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Marriages Registered in the Town of Thornton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1901.
Date-1901
Place of Marriage
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride
Residence of each at time of Marriage
Age in years
Color of each
of each Occupation of Place of Birth Groom and Bride
Name of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
Occupation of Parents
'J'imes mar'd
Name, residence and official sta- tion of person by whom married
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Asel N Canfield "Ellen A Butterfield Sutton Vt James Avery Thornton Thornton
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Asel Canfield Nancy Blake William McIntire Lydia Twiss MeIn- George Avery [tire Julia Elliott Rodney Tobyne Mary Brown Thomas J Rogers Annie R Arbour Edward Bell Camerony Greene Frank Hazeltine Matilda Magnurson Edmund Avery Vina B Sawyer
Northfield Thornton Fitchburg Mass Worcester Mass Elisworth Rumney Thornton Thornton Ireland
Farmer Housework Farmer Housework Farmer Housekeeper Farmer Housekeeper Farmer Housekeeper Lumberman, Housewife Laborer Housewife Fireman
Rev A P Reynolds J of P Thornton
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Rev Robert Ford Campton
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William Rogers Mamie Bell
Thornton
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Frank L Hazeltine Lula E Avery
Thornton
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Woodstock
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Housekeeper
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Housekeeper
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Laborer
E Jaffery Ellsworth Thornton
Sept
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Campton
Grace Tobyne
Thornton
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Thornton
17
Housekeeper
1 Rev L A Eaton Campton
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1 Rev A P Reynolds J of P Thornton 1
New Brunswick Linens Me Lineus Me Concord Sweden Ellsworth Woodstock
Deaths Registered in the Town of Thornton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1901.
Place of Birth
Age
Sex and Conditions
Date-1901
Name and.Sur- name of deceased
Years
Months
Days
Male or
Color
Single. mar
or widowed
Occupation
Cause of Death
Father
Mother
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Mar May
25 11
John Tho'as Clough Sarah C Merrill Eliza M Elliott
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Nit'l reg'rgit'ns Heart failure Tub're'l'isbrain Nephritis
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Atkinson Mass St Sy, vester Ca
June Sept oct
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Freeman Moulton
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Mason Housewife
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Ella F Plummer
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Andover Ellsworth Weare
Bath Ellsworth Bradford Vt
John Clough Silas Whitney Charles Elliott Eben Moulton Horace Sanborn Stephen Willey Moses Page Pitman Avery Samuel Downing
Shirley Sarah Chandler Mary A Plunkett Susan Straw Margaret Moulton Betsey Willey Betsey Boynton
Nov Dec 28
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Farmer
Heart failure
Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Rachel Hill
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Hannah Shores Emma Moulton Caroline R Moulton Cereno Downing
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A. H. KENDALL, Town Clerk.
Female
Place of Birth
Master Sester Steele Thornton NA Master Lester Stecke Thornton na Lester Stelle
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ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF THORNTON, N. H.,
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1903.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE .
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF THORNTON
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1903.
1903: PLYMOUTH RECORD JOB PRINT, Plymouth, N. H.
INVENTORY.
, Valuation of Town as by Inventory taken April 1, 1901.
159 polls, $15,900 00
Improved and unimproved lands and buildings, 139,999 00 213 horses,
8,674 00
20 oxen,
810 00
289 cows,
5,047 00
139 other neat stock,
2,279 00
211 sheep,
531 00
1 hog,
5 00
Stock in trade,
11,755 00
Mills and machinery,
1,500 00
Total valuation,
$186,500 00
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REPORT.
Selectmen in Account with Town of Thornton.
Received of State Treasurer as follows:
Railroad tax,
$ 116 76
Savings bank tax,
125 66
Literary fund,
69 00
Proportion of school fund,
172 57
High school tuition,
68 00
Bear Bounty,
20 00
John French, 1901 tax,
45 71
Shores Bros., taxes 1900-91,
152 00
New Hampshire Land Co., tax 1899,
871 91
F. A. Barnard, overdrawn to pay bills,
5 00
J. M. Fox, taxes for 1900-91,
12 77
$1,659 38
Cr.
By cash paid treasurer,
$1,659 38
TOWN AND SCHOOL OFFICERS' BILLS.
Frank A. Barnard, services as selectman,
$ 63 50
Frank D. Lyford,
40 00
James W. Willey, 66
66 25 00
J. T. Bradley,
school board, 20 80
Gertrude Kendall,
7 00
John Johnson,
overseer of poor, 12 00
4
C. M. Gordon, services as treasurer, $ 35 00 A. H. Kendall, 66 town clerk, 30 15
F. L. Houston, services supervisor and truant officer, 9 75
Charles Elliott,
66
9 00
Fred W. Connor,
66
treasurer school board,
7 00
W. P. Caldon,
dog police, 7 00
C. V. Ham, 66 collecting for 1901, 65 00
G. C. T. Smith, 66
constable,
1 50
J. F. Merrill,
66
auditor,
1 50
W. P. Van Housen, "
and selectman, 2 25
Hiram Merrill,
ballot clerk and board
of health,
4 50
G. W. Hackett, services as constable for 1902, 1 50
$342 45
MISCELLANEOUS.
C. C. Shores, care of town house for 1901, $ 5 00
F. A. Barnard, money paid out doing town business, 6 30
J. T. Bradley, work on road,
6 78
R. Tobyne, use of water trough, 2 50
Mrs. Towns, 66 3 00
Dr. Cheney, bill for William Taylor, 7 50
F. D. Lyford, use of water trough, 3 00
C. V. Ham, 1-2 cord of wood for town house, 2 00
E. C. Eastman, for books and blanks, 4 00
F. L. Houston, getting check lists printed,
5 25
C. M. Gordon, pay for tiling for the town,
54 34
66 " printing town reports,
26 25
A. C. Benton, work on road, 6 75
Tuition for E. J. and M. O. Smith at New Hampton, 21 00
C. V. Ham, resident land sale for 1901,
203 95
5
Tuition for Dora Downing at Plymouth, $ 9 00
B. P. Downing and H. Swain, work on road, 16 50
W. E. Savage, bear bounty, 5 00
J. F. Merrill, sheep killed by dogs for 1901, 45 00
B. F. Merrill, work and lumber on Hackett bridge, 103 68
E. J. Canfield, collecting for 1900,
15 00
J. H. Steele, work on road, 4 12
W. E. Savage, bear bounty, and H. Blake, town clerk bill, 10 00
J. W. Pattee, painting guide boards, 1 50
F. G. Merrill, bounty on two bears,
10 00
Emmons Bros., 910 feet lumber,
9 10
C. M. Gordon, to pay county tax,
342 71
Tuition for Dora Downing and Ernest Towns,
36 00
F. A. Barnard, freight on road machine,
11 99
C. M. Gordon, to pay state tax, 66 for road machine, 238 00
289 00
F. A. Barnard, freight on tiling and work on road, 12 53
A. F. Wentworth, and Shannon & Young for counsel, 6 00
H. A. Moulton, ballot clerk for 1900, 1 50
Burleigh & Adams, for counsel,
12 00
F. A. Barnard, to pay W. E. Savage, bear bounty, 5 00
Horace Plummer, work on road, 45 42
F. A. Barnard, board of selectmen for 1902, 7 00
$1,592 27
SCHOOL MONEY.
Fred Connor, treasurer school board,
$ 1,363 00
Book money, 120 35
120 00
School house repairs,
$1,603 35
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ROAD MONEY.
Paid highway surveyors, $1,393 85
PAID ON NOTES.
C. W. Drew, note No. 69, $ 30 00
A. E. Canfield, note No. 56,
35 00
Julia C. Sawyer, " 58,
92 00
Laura Elkins, 66
66 66,
335 65
C. W. Drew, 66 66 69,
70 00
Hiram Moulton, 66 66 62,
57 24
George Blaisdell, " 66 61,
12 54
B. F. Hanaford,
44 and 45,
42 00
D. Steele,
66 46,
20 40
Grace Gordon,
66 50 and 53,
9 75
$704 58
DUE ON NOTES.
Charles Shute,
$ 530 45
John Johnson,
340 00
B. F. Hanaford,
1,400 00
Daniel Steele,
351 00
Grace M. Gordon,
325 00
Addie E. Canfield,
285 00
J. H. Steele,
1,114 50
George Blaisdell,
100 00
H. D. Moulton,
610 00
Sadie Elkins,
17 00
C. W. Drew,
100 00
Lavina Glover,
155 00
Annie E. and Edna Willey,
21 20
$5,349 15
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid town officers bills,
$ 342 45
miscellaneous bills,
1,592 27
on notes, 704 58
66 for school purposes,
1,603 35
66 highway surveyors, 1,393 85
$5,636 50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Assets.
In treasurury Feb. 15, 1903,
$ 1,902 01
In collector's hands for 1901, 150 00
66 66 1902, 2,335 00
Land bought for taxes by the town for 1899, 15 00
Land bought for taxes by the town for 1900, 1,223 96
Land bought for taxes by the town for 1901,
140 00
Total assets,
$5,765 97
Totol liabilities,
$5,349 15
Assets above liabilities,
$416 82
Statement of Taylor fund in Thornton, 66 school
$1,045 24
1,312 50
There are old highway surveyors accounts in Districts No. 6, 8 and 10 that are not settled as per last year's re- port. In the account for District No. 3, it was found that the surveyor was not credited with full amonnt of money paid out.
FRANK A. BARNARD, ) Selectmen FRANK D. LYFORD, of
JAMES W. WILLEY, Thornton.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr.
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1902, Received of collector for 1900,
$ 936 84
27 87
1901
2,495 95
1902,
2,326 47
66 selectmen,
1,659 38
66 town clerk, dog tax,
92 00
$7,538 51
Cr.
Cash paid on orders,
5,636 50
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1903,
1,902 01
$7,538 51
C. M. GORDON, Treasurer.
REPORT OF OVERSEER OF POOR
For the Year Ending Eeb. 15, 1903.
AID RENDERED COUNTY POOR.
Dr.
Received for county poor,
$142 08
Received for dependent soldiers,
272 37
$414 45
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Fred Howland, Venott brothers, Batchelder girl, Eugene Hart,
Cr.
$ 1 50
78 00
10 58
52 00
$142 08
FOR DEPENDENT SOLDIERS.
I. H. Wyatt,
$277 87
Mrs. Freeman Moulton,
12 00
William Taylor,
32 50
$322 37
Dr.
Received of town,
$7 50
Cr.
Paid Dr. Cheney for William Taylor,
$7 50
JOHN JOHNSON Overseer of Poor.
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Town of Thornton in Account with A. C. Moulton, District No. I.
Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$147 20
Paid C. M. Gordon,
$ 7 50
Henry Cheney,
7 50
O. L. Durgin,
10 45
Ernest Towns,
3 00
Hiram Merrill,
8 61
Augustus Merrill,
7 94
John F. Merrill,
30 00
Rodney Tobyne,
8 75
Charles Horner,
6 79
Charles Shores,
9 00
A. C. Moulton,
31 50
Moulton & Emmons, 1,000 ft. plank,
11 00
A. C. Moulton, 110 loads of loam,
5 00
$147 20
C. H. Dow, District No. 2.
Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$84 09
Cr.
Paid Charles Hall,
$5 25
F. W. Steele,
9 43
Otis Knowles,
6 98
William Weeks,
3 45
Cr.
11
Paid George Wallace, Frank Plummer,
$ 5 25
2 63
Fred Willey,
1 50
Charles Sawyer,
38
C. H. Dow,
36 60
A. Brown,
3 75
C. Plummer,
8 87
$84 09
J. B. Richards, District No 3.
Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$75 41
Cr,
Paid J. W. Willey,
$ 9 30
Charles Boynton,
3 75
S. D. Fadden,
2 25
George Fadden,
75
A. C. Benton,
12 77
Ezra Willey,
4 00
J. B. Richards,
27 14
P. P. Elkins,
75
C. V. Ham,
14 50
$75 41
William Lyford, District No. 4.
Dr.
1902.
Cash on hand,
$ 23 95
Received from treasurer,
166 27
$190 22
12
Cr
Paid Herbert Downing, $ 5 12
A. N. Canfield,
6 27
A. D. Merrill,
7 37
William Lyford,
78 61
H. E. Cook,
6 75
J. M. Chase,
15 50
R. M. Cook,
6 75
O. B. Hussey, 254 feet plank,
2 54
F. A. Wilcomb,
1 25
E. Littlefield,
7 50
S. Carter,
15 27
J. R. Watson, spikes,
45
H. D. Moulton,
5 80
George Cook,
9 53
R. T. Carter,
19 51
$190 22
C. H. Ham, District No. 5.
Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$175 42
Cr.
Paid B. P. Downing,
$ 24 10
F. W. Steele,
3 00
B. F. Hanaford,
1 25
J. H. Steele,
2 00
E. Burleigh,
5 75
Jesse Kendall,
6 50
Bert Avery,
1 50
J. H. Steele,
9 00
13
Paid H. Swain, $ 7 25
C. K. Ham, Moulton & Emmons,
53 14
9 13
W. Gilman,
8 00
B. P. Downing,
40 55
S. J. Connor,
4 25
$175 42
B. F. Merrill, District No. 6. Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$110 14
Cr.
Paid B. F. Merrill,
$ 53 70
W. Savage,
75
W. H. Hoffman,
60
George L. Boyce,
11 42
M. L. Adams,
2 25
W. Downing,
4 05
George L. Boyce,
5 25
Ned Hackett,
5 55
George W. Hackett,
4 30
J. H. Smith,
7 50
D. W. Downing,
7 37
George Avery,
5 25
$107 99
W. P. Caldon, District No. 7.
Dr.
1900-1901-1902. To cash, $247 49
14
Cr.
Paid Geo. W. Ripley,
Robert McLeod,
$ 6 57 60
James Powell,
4 88
Joseph H. Gilman,
7 75
W. P. Caldon,
31 33
G. W. Gilman,
10 75
John Dolloff,
75
H. H. McLeod,
9 37
Credit in last year's report,
131 66
$203 66
Joseph Gilman, District No. 8.
Dr.
1903.
To cash,
$238 75
Cr.
Paid for work on Mad River bridge,
$ 32 12
George W. Ripley,
7 00
F. L. Houston,
25 01
G. T. C. Smith,
4 50
H. D. Lyford,
5 25
C. H. Edgell,
6 12
W. D. Gillis,
1 50
F. L. Houston,
12 50
Cyrus Hodgson,
6 00
James Powell,
4 50
M. S. Tyrell,
1 50
C. H. Edgell,
6 00
G. W. Ripley,
19 05
Cyrus Hodgson,
9 00
15
Paid Freight bill, J. H. Gilman,
$ 25
26 25
· F. D. Lyford,
11 35
F. A. Hutchinson, E. Colby, John Dolloff,
38 25
7 35
15 25
$238 75
1901.
To cash,
$71 34
Credit for same year,
47 37
Levi Dolloff, District No. 9.
Dr.
1902.
To cash,
$108 17
Cr.
Paid Levi Dolloff,
$ 15 32
Charles Elliott,
14 75
Merrill Tyrell,
1 50
H. A. Broad,
14 25
G. W. 'Ripley,
4 00
Truman Heath,
6 75
F. D. Lyford,
6 75
Willey Dolloff,
4 50
Frank Houston,
3 00
Fred H. Dolloff,
9 00
$79 82
16
P. Hart, District No. 10.
Dr.
1901-1902.
To cash,
$344 33
Cr.
Paid C. H. Hart,
$ 2 37
S. Sargent,
1 37
P. Hart,
4 75
Mrs. G. H. Brown,
6 00
S. Sargent,
9 00
D. B. Baston,
11 13
L. W. Bradley,
14 04
C. Hart,
5 00
L. E. Holmes,
6 12
C. Hart,
3 87
Daniel Petrain,
3 62
William Lyford,
15 00
J. C. Hart,
36 00
S. Sargent,
18 00
L. W. Bradley,
32 80
Albert Petrain,
8 62
Nelson Brown,
2 75
L. E. Holmes,
7 90
Daniel Petrain,
1 50
Joshua Merrill,
1 50
Actor Petrain,
1 50
Credit in last year's report,
117 57
$310 41
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SCHOOL TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr.
1902.
Apr. 26, Received of town treasurer, $ 300 00
Jun. 25, 66 183 00
July 21,
66
80 00
Aug. 11,
66
Gertrude Little for Mill
Brook school house,
5 00
Nov. 26, Received of town treasurer,
600 00
Dec. 23,
66
66
200 00
Feb. 14,
John Dolloff for Mad-
river school house, 4 00
Jun. 25, Received of town treasurer, book money, 97 00
Nov. 25,
66
66
23 35
Jun. 25, 66 66 repair money, 120 00
$1,612 35
Cr.
1902.
Cash paid out on orders drawn on me by school board, $1,590 27
Balance in my hands,
$22 08
FRED W. CONNOR, Treasurer.
J. T. Bradley, In Account with Thornton School District.
Received of treasurer, $503 74
July 24, Jennie Stickney,
$ 67 00
Margaret Smith, 2 75
Henry Smith,
18 00
18
July 10, Charles Brackett, $
75
Mrs. G. H. Brown, 2 32
Bessie Brown, 5 47 Gertrude Kendall,
77 00
May 1. G. H. Corliss, as per bill,
68 65
Feb. 14, B. P. Downing,
1 75
6, Abbie Burleigh,
1 50
B. P. Downing,
6 37
L. E. Holmes,
3 10
William Lyford,
34 77
Apr. 30, D. B. Baston, 1902.
4 24
Dec. 2, Abbie Burleigh, 1 50
Waldo Gilman, 2 50
Jennie M. Brown, 74 75
4 75
19, Margaret Smith, Hattie Stickney,
97 00
J. T. Bradley, as per account,
15 55
$489 72
Services member school board,
$ 20 80
14 02
$ 6 78
Joseph H. Gilman, in Account with Thornton School District. 1902.
Apr. 18, Met with school board, $ 75
8, Taking enumeration, 3 00
14, Met Allen Whipple at station, 75
24, Visited Mill Brook school, Visited Center school, 75
75
18, Met Miss Banister at station, 75
28, Visited Mad River school,
75
June 17, Center school, 75
19
July 9, Visited Mill Brook school, $ 75
18, Mad River school, 75
June 18, 6. Center school, 75
2-3 cord wood, 3 00
Kindling wood, 50
20, Allen Whipple, teaching 9 weeks 2 days, 38 00
Mrs. Jones, boarding teacher, 19 00
July 9, Mrs. Weeks, teaching 11 weeks and board, 66 00
17, Miss Frances Banister, teaching 14 weeks, 70 00 Mrs. Hannah B. Hazeltine, boarding
teacher, 28 00
Mrs. J. H. Gilman, cleaning school house in No. 2, 1 50
Cyrus Hodgson, carrying scholars,
38 50
Charles Elliott, carrying scholars, 21 00
Oct. 3, O. M. Jones, one cord wood, 4 50
Mary Towns, cleaning school house, 1 50
29, J. A. Gilman, cleaning clock and repairs in district No. 2, 1 30
Nov. 17, Geo. Gilman, 1-2 cord wood for Center school, 2 00
Cyrus Hodgson, carrying scholars,
33 00
O. M. Jones, 1-2 cord wood for district No. 1, 2 25
Sept. 1, Going after Miss Drury,
75
25, Visiting Center school, 75
23, 66 Mill Brook school, 75
30, Mad River school, 75
50
H. M. Fifield, two brooms, J. H. Gilman, 1 cord wood for district No. 2, 4 50
Nov. 26, Visited Mill Brook school,
75
Dec. 5, 66 Center school. 75
Nov. 28, Mad River school, 75
20
Nov. 28, Mrs. Weeks, teaching, $ 78 00 Miss Drury, teaching 13 weeks, 58 50
Gertie A. Gilman, boarding teacher in district No. 2, 26 00
Ernest W. Gilman, building fire, 3 25
Dec. 19, Jennie Stickney, teaching 17 weeks, 76 60
Miss Stickney, 17 weeks board, 34 00
for conveyance, 1 00
William Towns, for care of school house, 2 25
Mrs. Weeks, 3 weeks school, 18 00
Curtains for windows in district No. 2, 1 50
$650 80
G. E. Kendall, In Account with Thornton School District.
July 2, D. C. Downing, 11 weeks teaching and board, $ 60 50
Dec. 18, D. C. Downing, 15 weeks teaching and board, 82 50
D. C. Downing, building fires and care of school house, 5 50
W. Lyford, one cord wood, 4 50
repairing w. c., 1 00
$154 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Thornton, N. H., Feb. 14, 1903.
Having examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treas- urer, Collector of Taxes, Overseer of Poor, School Board, and Road Agents we find them correctly cast and properly vouched for the year ending Feb. 14, 1903.
JOHN F. MERRILL, W. P. VAN HOUSEN, S
Auditors.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL BOARD.
In compliance with our duty as school board we sub- mit the following report:
SCHOOL NO. 1.
First term of nine weeks and three days taught by Jas. Allen Whipple. Whole number pupils, 21; average membership, 17.
Second term of seventeen weeks taught by Jennie Stickney. Whole number pupils, 23; average membership, 17; roll of perfect attendance, Marion Tobyne, Emery To- byne.
SCHOOL NO. 2.
First term of fourteen weeks taught by Frances C. Banister. Whole number pupils, 25; average membership, 13; roll of perfect attendance, Flora Hodgson, Oscar Hodg- son, Ernest Gilman.
Second term of thirteen weeks taught by Lena B. Dru-
ry. Whole number pupils, 13; average membership, 11.
SCHOOL NO. 4.
First term of eleven weeks taught by Dora C. Down- ing. Whole number pupils, 9; average membership, 8; roll of perfect attendance, Norton Sanborn, Carl H. Lyford.
Second term of fifteen weeks taught by Dora C. Down- ing. Whole number pupils, 7; average attendance, 5; roll of perfect attendance, Carl H. Lyford.
SCHOOL NO. 5.
Two terms taught by Gertrude E. Kendall. First term of eleven weeks, whole number pupils, 28; average
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attendance, 26; roll of perfect attendance, Nettie M. Con- nor, Anna M. Vanhousen, Lizzie Fifield, Esther Downing, Everett H. Downing, Orrin B. Downing.
Second term of sixteen weeks, whole number pupils, 28; average membership, 24; roll of perfect attendance, Orrin B. Downing. -
SCHOOL NO. 6.
First term taught by Jennie Stickney. Whole number of pupils, 11; average membership, 11; length of school, 11 weeks.
Second term of sixteen weeks taught by Hattie Stick- ney. Whole number of pupils, 12; average membership, 9.
SCHOOL NO 9.
Two terms taught by Olive A. Weeks. First term of eleven weeks. Whole number of pupils, 17; average mem- bershiy, 10. Roll of perfect attendance: Albert Venott, Henry Venott, Nelson Venott.
Second term of sixteen weeks. Whole number of pu- pils, 10; average membership, 9. Roll of perfect attend- ance: Nelson Venott, Albert Venott, Henry Venott.
SCHOOL NO. 12.
One term taught by Jennie Brown. Whole number of pupils, 5; average membership, 5. Roll of perfect attend- ance: Pauline A. Brown.
We feel that the schools have all been a success, and that the scholars have made a great improvement in all their studies.
J. T. BRADLEY, School Board G. E. KENDALL, of
J. H. GILMAN, Thornton.
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Births Registered in the Town of Thornton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1902.
Date of Birth 1902.
Sex and condition
Male or
Living
Stillborn
No. child
Ist, 2d &c.
Color
Maiden Name of Mother.
Color of
Residence of Parents
Occupation of Father
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Father's Age
Mother's Age
Feb Mar May Aug Oct
23 28
Bert T
M
2
(Wh
Alonzo C Benton Otis Knowles Benjamin F Merrill
Wh Thornton
Farmer
Thornton
Thornton Plymouth Lincoln
42 30 52
34 30
F
3
=
1
66
Frank A Barnard
Horace R Hubbard
32
27
15
44
27
16
F
7
James Powell
33
19
Nov Dec
30 20
Eva May
M F
2
Alfred ( Bagley
72
26
I Henry Wyatt
Emma E Fadden Lucy A Evans Affie A Russell Amy Hackett Theodora E Hazeltine Maude Powers Mabel L Drake Ella B Moulton Ada A Dorey
Francestown Thornton 66
Clergyman Lumberman Farmer Harness mak'r
Meridan Sherbrooke Can Quebec Thornton Campton
Danbury Brighton Vt Waterville Campton Nova Scotia
30
35
Paul Richmond
M
2
1
66
2
Joseph Deatt
Parents.
Name of Child (if any)
Female
Name of Father
or
Liv'g :
42
6 8 8
66
..
Marriages Registered in the Town of Thornton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1902.
Date-1902
Place of Marriage
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride
Residence .of. each at time of Marriage
Age in years
Color of each
Occupation of Place of Birth Groom and of each Bride
Name of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
Occupation of Parents
'J'imes mar'd
Name, residence and official sta- tion of person by whom married
Apr
26
Woodstock
Charles W Cashman Ruth E Clarke Hollis S Gordon Clara Smith
Thornton Thornton
24
W
Laborer
-
Domestic
Lake May N S Campton Woodstock Woodstock
Lorenzo D Cashman Jane S Woodsworth Lucious T Clark Lydia A Morse Hollis Gordon Mary Smith Lucian Smith Minnie Kendrick
Lake May N S Lake May N S Unity Me Woodstock
Woodstock Woodstock Thornton
Farmer Housewife Laborer Housewife Carpenter Housewife Farmer Housewife
1
Rev Alex Reynolds Woodstock
1
Nov
15
Woodstock
1
Rev A W Frye Woodstock
1
Thornton Campton
18 23 16
Laborer Domestic
=
Deaths Registered in the Town of Thornton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1902.
Place of Birth
Age
Sex and Conditions
Date-1902
Name and Sur- name of deceased
Years
Months
Days
Male or
Color
Single, mar or widowed
Occupation
Cause of Death
Father
Mother
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Jan May
86 58
5
15
6
17
28
67
79
2
2
8
13
11
10 20 21
Thornton .6 Campton Milbury Conn M
W
Pneumonia Asphyxia Brights disease Jaunders Septicaemia
Gilford
Gilford
Samuel T Leavitt David Page Silas Chase
D J Stevens
Nov
16
Dec 2
O R Chase
Susanna Brainard Ann Iris Azrabah Chase Mary Debra Peaslee Lydia Boynton
66 June July Sept
13 24 18
1 Betsey Plummer Elizabeth Jones 4 7 John C Burleigh William Taylor Nancy Steele Freeman Woodbury Ellen D Blandy ReuhamaA Wilcomb Martha Colby
74
..
Farmer Laborer
Appoplexy Mernia Nenbirtis Complic'ti'ndis- [eases
Thornton England Franklin
Ware Scotland Franklin
Thornton Aberdeen Scot Franklin [N S Fatamagouche Bridgewater Thornton
M
..
F
M
..
F
W Housekeeper Farmer M
Meredith Dunbarton
Holderness Thornton
Simeon Clement James Schofield Asa Burleigh William Taylor Ezra Crawford Nathan S Woodbury
56 63
16
3
Sutton Mass
Sutton Mass
Lucina Holbrook
Place of Birth
Female
W
Housewife
80 72 81
A. H. KENDALL, Town Clerk.
-
1903
Thornton, N. H.
Year Ending February 15, 1904.
The Annual Report
OF THE
Town Officers
. OF
Thornton, N. H.
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1904.
1904: Plymouth Record Job Print, Plymouth, N. H.
INVENTORY.
Valuation of Town as by Inventory taken April 1. 1903,
162 polls, $ 16,200 00
Improved and unimproved lands and buildings, 139,804 00
198 horses,
7,787 00
38 oxen,
1,530 00
281 cows,
4,995 00
96 other neat stock,
1,613 00
174 sheep,
382 00
Stock in trade,
7,235 00
Mills and machinery,
2,100 00
Total valuation,
$181,646 00
Rate of taxation,
3 30
Total amount of tax,
$5,994 81
3
REPORT.
Selectmen in Account with Town of Thornton.
Received of State Treasurer as follows:
Railroad tax,
$ 117 42
Savings bank tax,
136 87
Literary fund, 60 77
Proportion of school fund,
285 50
High school tuition,
40 84
Hedgehog bounty,
110 25
Bear bounty,
20 00
Received on notes,
500 00
66 Fred Willey, 1900 tax,
5 87
66 George Gilman, 1901-1902 tax,
21 41
John French, 1902 tax,
31 97
George Orris, 1902 tax,
12 60
Truman Heath, brick,
17 12
66 Town of Waterville, repairs on Waterville bridge,
7 05
66
A. Bowen, 1900-1991 tax,
5 19
66 F. W. Downing, 1900-1901-1902 tax,
34 72
66 G. B. James, 1900 tax,
1,176 72
66
W. P. Caldon, cask lime,
1 30
16 A. W. Goodwin, old seats at town honse, 5 00
66
W. H. Weeks, 1902 tax, 21 53
66
E. C. Burleigh, for old road machine, 16 00
Total, $2,628 13
Cr.
By cash paid town treasurer, $2,628 13
4
TOWN AND SCHOOL OFFICER'S BILLS.
J. W. Willey, services as selectman from Feb. 14 to March 9, 1903, $ 3 75
Frank D. Lyford, services as selectman after Feb. 15, 1903,
3 75
Frank L. Houston, services as selectman,
64 00
J. W. Willey, services as selectman and money paid out, 40 70
Hiram Merrill, services as selectman,
46 25
C. M. Gordon,
treasurer,
35 00
A. H. Kendall, 66 town clerk,
26 07
John Johnson,
overseer of poor,
11 00
C. V. Ham,
collector for 1902, 65 00
Sylvester Carter, 66 school board,
27 62
Gertrude Kendall, "
18 47
W. P. Caldon,
supervisor,
3 75
G. T. C. Smith,
3 75
A. Bowen, services auditor, ballot clerk and dog police, 10 50
Arthur S. Brown, services tree warden,
10 00
Fred W. Connor,
treasurer school board, 10 00
$379 61
MISCELLANEOUS.
B. L. Peaslee, damage on wagon, $ 2 50
C. M. Gordon, order book, 1 35
F. A. Barnard, 1116 ft. lumber,
12 27
John Schofield, sheep killed by dogs,
10 00
John Woodbury,
7 50
F. S. Merrill, goods for Venott family,
4 00
John F. Merrill, sheep killed by dogs,
· 45 00
5
5
J. T. Bradley, deed for schoolhouse lot, $ 3 20
C. V. Ham, non-resident land sale for 1902, 39 59
J. T. Bradley, work on road, 7 95
George Thompson, care of town house,
75
Frank P. Morrill, tuition for Elgina Smith,
14 00
A. W. Fiye, return of marriages,
75
D. W. Downing, sheep killed by dogs 1902, 12 50
Henry Hodgman, 2 M. plank, 28 00
6 00
Philip Hart, water trough 1901-1902,
5 00
I. H. Wyatt, bear bounty,
C. V. Ham, resident land sale for 1902,
257 20
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