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1871. George H. Gilbert, Lanman Nims, Charles Keyes.
1872. William P. Cochran, Luther P. Alden, Samuel O. Gates.
1873. Luther P. Alden, Samuel O. Gates, William P. Cochran.
1874. (None chosen.)
REPRESENTATIVES.
1768. Josiah Willard.
1769. Josiah Willard held over but did not take his seat.
1770. Josiah Willard.
1771. Benjamin Hall.
1772. Benjamin Hall.
1773. Benjamin Hall.
1774. Benjamin Hall.
1775. Isaac Wyman.
1797. Peleg Sprague.
1798. Lockhart Willard.
1799. Lockhart Willard.
1800. Lockhart Willard.
1801. Lockhart Willard.
1802. Lockhart Willard.
1778. Timothy Ellis.
1803. David Forbes.
1779. Josiah Richardson.
1804. Lockhart Willard.
1780. Josiah Richardson.
1805. Lockhart Willard.
1806. Elijah Dunbar.
1782. Daniel Kingsbury.
1807.
Samuel Dinsmoor.
1783.
1808. Elijah Dunbar.
1784. Benjamin Hall.
1809. Albe Cady.
1785. Benjamin Hall.
1810. Elijah Dunbar.
1786. Jeremiah Stiles.
1811. Albe Cady.
1787. Benjamin Hall.
1812. John Wood.
1788. Josiah Richardson.
1813. John Wood.
1789. Josiah Richardson.
1814. Albe Cady.
1790. Jeremiah Stiles.
1815. John Wood.
1791. Jeremiah Stiles.
1792. Jeremiah Stiles.
1793. Jeremiah Stiles.
1794. In March, Jeremiah Stiles. Aug. 25, Daniel Newcomb.
1795. In March, Daniel Newcomb. Elected senator, resigned. Sept. 28, Jeremiah Stiles chosen.
1796. Josiah Richardson.
1775. Timothy Ellis delegate to the Provincial congress at Ex- eter; chosen in April, and again in December.
1776. Timothy Ellis.
1777. Timothy Ellis.
1781. Josiah Richardson.
1816. John Wood.
1817. John Wood.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
1818. Dan Hough.
1819. Dan Hough.
1820. John Prentiss.
1821. John Wood.
1822. Foster Alexander.
1823. Salma Hale.
1824. Joel Parker.
1825. Joel Parker, James Wilson, Jr. 1826. Joel Parker, James Wilson, Jr. 1827. James Wilson, Jr., Henry Coolidge.
1828. Salma Hale, James Wilson,Jr. 1829. James Wilson, Jr., Aaron Hall.
1830. James Wilson, Jr., Aaron Hall.
1831. James Wilson, Jr., Eliphalet Briggs.
1832. James Wilson, Jr., Stephen Harrington. 1833. Azel Wilder, Henry Good- now.
1834. Thomas M. Edwards, James Wilson, Jr.
1835. Henry Coolidge, Thomas Thompson.
1836. Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas Thompson.
1837. James Wilson, Jr., Oliver Heaton.
1838. Thomas M. Edwards, Levi Chamberlain.
1839. Thomas M. Edwards, Benja- min F. Adams.
1840. James Wilson, Levi Chamber- lain. .
1841. Sumner Wheeler, Aaron Davis. 1842. Aaron Davis, Isaac Sturte- vant. 1843. Isaac Sturtevant, Phineas Handerson.
1844. Salma Hale, Levi Chamber- lain.
1845. Thomas M. Edwards, Sum- ner Wheeler.
1846. James Wilson, Isaac Sturte- vant.
1847. James Wilson, Isaac Sturte- vant, Luther Nurse.
1848. Levi Chamberlain, Isaac Sturtevant, Luther Nurse.
1849. Phineas Handerson, Sumner Wheeler, Arba Kidder. 1850. Thomas M. Edwards, Arba Kidder, John W. Binney. 1851. John W. Binney, Francis A. Faulkner, William S. Hutchins.
1852. Levi Chamberlain, William S. Hutchins, Francis A. Faulkner.
1853. Stewart Hastings, Selden F. White, Jehiel Wilson.
1854. Stewart Hastings, Jehiel Wil- son, John W. Binney.
1855. Thomas M. Edwards, Rufus Gates, Caleb Carpenter. 1856. Thomas M. Edwards, Rufus Gates, Caleb Carpenter. 1857. Francis S. Fiske, D. W. Buck- minster, Ephraim Foster, Daniel Buss.
1858. Francis S. Fiske, D. W. Buck- minster, Ephraim Foster, Daniel Buss.
1859. Francis A. Faulkner, Caleb T. Buffum, Edward Joslin, Addison Stone.
1860. Francis A. Faulkner, Caleb T. Buffum, Addison Stone, George Holmes.
1861. Levi Chamberlain, George Holmes, Edward Edwards, Charles Chase.
1862. George H. Richards, Edward Edwards, William S. Briggs, Henry Pond.
1863. George H. Richards, William S. Briggs, John I. Nestle, William P. Abbott.
1864. William P. Abbott, Farnum F. Lane, Henry Willard, Stephen Barker, Samuel O. Gates.
1865. Farnum F. Lane, Henry Wil- lard, Stephen Barker, Sam- uel O. Gates, Edward Gus- tine.
1866. Zedekiah S. Barstow, Samuel W. Hale, S. G. Griffin, Miles S. Buckminster, Pembroke Fisher. 1867. Zedekiah S. Barstow, Samuel W. Hale, S. G. Griffin, Miles S. Buckminster, Pembroke Fisher.
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
1868. S. G. Griffin, John Humphrey, Solon S. Wilkinson, Robert Wilson, Charles Bridgman.
1869. John Humphrey, Solon S. Wilkinson, Robert Wilson, Charles Bridgman, Solon A. Carter, William French. 1870. James Wilson, Solon A. Car- ter, William French, Joseph R. Beal, Kendall C. Scott, William P. Cochran.
1871. James Wilson, Joseph R. Beal, Kendall C. Scott, William P. Cochran, Charles S. Faulkner, Edward Farrar.
1872. Charles S. Faulkner, Edward Farrar, Thomas E. Hatch, Samuel Woodward, Allen Giffin, Ira F. Prouty.
1873. Samuel Woodward, Allen Giffin, Ira F. Prouty. Asa Fairbanks, George A. Whee- lock, Daniel K. Healey, Stephen D. Osborne.
1874. George A. Wheelock, Stephen D. Osborne, Daniel K. Healey, Hiram H. Stone, George K. Wright, George H. Tilden, Charles Shrig- ley.
MODERATORS.
1753. Benjamin Bellows.
1786. Daniel Kingsbury.
1754. Michael Metcalf.
1787. Benjamin Hall.
1755. Michael Metcalf. 1788. Daniel Kingsbury.
1756. Michael Metcalf.
1789. Daniel Newcomb.
1757. Ebenezer Clark.
1790. Daniel Kingsbury.
1758. Ebenezer Clark.
1791. Peleg Sprague.
1759. Dea. David Foster.
1792. Daniel Kingsbury.
1760. Ebenezer Clark.
1793. Noah Cooke.
1761. (No record.)
1794. Daniel Kingsbury.
1762. Dea. David Foster.
1795. Daniel Kingsbury.
1763. David Nims.
1796. Peleg Sprague.
1764. Dr. Thomas Frink.
1797.
Peleg Sprague.
1765. Dr. Thomas Frink.
1798. Daniel Kingsbury.
1766. Capt. Issac Wyman.
1799. Daniel Kingsbury.
1767. Josiah Willard.
1800. Daniel Kingsbury.
1768. David Nims.
1801. Daniel Kingsbury.
1769. David Nims.
1802. Daniel Newcomb.
1770. David Nims.
1803. Daniel Kingsbury.
1771. David Nims.
1804. Daniel Kingsbury.
1772. Thomas Frink.
1805. Lockhart Willard.
1773. Thomas Frink.
1806. Lockhart Willard.
1774. Thomas Frink.
1807. Lockhart Willard.
1775. Thomas Frink.
1808. Lockhart Willard.
1776. David Nims.
1809. Lockhart Willard.
1777. Thomas Frink.
1810. Lockhart Willard.
1778. Col. Isaac Wyman.
1811. Foster Alexander.
1779. Timothy Ellis.
1812. Lockhart Willard.
1780.
Thomas Frink.
1813. Foster Alexander.
1781. Daniel Kingsbury.
1814. Lockhart Willard.
1782. Daniel Kingsbury.
1815. John Prentiss.
1783. Daniel Kingsbury.
1816. Foster Alexander.
1784. Daniel Kingsbury.
1817. Foster Alexander.
1785. Daniel Kingsbury.
1818. Foster Alexander.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
1819. John Prentiss.
1847. Levi Chamberlain.
1820. James Wilson.
1848. Levi Chamberlain.
1821. Joel Parker.
1849. Thomas M. Edwards.
1822. James Wilson, Jr.
1850. Levi Chamberlain.
1823. Joel Parker.
1851. Thomas M. Edwards.
1824. Joel Parker.
1852. Thomas M. Edwards.
1853. Levi Chamberlain.
1827.
Joel Parker. .
1855. George B. Twitchell.
1828. Joel Parker.
1856. George B. Twitchell.
1829. Joel Parker.
1857. Francis A. Faulkner.
1830. Joel Parker.
1858. Francis A. Faulkner.
1831. James Wilson, Jr.
1859. Francis A. Faulkner.
1832. Thomas M. Edwards.
1860. Francis A. Faulkner.
1833. James Wilson, Jr.
1861. George B. Twitchell.
1834. Thomas M. Edwards.
1862. George B. Twitchell.
1835. Henry Coolidge.
1863. Francis A. Faulkner.
1836. Thomas M. Edwards.
1864. George B. Twitchell.
1837. Thomas M. Edwards. 1865. Francis A. Faulkner.
1838. Thomas M. Edwards.
1866. Francis A. Faulkner.
1839. Thomas M. Edwards.
1867. Francis A. Faulkner.
1840. Thomas M. Edwards.
1868. Francis A. Faulkner.
1841. Thomas M. Edwards.
1869. George B. Twitchell.
1842. Levi Chamberlain.
1870. Francis A. Faulkner.
1843. Thomas M. Edwards.
1871. Francis A. Faulkner.
1844. Thomas M. Edwards.
1872. Francis A. Faulkner.
1845. Thomas M. Edwards.
1873. Francis A. Faulkner.
1846. Levi Chamberlain.
1874. George B. Twitchell.
TOWN CLERKS.
1753. David Nims.
1770. Ichabod Fisher.
1754. David Nims.
1771. Ichabod Fisher.
1755. David Nims. 1772. Ichabod Fisher.
1756. David Nims. 1773. Ichabod Fisher.
1757. David Nims.
1774. Ichabod Fisher.
1758. David Nims.
1775. Ichabod Fisher.
1759. David Nims.
1776. Ichabod Fisher.
1760 David Foster.
1777. Ichabod Fisher.
1761. Ephraim Dorman.
1778. Ichabod Fisher.
1762. Ephraim Dorman.
1779. Ichabod Fisher.
1763. David Nims.
1780.
Ichabod Fisher.
1764. David Nims.
1781. Ichabod Fisher.
1765. David Nims.
1782. Ichabod Fisher.
1766. Ichabod Fisher.
1783. Ichabod Fisher.
1767. Ichabod Fisher.
1784. Ichabod Fisher.
1768. Ichabod Fisher.
1785. Ichabod Fisher.
1769. Ichabod Fisher.
1786. Asa Dunbar.
1825. Joel Parker.
1826. Joel Parker.
1854. Levi Chamberlain.
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
1787. Asa Dunbar. He died June 22 and Jeremiah Stiles was chosen.
1830. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1831. George Tilden.
1788. Jeremiah Stiles.
1833. George Tilden.
1834. George Tilden.
1791. Jeremiah Stiles. Resigned in August and Micah Law- rence chosen.
1792. Micah Lawrence.
1793. Micah Lawrence.
1794. Lockhart Willard.
1840. Selden F. White.
1795. Noah Cooke.
1841. Albert Godfrey.
1796.
Noah Cooke.
1842. Albert Godfrey.
1797. Noah Cooke.
1843. Albert Godfrey.
1798. Noah Cooke.
1844. Albert Godfrey.
1799. Noah Cooke.
1845. Albert Godfrey.
1800. Noah Cooke.
1846. Albert Godfrey.
1801. Noah Cooke.
1847. Albert Godfrey.
1802. Noah Cooke.
1848. Albert Godfrey.
1803. Noah Cooke.
1849. Albert Godfrey.
1804. Noah Cooke.
1850. Albert Godfrey.
1805. Andrew Bradford.
1851. Albert Godfrey.
1806. Andrew Bradford.
1852. Albert Godfrey.
1808. John Prentiss.
1854. Albert Godfrey.
1810. Albe Cady.
1856. Thomas C. Rand.
1811. Albe Cady.
1857. Thomas C. Rand.
1812. Albe Cady.
1858. Thomas C. Rand.
1813. Albe Cady.
1859. Thomas C. Rand.
1814.
Albe Cady.
1860.
George H. Tilden.
1815. Elijah Parker.
1861.
George H. Tilden.
1816. Elijah Parker.
1862.
George H. Tilden.
1817. Elijah Parker.
1863.
George H. Tilden.
1818. Elijah Parker.
1864.
George H. Tilden.
1820. Foster Alexander.
1866.
George H. Tilden.
1821. Foster Alexander.
1867. George H. Tilden.
1822. Foster Alexander.
1868.
George H. Tilden.
1824.
Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1870. John W. Sturtevant.
1825. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1871. John W. Sturtevant.
1826. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1872. John W. Sturtevant.
1827. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1873. John W. Sturtevant.
1828. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1874. John W. Sturtevant.
1829. Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1832. George Tilden.
1789. Jeremiah Stiles.
1790. Jeremiah Stiles.
1835. George W. Sturtevant.
1836. George W. Sturtevant.
1837. George W. Sturtevant.
1838. George W. Sturtevant.
1839. George W. Sturtevant.
1807. John Prentiss.
1853. Albert Godfrey.
1809. John Prentiss.
1855. Thomas C. Rand.
1819.
Elijah Parker.
1865.
George H. Tilden.
1823.
Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.
1869. John W. Sturtevant.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
TREASURERS.
1753. David Nims.
1799. Daniel Newcomb.
1754. Ebenezer Nims.
1800. Daniel Newcomb.
1755. David Nims.
1801. Daniel Newcomb.
1756. David Nims.
1802. Daniel Newcomb.
1757. David Nims.
1803. Daniel Newcomb.
1758. (No record.)
1804. Daniel Newcomb.
1759. David Nims.
1805. Daniel Newcomb.
1761. (No record.)
1807. Daniel Newcomb.
1762. Ephraim Dorman.
1808. Daniel Newcomb.
1764. Ephraim Dorman.
1810. Albe Cady.
1766. Josiah Willard.
1812. John Prentiss.
1768. Ichabod Fisher.
1814. John Prentiss.
1770.
(No record.)
1816. Elijah Parker.
1771. (No record.)
1817. Elijah Parker.
1772.
(No record.)
1818. Elijah Parker.
1773. Ichabod Fisher.
1819. Elijah Parker.
1774. Ichabod Fisher.
1820. Foster Alexander.
1775. Ichabod Fisher.
1821. Foster Alexander.
1776. Ichabod Fisher.
1822. Foster Alexander.
1777. Ichabod Fisher.
1823.
Eliphalet Briggs.
1778. Ichabod Fisher.
1824. Voted not to choose.
1779. Ichabod Fisher.
1825. Voted not to choose.
1780. Ichabod Fisher.
1826. Voted not to choose.
1781. Ichabod Fisher. 1827. Voted not to choose.
1782. Ichabod Fisher.
1828. Voted not to choose.
1783. Josiah Richardson.
1829. None chosen.
1784.
Thomas Baker.
1830. None chosen.
1785.
Thomas Baker.
1831. Eliphalet Briggs.
1786. (No record.)
1832. Voted not to choose.
1787. Jeremiah Stiles.
1833. Voted not to choose.
1788. Josiah Richardson.
1834. Voted not to choose.
1789. Jeremiah Stiles.
1835. Voted not to choose.
1790. Jeremiah Stiles.
1836. Voted not to choose.
1791. Abel Blake.
1837. Voted not to choose.
1792. Abel Blake.
1838. Voted not to choose.
1793. Daniel Newcomb.
1839. Voted not to choose.
1794. Daniel Newcomb.
1840. Timothy Hall.
1795. Daniel Newcomb.
1841. Timothy Hall.
1796. Daniel Newcomb.
1842. Timothy Hall.
1797. Daniel Newcomb.
1843. Thomas H. Leverett.
1798. Daniel Newcomb.
1844. Thomas H. Leverett.
1760. David Foster.
1806. Daniel Newcomb.
1763. Ephraim Dorman.
1809. Daniel Newcomb.
1765. Ephraim Dorman.
1811. John Prentiss.
1767. (No record.)
1813. John Prentiss.
1769. Ichabod Fisher.
1815. Elijah Parker.
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
1845. James H. Williams.
1860. Royal H. Porter.
1846. James H. Williams.
1861 .. Royal H. Porter.
1847. Thomas H. Leverett. 1862. Royal H. Porter.
1848. Zebina Newell.
1863. George W. Tilden.
1849. Zebina Newell. 1864. George W. Tilden.
1850. Thomas H. Leverett. 1865. Thomas H. Leverett.
1851. Thomas H. Leverett.
1866.
Thomas H. Leverett.
1852. Zebina Newell.
1867.
George W. Tilden.
1853. Thomas H. Leverett.
1868. Royal H. Porter.
1854.
Zebina Newell.
1869. Royal H. Porter.
1855. Zebina Newell.
1870. Royal H. Porter.
1856. George W. Tilden.
1871. George W. Tilden.
1857. Royal H. Porter.
1872. Henry O. Coolidge.
1858. George W. Tilden.
1873. Henry O. Coolidge.
1859. Royal H. Porter.
1874. None chosen.
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THOMAS M. EDWARDS.
City Chronology
COMPRISING EVENTS OF INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF KEENE FROM 1874 TO 1904. BY FRANK H. WHITCOMB.
(The events are separated by leaders ( ...... ). Dates by months and days are given wherever practicable, and apply only to the events with which they appear.)
1874.
March 10, city government adopted; May 5, city government organ- ized; Horatio Colony, first mayor ...... Keene Public Library established. Invalids' Home incorporated ...... New Baptist church built ...... Voting population: Ward 1, 440; ward 2, 254; ward 3, 414; ward 4, 298; ward 5, 294 ...... June 13, death of Henry C. Handerson, postmaster ...... Patent issued to Francis A. Perry, master mechanic of Cheshire Railroad Company, for an improved spark-arrester and consumer for locomotives and portable engines ...... Gratuity of $160,000 voted to the Manchester & Keene Railroad Corporation ...... Aug. 16, murder of Allen A. Craig ...... Sept. 5, Mrs. Lydia M. Handerson appointed postmaster ...... Cheshire Chair Company, which commenced business in January, 1869, and removed to the Hope mills (now Beaver mills) in 1872, enlarged its plant and established a branch store in Philadelphia, Penn ...... Mechanical fire alarm attached to bell in city hall building at an expense of $100.
1875.
Horatio Colony, mayor ...... Keene Humane Society organized. ...... Citizens National bank established ...... Jan. 3, Kendall C. Scott, formerly editor of the Peterboro Transcript, died ...... Keene Public Library formally surrendered to the city Feb. 2, and first books issued July 10 ...... February, big load of four-foot wood photographed by J. A. French, eleven and one- fourth cords ...... March 2, brilliant meteor observed at 11.30 o'clock p. m.
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.April 12, J. S. Taft & Co.'s pottery, Water street, destroyed by fire ......
May 1, death of Thomas M. Edwards, lawyer and ex-congressman, aged seventy-nine years, four months ...... May 11, $50,000 appropriated by Union school district for a new high school building ...... May 20, new Baptist church dedicated ...... July 3, grounds of the Keene Driving Park Association opened to the public ...... June 5, a five years old son of Frank Harmon fatally burned in the Bouvier house on Howard street; Peter Bouvier's son, aged four years, died the day following, the children hav- ing set the fire with matches ...... June 14, eight freight cars loaded with
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
corn came into Keene from Troy, eleven miles in fourteen minutes, an engine caught the cars beyond the Cheshire tannery on grade ...... June 20, high school kept in city hall; work of demolishing the old academy building commenced ...... Citizens National bank commenced business Nov. 1 ...... Nov. 20, Woodbury's furniture shop on Beaver brook and adjoining shop destroyed by fire ...... Nov. 21, Sally Ann Parker, widow of Elijah Parker, died in her ninety-fourth year, the oldest person but one in town; she was a daughter of Parson Hall and the last of a once distinguished family in this part of the state ...... Dec. 16, death of Lydia M. Hander- son; Thomas E. Hatch appointed acting postmaster ...... Dec. 27, fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the church connected with the Keene Congregational Society (Unitarian.)
1876.
Edward Farrar, mayor ...... March 16, twenty-fifth anniversary of the institution of Beaver Brook Lodge, I. O. O. F .; new hall in Ball's block dedicated ...... April 19, death of Samuel Woodward, aged seventy- three ...... May 10, death of William P. Wheeler in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged sixty-three ...... Asa Smith appointed postmaster ...... May 23, death of Charles Lamson, aged seventy-seven ...... May 24, mysterious death of Alvin C. Foster ...... May 31, Frank H. Starkweather, city clerk, died, aged twenty-six years ...... June 18, Templar burial service read at the Second Congregational church over remains of John A. Duren, aged forty-four years ...... July 3, Charles, son of Nelson N. Sawyer, fatally in- jured while firing a cannon at Holyoke, Mass ...... July 4, celebration of the 100th anniversary of American independence, Rev. William Orne White, orator of the day ...... July 22, death of ex-Gov. William Haile, aged sixty-nine ...... July 28, John O. Smith, fireman on the Cheshire rail- road, instantly killed at the bridge over the Ashuelot river, west of Keene station ...... Aug. 14, police force strengthened by organizing fifty returned soldiers for special service, to prevent Manchester & Keene railroad riot ...... Sept. 4, fiftieth anniversary reception tendered to Capt. Samuel Towne and wife at Second Congregational church ...... Oct. 1, Rev. William O. White, for twenty-five years pastor of the Keene Congrega- tional (Unitarian) Society, granted a leave of absence for a European tour ...... Woodland cemetery enlarged ...... Dec. 4, new high school building dedicated; James Powell, principal ...... Memorial window placed in St. James' church in memory of the late Hon. William P. Wheeler, LL. D.
1877.
Edward Farrar, mayor ...... Feb. 26, death of Miss Julia Hall, in Boston ...... March 19, in Chicago, Ill., death of Lucian Tilton, chief engineer in the construction of the Cheshire railroad ...... Patent granted to John A. Wright for impervious oil cabinet ...... March 28, Dorcas Balch, aged seventy-eight years, fatally burned ...... Franklin W. Hooper elected principal of high school ...... April 23, death of Lewis Campbell, aged seventy-five years, formerly register of deeds ...... May, death of George W. Perry, formerly master mechanic of the Cheshire railroad ...... Keene
CHARLES S. FAULKNER.
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CITY CHRONOLOGY.
Public Library removed from Colony's block to Warren's block ...... May, Blake & Mason published a city directory ...... June 6, a seven years old son of John Dee drowned in the Ashuelot river ...... July 6, Henry Ames and Henry Lawler killed while preparing to move the Dr. Twitchell house on Main street ...... July, Lamson block erected ...... Aug. 27, forma- tion of Keene Light Guard decided upon ...... November, iron bridge over the Ashuelot river on Island street constructed ...... Thursday, Nov. 22, St. James' church consecrated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Niles ...... Dec. 3, mon- arch elm on James Donnelly's premises felled; height, eighty-five feet; girth one foot from the ground, twenty and one-half feet; twenty-eight feet from ground 190 grains or yearly growths were counted.
1878.
Reuben Stewart, mayor ...... Jan. 7, Unity Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. F. instituted ...... Jan. 4, Taft's pottery destroyed by fire ...... April 1, Keene High School Alumni Association formed ...... April 17, Keene Light Guard battalion organized ...... Population, ward 1, 1,592; ward 2, 991; ward 3, 1,473; ward 4, 1,133; ward 5, 1,299; total 6,488 ...... May 2, Warren J. Mason killed in the passenger depot by being knocked off a freight train by the arch ...... July 22, Louis Carpenter drowned in Beaver brook reservoir ...... Nov. 3, Rev. William O. White resigned pastorate of twenty- seven years and preached his farewell sermon ...... Dec. 1, last spike of the Manchester & Keene railroad driven by Hon. Samuel W. Hale ...... Dec. 2, first passenger car passed over Manchester & Keene railroad ...... J. B. Elliot & Sons built a mowing machine factory at South Keene ...... Feb. 13, thirtieth anniversary of Deluge Engine Company held at city hall.
1879.
Reuben Stewart, mayor ...... Feb. 6, death of George W. Tilden, aged fifty-nine, and Joseph R. Beal elected cashier of the Keene National bank. .Eugene C. Ramsdell resigned leadership of Keene Brass band and Theodore Allen appointed' leader ...... March 11, women have the first opportunity to vote in school district affairs; Mrs. Abby Bickford elected a member of the board of education ...... March 18, Samuel Ham, who was run over by a Connecticut River railroad train, died ...... May, Greenlawn Cemetery Company organized; Caleb T. Buffum, president ...... May 22, death of Hon. Francis A. Faulkner, aged fifty-four years ...... June 27, Taft's pottery warehouse on Main street struck by lightning and destroyed by fire, loss $20,000 ...... Bell telephones placed in business and private houses ...... Street letter boxes erected ...... July 28, Hon. Charles S. Faulkner died, aged sixty years ...... Sept. 15, Michael Foley, aged nine years, killed on Cheshire tracks near the freight depot ...... Prescott, the artist, painted a portrait of Gov. Samuel Dinsmoor for the state of New Hampshire and a portrait of Gen. James Wilson for citizens of Keene to be placed in the city hall. The latter was presented Nov. 13, at city hall, by Gen. S. G. Griffin for the donors, and Gen. Wilson responded. ..... Mechanical fire alarm striker attached to bell on city hall.
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HISTORY OF KEENE.
1880.
Horatio Kimball, mayor ...... John H. Donovan, while operating a Cheshire railroad snowplow, on Jan. 1, was killed by a blow on the head. ...... Jan. 27, death of Dauphin W. Buckminster, register of probate since 1871 ...... Feb. 2, death of Mrs. Eleanor McCrae, nearly ninety-four years of age and the oldest person in the city; her husband, a veteran of the war of 1812, died three years before, aged ninety ...... February, Henry O. Coolidge appointed register of probate ...... Keene Commandery, No. 90, U. O. G. C., organized ...... Feb. 13, John Sedgwick Post, No. 4, G. A. R., revived; Col. John W. Babbitt, commander; post first organized Feb. 3, 1868, dormant since Sept. 5, 1872 ...... Hale & Sturtevant manufactured from 250 to 300 suits of furniture per week at Ashuelot mills ...... Keene Brass band uniformed as the Second Regiment band by the state ...... March, Josiah Parsons Cooke died in Boston; he was son of Noah Cooke, who died at his house on West street in 1829 at the age of eighty years, and brother of Noah R. Cooke, who died at the old home- stead on West street, in 1872 ...... March 11, death of Dea. Elisha Rand, aged eighty-five years, a native of Hopkinton, Mass., but nearly a life long resident of Keene, one of the founders of the Second Congregational church and society ...... March 24, Clarke's block destroyed by fire ...... March 25, paint shop of Keene Chair Company at South Keene, destroyed by fire ...... March 26, the First Congregational society gave a supper to the firemen, as a thank offering and in appreciation of the gallant services rendered by the fire department on Wednesday night, March 24 ...... April 29, one of the familiar landmarks of West street, "the old Cooke house," opposite the head of School street, taken down. ... .May 7, Madam Elliot, widow of John Elliot, died in the ninety- fourth year of her age, at the house on Main street where she had lived for sixty-five years ...... May 20, Frank M. Chapin ordained to the min- istry as a missionary to North China, in the Second Congregational church ...... City councils passed a new fire precinct ordinance ...... In May, Gideon E. Lee, Fred W. Dodge and George R. Spencer were tried for murder of Alvin C. Foster and acquitted. A negro named Hamilton had previously been arrested for the crime but was not tried ...... May 28, Stephen Preston Ruggles, the well known inventor, died at Lisbon and his remains were brought to Keene for burial; he invented the Ruggles printing press, the first of machine presses, and the raised alphabet for the blind; was a writer on the subject of mechanical education ...... June 2, stockholders of Cheshire railroad voted to accept lease of the Monad- nock road agreed upon by the directors ...... Population, Ward 1, 1,732; ward 2, 1,091; ward 3, 1,479; ward 4, 1,165; ward 5, 1,322; total, 6,789; increase since 1870 of 818. (Population since the first census was taken : 1775, 756; 1790, 1,314; 1800, 1,645; 1810, 1,646; 1820, 1,895; 1830, 2,374; 1840, 2,611; 1850, 3,392; 1860, 4,320; 1870, 5,971; 1880, 6,789; 1890, 7,446; 1900, 9,165) ...... July 1, new council rooms completed in city hall building ...... July 26, M. A. Bailey, of Middletown, Conn., elected principal of the high school ...... Aug. 12, Deluge engine house removed from St. James street to Vernon street lot ...... City hall remodeled, stage
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