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Frank S. Harris.
1886. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone.
Edwin Buttrick.
Henry M. Whittemore.
Frank S. Harris.
1888. Charles W. Brown. Henry M. Whittemore. Edwin Buttrick.
Henry M. Whittemore.
Frank S. Harris.
1890. Charles W. Brown. John H. Congdon.
Edwin Buttrick. Henry M. Whittemore.
Frank S. Harris.
Edwin B. Dort.
James L. Stanley. Henry M. Whittemore.
1894. Franklin Ripley.
Daniel F. R. Herrick.
Henry M. Whittemore. Edwin B. Dort. Frank L. Brown.
1896. Franklin Ripley.
Alvah S. Clark.
Harvey E. Gates. Melvin T. Stone. James L. Stanley,
SELECTMEN.
1816. Sylvester P. Flint, Daniel Cutting, William Barnard. 1817. Daniel Cutting, Caleb Perry, Salmon Whittemore. 1818. Sylvester P. Flint, Daniel W. Farrar, George Farrar. 1819. Daniel Cutting, Salmon Whittemore, Timothy Kendall.
1892. Charles W. Brown. Edwin B. Dort.
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1820. Daniel W. Farrar, Salmon Whittemore, Timothy Kendall.
1821. Daniel Cutting, Timothy Godding, Amos Sibley.
1822. 1823. 1824. 1825.
Daniel Cutting, Timothy Godding, Amos Sibley.
Daniel Cutting, George Farrar, Timothy Kendall.
Daniel W. Farrar, Amos Sibley, Caleb Perry. Daniel Cutting, Amos Sibley, Calvin Starkey.
1826. Amos Sibley, Salmon Whittemore, Calvin Starkey.
1827.
Daniel Cutting, Calvin Starkey, Lyman Wright.
1828. Daniel W. Farrar, Lyman Wright, Timothy Kendall. Daniel Cutting, Calvin Starkey, Luke Harris.
1829. 1830. Daniel Cutting, Luke Harris, Abel Baker.
1831. Abel Baker, Calvin Starkey, John Lawrence. 1832. Daniel Cutting, Abel Baker, Daniel Buttrick.
1833. Daniel Cutting, Daniel Buttrick, Jonathan Clark.
1834. Daniel Buttrick, Daniel W. Farrar, Calvin Starkey. 1835. Daniel Cutting, Jonathan Clark, Daniel W. Farrar. 1836. Daniel Cutting, Jonathan Clark, Daniel W. Farrar. 1837. Jonathan Clark, Abel Baker, John Colburn. 1838. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, John W. Bellows. 1839. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, John W. Bellows. 1840. John W. Bellows, Joseph M. Forristall, Charles Coolidge.
1841. Abel Baker, Charles Coolidge, Solomon Goddard. 1842. John W. Bellows, Charles Coolidge, Joseph M. Forristall. 1843. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, Edwin Buttrick.
1844. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, Edwin Buttrick. 1845. Abel Baker, Lyman Wright, Jonathan Clark.
1846. Abel Baker, Lyman Wright, Jonathan Clark.
1847. John W. Bellows, Moses S. Perkins, Nathan Winch, Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.
1848. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, George W. Brown.
1849. Abel Baker. Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.
1850. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.
1851. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.
1852. John W. Bellows, James R. Stanley, Augustus Hodgkins. 1853. John W. Bellows, Jotham H. Holt, James R. Stanley.
1854. Jotham H. Holt, Augustus Hodgkins, Lyman Harrington. 1855. Augustus Hodgkins, Lyman Harrington, James R. Stanley. 1856. Jotham H. Holt, Ira Boyden, Henry A. Porter.
1857. Jotham II. Holt, Henry A. Porter, Isaac Aldrich, Jr.
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1858. Jotham H. Holt, Henry A. Porter, Isaac Aldrich, Jr.
1859. Abel Baker, Edmund Bemis, John C. Alexander.
1860. Edmund Bemis, Stephen B. Farrar, Elliott Whitcomb.
1861. Stephen B. Farrar, Elliott Whiteomb, John C. Alexander. 1862. John C. Alexander, Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins. 1863. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, William G. Silsby. 1864. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, William L. Bemis.
1865. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, John U. Beers.
1866. Augustus Hodgkins, John U. Beers, Jotham H. Holt.
1867. Stephen B. Farrar, Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown. 1868. Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown, Hamilton Parker.
1869. Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown, Stephen B. Farrar. 1870. Stephen B. Farrar, Robert M. Silsby, Charles A. Farrar. 1871. Edwin Buttrick, William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis.
1872. Edwin Buttrick, William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis. 1873. William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis, Alvah S. Clark.
1874. William N. Watson, Alvah S. Clark, George W. Randall. 1875. Alvah S. Clark, Edmund Bemis, William N. Watson.
1876. Edmund Bemis, William N. Watson, James R. Stanley. 1877. William N. Watson, James R. Stanley, Angustus Hodgkins. 1878. William N. Watson, Charles C. Smith, William A. Harris. 1879. Edmund Bemis, James R. Stanley, Henry W. Farrar. 1880. James R. Stanley, Henry W. Farrar, Edmund Bemis. 1881. Henry W. Farrar, Edmund Bemis, William A. Harris. 1882. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence. 1883. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence. 1884. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence. 1885. James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence, John H. Congdon.
1886. Edmund Bemis, John H. Congdon, Edward F. Adams.
1887. John H. Congdon, Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter. 1888. Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter, Edmund Bemis.
1889. Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter, John II. Congdon. 1890. John H. Congdon, Edmund Bemis, Frank L. Brown.
1891. Edmund Bemis, Edward F. Adams, Elmer E. Haskell.
1892. Edmund Bemis, George A. Starkey, Elmer E. Haskell.
1893. George A. Starkey, Elmer E. Haskell, George N. Parmenter.
1894. Elmer E. Haskell, George N. Parmenter, William J. Boyden.
1895. Elmer E. Haskell, George A. Starkey, Henry M. Whittemore. 1896. John H. Congdon, Ora C. Mason, Herbert P. Thompson. 1897. Alvah S. Clark, Herbert P. Thompson, Ora C. Mason.
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HISTORY OF TROY.
TREASURERS.
The following persons have served as treasurers :
1816-17. George Farrar.
1852-54. Charles Coolidge.
1818-23. William Farrar.
1855-58. Isaac Aldrich.
1824-27. Lyman Wright. 1859-62. John Grimes.
1828. Solomon Goddard.
1863.
George A. Adams.
1829. Abel Baker.
1864-66. John U. Beers.
1830-38. Timothy Kendall.
1867-68. Barrett Ripley.
1839-41. Daniel W. Farrar.
1869.
Abel Baker.
1842-44. Brown Nurse.
1870.
Edward P. Kimball.
1845. David W. Farrar.
1871-73. Barrett Ripley.
1846-49. Charles Coolidge.
1874-97. Asa C. Dort.
1850-51. Almon Wright.
SEXTONS.
Since 1816, the following persons have served as sextons :
1816. Luke Harris. 1831. Thomas Wright.
1818. Preston Bishop.
1832-33. Oliver Hawkins.
1819-20. Jonathan B. French.
1834-65. Thomas Wright.
1822. Moses Bush.
1866-70. Stephen B. Farrar.
1823.
Elijah Fuller.
1871-74.
William A. Harris.
1824. Moses Bush.
1875. Joseph F. Capron.
1825.
Lyman Wright.
1876.
Charles Haskell.
1826. David W. Farrar.
1877-78. Alanson Starkey.
1827. Charles Davis.
1879-80. William A. Harris.
1828. Oliver Hawkins.
1881. Alanson Starkey.
1829. Elijah Harrington.
1882. William A. Harris.
1830. Oliver Hawkins.
1883-97. James L. Stanley.
The following table gives an idea of the amount expended on account of the regular expenses of the town from the time of its incorporation. The number of resi- dent taxpayers in 1816 was one hundred and twenty-two. The appropriations for highways in the early years was the amount raised for repairs alone, and was usually paid in labor. Special appropriations were nearly always made for the building of new highways. Other appropriations for special purposes will be mentioned in the account of
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the purposes for which they were made. The amount stated to be raised for the support of schools for the past few years does not give the amount expended, for it has been voted to appropriate enough from the savings banks tax, in addition to the literary fund and dog tax, to make the amount from twelve to fifteen hundred dollars. During the years when no amount is recorded as being raised it is supposed it was only that required by law.
The amount allowed per hour for labor upon the high- ways was probably the same as that of the other towns in the county; in 1827 it was eight cents for a man or yoke of oxen; in 1836, ten cents; later it was fifteen cents. For several years previous to the passage of the highway law now in force, the town had raised their highway tax in money, which was expended under the direction of one or more agents chosen by the town.
APPROPRIATIONS.
High- ways.
Schools.
Town Charges.
High- ways.
Schools.
Town Charges.
1816.
$300
$250
$600
1834.
$400
$275
$300
1817.
300
200
550
1835.
400
300
250
1818.
300
300
600
1836.
400
300
75
1819.
300
240
300
1837.
350
250
350
1820.
300
250
200
1838.
400
250
600
1821.
300
250
150
1839.
400
1,200
1822.
300
250
180
1840.
600
300
1,200
1823.
400
250
150
1841.
400
300
800
1824.
400
250
200
1842.
600
300
1,000
1825.
400
300
400
1843.
400
300
350
1826.
600
250
150
1844.
400
400
400
1827.
450
250
400
1845.
600
400
1,000
1828.
400
250
400
1846.
600
400
1,000
1829.
400
300
200
1847.
600
400
1,000
1830.
300
250
150
1848.
500
100
1,000
1831.
600
300
80
1849.
500
100
1,000
1832.
400
275
300
1850.
500
400
1,000
1833.
400
275
300
1851.
500
400
1,000
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High- ways.
Schools.
Town Charges.
High- Ways.
Schools.
Town Charges.
1852.
$500
$400
$1,000
1874. $1,500
$800
$2,000
1853.
500
400
1,000
1875.
1,000
800
2,000
1854.
500
400
800
1876.
800
900
1,500
1855.
500
800
1877.
600
900
1,000
1856.
500
1,000
1878.
700
900
1,500
1857.
500
1,000
1879.
600
839
1,500
1858.
500
2,000
1880.
700
1,500
1859.
500
500
1881.
800
1,075
1,500
1860.
500
1,500
1882.
800
1,075
1,500
1861.
500
1,800
1883.
800
1,075
1,500
1862.
500
1,000
1884.
700
1,075
1,200
1863.
500
1,000
1885.
900
800
1
1864.
800
2,150
1886.
900
800
1
1865.
800
500
3,000
1887.
800
800
100
1866.
700
800
1,500
1888.
1,000
800
800
1867.
700
800
1,500
1889.
1,000
800
800
1868.
500
800
1,500
1890.
1,000
1,000
800
1869.
500
800
1,500
1891.
1,200
1,150
800
1870.
500
800
1,500
1892.
1,000
1,150
800
1871.
800
1,000
1,500
1893.
1,200
900
500
1872.
1,000
1,000
1,500
1894.
1,250
200
1873.
1,000
800
1,500
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
In the following list of votes for governor, the name of the person elected is placed first each year. In the carly history of the state it is quite probable that party distinctions did not exist. After a time the terms federalist and republican designated party divisions, and from the time of the incorporation of Troy until 1824, the leading candidates voted for are classed by their after-party affilia- tion. About 1824 the federal party ceased to exist, and the contending political interests rallied about individual men. Jackson and Adams were contestants for the presidential chair, and although not differing materially in principle, these interests espoused the cause of either one or the other
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and were recognized as Jackson men or Adams men, and the contests became intensely bitter at times. Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were the rival candidates in the presidential campaign of 1832, and those supporting Jack- son were called democrats, and those supporting Clay were termed whigs. The abolitionist or free soil party began to develop about 1841, and in the presidential elec- tion of 1856, the whig, free soil and American or Know- Nothing party organizations were abandoned, and a new party formed from them, in opposition to the democratic party which took the name of republican.
1816. William Plummer, r, 41
James Sheafe, f, 77
1817. William Plummer, r, Jeremiah Mason, f, 66
1818. William Plummer, r, 44
Jeremiah Mason, f. 64
1819. Samuel Bell, r, 38
William Hale, f, 52
1820. Samuel Bell, r, 92
1821. Samuel Bell, r, 89 1822. Samuel Bell, r, 69
1823. Levi Woodbury, r, 33
Samuel Dinsmoor, r, 19
1824. David L. Morrill, a, 19 Jeremiah Smith, 59
Levi Woodbury, j. 2
1825. David L. Morrill, a, 87
1826. David L. Morrill, a, 78 Benjamin Pierce, j. 5
1827. Benjamin Pierce, j. 58
David L. Morrill, a, 21
1828. John Bell, a, 80
Benjamin Pierce, j, 12
1829. Benjamin Pierce, j, 16
Enos Stevens, w, 89 John Bell, a, 85 1830. Matthew Harvey, j, 14 John H. White, i d,
Timothy Upham, a, 95
1831. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 30
Ichabod Bartlett, a, 84
1832. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 28 Ichabod Bartlett, a, 74
1833. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 54
Arthur Livermore, a, 47 1834. William Badger, d, 10
Andrew Jackson, 1
1835. William Badger, d, 28
Joseph Healy, r, 85
1836. Isaac Hill, d, 29
George Sullivan, 78
1837. Isaac Hill, d, 39
Luther Chapman,
Blank,
1838. Isaac Hill, d. 32
James Wilson, Jr., w, 118
1839. John Page, d, 43
James Wilson, Jr., w., 113
1840. John Page, d, 44
Enos Stevens, w, 95
1841. John Page, d, 45 Enos Stevens, w, 9G
1842. Henry Hubbard, d, 39
1843. Henry Hubbard, d, 35
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1843. Anthony Colby, w. 76
John H. White, i d, 9
Daniel Hoit, f s, 3
Scattering, 1
1844. John H. Steele, d, 0+
Anthony Colby, w, 86
Henry Hubbard, 1
John H. White, 2
David Hoit, 1
1845. John H. Steele, d, 41
Anthony Colby, w, 83 Daniel Hoit, fs,
1859. Ichabod Goodwin, r, 102 Asa P. Cate, d, 58
1860. Ichabod Goodwin, r, 94 Asa P. Cate, d, 67
1861. Nathaniel S. Berry, r, 97
George Stark, d, 60
1862. Nathaniel S. Berry, r, 89 George Stark, d, 54
1863. Joseph A. Gilmore, r, 91 Ira A. Eastman, d, 63
Walter Harriman, i d, 3
1864. Joseph A. Gilinore, r, 90 Edw. W. Harrington, d, 70
1865. Frederick Smyth, r, 85 Edw. W. Harrington, d, 54
1866. Frederick Smyth, r, 85
John G. Sinclair, d. 63
1867. Walter Harriman, r, 90 John G. Sinclair, d, 68
1868. Walter Harriman, r, 94
Jolın G. Sinclair, d. 79
1869. Ouslow Stearns, r,
85
Jolın Bedel, d,
63
1870. Onslow Stearns, r, 96
John Bedel, d. 70
Samuel Flint,
1
1871. James A. Weston, d, 67 James Pike, r. 104 Lemuel P. Cooper, 1
1872. Ezekiel Straw, r, 110
1846. Jared W. Williams, d, 36 Anthony Colby, w, 94 Nathaniel S. Berry, fs, 9 1847. Jared W. Williams, d, 45
Anthony Colby, w. 95 Nathaniel S. Berry, fs, 19
1848. Jared W. Williams, d, 55 Nathaniel S. Berry, fs, 107 1849. Samuel Dinsmoor, d, 57 Levi Chamberlain, w, 79 Nathaniel S. Berry, fs, 17
1850. Samuel Dinsmoor, d, 69 Levi Chamberlain, w, 68 Nathaniel S. Berry, fs. 20
1851. Samuel Dinsmoor, d, 63 Thomas E. Sawyer, w, 82 Jolın Atwood, f s, 21
1852. Noah Martin, d, 58
Thomas E. Sawyer, w, 77 John Atwood, f s. 23
1853. Noah Martin, d, 51 James Bell, w, 62 John H. White, f s, 20
1854. Nathaniel B. Baker, d, 51 James Bell, w, 65
Jared Perkins, f s,
29
1855. Ralph Metcalf, a, 102
Nathaniel B. Baker, d, 43
1855. James Bell, w,
11
1856. Ralph Metcalf, a, 90 John S. Wells, d, 49 Ichabod Goodwin, w, 14
1857. William Haile, r, 97 John S. Wells, d, 55 Charles B. Haddock, 5
1858. William Haile, r,
92
Asa P. Cate, d, 50 Isaae Riddle, 1
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1872. James A. Weston, d, 68
1882. Josiah M. Fletcher, t, 2
1884. Moody Currier, r, 120
Jolın M. Hill, d. 63
George Carpenter, g, 1
Larkin D. Mason, t, 1
1875. Person C. Cheney, r, 125 Iliram R. Roberts, d, 59 1876. Person C. Cheney, r, 130 Daniel Marcy, d, 53
1877. Benj. F. Prescott, r, 119 Daniel Marcy, d. 50
1878. Benj. F. Prescott, r, 124 Frank A. Mckean, d, 63
1879. Natt Head, r, 121
Frank A. MeKean, d, 65
1880. Charles H. Bell, r, 128
1894. Charles A. Busiel, r, 135 George D. Epps, 1 Frank Jones, d, 57
1882. Samuel W. Hale, r, 93
M. V. B. Edgerly, d,
67
Daniel C. Knowles,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The following list gives the names of those persons chosen by the town or appointed by the selectmen, to inspect the schools, so far as there is any record :
1816. Ezekiel Rich, Roswell Crossfield, Curtis Coolidge.
1817. Ezekiel Rich, William Farrar, Caleb Perry.
1818. Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry, Daniel W. Farrar.
1819. Charles W. Whitney, David Holbrook, Caleb Perry.
1823. Seth E. Winslow, Daniel W. Farrar, Lyman Wright.
1825. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich.
1826. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry.
1827. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry, Charles WI. Whitney, Abel Baker.
1854-55. Luther Townsend, Leonard Farrar, Abial M. Caverly.
1857-59. Luther Townsend.
1860-62.
Abial M. Caverly, Leonard Farrar, John Grimes.
1863. Leonard Farrar, John Grimes, Thomas E. Roberts.
1864. Leonard Farrar.
1865-67. Leonard Farrar, Daniel Goodhue, Jonathan S. Herrick.
1873. Ezekiel Straw, r, 95 James A. Weston, d. 61 1874. James A. Weston, d, 59
L. McCutchings, r, 120
1886. Charles H. Sawyer, r, 105 Thomas Cogswell, d, 53 1888. David H. Goodell, r, 132 Charles H. Amsden, d, 68 1890. Hiram A. Tuttle, r, 119 Charles H. Amsden, d, 69
1892. John B. Smith, r, 130
Luther F. MeKinney, d, 68 William O. Noyes, 4. Edgar L. Carr, 1
Henry O. Kent, d,
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1868-69. Jonathan S. Herrick.
1870. Jonathan S. Herrick, Leonard Farrar, Levi Brigham.
1871. Levi Brigham, Moses E. Wright.
1873-74. ,Leonard Farrar, Jonathan S. Herrick.
1875. Jonathan S. Herrick.
1876-78. George H. Aldrich, Asa C. Dort.
1879. David W. Goodale, Daniel R. Herrick.
1880-81. David W. Goodale.
1882-85. Melvin T. Stone.
The town system of schools was established by the Legislature of 1885, placing the entire supervision of schools in the school board, consisting of three persons. The following have comprised the school boards since the system was adopted :
1886. Melvin T. Stone. 1891. Charles W. Brown. Asa C. Dort. Melvin T. Stone. George N. Parmenter. Franklin Ripley.
1887. Asa C. Dort.
George N. Parmenter. Josiah Merrill.
1892. Melvin T. Stone. Franklin Ripley. John H. Congdon.
1888. Charles W. Brown.
Josiah Merrill. Franklin Ripley.
1893. Franklin Ripley. John H. Congdon. Aurilla M. Harris.
1889. Josiah Merrill.
Franklin Ripley. Charles W. Brown.
1894. John H. Congdon. Aurilla M. Harris. Daniel R. Herrick.
1890. Franklin Ripley. 1895. Aurilla M. Harris. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone. Daniel R. Herrick. Franklin Ripley.
The following is a copy of the earliest check list that is in existence :
A LIST OF VOTERS' NAMES FOR THE YEAR 1818, IN THE TOWN OF TROY.
Alexander, Joseph Amadon, Josiah
Bolster, Artemas
Alexander, Easman
Arnold, Nathan
Barnard, Wm.
Alexander, Ezra
Brewer, Asa
Alexander, Elijah
Buckstou, David Bruce, John
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Bishop, Wm.
Farrar, Stephen
Newell, Reuben
Bishop, Preston
Fuller, Isaac Newell, Nathan
Buxton, Elijah
Fuller, Elijah
Norton, Asa
Ball, Daniel
Farrar, George, Jr.
Nurse, Ebenezer
Ball, Daniel, Jr.
Fuller, Isaac, 2d
Nurse, Luther
Buttor, Joseph
Fitts, Robert
Buttor, Joseph, Jr.
Forristall, Joseph M., Jr. Osborn, Jacob
Bemis, Edmund
Buttor, Simon
Garfield, Isaac
Perry, Caleb
Bush, Moses
Gerry, Benjamin
Perkins, Moses
Gray, Joseph
Perkins, Jolın
Corbin, Joseph
Coolidge, Abraham
Godding, Timothy
Griffin, Wm.
Rich, Ezekiel, Rev. Roswood, Lyman
Cutting, Joseph
Harrington, Joshua, Esq.
Harrington, Joshua, Jr. Spears, Joseph
Harrington, Elijah
Starkey, Samuel
Clark, Thomas
Holt, Aaron
Starkey, George
Chase, Wm.
Harris, Luke
Starkey, Levi
Cree, Moses
Hodgkins, Hezekiah
Starkey, Peter
Coolidge, Asher
Hodgkins, Peletiah
Starkey, Peter, Jr.
Corbin, Nathaniel
How, Zalmon
Starkey, Nathan
Starkey, Calvin
Daggett, Levi Davis, Charles
Jackson, Henry
Starkey, Enoch
Jackson, Henry, Jr.
Sherman, Andrew Sibley, Amos
Farrar, Daniel W
Jackson, Silas
Stearns, William
Farrar, Wmn., 2d
Knights, Talmon
Saunders, David
Farrar, Daniel
Kendall, Timothy
Saunders, Levi
Farrar, Daniel, Jr.
Starkey, John
Farrar, Samuel
Lawrence, Daniel
Starkey, Luna Sergents, John
Forristall, Joseph
Lawrence, John
Fairbanks, Cyrus, Jr.
Lawrence, Jonathan
Flint, Sylvester P
Lawrence, Josiah
Tolman, Benjamin
Fife, Silas
Lawrence, Wmn.
Tolman, David
Fife, Timothy
Lawrence, Daniel, Jr.
Tinney, Abel
Tolman, Thomas
Farrar, George
Gove, Nathaniel
Perkins, Moses, Jr.
Coolidge, Orlando
Cutting, Daniel
Cutting, Moses
Clark, Thomas, Jr.
Harris, Stephen
Starkey, Benjamin
Farrar, Wm.
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Tolman, Henry
Whitney, John
Wheeler, Silas
Whitney, Charles W
Wright, Lyman
Winch, Caleb
White, David
Whittemore, Salmon
Winch, Caleb, Jr.
Ward, Levi
Winch, Nathan
Willard, Aaron
Whitney, John, Jr.
Whitcomb, Zophar
Wheeler, Josiah
Wheeler, Jonathan
CHAPTER XII.
THE REBELLION.
SLAVERY .- MISSOURI COMPROMISE .- DRED SCOTT DECISION .- BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER .- CALL FOR TROOPS .- FIRST ENLISTMENT .- AID FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES .- EXPENSES INCURRED .- BOUNTIES OFFERED .- BOUN- TIES PAID .- VOTES OF THE TOWN .- SUMMARY OF EXPENSES INCURRED. -MEN WHO SERVED IN THE REBELLION AND THEIR RECORD .- LIST OF TIIOSE LIVING IN TROY BUT CREDITED TO OTHER TOWNS .- PRESENT RESIDENTS WHO SERVED IN OTHER TOWNS OR STATES.
The causes which led to the great American conflict are undoubtedly more or less familiar to all; but it may be well to briefly mention some of the most important factors. The constitution of a free government is such that there ever will be opposing political parties. . That it should be so, perhaps, is better for the human race, for in the free discussion of the principles underlying republican government lies the liberty of the nation. The history of the world proves that there has always been an antagonism between freedom and slavery. In America, the conflict was started in its incipient stages at the formation of the government. As it existed in this country, slavery was not a general system, such as might be applied equally to all persons in like conditions, but might be called a personal system, it being a relation between people of different color-the white man and those of African descent.
The spirit of our laws, brought about by the liberty of independence, was that all mankind should be equal and should stand together in civil society under laws affecting all alike who were in like conditions, yet for a long time
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the negro race was excepted from the benefits of such a system and held as slaves, no satisfactory reason being given for the exception, only as a profitable investment of money in a cheap instrument of labor. It was not the fact of a difference in race and color, for other races differing in these respeets were not excluded from the benefits of such a system of laws. It was not their unde- veloped condition, for other races equally undeveloped were admitted to the privileges of our laws. It was not because they had thrust themselves into our society unfitted for association with us, and thereby to be isolated, because they had been brought here against their will and a price paid for so doing.
As an object of traffic and a cheap instrument of labor, the slave was considered not only a convenience but a necessity, by the people of the South, and the slave power, prompted by their economic ideas, and the people of the North, controlled by the force of humane ideas, were arrayed against each other in a prolonged dual contest ; on the one hand for the extension of slavery in the terri- tories, in order to secure popular interest and favor, and on the other to eliminate it from the system of the country.
When Missouri was admitted as one of the States of the Union in 1821, there was a long-continued struggle between the parties seeking the admission as a slave State and those who sought to exclude from her limits that institution, which ended in Congress passing a measure, which has become famous as the " Missouri com- promise," by which slavery was forever inhibited north of the line of 36° 30'.
This measure was recognized by the North as a solemn compaet never to be broken. But the great mass of the Southern people always regarded its terms with disfavor,
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and seemed ready to set it aside if possible when the first opportunity should present itself.
Such an occasion seemed to present itself upon the organization of Kansas and Nebraska as territories in 1854. For thirty years the "Missouri compromise" had deferred the inevitable conflict between the opposing parties, but at this time the measure was disregarded, Stephen A. Douglass making the proposition that the subject of establishing or excluding slavery be left to the decision of the people of these territories. The struggle to colonize Kansas was a desperate conflict which assumed the character of a partisan warfare, when the most inhuman means were resorted to for the purpose of giving slavery a permanent foothold there, and those bloody scenes had not been forgotten by the liberty-loving people of the country when the Territory of Nebraska adopted a constitution and asked to be admitted to the Union. The North was now thoroughly aroused and made determined opposition to the repeal in any measure or degree of the compromise in question, and the measure was defeated and Nebraska came into the Union a free State.
Thus matters stood until 1856-57, at the beginning of Buchanan's administration, when the Dred Scott decision was given out, in which the Supreme Court attacked the validity of the "Missouri compromise," saying that one of the constitutional functions of Congress was the pro- tection of property; that slaves had been recognized as property by the Constitution; and that Congress was bound to protect, not to prohibit, slavery in the territories.
The mass of the Northern people held that slaves were looked on by the Constitution, not as property, but as persons held to service or labor, by State laws; that the constitutional function of Congress was the protection of liberty as well as property; and that Congress was thus
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bound to prohibit, not to protect slavery in the territories. Thus the North dissented from the decision of the Supreme Court, and the storm of anger it aroused added one more step on the road to disunion.
The underground fires were burning briskly when the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency in 1860, and his inauguration, March 4th, 1861, caused them to burst forth, and was the culminating point in the con- troversy.
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