, 1 70
$5 30
James E. Billings, services as Selectman,
35 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, do.,
25 00
Jonas K. Putney, do.,
8 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, services as Assessor, 9 1-2 days,
14 25
James W. Wheeler, do., 7 1-2 days, 10 75
Eben Davis, do., 9 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, making Assessors' returns,
1 00
Winthrop F. Conant, collecting Taxes, 75 00 66 services as Overseer of Poor, 4 00
Daniel Tuttle, do., 15 00
journey to Cambridge and Harvard, 4 50
Simon Hosmer, do., 5 00
For making report of Overseers for 1861, 5 00
$242 10
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid.
Eben Conant, Interest on Note, $60 00
Concord Bank, Note and Interest,
2,915 95
Prescott Bank, Note and Interest; 507 75
Albert T. Edmonds, for opening Town Hall,
11 times, 3 40
for opening Vestry 3 times, 1 50
for sawing and splitting 9 feet wood, 1 60
Henry Hartwell, opening Town Hall 12 times,
3 40
" 6 gallons fluid,
5 04
66 tolling bell for 10 deaths, 2 00
A. T. Edmonds, tolling bell for 5 deaths, 1 00
James Harris, for wood for Town Hall, 2 15
John Grimes, for wood for Town Hall,
2 31
H. J. Hapgood, tolling bell for 5 deaths,
1 00
J. Blodgett, for stakes for lotting out burying ground,
2 00
Thomas Moore, for 21 1-2 days' work on burying ground, 26 87
T. G. F. Jones, for damage caused by dog, 37 03
Isaiah B. Perkins, damage caused by dog, 20 57
George M. Brooks, for advice respecting Dog Law, &c., 7 00
Joseph Haynes, for damage, caused by snow on highway, 8 00
7
Charles D. Francis, for damage caused from upsetting carriage by the causway near the Powder Mills,
$188 25
Winthrop F. Conant, for summoning 37 persons to take oath of office,
4 50
Zoheth Taylor, for expense in the Robert Chaf- fin dog case, 17 00
John Tenney, for digging graves and attending funerals with hearse.
9 90
George E. Johnson, for repairs on hearse,
6 50
Elbridge Robbins, for land for burying ground and interest,
305 34
Recruiting expenses,
46 32
Francis Dwight, expenses on hearse,
75
digging graves and attending
funerals for 28 persons, 45 36
Francis Dwight, for returning 32 deaths, 3 20
1 50
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for 2 ballot boxes,
Wm. D. Tuttle, notifying Highway Surveyors to pass over books to their successors,
50
$4,237 69
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY, FEB. 26, 1863.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 26, 1862,
$547 77
State Tax, 1862,
1,818 00
County Tax, 1862,
747 03
Town Grant, 1862,
2,000 00
Town Grant for Schools,
1,500 00
State School Fund,
79 78
Highway Deficiencies,
16 21
Overlay on Taxes,
148 62
Dog Tax,
53 10
For use of Town Hall,
3 90
For Monument Books,
1 80
For old Hearse House,
4 00
City of Boston, for Paupers,
50 62
Grass on Town Common,
1 62
Town of Sudbury, for Tuition,
15 00
Town of Concord,
22 50
Town of Sudbury, for support of Chas. Puffer,
61 81
Insurance of Town Hall,
1,500 00
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From Town Farm, From State, for Armory rent, 1861,
$32 19
50 00
State aid to Jan. 1, 1862, Borrowed money,
731 05
11,879 34
$21,264 34
EXPENDITURES.
For Support of Schools, $1,617 28
Repairs on School Houses, 99 60
School Books, Printing, &c.,
149 40
Abatement and Discount on Taxes,
341 12
Roads and Bridges,
423 79
Appropriations for soldiers and Aid for soldiers' families, 9,251 25
Appropriations for Town Buildings,
1,500 00
Support of Poor,
544 28
Town Officers,
242 10
Miscellaneous expenses,
4,237 69
State Tax,
1,818 00
County Tax,
747 03
$20,971 54
Balance in Treasury Feb. 26, 1863, $292 80
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEB. 26, 1863.
DR.
To balance, as per report, Feb. 26, 1863, $292 80
Amount due from the State for aid furnished families of soldiers, 2,952 35
Amount due from State, Armory rent, 1862,
50 00
$3,295 15
CR.
Amount due on Notes,
$9,479 34
286 25
Interest on Notes, .
$9,765 59
Balance against the Town Feb. 26, 1863, $6,470 44 without including the balance due as per Overseers' report for 1863.
JAMES E. BILLINGS, JONAS K. PUTNEY, Selectmen of Acton.
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,
AT THE
ALMSHOUSE, IN ACTON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1863.
ARTICLES ON HAND, APRIL 1ST, 1863.
1 pair oxen, $125; 1 horse, 70,00 ; 10 cows, 275,00, $470 00
3 shotes, 35,00 ; 20 fowls, 7,50 ; 7 tons hay, 105,00, 147 50
35 bushels corn, 35,00 ; 75 bushels potatoes ; 33,75, 68 75
10 bush. oats, 7,00 ; 6 bush. barley, 6,00 ; 2 bush. beans 5,00, 18 00
1 bush. peas, 1,50 ; 75 lbs. beef, 5,25 ; 375 lbs. pork, 37,50, 110 lbs. ham, 11,00 ; 72 lbs. lard, 8,64 ; 40 lbs. candles, 6,00,
25 64
61 lbs. dried apples, 3,66; 5 bbls. apples, 5.00,
8 66
1 bbl. soap, 4,00 ; 1 bbl. vinegar, 4,00; soap grease, 1,25, 9 25
6 lbs. tallow, .60 ; 69 M skewers, 24,15 ; 10 bush. ashes, 1,25,
26 00
Wood for skewers, 4 00
$822 05
RECEIPTS.
For oxen, $236,68 ; cows, $30,00; calves, 33,68, $300 36
Apples, 162,09 ; peaches, 11,50 ; potatoes, 36,93, 210 52
Poultry, 18,89 ; hay,'42,42 ; straw, 6,08; grapes, .50, 67 89
22 50
Eggs, 8,74; oats, 11,50 ; corn, .68 ; old iron, 1,58, 1 shote, 4,00 ; hide, 4,41 ; use of oxen, .40,
8 81
Skewers, 59,62 ; milk, 257,91,
317 53
Amount of articles on hand,
$927 61
822 05
$1,749 66
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44 25
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EXPENDITURES.
Meat, $61,75 ; butter, 48,41 ; molasses, 21,25, $131 41
Farming tools, 23,87 ; flour, 37,05 ; cheese, 16,03, 76 95
Sugar, 9,96; tea, 4,88; coffee, 7,88 ; fish, 8,28, 31 00
Fluid, 2,68; kerosene oil, .38; tobacco, 7,03, 10 09
Bread, 3,22 ; blacksmith's bill, 17,60 ; barrels, 18,37,
39 19
Expense of going to market, 23,61 ; earthenware, 6,49, Peas, .57; beans, 2,74; brooms, .75; nails, 1,03,
5 09
Sour milk, 2,26; cloth and clothing, 54,84,
57 10
Rope, 1.40 ; grass seed, 2,56 ; garden seeds, 1,17,
5 13
Salt, 4,29; apples, 4,00 ; raisins, .56 ; lime, 1,00, 9 85 Whitewash brush, .83 ; trees, 2,40 ; use of bull, 2,25, 5 48
Matches, .40; cash to paupers, 1,27 ; spirits, 1,04,
2 71
Spices, 2,03; stove polish, .8; solder, .17; yeast, .50,
2 78
Essences, 34; oil, 1,13 ; potash, 2,92; chalk, .12, 4 51
Washboard and bucket, .50; weighing oxen, .12,
62
Scraps and powder, 1,23; ox work, 2,00 ; ox balls, .12,
3 35
Rice, .44 ; coffee mill, .50; wheel grease, .30, 1 24
3 44
Mustard, .16; glass and putty, .46; sulphur, .40,
1 02
Starch, .20; lemons, .17; cream tartar, .53,
90
Vinegar and barrel, 2,60 ; clothes-pins, .16,
2 76
Harness, 25,00 ; doctor's bill, 2,91,
27 91
Pasturing cattle, 20,00; oxen, 216,00,
236 00
Heifers, 30,00; shotes, 14,71; tar, .30; stone posts, 3,00,
48 01
Lumber, 3,34; wood for skewers, 6,75; eggs, .16,
10 25
Pump, 10,00 ; mending shoes, 4,32,
14 32
Rye meal, 7,20 ; corn meal, 9.31,
16 51
Shorts and oil meal, 13,44 ; plaster, .91,
14 35
Newspaper, 2,00; use of wagon, 7,33,
9 33
Services of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Wetherbee,
225 00
James E. Billings, services,
5 00
Jonas K. Putney,
5 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, services,
5 00
$1,041 40
Amount of Inventory, April 1st, 1862,
$805 17
Interest on Farm, 239 40
$1,044 57
$2,085 97
RECAPITULATION.
Amount of Expenditures,
$1,041 40
Amount of Receipts, 927 61
Cash from town treasury to balance account,
113 79
$1,041 40
Saleratus, .34; pills, .25; camphor, .38; soap, 2,47,
30 10
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Total amount of Expenditures,
$1,041 40
Amount of inventory, April 1st, 1862, Interest on Farm,
805 17
239 40
$2,085 97
Total amount of Receipts,
$927 61
Amount of Inventory, April 1st, 1863,
822 05
$1,749 66
CR .- By work on the road,
7 00
$329 31
Expense of victualing foreigners,
15 00
Total amount of supporting Poor in Almshouse,
$314 31
Whole number of persons (exclusive of foreigners) supported in the Almshouse, 6; average, 6; present number, 6; cost per week, $1,01.
JAMES E. BILLINGS,
JONAS K. PUTNEY,
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
S Overseers of Poor.
ACTON, April 1, 1863.
$336 31
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN ACTON, IN 1862.
No. Date of Birth. Names.
1. Jan. 17, Martha Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Aaron M. and Au- gusta C. Jones.
2. Jan. 24, Lyman Edwards Conant, son of Luther, Jr. and Celeste J. Conant.
3. Feb. 5, James Francis Parker, son of James L. and Francis Em- eline Parker.
4. " 7, Nettie Cora Fuller, daughter of Emerson F. and Sarah W. Fuller.
5. " 7, Mary Magovern, daughter of John and Winnie Magovern.
6. " 7, Eugene B. Jones, son of James W. and Amanda M. Jones.
7. " 13, Edith Maud Farrar, daughter of Henry and Lydia An- geline Farrar ..
8. Mar. 8, John Haggerty, son of William and Mary Haggerty.
9. 29, Daniel Moore, son of Thomas and Ellen Moore.
10. " 29, Rufus Augustus Tenney, son of Rufus A. and Mary A. Tenney.
11. Apr. 4, Abbie Etta Estabrook, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Estabrook.
12. " 5, Carrie Josephine Jones, daughter of T. G. F. and Louisa O. Jones.
13. 5, (In Bedford,) Elmer Ellsworth Jackson, son of Loring M. and Hattie S. Jackson.
14. " 8, Mary Conway, daughter of John and Julia Conway.
15. 6
14, Flora Bigelow Stearns, daughter of Horatio H. and Betsey A. Stearns.
16. May 7, Ann Connolly, daughter of Patrick and Kate Connolly.
17. « 7, Harry Howard Haynes, son of Abel G. and Martha A. Haynes.
18. " 13, Hattie Sophia Wetherbee, daughter of Hiram W. and Sophia B. Wetherbee.
19. " 19, Dora E. Curtis, daughter of Nehemiah and Martha C. Curtis.
20. June 5, Alma Wilson Forbush, daughter of Luther R. and Louisa M. Forbush.
21. “ 7, Michael and Mary Hayes, twin children of Michael and 22. Bridget Hayes.
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23. June 11, Hattie Mabel Johnson, daughter of Geo. E. and Mary Louesa Johnson.
24. " 21, Alma V. Knight, daughter of George W. and Frances Ann Knight.
25. " 28, Herbert Franklin Robbins, son of Simon and Nancy D. Robbins.
26. July 1, Mary Ellen Griffin, daughter of Morris and Catherine Griffin.
27. 6 7, A son to Francis, 2d, and Sarah E. Tuttle.
28. " 10, Daniel Lyman Veasey, son of Daniel L. and Sarah Vea. sey.
29. " 26, John Ogle, son of James D. and Joanna Ogle.
30. " 29, Walter Eugene Frost, son of George H. and Susan M. Frost.
31. Aug. 7, Julian Shaw Eayrs, son of Julian W. and M. Maria Eayrs.
32. Oct. 5, George William Tuttle, son of William D. and Elizabeth B. Tuttle.
33. 6, Jerry Henry McCarthy, son of Daniel and Mary McCar- thy.
34 " 17, Abner Crosby Hoar, son of John S. and Lydia P. Hoar. 35. . " 29, Alphonso Adalbert Wyman, son of Oliver C. and Caro- line M. Wyman.
36. " 29, A son to Elbridge and Mary E. Robbins.
37. Nov. 4, Josephine Puffer, daughter of Henry and Julia Ann Puf- fer
38. " 7, Bertha Sophie Tuttle, daughter of Varnum and Sarah L. Tuttle.
39. " 13, Arthur William Taylor, son of Moses and Mary E. Tay- lor.
40. " 14, Frank Ellsworth Wetherbee, son of Daniel and Clarissa Wetherbee.
41. " 22, John Francis Coughlin, son of John and Margaret Coughlin.
42. Dec. 15, Abbie Powers, daughter of John and Eliza Powers. 43. " 21, Ella Elizabeth Tuttle, daughter of Alonzo L. and Ellen Tuttle. Males, 23 ; Females, 20.
MARRIAGES RECORDED, IN 1862.
No. Date of Marriage. Names of the Parties.
1. Jan. 1, Nathaniel E. Cutler, of Acton, and Sarah A. Cheney, of Georgetown.
2. Feb. 13, Elbridge J. Robbins and Ellen Maria Ames, both of Acton.
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8. Feb. 26, Robert H. Logan, of Concord, and Augusta O. Conant, of Acton.
4. Mar. 1, Michael Flynn and Catherine Coughlin, both of Acton.
5. Apr. 26, John C. Keyes, of Cambridge, and Maria Adeline Flagg, of Acton.
6. May 1, Hiram B. Livermore and Laura E. Prouty, both of Acton.
7. July 4, Nathan Frazier Hapgood, of Acton, and Mary McCollum, of Westford.
8. Aug. 28, George B. Parker and Fanny Wheeler, both of Acton.
9. Aug. 28, William Chaplin, Jr., and Sarah F. Simpson, both of Acton.
10. Sept. 13, Josiah B. Holder and Sarah A. Shattuck, both of Acton.
11. Oct. 13, Daniel Mahoney and Mary McMahar, both of Acton.
12. Nov. 25, Bradford Pickens and Louisa Angenett Noyes, both of Acton.
13. Nov. 27, Horace W. French, of Abington, and Sarah Augusta Dole, of Acton.
14. Nov. 27, Isaac Marion Shurtleff, of Middleborough, and Sarah Elmira Atwood, of Acton.
15. Dec. 25, Isaac W. Brown and Harriet Augusta Haynes, both of Acton.
16. Dec. 25, A. T. Haynes and Sophia Taylor Tuttle, both of Acton.
17. Dec. 31, Luke Tuttle and S. Sophia Harris, both of Acton.
In addition to the above, the following parties have obtained Certifi- cates of Marriage, and it is presumed have made proper use of the same, but the certificates not having been returned by the officiating clergymen, no record of them has been made by the Clerk :-
Lewis E. Fletcher, of Acton, and Abbie J. Herrick, of Stow ; Thomas N. Chase, of Hanover, N. H., and Mary Maria Tuttle, of Ac- ton ; Augustus Newton, of Acton, and Lucy Ann Puffer, of Stow.
DEATHS IN ACTON, IN 1862.
No. Date of Death. Name and Age.
1. Jan. 30, Charles H. Handley, aged 19 yrs.
2. Feb. 1, Sarah A. Phillips, widow of William Phillips, aged 48 yrs. 8 mos.
3. Apl. 6, James D. Ogle, aged 27 yrs.
4. Apl. 9, Mary Conway, daughter of John and Julia Conway, 1 day.
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5. Apl. 14, Frank Wetherbee, son of Daniel and Clarissa Wether- bee, aged 7 yrs. 8 mos.
6. Apl. 15, Daniel Atwood, aged 61 yrs. 7 mos.
7. May 14, Rufus A. Tenney, aged 33 yrs. 10 mos.
8. May 20, Thomas D. Mallain, son of Daniel and Joanna Mallain, aged 5 yrs. 3 mos.
9. June 8, Bridget Hayes, wife of Michael Hayes, aged 31 yrs.
10. June 20, John E. Riley, son of Michael and Hannah Riley, aged 1 yr. 6 mos.
11. June 20, Mary Hosmer, wife of Samuel Hosmer, aged 45 yrs. 5 mos.
12. July 6, Cyrus Wheeler, aged 59 yrs. 5 mos.
13. July 11, Infant child of Francis Tuttle, 2d, aged 4 days.
14. July 22, Abigail Wetherbee, wife of Levi Wetherbee, aged 66 yrs. 10 mos.
15. Aug. 8, Herbert A. Frost, son of George H. and Susan M. Frost, aged 2 yrs. 6 mos.
16. Aug. 20, Lucy Jane Shattuck, wife of William R. Shattuck, aged 33 yrs.
17. Sept. 7, Alma V. Knight, daughter of Geo. W. and Frances Ann Knight, aged 2 mos. 17 days.
18. Sept. 15, William E. Giles, son of Israel H. and Lucy Giles, aged 19 yrs. 5 mos.
19. Oct. 4, Carrie A. Frederick, daughter of William A. and Margaret Frederick, aged 9 mos. 13 days.
20. Oct. 14, David Sweatt, aged 58 yrs. 11 mos.
21. Oct. 19, Mary Marshall, aged 74 yrs. 7 mos, a native of Tewksbury.
22. Oct. 24, Joel Oliver, aged 84 yrs.
23. Oct. 31, Charles E. Robinson, son of Charles and Percis V. Robinson, aged 1 yr. 8 mos.
24. Nov. 25, Elisha Comstock, aged 72 yrs. 7 mos.
25. Nov. 14, Sally Bright (widow), aged 74 yrs.
26. Dec. 25, Michael Quinn, aged 55 yrs.
SOLDIERS IN THE UNITED STATES SERVICE.
27. July 5, Warren R. Wheeler, son of William Wheeler, aged 21 yrs. Died at Fort St. Phillip, near New Orleans.
28. July 7, Frank Handley, son of Abraham B. and Susan E. Handley, aged 20 yrs. 11 mos. Died at Fort St. Phillip, near New Orleans.
29. Sept. 1, James M. Wright, son of Abraham and Maria Wright, aged 35 yrs. Died in Hospital at Philadelphia.
30. Nov. 16, James R. Lentill, son of William and Mary Lentill, aged 18 yrs. Died at New Orleans.
MILITARY RECORD.
While the present condition of our country, engaged as it is, in a bloody, civil war, to sustain the authority of the government and to pre- serve our national existence, must be deeply deplored by every one- paralyzing as it does our industrial interests, swallowing up the accumu- lated wealth of years, burdening the nation with debt and the people. with taxes, and calling for the sacrifice of so many of our brothers and sons-still, when the terrible necessity comes, as come it sometimes will to every nation, it is a source of patriotic pride to know that we have so many among us, who are willing to leave their homes and fire_ sides to encounter the dangers of the battle-field, and the more deadly malaria of a Southern climate, that the honor and integrity of the nation might be sustained, and those free institutions which were handed down to us by our fathers preserved, and transmitted unimpaired-a priceless heritage-to future generations.
And while we gladly look forward to the time when we shall again united and prosperous people, when this gigantic and atrocious con- spiracy to compass the destruction of a government, fraught with the best interests of mankind, shall have been suppressed, and the condi- tions of a true and lasting peace fully secured, we would honor the names of those who, in the darker hours of our country's history, stood up manfully in its defence. And we have thought it well that the names of the men of Acton, who have gone forth in their country's ser- vice since the beginning of the Rebellion, should find a place here-a Roll of Honor-of which Acton may well be proud.
Whole quota of Acton, 126; credited to Acton, 126 ; entered the service from Acton, 129.
LIST OF OFFICERS AND PRIVATES, COMPANY E, 6th REGI- MENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
(Left April 16th; returned August 3d, 1861.)
THREE MONTHS' VOLUNTEERS. Daniel Tuttle, Captain.
Wm. H. Chapman, 1st Lieut.,
Luke Smith, 1st Sergeant,
George W. Rand, 2d Lieut.,
Geo. W. Knight, 2d Sergeant,
Henry W. Wilder, 3d Sergeant,
Silas P. Blodgett, 3d Lieut., A. S. Fletcher, 4th Lieut., - G. W. Wilder, 4th Sergeant.
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THREE MONTHS' VOLUNTEERS .- (Continued.)
Charles Jones, 1st Corporal, John F. Blood, Jr., 2d Corporal, Luke J. Robbins, 3d Corporal, Levi Robbins, 4th Corporal.
Musicians : George Fay Campbell, George Russee.
PRIVATES.
George F. Blood, * John A. Brown, *
Henry L. Bray, - Charles A. Brooks,
Edward D. Battles, James L. Durant,
Aaron J. Fletcher,
Charles Morce, John Putnam, * Varnum F. Robbins, - William Reed, - William B. Reed, * John H. P. White, * Charles W. Reed,
George A. Reed, Luke J. Robbins, *
Abel Farrar, Jr., - Henry Gilson, Nathan Goss, * William H. Gray,
Eph. A. Smith, *
Andrew J. Sawyer, --
Gilman S. Hosmer,
William S. Handley, *
Charles Handley (deceased),
George Jones, -- Waldo Littlefield,
Eben F. Wood,
Samuel Wilson,
Hiram Wheeler,
John Wayne. *
The above is a complete list, we believe, of Captain Tuttle's com- pany ; three of whom went from Stow, three from Littleton, two from Boxborough, one from Quincy, and one belonged to Baltimore.
Those marked with a star, have re-enlisted for three years ; those with a dash, for nine months.
LIST OF OFFICERS AND PRIVATES, COMPANY E, 26th REGI- MENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
WHO WENT FROM ACTON WITHOUT BOUNTY FROM TOWN.
(Went into Camp September 15th, 1861; left for Ship Island November 19th, 1861.)
THREE YEARS' MEN.
William H. Chapman, Captain, William F. Wood, 1st Lieut., Silas P. Blodgett, 2d Lieut. 8
Musicians : Augustus W. Hosmer, Silas M. Stetson.
Charles Moulton, *
Edwin Tarbell,
John Whitney, William F. B. Whitney,
Henry W. Lazell, * James Moulton,
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THREE YEARS' MEN .- (Continued.)
PRIVATES.
Brooks Charles A., Blood John F., Jr., Burroughs Samuel R., * Brown John A., Cram George B.,
Moore Patrick,
Putnam John, Powers Michael,
Robbins Luke J., Smith Luke, Sheehan Timothy,
Cram John B.,
Fletcher Aaron J.,
Sawyer George W.,
Fiske James W .,
Goss Nathan,
Sheehan Dennis, * Smith Eph. A., Taylor Daniel G., Tarbell Edwin,
Handley William S.,
Handley Abram, Handley Frank,
Teel Warren L.,
* Handley George, Haynes Elias E.,
Whitney William F. B.,
Hall Delet H.,
Wheeler Warren R.,
Hosmer Gilman S.,
Wheeler Everett,
Kinsley Frank,
Wheeler Addison,
Loker Jona W .,
Loker William H.,
Lentill James R.,
Lazell Henry W.,
White John H. P.,
Wayne John.
Hospital Steward : Wm. H. Gray (discharged).
Those marked thus [*] were not credited to this town by the State Authorities.
Three Years' Men, in different Regiments, enlisting without a bounty from this town.
Daniel R. Briggs, Co. B, 1st Cav., George M. Pike, Co. B, 1st Cav., * Wm. E. Pike, Co. B, 1st Cav., A. E. Conant, Co. F, 30th Regt., G. A. Jones, Co. I, 38th Regt., J. Keenan, Mozart Regt., N.Y., E. A. Jones, band of 16th Regt., J. Rollins, Co. D, 12th Regt., J. M. Wright, Co.B, 1st Bat. Inf., C. A. Hanscom, “ John Meaher, Co. I, 26th Regt., Chas. Moulton, Co. I, 38th Regt., M. Johnson, Co. F, 13th Regt.,
Eri Huggins, Co. A, 26th Regt., J. A. Huggins, Co. A, Eri Huggins, Jr., 2d Wis. Regt., W. B. Gray, Co. E, 24th Regt., G. H. Simpson, Co. B, 13th Regt., R. C. Conant, Co. G, 32d Regt., J. A. Mead, Co. K, 39th Regt., G. F. Blood, Co. D, 2d Regt., Daniel Gray, 13th Regt., Daniel Lovering, 13th Regt., *G. I. Chapman, Co.D,11th Regt., Wellington Chickering, in Navy, Robert J. Tufts, in Navy.
* Not credited to Acton.
Wheeler Lincoln E.,
Moulton James, Morse Charles,
Wood James H.,
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THREE YEARS' MEN.
VOLUNTEERS WHO RECEIVED THE TOWN BOUNTY.
D. L. Veasey, Co. A, 1st Regt., * E. S. Sears,
* G. W. Parks, 66
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H. W. Wetherbee, Co. E, 26th Regt.,
W. B. Reed, Co. E, 26th Regt., J. W. Fitzpatrick,
Marivan Miner,
John A. Howard, 6 66
* J. Callahan, Co. F, 40th Regt., * O. B. Sawyer, Co.B, 66
Benj. Skinner,
L. M. Jackson,
* A. A. Sawyer,
* Frank Burns,
The above went to fill the first quota of Acton, twenty-three in number.
Those marked thus [*] were recruited from other towns, and not credited to Acton.
Nine Months' Men who received the town bounty, forming a part of Company E, 6th Regiment.
(Enlisted August 31st, 1862; time expires May 31st, 1863.)
Aaron C. Handley, Captain,
Aaron S. Fletcher, 1st Lieut.,
Geo. W. Rand, 2d Lieut., Geo. W. Knight, 1st Sergeant, Andrew J. Sawyer, 2d F. H. Whitcomb, 3d 66 Levi H. Robbins, 4th
Isaiah Hutchins, Corporal, William Morrill,
Frank E. Harris, Corporal,
Abel Farrar, Jr.,
66
Henry L. Bray,
Varnum F. Robbins,
Daniel H. Farrar, Musician.
Wm. D. Clark, Wagoner.
PRIVATES.
George T. Ames, Hiram Butters, Charles H. Blood, Elbridge Conant, William Chaplain, Jr., Oscar Dwelley, Charles W. Fletcher, Chauncey U. Fuller, John S. Hoar, F. D. K. Hoar, Walter O. Holden, Eugene L. Hall,
Henry Hapgood, Marshall Hapgood, George Jones, Albert Moulton, Lewis J. Masters, George N. Pierce, John H. Pollard, George B. Parker, William Reed, Joseph N. Robbins, Wm. F. Wood, Lieutenant Co. K, 6th Regiment.
*
Edwin B. Taft,
66
M. Mckinney, Co. E, 26th Regt., Henry Brown,
* E. L. Battles,
66
66
* E. J. Brown,
66
Henry H. Pike, 1st Cavalry,
H. M. Lovejoy, Co. B, 40th Regt.,
L. W. Bowers, Co. E, 33d Regt.,
* E. W. Stevens, “
66
20
Nine Months' Men, enlisted in other Regiments without a bounty from this town.
J. R. Vangezel, Co. E, 6th Regt .. R. Kinsley, Co. I, 48th Regt.,
G. L. Shaw, Co. F, 47th Regt.,
G. Warren Knight, Co. E. 53d Regt.
* A. Newton, Co. E, 6th Regt., Not credited to this town.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
J. F. Blood, Jr., Sept. 26, 1862, | C. A. Hanscom, Nov. 25, 1862, George Handley,
Luke Smith, April 1, 1862,
D. G. Taylor, Sept. 26, 1862, Daniel R. Briggs, Feb. 1, 1862,
Edwin A. Jones, August, 1862,
John S. Hoar, Nov. 27, 1862, Geo. B. Parker, March, 1863, A. S. Fletcher, resigned, March, 1863,
William H. Loker.
DIED WHILE IN THE SERVICE.
Augustus W. Hosmer, in camp, November 30th, 1861.
James R. Lentill, at New Orleans, November 16th, 1862.
Warren R. Wheeler, at Fort St. Phillip, July 5th, 1862.
Frank Handley, at Fort St. Phillip, July 7th, 1862.
Albert E. Conant, on shipboard on voyage home, January 31st, 1863.
John Keenan, unknown.
James M. Wright, in hospital at Philadelphia, September 1st, 1862. Elbridge Conant, at Suffolk, Va., February 10th, 1863.
Marivan Miner, at New Orleans, 1863.
RECAPITULATION.
Three months' volunteers from Acton, 42; came home August 3d, 1861.
Three years' men, enlisting without town bounty, 75
with 66 23
Nine months' men who received the town bounty,
38
enlisted without the town bounty 5
141
Not credited to this town,
15
Leaving the town's quota of
126
Discharged, 11; died, 9.
WILLIAM D. TUTTLE,
ACTON, March 20, 1863.
Town Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOLS IN ACTON,
FOR THE YEAR 1862-3.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE :
Pursuant to a vote of the town, passed at the last April meeting, authorizing the School Committee to choose a Superintendent of Schools, we were chosen to fill that of- fice, an office we had not sought, and which we accepted with extreme reluctance ; feeling, as we did, that it was mnot only one of much responsibility, but one, the duties of which are of such a peculiar nature, that it would be im- possible to give satisfaction to all; especially those who take pains to find fault.
If not acceptably to all, we have endeavored to perform the duties that have devolved upon us honestly, and with a view to the best good of the schools. From such observa- tions as we had been able to make, before we were so in- timately connected with the schools of this town, we judged that they would compare favorably with those of any of the towns around us. Our acquaintance with them the past year has fully confirmed this opinion. We also think we can truly say that their prosperity, the past year, has been fully equal to that of former years.
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