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For many years there has been no military organization in the town, and when the Rebellion broke out, there were very few young men in it who had had any experience whatever in military affairs.
For the military history of this town during the Revolution (1775-'83), the reader is referred to Chapter IV ; during the second war with Great Britain (1812-'15), to Chapter V ; during the civil war (1861-'65), to Chapter VI.
PHYSICIANS.
The following are the names of some of the physicians who have practised . their profession in Chesterfield for longer or shorter periods :
Dr. Elkanah Day was here as early as 1767. (Sce Family His- tories )
Dr. Moses Ellis was in Chesterfield several years prior to 1787. (See Fam. Hist.)
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Dr. Solomon Harvey resided in the town from about 1775 to 1821, or later. (See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. Barnard was here in 1779.
Dr. Joshua Tyler practised from between 1776 and 'S1 till 1807. (See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. Oliver Atherton practised from about 1787 to 1812. Fam. Hist.)
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Dr. Prescott Hall came to Chesterfield about 1806, and practised here a few years.
Dr. James R. Grow was in Chesterfield in 1812, and remained a few years.
Dr. Oliver Baker came here in 1809, and remained until 1840. ( See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. George Farrington came from Winchester, probably in 1814 or '15. He died in this town, July 29, 1816, aged 47 years, and was buried in the old burying-ground at the Centre Village. A marble slab, lying horizontally on two supports of masonry, marks his last resting place. On this slab is the following epitaph :
" Here lies beneath this monument The dear remains of one who spent His days and years in doing good; Gave easc to those oppres'd with pain,
Restor'd the sick to Health again, And purifi'd their wasting blood.
. He was respected while on Earth By all who knew his real worth In practice and superior skill. The means he us'd were truly blest, His wondrous cures do well attest. Who can his vacant mansion fill? Borne on some shining cherub's wing To his grand master, God and King, : To the grand lodge in Heaven above, Where angels smile to see him join His brethren in that lodge Divine, Where all is harmony and love."
Dr. Joshua Converse practised medicine in Chesterfield a number of years. (See Fam. Hist.)
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Dr. Jason Farr, son of Moses Farr, of this town, practised here several years. He died in 1825.
Dr. Jerry Lyons was in Chesterfield from 1814 to '25.
Dr. Philip Hall resided in Chesterfield a number of years, remov- ing from the town about 182S. He died in Northfield, Mass. in ISSo. (See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. Harvey Carpenter practised in Chesterfield from 1827 or '28 till the time of his death. ( See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. John P. Warren practised in Chesterfield in 1842, '43 and '44. He built the house, at the Centre Village, in which Rev. J. Hall now lives. He removed from this town to Brattleboro, Vt., where he died a few years ago.
Dr. Algernon Sidney Carpenter, brother of Dr. Harvey Carpenter, practised here during the year 1841. He now resides in Keene.
Dr. John O. French came to Chesterfield in 1844 or '45, and re- mained about ten years. (See Fam. Hist.)
Dr. John F. Butler has practised his profession in this town since IS54.
Dr. Butler is the son of Jonathan and Martha (Russell) Butler, of Marlow, and was born June 14, 1831 ; graduated at the Harvard Medical School. March, 1854, and came to Chesterfield the next April. In the spring of '64 he joined the 39th Reg't Mass. volun- teers as assistant surgeon, and served till the war closed, when he returned to Chesterfield. He married, in 1857, Julia, daughter of Rev. Silas Quimby, of Lebanon, and who died Aug. 19, 1861. In 1863, he married Celia A., daughter of John L. Brewster, of Low- ell, Mass.
Dr. Daniel F. Randall has resided in Chesterfield since 1855, en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He was born May 24, 1829, and is the son of Menzias R. Randall, M. D., a vet- eran physician of Rehoboth, Mass. He graduated at the med- ical school in Woodstock, Vt., in 1852, and settled in this town in 1855, where he has ever since resided. He married Miss Amelia C. French, of Berkley, Mass.
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LAWYERS.
Hon. Phineas Handerson was probably the first lawyer who prac- tised his profession in Chesterfield. His office was at the Centre Village, where he resided from 1805 or '06 till '33, when he removed to Keene.
Hon. Larkin G. Mead, who read law with Mr. Handerson, also practised in this town till 1839, when he removed to Brattle- boro, Vt.
Charles C. Webster, Esq., now of Keene, practised law in this town from July, 1839, to January, '46. (For a further account of Handerson, Mead and Webster. see Fam. Hist.)
Hon. Harvey Carlton, now of Winchester, engaged in the practise of law in this town from 1841 to '54.
Allen P. Dudley, Esq., practised law in Chesterfield a few years, as did also his brother, Wm. L. Dudley, Esq. (See Fam. Hist.)
AGED PERSONS.
The following persons aged So years, or more, are living in Chesterfield at the present date, ( July [I, ISSI,) : Mrs. Jerusha Smith, So; Miss Sarah Brigham, So; Samuel J. Pattridge, So ; Alanson Chamberlain, So ; Mrs. Celestina K. Hubbard, Sı ; Alfred Farwell, SI; Joshua W. Chamberlain, Sen., S2; Miss Persis Brigham, 82 ; Oliver Farnsworth, S5 ; Hubbard Wheeler, 86 ; Mrs. Phebe Streeter, 86 ; Mrs. Polly Spaulding, 86 ; Mrs. Persis Dudley, 87 ; Mrs. Sarah Platts, 87 ; Mrs. Grata Thomas, S8; Mrs. Sophia Day, S9; Ebenezer Robertson, 94 ; John Butler, 95 ; Mrs. Sophro- nia Pierce, 96.
The following persons have died in Chesterfield at an age of 90 years, or more : Mary, wife of Samuel Hamilton, Sen., Dec. 16, 1842, aged 90; Lydia, wife of Ebenezer Cheney, April 4, 1859. aged 90 ; Nancy, wife of Orlo Richardson, April 4, 1872, aged 90 (nearly) ; Orpha, wife of Zadock Presho, April 17, 1856, aged 90 ; Thomas Dunham, March 20, 1870, aged 90; Benjamin Withing- ton, May 16, 1851, aged 90 (nearly) ; Sarah, wife of Caleb Johnson, Dec. 31, 1837, aged 90 ; Sally, wife of Jesse Hinds, Aug. 24, 1864, aged 90 ; Asa Fullam, Dec. 14, 1870, aged 90 ; Judith, wife of Dr. Joshua Tyler, Aug. 11, 1854, aged 91 ; Elisha Rockwood, Feb. 13,
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1832, aged 91 ; Betsey, wife of Aaron Smith, Jan. 26, 1863, aged 91 ; Widow Mary Putnam, Jan. 30, 1830, aged 92 ; Stephen Street- er, Sen., March 11, 1845, aged 92 ; Jonathan Cressey, April 26, 1824, aged 92 (nearly) ; William Clark, Sen., Feb. 19, 1849, aged 92 ; Amos Crouch, Aug. 18, 1861, aged 92; Samuel Hamilton, Oct. 19, 1878, aged 92 (nearly) ; Submit, wife of John Sanderson, Sen., June 27, 1822, aged 93; Nathaniel Bacon, Sept. 10, 1823, aged 95 ; Mary, wife of Joseph Titus, May 7, 1845, aged 95; Clarissa, wife of Binea Norcross, May 30, 1877, aged 95 : Rachel, wife of Eleazer Jackson, March 12, IS36, aged 96 ; Timothy Ladd, Aug. 30, 1834, aged 96; Esther, wife of William Faulkner, Nov. 29, 1876, aged 101 years I mo. 7 days ; Sarah, wife of Samuel Draper, Dec. 19, 1863, aged 101 years 5 mos. 16 days ; Hannah Bailey, (mother of Zadock Bartlett's wife), November, 1822, aged 104 years 3 mos.
PAUPERS AND THE TOWN POOR-FARM.
At an early period in the town's history, provisions were made for the support of the poor. For many .years, however, the town had no alms-house, or poor-house, but panpers were supported in private families, under the supervision of the selectmen, or over - seers chosen by the town.
A common way of disposing of the town paupers, previous to 1835, was to " vendue them," as it was called; i. e., the right to keep a part, or all, of the town's poor for a specified time was sold at public auction to the lowest bidder.
In 1835, the town purchased of Wm. R. Snow the old " Snow homestead," situated in the western part of the town, near the river, and fitted up the house for a poor-house. This building. which was once used as a tavern, is undoubtedly one of the oldest houses in the town, having been built by Zerubbabel Snow, who died in 1795. For about thirty years the paupers of the town were kept at this poor-house, the farm connected with it furnishing a large part of the provisions necessary for their sustenance.
Not long after the poor-farm was purchased, the "Nichols farm," so called, situated on the hill west of the lake, and north of Wm. Bennett's present farm, came into the possession of the town. At the annual town-meeting for 1837, it was voted to retain this farm for a pasture to be used in connection with the poor-farm.
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In the spring of 1865, the poor-farm and the town pasture were sold, the house and forty acres of land being bought by Mrs. Mary E. Streeter ; the meadow north of Catsbane brook, by Henry Chickering ; a small pasture east of the river road, by S. P. Yeager ; and the " Nichols pasture," by Wm. Bennett.
PUBLIC CEMETERIES AND THE COMMON AT THE CENTRE VILLAGE.
Which is the oldest public burying-ground in the town, has not been ascertained ; but the three oldest are undoubtedly the ones called, in the town records, the "West burying-ground," (located a short distance south of Charles C. P. Goodrich's residence) ; the "North-west burying-ground," or the "burying-ground near James Robertson's ;" and the "burying-ground near the old meeting- house," located at the Centre Village. It is quite probable that the first and last of these three were used before 1766 as burial- places, and the second may have been used for the same purpose about as early. The West burying-ground was conveyed to the town by Simon Davis, Jan. 8, 1772, and was described in the deed as being a lot of land " lying on the river road leading to Charles- town, about half way between the said Simon Davis's and Joseph Higgins's." There appears to be a difference of opinion as to whether the " Robertson grave-yard" is now the property of the town ; but that it was used as a public burying-place, and regarded by the town as public property, for many years, is unquestionable.
The old grave-yard at the Centre Village appears to have been originally a part of the common, which was probably conveyed to the town before 1772. It was enlarged in 1790 by the addition of a strip of land 20 feet wide to the western side.
The burying-ground sometimes called the " Latham grave-yard," in the south-eastern quarter of the town, has probably been used as a public burial-place for nearly a century, as the oldest grave- stone bears the date of 1790.
The " North-east burying-ground," or the " burying-ground near Joseph Pattridge's," as it is sometimes called in the town records, (located north of the present highway leading from Factory Vil- lage to Keene, and not far from the present residence of William Atherton), has also been used as a public grave-yard for nearly, or quite, one hundred years.
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In 1817, the town voted to receive from Ebenezer Stearns one- third of an acre of land, situated at Factory Village, for a public burying-ground. Since that time additions have been made to this cemetery by private individuals, so that it now contains about 182 square rods. The original part was used, however, by Mr. Stearns as a private burying- ground before he presented it to the town, two of his sons having been buried in it in 1806, and his first wife in IS15.
The same year (IS17), the town also voted to receive from Joseph Atherton one-third of an acre of land for a public grave-yard. This yard is situated on Atherton hill, near the school-house in district No. 14.
The cemetery sometimes ealled the "Joslyn cemetery," situated a short distance east of the Centre Village, is partly a public and partly a private burial ground. The old, or original, part of this cemetery belongs to the town, but the newer part is private prop- erty, and is owned by a number of individuals. The part belong- ing to the town appears to have first been used for burial purposes about 1815, and to have been donated by Benj. Joslyn.
In 1832, the town authorized the selectmen to take a deed of the " burying-ground near Arad Stoddard's." This is known as the "New Boston " cemetery, and the land contained in it was gratui- tously conveyed to the town by Mr. Stoddard. In 1859, the town voted to give the control of this grave-yard to an association styled the "New Boston Cemetery Association," by which it is controlled at present.
About 1830, Ithamar Chamberlain, Jr., and Amos Farr presented to the town about one-fourth of an acre of land, near the West Village, on the condition that the same should be used for a public burial-ground. At the March meeting in 1856, the town voted to give the control of this grave-yard to an association styled the " Chesterfield West Cemetery Association." This cemetery has been enlarged twice-first in 1856, and again in 1874-and now contains about two and five-eighths acres, being the largest burial ground in the town. The first person buried in it was Lucinda, wife of Thomas Hosley, who died in 1831.
The cemetery situated not far from Noyes Robertson's residence is not, properly speaking, a public burial-ground, but is owned by
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about eighteen different persons, including Mr. Robertson himself, who gave the land which it contains, excepting a few of the lots which he sold.
The common at the Centre Village appears to have been con- veyed to the town before September, 1772, but by whom is uncer- tain. There is a tradition that it was presented to the town by Col. Samuel King, to be used for public purposes. If there is any truth in this tradition, it appears that King must have made his donation while in his minority ; for, in a deed from Elkanah Day to Ebenezer Harvey of a certain piece of land adjacent to the com- mon, dated Sept. 17, 1772, the latter is mentioned as having been conveyed to the town. At that date Col. King could scarcely have been twenty-one years old: a circumstance which does not, of course, preclude the possibility of his having been the person who conveyed the common to the town.
May 1, 1786, the town voted " to lay the common open by clear- ing off all the old fences, etc. ; " and Sept. 7, the same year, to accept the common " as laid out by the selectmen." The bounds of the same are recorded in the first volume of the town records, and its area was stated to be five acres, roads and burying-ground included.
THE TOWN RECORDS AND NAMES OF TOWN-CLERKS FROM 1770 TO 1881.
Five volumes contain the records of the proceedings in town- meetings, from 1767 to the present time. The first volume covers the period from 1767 to 1793 ; the second, from 1793 to 1830; the third, from 1830 to 1845 ; the fourth, from 1845 to 1861 ; the fifth, from 1861 to the present time.
The first three also contain records of births and marriages. The first two are of the greatest historical interest, because they contain the records of the town during the most interesting periods of its history. The oldest one is especially rich in historical treasures, and is in a good state of preservation.
The first two contain a curious medley of records of town-meet- ings, of births, of marriages, of deaths, of the marking of sheep, of the taking up of stray animals, etc., all entered in a promis- cuous manner.
For example, immediately following the record of the births of
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Caleb Johnson's children is the following record : "Caleb John- son's mark on his sheep, September, 1779, is a squar cross cut of off the write ear, and a round hole threw the same off ear."
Immediately after a record of births is also found the following : " October ye 22, [year not given] then was taken up by Joseph Printice a black horse colt two years old last spring. Natral troter, with a small white star in the forehead."
Some of the birth records are very exact. For instance, W. F. was recorded as having been born April 5, 1782, "with a natural mark on ye tip end of his left ear." The birth of R. A., daughter of J. A .. was recorded as having occurred " March 19, 1797, little before midnight."
In an indenture made Feb. 22, 1787, by which Polly Gary, a poor child, was bound by the selectmen as an apprentice to Abel Fletcher, the latter covenants to teach the child " to read well and to know her duty to God and man, so far as she may be capable of learning the aforesaid mysterys ;" also, to provide " suitable meat and drink, washing, lodging and apparell, nusing and physick."
The selectmen's and assessors' records from 1787 to the present time, are pretty complete ; but those covering the period from 1770 to 'S7, have not been found.
The proprietary records of the town, as already mentioned in another place, have been lost,-a loss which, from a purely histor- ical point of view, is irreparable.
The town has had the following clerks since 1770 : Ephraim Baldwin, 1770-'84 ; Jacob Amidon, 1785-'99 ; Solomon Harvey, ISO0-'17; Abraham Wood, Jr., ISIS-'33; Geo. H. Fitch, 1834, 35 ; Oscar Coolidge, 1836-'38; Nelson W. Herrick, 1839-'42 ; Warham R. Platts, 1843, '44; Sumner Warren. 1845; Harvey Carpenter. 1846-'48 ; John O. French, 1849-'52 ; Henry O. Cool- idge, 1853; Arza K. Clark, 1854; Henry O. Coolidge, 1855-'67; Hermon C. Harvey, 1868; Henry O. Coolidge, 1869; Hermon C. Harvey, 1870-'73; Murray Davis, 1874,'75; Edward P. F. Dearborn, 1876; Hermon C. Harvey, 1877-'SI.
SELECTMEN OF CHESTERFIELD FROM 1767 TO 1881, AND MEMBERS
OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FROM 1775 TO ISSI.
1767. Selectmen : Simon Davis, John Snow, Jonathan Hildreth, Eleazer Cobleigh, Ebenezer Davison.
1768 and '69. No record.
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1770. Selectmen : Jonathan Hildreth, Silas Thompson, Elkanah Day, Thomas Emmons, Nathaniel Bingham.
1771. Selectmen : Moses Smith, David Stoddard, Timothy Ladd.
1772. Selectmen same as in '71.
I773. Selectmen : Zerubbabel Snow, Ephraim Baldwin, Martin Warner.
1774. Selectmen same as in '73.
1775. Selectmen : Nathaniel Bingham, Ephraim Hubbard, Steph- en Carter, Moses Smith, Jr , John Davison. Representative, Archibald Robertson. (See p. 50.)
1776. Selectmen. Ephraim Baldwin, Michael Cressey, Samuel Hildreth, Moses Smith, Jr., Ephraim Hubbard. Represent- ative, Michael Cressey.
1777. Selectmen : Samuel Fairbanks, Elisha Rockwood, James Robertson, Nathaniel Bingham, Jonathan Farr, 2d. Repre- sentative, Michael Cressey.
1778. Selectmen : Samuel Hildreth, Moses Smith, Abner John- son, Kimball Carlton, Jacob Hinds. Representative, Michael Cressey.
1779. Selectmen : Jonathan Hildreth, Oliver Cobleigh, Warren Snow. Representative, Nathaniel Bingham.
1780. Selectmen : Michael Cressey, Elisha Rockwood, Andrew Hastings. No representative chosen.
1781. Selectmen : Moses Smith, Jr., Abner Johnson, Samuel King, [Jr.] No representative in the Legislature of this State, but Samuel King, Jr., and Silas Thompson represented the town in the Assembly of Vermont. (See p. 67.)
1782. Selectmen : Samuel King, [Jr.], Jonas Fairbanks, Abner Johnson, Moses Smith, Eleazer Jackson. Representative, Samuel King, [Jr.]
1783. Selectmen : Ebenezer Harvey, Eleazer Pomeroy, Eleazer Jackson, Capt. - Davis, Lieut. - - Fletcher. Repre- sentative, Samuel King, [Jr.]
1784. Selectmen : Benjamin Haskell, Peter Stone, Amos Hub- bard. Representative, Samuel King, [Jr.]
1785. Selectmen : Paul Eager, Jacob Amidon, Reuben Graves. Representative, Ebenezer Harvey.
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1786. Selectmen : Martin Warner, William Hildreth, Ezra Day. Representative, Moses Smith.
1787. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, Michael Cressey, Benjamin Haskell. Representative, Moses Smith.
1788. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, Benjamin Haskell, Silas
Richardson. Representative, Moses Smith.
1789. Selectmen : Moses Smith, Abner Johnson, Solomon Har- vey. Representative, Benjamin Haskell.
1790. Selectmen same as in '89. Representative, Moses Smith.
1791. Selectmen same as in 'S9. Representative, Moses Smith.
1792. Selectmen : Solomon Harvey, John Braley, James Wheeler. Representative, Eleazer Jackson.
1793. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, Peter Stone, Silas Richard- son. Representative, Eleazer Jackson.
1794. Selectmen same as in '93. Representative, Simon Willard.
1795. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, Silas Richardson, Asahel Shurtleff. Representative, Simon Willard.
1 796. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, Silas Richardson, David Stoddard. Representative, Simon Willard.
1797. Selectmen : Michael Cressey, Jacob Amidon, Abraham Stearns. Representative, Eleazer Jackson.
I798. Selectmen : Joseph Atherton, Benjamin Haskell, Oliver Brown. Representative, Simon Willard.
I799. Selectmen same as in '98. Representative, Benjamin Has- kell.
1800. Selectmen : Eleazer Jackson, James Wheeler, Asahel Shurtleff. Representative, Benjamin Haskell.
ISO1. Selectmen : James Wheeler, Asahel Shurtleff, Joseph Pat- tridge. Representative, Simon Willard.
ISO2. Selectmen : Martin Pomeroy, Joseph Pattridge, John Day. Representative, Simon Willard.
1 803. Selectmen : Joseph Pattridge, John Day, Ebenezer Harvey. Representative, Simon Willard.
1804. Selectmen : John Day, Ebenezer Harvey, Jr., Wilkes Rich- ardson. Representative, Simon Willard.
I 805. Selectmen same as in 1804. Representative, Simon Wil- lard.
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1 806. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Abraham Stearns, Josiah Has- tings, Jr. Representative, Simon Willard.
ISO7. Selectmen same as in 1806. Representative, Simon Wil- lard.
ISOS. Selectmen: John Kneeland, John Putnam, Amasa Make- peace. Representative, Levi Jackson.
1809. Selectmen : John Putnam, Joseph Atherton, Benjamin Cook. Representative, Levi Jackson.
ISIO. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Amasa Makepeace, Josiah Hastings. Representative, Levi Jackson.
ISII. Selectmen : Joseph Atherton, Oliver Brown, Phineas Han- derson. Representative, Levi Jackson.
1812. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Oliver Brown, Levi Jackson. Representative, Phineas Handerson.
1813. Selectmen and representative same as in '12.
1814. Selectmen same as in '12. Representative, Benjamin Cook.
1815. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Elijah Scott, Asa Fullam. Representatives : Benjamin Cook, Phineas Handerson.
1816. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Joseph Pattridge, Elijah Scott. Representatives : Benjamin Cook, John Putnam.
1817. Selectmen : Joseph Pattridge, Benjamin Cook, John Day. Representatives : John Putnam, Joseph Atherton.
1818. Selectmen : Benjamin Cook, John Day, Robert L. Hurd. Representatives : John.Putnam, John Kneeland.
1819. Selectmen same as in '18. Representatives : John Knee- land, Benjamin Cook.
1820. Selectmen : John Kneeland, John Putnam. Robert L. Hurd. Representative, John Kneeland.
I821. Selectmen : John Kneeland, John Putnam, Nathan Wild. Representative, Levi Jackson.
I822. Selectmen : John Kneeland, Nathan Wild, Nathaniel Wal- ton. Representative, John Kneeland.
1823. Selectmen same as in '22. Representative, Ebenezer Stearns.
1824. Selectmen same as in '22. Stearns. Representative, Ebenezer
1825. Selectmen same as in '22. Representative, John Kneeland.
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IS26. Selectmen : John Kneeland, John Putnam, Orlo Richard- son. Representative, John Putnam.
IS27. Selectmen : Orlo Richardson, Ezekiel P. Pierce, Nathaniel Walton. Representative, Ezekiel P. Pierce.
IS2S. Selectmen : Orlo Richardson, Otis Amidon, Nathaniel Walton. Representative, Orlo Richardson.
1 829. Selectmen : Nathaniel Walton, Otis Amidon, Abishai Wetherbee. Representative, Orlo Richardson.
1830. Selectmen : Otis Amidon, Abishai Wetherbee, John Harris. No representative chosen.
1831. Selectmen : John Harris, Otis Amidon, Joseph Holden. Representative, Nathan Wild.
1832. Selectmen : Joseph Holden, Moses Dudley, John Harris. Representative, Nathan Wild.
I833. Selectmen : Moses Dudley, Joseph Holden, Charles Con- verse. Representative, Otis Amidon.
IS34. Selectmen : Nathaniel Walton, Charles Converse, Orlo Richardson. Representative, Otis Amidon.
IS35. Selectmen : Orlo Richardson, Charles Converse, Moses Dudley. Representative, Otis Amidon.
IS36. Selectmen : Ezra Titus, Asa Marsh, Samuel Goodrich. Representative, Charles Converse.
IS37. Selectmen : Samuel Goodrich, Chandler A. Cressey, Al- pheus Snow. Representative, Charles Converse.
IS3S. Selectmen : Ara Hamilton, Chandler A. Cressey, Alpheus Snow. Representative, Otis Amidon.
IS39. Selectmen : Alpheus Snow, Reuben Marsh, Ara Hamilton. Representative, Thomas Hardy.
IS40. Selectmen : Ara Hamilton, Oscar Coolidge, Mark Cook. Representatives : Oscar Coolidge, Ara Hamilton.
IS41. Selectmen and representatives same as in '40.
IS42. Selectmen : Samuel Goodrich, Reuben Marsh, Nathaniel Walton. Representatives : Jay Jackson, Edwin Sargeant.
IS43. Selectmen : Ara Hamilton, Reuben Marsh, Nathaniel Wal-
ton. Representative, Ara Hamilton.
JS44. Selectmen : Nathaniel Walton, Reuben Marsh, Samuel Burt, Jr. Representatives : Jay Jackson, Nathaniel Walton.
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1845. Selectmen : Ara Hamilton, Alpheus Snow. Parker D. Cres- sey. Representatives : Ara Hamilton, John Pierce.
1846. Selectmen : Nathaniel Walton, Parker D. Cressey, Joseph C. Goodrich. Representatives : Nathaniel Walton, Samuel J. Pattridge.
1847. Selectmen : Ezra Titus, Parker D. Cressey, Richard Hop- kins. Jr. No representative chosen.
1 848. Selectmen : Samuel Burt, Jr., Warham R. Platts, Otis Wheeler. Representative, Harvey Carpenter.
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