Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ezra O. Purple” in page 265 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2:

.... The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were Leonard Barton, Samuel P. Stratton, Ezra O. Purple; in 1863, Henry Bascom, Samuel P. Stratton, Ozias Roberts; in 1864, Simon C. Phillips, Samuel P. Stratton, Ezra O. Purple ; in 1865, Simon C. Phillips, J. B. Marble, A. C. Doane. The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all of these years was Josiah D. Cummings. The record of the war votes of Gill has been furnis...
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