Statistics for occurrence #1 of “R. W. Derby” in chapter 10 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2:

...ram Priest. The town-clerk in 1861, 1862, 1864, and 1865 was H. W. Nelson; in 1863, William H. Brown. The town-treasurer in 1861 was Thomas H. Bent; in 1862 and 1863, William H. Brown; in 1864, R. W. Derby ; in 1865, Peter Fletcher. 1861. A legal town-meeting was held April 27th, at which it was voted to appropriate one thousand dollars to uniform and equip citizens of Stow who volunteer in the mili...
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