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The North Weare Cornet band was organized in the winter of
* MEMBERS OF THE FIRST SOUTHI WEARE BAND.
Sam'l Sargent, tenor drum. Cyrus Whittaker, bugle.
Samuel Martin, bass drum. Alonzo Hadley, bugle. George Hadley, bugle.
James Corliss, clarionet.
Joseph Cram, clarionet.
Jesse A. Gove, clarionct. Horace Philbrick, trombone.
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1855-6; Walter Dignam, of Manchester, and Dustin Marble, of Nashua, teachers. It contained, during its brief existence of three years, twenty-seven members .* It played much during the presiden- tial campaign of 1856, and its last public appearance was at the agricultural fair held in Purington's park in the fall of 1859.
The South Weare Cornet band was started in 1857; Dustin Marble, of Nashua, teacher. It met alternately at Dearborn's hall, South Weare, and at Perry Richards' store, Oil Mill, for practice. It contained eighteen members. t .One of them, Horatio H. Carr, died in 1858, and the band attended the funeral at the house of his father, Aaron Carr, played appropriate selections and marched with the procession to the cemetery. This band had a successful exist- ence for several years, till many of its members moved to other places or died.
Patten's Cornet band, of North Weare, was formed May 30, 1879, and still continues to meet regularly for rehearsals, and occasionally fills an engagement in public. It has had thirty-six members in all .; It held a fair Nov. 20, 1883, which was very successful, net-
* MEMBERS OF THE NORTH WEARE CORNET BAND.
First Eb eornet-George H. Gove, leader.
Second Eb cornet- Alfred G. Hanson, second leader.
Third Eb eornet -Plummer Cram, sueeeeded by Rodney G. Chase.
First Bb eornet- Levi W. Gove.
Second Bb cornet - Daniel F. Muzzy, succeeded by Austin I. Cogswell. Solo alto - Daniel Hanson.
Eb altos-John F. Chase, Lewis Greenleaf, Josiah Gove.
Bb baritones- Moses F. Currier, Alfred W. Chase, George I. Gove. Bb bass horn - William D. White.
Bass tubas-Thomas E. Fisher; Augustus Spinney, suceecded by C. C. Perry; Edwin Gove. George C. Patten and Dana B. Hadloek played leading instruments.
Bass drum- Moses H. Clement, suececded by Joseph B. Pierce.
Snare drum - Rodney G. Chase, succeeded by George S. Willard.
Cymbals - Alfred W. Chase, succeeded by Almon Dow.
t MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH WEARE CORNET BAND.
W. S. Mudgett, Ist Ebeornet. George Dunlap, Eb alto. D. A. Tewksbury, 2d Bb bass.
L. Richards, Ist Bb cornet. Augustus Simons, Eb alto. Henry A. Carr, Eb bass.
G. S. Mudgett, 2d Eb cornet. H. P. Dearborn, Bb tenor. Horatio HI. Carr, Eb bass.
E. T. Mudgett, 2d Eb eornet. Frank J. Mudgett, Bb tenor. John Melvin, Eb bass.
E. C. Colby, 3d Eb cornet. J. P. Dearborn, Bb tenor. Hiram Philbrick, drum.
Horace Philbrick, Eb alto. L. D. Seribner, Ist Bb bass. Will Simons, snare drum.
# MEMBERS OF PATTEN'S CORNET BAND.
Eb cornets-1George C. Patten, 1Will H. Patten, 1Warren L. Collins.
Bb cornets-Frank L. Chase, Charles B. Smith, Will II. Chase, 1Loren D. Clement, 1Charles F. Wyman, 1Frank Morse.
Alto horns-Charles A. Hurd, Roy Flanders, 1G. Ed. Jones, George Stevens, W. A. Emerson, 1William C. Warren, 1Ham. H. Morrill.
Tenor horns - John F. Chase, Henry A. Sawyer, Sherman A. Chase, Daniel Ilanson, 1Byron L. Morse.
Baritone and bass horns - Charles P. Reed, Thomas Blakelcy, 1James Rogers.
Eb bass tubas-1Lucius B. Morrill, 1Ezra M. Hadley, Alfred G. Hanson, 1Will Boynton. Pieeolo - Henry W. Chase.
Tenor drums -1Stephen C. Cram, Jolm La Bonta, 'Alonzo Chapin.
Bass drum - Harry A. Hadley.
Cymbals - Sherman A. Chase, Clinton Emerson, 1Moses S. Colby.
1 Now connected with the band.
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ting a little over $200. Other entertainments have always been well attended and successful ; and while the members deserve great credit for the perseverance they have shown in thus keeping up their organization, the citizens of Weare have also ever been ready to speak an encouraging word and render financial aid whenever and wherever the opportunity has been afforded.
INSANE ASYLUM. The town voted not to have the state build one in 1836, but in 1843 patronized it by having the selectmen take Albert Colby to it.
RECORDING DEEDS. The town voted, 148 to 21, against having town clerks record deeds of real estate.
TOWN REPORT. Voted, in 1839, to have it printed, and it has been every year since.
VACCINATION. Voted, in 1840, not to employ a physician to vaccinate all the people in town who are willing.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. March 12, 1844, voted 139 to abolish it, 77 not to.
MODERATORS. In 1846, voted not to adopt the law that the selectmen might appoint the moderators.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. The town voted in favor of it in 1851. It exempted a homestead of the value of $500 from at- tachment and sale on execution.
ROADS. In 1854 the county commissioners laid out road one hundred and eighteen. It led from East Weare depot, by the old Collins mill, site seventeen, north up the hill by the old first meeting- house, to road twenty-nine that runs to Sugar hill. It was a short route from the north-east part of the town to the depot and post-office.
Road one hundred and nineteen was a short, connecting route in Weare, laid out by the county commissioners, and built about 1870, to accommodate the Francestown soapstone quarry. At that time it was the shortest road from the quarry to the cars at Oil Mill.
In the account of road forty-four, instead of saying it led from road thirty-eight, it should read from road forty.
PLURO-PNEUMONIA. The people were greatly frightened about it in 1860. " Voted, That no person shall drive cattle into town, or through it, without a certificate of the selectmen of the town they came from, that the cattle did not have it."
FIRES. In 1861 there was a gang of incendiaries going about the country, burning churches and farm-buildings. The town voted $2000 reward for the conviction of any incendiary in Weare.
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THE ABOLITIONISTS. Negro slavery existed in all the old thirteen states. The merchants in the northern seaports had sup- plied the country with slaves from Africa, and many had enriched themselves in the traffic. At the time of the adoption of the federal constitution, slavery was unpopular and unprofitable, and the framers of that document provided that the slave-trade might be prohibited by congress in 1808 or afterwards. But the invention of the cotton gin gave a great impetus to the raising of cotton, slavery in that section became a source of wealth, and public opinion as to the right to hold slaves met with a change. The people of the North grad- ually emancipated their slaves, or sold them to go South.
Meanwhile the question of abolition came up in England, and the slaves of the British colonies were set at liberty. English sen- timents on the subject were brought to this country by George Thompson and others. Men like Garrison, Phillips and Whittier imbibed them, and abolition societies were formed.
Moses Sawyer was one of the first abolitionists in Weare .* He had made the acquaintance of Whittier and Garrison, and was a subscriber to the Liberator from the start. His house in Weare, as well as that of Moses A. Cartland, was one of the stations of the " Underground railway." It was for a time the home of Frederick Douglass, who commenced his autobiography there. Mr. Sawyer was one of the first to cast an Abolition ticket in our town. The first one was voted March 9, 1841, for representatives to congress. The names on the ticket were Nathaniel P. Rogers, Joseph M. Harper, Parker Pillsbury, Stephen Foster and John B. Chandler. Many men have claimed to have cast that ballot. Who did it may never certainly be known.
In 1844 forty votes were cast for the Liberty ticket. The party in town gradually increased, and in 1848 William H. Gove, at the annual town-meeting, introduced some strong anti-slavery resolu- tions, which were adopted. At the presidential election in the fall, Van Buren, Free Soil, had forty-three votes, and in 1852, Hale, or the Liberty ticket, had one hundred and forty-two votes. When the Republican party was formed all these went to its candidates.
The result of this agitation was one of the greatest wars the
* " The Friends had always been opposed, as a general thing, to slavery. Jona- than Dow, of Weare, was in the convention held at Exeter in February, 1788, to decide upon the important question of ratifying or rejecting the constitution of the United States, and it is said he ' spoke very sensibly and feelingly against' the clanse legalizing the importation of slaves until the year 1808." - N. HI. Hist. Coll., vol. v, p. 95.
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world ever saw; a million of men dead, six billions of dollars ex- pended, enormous national, state and town debts, public and private morals debauched, and the Negroes free men.
INSURANCE. The Weare Mutual Fire Insurance company was chartered July 12, 1856. The members named were Josiah G. Dearborn, William B. Gove, Ebenezer Gove, Ezra Dow, John W. Hanson, Nathan C. Johnson and Nathan Breed. The company was organized Sept. 27, and Ebenezer Gove, Sebastian S. Clark, Elbridge A. Bailey, Enos Hoyt, Albe Morrill, Amos J. Wilson and John Bartlett were chosen directors. William B. Gove was the first secretary.
The first policy was issued Jan. 5, 1857, to Jesse Clement, of Weare Center. He was insured $1500 for six years, and gave his premium note for six per cent of that note ($90), on which, if there was a loss, he would be assessed, with the other policy-holders, a sufficient percentage to pay it. He, as well as all others who were insured, paid one per cent down on the amount of his premium note and fifty cents additional for a policy, to pay for doing the business of the company; so if there were no fires, all that it would cost him to be insured $1500 for six years would be $1.40, - a very cheap insurance. But it was found, after ten years' experience, that one per cent on the premium note was not enough to pay expenses, and Oct. 26, 1867, it was raised to two.
They had their first fire Feb. 9, 1859. Edwin Gove met with a loss of $900, and there was an assessment to pay it of one and one- half per cent on the amount of the premium notes. The whole number of assessments made during the thirty years the company has been in business has been thirteen, and it has averaged to cost the insured about one-half of one per cent to insure their property each five years.
The whole number of policies issued to 1886 was one thousand three hundred and thirty-seven, and the amount of property insured about $700,000. Insurance in this company has been very reason- able; much cheaper than it could possibly be obtained in foreign insurance companies, and the company is now doing a successful business. The present secretary is Hiram Buswell .* Such a com- pany should be well supported and continued, even if it should temporarily meet with heavy losses.
* Secretaries of the Weare Mutual Fire Insurance company : -
William B. Gove. Albe Morrill. Charles E. Hoag. George Simons. Hiram Buswell.
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HIGHWAY SURVEYORS. The town voted that the select- men appoint them in 1862, and the record of their appointments occupies about fifty pages of the town book.
A MOOSE was seen by Lewis George about 1863 in a pasture in Weare. It was going south-west, and was quickly out of sight. A hunter killed it in Lyndeborough. It was one that had escaped from William Stark's menagerie in Manchester, and had been running wild about the country.
RAILROADS. In 1866 the town instructed their representatives to work in the legislature for the reduction of railroad tariffs and for reform in the management of railroads. The representatives were also instructed to vote for Daniel Clark for senator to Con- gress. Mr. Clark did not get elected.
ENORMOUS BOUNTIES. After the draft in 1863 people were willing to pay almost any sum, rather than be forced away to the war. As high as $1800 was paid for a substitute. So anxious were the citizens to have the quota filled, and the town not liable to a draft, that the selectmen put in $12,000 worth of substitutes more than there was any call for, and some thought it was a heedless as well as useless waste of money.
WAR RECORDS. Those of the town were stolen about 1872.
PURITY OF ELECTIONS. The town passed some strong resolutions in 1872 against buying votes and the use of money to corrupt voters.
SALARY GRAB. Congress increased the salaries of the presi- dent, vice-president, judges of the supreme court and its own mem- bers in 1873. Weare passed resolutions strongly condemning the "steal." They termed it " a wholesale robbery of the treasury."
HYDROPHOBIA. In 1877 there was a great scare throughout the country about mad dogs, and the town voted that the selectmen might require that all dogs going at large should be securely muzzled.
GRANGES. Order Patrons of Husbandry. It was originated in Washington, D. C., Dec. 4, 1867, by Hon. O. H. Kelly, now of Florida. With him were William Saunders, of the department of agriculture ; Rev. A. B. Grosh, of Washington ; William M. Ireland, of the post-office department; J. R. Thompson, of the treasury department ; F. M. McDowell, a practical pomologist of New York, and John Trimble, of Washington.
The order rapidly increased, and spread throughout the country
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and over the border in the British provinces, gathering a member- ship of many hundred thousands. The Grange came to New Hampshire in 1873, and now has nearly one hundred subordinate Granges and an aggregate membership of fifty-five hundred.
Its objects are to educate and elevate those who enter its worthy portals; to protect the agricultural interest of the state and nation by the enactment and enforcement of proper laws; to give financial aid by judicious management of the farmers' interests; to make farming an occupation more remunerative and desirable, and home more attractive. The order of exercises at the meetings are recita- tions, readings and the discussion of questions that pertain to all the varied interests of agricultural life.
Halestown Grange, No. 6, was organized Oct. 21, 1873, and has held its meetings nearly all the time at Weare Center .*
Wyoming Grange, No. 54, was organized March 23, 1875, and its meetings have been held at South Weare; first at Dearborn's hall, and now at Buxton's.t
ODD FELLOWS. Mount William lodge, No. 37, I. O. O. F.,; was instituted Feb. 8, 1878, by Henry A. Farrington, grand master ; Luther F. Mckinney, deputy grand master; Joel Taylor, grand
* FIRST BOARD OF OFFICERS.
Eben B. Bartlett, master. · George Simons, chaplain. Mrs. A. B. Johnson, pomona.
Sebastian S. Clark, overseer. Abner P. Collins, treas'er. Mrs. Mary P. Jewell, flora.
Zephaniah Breed, lecturer. Wm. H. Gove, secretary. Mrs. A. P. Collins,
Hiram M. Felch, steward. J. B. Clark, gate keeper. lady asst. steward.
Albert Buswell, asst. stew'd. Mrs. S. S. Clark, ceres.
+ FIRST BOARD OF OFFICERS.
Eben B. Bartlett, master. H. H. Spaulding, chaplain. Mrs. J. P. Dearborn, flora.
Geo. W. Dearborn, overseer. Geo. F. Eastman, treasurer. Miss Ida E. Sleeper, pomona. Eben L. Paige, lecturer. Jason P. Dearborn; sec'y. Mrs. J. N. Gould,
J. B. Philbrick, steward. Jesse N. Gould, gate keeper. lady asst. steward. H. R. Nichols, asst. steward. Mrs. H. H. Spaulding, ceres.
# LIST OF MEMBERS OF MOUNT WILLIAM LODGE, NO. 37, I. O. O. F.
1 Henry H. Balch, 1Chas. A. Jones,
1Frank P. Boynton, 1G. Edward Jones,
1Jason P. Simons, 2Wm. P. Martin,
1Charles H. Breed, 1Levi B. Laney, 1William W. Skillen, 2Harvey J. Mckellips,
1Obed H. Dow, 1Leonard F. Martin,
1James P. Whittle, 2Warren L. Collins,
1G. Frank Hadley, 1Lucius B. Morrill,
2 Albion G. Clark, 2Ezekiel W. Moore,
1Chas. A. Hurd, 1Chas. E. Paige,
William T. Morse, joined March 8, 1878. Jolın F. Chase, joined April 10, 1878. Lewis B. Melvin, joined April 10, 1878. Hiram M. Felch, joined Dec. 25, 1878. Sidney B. Chase, joined Dec. 25, 1878. Wm. H. Chase, joined Dec. 25, 1878. David J. Moulton, joined March 12, 1879. Stanford S. Aiken, joined March 12, 1879. Louis Schwartz, joined Nov. 26, 1879. Oliver D. Sawyer, joined Jan. 14, 1880. Fred F. Fisher, joined May 19, 1880. Chas. B. Smith, joined June 1, 1881. Henry C. Johnson, joined Sept. 28, 1881. Byron L. Morse, joined Feb. 8, 1882. 1 Charter members.
1Moses R. Peaslec, 2Bradford Bowie,
2Lindley M. Sawyer, 2Dana K. Marshall. Peter J. Clement, joined March 8, 1882. Wm. C. Vitty, joined July 26, 1882.
Everett M. Blodgett, joined Aug. 30, 1882. Frank Tucker, joined Dec. 27, 1882. Frank Eaton, joined May 8, 1884. Amos C. Knowlton, joined May 8, 1884. Augustus W. Kenncy, joined June 4, 1884. Daniel P. Woodbury, joined July 23, 1884. James B. Day, joined Feb. 24, 1886. Edgar F. Straw, joined March 31, 1886. Charles F. LaBonta, joined Dec. 22, 1886. Elbridge C. Brown, joined March 30, 1887. Frank E. Cutting, joined April 13, 1887.
Luther F. Gatchell, joined April 13, 1887.
2 Joined Feb. 27, 1878.
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secretary ; Joseph Kidder, George A. Cummings and Charles P. Blanchard, past grand representatives, and others, of the grand lodge of New Hampshire, assisted by officers and members from many neighboring lodges.
The lodge held its first meeting in Chase's hall, and elected Obed H. Dow noble grand; Charles H. Breed, vice- grand ; Jason P. Simons, secretary, and James P. Whittle, treasurer. Since Decem- ber, 1878, the meetings have been held in School-house hall.
Obed H. Dow, senior past grand, is the only member who has been removed by death. He died June 22, 1885.
Mount William lodge started with sixteen charter members, to which number thirty-six have been added by initiation. The or- ganization is now in a very prosperous condition.
STARK FELLOWS POST, No. 46, G. A. R. This post held its first meeting at Weare town hall Sept. 3, 1879. At its next meet- ing, Sept. 5, 1879, twenty-one veterans were mustered in by Col. George Bowers, of Nashua, commander of the department of New Hampshire, G. A. R., and his assistants. The regular officers* were then chosen, and extended remarks were made by visiting comrades.
Sept. 29th the post met and adopted a code of by-laws reported by Comrades Colby, Hanson and Darling, and sufficient copies of the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic were procured for the use of the members. The objects of the organiza- tion as set forth were : -
" 1. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feel- ings which bind together soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late Rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead.
"2. To assist such former comrades-in-arms as need help and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
"3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of Amer- ica, based on a paramount respect for, and fidelity to, the national constitution and laws, to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any man-
* The first officers were : - Albert H. Sawyer, commander. Levi B. Laney, senior vice-commander. Frank W. Morgan, junior vice-com'der. Henry N. Chapman, adjutant. Eliphalet Jones, quartermaster. George W. Pierce, chaplain.
Enoch W. Breed, officer of the day.
Harvey J. Mckellips, officer of the guard. George W. Towns, sergeant-major. John S. Hutchins, quartermas'r-sergeant. Sidney B. Chase, surgeon.
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ner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions ; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights and justice to all men."
Forty-seven comrades have signed the rules and regulations .*
The post attended the dedication of the soldiers' monument, Sept. 11, 1879, at Manchester. They decorated forty-two soldiers' graves on Decoration day, the town having voted $50 for that purpose. Patten's Cornet band furnished the music, and Col. Carroll D. Wright delivered the oration. They held a camp-fire Sept. 13th, at which they had music and dancing, and Nov. 5th they had a lecture and supper at the town hall.
The subject of forming a ladies' auxiliary relief corps came up Oct. 11th, and Mrs. Laura A. Dow was chosen representative to the convention at Laconia. She attended, and Dec. 13th the post voted to allow the ladies to form such relief association as they may de- sire. They at once organized, and have always been a great help in maintaining an interest in the post. They have furnished wreaths and flowers to decorate soldiers' graves, badges of mourning for soldiers' funerals; have held fairs, concerts, lectures, strawberry festivals, oyster suppers and balls,-all the money arising from the same, after paying expenses, being turned into the relief fund for the benefit of needy and sick soldiers.t
Since 1880 they have regularly decorated the soldiers' graves each year, the town annually appropriating $50 for that purpose, and Patten's band furnishing the music. In 1881 Rev. S. S. N. Greeley gave the address; in 1882 A. B. Thompson, secretary of state, spoke to the post; in 1883 Albion R. Simmons addressed them; in 1884 Herbert F. Norris spoke; in 1885 Francis H. Buffum was the orator; and in 1886 Rev. E. L. House told to them the story of the war.
* COMRADES.
George W. Towns,
Welcome B. Darling, Daniel P. Bixby,
Hiram D. Osborn,
Harvey H. George, John T. Hutchins, Eliphalet Jones, Thomas Emmott,
Albert H. Sawyer,
Elijah P. Purington, Charles A. Witham, Joseph V. Bowie, Fred L. Schwartz, Benj. F. Philbriek, Forest B. Niehols, Edmond M. Rogers, Charles W. Colby,
Alonzo H. Wood, Jeremiah Clough, Daniel Johnson, Otis G. Cilley, Alonzo F. Paige, Stephen P. Colby, Horatio J. Collins, Franeis Roy,
Elbridge C. Brown,
Hosea B. Corliss, Hial C. Gove,
Edwin J. Tenney, .Joseph H. Adams, Joseph Cram,
Lorenzo B. Chapin, William H. Carlton, Robert C. Smith,
t The officers of the Ladies' Relief Corps for 1886 are :-
Mrs. Rachel G. Thurston, president.
Mrs. Lorena Marsh, vice-president.
Mrs. Laura A. George, secretary. Mrs. Laura A. Dow, treasurer.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Ella V. Mckellips,
Mrs. Lucy M. Philbrick, Mrs. Jennie Brown.
Peleg B. Thurston, Porter Dufur, Harvey J. MeKellips, Henry N. Chapman, Frank W. Morgan, Sidney B. Chase, Daniel Hanson,
Alvin Thompson, Benn F. Marsh,
Enoch W. Breed,
George W. Wyman, John B. Colby.
1879.]
Levi B. Laney,
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[1881.
Levi B. Laney was commander for 1881, 1882 and 1883. When he retired the post passed resolutions highly complimentary to him, had them beautifully written out, handsomely framed in oak and presented them with appropriate remarks. A handsome portrait of Col. Stark Fellows was procured by Mr. Laney for their hall in 1882.
The meetings of the post are well kept up, and are held the Mon- day on or before each full of the moon. There are more members now than at the outset, the post thus far having mustered in a few more than death has mustered out.
CIDER. The town voted, in 1878, that the law regulating the sale of cider shall be enforced.
LAGER BEER. " Voted, to adopt the provisions of the law regulating its sale."
DOGS. The town was greatly annoyed by their depredation's in 1879. They voted that owners should take care of them ; should pay all damages done by them ; should put collars, with owners' names on them, on their necks, and pay a fine of $2 if they failed to comply with these requirements.
SLIDING DOWN HILL. The town, about 1880,* instructed
* TAX-PAYERS, 1880.
Annis, Charles A.
Breed, Homer F. John,
Chase, Josiah D. Lizzie,
Colby, B. Frank, Calvin F.
Bailey, Olive F.
W. Scott,
John C.
Martha A.
David,
Baker, James
Levi J.
Nathaniel J.
George H.
James W.
Lydia H.
Philip,
George W.
Balch, Henry H. William P.
Zephaniah,
Sidney B. William H.
H. Fred,
Baleom, John S.
Brown, David F.
Cilley, Alfred M. Benjamin F.
Janies B.
Barnard, George F. Lottie,
John K.
Jolın C.
Josephine S. Stephen P.
Page M.
Sarah J.
Joseph W.
Lydia M.
Collins, Abner P. Horatio J. Warren L.
Bartlett, Eben B.
Buswell, Hiram
Clark, Addison N.
Colvin, George
Enoch,
Buxton, Charles N. Charles W.
J. Bailey,
Couch, Henry C.
Lurena B.
Miriam, Sarahı J.
Lois, Sebastian S.
Cram, Charles C. Frank P.
Bartley, John
Carey, James E.
Clement, Catherine
Harris G.
Bennett, Charles F.
Carlton, William H.
Jesse,
John F.
Bixby, Granville H. Carswell, Samuel G.
Jesse, Jr.
Joseph,
Black, Charles Jesse L. S.
Chapin, L. B.
Luther, Moses H.
Nathan,
Booth, Charles
Benjamin H.
Clough, Charles E.
Nathan G.
Bowie, Bradford Joseph V.
Mrs. C. F.
Daniel,
Stephen C. Cronin, Dennis
Boynton, Daniel Greene,
Edwin H.
John,
Currier, Daniel G. Frank P. George,
Breed, Amos Anna,
Henry W.
Charles E.
Herbert H.
Charles H.
Horace O.
Cyrus L.
Edward T.
John F.
Jolın,
Emily,
John H.
Lydia P.
Cutting, Frank E.
Enoch W.
Jonathan D.
Mark,
Daniels, George S.
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