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Goodale. He afterward moved to Michigan, and died there. His father lived on Berkshire West Hill, in 1820.
9. John Newton, lived it is thought, on the same lot with Isaac Goodale, but it has been found difficult to get a trustworthy account of them.
o. Henry Morgan, lived on the south side of the turnpike, between that and the creek, on the S. W. quarter of lot 501. He built the saw-mill N. W. of his house, on the little stream that comes down the hill there; and turned the water of Trout run into it to help drive the mill, which was not built till after 1820. He was engaged in agriculture, in 1820. His house was near the Willow bridge.
11. Zelotes Olney lived near the center of lot 501, north of the turnpike, and east of the road that leads up Trout run. He was taxed in the Brown's Settlement road district in 1798 to work three days, but probably he then lived below the south line of Richford. His name was also in the tax list of 1802. He had children-Oman, John, Samuel, No. 31 and others.
Benjamin Olney was assessed in the Brown's Settlement high- way district in 1798, to work three days, but he probably left soon after, as his name is not in the tax list for 1802. His relation to Zelotes Olney is not known.
12. Elisha Briggs, a physician, lived north of the turnpike on the east end of lot 501, where the name of S. B. Allen is on the atlas.
13. Caleb Arnold lived on the turnpike, on lot 500. He was a blacksmith, and built there the first mills in Richford. His saw- mill, in 1820, was rated at forty thousand feet per year. His grist-mill does not appear in the census, and possibly had already gone out of use, for it is said that it required so much power that. he fitted a crank to the bolt so as to turn that by hand. His mills were on the West Owego creek, and have since been known as the Robinson mills. Mr. C. J. Robinson says: "He erected a shop and machinery for the manufacture of cut nails, about the first of nail manufacturing in this country." He was recorded Is engaged in manufacturing. He sometimes framed his own buildings, using a post-axe for beating out the mortises.
14. Jacob Roads lived on the turnpike northeast of Padlock, and on the southwest quarter of lot 498, where the atlas bears the name of J. Brooks. He was an Englishman. a mason, a quarryman, and is noted as engaged in manufactures.
16. Wheeler Wood, a farmer, lived in one of the five log houses
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which composed the hamlet of Padlock; so named from the fact that a padlock hung at each of the doors, and it is said that the were so careful, that if a woman went to the spring for a pail of water, she would lock the door, even if her husband was chop- ping wood in front of it; but some stories are too good to be true. It is said that Henry Branch, of Newark Valley, was driv- ing along this road about 1870, when his horse broke through the covering of an old well, near the middle of the road, and had hard work,to get out. The well was about twenty feet deep, and had gone wholly out of the memory of the people of that region.
17. Elijah Gilbert kept a tavern on the corner west of the creek road, on lot 461, where the county atlas bears the name of J. T. Osborn. He also made rakes, bedsteads, etc. He proba- bly married with Betsey Watkins, and his sister, Sally Gilbert, married with John Watkins, of Newark Valley. They came from Partridgefield, now Peru, Mass., about 1812. Among their chil- dren :
Levi, m with Betsey Watkins, and settled at Waverly, N. Y.
Mary, m with James Lockhart Watson.
Melinda, moved to one of the Western States.
18. Amos Raymond ; 19. Daniel Raymond ; 20. William G. Raymond ; farmers, and perhaps brothers, all dwelt at or near the hamlet of Padlock. Their history has not been obtained.
21. Russell Freeland lived on the hill road, on the south part of lot 421, near the southwest corner of the present town of Richford, and a short distance above the old Baptist meeting house, now in ruins, in the northwest corner of Berkshire. He was born in Blandford. Mass., about 1786, m about 1So7, with Emily Cushman, who was born at Becket, Mass., about 1787, daughter of Jonah and Rachel ( Whiting) Cushman, and sister of Marble Cushman, of Berkshire. After living in Blandford for twelve years, they moved to Berkshire, now Richford, where he died as early as 1837, of typhus fever In the house with him dwelt his widowed mother, one of his sisters, and his brother, Joseph Freeland. Their children were :
I. Emerilla, b in Blandford, Mass.
II. Lydia, married with Julius Smith, of Richford.
III. Clarissa, b in Blandford, Mass.
IV. Mary, b in Blandford, Mass., resides at Port Dickinson, N. Y.
V. Russell, b at Richford in 1821 ; married 30 Jan., 1845, with Deborah Williams Smith, and they reside at Ouaquaga, N. Y.
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VI. Vesta A., b. at Richford, in 1826; married 6 May, 1850,- with Deloss Tefft, of Edmeston, N. Y., and resides at Guilford, N. Y., three miles east of Oxford.
VII. Orin M., bat Richford, in 1829; married MI Feb., 1857, with Jane A. Wilcox, daughter of Erastus and Laura Wilcox, of Tully. N. Y., and resides in Colesville, N. Y.
Joseph Freeland, who lived in the same house, and owned the north part of the same lot, was born about 1790, and had wife, Lydia, who died 7 April, 1875, aged 88 years. He died I Aug., 1879, aged 89 years. They were buried in the cemetery in the northwest corner of Berkshire. Among their children were two daughters, born before Dec., 1820. Lyman Freeland, of Newark Valley, and Squire D. Freeland, of Richford.
23. David Draper was a laborer, did not own a home, was often at the tavern, and sometimes did a day's work there, as early as December, 1817. Perhaps he hunted occasionally, as there is evidence that he bought a pint of whiskey and a canis- ter of powder, 8 Sept., 1818. Another Draper, named Timothy, had the same habits, as early as 1817, but was not named in the census, though the number of persons enumerated in David's household, would indicate that Timothy, and his wife, too, may also have been members of it. Their house has not been identi- fied.
24. Daniel Harrington lived on lot 460, east of the road, where Daniel Leach now. lives. Reuben "Herinton," who may have been his father, was named in the Tioga tax-list of 1802.
25. William Lynch lived on lot 460, where Lyman Jewett now lives.
26. Jesse Cleazen, 2d, lived in a log home, northeast of the road, on lot 422, where the heirs of W. J. Patch now own. He was son of Caleb Gleazen, and grandson of Joseph Gleazen.
Caleb Gleazen, the father of Jesse Gleazen (2d), is said to have died on the hill west of where Mr. Heman Daniels now lives, but the date has not been found. He lived at different times, in various parts of the town, and sometimes out of the town. He had, in the course of his life, three wives, and twenty-one children. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He was assessed to work five and a half days on the highways, in Brown's Settlement, in 1798. One of his children was born 23 Dec., 1808.
27. Thomas P. Brown lived on the same road, on the N. E. quarter of lot 422, where the atlas bears the letters W. J. P. He was born 13 Nov., 1784. He married with Polly Burghardt,
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daughter of Abraham and Lovisa (Rees) Burghardt. They joined the church at Berkshire, now Newark Valley, by letter, 2 April, 1820, and were dismissed 12 Jan., 1823, to become constit. uent members of the church at Richford, which was formed 14 Jan., 1823. He was elected a deacon of the new church. He afterward moved to Maine, N. Y., and probably died there 21 Feb., 1841, by church record, while his grave stone says 22 Feb., 1841. His family went to Wisconsin. They may have had more than the following children :
I. Azubah, b 21 March, 1807 ; d 17 Aug .. 1835.
II. Betsey, b II June, 1809; d 24 April, 1809.
III. Betsey, bap 2 April, 1820. IV. Sally, bap 2 April, 1820. V. Mary, bap 2 April, 1820. VI. Semantha, bap 30 Sept., 1821.
28. Jacob Burghardt, (son of Abraham, No. 30) lived on the same road, west side, on lot 423. He married with Polly Gard- ner, daughter of William and Polly (Gaston) Gardner, of Berk- shire. They had a child born 22 June, 1821.
29. Isaac Burghardt (son of Abraham No. 30) lived on the east side of same road, a short distance from his brother Jacob Burg- hardt. He had a child born 8 Jan., 1821.
30. Abraham Burghardt, Sen., lived on the east side of the same road, on lot 223. (and with him dwelt his son John Burg- hardt, who died in 1886, having lived with his wife sixty years lacking two months). He married with Lovisa Rees, (who. was a sister of Caroline Rees, the wife of Deacon Nathaniel Ford, of Berkshire). She joined the church at Berkshire, now Newark Valley, by letter, 6 June, 1813, and was dismissed with eight others, 12 Jan., 1823, to form the church at Richford. Their chil- dren were:
Abraham, No. 32. Isaac, No. 29. Jacob, No. 28.
John Rees, m with Achsah Gardner.
Polly, wife of No. 27. Caroline, wife of No. 31.
31. Samuel Olney lived near the same road, out in the lot between Isaac Burghardt and Abraham Burghardt, Sen. Soon after 1820 he moved to Richford village, and afterward went West. He m with Caroline Burghardt, daughter of Abraham and Polly (Rees) Burghardt. Before her marriage she joined the church of Berkshire, now Newark Valley, by letter, 6 June, 1813, and was dismissed 12 Jan., 1823, with eight others, to organize a new church at Richford. Samuel Olney was a son of Zelotes Olnev, No. 11. His children were :
I. Sally Lovisa, bap 6 July, 1817.
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II. Franklin, bap I Nov., 1820. III. - born 8 Jan., 1822.
32. Abraham Burghardt, Jr., a son of Abraham and Lovisa (Rees) Burghardt, lived on the south part of lot 423, near the south line of the town, where E. T. Walker now owns. He mar- ried with Mary Watson, daughter of John and Susanna (Smith) Watson, and moved to Unadilla, Michigan. One of their chil- dren was born 3 Oct., 1821, and they had two at least before that.
33 Martha Tracy lived east of the road, on lot 421, the south- west corner lot in the town. She was the widow of James Tracy, and the daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Blackman. Afterward she lived where Dea. Green Raymond has lived, in Caroline.
The six names which follow, were taken in connection with the census of Lisle, and were, of course in the eastern part of the town, on the border of Lisle.
40. Thomas Tracy, lived on the south side of the turnpike, near the north line of lot 470, where Ralph P. Smith now lives. He was, probably a son of Ebenezer and Electa Tracy, of Lisle, N. Y. lle was in the neighborhood of Brown's settlement as early as 1803.
41. Ezra Howland. His place of residence has not been ascer- tained.
42. Abraham Dudley was probably the same who was a con- stituent member of the Richford Church, as Abraham N. Dudley. His residence has not been ascertained.
43. Solomon Russel. His dwelling place has not been ascer. tained.
44. Thomas Robinson, a maker of buckskin gloves and mittens, who afterward lived in Richford, and Newark Valley. He kept a public house on the turnpike, where Timothy Holcomb now lives. Ilis full name was Thomas Amsdell Robinson. He was born at Concord, Mass., 26 Feb., 1787, son of Keen and Achsah (Leathe) Robinson. He m 15 March, 1812, with Juliet Cole, who died at Moravia, N. Y., 5 April, 1843. He m (2d) with Polly Hutchin- son, widow of his brother Jedediah Leathe Robinson. He died at Newark Valley, 17 Oct., 1874. His widow died there, IS Feb., 1879. He had nine children.
45. Alexander S. Lamb, seems to have had no family in 1820; and his place of residence has not been ascertained.
21. Thomas Keeny lived near the centre of lot 339, where A. H. Ford has since lived.
Ezekiel Rich was born at Cherry Valley, N. Y., 14 Aug., 1783 ; 28*
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Ezekiel Rich was born at Cherry Valley, N. Y. 1785,_ son of Simeon and Lucy (Lincoln) Rich ; in with Caroline Slos- son, who was born at Stockbridge, Mass., 23 Feb., 1791, daughter of Ezbon and Electa ( Williams) Slosson. They dwelt on lot 103, in Newark Valley, till 3 April, 1821, when, having traded places with Beriah Wells, he moved to the present site of Richford vil- lage, and continued there his business of manufacturing buckskin goods, trading and farming, to which he added that of tavern keeping. He built the hotel building, and by his enterprise did much to build up that part of the town of Berkshire, which, fin- ally, on becoming a separate town was named in his honor. He died 18 April, 1854. She joined the Congregational church of Newark Valley, 2 April, 1820, was dismissed 12 Jan., 1823, to become one of the constituent members of the Congregational church of Richford, 21 Jan., 1823; and died. Children :
I. Mary Ann, b 14 April, 1813 ; died 26 Dec., 1847.
II. Chauncey Leroy, b 29 Jan., 1815 ; a merchant ; still lives at Richford, having been a director and trasurer of the Southern Central Railroad Company from its formation to the permanent lease of its road in 1887.
III. Angeline Eliza, b 23 Nov., 1816; m with Lewis Halsey Kellogg, a physician, who died at Owatonna, Minn., 9 Oct., 1873- She died at. Rochester, Minn., 10 Nov., 1857.
IV. Lucien Densmore, b 21 Sept., 1818 and still lives at Richford.
V. William Dunham, b 25 Dec., 1820; died 3 Jan., 1821.
VI. Maria Louisa, b 2 Sept., 1828; m with John More Benja- min, and settled at Painesville, Ohio. He has been sheriff of Lake county for two terms.
William Dunham was born 20 March. 1787, son of Isaac and Charlotte (Lawrence) Dunham, and grandson of Jonas and Try- phena(Lawrence) Lawrence. He began life as a "commercial traveler," or peddler, employed by Ezekiel Rich. Coming home in April, 1821, from one of his journeys, and finding that his employer had moved ten miles further up the valley, he followed the trail, and spent his life in Richford, passed in trade and manu- facturing. He moved to New York with his sons, and died 16 July,- 1855. He married, in Oct., 1822, with Matilda Slosson, who was born 30 May, 1804, daughter of Enos and Rebecca (Culver) Slosson. She died in New York city, about 1873. Chil- dren :
I. William S., b 22 Aug., 1825.
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II. Matilda OrceHa, b 19 July, 1828. III. Robert H., (twin) b 29 June, 1832.
IV. Isaac S., (twin) b 29 June, 1832, died the same day.
John Stedman, married with Sylvia Catlin. They moved from Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., to Newark Valley, where she joined the church, 3 Aug., 1820, having had all of her eight children, except the eldest, baptized 3 July, 1820. At the census of 1820, they dwelt where Washington A. and James T. Noble now live, and moved in June, 1821; to Richford, where she was a constituent member of the church, 1823, having been dismissed from Newark Valley, 12 Jan., 1823. Their children were :
I. Sophronia, m with Aaron Jacobs.
IJ. Almira, m with Obadiah Livermore.
III. Eliza, m with Seth Torry.
IV. John Catlin, bat Durham, N. Y., 23 Jan., 1806; m with Julia Ann Slosson, daughter of Enos and Rebecca (Culver) Slosson. She died at Unadilla, Mich., I Aug., 1866.
V. Sarah, m with Simeon Rich Griffin.
VI. Mary, m with Reuben Watson.
VII. Sylvia, m 3 July, 1836, with Nelson Norton.
VIII. Anna, m with -- Hemingway.
Children of John Catlin and Julia Ann (Slosson) Stedman :
I. Susan Rebecca, b 2 March, 1829 ; died at Unadilla, Mich., 15 Oct., 1851.
II. Sylvia Maria, b 25 Oct., 1830; m with A. B. Wood, and settled at Owosso, Mich.
III. Enos Slosson, b 20 March, 1834; a lawyer; was first- sergeant in 26th Reg. Mich. Vol, Infantry, was captured at Petersburgh, Va., 16 Aug., 1864 ;; and died in prison at Salisbury, N. C., 12 Dec., 1864, and was buried there.
IV. Ulysses, b 11 April. 1836, settled at Chattanooga, Tenn. - V. John Obadiah, b 17 Jan., 1838 ; settled at Unadilla, Mich.
William Tremble Jayne, b at Florida, in Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., 21 Oct., 1782 ; son of Samuel and Lydia (Karscadden) Jayne ; m there 16 Oct., 1802, with Jane Armstrong, who was born there 27 Feb., 1784, daughter of Francis and Patience ( Rowley) Armstrong. In Nov., 1819, they moved to Newark Valley, and settled on the north half of lot 19, previously owned by John Bement. This place he sold in Feb., 1821, to his brother- in law Francis Armstrong, and lived in the small house on the hill side, east of the road till, 1825, when they moved to Kichford,
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where he died 24 Nov., 1850. His widow married (2d) with Dea. Joseph Abbott Beecher. His children were :
I. Caroline, b 6 July, 1803 ; m with Frederick S. Dean, and died 1 at her father's house, 13 April, 1827.
II. Frances, b 14 Jan., 1806; m with Jacob Conklin, 20 Jan., 1831, as his second wife.
III. Mary Ann, b 3 Aug., 1809, and died the 19 Aug .. 1811.
IV. Amzi Lewis, b 29 Oct., ISII, m 12 March, 1833, with Charlotte Clark Robinson, daughter of Thomas Amsdell Rob- inson.
V. Samuel Armstrong, b 6 Nov., 1814 ; m 31 Oct., 1838, with Laura Rich, who died without children. He married again.
VI. William Tremble, b 20 Nov., 1816; went West about 1837, was at Mobile, Ala., two vears later, about to go to Vicksburgh, Miss., since which his friends have not heard from him.
VII. Mary Pitney, bat Newark Valley, 6 April, 1820 ; died at Richford, 11 Nov., 1835.
This completes the history furnished by Mr. Patterson, and we add the following pages of matter gleaned from Mr. Robinson, other sources.
A. Au ml. I Settlements .- Dr. Elijah Powell came from Che- - Dango city, N. Y., and took up his residence in the embryo village in 1823, beginning practice as a physician and also acting as surgeon in the new settlement. The young doctor, twenty- three years of age, soon acquired an extensive practice and rose to eminence in his profession, which he adorned until old age exempted him from duties he had assiduously performed. On the 4th of July, 1826, the Doctor delivered the address at the first Fourth of July celebration held in Richford. In 1824, he erected the brick building, now occupied as a store by H. Row- ley, for his office and drug-store. Two years later, he built the large brick building on the corner, connected with the office building, the larger one being designed for a dwelling, store and offices. Socially, Doctor Powell was a kind, affable, sympathetic man, generous to a fault, ever ready to respond when called to visit the sick, whatever were the circumstances or conditions of those who needed medical treatment. As a Christian, he was a devoted follower of Him who gave Himself a sacrifice for man- kind. He ever took a zealous interest in schools and educational matters, and he was the first county school commissioner in and for the county of Tioga. Originally, these commissioners were appointed, but the law was changed so that they were and are
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elected, and the Doctor was elected the first after serving the appointed term. He was unmarried when he became a resident of Richford, and took for his wife a belle of the place, Miss Lydia Wells, who died of consumption, July 18, 1833. A few years later he married his second wife, Miss Jane Anderson, of New York city, by whom he had two sons and five daughters. At length he became worn out by hard service, for a large amount of which he received no pecuniary reward. He seldom dunned, never distressed his debtors, whose numbers exceeded, perhaps, one half the population of the town. After a lingering sickness, he died, January 12, 1876, aged seventy-three years, and was buried in accordance with the rites of Free Masons, to which order he had been a worthy member during nearly, if not all, of his majority.
Peter Perry, one of the early settlers in the western part of Richford, came here, from Massachusetts, and made the first set- tlement on the farm now owned by Edwin A. Perry. He mar- ried Jane Surdam, and reared five children, Norman, Eleanor, Luther, Jane, and Guerdon. Luther came here with his father, mar- ried Maria, daughter of Joseph Quimby, and reared nine children, four of whom are living, namely, Alonzo, Frank, Daniel M. and Edwin A. He was a distiller by trade, and for a long time run a distillery, the first in town, on the farm now owned by Orrin Walker. Mr. Perry died in July, 1866, aged sixty-one years.
Elijah Gilbert was also an early settler in this part of the town. Mr. Gilbert had some trouble with his neighbors, and locked his water-trough with a padlock, according to one version, since which time this locality has been known as Padlock.
Isaac C. Smith came from Hamden, in 1823. He married Sally Pryor, and reared eight children, viz .: Julius C., Jonas P., Franklin H., Polly M., Estella C., Ralph P., William W. and Sarah. Of these only two are living, Julius C. and Ralph P. The latter has married three times, first, Fidelia Smith, second, Lucy A., daughter of William Cross, who bore him three chil- dren, Edward, deceased, May E. and Maud W., deceased, and third, Mrs. Elizabeth Speed, of Caroline.
Horace Goodrich was born in Durham, Conn., May 6, 1787, married Eleanor, daughter of Ichabod Scranton, of Durham, and located here about 1820. He made the first settlement on the farm now owned by Daniel. Leach. but after living there a few years, he found that he was not upon the tract of land that his title called for, and he was obliged to leave it. He moved to
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Newark Valley, where he died in 1829. He reared six children, namely: Dwight, Horace B., Guernsey S., Jerusha C., William S. and Emeline M. Of these, only three are living, William S., Jerusha, widow of Benjamin Krum, and Emeline M. (Mrs. Bos- twick Brigham).
Lemuel D. Polley was born in Massachusetts, and moved to Dryden when a small boy. He married Polly Smith, of that town, and came to Richford in the spring of 1825. He made the first settlement on the farm now owned by Solomon Polley.
Jabez Ayres was born in Sussex county, N. J., and made the first settlement on the farm owned by William Wright, about IS25.
James Brigham was born in Brookfield, Mass., married Mar- cia Hastings, and made the first settlement on land now owned by Benjamin Thomas. He reared a family of nine children, five of whom are living, namely, Lucia, widow of Henry Branch, of Berkshire, Laura and Bostwick, both of this town, Alfred, of Schuyler, Neb., and Elizabeth, wife of Edward Gilbert, of Brook- field, Mass. Bostwick married Emeline, daughter of Horace Goodrich, and has three children, Marcia. wife of George Bar- ber, of Newark Valley, Emma, wife of Charles Dickerson, of Cardiff, and Charles, who lives at home.
John Hamilton, son of Eliakim, came from West Stockbridge, Mass., in 1835, and made the first settlement on the farm where Mrs. Catherine Decker now lives.
Dioclesian Sears was born in Lenox, Mass., and came here in 1832, locating on the place where his son, James M., now lives. Philip Sears came at the same time, and settled on the next place east.
Hotchkiss T. Finch was born in Windham, N. Y., May 12, 1831, and came here with his father, in IS4I. In 1850, he pur- chased the saw-mill on the farm now owned by Delia Vincent, which he run until 1862, when he went to Lisle, and bought the Lisle flouring and saw. mills. He sold them the same year, came back to Richford in 1866, and in 1870, the firm of H. S. & J. W. Finch was organized. He married Charlotte E., daughter of Robert Ketchum, of Lisle, and has one son, Charles R. In 1875, he, with Ketchum & Co., purchased the store of C. D. & G. L. Rich, and the firm of Finch, Ketchum & Co., was organized. Charles R. was born in this town, November 22, 1866, married Katie, daughter of W. Dwight Hull, of Owego, and is engaged in farming.
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Much of the eastern part of the town has been settled only a few years. Among those who made the first settlements were Ithiel Burleigh, who located on the place where G. C. Tubbs now lives, Anson Stanley, on the place where he now resides, Robert Tubbs, Augustus Hill, James Satterly and William B. Satterly. Mr. Burleigh remained on his place only three years, when the place was abandoned, and G. C. Tubbs purchased the property, in 1846, and began clearing the land.
What may serve to give readers an idea of the town's progress in growth is a knowledge of the dates of the formation of the school districts. There are fourteen districts, five of which are joint districts, and there are eleven school-houses in the town. Prior to 1819, no district was defined by metes or bounds, but a school had been kept at " Padlock" several terms, which was attended by the few children whose homes were situated on or near the turnpike, at points between the Owego creeks, and up as far as Willow bridge. Down to 1832, all of the territory lying east of the East Owego creek in the town of Berkshire, and north of the subsequent line between Berkshire and Richford, com- prised one district, in area about one-half of the town. Just prior to the time Richford was set off from Berkshire, school district No. 10, of Lisle, was altered so as to take in six lots lying in Richford. When the town was divided, there were seven dis- tricts, including the joint ones.
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