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Census and Statistics.
In 1802.
Inhabitants
170,
Ratable polls 70%
1810,
552,
123.
1820,
6.
778,
164.
1830,
302,
1611.
1840,
1036,
..
181.
1850,
1041,
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190.
1860,
847,
187.
* Polls over 16 years at first.
¡Polls over 21 years of age, in 1802. Polls over 16 years were taken.
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State Valuation and State Taxes,
In 1802,
Valuation
$4,000.
State tax
$24,00.
1812,
7,680.
56,00.
1821,
38,201.
100,52.
1831,
49,231.
66
349,68.
1841,
139,067,
414,82.
1850.
.6
147,545.
296,99.
1860,
66
180,096.
283,87.
Taxes.
1803,
Town tax
$30.
School
$00.
Ilighway
$800·
1810,
66
50.
100.
1,000.
1830,
200.
330.
1,500.
1840,
66
400.
400.
1,500.
1850,
700.
66
500.
66
1,500.
1860,
66
1,000.
560.
1,500.
1868,
66
2,000.
620,25
3.000.
County Commissioners.
1839, Benjamin Allen, three years.
1860, Clifford B. Norton, six years.
Senators.
1833, Rev. John Thompson.
1850, Newman T. Allen.
Representatives.
1819, James Davis.
1822, John Gower, Esq.,
1824, Rev. John Thompson.
1828, Ezekiel Hinkley.
1830, James Stanley, Esq.,
1833, Benjamin Mantor.
1834, Benjamin Allen.
1836, Cornelius Davis.
1838, Francis Meader.
1840, Benjamin Luce.
1845, Truman A. Merrill.
1848, Clifford B. Norton.
1853, Hiram Mantor.
1860, Albert Shaw.
Selectmen. The following have served as Selectmen.
Years. Years.
1803, William Allen, Jr., 7. 1835, George Winslow, 2.
1803, Peter West, 1. 1836, Nathan Goodrich,
1803. Daniel Luce,
1. 1838, Newman T. Allen, 4.
1804, Nathaniel Willard,
1. 1840, John Gilmore, 4.
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800.
1820,
80.
100.
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1804, Levi Greenlief,
1 .1840, John Gower. Jr,. 3.
1805, Josephi Chesley,
1. 1842, Charles Winslow, 1.
1805, James Eveleth,
1. 1842, Datus T. Allen, 2.
1805, Thomas Johnson,
1. 1842, Francis Meader, 1.
1806, Josiah Butler,
9. 1845, Hiram Mantor,
3.
1806, Henry Smith,
2. 1845. George Gower,
5.
1806, Abraham Johnson,
2. 1849, Albert Shaw, 4.
1813, Bartlett Allen,
8. 1850. Daniel Hilton, 1.
1815, Nehemiah Howes,
2. 1853, Peter W. Willis, 1.
1816, Cornelius Norton,
7. 1853, Ira Emery, Jr.,
1817, James Davis,
3. 1854, James Cutts,
1820, Jabez Norton,
2. 1855, David Patterson,
4.
1820, Daniel Shaw,
2. 1859, John W. Mantor,
1.
1822, Corneilus Davis,
1822, Ezekiel Hinkley.
4. 1859, Andrew Phelps,
3.
1827, Benjamin Allen,
6. 1860, James Norton.
1. 1861, James A. Snell, 2.
1832, Samuel Shaw,
2. 1861, John Willis, 4.
1832, Phineas Tolman,
1832, Clifford B. Norton,
1834, Obed Norton,
1. 1868, George Mantor. 1.
1835, Samuel Patterson,
2. 1868, George W. Johnson, 1.
Town Clerks.
1774682
Years,
Years.
1803, William Allen, Sr.,
1805, James Thompson,
1808, Josiah Butler,
4. 1835, Asaph Boyden, 2.
1809, Silas Daggett.
1. 1837, Francis Caldwell, 2.
1810, Bartlett Allen.
8. 1839, Charles Norton,
2.
1811, Samuel Mason,
1. 1841, John West, 2.
1812, James Davis,
1 827, Newman T. Allen,
5.
Town Treasurers,
Years. Years.
1803, James Thompson,
1804, Peter West,
1. 1842, Nathan Goodrich, 1.
1805, John Thompson,
3. 1843, Jacob Hayes. 1.
180g, Silas Daggett,
1. 1844. Benjamin Allen, 7.
1810, James Winslow,
3. 1851, Newman T. Allen,
1.
1812, Sylvanus Allen,
1816, Cornelius Davis,
1820, William Remick,
1821, James Stanley,
1832, Ira Emery,
1834, Peter W. Willis, 1835, George Hobbs.
1. 1863. Mark Emery, 3.
6.
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1823, John Thompson,
1. 1860, Oliver Stephens,
1830, Ebenezer Swift,
1. 1865, C. M. Greenwood, 1.
22. 1867, Josiah Emery, 2.
7. 1843, Peter West Butler,
26.
1. 1838, William Conforth, 2.
2. 1853, Albert Shaw, 1.
7. 1854, Elijah Manter, 1.
1. 1855, Andrew Tibbetts, 1.
8. 1856, Nelson C. Luce, C.
2. 1859, James Elliott, 1.
1808, John Gower.
14. 1850, Oren Daggett, 1.
5. 2.
1. 1859. Benjamin N. Willis, 2. 1.
2 1831, Zachariah Withee. 1.
3. 1834, Clifford B. Norton, 1.
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Qualification of Town Officers.
Our early settlers had not the advantages of an ear- ly education which their children now enjoy and were not skillful accountants, it is therefore not so strange that mistakes were sometimes made. At the annual meeting in 1804, Capt. West having served as Select- man the preceeding year presented an account for fin- ger boards as he called them, the account was not al- lowed as the same were not tvell made and he was drop- ped from the list of Selectmen for re-election : but the town was unwilling to offend him as he paid a higher tax than any other one in town, and to gratify him he was chosen Town Treasurer ; on being notified, he re- plied, "I thank you gentlemen, I'l accept," and the first claim that I pay will be Peter West's, for "finger boards."
Capt. Thompson having served three years as Town Treasurer as successor to Capt. West, declined a re-elec- tion the fourth year, and as a reason said "he could not afford, it" the office run him in debt every year."- "He paid out more than he received." He was request- ed to present his account and it should be allowed : he replied that he "kept no account," "that he had made no account of debt or credit during the three years."- Being regarded as an honest patriotic man the town heard his verbal statement and allowed him a small sum (with which he was satisfied) and chose a man who had been a sea captain in his stead and directed him to keep an account of his doings. The next year the captain brought in his account entered in a Treasury Book and declined a re-election because his book would not tell the truth, that he had charged all the bills paid, and entered all the orders he had drawn on col- lectors to pay bills with : that he had done all the bu- siness by orders and bills, had not received or paid a dollar in money on the town's account, but his book shew a considerable balance due to him which he knew was not the case.
These are specimens of some the early doings in the Treasury Department of the town,
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Survey of the Lands.
Settlers had taken possession of the lands without any regular survey. In September 1802 a survey of their lots was made by Lemuel Perham under the in- spection of Isaac Pillsbury, of Hallowell, the Proprie- tor's Agent, and Samuel Prescott and Frances Mayhew of New Sharon were agreed upon as chairmen to run out a lot for each settler agreeable to a resolve of the General Court.
The survey was commenced at Thompson's corner and proceeded south on a range line and the lots were numbered and marked on that line from one to nine. They then returned to the place of beginning and pro- ceeded west, laid out two lots on the rear of the sec- ond range and then extended north and then south from Hinkley's corner till twenty-four lots were sur- veyed.
On the third day I took my first lesson in surveying with the surveyor. We commenced at a small beach tree a few rods south of where George Hobbs house stands and made and marked corners for three lots, No. 25, 26 and 27, run west thirteen rods and marked the north-east corner of my lot No. 28, ran to the pond marked corners of No. 29 and 30, then run across No. 25 and round No. 31 and 26 back to the place of be- ginning so acurately as to hit the corner tree ; demon- strating clearly to my mind his skill and practical use of the compass and the careful measurement made by the chainnen. He thus proceeded from day to day till he laid out a lot for each settler numbering from one to sixty four.
Samuel Crompton's lot was No. 47 by New Sharon line, a good lot on which he made a good farm and raised up his family. When he commenced working on it in 1794, he had a little money sufficient to pur- chase his provisions for a year and until he raised corn on his burnt land and had money to pay for some hired help. He was an honest, blunt Englishman, was indus- trious and prudent as long as he lived, a man of integ. rity, punctual to all of his engagements and accumu- lated property. One of his sons, George, became a
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man of business and was a Deputy Sheriff several years.
il In 1810, Capt. Perham completed the survey of the unsettled lots, numbered them by the alphabet A. to S, nineteen lots.
In 1802, Cornelius Norton, Jr., surveyed and spotted the Lowell strip.
Sketches of Early Settlers.
Thomas Johnson was a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a sailor. He came from Martha's Vineyard to Sandy river in 1793, where he made some stop, ex- plored the land on the Patent and commenced clear- ing, in 1794 moved on lots No. 13, took up lots No. 39 and 40 adjoining, and No. 37 a mile distant for his sons. He had a large family and was poor but managed to make a living. He was unable to do much labor on account of his age and did not accumulate much prop- erty ; sold out in 1809 to Ichabod Johnson who came from Vermont and moved to Farmington, and was placed on the pension list under the act of 1818, and died soon after. His wife was a daughter of Timothy Smith of the Vineyard, possessed of good talents which she communicated to her sons. Mr. Johnson was a peaceable, still man. He had seven sons who all set- tled in Farmington, where by their mothers wit and political tact and perseverence, they for many years obtained a greater influence than any other family in town and were promoted to offices of trust and profit. Timothy, the second son became a worthy preacher of the gospel of the Freewill Baptist order, was a success- ful trader and was Post-master many years. Thomas was a colonel of the militia ; Abraham was a selectman and captain in Industry ; Joseph was a Deputy Sher- iff, then trader, Representative, Counsellor and Sheriff. A grandson has filled the most important offices un- der the Governor, at Augusta, Speaker of the House of Representatives und Senator and Mayor of that city, namely, William T. Johnson, son of William T. John- son who, settled in Madison at first, afterwards in Farm- ington.
Nathaniel Willard and sons settled on lots No. 3,
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14 and 15 at Thompson's corner, they came from Dun- stable N. H. He was a brick layer, was called an honest man but old and not energetic, he was Select- men in 1805 and died the next year. His two sons Samuel and Levi who settled in town were not succes. ful. Levi embarrassed himself by military officers, re- moved to New Portland where he died, and Samuel be .. came chargeable to the town.
Zoe Withee was a Revolutionary soldier and ac- quired habits in the war, unfavorable to prosperity, came from Londenderry in N. H. on lot No. 38, With- ee's corner. He experienced religion under the influ- ence of Capt. Thompson joined the Methodist class re- formed his habits and ever after sustained a good rep- utation ; with the assistance of an industrious family he made a good living and cleared up a good farm, ob- tained a pension under the act of 1818. One of his sons has been a trader and a selectman in town, and Town Clerk two years.
Archelaus Luce settled first on lot No. 18, on Bannock Hill sold his possession to Jonathan Knowlton, Jr. in 1798 and moved to lot No. 27, Davis's corner. In 1808 he sold to James Davis and moved away. He came from the Vineyard, was a hard working man, honest in his dealings, but of a roving turn and did not accumu- late property to pay for land.
Knowlton being unable to pay for his land sold his possession to D. Stoyells of Farmington who obtained a title to it and sold to Jacob Hayes, who came from Berwick in 1809, and soon after was married and lived on the lot several years, then swapped with John Pat- terson and moved to the south side of the hill where he made a good farm ; was prosperous, made money by keeping sheep of an improved breed, raised up an ex- cellent family, gave three sons a College education, was very industrious and prudent and esteemed as one of the best citizens of the town ; he died in 1853, leaving a good estate to his decendants.
John Patterson came from Damariscotta first to Farm- ington, thence to lot No. 32, in 1806 which he sold to Sylvanus Allen, who sold to his son Freeman, who sold
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to Withee and Withee to Simeon Williams. Patter- son moved to the adjoining lot which he sold to Mr. Hayes by exchange. He was not prosperous. He had several sons and daughters who came forward with a good reputation and accumulated good estates and sustained themselves by the influence of a good mother who was esteemed for her piety.
Capt. William Allen, was from Martha's Vineyard, and came first to Sandy river settlement in 1792, and thence to this town in 1798. He had been a clothier, trader and sailor, was unsuccessful, came to this place poor with a large family, did not own so much as a cow, had to hire one and was embarrassed with debts. IIe made profession of religion soon after he came here, and by the aid of Divine grace and the blessing of God acquired a good reputation and by hard labor with the aid of a prudent good wife obtained a comfortable sup- port for his family. After the boys, six in number were able to earn their living, liis four daughters were industrious and . all were brought up, and the sons were able to render him all necessary assistance in old age. Although he never acquired much property, he indulged a good hope of an inheritance in the world to come. His wife died in 1831 aged 75 years ; she was an excellent mother. He died in 1842, aged almost 87 years. The family have all removed from the town; three of the sons, Truman, Harrison and James are dead, also, all his daughters, Love Gower, Jane Rob- inson, Deborah Merrill and Clementina Cook. The sons obtained title to the land he occupied lots No. 30 and 44, also lots No. 26 and 28, from the Proprietors. The two older sons were often Selectmen, and he and one son several times Town Clerk. The oldest son re- moved to Norridgewock where he has sustained vari- ous offices of trust and profit and was twelve years Clerk of the Courts.
Francis Meader settled on lot No. 24, which passed into the hands of his son-in-law James Eveleth, then to to Hinkley and Trafton, and is now owned by Rack- leff. Mr. Meader was from Nantucket, a carpenter, a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner when he died
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aged 87 years, at $96, a year, was a quiet peaceable man, who had no enemies, was always rather poor, and left no estate.
William Ladd came from Mt. Vernon in 1798, settled first on the Meadoy lot No. 22, then on lot No. 21 .- His habits were bad, was always poor and moved away.
Alvin Howes came from Farmington, formerly from Marwick and settled on lots No. 45, was a successful farmer, did not sell or change his residence till he died 1850, leaving a decent property to his children, he was an honest, moderate man of strict integrity.
Atkins Ellis came from Harwich and settled in lot No. 35, in 1800. He had been a Revolutionary soldier, was extremely poor and his large family often suffered for bread, was never able to pay for land, gave up his possession, moved to lot L. and then to Ripley, was a pensioner uuder the Act of 1818, at $96, a year, and died in old age.
Joshua Pike, an honest good citizen came from Salis- bury and settled in the Badger lot No. 51, where he lived to old age, and then went to live with a daugh- ter where he died.
Elisha Luce settled on lot No. 33 in 1800, sold to Jonathan Goodridge who came from Lewiston in 1801. Mr. Goodrich was a blacksmith, made a good living had but one son, Nathan, who has acquired a good estate, and is esteemed as one of the best of citizens, is a Meth- odist, has often been a Selectman, and has served a regular course of militia officers up to Brigadier General ; his father was the first Postmaster in town had sever- al daughters esteemed for good habits, and all married well.
Samuel Stevens, a cooper, took possession first of lot No. 12, and then lot R, was not able to pay for land and moved away ; he was a soldier and become a Rev. olutionary pensioner before he died ; he was intemper- ate.
Paul Bradbury and two sons came from New Hamp- shire and settled first on lot No. 3, east sideof Bannock hill, and then on No. 54, by Starks line; they were moderate kind men and rather poor.
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Jacob Mathews, a rude sort of a man came from Mt. Vernon and settled on lot No. 9, in 1802, married a daughter of Zoe Withee, and after a few years sold to Moses Totman who came from New Sharon. Mr. Tot- man was worth some property, was a shoe-maker, im- proved his farm and gained property and brought up his family well ; his oldest son, Phineas, moved to Pis- cataquis county where he has a good reputation, has been a senator for that county, and is much respected.
This sketch may serve as a specimen of the carly settlers on the Patent.
The lots numbered 41, 42, 48, 49, 50, 51, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, part of 70 and part of HI. I. M. P. and R. containing 1500 acres were set off and annexed to New Sharon in 1832, being a very valuable part of the town.
The settlers on the Lowell strip were mostly from Martha's Vineyard, were possessed of some , estate, ranked higher in the valuation list than the inhabi- tants and were generally of a higher grade in society. James Stanley, from Berwick, William Remick and Samuel Marston, from Tamworth, N. H., and Daniel Shaw, John Remick and sons, and some other from N. I[. settled on the strip, proved to be valuable citizens, who added much to the reputation of the town.
Gilman Hilton, a blacksmith and John Huston, set- tled on the strip, were not so respectable, and their families became chargeable to the town ; rum ruined them.
Deacon Cottle, an early settler was a man of strict in- tegrity and much esteemed ; he was a shoe maker and made an honest good living ; he had no sons, but a number of daughters, who where well brought up and married well.
Jabez Norton, who settled on the strip in 1793, was esteemed a good man, was quite aged and gave up the care of business to his son Jabez Norton, Jr., They, as well as Deacon Cottle were from the Vineyard. Mr. Norton, Jr., was one of the best of men, a pious Meth- odist, mild and conciliatory in his manners, conscien- cious in the discharge of his duty, a friend aud admir- er of all good men. He made a good farm and sup- ported his father and mother on it in their old age, was industrious and prudent, was persuaded to take a mil- itary commission and was promoted to be a captain,
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but did not partake or incline to the vicious habit so common with military officers, of treating himself as well as his men, with intoxicating liquor at military trainings. At an election of field officers, at Starling's tavern in Farmington, Capt. Norton was an elector and while the others were anxiously discussing not only the qualifications of the candidates, but the quality al- so, of Starling's liquor, with some noise and tumult. He took no part with them, but took a seat in a remote corner of the room and struck a Methodist tune in a melodious voice and sung that beautiful hymn as fol- lows :
Jesus, at thy command, I launch into the deep And leave my native land, Where sin lulls all asleep.
For this I would the world resign, And sail to Heaven with thee and thinc.
Thou art my pilot wise, My compass is thy word,
My soul cach storm defies, While I have such a Lord :
I trust thy faithfulness and power,
To save me in the trying hour.
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Though rocks and quicksands deep, Through all my passage lie, Yet Christ will safely keep And guide me with his eye :
My anchor, hope shall firm abide, And every boisterous storm out-ride. With faith I see, &c., to the end of the Hymn.
'The noise in the bar-room immediately subsided, and all listened attentively to the singing, and he was re- quested to repeat it, showing conclusively the influ- ence of music by a pious man, when surrounded with the most unfavorable circumstances to quiet a tumult. The singing had a good effect, and the election came off peaceably and satisfactorily.
The settlers on the Gore and on that part of New Vineyard which has been annexed to Industry, as has been stated, were nearly all from Martha's Vineyard, and paid for their land before they went upon it, and had some funds to start with and were respected for their good moral character and christian virtnes.
Many of them were sailors, and were not farmers
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when they came to Maine, but the most of them suc- ceeded in making a good living, and although subject to much inconvenience for want of roads at first, were generally prosperous. They soon found it to be more profitable to make pork for market than to carry their corn forty miles to market. Some years there was a competition among them in raising hogs and making pork. Theirhogs averaged 400 to 500 pounds.
After their new farms were subdued and seeded down to grass, they turned their attention to raising neat stock and horses, and more recently to raising sheep for which their stony hills are well adapted, and some have grown rich.
More than half the early settlers who came into the town prior to 1810, were migratory and continually moved away, some of whom were the most influential and worthy inhabitants. James Stanley moved to Farmington, James Davis to Starks, Samuel Marston to New Sharon, James Thompson to western New York, Bartlett Allen to HIohnes' Hole, Sylvanus Allen to Nantucket, William Remick to Dover, Daniel Shaw to Bangor, Jabez Norton to Aroostook, Thomas Johnson to Farmington, all of whom have been town officers, and also Josiah Butler and Charles Worton, to Nor- ridgewock. The two first named, Stanley and Davis, had also been Representatives, and many others who were in good standing, and others of less note and many who were poor or worthless.
Henry Smith moved to Hallowell, Asa Conant lived in town two years and moved to Temple, William B. Davis to Dover, Jacob Mathews to St. Albans, Humphrey Clark to Alfred, John Coffin to Shapleigh, Jonathan and Eben Wil- liamson to Starks, James Atkinson to Mercer, Jonathan Bunker to west New York, also John Thompson 2d, Tristram Daggett to Parkman, Mathew Benson to Madison. Daniel Becdy to Phillips, Peter Beedy to Kingsbury, Archelaus Luce to George's river, Atkins Ellis to Ripley, John Patterson to Madison, Levi Willard to
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New Portland, Samuel Look to Georgetown, Nathaniel Chapman to Kingfield, &c., John Goodridge, all the Moody's, William Ladd, and others of the poorer class moved away after liv- ing in town a few years, such as Samuel Long- ley, Elisha Chesley, Aaron Whitney, Robert Luce. More than one hundred families who once had a residence in the town moved away, the most of whom are dead. Abraham Page came from Farmington, and settled first at the head of the pond two years, then on lot No. 29. three years, then near Rufas Allen's in Farming- ton two years, and at last on one acre of land on lot No. 27, near Davis' corner, where he died. He built a small log house in which he lived at each of these places and always depended on working out to support himself and family, was a stout active man to work for others but had no courage to work for himself he said because he was such a poor paymaster. His habits were temperate, accomplished a great amount of hard work, lived to an old age, and was always poor, was of a peaceable disposition, and might have accumulated a good estate by a proper applica- tion of his energies. No man in the country could use an axe or a scythe with better effect than he could and always received the highest wages. He often cut down an acre of trees in a day. He had no skill to manage business or to plan or execute work, but by the day. Several others made two or three removals before leav- ing the town.
The settlement of the town was commenced under very unfavorable circumstances on account of the gen- eral poverty of all and want of intelligence and de- moralized habits of many, but by the interposition of Divine Providence, remarkable success attained the of
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forts of a pious few, and of those who were well dis- posed so that when the town had been incorporated twelve years there were more professedly pious per- sons in town in proportion to the number of inhabi- tants than there were in the adjoining towns, settled under more favorable circumstances and the reputation of the town for industry, sobriety, prosperity and good management, was worhty of commendation. The town affairs were managed with unusual fidelity, and town- meetings were conducted in an orderly and correct manner, and attracted the attention of the other towns and induced many worthy citizens to settle in the town, and settlers on portions of all the adjoining towns sought and obtained annexation by six seperate acts of the Legislature, until within twenty years past, when the tide of prosperity turned. The establishing of the town of Farmington as the shire town has induced some of the most enterprising men of the place to re- move to that flourishing town, some have gone to oth- er places of business. Young men have gone to the far west in pursuit of wealth, and some to California for gold ; two portions of the territory have been set off and annexed to adjoining towns, and the last cen- sus and valuation shows quite a dimminution of per- sons and estates: and the accessions and remaining population are not so energetic and prosperous as be- fore these depletions and the efforts of the present in- habitants seem to be in some measure paralized.
It is hoped however, that as "there is a tide in the affairs of men" that the tide of emigration may ere long turn and that business may revive and prosperity be revived, and that the former good name, fame and reputation will be restored.
The early settlers of the town have all passed off the stage and the present actors are strangers of an- other generation or of a third generation, who know nothing of the privation and hardships of their ances- tors who penetrated the wilderness and subdued the farms and prepared for the comforts they enjoy. May succeeding generations act well their part, be industri- ous, temperate and prudent, make higher and higher attainments in everything that enables them in life,
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and prepares them for endless felecity in the life to come.
W. ALLEN.
APPENDIX. A List of the Voters in Industry in 1803.
Allen, William,
Marshall, John
Allen, Jr. William,
Moody, Joseph
Allen, Bartlett
Moody, Ephraim
Bradbury, Paul
Mathews Jacob
Brown, Joseph
Norton, Jabez
Brown, Samuel
Norton, Jr., Jabez
Bunker, Jonathan
Norton, Sprowel
Burgess. Benjamin
Page, Abraham
Conant, Asa.
Pike, Joshua
Collins, Lemuel
Robbins, Ammuel
Collins, Jr. Lemuel
Robbins, Jr., Ammyel
Chapman, Nathaniel
Robbins, Elijah
Cottle, Benjamin
Stevens, Ebenezer
Crompton, Samuel
Stevens, John
Coffin, Jolın
Stevens, Samuel
Daggett, Tristram
Thompson, John
Daggett, Peter
Thompson, James
Ellis, Athens
Thompson, 2d, John
Eveleth. James
Williamson, Jonathan
Greenleaf, Levi
Williamson. Ebenezer
Howes, Alvan
Webber, John
Johnson, Thomas
Winslow, James
Hosten, John
Withec, Zoe
Johnson. James
Willard, Nathaniel
Johnson, Abraham
Willard, Samuel
Knowlton, Jonathan
Willard, Levi
Ladd, William
Witham, Peter
Luce, Daniel
West, Jr. Peter
Luce, Jr., Daniel
West, Peter
Luce, Rowland
Luce, Truman
Jewett, Benjamin (61)
List of Voters in 1855.
Allen, Benjamin
Goodridge, Nathan Goodridge, Charles
Norton, Hiram
Allen, Charles A.
Goodwin, Alonzo
Norton, Samuel II.
Allen, Datus T.
Hatch, David
Norton, Horatio G.
Allen, Ephriam R.
Howes, John
Norton, Clifford B.
Allen, Albert
Hayes. Charles
Oliver, James Oliver, Thomas M.
Ayers, Stephen
Higgin, Barna A.
Bradbury, John S.
Higgins, John ('.
Patterson, David
Bradbury, Alfred
Hilton. D.viel
Patterson, Wesley'T.
Bradbury. Moses
Howes. 1 ...
Pinkham, Cortes
Boyden, Asaph
John-ou, Hemy
Butler, Peter W
Julwu Sieur ... I.
Perkins, James W. Palmer Reuel
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Norton, William
Allen, Samuel B.
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HISTORY OF INDUSTRY.
Bryant, James
Johnson, Nathan S. Palmer, Daniel B.
Johnson, William F. Rackliff, Henry B.
Bryant, Gilman Bryant, Win. M Bearce, Silas Brown, John Combs, Francis
Johnson, Zebedialı
Rackliff, J. Sumer
Jefferies, George
Knowles, Ezekiel
Rackliff, Samuel Rogers, Thomas Rogers, Thomas S.
Collins, Joseph
Collins, Jr., Joseph
Collins, Obed N.
Swift, Ebenezer
Conforth, Bateman Conforth, William Conforth, Jr., Wm. Conforth, Warren
Luce, Luther
Storer, Peter M.
Caswell, Salmon
Luce, Newall
Shaw, Albert Smith, Ebenezer
Daggett, Isaac
Ice, Jessie
Smith, Elijah B.
Daggett, Francis
Luce, William II.
Stevens, James
Daggett, 2d, Samuel
Luce. Jr., Win. II.
Stevens, Oliver
Daggett, John JJ.
Ince, 2d., Wm. 11.
Tolman, Moses
Daggett, Wm. R.
Luce, Warren
Tolman, John
Dutton. Josiah
Lnce, Joseph
Tolman, William
Durrill, Hiram D. Emery, Ira
Look, Davis Leaver, Joseph
& True, J. Bartlett Tibbetts, Andrew
Emery, Jr, Ira
Leaver, John
Edwards, Brice S.
Lewis, William
Tibbetts, Benjamin
Edgeomb, James
Lewis, William G.
Taylor, Daniel II. Viles, Leonard
Eveleth, Joseph
Lowe, Herbert
Viles. John II.
Eveleth, Jr. Joseph
MeLaughlin Richard
Viles, Joseph B.
Elliott, James
Miller, George
Viles, Dennes II.
Frost, John
Mosher, John
Weeks, Philander
Fogg, Asa
Mantor, Jolm W.
Webster, Isaac
Folsom, Daniel
Mantor, Elijah
Whittien, Issachar
Folsom, Jr., Daniel
Mantor, Henry
Whittien, James
Folsom, William Q.
Mantor, George
Willis, Peter W.
Frederic, Jolm W.
Mantor, Hiram
Willis, Benjamin II.
Fassett, Richard
Mantor, Warren
Willis, Warren N. Watson, Simeon
Fish, Elisha
Mantor, James
Gardiner, Renel
Mantor, Asa M.
Woodstock, Alexander
Goodwin, John H.
Mantor, Jolm P.
Welch, William Welch, Phillip
Greenwood, ThaddeusMiller Jacob
Greenwood, Hanibal Merry, David
Gray, Obed Norton, Obed
George, Albert S.
Norton, Obed W.
Gilmore, James Norton, Trestrans
Willard, Haskall
Gilmore, David Norton, Benj. W.
Whitney, Charles
Gennings, Rufus (181)
Norton, James
Yeaton, James S. Yeaton, Jonathan
Kennedy, Andrew Ence, Rowland Luce, Moses M. Luce, Elisha
Shorey, Peletiah Snell, James A.
Luce, George W.
Swift, Jr., Ebenezer
Luce, Winthrop
Storer, Philip
Ince, Jr., Luther Ice, David
Spinney, John
Shaw, Sammel
Davis, Cornelius Doyen, Abbott
Luce, Nelson C.
Tolman, Aaron
Eveleth, Benj. G.
Lowe, Daniel ('.
Withee, Zachariah Withee, Daniel Withee, William
Given under our hands, August 9, 1855. Signed, C. B. Norton, David Patterson, Albert Shaw, Selectmen.
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