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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
voluntary subscription for war purposes. These make an aggregate of $2,496,500.67. The following is the war record of each city and town in the county:— Ashburnham Incorporated Feb. 22, 1765. Population in 1860, 2,108; in 1865, 2,153. Valuation in 1860, $752,839; in 1865, $789,081. The selectmen in 1861 were Simeon Merritt, Jesse Parker, Isaac D. Ward; in 1862, Jesse Parker, Isaac D. Ward, William P. Ellis; in 1863, Isaac D. Ward, Perley Howe, Elbridge Stimson; in 1864, Ohio Whitney, Jr., Marshall Wetherbee, Nathaniel L. Eaton; in 1865, Charles F. Rockwood, William F. Burrage, John E. Woodward. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Jerome W. Foster. The town-treasurer in 1861 was Europe H. Fairbanks; in 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, Elbridge Stimson. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to consider matters relating to the war was held on the 25th of May, at which it was voted to furnish proper assistance to the families of soldiers who may enlist in the