USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Medfield > Town annual reports of Medfield 1900-1909 > Part 17
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48
5
TOWN OF MEDFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1903.
CR.
Paid for teaching,
$3,878.37
Tuition of scholars at Dedham and Walpole,
424.37
Transportation of scholars to Dedham and Walpole,
148.54
Repairs on school-houses, .
256.89
Fuel, care, and supplies,
1,453.96
Superintendent of Schools,
600.00
$6,762.13
Support of poor in Almshouse, .
$2,794.75
Support of poor outside of Almshouse,
624.64
Insane and feeble-minded, .
508.37
3,927.76
Town officers,
$2,216.01
General expenses,
482.2I
Town House,
447.39
3,145.61
Insurance,
$315.13
Notes, .
6,936.66
Interest,
509.40
Taxes, .
1,871.3I
Library,
446.83
Fire Department,
999.50
Cemetery,
363.00
11,441.83
Highways, .
$2,460.00
Bridges,
45.00
Sidewalks,
384.50
Sewers,
17.50
Street lights,
1,579.07
Removing snow,
406.20
Widening Main Street,
500.00
5,392.27
State aid,
$72.00
Soldier's relief,
10.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary,
576.72
Tree warden,
90.00
Construction of new vault,
1,659.48
Water Supply Committee, .
266.75
2,749.95
$33,419.55
Cash in treasury Jan. 31, 1903,
2,889.68
$36,309.23
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
SCHOOLS.
Paid teaching,
$3,878.37
Tuition of scholars at Dedham,
157.50
Tuition of scholars at Walpole, 266.87
Transportation of scholars,
148.54
$4,451.28
Appropriation for 1902,
3,800.00
Received from city of Boston, for tuition of scholars,
10.00
Received from town of Dover, for tuition of scholars,
18.00
Interest on Town School Fund, .
141.60
Income of Massachusetts State School Fund,
344.76
$4,314.36
FUEL, CARE, AND SUPPLIES.
Paid orders approved by School Committee,
$1,453.96
Appropriation,
1,500.00
REPAIRS.
Paid orders approved by School Committee, $256.89
Appropriation,
250.00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid A. A. Badger, .
$600.00
Received from State Treasurer, .
$500.00
Balance due from 1901,
125.00 625.00
Balance unexpended,
$25.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid sundries as per Trustees' report, . $446.83
Appropriation,
$75.00
Dog tax,
208.54
Interest on Library Funds,
60.00
Balance due from 1901,
138.63 482.17
Balance to credit of Library, .
$35.34
7
TOWN-HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid T. E. Schools, supplies, $9.28
Medfield Electric Light & Power Company, for post-office lights, 30.00
Medfield Electric Light & Power Company, for meter service, 34.06
J. H. Pember, repairs on clock in post-office, .50
Medfield Water Company, for post-office,
5.00
George G. Babcock, painting, 136.98
W. W. Preston, supplies and repairs, 10.15
M. C. Warren, locks and keys, 11.92
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, .
27.37
James Ord, table,
1.75
E. M. Bent, carting ashes, .
1.50
N. F. Harding, repairs in post-office,
6.20
George E. Pettis, services as janitor,
150.00
J. H. Pember, one-half dozen light bulbs, .
1.20
W. A. Fitts, supplies,
21.48
$447.39
Received for rent of post-office and lights,
$264.00
Received for rent of town hall, 53.00
$317.00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid support of poor at Almshouse,
$2,794.75
Support of poor out of Almshouse, . 624.64
Support of insane and feeble-minded, 508.37
$3,927.76
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid members of Hook and Ladder Company, .
$275.25
Members of Engine Company,
537.75
F. B. Gamble, care of hook-and-ladder-room,
7.40
George H. Schools, care of engine-room,
25.00
E. B. Snow, supplies,
2.00
Fred Parker, services at fire,
1.50
R. E. Cole, services at fire,
2.25
Carried forward,
$851.15
8
Brought forward, $851.15
Paid F. B. Gamble, services as fireman, 7.15
Melvin Blood, services as fireman, 4.75
G. McDonald, services as fireman, 8 00
J. E. Lonergan, team to fire, .
5.00
W. J. Cox, teams to fires, .
25.00
F. M. Smith, painting engine,
25.00
J. A. Newell, use of express wagon,
2.00
J. J. Cunningham, supplies, 2.20
J. J. Kelley, supplies and repairs, 8.20
James Ord, supplies, 1.80
W. A. Fitts, supplies,
1.40
E. J. Keyou, supplies, 7.50
E. M. Bent, wood, 2.35
Haverhill Appliance Company, for fire tubes, 48.00
$999.50
Appropriation,
1,200.00
Balance to credit of Fire Department, $200.50
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid E. M. Bent, services as Selectman, . $100.00
Herbert W. Hutson, services as Selectman, . 100.00
Nathan F. Harding, services as Selectman, 100.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk, 150.00
S. J. Spear, services as Treasurer and bond
140.00
William F. Abell, services as Collector, 242.50
William F. Abell, services as Assessor,
100.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Assessor,
100.00
A. B. Parker, services as Assessor, . Geo. W. Kingsbury, services as Tree Warden, .
10.00
Geo. W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer of Poor, 50.00
M. E. Griffin, services as Overseer of Poor, . 50.00
A. H. Mason, services as Overseer of Poor, . 50.00
T. E. Schools, services as Auditor, . 25.00
35.00
H. E. Marshall, services as School Committee, . George Washburn, services as School Committee, 35.00 Alex. E. Wight, services as Inspector of Cattle and Provisions, . 100.00
Carried forward,
$1,487.50
100.00
9
Brought forward, $1,487.50
Paid H. W. Hutson, services as Inspector of Cattle and Provisions, . 8.00
J. W. Curtis, collecting taxes for 1898, 3.94
S. E. Mitchell, services as Engineer, 25.00
H. M. Blood, services as Engineer, 25.00
E. M. Bent, services as Engineer, 25.00
George L. L. Allen, services as Registrar, 6.00
L. A. Cutler, services as Registrar, . 6.00
William Crane, services as Registrar, 6.00
D. Meany, services as Night Watch, 302.50
A. C. Gilbert, services as Night Watch,
263.57
E. Franks, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, . 4.00
A. C. Gilbert, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, . 4.00
William E. Fales, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, 4.00
J. A. Cole, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, 4.00 S. E. Mitchell, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, . 4.00
L. C. Bullard, services as Special Police, July 3 and 4, . 4.00
D. Meany, services at annual meeting, 1.50
George R. Chase, services as Ballot Clerk, 2.00
C. W. Spaulding, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
J. H. Baker, services as Ballot Clerk, . 2.00
J. W. Coltman, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
R. L. Mann, services as Ballot Clerk,
2.00
E. L. Bent, services as Ballot Clerk,
2.00
J. H. Pember, services as Ballot Clerk, 2.00
J. M. Johnson, services as Teller, 2.00
T. E. Schools, services as Teller, 2.00
E. H. Abell, services as Teller, . 4.00
George G. Babcock, services as Teller, 4.00
R. W. Baker, services as Teller,
2.00
$2,216.01
Appropriation,
2,000.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$216.01
IO
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Geo. H. Ellis, printing town reports, $157.72
Postage on town reports, . 5.00
David Meany, fees in criminal cases, 25.79
David Meany, travel to Dedham, 5.00
A. C. Gilbert, fees in criminal cases, 1.05
A. C. Gilbert, travel to Dedham and Medway, 2.00
George W. Kingsbury, repairs on fountain, 6.00
George W. Kingsbury, cleaning well, . 6.25
Emma Rhodes, dinners for election officers,
12.50
S. J. Spear, printing for annual meeting, 14.75
S. J. Spear, printing for town officers,
II.75
William Crane, services as justice of the peace,
3.50
H. W. Hutson, for club and twisters for constable, 4.00
William F. Abell, ringing bell for fires, 1.25
William F. Abell, care of town clock, 25.00
State Treasurer, one-fourth of drug license, .25
A. E. Read, putting electric light in lockup, . 5.00
Dunbar & Rackeman, fee in water case,
50.00
Carter Ink Company, record ink for town officers, 2.20
N. F. Harding, labor on pump, 7.24
F. A. Hartshorn, electric lights in Selectmen's room, 8.39
F. M. Smith, covering table in Selectmen's room,
T. F. Leonard, curtains in Selectmen's room, 3.00
10.50
J. A. Cole, fee in criminal case, 2.40
E. M. Bent, wood for lockup, 2.50
S. J. Spear, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 35.70
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns, 18.50
S. J. Spear, travel to Dedham, Medway, and Boston, 2.40
S. J. Spear, postage, stationery, and blank forms, 9.45
H. W. Hutson, postage, .62
W. F. Abell, supplies for Assessors, 2.50
A. B. Parker, returning deaths, 20.25
W. W. Preston, for pump, . 9.50
Carried forward, $471.96
II
Brought forward,
$471.96
Paid C. F. Read, expressing,
9.65
Dedham Bank, printing on check book, .50
Dedham Bank, collection on check,
.IO
$482.21
Appropriation for 1902,
775.00
Balance unexpended,
$292.79
INSURANCE.
Paid Roy L. Mann, on road machine and hearse, $8.75
Roy L. Mann, on boiler in Centre School-house,
50.00
Roy L. Mann, on Centre School-house and furni- ture,
229.50
A. H. Bartlett, on Library, 26.88
$315.13
Appropriation,
225.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$90.13
NOTES.
Paid Harwood Brothers,
$650.00
Medway Savings Bank,
286.66
Heirs of John W. Shumway,
1,000.00
E. V. Mitchell, money borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
5,000.00
$6,936.66
INTEREST.
Paid discount on note, in anticipation of taxes,
$100.00
Medway Savings Bank,
74.40
Daisy E. Curtis,
105.00
Mary J. Smith,
50.00
Sarah G. Shumway,
75.00
Hamlet Wight,
50.00
Harwood Brothers,
55.00
$509.40
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Medfield Electric Light & Power Company,
$1,579.07
Appropriation,
1,800.00
Balance unexpended,
$220.93
12
CEMETERY.
Paid Cemetery Committee, on account,
$300.00
Interest on Trust Funds, 63.00
$363.00
SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
Paid Mary Mullen, care of O'Keefe children, $ 10.00
STATE AID.
Paid E. G. Babcock, $72.00
HIGHWAYS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account,
$2,460.00
Appropriation,
2,500.00
Balance unexpended,
$40.00
BRIDGES.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account,
$45.00
Appropriation,
50.00
Balance unexpended,
$5.00
SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
Paid J. A. Moore,
$345.31
George W. Kingsbury, on account, .
39.19
$384.50
Appropriation,
300.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$84.00
SEWERS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account, .
$12.00
5.50
$17.50
Appropriation,
$50.00
Balance from 1901, .
20.48
70.48
Balance unexpended,
$52.98
13
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account,
$406.20
Appropriation,
$200.00
Balance from 1901, .
280.10 480.10
Appropriation exceeded,
$73.90
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid E. C. Crocker, on account,
$75.00
Appropriation,
75.00
WIDENING MAIN STREET.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, $500.00
Appropriation,
500.00
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
Paid Geo. H. Ellis, for printing 600 copies of " Pro- ceedings,"
$564.92
S. J. Spear, printing,
6.35
C. F. Read, expressing,
5.45
$576.72
Balance unexpended 1901, .
$829.53
Credit by sale of "Report of Proceedings," 38.00 867.53
Balance to credit of Committee, .
$290.81
TREE WARDEN.
Paid F. B. Shattuck, spraying trees,
$90.00
Appropriation,
100.00
Balance unexpended,
$10.00
TAXES.
Paid Walpole tax,
$3.92
Millis 66
8.92
State 66
795.00
County
.
1,063.47
$1,871.31
14
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VAULT.
Paid W. W. Preston, furnace pipe, . $2.00
J. McCarthy, labor, . . 13.80
T. L. Donlan, stock and labor, 16.10
J. J. Kelly, stock and labor, .
.75
Morris, Ireland Co., lining and fittings,
1,491.00
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, .
77.54
W. F. Weiker, returning safe,
4.50
W. W. Preston, labor, . 8.80
Wm. J. Cox, carting safes and rubbish, 5.53
Geo. G. Babcock, painting, 32.33
E. M. Bent, freight and teaming, 7.13
$1,659.48
Received from sale of old boards, $1.75
Appropriation,
1,800.00
1,801.75
Balance unexpended,
$142.27
WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE.
Paid E. Worthington, civil engineer, plans and esti- mates, .
$225.00
Geo. H. Ellis, printing report,
38.75
Postage, .
3.00
$266.75
Appropriation,
300.00
Balance unexpended,
$33.25
LIABILITIES.
Medway Savings Bank, sewer loan, 2 notes of $120 each, .
$240.00
Medway Savings Bank, Brook Street loan, 8 notes of $ 166.66 each,
1,333.28
Harwood Brothers, sewer loan, one note,
150.00
Harwood Brothers, school-house loan, 3 notes of $500 each, . 1,500.00
Harwood Brothers, construction of new vault, 6 notes of $300 each, .
1,800.00
Daisy E. Curtis, sewer loan, one note,'
2,100.00
Mary J. Smith, one demand note,
1,000.00
Hamlet Wight, widening Main Street, 2 notes of $500 each, .
1,000.00
$9, 123.28
I 5
TRUST FUNDS.
Town School Fund,
$3,540.00
Individual Funds : -
Geo. Cummings, for Library,
1,000.00
Geo. M. Smith, for Library, 500.00
Geo. M. Smith, for Cemetery, 100.00
Mary T. Derby, for Cemetery,
100 00
Nancy H. Curtis, for Cemetery. 50.00
Mary F. Ellis, ..
100.00
Mary M. Phelps,
50.00
Moses Ellis,
200.00
Eliza E. Williams,
475.00
Geo. H. Shumway,
200.00
Martha M. Mason,
100.00
Jeremiah B. Hale,
100.00
Walter Janes, .
50.00
James Griffin, .
50.00
$6,615.00
RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury Feb. 1, 1903,
Uncollected taxes for 1897,
66
" 1898,
60.1I
66
" 1900,
353.61
" 1901, 915.92
" 1902, 2,585.82
State, for State aid, .
72.00
Estate of William Forbes, .
273.00
W. H. Garfield, for board of Lizzie A. Garfield, 280.7I
N. T. Dyer, 66 " Rachel Briscoe,
42.7I
State, for inspection of cattle,
25.00
Overseers, for Town Farm,
213.65
State, for Cornelius Garrity,
29.50
City of Malden, for Mrs. Chadborn,
86.25
City of Haverhill, for George Gould,
5.00
$7,840.46
Liabilities, exclusive of trust funds, exceed resources, $1,281.82
$2,889.68
1.68
.6 " 1899, 5.82
66
16
INSURANCE POLICIES.
On Town House.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., . . Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., . Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Expires.
July 13, 1903, $10,000.00 Aug. 14, 1993, 5,000.00
Oct. 4, 1903, 1,500.00
Oct. 4, 1903, 2,500.00
.
Oct. 4,
1903, 1,000.00
$20,000.00
On Centre School-house.
Expires.
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 18, 1904,
1,500.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 1, 1904,
1,300.00
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1904,
2,500.00
April 18, 1905,
5,000.00
Dec. 7, 1907, 2,500.00
Aug. 25, 1907, 2,500.00
Phenix Assurance Co., .
Oct. 26, 1907, 2,500.00
Phenix Assurance Co., .
Oct. 26, 1907,
1,500.00
$21,800.00
On North School-house. Expires.
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Co.,
Oct. 1, 1904,
$1,000.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
·
Oct. 1, 1904, 1,000.00
$2,000.00
On South School-house.
Expires.
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Oct. 1, 1903, $1,400.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., . Hartford Fire Insurance Co., . Home Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 21, 1904,
1,000.00
Oct. 26, 1903,
$1.500.00
I7
On Almshouse and Outbuildings.
Expires.
June 13, 1903, $2,600.00
On Furniture and Farm Stock.
Expires.
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Nov. 1, 1903,
$1,475.00
On Weights and Measures.
Expires.
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Sept. 7, 1904, $400.00
On Public Library.
Expires.
$1,200.00
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
Mar. 15, 1904,
1,000.00
On Hearse and Road Scraper.
Expires.
Home Insurance Co.,
Mar. 24, 1903, $650.00
SEWER REPORT.
Uncollected sewer assessments : -
Harwood, Thomas A., heirs of, .
$10.34
Monks, Olive B., .
206.77
Everett, Amelia F. & B.,
124.08
TOWN PROPERTY.
School-houses,
$18,500.00
Town House,
25,000.00
Public Library,
3,500.00
Cemetery, .
3,000.00
Town Farm, . 4,500.00
Fire apparatus,
2,000.00
Farm stock, tools, and furniture at Almshouse,
2,802.45
Hearse, road machine, and snow-plough, 800.00
Public dump land, 150.00
$60,252.45
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
18
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
For schools,
$5,800.00
Repairs on school-houses,
200.00
Highways, .
2,500.00
Bridges,
50.00
Removing snow, .
500.00
Fire Department,
1,200.00
General expenses,
700.00
Town officers,
2,500.00
Board of Health,
100.00
Support of poor at Almshouse,
1,000.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse, .
500.00
Insane and feeble-minded,
350.00
Notes due,
1,700.00
Interest,
700.00
Paying debt,
1,000.00
Library, dog tax and
100.00
Cemetery, .
300.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Sewer,
50.00
Insurance, .
650.00
Sidewalks and crosswalks,
300.00
Widening Main Street,
300.00
$20,575.00
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD M. BENT,
Selectmen HERBERT W. HUTSON,
of
NATHAN F. HARDING, -
Medfield.
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Cash on hand, $13.66
Received appropriation from town,
300.00
From Trust Funds, 63.00
From sale of lots,
100.00
From care of lots, .
51.00
$527.66
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid A. B. Parker, team and men, 142.96
W. S. Blake, labor,
95.02
I. H. Crosby, labor,
39.37
F. L. Osborne, labor,
19.08
W. D. Gilbert, labor,
14.53
Bert Dyer, labor,
15.40
L. N. White, labor, .
II.20
George Schools, labor,
8.75
A. C. Gilbert, labor,
12.60
R. J. Brennan, labor,
15.75
Benjamin Ward, labor,
15.58
Frank Weiker, labor,
2.00
F. B. Quincy, labor,
.88
A. B. Parker, dressing trust lots,
13.00
T. E. Schools, sundries,
9.00
N. F. Harding, flush-boards, .
1.00
James Ord, lawn-mower and repairs,
7.25
Town Treasurer,
100.00
$523.47
Balance in hands of Committee,
4.19
$527.66
WILLARD HARWOOD, A. B. PARKER,
Cemetery Committee.
W. W. PRESTON,
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
The Fire Department is in good condition. We have had seven calls the past year.
April 23, 1902, fire in woods on land of heirs of H. M. Parker. No loss.
May 17, fire in woods on land of heirs of Samuel Ellis. A large amount of cord wood and logs and a small building was burnt in this fire. Loss, $700.
May 18, fire near Walpole line. Mostly in Walpole. No loss. May 23, fire on land of Patrick Conners. No loss.
December 28, fire in house of Albert Clark. Loss, $200.
Jan. 9. 1903, house and barn of Miss Lydia A. Guild. In this fire, we are very sorry to report, Miss Guild lost her life. All the information tends to show Miss Guild was dead before the fire was discovered. Loss, $1,400.
Jan. 29, tenement house of New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad Co. Loss, $1,000.
S. E. MITCHELL, H. M. BLOOD, Engineers. E. M. BENT,
E. M. BENT, Clerk of Board.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1902 ..
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME.
PARENTS.
Jan.
5.
Halford Otis Bent.
George L. and Evie A. (Parmenter).
Jan. 26.
John Allen Newell.
Willard A. and Amie (Tupper).
Mar. 4.
Marion Nora Adams.
Lewis L. and Maud A. (Taft).
Mar. 8.
Ivalien Clark.
Albert L. and Fannie H. (Rockwood).
Mar. 27.
Alice Fair Brennan.
Redmond J. and Elizabeth G. (Fair).
May
3.
Stillborn, male.
May
6.
Bertha Estella Dunham.
Frank and Emma (Wilder).
May 13.
James Arthur Hathaway.
Arthur E. and Helen T. (Hassett).
May
28. Richard Earle Wyman.
Albert H. and Effie E. (Emerson) .
July 7 .
Silas Nelson Tibbetts.
Nelson G. and Susie A. (Newell).
July
24.
Thelma Adrienne Smith.
Fred A. and Mamie E. (Gunning).
Aug.
8.
Alice Gertrude Bailey.
Aug. J4.
Russell Harding Bent.
Edward M. and Emma L. (Richards).
Oct.
9.
Arthur Vincent Kennedy.
John T. and Catherine A. (Davitt).
Oct. 12.
William McKenzie.
James and Cynthia (Hart).
Nov. I.
Lucella Spaulding.
Herbert R. and Lilla D. (Brown).
Dec. 21.
Ruth Hancock Simpson.
Thomas P. and Edith M. (Holmes).
Males, 10.
Females, 9.
Total, 19.
EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 29, REV. STATUTES of 1902.
SECTION 3. Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each town or city a correct list of all children born during the month next preceding. . . .
SECT. 6. Parents shall within forty days after the birth of a child give notice thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born. ...
Blanks can be obtained on application to the Town Clerk,
George R. and Bertha V. (Williams).
Sept. 19.
Stillborn, male.
Sept. 25.
Elinore Cole.
John A. and Ida (Woodmansee).
22
MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 18.
Medfield, William W. Southerland, Westwood, Mass., Maria A. Flanders,
Richard A. Manderville, Dedham, Mass.,
Feb. 5. Ellen E. Brennan, Medfield,
Feb. 6.
Matilda S. Johnson,
Westwood, Mass., Medfield,
Concord, N.H.,
Medfield,
Apr. 16.
§ George M. Bullard, Iva E. Bailey, Eugene C. L. Morse, Mabel Black, Ernest H. Malkson,
Worcester, Mass.,
In Boston, by Rev. Leo Boone Thomas.
May 5. Libby McClellan, Frank E. Bailey,
Medfield,
In Millis, Mass., by Rev. Albert H. Wheelock.
June 2.
Henry Bridger, Nellie May Adams, Eddie E. Bailey,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy 1 M. Pierce.
June 2. Berenice B. Shephard,
June
5
Thomas N. Ayers,
Boston, Mass.,
Barre, Vt.,
June : 18.
4. Annie Luckman, Medfield, Edgar S. Bissell, Nettie E. Harding, Medfield, Francis J. Griffin, Medfield, Catherine T. Glynn, Medfield, Byron M. Woodward, Letitia D. Thurston, Medfield, Charles W. H. Hamilton, Medfield,
Wilmot, N.H.,
July 4. Minnie M. Lank, Richard C. Lincoln,
Eastport, Me.,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Norwood, Mass., by Rev. George W. Nead. In Westwood, Mass., by Rev. C. S. Locke. In Medfield, by Rev. D. H. Riley.
Aug. 5. Sadie A. Hanks, Aug. 27. Hugh E. Kennedy, Margaret M. Dugan, Aug. 31. Louis Ward, Hilda Culgin, Fred H. Preston,
Milford, Mass.,
Milford, Mass., Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Sept. 23.
Maud E. Lukeforth, William Corcoran,
Quincy, Mass.,
Dover, Mass.,
Medfield,
In Dedham, Mass., by Rev. John F. Tilton.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Springfield, Mass.,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Dec. 23. Essie L. Harmon, Edwin A. Goodwin,
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Walpole, Mass., by Rev. D. H. Riley.
Total number of marriages, 28.
Married in town, 16.
Married out of town, 12.
Residents of Medfield, 41. Non-residents, 15.
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. Silas L. Morse. In Medfield, by Rev. D. H. Riley
In Medfield, by Rev. Silas L. Morse. In Pawtucket, R.I., by Rev. F. Appleton. In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage.
Feb. 28. § George B. Lockwood, Ethel W. Hines,
Medfield,
Apr. 23.
Medfield,
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage.
May 17. Abbie L. Truell,
Sutton, N.H.,
Medfield,
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage.
June 18.
June 25.
In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage. In Walpole, Mass., by Rev. D. H. Riley. ( In Everett, Mass., by Rev. W. I. Sweet.
In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams. In Medfield, by Rev. John A. Savage. In Boston, Mass., by Rev. George Maxwell. In Medfield, by Rev. D. H. Riley
Oct. 13. Mary Conrick, Oct. 18. Harold F. Maker, May L. Shaw, Oct. 22. John F. Grady, Delia M. Dugan, Oct. 29. Francis H. Weiker, Margaret M. Pushie,
Medfield,
In Springfield, Mass., by Rev. James A. Farrell. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce.
Nov. 18. James F. McQueeney, Katherine R. Kelley, Nov. 26. Louis D. Schools, Josephine E. Pember, Maurice C. Gay,
In Walpole, Mass., by Rev. D. H. Riley. In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce. In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams.
Dec. 30. Lillian M. Tate,
Medfield,
Sept. 5. Frances M. Hines, Albert L. Farwell, -
Medfield,
§ John M. Gamble,
Medfield,
23
DEATHS OF RESIDENTS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 8.
Sarah Harding Wight. Elizabeth S. Richardson.
64
4
18
Carcinoma.
Jan. 23.
Clementine Pettigrew.
78
3
IO
Pulmonary Oedema.
Mar. I.
Mary E. Winship.
84
3
IO
Apoplexy.
Mar. II.
Eliza J. Richards.
78
9
16
Organic Heart Disease.
Mar. 17.
Gilbert D. Fales.
4I
2
I7
Consumption.
April 21.
Rachel Bent.
I
7
26
Pneumonia.
April 21.
Martha Warde French.
7
9
9
Diabetes.
May
3.
Thomas F. Rourke.
37
I
Uræmia, Bright's Disease.
May
14.
Diana Woods.
85
2
Heart Disease, Pulmonary Oedema.
June 5.
Lewis L. Adams.
52
2
23
Cancer of Stomach.
June 9.
Michael Callahan.
74
-
Heart Disease, Dropsy.
June 10.
James Buntin.
76
4
-
Old Age.
June 13.
Lucy A. Osborne.
78
2
13
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
July 13.
Ellen M. Lambert.
52
8
Necrotic Oesophagitis.
July 21.
John H. Richardson.
74
4
18
Angina Pectoris.
July 31.
Edward Payson.
57
IO
29
Marasmus.
Aug. 28.
Mahitable M. Willis.
71
6
8
Paralysis.
Sept. I.
Mary C. Baker.
69
IO
3
Apoplexy.
Sept. 19.
Mary Mann Barney.
86
2
25
Catarrhal Jaundice.
Oct.
6.
Alfreda F. Babcock.
63
15
Diabetes Millitis.
Oct.
13.
Samuel Stubbs.
79
I
II
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis.
Oct.
21.
Karen Pederson.
65
3
15
Acute Bronchitis.
Oct.
29.
Charles Leon Belyea.
I4
8
8
Diabetes Millitis.
Dec.
20.
Phebe A. Houghton.
83
8
-
Bronchitis.
Dec.
29.
Seth R. Maker.
77
6
2I
Pneumonia.
Males, 13.
Females, 16.
Total, 29.
1
Stillborn, male.
May
6.
-
-
I
Pulmonary Congestion.
Oct.
13.
Stillborn, male.
Sept. 29.
William McKenzie.
64
I 20
Organic Heart Disease.
Feb. 25.
24
DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1902.
DATE.
.
NAME.
AGE.
WHERE FROM.
Jan. I.
Philip N. Lathrop.
.38
Rehoboth, Mass.
Jan.
3.
Henry Shulz alias Hoxie.
69
Fairhaven, Mass.
Jan.
5. John Dwyer.
Lawrence, Mass.
Jan.
7.
John Kerrigan alias Carney.
63
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
I 5.
Charles Dunton.
62
Tewksbury, Mass.
Jan.
21.
James Pearson.
52
Chelsea, Mass.
Jan. 25.
Henry Mc Wiggin.
75
Boston, Mass.
Feb. 4.
Mary J. Hale.
53
Boxford, Mass.
Feb. 8.
George W. Havener.
42
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
17.
Matilda Anderson.
35
Cambridge, Mass.
Feb.
18.
Alice Ferrein.
74
Worcester, Mass.
Feb.
24.
Charles N. Allard.
64
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 10.
Hannah Lyons.
57
Wakefield, Mass.
Mar. 20.
Thomas Muddy.
55
Boston, Mass.
Mar. 25.
Mary E. Lennon.
43
Milton, Mass.
April 12.
Henry O'Grady.
59
Boston, Mass.
April 15.
Hannah Casey.
68
Lynn, Mass.
April 15.
Bartholomew Crowley.
65
Boston, Mass.
April 22.
William Reagan.
58
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.