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Bennett, Henry L., enlisted at Royalston, Mass., in 1864.
Davis, David II., aged IS. Enlisted from Dummerston, in the Sth Reg., Co. D, Jan. 2, 1864. Mustered out June 28, I 865.
Gould, Lyman W., son of the late Dea. Lyman Gould. of Newfane, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, as a private soldier. at East Boston, Mass., and was immediately detailed on recruiting service in the city of Boston, by Gov. Andrew. Aug. 20, 1862, was commissioned 2d Lieut. in the 4Ist Mass. Infantry, and Captain in the same regiment Sept. 15, 1862 ; was transferred June 17, 1863, to 3d Mass. Cavalry, with same rank, and mustered out of service, on resignation, by reason of disability, Oct. 19. 1863. The Forty-first. under Col. T. E. Chickering, was attached to Gen. Banks' Louisiana Expedition, arriving at New Or- leans Dec. 17, 1862, and proceeding with Gen. Grover's command to recapture Baton Rouge. Captain Gould re- mained at the latter place during the winter, on detached service, serving on Board of Court Martial, and as Assis- tant Provost Marshal. In the spring of 1863 he partici- pated in the Bayou Teche campaign until the arrival of the army at Opelousas, when he was ordered by Gen. Banks to take command of a force, proceed outside the lines, and secure the products of the country. He suc- ceeded in capturing, and turned over to the Government, a large amount of property, including five hundred bales of cotton. While engaged in this duty he received a severe wound in the left side, from which he suffered intensely while being brought back through the country to headquar- ters. Joining his regiment, June 4, 1863, in front of Port Hudson, he was assigned to the command of the outpost cavalry pickets, a line some five miles long. which position he held until the surrender of the place, July 6. On arriving at Boston, after resigning, he was offered a commission as Lieut. Col., with the promise of the command of a regi- ment as soon as he should be able to assume it, but was unwilling to draw pay for services not rendered. Besides numerous skirmishes Capt. Gould was engaged in the following battles : Comek River, Baton Rouge. Franklin. Irish Bend and Port Hudson.
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Higgins, Samuel B., aged 26. Enlisted May 9, 1861, in the first Wisconsin Reg. Re-enlisted Oct. 21. 1862, for three years, as first-class musician in the band of the 16th, U. S. regular infantry, and served under Rosecrans. Thomas, Grant and Sherman.
Higgins, Ira S., aged 26. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861, in the band of the 4th Vt. Discharged June 23, 1862.
Ingram, Ira O., enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin, Oct. 17, 1861, in Co. K, First Wisconsin Cavalry. In 1862-63. with his regiment, he was engaged in fighting guerrillas in Missouri and Arkansas. While in this dangerous and exciting service he came in contact with the enemy in numerous skirmishes and minor engagements. and had many narrow escapes. Was often in command of foraging and other expeditions. Was taken prisoner at Languille Ferry, Arkansas. Aug. 3. 1862. Was mustered out of service at Milwaukee, Wis .. May 12. 1864.
Johnson, Henry C .. enlisted for the defence of the national capital, at the time of Gen. Early's raid in the Shenandoah Valley, in 1864. but the 6th corps arriving the same day, his brigade was immediately discharged.
Kenney, John C., enlisted in the toIst. Illinois Reg., at Joliet, Aug. 12. 1862. Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21. 1863.
Newton, John, enlisted at Lancaster, Ohio, in the 18th U. S. regular infantry, and served in all the engagements of the 14th army corps, until detailed to act as clerk at the division headquarters.
Newton. John, son of Sir Isaac Newton. Enlisted in the 2d Wisconsin Reg., at Stevens Point. Jan. 4. 1864. Dis- charged at Mobile, Ala .. Oct. 9. 1865.
Newman. John L .. aged 21. Enlisted from Brattleboro. Aug. 28, 1862. in Co. B. 16th Reg. Promoted Corp. Feb. 14. 1863.
Pratt, Myron, son of R. P. Pratt, formerly of Newfane, enlisted as a private soldier at Monson. Mass .. September 7. 1861, in Co. E, First Mass. Cavalry. He received a commission as Ist Lieut. in December, 1861. and as Captain of Co. G. same regiment. in July, 1862. Accom- panying the regiment to Beaufort. S. C., he served for a while in the capacity of Quartermaster, and was engaged
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in the battle of James Island, at which place he narrowly escaped by swimming the river. Ordered to the Army of the Potomac, he participated in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and the numerons skirmishes incident to the cavalry branch of the service in the pursuit of a retreating enemy. In October, 1862, he was detailed, with his company, to act as Maj. Gen. Porter's escort.
He was killed Nov. 3, 1862, in a skirmish at Snicker's Gap, Va., by a bullet from a rebel sharpshooter. which struck him a little below the heart, and came out at the shoulder blade. In letters to his widow one of the members of his company wrote of him :
" Capt. Pratt was the first man to lead us. He came to the front and said, 'Follow me, boys, I will lead you.' He was a good and brave officer, and much loved by all who knew him. His memory will be long cherished by the boys of Co. G. He was their pride. He was ever ready to do any duty which might devolve upon him, and he never was sick when there was any dangerous duty to perform. He died respected and regretted by all of the officers in his command."
Ray, Samuel B., aged 22. Enlisted at Jamaica, in Co. 1, 4th Vt. Aug. 14, 186t. Mortally wounded in the lungs and one thigh, in Burnside's disastrous assault upon the heights of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
In his dying hour, after speech was gone, he placed his money in his Chaplain's hands, and when the good man asked, " Shall I send this to your mother ?" he nodded yes, but who she was or where she lived he could not tell. The mother was searched out, and the dying soldier's request fulfilled.
Sibley, Isaac H., enlisted from Dummerston, Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. E, 11th Vermont Reg. Promoted Corp. June 8, 1864. Fought at Coal Harbor, Spottsylvania, Winchester. and in numerous other engagements, was wounded in the arm and face at Winchester. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Ward, John S., enlisted in the 3d Minnesota regiment, in the summer of 1861. Taken prisoner with his regiment near Murfeesboro, Tenn., in the spring of 1862. The regi- ment were paroled and ordered against the Sioux Indians.
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He was sick and discharged 'at 'Fort Snelling, in August, 1862. Re-enlisted at the age of 24, Jan. 30, 1865. in the 7th Vt., Co. G. and was stationed on the Rio Grande, Texas. His health again failing, he was discharged in August.
In IS66 he completed his law studies with the Hon. B. F. Rice. of Little Rock, Ark .. and was admitted to practice, but his health was so thoroughly impaired that he was com- pelled to return home, where he died, Feb. 25, 1871.
Worden, James C., of New York, a son of the late Asa Worden, was in the service a while as a member of Co. E. 71st N. Y. Reg.
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SENATOR TWITCHELL AND THE SONS OF NEWFANE MURDERED IN LOUISIANA, 1874.
Among those who enlisted upon the breaking out of the war of 1861, was a Townshend boy who entered the 4th . regiment. At its close he held a Captain's commission and a position on Gen. Sheridan's staff. That man, to-day, is known as Senator Twitchell, of the State Senate of Louisi- ana. Upon the close of the war he decided to make the South his home and married the daughter of an ex-rebel planter. Establishing himself at Coushatta, on Red river, in the district known as Red River Parish, he applied himself to business with all his Yankee energy, and soon amassed wealth and political power, for he was the freed- man's friend. In 1870 his brother Homer. mother, and three sisters. with their husbands, M. C. Willis, C. Hol- land, and Geo. King, all of Newfane, removed to Coushatta and established themselves in business under his direction. They remained undisturbed until the political canvass began. in August, 1874, when the old rebel element deter- mined to establish its political supremacy, and drive all the leading republicans from the Parish. Twitchell, Willis and Holland being office-holders were marked men. Capt. Twitchell at the time, fortunately, was in New Orleans. On the evening of Aug. 27 there was a large, noisy and threatening crowd upon the street. When young Twitchell inquired for the cause of this disturbance, he was told that a rising of the blacks was feared, but if he and the repub- lican leaders would surrender themselves it would prevent a massacre of the negroes and allay all political irritation. Upon consideration they accepted the proposition, and sur- rendered themselves and their arms, when they were further told that if they would leave the country their lives should be protected and they should be guaranteed a safe escort to Shreveport.
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They accepted the conditions of life, and on the night of the 30th, under a guard of thirty mounted men, who prom- ised them a safe escort. they started upon their last earthly march. After a ride of thirty miles, a second body of armed men came dashing upon them from another quarter, and the guard, with a treachery unequalled even by Indian perfidy, abandoned their victims to be shot down like dogs. But in the hour of their extremity, their courage, their honor. did not fail them. Holland, being supervisor of registration, they desired to retain for a while and told him to flee for his life, but he, believing that they simply intended to shoot him in the back, with the coolness of a veteran answered. "No, you have murdered my friends. now take me." then walking to the spot where he had seen Willis shot, he calmly opened his coat, folded his arms upon his breast and gave the order to fire, exhibiting a spirit that touched even the hearts of some of his murderers. Thus perished two of the sons of Newfane in her centen- nial year; one a soldier who had faced the foe at Gettys- burg, the other a martyr, who gave the order for his own execution. The story of their captors is. that young Twitchell, being mounted upon the fleetest horse of the party, was only brought down after a wild ride of miles for life. And as a fitting close to this dark and awful tragedy, their friends were denied the boon even of their mutilated bodies, until after decomposition had removed all traces of abuse. Nay. not until Capt. Twitchell obtained a military order for a company of cavalry, could he remove them and bury them like men. Homer Twitchell was 26. Clark Holland 24, and Monroe C. Willis 28 years of age.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1774-1876.
MODERATORS OF ANNUAL MARCH MEETING.
Allen, Ebenezer, 1799, 1800. Bartlett, William, 1804, '16, '18, '19, '21, '24.
Bowker, S. W., 1869.
Boyden, Hezekiah, 1775, '79, '80. Burdit(, F. O., 1865.
Dunklee, Richmond, 1838, '40, '43, '45, '48, '49, '53, '58, '62.
Eager, Walter, 1831.
Elmer, Elijah, 1809.
Field, Martin, 1811, '12, '17.
Fisher, George, 1842, '47, '50, '51, '52.
Fletcher, Ebenezer, 1774.
Houghton, Nahum, 1836.
Jones, Anthony, 1837.
Kenney, John, 1815.
Kimball, Pardon T., 1832.
Knowlton, Luke, 1777, '89, '90, '94, '96, '98, 1801, '02, '03, '05. Merriek, Ebenezer, 1781, '82.
Merrifield, J. A., 1860.
Morse, Austin J., 1867, '71, '74. Morse, Ebenezer, 1822.
Morse, Geo. A., 1844. Morse, Dr. John, 1785, '95, '97. Newton, Marshall, 1854, '55, '59. '61, '63.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 1833.
Ormsbee, Benj., 1839, '41, '46.
Osgood, Christopher, 1776, '78.
Osgood, Willard E., 1856, '57. Ransom, Ezekiel, 1791-93.
Sanborn, David W., 1827. Sherman, O. L., 1864, '66, '64. '70, '73, '73, '75. '76. Sherwin, Silvanus, 1806, '07. '08. '10, '13, '14, '26, '28, '30, '34. Tainter, Benjamin, 1786. Ward, William, 1783, '84, '87, 188. Williams, Wm. H., 1820, '23, '25, '29, '35.
SELECTMEN.
Allen, Amos, 1800, '01. Allen, Ebenezer, 1790-92, '94 -99. Arnold, George, 1845-49, '55 -58. Bartlett, William, 1809, '10, '13, '14, '15.
Bowker, S. W., 1872.
Boyden, Hezekiah, 1799.
Boynton, William, 1850.
Bruce, Artemas, 1832, '33, '50.
Bruce, Wm. T., 1876. Burditt, F. O., 1868-74.
Cook, Jonas, 1792, '93, 1809, '10. Cook, Park F., 1860.
Davis, Joshua, 1790, '91, '94-99.
Dickinson, Dana D., 1865, '66. 175, '76. Dunklee, Emory, 1859. Dunklee, Richmond, 1855. Durrin, Ethan, 1778.
Eager, Nahum, 1839-42. Eager, Walter, 1824, '25, '30 '31. '35, '36, '37, '38. Eager, Ward, 1777, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '88.
Eddy, Isaac, 1835.
Eddy, Jonathan, 1861, '62, '74, '75. Elmer, Elijah, 1801, '02, '03. '07 '08. Evans, Charles, 1781.
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Field, Martin, 1804, '11, '17, '18. Fisher, Daniel, Jr., 1807, '08, '11, '19, '15. Fisher, George, 1839-44, '51-56, '59, 64-66. Franklin, Alvin B., 1866, '67. Gates, Silas, 1793.
Hall, Samuel, 1843, '44.
Hitchcock, David, 1777.
Ilolden, Josiah, 1790
Holland, Ephraim, 1789.
Holland, James, 1836-38.
Holland, Lot, 1818.
Holland, Paul, 1805, '06, 25.
Houghton, Nahum, 1847, '48.
Howe, Gardner L., 1860, '61.
Kenney, John, 1813, '14, '15, '20, '21.
Kenney, Moses, 1775, 76, '78, '79, 80, 81.
Kenney, Silas, 1824, '27.
Keyes, Ashley, 1816, '17.
Kimball, Pardon T .. 1830, 31, 52, '53.
Knowlton, Calvin, 1793. Knowlton, Luke, 1779, 82, 84, 85, '86, '87. '88. Knowlton, Luke, Jr., 1812.
Knowlton, Nathan, 1809-15.
Lamb, James, 1800. Lincoln, O. L., 1863.
Merrick, Ebenezer, 1781.
Merrifield, David, 1816, '12, '18. '34.
Merrifield, Chas. C., 1846, '51. Miller, Horatio N., 1849.
Moore, Franklin, 1863, '63.
Morse, Amherst, 2d, 1819, 20.
Morse, Amherst, 1867.
Morse, Austin J., 1859-61.
Morse, Benj. E., 1854, '55, '70, '71. Morse, Joshua, 2d, 1819, 22, '23, '24, '26, 27, 28, 29. Morse, Oliver P., 1845.
Morse, Sabin P. , 1852, '53. Morse, Samuel, 1864 . Newman, John, 1843, '44.
Newton, Marshall, 1800, '01.
Newton, Marshall, 1854.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 1832-34.
Osgood, Christopher, 1774, '78. Park, Ephraim, 1818, '19.
Park, Jonathan, 1776, 'S1, '91, '92, '94-99. Plimpton, Holland, 1870-12. Pomeroy, Chester, 1802-04, '20, '21, '26-29.
Redway, J. D., 1864, '65.
Rice, Hazleton, 1875, 76.
Rice, Ilenry, 1857, 58. Robinson, Aaron C., 1821-23, '28-30, '35, '36, '51. Robinson, Hollis T., 1857, '58.
Robinson, Samuel, 1175, '80. 81. Rutter, Philip, 1775, '85-80. Saben, Moses, 1831, 32, 37, '38. Sherman, William, 1845, '46. Sherwin, Silvanus, 1802, 03, 04, '22, 23.
Smith, Edward, 1774. Sparks, Chas. E., 1868, '69, '73. *74.
Stedman, Nathaniel, 1180.
Stevens, Israel, 1805, 4.6.
Stratton, D. O., 1850, 62, 63.
Taylor, Daniel, 1783, 1805, '06. Tuthill, W. J., 1823.
Ward, Calvin. 1847-49.
Ward, William, 1782, 83, 84. '87
Wheeler, E. P., 1867-69.
Wheeler. George, 1839-42.
Wheeler, John, 1774, 76, 77. Wilder, John. 1825.
Willard, Samuel, 1789.
Williams, George, 2d, 1833, 34. Williams, Wm. H., 1807, '08, '18, '26.
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TOWN TREASURERS.
Allen, Ebenezer, 1803-05.
Bruce, Artemas, 1840-59.
Burditt, F. O., 1865-77.
Eager, Ward, 1787-1802.
Evans, Charles, 1783.
Field, Martin, 1819-25.
Knowlton, Luke, 1774-82, 1784 -86.
Kenney, John, 1818. Knowlton, Luke, Jr., 1806. Newton, Marshall, 1863, '64.
Park, Nathan F., 1839.
Sherwin, Silvanus, 1807-17, 1826, -38.
Warren, Otis, 1860-62.
LISTERS.
Allen, Amos, 1792, '98. Allen, Newman, 1834, '35.
Bailey, Zina G., 1861, '62, '65, '76.
Baker, Haynes E., 1848, '49. Bartlett, William, 1791, '97, 1805.
Bowker, S. W., 1850, '51, '52, '53, '55, '70.
Boyden, Hezekiah, 1782, '85.
Brooks, Ephraim, 1800, '07.
Brooks, John, 1813.
Brown, Alexander, 1813.
Brown, Luke, 1796.
Brown, Samuel, 1834, '35.
Bruce, Artemas, 1822, '28.
Butterfield, Zatter, 1807.
Chamberlain, Nathaniel, 1801. Chamberlain, Thaddeus, 1803, '06.
Chamberlain, Thaddeus, Jr., 1811.
Chamberlain, Win., 1804.
Cook, Jonas, 1803.
Cook, Nathan, 1808.
Cook, Park F., 1845-48.
Cook, Thomas, 1808.
Cowing, Henry, 1865.
Cushing, Warren, 1814.
Cushing, Warren, Jr., 1843, '44. Cutler, David, 1816. Davis, Joshua, 1782, '86, 1802.
Dexter, Joseph W., 1857. Dickinson, D. A., 1860, '61.
Dunkice, Richmond, 1843, '44, '49, '59.
Durrin, Ethan, 1788, 1810. Eager, Benj., 1817. Eager, Walter, 1819, '27, '29, '41, '42. Eager, Ward, 1775, '77, '79, '81, '91, 1805.
Eastman, James, 1831. Ellis, Joseph, 1799, 1806, '13, '33, '34, '35.
Evans, Charles, 1780, '83.
Field, Martin, 1803, '10, '19.
Fisher, Daniel, 1790, 1810.
Fisher, Daniel, Jr., 1812, '15.
Franklin, O. E., 1870, '71, '73, "74.
Fuller, Benjamin, 1777, '83. Fullerton, Edward, 1793. Gates, Silas, 1792, '95, 1804, '11. Grout. John, Jr., 1818, '22.
Hall, Jonathan, 1794, 1810.
Hall, Jonathan, Jr., 1818.
Hall, Samuel, 1840, '41.
Hall, Silas, 1806.
Higgins, Nathaniel, 1836, "38, '39, '40, '41, '45, '46, '54.
Holbrook, Dexter, 1831. Holbrook, John, 1786.
Holden, Josiah, 1788. Holland, Ephraim, 1802.
Holland, Jonah, 1793, '98.
Holland, Joseph, Jr., 1813. Holland, Lot, 1814, '19, '20.
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Holland, Paul, 1799.
Houghton, Nahum, 1817, 28.
Hunt, William, 1815.
Ingram, Ira, 1837.
Ingram, Mason, 1858. Jackson, Nathaniel HI., 1812. Kenney, John, 1809.
Kenney, Moses, 1783, '87.
Kenney, Silas, 1816, '20, '21, '26.
Keyes, Ashley, 1796, 1812.
Kimball, Asahel, 1791, 1808.
Kimball, Nelson W., 1859.
Kimball, Pardon T., 1825, '32, $37.
Knowlton, Calvin, 1789.
Knowlton, Ezekiel, 1795.
Knowlton, Luke, 1774, '76, '78, '79, '80, '81.
Knowlton, Luke, Jr., 1801.
Knowlton, Nathan, 1806.
Lamb, Chas. P., 1856, 57, '73. '74.
Lamb, James, 1799, 1806. Lamb, Silas, 1815, '23.
Lothrop, Thomas, 1812.
Lyman, James, 1875.
Merrifield, Chas. C., 1842-44.
Merrifield, David, 1820, '21, '24, '30, '32.
Merrifield, John 11., 1874-76.
Moore, Franklin, 1865, '68. Moore, John M., 1875.
Morse, Amherst, 2d, 1814, '23, '26. Morse, Austin J., 1849-56, '68. 72.
Morse, Benj. E., 1872.
Morse, Jason, 1804.
Morse, Dr. John, 1775, '85, '98.
Morse, Jonathan, 1819.
Morse, Joshua, 2d, 1808, 221. Morse, Lawson B., 1839. Morse, Nelson, 1872.
Morse, Oliver P., 1858-60. Morse, Samuel, 1854, '68. Newman, John, 1836, '42.
Newton, Marshall, 1789, '97, 1810. Newton, Marshall, 1847, '50, '51, '52, '53, '55, '60. Newton, Sir Isaac, 1831, '36, 38, *39, '40.
Olds, Chester, 1828.
Osgood, Christopher, 1774, 76, '78.
Park, Ephraim, 1809, '17, '25. Park, Jonathan, 1784, '87, '88. Park. Nathan, F., 1816, '30.
Pomeroy, Chester, 1794, 1800, '09, '15.
Pomeroy, P. Ashley, 1805, '11.
Pratt, R. M., 1869, '71.
Rand, Richard, 1785.
Ransom Ezekiel, 1790.
Rawson, Paris, 1869.
Redway, J. D., 1862, '63.
Reed, Thomas 1811, '19, '22.
Rice, Hazleton, 1871.
Rice, Moses, 1813, 23, '26.
Robbins, Thurston, 1817, '29, *33. Robinson, Aaron C., 1824, '27, '32, '47. Robinson, Hezekiah, 1814. Robinson, John 11., 1812. Robinson, Jonathan, 1787.
Rutter, Philip, 1784.
Rutter, Stephen, 1815.
Saben, Daniel S., 1863, '64.
Saben, Moses, 1818, '33. Sanborn, David W., 1818. Sherwin, Silvanus, 1797, 1824, '27. Smith, Edward, 1782. Sparks, Chas. E., 1863, '64, '66, '67. Stedman, William, 1818. Stedman, Win. A., 1856, 57, '58, '64, '66, '67. Stevens, Israel, 1792, '94, 1802. Stevens, Jacob, Jr., 1796. Stone, Nathan, 1786, 1811, '16.
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Stratton, Daniel, 1809.
Wheeler, John, 1781.
Stratton. D. O., 1866, '67.
Wheeler, Thomas. 1793, 1807.
Wheelock, Henry, 1837. '88.
Tainter, Benjamin, 1784.
Whitcomb, Jonathan, 1795.
Taylor, Arad, 1825.
Wilder, John, 1807, '16.
Taylor, Daniel, Jr., 1800, '08.
Taylor, Simon, 1814.
Timson, Clark, 1876.
Williams, John W., 1848.
Tuthill, W. T. 1869, '70.
Williams, Wm. H .. 1801, '09, '17.
Warren, Albert T., 1876.
Williams, Wm. L., 1845, '46.
Wheeler, Darius, 1790.
Wiswell, Ebenezer, 1861, '62.
FIRST CONSTABLES.
Bowker, S. W., 1860, '65, '66, '67, '69.
Brooks, John, 1816.
Brown, Luke, 1799.
Bruce, Artemas, 1776.
Bruce, Artemas, Jr., 1777, '78, '87, '88.
Butterfield, Zatter, 1803, '10.
Carter, Chas. S., 1861.
Chamberlain, Thaddeus, Jr., 1806-08.
Davis, Joshma, 1783.
Durrin, Ethan, 1779, '84, '85.
Farrar, Phineas, 1774.
Morse, Lawson B., 1843, '44.
Fisher, Simon, 1817.
Fuller, Benj., 1775.
Grout, John, Jr., 1821.
Hall, Silas, 1809.
Holbrook, Dexter, 1827.
Pratt, R. M., 1862-64.
Holden, Josiah, 1786.
Stedman, Wm. A., 1855-59.
Taylor, Denzil, 1818.
Townsley, Calvin, 1822.
Jones, Anthony, 1819, '24, '25.
Knowlton, Silas, 1791.
Lamb, Charles, 1812.
Lamb, Charles P., 1842, '70, '71, .בלי
Merrifield, Aaron, Jr., 1792, '93.
Merrifield, David, 1813, '14. Merrifield, Ichabod, 1790. Merrifield, J. A., 1833, '34, '35, '49, '50, '52.
Morse, Austin J., 1853, '68, '73.
Morse, Benj. E., 1851, '54. Morse, Ebenezer, 2d, 1804, '03, '11, '15.
Morse, George A., 1828.
Morse, Dr. John, 1781, '94-98, 1801, '02.
Morse, Jonathan, 1819, '26.
Morse, Joshua, 1780, 1800.
Newman, John, 1836, '37, '38, '40. Newton, Marshall, 1839, '41, '45, '46, '47, '48.
Holland, Paul, 1789.
Hoyt, Henry H., 1874-76.
Willard, Josiah, 1823.
Williams, George, 2d, 1831, '32.
Williams, Wm. H., 1830.
Wood, Solomon, 1782. Wood, Warren, 1829.
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Taft, Josiah, 1807.
Willard, Samuel, 1789. Williams, George, 2d, 1829.
Wheeler, George, 1830.
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GRAND LIST OF NEWFANE, 1874.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. I.
Adams, M. W .. $20 23
Haskins, Luther, $ 2 00
Alls. Horace,
4 46
Lord, L. W., 2 00
Brown. Alvin.
8 67
Moore, Asahiel. 9 Sz
Brown, Levi.
4 65
Moore. Henry W.,
3 14
Brown, Clark L .. 2 00
Moore, Lucius.
75
Bruce, Emory F., 2 00
Mundell, Mary, 4 86
Cannon, Franklin,
2 00
Staples. R. S .. 3 65
Cannon, Chloe J.,
2 03
Warner, F. R., 3 65
Cheney. Jeduthan.
16 37
Whitaker, Joseph, 2 SI
Coan, Charles D ..
3 83
Whitaker. Walter A., 2 SI
Davis, Joseph.
2 43
Whitaker, Wm. R .. 6 05
Elmore, Emily.
3 24
Whitaker, Henry J., 6 05
Fessenden, A. D .. 40
Worden. Asa., 1 62
Fuller. George A ..
3 42
Worden, George C., 2 00
Gould, Henry, 2 00
Worden. Isaac. 1 22
Harris, Madison, 1 22
Worden, J. J ..
5 36
Hastings, George L.,
3 75
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2.
Allen, Clara. $ 9 00 Chase, A. B. & Wife. $ S S9
Allen. Newman's Est ..
9 72
Chase. H. T .. 12 03
Barrett. Shubel.
20 00
Chase. W. N., 2 25
Bemis, Alanson.
I SI
Cook. Saralı, 6 59
Bemis Levi, 2 00 Converse, Caroline E .. 6 48
Birchard, Austin, So 92
Cowing, H. C .. 12 61
Blodgett. Eliot,
7 00
Croker, J. W .. 3 00
Bolles, Nelson,
S oS Cushing, Lucy C., 24 46
Bowles, Charles. 2 30
Downs, H. W .. 3 65
Boynton, William. 52 15
Eager. Chas. H., 30 96
Brigham, L. H., 6 24
Fairbanks, Alexander, 7 67
Bruce, William T.,
23 92
Fish. F. A., 13 34
Burditt. F. O.,
11 72
Fitts. Mary, 6 00
Burnham, Geo. W.,
6 So Fitts, Sophia, 2 50
251
Green, J. J., $20 02
Perkins, Jane, $ 9 58
Hayden, Loren, 8 10
Pettee, H. W., 3 22
Higgins, L. B. & M. H., 6 08
Pratt, Mary, 3 65
Redway, J. T. & A. F., 24 94
Redfield. Joel & Wife, 3 65
Rand, Chester,
2 38
Hopkins, Augustus,
2 00
Rawson, Paris, 17 39
Howe, M. O., 18 77
Rice, Henry, 29 88
Johnson, Annette, 3 24
Rice, Nelson W., 23 47
Johnson, Orison's Widow, 2 84
Robbins, David & Lucy, 4 86
Kidder, Asa, 16 94
Root, Sophronia, 5 27
Kimball, Mary, 53 46
Sherwin, George, 2 00
Knowlton, Miles,
29 67
Sherwin, Silvanus, 2 00
Knowlton, S. W.,
6 00
Small, J. W., 9 06
Leonard, F. W., 4 06
Stedman, Wm. A., Stone, C. P.,
4 30
Mason, Elbridge, 9 72
Stone, Lucinda W., 18 00
Merrifield, Hollis R.,
16 00
Tuthill, W. J., 31 75
Merrifield, Nathan, 31 70
Waite, S. M., 5 10
Miller, Clarissa, 2 23
Wakefield. Chandler, 15 39
Miller, Marshall's Est., 8 00
Walker, E. C., 12 38
Miller, Samuel P.,
16 31
Walker, Abby L., 3 00
Moore, Franklin,
19 82
Walker, Chas. S., 2 00
Morgan, Harriet, 2 84
Ward, Calvin,
15 38
Morse, Austin J., 39 45
Ware, O. T.,
26 05
Morse, Sabin P.,
21 85
Warren, A. T.,
19 23
Newton, Nancy,
IO 94
Whitney, S. F.,
9 26
Newton, Fanny W.,
10 00
Windham Co. Savings
Nichols, Chas. E.,
13 34
Bank, 14 32
Park, Elihu,
7 88
Willis, Harriet,
13 13
Park, Otis,
2 00
Winslow, L. I., 4 00
Park, Walter,
2 10
Winslow, Mary R., 4 86
Parsons, George W., 2 00
Witt, Willard, 4 45
Patch, Mirriam,
6 48
Woodward, Romanzo, 2 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3.
Amsden, S. L. $ 3 62 Brown, S. G., $ 3 83
Amsden, E. N., 2 00 Best, Chas. J., 2 00
Brown, G. C., 5 27 Coleman, Chas., 6 86
Higgins, Nathaniel and Wife, 68 76
Hildreth, Warren R., 2 00
Holland, Sophia K.,
II SO
Ranney, Mary A., 11 00
38 46
Lowe, Martin L., IO 29
252
Coleman, Mary. $ 4 86 Newell. H. F., $ 6 66
Fisher, Austin B ..
31 97
Phillips, Simon, II 38
Fisher, George,
50 00
Plimpton, Holland, 17 04
Fisher, Solon.
16 20
Powers, Silas D .. II 72
Gates. Alvin,
5 85
Sewall, L. B .. 3 42
Gates, William, 2 00
Sibley, Isaac T., II 72
Higgins. Stephen's Est .. 23 47
Sibley, William B., 7 67
Holland, Sarah. II 53
Stiles, Eugene C.,
15 37
Holland. Wm. H., 2 00
Stiles. Oren. 2 03
Holland, Charles. 2 00
White. Geo. B.,
17 00
Hudson, Lydia, 2 23
White. Joseph. 4 86
Johnson, G. B. & Wife, 34 40
Wilder. Lyman, 2 19
Kenney, Henry S .. 40 95
Wilson, S. S .. I S3
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5.
Allen, Welcome. $27 33 Lamb. Geo. W., $IO IO
Betterly. Geo. W., S 48
Lamson. L. B., 14 87
Betterly. Geo. C.,
61 Morse, Chas. W .. 22 25
Betterly, William C.,
1 22 Morse, F. B.,
15 15
Charter, G. H. K., 2 92
Morse, F. B. & A. T., 1 62
Dunklee, Emory, 25 53
Morse, Samuel. 27 30
Hall, Emory U.,
2 00 Pratt, R. M ..
1 42
Ingram, Elwin.
3 30 Sparks, Herbert C., 12 13
Ingram, J. M.,
3 00
Timson, Geo. W., 90
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6.
Aldrich, Aaron's Est., $ 7 70
Cooley, E. K .. $ 5 00
Aldrich, John W.,
9 52
Dickinson, D. A .. 47 67
Aldrich, II. N.,
5 71
Dickinson, D. D .. 36 Sz
Allen, Geo. T. & Wife, 6 06
Dickinson, Geo. W., 11 77
Attridge, Ozearl, 28 39
Duncan, Daniel. 6 86
Benson, John E.,
9 70
Goodnow, John, IS 60
Benson. D. C ..
3 00
Hall, George P .. 2 00
Bixby, Elizabeth, 2 23
Halladay, Lucius, 13 46
Blakeslee. C. S .. 1.4 85
Halladay & Sherman, 6 93
Bowker. S. W .. 34 61
Harvey, Frank K .. 3 00
Bowker. Charles. 2 00
Harvey, George H., 2 00
Brown. G. C., 4 86
Harvey, Marcia W., 3 65
Clark, Thomas & Eli. 4.87
Hosley, Samuel. 2 00
253
Houghton, E. M., $ 1 62
Redfield, Geo. W., $ 9 29
Hovey, S. M.,
II 75
Robinson, Eliza A., 5 00
Hovey, Chas. G.,
3 00
Robinson, Fannie E., 1 83
Hoyt, II. H.,
II 72
Sabin, D. S.,
24 99
Ingram, Alonzo D., 6 86
Sherman, O. L., 36 34
Ingram, Chester,
5 47
Sherman, Nathan's
Ingram, George,
2 00
Est., 13 00
Jones, Harriet A. E.,
4 70
Shipman, J. W., 2 00
Lamb, Chas. P.,
S oo
Shipman, Ezra O., 2 00
Lamb, G. B., S 10
Shipman. J. N., I 22
Lincoln, O. L. & Wife, 6 00
Smith, Lewis,
II 34
Lincoln, E. R .. 19 94
Smith, Henry,
2 00
Merrifield, L. W, 20 03
Staples, N. L.,
11 91
Merrifield, J. A.,
2 00
Stedman, G. D.,
27 94
Merrifield, A. M.,
7 65
Stedman, C. K., 2 00
Merrifield, J. H.,
5 40
Stockwell, Anna, I 62
Morse, F. J.,
34 IS
Stoddard, Levi, I 62
Morse, Thomas A.,
10 00
Stone, Henry B., 2 00
Morse, Nelson.
23 05
Stratton, John S., 2 00
Morse, Nelson & Bros., 6 89
Timson, L. J .. 12 32
Morse, Ephraim. IO 29
Timson, A. L., 3 00
Morse, Amherst,
9 00
Timson, Clark & Wife, 27 00
Morse, O. P.,
32 77
Tyler, Chas. E .. 9 47
Morse, O. P., Jr., II 50
Wheeler, E. P . II 48
Morse, Luke O., 3 50
Wheeler & Morse, 7 29
Morse, Joshua,
2 03
Wheeler, Geo. R., 3 22
Morse, Luke J ..
2 00 Wheeler, Charlotte A., 6 89
Nash, J. W., 9 07
Wheeler, John. 5 27
Nash, Cornelius, 2 65
Wheeler, H. H., 2 92
Nash, Geo. W.,
3 00
Williams, Geo. B., 45 77
Park, Chas. E.,
4 92 Williams, Abigail G., 2 00
Perry, Martin, I 62 Williams, Rosanna M., 42 64
Pratt, R. P.,
4 86 Wood, A. & Sons, 20 14
SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 7.
Aldrich, Fanny M., $ 2 92 Cushing, Baxter C., $13 94
Blodgett, Joseph. I 42
Davis, Hiram, 2 00
Bolles, Nelson & Mary, 1 42
Eddy, Oren, 2 00
Burroughs, Jarvis F., 6 91
Gould, John, 6 86
Cook, C. M., 4 05 Hall, Abby L., 912
254
Hall, Henry.
$11 58 Rice, & Cowing. $ 3 85
Hoyt, Hezekiah, 2 81
Snow, Ambrose, 3 49
Johnson, Mary,
I 42
Thorn, R. C., II IO
Leonard, C. R. & C.,
4 46
Tyler, Eli. 4 86
Leonard, Chandler, 2 00
Ware, William M .. I 62
Lindsay, Willard, 15 13
White, Frank H., 2 00
Lindsay, George,
3 00
White. F. II. and
Miller, Henry W.,
S S9
Miller, Joseph,
2 43
Wiswell. E. & I., I 22
Moran, James,
3 41
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. S.
Adams, H. W., $ 9 89 Knapp, Geo. W., $ 4 00
Ball, Horace,
3 00
Knapp, II. L .. 2 23
Bemis. Wm. L.,
10 10
Lamson, C. B., 12 16
Bingham, W. E. and M. W .. II 90
Lamson, D. B.,
2 67
Brooks, William & Wife, 4 64
Mason, Russell,
12 36
Bruce, Eli F.,
10 53
Moore, John M ..
9 08
Charter, James,
27 30
Morse, Emerson.
5 05
Charter. David's Est ..
1 83
Morse, Olin,
2 00
Dexter, J. W.,
15 39
Morse, B. E., 9 70
Elmer, Chester W ..
II 34
Morse, Mary A., 5 00
Fisher, J. H. & Wife.
4 84
Morse, Wm. H.,
23 SS
Frost, Anna,
9 24
Morse, Alvin L.,
6 00
Frost, Wm. H.,
3 00
Morse, Joseph, 27 31
Hazelton, A. B ..
7 27
Morse, J. C., 7 65
Hazelton, Eugene,
1 00
Perry, Chester E., 4 05
Houghton, Elnathan,
2 00
Perry, John, 3 62
Houghton, M. N.,
14 34
Pickering, William, 40
Hubbard, Persis,
4 91
Sparks, C. E .. 13 34
Ingram, Porter.
2 00
Stratton, D. O., 20 90
Ingram, Jonathan. 5 24
Walker, A. J.,
1 15
Ingram, Lydia.
3 24
4 83
Ingram, Mason,
29 31
White, Henry T., 2 00
Kelsey, Levi,
7 67
Worden, Avery, 3 83
King, Ezra & Wife,
5 15
Worden, John H., 14 96
Lamson, F. M ..
3 35
Howe, Emma A., II 34
White, Eli,
255
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9.
Amsden, A. L., $ 2 00 Mills, Huntly, $ 3 83
Baker. Ransom & Wife,
49
Morse, Chas. E., 8 oS
Blodgett. R. T., SI Newton, R. M. & Wife. 17 22
Boynton, Manly,
I 22
Plimpton, S. H., 61
Covey, P. C., 9 48
Rand, Wm. R., 3 04
Eager, Henry C.,
19 82
Redway, E. M., 7 67
Eager, Walter W.,
2 00
Reed, D. S., 8 47
Eddy, L. N.,
13 52
Rice, Hazelton,
21 23
Eddy, Jonathan,
13 70
Rutter, Philip,
2 03
Edwards, Abbott,
II 62
Saunders, Asa,
10 53
Field, Chas. K.,
5 27
Tenney, L. H.,
4 84
Flagg. H. W.,
IS 67
Willis, Joseph,
6 48
Grout, Joel,
8 20
Willis, M. C.,
4 46
Holland, J. M.,
S 26
Wiswell E.,
8 10
Lyman. James,
21 63
Wiswell, I., .
8 10
Marcy, Rodney,
16 77
Wiswell, I., Jr.,
2 00
Mills, Alonzo H ..
2 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10.
Adams, S. S.,
$23 84 Jones, Frank A., $ 8 27
Adams, J. O.,
II 72 Jones, John D., 5 45
Adams, Horace,
13 34
Moore, Abigail,
3 50
Adams, P. W ..
2 03 Moore, Jonathan,
5 24
Adams, Asaph,
1 22
Morse. F. J. & L. Halladay,
Briggs, George and
Wife, 7 47
Sparks, Harlon E .. II 72
Hunt, Edgar O., 7 67
Thomas, A. J., 2 70
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. II.
Bailey, Zina G., $24 87 Stratton, Alonzo V., $ 4 73
Bailey, Chauncey B .. 8 10 Stratton, Asa, 7 86
Ingram, Orman & C. W., 2 43
Stratton, E. M., 6 86
Morse, Dolly R., 7 70 Stratton, Charles, 2 00
JOINT DISTRICT NO. S, NEWFANE & TOWNSHEND.
Franklin, Polly, $32 40 Wood, O. & A., $ 8 10 Franklin, O. E. & A. B., 5 49
256
JOINT DISTRICT NO. 3, NEWFANE & DUMMERSTON.
Betterly, Chester H., $23 25 Stone, Edmund, $ 1 62
Betterly, James H., 2 00
JOINT DISTRICT NO. 5, NEWFANE & DUMMERSTON.
Brooks, William A., $ 5 65 JOINT DISTRICT NO. 4, NEWFANE & DOVER.
Holden, L. L., $ 2 61 Powers, L. C., $ 8 88
Johnson, Eliot, 7 29 Yeaw, William, I OI
Total Town List, $3986 65
ADDENDA.
To list of school superintendents, page 193, should be added : 1867, D. L Aldrich and R. M. Pratt.
To list of old inhabitants, page 221, the following should be added :
Samuel Bailey was a soldier of the Revolution, from its commencment to its termination. Came to Newfane from Marlboro, Mass., at an early date, and settled on the farm now owned by Harlon Sparks. Died about 1832. IIis son, David Bailey, was born in Massachusetts, June 14, 1786. Married Sarah Goodell, July 4, 1810. Died Oct. 14, 1867.
Pardon Perry, son of Joseph and Sabra Perry, was born in Newfane, Nov. 2,.1802. Married Sally Bridge, in 1826. Occupied the farm now owned by J. W. Dexter, at Pondville. Died Aug. 7, 1870.
Many of the dates in the sketch of the Morse family are taken from "Me- morial of the Morses"; and for the correctness of those relating to persons not now resident of the town we have no other voucher.
ERRATA.
Page 36, tenth line, insert a comma after the word "children." Page 53, third line from the bottom, for "ISOS," read 1838. Page 79, second line from the bottom should read "three," in place of "all." l'age 94, second stanza, seventh line, the last word should read "longing." Page 136, seventh line from the bottom for "IS66" read ISob. Page 156, second line from the bottom, for "1815," read 1805. Page 163, tenth line from the bottom, for "1804," read IS05. Page 187, tenth line from the bottom should read A. S. Barnes. l'age 223, ninth line from the top, for "1796," read Nov. 21, 1795. Page 238, fifth line from the top should read, Adams, James O.
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