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DISTRICT No. 15.
JOSEPHI LAWS, Surveyor. Appropriation, $50 00.
Work on roads, April and May. $53 60
Work on roads, November. 15 00
Breaking roads, December and January. . . 16 00 84 60
DISTRICT NO. 16.
H. A. HILDRETH, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads.
$54 10
Repairing bridge .. . 5 85
Breaking roads, December and January. . . 39 60
Joseph Whitney, repairing roads .. 1 15 100 70
DISTRICT NO. 17.
L. A. SMITH, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on roads, March and April. $32 90
Breaking roads, March. 5 00
Work on roads. .
27 62
Breaking roads, December and January. .. 49 90
S. E. Hutchins, breaking rods, April. 1 20 116 62
DISTRICT No. 18.
JOSIAH WALKER, Surveyor. Appropriation, $60 00.
Work on road, April. . $72 05
Breaking roads, March.
7 30
Work on roads, November. 6 30
Breaking roads, December and January. ..
94 30 179 95
$2244 85
BRIDGE AT MOORE'S MILL.
Heywood & Burbeck, lumber $ 20 66
Noah Prescott, stone. 341 67
Chamberlin & Read, iron bolts and roads, ...
28 10
James O'Brien, work of himself and horses. . .
99 35
G. Bussey and Thomsa Dunn, work.
26 80
John Perry, for nails
1 84
Amount carried forward
$518 42
22
Amount brought forward.
$518 42
John A. Chisholm, repairing bridge.
396 12
G. W. Bussey, work .. 23 88
Boston & Lowell R. R., freight on derrick. ..
1 40
Howes & Burnham, railing for bridge. ... B. G. Brooks, time and expense on Moore's bridge .. . .
9 73
C. A. Wheeler, work.
10 90
C. Edwards, work.
2 00
Staples & Son, work.
8 50
George C. Moore, stone.
6 60
H. Hamblett, work on bridge. .
2 57
$989 66
PAID OVERSEERS OF POOR AS FOLLOWS:
March 11, 1876, by order
$140 00
April
66
122 00
May 66
66
1151 00
July
66
100 00
August
66
127.00
Sept.
66
247 00
October 66 66
98 42
Nov.
66
175 00
Dec. 66 66
.
441 00
Feb.
66
. .
691 58
$3418 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
A. C Abbot,
1873
2 00
Antoyne Columb,
66
2 00
Angus Campbell,
66
2 00
John Cornwell,
2 00
Levy Chambault,
2 00
Edward Davis,
66
2 00
John Dailey, 2nd,
66
2 00
Neil Gilliss,
66
2 00
S. M. Jackson,
66
2 00
Mr. Kerr,
66
2 00
John Marpail,
66
2 00
John O'Connell,
66
2 00
Hiram Obitt,
66
2 00
Mr. Richardson,
66
2 00
.
.
125 00
January 11, 1877,
66
.
2 00
Leroy Lenfest,
Amount carried forward $30 00
9 54
23
Amount brought forward.
$30 00
George Strachen,
2 00
Philip Seymour,
66
2 00
Peter Turner,
66
2 00
Lewis Bruce,
1874
2 00
J. Cruikshanks,
2 00
Samuel Millard,
66
2 00
Patrick O'Connell,
66
2 00
Mrs. Louisa Whitney,
66
7 43
C. E. Millard,
2 00
17 43
P. G. Bates,
1875
2 00
Adrien Shaw,
2 00
Benjamin Palmer,
10 36
Widow Mary Farwell,
6 66
Amos Brown,
66
3 33
24 35
Lewis Bruce,
1876
2 51
Adrien Shaw,
66
2 00
George E. Chamberlin, 66
51
Aiken Sharron,
66
2 00
John Lanktree,
66
1 27
8 29
John Lanktree, error in tax book.
$98 46
SUMMARY.
Town Officers
$427 44
School Committee
254 50
Public Library
243 21
Printing ..
110 45
School-houses.
204 42
Incidental Expenses.
647 31
Renewal of Insurance
310 00
State Aid .
472 00
Roads and Bridges.
2,244 85
Bridge at Moore's Mills
989 66
Overseers of Poor.
3,418 00
Abatement of Taxes
98 47
$9,420 37
GEORGE T. DAY, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN, BENJAMIN G. BROOKS,
Selectmen of Westford.
36 00
12 39
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year commencing February 8, 1876, and ending February 8, 1877 :
Amount of personal property at the Almshouse, includ-
ing farming tools, etc., as by appraisal of the Com-
mittee, February 8, 1876
$2,789 80
February 8, 1877. 2,558 42
Loss on personal property
$231 38
RECEIPTS.
Income from the farm, as by Mr. Smith's books : Received for milk
$549 52
for calves
67 00
for hay
37 00
for 1 cow
40 00
for beans
7 00
for turkeys
24 22
for 3 pigs
15 00
for cider
18 20
for apples
3 12
for 1 hog
32 78
for ashes .
3 12
from C. E. Smith, for board
8 75
for potatoes
2 50
as by Smith's books
4 01
for cranberries
27 50
from David Reed .
24 00
for work on the road (D. Smith)
12 00
from Treasurer.
3,418 00
from Carlisle, for Earnest Gilson. .
3 86
from Taunton, for Mrs. Sullivan
311 76
from Townsend, for Charles Searles
128 53
from Acton, for Joseph Whitney
2 75
Amount carried forward. $4,730 62
25
Amount brought forward $4,730 62
Received for board for Lucy Gage.
16 25
for State paupers. 7 00
53 15
for State paupers. . from Lowell, for Patrick Farley
24 05
from the Overseers
32 90
from David Reed
5 00
for apples 2 25
$4,881 22
PAYMENTS.
Paid to D. W. Smith, for services from April 1, 1875, to April, 1876. .
$500 00
D. W. Smith, the amount due on last year's settlem't 321 76
Alvira Smith, as administratrix on the estate of D. W. Smith.
390 00
Frank Smith, for labor on farm
132 21
Ella Brown, for labor
138 00
Mrs. Parker Nutting.
15 00
on account of Sarah G. Bates.
53 50
on account of A. H. Woodward
220 00
on account of Mrs. Sullivan
130 52
on account of Mr. Keyes.
220 50
Arthur Wright
239 26
bills on account of Charles Searles
128 53
Town Treasurer.
346 96
Daniel Wetherby, 2 cows. 66 66 grain
130 00
Imla Lawrence, 1 cow.
75 00
Wright & Fletcher
231 04
for 1 ton of coal.
8 50
W. S. Comey, meat bill
19 06
T. K. Stevens, on account of William O. Wright.
55 80
T. M. Fletcher.
42 59
Augustus Hines, for work.
30 00
David Reed, for work.
24 00
C. A. Decatur, for sink and labor
10 86
Nichols, for stove and hod.
11 40
Thomas J. Wheeler, for splitting wood for Mrs. Jas. Parker . 4 00
Charles Adams, master of the House of Correction, for board of Timothy Noland and wife.
34 00
William White, for meat.
9 10
for sleigh . . 6 00
Luther Blodgett, on account of T. Noland. 24 00
City of Lowell, on account of Furnervall. 29 00
26 00
Amount carried forward. $3,606 59
4
26
Amount brought forward. $3,606 59
Paid for carrying John May to State's almshouse 4 00
for bringing to Westford 2 00
N. B. Lapham, for wood to Thomas Russell. 6 00
Dr. Atwood, for attendance, etc. 66 " for Jacob Reed and wife
50 00
66 on account of Mrs. Sullivan 21 00
Dr. Webster, for Mr. Whittier.
40 50
66 66 for Mrs. Blake.
34 50
66 66 for Amos Hildreth.
24 00
66 66 for syringe and medicine
2 35
Alvin Fisher, for wood to Mrs. Parker
7 00
J. E. Griffin, for 1 pump. .
15 38
J. B. Fletcher, 1 tub of butter
10 73
for rye meal. .
1 25
for doctoring cow.
2 00
for 1 plow, No. 3.
7 25
for crackers.
4 00
Nellie Smith, balance.
35 90
Mrs. Plummer, for work
16 00
for help killing hogs.
3 50
for medicine to Mrs. Fletcher
4-85
for labor in haying
18 50
blacksmith's bill.
7 45
on meal.
2 25
fish bill
4 10
for going after coffin
1 00
fish bill.
2 56
for goods from Conant.
3 38
for 2 turkeys.
4 90
for goods for Noland by D. W. Smith
4 45
Miss Tanner's fare to Groton
20
bill on Mrs. Bates' trunk. .
50
for 1 plow-point and bolts.
1 00
Cyrus Hamblin, for keeping hog
2 00
for horse hire on farm
3 00
for ¿ bushel of apples.
1 00
for spices.
2 01
tobacco.
1 10
Mrs. Sullivan.
1 60
for going to Groton for W. O. Wright.
1 50
for carrying Thos. Carney to almshouse
1 00
for bedstead.
1 00
for going to see about Mrs. F. Chambers.
2 00
for time spent in hiring Mr. Bradley. 5 00
for string of bells. 50
Mrs. Smith, on account of David Reed
43
Amount carried forward. $4,092 81
.
114 75
for butter.
5 83
27
Amount brought forward. $4,092 81
Paid for going to Canterbury about Whittier. 7 00
for going to Lowell to see about Win. Reed's case. . 4 00
to see about Thomas Russell. . 1 00
for time spent going to Boston to consult the agent about the Pauper laws. 4 00
for drawing wood for Mrs. Parker.
1 00
for going to see about Mrs. Jacob Reed.
1 25
for going to Littleton about Nichols ..
1 50
for going to Canterbury about Whittier.
6 70
Dr. Webster on account of Mrs. Sullivan.
3 00
R. S. Cockburn, for burying the body of James T. Patch. 7 00
for going to Chelmsford on account of Wm. Furner- vall's settlement. 2 00
for going to Lowell on account of Phelps' case. 2 00
for time spent on account of Joseph Whitney 4 00
Lowell about Carlisle case
2 00
Malden 3 times about Bishop case.
12 00
for taking depositions.
2 00
for going to Lowell about Wm. Furnervall.
2 00
for liniment for Whittier
35
for filing saws. .
1 00
for mending whiffletrees
75
blacksmith's bill.
95
for whiskey ..
50
for 4 lights of glass and putty
32
for 1 frying-pan ..
75
for pair of splices for harness
75
for mending Amos' boots.
35
for 4 pound mustard.
15
for suspenders for Amos
25
for 1 dozen pencils.
20
for ¿ bushel cherries.
1 80
for medicine for Mrs. Blake.
25
for 1 quart of machine oil
30
for mending wash boiler
30
for 2 boxes strawberries.
30
for fare to junction.
50
for pair of glasses for Mrs. Fletcher
75
for tomato plants.
40
for smoked herrings.
50
for 2 bunches of laths for hen house
60
for garden seeds.
58
for peppermint and essence hemlock.
60
for bottle of liniment for Mrs. Fletcher
35
for pint of skunk's oil
50
for 1 lamp fixture ..
10
for 1 brush for horse.
1 00
Amount carried forward. 4,170 41
28
Amount brought forward. $4,170 41 40
Paid for 1 pair shoes for Betsey ..
for car fare to Lowell to collect checque. 70
for 1 rubber blotter. 15
for vegetables of Atwood
35
for ¿ bushel of salt.
35
for lumber for wagon body .
75
George Drew, for work at almshouse 10 78
Town of Ipswich on account of Mrs. Fletcher 62 55
City of Lowell, for Timothy Noland
12 00
Luther Blodgett, for bull.
38 00
Joshua Whidden, for Mrs. Sullivan and for carrying to the almshouse. 5 00
Timothy Noland.
2 00
Timothy Noland's children.
2 50
for going to Cambridge for Timothy Noland
2 50
Dr. Atwood, for Joseph Whitney.
2 75
for wood for Mrs. James Parker
14 98
N. Hutchinson, for meat.
37 88
for 23 pounds butter, 35 cents per pound
8 05
Mrs. Charlotte A. Bishop.
5 00
to Timothy Noland, for goods.
2 50
for going to Lowell about William Reed
1 50
for going to Boston on account Wm. Reed and Char- lotte Bishop 5 00
for time spent in finding W. Furnervall's settlements
6 00
for going to Fitchburg on account of Walter Reed and Littleton .. 4 00
for making out reports to the State
5 00
for going to Lowell for a pump.
1 50.
for going to Ayer about Walter Reed.
1 50
for goods to Mrs. Noland.
. 2 50
for going after John Morey.
1 50
for going to Haverhill and Boston about Whittier ..
8 00
for paying clerk for showing records of Haverhill. . .
50
N. Hutcheson, for meat
20 00
Brinkerhoff, for making cider
12 38
Conant & Co.'s bill
63 49
for cutting wood.
11 19
blacksmith's bill.
14 85
George Johnson on wagon.
8 30
for clothes wringer.
7 50
for mending tin pans. . .
1 00
Fisher, 78 pounds of beef.
6 86
Blodgett, for going to Worcester.
1 00
for crackers
10 20
for soap ..
7 14
for 10 cider barrels.
16 40
Amount carried forward. $4,596 91
29
Amount brought forward. $4,596 91
Paid for 478 pounds of rye of Henry Hildreth .
8 94
for 4 days picking cranberries.
for 1 box of tea, 46 pounds. 4 00
17 27
Heywood & Burbeck, grain
150 32
for clothing and medicine, Whittier
7 60
for carrying Mrs. Sullivan to Worcester
7 50
for horse baiting and dinner at Lowell
1 00
for three basins and grater
35
for stockings for Amos
75
for rye meal.
75
for salt tongues and sounds
83
as by the books.
19 50
for 1 barrel squash
75
N. S. Hamblin.
10 00
for carrying Whittier to almshouse and going to Ha- verhill to look up his settlement. 7 50
making out the report. 5 00
10 00
Due from the Overseers of the Poor
33 25
$4,881 22
STATEMENT
OF THE EXPENSES OF THE POOR ABOVE THE INCOME OF THE FARM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 8, 1877.
Amount drawn from the Treasurer.
$3,418 00
Loss on personal property 231 38
$3,649 38
RESOURCES.
Paid into the Treasury. .
$346 96
D. W. Smith, the amount due on last year's settlem't Mrs. Smith, on account of D. W. Smith, for services from April, 1876, to February 8, 1877
390 00
50 00
Due from the State. for 2 fat cattle.
65 00
from Haverhill, on account of Whittier
250 00
from the Overseers of the Poor
33 25
for milk .
57 00
for apples.
6 00
for stone
16 00
$1,535 97
Calvin Decatur, services.
321 76
30
Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of the interest of the farm . $2,113 61
Number receiving 2 meals and lodging. 451
Number receiving 1 meal ?. 223
Number supported in the Alinshouse during the past year 12
Average number ..
The number aided out of the Almshouse. 48
N. S. HAMBLIN, L. W. BLODGETT, C. A. DECATUR,
Overseers of the Poor.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, FEB. 7, 1877.
Horse, $170; harness, 18; draught harness, 7; old harness, 50c ; curry-comb and brush, 1.25; 9 cows, 340; 12 tons English hay, 240 ; 14 tons stock hay, 140; 1} tons corn fodder, 15; 8 hay forks, 4; 11 meal boxes, 5; wind mill, 4; corn sheller, 5; 2 bushels corn, 1.50 ; 2 hay cutters, 8; mowing machines, 85; shafts and axles, 3; 2 water tubs, 75c; muzzles, 25c ; 4 ladders and hooks, 10; ox earts, 50; farm wagon, 35; 26 fowls, 13; 5 turkeys, 7.50; 2 hog hooks, 1; 2 horse wagons, 75; ox sled, 4; 2 horse sleds, 25; 4 swine, 50; 6 chains, 4; cow bell, 50c ; horse rake, 2; 10 scythes and snathes, 10 ; grindstone, 6; sleigh, 10; wheelbarrow, 1; 2 fails, 50c; set of measures, 25c ; 25 flour barrels, 3.12; 9 meal bags, 2.50 ; 7 sacks, 70c ; grass seed, 4; apple picker, 50c ; 2 drag rakes, 1.25; 14 try chains, 7; 3 ox yokes, 5; 6 iron bars, 6; plows, 10; 2 cultivators, 5.50; 5 shovels, 50c; 4 spades, 1; 7 manure forks, 3.50; 2 manure hooks, 1; 3 picks, 2; ditching knife, 50c; 3 bog hoes, 75e; 11 axes, 2; carpenter's tools, 65 ; copper kettle, 2; 5 wood saws, 3; 5 saw horses, 2; garden rake, 75c; stove pipe, 2.25; 7 baskets, 3.75; grain cradle, 1; 5 hoes, 75c; 6 bushels beans, 18; 2 easks salt pork, 54; 50 pounds salt beef, 3.50 ; washing machine, 2; meal chest and meal, 5.50; 2 harrows, 10; stone drag, 5; string of bells, 25; soap, 4.50; 12 gallons pickles, 2; beetle rings and wedges, 2.25; meat barrels, 2; wrenches and ham- mers, 75c ; butter worker, 50c; 24 chairs, 2.40; castor, 1; oil cloth, 1; shawl, 2.25; } bushel peas, 50c ; lumber, 1500 feet, 15; shingles,
.
31
1 ; apples, 3; 14 bushels cranberries, 2.25 ; 85 bushels potatoes, 45 ; fly trap, 1; 80 pounds pop corn, 3; bread trough, 75c ; apple parer, 75; 2 iron pots, 1; Mrs. Blake's things, 35 ; 4 bureaus, 10 ; 8 pounds but- ter, 2.80 ; gallon measure, 50c; 160 gallons vinegar, 26; 16 casks and cider, 40; molasses and barrel, 5.50; oil and can, 3.50; 2 wash tubs, 50c; cook stove, 50; 150 pounds dried apples, 25; coal stove, 10.50; 3 air-tight stoves, 15; Franklin stove, 1; 40 milk pans, 10; 3 wash basins, 60c ; tin ware, 4; coffee mill, 50c ; wooden bowl, 50c ; water pot, 75c ; stove blacking and brush, 30c; 12 pounds tea, 6; 1 ton of coal, 9.50; 18 cords of wood, 90 ; 9 brooms, 50c ; mortar, 50c ; spice boxes, 40c ; flour, 5; sieves, 50c ; jugs, 2; lamps and lanterns, 2; knives, forks and spoons, 4; crockery, 15; shovels and tongs, 3; corn parcher, 50c; candlesticks, 50c; clothes drier, 1; 10 tumblers, 1; lot of chests, 13; 9 trunks, 9; cases, drawers and contents, 14; clothes wringer, 7; 35 pounds lard, 4.90 ; saleratus, 75c ; cream tar- tar, 50c; butter mould, 1.75; 2 churns, 4.50; 22 butter tubs, 1.10; candle mould, 40c ; sausage filler, 25c; 10 pounds sugar, 1.30 ; salt, 20c ; spices, 20c ; kettles, 50c; iron griddles, 50c; 2 clothes bars, 1; chopping knife and tray, 75c; waiter, 1; 2 pairs steelyards, 50c, earthen pot, 50c; 14 bedsteads and beds, 145; 5 rocking chairs, 6; cabinet chair, 2.50; table cloths and towels, 2; bedding, 200; 2 coats, 6 ; 1 cradle, 1; 3 clocks, 3; 11 tables, 11; dinner horn, 25c ; clothes basket and line, 2; window curtains, 2.50; 4 looking glasses, 1.50; 7 flat irons, 3 ; ash shovels, 2; rifle, 3; gold necklace, 3; handcuffs, 2; bed. pan, 1.50 ; 2 injection pipes, 6; dinner bell, 75c; Mrs. Ken- dall's beads, 8; 4 mop handles, 1; corn cutter, 50c; 3 sickles, 50c ; 2 rubber blankets, 2; 2 buffalo robes, 5; 30 bushels roots, 7.50 ; cab- bages, 1; onions, 3.50. Total, $2,558.42.
ALVAN FISHER, A. W. CUMMINGS, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT, Appraisers of Property at Poor Farm.
Ou file
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 12, 1878.
LOWELL, MASS. : STONE, HUSE & CO., BOOK PRINTERS, No. 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1878.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1877.
TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN,
GEO. T. DAY, BENJ. G. BROOKS, NOAH PRESCOTT.
ASSESSORS, EDWARD PRESCOTT, ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
NATHAN S. HAMBLIN, GEORGE REED, GEORGE HUTCHINS.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. HENRY READ,
EDWIN R. HODGMAN,
OLIVE A. PRESCOTT,
HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS, AUGUSTUS BUNCE, BENJAMIN G. BROOKS.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
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ELI TOWER,
FENCE VIEWERS, GEORGE HUTCHINS, NATHANIEL SWEETSER.
CONSTABLES, JOHN M. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. CUMMINGS, WESLEY O. HAWKES, GEORGE E. COBURN, JOHN LOGUE.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM,
ALVAN FISHER,
THADDEUS A. BLODGETT, ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS.
DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN LIBRARY,
CHARLES L. FLETCHER, MRS. J. W. P. ABBOT, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER.
LIBRARIAN, ALBERT A. WRIGHT.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
WEIGHERS OF HAY,
John B. Fletcher, Arthur Wright,
N. H. Wright, John M. Fletcher,
George W. Heywood, Samuel A. Hamblin,
Abiel J. Abbot, Jacob Smith. Charla E Weed dea
W.N. M. Bubeck
.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER.
Ephraim A. Stevens, Wesley O. Hawkes,
Nelson L. Tuttle,
Thomas Drew, Charles E. Whidden, George H. Prescott,
Allan R. Perham, Albert W. Frederick, Henry A. Hildreth,
Jacob Smith,
Augustus Bunce,
Charles L. Fletcher,
Gardner A. Perham.
J. A. Walkden,
J.J. Road
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CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES, ALLAN R. PERHAM.
FIELD DRIVERS,
Daniel Ward,
Frederic J. Parker,
David H¿ Shattuck, A. P. Richardson, John E. Holden,
A. W. Cummings, Samuel L. Taylor, F. O. Decatur, · Wm. W. Johnson, Joseph Banister,
Julian Hildreth,
Lewis C. Dane, Merrick Reed,
True A. Bean, Timothy Fletcher.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN AND WEIGHERS OF COAL,
Jacob Smith,
Charles E. Whidden, Daniel Houghton,
Austin T. Kimball, Sherman H. Fletcher, ), B. Fletcher
6). m. dietarios
MARRIAGES
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
January 1.
...
William F. Piper. Emma M. Plummer.
20
Westford,
Littleton.
18
Liverpool, N. S., Marg't's Bay, N. S.
January 25 ..
Albert S. Bradley.
25
Westford, Lowell,
Anson, Me. Lowell.
March 3.
Jeremiah S. Murphy
23
Westford, Westford,
Haverhill, N. H. Warwick, R. I.
March 14
Roscins N. Fairbank. Isadore Brinkerhoff
26
Westford,
Wisconsin.
March 21
Charles Dane.
28
Westford, Methuen,
Westford. Methuen.
May 1
Charles W. Reed. Mary J. Potter.
38
Littleton, Westford,
Littleton. Boston .
May 16.
James M. Sargent, Jr. Harriet E. Symmes.
36
Lynn, Westford,
Lyn. Westford.
May 24
Napoleon B. Blood. Mary O. Hutchins.
26
Dunstable,
Groton. Westford.
July 21.
George E. Harris. Estella S. Mills.
31
Westford, Lowell,
Clinton. Lowell.
August 9.
Edward C. Atwood Caroline Shaw.
28
Westford,
Pelham, N. H. Winthrop.
September 11 .. James A. Walkden
26
Westford, Lowell,
Lowell. Danvers.
October 23 ..
George W. Bussey. Sarah J. Irish.
25
Westford, Westford,
Pelham, N. H. Dracut.
October 29. ....
Charles W. Gerrish. Ella M. Sweatt, ..
Westford,
Lebanon, N. H. Manchester, N. H.
December 16 ...
Frank C. Hildreth, Sarah J. Griffin.
24
24
Westford. Westford.
Westford. Westford.
Mary E. Adams.
19
31
Townshend, Vt., Chester, Vt.
Fidelia R. Thurlow.
27
40
22
21
Westford,
20
23
Winthrop,
Lydia Kelley.
27
2.2
Lebanon. N. H.,
Marriages recorded.
14 Marriages between natives 13 Marriages between native and foreign. 1
Emma A. Whittemore.
25
BIRTHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1877.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS.
January 6. .. Allan Burt Craven.
Edward and Emily (Irish) Craven. James and Margaret (Sullivan) Simpson.
66 11 ... Mary Elizabeth Simpson
60 26 ... Effie Augusta Gilson Solomon S. and Alice A. (Buzzell) Gilson.
31 ... George Alfred Pelsue ... George W. and Caroline (Lee) Pelsue.
February 2 .. William Henry McClenna Alvin A. & Lillian P. (Spaulding) McClenna.
4. . John Herbert Howard. Calvin L. and Mary J. (Hale) Howard. Thomas and Sarah J. (Keyser) Wing.
60 11. . Flora Maria Wing ...
March 7 ... .. Arthur Samuel Edwards George S. and Sarah (Shepard) Edwards.
66 10 ..... Frederic Selden Hunt. George W. and Annie P. (Irish) Hunt.
66 13 .. . . Gertrude Day Fletcher. Sherman H. & Mary E. (Richardson) Fletcher.
66
20 .. .. Graham Ross Whidden Charles E. and Emma (Dwinnell) Whidden. 22 Eliza Jane Records .. 2.2 Delia Theresa Remmes Thomas and Ann (McDonald) Records. Joseph T. and Mary J. (Shugrue) Remmes.
April Albert Wright Decatur
10.
Frank Raymond Prescott.
24 David Allen Farrer
May 66
24 Florence Heywood Read ..
Mary Peabody (illegitimate) .. Reuben Burnham and Mary A. Peabody. J. Henry and Mary E. (Falls) Read.
June 16. James Savage .. Patrick and Catherine (Foley) Savage.
July 10. Waldo Fletcher Prescott.
66 12. Charles Frederic Allan Evans. Miner H. A. and Harriet R. (Sargent) Evans. Sidney D. and Eliza (Burnham) Whitney. 18. Minnie Bethiah Whitney.
66
George Albert Wright .. Ellery C. and Catherine (Shehan) Wright.
August 18. .. James Dennis Flynn. John and Ellen (Murphy) Flym.
September 17 John Alexander Norrie.
John and Jane (Gilmore) Norrie.
66 20 Thomas Mahoney. 30 Allan Asahel Gilson.
James and Elvira J. (Colburn) Gilson.
October 2. .. Willard Gilbert Parker
Charles H. and Harriet S. (Gates) Parker.
66 11 ... . Wesley Orin Harris .. Charles A. and Sarah (Turnbull) Harris.
66 12. .. . Jennie Abbot Hawks
Wesley O. and Abbie F. (Hill) Hawks.
19 .... Grace Eliza Desmond
Michael and Catherine (Desmond) Desmond.
66 19. .. . Mary Eliza Piper.
William F. and Emma (Plummer) Piper.
21 .... Eva Emily Fletcher. John M. and Eunice J. (Tebbetts) Fletcher. 66 28 .... Fillebrown. Thomas G. & Angusta E. (Wyeth) Fillebrown.
November 6. Hannah Handley
Daniel and Catherine (Mahoney) Handley.
11 .... Samuel Richard Wilton Willis William and Elizabeth (Wilton) Willis.
18 .. . Hildreth. Julian and Myra A. (Whitney) Hildreth.
66 22 .... Winnifred Lackin .. John and Mary (Gannon) Lackin.
66 30 .... Mary Priscilla Bunce Augustus and Emily W. (Loker) Bunce.
December 13. William Reuben Taylor. Samuel L. and Alta M. (Schellinger) Taylor.
20 .... Emma Esther Butterworth. John T. and Kate (Gannon) Butterworth.
Births recorded. 42
Males. 25
Females. 17
Births of native parentage. 24 Births of foreign parentage .. 8 Birthis of native and foreign parentage. 10
John H. and Nancy M. (Wyman) Decatur. Eben and Josephine A. (Webster) Prescott. Samuel F. and Susan M. (Snow) Farrer.
18. Elliot Flagg Humiston.
Samuel G. and Harriet S. (Flagg) Humiston. Noah and Frances (Tower) Prescott.
Jolın and Ellen (Lynchi) Mahoney.
DEATHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1877.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months. Days.
Jannary
Henry Hamilton, ...
2
16.
John H. Lanktree,
7
31.
Clara E. Folland, ..
. .
February 6.
Catherine Horan,.
..
66
19.
Infant child of Fred. Seiffer,.
March 22 ...
Mary F. Richardson.
28
66
26 ..
Mary W. Perry,.
11
30 ..
Mary J. Cameron,.
10
April 12
Thomas J. Farmer,
75
14
16 ..
Ellen F. Smith,.
10
23 ..
Mercy Gilson, ..
May 4 ..
William H. Holt,.
. .
. .
7,
Edea F. Drew,.
81
5
" 24.
Frances M. Wright,
40
3
6
July 4.
John Wilson, ...
83
8
..
26.
Infant child of John Clement, ..
..
.
..
" 29.
Ruth Farley,.
80
9
18
66
31.
Addie M. Coffin,.
1
8
4
Angust 11.
Annie E. Harris,.
21
7
10
30,
Emma A. Butterworth,,
3
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
October 9. .
George F. Palmer,.
25
9
24
November 12.
Patrick Moran, ..
50
11
December 5 ..
Infant child of Julian Hildreth,.
..
..
. .
30 ..
Infant child of Charles E. Smith,.
:
Asa Wright,
. .
30.
Hannah Leighton,.
10
. .
66
18.
Elmer Harris, ..
3
13
September 7.
Infant child of J. S. Murphy,.
66
30.
Infant child of Varnum T. Fletcher,
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17
Whole number, 29.
AGE.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS. Nov. 2, 1877.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of West- ford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, one hundred forty-nine 1% dollars for dog licenses, as per his account of the Ist inst. $149.40.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1877.
Bannister, F. W.
Edwards, Moses.
O'Brien, J.
Bannister, J. F.
Evans, M. H. A.
O'Brien, M.
Bean, T. A.
Fletcher, Andrew.
Osgood, H. G.
Blodgett, G. W.
Fletcher, Luke L.
O'Toole, P.
Blodgett, J. W.
Fletcher, L. T.
Perham, G. A.
Blodgett, L. W.
Fletcher, S. H.
Prescott, N. L.
Blood, Geo. A.
Frederick, G. S.
Prescott, Eben.
Boynton, J. M.
Gardner, R. (2)
Reed, Wm. Ist.
Brooks, B. G.
Gillespie, R.
Sargent, C. G.
Brown, A. E.
Gould, E.
Sherman, D. W.
Butterfield, J.
Gray, S. B.
Smith, L. A.
Caldwell, F.
Greig, D.
Smith, M. A.
Carkin, C. H.
Hamlin, H.
Sprague, I. W.
Carkin, I. W.
Horan, T.
Sweetser, N.
Chamberlin, H.
Hosley, J. A.
Truby, J. E.
Closson, O. S.
Hurd, P. H.
Tyler, Geo.
Colburn, J. T.
Jaques, F. P.
Tyzzer, J.
Comey, W. S.
Keyes, R. H.
Vose, W. M.
Conley, Kate.
Leland, Susan.
Warren, C.
Cole, John.
Leighton, Amos.
Whitney, Julian.
Cummings, E. M.
Lyall, Peter.
Whitney, N. M.
Curran, W.
Martin, J.
Woods, J.
Curtis, S. C.
Meads, D. H.
Worcester, I. S.
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