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When Rev. Ebenezer G. Parsons was pastor from 1837 to 1851, the membership reached at one time the number of two hundred and ninety-five, the largest in the history of the church.
In 1867 the church was closed for eight months for such ex- tensive repairs that it was almost rebuilt and when finished there were dedicatory exercises, at which President Harris and Professor Packard of Bowdoin took part.
During April, 1894, the old church was burned in the fire which also destroyed a business block nearby. During the sum- mer the parish worshipped in the town hall. The site of the present church was purchased of E. B. Mallet, Junior, for $1,000, by the Building Committee, consisting of W. A. Davis, Chairman, J. P. Merrill, E. B. Grant, J. E. Davis and E. C. Brown. The contract was given to Jere Philbrook & Sons of Portland. The church cost $6,797, exclusive of colored windows, pews and hardware. Work was started on the building in August, 1894. The main rooms seated three hundred in the pews and one hundred and fifty in the vestry, making a capac- ity of four hundred and fifty in these two rooms. The vestry at one side can be opened into the main room to form a large auditorium. Three side windows were presented by Mrs. C. A.
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Kohler, of San Francisco, in memory of her mother and sis- ters, and also a cash subscription. Another window is a memorial to the Rev. P. B. Wing, pastor from 1879 to 1886. A window bearing the Christian Endeavor Society's monogram and mot- to was presented by that body, while other windows were given by Mr. W. A. Davis and Mr. E. S. Soule in memory of their moth- ers. The Ingraham Clock Company of Bristol gave a clock for the vestry and the Ladies' Circle, among other gifts donated the pulpit and carpet.
The pastors of this church have been Revs. Alfred Johnson, 1789-1805; Samuel Veazie, 1806-1809; Jozaniah Crosby, 1809; Reuben Nason, 1810-1815; Enos Merrill, 1816-1830; Seneca White, 1831; Cephas H. Kent, 1832-1836; Ebenezer G. Par- sons, 1837-1851; Luther Conklin, 1851-1858; R. S. Kendall, 1858-1859; E. S. Palmer, 1861-1863; E. T. Sanborn, 1865- 1870; John J. Bulfinch, 1870-1876; George Michael, 1876- 1878; Preston B. Wing, 1879-1886; Charles W. Longren, 1887-1889; Wilbur Stowe, 1890-1892; Edwin C. Brown, 1892- 1899; A. C. Furbush, 1900-1903; Silas M. Adams, 1903-1909; G. E. Woodman, 1909-1916; J. B. Carruthers, 1916-1921; J. W. Graham, 1921-1928; Dr. Phelps, 1928-1930; Henry Webb, 1930-1931; H. Emerson Akerley, 1931-1939.
During the seventies the Methodist Episcopal society of this town erected the meetinghouse now occupied by the Universal- ists, who purchased it in 1884. In 1867 the Yarmouth Meth- odists gave the Freeport Methodists their old church, which was taken down and moved here. This may be the building mentioned above.
In 1814 Freeport, North Yarmouth and Cumberland formed a circuit, with the Rev. Martin Reuter in charge and in 1833 Freeport and North Yarmouth were united under Rev. Cyrus Munger. Yarmouth and Freeport became a mission un- der Rev. S. M. Emerson but separated the next year.
An earlier church building was on the county road a short distance from Route 1. We are told that the interior was well finished in excellent wood and had high-backed pews. Nevertheless, outsiders called it "God's Barn." Parson Cobb, who was an able preacher, attracted audiences which filled the building. He also preached in the schoolhouse in South Free- port whenever possible. After a time the church was aban-
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doned and finally torn down when thieves began to steal the materials of which it was made.
The first movement looking toward the erection of a Baptist meetinghouse in Freeport was made in 1797. An old record book says that on the eighteenth day of September, 1797, at the house of Major James Rogers there was a meeting of the pro- prietors of the Baptist meetinghouse and it was voted to build a house fifty feet long and forty-five feet wide. A committee con- sisting of Messrs. Josiah Cummings, John Cushing and Nathan Wesson was appointed "to Hire laborers by the job, and pur- chase materials for building said meeting house and also to take a deed of the land in behalf of said proprietors to set said meeting house on."
However, it was not until a church had been organized that plans for the erection of a meetinghouse took definite shape and on November 4, 1807, another meeting of the "Proprietors of Baptist Meeting House," was held. They met this time at the home of Nathan Wesson, with Edmund Pratt as moderator and Nathan Wesson as clerk. At this meeting Nathan Wesson, Daniel Cummings and David Dennison were appointed a com- mittee "to buy materials and hire laborers to build a meeting house for the Baptist proprietors." They were also empowered to "take a deed of James Rogers of the land we wish to buy of him, for the purpose of building a Baptist meeting house thereon and for the use of a burying ground and give him one of the pews in the meeting house when finished, which he shall choose for the land."
On December 3 they voted to build the house forty-five feet long and forty-four feet wide.
It appears that the first meetinghouse was built in 1808 and on July 24, 1809, it was voted to accept it of the building com- mittee. Mention is made of a porch which was built on the front end of the house of sufficient size to allow for passages to the galleries, which extended around three sides of the audi- ence room.
In 1861 extensive repairs were made, the galleries were re- moved, the windows changed and the porch enlarged, after which the building was rededicated during that fall. The con- gregation continued to worship in this building for thirty-five years, when it became necessary to either make thorough re-
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pairs or erect a new building. During the early nineties the church lot was enlarged through the generosity of the heirs of Captain James Koopman and Mr. and Mrs. James Briggs, of Washington, D. C. During 1895, plans were drawn for the re- building of the old church and also for a new one. The plans for the new building were finally accepted on October 27, 1896, and on Sunday, November 1, 1896, the last services were held in the old church. On the fourteenth of October, 1897, the building was dedicated, the Rev. George C. Lorrimer, D.D., preached the dedicatory sermon.
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It is related that previous to the building of the first struc- ture in 1808 meetings were held from time to time in an old barn, situated near where the first meetinghouse was built. In this barn there was a hayloft where the singers perched them- selves, while the audience joined in from their seats on the first floor, which consisted of boards of more or less uncertain widths, placed across boxes, logs or any other convenient sup- port.
In those days it was considered as fitting and proper that when the good old minister made his annual calls his host should bring out the decanter and serve the man of God with
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the best wine the house afforded. Also when the "raising" was held in 1808 the good ladies of the parish cooked and served a famous dinner in the old barn and the menu included wine. This was also true at the "raising" of the First Congregational church of Freeport, at about the same time, and in fact at all such times the custom was to serve liquors, not for hilarity but simply as a part of the program.
Seventeen people united to form the church in 1807 and the pastors beginning with that year, were: Revs. Silas Stearns, 1807-1810; Ebenezer Pinkham, 1810-1812; Daniel Mason, 1813-1817; Robert Mitchell, 1817-1820; Benjamin Titcomb, 1820-1827; Enoch Freeman, 1828-1829; Ferdinand Ellis, 1829; Isaac Smith, 1832-1837; J. W. Sargent, 1837-1839; John Butler, 1839; E. H. Gray, 1839-1844; E. W. Cressey, 1845- 1846; Lyman Chase, 1848-1850; J. C. Morrell, 1850-1851; John Hubbard, 1851-1853; E. S. Fish, 1854-1860; John Rounds, 1860-1865; W. C. Barrows, 1866-1868; W. T. Sar- gent, 1870-1875; A. C. Herrick, 1875-1884; C. M. Emery, 1885-1887; J. B. Wilson, 1887-1891; George Merriman, 1892-1904; W. F. Sturtevant, 1904-1912; Fred A. Snow, 1912- 1920; Clarence M. Fogg, 1920-1925; Carl D. Hazelton, 1926- 1936; Stanley A. Bennett, 1936-1938; Clifford H. Taylor, 1938 to present.
The Universalist Church of Freeport is the second oldest church of this denomination in Maine, having been gathered January 18, 1805, as "The First Independent Religious Society of Freeport, Massachusetts."
A Universalist church building - also the second in the state - was erected by Joseph Lufkin and Solomon Dennison, both residing at Mast Landing, between Mast Landing and Freeport village, just beyond the residence of Louis E. Curtis. This church society was organized March 5, 1810, and dedi- cated by Rev. Hosea Ballou in 1811. The pastors were Rev. Thomas Barnes, who had formerly preached here, Rev. Jabez Woodman and Rev. Russell Streeter. This building was later taken down and removed to the village, where it burned in 1832. Another building was erected on Main Street on the lot where the residence of Norman A. Kilby is located. This build- ing was burned in 1861, after which the organization ceased to exist.
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Under the guidance of Rev. J. H. Little, of Brunswick, the Second Universalist Church parish was organized, January 10, 1884, in the Methodist meetinghouse on Main Street. This meetinghouse, originally a part of North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, had been torn down and removed to Freeport by the Methodist Society.
The petitioners for the permanent organization of a parish were: Seth Bailey, Charles Field, George L. Bailey, W. F. Sweetser, James E. Cushing, Ansel K. Rogers and Amos Field. The parish at once purchased the Methodist property for $1,000.
In 1887 an addition was made to the building at a cost of $330. November 24, 1890, during the pastorate of Rev. C. L. Waite, the parish voted to remodel the building according to the plans and specifications obtained by Mr. Waite. The church was finished, furnished and dedicated June 25, 1897. The sermon was delivered by Rev. C. A. Hayden, the dedica- tory service by Rev. W. W. Hooper and the address to the parish by Rev. Henry R. Rose. The dedication hymn was written by Mrs. Fanny Chase Hyde:
Our Father and our God, Wilt Thou not meet us here? Come very near, we ask of Thee, And lend the listening ear.
We dedicate to Thee This Church,'tis Thine, O Lord, Fill it with peace, and love and joy, And make it Thine abode.
As Thou did' st bless this Church In days that are no more, That Thou will grant Thy blessing still, Thy Children now implore.
Make this a sacred place; Fix all our thoughts above; May Thy pure spirit from on high, Send faith and hope and love.
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Faith to the doubting heart, Hope to the downcast soul, And love, the beacon light of all, To sanctify the whole.
Then let us fill this house With Thine own spirit, Lord, With faith, and hope, and love, and joy, And meet for Thine abode.
A church was organized by Rev. Herbert F. Moulton, pastor of the First Universalist Church of Biddeford, Maine, August 7, 1897, with the following members: George Henry Jordan, Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan, Mrs. Ida Ward, Mrs. Evelena Cushing, Mrs. Lucy Sylvester, Mrs. Mabel Tuttle, Mrs. Sarah Munro, Mrs. Lucy S. Stanwood, Hattie M. Weston and Grace M. Rogers. On August 29, 1897, Mrs. Charlotte Anderson and David Ward were received as members and John R. Weston by letter.
The following have served as pastors: Rev. Julian S. Cutler, Rev. L. S. Crosley, 1885, Rev. C. E. Rice, Rev. C. L. Waite, Nov. 14, 1889-Sept. 24, 1895; O. Howard Perkins, summers 1897 and 1900; Rev. C. F. Andrews, Oct. 31, 1897-Nov. 1, 1899; Dr. H. S. Whitman, 1900-Oct. 1903; Rev. Caroline E. Angell, 1905-June 1, 1913; Rev. E. C. Downey, Nov. 23, 1913- Sept. 27, 1914; Rev. Otto S. Raspe, Feb. 7, 1915-Jan. 30, 1921; Rev. Harry F. Shook, Oct. 1921-July, 1922. There were no settled pastors from 1922-1928. Rev. J. H. Little of Bethel, Rev. C. L. Eaton of Yarmouth, Dr. J. F. Albion of Brunswick and Rev. George W. Scudder of Bath supplied for one or more Sundays. Rev. George W. Scudder, Nov. 25, 1928-June 1, 1934; Rev. George H. Thorburn, Jr., Sept. 1936-March, 1938; Rev. William Dawes Veazie of Portland, Church of the Mes- siah, March, 1938, to the present.
The Free Will Baptist Church at Ward Town, or North Free- port, was organized June 28, 1842, under the name of the Free- port and Brunswick Church, by Elders Nathaniel Purrington, E. G. Eaton, and Ira Ridlon. The meetinghouse was dedicated January 13, 1843 and the parish was organized the same year.
Rev. Ephraim Purrington preached here for several years.
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Other old-school preachers were: Revs. Nathaniel Bard, Joseph Hutchinson, Almon Libby and A. B. Sherwood. Rev. John W. Lowden, a Bates College student, preached here much of the time while in college. The church was remodeled during his pastorate. Other preachers were Revs. A. S. Prescott, J. E. Pres- cott and Rev. Mr. Roberts. This church has been supplied by the pastors of surrounding churches much of the time. Services are infrequently held during the summer months.
About the latter part of the year 1854 the people of South Freeport (then Strout's Point), considered the necessity for a church. Consequently several met in the old schoolhouse on February 23, 1855, to take up the matter of erecting a meet- inghouse. Three committees were appointed, one to propose a suitable plan for the house, another to select a suitable loca- tion for it and the third to purchase the necessary lumber. After which they adjourned for a week.
Immediately after this meeting the Freeport South Church Society was organized, with the following members: Ambrose Curtis, Charles Bliss, Stephen D. Osgood, Emery Brewer, John G. Scott, Albert Waitt, Enos Soule, Gershom Bliss, Dan- iel Small, Samuel Bliss, Jeremiah Talbot, Samuel Osgood, Joshua Waitt, Washington Soule, William Chase, George Randall, Enoch Talbot, Horace Brewer, Silas Osgood and Benjamin G. Dennison.
On August 14, 1856, the new meetinghouse was dedicated and on the following Sunday Rev. John S. C. Abbott of Bruns- wick preached the first sermon. He supplied the pulpit for several weeks thereafter and for a time Rev. John Wilde preached, as the church was not organized at that time. Early in the spring of 1857 arrangements were made and on July 7 an ecclesiastical council was held at South Freeport. As a result a new Congregational church was then organized and various requests were considered for dismissal from the Freeport Con- gregational church and admission to membership in the new organization. Public services were held with Rev. Mr. Abbott still acting pastor.
The church building caught fire from overheated stoves March 16, 1884, and burned to the ground. Since there was no insurance this was a blow to the little congregation. However, work was soon commenced on a new building and on Sunday,
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December 4 of the same year the new house of worship was dedicated. Rev. Mr. Burnham was at this time pastor and was now engaged for another year.
Rev. Mr. Burnham going to a church in Portland, a call was extended to Rev. Mr. Perry to become pastor on February 4, 1885. In November, 1889, Rev. Arthur Smith became pastor and October 16, 1898, having resigned he preached his farewell sermon. Rev. George H. Woodward of Princeton, Maine, preached his first sermon as pastor March 5, 1899. He resigned in 1905 and Rev. George H. Hall was appointed his successor. Since Rev. Hall's resignation in 1907 and up to 1911 the fol- lowing have been pastors. Revs. J. C. Young, 1908-1909; P. E. Miller, 1910-1911; W. F. Lord and W. G. Mann were supplies until 1913, when the church shared pastors with the First Church. Again it became independent in 1929, with Dr. Law- rence Phelps as residing pastor. After Dr. Phelps's death in 1934, Rev. and Mrs. H. Emerson Akerley, of the First Church served until Rev. Akerley's resignation in 1939.
Interest in Christian Science in Freeport began previous to 1900 and informal meetings were held for a time in several homes.
On October 27, 1916, application was made by the clerk for a card in the Christian Science Journal, which was accepted and as all requirements had been approved, the Society became a branch of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
For some time services were held in Pythian Hall, then in the Univeralist Church for several years. At the present time the Society is occupying a hall at 42 Main Street, opposite the Li- brary, this being a more central location and giving the op- portunity for the maintenance of a reading room.
The Catholic Mission at Freeport was started in 1910 by Rev. Joseph D. Quinn, then of Yarmouth. Services were held at the residence of Michael Hunter and at various places in the village until 1931, when land at the corner of Main and School Streets was purchased and a church erected in the rear of the lot fronting on School Street.
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Board of Selectmen
1789 Joseph Staple, James Curtis, Col. George Rogers, William Brown
Joseph Staple, James Curtis, Thomas Means
Joseph Staple, John Cushing, David Dennison
John Cushing, Joseph Staple, Capt. Greenfield Pote
John Cushing, James Curtis, John Stockbridge John Cushing, James Curtis, John Stockbridge Joseph Staple, John Cushing, Col. George Rogers John Cushing, James Curtis, John Stockbridge James Curtis, Noah Burrell, James Rogers James Curtis, Noah Burrell, Barton Sylvester John Cushing, Joseph Staple, William Pote
John Cushing, William Pote, James Curtis
John Cushing, Joseph Staple, James Curtis
John Cushing, James Curtis, William Pote John Cushing, James Curtis, William Pote John Cushing, Joseph Staple, John A. Hyde
J. Cushing, Joseph Staple, Wm. Pote
J. Cushing, Cornelious Dillingham, Edmund Pratt
J. Cushing, C. Dillingham, Thos. Bicknell
J. Cushing, Edmund Pratt, Moses Soule
B. Sylvester, Moses Soule, Nathan Wesson
N. Wesson, Henchman Sylvester, Micah Stockbridge
N. Wesson, T. Bicknell, Thos. M. White
N. Wesson, B. Sylvester, Joseph Lufkin N. Wesson, B. Sylvester, Samuel Hyde
B. Sylvester, Moses Soule, Jr., John Webster
B. Sylvester, Wm. Pote, John Webster Wm. Pote, C. Dillingham, Edward Pratt Wm. Pote, C. Dillingham, Moses Soule E. Pratt, C. Dillingham, Wm. Pote Cornelious Dillingham, Wm. True, J. W. Mitchell
C. Dillingham, Ansyl Clark, Daniel Brown, Jr.
1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 S. Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr., Joseph Mitchell
Edmond Pratt, Daniel Brown, Jr., Joseph Dennison Wm. True, Daniel Brown, Jr., John Townsend Ansyl Clark, Samuel Porter, J. W. Mitchell Samuel Porter, C. Dillingham, Simeon Pratt Edmond Pratt, Ammi Dennison, Simeon Pratt Edmond Pratt, Ammi Dennison, Simeon Pratt Simeon Pratt, Edmond Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr.
1829 S. Pratt, E. Pratt, Thomas Means
1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818
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S. Pratt, Rufus Soule, Seth Bailey, Jr.
1830 1831 E. Pratt, S. Pratt, Thomas Means 1832 S. Pratt, Thomas Means, Seth Bailey, Jr.
S. Pratt, S. Bailey, Jr., Joseph Dennison
Josiah Mitchell, Simeon Pratt, Joel Kelsey
Simeon Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr., Thomas Means
Simeon Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr., Thomas Means
S. Bailey, Jr., S. Pratt, Joseph Dennison Ebenezer Wells, Thos. Means, Enoch Pratt
Ebenezer Wells, Enoch Pratt, Theodore Curtis
1839 1840 1841 E. Wells, Simeon Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr. 1842 J. W. Mitchell, Seth Bailey, Jr., T. R. Dillingham
1843 1844
E. Pratt, T. Curtis, Nat'l Josselyn
E. Pratt, T. Curtis, Nat'l Josselyn
1845 1846-47 T. Curtis, N. Josselyn, Simeon Pratt
1848 Simeon Pratt, N. Josselyn, Richard Merrill
1849 1850 1851
A. H. Wade, S. Pratt, Ammi R. Mitchell
A. R. Mitchell, N. Josselyn, Micah Stockbridge
1852 A. R. Mitchell, E. A. Hyde, William Gregg
1853 S. Pratt, N. Josselyn, Ambrose Pratt
M. Stockbridge, Charles Waite, Nathan O. True
1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Wm. Gregg, N. O. True, A. Pratt
M. Stockbridge, N. O. True, Joshua Soule
M. Stockbridge, N. O. True, Joshua Soule
1859
M. Stockbridge, N. O. True, Henry C. Brewer
1860
S. Pratt, N. Josselyn, Geo. W. Randall
1861
S. Pratt, G. W. Randall, H. C. Brewer
1862
N. Josselyn, T. Curtis, Daniel Brewer
1863 1866
1864-65 M. Stockbridge, N. O. True, Edward Pratt, Jr.
M. Stockbridge, N. O. True, Geo. Brewer, Jr.
1867 Cushing Mitchell, David R. Hawkes, Isaac Mann
1868 C. Mitchell, R. Hawkes, C. H. Pettingill
1869 M. Stockbridge, D. R. Hawkes, Isaac Mann
1870 M. Stockbridge, E. C. Townsend, Isaac Mann
1871 M. Stockbridge, D. R. Hawkes, John Burr
1872 M. Stockbridge, R. B. Rogers, John Burr
1873 M. Stockbridge, John Burr, Geo. Aldrich
John Burr, Geo. Aldrich, Thomas Ward
1874 1875 1876 John Burr, Edward S. Soule, Geo. W. Soule
M. Stockbridge, Thos. Ward, Horace Rogers
1877 John Burr, Horace Rogers, J. C. Kendall
1878 John C. Kendall, Thos. J. Curtis, Isaac D. Byram
1879 J. C. Kendall, I. D. Byram, Benj. P. Soule
1880 J. C. Kendall, I. D. Byram, Benj. P. Soule
1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 Enoch Pratt, Simeon Pratt, Solomon True
T. Curtis, A. H. Wade, S. Pratt
M. Stockbridge, N. Josselyn, David Grant 3d
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John C. Kendall, Benj. P. Soule, Sidney Rogers John C. Kendall, Benj. P. Soule, Sidney Rogers Thomas J. Curtis, H. P. Dennison, George H. True John C. Kendall, George H. True, H. S. Talbot John C. Kendall, George H. True, H. S. Talbot John C. Kendall, H. S. Talbot, Joseph D. Curtis H. S. Talbot, Joseph D. Curtis, James H. Banks H. S. Talbot, J. D. Curtis, H. W. Chase
George H. True, Joseph D. Curtis, Horace Rogers John C. Kendall, Joseph D. Curtis, Charles M. Chase
Thomas J. Curtis, A. L. Josselyn, Charles M. Chase John C. Kendall, H. S. Talbot, Horace Rogers H. S. Talbot, Horace Rogers, L. E. Curtis 1895-96 John C. Kendall, H. S. Talbot, Horace Rogers H. M. Cushing, A. L. Josselyn, R. B. Curtis H. L. Talbot, Charles L. Orne, John Lunt John C. Kendall, S. B. Holmes, George P. Coffin J. A. Brewster, S. B. Holmes, George P. Coffin George P. Coffin, S. B. Holmes, S. G. Brewer George P. Coffin, Willis Snow, S. G. Brewer Benjamin Coffin, S. B. Holmes, E. L. Porter E. B. Mallett, E. L. Porter, John Lunt
Elmer L. Porter, E. F. Libby, Levi T. Patterson E. B. Mallett, E. F. Libby, Horace Rogers
E. B. Mallett, Jarvis A. Brewster, Horace Rogers
E. B. Mallett, Jarvis A. Brewster, Horace Rogers
J. A. Brewster, John Lunt, Ralph E. Merrill
J. A. Brewster, John Lunt, Ralph E. Merrill E. B. Mallett, E. L. Porter, John Lunt
E. B. Mallett, E. L. Porter, Luther G. Cushing H. S. Talbot, L. T. Patterson, J. P. Coombs
L. T. Patterson, H. S. Talbot, G. E. Bartol
L. T. Patterson, L. G. Cushing, G. E. Bartol.
L. G. Cushing, H. S. Talbot, W. W. Fish L. G. Cushing, H. S. Talbot, H. G. Fisher
E. L. Porter, H. S. Talbot, A. W. Goodwin
1919 1920 E. B. Mallett, G. E. Bartol, L. G. Cushing 1921 E. L. Porter, H. S. Talbot, A. W. Goodwin 1922 L. G. Cushing, H. S. Talbot, Percy C. Pratt
L. G. Cushing, H. S. Talbot, W. E. Libby E. L. Porter, T. H. Soule, Aubrey Ruggles
1923 1924 1925 E. L. Porter, A. Ruggles, H. S. Talbot 1926 1927 E. L. Porter, E. L. Varney, W. I. Merrill
E. L. Porter, A. Ruggles, W. W. Titcomb
Ernest L. Varney, E. L. Porter, William I. Merrill
1928 1929 Ernest L. Varney, E. L. Porter, William I. Merrill
1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 L. G. Cushing, H. S. Talbot, W. W. Fish
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E. L. Varney, Robert V. Hunter, Raymond Brewer
1930 1931 1932 E. L. Porter, R. H. Brewer, H. T. Lund
E. L. Porter, R. H. Brewer, Harry T. Lund
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
E. L. Varney, L. C. Maybury, Geo. V. Hunter L. C. Maybury, G. V. Hunter, E. L. Varney
1938 G. V. Hunter, E. L. Varney, L. C. Maybury
1939 L. C. Maybury, E. L. Varney, G. V. Hunter
1940 L. C. Maybury, G. V. Hunter, J. R. Lavers
Town Treasurers
John Mann, 1789-98
Joseph Staple, 1799
John Cushing, 1800-07
Maj. Thomas Means, 1808-09 Samuel Dillingham, 1810-13
Samuel Porter, 1814-15
John C. Kendall, 1888, '89
Samuel Holbrook, 1816, 1818-23 Julius S. Soule, 1890-91
Barnabas Bartoll, 1817
Josiah W. Mitchell, 1824-27
Nathan Nye, 1828-35
Enoch Harrington, 1836-38
Samuel A. Holbrook, 1839-47 1852, 1863-75
Robert S. Soule, 1848-51, '62
Ammi R. Mitchell, 1853-61 Enos C. Soule, 1876 Amos Field, 1877
John A. Briggs, 1878-85
Edmund B. Mallett, Jr. 1886-87
William A. Davis, 1899-1903 John C. Kendall, 1904-06 Willis H. Soule, 1907-1918, 1921-37
Willis E. Libby, 1919-20 Mary A. Soule, 1938
Town Clerks
Nathan Wesson, 1789-1807 John Cushing, 1808-9
Samuel Hyde, 1810-13 Nathan Nye, 1814-24 Simeon Pratt, 1825-35
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