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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 9: Hampshire County. (search)
1783. Population in 1860, 748; in 1865, 723. Valuation in 1860, $308,332; in 1865, $351,881. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were John L. Bell, Morgan Pease, Jacob Robbins; in 1863, Matthew Smith, John W. Cross, Samuel Smith, Jr.; in 1864, John L. Bell, Morgan Pease, John W. Cross; in 1865, John L. Bell, Morgan Pease, E. J. Ingham. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Jonathan McElwain. The town-treasurer in 1861 and 1862 was Oliver Church; in 1863, 1864, and 1665, Solomon F. Root. A number of meetings called war meetings were held during the Rebellion, at which money was voted to procure volunteers to fill the several quotas assigned to Middlefield, and to provide for the comfortable support of the soldiers' families. Middlefield furnished eighty-six men for the war, which was a surplus of seven over and above all demands. Two were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war was fourteen th