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him the confidence and support of the large property interests of the city. He was one of the organizers of the Mechanics' Bank, of Brooklyn ; its first president, remaining in that capacity until his death. He was influential in the movement to procure an adequate mu- nicipal water supply, and served, in 1857, on the first water commission. He was a promi- nent member and vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. In later years he was a Democrat in politics. For many years he was one of the commissioners of Prospect Park. His favorite motto was "Honesty is the Best Policy." He was public spirited and often served the city without compensation.
He married Rosannah Hoyt, July 7, 1816, at Norwalk, Connecticut. Eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, among whom were: Delia; Jane, married George Smith ; Anna; Goold; Henry ; Julia M .; Francis Vin- ton.
(VIII) Dr. Francis Vinton Brush, son of Hon. Conklin Brush, was born August 26, 1844, died July 8, 1882. He was educated as a physician and loved his profession, but ill health obliged him to retire from active prac- tice. He married Mary Elizabeth Bensel. daughter of James McJimpsey and Mary Eliz- abeth (Wright) Bensel. Children: I. Rosa- belle, married Herbert L. Joeckel, and had Dorothy Rosabelle Joeckel. 2. Marie Louise. 3. Minnie H., married, March 2. 1899, Dr. Frederick A. Goodwin (see Goodwin VIII).
DEAN Walter Dean or Deane, immigrant ancestor, was born in the parish of Chard, in Somersetshire. His brother John, who was somewhat older, was also born there. Chard is in Taunton Dean. and the family name is derived from the name Dean or valley. From Taunton Dean and vicinity came many of the families that settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. There is among the people of this section of England a proverb : "Where should I be born else than in Taunton Dean ?" Meaning to express the utmost satis- faction with their native place.
Walter Deane was born between 1615 and 1617. He was admitted a freeman of Taun- ton, Massachusetts, December 4, 1638, although he appears to have landed in Boston first and to have been in Dorchester for about a year before going to Taunton. His homestead was about a mile from the present centre of Taun- ton and adjoined his brother John's place.
Their descendants own and occupy the farms, or did recently. Walter Deane was a tanner by trade. He was a deacon of the church. He was a deputy to the general court at Plymouth in 1640, and was a selectinan of Taunton from 1679 to 1686 inclusive. He is mentioned by the historians as especially prominent in town affairs. At the time of King Philip's war he served on the committee of the town of Taun- ton to reply to the generous offer of other towns less exposed to Indian attacks, to shelter the people of Taunton. The letter declining the proffered aid and shelter and thanking those who made the offer was signed by Deane and shows that he, as did also his brother, used the finel "e" in his surname, which is now generally spelled without it.
He married Eleanor, daughter of Richard Strong and sister of Elder John Strong, who came in the ship "Mary and John" in 1630, and afterward settled in Northampton. His wife Eleanor was living in 1693. They had eight in the family in 1659, from which it is presumed that they had six children, but the names of three only are known, viz : Joseph, a shoemaker of Taunton : Ezra : Benjamin, who married Sarah Williams and settled in Taun- ton.
( II) Ezra Dean, son of Walter Deane, was probably born in Taunton, Massachusetts. He married, December 17, 1676. Bethiah Edson, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Susanna Or- cutt (Amory) Edson. Deacon Samuel Edson, of Bridgewater, was one of the first settlers and owned the first mill built in Bridgewater. Ezra Dean died between October 28. 1727, when his will was made, and February 17. 1732, when it was proved. He lived in Taun- ton and his children were born there. Chil- dren: Bethiah, born October 14. 1677. died November 27, 1679 : Ezra ; Samuel, born April II, 1681. died February 16, 1682-83; Seth, born June 3. 1683, lived at Taunton ; Mar- garet ; Ephraim, married Mary Allen, of Reho- both.
(III) Ezra (2), son of Ezra (I) Dean, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 1.4. 1680. He married (first) Abigail, daughter of Captain James Leonard. He married (second ) Abigail Bretnall, who survived him. He died July 1, 1737, at Taunton. Ezra Dean was a physician of note in his day. A writer in the Columbian, of Taunton, in 1825. stated some interesting facts about Dr. Dean's children. He had sixteen and their united ages, dead and alive,
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amounted to thirteen hundred and seven years. The ages of eleven amounted to over a thou- sand years. His daughter Theodora lived to see descendants in the fifth generation, and was the mother of Dr. Job Godfrey, of Taun- ton, eminent for half a century. Descendants of several of his sons settled in Worcester county, some in Hardwick, some in Rutland and Westminster, and others in Oakham and vicinity. The children of Dr. Ezra Dean were: Ezra, died at eighty-nine years; Theo- dora, died at age of one hundred years ; Abi- gail, died at ninety-five ; Bethiah, died at nine- ty-six ; Nehemiah, died at ninety ; James, born 1722, died February 9, 1812, aged eighty-nine, according to Oakham records, called ninety in the newspaper ; Seth, died at eighty-eight ; Sol- omon, died at sixty-one; Elkanah, died at eighty-seven: William, living in 1825, aged ninety-four, born 1731 ; George, died at eighty- six; Elisha, died at eighty-three; Nathaniel, died at twenty-five: Esther, living in 1825, aged ninety-two, born 1733; Prudence, died at eighty; Stephen, died at fifty-one. The pre- ceding are probably not given in order, but no better record has been found.
(V) William Dean, descendant probably in the fifth generation of Walter Deane, accord- ing to tradition, came from Rhode Island early in the eighteenth century and settled in Put- nam county, New York, where he bought eight hundred acres of land, some of which has been owned by descendants ever since. He had five sons : Seth, who settled in Putnam county, New York; Benjamin, who settled in Delaware county, New York; Ezekiel, who settled in Kent, Putnam county, New York : Caleb, who settled in Kent; John, mentioned below.
(VI) John, son of William Dean, settled in Putnam county, New York, and was father of Niles, mentioned below.
(VII) Niles, son of John Dean, married Nancy, daughter of Stephen Northrop ( see Northrop V). Children: 1. Milton N., born January 1, 1815, near Carmel, Putnam county ; died August 18, 1897 ; married, October, 1841, Phebe Jane Hlaveland. 2. Ranslear, born near Carmel, October 31, 1816; married Deboralı Ann Peck, in Patterson, New York, May 16, 1844. 3. Aner, born August 29, 1819, near Carmel: died June 23, 1896; married Philip T. Smith, at Matteawan, New York. 4. Willis, born September 10, 1821, near Carmel ; mar- ried (first) Katherine Squires, December 22,
1846, who died without issue, January 2, 1883; married (second) Jennie Van Voorhis, Sep- tember 10, 1889. 5. Ursula, born near Carmel, August 25, 1823 ; died January 8, 1892 ; mar- ried Benjamin Stone, in Pulteney, New York, January, 1849. 6. La Fayette, born near Car- mel, June 10, 1825; married Hattie Sinsebox, October 20, 1852; she died January 2, 1883. 7. Jackson W., born at Carmel, July 20, 1827 ; married Elizabeth D. Knapp, February 22, 1849. 8. Erastus, mentioned below. 9. Oliver, born near Carmel, March 6, 1831; married (first) Ellen Howe, April 2, 1862, and she died the same year; married (second) Jane Squires, December 12, 1865 ; he died March 9, 1898. Niles Dean died December 28, 1833; his wife died April 30, 1863.
(VIII) Erastus, son of Niles Dean, was born near Carmel, New York, August 18, 1829. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist, and because of his natural me- chanical ability he soon became an expert in the business. After working for a while in Fishkill, New York, he went, in 1840, to Bing- hamton, where for a time he was a Methodist preacher. He then found employment as over- seer for Shepley & Wells, and later entered the employ of A. S. Bartlett, where for thirty years he was superintendent of machinery, until his death. He married, April 30, 1851, Mary S., daughter of Stephen and Sophia (Carpenter) Harris. Children : 1. Frank W., born August 29, 1853; married (first). Sep- tember 3, 1875, Ella Rood ; married (second), March 18, 1885, Minnie J. Brown ; children : Edwin H., Minnie H. and Mabel A. 2. Amy Jane, born January 28, 1859, died October II, 1859. 3. Mary L., born March 14, 1864 ; mar- ried, June 2, 1891, George H. Downing ; chil- dren : Mildred and Richard B. 4. Arthur E., mentioned below.
( IX) Arthur E., son of Erastus and Mary S. ( Harris) Dean, was born in Binghamton, New York, October 12, 1870. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town and prepared for college in the Bingham- ton high school. He was graduated from the New York School of Pharmacy in 1895, and immediately engaged in business as a druggist, succeeding his brother, Frank W. Dean, in 1909. His store is located at the corner of Chenango and Lewis streets, Binghamton. In religion Mr. Dean is a Presbyterian, and he is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and New York State Pharmaceutical
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Association, Binghamton Chamber of Com- merce and the Merchants' and Advertisers' Association.
He married, March 5, 1896, Augusta J. Dun- lap, born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, daughter of Arthur and Mary Helen (John- son ) Dunlap. Her father was born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, son of Andrew Jr. and Hannah (Kinney) Dunlap, and grandson of Andrew Sr. and Mary ( Wilson) Dunlap. Andrew Sr. was son of John Dunlap, immi- grant ancestor, who came in 1760 to this coun- try, settled in New York state, and died, in 1801, in Seneca county. His wife was a Gil- lespie.
(The Northrop Line).
(I) Joseph Northrop, the ancestor of this family, came perhaps from Yorkshire, Eng- land. He was one of "Eaton and Davenport's Company, of good character and fortune," who came from England. in 1637, in the ships "Hector" and "Martin." They landed in Bos- ton, July 26, 1637, and settled at New Haven, in April, 1638. They were mostly from York- shire, Herefordshire and Kent. Members of this company and of Sir Richard Saltonstall's company removed to Milford, Connecticut, and the "free planters of the town" were enrolled November 30, 1639, but Joseph, not then being in the church following, appears in the list of names immediately after the free planters. The surname Northrop was spelled in the early records with the "u," with "rup," and some- times "roop," "rupp," and more often "rop," especially in latter days. January 9, 1642, Joseph united with the First Church, in Mil- ford. He married Mary, daughter of Francis Norton, who came to Milford from Wethers- field with the Rev. Peter Prudden and his party. He died September 11, 1669. His will was dated September 1, 1669, and it men- tions of his children only Joseph, Samuel, Jeremiah and John. Codicil to his will says : "My mother shall have a living in my house as long as she lives"-perhaps meaning his wife's mother, Mrs. Norton. His wife survived him, and made her will January 24, 1683, and men- tions Joseph, Samuel, Jeremiah, Zophar. Dan- iel, William and Mary, the last two being in their minority, also her mother, Mrs. Norton. The inventory of her estate is dated February 28, 1683. Children, born in Milford: Joseph, July 17, 1649, mentioned below ; Samuel, Octo- ber 26, 1651; Jeremiah, January 14, 1653;
John, September 7, 1656; Zophar, June 21, 1661 : Daniel, August 7, 1664; William, June 2, 1666; Mary, January 6, 1670.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) North- rop, was born July 17, 1649, baptized August 9. 1649, at Milford. He was made freeman, May 12, 1670. He married Miriam Blakeman, daughter of James and Miriam Blakeman. Miriam, wife of James Blakeman, was dangh- ter of Moses Wheeler, and was born 1657, died about 1789. James Blakeman was son of Rev. Aaron Blakeman, who was born in Strat- fordshire, England, in 1598, and entered Christ College, Oxford, May 28, 1617 ; came to Amer- ica, in 1638; to Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639; died September, 1665; his widow Jane died 1674; she was said to be sister of Moses Wheeler. Moses Wheeler, father of Miriam, wife of James Blakeman, probably came with Eaton to New Haven in 1638, and his wife was Miriam, sister of Joseph Hawley. Joseph Northrop died June 1, 1700, and was buried at Milford. His widow Miriam gave an adminis- tratrix's bond, dated November 13, 1700. She married (second) John Smith, and had chil- dren : Johanna, Josiah and Abigail. Children of Joseph Northrop, born at Milford : Joseph, baptized October 29, 1689; James, baptized January 15, 1693, mentioned below; Moses, baptized March 31, 1695; Miriam, baptized May 15, 1698.
(III) James, son of Joseph (2) Northrop, was baptized at Milford, January 15, 1693. He bought lands at Milford with his brothers, Joseph and Moses, in 1715-21-27, and settled there. He also bought lands of Joseph Bene- dict, for sixty pounds, on March 29, 1714. He married (first) Hannah Hine, of Milford, who died about 1737. He married ( second) Lydia Mills, widow. Children by first wife: James, born November 9, 1719, mentioned below ; Na- than, May 30, 1721 ; Hannah, November 16, 1623, died before 1731 ; Stephen, December 13, 1725; Thomas, December 5, 1727: Hannah, August 20, 1729; Anna. Children by second wife: Ambrose, April 30, 1740, died October 7, 1745 ; John, November 28, 1743: Benjamin, October 26, 1747.
(IV) James (2), son of James (1) North- rop, was born at Ridgefield, November 9, 1719. He married, January 13, 1742, Rachel, daugh- ter of Samuel Smith, of Norfolk. She was born March 27, 1723. His estate was distrib- uted July 26, 1784. Children, born at Ridge- field : James, January 22, 1744-45, died before
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July 15. 1751 ; Samuel, March 5. 1746; Mat- thew, April 6, 1749; James, July 15, 1751 ; Na- thaniel, July 15. 1751, twin of James ; Rachel, January 28, 1754 : Hannah, February 28. 1755; Stephen, mentioned below.
(V) Stephen, son of James (2) Northrop, was born at Ridgefield, January 22, 1759. He was a soldier in the revolution for one year and nine months. He removed to Venice, Cayuga county, New York, and from there to Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio, October 9. 1827. He was a carpenter by trade. He died October 17, 1831, at Munson, Geauga county. He married (first ) Betsey Murch: (second). about 1793, Deborah Robinson, who was born June 2, 1776, in Dutchess county, New York. and died October 4, 1844, in Munson, Ohio. Children by first wife : Stephen : Hannah, mar- ried Edward Covey, and went to Orange, Port- age county, Ohio ; Ruth, married Peter Baker, and lived in Broome or Tioga county, New York; Nancy, married Niles Dean ( sce Dean VII) ; Nathan, born February 22, 1791, in New London, Connecticut. Children by sec- ond wife: Amaziah, born April 8, 1795: P'ru- dence. February 12, 1797, married and had children ; Rachel, November 5. 1798; Lewis, March 5, 1801: Margaret, March 15, 1803: Deborah, November 3. 1806, married, 1825, Nathan West, and died July 17, 1890, had children : Jane, Calvin, Alanson, Stephen, An- son, home near Chicago, Illinois : James, Feb- ruary 25. 1809.
CORBETT Among the representative fam- ilies of Central New York, who for generations have taken a prominent part in the business world, is the Corbett family, the early ancestors of whom settled in Mendon, and later Milford, both of Massachusetts, then the first settlers of New Milford, Pennsylvania, and finally the found- ers of Corbettsville, New York, represented in the present generation ( 1911) by Merritt J. Corbett. of Binghamton, New York, one of the largest manufacturers of chemicals in the United States. The Corbetts settled in Massa- chusetts in the seventeenth century. They were Normans, descended from Roger Corbett, a military leader under William, the First, in the conquest of England. William, the eldest son of Roger, was seated at Wattsborough, while his second son, Sir Roger Corbett, had for his inheritance the castle and estate of Cons. Rob- ert's son, also named Robert, accompanied
Richard, the First, in the Third Crusade, A. D. II91, to the siege of Acre, bearing on his coat- of-arms two ravens. Another Roger Corbett, in 1649, was one of the signers of Charles, the First's death warrant, and was beheaded, with many others who had also signed this warrant, soon after Charles the Second, came to the throne.
( I) Robert Corbett, ancestor of this family, was in Weymouth early, and fought bravely in King Philip's war, in 1675-76. Many of the Weymouth settlers became interested in land in Mendon and Woodstock, then in Massachu- setts, and Corbett was one of those who set- tled in Woodstock about 1700. He married, February 23. 1682, Priscilla, daughter of John Rockwood, of Mendon. Children : 1. Dr. John, born December 7, 1683: settled in the north- west part of Bellingham; married Mehitable Rockwood. 2. Joseph. 3. Daniel, mentioned below.
(II) Daniel, son of Robert Corbett, was born in 1690, at Woodstock. He married, De- cember 14. 1717, Sarah, born 1694, daughter of Elder John and Sarah Jones. They lived first at Bellingham, where he was a member of the Congregational church. Afterwards he belonged to the Mendon church, joining in 1744. In 1742-44 he exchanged farms with his brother-in-law, John Jones, and he removed to North Purchase, Mendon, where he had four hundred acres of land. He was elected elder of the church in 1749, and "was altogether an influential member of both civil and religious society." Children, born in Bellingham : Mercy, September 2, 1718; Daniel, July 8, 1720, men- tioned below ; Sarah, May 4, 1722; Nathaniel. March 21. 1724; Bridget, February 25. 1726; Lois, December 24, 1727 : Eunice, May 4, 1728; Priscilla, May 9, 1732; Alice, February 23, 1733. Elder Daniel Corbett died in 1753. and his widow Sarah administered his estate. Ilis widow afterward married John Sawin, of Watertown, October 9. 1755.
( III) Deacon Daniel (2) Corbett, son of Elder Daniel ( 1) Corbett, was born July 8. 1720. He married ( intention dated November 4. 1741) Mary Holbrook. It is thought that they lived for a time in Wrentham West Par- ish, now Franklin, Massachusetts, but the births of children are not recorded there. Deacon Daniel Corbett inherited and left a large estate, which appears to have been equitably distrib- uted, after his death, among his children. He and his wife were among the temporary "come-
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outers" from the Congregational church, dur- ing the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Frost, and for a time were among the adherents of Rev. Samuel Hovey. Daniel Corbett died in 1761, and his widow married, February 7, 1770, Lieutenant Josiah Chapin, whom she survived. She died November 7. 1809. Children : Nathaniel, born at Bellingham, May 20, 1742, married Lucy Thayer ; Priscilla, November 16, 1743. Born at North Purchase, Mendon : Robert, mention- ed below; Daniel, October 22, 1746; Peter, August 23, 1748; Joseph. May 3. 1750 : Eldad, March 3. 1752, married Hannah Stearns : Mary, July 28, 1753. died young : Mary. November 15. 1755, married Elisha White: Hepzibah, July 21, 1757, married, June 4, 1777. William Legg: Beulah, October 9. 1759. married, Au- gust 19. 1778, Daniel Thayer : John, November 22, 1761, married, April 6, 1786, Lydia Cheney.
(IV) Robert, son of Deacon Daniel (2) Corbett, was born at North Purchase, later called Mendon, February 10. 1745. He mar- ried Elizabeth Daniels, of Holliston, of an old Sherburn family. April 5, 1769. She was born in 1751. died September 25. 1840. Robert Corbett settled in Mendon, and was a soldier in the revolution from Mendon, a private in Captain Gershom Nelson's company, on the Lexington alarm, April 19. 1775, to Cambridge and Roxbury, and also under the same captain, July 19. 1776 (p. 995 and p. 999. "Mass. Rev. Rolls," iii). He was virtually the founder. and gave to the town of New Milford, Penn- sylvania, the name of his former home, Mil- ford, Massachusetts, formerly North Purchase of Mendon. In 1790 he and his family located on the ground in New Milford, Pennsylvania. formerly occupied by a hunter named Del'aux. The history of New Milford says he came from "near Boston." through the agency of Mr. Cooper, of Cooperstown. New York. In 1709 a road was laid out from Corbett's home to Solomon Millard's house, in Nicholson, now Lenox. In 1801 Corbett was taxed as an inn- keeper. but must have left New Milford soon afterward, with his sons Sewell and Cooper, to locate at the mouth of Snake creek, now known as Corbettsville, New York, named for him and his family. His son Asaph remained in New Milford, and, in 1802, was an assessor there, in the Willingborough district, and about this time he probably built the first frame house in New Milford, on land later part of the garden of Henry Burnett. The house was removed many years ago to the bank of the
creek and seventy years later, when it was de- molished, the timbers were so sound that many of them were used in building the new house of Charles Ward. The old house was the temporary home of many of the early settlers. Asaph Corbett removed, about 1812, to the west shore of Seneca lake, near Watkin's Glen, where he spent the remainder of his life. Robert Corbett died May 6, 1823. After he went to Pennsylvania he sold land at Milford. Massachusetts, November 21, 1795, giving his then residence as Salt Lick, Luzerne coun- ty, Pennsylvania. Children, born at Milford : Asaph. born September 24. 1770, married, at Hopkinton, Massachusetts, in 1790, Matilda Reed; Ede, born August 28, 1771, married Hasper Daniell Hunt ; Pruda, July 30, 1773. died April 15. 1776; Puah, March 2, 1776, died March 28, following : Pruda, February 8, 1777 : Ruby, married, March, 1794, Benjamin Hay- den, of New Milford, son of Samuel: Ruth, June 19, 1781, married Daniel Leach ; Eve, July 15. 1783. married Captain Hezekiah Leach : Sewell, mentioned below : Cooper, born at New Milford, lived at Binghamton, New York, to a great age : Warren.
(V) Sewell, son of Robert Corbett. was born at Milford. February 26, 1785, died February 24, 1852. He was a farmer at Corbettsville, New York, and became active in other lines. owning and operating a gristmill and a saw- mill, a foundry, and conducting a general store. He was a prominent man in the community. living and dying on the homestead, where his father located in 1804. and on which the old house is still standing. He was a very large landholder, owning over eleven hundred acres of land, and at his death this was divided, and each of his children received a farm. A man greatly beloved and highly respected by all. The home of Sewell Corbett, at Corbettsville. was the stopping place of all the itinerant ministers in the early days. They frequently preached and held religious services under his roof. He was also postmaster, and kept the post office in his house for a number of years.
He married. in 1822, Chloe Smith, who was born September 25, 1804. in Mount Pleasant. Pennsylvania. Children: 1. Julia Ann, born January 13, 1824. 2. Amanda Jane, April 17. 1826. 3. Ruby Cornelia, November 1, 1828; married. January 31. 1854, John C. Fish, Esq., lawyer of Great Bend, Pennsylvania ; died September 2. 1886. 4. Julius Smith, mentioned below. 5. Julia Ann Elizabeth, August 26, 1835 :
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married, November 26, 1853, Dr. Merritt H. C. Vail. 6. Amanda Jane, July 8, 1838; married, April 12, 1859, John Bayless. 7. Sarah, born September 6, 1842, died same day. 8. Sewell Frank, born September 26, 1843, died April II, 1845. 9. Myrtis Chloe, born January 31, 1848; married, July 18, 1875, Marcus W. Scott, superintendent of Binghamton (New York) schools seventy-three years, a great teacher and educator ; died May 9, 1891.
(VI) Julius Smith, son of Sewell Corbett, was born November 22, 1831, in Corbettsville. He was educated at the Binghamton Academy, and later at Homer, and as a young man be- came associated with his father, and after the latter's death he changed the foundry to a tan- nery, and conducted this for a time. He then sold it to Friend H. Burt, of Boston. He also operated the gristmill and the sawmill, cutting most of the timber from the large tracts of land left by his father, and also purchased other timber lands. This he continued to 1881, then sold the mill, and, in 1883, came to Bing- hamton. Some time after selling the mill he became interested, with John Emmons, V. Mandville and Mr. Nitckee, in the chemical business. They built the first plant at Livings- ton Manor, the first plant of the kind in the country. Later he started the building of a plant at Rockland, New York, but his health failed and his son completed it and then dis- posed of it. After recovering his health he purchased a plant at Sherman and operated it. also had an interest with his son, and this con- tinned up to the time of his death. The Liv- ingston Manor plant is still operated by his son, who later, with Mr. Stuart, purchased the plant at Sherman, both of which they still own. Mr. Corbett took a great interest in the temper- ance cause, and at a meeting of the town, of which he was chairman, a vote was taken by the citizens of the town on the question of license or no license. It was a tie vote, and he, as chairman, cast the deciding vote against license, and this has since been the policy of the town.
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