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He died in Winchester in 1786.
JOSIAH WILLARD.
Major Josiah Willard, son of Col. and Hannah (Hub- bard) Willard, was born in 1737; married, first, Thankful Taylor; second, Mary; third, Susanna, daughter of Col. Isaac Wyman. He was a sergeant under his father at Fort Dummer in 1753-4; afterwards took up his residence in Keene; by occupation was a saddler; was selectman in 1764-5-6-7, and was Keene's first representative to the legislature in 1768-70. Upon the organization of counties in 1771 he was appointed recorder of deeds for Cheshire county and held that office until 1776. He had risen to the rank of major in his father's regiment of militia, but was accused of toryism and when that regiment was divided he also was left without a position. His name stands at the head of the list of those in Keene who refused to sign the Association Test in 1776; but he was politic, and not a very obnoxious tory. He died in 1801, and was buried beside his three wives in the old burying ground at the lower end of Main street, one of the last
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interments there. He had eight children, Lockhart, Grate (or Grata), Cynthia, Rebecca, Hannah, Josiah (died young), Josiah and Henry, born between 1763 and 1779.
LOCKHART WILLARD.
Lockhart Willard, son of (Major) Josiah and Thankful (Taylor) Willard, was born in Keene in 1763; married, 1783, Salome, daughter of Gen. James Reed of Keene; built the house now Mr. James Marsh's, on the south corner of Main and Marlboro streets. He was a prominent man in town; did much legal business as a magistrate; was eight years moderator of annual town meetings; thirteen years selectman; seven years representative to the legislature; and five years state senator. He had eight children born between 1784 and 1802. His eldest son was named Jo- siah, his second, Lockhart. He died in 1818, aged fifty-five.
JAMES WILSON.
Hon. James Wilson, of Scotch-Irish descent, was the son of Robert and Mary (Hodge) Wilson, and grandson of William, the first of the Wilsons to settle in Peterboro, N. H., who came from County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1737, when Robert was a lad; and little Mary Hodge came with her parents in the same ship. Robert joined the patriots in the Revolution-was a major under Stark at Benning- ton and Saratoga-and previous to that was with Wolfe .
on the Plains of Abraham and near him when he fell.
James was born in Peterboro in 1766; prepared for college at Phillips academy, Andover; graduated at Har- vard in 1789 (John Quincy Adams said, "the best wrestler in his class"); read law with Judge Lincoln of Worcester; settled his father's estate in 1792; succeeded Hon. Jeremiah Smith in the practice of law in Peterboro; married Eliza- beth Steele, by whom he had one son, James; represented Peterboro in the legislature several terms between 1803 and 1815; representative to congress in 1809-1811; mar- ried, second, Elizabeth Little, by whom he had two daugh- ters- Elizabeth, married Guy Hunter, Sarah, married Francis L. Lee-and one son, Robert.
In 1815, he removed to Keene and bought the mansion
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on Main street, then unfinished, now the city hospital, where he dispensed a graceful hospitality, and many de- lightful social functions were enjoyed at his house. He was an able lawyer, had a large practice in both Cheshire and Hillsboro counties, and as an advocate had few superiors in the state. Both Harvard and Dartmouth conferred up- on him the degree of A. M. He died in 1839, respected and esteemed by all.
JAMES WILSON, JR.
Gen. James Wilson, son of James and Elizabeth (Steele) Wilson, was born in Peterboro in 1797; at the age of ten began his course successively at the academies at New Ips- wich, Atkinson, and Phillips at Exeter. Impelled by his military spirit, he desired to enlist for the war then in progress, but failing to obtain the consent of his father, he worked for a time in the old north factory at Peter- boro, but returned to his studies and entered Middlebury college in 1816, graduating with honors in 1820. He read law with his father at Keene and succeeded to his business, practicing much beyond the limits of the county; was ap- pointed captain of the Keene Light Infantry in 1821; rose to the rank of colonel; resigned and reentered the ranks as a private and rose to the rank of major general of militia. He was six feet and four inches in height, agile and athletic, had an unusual taste for military science and exercises, and was a born leader of men and a remarkably able and popular commander. There is no doubt that he did more to improve the condition of the militia of New Hampshire at that time than any other man in the state.
He represented Keene in the legislature during fourteen terms-the last two in 1871 and 1872, when he was seventy-four and seventy-five years old-and was speaker of the house in 1828. In 1835 and again in 1837, he was nominated for congress, and in 1838 and '39 he was the Whig candidate for governor, but the strength of the op- position party prevented his election in each case, as it had done after one term as speaker of the house. His great popularity would have secured his election as governor, however, but that his name was James Wilson, Jr., while some of the votes cast were for James Wilson.
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He was a natural orator, well read in history and political science. His sonorous voice, magnetic presence, and extraordinary command of language gave him a power over his audiences such as few have ever been able to wield. At a great dinner given to Daniel Webster in Faneuil hall, Boston, in 1838, where S. S. Prentiss of Mis- sissippi, Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts and other distinguished orators spoke, the New York Commercial Advertiser pronounced Wilson's speech "one of the very best of the occasion." In the great political campaign of 1840, his services as a public speaker were called for from almost all parts of the country. He not only spoke in many places in New England-at Portland, Boston, Providence and many others-and in New York city, but he journeyed through New York state and into Pennsylvania, speaking at Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland and all the large places; and he was regarded as the most effective speaker in the United States in that campaign. At Erie, Penn., it was estimated that 25,000 Whigs and 6,000 Loco Focos, as the Democrats were then called, had assembled. "A fleet of splendid steamers went up from Buffalo, where he had spoken the day before. The meeting was on the open bank overlooking the lake." Two stands were erected on opposite sides of the field, one for the Whigs, the other for the Loco Focos. "Wilson's fame as an unequalled orator had spread over the whole country," and before the presi- dent could formally open the meeting, "Wilson! Wilson! Wilson, from the Granite State!" was uproariously called for, and "he was greeted with deafening and prolonged applause." "Tens of thousands listened with breathless silence," often bursting into tumultuous applause. A strong speaker occupied the opposite stand, but Wilson's power- ful voice rang out over the field and the crowd there soon began to diminish and almost completely dwindled away, while that at the Whig stand constantly increased until nearly the whole 30,000 were hanging upon Wilson's thrill- ing sentences. "The speaking continued till evening, when Gen. Wilson retired on board a steamer to sail for Buffalo, but the boat was detained. In the evening 8,000 people assembled and called for Wilson. The general was found in
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his berth; but calling for his boots, he again mounted the stand," and gratified their desire to hear him. There is no question that his influence in carrying New England, New York and Pennsylvania for the Whigs was unparalleled.
After President Harrison's death Gen. Wilson was appointed surveyor general of the territories of Iowa and Wisconsin and had his office at Dubuque, but a change in the administration caused his removal in 1845. He was elected to congress in 1847 and reëlected in 1849, but resigned in 1850 and was appointed United States land commissioner to settle Spanish claims in California. He remained on the Pacific coast eleven years, settling those Spanish claims of extensive areas of land and practicing law, with large interests in mining. He returned East in April, 1861, just at the breaking out of the Civil war, and his personal friend, Abraham Lincoln, offered him a briga- dier general's commission, which he very much desired to accept, but declined on account of his age and infirmities.
Gen. Wilson was a man of generous nature, large- hearted and broad-minded, with feelings as tender and delicate as a woman's. Often in his speeches he would be so touched with emotion that the tears would stream down his cheeks. Everybody loved and admired him.
At the bar "Wilson was ready, dashing, eloquent, seizing the strong points in his case and handling them in the most adroit and taking manner." (Bell's Bench and Bar of New Hampshire.) He almost invariably won his case before a jury. "On one circuit of the courts which Wilson and Joel Parker made together Wilson won every case. On their long ride home Parker was very taciturn and seemed much depressed. Wilson asked him why he was so reticent. 'Jim,' said Parker, 'I'm going home to sell my law books and go to work at something else. Its of no use for me to practice law. I have the law and the evidence all on my side, yet you win all the cases.' 'Non- sense,' said Wilson, 'go on with your law, you know ten times as much law as I do, but you fire over the heads of the jury and waste all your ammunition. Shoot lower and go on with your law.'" (Mrs. Fiske, from her father's own lips).
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He married Mary Lord Richardson, of Montpelier, Vt., who died in 1848. His children were: Mary Elizabeth, born (in the old Ralston tavern) in 1826; married John Sherwood, a lawyer of New York ; was Mrs. John Sherwood the distinguished authoress, and the prolific and brilliant writer over the initials "M. E. W. S." James Edward and William Robert, who both died young. Annie, born in 1832, married Francis S. Fiske of Keene, who was one of the first to volunteer at the breaking out of the Civil war-the first to make his offer of service in writing to Gov. Goodwin-lieutenant of Second New Hampshire Vol- unteers and brevet brigadier general of United States Vol- unteers, now United States commissioner for the district of Massachusetts. Charlotte Jean, born in 1835, married Frank L. Taintor, a banker of New York; she died in 1901. James Henry, born in 1837, graduated at Harvard, 1860; died in 1892. Daniel Webster, died at the age of five years.
Gen. Wilson died in May, 1881, and was buried with military and Masonic honors.
JOHN WOOD.
Hon. John Wood, son of Judge Ephraim Wood, of Con- cord, Mass., was born in 1778; came to Keene in 1799; joined Daniel Watson and James Mann in business; after- wards, for nearly forty years, "the financial and substan- tial member" of the firm of A. & T. Hall; last clerk of the proprietors of Keene; state senator, 1819-1823; one of the most active and enterprising men of Keene; never married. He died in 1856, aged seventy-eight.
JAMES WRIGHT.
"Lieut." James Wright, son of Nathaniel and Martha Wright, of Lancaster, Mass., was born in 1751; settled in Keene in 1769, on the present Geo. K. Wright farm; mar- ried Elizabeth Rugg, of Massachusetts, and, second, Mrs. Jemima P. Blake. His children were: James, born in 1776, married, 1803, Lucy Nims, lived in Keene, died 1851; Bet- sey, born in 1779, married Amos Towne, of Littleton, N. H .; Martha, born in 1784, married a Mr. Wilder; Polly, born in 1788, never married; Ephraim, born in 1792 and married Sally Allen.
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Lieut. Wright was a wealthy farmer, owned a large tract of land, and his descendants, to the fifth generation, still live on the same farm. He died in 1811, aged sixty- one.
EPHRAIM WRIGHT.
Ephraim Wright, son of Lieut. James, was born in 1776; married Sally Allen of Surry; lived on the home- stead-the original house was burnt in 1817 and the present one was built the same year. His children were: George K., born in 1817, married Nancy E. Leonard; Henry, Elizabeth J., Lucius, Bradley E., Joseph, Luther K. and Charles (born 1835).
ISAAC WYMAN.
Col. Isaac Wyman, son of Joshua and Mary (Pollard) Wyman, of Woburn, Mass., was born in Woburn, Jan. 18, 1724; married, 1747, Sarah Wells; enlisted in December, 1747, as a private in the company of Capt. Elisha Haw- ley of Northampton, for service on the frontier; in 1748 was clerk in the company of Capt. Ephraim Williams, Jr., at Fort Massachusetts, and remained in that company. until 1752, rising to the rank of sergeant; in 1753-4, ser- geant in Capt. Elisha Chapin's company at the same fort; in 1755, lieutenant in Capt. Ephraim Williams's company; on Capt. Williams's1 promotion to major, Lieut. Wyman was made captain and succeeded to the command of the company and of the fort; in 1756 made a clear and suc- cinct report to the governor and council of the decayed condition of the fort; in 1757, had a company of seventy- four men at Fort Massachusetts and repaired the fort; in 1758-60, was clearing roads, building bridges and hauling stores from Stockbridge, and was paid for travel from Deer- field to the fort, and from the fort to Boston and return, and other items, as appears by receipts signed by him; in 1760, was still in command at Fort Massachusetts, Stock- bridge, West Hoosick and other places.
He came to Keene in 1761 or very early in 1762 (his little daughter Mary died here in May, and his daughter
1 The founder of Williams college.
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Sybil was born here in September, 1762), and bought house- lots and lands which, with his previous purchases, made him the owner of nearly three thousand acres in the town. He built, in that year (1762), what was then, doubtless, the finest house in town-still known as the "old Wyman tavern," 339 Main street, and kept it as a public house for nearly thirty years. It was widely known as "ye ex- cellent inn of Capt. Wyman in Keene." As stated else- where, the first meeting of the trustees of Dartmouth col- lege was held in the northeast room of that house, Oct. 22, 1770. (See pages 155-6.) It was the noted hostlery of this section in 1775, when, on the 20th of April, a horse- man brought the tidings of the slaughter of Americans at Lexington on the 19th; and Capt. Wyman marched for the scene of action at the head of his company at sunrise on the 21st. He was chosen lieutenant colonel of Stark's regiment; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; was promoted to colonel of a regiment in the northern army, June 20, 1776, commanded it through the campaign and was dis- charged with his regiment in December of that year.
He held many important town offices; was a delegate to the convention in January, 1775, for the choice of dele- gates to the Continental congress; was representative to the general assembly in February of the same year; was one of the principal magistrates of the county and one of the three appointed in 1778 to administer the oath of office to the judges of the court in Cheshire county. He died March 31, 1792; his widow, Sarah, died in 1807, aged seventy-five. His children before coming to Keene were: Isaac, born in 1755, married Lucretia Hammond; Sarah, married Dr. Calvin Frink, of Swanzey; Susanna, married Maj. Josiah Willard (third wife); Mary, died in May, 1762; William, died in November, 1765 .. His chil- dren after coming to Keene were: Sybil, born Sept. 3, 1762, died 1765; Mary (2d), born in 1764; Elijah, born in 1766, married 1791, Keziah, daughter of Dea. Henry Ellis; Joshua, born in 1769, married, 1790, Hannah Willard of Keene; Roxanna, born in 1771, married William Ward Blake, who succeeded Col. Wyman in the old tavern; William, born in February, 1775.
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ISAAC WYMAN.
Capt. Isaac Wyman, son of Col. Isaac and Sarah (Wells) Wyman, was born in 1755; married, 1777, Lucre- tia Hammond, of Swanzey, and second, in 1812, Louisa Bishop; lived on the farm and built the house, about 1800, in west part, still owned by his descendants; a Revolution- ary soldier; captain in the militia; died in 1835. He had eleven children born between 1778 and 1802, all by his first wife. His youngest son, Charles, remained on the homestead.
JOSHUA WYMAN.
Joshua Wyman, fourth son of Col. Isaac, was born in 1769; married Hannah, daughter of Maj. Josiah Willard, 1790; was a merchant, the first to occupy the brick store where the Sentinel building now stands; was captain of Keene Light Infantry; died in 1796.
WILLIAM WYMAN.
William Wyman, fifth son of Col. Isaac, was born Feb. 20, 1775; was a sea captain; married Mary Fowle, daughter of Maj. Josiah Capen, of Watertown, Mass. He returned to Keene in 1804-5 with a fortune; went into trade with Daniel Chapman; built the brick store now the south end of Eagle Hotel, the present city hospital for a residence-then the finest in town-and several other buildings; owned much real estate in Keene; died in 1811, leaving two daughters in care of Daniel Bradford, executor of his estate.
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Town Officers.
In the history of the town of Keene the most impor- tant officers elected by the town were the selectmen, the representatives to the legislature, the moderators, the town clerks and the treasurers. Below will be found lists of those officers, with the dates of their election :
SELECTMEN.
1753. Ephraim Dorman, Michael Metcalf, William Smeed.
1754. Dea. David Foster, Ephraim Dorman, Michael Metcalf, David Nims, Nathan Blake.
1755. Capt. Metcalf, David Nims, Dea. David Foster, Lieut. Ephraim Dorman, Ensign William Smeed.
1756. Capt. Michael Metcalf, Lieut. Ephraim Dorman, Ensign William Smeed, David Nims, Eleazar Sanger.
1757. Lieut. Seth Heaton, Dea. David Foster, Ebenezer Nims, Gideon Ellis, Ebenezer Clark.
1758. Lieut. Seth Heaton, David Nims, Ensign William Smeed, Ebenezer Nims, Sergt. Gideon Ellis.
1759. David Nims, Lieut. Seth Heaton, Gideon Ellis.
1760. David Foster, Eleazar Sanger, John French, Lieut. Seth Heaton, Isaac Clark.
1761. Thomas Frink, Jonah French, Eleazar Sanger, Obadiah Blake, Ephraim Dorman.
1762. Dea. David Foster, Ephraim Dorman, Benjamin Hall, Jonah French, Dr. Obadiah Blake.
1763. Capt. Isaac Wyman, Jonah French, Benjamin Hall, Gideon Ellis, Thomas Baker.
1764. Benjamin Hall, Josiah Willard, Capt. Isaac Wyman.
1765. Capt. Isaac Wyman, Simeon Clark, Michael Metcalf.
1766. Capt. Isaac Wyman, Simeon Clark, Josiah Willard.
1767. Benjamin Hall, Josiah Willard, David Nims.
1768. David Nims, Benjamin Hall, Michael Metcalf.
1769. Benjamin Hall, David Nims, Abraham Wheeler.
1770. Timothy Ellis, Thomas Baker, Simeon Clark.
1771. David Nims, Benjamin Hall, Thomas Baker.
1772. Capt. Ephraim Dorman, Maj. Josiah Willard, Thomas Baker, Capt. Isaac Wyman, Elijah Williams.
1773. Abraham Wheeler, David Nims, Benjamin Hall, Seth Heaton, Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1774. Benjamin Hall, Elijah Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Ellis, Josiah Richardson.
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1775. Capt. Isaac Wyman, Capt. Ephraim Dorman, Thomas Baker, Benjamin Osgood, Abraham Wheeler.
1776. Col. Isaac Wyman, Capt. Eliphalet Briggs, Lieut. Josiah Richard- son, Daniel Kingsbury, Joseph Blake.
1777. Col. Isaac Wyman, Maj. Timothy Ellis, Thomas Baker, Daniel Kingsbury, Benjamin Osgood.
1778. Capt. Jeremiah Stiles, Simeon Clark, Josiah Richardson, Jabez Fisher, Silas Cooke.
1779. Thomas Baker, Dan Guild, Davis Howlett, Timothy Ellis, John Houghton.
1780. Davis Howlett, Dan Guild, Reuben Partridge, John Houghton, Daniel Kingsbury.
1781. William Banks, Joseph Willson, Daniel Newcomb, Jotham Metcalf, Joseph Blake.
1782. William Banks, Joseph Willson, Abijah Wilder, Daniel Kingsbury, John Houghton.
1783. Josiah Richardson, David Nims, Jr., Nathan Blake, Jr, Jonathan Bailey, Timothy Ellis.
1784. Benjamin Hall, Jeremiah Stiles, David Nims, Jr., Daniel Kings- bury, Benjamin Balch.
1785. Benjamin Hall, Jeremiah Stiles, Lieut. Partridge, Daniel Kings- bury, Benjamin Balch.
1786. Benjamin Hall, Jeremiah Stiles, Daniel Kingsbury.
1787. Asa Dunbar, Nathan Blake, John Houghton. Asa Dunbar died Jan. 22 and Jeremiah Stiles was chosen.
1788. Daniel Newcomb, Daniel Kingsbury, Benjamin Osgood, Josiah Richardson, Jotham Metcalf.
1789. Jeremiah Stiles, Abel Blake, Ebenezer Robbins, Peleg Sprague, Daniel Kingsbury.
1790. Jeremiah Stiles, Peleg Sprague, Daniel Kingsbury.
1791. Jeremiah Stiles, Peleg Sprague, Abijah Wilder, Ebenezer Robbins, David Foster.
1792. Jeremiah Stiles, Noah Cooke, Daniel Kingsbury.
1793. Lockhart Willard, Daniel Kingsbury, David Wilson.
1794. Elijah Dunbar, Abijah Wilder, Ebenezer Robbins.
1795. Daniel Kingsbury, Nathan Blake, Jr., Thomas Baker, Jr.
1796. Thaddeus Maccarty, Abel Blake, Ebenezer Robbins.
1797. Thaddeus Maccarty, Lockhart Willard, Abel Blake. 1798. Lockhart Willard, Ebenezer Robbins, Abel Blake.
1799. Lockhart Willard, Abel Blake, Ebenezer Robbins.
1800. Lockhart Willard, Abel Blake, Ebenezer Robbins.
1801. Abel Blake, Thaddeus Maccarty, Eli Blake.
1802. Lockhart Willard, Eli Blake, Abel Blake.
1803. Noah Cooke, David Forbes, Eli Blake.
1804. Elijah Dunbar, Joel Kingsbury, Lockhart Willard.
1805. David Wilson, Joel Kingsbury, Eli Blake.
1806. David Wilson, Eli Blake, Joel Kingsbury.
1807. Lockhart Willard, Samuel Dinsmoor, Silas Perry.
1808. Josiah Willard, Joel Kingsbury, Aaron Hall, Jr.
1809. Josiah Willard, Joel Kingsbury, Aaron Hall, Jr.
1810. Lockhart Willard, Eli Blake, Albe Cady.
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1811. Lockhart Willard, Eli Blake, Phineas Cooke. 1812. Lockhart Willard, Daniel Bradford, Albe Cady.
1813. Elijah Dunbar, Daniel Bradford, Albe Cady.
1814. Lockhart Willard, Joel Kingsbury, Albe Cady.
1815. Lockhart Willard, Joel Kingsbury, Isaac Parker.
1816. John Wood, Joel Kingsbury, Eli Blake.
1817. John Wood, Elijah Dunbar, Samuel Bassett.
1818. John Wood, Samuel Bassett, Elijah Dunbar.
1819. John Wood, Samuel Bassett, Foster Alexander.
1820. Foster Alexander, Daniel Bradford, Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1821. Zebadiah Kise, Henry Goodnow, Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1822. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Azel Wilder.
1823. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Azel Wilder.
1824. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Azel Wilder.
1825. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Henry Coolidge. 1826. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Henry Coolidge.
1827. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Henry Coolidge.
1828. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Henry Coolidge. 1829. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Goodnow, Henry Coolidge.
1830. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr., Henry Coolidge, Thomas Thompson.
1831. Thomas Thompson, Henry Goodnow, Carlos Blake. 1832. Thomas Thompson, Carlos Blake, Samuel Wood, Jr.
1833. Thomas Thompson, Carlos Blake, Samuel Wood, Jr.
1834. Samuel Wood, Jr., Sumner Carpenter, Aaron Thompson.
1835. Samuel Wood, Jr., Sumner Carpenter, Aaron Thompson. 1836. Aaron Thompson, Henry Goodnow, George W. Sturtevant.
1837. George W. Sturtevant, Josiah Sawyer, Oliver Holman.
1838. George W. Sturtevant, Gideon Clark, Samuel Wood, Jr.
1839. George W. Sturtevant, Gideon Clark, Samuel Wood, Jr.
1840. Samuel Wood, Jr., Charles Chase, James Buffum.
1841. James Buffum, Charles Chase, Abel Blake.
1842. James Buffum, Charles Chase, Abel Blake.
1843. James Buffum, Charles Chase, John H. Fuller.
1844. Charles Chase, Samuel Towns, 2d, Loring C. Frost.
1845. Joshua Wyman, Josiah Sawyer, Luther Nurse.
1846. Joshua Wyman, Josiah Sawyer, Kendall Crossfield.
1847. Azel Wilder, George W. Sturtevant, Thomas C. Thompson.
1848. Kendall Crossfield, George K. Wright, Joshua Wyman.
1849. Samuel Wood, Caleb Carpenter, Lanman Nims.
1850. Josiah Sawyer, George W. Sturtevant, Joshua Wyman. 1851. Thomas Thompson, Eugene S. Ellis, Arba Kidder. 1852. Arba Kidder, Eugene S. Ellis, Abijah Metcalf. 1853. Arba Kidder, John A. Draper, Eugene S. Ellis.
1854. William S. Briggs, Eugene S. Ellis, Ebenezer Clark.
1855. Ebenezer Clark, Nelson N. Sawyer, William P. Cochran.
1856. Nelson N. Sawyer, William P. Cochran (resigned and Ebenezer Clark elected Nov. 4), John Clark.
1857. Ebenezer Clark, Arba Kidder, John Clark.
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1858. Ebenezer Clark, Kendall Crossfield, Charles N. Wilder.
1859. Ashley Jones, Charles N. Wilder, Kendall Crossfield.
1860. Ebenezer Clark, Nelson N. Sawyer, Elias Joslin.
1861. Nelson N. Sawyer, George G. Dort, Chester Nims.
1862. Nelson N. Sawyer, George G. Dort, Chester Nims.
1863. Augustus T. Wilder, Chester Nims, Thomas C. Rand.
1864. Augustus T. Wilder, Chester Nims, Thomas C. Rand.
1865. Augustus T. Wilder, Chester Nims, Thomas C. Rand.
1866. Chester Nims, Samuel Woodward, William P. Abbott.
1867. Chester Nims, Samuel Woodward, William P. Abbott. 1868. Chester Nims, Edwin R. Locke, Stephen Barker.
1869. Chester Nims, George H. Gilbert, Charles Keyes.
1870. Chester Nims, George H. Gilbert, Charles Keyes.
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