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SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECK-LIST
Previous to 1878, the duty of revising the check-list devolved on the selectmen. The law of 1878 created a board of three supervisors for each town or ward, who are elected at the bien- nial elections in November to serve two years. The following have served in Bristol :
1878 Henry A. Randolph
4 2 Frederick Bartlett George A. Emerson 2 I880 Robert S. Hastings 2
4 1882 Robert A. Horner Albert Blake, Jr. 2
508
HISTORY OF BRISTOL
I882 Charles H. Calley
2
1892 Silas S. Brown
4
1884 Marshall W. White
2
Orlando B. French
6
Charles N. Drake 2
James W. Saunders 6
Frederick Bartlett
2
1896 Edward A. Blake
4
I886 Alfred P. Harriman 6
1898 Clarence A. Smith
6
George A. Emerson
2 John R. Connor
6
Robert S. Hastings
6
1900 Orlando B. French
2
I888 Kenson E. Dearborn 4 1902 Willard S. H. Remick
2
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
Since 1892, when the so-called Australian system of secret voting went into effect, two inspectors of elections from each of the two largest political parties in town have been appointed by the selectmen, upon nomination in caucus. Two of these, detailed as ballot clerks, have charge of the ballots, giving them to the voters in a manner prescribed by law, and the other two assist the illiterate and physically disabled in the marking of their ballots. The following have served in this capacity :
1892 Homer Roby
8 1898 Smith D. Fellows 4
David Perkins
I2
1900 Joseph N. Dickinson 2
Orlando B. French
IO
1902 William H. Marston 2
John H. Brown
4
Wilbur F. Gale
2
1896 Fred H. Ackerman
2
Wilmer C. Cox
2
DOG KILLERS
In accordance with the provisions of an act passed in 1891, entitled "An act to prevent the destruction of sheep and other damages by dogs," the selectmen appoint annually some one, usually a policeman, "to kill or cause to be killed all dogs owned or harbored within the town that are not licensed and collared according to law and to enter complaint against the owners." The law in regard to licensing dogs has been very generally complied with, and but few canines have suffered death at the hands of the dog killer.
ROAD AGENTS
Since 1894, one or more road agents have been elected at the March meeting who have had charge of the highways. Bristol elected three each year till 1899, since then, only one. The fol- lowing have served :
1894 Robert S. Hastings
2 1897 Simeon H. Cross 2
Henry A. Welch
I 1898 Nathan P. Smith
I
Burley M. Ames
I
Henry A. Welch
I
1895 Horace N. Emmons
3 1899 Green L. Tilton 2
Martin B. Pray
I 1901 Gustavus Bartlett
I
1896 Ebenezer K. Pray
2 1902 A. H. Towns
I
Henry A. Welch
I 1903 Henry A. Welch
T
509
APPENDIX
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS STATE SENATORS
1824 Moses H. Bradley 1871 Lewis W. Fling
1827 James Minot 1872 Lewis W. Fling
1835 Nathaniel S. Berry
1883-4 Benjamin F. Perkins
1836 Nathaniel S. Berry
1891-2 Richard W. Musgrove
1869 Cyrus Taylor
1870 Cyrus Taylor
1901-2 Ira A. Chase
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Napoleon B. Bryant, 1852-1853
George T. Crawford, 1871-'77
John C. Blaisdell, 1856; 1861-'63
Robert A. Horner, 1881-'85
Oscar F. Fowler, 1857-'60
Silas S. Brown, 1885-'89
Samuel K. Mason, 1869-'71
COUNTY TREASURERS
George T. Crawford, 1868-'69 Robert A. Horner, 1890-'95
REGISTERS OF DEEDS
Charles H. Day, 1877-'81 George H. Kendall, 1895-1903
COUNTY JUSTICE
Oscar F. Fowler, June, 1850-Aug. 1855
JUDGE OF PROBATE
Samuel K. Mason, July, 1874-July, 1876
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Bridgewater
Simon Harris, 1807-'18 Samuel Tay, 1812 Jonathan Sinclair, 1817
John Boardman, 1818 Joseph Flanders, 1818-'19
Bristol
Joseph Flanders, 1819-'26 Isaac Fields, Jr., 182I
David P. Prescott, 1864-'74 Charles H. Day, 1874-'76
Arthur L. Webster, 1826-'33
William A. Beckford, 1876-'80
Richard H. Sawyer, 1829-'35
James T. Sanborn, 1880-'83
John S. Bryant, 1836-'40
Moses F. Wilbur, 1883-'85
Jeremiah H. Prescott, 1840-'49
Charles S. Flanders, 1885-'87
Asa Martin, 1849-'51
John H. Brown, 1887-'91
Joseph S. Chase, 1855
LaForest S. Ballou, 1891-'93
David P. Prescott, 1856
George H. Kendall, 1893-'95
James T. Sanborn, 1856-'64
ClarenceA.Smith, 1895, still serving
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ASSISTANT CLERK OF SENATE
Ira A. Chase, 1883-'86
510
HISTORY OF BRISTOL
CLERK OF SENATE
Ira A. Chase, 1887-'90
ASSISTANT CLERK OF HOUSE
Charles G. Emmons, 1878-'80
CLERK OF HOUSE
Charles G. Emmons, 1881-'82
CORONERS
Carr Huse, New Chester, 1784 D. Morse, Bridgewater, 1809-'19
Daniel Heath, Bridgewater, 1784 M. Sleeper, N. Chester, 1811-'14
DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS
1778. At a convention held at Concord, June 10, to form a new state constitution, New Chester, Plymouth, Cockermouth, and Alexandria were represented by Francis Worcester.
1779. Sept. 21, a convention was held at Concord "to regulate the prices of such articles as the convention should think best." Each town was requested to send a delegate. The member from New Chester was Carr Huse.
1781. The constitutional convention of 1781 had seven sessions. The first was held June 5, 1781 ; the last, Oct. 31, 1783. Twice, recommendations were rejected; the third draft proposed was adopted and became the constitution of 1784. New Chester elected John Smith to represent that town, but he evidently was not given a seat, as New Chester, Plymouth, Cockermouth, and Alexandria were represented by Francis Worcester and Samuel Emerson.
1788. In the convention which met at Exeter, Feb. 13, to ratify the constitution of the United States, New Chester, Cock- ermouth, and Alexandria were represented by Col. Thomas Crawford.
1791. In the constitutional convention at Concord, Sept. 7, New Chester, Bridgewater, Alexandria, and Cockermouth were represented by Col. Thomas Crawford.
1850. In the constitutional convention at Concord in 1850, Bristol was represented by Frederick Bartlett, Esq.
1876. In the constitutional convention which met at Con- cord, Dec. 6, 1876, the members from Bristol were Marshall W. White and William A. Beckford.
1889. The member from Bristol to the state constitutional convention which met at Concord, Jan. 2, 1889, was Gustavus Roby.
1902. Bristol was represented in the state constitutional convention which met at Concord, Dec. 2, 1902, by Hon. Ira A. Chase.
APPENDIX B
VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
-
Previous to 1775 the governor of New Hampshire was appointed by the crown. In May, 1775, the royal governor, John Wentworth, withdrew and the province was governed by a convention, of which Matthew Thornton was president. A temporary constitution was adopted in January, 1776, under which Meshech Weare served as president of the council and chairman of the committee of safety till June, 1784. Under the constitution of 1784, the chief executive of the state was called president, and so continued till the convention of 1792, when the title was changed to governor. The following is a record of votes cast for the chief executive of the state from 1784, when the first president of New Hampshire was elected.
New Chester
1784 Meshech Weare
27
1795 John T. Gilman
53
Josiah Bartlett
13
1796 John T. Gilman 24
John Cleveland
I
Timothy Walker
I3
- 41
Oliver Peabody 24
1785 Josiah Bartlett 36
John Sullivan 19
John Langdon
I
1797
John T. Gilman 50
- 56
1798 John T. Gilman
74
1786 John Langdon
40
1799 John T. Gilman
65
1787 John Langdon Josiah Bartlett
32
1800 John T. Gilman Ebenezer Kimball
I
John Sullivan 2
- 82
-- 44
1801 John T. Gilman
86
1788 John Langdon
2I
1802 No record
Josiah Bartlett
I
I803 John T. Gilman John Langdon
2I
1789 John Pickering
1790 John Pickering I8 Woodbury Langdon 6
1804 John T. Gilman 88
John Langdon
5
179I Josiah Bartlett
40
I792 Josiah Bartlett
35
John Langdon John Wadleigh
30
1793 Josiah Bartlett
44
I
1794 John T. Gilman 53
-IOI
-
22
65
26
- 86
- 24
- 93
1805 John T. Gilman 70
8I
IO
- 61
512
HISTORY OF BRISTOL
1806 John T. Gilman John Langdon Jeremiah Smith John Wadleigh
30
70
I
2
-- 168
-103
1807 John T. Gilman
John Langdon
17
72
89
68
1815 William Plumer John T. Gilman 98 94
-192
- 96
I816 William Plumer ICO
James Sheafe 91 -19I
1817 William Plumer James Sheafe Scattering I
-185
1818 William Plumer IO5
Jeremiah Mason
64 -169
1812 William Plumer John T. Gilman
81
William Hale
52
Scattering I
-150
Bridgewater
1788 John Langdon Samuel Livermore I
28
I802 John Langdon John T. Gilman
32
25
1789 John Pickering
44
1790 John Pickering 21 Joshua Wentworth 5
-- 26
1791 Josiah Bartlett
47
1804 John T. Gilman John Langdon
36
I792 Josiah Bartlett
38
1793 Josiah Bartlett
52
1794 John T. Gilman
54
55
I795 John T. Gilman
44
127
1796 Timothy Walker John T. Gilman
42
1806 John Langdon John T. Gilman
94
I
3
-
43
97
1797
John T. Gilman 36 Simeon Olcott I
1807 John Langdon John T. Gilman Jeremiah Smith
I
1798 John T. Gilman
1799 John T. Gilman
50
Daniel Morse
3
53
I800 John T. Gilman Timothy Walker Scattering 3
6
John Langdon 83
-170
I80I John T. Gilman Timothy Walker
IO
John Langdon
70
-16I
-- 52
1813
William Plumer
89
John T. Gilman Scattering 77 2
1814 William Plumer 97 John T. Gilman 82
-179
I808 John Langdon John T. Gilman 28
1809 John Langdon
Jeremiah Smith
66
66
1810 John Langdon
Jeremiah Smith
-I32
78
72
64
-- 142
I8II John Langdon 83 Jeremiah Smith Ebenezer Kimball I
68
-152
1819 Samuel Bell
97
-29
-
57
1803 John Langdon 43 John T. Gilman 37 Scattering I
49
- 85
1805 John Langdon John T. Gilman
72
97
I
- 37 48
I808 John Langdon 96
6
John T. Gilman Moses Lewis
3
-- 105
58
1809 Jeremiah Smith 87
-- 67 42
1810 Jeremiah Smith 91
99
-
81
60
-14I
II2
APPENDIX
513
18II John Langdon Jeremiah Smith
99 69
1815
John T. Gilman IOI
William Plumer
81
-168
-182
1816
No records
John T. Gilman
91
1817
James Sheafe William Plumer Jeremiah Mason
85
I
2
-- 178
-- 167
1813
John T. Gilman William Plumer
III
1818 William Plumer Jeremiah Mason Jonathan Jewett
-176
1814 John T. Gilman William Plumer
II4
1819 Samuel Bell William Hale
71
68
-- 193
-- 139
Bristol
1820
Samuel Bell John Orr Robert Smith
91
1830
Timothy Upham Matthew Harvey
88
5
2
-- 154
David Sterrett
I
1831 Samuel Dinsmoor Ichabod Bartlett
97
1821
Samuel Bell John Orr Scattering
4
1832 Ichabod Bartlett Samuel Dinsmoor
74
1822
Samuel Bell John Orr Scattering
93
1833 Samuel Dinsmoor Arthur Livermore Scattering
7
1823
Levi Woodbury Samuel Dinsmoor Scattering
83
1834 William Badger
90
3
George Kent Scattering
59
1824
David L. 'Morrill Levi Woodbury Scattering
13
1835 William Badger Joseph Healey
68
1825
David L. Morrill Scattering
4
1836 Isaac Hill
93
-II6
George Sullivan Scattering
7
46
99
1837 Isaac Hill
79
Andrew Pierce
18
I
William Badger Scattering
12
1828 John Bell
60
-- II3
1838 James Wilson
IIO
Isaac Hill
104
Scattering
9
1829 John Bell
84
66
1839 James Wilson
II8
2
John Page
I02
-- 152
--- 220
I
- 91
-- 159
2
III
4
18
- 99
-- 136
-- 123
4
97
-153
89
5
-- 115
-- 157
I826 David L. Morrill Benjamin Pierce
53
160
1827 Benjamin Pierce Scattering
107
4
108
Benjamin Pierce Scattering
66
I
-- 127
-223
Benjamin Pierce Scattering
86
91
8I
84
I
-192
79
66
67
- 99
86
-- 164
85
37
II2
60
80
William Plumer Scattering
33
514
HISTORY OF BRISTOL
1840 Enos Stevens
I22
1851 Samuel Dinsmoor 64
John Page Scattering
109
Thomas E. Sawyer John Atwood
81
3
74 Nathaniel S. Berry
3
1841
Enos Stevens John Page
79
1852 Thomas E Sawyer 75
Noah Martin
69
John Atwood Nathaniel S. Berry
3
1842
Enos Stevens
66
John H. White
32
1853 Noah Martin
81
Daniel S. Hoit
44
James Bell John S. White
72
Henry Hubbard Scattering
I
---- 223
1843
Anthony Colby Henry Hubbard
86
1854 Nathaniel B. Baker James Bell Jared Perkins
119
-243
1855 Nathaniel B. Baker 79
Ralph Metcalf I62
6
1844
Anthony Colby Henry Hubbard
48
1856 Ichabod Goodwin
13
John S. Wells 70
Ralph Metcalf 153
Scattering
I
1845
Anthony Colby
75
1857 John S. Wells
78
John H. Steele
37
William Haile
153
Daniel S. Hoit Scattering
4
1858 William Haile
173
Asa P. Cate
79
1846
Nathaniel S. Berry Anthony Colby Jared W. Williams Scattering
94
68
1859 Ichabod Goodwin
163
Asa P. Cate Scattering
I
1847
Nathaniel S. Berry Anthony Colby 89
88
1860 Ichabod Goodwin Asa P. Cate
87
Jared W. Williams Scattering
50
2
15I 1861 Nathaniel S. Berry George Stark 84
I66
Scattering 3
-238
5
2
-- 244
Scattering 4
1849
Samuel Dinsmoor Levi Chamberlain
65
Nathaniel S. Berry
79
Ira A. Eastman 86
Walter Harriman 18
-257
Nathaniel S. Berry Levi Chamberlain
80
73
-221
1864 Joseph A. Gilmore I90 Edward W. Harrington 79 -- 269
-259
1848 Nathaniel S. Berry Jared W. Williams Anthony Colby Scattering
71
1862 Nathaniel S. Berry George Stark 83
155
61
-- 242
I863 Joseph A. Gilmore 153
---- 205
-- 222
108
Daniel S. Hoit Scattering
21
2
59
-- 210
74
70
35
48
John H. White Daniel S. Hoit Scattering
30
21
I
-- 186
Asa Fowler James Bell
-- 255
John H. White
30
Daniel S. Hoit
2I
Scattering
I
-- 186
84
-231
- -- 200
42
83
I
-- 205
-- 247
172
-- 229
-- 252
-237
8
86
-- 217
89
-- 206
-234
1850 Samuel Dinsmoor 68
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515
1865 Frederick Smith I86 Edward W. Harrington 78
Fall Elections
1878
Natt Head 246
Frank Mckean I35 Warren G. Brown 4
-- 385
1880 Charles H. Bell
244
Frank Jones I45
Warren G. Brown 2
-- 391
282
1882 Samuel W. Hale 222
242
M. V. B. Edgerly Scattering
I
-- 373
1884 Moody Currier
242
John M. Hill
150
8
-- 310
Larkin D. Mason George Carpenter
3
1870 Lorenzo D. Barrows Samuel Flint John Bedel
38
1886 Charles H. Sawyer Thomas Cogswell Joseph Wentworth
7
1871
James A. Weston James Pike
I26
1888 David H. Goodale
248
Scattering
I
Charles H. Amsden Edgar L. Carr 7
I85
1872 John Blackmer
12
James A. Weston
I43
Ezekiel A. Straw
221
Charles H. Amsden J. M. Fletcher 2
177
1873 John Blackmer
20
I892 John B. Smith
232
Ezekiel A. Straw
187
Samuel K. Mason
17
William O. Noyes 2
-- 414
1874 John Blackmer
49
James A. Weston
142
Luther McCutchins
204
George D. Epps Daniel C. Knowles
5
1875 Person C. Cheney Hiram Roberts
23I
149
Nathaniel White 25
-- 405
George W. Barnard I3 Harry H. Acton I3
-- 370
Asa S. Kendall
3
1898 Frank W. Rollins
230
1877 Daniel Marcy
144
Augustus G. Stevens II
-- 379
1900 Chester B. Jordan
266
Frederick E. Potter 123
Josiah M. Fletcher 7
Sumner F. Claflin
5
-- 393
-- 40I
33a
-264
1866 Frederick Smith John G. Sinclair Scattering I
193
87
-- 281
1867 Walter Harriman John G. Sinclair 90 Scattering 7
185
I868 Walter Harriman John G. Sinclair
107
I869 John Bedel Onslow Stearns
94
216
30
-403
20I
Onslow Stearns
206
170
-- 346
-- 346
-- 440
1890 Hiram A. Tuttle 232
-- 376
-- 4II
James A. Weston
III
Luther F. McKenney 180
-335
1894 Charles A. Busiel 235
Henry O. Kent I25
3
-395
-- 368
1896 George A. Ramsdell 245 Henry O. Kent 88
John O. Berry II
1876 Person C. Cheney Daniel Marcy
248
I45
-- 396
Charles F. Stone 138
Benjamin F. Prescott 246 Scattering 2
-- 392
1878 Frank A. McKeen 150
Benjamin F. Prescott 243
72
-- 378
219
150
--- 349
APPENDIX C
SCHOOL TEACHERS
The following is a list of those who have taught school in Bristol since 1850, and is as near complete as can be gathered from imperfect records. No record exists of school teachers previous to this date. Some of those named in this list taught many years previous to 1850. The date at the left indicates when the name first appears on the record ; the figures at the right give, unless otherwise specified, the number of terms taught.
1850 Rachel L. Moore
3
1855 Sarah M. Nickerson John Sanborn
1
Jane L. Moore
5
Maria G. Ayer
3
Abbie A. Locke
I
Margaret H. Sleeper
2
S. J. Hawkins Annie M. Pierce
I
S. C. Roby
I
Celesta E. Doton
2
Ellen S. Sumner
I
Mary F. Ferson
3
Laura L. Mudgett
2
Kate S. Smith
I
Angelina Robinson
I
Laura A. Cass Maria A. Pike
I
Angelina D. Smith
2
Olive J. Cheney
8
Mary H. Cummings
I
1856
Sarah C. Moore Ellen A. Sibley Oriette Whidden
I
1851
Amy A. Sargent
I
Mary A. Woolson
I
Miss P. W. Pope
1
Harriet A. Rogers
I
Mary Pierce
I
Mary E. George
I
Phineas B. Smith
I
C. A. Bean
I
Martha A. Smith
I
A. Ann Huckins Julia A. Spiller
I
Mary Moore
3
1857
Martha A. Clark
I
Lucina G. Pike
2
David Plummer
I
Jonathan T. Jackson
I
Henrietta A. Wright
I
Rebecca R. Haines
I
Sarah J. Woodman
2 Susan M. Ross
I
Mrs. R. E. Wells
I
Lizzie A. Randall
I
Susan E. Bartlett
I
Kate S. Sawyer
2
Julia A. Peabody
I
Almira S. Dolloff
I
Alpheus C. Mitchell I
Amanda A. Prescott
I
Lydia C. Bean
I
1859 Eliza S. Tilton
I
Susan D. Hazeltine Lucy Ann Hardy
4
Charles R. Heath
I
1854
Priscilla W. Pike
6
Julia A. Gordon
I
Emma H. Chase
4 Carrie S. Culver
3
S. S. Preston
I
I
Sarah A. Sleeper
I
4
Reuben Rollins
3
I
Milan Graves
I
3
1853 Levi N. Leavitt Emily Eaton
I
I
I
Annie Huckins
I
2
I
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517
1859 Abbie M. Mitchell Mary E. Ferrin I Harriet E. Darling Eliza A. Foster I Josephine Moore 5
I 1867
A. Melissa Gordon L. H. Wilson
I
5
1869
I Emma M. Flanders Martha S. Nelson 2
Kate L. Roby
4
I
Martha Emmons
3
I
Clara M. Damon
2
Marcus L. Emmons
I
Annie W. George
I
I871 Nellie M. Day
I
I Etta M. Ray
I
Mary E. Bartlett
I
Sarah M. Roby 2
Nellie A. Wallace
2
Miss S. A. C. Bean
2
Lovertia E. Emmons
I
Miss M. J. Chase
I
1872 Belle Calley
I
Levi D. Johnson
I Mary E. Tilton
3
Mehitable D Wells
I
Almeda M. Emerson Emma S. Heath
I
Miss L. E. Hardy
I
Lizzie S. Morgan
2
Mary E. Batchelder
2
George E. Colburn
I
Laura Jackman
I
5
1873
Flora J. Wells Mahala Batchelder Jennie S. Emmons Cinda W. Heath
2
Fanny E. Spalding
I
Mary O. Taylor
I
2
Ella J. George
I
1863 Julia A. E. Wallace
3
Mary H. Clay
3
Mary E. Patten
I
Miss L. M. Estey
I
M. Angie Yeaton
3
Inzie Straw
2
Miss A. E. Crawford
2
1875
Ida J. Dalton
I
M. Jennie Curtice
I
Anthe Robinson
2
1864
Anna B. Cheney 3 Narcissa T. Nutter I
I
Miss M. F. Emmons
2
Annie M. Mitchell
I
Miss L. D. Calley
I
Mary A. Locke
I
Finetta E. Nelson
I
Nellie T. Burleigh
I
1877 Mary P. Payson
3
Emma A. Sibley
I
Emma O. Curtice
2
Addie C. Leavitt
2
Lizzie F. Clement
I
Emma H. Dolloff
3
Mrs. L. D. Simonds
I
1865
Harriet A. Pike
2
Clara M. Smith
I
S. Jennie Dearborn
I
1878 Caro T. Gordon
2
Susan A. Pearson
I N. Frances Eastman
I
Emma P. Dolloff
I
Herbert E. Drake
2
Sarah G. Sumner
I
Sara M. Swett
2
I
Annie M. Randolph
I
4
Laura Whittemore
3
I
1879
Hattie Sanborn
I
1867
I
I
I
Sarah L. Plumer
3
188I Cora A. Hastings
I
H. H. C. Ayer
I Rebecca R. Blake
I
2
I882 Nellie M. Patten
2
I
Nellie E. Hunkins
3
I
Ida J. Gibbs
I
I862 Sara M. C. Musgrove Sarah F. Herbert Hannah Fisher
I
I
6
William Reed, Jr. Addie H. Emmons Stillman Clark
I
1874
Ida M. Dolloff
5
Henry C. Wells
2 ª
Lilla A. Nelson
4
M. Frances Stewart Mary E. Patten
I
1876 David B. Plumer
2
Ella J. Bartlett Frances A. Plumer Sarah E. Teele R. Anna Tilton Abbie A. R. Hayes Laura A. Crockett
I880 Emma M. Mudgett Mary Abbie Bishop Grace E. Whitcomb Lizzie B. Bishop
I
I
I
5
Dorcas D. Calley
2
Addie A. Butrick Laura Ellsworth
I
1860 Ellen M. Emmons Maria Pattee Helen S. Locke S. F. Lougee
I
I
1861 Miss A. H. Sargent Miss A. C. Goodwin Mary J. Gilman
2
I
Myra S. Randall Mary F. Fellows Rebecca P. Chase
I
I
5
2
2
I
518
HISTORY OF BRISTOL
I882 Addie A. Emery
7 1892
J. Mamie Swain
2
Ella Thompson
1
1893 Kate T. Piper
7
1883
Ella F. Atwood
I
M. A. Hutchins
2
Lura M. Sleeper
I
F. E. Hall
4
Annabelle Prescott
I
E. V. Flanders
2
Alice L. Knox
I
M. M. Dolloff
7
Mrs. H. Taylor Heath
3
Mary D. Musgrove
I
Laura B. Sanborn
I
1894
Ida F. Pattee Sarah A. Fitzpatrick
I
Kate Child I
A. E. Flanders
İ
Della A. Tilton
I
1895
Grace M. Taylor
I
Maud M. Knox
5
1896 Margaret J. Price Grace M. Dearborn
3
Lizzie Meservey
I
1 Daisy M. Dearborn
I
Mina Hill
3
S. Ivanette Sleeper Flora D. Adams
4
Sarah M. Frye
İ
Edith F. Wheet
4
Sara A. Burleigh
16
1897 Alice Johnson
I
Mary A. Morrill
4
Ivie V. Foster
I
1886 Maud I. Heath
5
Sadie H. Batchelder
I
Alice J. Gove
İ
Susan K. Weston
I
Almeda M. Curtice
I
M. Eva Rand
T
Bertha O. Cawley
I
Rose J. Clement
I
1887
Nellie F. Mudgett
I
Hannah H. Sleeper
2
Carrie E. Sanborn
I
Aletea E. Smith
2
I888
C. L. Brown
2
Corrona I. Weston
2
1889 Amy B. Drake
I
Sue Weston
2
J. P. Tucker
I
1900
Ruth W. Favor
I
D. M. Thomas
4
Annie E. Bailey
I
M. N. Reading
2
Helen J. Clay
I
1890 Lela M. Pray
5
Mabelle A. Curtice
2
Mina J. Kelley
7
Ira Edgerly
I
Ida M. Flanders
3
Carrie L. Horne
2
1891 Anne L. Judkins
İ
Vivian A. George
H I
A. M. Hastings
2
Abbie A. Curtice
İ
A. Flanders
2
Bertha Matthews
2
Flora D. Cass
3
Agnes H. Rowell
İ
E. M. Brown
3
1902 Harriet Wheet
2
M. I. Sleeper
2
Orren E. Kingsbury
2
1892
Mabelle Robie
1
Jessie Babcock
2
Nettie E. Wheet
3
Mary L. Cummings
İ
UNION DISTRICT
1867
Sarah L. Day
3 yrs
1871 Sarah E. Coffin
1 yr
A. Melissa Gordon
I
Nancy A. Durgin
3 yrs
Addie H. Emmons
I
1872 Austin S. Chase
I
Ellen H. Fisher
2 yrs
George A. Emerson Eva F. Burnham
2 yrs
George B. Mcclellan
I
1
Annette R. Huntoon
I
1874 Lydia A. Webster Eva G. Swan
I yr
Kate F. George
14 yrs
I yr
Mary F. Alton
I
Addie A. Buttrick
2 yrs
Anna M. Knox
I
Lillian S. Abbott
2 yrs
I87I
Josephine Moore
1 yr
1875 Eva F. Burnham
1
1884
Susie M. Flanders
I
I
1885 Minnie M. Howard
4
I
Etta L. Clifford
I
1898 Ella M. Howard
I
G. W. Gilman
3
1899
2
1869 Miss E. E. Meservey
I
1873 Emma M. Crawford Mary F. French I yr
3 yrs
1870 Juliette Plummer
I90I
2
APPENDIX
519
1875 Eliza A. Flanders
I
1890
Lucy Nelson
1
Ira A. Chase
4
1891
Owen W. Mills
1
1876 Mae L. Bickford
I yr
Arthur L. Smith
2 yrs
Sarah P. Webster
I yr
Emogene Roby
3 1-3 yrs
Susie Prescott
2
1892 Lettie C. Butrick 4 yrs
1877 Lilla A. Nelson
2 yrs
Arthur T. Seymour
I yr
George H. Calley
I
1893
Albert L. Pitcher
2 yrs
1878 E. Belle Calley
9 yrs
Lizzie A. Jones Ardena Ingalls
I yr
Etta Payson
I yr
I
1879 Mary Abbie Bishop Lizzie Calley
I yr
1894
Florence Bowles
I yr
1880 Mary L. Aldrich
I
J. Mamie Swain Leona Howard
I
Miss L. M. Hale
4 yrs
1895
S. B. Goodale
I yr
Flora F. Cilley
2 yrs
Mary L. Mudgett
I yr
Kate L. Roby
I yr
Inez M. Maynard
3 yrs
1883
Addie M. Drake
2
E. M. Harriman
3 yrs
Mary M. Cass
2 yrs
1896
Lena F. Smith
4
1885
Clara M. Smith
I
Mary E. Taylor
2 yrs
A. B. Crawford
2
Nellie M. Norris
2
I886
Ethel A. Littlefield
I
Eva J. Barney
I yr
Annette H. Carleton Carrie C. Dearborn
I
Florence Dodge
I yr
1887 Amy B. Drake
I
1899
Fannie M. Stimson
1
Helen A. Taylor
I
Mabel F. Lane
3 yrs
Lizzie M. Page
3 yrs
Enid H. Adams
8
Lizzie B. Bishop
4 yrs
E. Belle Calley
Georgia E. Page
4 yrs
1900
Bertha Holbrook
T
1889 John P. Drake
2
Clara M. Ingalls
Elizabeth A. Nelson
2 yrs
190I
Laura M. Bragg
I yr
1890 Mary A. Morrill
5 yrs
1902
Alice P. Sargent
Maud I. Heath
4
Maud L. Parker
* Still teaching.
2
Grace M. Dearborn
4
Luella J. Locke
I yr
1898
Grace O. Sargent *
5 yrs
I
APPENDIX D
POPULATION
In May, 1773, the General Assembly apportioned to the four towns named below one representative, based on the polls and estates as follows :
Plymouth
67 polls
90 estates
New Chester
30 66
30
Cockermouth
20
17
66
Alexandria
I2
9
66
Oct. 15, 1773, Gov. Wentworth ordered an immediate cen- sus of the state to be taken. The return from New Chester was as follows :
Men, 16 to 60, unmarried
5
Men, 26 to 60, married
31
Boys, 16 and under
63
Men, 60 years and upwards
2
Females, unmarried
46
Females, married
32
Widows
slaves
0
- 179
A census of New Chester taken by the selectmen Sept. 9, 1775, was as follows :
Males, under 16 66
Males, 16 to 50, not in army
32
Males, above 50
5
Males, in army
5
Females
88
Slaves
0
-
196
The following is a return made by the selectmen of New Chester Sept. 25, 1783 :
Number of white inhabitants 353
Number of black inhabitants 0
Number of dwelling houses
26
Number of barns and other buildings · 28
Number of acres of land
· 37,200
521
APPENDIX
Dec. 12, 1783, the number of male polls, twenty-one years of age and upwards, in New Chester, was reported as sixty-six.
A census of New Chester taken in April, 1786, showed Males
254
Females
242
496
In 1790, the census of New Chester and Bridgewater was as follows :
New Chester
Bridgewater
Males above 16
70
84
Males under 16
103
62
Females
I39
134
Slaves I
0
I
312
28I
Bristol Bridgewater New Chester
1790
28I
312
1800
664
615
1810
1,104
895
1820
675
727
971
1830
799
783
1,090
1840
1,153
747
999
1850
1,103
664
95I
1860
· 1,124
560
918
1870
1,416
453
620
1880
. 1,352
384
667
1890
1,524
332
548
1900
·
1,600
244
603
.
I In 1790, there were 158 negro slaves in New Hampshire. Of these, twenty-one were in Grafton county, distributed as follows: Plymouth and Haverhill, each four; Orford and Piermont, each three; Hanover, two; Bath, Bartlett, Bridgewater, Campton, and Orange, each one.
APPENDIX E
After Chapter IV, of this volume, was printed the following affidavit was discovered on record in the office of the Register of Deeds at Woodsville by George H. Kendall, register, and by him kindly copied for this history. This affidavit is self explan- itory :
Deposition of Joshua Tolford May 21, 1824 recorded 95-IIO.
I, Joshua Tolford of lawful age testify and say, that Robert Fletcher, Surveyor, went with my father, John Tolford, William Tolford & Thomas Wells, Committee for New Chester to run the lines for the town of New Chester he came on during the Indian Wars and found a camp just deserted with ashes not cold, he run the northerly line and marked a beach tree with coppers, he then struck for the westerly line and run about a mile and marked a lever wood tree which he called an elm tree and which I have seen, being frightened by the Indians he run no farther, but made his plan, making fictitious boundaries and returned it to the Committee. The Committee were dissatisfied and went them- selves with the Committee for Alexandria with me seventeen hundred and sixty-five and again run the line, we started at a hemlock tree for- merly the corner between New Chester and Alexandria and run south fifty three degrees west ten and three fourths miles by estimation and found the beech tree marked by Fletcher; we then run to the lever wood tree and found there must have been a mistake or some deception in Fletcher's survey. I then made a plan of the town and sent it to the Masonian proprietors, making the western line of New Chester a thorough line from the beech tree to the maple tree the northestern corner of Andover. The Masonian proprietors met and adopted my plan as the true plan of the town and called Fletcher to an account for his misman- agement. Fletcher said he knew he did not run the lines and put up monuments as he ought, that what lines he drew on his plan were imag- inary and not the true ones, as I had proved to the Proprietors they could not be the true ones, and Fletcher said he believed mine to be cor- rect according to the true intent and meaning of the charter. He owned one fourth part of the town of Alexandria. The survey and plan which I returned to the Proprietors was always after considered & acknowledged to be the true one, since that time I have preambulated the lines eleven times and always run the western line of New Chester from the beech to the maple tree and never knew the line to be disputed before. I was for thirty years Clerk for the Proprietors of New Chester and have in my hands the original plan drawn by Fletcher which was always considered to be erroneous. The beech tree referred to made the south west corner of Alexandria formerly now Danbury, and also the corner of land called by Fletcher Heidleberg but which was never charter by that name.
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