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RIVER VIEW, MOUNT WILL.
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A most enjoyable man was Jonathan Abbot Russell, who lived on the Middle Interval road, and a more enjoyable family than his, when they were all at home, never has it been my lot to meet. Mr. Russell was born in Bethel and was full of reminiscences of the early town. He was a veteran school teacher, and probably had more pupils under his charge than any other Bethel man. His sons and daughters, after attending the town schools and a few terms at the academy, became teachers of public schools. But there seemed to be a fatality attending the family and every member thereof. The father died before he could be called old, then the mother and children dropped off one by one, and in a very few brief years, there was not one left. Betsey, Sarah, Matilda, Lavater and Solon, all had passed over that mysterious river which none are permitted ever to re-cross. No friends are dearer to us than those of our school days, and how deeply we regret their loss when they pass away in the ordinary course of nature ; but when a whole and interesting family are swept away in early man and womanhood, it leaves a void in the school circle as well as in the heart, which on earth can never be filled. To perpetuate the memory of early and dear friends is the object of this brief paragraph.
The beautiful view opposite this page, may be seen on any day on the road below Mayville toward Newry Corner. It is only one of scores if not of hundreds that might be selected along the river in its serpentine course through the town. It was on a bright, early summer day when this view was taken, and light and shade are beautifully blended at some points, and quite distinct at others. On the left bank of the river and the right of the picture, is the Sanborn place, first occupied by David Marshall, who deserted it at the time of the Indian raid, and afterwards by the Bean family. On the left, opposite, is the Merrill place, from which the old ruin of a house has been but recently removed. It will be noticed that the river here makes a sharp turn, being thrown out of its course by the wooded upland at the left of the picture. The mountain which forms the background is Mount Will, situated in the town of Newry, and is wooded nearly to its summit. It is such a combination of river, meadow, forest and mountain, which can be grouped in one small picture, that gives the peculiar charm to Bethel scenery.
Consider Cole was a Greenwood man, but he was often at Bethel Hill, and when there, provided he had the means to gratify his insa-
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tiable appetite for drink, he was sure to become intoxicated. On one occasion he crept into the school house which stood near Rob- ertson's shop, intending to spend the night there. It was a bitter cold night, and seeing him enter I followed him. He was camped upon the floor, and when I entered, he lifted his head, and resting it upon his hand, his elbow on the floor, he peered into my face and said, "are you the school committee? if you be, won't you have glass set in the windows to keep out the wind." I took hinr to the tavern where he had obtained his drink, and by a little coaxing and a few threats of prosecution, induced the landlord to take care of him for the night. At another time, I with another, found him late at night in a horse-shed, upon the ground, in a drunken stupor. It was a bitter night and the glittering stars looked coldly down upon the snow-clad earth. We raised him up, and each taking an arm, walked him off toward warmer quarters. As we were going along, he turned upon me, and having some idea where he might be going or ought to go, with a drunken leer, he enquired, "be you the devil?" Our interference on this occasion doubtless saved his life, for he could not have outlived that frigid night. Consider enlisted and went to the war and never returned, which was, perhaps, just as well. He could not resist an appetite long indulged and which was hereditary. His father, lying before an open fire in a drunken sleep, was roasted alive, and the whole family were slaves to the intoxicating cup. Consider and his brother did not marry, and the family has become extinct.
The early settlers were subject to many trials in their efforts to make homes in the wilderness, and not the least of their troubles was the prevalence of forest fires. At one time in autumn when the ground was covered with leaves as dry as tinder, for it was in a season of extreme drouth, fires raged on Pine mountain, and from that elevation the cinders were driven by the winds and caught in many places. It caught in the woods on the western slope of Grover Hill, and a little to the west of Joseph Wheeler's house, and in a short time the entire forest in that direction was filled with flame. The house was of bark-covered logs, and it seemed impos- sible to save it. Neighbors came to the rescue and worked with a will, but fell back, saying it was no use to expose themselves farther. James Wheeler then a young man, refused to withdraw, and appealed to the others not to give up, at the same time scraping the bark from the burning logs. This encouraged, or perhaps
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shamed the others, who renewed the attack on the fiery element, and. after much effort, begrimed with dust, almost blinded by smoke, and exhausted by their efforts, they gained the victory and the house- was saved. This is only one of many similar occurrences while the early settlers were clearing up their farms. ยท
Joseph Wheeler who settled on Grover Hill and came to town somewhat later than the Grovers, was a strong man, and his large family was an important addition to the plantation. His wife was also a model housekeeper and a veritable help-mate. She was. strong and vigorous, tipping the beam at two hundred pounds and enjoyed excellent health. When they came to Sudbury Canada from their home in southern New Hampshire, they journeyed on an. ox-sled in early winter, the wife and mother sitting upon a bushel measure, a boy four years old on one side, one of two on the other, and a babe in her lap. They spent the winter at the house of Mrs. Wheeler's brother, and in early spring settled upon their own land. Labor soon met with its just reward. The forests gave place to- cultivated fields, an orchard was provided, and two of the first three trees set out are still standing and are quite vigorous, one of them bearing ten bushels of apples the past year. It is a monster, its. trunk being over two feet in diameter. They also planted plum,. pear and cherry trees, provided for a large kitchen garden and were- soon surrounded with plenty and lived long to enjoy it.
The four stalwart sons of Elijah Grover, namely, Elijah, Jr., Nathan, George W. and Jeremiah, settled upon adjoining lands on the "Flat" road, leading southerly from West Bethel, and in physi- cal strength, they were probably unequalled by an equal number in any neighborhood in town. Fortunately they were peaceable men, and devoted their great strength to the subjugation of the soil. Nor were they at all wanting in intellectual endowments, and as citizens they were everything that could be desired. Two of them, after a. time, strayed away and both died in distant States, while the other two lived to be aged and were gathered to their fathers upon the soil they had aided in redeeming from the wilderness. Their lives. though for the most part "along the cool, sequestered vale," were fraught with good deeds, and their works of charity and benevo- lence will hold their names in grateful remembrance. Eight orphan children, adopted, clothed, fed and educated by one couple, and sent away fully equipped for the conflict of life. This is a record as.
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rare as it is praiseworthy ; a deed raised far above the level of ordi- nary charity, and which places the names of Nathan and Lucinda Grover high on the roll of benefactors. The lives of both Nathan and George W. Grover were singularly blameless, and it may be truly said of them that the world was made better by their example.
The sudden death of Dr. Philantheus C. Wiley when in the prime and vigor of manhood and in the midst of what promised to be a distinguished career of usefulness in the medical profession, was greatly deplored by a large circle of patrons and friends. He grad- uated from Bowdoin College in the class of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, studied medicine with his father and took his degree from the Maine Medical school in eighteen hundred and sixty-four. He at once returned to Bethel and commenced practice, for which he had a peculiar aptitude. In a comparatively short time, he had an extensive practice in this and the neighboring towns, and was often called to the remote regions around the head waters of the Andros- coggin. It was while returning from a professional visit in the Megalloway country that, in crossing Umbagog lake, the boat by some mischance was upset, and encumbered as he was with cloth- ing, Dr. Wiley was unable to keep his head above the surface and soon sank to the bottom. It was a sudden and sad going out of one of the most popular young men ever raised in town.
A model smithy was John Hastings, who long carried on the busi- ness at Bethel Hill. He was a fine specimen of muscular manhood, and Longfellow accurately described him when he wrote :
"The smith a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands."
To the boy and girl there is something intensely interesting in the operations of the blacksmith shop, and it was a favorite resort of academy scholars when I was enrolled at Gould's. With what won- der we watched the process of forging the horse shoe from the steel or iron bar, and the more delicate job of hammering out the nail with which to fasten it on. All was hand work then. He was a very industrious man, and,
"Week in, week out, from morn till night, You could hear his bellows blow ; You could hear him swing his heavy sledge With measured beat and slow."
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He died when by no means old, and that was the fate of most of his father's family. He left a number of sons who have made their mark, and honored their native town.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
OFFICIAL REGISTER-SELECTMEN.
1796. John Kilgore, Jonathan Clark, Jonathan Bartlett.
1797. Jesse Duston, Jonathan Clark, Jeremiah Andrews.
1798. Jesse Duston, Eleazer Twitchell, Jeremiah Andrews.
1799. Eli Twitchell, Gideon Powers, Oliver Fenno.
1800. Eli Twitchell, John Duston, John Holt.
1801. Eliphaz Chapman, Timothy Carter, Phineas Howard.
1802. Eli Twitchell, John York, John Holt.
1803.
Eli Twitchell, John York, John Holt.
1805.
Eli Twitchell, John Holt, Asa Kimball.
1804. Eli Twitchell, John Holt, Asa Kimball.
1806.
Eleazer Twitchell, Nathan Adams, John Kilgore.
1807.
Eli Twitchell, John Kilgore, Peregrine Bartlett.
1808. John Kilgore, Jr., Isaac Town, Samuel Kimball.
1809.
1810. John Kilgore, Jr., Samuel Kimball, Jonathan Abbot.
Jonathan Kilgore, Jr., Jonathan Abbot, Peter York.
1812.
Eli Twitchell, Jonathan Abbot, John Holt.
1813. John Kilgore, Jonathan Abbot, Samuel Kimball.
1814.
John Kilgore, Jonathan Abbot, Samuel Kimball.
1815. Reuben Bartlett, Samuel Chapman, Barbour Bartlett.
1816. Eli Twitchell, Samuel Chapman, Elias Bartlett.
1817. Samuel Chapman, Peter York, Jonas Willis.
1818. Jonathan Abbot, Samuel Chapman. Asa Kimball.
1819. Jonathan Abbot, Samuel Chapman, Peter York.
1820. Timothy Carter, John Grover, John Holt.
1821. Timothy Carter, Samuel Chapman, Peregrine Bartlett.
1822. Phineas Frost, Samuel Chapman, Peter York.
1823. Timothy Carter, Phineas Frost, James Walker.
1824. Phineas Frost, Jedediah Burbank, Timothy Hastings.
1825. Same.
1826. Phineas Frost, Jedediah Burbank, Ebenezer Eames.
1827. Wm. Frye, Adam Willis, Jonathan Abbot.
1828. Phineas Frost, Jedediah Burbank, Timothy Hastings.
1829. Phineas Frost, Moses Mason, Israel Kimball.
1830. Moses Mason, Israel Kimball, Elias Bartlett.
1831. Moses Mason, Israel Kimball, Spencer Drake.
1832. Moses Mason, Ebenezer Eames, Spencer Drake.
1833. Moses Mason, Norman Clark, Reuben B. Foster.
1811. Eli Twitchell, Jonathan Abbot, Peter York.
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1834.
Phineas Frost, Jedediah Burbank, Timothy Hastings ..
1835. Same.
1836. Phineas Frost, Timothy Hastings, John B. Mason.
1837. Phineas Frost, Edmund Merrill, John B. Mason.
1838. Israel Kimball, Moses Mason, Phineas Frost.
1839. Moses Mason, Israel Kimball, Elhanan Bartlett.
1840. Same.
1841. Same.
1842. Phineas Frost, Ebenezer Eames, Nathan Grover.
1843. John Grover, Nathan Grover, Wm. Goddard.
1844. Moses Mason, Wm. Goddard, Elias M. Carter.
1845. Phineas Frost, Ebenezer Eames, Elias M. Carter.
1846. Elias M. Carter, John Y. Duston, Alphin Twitchell.
1847. Same.
1848. Moses Mason, Ebenezer Eames, Eliphaz C. Bean.
1850.
1849. Eliphaz C. Bean, Charles R. Locke, Tyler P. Town. Same.
1851. Charles R. Locke, John B. Mason, Elias S. Bartlett.
1852. Phineas Frost, John B. Mason, Timothy Hastings.
1853. Elias M. Carter, Elias S. Bartlett, Eber Clough.
1854. Elias S. Bartlett, Eber Clough, Gilman L. Blake.
1855. Alphin Twitchell, Gilman L. Blake, Amos Young.
1856.
Elias S. Bartlett, Clark S. Edwards, Timothy H. Chap-
man.
1857.
Same.
1858. Elias M. Carter, David F. Brown, Nathan W. Ethridge.
1859. Elias M. Carter, Eli Foster, John Barker.
1860. Same.
1861. John Barker, Oliver H. Mason, Zach. H. Bean.
1862.
Same.
1863. Alphin Twitchell, Benj. T. Brown, Gilman P. Bean.
1864. Same.
1865. Gilman P. Bean, Israel G. Kimball, Sullivan R. Hutchins.
1866. Elias M. Carter, Sullivan R. Hutchins, David F. Brown.
David F. Brown, Samuel B. Twitchell, Charles T. D.
1867. Crockett. 1868. Wheeler.
Samuel B. Twitchell, Chas. T. D. Crockett, Elbridge G.
1869.
Same.
1870.
Samuel B. Twitchell, Gideon A. Hastings, Wm. H. God-
dard. 1871. Gideon A. Hastings, Wm. H. Goddard, Elbridge G.
ball.
Wheeler. 1872. Gideon A. Hastings, Wm. H. Goddard, C. Mellen Kim- 1873. Elbridge G. Wheeler, Charles M. Kimball, Gilman Chap- man.
1874. Charles M. Kimball, John Barker, Daniel B. Grover. 1875. 1876. John Barker, Daniel B. Grover, Charles V. Martin. Same.
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1877. John Barker, Charles V. Martin, Gilman P. Bean.
1878. Daniel B. Grover, Gilman P. Bean, Wm. O. Holt.
1879. Same.
1880. Daniel B. Grover, Gilman P. Bean, Charles V. Martin.
1881. Same.
1882.
Same.
1883.
Gideon A. Hastings, Elbridge G. Wheeler, Wm. R.
Eames.
1884. Elbridge G. Wheeler, Wm. R. Eames, John D. Hastings. John Barker, Wm. R. Eames, John D. Hastings.
1886. Same.
Gilman P. Bean, Albert W. Grover, Charles M. Kimball.
1888. Albert W. Grover, Charles M. Kimball, Eben S. Kilborn. 1889. Same.
1890. Same.
TOWN CLERKS.
1796-1800. Benjamin Russell.
1801-1812. Timothy Carter.
1813-1815. John Holt.
1816-1833.
Barbour Bartlett.
1834-1840. William Frye.
1841. Elias M. Carter.
1842-1843. Eliphaz C. Bean.
1844-1845.
Ira C. Kimball.
1846-1847.
Hiram Holt.
1848-1849.
Mighill Mason.
1850-1851. 1852. Wm. Frye.
1853-1854.
Israel G. Kimball.
1855-1857.
Benjamin Freeman.
1858-1860.
Charles Mason.
1861-1862.
Albert L. Burbank.
1863.
Albert S. Twitchell.
1864.
Oliver H. Mason.
1865-1866.
Charles Mason.
1867. Enoch Foster, Jr.
1868-1873. Leander T. Barker.
1874-1876. Goodwin R. Wiley.
1877-1891. Leander T. Barker.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Benjamin Russell, Eli Twitchell, James Walker, Barbour Bartlett, Jedediah Burbank, Elias Grover,
Eliphaz C. Bean,
Thaddeus P. Bartlett. Mighill Mason,
Phineas Frost,
James Walker, 2d,
Jonathan Abbott,
1885.
1887.
Gideon A. Hastings.
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John Grover, Moses Mason, Joel C. Virgin, Henry Ward,
Abernethy Grover, Reuben B. Foster, Charles R. Locke, Aaron Cross, Erastus Hilhorn,
William Frye,
O'Neil W. Robinson,
John B. Mason,
Moses B. Bartlett,
Wm. B. Lapham,
Robert A. Chapman,
Charles Mason,
Leander Jewett,
David F. Brown,
Samuel F. Gibson,
David Hammons,
O'Neil W. Robinson, Jr.,
Amos Hills, Moses Soule,
Albert L. Burbank,
Oliver H. Mason,
Richard A. Frye,
Spencer Drake,
Wm. E. Skillings,
Gilman L. Blake,
Ellery C. Park,
Enoch Foster,
Hiram Hodsdon,
Enoch W. Woodbury,
Joshua G. Rich,
Addison E. Herrick,
James H. Barrows,
Timothy Carter,
Leslie H. Mason.
REPRESENTATIVES.
The following Bethel men have represented the town, or the dis- trict of which the town forms a part, in the State Legislature :
Eliphaz Chapman, 1808-11.
John Kilgore, 1811-12.
Moses Mason, 1812-17.
Samuel Chapman, 1818. Moses Mason, Jr., 1819. Phineas Frost, 1853.
John Grover, 1820-1.
Barbour Bartlett, 1822.
Timothy Hastings, 1825-6.
Phineas Frost, 1828-9. O'Neil W. Robinson, 1832. Asa Kimball, 1833-5. Ebenezer Eames, 1836-7.
Phineas Frost, 1838-9. Timothy Hastings, 1840-1. William Frye, 1842-3. James Walker, 1845.
SENATORS.
John Grover, 1827-30. William Frye, 1844-5. Robert A. Chapman, 1850-2. Almon Twitchell, 1856-7.
Phineas Frost, 1846. Nathan Grover, 1849.
Eliphaz C. Bean, 1851.
Gideon A. Hastings, 1852.
Ira C. Kimball, 1856-7. Eber Clough, 1858. Jedediah T. Kimball, 1861-2. John Barker, 1864-5. Israel G. Kimball, 1869-70.
Moses C. Foster, 1871-2. @ Pinckney Burnham, 1875-6. Samuel B. Twitchell 1880-1.
Charles M. Kimball, 1882-9. Addison E. Herrick, 1890.
COUNCILLORS.
Moses Mason, 1843-5. Elias M. Carter, 1848. Abernethy Grover, 1856. Benjamin Freeman, 1858.
Elias M. Carter,
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OTHER STATE OFFICERS.
Enoch W. Woodbury, Trustee Insane Hospital. Enoch W. Woodbury, Valuation Commissioner, 1890. Enoch Foster, Associate Justice S. J. Court, 1884.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
BRIEF SKETCH OF HANOVER.
HE component parts of Hanover are Howard's Gore and that part of original Bethel situated on the north side of the Androscoggin River, between Newry Corner and Rum- ford. The town is somewhat triangular in form, the apex being at Newry line near the mouth of Bear River, and the base on Rumford line. The north side borders on Newry south line, and the south line follows the course of the Androscoggin River. Bear mountain is on the north line, partly in Newry, and Bartlett mountain is near the center of the town. Howard's Pond is situated in the north- easterly part of the town, and its outlet flows southeasterly and into- Androscoggin river about a mile from Rumford line. On this out- let are several mills, which form the nucleus around which is Hano- ver Village. Howard's Gore was a tract of land left in running out the towns of Bethel, Newry and Rumford, and contained about twenty-one hundred acres. It was purchased of Massachusetts in seventeen hundred and ninety-two, by Phineas Howard of Temple, N. H., who soon after came to Bethel, and subsequently settled up- on his gore. There is a broad belt of intervale next the Andros- coggin, which, for fertility, is unsurpassed by any on the entire river. Back of this are table lands, upon which the buildings are erected, and still farther back from the river are uplands which afford excel- lent grazing. There are also wooded hills, and the mountain sides are also covered with wood and timber. The north line of the town is about fifteen hundred rods ; on Rumford about six hundred and twenty-five rods, and on the river, about two thousand rods. Its superficial area is not far from three thousand seven hundred and fifty acres. The town of Hanover was incorporated by act of the Maine Legislature approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-three. In eighteen hundred and fifty, the population was.
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two hundred and fifty-seven ; in eighteen hundred and sixty, it was precisely the same ; in eighteen hundred and seventy, it had fallen to one hundred and eighty-eight, and in eighteen hundred and eighty, it was two hundred and three. In eighteen hundred and sixty, there were sixty polls, and in eighteen hundred and eighty, sixty-seven. In eighteen hundred and sixty, the valuation was forty-five thousand seven hundred and two dollars, and in eighteen hundred and eighty, sixty-four thousand one hundred and twenty- four dollars. A pond containing about two hundred and fifty acres supplies the water power at Hanover Village. The outlet of the pond has a fall of about three hundred feet before it flows into the Androscoggin. It is a fine power and is considerably utilized.
Howard's Gore was incorporated as a plantation March twenty- third, eighteen hundred and twelve. The warrant for calling the first plantation meeting was issued to Phineas Howard by Enoch Adams, Esq., of Andover, Justice of the Peace. The meeting was held at the house of Asa Howard, and the following officers chosen :
Moderator, Phineas Howard. Clerk, Asa Howard. Assessors, Ezra Smith, Stephen Saunders and Phineas Howard. Collector, Asa Howard.
The first meeting to vote for State officers was held April 6th of 1812, when five votes were polled for each of the several candidates.
At the meeting in 1813, Phineas Howard was chosen Moderator, Asa Howard, Clerk, Phineas Howard, Stephen Saunders and Asa Howard, Assessors, Phineas Howard, Jr., Collector, Phineas How- ard, Treasurer, and Stephen Saunders, highway surveyor. Ezra Smith was chosen surveyor of lumber. Voted seven dollars for plantation charges, and forty dollars for roads.
In 1815, voted to abate widow Anna Bean's taxes.
In 1816, it was voted to accept a road laid out from Phineas Howard's grist mill, southerly by Asa Howard's dwelling house to Bethel line ; also another road from said grist mill to the county road, a little westerly of Ezra Smith's place. This year the planta- tion voted unanimously for separation from Massachusetts, polling seven votes. The collector was allowed a dollar and twenty-six cents for collecting the last year's taxes, and Asa Howard and others, one dollar each for services as assessors.
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In 1819, Phineas Howard was chosen moderator, Ezra Smith, clerk, Joshua Roberts, Phineas Howard and Phineas Frost, asses- sors, Ezra Smith, treasurer and collector, and Stephen Saunders, surveyor of ways. Seventy-five dollars were raised for roads and ten for plantation charges. The plantation voted six in favor of separation from Massachusetts, and one against it.
In 1820, Phineas Frost was chosen clerk, and other officers same as last year, except Ezra Smith was chosen first assessor, and Barrett Howard, collector.
In 1821, Joshua Roberts was elected clerk.
In 1822, Joshua Roberts was elected clerk, Phineas Howard, Barrett Howard and William Tripe, assessors, and Stephen Saun- ders, treasurer. Voted to raise twenty-seven dollars for schooling, to be paid in wheat, rye, oats or corn-one dollar and fifty cents per bushel to be allowed for wheat, one dollar for corn and rye, and fifty cents for oats. This was the first appropriation for school purposes.
In 1823, Stephen H. Sprague was chosen clerk. A committee was chosen to examine the bridge over "Stoney brook." Barrett Howard was elected clerk. Samuel Jewett was elected assessor and Nathaniel Jewett, collector.
In 1826, Ebenezer Bartlett was chosen highway surveyor and assessor, and Ezra Smith, moderator, clerk and assessor. The plantation was divided into two school districts ; the three south- east lots were called district number two, and all the rest of the plantation number three. Meetings were now held at the residence of Ebenezer Bartlett. Eleven votes were polled this year for Enoch Lincoln, for Governor.
In 1827, John Y. Duston was chosen clerk, Ezekiel Jewett was assessor, and Sylvanus Lane, collector of taxes. One hundred and fifty dollars were raised for roads. Voted that future plantation meetings be held at the house of Washington Howard.
In 1828, Peregrine Duston was chosen clerk. He was the son of Jesse Duston and the first male child born in Bethel. He was also chosen assessor and collector. Andrew Stiles was also one of the assessors. Voted to accept the road from Andrew Stiles' water privilege across the brook, to the old road near Phineas Howard's.
In 1829, Caleb Perry was third assessor. It was voted to set off Caleb Perry from school district number one to Newry. Voted to set off Ebenezer Bartlett, Andrew Stiles and John Y. Duston from
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school district number two, to Bethel. Three highway surveyors were chosen, Caleb Perry, Ezekiel Jewett and Andrew Stiles. Fourteen votes were polled for Governor; Samuel E. Smith had twelve, and Jonathan G. Hunton, two.
In 1830, the following persons were taxed as residents of How- ard's Gore, viz. : Stephen Saunders, Addison Saunders, Milton Roberts, Elijah Russell, Isaac Abbot, Chandler Duston, Phineas Howard, Ezekiel Jewett, Samuel Jewett, Ebenezer Bartlett, Wash- ington Howard, Andrew Stiles, Eli Howe, Benjamin Foster, Wil- liam Tripe, Ezra Smith, Caleb Perry, Sylvanus Lane, John Bean, Ambrose Powers and Stephen Saunders, Jr.
The following were taxed as non-resident owners of land in the plantation, viz. : Peregrine Bartlett, Joel Howe, Jonathan Powers, Spencer Drake, Elhanan Bartlett and Edmund Segar.
In 1832, Ezra Smith was chosen moderator, Andrew Stiles, clerk, Ezra Smith, Ebenezer Bartlett and Stephen Saunders, assessors, Andrew Stiles, treasurer, George W. Howard, Addison Saunders and Ambrose Powers, surveyors of roads, Andrew Stiles, surveyor of lumber, Ebenezer Bartlett, fence-viewer and Solomon J. Hay- wood, field-driver. Voted to hold future plantation meetings in the school house in district number two. Samuel E. Smith had eleven votes for Governor, and Daniel Goodenow, nine.
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