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History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Anniversary exercises, Wednesday , February 17 (search)
nding committee, Edwin Munroe, Jr., treasurer, and Joseph Q. Twombly, collector. At this first meeting Charles Tufts offered the society the lot of land upon which the present building stands, which was accepted. A committee to solicit subscriptions for a church was also appointed, the standing committee, the collector, together with Abel Fitz, Francis Russell, and Ira Thorpe constituting the same. At this meeting George Fogg, John Hunnewell, George W. Ireland, Charles Bird, Jr., and Abram Welch were voted into the society. Charles Williams, Jr.'s, name was added March 1, 1854. The location was a convenient one; besides, it was free. The majority of the parishioners lived within a half-mile. Sunday trains did not run. It probably never occurred to these people that they ever would. Therefore the noise of passing trains on the Sabbath was not considered. A good proportion of the members of the new parish had been connected with other churches in East Cambridge and Cambridg
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, List of officers (search)
List of officers Standing committees. 1854—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Erastus E. Cole, Reuben Horton. 1855—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Erastus E. Cole, Reuben Horton, Abram Welch, George W. Ireland. 1856—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Erastus E. Cole, Reuben Welch, George W. Ireland. 1857—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Erastus E. Cole, Reuben Welch, George W. Ireland. 1858—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Erastus E. Cole, Reuben Welch, George W. Ireland. 1859—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Reuben Horton, George W. Ireland. 1860—Edwin Munroe, Jr., Reuben Horton, Charles Williams, R. Carver. 1861—Edwin Munroe, Jr., George W. Ireland, Charles Williams, R. Carver, E. E. Cole, David Elliot, Reuben Horton. 1862—Edwin Munroe, Jr., George W. Ireland, Charles Williams, R. Carver, E. E. Cole, David Elliot, J. T. Glines. 1863—Edwin Munroe, Jr., George W. Ireland, Charles Williams, R. Carver, E. E. Cole, David Elliot, J. T. Glines. 1864—Edwin Munroe, Jr., George W. Ireland, Charles Williams, R. Carver, E. E.
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, chapter 1 (search)
g back yard. In August the selectmen appointed the foremen and engineers, and among them we find the names of David A. Sanborn, William Bonner, Daniel Stone, Robert Vinal, and Robert Sanborn. The salary of the firemen, all volunteers, was $1.50 per annum, paid by abatement of the poll-tax. In 1840 Robert A. Vinal was clerk and treasurer. In 1849 a Hanneman tub was purchased by the town, and the department was organized with Nathan Tufts as its first chief engineer. He was followed by Abram Welch, Robert A. Vinal, and John Runey. A small bell was hung in the cupola of the engine house. For years, even after the Somerville company was organized, an alarm of fire could be rung only by means of this bell. For years, also, according to a law then in force, every man in town was required to hang two buckets, usually of leather and painted, in his front hall, and when an alarm of fire was sounded it was his duty to seize those buckets, hurry to the fire, and range in line with oth
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Index (search)
onathan, 53. Wakefield, Mass., 22. Walker, Leonard, 57. Walnut Hill, 15. Walnut Hill School, The, 41-48. Walnut Street, 6, 11, 14, 16, 17, 56. Waltham, Mass., 2, 3. War Department, 64. Warren Avenue, 13, 14. Warren, Mary, 46. Warren School, Charlestown, Mass., 24. Washington, D. C., 41. Washington, George, 26, 52, 54, 69, 77. Washington Street, 5, 6, 14, 16, 20. Waters, Elizabeth A., 20, 21. Watertown, Mass., 1, 2, 4, 56. Wayland, Mass., 46. Weitzel, —, 65, 66. Welch, Abram, 14. Wellington Bridge, 50. Wellington, Chary, 3. Wellington, Thomas, 3. Westboro, Mass., 45. West Cambridge Road School, 44. West Cambridge, Mass., 18, 19, 43, 45, 46, 48. Western Electric Company of Chicago, 21. West Medford, Mass., 60. Webster Avenue, 15. Weymouth, Mass., 49. what Somerville Needs, 61. Wheeler, —, 16. White, Hannah, 53. White, John, 53. White, Mercy, 53. White, Lieutenant, Nicholas, 53. Whitman, Edmund B., 56. Whitman, Ensign, John, 53. Whitri
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, chapter 3 (search)
ore, William Higgins. Collector, Hugh Moore. Auditors, Columbus Tyler, Edward L. Stevens, Samuel T. Frost. Fence Viewers, Hugh Moore, William A. Tufts, David A. Sanborn. Field Drivers, Hugh Moore, Theodore Palmer, Warren S. Leland. Sealer of Leather, Charles Miller. Tythingman, Samuel C. Bradshaw, Jr. Sealer of Weights and Measures, Leonard Arnold. Surveyors of Wood and Bark, John C. Tenney, D. A. Marrett, Gilman Griffin, George A. Sanborn. Surveyor of Highways, Abram Welch. Justices of the peace. Henry Adams, Alfred Allen, George O. Brastow, Luther V. Bell, Ebenezer F. Cutter, John K. Hall, Jonas H. Kendall, John C. Magoun, Samuel Poor, Edward L. Stevens, Columbus Tyler, Edmund Tufts. Streets, courts, Lanes, and places in the town of Somerville. Broadway leads from Charlestown to West Cambridge, through the northern part of Somerville. Elm, from Broadway to Milk. Medford, from East Cambridge to Medford. Adams, from Broadway to Medford