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Upon the tablet of a little daughter of Joseph Gibson, aged 9 years, is the following :
Cropt in the bloom by deaths behest, God called me home, he knew twas best.
This yard, like the one first named, is used but little save by those who live in its vicinity.
A yard was established in the south-westerly part of
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BURIAL-YARDS.
the town after the Revolution. Ebenezer Harriman was chosen the first sexton. Many of the old settlers in that part of the town lic buried there. It is but little used now.
A yard was also established in the north-easterly part of the town. Nicholas Colby was appointed the first sexton. Like the other old grounds, it contains many of the bodies of the early settlers in its neighborhood. It is but little used at the present time.
At the annual meeting held in March, 1809, the town voted "to establish a new burying ground near the old meet- ing house, and to give Mr. Phinehas Campbell twenty dol- lars for an acre of land on the west side of the Common for a burying ground."
At a meeting held May 25th of the same year, the town voted "to purchase two acres of land of Mr. Phinehas Camp- bell, lying west of the old Meeting House, for a Burying Yard, and to sell the two acres of land lying west of the burying ground." The last-mentioned two acres were on the hill west of that burying-ground. The yard was estab- lished; and Phinehas Campbell was chosen the first sexton, at the annual meeting in March, 1810. The first person laid there was John Dodge, a lad of twelve years, who died May 3, 1810, and who was probably buried in a day or two after.
It is estimated that over twelve hundred persons are buried in this crowded yard. Here lie, largely, the men who did business at the centre of the town for upwards of half a cen- tury, together with their families, in many instances. A considerable number are still buried annually in the yard ; and there is great need that it should be enlarged and other- wise cared for by the town.
The Friends have a cemetery near their meeting-house in the south part of the town, in which lie buried many of their number. The little head- and foot-stones in this yard are in keeping with the plain yet beautiful principles of their creed.
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HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
THE NEW CEMETERY.
A strong effort was made in 1862 to enlarge the old burial-yard at the centre of the town, by adding to it a portion of the common lying immediately west of the old town-house. Serious objection was made to appropriating any of the town's common for that purpose. The town deciding not to enlarge the yard, several individuals, in the spring of 1863, conceived the idea of establishing a cemetery and having it under the control of individuals corporating themselves together for that purpose under the name of the " Henniker Cemetery Association," and purchased of Luther H. Whitcomb four acres of land "to be forever used as a burying-ground." The first officers of the association were Jeremiah Foster, president ; George W. Rice, vice-presi- dent ; William O. Folsom, clerk ; James Straw, treasurer.
June 9, 1863, the present plan of avenues and lots was accepted, and improvements immediately began to be made. At a meeting held March 30, 1872, the executive committee were authorized to construct a receiving-tomb, to be for the use and convenience of those owning lots in the new ceme- tery, and to be located where said committee shall think best, and to be forever under the control of the members of the Cemetery Association. The executive committee were Horace Childs, Robert C. Hale, and Harrison A. Rice, who at once proceeded to construct a very roomy and substan- tial one near the entrance to the cemetery. The members of the association are never to exceed thirty in number.
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.
As an agricultural town, Henniker is not inferior to any town in Merrimack county, either in soil or cultivation. Many of the farms are under a high state of cultivation, and yield abun- dant crops.
This is the good word that is said of Henniker by Mr. A. J. Fogg, in his lately published gazetteer of this state; and
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AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
the words are true, for there are really but few towns in the state that can show more thrift and prosperity than Hen- niker. The most improved implements of husbandry are used upon many of the farms.
Like all other agricultural towns of this state, not enough of the stable productions of life, however, are raised for home consumption. With the decrease in the number of farms under cultivation, of course comes the decrease in the amount of productions. Rye was at one time a great crop in the town. Enough is now generally raised for home con- sumption, because not so much is used as formerly. Rye and Indian bread is not found upon the table as plentifully as it used to be years ago, though a great deal is used yet. Many hundreds of barrels of flour are annually sold in town, and many thousands of bushels of corn likewise. The in- creased interest, however, which is being made manifest in the cultivation of these cereals, bids fair to lessen largely the amounts annually imported. Oats are raised in suffi- cient quantities generally to supply the demand of the town. Beans are largely raised, enough usually for home demand. Pease are raised mostly for a green crop, though used to some extent when dried. Potatoes are generally an abun- dant crop, and large quantities are annually exported. More attention is being paid to root crops, and but few cellars are found in the autumn without their stock of beets, car- rots, turnips, and mangel-wurtzels, which are fed largely to the stock.
More attention is paid, however, to the raising of hay than any other crop. Upon the raising of stock the farmer large- ly depends for the profits from his farm. Hay of most ex- cellent quality is raised upon our hills and in our valleys, in great abundance ; and this brings us to the most impor- tant agricultural industry of the farm,-the raising of stock.
Much attention has been given in late years to the im- provement of the stock kept upon the farm. Several of our leading farmers have expended a great deal of time and
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money in this direction ; and this interest is more or less attended to by nearly our entire farming community. The Durhams, the Devons, the Dutch, the Jerseys, and other breeds have been introduced, much to the benefit of all. Large numbers of fine beef cattle are annually disposed of. The amount of superior butter that finds its way annually to market is very large, and is eagerly sought for. But little cheese is made, for sale, the imported article being much used. Butter is more profitable, and always commands a ready price.
Swine have also been much improved in breed; and our people take great pleasure in vying with each other in the weight of their hogs and pigs. A hog that will not reach the weight of four hundred pounds, and a pig three hundred pounds, are hardly considered worth the raising. A large quantity of superior pork is annually sold. Prices for the same vary with different years ; but, as a general average, it is as profitable for the farmer to raise, with the same amount of capital invested, as beef cattle.
Not as much attention has been paid to the breeding of the horse, as of other animals. Hardly enough are raised for the use of the town, so much more is he used than formerly. Some of our farmers are manifesting a good deal of interest in this branch of stock, though it is not general. The horse is superseding the ox upon many of our farms. In the old- en times there was hardly a farmer of any extent who had not from one to three, and even more, large yokes of oxen almost constantly on hand. Not so many are now used. Large numbers are raised, worked a little, and then turned in for beef : others never wear the yoke. With the many improved implements of husbandry now used upon the farm, not so much ox-teaming is needed as formerly; con- sequently, upon a great many farms, the horse does the ploughing after the sward has been broken ; does the har- rowing, the hauling of the manure, the hauling in of the hay and other crops of the autumn, runs the mowing-
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FRUIT.
machine, and does the carriage-work for the family be- sides.
Sheep are raised to some extent, but not so much as for- merly. Some excellent flocks, however, pasture upon the hills in the summer, and are well provided for in the winter. Their greatest enemy, the mischievous dog, has greatly les- sened the interest in this branch of stock.
BEES.
Considerable attention has been paid by a few of our farm- ers to the raising of bees for their honey, which always com- mands a large price. S. W. Carter, upon his farm in the west part of the town, has successfully introduced the Italian bee, which is considered superior to all others. Mr. Carter is a " bee man" by nature, and takes great pains to improve his stock, in which enterprise he finds himself amply rewarded. N. J. Noyes was also very successful in his treatment of the bee, thoroughly understanding the ways of these intelligent insects,-
" Which gather honey all the day From every opening flower."
Many others are taking much interest in them.
FRUIT.
Coëval with the settlement of the township were the pre- paring of the ground and the planting of the orchard. Soon large quantities of cider began to be made. Upon many farms one hundred or more barrels were made yearly. The larger part of this was consumed by the family, and dis- posed of by the generous farmer to his friends and neighbors, who dropped in at his home to spend a social hour. Grafted fruit was then unknown. The selling of a bushel of apples in the olden times was a thing rarely heard of.
Abel Connor was one of the first to turn his attention to the raising of fruit for market, an enterprise in which he was pecuniarily successful. It gave him much pleasure to
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watch the general interest that began to be taken in the raising of fruit.
Many of the old orchards were renovated by grafting upon their stocks new and improved kinds of fruit. Others were cut down, and their places supplied with younger and more vigorous trees. To such an extent was this done, that our hillsides and our valleys are dotted all over with fine, thrifty orchards, the trees of which furnish some of the best fruit to be found in the state. To such an extent is this business prosecuted, it is estimated that in 1872 at least four thou- sand barrels of grafted fruit was raised within the township, and at least twenty-five hundred barrels of cider was made from the products of these orchards,-the whole amounting, at the very low prices of that year, to at least $9,000.
The soil of the town is well adapted to the raising of fruit. Pears are raised to quite an extent, mostly dwarf; but, be- ing of short duration, as a general thing not much encour- agement is had to increase the production. Some standards are grown, which prove more hardy than any other species of this fruit. Plums, cherries, currants, and other small fruits are raised in abundance. The winters of our climate are too severe to make the raising of the peach a profitable business, although large quantities are grown.
During the civil war, and immediately at its close, prices of all kinds of fruit ruled high, but in later years a down- ward tendency has been the rule. Still it is a question worthy the attention of our farming community, whether anything can be raised upon the farm that will be of any more profit, in proportion to the expense incurred, than are the products of the orchard, even at low prices. With careful attention in pruning and manuring the trees, and in the gathering of the fruit, an orchard will last many years.
As a matter of great interest to all, we give the following table of the farming industry of the town, compiled from the census of 1870. The following is the valuation of the town, including all interests :
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RESOURCES OF THE TOWN.
Real estate .$688,414.00
Personal property. 482,773.00
Total
$1,171,187.00
Number of Bushels of Grain and other Farm Products.
Bushels of corn 11,150
wheat. 1,952
rye. 394
oats . 3,115
potatoes 16,424
Beans and pease. 161
Total number of bushels 33,196
Pounds of wool raised. 4,027
maple sugar 3,080
Tons of hay .. 4,040
Gallons of milk sold. 645
molasses made 17
Stock.
Number of cows. 599
oxen 266
sheep 1,008
cattle other than cows and oxen 1,240
swine 310
horses. 258
Valuation of live stock $113,860.00
Value of productions, and addition to stock. .$138,817.00
Value of manufactured articles of the town. .$102,262.00
To these statistics we add the following from Fogg's "Gazeteer," and which were prepared by the writer hereof. for that work :
Productions of the soil, annually. .$149,877.00
Mechanical labor. 38,400.00
Stocks, bonds, and money at interest. 35,140.00 Deposits in savings banks in 1874 177,376.00 Stock in trade. 10,500.00
From summer tourists 3,000.00
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These may be called the resources of the town, which is certainly a good showing. The census for 1880 will show a marked increase in our productions.
Churches and Schools.
Congregational-members, 150; value of church, $5,000. Methodist-members, 100; value of church, $3,000. Friends-members, 25; value of church, $1,000. Amount annually appropriated for schooling, $1,508.70.
Twelve public schools; average length, 23 weeks per year.
CHAPTER XVII.
GRADUATES-PHYSICIANS -- CLERGYMEN-LAWYERS-SEX- TONS-CLERGYMEN AND MISSIONARIES-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE - REPRESENTATIVES - TOWN CLERKS - TREASURERS- MODERATORS -COLLECTORS -SELECT- MEN-VOTES.
GRADUATES.
GIVE a list of graduates from this town as full as I have been able to make it. As these names are men- tioned in the Genealogical Register, I make no note of the persons here. The same is true of physicians and others.
Names.
Graduated.
Where.
Died.
Age.
Tillius Howe,
1783.
Dartmouth.
1830. 80
Elisha Morrill,
1799.
1853. 78
Benjamin Darling,
18II.
. 6
1824.
36
David C. Proctor,
1818.
1865.
71
Jacob C. Goss,
1820.
1860.
66
Aaron Foster,
I822.
Nathaniel B. Baker,
1839.
Harvard.
Dartmouth.
Gilbert Pillsbury,
1841.
William Wood,
1842.
Socrates Smith,
1842.
James W. Patterson,
1848.
Henry E. Sawyer,
1851.
66
Nathan F. Carter,
1853.
Edward P. Scales,
1855.
Thomas L. Sanborn,
1858. 66
William B. Fisher,
3 yrs.
Frank B. Modica,
1865.
Robert M. Wallace,
1867.
Josiah Pillsbury, 1840.
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HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
Names.
Graduated.
Where.
Solomon Ward,
Union. Yale.
Timothy Darling,
Augustus W. Berry,
1851.
Amherst.
Addison P. Foster,
1863.
Williams.
Oliver Gould.
PHYSICIANS.
One of the earliest resident physicians of the town was Dr. George Morgan, but where he came from, or how long he lived here, cannot be ascertained. He resided in the south part of the town. Following him were Dr. Roberts, John Hunter, Amos Whitney, John Clements, Thomas Eaton, William Dinsmore, Jacob Whitcomb, Thomas D. Brooks, Daniel Hough, Zadok Bowman, Dr. Cook, Paschal P. Brooks, John Stafford, Dr. Barnard, Dr. Johnson, Solo- mon Ward, Dr. Tubbs, Nathan Sanborn, Jacob Straw, Israel P. Chase, John Hurd, Dr. Gaylord, Wesley W. Wilkins, George W. Cook, Leonard W. Peabody, W. H. Hackett, George H. Sanborn.
Physicians, natives, and residents settled elsewhere : Isaac Proctor, Josiah Brown, Jonas Colby, Enos Hoyt, Thomas S. Scales, Daniel A. Johnson, John Watkins, Mil- ton Berry, Edward P. Scales, Mary Wadsworth, Ermina H. Pollard.
Clergymen who have preached in the old meeting-house, not previously mentioned :
Job Wright 1801
Phinehas Johnson 1802
Mr. Haywood. 1810
William Sleigh. 1802
Stephen Blanchard 1810
Thomas Cochran 1802
Edward Evans 18II
Aaron Foster. 1802
Tillius Howe 18II
Nathaniel Pillsbury 1804
Jonathan Gilmore 1804
Mr. Briggs 1806
Solomon Howe.
1813
John Colby 1806
David L. Morrill
Wm. Harlow 1807
A. A. Miner
Edward L. Parker 1808
Abraham Randall 1808
Abraham Gates 1810
Benj. Sawyer 18II
Dexter Bates
1813
Adin Ballou
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HOTEL-KEEPERS.
These clergymen were of different denominations, mostly Congregationalists and Universalists.
HOTEL-KEEPERS.
The following list includes those who were licensed to keep a " tavern," which in some instances allowed the sale of intoxicating liquors for a short time only :
Oliver Noyes kept one of the first taverns, on Noyes hill, in 1792 ; John Goodenow, same year, where Mr. Martin re- sides-afterwards sold to Nathaniel Noyes, who was so long and favorably known as a hotel-keeper ; Daniel Whitman, 1793, on Foster hill ; Joseph Amsden, 1794, resided on the Sprague place, above West Henniker ; Joshua Darling, 1794, where Mrs. Jonas Wallace now resides ; James Wallace, 1805, built a portion of the hotel in the village; Carlos Gould was afterwards connected with the same hotel ; John C. Proctor, 1806, on Proctor or Federal hill ; John S. Bart- lett, 1821, where George W. Rice resides ; Asa Kimball ; Page Eaton, 1824, where Frank B. Modica resides ; Thomas Kirk, where Moody Tucker resides ; Daniel Goodenow, 1830, in the hotel in the village, sold in 1833 to James Rice, who sold in 1837-'38 to Hiram Bell; A. P. Greenleaf, 1855 ; Paul Morrill, 1858 ; Thomas Tucker, 1860; Paul Morrill, 1862-'63; John S. Craig, 1868; John Muzzey, 1872; Oliver H. Noyes, present owner. Perley Howe erected the hotel that stood where Thomas Brown resides, in 1828 ; was open- ed to the public 1828-'29 ; he sold the same shortly after to Mr. Chase, and he to David Parsons, who disposed of it to Capt. Jesse Warde, he to Daniel Kirk, who without opening it disposed of it to Maurice Sargent, and he to Messrs. Phipps and Hubbard, who were the last landlords in it. Lewis Tuttle occupied it as a boarding-house at the time it was burned, in the winter of 1848.
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298
HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
LAWYERS.
John Kelley, Artemas Rogers, Samuel Smith, Lewis Smith, John J. Prentiss, Timothy Darling, E. B. S. Sanborn, Warren Clark, John H. Albin.
CLERGYMEN.
The following natives or residents have become clergymen, or wives of ministers and missionaries :
Tillius Howe, David C. Proctor, Solomon Ward, Timothy Darling, Jacob C. Goss, Parker Pillsbury, Stephen Whitaker, Joshua Colby, Silas Gove, Aaron Foster, Josiah Hill, Nathan Page, William Wood, Socrates Smith, James W. Patterson, Nathan F. Carter, Addison Childs, Richard T. Searle, Ad- dison P. Foster, Elizabeth (Darling) Ballantine, Cassandra (Sawyer) Lockwood, Mary (Wadsworth) Bassian, Emma (Sanborn) McQuestion, Caroline S. (Wadsworth) Haley.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The first justice of the peace commissioned in this town was Capt. Timothy Gibson. By a law of the province each town was requested to recommend the person they wished for a justice. At a legal meeting, held in the log meeting- house March 24, 1776, it was
Voted to recomend Timothy Gibson to the Gineral Assembly for a Justis of the Peace.
He received his commission shortly after. Previous to this all official business requiring the services of a justice was done by some one out of the town, mostly by Rev. James Scales, of Hopkinton.
The following is nearly or quite a full list of those who have been commissioned as justices, and the dates of their first commission :
299
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Robert Wallace .1780
Jonas Bowman. 1780
John C. Campbell 1854
Joseph Patterson 1781
John L. Colby. 1855
Oliver C. Fisher
1855
Hiram M. Davis 1857
James Straw 1857
Joshua Darling 1799
Oliver Noyes. 1803
Francis Colby
1858
Lyman Harriman 1858
Zadok Duston 1858
William F. Savory 1859
James W. Sargent. 1859
E. B. S. Sanborn 1860
Lewis Colby
1862
D. Warren Cogswell
1862
David P. Perkins 1863
David L. Cogswell 1863
William H. Sawyer 1863
Horace Gibson.
1863
Moses Brown 1825
Timothy Darling
1827
Thomas Tucker
1827
Jacob Rice. 1828
Joshua Colby 1829
Samuel Smith.
1830
James McCalley
1831
Isaac Rice 1835
Jacob Straw 1835
Imri Woods
1835
John J. Prentiss.
1838
James B. Gove
1869
Daniel C. Gould
. 1839
David S. Carr
1871
Lewis Smith.
. 1841
John Chase.
1871
Henry F. Hill.
1872
L. W. Peabody
1873
C. G. McAlpine
1874
Harrison Morrill
1874
Oliver H. Noyes
1874
David K. Robbins.
1874
Freeman E. Colby
1875
George H. Hardy.
1876
Leander W. Cogswell
1876
John H. Albin.
1877
Sam K. Page.
1877
Daniel R. Everett
1877
John H. Hoffman.
1877
Oliver Pillsbury, Jr.
1854
Josiah Morse.
1864
Phinehas Clough
1864
George L. Kimball 1864
William H. Gilmore. 1864
Otis Cole.
1865
Squire M. Patten. 1866
William O. Folsom 1867
James Fellows
1867
Nathan Sawyer
1868
David Tucker
1841
Parrott Marsh
1842
John S. Craig 1842
Micah Howe.
1844
Jeremiah Foster
1846
Zebulon Foster, Jr.
1846
Robert Wallace
1846
Robert B. Eaton
1846
Jonas Wallace
1847
John O. Folsom
.1847
Titus V. Wadsworth
1847
Hiram Bell.
1848
William P. Cressey
1848
James Sargent 1857
David Howe.
1 804
Nathaniel Noyes
1808
Samuel Willson
1808
John C. Proctor
1813
William L. Woods
1814
Enoch Darling
1814
Samuel Bartlett
1819
Robert M. Wallace
1819
Artemas Rogers
1820
Page Eaton 1824
Harris Campbell. 1854
David Clough 178I
William Wallace 1790
Aaron Greely. 1790
300
HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
REPRESENTATIVES.
November 14, 1775, Henniker, Hillsborough, Deering, and Society Land (now Bennington) chose Capt. Joseph Simonds, of Hillsborough, as a representative. This was the first one the town ever voted for, having been classed with these towns for that purpose that year. Capt. Simonds was elected for one year, at the end of which Capt. Timothy Gibson, of Henniker, was chosen ; then Capt. Simonds was again sent in 1778. Isaac Andrews, of Hillsborough, was elected for 1779; James McCalley, of Hillsborough, for 1780; Robert Alcock, of Deering, for 1781; Capt. Simonds, of Deering, for 1782.
December 16, 1782, the voters of this town and of Hills- borough met at the house of Ensign Elijah Rice, and chose Lieut. Robert Wallace representative for two years. He was again chosen, in 1784, for two years. In 1785, the voters of both towns elected Gen. Benjamin Pierce, of Hills- borough, representative for two years. William Wallace, of this town, was chosen for the next two years. Since that time the town has elected one or more representatives each year.
William Wallace 1792
Timothy Gibson. 1794
Francis Bowman 1795
Timothy Gibson 1796
66
1797
Aaron Adams. 1798
66 1799
Jonas Bowman 1800
66
1801
66
1818
6 6 66 1802
Joshua Darling 1803
1804
Moses Brown 1821
Artemas Rogers. 1822
66 1823 6 6
Robert M. Wallace 1824
Moses Brown 1825
66
60
1809
John Smith. .1810
66 6 6 18II
John Sawyer. 1812
Oliver Noyes 1813
1814
66
1815
Moses Brown 1816
66
1817
66
66 1819
Robert M. Wallace 1820
1805
1806
66
1807
John Smith.
1808
Enoch Darling 1825
301
TOWN-CLERKS.
Robert M. Wallace 1826
Artemas Rogers 1826
1855
Alfred Winship
1855
1856
Nathan Sawyer
1856
1857
Jeremiah Foster
1857
1858
Jonas Wallace
1858
1859
Oliver Pillsbury
1859
66
1860
Carleton S. Dodge
1860
1861
Cyrus Goss
1861
1862
Israel P. Chase.
1862
1863
Zadok Duston
1864
Leander W. Cogswell
1866
1867
George W. Rice
1868
1869
Leander W. Cogswell.
1870
. 1871
William E. Cogswell
1872
1873
Oliver H. Noyes
1874
1875
1851
Henry A. Emerson.
1876
Walter B. Barnes
1876
Lewis Smith.
. 1851
James Straw
1852
John H. Albin.
1877
Oliver Pillsbury, Jr
1852
Harrison Morrill
1877
Harris Campbell
1853
Henry A. Emerson
1878
George W. S. Dow
1879
TOWN-CLERKS FROM 1768 TO 1875 INCLUSIVE.
Silas Barnes. .1768 Silas Barnes 1771
Amos Gould. 1769
I772
William Presbury .I770
Aaron Adams . 1773
Jacob Rice 1828
1829
Moses Brown
1830
1831
William L. Woods 1832
1833
Moses Brown
1834
Imri Woods
1835
66
.1836
Jacob Straw 1837
1838
Daniel C. Gould 1839
1840
Parrott Marsh
1841
60
. 1842
Micah Howe ..
1843
1844
1865
Zebulon Foster, Jr
1845
John S. Craig
1845
1846
. 1847
1848
John O. Folsom
1848
Imri Woods 1849
Nathan Sawyer
1849
Jacob Straw
1850
Titus V. Wadsworth
1850
John S. Craig.
1853
Harris Campbell.
.1854
Oliver C. Fisher
1854
Robert M. Wallace 1827
302
HISTORY OF HENNIKER.
Aaron Adams 1774
Joshua Darling. 1817
Imri Woods 1818
Timothy Gibson 1776
1819
66
1820
66
1778
66
1821
David Clough
1779
1822
66
1823
1781
1824
66
66
1782
66
1825
66
1783
1826
66
1784
1827
1785
66
1828
66
1786
66
1829
1787
66
1830
66
1788
66
1831
66
66
1832
William Wallace 1790
1791
Daniel C. Gould
1834
David Clough 1792
1835
1793
66
1794
6 6
66
1837
1795
1796
James Caldwell
1839
1797
1840
6 6
66
1841
66
66
1843
1801
66
6 6
1844
1802
66
66
1845
1803
66
1804
1847
1805
66 6:
1848
1806
66
1849
66
1850
1808
66
1851
66
66
. 1852
Joshua Darling
1810
66
66
1853
18II
1854
66
1812
Horace Gibson
1855
Isaac Rice. 1813
6 6
1856
Joshua Darling 1814
66
1857
Isaac Rice. 1815
1858
Josiah Morse 1816
60
1859
66
.6
1798
66
1799
1842
Joshua Darling
1800
66
66
1838
66
66
1789
66
1833
1836
6 6
1846
66
66
1807
66
John C. Proctor. 1809
1775
1777
66
1780
66
66
303
MODERATORS.
Horace Gibson 1860
William E. Cogswell. 1869
. 1870
Hiram Marsh 1862
1871
(Resigned.
Horace Gibson ap-
pointed by the selectmen, from
March, 1862, to March, 1863.)
1872
.1873
1874
William E. Cogswell 1863
66 1864
66 1876
66
I 865
George C. Preston 1877
1866
1878
66
1879
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