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James G. Haseltine, 1860. Charles Richardson, 1861.
Asa Jaquith, jr., 1862.
Francis K. Boutell, 1863, '64, '65, '67, '68, .69, 70, 77.
Daniel Cram, 1864, '65, 66.
Barnabas B. David, 1865, '66.
James U. Prince, 1866, '67, '68, 69.
Thomas M. Harvill, 1870, 71, '81.
Charles L. Bradford, 1870, 71.
Levi Ilartshorn, 1871, 72. Joseph Byron Fay, 1872, 73, 74. Brooks R. Came, 1872, 73, 74, 75.
Thomas Jones, 1873, 74, 75, 76. Aaron Smith Wilkins, 1875, '76, '77.
Isaac B. Dodge, 1876, '77, '78.
Daniel W. Trow, 1878, '79, '80, '81.
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Mark Putnam, 1878, '79, '80, '81.
Luther Coggin, 1879.
William Pratt, 1880, '81.
Joseph B. Trow, 1882.
John H. Coggin, 1882.
Joel H. Fisher, 1882.
Prior to 1803, five selectmen were chosen annually ; since that time, but three.
SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS.
Francis K. Boutell, 1878, '80.
William II. Hubbard, 1878, '80.
James U. Prince, 1878.
Horatio McIntire, 1880.
Of the selectmen, William Fisk, Esq., served for twenty- five successive years, eighteen of which he was town-clerk.
Tho Wakefield
served twenty-two years as selectman-eleven years com- mencing with 1761, and eleven years commencing with 1776. He was also town-clerk six years. He probably died here in September, 1791; but no stone marks his resting place, and none of his descendants remain in town.
Daniel Campbell J. John Sercombe Track Fuller
constituted the board of selectmen in Amherst for nine
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years. The two first were natives of the town. Mr. Fuller was a native of Middleton, Mass. All were born in the year 1778, and all lived beyond the allotted three score years and ten. Capt. Campbell died at 75. Capt. Secombe at 78, and Mr. Fuller at 86 years. They were fair repre- sentatives of the generation of men to which they belonged. slow of speech, deliberate in action, of sound judgment, and all believers in thorough, honest work. Beside these nine years' service together, each served at other times, with other individuals. Capt. Campbell's term of service amounted. in the whole, to 12; Capt. Secombe's, to 20 ; and Mr. Fuller's, to 15 years. Beside this, Capt. Secombe served 3, and Capt. Campbell 2 years, as representatives.
COMPENSATION OF THE SELECTMEN.
At a meeting held 26 December, 1781, the town voted to allow their selectmen three pounds lawful silver money each, for their services that year, beside their necessary expenses.
This, reckoning the Spanish milled dollar at 6s., gave them ten dollars each ; but as the war then going on gave the " town fathers" an unusual amount of business, it was voted, at a meeting in March, 1782, to pay them three shillings each, per day, for the time spent in "extraordinary services for the town."
For the year ending March, 1831, the selectmen's bills amounted to $53.90.
For the year ending March, 1834, the selectmen's bills amounted to $163.13.
The increase 'was caused by the change in the mode of assessing taxes, made by the act approved 4 January, 1833, which increased the labor of the selectmen, who acted as assessors.
For the year ending March, 1843, they were,
$175.00
66 1853, 203.84
66
1857, 226.00
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For the year ending March, 1863, they were,
$160.25
.6
1866,
290.00
.. 1870,
270.00
1874,
66
410.00
6.
1881,
66
291.00
Seldom has any one possessing the requisite qualifica- tion, failed of an election to the important and responsible office of hogreeve.
In 1762 a very appropriate selection of chairman was made, Mr. William Hogg being elected to that office.
In 1813 Dea. David Stanley was promoted to the chair- manship.
In 1814, and again in 1828, Hon. Edmund Parker was chief among the elect "regulators of the swine," and in 1830 Rev. Silas Aiken was duly promoted to the office of chair- man of the board.
. On the twenty-first day of July, 1774, eighty-five depu- ties from the towus in New Hampshire met in congress at Exeter, and chose Nathaniel Folsom and John Sullivan delegates to the Congress which met at Carpenter's hall, in Philadelphia, 5 September, 1774.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Amherst was elassed with Bedford for the choice. of a representative to the General Court, under the Provincial government. The first meeting for the choice of a represen- tative from the classed towns, of which a record has been found, was held at Bedford meeting-house 4 March, 1762, at which Col. John Goffe received 46 votes, and Capt. Moses Barron 13 votes. Col. Goffe, having a majority of the votes, was declared elected, and served as representative of the district, under this and subsequent elections, until the abrogation of the Provincial government.
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Paul Dudley Sargent was the deputy from Amherst in this first Provincial congress. His expenses were defrayed by private contributions, as is shown by the following paper preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, at Concord :
" The within is a trew list of the moneys subscribed for defraying the expense of a Deputy to Exeter, and the money required as the Quota of this town.
PAUL DUDLEY SARGENT.
AMHERST, July 20, 1774."
John Burns, 2s. 8d.
William Peabody,
3s. 0d.
Benj. Hopkins,
3
4 Doctor Ames. 1 23
Andrew Bradford, 3
9 Ja's Gilmore; 1 23
Stephen Burnham, 1
6 Jonathan Lund, 2
5
Josiah Sawyer, 1
6 John Burns, jr.,
3
George Burns,
11
Lieut. Kendall, 6
Thomas Burns,
1
9
Lieut. Bradford, 2
8
William Jones.
3
William Melendy,
1 23 1
Thompson Maxwell, 1
6
William Odell,
6
James Seaton,
1
6 Amos Truel, 3
3
6
Oliver Carlton,
1
4
Samnel Stewart,
3
Stephen Peabody,
3
6
James Hartshorn,
8
William Hogg,
1
Joseph Farnum,
1
4
Joseph Steele,
1
2
Nathaniel Phelps,
1
6
Josiah Crosby,
6
John Mills,
1
4
Benj. Kendrick,
6
Jonathan Lyon,
2
Moses Barron,
1
6
Nathaniel Cleaves,
1
13
Joseph Gould,
1
2
Stephen Washer,
1
6
Ebenezer Weston,
2
6
Amos Green,
1
4
Daniel Campbell,
3
Col. Shepard, 3
William Wallace,
1
8}
Peter Woodbury,
2
5
Nahum Baldwin,
3
Thomas Towne,
4
Timothy Smith,
3
Ephraim Hildreth, 1
2}
Reuben Mussey,
1
4
John Shepard, jr., esq., 6
William Taylor,
1
4 Samuel Wilkins,
2
Paul Dudley Sargent was chosen a delegate to the second Congress, which met 25 Jan., 1775.
Paul Dudley Sargent and Moses Parsons represented the town in the third Congress, which met 21 April, 1775.
14
Abner Hutchinson,
3
James Gage,
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The same gentlemen represented the town in the fourth Congress, which met 17 May, 1775.
Moses Nichols and Nahum Baldwin were chosen dele- gates to the fifth Congress, which met 21 December, 1775.
On the fifth day of January, 1776, this Congress adopted a temporary constitution, to continue in force during the " present unhappy and unnatural contest with Great Britain."
It then resolved itself into a " House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hampshire." Provision was made that precepts, in the name of the Council and Assembly, signed by the President of the Council and Speaker of the House of Representatives, "should issue annually on or before the first day of November, for the choice of a Conneil and House of Representatives, to be returned by the third Wednesday of December, then next ensning, in such manner as the Council and Assembly shall hereafter prescribe." Since the eighteenth day of December, 1776, the repre- sentatives have been as follows :
Moses Nichols, 1776, '77, '81, '82.
Peter Woodbury, 1776.
Josiah Crosby, 1777, '78, '79, '82.
Reuben Mussey, 1778.
Stephen Peabody, 1779.
Samuel Wilkins, 1780.
Nahum Baldwin, 1780.
Robert Means, 1783, '84, '85, '86, '89.
Thomas Burns, 1783.
William Peabody, jr., 1787, '88.
Daniel Warner, 1790, '91, from 10 June, 1793, '94, '95, '96, '97, to 23 August, 1798.
Joshua Atherton, 1792 (resigned, vacancy not filled), '93, to June 10. William Fisk, from 23 August, 1798, '99, from 27 August, 1804, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09.
William Bradford, 1800, '01, '02.
Jedediah K. Smith, 1803, to 27 August, 1804.
William Low, 1810, '12, '14.
Edmund Parker, 1813, '15, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '24, '25, to 5 June, 1826.
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Clifton Claggett, 1816.
Charles II. Atherton, 1823, '38, 39.
Robert Read, June, 1826, 27, '28.
David McG. Means, 1829, '30. John Secombe, 1831, '32, '33.
Daniel Campbell, jr., 1834, '35.
David Stewart, 1836, '43. Perley Dodge, 1837, '53, '54.
Andrew Wallace, 1840, '41.
Barnabas B. David, 1842.
Richard Boylston, 1844, '45, '46.
Levi J. Secomb, 1847, '48.
Lemuel N. Pattee, 1849, '50.
Daniel Fletcher, 1851.
William Wetherbee, 1855, '59, '60.
Charles H. Campbell, 1856, '57, '58, '63, '64.
Jotham Hartshorn, 1861, '62, '71, '72.
Aaron Lawrence, 1865, '66.
William Clark, 1867, '68.
William A. Mack, 1869, '70.
Harrison Eaton, 1873, '74.
Joseph B. Fay, 1875, '76.
Frank Hartshorn, 1877.
Thomas Jones, 1878, '79.
Albert A. Rotch, 1880.
DECEASE OF TOWN OFFICERS SINCE 1775.
Charles H. Atherton, died 8 Jan., 1853,
aged 79
Joshua Atherton, 3 April, 1809, ·
71
Nahum Baldwin, 7 May, 1788, 54
Angustus Blanchard (at Milford), 27 Feb., 1809, 63
Ephraun Blanchard, 27 June, 1841,
63
Richard Boylston, 19 July, 1857,
75
Andrew Bradford (at Milford), 1798, .
80
William Bradford (at Barre, Vt.), 25 Oct., 1816, 63
99
Daniel Campbell, jr., 7 July, 1853,
75
Clifton Claggett, 29 Jan., 1829,
66
James Colburn (at Franklin), 2 Sept., 1862,
76
Daniel Cram, 5 Aug., 1880,
81
Josiah Crosby, 15 Oct., 1793, . ·
63
Samuel Dana, 2 April, 1798, . ·
59
Nathan Dane (at Ottawa, Minn.), 12 Dec., 1865,
60
Daniel Campbell, 7 Oct., 1838,
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HISTORY OF AMHERST.
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David Danforth, died 4 July, 1827,
Willard Danforth, 28 March, 1859, ·
aged 75 31
Benjamin Davis, 28 Nov., 1822,
98
Bartholomew Dodge, 7 Oct., 1838,
54
Abel Downe, 28 Sept., 1840, .
52
John Ellenwood (in Michigan), 9 May, 1856,
79
William Fisk, 4 June, 1831, .
76
Daniel Fletcher, 15 Oct., 1873,
77
James C. Follansbee (at Francestown), 17 Dec., 1879,
79
Israel Fuller, 23 Feb., 1864, .
86
John Goffe (at Bedford), 20 Oct., 1781,
80
William Gordon (at Boston), 8 May, 1802,
39
Albert IIardy (at Greenfield), 14 Oct., 1853,
43
Elbridge Hardy (at Brooklyn, N. Y.), 1 April, 1874,
69
Daniel Hartshorn, 20 Feb., 1871,
79
Jotham Ilartshorn, 21 Sept., 1878.
75
John Harvill, 6 April, 1821, . 85
84
Willard Hayden, 21 March, 1881,
68
Benjamin Hutchinson (at Milford), 12 Sept., 1832,
78
Nathan Hutchinson (at Milford), 12 Jan., 1795, .
77
Jacob Kendall (at Mont Vernon), 3 June, 1823, .
64
Nathan Kendall, 10 Nov., 1791,
65
Benjamin Kendrick, 13 Nov., 1813,
89
Stephen Kendrick, 7 June, 1811,
56
Joseph Langdell (at Wenham, Mass.), May, 1829,
94
Aaron Lawrence, 1 Sept., 1867.
62
William Low, 11 Sept., 1826,
74
Hezekiah Lovejoy, 6 April, 1793,
63
Joshua Lovejoy (at Sanbornton), 28 Jan., 1832,
88
Ebenezer Lyon, 4 Jan., 1798, .
88
Joseph Mace, 2 June, 1864,
54
John Mack, 16 July, 1854,
75
David McG. Means, 5 March, 1835,
5-1
Robert Means, 24 Jan., 1823, .
80
William Melendy, 12 March, 1858,
77
Reuben Mnssey, 20 Nov., 1788,
68
Hubbard Newton (at Newport), 15 Feb., 1847,
67
Moses Nichols, 23 May, 1790,
49
Edmund Parker (at Claremont), 8 Sept., 1856,
73
Lemuel N. Pattee (at Goffstown), 1 April, 1870, .
66
John Patterson, 16 Dec., 1829,
87
Stephen Peabody, 19 Sept., 1782,
38
·
John Haseltine, 5 Aug., 1865,
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DECEASE OF TOWN OFFICERS.
213
William Peabody, died 3 May, 1791, . ·
aged 76
John Prentiss (at Claremont), 2 March, 1868,
82
Elijah Putnam, 18 Oct., 1855, 76 .
Mark Putnam, 20 Jan., 1882, . 63
Robert Read, Ist, 11 Sept., 1803, .
83
Robert Read, 2d (at Nashua), 10 March, 1857,
71
Charles Richardson (at Worcester, Mass.), 12 Dee., 1878, 87
Albert Riddle (at Bedford), 7 Aug., 1859,
51
David Russell, 7 Jan., 1882, .
84
Paul Dudley Sargent (in Maine), Sept., 1827, ·
88
Ambrose Seaton (at Marysville, Ky.), 9 April, 1866,
61
John Secombe, 20 July, 1856, 77
John Shepard, jr., (at Milford), 4 Dec., 1802,
70
Jedediah K. Smith, 17 Dee., 1828, .
59
Jonathan Smith (at Bedford, Pa.), May, 1813, £
51
Charles L. Stewart (at New York city), 1 April, 1868,
65
David Stewart, 14 Nov., 1821,
61
David Stewart, jr., 30 Aug., 1880,
81
Samuel Stewart, 27 May, 1776,
60
Ebenezer Taylor, 10 Aug., 1835,
74
Israel Towne, jr. (at Stoddard), 28 April, 1813, .
76
Charles B. Tuttle (at Milford), 16 Dec., 1880,
63
Thomas Wakefield, Sept., 1791,
64
Charles H. Wallace, 21 June, 1861,
25
William J. Weston, 1 Oet., 1863,
53
William Wetherbee, 18 May, 1878,
80
Abijah Wilkins (at Mont Vernon), July, 1833,
81
Samuel Wilkins, 27 Dec., 1832,
90
Thomas Wilkins, 15 Nov., 1868,
76
Peter Woodbury (at Antrim), 11 Oct., 1817,
79
Foster Wyatt, 5 Feb., 1882, .
86
93. Average age of each, 70, 13-31 years.
The following citizens of Amherst have been commis- sioned as Justices of the Peace :
Appointed.
1803, Charles H. Atherton,
1791, Joshua Atherton,
Appointed. 1785, Augustus Blanchard, 1843, Edwin A. Bodwell,
73
Daniel Warner, 20 March, 1813,
67
Ebenezer Weston, 22 Dee., 1805, .
74
Andrew Wallace, 23 Sept., 1856,
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HISTORY OF AMHERST. [Chap.
Appointed. 1862, Edward D. Boylston,
1837, Richard Boylston,
1803, Isaac Brooks,
1854, Oramus W. Burnham,
1853, Charles H. Campbell,
1792, Daniel Campbell,
1776, Moses Nichols,
1848, Peter Carleton,
1815, Edmund Parker,
1813, Clifton Claggett,
1845, Lemuel N. Pattee,
1873, Edward G. Clark,
1863, Iliram A. Clark,
1868, Isaac Combs,
1829, Ezra Prescott,
1862, Daniel Cram,
1802, Samuel Curtis,
1859, Edward S. Cutter,
1790, Samuel Dana,
1838, Nathan Dane,
1815, Timothy Danforth,
1858, Willard Danforth,
1850, Barnabas B. David,
1833, l'erley Dodge,
1865, Harrison Eaton,
1806, David Everett,
1869, Joseph B. Fay,
1805, William Fisk,
1857, Francis P. Fitch,
1790, Robert Fletcher,
1812, Frederick French,
1842, Israel Fuller, jr.,
1794, William Gordon,
1860, Charles E. Hapgood,
1850, Elbridge Hardy,
1857, Jotham Hartshorn,
1821, Elisha F. Wallace,
1808, Daniel Warner,
1856, Gilbert Hills,
1829, David Holmes,
1806, Nathan Kendall,
1856, Aaron Lawrence,
1847, Joseph Mace,
1864, William A. Mack,
1786, Robert Means,
1820, Robert Means, jr.,
1829, David McG. Means,
Appointed. 1844, Elijah Munroe,
1852, James Munroe,
1852, George W. Moor,
1839, William S. Morton,
1842, Stephen Peabody,
1830, John Prentiss,
1867, J. O. Pulsifer,
1792, James Ray,
1865, George A. Ramsdell,
1827, Robert Read,
1828, Charles Richardson,
1852, Charles Richardson, 2d,
1869. Albert A. Rotch,
1816, David Russell,
1825, John Secombe,
1857, Levi J. Secomb,
1825, Nathaniel Shattuck,
Prior to 1768, John Shepard, jr.
1805, Jedediah K. Smith,
1830, Matthias Spalding, 1855, Abial Steele,
1865, George F. Stevens,
1856, David Stewart,
1858, Charles B. Tuttle,
1832, David Underhill,
1826, Andrew Wallace,
1844, Jacob Hildreth,
1846, William J. Weston,
1853, William Wetherbee,
1842, Bernard B. Whittemore,
1874, Aaron S. Wilkins, 1787, Eli Wilkins,
18-, Samuel Wilkins,
1879, Horace E. Woodberry,
1860, Francis Wright.
1836, Hubbard Newton,
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VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
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Col. John Shepard, jr., was probably the first Justice of the l'eace appointed in Amherst.
VOTES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE STATE.
1784, Meshech Weare, 11 1788, John Langdon, 41
John Langdon, 50
John Sullivan, 109
George Atkinson, 15
1789, John Sullivan, 63
1785, John Langdon, 71
John Pickering, 90
George Atkinson, 25
Joshua Atherton, 19
1786, John Sullivan, 39 Scattering, 6
John Langdon, 41 1790, John Pickering, 106
1787, John Sullivan,
65
1791, Josiah Bartlett, 206
John Langdon,
72
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
1792, Josiah Bartlett,
195 | 1807, John Langdon, 130
1793, Josiah Bartlett,
42
Timothy Farrar,
8
John Taylor Gilman, 52
Scattering, 3
1794, John T. Gilman, Daniel Rindge, 2
108
1808, John Langdon, 121
7
1795, John T. Gilman, 150
155
1809, Jeremiah Smith, 124
John Langdon, 137
1797, John T. Gilman, 135
43
1810, John Langdon, 149
Jeremiah Smith, 113
1799, John T. Gilman,
131
1800, John T. Gilman,
123
1811, John Langdon, 153
Jeremiah Smith
108
1801, John T. Gilman, 95
1812, William Plumer, 136
Timothy Walker,
118
John T. Gilmanı, John Warner, 1
1802, John T. Gilman, John Langdon,
176
1813, John T. Gilman,
137
1803, John T. Gilman, John Langdon,
179
1804, John T. Gilman, SS
131
1814, John T. Gilman,
159
1805, John Langdon,
137
John T. Gilman,
98
1815, John T. Gilman, 170
1806, John Langdon,
152
William Plumer, 16-
Timothy Farrar,
27
1816, William Plumer, 177
Scattering,
5
James Sheafe, 160
8
Scattering, 2
John S. Sherburne, John Bellows, 3
1798, John T. Gilman, 171
Scattering,
2
Timothy Walker, 85
112
68
103
150
William Plumer, Scattering, 1
John Langdon,
William Plumer, 173
Oliver Peabody, Scattering,
1796, John T. Gilman, Timothy Gilman,
216
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1817, William Plumer,
164 | 1830, Matthew Harvey, 99
James Sheafe,
150
Timothy Upham, 165
Scattering,
12
Scattering,
3
1818, William Plumer, 148
1831, Samuel Dinsmoor, 10
William Ilale,
147
Ichabod Bartlett, 170
Robert Means, jr.,
4
Scattering,
2
1819, Samuel Bell, 75
1832, Samuel Dinsmoor, 106
William Hale,
105
Ichabod Bartlett, 119
David L. Morril,
44
1833, Samuel Dinsmoor, 162
Scattering,
2
Charles H. Atherton, 32
1820, Sammuel Bell,
86
1834, William Badger,
:4
George B. Upham,
95
David L. Morril,
36
1835, William Badger, Joseph Healey,
133
Scattering,
6
1836, Isaac Hill, 115
5
George B. Upham,
117
George Sullivan, Richard Boylston,
1
Scattering,
3
1837, Isaac Ilill, 128
1522, Samuel Bell,
94
George Sullivan, 121
Jeremiah Mason,
13
1838, Isaac Hill, 171
Scattering,
10
James Wilson, jr., 197
1823, Levi Woodbury,
147
1839, John Page, 161
Samuel Dinsmoor, Scattering,
2
James Wilson,
188
1824, David L. Morril,
163
1840, John Page,
158
Levi Woodbury,
77
Enos Stevens,
180
Jeremiah Smith, Scattering,
2
1841, John Page,
142
1825, David L. Morril,
239
Enos Stevens,
171
Levi Woodbury.
8
1842, Henry Hubbard,
12:
Scattering,
8
Enos Stevens, John II. White,
53
Benjamin Pierce, 52 Scattering, 2
Scattering,
1
1827, Benjamin Pierce,
144
1843, Henry Hubbard,
115
David L. Morril,
24
Anthony Colby,
130
Scattering,
8
John H. White, Daniel Hoit,
32
1828, John Bell,
208
20
Benjamin Pierce,
68
1844, John H. Steele,
117
Scattering,
4
Anthony Colby,
126
1829, Benjamin Pierce, John Bell,
104
Daniel Hoit,
35
180
John H. White,
7
Scattering,
4
Scattering,
4
27
George Kent, -1
105
1826, David L. Morril,
152
Daniel IIoit,
11
91
124
1821, Samuel Bell, 88
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VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
217
1845, John H. Steele, 128 | 1858, William Haile, 219
Anthony Colby, 131
Asa P. Cate, 106
Daniel Hoit, 26
1859, Ichabod Goodwin, 212
1846, Anthony Colby, 123
Asa P'. Cate, 113
Jared W. Williams, Nathaniel S. Berry,
38
Asa P. Cate, 118
1847, Jared W. Williams,
147
1861, Nathaniel S. Berry, 192
Anthony Colby,
151
George Stark, 129
Nathaniel S. Berry, Scattering, 1
33
1862, Nathaniel S. Berry, 192
128
1848, Jared W. Williams, 158
Nathaniel S. Berry,
185
1863, Joseph A. Gilmore, 175
Scattering, 2
Ira A. Eastman, 124
1849, Samuel Dinsmoor, 144
Walter Harriman, 18
Levi Chamberlain, 148
1864, Joseph A. Gilmore, 219
Nathaniel S. Berry,
29 Edward W. Harrington, 124
1850, Samuel Dinsmoor, Levi Chamberlain, 118 Nathaniel S. Berry, 23
145
1865, Frederick Smyth, 197
Edward W. Harrington, 106
1851, Samuel Dinsmoor,
10-
John G. Sinclair, 104
Thomas E. Sawyer, John Atwood,
104
1867, Walter Harriman, 181 John G. Sinclair, 104
Scattering, 1
Scattering, 2
1852, Noah Martin,
104
1868, Walter Harriman, 241
Thomas E. Sawyer, 110 John G. Sinclair, 124
John Atwood,
80
1869, Onslow Stearns, 185
Scattering, 2
John Bedel, 100
1853, Noah Martin, 132
1870, Onslow Stearns, 202
James Bell, 123
John Bedel, 100
John 11. White, 33
Samuel Flint, Lorenzo D. Barrows,
5
1854, Nathaniel B. Baker, 134
James Bell, 94
James Pike, 189
Jared Perkins, 70
209
Nathaniel B. Baker,
108
James Bell, Asa Fowler, 1
10
1872, Ezekiel A. Straw, 214
James A. Weston, 138
1856, Ralph Metcalf,
196
John S. Wells,
132
Ichabod Goodwin,
6
1873, Ezekiel A. Straw, 191
1857, William Haile,
203
James A. Weston, 99
John S. Wells, 102
John Blackmer, 7
2
Scattering, 2
1871, James A. Weston, 128
Lemuel P. Cooper, 2
1855, Ralph Metcalf,
Scattering, 3
John Blackmer, 4 Scattering, 1
101
1866, Frederick Smyth, 188
George Stark, Paul J. Wheeler, 3
123
1860, Ichabod Goodwin, 205
218
HISTORY OF AMHERST.
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1874, James A. Weston, 129 |
1877, Benjamin F. Prescott, 201
Luther McCutchins, 188
Daniel Marcy, 114
John Blackmer, 11
Asa S. Kendall, 4
1875, Person C. Cheney, 214
1878 (Mch.), Benj. F. Prescott, 203 Frank A. Mckean, 124
Hiram R. Roberts,
130
1878 (Nov.), Natt Head, 197
Nathaniel White,
6
Frank A. Mckean, 101
1876, Person C. Cheney,
217
Warren G. Brown, 10
Daniel Marcy,
115
1880, Charles II. Bell, 225
Asa S. Kendall,
5
Frank Jones, 124
An alphabetical list of the voters in the town of Amherst on the second Tuesday of March, 1843, with the dates of the deaths and ages of those who had died, and the ages of those who were living, 1 June, 1882, so far as ascertained.
Those marked with a * have deceased.
*Abbott, Henry
died 26 March, 1868,
aged 84
* Atherton, Charles H.
8 Jan., 1853, 79
*Austin, Asa
27 Dec., 1843, 29
* Austin, Saul
24 March, 1881. 93
*Averill, Chandler
6 July, 1853, 43
*Bailey, Leonard
19 Aug., 1872, 85
*Barrett, Henry R.
15 Oct., 1867,
75
Barrett, Philip S. 64
*Barron, Solomon R.
19 March, 1882,
65
*Baldwin, Reuel
7 April, 1849,
70
*Ball, Mason
Bates, Moses C. 66
*Benden, Thomas M.
2 April, 1848,
57
*Bennet, Jonathan,
20 Feb., 1849,
73
Bennett, Alden B. 65
*Bills, Jabez
3 Nov., 1857,
63
Bissell, Lemuel
82
*Blood, Lemuel
7 May, 1857,
69
Blood, Minot
Blood, Simon A.
*Blunt, David W.
30 April, 1868,
72
*Boutell, Caleb
22 June, 1845,
78
Boutell, Francis K. 63
Boutell, Robert 78
Boylston, Edward D. 68
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219
*Boylston, Richard
died 19 July, 1857,
aged 75
*Boylston, Richard W.
13 Nov., 1845, 26
*Boynton, Moses Bradbury, Joseph S.
18 July, 1858, 60
Brown, John
"Brown, John Dalton
29 May, 1879,
60
*Brown, Samuel
17 Aug., 1854,
74
*Brown, Samuel F.
23 Nov., 1844,
34
Brown, William 90
Brown, William, jr.
*Bullard, Nahum
26 March, 1860, 53
*Burnham, Asahel
Butler, William A.
*Carter, William
11 Nov., 1875,
88
Carter, Henry W.
*Carter, Simeon
8 June, 1856,
71
*Carlton, Peter
16 Aug., 1859,
52
*Caldwell, David
23 Sept., 1856,
77
*Caldwell, Dustin Caldwell, Isaac F.
64
*Campbell, Daniel
7 July, 1853,
75
Campbell, Charles H. 61
6 Nov., 1857,
56
*Clark, Daniel
Aug., 1856,
92
*Clark, Ebenezer
*Clark, Ezra Dexter
8 June, 1859,
52
*Clark, Thomas Jefferson
27 Feb., 1876,
65
*Cleaves, James B.
18 Nov., 1850, 30
Combs, Isaac 77
*Converse, Ebenezer
25 Aug., 1861,
82
Converse, Charles 64
Converse, Rufus 62
*Crooker, Enos B.
24 Oct., 1851,
40
*Crooker, Melzar
21 Oct., 1851,
51
Crooker, James M. 66
Crosby, Joseph Fitch 62
Crosby, Josiah D.
*Damon, Benjamin
11 Nov., 1846, 83
*Damon, Stephen
31 May, 1854, 65
*Danforth, Jacob
15 Nov., 1851, 85
Danforth, George
75
*Danforth, Timothy
17 May, 1855, 77
60
6 Aug., 1875,
*Chickering, Isaac
*Clark, Calvin
8 July, 1859,
74
220 HISTORY OF AMHERST.
[Chap.
*Danforth, Simeon C.
died 21 July, 1869, aged 83
Danforth, Charles C. 69
Danforth, Daniel O. 65
*Danforth, Willianı
2 March, 1849, 46
*Dane, Nathan
12 Dec., 1865, 60
Dane, Timothy
David, Barnabas B. 79
*David, Charles II.
7 Oct., 1880, 65
David, John O. 68
*Dickey, James
13 March, 1856,
83
*Dickey, Thomas M.
24 Jan., 1846,
61
Dinsmoor, John O.
*Dodge, Calvin
6 June, 1853,
38
Dodge, Perley Dow, Samuel
82
*Duncklee, Ebenezer
3 Sept., 1867,
78
Duncklee, Ebenezer Taylor 66
*Duncklee, Levi
21 Jan., 1872,
70
Duncklee, Sylvester J. 62
Dutton, Samuel
*Eastman, Cyrus
17 Dec., 1862,
75
Eaton, Edmund
Eaton, Harrison
64
*Eaton, Loammi
Elliott, David
*Elliott, Roger
14 Aug., 1851,
87
Felton, Hiram G. 68
*Ferrell, Daniel
25 July, 1868,
68
*Fisk, David, jr.
29 Jan., 1882,
90
*Fisk, David, 3d
22 June, 1873,
80
*Fitch, Francis P.
23 Dec., 1874,
68
*Fletcher, Daniel
15 Oct., 1873,
77
*Fletcher, George W.
4 March, 1882,
75
*Fletcher, Joseph
30 Ang., 1843,
78
*Fletcher, Merrill
3 July, 1877,
78
*Fletcher, Robert
18 Sept., 1863,
61
*Fletcher, Sewall
12 Sept., 1855,
54
*Follansbee, James C.
17 Dec., 1879,
79
*Ford, John
21 Sept., 1848,
74
*Fowle, Joseph
27 May, 1874,
81
*Fuller, Israel
23 Feb., 1864,
86
Fuller, Israel, jr.
76
*Gardner, George B.
29 April, 1843,
34
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Goodwin, William E.
Gowing, Joseph
91
*Gould, Benjamin
died 1 July, 1845,
aged 77
*Grater, Francis
3 Jan., 1845,
94
*Grater, Francis, jr.
15 Jan., 1857, 59
*Green, Amos
1 Feb., 1860, 83
*Green, Charles
9 .Jan., 1873,
55
*Gutterson, Eli S.
19 May, 1863,
4.4
*Hadlock, Kendall
1 Oct., 1854,
68
Hadley, John L.
72
Hall, Robert
*Hanscomb, George
27 July, 1861, 63
*Hardy, Elbridge
1 April, 1874, 69
Hardy, Elbridge, jr.
*Harraden, Isaac
30 July, 1866,
78
*Hartshorn, Daniel
20 Feb., 1871,
79
*Hartshorn, Edward,
22 Aug., 1854, 90
*Hartshorn, Jotham,
21 Sept., 1878,
75
*Hartshorn, Timothy
25 Oct., 1868,
75
*Harvill, Joseph
5 March, 1853,
79
*Harvill, Joseph K.
26 Dec., 1870,
60
Harvill, Thomas M,
62
Haseltine, Charles
*Haseltine, John
5 Aug., 1865, 84
*Hastings, Benjamin
9 Oct., 1870,
81
*Hayden, Thomas W.
21 Sept., 1849,
42
*Hayden, Willard
21 March, 1881, 68
*Hildreth, Jacob
26 Feb., 1851,
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