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Company F., Association First R. I. S. M .- President, James H. Chappelle; vice-president, Henry T. Easton; treasurer, Jolm S. Coggeshall; secretary, James H. Taylor.
Hercules Engine Company, No. 7, Veteran Association .- Captain, Nathaniel Wilson; lieutenant, A. Wright Aldred; clerk, Philip Dowling; first assistant, Mortimore Sullivan; engineer, Daniel Buckley; second engineer, John Cooper; axeman, Charles C. White; Orderly, John P. Steele. Meets annually, the last Tuesday in December, in Light Infantry Hall, 317 Thames street.
Newport Natural History Society .- Instituted 1882. Presi- dent, Colonel John Hare Powel ; vice-presidents, Honorable George P. Wetmore, Reverend F. F. Emerson, Le Roy King; trustees, Professor Raphael Pumpeley, Honorable Lucius D. Davis, Andrew B. Almon; corresponding secretary, Doctor H. R. Storer; recording secretary, George Gordon King; librarian, Doctor William C. Rives, Jr .; treasurer, Doctor Francis H. Rankin: curator, A. O'D. Taylor. Other members of council, Charles E. Hammett, Jr., Colonel George H. Elliott and J. M. K. Southwick. Meets monthly at the Historical Society's room on Touro street. This society has published three volumes of proceedings, and seeks to form in Newport a collection illustra- tive of the local geology, fauna and flora.
Newport Liederkranz .- President G. O. Herrmann; vice- president, Frederick Landau; secretary, Caspar Hill; treasurer, Henry Biesel; musical director, Jacob L. Frank. Meets Tues- day and Friday evenings at Bryer's Hall, 1583 Thames street.
Irish National League (Michael Davitt Branch) .- President, J. S. Duggan: vice-president, J. N. Keefe; treasurer, M. Roche; secretary, C. Moriarty. Meets at No. 8 Kinsley Wharf, at the call of the president.
People's Historical and Literary Association .- President, James W. Johnson; first vice-president, Thomas Johnson; second vice-president, Henry Ruster; secretary, Miss Emma
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Fisher; treasurer, Mrs. Ella Kemp; librarian, Edward Toogood; lecturer, William HIntton; marshal, Joseph Marchell; chaplain, James Venable.
The Harrard Club of Rhode Island .- President, Honorable Francis Brinley, '18; vice-president, George Henry Calvert, '23; treasurer, A. Prescott Baker, '67; secretary, Malcolm Storer, '85. Meeting semi-annually, in Providence in winter, and Newport in summer.
Newport Marine Society .- Originated 1752 and incorporated in 1754 as the Fellowship Club, and continued to bear that name until 1785 when it was changed to the Marine Society. This society wasinstituted for the relief of unfortunate mariners, their widows and orphans. The charter members, in 1754, were Benjamin Wickham, Joseph Bull, John Maudsley, Samuel Cooper, Robert Rodman, Israel Brayton, James Duncan, George Croswell, Robert Stoddard, John Coddington, Michael Molton, Gideon Wanton, Jr., Samuel Dyre, Jr., John Dennis, Peter Dorlin and William Freeborn. In 1785 Oliver Ring Warner, Thomas Rumreill and Christopher Ellery, in behalf of the society, petitioned the general assembly asking that the charter be renewed and the name changed to the Marine Society, which was granted. The following persons are named in the new charter: Oliver Ring Warner, Thomas Rumreill, Chris- topher Ellery, John Thurston, Peleg Clarke, William Ladd, John Northam, William Mintnrn, George Champlin, Joseph Gardner, William Shaw, Samuel Lawton, William Engs, John Lawton, John Hall, Charles Handy, Jr., Benjamin Sayer. Ben- jamin Pearce. Benjamin Cozzens, Samuel Vernon, 2d, William Howland, Richard Chilcot, Peleg Clarke, Jr., and John Morris. Benjamin Sayer was the first secretary and Oliver Ring Warner the first president under the new charter. The funds of this society now (1887) amount to over $25,000, and there are nineteen widows who are pensioners. The present officers are: President, Captain Samnel C. Bailey; secretary, Captain Benjamin S. Melville; treasurer, Captain Alfred S. Chase.
Rogers' High School Alumni Association .- Organized 1878. President, John S. McAdam ; 1st vice-president, Miss Carrie W. Crandall ; 2d vice-president, Mr. Frederick J. Cotton; cor- responding secretary, Mr. Thomas Wood, Jr .; treasurer, Mr. Henry C. Stevens, Jr .; stats'n, Mr. John G. Costello; Jit. com ..
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Herbert D. Dyer: Ch'nr., William F. Tilton, Miss H. Swinburne; social com., Mrs. Gussie T. Tilton, Ch'm., Mrs. Abbie T. Lang- ley, Mr. Henry C. Stevens, Jr. A public literary meeting is annually held on the 31st of December at Rogers' High School.
Law and Order League .- President, Honorable Thomas T. Carr; vice-president, Reverend Thomas P. Doran; secretary, Arthur B. Emmons; treasurer, William Buffum; executive com- mittee, Reverend Warren Randolph ; Reverend Thomas P. Doran ; Thomas T. Carr, Reverend F. F. Emerson, Henry D. Scott, Joseph P. Cotton, Arthur B. Emmons, William P. Buffum, Benjamin F. Thurston. Meets every third Monday.
Powel Council, No. 65, Home Circle .- Leader, F. G. Harris ; vice-leader, J. H. Wetherell; secretary, E. L. Spencer; financier, A. K. McMahon; treasurer, J. H. Crosby, Jr .; guide, E. E. Ver- non, Jr .; warden, A. Almy; P. leader, J. Graham. Meets the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Sisters of Mercy .- Home, 261 Spring, corner of Fair streets. Sister M. Bonomeo, superior; and nine sisters. St. Mary's Academy is located in this building, having an attendance of about sixty pupils.
Young Men's Christian Association .- Organized in 1878. President, D. B. Fitts; vice-presidents, Henry C. Bacheller, Thomas S. Mason ; secretary, Charles R. Thurston ; treasurer, John S. Kimber; auditor, Walter B. Simmons.
Newport Medical Society .- President, Doctor Francis H. Ran- kin; vice-president, Doctor Ezra E. Dyer, deceased; secretary, Doctor Mary E. Baldwin; treasurer, Doctor William C. Rives, Jr .; librarian, Doctor T. A. Kenefick; curator, Doctor Stephen H. Sears. Meets the 3d Tuesday of every month at the resi- dences of the different members.
Sanitary Protection Association of Newport .- Established November 11th, 1878. Incorporated in 1879. President, Ilon. Francis Brinley; vice president, W. C. Rives; recording secre- tary, W. T. Parker, M. D .; corresponding secretary, Doctor H. R. Storer; treasurer, Reverend W. J. Magill; consulting en - gineers, George E. Waring, Jr., J. P. Cotton, G. N. Bell; chem- ical analyst, Doctor William B. Hills of Harvard University; councilors, Lucius D. Davis, Doctor F. H. Rankin, A. B. Al- mon, F. O. French, J. J. Van Alen. Meetings monthly at houses of members. Annual dues, $2.00.
Ulfila Lodge, No. 443 (German Order of Ilarugari). - O. B.,
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Charles G. Muenchinger; U. B., Henry Biesel; secretary, E. Otto; treasurer, Peter Faerber.
Uniled Friends, O. H. Perry Council, No. 258 .- Organized March 30th, 1878. P. G. C., J. B. Brayton; P. C. C., J. P. Sanborn; P. C. C., C. B. Mason; chief councilor, John J. Peck- ham; vice chief councilor, John B. Mason; recorder, Sarah A. Gavill; financier, Overton G. Langley; treasurer, Thomas C. Sherman; prelate, Joseph C. Coggeshall; marshal, Albert I. Easton; guardian, Andrew J. Kirwin; sentry, John Hudson; medical examiners, Doctor C. F. Barker and Doctor Stephen H. Sears.
General Burnside Assembly, No. 64, Royal Society of Good Fellows, Newport, R. I .- Organized March 17th, 1887. Ruler, Charles H. Chase; instructor, John A. Hazard; councilor, George B. Leonard; past ruler, William P. Denman; secretary, George F. Rounds; financial secretary, Walter Sherman; treas- urer, George H. Popple; prelate, William Carry; director, William H. Lawton; guard, John B. F. Denman; sentry, William Wilcox; trustees, J. J. Carry, A. C. Landers, C. F. Frasch. Place of meeting, Odd Fellow's Hall.
Weenal Shassill Tribe, No. 6, I. O. of R. M .- Instituted Oc- tober 29th, 1872. Officers: Sachem, John H. Wetherell; senior sagamore, Albert I. Easton; junior sagamore, John J. Peckham; prophet, Henry C. Burdick; chief of records, Francis Stanhope; assistant chief of records, Charles C. Sterne; keeper of wampum, J. G. Spingler; 1st sanap, H. C. Stevens, Jr .; 2d sanap, E. W. Minkler; 1st warrior, Frank L. DeBlois; 2d warrior, George 1. Wilcox: 3d warrior, George A. Lake; 4th warrior, Frank C. Pierce; 1st brave, George S. Ward, Jr .; 2d brave, W. F. Bar- low: 3d brave, Arthur L. Gilman; 4th brave, Joseph S. Allan; guard of wigwam, Joseph A. Hoar; guard of forest, W. P. Daw- ley.
THE NEWPORT ARTILLERY COMPANY .*
To give a detailed history of this ancient and influential or- ganization, claiming an existence of nearly a century and a half, would require more space than is posssible within the limits of this volume. From the beginning its record has been honorable and its roll adorned by many of the most prominent names in the country. It was organized during the turbulent times prior to the American revolution and received its charter
*By E. O. Wagner.
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on the 1st of February. 1741, its primary object being to render the militia of the colonies more effective in case of invasion. Its charter states that the "preservation of this colony in time of war depends under God chiefly upon the military discipline of the inhabitants, and it being necessary in order to revive and protect the same, to form and establish a military company, which by acquiring and accustoming themselves to military ex- ercise, by more frequent trainings than the body of the people can attend-may serve for a nursery of skillful officers, and in time of actual invasion, by their superior skill and experience may render the whole militia more useful and effective." The petition to the general assembly for a charter was signed by the following gentlemen, who with others soon after enrolled, formed the company: Godfrey Malbone, Jahleel Brenton, Samnel Wickham, Henry Collins, John Gridley, Jr., James Honeyman, Jr., John Brown, Nathaniel Coddington, Jr., Peleg Brown, Charles Bardin, Simon Pease, David Cheseborough, Philip Wil- kinson, John Freebody, Jr., Thomas Wickham, Walter Crans- ton, Sueton Grant and William Vernon.
The company having received its charter, first appeared in uniform September 17th, 1744. The occupation of Newport by the British during the period of the revolution precluded active service at that eventful time, though eighteen men were fnr- nished as the quota of the company to the Rhode Island de- tachment for the relief of Fort William Henry on the 16th of August, 1757.
On the 9th of August, 1792, a new charter was granted by the general assembly, and in May, 1794, the artillery mounted the first gun on Fort Washington in the upper part of the harbor. In August of the same year a dinner was given by the company at the state house in honor of the French Generals Rochambeau and Richard, and later the artillery was reviewed by General Knox, the secretary of war. The follow- ing year the organization paraded at the general election of state officers, and the succeeding year appeared as escort to the governor, a custom which is maintained to the present day.
During the year 1812 the services of the Newport artillery were offered the government to assume charge of the battery at Easton's point. This offer was accepted July 14th, 1814, and Fort Greene occupied with a muster of eighty-seven men. Of this point they retained possession until peace was pro-
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claimed in February, 1815, when the fort was delivered to the government, the company numbering one hundred and fifteen men. In 1826, when the remains of the great naval victor, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie, were brought to Newport for interment, the artillery formed the funeral escort, thus paying proper honor to a man whose memory the citizens of Newport revere to the present dạy. In 1833 the company received and escorted President Andrew Jackson on his visit to Newport, and in May and June, 1842, it was ordered to Providence to suppress the so-called Dorr rebellion. The artillery won much praise by its prompt action at the time and although no blood was shed, the Mayor of Providence honored its presence by the presenta- tion of a flag.
At the first call for troops at the beginning of the late civil war the members responded in goodly numbers. Company F, Rhode Island Detached Militia, was composed of members of the artillery company, one hundred and eleven men leaving for Washington April 16th, 1861. Company after company was recruited from the artillery, and no less than fourteen hundred men from this organization served in the army and navy during that eventful crisis.
The Newport Artillery is an independent organization under the immediate command of the colonel and the governor of the state. The company receive no emoluments from the state, own their own armory, uniforms and equipments, and although annually inspected by the adjutant general of the state have no connection with the Rhode Island militia. It is free from debt and has several beneficial funds, chief among which are the Thayer and King funds. It has in its possession a number of rare and valuable relies, including paintings, engravings and tattered battle flags carried dming the war of the rebellion, as also a unique collection of the various kinds of ammunition used during the war.
The following list embraces the officers of the company from its organization to the present date:
Captains .- Jahleel Brenton, 1741 to April 28, 1747; William Mumford, April 28, 1747. to April 28, 1752; Daniel Ayrault, Jr., April 28, 1752, to April 26, 1770; Nathaniel Mumford, April 26, 1770, to April 25, 1775; John Malbone, April 25, 1775, to Aug-
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ust 1, 1792; Francis Malbone, Angust 1, 1792, to June 4, 1809; Benjamin Fry, June 4, . 1809, to April 27, 1813.
Colonels (rank from April 27, 1813) .- Benjamin Fry, April 27, 1813, to April 25, 1815; Christopher G. Champlin, April 25, 1815, to April 28, 1818; Richard K. Randolph, April 28, 1818, to April 27, 1824; John B. Lyon, April 27, 1824, to April 26, 1825; Henry Y. Cranston, April 26, 1825, to April 29, 1828; James Boon, Jr., April 29, 1828, to April 28, 1829; Peleg Clarke, April 28, 1829, to April 26, 1831; Nicholas G. Boss, April 26, 1831, to April 24, 1832; S. Ayrault Robinson, April 24, 1832, to April 25, 1837; William B. Swan, April 25, 1837, to April 29, 1845; Chris- topher G. C. Perry, April 29, 1845, to April 7, 1854; Thomas B. Carr, April 7, 1854, to December 21, 1858; Charles W. Turner, December 21, 1858, to December 11, 1860; George W. Tew, De- cember 11, 1860, to April 30, 1861; William H. Fludder, April 30, 1861, to August 12, 1861; George W. Tew, August 12, 1861, to April 29, 1862; William A. Stedman, April 29, 1862, to April 25, 1865; John Hare Powel, April 25, 1865, to Novem- ber 15, 1877; Augustus P. Sherman, November 15, 1877, to April 29, 1879; George R. Fearing, April 29, 1879, to April 25, 1882; George H. Vaughan, April 25, 1882, to April 30, 1885; Jere. W. Horton, April 30, 1885.
First Lieutenants .- John Brown, 1741, to May 13, 1745; Wil- liam Mumford, May 13, 1745, to April 28, 1747; Philip Wilkin- son, April 28, 1747, to April 28, 1752; Josias Lyndon, April 28, 1752, to April 29, 1755; Samuel Freebody, April 29, 1755, to Au- gust 14, 1757; Ebenezer Rumreill, April 14, 1757, to April 27, 1762; Metcalfe Bowler, April 27, 1762, to April 25, 1769; Nathan- iel Mumford, April 25, 1769, to April 26, 1770; Samuel Brenton, April 26, 1770, to April 25, 1775 ; George Champlin, April 25, 1775, to August 1, 1792; Daniel Rogers, August 1, 1792, to Sep tember 18, 1792; Benjamin Fry, September 18, 1792, to April 27, 1802; Walter Channing, April 27, 1802, to April 29, 1806; Benja- min Fry, April 29, 1806, to June 4, 1809; John Wood, June 4, 1809, to April 27, 1813.
Lieutenant Colonels (rank from April 27, 1813) .- John Wood, April 27, 1813, to August 20, 1814 ; Christopher G. Champlin, August 20, 1814, to April 25, 1815; Levi Tower, April 25, 1815 to April 28, 1818; Robert B. Cranston, April 28, 1818, to April 27, 1819; Jolin B. Lyon, April 27, 1819, to April 27, 1824; Henry Y. Cranston, April 27, 1824, to April 26, 1825; James Boon, Jr.,
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April 26, 1825, to April 29, 1828; Peleg Clarke, April 29, 1828, to April 28,1829; Nicholas G. Boss, April 28, 1829, to April 26, 1831; S. Ayrault Robinson, April 26, 1831, to April 24, 1832; Abner Hathaway, Jr., April 24, 1832, to April 30, 1833; William D. Terry, April 30, 1833, to April 29, 1834; William B. Swan, April 29, 1834, to April 25, 1837; Robert J. Taylor, April 25, 1837, to April 25, 1843; William A. Coggeshall, April 25, 1843, to April 30, 1844; Christopher G. C. Perry, April 30, 1844, to April 29, 1845; William H. Henderson, April 29, 1845, to April 28, 1846; Charles D. Weeden, April 28, 1846, to June 21, 1848; George Bur- roughs, June 21, 1848, to April 26, 1853; Thomas B. Carr. April 26, 1853, to April 25, 1854: William H. Stanhope, April 25. 1854, to April 24, 1856; Charles W. Turner, April 24, 1856, to Decem- ber 21, 1858; Isaac S. Boss, December 21, 1858, to September 26, 1860; Charles C. Clarke, December 11, 1860, to Angust 12, 1861; William A. Stedman, Angust 12, 1861, to April 29, 1862; B. L. Slocum, April 29, 1862, to October 29, 1862: John Hare Powel, April 28, 1863, to April 25,1865; Augustus P. Sherman, April 25, 1865, to April 30, 1867; William M. Clarke, April 30, 1867 to April 28, 1868; Augustus P. Sherman, April 28, 1868, to November 15, 1877; Thomas S. Nason, November 15, 1877, to April 30, 1878; Thomas S. Burdick, April 30, 1878, to April 29, 1879; George II. Vaughan, April 29, 1879, to April 25, 1883; Jere. W. Horton, April 25, 1883, to April 30, 1885; George A. Brown, April 30, 1885.
Second Lieutenants .- John Gidley, 1741 to October 22, 1744; William Mumford, October 22, 1744, to May 13, 1745; Jolm Tillinghast, May 13, 1745, to Angust 6, 1745: Philip Wilkinson, August 6. 1745, to April 28, 1747; Daniel Ayrault, Jr., April 28, 1747, to April 28, 1752; Samuel Freebody, April 28, 1752, to April 29, 1755; William Paul, April 29, 1755, to April 27, 1756; Daniel Russell, Jr., April 27, 1756, to April 25, 1758; Metcalfe Bowler, April 25, 1758, to April 27, 1762 : Nathaniel Mumford, April 27. 1762, to April 25, 1769: Samuel Brenton, April 25, 1769, to April 26, 1770 ; Thomas Wickham, Jr., April 26, 1770, to April 25, 1775; Wil- liam Channing, April 25, 1775, to April 26, 1776; Thomas Arnold, April 26, 1776, toAugust 1, 1792; Benjamin Fry, August 1, 1792, to September 18. 1792; Thomas Russell, September 18, 1792, to April 22, 1794; Walter Channing, April 22, 1794, to April 27, 1802; Frederick Crary, April 27, 1802, to April 29, 1806; Walter Channing, April 29, 1806, to April 25, 1809; Christopher G. Champlin, April 25, 1809, to April 27, 1813.
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Majors (rank from April 27, 1813). - Christopher G. Cham- plin, April 27, 1813, to August 20, 1814; Levi Tower, August 20, 1814, to April 25, 1815; Richard K. Randolph, April 25, 1815, to April 28, 1818; John B. Lyon, April 28, 1818, to April 27, 1819; Ilenry Y. Cranston, April 27, 1819, to April 27, 1824; James Boon, Jr., April 27, 1824, to April 26, 1825; Peleg Clarke, April 26, 1825, to April 29, 1828; Nicholas G. Boss, April 29, 1828, to April 28, 1829; James M. Tuell, April 28, 1829, to April 27, 1830; S. Ayranlt Robinson, April 27, 1830, to April 26, 1831; Abner Ilathaway, Jr., April 26, 1831, to April 24, 1832; Silas Ward, April 24, 1832, to April 30, 1833; William B. Swan, April 30, 1833, to April 29, 1834; William A. Coggeshall, April 29, 1834, to April 27, 1835; John B. Weeden, April 27, 1835, to June 4, 1842; W. A. Coggeshall, June 4, 1842, to April 25, 1843; Christopher G. C. Perry, April 25, 1843, to April 30, 1844; W. H. Henderson, April 30, 1844, to April 29, 1845; George Burroughs, April 29, 1845, to June 21, 1848; Thomas B. Carr, June 21, 1848, to April 26, 1853; W. H. Stanhope, April 26, 1853, to April 25, 1854; Benjamin Marsh, 3d, April 25, 1854, to April 24, 1855; George F. Turner, April 24, 1855, to April 24, 1856; Isaac S. Boss, April 24, 1856, to December 21, 1858; George W. Tew, December 21, 1858, to December 11, 1860; William A. Stedman, December 11, 1860, to Angust 12, 1861; B. L. Slocum, August 12, 1861, to April 29, 1862; Augustus P. Sherman, April 29, 1862, to April 25, 1865; William H. Fludder, April 25, 1865, to April 24, 1866; Thomas S. Burdick, April 24, 1866, to April 30, 1878; Jerre W. Horton, April 30, 1878, to April 24, 1883; H. T. Eas- ton, April 24, 1883, to April 30, 1885; A. A. Barker, April 30, 1885.
Ensigns. -- William Mumford, 1741 to October 22, 1744; John Tillinghast, October 22, 1744, to May 13, 1745; Charles Wick . ham, May 13, 1745, to August 6, 1745; Daniel Ayrault, Jr., Aug- ust 6, 1745, to April 28, 1747; Thomas Wickham, April 28, 1747, to April 28, 1752; Edward Cole, April 28, 1752, to April 29, 1755; Daniel Russell, Jr., April 29, 1755, to April 27, 1756; Metcalfe Bow- ler, April 27,1756, to April 25,1758; Henry Ward, April 25, 1758, to April 24, 1759; Nathaniel Mumford, April 24, 1759, to April 27, 1762; Samuel Brenton, April 27, 1762, to April 25, 1769; Thomas Wickham, Jr., April 25, 1769, to April 26, 1770; Samuel Goldthwaite, April 26, 1770, to April 25, 1775; William Brooks Simpson, April 25, 1775, to April 26, 1776; William Brenton,
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April 26, 1776, to August 1, 1792: Walter Channing, Angnst 1, 1792, to April 22, 1794; Joseph Boss, Jr., April 22, 1794, to January 25, 1798; Frederick Crary, January 25, 1798, to April 27, 1802; Hanson Hull, April 27, 1802, to April 26, 1803; Stephen Cahoone, Jr., April 26, 1803, to April 29, 1806: Fred- erick Crary, April 29, 1806, to April 26, 1808; John Wood, April 26, 1808, to April 25, 1809; Levi Tower, April 27, 1809, to April 27, 1813.
Captains (rank from April 27, 1813) .- Levi Tower, April 27, 1813, to August 20, 1814; Richard K. Randolph. August 20, 1814, to April 25, 1815: Robert B. Cranston, April 25, 1815, to April 28, 1818; Henry Y. Cranston, April 28, 1818, to April 27, 1819; James Boon, Jr., April 27, 1819. to April 27, 1824: M. T. Dilling- ham, April 27, 1824, to April 26, 1825: Nicholas G. Boss, April 26,1825, to April 29.1828; James M. Tuell. April 29, 1828, to April 28, 1829; S. Ayrault Robinson, April 28, 1829, to April 27, 1830; Sylvester R. Hazard, April 27, 1830, to April 26, 1831;Silas Ward, April 26, 1831, to April 24, 1832: John R. Randolph, April 24, 1832, to April 30, 1833; Robert J. Taylor, April 30, 1833, to April 29, 1834; John B. Weeden, April 29. 1834, to April 27, 1835: John Stacy. Jr .. April 27, 1835, to April 26, 1836; Henry W. Carr, April 26, 1836, to April 30, 1839: Charles D. Weeden, April 30, 1839, to April 25, 1843; James D. Seabnry, April 25, 1843, to April 30, 1844; George Burroughs, April 30, 1844, to April 29, 1845: Benjamin A. Mason, April 29, 1845, to Angust 3. 1847: Thomas B. Carr, August 3, 1847, to June 21, 1848; James Barton, June 21, 1848, to November 15, 1852; Benjamin A. Mason, November 15, 1852, to April 24, 1856: Augustus French. April 24, 1856, to April 28, 1857; Charles C. Clarke, April 28, 1857, to December 11, 1860; B. L. Sloenm, December 11. 1860. to April 30, 1861; James Il. Chappell, April 30, 1861, to April 29, 1862; John S. Coggeshall. April 29, 1862, to April 28, 1863: William H. Fludder, April 28, 1863, to April 25. 1865; Thomas S. Burdick, April 25. 1865, 10 April 24, 1866; William M. Clarke. April 24, 1866, to April 30, 1867: John S. Coggeshall, April 30, 1867. to April 28, 1870: Thomas S. Nason, April 28, 1870, to November 15, 1877; Jere. W. Horton, No- vember 15, 1877, to April 30, 1878; George A. Brown, April 30, 1878, to April 30, 1885; George C. Shaw, April 30. 1885.
Clerks .- JJosias Lyndon, 1741 to April 28, 1747; William Cod- dington, Jr., April 28, 1747, to April 24, 1753; William Paul,
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IHISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
April 24, 1753. to April 29, 1755; John Bours, April 29, 1755, to April 25, 1776: James Clarke, April 25, 1776, to August 1, 1792; Samuel Freebody, Jr., August 1, 1792, to October 6, 1794; Wil- liam Marchant, October 6, 1794. to April 28, 1795; William Til- linghast, April 28, 1795, to October 6, 1795; Holmes Weaver, October 6, 1795, to April 25, 1826 (with rank of first lieutenant and quartermaster from April 27, 1813); William Ellery Almy, April 25, 1826, to April 30, 1833; William A. Coggeshall, April 30, 1833, to April 29, 1834: William JJ. Munroe, April 29, 1834, to April 27. 1835; William A. Coggeshall, April 27, 1835, to April 24, 1838; William H. Henderson, April 24, 1838, to April 30, 1844; Thomas E. Townsend, April 30, 1844, to April 27, 1847; James H. Demarest, April 27, 1847, to August 3, 1847; B. Ham- mett Stevens, August 3, 1847, to April 25, 1848; W. H. Stan- hope, April 25, 1848, to April 26, 1853; Charles W. Turner, April 26, 1853, to April 25, 1854; George F. Turner, April 25, 1854, to April 24, 1855; Angustus French, April 24, 1855, to April 24, 1856; Jolm B. Langley, Jr., April 24, 1856, to December 1, 1860; James H. Chappell, December 1, 1860, to April 30, 1861; H. Bull, Jr., April 30, 1861, to April 26, 1864; Howard Smith, April 26, 1864, to April 25, 1865; I. W. R. Marsh, April 25. 1865. to April 24, 1866; J. Perry Clarke, April 24, 1866, to April 30, 1867; I. W. R. Marsh, April 30, 1867, to April 28, 1868; Henry T. Easton, April 28, 1868, to April 25, 1871; George H. Vanghan, April 25, 1871, toApril 29, 1879; B. B. H. Sherman, April 29, 1879, to April 27, 1880; Robert C. Cottrell, April 27, 1880, to April 25, 1882; Alvin A. Barker, April 25, 1882, to April 30, 1885; Henry C. Stevens, Jr., April 30, 1885.
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