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Stinchfield, John K., graduate Bowdoin Medical College.
Stinchfield, Charles K., graduate Bowdoin Medical College. Turner, George W.
Turner, Thomas.
Turner, John, graduate Bowdoin Medical College.
Turner, Benjamin, graduate Bowdoin Medical College.
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LAWYERS AND JUDGES.
Boothby, Stephen, graduate Colby.
Bridgham, Thomas W., graduate Colby.
Gilmore, R. H., graduate Bowdoin.
Hutchins, C. K., graduate Bowdoin. Jennings, Orville, graduate Bowdoin.
Knapp, Cyrus, Judge.
Lothrop, Jeremiah, graduate Bowdoin.
Lothrop, V. W., graduate Bowdoin.
Lindsey, John, graduate Bowdoin, Judge.
Otis, John, graduate Bowdoin, member of 3Ist Congress.
Stinchfield, S. D., graduate Bowdoin, Judge.
Stinchfield, A. G., graduate Bowdoin.
Stinchfield, O. O., graduate Amherst.
MINISTERS.
Boothby, Samuel, Baptist Minister.
Berry, Loren F., Congregational Minister.
Bishop-son of Welcome.
Carver, Elezer, Baptist Minister.
Carver, W. W., Baptist Minister.
Carver, F., Baptist Minister.
Francis, Thomas D., Baptist Minister, first in the town.
Foss, Walter, Baptist Minister.
Foss, Richard, Baptist Minister.
Foster, W. H., Methodist Minister, more than one-half cen- tury.
Gordon, G. C., Christian Minister.
Gould, L. P., Free Baptist Minister.
Howard, R. B., Congregational Minister.
Howard, L. L., Second Advent Minister.
Knapp, Aziel L., Minister.
Libby, Henry, Baptist Minister.
Millett, Joshua, Baptist Minister.
Millett, William, Baptist Minister.
Sylvester, Bradbury, Minister.
Wheeler, John, Second Advent Minister.
Wheeler, Asaph, Second Advent Minister.
OTHER PROFESSIONS.
Bates, George, Doctor of Dentistry. Howard, Fletcher, Com. of Pharmacy. Lothrop, Luther R., Civil Engineer. Millett, Ozias, Civil Engineer.
In the hurried canvass made by Mr. Russell L. Gould, to whom is due the credit of obtaining the foregoing lists, omis- sions may have been made, yet better so than that no record should appear.
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CHAPTER XII.
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN RECORDS-FIRST MEETING-FIRST OFFICERS, ETC.
The warrant for the first town meeting, that under which the town was organized, was issued by John Chandler, Esq., of Win- throp, and held at the house of Solomon Millett, April 6, 1801. Dr. Abiel Daily was chosen clerk and treasurer; John Whiting, Daniel Lothrop, Oliver Otis, selectmen and assessors; James Lindsey, collector; Levi Caswell, Stephen Welcome, John Jennings, Daniel Lothrop, Jr., fence viewers ; Isaac Collier, Josiah Turner, Giddings Lane, Thomas Lindsey, tithing men; Josiah Turner, surveyor of boards; Isaac Collier, sealer of weights and measures; William Turner, viewer and sealer of brick moles; Abiel Daily, Benjamin Millett, Stephen Welcome, Cornelius Gil- bert, Joseph Freeman, hog reeves; James Lane, pound-keeper ; Robert Elms, William Gilbert, Samuel Jennings, William Pet- tengill, field drivers; Josiah Day, Joseph Day, William Gilbert, Samuel Jennings, Giddings Lane, Thomas Lindsey, highways; Joseph Day, Levi Bates, William Gilbert, John Jennings, Oliver Randall, Obadiah Pettingill, school committee. Voted to raise $700 for highways, and $200 for schools. Caleb Strong had 60 votes, and Elbridge Gerry 13 votes, for Governor. April 30, Isaac Collier and Obadiah Pettingill were added to the Board of Selectmen. June I, voted to pay for recording the county roads laid out from Greene to Livermore and Monmouth. April 6, 1806, voted to raise $75 for town stock of powder, etc. May II. 1807, voted that the selectmen petition the General Court to grant the petition for incorporating a canal from Androscoggin to Kennebec rivers. November 16, same year, voted to hold town meetings at the Baptist meeting-house. March 5, 1810, voted to raise $70, to procure military stores. May 7, voted that the select- men be authorized to give a bounty of 25 cents to each person that shall present to them a crow killed in Leeds, at any time to the middle of July next. Nov. 5, voted to build a brick house to deposit the military stores in, to be completed by May first, 1811, and to put up the building of the house to the lowest bidder. Josiah Turner bid it off for $23. Dec. 20, 1810, voted to raise $130, to complete the stock of military stores and to defray other expenses. 1812, Nov. 2, voted to pay the detached militia men $5 per month, in case they are called into actual service. May 5,
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1813, voted to pay the Baptist Society $8 for the use of the meet- ing-house to hold town meetings in. 1815, April 3, voted that the town treasurer pay to the officers commanding the militia com- panies in September last, 60 cents for each man in said companies who furnished themselves with three days' ammunition while in government service. May 8, voted to allow 60 cents to each commissioned officer and 20 cents to each soldier in the militia of the town who were called into service and not drafted at Pittston. May 20, 1816, on the question of separation of the District of Maine and its erection into a separate state, Leeds voted yes, 164; noes, 3. Sept. 20, 1819, Elder Thomas Francis chosen dele- gate to the constitutional convention in Portland, and December 6 it was unanimously voted to approve the constitution there adopted.
April 3, 1820, for the first Governor of Maine Hon. William King had 141 votes with 5 scattering. Sept. 9, 1822, voted to build a town house. Seth Fish bid off the building for $246. Voted that he come under bonds in the sum of $300 to finish the house by September next in a workmanlike manner. Sept. 8, 1823, the first meeting was held in the town house. In 1824, Daniel Foss, John Keen and Stephen Rackley were licensed to sell spirituous liquors. April 4, 1825, voted that Mr. Elias Lane build the pound according to the plan, for $30. March 7, 1831, voted to raise $400 for support of the poor. Voted to notify town meetings, in the future, by posting notices at the town house, at Oliver P. Frost's shop and at Stephen Welcome's store. In 1832, April 2, voted to notify town meetings in the future by posting notifications at Metcalf's store, at the Baptist meeting- house and at William Turner's store. Sept. 10, voted to build a stone bridge over the stream near Robert Gould's., (Westerly from and near North Leeds railroad station.) March 31, 1834, voted that Israel Herrick and Allen Freeman have gates on so much of the road as exists between the southeast corner of Sam- uel and Israel Herrick's orchard and Allen Freeman's corner, so called, during the pleasure of the town. In 1836, voted to build a good, new float bridge at or near where the old float bridge now is across Dead River. March 7, 1837, voted to raise $650, for support of the poor. April 1, 1839, the constable was directed to post up copies of the warrants for town meetings at Walter Foss's tavern, at Stephen Welcome's store, at Stephen Day's store and on the outside door of the town-house. Dec. I, voted that Harvey Bates, Uriah Foss and Isaac Boothby, borrow $250 to pay the expenses of camp equipage, etc., furnished the soldiers drafted by order of the Legislature in 1839, and that they be remunerated (reimbursed?) from the town treasury.
In 1841, April 5, the town was divided into twelve school districts and the limits defined. March 8, 1843, resolved that the
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selectmen be instructed to use lawful means to suppress the sale of intoxicating drinks without a license in all places of the town. May I, the constable was directed to notify town meetings by posting (copies of) the warrant at the Center Meeting-House, at Union Chapel, at Welcome's store, and at the school-house near Thomas Owen's. Dec. 9, the town line between Leeds and Monmouth was perambulated. 1846, Oct. 26, the much discussed bridge to succeed the float bridge across Dead River was let to Josiah Day, 2d, to build. Price $300 and old bridge. 1847, March 27, voted to raise $2,000 for highways, $450 for town expenses, $300 for bridge, $90 for making road to Monmouth line. 1848, April 25, East Livermore line perambulated. Sept. II, voted to build a bridge near George Turner's. 1849, March 6, voted to build a hearse house and purchase hearse, harness, etc., for the town and to raise $100 for the purpose. 1851, March 4, the clerk was authorized to collect all the books, maps, charts and papers properly belonging to the town, and voted that, when any one takes out any of the above named, he shall be charged with the same; also, voted to repair the town house and that the selectmen shall erect guide-posts ; also to petition the Legislature to define the boundaries of the town. April 7, voted to prosecute all violations of the law in the sale of intoxicating liquors. Feb. 9, 1852, voted to aid the Androscoggin Railroad to the extent of $15,000, 145 in favor, 106 against. March 10, voted that town meetings be notified by posting notices on all the meeting-houses in town except the Friends. 1853, March 7, raised $500 to pay town debts. 1854, March 7, voted $825 for schools, $800 for the poor, $250 for debts, $200 for expenses, $3,000 for highways. A new burying-ground in District No. 3 this year. In September cast 143 votes for Lewiston as county seat and 48 for Auburn. Oct. 2, John Gilmore, Issacher Lane and Isaac Boothby, were chosen a committee to buy a town farm, which they did soon as Jan. 15, 1855, and it was voted that the committee who pur- chased the town farm procure all needed supplies for the poor, and February 10 William Robbins and wife were engagd to labor on and oversee the town farm and poor for $200 for the year. In April, 1857, voted to discontinue the bridge across Dead River near where Samuel Boothby formerly lived, and to rebuild the Foss and Stinchfield bridges. December 4, voted not to rebuild the buildings of the town farm, but instructed the selectmen to sell the farm and buy another whenever in either case they deemed it for the interest of the town to do so. [These buildings were burned November 25, 1857, and Mary Pease and Mary A. Bridg- ham lost their lives.] In 1860, Israel Washburn, Jr., had 171 votes for Governor and Ephraim K. Smart 120. In 1865, voted $1050 for schools, $500 for poor, $150 for repairing roads and bridges, $200 for expenses, $2,000 for town debt and interest,
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$2,500 for highways. January 7, 1867, S. L. Howard chosen selectman in place Aaron Winslow, resigned. March 10, 1858, voted to raise $150 for guide-posts. May 4, voted $300 to repair town house. 1873, March 17, voted to raise $400 for the sup- port of free high schools the ensuing year. 1874, March 9, voted that any corporation or individual investing not less than $3,000 in any manufacturing carried on by steam or water-power located at Leeds Center, shall be exempt from taxation for ten years. 1887, voted to abolish the liquor agency. 1879, Sept. 8, voted unanimously for biennial elections and sessions of the Legisla- ture. 1880, March 8, voted Isaiah B. Additon to go before the Legislative committee on State valuation at such time as he may deem proper, to effect, if possible, a reduction of the valuation of the town. 1882, March 13, voted that the selectmen procure a hearse and provide a place to keep it. 1886, March 8, voted to exempt the Lewiston Monumental Works from taxation for six years if they will locate at West Leeds. 1887, March 14, voted to erect guide-boards at all points needed and repair old ones as required by law. 1890, March 10, the Superintending School Committee were instructed to expend the undrawn balance of the free high school appropriation of 1887 in the maintenance of a free high school in District No. 10 for not exceeding ten weeks from February 24. The appropriations were: For support of schools, $1,000; for support of poor, $600; for roads and bridges, $500; for labor and material on highways, $2,000; for school text-books, $300; for repair of farm buildings, $200; for miscellaneous purposes, $500. Sept. 8, the vote for Governor was : William P. Thompson, 98; Edwin C. Burleigh, 97; Isaac R. Clark, II ; Aaron Clark, 3. In 1891, the annual report shows a valuation of $302,369, of which $214,385 is resident real estate and $63,208 personal. The number of polls 271 at $2 each. The treasurer's account shows total receipts $4,676.99 and total expenditures $4,521.84, leaving an undrawn balance Feb. 20, 1891, of $155.15. Under the vote of May 7, 1810, to wit : "Voted that the selectmen be authorized to give a bounty of 25 cents each to each person that shall present to them a crow killed in Leeds at any time to the middle of July next," the records show that $7.90 was paid for dead crows, in conformity with that vote. The amount paid called for 31 3-5 dead crows. Query-Who killed the crow that was roosting on the town line, or presented to them one only 3-5 dead ?
CHAPTER XIII.
LIST OF LEEDS TOWN OFFICERS.
Moderators.
1801-2, Isaac Collier.
1803, Oliver Otis.
1804-5-6, Capt. Seth Howard.
1807-8, Capt. Daniel Lothrop.
1809, Capt. Seth Howard.
1810-II, Capt. Daniel Lothrop.
1812, Oliver Qtis.
1813, George Turner.
1814-15, Capt. Daniel Lothrop.
1816-17-18, Capt. Seth Howard.
1819-20, Capt. Daniel Lothrop.
1821-2, Stillman Howard.
1823, Capt. Daniel Lothrop.
1824, Levi Foss.
1825, Roland B. Howard.
1826-7, Stillman Howard.
1828, John Carver.
1829, Stillman Howard.
1830, Capt. Seth Howard.
1831, Levi Foss.
1832-3-4-5-6-Stillman Howard.
1837-8-9, Ensign Otis.
1840-I, Leavitt Lothrop.
1842-3-4-5, Uriah Foss.
1846, Walter Foss.
1847, Uriah Foss.
1848, Stillman Howard.
1849, Caleb Carver.
1850, Oscar D. Turner.
1851, Ozias Millett.
1852-3, Barnabus Davee.
1854-5, Issachar Lane. 1856-7, Uriah Foss.
1858, Oscar D. Turner. 1859, Barnabus Davee. 1860-I, Uriah Foss.
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1862-3-4-5-6-7-8, Barnabus Davee.
1869, Oscar D. Turner. 1870, Barnabus Davee. 1871, Oscar D. Turner and B. Davee.
1872-3-4, B. Davee.
1875-6-7, Seth Howard.
1878-9-80, Rodolphus Jennings.
1881-2, Uriah Foss.
1883-4, R. Jennings. 1885-6-7-8, George Parcher.
1889-90-1-2, George Parcher.
1893-4-5-6-7, E. E. Additon.
1898-9, E. E. Additon.
1900, W. P. Foss.
1901, E. E. Additon.
Clerks.
1801 to 1803, Abial Daily.
1804, Isaac Collier.
1805, Abial Daily.
1806 to 1821, Thomas Davis Francis.
1822 to 1837, Thomas W. Bridgham.
1838 to 1841, Thomas D. Francis.
1842 to 1848, Barnabas Davee.
1849-1850, Friend D. Lord. 1851 to 1853, Franklin B. Leonard.
1854 to 1857, John Turner.
1858 to 1862, Gessius F. Jennings.
1863 to 1865, Davis Francis.
1866 to 1868, Joseph G. Gott.
1869 to 1878, John Turner. 1879, Charles H. Foster.
1880, William R. Pettingill. 1881-1882, Charles H. Foster.
1883, Gustavus W. Lane.
1884 to 1901, R. S. L.oring.
Selectmen.
1801, John Whiting, Daniel Lothrop, Oliver Otis, Isaac Collier, Obadiah Pettingill.
1802, John Whiting, Uriah Foss, Isaac Collier.
1803-1804, Oliver Otis, John Whiting, Robert Gould. 1805, John Whiting, David Woodman, Uriah Foss. 1806, Uriah Foss, Isaac Collier, George Lothrop. 1807, George Lothrop, Isaac Collier, Robert Gould.
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1808, Isaac George Lothrop, Capt. Othniel Pratt. 1809, Thomas D. Francis, John Whiting, Moses Stevens. 1810, Thomas D. Francis, John Whiting, George Lothrop. 18II, Thomas D. Francis, George Lothrop, Abial Daily. 1812-1813, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, Isaiah Beales. 1814, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, Martin Leonard. 1815, Thomas D. Francis, George Turner, Oliver Otis. 1816, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, Oliver Otis. 1817-18-19, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, George Lothrop. 1820-1821, Thomas D. Francis, Lewis Turner, Daniel Parcher. 1822, William Gould, Harvey Bates, John Francis.
1823-1824, Capt. John Francis, William Gould, Harvey Bates. 1825, Capt. John Francis, Harvey Bates, Solomon Lothrop. 1826, Capt. John Francis, Solomon Lothrop, Stephen Wellcome. 1827, Oliver Otis, Harvey Bates, Stephen Wellcome.
1828, Capt. John Francis, Solomon Lothrop, Levi Foss. 1829, Harvey Bates, Israel Herrick, Stillman Howard.
1820-1831, Harvey Bates, Levi Foss, Solomon Lothrop. 1832, Harvey Bates, Israel Herrick, John Gould.
1833-34-1835, Capt. John Francis, Stephen Rackley, Joshua S. Turner.
1836, Joshua S. Turner, Benjamin Francis, Issacher Lane. 1837, Harvey Bates, Benjamin Francis, Issacher Lane. 1838-1839, Harvey Bates, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby. 1849, John Gilmore, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby.
1841, John Gilmore, Reuel Foss, George K. Stinchfield.
1842, Josiah Day, 2d, Harvey Bates, Charles Knapp.
1843-1844, Leavitt Lothrop, Josiah Day, 2d, Benjamin Francis.
1845, Leavitt Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, Uriah Foss.
1846, Josiah Day, 2d, Uriah Foss, Thomas Owen.
1847, Uriah Foss, Thomas Owen, Isaac Boothby.
1848, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby, John Lane.
1849, Isaac Boothby, Peleg B. Caswell, Stillman L. Howard.
1850, Peleg B. Caswell, Stillman L. Howard, George K. Stinch- field.
1851, Stillman L. Howard, George K. Stinchfield, Davis F. Lothrop.
1852, Josiah Day, Cyrus Bates, Francis D. Millett.
1853-1854, Harvey Bates, S. L. Howard, Isaac True Boothby. 1855, S. L. Howard, Salmon Brewster, Uriah Foss.
1856-1857, Uriah Foss, Peleg B. Caswell, Isaiah B. Additon. 1858, P. B. Caswell, Isaac Boothby, Oscar D Turner.
1859-1860, I. B. Additon, O. D. Turner, Augustus Ramsdell. 1861, P. B. Caswell, Lloyd Gould, Samuel More.
1862, Benjamin Francis, Greenwood C. Gordon, Benj. Hodsdon. 1863, Benjamin Hodsdon, G. C. Gordon, Arza G. Lothrop.
1864, Seth Howard, Benjamin Turner, Henry F. Woodman.
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1865, Stillman L. Howard, Uriah Foss, Davis Francis. 1866, S. L. Howard, Davis Francis, Benjamin Hodsdon. 1867, A. G. Lothrop, Freeman Andrews, Aaron Winslow. 1868, A. G. Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, Benjamin Hodsdon. 1869, A. G. Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, G. C. Gordon. 1870, I. B. Additon, G. F. Jennings, Thomas S. Carver. 1871 to 1878, I. B. Additon, T. S. Carver, A. J. Foss. 1879-1880, I. B. Additon, William B. Sumner, John F. Jennings. 1881-1882, I. B. Additon, W. B. Sumner, W. Henry Francis. 1883, I. B. Additon, J. F. Jennings, Joseph Moody. 1884-1885, Charles A. Lovejoy, J. F. Jennings, Joseph Moody. 1886-1887, C. A. Lovejoy, Henry F. Pettingill, Joseph Moody. 1888, C. A. Lovejoy, Cyrus B. Lane, George T. Bishop. 1889-1890, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, G. A. Jennings. 1891, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, George Parcher. 1892, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, G. A. Jennings.
1893 to 1895, G. T. Bishop, E. V. Daly, G. T. Howe. 1896-1897, E. V. Daly W. P. Foss, S. Homer Deane. 1898-1899, George Parcher, Fred L. Additon, S. Homer Deane. 1900-1901, Fred L. Additon, S. Homer Deane, A. T. Barker.
Treasurers.
1801-2-3, Abiel Daily. 1804, Isaac Collier. 1805, Abiel Daily.
1806 to 1821, Thomas D. Francis.
1822 to 1829, Thomas W. Bridgham.
1830 to 1832, Stephen Rackley.
1833, Issacher Lane.
1834-5, Stillman Howard.
1836 to 1839, Stephen Rackley.
1840 to 1842, Issacher Lane. 1843 to 1849, Giddings Lane. 1850, Josiah Day. 1851 to 1855, John Gilmore.
1856 to 1862, Issacher Lane.
1863 to 1876, Benjamin Francis. 1877-1878, Davis Francis. 1879-1880, Seth Howard. 1881 to 1883, G. W. Lane. 1884-1885, Seth Howard. 1886-1887, Benjamin Turner. 1888, G. A. Jennings. 1889 to 1891, T. S. Carver. 1892, Seth Howard. 1893, C. B. Lane.
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1894, Fred Perry. 1895, G. A. Jennings. 1896 to 1900, T. H. Boothby.
1901, D. P. True.
School Committee.
"The value of education was impressed upon the children of the first settlers by their first teacher, that wise man, Thomas. D. Francis. The later families brought from their Massachu- setts homes that reverence for learning so characteristic of the sons of the old Bay State."
April 6, 1801, the people of Littleborough gathered for the purpose of organizing a township, and when they went forth from that meeting they were citizens of Leeds. An important feature in the acts of those organizers was the granting of $200 for the support of schools. A committee was elected, whose duty it was to supervise the expenditure of that money and pro- vide places in their respective sections of the town where the children could assemble for instruction. To them was the right given and the duty imposed of procuring the teachers. Not until 1824 are we able to learn from the records of the town, that a committee, vested with other powers and duties, were annually elected. It would appear, in the absence of proof, that instead of a committee of general supervision, the management of schools was vested in local agents elected from the various sections of the town where schools were wont to be taught. The members of the committee elected at the first meeting were: Joseph Day, Levi Bates, William Gilbert, John Jennings, Oliver Randell and Obadiah Pettingill. Nov. 7, 1803, Thomas D. Francis, Abiel Daily and George Turner, Jr., were chosen to inspect schools and teachers. Whether their official service continued until 1824, is a conundrum.
School Committee.
1824, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, William Carver.
1825, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Ezekiel Bates.
1826, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Walter Foss.
1827, Thomas W. Bridgham, Walter Foss, Joshua Millett.
1828, Thomas W. Bridgham, Thomas D. Francis, Martin Leonard.
1829, Thomas W. Bridgham, Simeon Foss, John Francis.
1830-I, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Simeon .Foss.
1832-3, Thomas W. Bridgham, Alanson B. Caswell, Barnabus. Davee.
1834, Thomas W. Bridgham, Barnabus Davee, Sands Baily.
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1835, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Walter Foss. 1836, Thomas W. Bridgham, Walter Foss, P. B. Caswell. 1837, Seth Millett, W. H. Foster, Franklin B. Leonard. 1838-9-40, Barnabus Davee, W. H. Foster, Seth Millett. 1841, Barnabus Davee, Stephen R. Deane, Samuel P. True. 1842, Stephen R. Deane, Samuel P. True, Benjamin Francis. 1843, S. R. Deane, S. P. True, Thaddeus F. More. 1844, Barnabus Davee, Isaiah B. Additon, Stillman L. Howard. 1845, S. P. True, Ozias Millett, Luther Thomas. 1846, O. Millett, Luther Thomas, Josiah Turner. 1847-8, Walter Foss, S. P. True, S. L. Howard. 1849, Ozias Millett, John Turner, P. B. Caswell. 1850, Ozias Millett, John Turner, I. B. Additon. 1851, Alden Barrows, Seth Howard, Ozias Millett. 1852-3, A. Barrows, Ozias Millett, Arza G. Lothrop. 1854, A. Barrows, Ozias Millett, Thomas W. Bridgham. 1855, Ozias Millett, T. W. Bridgham, I. B. Additon. 1856, T. W. Bridgham, I. B. Additon, Ozias Millett. 1857, I. B. Additon, Seth Howard, G. F. Jennings. 1858, Seth Howard, G. F. Jennings, Henry F. Woodman. 1859, G. F. Jennings, H. F. Woodman, Seth Howard.
Supervisors of Schools.
1860-1, George Parcher. 1862, Wallace R. Leadbetter.
School Committee.
1863, Wallace R. Leadbetter, Joseph G. Gott, Peter A. Bodge. 1864, J. G. Gott, Seth Howard, Rodolphus Jennings. 1865, Seth Howard, H. F. Woodman, J. G. Gott. 1866, J. G. Gott, Seth Howard, George Parcher. 1867-8, George Parcher, J. G. Gott, W. R. Leadbetter. 1869, no record. 1870, S. R. Deane (3 years term).
1871, J. G. Gott (3 years term). 1872, Rodolphus Jennings (3 years term).
1873, S. R. Deane (3 years term). 1874, William R. Pettingill (3 years term).
1875, R. Jennings (3 years term). 1876, S. R. Deane (3 years term). 1877, William R. Pettingill (3 years term). 1878, R. Jennings.
Supervisors. :
1879-80, R. Jennings. 1881-2, G. W. Lane.
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School Committee.
1883, G. W. Lane, G. W. Bates, J. C. Wing.
1884, George Parcher (3 years term).
1885, G. W. Bates (3 years term).
1886, J. C. Wing (3 years term).
1887, Wm. R. Pettingill, E. T. Clifford, E. E. Additon.
Supervisors.
1888-9, E. E. Additon. 1890-I, Laura Sylvester. 1892-3, F. H. Herrick.
School Committee.
1894, E. E. Additon, H. L. Grant. W. H. Bishop; E. E. Additon, Superintendent.
1895, P. L. Turner.
1896, E. E. Additon.
1897, W. H. Bishop.
1898, P. H. Deane, P. L. Turner, A. L. Thomas ; W. E. Gould, Superintendent.
1899, P. H. Deane; H. H. Herrick, Superintendent.
1900, E. A. Russell; F. H. Herrick, Superintendent.
1901, A. L. Thomas ; F. H. Herrick, Superintendent.
Constables and Collectors.
1801, James Lindsey.
1802, Othniel Pratt.
1803-4, Stephen Welcome.
1805, James Stanley.
1806, Phineas Foss.
1807, Levi Foss.
1808, James Stanley.
1809-10-II, Stephen Welcome.
1812, Joseph Bishop.
1813-14, Phineas Foss.
1815, George Lothrop.
1816, Stephen Welcome.
1817, Levi Foss. 1818, Levi Caswell.
1819-20-1-2, Levi Foss.
1823, Cyrus Foss. 1824, Caleb Carver.
1825-6-7-8-9, Cyrus Foss. 1830-1-2, Leavitt Lothrop. 1833, Nelson Gilbert.
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1834, Uriah Foss.
1835, Peleg B. Caswell.
1836, Leavitt Lothrop.
1837, Stephen Day.
1838, P. B. Caswell.
1839, Joshua S. Turner.
1840, Phillips Turner.
1841, Giddings Lane.
1842, Phillips Turner.
1843-4-5, Issachar Lane.
1846-7-8-9-50-1, John D. Millett.
1852-3, John Y. Merrill.
1854-5-6, P. B. Caswell.
1857-8, Oscar D. Turner.
1859, Jason Woodman.
1860, Solomon L. Lothrop.
1861-2-3, Jason Woodman.
1864-5, O. D. Turner.
1866, Benjamin Francis.
1867, Ward B. Howard.
1868, Russell B. Hersey.
1869, Lewis P. Boothby.
1870, Melvin Berry.
1871, Jason Woodman.
1872-3-4, Chandler F. Cobb.
1875 to 1882, Lewis F. Boothby.
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