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15 James E. Budlong . $20 00
24 Samuel U. Drown 15 00
25 Charles E. Drown
5 00
26 William A. Drown 5 00
27 George A. Gladding 15 00
28 Martin L. Grant 5 00
503
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SOLDIERS.
NAMES.
29 David W. Gardner $5 00
53 William J. Peck . $10 00
30 Otis G. Harris
15 00
54 George F. Rice 50 00
31 Timothy Chaffee 2 00 55 Edward F. Richmond . 25 00
32 Thomas C. Heath 15 00 56 William Richmond 25 00
33 Charles D. Kelley
10 00
57 Christopher E. Roffee 25 00
10 00
35 George R. Kinnicutt, Jr. 5 00
36 George W. Lewis
35 00
60 Charles J. M. Smith .
30 00
61 James A. Smith 20 00
62 Lewis B. Smith
100 00
39 Horace A. Martin
25 00
63 Nathaniel C. Smith
35 00
40 Joseph B. Martin
25 00
64 William H. Smith 15 00
41 Josiah N. Martin
10 00
65 Henry M. Stanley
15 00
42 Luther Martin
15 00
66 Henry Staples 50 co
43 Nathaniel F. Martin 15 00
67 Jeremiah B. Stanley
15 00
44 Stephen B. Martin
8 00 68 Henry Smith
30 00
45 Sullivan Martin
12 00
69 Ebenezer Tiffany, Jr. 10 00
70 Hezekiah Tiffany 25 00
47 Benjamin B. Medbury .
10 00
71 George K. Viall
20 00
4S Allen C. Mathewson 500 00
72 Robert S. Watson
15 00
49 Edwin F. Peck
25 00
73 Joseph G. West
30 00
50 Ellis Peck
20 00
74 John A. Wheaton
55 00
51 Nathaniel Peck
10 00
75 George W. Barnum 10 00
52 Seba Peck
10 00
76 Robert T. Smith 15 00
"Resolved, that Mr. A. C. Mathewson be appointed a Committee with authority to add the names of four more to solicit further subscriptions, and to carry out the object for which the fund is raised. Mr. Mathewson named the fol- lowing gentlemen to act with him :
Benjamin Martin,
Lewis B. Smith,
John A. Wheaton, William H. Allin.
"Resolved, that a Committee consisting of Lewis B. Smith be and is authorized to aid and help families or such persons or individuals who have volunteered in the army from this town as may need help."
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34 George R. Kinnicutt 15 00
58 Stafford Short 59 Argo Seymour
5 00
37 Benjamin T. Medbury
2 00
3S Benjamin Martin
25 00
46 Noel Mathewson .
10 00
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APRIL 15, 1863 .- REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED SEPTEMBER 1, 1862.
Collected by subscription, .
$1,523 00
Returns from Capt. Silvey. .
300 00
Rec'd for carrots and turnips,
46 57
Rec'd from State,
2,400 00
$4,269 57
CR.
By paid returns to recruits,
$ 47 00
By bounty paid to 16 men,
4,110 00
By sundry expenses recruiting, Balance,
86 00
26 57
$4,269 57
ALLEN C. MATHEWSON,
BENJAMIN C. MARTIN,
WILLIAM H. ALLIN,
JOHN A. WHEATON,
LEWIS B. SMITH.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Providence, Oct. 26, 1862.
- I hereby certify that the Town of Barrington has furnished its full quota of Twenty-six men (26) called for under or- ders No. 45, issued from this office September 28, 1862.
EDWARD C. MAURAN. Adjutant General.
"Voted, that the balance of twenty-six 5 Dollars in the hands of said Committee be placed in the town treasury sub- ject to the order of Mr. Alfred Barnes, for the purpose of bringing to Barrington the body of Samuel A Barnes, late of Barrington, and late a private in the 5th Reg, R. I. V."
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BOUNTY FUND.
DISBURSEMENTS OF THE BARRINGTON VOLUNTEER BOUNTY FUND, IS62.
Paid one dollar per day to Recruits from day of enlistment to reception in camp.
William A. Drown
$ 10 00
Horatio N. Peck.
10 00
James L. Sweetland Jr. 6 00
Moses A. Smith
4 00
Eugene J. Roffee
4 00
Earle E. Roffee
4 00
George F. Bicknell
4 00
George W. Richmond
4 00
Edward P. Warner
1 00
TOTAL
$ 47 00
PAID BOUNTY TO THE FOLLOWING RECRUITS :
George F. Bicknell
$ 250 00
Isaac T. Barnum 280 00
William A. Drown 250 00
John J. Jones
250 00
George R. Kinnicutt, Jr
250 00
John J. Kennedy
250 00
Matthew C. Medbury
330 00
Horatio N. Peck
250 00
Earle E. Roffee
250 00
Eugene J. Roffee
250 00
George H. Richmond
250 00
Samuel M. Sweetland
250 00
James L. Sweetland. Jr
250 00
Moses A. Smith
250 00
Ferdinand Winslow
250 00
Henry H. Watson.
250 00
TOTAL
· $4,110 00
The names of Edward P. Warner and John J. Jones appear among the above named recruits, but their names do not ap- pear in the Adjutant General's Register of Rhode Island Volunteers. George H. Viall was also a Barrington soldier, but served in a Massachusetts regiment.
TOWN MEETING, Aug. 10, 1863. "Voted, that a committee consisting of Nathaniel Peck, Allen C. Mathewson, and Nathaniel C. Smith be appointed to call on all the taxpayers of the town and ascertain what amount of money can be
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raised towards making a fund for the benefit of such drafted men or their substitutes or such as may hereafter be drafted in this town. Said Committee to report at an adjourned meeting to be held on Friday evening next at 61/2 o'clock."
SERVICES OF BARRINGTON SOLDIERS.
The following record of the services of Barrington men in the Civil War is taken from the full reports of Rhode Island soldiers made by Adjutant-General Dyer :
ADAMS, ALBERT J. Priv. Co. I, 9th Reg. R. I. V .; May 26, 1862, en- rolled ; May 26, 1862, mustered in; Sept. 2, IS62, mustered out.
ASHWORTH, WILLIAM. Priv. Co. K, 7th Reg. R. I. V .; Aug. 5, 1862, enrolled; Sept. 6, 1862, mustered in; Aug. 1, 1863, sent from Mildale, Miss., to Covington, Ky., sick; Jan. 30, 1864, died in Hos- pital at Lexington, Ky.
BARNES, SAMUEL A. Priv. Co. E, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; Oct. 18, IS61, enrolled; Dec. 16, 1861, mustered in; June, 1862, died of typhoid fever at camp near Fort Macon, N. C.
BARNUM, ISAAC T. Priv. Co. I, 9th Reg. R. I. V. ; May 26, 1862, enrolled ; May 26, IS62, mustered in; Sept. 2, 1862, mustered out; sergt. Co. E, Sept. 25, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; July 29, 1863, mustered out
BOWDEN, CHARLES H. Priv. Bat. B, Ist Reg. R. I. L. A .; Aug. 24, IS64, enrolled at Providence; Aug. 24, 1864, mustered in; June 12, 1865, mustered out.
BOWEN, JAMES A. Priv. Co. B, 7th Reg. R. I. V .; July 4, 1862, en- rolled at Barrington, R. I .; Sept. 4, 1862, mustered in; Dec. 9, 1862, discharged on surgeon's certificate at Fredericksburg, Va.
BOWEN, WILLIAM. Corp. Co. E, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; Oct. 22, 1861, enrolled; Dec. 16, 1861, mustered in; May, 1863, discharged for disability at New Berne, N. C.
BICKNELL, GEORGE F. Capt. Co. C, 3d Reg. R. I. C .; Sept. 29, 1863, commissioned; Sept. 30, 1863, mustered in; originally served as Ist Lt. Co. B; Dec. 21, 1863, commissioned Capt .; Dec. 28, 1863, discharged to accept promotion and mustered in as Capt. Co. C; Oct., 1864, on special duty on G. C. M., at Thibodaux, La., and so borne until Jan. 24, 1865; March, 1865, Acting Provost Marshal ; June 29, 1865, discharged by order.
BROWN, HENRY C. Priv. Bat. H, Ist Reg. R. I. L. A .; May 17, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 14, 1862, mustered in ; borne as absent sick at Camp Barry Hospital, Washington, D. C., from June 29, 1863, until Aug., :863; June 28, 1865, mustered out.
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BULLOCK, ALBERT W. Priv. Co. D, Ist Reg. R. I. D. M .; April 17, 1861, enrolled at Providence, R. I .; May 2, 1861, mustered in; Aug. 2, IS61, mustered out.
CHEDELL, JOSEPH A., Jr. 2d Lt. Co. C, Ist Reg. R. I. C .; Jan. 1, IS63, commissioned; mustered in to date Jan. 14, 1863; June 18, 1863, killed in action near Middleburg, Va.
DROWN, WILLIAM A. Priv. Co. H, 3d Reg. R. I. C .; March 24, 1864, enrolled ; April 15, 1864, mustered in ; Dec. 3, 1864, died of disease at Donaldsonville.
FOLLETT, JOHN F. Corp. ; Nov. 11, 1862, enrolled; Dec. 6, 1862, mus- tered in; originally served priv. ; Oct. 31 to Dec. 31, IS64, absent, sick ; Aug. 26, IS65, mustered out.
GARDNER, CHARLES G. Priv. Bat. G, Ist Reg. R. I. L .. A. ; Nov. 30, IS61, enrolled; Dec. 2, IS61, mustered in; July, 1863, teamster in Art. Brig., 6th Army Corps; April, 1864, stretcher bearer, Hospital Dept., Art. Brig., 6th Army Corps, and soborne until Oct., 1864; Oct. 19, 1864, killed in action at Cedar Creek, Va.
GARDNER, FREDERICK A. Priv. Co. H, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept, S, IS62, enrolled ; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; Feb. 17, IS63, detailed as provost guard, and so borne until May, IS63 ; July 29, 1863, mus- tered out.
HORTON, ROYAL D. Corp. Co. C, 11th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 19, 1862, enrolled; Oct., rS62, mustered in; March 20, 1863, promoted Corp ; July 13, 1863, mustered out.
KENNEDY, JOHN T. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 29, 1862, enrolled ; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
KINNECOM, ORRIN F. Musician, Co. E, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; June 10, 1862, enrolled; June 10, 1862, mustered in; borne as absent in Fos- ter General Hospital, from Aug. 23, 1863, until Oct., IS63; on fur- lough for twenty-five days from June 21, 1864; June 26, 1865, mus- tered out.
KINNICUTT, GEORGE R., JR. Wagoner, Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 27, 1862, enrolled ; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; July 29, 1863, mus- tered out.
LEWIS, WILLIS. Priv. Co. A; Aug. 20, 1861, enrolled ; Aug. 20, 1861, mustered in; July 23, 1862, discharged on surgeon's certificate at Hil- ton Head, S. C.
MATHEWSON, JOHN B. Corp. Bat. E, Ist. Reg. R. I. L. A .; Sept. 30, 1861, enrolled ; Sept. 30, 1861, mustered in; Jan. 22, 1862, died of disease at Camp Hospital, near Fort Lyon, Va.
MEDBURY, JAMES M. Priv. Co. L, 3rd Reg. R. I. H. A .; Feb. 13, 1862, enrolled; Feb. 14, 1862, mustered in; July 18, 1862, discharged on surgeon's certificate.
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MEDBURY, MATTHEW C. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V. ; Sept. 25, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; Jan. 17, 1863, discharged on surgeon's certificate at camp near Falmouth, Va.
MORAN, CHARLES W. Priv. Co. F, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; Aug. 12, 1862, enrolled; Aug. 12, 1S62, mustered in ; borne as absent sick in general hospital, New Berne, N. C., from Nov. 7, 1863, until March, 1864; June 29, 1864, transferred to the Navy.
PECK, EDWIN B. Priv. Co. E, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; Oct. 21, 1861, enrolled at Barrington, R. I; Dec. 16, 1851, mustered in; Feb. 9, 1862, died at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., of disease.
PECK, HORATIO N. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 12, 1862, enrolled ; Oct. 13, IS62, mustered in; borne as sick in hospital from Dec. 1, 1862, until March to, 1863, when he returned to the regi- ment; July 29, 1863, mustered out. Priv. Co. D, 3d Reg. R. I. H. A .; Aug. 2, IS64, enrolled at Providence, R. I .; Aug. 2, 1864, mus- tered in; originally served in Co. F; Sept. 15, 1864, transferred to Co. M; March 10, 1865, to Co. D, (new) by order dated Feb. 24, 1865; July 12, 1865, mustered out.
PECK, JOHN H. Corp. Co. E, Fifth Reg. R. I. H. A; Oct. 22, 1861, enrolled; Dec. 16, 1861, mustered in. Originally served as private ; June, 1862, on furlough ; Jan. 30, 1863, discharged for disability.
PECK, NOAH A. Sergt. Co. D, 2d Reg. R. I. V; June 5, 1861, enrolled: June 5, 1861, mustered in; April 1, 1862, promoted Corp .; May 3, 1863, wounded in action and borne as absent sick in U. S. Hospital until June 2, 1S63, when he died at Campbell Military Hospital of amputation of left leg.
REMINGTON, DANIEL S. Ist Lt. Co. A, 5th Reg. R. I. H. A .; Dec. 18, 1861, commissioned ; Dec. 27, 1861, mustered in; Aug. 6, 1862, resigned ; April 30, 1863, commissioned Ist Lt. Co. C, 7th R. I. V .; transferred to Co. G, by order dated Oct. 21, 1864; transferred to Battalion 7th R. I. Vols., by order dated June 6, 1865 ; June 15, IS65, mustered in as captain ; July 13, 1865, mustered out.
RICHMOND, GEORGE W. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 24, 1862, enrolled ; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; Feb. 15, 1863, died in Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C. from wounds received at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.
ROFFEE, EARL E. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg., R. I. V .; Sept. 12, 1862, en- rolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in ; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
ROFFEE, EUGENE I. Priv. Co. I, 9th Reg. R. I. V .; May 26, 1862, en- rolled ; May 26, 1862, mustered in ; Sept 2, 1862, mustered out. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 12, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in ; March, 1863, detached on supply train and so borne until May, 1863; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
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SEYMOUR, JAMES DEWOLF. Was enrolled on the 24th Dec. IS64, in 26th Mass. Reg. M. V .; was honorably discharged at Readville, Mass., May 12th, 1865.
SEYMOUR, GEORGE S. Enlisted as Priv. in Co. B, 22nd Penna. Veteran Heavy Artillery, 112th Reg. Served in Provisional Reg., Ninth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, under Gen. Burnside. Was in battles of the Wilderness at Spottsylvania C. H., Cold Harbor, and Front of Petersburg ; transferred in August 1, 1864, to Co. E, in the original Reg. in which he enlisted, Eighteenth Corps; was in battle at Cha- pin's Farms, in front of Richmond, Sept. 30, 1864, and served between Richmond and Petersburg till the end of the war, and was mustered out as Sergeant, Jan. 29, 1866.
SEYMOUR, JOSEPH. Priv. Co. C, Battalion Infantry, Washington, D. C .; April 22, 1861, enlisted; July 22, 1861, mustered out. Afterwards served in United States signal Corps about one year and a half.
SMITH, GEORGE L. Priv. Co. D, 2d Reg. R. I. V .; June 5, 1861, enrolled; June 5, 1861, mustered in; March 14, 1862, discharged at Washington, D. C., in compliance with orders, by reason of promotion to 2d Lt. Co. A, 3d R. I. H. A .; Capt. Co. D, 3d Reg. R. I. H. A. ; March 11, 1862, commissioned ; April 11, 1862, mustered in. Originally served as 2d Lt. Co. A; June, 1862, on de- tached service with Co. E, at James Island, and so borne until July 6, 1862; Oct, 21, 1862, detached to serve on gun-boat George Washing- ton ; Nov. 28, 1862, commissioned Ist Lt .; Dec. 21, 1862, severely wounded by explosion of cannon on gun-boat George Washington ; mustered in as Ist Lt., to date Jan. 1, 1863, and assigned to Co. G ; Feb. 11, 1863, ordered on special duty commanding gun-boat George Washington, and so borne until April 27, 1863, when ordered to report for duty with Co. A, at Beaufort, S. C .; this detail to date from April 9, 1863. Relieved from duty with Co. A, by S. O. dated May 10, IS63; Oct. 5, 1863. ordered to command Co. G; Dec. 27, 1863, ap- pointed Post Ord. officer for Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island ; Jan. 15, 1564, commissioned Capt., and mustered in as Capt. Co. D, to date Jan. 29, 1864; Feb. 9, 1864, relieved by order, of command of Co. G, and of duty as Post Ord. officer ; Oct. 5, 1864, mustered out.
SMITH, MOSES A. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 12, 1862, en- rolled ; Oct. 13, 1S62, mustered in ; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
SWEETLAND, EDWARD R. Priv. Co. H, 3rd R. I. Cav. ; March 12, 1864, enrolled; April 15, 1864, mustered in ; July, 1864, on detached service at Carrollton, and so borne until Sept. 1864 ; Nov. 29, 1865, mustered out.
SWEETLAND, JAMES L., JR. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 12, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
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SWEETLAND, SAMUEL M. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 19, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; July 29, IS63, mustered out.
TIFFANY, JOHN C. Priv. Co. D, 2d Reg. R. I. V .; Aug. 1, IS61, enrolled : Aug. 1, 1861, mustered in ; Sept. 1862, provost guard; Oct. 22, IS62, detailed in Hospital Dept. ; Sept. 1863, provost guard, and so borne until Dec. 1863; June, IS64, absent, sick in U. S. General Hospital. Transferred to Batl'n 2d, R. I. V .; Aug. 1, 1864, discharged by reason of expiration of term of service.
VIALL, GEORGE H. Private, Co. H, 3rd Massachusetts Infantry ; served nine months.
WALKER, GEORGE W. Priv. Co. I, 9th Reg. R. I. V. ; May 26, 1862, en- rolled; May 26, 1862, mustered in; Sept. 2, 1862, mustered out.
WATSON, HENRY H. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg, R. I. V .; Sept. 20, 1862, enrolled ; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; borne as sick in hospital from Feb. 9, 1863, until May, 1863 ; May 20, IS63, detached for service in Invalid Corps, and so borne until July 29, 1863; July 29, 1863, mus- tered out.
WEBB, WILLIAM C. Sgt. Co. D, 2d Reg R. I. V .; June 5, 1861, en- rolled ; June 5, 1861, mustered in; Nov. 1, 1862, promoted Sgt. from priv .; Aug., 1863, on duty as regt'l provost Sgt., and so borne until Nov., 1863; Dec. 26, 1863, re-mustered as a vet. vol .; Feb., 1864, absent as a vet. vol. for thirty-one days; May 7, 1864, killed in action.
WHITCOMB, LYMAN. Corp. Co. B, 7th Reg. R. I. V .; Aug. 2, 1862, en- rolled at Barrington, R. I .: Sept. 4, 1862, mustered in; originally served as priv. ; May IS, 1864, killed in action.
WIGHTMAN, AUGUSTUS A. Ist Lt. Co. L, 3d Reg. R. I. H. A .; Feb. 11, 1862, commissioned; Feb. 14, 1862, mustered in; borne on leave of absence in Providence, R. I., for twenty days, from Nov. 26, 1862; Jan. 12, 1863, resigned.
WIGHTMAN, CHARLES C. Priv. Co. C. Ist Reg. R. I. D. M .; April 17, 1861, enrolled; May 2, 1861, mustered in; Aug. 2, 1861, mustered out.
WINSLOW, FERDINAND. Priv. Co. E, 12th Reg. R. I. V .; Sept. 27, 1862. enrolled; Oct. 13, 1862, mustered in; March 25, 1863, detached on am- munition train, and so borne until June 15, 1863, when he returned to regiment; July 29, 1863, mustered out.
WOOD, HIRAM B. Priv. Co. H, 3d R. I. Cav .; March 31, 1864, enrolled ; April 15, 1864, mustered in ; Nov. 29, 1865, mustered out.
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ROLL OF HONOR, 1861-5.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Barrington Soldiers in the Civil War.
Adams, Albert J.,
Peck, Edwin B.,
Ashworth, William,
Peck, Horatio N.,
Barnes, Samuel A.,
Peck, Noah A.,
Barnum, Isaac T.,
Remington, Daniel S.,
Bicknell, George F.,
Richmond, George H.,
Bowden, Charles H.,
Roffee, Earl E.,
Bowen, James A.,
Roffee, Eugene I.,
Bowen, William,
Seymour, George,
Brown, Henry C.,
Seymour, Joseph,
Bullock, Albert W.,
Seymour, J. D. W.,
Chedell, Joseph A.,
Smith George L.,
Drown, William A.,
Smith, Moses A.,
Easterbrooks, Gardner,
Sweetland, Edward R.,
Follett, John F.,
Sweetland, James L.,
Gardner, Charles G.,
Sweetland, Samuel M.,
Gardner, Frederick A., Horton, Royal D.,
Tiffany, John C., Viall, George H.,
*Jones, John J., (Colored.)
Walker, George W.,
Kennedy, John T.,
Watson, Henry H.,
Kinnecom, Orrin F.,
Webb, William C.,
Kinnicutt, George R., Lewis, Willis,
Whitcomb, Lyman,
Wightman, Augustus A.,
Mathewson, John B.,
Wightman, Charles C.,
Winslow, Ferdinand,
Medbury, James M., Medbury Matthew C., Moran, Charles W.,
Wood, Hiram B.
* The name of John J. Jones appears on the town records as a Barrington recruit, but does not appear in the Adjutant General's Report.
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CHAPTER XXXII
NEW BARRINGTON
." The Great Awakening" - Religious Declension - Unhappy State of Society - Conservative Elements - The Barrington Mutual Improve- ment Association - Forest Chapel-Forest Chapel Cemetery Cor- poration - Nathaniel F. Potter - The Narragansett Brick Company - Benjamin B. Viall -Mrs. B. B. Viall - Miss Lydia B. Smith - Miss Elizabeth J. Smith - Miss Eliza C. Smith - Mrs. Judith R. (Bowen) Smith - Lewis B. Smith -The Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad - Allen C. Mathewson - John C. Burrington - George R. Kinnicutt - Allen Brown - Henry Staples - Rev. Fran- cis Horton - Other Associate Workers - Increase in Population - Increase in Wealth.
T' HE story of the Congregational Church of Barrington revealed the fact that the town was visited by what was styled "The Great Awakening," just prior to 1820. It is of interest to note that this "Awakening " prevailed in many parts of New England and aroused the religious senti- ments of the people to a high pitch. Large additions were made to the church in Barrington, and for a time the influ- ence of the revival was promotive of religious and social progress, in the church and town. A reaction took place in a few years, however, and the tide of religious feeling ebbed to a low point. Some of those who had joined the church became disaffected and others were disciplined for gross misconduct. Troubles also arose as to the control and management of the parsonage, as to the ministers, and also as to the ownership and occupation of the meeting-house. Affairs reached such an extreme pass, that the meeting- house doors were locked against the entrance of the minister and congregation on the Sabbath, an officer standing at the door, to prevent entrance "by force and arms." Still further, the windows of the parsonage were broken at night
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by some malicious persons, and afterwards removed, and the leather top of a chaise of the acting minister of the church, Rev. Mr. Pease, was cut into shoe strings, in the barn of one of the deacons of the Church. The bad passions of the people were aroused and enmities were established, the effects of which were manifest for years after, These unhappy divisions in the church and society extended to and affected the citizens generally and the town was divided into hostile cliques.
The Dorr War, with the events which led up to it, also created sharp divisions and intense political hatred between neighbors and even the members of the same family. Those of the minority party were ostracised and some even were obliged to secrete themselves in their own houses, or leave the town, in their fear of personal danger. A more unhappy state of affairs can scarcely be imagined, than existed in Barrington from 1830 to 1850, and yet there were conserva- tive elements which sought only the peace and unity of church and people. While bitter feelings prevailed among the older people and while the sympathies of the younger generation sided more or less with their elders, there were evidences of a bitter spirit arising, which might in time assert itself. An evidence of this hopeful state of affairs may be found in the formation of a society of the young people of the town, in 1836, which had for its purpose, the personal improvement of its members along educational and social lines, and the harmonizing of difficulties between the several sections of the town.
This society was styled "The Barrington Mutual Improve- ment Association," composed of young people, many of whom have since been prominent in town, church, and state affairs. Among the members we find the names of Lewis B. Smith, Edwin Martin, Eliza C. Smith, Judith R. (Bowen) Smith, Louisa M. Bowen, Nathaniel C. Smith, George W. Wightman, Nathan Williams, Leonard S. Bosworth, George A. Gladding, Thomas C. Heath, Anna D. Martin, Lydia B. Smith, Martha Smith, Elizabeth J. Smith, John 33
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Short, Noel Mathewson, Mary and Nancy Bosworth, Henry Smith, Albert Bowen, William H. Smith, John Kelley, and others of like spirit, who can trace their higher success in life to the association. It held monthly meetings for literary and social purposes, which were productive of great good, not only to the membership, but in their influence on the community. The records of the society, which should be preserved in the town archives, show a noble determination on the part of these young people to improve "the present unhappy state of society in this town "; " to cause a greater degree of unity to prevail," and to cultivate " desires for lit- erary pursuits among the youth in this community." This was the beginning of the better and best days of our town history, and testimony is here borne to the nobility of char- acter of the young men and women of Barrington, who at this darkest period in its history saw and welcomed the dawning light "of the good day coming." By the efforts of the society, land was purchased, and a building called " Forest Chapel " was erected for social, educational, and religious uses. The motto of the society, which was placed over the door of the hall, is preserved in the collection of the Barrington Antiquarian Society. The golden words were
"Live to Learn, and Learn to Live."
After twenty years of valuable work the society decided, as other agencies had arisen to take its place and work, to sell its property and invest the money in land for a ceme- tery, and the chapel was sold to the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Corporation, to be used as a railroad station at Barrington Centre. In 1863 the society, which was in- corporated as " The Barrington Mutual Improvement Asso- ciation " in 1836, was reincorporated as " The Proprietors of the Forest Chapel Cemetery." The cemetery at Nayatt is the property of this corporation, and within its sacred en- closure rest the mortal parts of many of the early members.
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NATHANIEL F. POTTER.
One of the valuable results of the Improvement Society was the quickening of educational zeal for better schools, better teachers, and better schoolhouses, and the new Nayatt schoolhouse may be traced to the active efforts of this soci- ety. An account of that most interesting result may be found in the chapter on " Education."
While social and educational reforms were slowly working towards a new state of society in town, material interests also needed an impulse in the right direction. The chief business was farming, and the raising of crops, the care of stock, and the marketing of farm products were the sole occupations of the people. In 1848 a new industry suddenly sprang up as if by magic. In the early history of the town, brick-making had been carried on by Matthew Watson, Senior, at the head of the east branch of Mouscochuck Creek. At his death the work was suspended, and this sec- tion of the swamp was thereafter known as "the clay-pits."
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