Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 8

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 896


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In this connection we would acknowledge the re- ceipt of donations from Mrs. Leonard Luce and Messrs. George T. Day, Alvan Fisher, John M. Fletcher, William E. Frost, Sherman L. Prescott, Thomas E. Symmes, and Nahum H. Wright.


To complete the sets to date there are needed the Town Reports of 1840, '42, 43, '47, '48 and '50; and the School Committee Reports of 1854-5, '55-6, '57-8,'60-1, '65-6, '66-7,' 67-8, '68-9, '72-3 and '80-1. The contri- bution to the Library of the missing numbers is earnestly recommended ; and to this end it is respectfully sug- gested to each householder that the family archives be searched, and the desired documents found and presented forthwith.


It is now nearly nine years since the issue of the last complete catalogue of the Westford Public Library. Since then something more than two thousand volumes have been added. These are catalogued in an imperfect way by titles under their respective classes, but not by


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authors, in eight successive annual supplements. In the present state of affairs it is necessary to consult nine lists to discover what books there are in any one class. It is also desirable to re-arrange some of the books, so that all the works of any one author in each class may be brought together on the Library shelves. This is not now the case in every instance, owing to the intervals at which the various works were added to the Library and their numbers assigned. The desired changes would require a corresponding change in the numbering of the books, which of course cannot be done until a new cata- logue is issued. The edition of the catalogue is ex- hausted, there being only one unused copy in the posses- sion of the Librarian. 'The supply of some of the earlier supplements is also exhausted. For these reasons, among others, we would respectfully recommend that a new cat- alogue be issued during the coming Library year, and. that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose.


In accordance with the provisions of the statutes relative to public libraries, passed by the Legislature of 1887-8, the Directors of the Library will hereafter be a continuous body, the term of office being extended to three years, and only one third of the members retiring annually. One of the advantage of this change, will be the facility with which any plan for the manage- ment or improvement of the Library can be carried into effect from year to year.


We would gratefully acknowledge the gifts of two volumes of the Unitarian Review, from the Unitarian


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Society, one volume from Mr. Frank Calvert, one volume from Rev. E. B. Maglathlin, a set of the "Symmes" Alma- nacks, from Mr. Thomas E. Symmes, a pamphlet from Col. John B. Clarke, of Manchester, N. H., and five dol- lars from Mr. Thomas H. Elliott, of Lowell, for the pur- chase of books.


We respectfully recommend that the usual sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for the Library for the ensuing year.


Respectfully submitted. ELIZABETH S. ABBOT, FREDERIC A. FISHER, WALTER J. SLEEPER, Directors of Public Library.


LIST OF BOOKS


ADDED TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 5, 1889.


A.


Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts-1888. 439


Census of Massachusetts-Agricultural Products and Property, 435


Index to Public Statutes. 437


Massachusetts Reports-Vols. 145-6. 1888 441-3


Public Documents for 1886. 4 vols. 444-7


66 66 1887. 4 vols. 449-52


Registration Report for 1887. 448


Report of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. 438


Ten Years in Massachusetts. R. G. Bridgeman. 440


Trial of Sara J. Robinson 442


B.


Industrial Education in South. A. D. Mayo. 356


Report of Secretary of Treasury. 1887 337


66


Fish Commission. 1883. . 338


66


Consuls of United States. 3 vols .. 339-41


66 66


60 66


1 vol


354


Commissioner of Navigation.


344


66 National Educational Association.


357


66 Commissioner of Education. .


352


Comptroller of Currency. Vol. I. 66


353


66 66


II. 1888. 357


Technical Education in Europe. Part I ...


342


Thomas Jefferson and University of Virginia. H. B. Adams ... 355


C.


Around the World on a Bicycle. Thomas Stevens. Vol. II. 375


Heart of Holland. Henry Havard. 378


Isle of Palms. C. M. Newell 381


Marvels of the New West. M. M. Thayer.


380


On Horseback. Charles D. Warner.


382


Our Hundred Days in Europe. O. W. Holmes.


374


Peninsular California. Charles Nordhoff


379


Ranch Life. Theodore Roosevelt. 376


Tenting on the Plains. E. B. Custer. 383


Unknown Country. Mrs. D. W. Craik.


377


D.


Angelo, Michael. Herman Grimm .. 2 vols. 536-7


Beecher, Henry Ward. W. C. Beecher and S. Scoville. 547


British Orations. 3 vols ...


532-4


Darwin, Charles. Life and Letters of. Francis Darwin. 2 vols


545-6


Emerson, R. W. Memoirs. J. E. Cabot. 2 vols.


543-4


Franklin, Benjamin. J. B. McMaster.


538


Harvard Reminiscences. A. P. Peabody 542


Hidden Treasures. H. A. Lewis .. 535


Lawyer, Statesman and Soldier. George S. Boutwell. ...


541


6 vols


345-50


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Madison, James, Letters and Other Writings of. 4 vols


556-9


Morris, Gouverneur. Theodore Roosevelt. 540


Diary and Letters of. Annie Cary Morris. 2 vols ... 552-3


Thoreau, Henry D. F. B. Sanborn. .


550


Ticknor, George. Life, Letters and Journal. 2 vols. 548-9


539


Vane, Young Sir Henry. J. K. Hosmer. 551


What we Really Know about Shakespeare. C. H. Dall. . .


554


E.


Concordance of Bible. Alexander Cruden.


290


Review of Seybert Commissioner's Report. A. B. Richmond ... 289


F.


All Adrift. Oliver Optic. 649


Arabian Nights.


666


Bonnie Prince Charlie. G. A. Henty


673


Boy Traders. H. Castlemon. 675


654


Brownies. Palmer Cox ..


665


Burying the Hatchet. E. Kellogg.


658


Clover. Susan Coolidge.


697


Donald and Dorothy. Mary Mapes Dodge.


695


Editha's Burglar. Mrs. Burnett.


677


Fagots for Fireside. L. P. Hale .. 699


683


Footprints in Forest. E. S. Ellis ..


659 676


Flower People. Mrs. Horace Mann.


653


George at the Wheel.


656


How Charley Roberts became a Man.


661


How Eva Roberts Gained her Education.


662 666


Little Miss Weezy's Brother. Penn Shirley.


674


Louisa May Alcott. Ednah D. Cheney


671


New Bedtime Stories. L. C. Moulton.


694 701


Pepper and Salt. Howard Pyle.


667


Queer People. Palmer Cox ..


668


Satin Wood Box. J. T. Trowbridge.


692 693


Sara Crewe. Mrs. Burnett.


664


Sailor Boys of '61. J. R. Soley


670


Silver Medal. J. T. Trowbridge.


657 691 700 672 650 651


Square and Compass.


Stem to Stern.


Stories from Homer. Rev. A. Church ..


Three Vassar Girls Abroad.


66


in England.


686


66


in France.


688


at Home. 66


687


66


66


in Italy.


684


66


on the Rhine. 66


690


66


66 South America. 66


689


669


Two Little Confederates. T. N. Page. .


United States and its People. E. Eggleston.


698


.


652


678


E. W. Champney .


685


Shifting for Himself. H. Alger.


Story of Bible. Charles Foster


Snap Dragons. J. H. Ewing.


Snug Harbor. Oliver Optic.


655


Last War Trail. E. S. Ellis.


Old Times in Colonies. C. C. Coffin.


Sam's Chance. H. Alger.


Frank Nelson in Forecastle. H. Castlemon.


George in Camp.


Family Flight through Spain. E. E. Hale.


Boston Tea Party. H. C. Watson.


Van Buren, Martin. Edw. M. Shepard.


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What the Winds Told to the Treetops. A. W. Brotherton. 663 Wide Awake. 4 vols ..


679-82


Youngest Miss Lorton. Nora Perry.


696


G.


Agatha Page. Isaac Henderson 1351


Amos Kilbright. F. R. Stockton.


1371


Argonauts of North Liberty. Bret Harte.


1341


Black Arrow. R. L. Stevenson.


1376


Bonaventuré. George W. Cable.


1378


Brueton's Bayou. J. Habberton.


1390


Besant & Rice.


By Celia's Arbor. 1362


Case of Mr. Lucraft


1367


Chaplain of the Fleet.


1366


Golden Butterfly.


1358


Monks of Thelema.


1361


My Little Girl.


1363


Ready Money Mortiboy.


1357


Seamy Side.


1359


Ten Year's Tenant ..


1368


Son of Vulcan.


1364


T'was in Trafalgar's Bay.


1365


With Harp and Crown .. 1360


1355


Dred. H. B. Stowe ..


1375


Elsie Venner. O. W. Holmes.


1372


Earth Trembled. E. P. Roe.


1311


Graysons. Edw. Eggleston.


1373


Iceland Fisherman. Pierre Loti.


1379


John Ward, Preacher. M. Deland.


1356


King of Folly Island. S. O. Jewett.


1387


Lost in a Great City. A. M. Douglas


1383


Looking Backward. Edw. Bellamy 1389


1391


Miss Defarge. F. H. Burnett.


1390


Miss Frances Merley. J. E. Curran.


1386


Mr. Tangier's Vacation. E. E. Hale.


1343


Narka, The Nihilist. K. O'Meara.


1346


Mc Veys. J. Kirkland.


1393


Olivia Delaplaine. E. Fawcett.


1392


Ordeal of Richard Feverel. G. Meredith.


1339


Paul Patoff. Marion Crawford.


1353


Pine and Palm. M. D. Conway.


1340


Prelate. Isaac Henderson ..


1354


Queen Money. H. A. Hayes.


1350


Residuary Legatee. F. J. Stimson.


1377


Real Folks. A. D. T. Whitney.


1380


Robert Elsmere. Mrs. Ward. 2 vols.


1381-2


Remember the Alamo. A. E. Barr.


1388


Second Son. Mrs. Oliphant and T. B. Aldrich.


1342


Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder ..


1348


Strange Adventure of a House Boat. William Black.


1349


Twenty Years After. A. Dumas 1394


Tony the Maid. B. W. Howard. 1347


1345


Tailor-made Girl. P. H. Walch. 1369


1385


World's Verdict. Mark Hopkins, Jr.


1352


Black Ice. A. W. Tourgeé.


Captain McDonald's Daughter. A. Campbell.


1344


Dusantes. F. R. Stockton.


1374


Fortunes of the Faradays. A. M. Douglas.


1384


He Fell in Love with His Wife. E. P. Roe.


1370


Master of His Fate. A. E. Barr.


Samantha at Saratoga. Marietta Holly.


1338


Tenting at Stony Beach. M. L. Pool.


With the Immortals. T. M. Crawford.


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H.


Financial History of the United States. A. S. Bowles. Vol. III. 252₺


Flora of Middlesex Co., Mass. L. L. Dame and F. S. Collins ... . 316 Half Hours with the Stars. R. A. Proctor 315 Mineralogy and Patrography. J. A. Dana. 319 Prehistoric Races of the U. S. of America. J. W. Foster. 320


Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals. Sir John Lubbock, 318


Story of Bible Animals. J. G. Wood. 317


I.


American Commonwealth. James Bryce. 2 vols


467-8


American Commonwealths. Series of:


California. Josiah Royce.


474


Connecticut. Alex. Johnston. 473


Indiana. J. B. Dunn, Jr 469


Kansas. L. W. Spring.


470


Missouri. Lucien Carr.


475


Michigan. T. M. Cooley.


472


New York. E. H. Roberts. 2 vols.


476-7


Ohio. Rufus King ...


471


Critical Period of American History. 1783-89. John Fisk 482


479


English Colonies in America. Doyle. 3 vols.


462, 463, 464


Gibraltar. H. M. Field


478


England in XVIIIth Century. W. E. H. Lecky. 2 vols 459-60


Mosby's War Reminiscences. .. 480


New Hampshire, History of. E. D. Sanborn 481


Puritan Age in Massachusetts. 1629 to '85. George E. Ellis .. . .


461


Story of the City of New York. Charles B. Todd. 466


Wilton, N. H., History of. A. A. Livermore and S. Putnam.


465


J.


Annual Cyclopædia for 1886 1887.


943


Atlas of Classical Geography. George Long.


958


Beecher as a Humorist. E. Kirk ....


945


British Novelists and their Styles. David Masson.


948


Classical Dictionary. William Smith.


957


Faust. 'Translated by Bayard Taylor


959


In Nesting Time. O. T. Miller


944


Literature, American, 1607 to 1885. Charles F. Richardson. 2 vols.


961-2


Manual of Maverick National Bank.


950


Milton, John, Prose Works of. Vol. II.


923}


My Story of the War. M. A. Livermore.


951


Old Garden. M. Deland ..


956


Shakesperian Grammar. E. A. Abbott.


953


66 Commentaries. Dr. G. G. Gervinus.


959


Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street. H. Clewes.


954


Volapuk. W. A. Seret ... 949


Words and their Uses. R. G. White.


947


Yeoman's Calendar. 1837. Edward Symmes .... Pamphlet Case 1, No. 1 6€ 1838. 66 1,


Patriotism of Westford in 1775. Edwin R. Hodgman. Address before Tree Association. 66


1.


66


3


1. 4 New Hampshire at Centennial. 1, 66


5


2


Shakespeare, Manual of. F. G. Fleay.


952


Men and Measures of Half a Century. H. McCulloch. 946


955


High-Caste Hindoo Woman. Pundita Ramabai Sarasvati.


960


Colonial Times on Buzzard's Bay. W. R. Bliss


LIST OF JURORS, 1889.


The following names will be reported at the annual March Meeting, to be placed in the Jury Box, subject to revision by the town :


CHARLES L. FLETCHER,


NOAH PRESCOTT,


HAMMET D. WRIGHT,


OSCAR SPAULDING,


DANIEL ATWOOD,


WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,


HENRY CHAMBERLIN,


FRANK L. FLETCHER,


CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,


HUGH DAILEY,


HORACE E. GOULD,


EDWARD PRESCOTT,


GEORGE W. BUSSEY,


JOHN H. HORAN,


FRANK C. DREW,


HENRY S. BEMIS,


ISAAC W. CARKIN,


CHARLES HAMLIN,


NAPOLEON B. BLOOD,


ISAAC E. DAY,


SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,


ALVIN FISHER,


ALFRED WOODBURY,


AMOS LEIGHTON.


ELBERT E. FLAGG,


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN, Selectmen of Westford.


Westford, Mass., March 4, 1889.


Warrant for Town Meeting, March 18, 1889.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To Isaac E. Day, one of the Constables of the Town of . Westford, in said County, GREETING :


You are hereby required in the name of the Com- monwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in elections and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said Westford, on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, being the third Monday in said month, at 9 o'clock, A. M., (the polls will be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M. and closed at one o'clock, P. M.,) to act upon the following articles, to wit:


1st. To choose a Moderator.


2d. To hear the Report of Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.


3d. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Auditor appointed to audit the accounts of the Town Treasurer, or act in relation to the same.


4th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.


5th. To hear the Report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.


6th. To hear the Report of the Directors of the Town Library, and act in relation to the same.


7th. To hear the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.


8th. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, three Assessors, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, six Constables, three Appraisers of Property at the Town Farm, three Trustees of the Town Library-one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, an Auditor, all on one ballot.


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9th. To see if the Town will vote to license the sale of ardent spirits, or act in relation to the same.


10th. To raise money to defray Town debts and charges, and direct how the same shall be paid into the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.


11th. To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.


12th. To choose a Collector of Taxes.


13th. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, to meet the demands on the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.


14th. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.


15th. To raise money to repair roads and bridges, and direct by whom, and in what manner the same shall be expended.


16th. To choose all other Town officers, necessary to be chosen, by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.


17th. To hear Report of the Selectmen, in regard to petition of F. G. Sargent and others for the laying out of a public way in Graniteville, and act in relation to the same.


18th. To see if the Town will choose a Committee to ascertain the cost of a Stone Crusher, and expense of working the same-to report at a future meeting, or act in relation to the same.


19th. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the Sarah Cum- mings road, so called, or act in relation to the same.


AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands and seals this fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1890;


ALSO TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 17, 1890.


LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET. 1890.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1890;


ALSO TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 17, 1890.


LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET.


1890.


Officers of the Town of Westford, 1889.


TOWN CLERK. GILMAN J. WRIGHT. .


SELECTMEN.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN.


ASSESSORS.


ASAPH B. CUTTER, . ISAAC E. DAY, FRANK C. DREW.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


EDWARD PRESCOTT, EDWIN GOULD, WAYLAND F. BALCH.


TOWN TREASURER. NAHUM H. WRIGHT.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ISAAC E. DAY.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. TRUE A. BEAN.


BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


NELSON L. TUTTLE, Term expires May 1, 1890.


WESLEY O. HAWKES, . Term expires May 1, 1891.


FRANK L. FLETCHER, Chairman . Term expires May 1, 1892.


The Town Clerk is a member ex-offico, and Clerk of the Board.


ELECTION INSPECTORS. SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, W. H. H. BURBECK.


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DEPUTY ELECTION INSPECTORS. ALBERT R. CHOATE, JOHN M. FLETCHER. AUDITOR. J. HENRY READ.


STREET COMMISSIONER. EDWARD PRESCOTT.


The foregoing Officers have all been sworn. Of the following only those marked by a star have been sworn :


FENCE VIEWERS.


*WILLIAM KITTREDGE, *ALVIN G. POLLEY, ALMON S. VOSE.


CONSTABLES.


*ISAAC E. DAY, *CHARLES M. GRIFFIN,


*RANSOME N. GEORGE, WILBERT E. PARSONS,


ALEC FISHER, *PATRICK WALL.


Mr. Day has given bonds.


FIELD DRIVERS.


WARREN GOULD,


WILLIAM WILLIS,


JOSEPH WALL,


DANIEL CASEY,


WALTER W. WYMAN,


WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,


GEORGE LELAND, A. F. CAMERON,


WILLIAM E. SYMMES, WILLIAM M. VOSE,


SIDNEY B. WRIGHT, JOHN H. HORAN,


ALFRED WOODBURY.


WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.


*J. M. FLETCHER,


S. A. HAMLIN,


S. H. FLETCHER, JACOB SMITH,


ARTHUR WRIGHT,


G. W. HEYWOOD,


W. C. EDWARDS, A. J. ABBOT,


W. W. JOHNSON,


J. W. DAY,


N. H. WRIGHT, *C. E. WHIDDEN, A. F. CAMERON, *W. E. PARSONS.


J. A. HEALY, E. A. HAMLIN,


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CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. WILBERT E. PARSONS.


SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, ETC.


C. L. FLETCHER, CYRUS HAMLIN,


*GILMER STONE,


W. W. JOHNSON,


JACOB SMITH,


A. S. REED,


*T. E. SYMMES,


W. C. EDWARDS,


C. E. WHIDDEN,


J. A. HEALY,


G. A. PERHAM, *F. H. LEWIS,


THOMAS DREW, *W. W. WYMAN,


*G. H. PRESCOTT, *W. E. PARSONS,


E. A. HAMLIN, W. M. VOSE.


No oath of office is required of the remaining officers.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


ALVIN G. POLLEY, . Term expires March, 1890.


WILLARD FLETCHER, Term expires March, 1890.


JEREMIAH DESMOND, Term expires March, 1891. FREDERIC A. FISHER, Chairman, Term expires March, 1891. ALBERT R, CHOATE, . Term expires March, 1892. J. SIDNEY MOULTON, Sec. & Sup. Term expires March, 1892.


TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRARY.


ALFRED WOODS, Term expires March, 1890. E. B. MAGLATHLIN, Term expires March, 1891.


CATHERINE S. HAMLIN, Term expires March, 1892.


Mr. Maglathlin resigned and John M. Fletcher was chosen to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting.


LIBRARIAN. CARRIE E. READ.


APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM. FRANK C. DREW, WILLIAM M. WHITNEY, C. R. P. DECATUR.


JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE. JOSEPH H. WILSON.


SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE. H. B. RUITER.


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BIRTHS


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1889.


Date.


NAMES.


PARENTS' NAMES.


May 4, '89 ..


Atwood, Grace.


D. Elliot and Lizzie A. (Davidson).


Sept. 29 ....


Boovett, Amy.


Josephi E. and Mary E. (Berry).


April 28 .. .


Brown, Hattie Lee.


Ephraim Reed and Mary E. Brown.


May 17 ..


Burnett, Albert Edward.


Gilbert Quinn and Laura Burnett.


May 30


Coburn, Charles Peter


John F. and Mary (Bennett).


Jan. 2. Crabb, Samuel Hoyt.


Charles and Melinda ( Hoyt).


June 13 ..


Drew, Ann Beatrice ..


Frank C. and Jennie B. (Greig).


June 2


Fletcher, Gladys Josephine


.J. Willard and Miletta L. (Wilder.)


July 21.


Flynn, John Leo.


John and Ellen (Digan).


Nov. 1


Foster, Benjamin ..


Isaac and Mary (Swine).


Feb. 11


Gower, George Edwin ..


William and Mary J. (Jones).


May 5 ..


Hodgman, Evelina Frances


Fred'ck L. and Mary E. (Butterwortlı).


Sept. 8. Horan, Mary Catherine ..


John H. and Margaret M. (Dunn).


May 10 . Hughes, Clara Eva ...


Thomas and Olive L. (Provost).


March 31 .. Ingalls, Arthur Elton.


George W. and Maria L. (Spaulding).


May 29, '80


Ingalls, Harry Melvin.


George W. and Maria L. (Spaulding).


Nov. 6, '89


Johnson, Frank Clifford


Wallace W. and Annie (Matthews).


Nov. 18 ...


Keefe, Stephen Willianı ..


Michael W. and Annie (Precious).


Oct. 15. .


Kittredge, Elizabeth Amanda ..


William L. and Addie M. (Fisher).


Feb. 16


Lambert. Lucy Tolles.


George A. and Alice M. (Keyes.) George A. and Mary (Griffin).


Oct. 28


Miller, Gustave Albert.


Sept. 25.


Miller, Mabel Blanche ..


Frank E. and Lillian B. ( Whitney). Patrick and Mary J. (McGlincha.)


July 25.


Moran, Harriet Bridget


Bernard and Mary T. (O'Brien).


July 7.


Moss, Mary Elizabeth


Arthur E. and Elizabeth (Loynes).


Oct. 2.


O'Brien. Mary Elizabeth


May 7.


Polley, Winifred Lucia


John and Margaret (Tammahill). Robert W. and Grace A. (Putney). John J. and Effie B. (Clement).


April 20. .


Smith Louisa Helen.


J. Frederick and Mary L. (Tower). Richard and Grace (Medway)


May 11


Stewart, Emily Ann ..


Cornelius and Harriet E. (Hoyt).


Aug. 16


Symmes. Martha Eliza ..


William E. and Laura E. (Noyes).


May 7.


Taylor, James Edgar.


John P. and Fanny (Tyler). Edward B. and Helen E. ( Young).


April 21.


Whitney, Hamilton Edson


Julian and Sarah (Gray).


June 26.


Wing, Blanche Gracie


Thomas and Sarah Jane (Keyser).


Jan. 26.


Woods, Jessie Margaret


Myron J. and Mary J. (Mills).


April 8.


Wright, Walter ..


Frank C. and Mary A. (Decatur).


Jan. 16.


Leland. Edward Frank.


Jan. 23.


McClenna, Inez Mabelle.


Alvin and Lillian (Spaulding). A. P. and Selma (Anderson).


Aug. 22.


Mooney, Walter Henry.


Jan. 31


Quessy, Hilda Bell


May 27.


Stancombe, Lilla May


July 20


Whipple, Susan Flagg


One omitted.


Whole number recorded, 41 ; number born in 1889, males 15, females 25, total 40; of native parentage, 19; of foreign parentage, 12: of mixed parentage. 9.


( 7 )


MARRIAGES


Recorded by the Town Clerk, of Westford, A. D. 1889.


Date.


NAMES.


En Age.


RESIDENCE.


BIRTH-PLACE.


Dec. 8. ....


Aiken, Samuel A ..


24


Westford


Canada. Foxfield, Ire.


Sept. 11. ..


Austin, George A.


20


66


Franklin, Vt.


Dec. 25


. .


Bridgeford, Joseph H ..


21


66


Derbyshire, Eng.


Caldwell, Ethel A.


16


66


Lowell.


Jan. 23.


Cameron. Alexander Flint.


25


66


Westford. Williamsburg, Ont. Rowe.


March 25 ..


Carpenter. Eugene Freeman .. Hamlin, Gertrude Rebecca F. Carr. Michael


42


Lowell.


Tyrone, Ire. Connecticut.


April 13 ..


Carrick, Thomas


27


66


England.


Sept. 2


Caunter, John H


25


66


England.


Jan. 16. ..


Clowry, Hardon Seamon


25


66


Nova Scotia.


Crabb, Sarah Margaret.


20


66


New Brunswick.


May 29


Coburn, John F


33


Westford.


April 4 .


Day, Quincy Warren


21


Westford.


April 11. . .


Sharp, Ada Annetta. Foster, John.


23


England. England.


Aug. 21. . .


Fraser, James E ..


30


Groton


Nova Scotia.


Dec. 12.


Galbraith. James


35


Canada.


Canada.


Mar. 31.


Hackett, James.


26


Groton


Groton.


Nov. 25.


Hunter, William Robinson


23


Scotland.


Jan. 12


Jackson, James H.


24


Nova Scotia.


Dec. 24


Jarman, George


Worcester


England.


Lloyd, Sophia.


Westford.


England.


May 21 . .


Keefe. Michael W


32


Ireland.


Sept. 22.


Martin, John.


24


Littleton ..


Westport, N. Y.


Aug. 20. . .


McDougall, Alexander Hosmer, Hattie


19


Lowell.


March 3 ....


Quinn, John William.


22


England.


April 22. ..


Rose, Frank A ...


26


Cambridge


Belmont.


March 6 .. ..


Spaulding, John Frederick.


23


Westford.


McNaughton, Jennie B.


21


Scotland.


Oct. 30. Stephens. Joseph P. Varisto, Anna E ..


32 Westford


Cambridge.


Sept. 10.


Wing, Charles Howard.


24


Lowell ..


Stetson, Me. Lowell.


Bennett, Ella


22


Westford


Number of marriages recorded .. 26


Number solemnized in Westford. 12


Westford grooms 16 Westford brides. 24 Between natives 5


Between foreigners. 10


Between natives and foreigners 12 Second marriage of groom .. 4 Solemnized by Westford clergyinen 9


Jan. 1.


O'Brien, Bridget.


40


Westford 66


England.


Odell, Amine


20


New Brunswick.


Bennett, Mary.


21


England.


24


New Brunswick.


Kirk, Margaret Ann


21


66


22


Westford.


Westford.


Arthur, Maggie S


20


Westford


Canada.


Moore, Sarah Christina.


22


Westford.


New Brunswick.


Staples, Christina Stacy


19


Lowell.


Minnesota.


Clement, Helena


22


Maine.


Precious. Annie ..


21


England.


Keyser, Josephine A.


28


Westford.


Groton.


28


Scotland.


McGarry, Mary Tracy.


22


66


England.


Splaine, Margaret L.


23


Westford,


Westford.


39


Worcester.


Jamaica.


Nutting, Addie ..


19


23


Lowell.


20


Gardner


18


Westford


Westford.


Cockroft, Sarah Ann


30


66


66


Decater, Nancy A.


Westford. .6


34 27


66


Mckeon, Alice A.


19


Groton.


Garity, Esther Genevieve ....


( 8 )


DEATHS


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1889.


Date.


NAMES.


AGE.


Dec. 15 ..


Blodgett, Mary-resident of Groton.


77


9


. .


Sept. 23 ..


Boyden, Miranda K. (Hall)-wife of Wallace ..


58


·


. .


Mar. 11 ..


Carver, John E .- resident of Boston.


46


9


. .


Dec. 11 ..


Clark Annie A .- resident of Shirley


24


9


24


May 2 .. Cummings, Artemas W .- son of Timothy & Eliz'th (Whitm'n Dillon, James-son of Thomas and Agnes (Dignum).




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