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Lewis Dexter,
Sessions Mowry.
Morton Mowry, Barney Dodge, 25
President: Reuben Mowry.
David Wilkinson,
President: Daniel Angell. Morton Mowry, Arnold Spear,
Jeremiah Whipple, Abraham Winsor.
David Wilkinson, Cyrus Arnold,
194
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1827.
Nathaniel Mowry,
Lewis Dexter,
Sessions Mowry, David Lapham.
1828.
President: Morton Mowry.
Nathaniel Mowry,
Jeremiah Whipple, Barney Dodge,
Lewis Dexter,
Sessions Mowry, David Lapham.
1829.
President: Morton Mowry.
Nathaniel Mowry,
Jeremiah Whipple, Barney Dodge,
Lewis Dexter,
Sessions Mowry, David Lapham.
1830.
Sessions Mowry,
Richard S. Scott,
Wilder Holbrook, Elisha Olney, Jr.
1831.
President: Lewis Dexter.
Richard S. Scott, Wilder Holbrook,
Daniel G. Harris, George Chace.
1832.
Elisha Smith,
Elisha Olney, Jr.,
None, None.
1833.
Simon Aldrich,
Asa W. Ballou,
Job S. Man, Andrew Waterman.
1834.
President:
Stephen Sheldon, Job S. Man,
Andrew Weatherhead, Edwin Harris.
1835.
Stephen Sheldon, Asahel Phetteplace,
President: : Morton Mowry. Job S. Man, Dexter Aldrich,
Samuel Clark,
Asahel Angell,
Elisha Smith,
Elisha Olney, Jr.,
President: Lewis Dexter. David Lapham, Elisha Smith,
President: Lewis Dexter. Richard S. Scott, Wilder Holbrook.
President: Lewis Dexter. Richard S. Scott, Stephen Sheldon,
Waterman F. Brown, John Jenckes,
President: Morton Mowry. Jeremialı Whipple, Barney Dodge,
195
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1836.
Stephen Sheldon,
President: Morton Mowry. Cyrus Arnold, Tyler Mowry,
Asahel Phetteplace,
Smith B. Mowry, Asahel Angell. 1837.
Stephen Sheldon,
Asahel Phetteplace,
Smith B. Mowry, Asahel Angell.
1838.
Samuel Clark, Dexter Aldrich,
President:
Morton Mowry.
Asahel Angell Stephen Steere,
Barney Dodge, Uriah Benedict.
Samuel Clark, Dexter Aldrich,
1839. President: Morton Mowry. Asahel Angell, Stephen Sheldon,
Samuel Clark, Alvin Jenks,
President: Morton Mowry.
Asahel Angell, Barney Dodge,
Stephen Smith, 2d, Pelatiah Metcalf.
1841.
President: Samuel Clark.
Barney Dodge, Alvin Jenks,
Pelatiah Metcalf, John Foster.
1842.
Dexter Aldrich, James T. Harkness,
President: Arnold Spear. Alvin Jenks, John Foster,
Gideon Mowry, Lyman Cook.
1843.
President: Arnold Spear.
Elisha Smith, Daniel Sayles, Jr.,
Avery Gilman, Benjamin Harris,
William M. Farnum,
Robert Harris, Bradford Bullock.
1844. President: Lewis Dexter.
John Foster, Gideon Mowry, Lyman Cook, Ansel Holman.
Christopher W. Kelly, Lyman Wilmarth,
President: Morton Mowry. Cyrus Arnold, Samuel Clark,
Barney Dodge, Burrill Aldrich.
1840.
Dexter Aldrich, Stephen Smith, 2d,
Ahaz Mowry, Jr., Edward Evans,
196
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1845.
Daniel Sayles,
Bradford Bullock,
Johnson G. Horton, William M. Farnum.
1846.
President: Thomas Buffum.
Bradford Bullock,
David Wilbur, James Phetteplace,
Albert Cook,
Horace Trowbridge, William M. Farnum.
1847.
Daniel Pierce,
Benjamin Harris, John Fenner,
Israel Wilkinson,
Israel Sayles, Albert Cook.
1848.
President: Thomas Buffum.
Daniel Pierce,
Robert Harris, Richard Mowry,
Israel Sayles,
John Knight, Asa Winsor.
1849.
President: Thomas Buffum.
Robert Harris,
Richard Mowry, Israel Sayles,
John Knight,
Thomas Latham, Israel B. Purinton.
1850.
President: Thomas Buffum.
Israel Sayles, John Knight,
Thomas Latham,
Alfred Allen, William Smith.
1851.
President: Robert Harris.
John Knight, Thomas Lapham,
Samuel S. Mallory,
Alden Coe, George B. Aldrich.
1
1852.
President: Robert Harris.
Richard Smith, Albert Cook,
John Knight.
?
1853.
· Thomas Latham,
John J. Carpenter,
President: Robert Harris.
Richard Smith, Albert Cook,
John Knight.
?
Robert Harris,
Israel Sayles,
Thomas Latham,
John J. Carpenter,
President: Thomas Buffum. Daniel Wilbur, James Phetteplace,
President: Thomas Buffum.
197
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1854.
Henry Stone,
President: Richard Mowry. James Phetteplace, John B. Tallman,
Daniel Mowry,
Louis Aldrich, Henry Gooding.
1855. President: Daniel N. Paine.
John J. Carpenter, James Phetteplace, Harris M. Irons,
Daniel Mowry, William Patt, James H. Chace,
1856.
President: Lewis Dexter.
John J. Carpenter,
Harris M. Irons, Daniel Mowry,
William Patt, Charles Moies, Harden Knight.
1857. President: Lewis Dexter. Harris M. Irons, George Johnson,
John J. Carpenter,
William Patt, Charles Moies, Harden Knight.
1858.
President: Lewis Dexter.
Harris M. Irons, George Johnson,
William Patt,
Charles Moies, Daniel Mowry.
1859.
Charles Moies,
Arlon Mowry,
William P. Steere, William Mowry.
1860.
President: Lewis Dexter.
John J. Carpenter, George Johnson,
William P. Steere, William Mowry.
1861.
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
President: Charles Moies. William Mowry, George M. Appleby, Harvey S. Bartlett, John N. Spaulding.
1862.
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
President: Charles Moies. William Mowry, Wm. Duane Aldrich, Harvey S. Bartlett, John N. Spaulding.
John J. Carpenter,
President: Lewis Dexter. John J. Carpenter, George Johnson,
Charles Moies, Arlon Mowry,
198
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1863.
President: Charles Moies. William Mowry, Wm. Duane Aldrich, William P. Steere, John J. Carpenter.
1864.
President: Charles Moies.
William Mowry, Wm. Duane Aldrich,
William P. Steere, Benjamin Comstock.
1865.
President: Charles Moies.
William Mowry, Wm. Duane Aldrich,
William P. Steere, Benjamin Comstock.
1866.
President: Charles Moies.
William Mowry, Wm. Duane Aldrich,
William P. Steere, Baylies Bourne.
1867.
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
President: Charles Moies. William Mowry, Wmn. Duane Aldrich,
William P. Steere, Baylies Bourne.
1868.
President: George Johnson.
Arlon Mowry,
Baylies Bourne, Wm. Duane Aldrich,
Edward A. Brown,
William P. Steere, Oscar A. Tobey.
1869.
President: Arlon Mowry.
Edward A. Brown,
William P. Steere, George Johnson,
Baylies Bourne,
Oscar A. Tobey, William H. Aldrich.
1870.
President: Arlon Mowry. William P. Steere, George Johnson,
Edward A. Brown, Baylies Bourne,
Oscar A. Tobey, William H. Aldrich.
1871.
Edward A. Brown, Baylies Bourne,
President: Arlon Mowry. William P. Steere, George Johnson, Oscar A. Tobey, William H. Aldrich.
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
Arlon Mowry, George Johnson,
199
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
TOWN TREASURERS.
John Sayles. 1731-50
Israel Wilkinson .
1750
Stephen Whipple.
1755
Capt. John Angell
1756-60
Stephen Whipple
1761-9
William Buffum
1770-2
Arnold Paine
1773-6
Uriah Alverson .
1777-85
Stephen Brayton
1786-91
Robert Harris.
1792-1811
Isaac Wilkinson
1812-39
Lewis Dexter
1840-2
Stafford Mann
1843
Samuel Clark.
1844
Stafford Mann
1845-9
Robert Harris.
1850-4
Henry Gooding
1855-6
Thomas Moies
1857
Reuel P. Smith ..
1858-70
TOWN CLERKS.
Richard Sayles. 1731
1732
Joseph Arnold, Jr.
Daniel Jenckes. 1733-42
Joseph Arnold.
1743-5
Thomas Sayles.
1746-54
Joseph Sayles.
1756
John Sayles, Jr. .
1760-1814
Daniel Mowry, Jr
1815-16
Samuel Mann . .
1817-39
Thomas Mann.
1840-2
George L. Barnes
1843
Orrin Wright ..
1844
George L. Barnes
1845-49
Orrin Wright.
1850-4
Stafford Mann
1855-70
Samuel Clark.
1755-9
200
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
MODERATORS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS.
Jonathan Sprague, Jr. 1731-2
Major William Smith 1733-5
Thomas Sayles. 1736
Thomas Steere.
1737
Thomas Sayles. 1738
Thomas Steere. 1/39
Major William Smith 1740
Daniel Jenckes 1741
Thomas Sayles.
1742-5
William Arnold
1746-8
Thomas Steere.
1749-50
William Arnold
1751-2
William Jenckes
1753
William Arnold
1754
Thomas Steere 1755-7
Thomas Lapham
1758
Thomas Steere.
1759-60
Thomas Lapham 1761
Thomas Steere. 1762-4
Baulston Brayton
1765
Ezekiel Comstock 1766
Thomas Steere. 1767
Ezekiel Comstock 1768
1769
John Sayles.
1770-3
Ezekiel Comstock
174-5
John Sayles
1776
Samuel Winsor
1777
Sylvanus Sayles
1778-80
Daniel Mowry, Jr.
17781
John Sayles. 1782
1783-4
Gideon Comstock
1785
Henry Jenckes
1786
Peleg Arnold 1787
1/88
Abraham Mathewson.
1789
Sylvanus Sayles
William Waterman. 1790
Thomas Steere
Daniel Mowry, Jr
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD. 201
Daniel Mowry
1791
John Sayles 1792
Sylvanus Sayles 1793
Daniel S. Mowry.
1794
Sylvanus Sayles
1795
Peleg Arnold
1796
Sylvanus Sayles
1797
Peleg Arnold.
1798
Sylvanus Sayles
1799
Ezekiel Comstock 1800
Peleg Arnold
1801-7
Duty Winsor 1808
Peleg Arnold
1809-16
Thomas Buffum 1817-19
George Chace
1820
Thomas Buffum
1821
Daniel Angell.
1822
Thomas Buffum
1823-4
John Jenckes ..
1825
Arnold Spear
1826-30
George L. Barnes
1831-2
Arnold Spear
1833-6
Thomas Buffum
1837
Arnold Spear
1838
Louis Dexter. 1839
1840
David Daniels.
1841
Daniel G. Harris
1842
David Daniels.
1843
Thomas Mann.
1844
David Daniels 1845
1846-52
Gideon Bradford
1853
Daniel N. Paine.
1854
Samuel S. Mallory
Daniel N. Paine. 1855
1856
Samuel S. Mallory 1857
Sullivan Ballou
1858
Edward H. Sprague
1859
Spencer Mowry
1860
Bradbury C. Hill.
1861
Spencer Mowry
26
John Jenckes.
202
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
Daniel N. Paine. 1862
Spencer Mowry 1863-4
Bradbury C. Hill. 1865
Spencer Mowry.
1866
Bradbury C. Hill. 1867-8
Daniel N. Paine. 1869
Joseph M. Ross 1870
At a town meeting held on the sixteenth day of April, 1828, it was voted: That Henry S. Mansfield, John Jenckes, Thomas Buffum, George Smith, Mark Aldrich, David Wilkinson, Uriah Benedict, Samuel Hill, Jr., Daniel Jenckes, Lewis Dexter, Nicholas S. Winsor, Seth Mowry, Stephen Steere, Sessions Mowry, Luke Phillips, Caleb Farnum, Arnold Aldrich 2d, Abraham Winsor, Cyrus Arnold, Ezekiel Angell, Elisha Smith 3d, Arnold Bates, David Harris, John Dexter, and William Mowry 2d, be and they are hereby appointed a commit- tee to district the town into school districts.
Voted: That all moneys appropriated for public schools shall be divided and appropriated as follows: one-half of the money to be equally divided among the schools, and the other half according to the number of scholars from four to twenty years old.
The School Committee was authorized to superintend the public schools and make the appropriations of money therefor.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
1828.
Barney Dodge,
William Buffum,
David Ide,
Manuel Shoules,
Luke Phillips,
Tyler Mowry,
Sessions Mowry,
Jonathan Andrews, Asa Winsor, Silas Smith,
Joseph Mowry, Stephen Steere, Elisha Smith,
Lewis Dexter,
Ezekiel Angell,
Daniel Jenckes,
Samuel Hill, Jr.,
Daniel Jenckes 2d.
John Jenckes.
203
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1829.
Joseph Osborne,
William Helme,
Moses Aldrich,
Ephraim Coe,
Asa Arnold,
Mark Aldrich,
Welcome Sayles,
William Mowry, Jr.,
Daniel Aldrich,
William Harris,
Morton Mowry, Asa Winsor, Caleb Farnum,
John S. Appleby, Robert Harris,
David Wilkinson,
Ezekiel Angell, George Smith, 1830.
Uriah Bennett.
George L. Barnes,
Samuel Bushee,
William Mowry, Jr., Morton Mowry,
Rufus Arnold,
James Brown,
Asa M. Bartlett,
William Harris,
Elisha Smith,
Eleazer Mowry,
Anthony Angell,
David Wilkinson,
Israel Arnold, Jr.,
1831.
George S. Barnes,
William Holbrook,
Samuel Bushee,
Ezekiel Aldrich,
William Mowry, Jr.,
Morton Mowry,
James Brown,
Gideon Evans,
William Enches,
David Wilkinson,
Henry S. Scott,
Mark Aldrich,
Samuel Clark,
Samuel E. Gardiner.
1832.
Daniel Kendall,
Charles Smith,
Edward C. Cranston, Otis Mowry,
George Aldrich 3d,
Alden Coe,
Ethan Harris,
Ransom J. Greene,
David Wilbor,
Richard S. Scott,
George W. Mowry,
William W. James,
Stephen Mowry,
Arnold Mowry,
Joseph Mowry 3d.
1833.
Stephen F. Brownell, David Inman, George Chace, Ephraim Smith, Levi Mowry, Alden Coe, Seth Mowry,
Richard Sayles,
Uriah Benrett, Moses Aldrich,
Otis Mowry,
William Smith,
Samuel Clark,
Lyman Arnold,
Brown W. Sweet,
Wilder Holbrook,
Elisha Smith,
David Wilbor, Nicholas Winsor.
Rufus Tracy,
William Holmes, Isaac Wilkinson,
Welcome Sayles,
Reuben Mowry, Caleb Farnum, Joseph Briggs, Uriah Bennett.
Asa W. Ballou, Elisha Smith, Anthony Angell,
Charles Smith, William Sayles, Lapham Jeffers, Seth Mowry, Winsor Farnum, Joseph Briggs, Uriah Bennett,
Edward C. Cranston,
Elisha Smith,
Elisha Olney, Jr.,
204
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1834.
Stephen F. Brownell, David Inman,
Edward C. Cranston,
George Chace,
Richard Sayles,
Uriah Benedict,
Ephraim Smith,
Levi Mowry,
Moses Aldrich,
Alden Coe, Seth Mowry, Otis Mowry,
William Smith,
Samuel Clark,
Lyman Arnold,
Wilder Holbrook,
David Wilbor,
Brown W. Sweet,
Elisha Smith,
Nicholas Winsor.
1835.
Simeon Aldrich, Ephraim Smith,
Junior S. Latham, Arnold Newell, Jonathan Buxton, Augustus Wright, John Fenner,
Charles A. Farnum,
Charles Moies,
Stephen Sheldon,
Arnold Spear,
Amasa Grant,
Ethan Harris,
Samuel Clark,
Oliver Angell,
Jesse Hutchinson,
Lemuel Alexander,
Mowry Lapham,
Caleb Farnum,
Nicholas S. Winsor,
Abraham Smith,
Stephen Hopkins Smith.
1836.
Simeon Aldrich, Ephraim Smith,
Junior S. Latham, Arnold Newell, Jonathan Buxton, Augustus Wright, John Fenner,
Charles A. Farnum,
Charles Moies,
Stephen Sheldon,
Arnold Spear,
Amasa Grant,
Ethan Harris,
Samuel Clark, Oliver Angell, Jesse Hutchinson, Jr., Samuel Alexander,
Mowry Lapham, Caleb Farnum,
Nicholas S. Winsor, Abraham Smith,
Stephen Hopkins Smith.
1837.
Edward Hotchkiss, Dennis Ballou, Sterry Jenckes, Jonathan Andrews, Gideon Mowry, Henry S. Mansfield, Fenner Mowry, Edward Evans,
Thomas Buffum, Daniel Hendrick, Ephraim Smith, Daniel Aldrich, Robert W. Coe, Ezekiel Angell, Ephraim Sayles,
Smith Jenckes, Caleb Farnum, Spencer Mowry,
Amos D. Lockwood,
Elisha Mowry, Jr., John Moies,
Simeon Aldrich, Jr.,
Asa Winsor,
Elisha Smith.
1838.
The Town Council.
205
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1844.
Lewis Dexter, John Foster, Christopher W. Kelly, Lyman Cooke, Ansel Holman.
Gideon Mowry, Hiram Wilmarth,
1845.
Gideon Bradford, Thomas Mann, Stephen Benedict, Emor H. Smith.
Metcalf Marsh,
Isaac Wilkinson,
Richard Smith,
1846.
Junior S. Mowry, Charles Hyde,
Thomas D. Holmes.
1847-8.
Charles Hyde,
James Bushee,
Ahaz Mowry.
1849.
Isaac J. Burgess,
Samuel S. Mallory,
Thomas Steere.
1850.
Samuel S. Mallory, Thomas Steere,
John P. Leonard.
Samuel S. Mallory,
1851. John B. Tallman, William G. Arnold.
Howard W. King,
1852.
Samuel S. Mallory, William G. Arnold,
Lysander Flagg, Howard W. King.
James O. Whitney,
1853.
Samuel S. Mallory, Howard W. King,
George C. Wilson.
1854.
Howard W. King,
Harvey Holmes,
George C. Wilson.
1855.
Samuel S. Mallory,
Howard W. King, George C. Wilson, 1856.
Samuel S. Mallory,
Howard W. King, 1857.
Arlon Movry.
Rev. Francis J. Warner.
Samuel S. Mallory, Howard W. King,
1858. John G. Richardson, Howard W. King,
Rev. Francis J. Warner.
206
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
1859.
William H. Seagraves.
John G. Richardson, Howard W. King, 1860. John G. Richardson, Howard W. King, Samuel O. Tabor, Rev. Mowry Phillips. 1861. John G. Richardson, Samuel O. Tabor, Howard W. King, Rev. Mowry Phillips. 1862. John G. Richardson, Rev. Mowry Phillips, Samuel O. Tabor, Thomas L. Angell. 1863.
Rev. Stewart Sheldon, Rev. Theodore Cook, Rev. Mowry Phillips, Thomas L. Angell.
1864.
Lysander Flagg, Augustus M. Aldrich, Marshall I. Mowry, . Rev. Richard Woodworth.
1865.
Rev. George H. Miner, Horace D. Paine, George A. Kent, Rev. Richard Woodworth.
1866.
Rev. George H. Miner, Horace D. Paine, George A. Kent, Rev. Richard Woodworth.
1867.
Edwin A. Buck, Rev. R. Woodworth, George A. Kent, Rev. George W. Gill, Rev. Jas. E. Dockray, Ansel D. Nickerson. 1868.
Rev. Jas. E. Dockray, George A. Kent, Marshall I. Mowry, Ansel D. Nickerson, Rev. Robert Murray, Jr.,
1869.
Rev. R. Murray, Jr., George A. Kent, Ansel D. Nickerson,
Webster Hazlewood, Marshall I. Mowry, Samuel O. Tabor, Rev. Charles E. Handy. 1870. Rev. R. Murray, Jr., Rev. M. W. Burlingame,
George A. Kent, Lysander Flagg, Marshall I. Mowry, Samuel O. Tabor.
207
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
At a town meeting, held August 25th, 1840, it was voted: That there shall be annually, hereafter, appointed a committee of three persons to examine those who may apply to be employed as teachers in this town, and if, in the opinion of one or more of said committee, such person is qualified as teacher, such member or members of said committee shall give such person a certificate to that effect; and that no person shall be entitled to receive any of the school money of this town who shall not have received such a certificate of qualification within six months previous to the time of such service as teacher; and, further, that the committee aforesaid be authorized and required to recommend such school books as they think most suitable to be used throughout the town; also, to visit the schools and make such sugges- tions for improvement as they may think proper.
EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
1840.
Amos D. Lockwood, Nicholas S. Winsor,
Samuel S. Mallory.
In November, however, the number of said committee was ordered to be five.
James T. Harkness was chosen in place of Mr. Lockwood, who de- clined, and Thomas D. Holmes and David W. Aldrich were added.
1841.
Timothy A. Taylor. Nicholas S. Winsor,
Samuel S. Mallory, Thomas D. Holmes, David W. Aldrich.
1842.
Timothy A. Taylor, Nicholas S. Winsor, Thomas D. Holmes,
Jenckes Mowry.
1843.
Samuel S. Mallory, Metcalf Marsh, James T. Harkness,
John B. Tallman,
Jonathan Inman, Bailey E. Borden.
1844.
Timothy A. Taylor, Thomas D. Holmes,
Nicholas S. Winsor, Charles E. Taylor.
Simon A Sayles.
Gideon Bradford, Samuel S. Mallory,
1845. James T. Harkness, William Winsor.
Orin Wright,
Asa W. Ballou, Jenckes Mowry, Boham P. Byrom,
George L. Barnes,
APPENDIX E.
LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA BELONGING TO SMITHFIELD.
1775 to 1789.
1775.
Elisha Mowry.
Lieut .- Colonel, 2d Regiment.
Andrew Waterman Captain.
Luke Arnold
66
Peleg Arnold
Joseph Jenckes
66
Sylvanus Bucklin Lieutenant.
1776. Andrew Waterman . Captain. Elisha Mowry, Jr Lieut .- Colonel, 2d Regiment. Thomas Jenckes Captain. David Eddy. 66
Nehemiah Smith
Lieutenant.
Samuel Day.
66
Ebenezer Trask.
James Smith.
John Sayles, Jr Colonel.
1777.
Elisha Mowry, declined
Lieut .- Colonel, 2d Regiment.
1778.
John Angell.
66
Samuel Day.
. Captain.
Ebenezer Trask.
66
Joseph Sprague. 66
1779.
John Angell .
Lieut .- Colonel, 2d Regiment.
Eber Angell.
Captain.
Ebenezer Trask. .
66
Daniel Mowry 4th.
66
Robert Bennett
Lieutenant.
Simeon Ballou.
66
Benjamin Sheldon
66
1780.
John Angell.
Lieut .- Colonel, 2d Regiment.
William Aldrich
. Major, 2d Regiment.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD. 209
Eber Angell. Captain. Ebenezer Trask. . 66
Daniel Mowry, 4th.
Robert Bennett.
Lieutenant.
Simeon Ballou.
Benjamin Sheldon
1781. Peleg Arnold Lieut .- Colonel, Commandant 2d Battalion.
Job Mowry. Captain.
Benjamin Ballou. 66
Ebenezer Trask 66
Daniel Mowry 4th
Daniel Mowry 4th
Major, 2d Regiment.
1784. Job Mowry.
Captain.
Ebenezer Trask.
66
George Streeter.
Joel Aldrich. Lieutenant.
1785. Joel Aldrich . Major, 2d Regiment. . William Aldrich. Major, Senior Chaplain Regiment.
1786. Joel Aldrich . Major, 2d Regiment.
1789. William Aldrich Major, 2d Regiment.
LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM SMITHFIELD, DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
FIRST REGIMENT DETACHED MILITIA.
Thomas Steere, 1st Lieut.,
Henry C. Clark,
Daniel Sayles,
J. N. Woodward,
James Watson, Job Arnold, Nicholas B. Young, George L. Keach,
Nelson Ballou, 27
Alexander F. Taylor, William H. H. Cowden, Albert E. Sholes, William L. Eason,
G. M. Salisbury, Edward W. Greene,
Thomas Young, Benjamin O. Arnold, Samuel Cash,
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
John E. Cowden, Thomas Earle,
George Macomber,
Roderick Whipple, Henry L. Cook,
Olney Marsh, John H. Steere,
Ferdinand L. Watson,
George D. Morris,
Albert H. Abbott,
Arlon J. Follett,
Zavier D. Fisher, Hiram E. Taft.
SECOND REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
Sullivan Ballou, Major, Charles E. Perkins, Captain,
Elisha Arnold, 1st Lieut., Stephen West, Jr., 1st Lieut. Henry C. Cook, 2d Lieut,
Abraham Taylor, Alney E. Nutting,
George T. Remington,
Henry Taft, Leonard A. Clark,
Silas T. Watson,
Stephen West, Jr., George E. Potter,
Christopher A. Corey,
James Cromley,
Edward O'Neal, James F. Loomis,
Simeon Dean,
James Martin, Albert A. Mowry, John J. Malone,
William H. Frazier,
George W. Fuller,
William Farrell,
William W. Mowry,
Bernard McGarhen,
Charles A. Godfrey, John C. Hall,
Joseph A. Phillips, William H. Reed, James F. Steere,
Nathaniel G. Horton,
Robert L. Johnstone, John Kelly, Thomas McAlpin, John Newell,
Charles W. Weeks, William H. Angell, Jencks Bartlett,
James Newell,
Charles E. Perkins,
Patrick Island,
Israel Smith,
Marvin Smith, James Fagan, Almon Harris, Albert E. Maker,
Giles C. Avery, William Arnold, James E. Boyce, Hiram Bucklin, Joseph C. Burnes,
Daniel G. Carpenter,
Jenckes Patt,
J. P. Crandall,
David Cash,
George A. Earle, James A. Gardiner, Horace F. Allen,
Henry C. Mowry, Barney J. Dodge, Joseph N. Mason, John S. Sanborn,
Thomas O'Niell, John F. O'Niell,
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
Edwin F. Steere, Serg't,
Lewis L. Sayles,
Silas G. Ballou, William Hopkins,
John H. Phillips, George W. Harvey, John Pasnett, William Lomas, George W. Olney,
George A. Pearce, Michael Riley,
Albert W. White,
William G. Reynolds,
Preserved Angell, Alfred I. Curtis,
Robert Robertson, Jr.,
Elisha Arnold,
James R. Pierce, William Thomas,
Stephen Phetteplace,
Bradford Chamberlain,
John Chatman,
Charles H. Hawkins,
James K. King, William C. Parker,
George B. Hutchinson, Lewis E. Angell,
Charles E. Dunham,
James H. Brophy,
Robert A. McCartney,
Patrick Carroll,
Simeon I. Staples,
Joseph L. Haswell,
George W. Kidder,
Wilson Aldrich,
THIRD REGIMENT R. I. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Isaac Bishop,
Samuel Kirk,
Samuel Hyndam,
Arthur J. McAllen,
Irwin F. Mann, Edwin Soule,
George F. Paine,
Moses A. Paine,
William H. Bateman, John Baird,
Hiram R. Parker, John C. Pitts,
Charles A. Baker,
Charles R. Richardson,
Horatio N. Moon,
Edward P. Maguie,
Albert L. Ruby, Edward Ryan,
Charles W. Nichols, Thomas Phelan, Hiram Phetteplace, John Shuce, Barton W. Saunders,
Uriah Salley, Lewis C. Sanborn,
Charles H. Smith,
Erastus D. Whitcomb, Olney Marsh, John O'Connor,
Henry S. Jennison,
Daniel L. Arnold,
Stephen H. Sanborn, Levi Simmons, Henry E. Williams, Jashub Wing, William H. H. Mowry, Alonzo M. Fuller, Stephen Rider,
James W. Potter.
Albert F. Smith,
Thomas Lewis,
Stephen West, Jr.,
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
Silas H. Appleby,
Samuel Carson,
Alfred B. Brown,
George L. Burlingame, John H. Bailey,
Nelson M. Buffum, William Davis, Edward Black, John H. Hodges,
Daniel J. Stone, Edward Eddy, Benjamin Chace,
Alonzo N. Fuller,
Edwin Salley,
Michael Glancy,
Sidney A. Fuller, James B. Fuller, Oscar F. Gifford,
John Higgins, James B. Hobron,
Roger Hale,
James D. Havens,
Daniel B. Hill,
Albert Langley, John McNally,
Abijah B. Havens, William W. Hodges, Edwin Joslin, Henry C. Reynolds,
William McAllen,
George H. Smith,
David Sanderson, Christopher K. Wilbor,
Benjamin L. Sayles, John O'Brien. Edwin Mowry, Arnold O. Messler,
Cornelius O'Sullivan, James B. Hobson, James O'Donnell, Michael Cavanaugh,
Thomas Finley, James Campbell,
Martin G. Thornton, Andrew J. Alexander,
John C. Oakley,
Henry J. Morris,
Elisha Mowry,
Daniel S. Olney,
Tristram S. Dow,
Edward Black,
Irwin F. Mann. John Bierd,
FOURTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
Erastus E. Lapham, Captain,
Charles H. Green, Captain, Geo. F. Crowingshield, 1st Lieut. John E. Moies, 1st Lieut. Charles H. Johnston, 1st Lieut. Edwin M. Smith, Jacob Butterfield, Henry W. Bullman, Decatur M. Boyden, Silas W. Cummings, Cornelius Costigan, Peter Curran, George L. Carter, James Craig, William H. Carter, William Sayer, James Gamley, James McCann, Albert Burlingame, Stephen Booth, Moses Clemence, Warren J. Cutting, Isaac Charles, Jr., James Davis,
James T. Warner,
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
Albert G. Hopkins, Jeremiah Lan,
Martin Quigley,
William H. Staples, Albert H. Staples, Ephraim M. Staples, John Shay,
Albert L. Steere,
Herbert N. Sweet,
Jolın M. Parker,
Peter Stevens,
George Clarence,
Joseph Kelley,
Walter B. Peck,
Robert Kennedy,
Solomon Butterfield,
Henry M. Potter,
Henry Butterfield,
John Reynolds,
Edwin M. Smith,
Edwin Street,
Martin Sullivan,
John B. H. Eaglestone,
Edwin Tyler,
Charles H. Fuller,
George Wild,
William Farrell,
George Smith,
Samuel W. Farnum,
Henry Wardell,
Samuel H. Gorton,
James Welch,
George B. Hill,
Fenner Latham,
Joseph B. Moore,
John Beaumont,
Nelson T. Newman,
Emor H. Bartlett,
Charles A. Newell,
William H. Nichols,
David Phetteplace,
George Bassett, Albert E. Sholes,
Edwin M. Smith,
John A. Crowningshield,
Charles H. Briggs, Sr.,
Charles H. Briggs, Jr.,
Nathan Collins,
FIFTH REGIMENT R. I. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
John Aigan, Captain, Dennis G. Ballou, Jerry Sullivan, Timothy Prior, Ebenezer Balcolm,
Richard Arnold, James Flynn, Charles Farrington,
Frank Fox,
Thomas Cooney,
Thomas Forbes,
Wilson D. Barnes, Richard A. Brown, Corporal.
Thomas Clancy, Michael O. Day, John Flood, John N. Graves,
James Grinrod,
Sylvester Griffin,
Timothy Gracy,
James Hennaver, John Hunt, Andrew Kennedy,
Patrick Kennedy,
Jabez Butterfield,
John R. Case,
John Barrington, John E. Moies, Serg't.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD.
SEVENTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
John Sullivan, 2d Lieut.
John S. Belcher, 2d Lieut.
Joseph Coyle,
Stephen C. Jillson,
Peter Lamby,
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