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TO MY GRANDFATHER.
BY MRS. CELIA BAXTER BRIGHAM.
The weight of years is on thy brow, And age has dimmed thine eye, Thy step falls not as lightly now, As in the years gone by ; Yet is thy brow serene and calm, Thine eye uplifted still ; Thy trust in God's protecting arm Old age can never chill.
I look far back through years on years, Before thy locks were gray, And see the smile that soothed my fears, And cheered my infant play.
Those mild blue eyes-they kindly beam On all around thee yet ;
So like my mother's own they seem, I never can forget.
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The music of thy deep-toned volce, Attuned in sacred song,
Oft made my raptured heart rejoice, When days were bright and long; And now, when short and sadder all The fleeting days have grown, Kind memory lovetli to recall Each spirlt-thrilling tone.
I know that Time's relentless hand Is laid upon thy head ; Thee gulding to the shadowy land, With still, unfaltering tread, Yet hath he gently dealt with thee, Since thou, through smiles and tears, With retrospective glance canst see The graves of eighty years.
I know the tide that bears thee on Hath no returning wave, Yet down its current One hath gone Far mightier than the grave. And He, who conquered every foe On Adam's race that walts, Will guide thee, when the waves o'erflow, Within the Eternal gates.
Abner Child of Moretown, to whom the above lines were written, died in 1854, aged 87.
THE LAKE OF THE CLOUDS.
BY CORNELIA J. CHILD.
Aye! Others may wander 'neath far distant skies, For the beanties of scenery not granted us here, And when suns o'er a classical land shall arlse, .
May forget all the beauties that blossom more near ; But the glories of Nature, whatever they are, Can never be elsewhere more dear than my own, And no magical eye-glass can render more falr A bright distant scene, than a bright one at home.
There's a rapture of feeling that swells to the soul, When we gaze on a land that is hallowed In song; But a deeper soul-worshilp, beyond our control,
When the glories we love, to our own land belong. Then when weary of bright skies and Alpine dellghts, The grandeur of home on thy memory crowds, Come back and ascend to Mansfield's proud helghts, To bathe the tired limbs In the "Lake of the Clouds.""
There are broader expanses of water and wave.
Where gems at the bottom In sunshine lle sparkling, But we can imagine as much In the wave [darkilng; Where the shades of the wood and the steep rock lle And never did Ilght glimmer down from the moon, And o'er a dark wave more enchantingly play, Than there, where baptized In the depths of the flood, The bright stars lie watching the sleep of the day.
Oh, Lake of the Clouds1 oft my bright fancy takes me On fairy-like wings to thy home in the air, And cooling my lips in the waves of thy fountain, I fancy a charm talismanic lies there; That never shall mortal that's tasted thy waters, Or had them wept o'er him in dews from the skles, Fall to honor hls country with love patriotic, And leave a warm prayer for her weal when he dies.
But whenever a son of the ever-green Mountains
Shall feel Freedom's fire less ardently burn, [him, Thy waves will all spring to the clouds to raln o'er And the Genius of Country replenish the urn.
Then though there's no bright spell of History cast o'er To kindle the mind and wake intellect's joys, [thee A classical charm shall be thine yet In story, [boys. For thy waves have been parted by Green Mountain
A body of water on Mansfield Mountain, familiarly known to sportsmen as the " Lake of the Clouds."
MILITARY REGISTER. BY AARON GOSS. Co. G. 6th Reg. Ft. Vols. from Oct. 15, 1861, to Fan. 1, 1864.
Bixby, Russell, enlisted from Bradford.
Boyce, George C., from Fayston, lost in the battle of the Wilderness.
Bowen, Warren, from Topsham.
Brock, E. A., residence not put down.
Corliss, C. B., from Duxbury.
Craig, Daniel R., Orange. Clemens, Charles, Orange.
Caruth, Albert W., Topsham.
Craig, Albert E., Orange. Chase, John J., Fayston. Church, Geo. K., Washington.
Demass, Oliver P., Fayston.
Eastman, Geo. E., W. Topsham.
Emerson, James K., Wolcott.
Fenton, Bartholomew, Moretown.
Goodspeed, Elisha, Warren. Gilson, Eli, South Fayston.
Gove, Ira S., veteran, Lincoln ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 8, '64.
Greene, Edson, Orange.
Gillett, Abel W., Duxbury ; served his time in invalid corps.
Heath, Horace L., West Topsham ; pro- mòted by commission in negro reg. Howe, C. C., Thetford.
Hunter, John H., veteran, wounded at Funkstown, Md., July 10, '63; also wounded in the Wilderness, Va., May 4, '64: had his right arm amputated May 5, '64. Hunter was one of the best of soldiers ; would have marched right into a cannon's mouth if it had been necessary ; he knew no fear of death when in action.
Johnson, Benjamin B., wounded at Spott-, sylvania, May 11, '64. Johnson, William H.
Kenney, Geo. W., wounded at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; not down where from.
Lyford, Henry, veteran, Hardwick; wd. at Savage Station, Va., June 30, '63.
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Lewis, Edwin C., veteran, Northfield ; commissioned in negro regiment, and sent to the south-western department. Marble, Calvin B., Fayston.
Marble, Geo. L., veteran, Fayston ; killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, '64.
McLam, Robert, West Topsham.
McCandlish, Benjamin, Burlington.
Mills, Charles, Warren.
Watson, Ezra G., not stated where from. Meader, Wm., wd. at Franklin Crossing, Va., June 7, '63.
Moore, Joseph Jr., Bradford ; wounded at Mary's Heights, May 3, '63.
Moore, Carlos B., Bradford.
Paul, Joseph, Topsham ; promoted to ad- jutant clerk.
Persons, Fred D., Warren ; promoted to orderly serg't. Oct. 1864.
Porter, Warren C., Fayston ; taken pris. at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63.
Ricker, Benjamin, Washington; taken prisoner at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63.
Richardson, Reuben, Fayston, veteran, having served in the 9 months' men.
Shonnio, Arnold, Duxbury; wounded at Mary's Heights, May 3, '63 ; leg ampu- tated May 5.
Smith, Emery L., Northfield ; taken pris. at Savage Station, Va., June 30, '62 ; also wounded at the battle of the Wil- derness, Va., May 6, '64 ; Smith was a good soldier.
Stoddard, Lyman, veteran; wounded at Mary's Heights, May 3, '63. Strong, Wm. H., Fayston. Shontell, Lewis, Middlesex. Stratton, Charles E., Orange.
Tillotson, Leander, Topsham.
Tucker, Julius E., veteran, Rochester ; taken prisoner at Bull Run and probably killed by one of Mosby's guerillas.
Taylor, John W., not credited where from. Veo, Joseph, Northfield ; wounded at Fred- ericksburg, Dec. 12, '62, and Mary's Heights, May 4, '63.
Usher, Nathan D., veteran, Goshen Gore. Wright, H. R., town not given. Whipple, John, town not given.
Whittlesey, James E., Moretown, nick- named Horace Greeley ; transferred to invalid corps. ·
Boyden, Dexter, Duxbury ; transferred to invalid corps ; wounded at Banks' Ford. Bates, Lewis, Fayston ; transferred to in- valid corps.
Boyce, Nelson, Fayston ; transferred to in- valid corps.
Burnham, Martin ; transferred to the U. S. Army, from Williamstown.
Collins, Daniel, Moretown ; transferred to invalid corps.
Rock, Joseph, Northfield ; transferred to invalid corps.
McDonald, Michael, not stating where from ; transferred to invalid corps.
Shonnio, Geo., Duxbury; transferred to invalid corps ; killed in action.
Buzzell, Ezekiel, Moretown; killed at Savage Station, June 30, '62.
Craig, Wm., Orange ; killed at Funkstown, July 10, '63.
Murray, James R., Moretown; killed at Savage Station, June 30, '61.
Shedrick, Geo., Lincoln ; killed at Savage Station, June 30, '62, beloved by all the Company.
Hathaway, Wm. H., died Sept. 12, '63; Co. B. 13th.
Foster, Wilber, Co. D, 2d Vt. Vols ; died Feb. 21, '63.
Foster, Leonard R., Co. B, Ioth Vt. Vols. ; killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, '64.
Engagements the Company were in .- Lee's Mills, Va., Apr. 16, '62 ; Williams- burg, Va., May 5, '62 ; Golden's Town, Va., June 27 ; Savage Station, Va., June 27 ; White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30 ; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14 ; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17 ; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. II to 15; Mary's Heights, May 3, '63 ; Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; Fredericksburg, June 6, '63 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d and . 3d, '63; Funkstown, Md., July 10, '63 ; Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7, '63; Locust Grove, Nov. 27, '63.
Discharged for Wounds .- George A. Jones, wounded at White Oak Swamp, July 1, '62 ; James Keer, wounded at An- tietam ; Andrew J. Slayton, not stated what discharged for ; Chas. E. Spaulding, Chester P. Streeter, George Somerville, James Sweeney, Albert Williams.
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Deserters .- Jewell S. Eddy, George C Welton, William Mills, James Wemes. 2d Brigade, 2d Division 6th Army Corps, Co. G. Officers.
Captain, Edward R. Kinney ; promoted from Ist lieut., Co. I, June 30, '63.
Ist Lieutenant, Charles C. Backus ; promoted serg't. to 2d lieut., and to Ist lieut., Nov. 1, '62.
Captain. W. H. H. Hall ; resigned Apr. 30, '62.
Captain, L. M. Tubbs ; promoted from lieut., Co. B, June 14, '62 ; resigned June 20, '63.
Ist Lieutenant, Alfred M. Nevens ; died May 2, '62, of wounds received at Lee's Mills ; buried in the cemetery at the village in Moretown.
Ist Lieutenant, Benoni B. Fullam, pro- moted from serg't. major June 14, '62 ; dismissed Oct. 25, '62.
2d Lieutenant, Edwin C. Lewis; re- signed '62.
2d. Lieutenant, Edwin C. Joslyn : pro- moted from private, Co. D, Dec. 7, '62 ; pro. to Ist, Co. D, Feb. 3, '63.
2d Lieutenant, Fred D. Kimball ; pro- moted from Co. D, Feb. 3, '63 ; wounded July 16, '63; discharged Oct. 22, '63.
Sergeants .- Ist, George F. Wilson, vet- eran, from Northfield, killed at Gaines' Farm, June 1, '64; Henry C. Backus, Fayston ; Wm. M. Cleaveland, Hancock, a very brave soldier, killed at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64; Ernest E. Burroughs, wounded July 10, '63, at Funkstown, Md., killed at Gaines' Farm, June 1, '64 ; James Harriman, wounded at battle of Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64 ; Ist, Oscar G. Kelsey, Warren, died July 10, '62, of wounds received at Gould's Farm ; Ist, John F. Jones, Waitsfield, discharged Apr. 16, '63 ; Charles C. Backus, promoted to 2d lieut. June 12, '62.
Corporals .- Leman J. Holden, Hard- wick; John Lee, Jr., Middlesex ; Hiram Goodspeed, Warren; Charles P. Divoll, Topsham, died June 1, '64, of wounds re- ceived at battle of the Wilderness, Va .; Frank A. Trask, Warren ; Aaron Goss, Moretown, promoted from private Dec. 28, '63, by order of regimental officers ;
Bertram D. Campbell, Waitsfield, died of measles ; Wm. H. Smith, Waitsfield, died of measles, Dec. `61 : Merrill H. Pucklin, Warren, died of chronic diarrhea; Oscar J. Moore, Lincoln.
.Musicians .- John Devine, fifer, veteran, from Middlesex ; Michael P. Eagan, drum- mer, Moretown : Caleb Heath, drummer, discharged ; David C. Holt, fifer, dis- charged ; Charles Franklin, Barre, team- ster ; C. C. Armington, Duxbury, pioneer and general laborer.
Privates Discharged .- George A. Jones, Northfield, wounded at White Oak Swamp, Va., July 1, 62 ; James Keer, Hancock, wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17, '62.
The following not stated where from : Alonzo Lane, Andrew J. Slayton, Charles E. Spaulding, Chester P. Streeter, Geo. Somerville, James Sweeney, Albert Wil- liams.
Soldiers buried in Moretown .- Those be- longing to other organizations, who died and are buried in town : Osman G. Clark, died July 11, '64, of chronic diarrhea ; Co. B, 10th Vt. Vols.
Died of Diseases .- Wm. H. Allard, Mar. 15, '64: Newell Antoine, Sept. '62 ; W. H. H. Badger, Feb. 12, '63; Jonathan Boyden, June 20, '62: Edwin J. Chase, Feb. 4, '62: Edwin Canfield, Aug. '62 ; W. N. S. Claflin, died May 20, '63, of wounds received at Banks' Ford, May 4, '63 ; Morris L. Divoll, Dec. 28, '62 ; Dexter M. Davis, Jan. `62; Geo. Sawyer, Jr., Dec. 7, '62; Manley Hoyt, June, '62; Nathaniel Shattuck, April, '62; Oramel Turner, July 28, '62 ; Harry H. Wright, Feb. '65, all of typhoid fever.
Discharged for Disability .- Albert Ains- worth, Henry Balch, Emerson E. Davis, Michael Donovan, Goin Bailey Evans, Charles Freeman, Lewis Goodell, John H. Gilman, Horace Hall, Jarvis C. Harris, Hiram B. Howland, Allen Mahuran, Wm. Mills, Wm. F. Moore; Henry Newton, Angus G. Nicholson, Peter Pero, Harrison Persons, Edwin Phillips, promoted to assistant surgeon, 4th Vt. Vols .; Seth T. Porter. [The places of residence do not appear on the register.]
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NORTHFIELD. BY REV. JOHN GREGORY.
[Compiled from his History of Northfield, pub- lished in 1878.]
This town is situated in the southern part of Washington County, 10 miles from Montpelier, lat. 44° 8', long. 4° 25'; and very near the center of the town is the geographical center of the State. The original town was chartered Aug. 10, 1781, to Maj. Joel Matthews and his associates, and contained 18,518 acres. A tract of land from the east part of Waitsfield, con- taining 6000 acres, was annexed to North- field Nov. 7, 1822. Five equal shares or rights were reserved to the use of the pub- lic, and the grants were conditioned that each proprietor should, " within the term of three years next after the circumstances of the war will admit of it with safety," " plant and cultivate 5 acres of land, and build a house at least 18 foot square on the floor, or have one family settled on each right, on pain of forfeiture of his share."
The first proprietors' meeting was held in Hartford, Vt., Nov. 1I, 1783. The proprietors met at different times at Wind- sor, Hartland and Pomfret, also, till 1794, when the town had sufficient settlers to take care of itself at home.
The township appears to have been first surveyed by Marston Cabot, from the vote at one of the proprietors' meetings.
Voted that Mr. Marston Cabot be al- lowed 27 days in surveying Northfield.
At 9s I per day £ S. D.
12. 3. O
And 18s expense money 18. 0
And for three gallons of West India rum at 8 | per gal. and one of New England ditto at 5 | 6 per gallon, I, 9. 6
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PROPRIETORS OF NORTHFIELD
as they stand in the charter, with the num- ber of each proprietor's lot, and the range it was in; the first figure after the name for the lot, the second for the range; the lots having been drawn by Mr. Cabot as the law directed, beginning with the first in the charter :
Major Joel Matthews, 10, 6; Captain William Gallup, I, I ; Michael Flinn, 7,
2 : Oliver Williams, 4, 5 ; Amos Bicknal, 6, 7 ; Benjamin Cox, 2, 3 ; Zebulon Lyon, 1, 5; Timothy Grow, 7, 1 ; Benjamin Em- mons, 8, 5 ; Steel Smith, 3, 6; Samuel Smith, 10, 5 ; Samuel Patrick, 9, 4; Ze- bina Curtis, 5, I; Elias Taylor, 3, 2; Ebenezer Smith, 9, 3 ; John Smith, 10, I ; Elisha Smith, 1, 2; Edward Hazen, 8, 2 ; John W. Dana, 6, 5 ; Zebulon Lee, 8, I ; Sylvester Smith, 2, 4; James Cady, 5, 2 : Joel English, 1, 7; Resolved Sessions, 8, Edmund Hodges, 6, 3 ; Abel Emmonds, 6, 6; Thomas Chittenden, 10, 2; Joseph Parkhurst, 7, 5; Calvin Parkhurst, 3, 3; Moses Kimball, 8, 7 ; Ebenezer Parkhurst, 3, I ; William Andrews, 4, 4; James An- drews, 2, 6; Paul Spooner, 8, 6; Amasa Spooner, 10, I ; Jeremiah Richardson, 2, I ; Daniel Gilbert, 7, 6; Amos Robinson, 9, 6; Elias Thomas, 5, 6 ; Ebenezer Miller, 7, 7; George Dennison, 2, 2; Barnabas Strong, 5, 3; John Throop, 7, 3; Beriah Green, 1, 3 ; Joseph Kimball, 3, 5 ; Oliver Gallup, 1, 4 ; John Payne of Pomfret, 8, 4 ; Amasa Payne, 3, 4 ; Elijah Payne, 9, 2 ; Ja- cob Clark, 5, 5 ; Abida Smith, 4, 7 ; Barkus Green, 2, 7; Elisha Smith, B. A., 9, 1 ; David Fuller, 6, 4; William Gallup, Jr., 2, 3 ; Jesse Safford, 4, 6; Thomas Lawton, 4, 2 ; Willys Hall 4, 1 ; Samuel Matthews, 6, 1 ; Benjamin Burtch, 2, 5 ; Oliver Tay- lor, 5, 7; John Sergeants, 1, 8; Phineas Williams, 10, 4; Sbubal Child, 6, 2; Pe- rias Gallup, 9, 5; College Right, 3, 7; Right for the County Grammar School, 7, 4; First settled Minister's Right, 1, 6; Right for the support of the Ministry, 2, 8 ; Town School right, 5, 4.
The first land cleared in town was by Elijah Paine, some time previous to the first settlement, which was made in May, 1785, by Amos Robinson and others from Westminster, Vt.
THE FIRST TOWN MEETING
was called by petition from a number of respectable inhabitants of Northfield, by Cornelius Lynde, Esq., of Williamstown, to meet at the house of Dr. Nathaniel Robinson, who lived a little N. W. of what is now the poor-farm. Said meeting was holden March 12, 1794, Cornelius Lynde Esq. moderator, a't which the following
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first board of town officers were chosen ; Nathaniel Robinson, town clerk ; Stanton Richardson, Amos Robinson, Ezekiel Rob- inson, selectmen ; David Denny, consta- ble : William Ashcroft, Stanton Richard- son, Ezekiel Robinson, listers ; David Tenny, collector of taxes ; Aquillo Jones, Samuel Richardson, highway surveyors.
EARLY HARMONY IN POLITICS.
The first votes were cast in Northfield for Governor, Isaac Tichenor, Lieut. Gover- nor, Paul Brigham, treasurer, Samuel Mat- tocks, and 12 councillors, Samuel Spafford and others, in 1800, for each one, 12 votes, which must have been near the number if not all the legal voters at that time in town.
In 1801, three school districts made re- turns of the number of scholars that at- tended school within their limits. In No. I, the Loomis district now, Ebenezer Fox sent 1, John Coales 1, James Paul 3, Da- vid Hedges 2, Ithamer Allen 6, Ezekiel Pierce 4, William Tubbs 3.
In district No. 2, in the Robinson neigh- borhood,-the principal part of the town at that early day-John Kathan sent 1, William Coales 2, Aquillo Jones 2, Amos Robinson 6, Ezekiel Robinson 5, Nathan- iel Robinson 6, Abraham Shipman 3, Oli- ver Cobleigh 2, John Emerson 3, Abel Keyes 3, William Ashcroft 5, Justus Burn- ham 2.
In district No. 3,-the school-house be- ing on the main road to South Village, near where Mr. Guild now lives-Stanton Richardson sent 5, Samuel Richardson 5, Eliphas Shipman 5, Isaac Lynde 4. Isaiah Bacon 5, Amos Starkweather 3, Thomas French 2, Justus Burnham 2, Roswell Car- penter 1, Elisha Brown I, and two years later, in district No. 4,-what is called South Village-Isaac Lynde sent 5 schol- ars, Eliphas Shipman 5, Amos Starkweath- er 2, David Denny 5, Justus Burnham 4, Elisha Brown I, being a return of 118 scholars in these 4 districts ; and showing besides, who were early settlers in these neighborhoods; and all these men were laborers, and earnest laborers, and happy withal. The noble men of that day knew they could not grow rich without industry, and valiantly did they make the wilderness
resound with the echoes of toil, as the tall old trees came crashing down upon the right hand and left, laid low by the sturdy woodman's axe! Even with their priva- tions, they were measurably comfortable and happy.
TOWN OFFICERS, MAR. 7, 1826.
Amos Robinson, moderator ; voted that the meeting be opened with prayer: Eli- jah Smith, Jr., town clerk ; Elijah Burn- ham, John Mead, Charles Paine, select- men ; Albigence Ainsworth, Elijah Smith, Jr., Jesse Averill, Harry Ainsworth, list- ers ; John Starkweather, constable and collector of taxes; John Fiske, grand juror; William Jones, Amos Robinson, Joel Winch, Michael Shaw, Wm. Wales, Jr., Alva Henry, Curtis Wright, excused ; Hezekiah Williams, Samuel Dunsmoor, Titus Rice, Wm. Case, Horace Fullerton, Elijah Smith, Jr., John Fiske, Jacob Ami- don, highway surveyors; Jacob Keyes, Oliver Averill, John Braley, fence view- ers ; John West, pound keeper (excused), David Robinson chosen ; Elijah Smith, Jr., sealer of leather ; Joseph Keyes, sealer of weights and measures ; David Stiles, Jus- tus Burnham, Asa Sprout, tything men ; (Asa Sprout excused) ; Justus Burnham, Suel Keyes, James Nichols, John White, Albert Stevens, haywards ; Nathaniel Jones, Amos Robinson, John West, com- mittee to settle with overseer of the poor ; Oliver Averill, Henry Knapp, committee to settle with treasurer ; John Fiske, over- seer of the poor; William Cochran, Na- thaniel Jones, Samuel Whitney, Oliver Averill, Henry Emerson, committee to divide the ministerial money ; Wm. Coch- rane (excused)-chose Elijah Smith ;- Amos Robinson, Nathan Green, David M. Lane, Nathaniel Jones, Benjamin Fiske, Joseph Williams, Jesse Averill, Eleazer Loomis, Daniel D. Robinson, Samuel Dole, John West, Albigence Ainsworth, Ezekiel Robinson, Anson Adams, Joel Winch, Oliver Averill, John White, Abel Keyes, petit jurors; voted to annex the highway districts in which Roswell Car- penter and Oliver Averill live ; chose Seth P. Field, district committee.
ELIJAH SMITH, Jr. Town Clerk.
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REPRESENTATIVES.
From 1794, when the town was organ- ized, until 1801, no representatives were chosen : 1808-09-11-14, Amos Robinson ; 1810-15-17, Gilbert Hatch ; 1818-19, Abraham Shipman ; 1820-21, Josiah B. Strong ; 1822-23, Joel Winch ; 1824-25, Abel Keyes ; 1826-27, John Starkweather ; 1828-29, Charles Paine ; 1830-31, Lebbeus Bennett ; 1832-33, John Averill ; 1834, David Robinson ; 1835-41-53-54-61, Mo- ses Robinson ; 1836, Anson Adams ; 1837 -39, Jesse Averill; 1840, Lebbeus Ben- nett ; 1842, Nathan Morse ; 1843, David W. Hadley ; 1844, John L. Buck ; 1845- 46-73, David W. Hadley; 1847-48, He- man Carpenter ; 1849, George B. Pierce ; 1850-51, John Gregory ; 1852, no choice ; 1855-56, Wilbur F. Woodworth ; 1857- 58, Isaac B. Howe ; 1859-60, Jasper H. Orcutt ; 1862, Edward F. Perkins ; 1863, Charles Barrett; 1864, George M. Fiske ; 1865-66, Samuel Keith ; 1867-68, Edwin K. Jones ; 1869, George B. Warner ; 1872 -73, Edmund Pope ; 1874-5, Elbridge G. Pierce ; 1876-77 - [representatives, other town officers and matters in regard to the early and present civil history of this town -completed by Joseph K. Egerton]- 1878-9, no representative ; 1880-81, N. E. Dewey.
STATE SENATORS FROM NORTHFIELD.
1846-47, Moses Robinson ; 1856-57, John Gregory ; 1862-63, Philander D. Bradford ; 1866-68, Jasper H. Orcutt; 1870-73, Heman Carpenter.
SELECTMEN I794 TO 1878.
Stanton Richardson, 1794, 96. 97, 1802, II, 12; Amos Robinson, 1794, 95, 1810; Ezekiel Robinson, 1794. 95, 99, 1803, 04, II, 15 ; David Denny, 1795, 98, 1800, 03, 04, 06; James Paul, 1796, 97, 1805 ; Will- iam Ashcroft, 1796; Oliver Cobleigh, 1797, 98, 99, 1800 ; Aaron Partridge, 1798; Abraham Shipman, 1799, 1800, 01, 05, 06, 07, 13, 15; Ithamer Allen , 1802, 03, 04 ;
Nathaniel Robinson, 1801, 02; Dan- iel Edson, 1805 ; Elijah Smith, 1806, 13, 18, Joseph Nichols, 1807, 09; Charles Jones, 1807, 17 ; Gilbert Hatch, 1808, 09, 10, 17, 20, 27 ; Joseph Slade, 1808 ; Thos. Slade, 1808; William Jones, 1809, 12 ;.
James Morgan, 1810, 14; Oliver Averill, 18II, 12, 19, 40 ; Charles Jones, 1813, 19 ; Amos Brown, 1814; Seth Smith, 1814; Jesse Averill, 1815, 16, 17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 40; Eleazer Loomis, 1816; Joseph R. Williams, 1816, 1819, 21, 22; Nathaniel Jones, 1818, 20; Richard Hedges, 1821, 22 ; Joel Winch, 1823, 48 ; David M. Lane, 1823, 24, 27; Elijah Burnham, 1824, 25, 26, 28, 33, 35, 37, 38 ; Daniel Parker, 1823; Abel Keyes, 1824, 25 ; Benjamin Fiske, 1825; John West, 1826, 29; Charles Paine, 1826, 30, 31 ; Anson Adams, 1828, 29; Daniel D. Rob- inson, 1829; Joel Brown, 1830; Erastus Parker, 1831; Harry Ainsworth, 1832; David Partridge, 1832 ; John Averill, 1832, 33; Jason Eaton, 1834; Samuel Fiske, 1834, 47; Eleazer Nichols, 1834; Joel Parker, Jr., 1835 ; David W. Hadley, 1836, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 55, 56, 58, 59, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75; Hiram Dwinell, 1836, 43 ; Samuel U. Richmond, 1837, 38, 39, 51, 52, 57, 60, 61 ; James H. Johnson, 1837 ; Lebbeus Bennett, 1838, 39; Nathan Morse, 1841, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54 ; Nathaniel King, Jr., 1841, 42, 44 ; Luther S. Burnham, 1842; Moses Robinson, 1845, 48, 49, 50, to 51, 58, 59; James Pal- mer, 1846; Emanuel Sawyer, 1847; Ara V. Rawson, 1849, 50; Anson Munson, 1850 ; Heman Carpenter, 1851, 52 ; Marvin Simons, 1853 to 58, 60, 64, 65, 67 ; Aaron D. Metcalf, 1857 ; F. A. Preston, 1858, 59 ; C. Woodbury, 1860, 61, 62 ; A. J. William Braley, 1862 ; I, W. Brown, 1863, 64 ; A. S. Williams, 1864; J. H. Orcutt, 1865-67 ; E. K. Jones, 1865 to 67 ; William Winch, 1868, 69; Samuel Keith, 1868, 69; Reu- ben Smith, 1868; Joseph Gould, 1869; Edmund Pope, 1870-71; D. T. Averill, 1870-71 ; George Nichols, 1872, 73, 76-78 ; E. C. Fiske, 1872, 73; John A. Kent, 1873; E. K. Jones, 1874-75 ; O. D. Ed- gerton, 1874, 75; James Morse, R. W. Clark, 1.876-82; J. H. Rawson, 1879, 82 ; Fred. Parker, 1880, 82.
GRAND LIST 1794-1882.
1794, 295 £, 5s .; 1795, 671£, 15s .; 1796, 433 £, IOS. ; 1797, $1,738.35 ; 1798, $2, 126.75 ; 1799, $2,051.47 ; 1800, $2,776 .- 74; 1801, $3,000.96; 1802, $3,153.16;
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NORTHFIELD.
1803, $3,230.88 ; 1804, $3,808.92 ; 1805, $4,201.84 ; 1806, $4,391.31 ; 1807, $5,203 .- 15: 1808, $5,285.75 : 1809, $5,632.34 ; ISIO, $5,907.32 ; 1811, $5,735; 1812, $5,942.65 : 1813, $6,027.83 ; 1814, $6, 147 .- 12; 1815, $6,238.50 ; 1816, $6,267.25 ; 1817, $6,607.50; 1818, $6,003; 1819, $6,994 ; 1820, $7,441.96; 1821, $6,748.54 ; 1822, $5,305.42 ; 1823, $6,458.84; 1824, $8,036.56 ; 1825, $7,701.75 ; 1826, $6,480 .- 99 ; 1827, $6,802.95 ; 1828, $5,635.23 ; 1829, $7,620.02 ; 1830, $8,159.95; 1831, $8,064. 12 : 1832, $9,743.80 ; 1833, $9.977 .- 66; 1834, $10,197.18 ; 1835, $10,270.20 ; 1836, $11,017.97 ; 1837, $11,337. 17 ; 1838, $11,280.80 ; 1839, $11, 341.82 ; 1840, $11,- 821.52 ; 1841, $12,834.74 ; 1842, $3,906.23 ; 1843, $4,281.25 ; 1844, $4,226.36; 1845, $4,286.80 ; 1846, $4,400.32 ; 1847, $4,776 .- 50; 1848, $4,744.70 ; 1849, $5,035.96; 1850, $5,205.05 ; 1851, $5,440.07 ; 1852, $7,408.16 :$1853, $7, 341.28 ; 1854, $7,857 .- 09; 1855, $8,285.97 ; 1856, $8,144.97 ; 1857 $8,187.71 ; 1858, $8.848.12; 1859, $8,848. 12 ; 1860, $8,695.70 ; 1861, $8.875 .- 94; 1862, $8,798.42; 1863, $8,642.08; 1864, $8,569.26; 1865, $8,467.30; 1866, $8,428.48 ; 1867, $9,041.37 ; 1868, $9,212 .- 45; 1869, $9,415.70 ; 1870, $8,148.32 ; 1871, $9,422.20 ; 1872, $9,288.33; 1873, $8,640.40 ; 1874, $8,569.04 ; 1875, $8,314 .- 37; 1876, $8,871.14; 1877. $8,561.91 ; 1878, $8,530.57 ; 1879, $7,589.15 ; 1880, $7,440.16; 1881, $11,788.02; acres, 24,480 Number of legal voters, 1880, 800 ; popu- lation, 2,836; grand list in 1881, $11,788.02; town treasurer, G. B. B. Denny ; consta- ble, F. W. Gold ; sup't of schools, Chas. Dole ; overseer of goor, F. A. Preston ; town agent, John P. Davis.
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