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mediately sent out Lieutenant-Colonel Gregg, of Colonel Nichols' regiment with a detachment of men, including a portion of Captain Carleton's company in advance, and followed the next day with his entire forces.
He soon met Gregg retreating before an over- whelming force of Hessians, Tories and Indians in hot pursuit. Stark despatched the other por- tion of Captain Carleton's company, with others, to seize a lot of cattle in possession of the enemy, at Greenbush, some twenty-five miles southwest. Meeting with success, they had nearly reached the outposts of Stark's army, when, from a cottage beside the highway, a grief-stricken woman stepped out, and informed them that there was a band of two hundred Tories a short distance forward. Accordingly, they pro- ceeded cautiously until, reaching a brook, they halted to allow the cattle to slake their thirst, and John Ranstead, Benoni Tisdale, Nehemiah Brown and Solomon Robbins proceeded in ad- vance as scouts to feel the way. They pro- ceeded but a short distance, when they were fired upon by the Tories, who were concealed in the bushes upon a rise of ground beside the highway. Ranstead fell pierced with sixteen bullets and Tisdale was shot through the lungs. No other Westmoreland man was killed ; but others were wounded, among whom was Lieu- tenant Jonathan Holton, a ball nearly tearing off his upper lip and passing out of his right check ; at the same time a buck-shot entered his left check and lodged near his right eye. The New Hampshire Assembly granted Holton, Angust 20, 1778, the sum of £11 6d. and half-pay. Want of space forbids a more detailed account of the battle of Bennington, which occurred August 16, 1777. The roar of the cannon was distinctly heard in our town. Its results gave new hope to our despairing armies. On the 18th of September following, Captain Carleton's company returned to their homes, having served in the field some two months. A number of men went from this town with this company, whose names were not on the company's roll,
and whose number and names are not clearly known to the writer. Two Hessian prisoners taken at this battle, Abner Darby and Daniel Frazier, afterwards settled in this town. During the year 1777 the duty devolved upon New Hampshire to furnish many troops ; she con- tinned to keep her three regiments in the field, aside from those called out for special services and otherwise.
In the rolls of the officers of the First Regi- ment, under Colonel Cilley, we find the following men from Westmoreland : Jason Wait, captain Company 2; William Hutchins, lieutenant. William Hutchins was born in Attleborough, Mass., December 18, 1749, and came to this town in 1772, settling upon the farm now owned by Willard R. Gline; he remained upon this place one year, when he purchased and moved to the farm now owned by his grandson, Otis Hutchins, where he died in 1838. He was an ardent patriot, and thereby became a mark of royal enmity. In 1773 a detachment of the King's troops from Westminster attempted to arrest a man for some offense not now known, who was living upon the farm now occupied by Lorenzo Joslin, in Putney. The neighbors, including Mr. Hutchins, rallied in his behalf and suc- creded in defeating the intended arrest. In re- taliation, the troops seized the only cow of Mr. Hutchins and drove it away with them. He was among the first to enlist in the patriot cause. In Captain Hutchin's company we find Stephen Lord, aged forty, enlisted April 19, 1777 ; also, David Johnson, Jr., aged twenty- one, enlisted June 6th.
In Scammell's regiment, in Captain John Grigg's company, we find Josiah Powers, aged thirty-three, mustered May, 1777, for three years ; also, Calvin Chamberlain, mustered Feb- ruary 4, 1778. In February, 1781, we find Caleb Aldrich, sergeant in Captain Benjamin Ellis' company.
In the Second Regiment, under Colonel Rice, we find Benj. Whitcomb, major ; Geo. Aldrich, captain ; and Jonas Butterfield, lieutenant.
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The First New Hampshire Continental Reg- iment was recruited and organized in April, 1777. Col. John Stark having resigned, Col. Joseph Cilley was appointed to its command. This regiment, with the Second and Third New Hampshire, was assigned to a brigade command- ed by General Sullivan, whose headquarters at this time were at Ticonderoga. The First Com- pany of the First Regiment was under the com- mand of Capt. Isaac Farwell, and contained many Cheshire County men, and James Simons1 from Westmoreland. The record speaks of him as being twenty-six years of age; is credited with eighteen miles mileage (from Westmore- land to Charlestown); he received twenty pounds bounty. Relating to him we find the following certificate :
" DERRIFIELD 20 March 1781
"This may certify that James Simons has served in the Continental Army ever since the commencement of the War and by Reason of his Infirmity of Body he Rendered unfit for any further services and is there- fore discharged. Given under my Hand
(Signed)
JOHN STARK, B Gener! "
In October, 1780, the British and Indians burned Royalton, Vt., and committed other depredations in the vicinity. The alarm having reached this town, a company of militia im- mediately proceeded in pursuit of the enemy. The following petition explains itself. I can find no names of the soldiers who marched from this town under the command of Lieutenant Britton.
" To the General Court:
" I Ebenezer Britton Jur of Westmoreland in Said state, do pray, and Humbly shew that I being a Lieut- enant in the melitia of this state in the year AD 1780 in October-at which time there was a Call for the melitia to go forward and Repel the force of the Enemy who at that time burnt the town of Roylton- the Command of the Company whereof I was Lieut devolving upon me I accordingly Endavoured to for- ward on the Company under my Command as quick as possable and for the purpose of Conveying the baggage did impress Several horses one of which Was the property of M' Elisha Wilbore of westmoreland and of the value of ten pounds Silver money, which
Sum I have paid to the said Elisha wilbore-as an Equivalent for the said horse as the said horse while in Said Service Loaded and traveling fell and broke his Sholder and was thereby lost in the publick ser- vice-Your petitioner humbly prayeth that the Said sum of ten pounds-with the Interest thereon may be Allowed to him and paid out of the treasury of this State.
" EBENEZER BRITTON " Lieut.
"Sworn to before John Doolittle
" Oct 18 1785"
The records of the town are strangely deficient of any record of bounties paid to soldiers. From Hammonds' "Town Papers" we cull the follow- ing evidence that they were paid :
" In Committee on Claims Mar. 15. 1783-
"The Bounty advanced by Westmoreland to Wm Martin is Nine pounds which sum has been deducted from his depreciation
"Exª Per JOSIAH GILMAN JUNE" " CONCORD June 22, 1786
" The Bounty advanc'd by the Town of Westmore- land to Solomon Robins a Soldier for one year, is Twenty two Pounds, which has been deducted from his depreciation
" Exª Per JOSIAH GILMAN, JURE"
December 10, 1779, the General Court voted to direct the treasurer to discount to Westmore- land five hundred and twenty-eight pounds for bounties advanced to its soldiers.
In 1794, eleven years after the close of the War of the Revolution, on account of serious trouble with the Western Indians and the " Whiskey Rebellion " in the valley of the Mo- nongahela, caused by a law passed by Congress levying duty upon domestic distilled spirits, the President was compelled to call out the mil- itia, " fifteen thousand strong," with which to speedily quell the rebellion. New Hampshire voted four regiments of minute-men to be held in readiness to march at any time, and the several towns were called on to furnish their proportion. December 8th, Westmoreland " Voted to raise the private soldiers' wages to forty shillings per month, including what Congress have voted to give, exclusive of clothing and rations, and non- commissioned officers in proportion, and to ad-
1 Sometimes written Simonds.
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vance to each man now to be drafted one-half month advance pay in case they should be call- ed to march." The wages given by Congress was four dollars a month. The names of these men are not known. They were not called in- to action.
WAR OF 1812-15.
Relating to this war the records of West- moreland are singularly deficient. From frag- mentary evidence we have found, however, abun- dant proof that the town was not reluctant to respond to every call for men in defense of country and liberty. This war with Great Britain was declared June 19, 1812. Sep- tember 9th following, Governor Gilman ordered " the whole of the militia to be in readiness to march at a moment's warning." A detach- ment from twenty-three regiments was ordered to march to Portsmouth immediately. These men were organized upon arrival into a brigade, the First Regiment of which was under the com- mand of Nat Fisk, of Westmoreland, as Lieuten- ant Colonel commandant. This regiment was ordered out September 10, 1814, for three months. Colonel Fisk was born in Framingham, Mass., in 1787, and came to Westmoreland in early life and established himself in business as a clothier in the shop that formerly stood south of the house of Chas. H. Leach. Here he was successful. After a few years he opened a store in the village now known as Park Hill, where he became a successful merchant. He was ma- jor of the First Battalion of the Twentieth Regiment New Hampshire Militia. In 1814 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the same regiment. In September of the same year he was appointed to the command of the First Regiment of detached soldiers for the defense of the sea- board, and was stationed as above. In 1830 he removed to his paternal homestead, in Framing- ham. About 1856, while on a visit to his daughter in this town, Mrs. Geo. F. Dunbar, he diedl suddenly of heart-disease, aged sixty-nine years. Under his command, in Capt. Marsh's company, we find Abial Bridges and Otis Briggs
transferred from Capt. Warner's company to Jonathan Robbins'. In the same regiment we find in Capt. Oliver Warner's company, the names of Henry Mason, ensign ; Benjamin Brown, ser- geant ; privates Jonathan Robbins and Otis Briggs ; all enlisted for three months from Sep- tember. In the Second Regiment, under Col. Steel, in Capt. James M. Warner's company, we find Lewis Reed, corporal ; Elijah Barrows, drummer, and Privates Henry Bemis, Cephas Clark, Zera Hutchins, Jonathan Hall, Jr., Ed- mund Simmons, Aaron Wheeler, Carley Wheeler, Joseph Welborn. These men all enlisted for sixty days and were mustered September 25, 1814. In the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry, under Lieut .- Col. Bedel, recruited at Concord dur- ing the summer of 1813, we find the names of Timothy Aldrich, ensign, Caleb Briggs, Eph- raim Leonard, Benjamin How ; the latter was wounded in the leg in the battle of Chippewa. Doubtless others were enlisted whose names are not known or recognized by the compiler in the long army-rolls.
On the 5th of September, 1792, the new Constitution was adopted. It contained in- portant provisions relating to the militia. In December following, an act was passed by the Legislature arranging the militia into regi- ments, brigades and divisions, describing their limits and number, etc. By this act the com- panies in Walpole and Westmoreland consti- tuted the First Battalion of the Twentieth Reg- iment. This regiment was placed in the Fifth Brigade of the Third Divison. This act was constantly undergoing revisions, and, in 1808, it was considerably simplified. The aet passed this year provided that all free, able-bodied white male citizens of the State, from sixteen years to forty, should be enrolled, with certain exceptions. Nearly forty years passed, follow- ing this act, without radical changes in the militia laws. For many years Westmoreland possessed two companies of militia. The Light Infantry was popularly known as "the Old
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West Light." It was a company of men that, in all martial respects, ranked very high. For years it sharply competed with the "Keene Light" for the palm of superiority. For some years it was under the command of Captain Tileston A. Barker, who was very efficient in this work. This company furnished its own uniforms, but were provided with arms by the State. The remainder of the enrolled men com- posed the "Flood wood " company. They had no uniforms, and were obliged to furnish their own arms. Sometimes their movements bordered upon the grotesque. These companies were obliged to turn out at least twice each year for inspection of arms and for drill.
"Training-days" were memorable days for all, both old and young. The splendid uniforms of the Light Infantry, the precision of all their movements, the pompous commands of the offi- cers, the shrill notes of the fife and the roll of the drum served to arouse all with enthusiasm. Regimental musters were held yearly, in the months of August and September, sometimes in this town ; but these days, with their associa- tions, have long since passed away. But many of our older citizens still relate, with kindling eye and animated speech, the lively incidents of those days.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
For many years prior to the breaking out of the War of the Great Rebellion, the military spirit of Westmoreland had lain dormant. The news of the firing upon Sumter thrilled the heart of the North with martial fire anew. Then the men of the North, irrespective of party, hastened to defend the nation's honor ; to fight for home and kindred. The following is the record of the citizens of Westmoreland who enlisted in the military service of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65 :
Lewis W. Aldrich, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 15, 1862; promoted to corporal January 1, 1865 ; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Lewis W. Aldrich, (2d), mustered in Company I, Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, August 15, 1862; mustered out June 10, 1865.
William Aiken, mustered in Company I, Twelfth Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry, October 4, 1862; mustered out July 14, 1863.
William C. Aiken, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 18, 1862; wounded September 17, 1862; discharged for disability March 17, 1863.
Charles L. Aiken, mustered in U. S. Navy.
Amasa O. Amidon, mustered in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 5, 1862, for nine months ; mustered out August 13, 1863.
Tileston A. Barker, mustered as captain Company A, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, June, 1861; appointed lieutenant-colo- nel Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Vol- unteer Infantry, September 19, 1862; on general court-martial Washington, D.C., February 25, 1864, to February 5, 1865 ; honorably discharged February 5, 1865; breveted colonel September 13, 1866.
Frank T. Barker, mustered as captain Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun- teer Infantry, August 31, 1862; discharged April 21, 1864.
Joseph Burcham, mustered in Company H, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 17, 1861; discharged for disability September 20, 1862; re-enlisted in Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun- teer Infantry, September 22, 1862; transferred to Company A, April 2, 1863; discharged January 1, 1865.
William J. Burcham, mustered in Company E, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 28, 1861 ; died at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., January 28, 1862.
George H. Britton, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, August 8, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Charles H. Burgess, mustered in Company A, Four - teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; discharged for disa- bility at Concord, N. H., December 11, 1862.
David Curtin, mustered in Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 23, 1862; discharged for disability December 31, 1864.
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John Curtin, mustered in first lieutenant Company E, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, April 20, 1864; wounded June 3, 1864; discharged on account of wounds August 10, 1864.
Patrick H. Curtin, mustered in Company E, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 28, 1861; wounded August 29, 1862; transferred to United States Volunteer Reserve Corp, May 2, 1863.
Charles Campbell, mustered in Company F, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 28,1861 ; discharged February 2, 1863. Norton E. Chamberlain, mustered in Company D, Fifty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ; died at New Orleans May 16, 1863. William F. Clark, United States Navy. John Conner, United States Navy.
Isaac W. Derby, mustered corporal in Company A, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, May 31, 1861 ; wounded July 21, 1861; discharged for disability August 25, 1861; mus- tered as lieutenant in United States Cavalry in 1863.
Elisha Douglass, mustered in Company K, Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, December, 1863; wounded May 12, 1864; died from wounds May 17, 1864.
Samuel E. Douglass, mustered in Company F, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 28, 1861; wounded August 29, 1862; died of wounds at Georgetown (D. C.) Hospital September 19, 1862.
Charles L. Derby, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
John C. Farnham, mustered in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry ; discharged August 13, 1863.
Edwin J. Goodnow, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862 ; wounded September 19, 1864; discharged on account of wounds Feb- ruary 8, 1865.
Timothy M. Gary, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
James K. Greeley, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862 ; wounded September 19, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1865,
Charles P. Hall, mustered first lieutenant Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Vol- unteer Infantry, August 9, 1862; in charge of in- valid detachment under provost marshal Wash- ington, D. C., June to November, 1863 ; promoted to captain Company C, February 20, 1864; in command Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 5 to June 5, 1865; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Franklin J. Hall, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 22, 1862; promoted to corporal April 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
George Hall, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi- ment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, De- cember 16, 1863; wounded June 1, 1864; trans- ferred to Sixth New Hampshire Volunteer Infan- try, June 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 17, 1865. Aristides Heustis, mustered in Company A, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, May 31, 1861 ; died at Summit House Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., December 23, 1862.
Fay Keith, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 13, 1862; died in service.
Samuel I. Leach, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 22, 1862; clerk for brigadier-quarter- master October, 1862 to April, 1863; promoted to corporal; clerk in Campbell General Hospital April, 1863 to July 21, 1865; transferred to United States Volunteer Reserve Corp, Decem- ber 5, 1863; mustered out July 21, 1865.
Albert G. Leach, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 22, 1862; died of disease at Washing- ton, D. C., May 31, 1863.
Charles H. Leach, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, August 14, 1862 ; died at Poolsville, Md., January 23, 1863.
Leonard Lowe, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi- ment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry ; killed at Petersburg Mine July 30, 1864.
James B. Mason, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, August 14, 1862; transferred and pro- moted to first lieutenant in Thirty-first Regiment United States Cavalry Troop, February 14, 1864 ; wounded at Petersburg Mine July 30, 1864; dis- charged December 12, 1864.
Amos S. Metcalf, mustered in Troop A, First Regi- ment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, March 25, 1864: captured June 13, 1864.
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Leslie K. Osborne, mustered in Company E, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, November 28, 1861 ; mustered out November 27, 1864.
William L. Pratt, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Isaac W. Rawson, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
William S. Starkey, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 27, 1862; died at Washington, D. C., May 13, 1863.
Henry M. Staples, mustered musician Company A, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 14, 1862; promoted to principal musician November 1, 1864; discharged July 8, 1865.
Warren Streeter, mustered in Company F, Fourth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, Septem- ber 7, 1864; discharged June 6, 1865.
Albert W. Streeter, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 15, 1862 ; died of disease at Falmouth, Va., February 6, 1863.
Herbert N. Streeter, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, August 22, 1862; died of disease at Aquia Creek, Va., February 7, 1863.
Ezra F. Streeter, mustered in Company F, Fifth Reg- iment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Oc- tober 23, 1861; discharged for disability, April 30, 1862.
Frederick A. Timothy, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volun- teer Infantry, September 22, 1862 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Holland Wheeler, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 22, 1862; promoted to ser- geant January 27, 1864; wounded September 19, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Sidney P. Winchester, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, September 22, 1862; discharged for disability, March 27, 1863.
Hiram Woodward, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out May 19, 1865.
Edgar F. Wiley, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi- ment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Aug- ust 15, 1862; wounded May 12, 1864; transferred to United States Veteran Reserve Corps January 9, 1865.
Sidney H. Young, mustered in Company A, Four- teenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, August 14, 1862; killed in battle Opequan September 19, 1864.
Edwin Young, mustered in Company A, Second Reg- iment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, May 31, 1861; promoted to sargeant May 1, 1863 ; mustered out June 21, 1864.
The following is the list of non-resident sol- diers credited to Westmoreland :
William Miller. Anton Crick.
Charles Nelson. John Ervin.
William Smith. Henry Jacobs.
William Thompson. Charles Johnson.
George Wilson.
James Smith.
Luther Jossely.
Joseph Williams.
Franklin Vose. James Bennett. Walter Comstock.
John Anderson.
Joseph Coyne.
Jeremiah Carroll.
James Malone.
James M. Janess.
John Brown. Ransom D. Pettingill.
George Clark
Mitchell Brennan.
John Clark.
Simon Dyer.
John Coleman.
CHAPTER VII.
WESTMORELAND-(Continued).
CIVIL HISTORY AND CENSUS.
The following is the list of town officers from 1775, prior records are missing :
MODERATORS OF ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Joseph Burt, 1775, '77, '78, '79, 1781, '88, '89, 1791, '92, '93, '95, '96, '98, '99, 1802, '3, '4, '5, '6, '8, '9, '10, '11, '12,'13, and '14,-26 years.
Ebenezer Britton, 1776.
Benjamin Pierce, 1780 to 1782.
Isaac Chamberlain, 1783.
George Aldrich, 1784.
Nathan Franklin, 1785, '86, '97.
Amos Babcock, 1787, '90, '94.
Nathan Estabrooks, 1800.
Joseph Buffum, 1801, '07.
David Dwight, 1815, '16, '17.
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Jotham Lord, 1818, '19, '20, '21, '23, '24, '26, '27, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, -21 years.
Simeon Cobb (2d), 1822.
Nathan Babbitt, 1825. Samuel Winchester, 1828 to 1829.
Larkin Baker, 1843, '44, '46, '47. Charles F. Brooks, 1845.
Tileston A. Barker, 1848, 49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '64, '67, '70-14 years.
George W. Nims, 1859, '60.
Ebenezer Britton (2d), 1861, '65, '66, '68, '69, '71.
Dexter Warren, 1862, '63, '74.
Stephen B. Gary, 1872 to 73.
Willard Bill, Jr., 1875, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, -eight years. George W. Daggett, 1876.
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