Membership Card Patrons of Husbandry, Jay, Maine: Richardson, Thompson, Daggett

1877 card certifying the membership of John H. Richardson in the Jay Bridge Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, at Jay, Maine.  The card was signed by R. P. Thompson, Master, and L. H. Daggett, Secretary.

From online research: [corrections most welcome!]

John Hancock Richardson was born 16 December 1812 at Jay, Maine, the son of John and Eunice (Goding) Richardson.  His paternal grandparents were Edward and Anne (Wilson) Richardson.  His maternal grandparents were Jonathan and Ruth (Sargent) Goding.

John Hancock Richardson married Jane Todd Noyes, daughter of Enoch and Hannah (Graham) Noyes.  She was born about 1817 in Maine.

Her paternal grandparents were Nathaniel and Mary (Tenney) Noyes.  Her maternal grandparents were John and Hannah (Sprague) Graham.

John and Jane lived at Jay, Maine, and raised a daughter Mary.

The Master of Jay Bridge Grange, R. P. Thompson, was likely Rodolphus P. Thompson, son of Galen and Fanny (Marble) Thompson.  He was born 29 September 1825 at Jay, Maine.

His paternal grandparents were Lt. William and Deborah (Sturdevant) Tomson.  His maternal grandparents were John and Lucretia (Richardson) Marble.

Rodolphus P. Thompson married Abbie Wadsworth, born 28 October 1836 at East Livermore, Maine, daughter of Christopher Wadsworth.  I found conflicting records for her mother, either Huldah Additon or someone with the surname Locke [?].

Rodolphus and Abbie raised a family of at least seven children at the farm in Jay.

Rodolphus, like other members of his family, was a noted orchardist.  He belonged to several social and fraternal organizations and gave lectures on agriculture.  He was president of the Jay Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Grange secretary, L. H. Daggett, was likely Levi Hooper Daggett, a captain during the Civil War.  He was born 21 February 1840 at Industry, Maine, the son of Orrin and Mary (Perkins) Daggett.  His paternal grandparents were Samuel and Julia (Jones) Daggett.  His maternal grandparents were Levi H. and Bethiah Perkins.

In 1864 at Farmington Falls, Maine, Levi Hooper Daggett married Mary Caroline Delano, daughter of Calvin and second wife Lucretia (Richards) Delano.  She was born 26 February 1839 at Livermore, Maine.

Her paternal grandparents were James and Mary (Wyman) Delano. Her maternal grandparents were Samuel and Polly (Brainerd) Richards.

Levi and Mary and their three children moved to Massachusetts at some point after 1880.

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1877 Graduation Program, Hitchcock Free High School, Brimfield, Massachusetts

Program of Graduation Exercises at Hitchcock Free High School at Brimfield, Massachusetts, Class of 1877.  

One sheet of fairly lightweight paper, approximately 10" x 7-1/2", folded in two.

Hitchcock Free Academy is still in existence.

Hitchcock
Free High School
Brimfield, Massachusetts
Class of 1877
Graduation at Congregational Church
on
Friday afternoon, June 29, 1877
at 1-1/2 O'Clock

Programme
Prayer

Music

*Declamation,.....The Pilgrims

Ernest Leroy Needham, Wales

Essay,...............Genius

Mary E. Woodard, Brimfield

Essay,...............Work

Elsie M. Sessions, Wilbraham

Music

Essay,............... Self Reliance

Sena J. Webber, Brimfield

*Declamation......True Greatness

Arthur J. Burgess, Cambridge

*Members of the second class

Essay, ................Influence

Jennie A. Janes, Brimfield

Declamation,........

Marcus S. Beebe, Wilbraham (excused)

Music

Declamation, ........The Progress of Peace

George W. Brainerd, Warren

Essay, .................Beauty

Eva F. Moulton, Brookfield

Essay,..................Purposes

Alice B. Varney, Brimfield

Music

Parting Address [handwritten name of E. W. Norwood]

Award of Diplomas

Class Song [handwritten: By Eva Moulton]

Remarks

Music

Benediction

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1863 Catalog of Gould's Academy at Bethel, Maine; many names

16 page 1863 catalog of Gould's Classical & English Academy at Bethel, Maine.  Gould Academy is still in operation.

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of 
Gould's Classical & English Academy, 
Bethel, Maine. 
for the Spring, Summer and Fall Terms, 1863.
Portland:
Printed by David Tucker
1863

Trustees

Hon. Moses Mason, President
Gilman Chapman, Esq., Vice President
Richard A. Frye, Esq., Secretary
John Grover, M.D., Treasurer
O'Neil W. Robinson, Jr., Esq.
Eber Clough, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.
Gideon A. Hastings, Esq.
Rev. Absalom G. Gaines
Rev. John B. Wheelwright
Albert L. Burbank, Esq.

Executive Committee

O'Neil W. Robinson, Jr., Esq.
Gilman Chapman, Esq.
Eber Clough, Esq.
Rev. John B. Wheelwright
Gideon A. Hastings, Esq.

Examining Committee

Rev. Absalom G. Gaines
John Grover, M.D.
Rev. John B. Wheelwright

Board of Instruction

Merritt C. Fernald, A.B., Principal
Miss Marietta Ruggles, Preceptress
Miss Mary L. Heywood, Assistant Teacher in Mathematics
Mrs. Cyrene S. Twitchell, Teacher of Music

Students

Classicial Department

Gentlemen

Names, Residences

Solon Bartlett, Hanover
Joseph S. Burns, Hamlin's Grant
John W. Chadbourne, Paris
Perry Chandler, Bethel
Charles J. Chapman, Bethel
Michael Delaney, Hanover
B. Franklin Fernald, Exeter
Frederic O. Gerrish, Bethel
Howard Gerrish, Bethel
Everett Hammons, Bethel
Moses A. Hastings, Bethel
Camillus K. Johnson, Carmel
Everett Johnson, Carmel
Aaron Mason, Bethel
Elias S. Mason, Bethel
Henry Reynolds, East Wilton
John I. Sturgis, Gorham
Albert H. Waugh, Levant
Goodwin R. Wiley, Bethel

Ladies

Names, Residences

Ella A. Barker, Bethel
Mary G. Chapman, Bethel
Sarah A. Chapman, Bethel
Sarah W.Chapman, Bethel
Ella Clough, Bethel
Isabella Clough, Bethel
Carrie L. Cross, Bethel
Emily Farrington, Fryeburg
Sarah W. Farrington, Fryeburg
Shuah W. Farrington, Fryeburg
Susie G. Farrington, Fryeburg
Roxanna B. Goddard, Bethel
Flora C. Hayden, Bethel
Martha T. Holden, Bethel
Evelyn H. Johnson, Carmel
Anna F. Kimball, Bethel
Caroline W. Kimball, Rumford
Viola L. Nutting, Bethel
Olive A. Peabody, Bethel
Isabel A. Shehan, Bethel
Mary C. Shehan, Bethel
Persis Shehan, Bethel
Lizzie E. Stearns, Bethel
Chris Stevens, Norway
Jennie C. Stevens, Norway
Tilly O. Swift, Bethel
Sarah A. Tubbs, Bethel
Alma I. Walker, Bethel

Cynthia Walker, Rumford
Mary E. Wheelwright, Bethel
Nellie C. Wormell, Bethel
Ellen O. Young, Bethel

English Department

Gentlemen

Names, Residences

Eli W. Barker, Bethel
Nathaniel F. Brown, Bethel
Timothy C. Carter, Bethel
Augustus T. Chapman, Bethel
Banister N. Chapman, Bethel
Harry Clough, Bethel
Charles F. Edwards, Bethel
Edwin U. Gibson, Bethel
George W. Goddard, Bethel
Albert W. Grover, Bethel
Eli C. Grover, Bethel
William W. Hastings, Bethel
Addison E. Herrick, Bethel
Calvin I. Kimball, Bethel
Daniel M. Kimball, Bethel
Talleyrand G. Lary, Gilead
Edwin C. Rowe, Bethel
Benjamin Russell, Jr., Greenwood
Ezra T. Russell, Bethel
Henry B. Stearns, Bethel
John Stearns, Bethel
Eugene A. Twitchell, Bethel
Nathan R. Twitchell, Bethel
Josiah P. Wescott, Albany
Mark Wight, Gilead
S. Jarvis Wight, Bethel

Ladies

Names, Residences

Maggie W. Bakeman, Brewer
Emma L. Bean, Bethel
Frankie K. Bean, Bethel
Hannah E. Bean, Bethel
Mary P. Burns, Hamlin's Grant
Mary E. Chandler, Bethel
Fannie E. Chapman, Bethel
Addie E. Connor, Bethel
Lucy A. E. Cross, Bethel
Mary O. Ellingwood, Bethel
Eva E. Foster, Bethel
Marietta F. Frye, Bethel
Melissa T. Giles, Bethel
Mary E. Goddard, Bethel
Abbie C. Grover, Bethel
Almira K. Hasty, Cape Elizabeth
Ella F. Hasty, Cape Elizabeth
Permelia A. Hayden, Bethel
Mary L. Heywood, Bethel
Marietta Jordan, Cape Elizabeth
Emily F. Kendall, Newry
Helen M. Le Baron, Greenwood
Lucinda A. Mason, Gilead
Adelia T. Merrill, Bethel
Lizzie M. Parsons, Norway
Fannie I. Philbrook, Shelburne, New Hampshire
Martha A. Phillips, Bethel
Ella M. Robertson, Bethel
Emma V. Robertson, Bethel

Abbie R. Rowe, West Bethel
Nellie R. Russell, Bethel
Emily L. Skillings, Bethel
Araminta B. Small, Mason
Helen M. Staples, Hanover
Frankie B. Stearns, Bethel
Lizzie T. Stearns, Bethel
Carrie L. Twitchell, West Bethel
Ella M. Twitchell, Bethel
Emma S. Twitchell, Bethel

Summary

Classicial Department------------- 51
English Department--------------- 65
Ladies------------------------------71
Gentlemen------------------------- 45
Number during Spring Term------ 62
Number during Summer Term---- 18
Number during Fall Term---------- 85

                   Aggregate                 165

Anniversary Exercises

Thursday, Nov. 12.  Public Examination of Classes

Thursday, Nov. 12   Evening, - Address by Hon. E. P. Weston and
Poem, by O. D. Grover, Esq., before the Literary Society
Friday, Nov. 13.  Forenoon, - Public Examination of Classes, concluded,
Friday, Nov. 13.  Afternoon,Public Rhetorical Exercises of the School

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1899 High School Graduation Program, Uxbridge, Massachusetts

"Loyal Devoir."

Graduating Exercises 
of the 
Class of '99, Uxbridge High School, Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Town Hall
Thursday Evening, June 22,
7:45 O'Clock
Music - Day and Puffer's Orchestra.

Program.

March - "The Fortune Teller,"...Victor Herbert

Orchestra

Prayer, 

Rev. James M. Cruse

Salutatory Oration        Scientific Institutions

Thomas Ross Hicks

Essay,                           Influence of Associates

Elizabeth Agnes Breslin

Essay,                           Success

Jennie Grace Fales

Music - Song for Cornet - "The Holy City"   Barnby

Orchestra

Oration                         Thomas A. Edison

Chester Bradstreet Story

Essay,                        Woman in the World's Progress

Minnie Morse Fales

Class Will and Statistics,

Jessie Merrill Parker

Music - The New Hail Columbia,   G. W. Chadwick

School

Essay,                          Imaginery Trip to London

Mary Elizabeth Lovett

Program.

Debate: - Should the President and the Senate of the United States be Elected by a Direct Vote of the People?

Aff. - Leo Ambrose Hartshorne

Neg. - Oliver Edward Sanderson

Music, - March - "Hands Across the Sea"     Sousa

Orchestra

Essay,                        Patriotic Music

Esther Rose McDonald

Essay,                         Athletics

Amy Gilbert Sumner

Music - Vocal March                                    Becker

School

Class Prophecy

Alice Thomas Lapham

Essay,                                      Punctuality

Emma Louise Whitaker

Music - "Campin' on de Ole Suwanee,"       Smith

Orchestra

Valedictory Essay,           After Clouds Come Sunshine

Mary Loretto Daley

Singing,                                 Class Ode

Presentation of Diplomas,

Francis P. Brady, Esq., Sec'y School Board

Class Reception

Class Ode.

Words and Music by Esther Rose McDonald

Class Roll.

College Preparatory Course

Jessie Merrill Parker

Chester Bradstreet Story

Classical Course

Elizabeth Agnes Breslin

English Course, Four Years

Mary Loretto Daley

English Course, Three Years

Jennie Grace Fales

Alice Thomas Lapham

Esther Rose McDonald

Emma Louise Whitaker

Thomas Ross Hicks

Minnie Morse Fales

Mary Elizabeth Lovett

Amy Gilbert Sumner

Leo Ambrose Hartshorne

Oliver Edward Sanderson

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Cabinet Photograph of Carrie Mitchell by a Lewiston, Maine studio

Cabinet photograph of a woman identified on reverse as "Carrie Mitchell, sister of Annie B."  The photograph was taken by the I. L. Hammond & Co. studio at 129 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Maine.

There's a fair chance the woman above is Caroline Emma Mitchell of Auburn, Maine.  Carrie had a sister Annie Belle Mitchell.

From online research, hopefully correct:

Caroline Emma Mitchell, "Carrie" was born 20 August 1877 at Auburn, Maine, the daughter of Clark and Emma J. (Hunt) Mitchell.

Annie Belle Mitchell, Carrie's sister, was born 10 January 1865 at Auburn, Maine, also the daughter of Clark and Emma J. (Hunt) Mitchell.

Their paternal grandparents were Christopher and Esther (Penley) Mitchell.  Thier maternal grandparents were Zebina and Dolly (Watson) Hunt.

On 23 November 1896 at Auburn, Maine, Carrie married Harry deWilton McBurnie.  He was born about 1871 at Windsor, Nova Scotia, son of Joseph H. and Mary A. (Miller) McBurnie.

Harry deWilton McBurnie died 13 April 1910 at Augusta, Maine.

On 1 February 1916 at Auburn, Maine, Carrie married Frederic Peter Haskell.  He was born 7 June 1877 at New Gloucester, Maine, son of Charles Peter Haskell and Helen Marr (Crockett) Haskell.

Annie Belle Mitchell married Willis W. Chase on 1 May 1882.  He was born about 1860, son of George and Lydia (Corliss or Corlys) Chase.  The family was from the Freeport, Yarmouth and New Gloucester, Maine area.

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1893 Class Day Program, Cazenovia, New York

Stamus Tractis Arcubus
Class day Exercises
1893
June 19th, at 2:30 P.M.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Cazenovia, New York

Program
Music, Orchestra
Invocation
President's Address, W. E. Brown
Vocal Solo, "Only a Rose, Wellings, F. E. Squires
History, H. H. Wadsworth
Piano Solo, "Spinning Song", Litoff, Maud Griffith
Essay, "Royalty in Bonds", Theodora M. Waterman
Music, Orchestra
Oration, "A Phase of Socialism", John C. Dyott
Double Quartette, "Boat Song", Cowan
Prophecy, Clara W. Bragg
Piano Solo, "Valse Caprise", Liszt, Lillian B. Crommie
Valedictory, Daniel C. Knowlton
Class Song, Words by John O. Scudder
Presenter of Scepter, Solomon C. Whitbeck
Music, Orchestra



Class Officers
President, Wallace E. Brown
Vice-President, Gertrude Nourse
Secretary, Rose E. Burrows
Treasurer, Aubrey E. King

Classical
Gertrude Nourse
Winifred L. Yates
Charles T. Beers
Frank V. Hinman
Daniel C. Knowlton
Frederic W. Roe
William L. Rumsey
John O. Scudder
Harry H. Wadsworth
Theodora M. Waterman
Robert B. Adams
Wallace E. Brown
Aubrey E. King
Herbert C. W. Kingsbury
Edwin E. Riley
Frederick E. Squires
Charles W. Walker
Irving D. Williams

Latin Scientific
Clara W. Bragg
Lillian B. Crommie
Harriet M. Kinne
Alice C. Perkins
John C. Dyott
Harry Waldorf
Lena G. Bordwell
Myrta B. Kelsey
Carrie B. Fletcher
May L. White
Osburn J. Dempster
Solomon C. Whitbeck

Academic
Rose E. Burrows
Lucia R. Roe
Effie A. Wheelock
Anna E. Fletcher
Cora A. Tompson
Willard E. Jaquith
Albert D. Wells

Music
Maud Griffith
Anna K. Jones (Vocal)
Lillian B. Crommie

Words by John O. Scudder

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1910 High School Graduation Program of North Bennington, Vermont

Graduating Exercises
of the
High School
North Bennington, Vermont
June 17th, 1910
3 P.M.

Programme

Music, Orchestra
Invocation, Rev. J. L. Clark
The Secret of Washington's Success, Frank C. Dunham
Alter et Ego, Sara G. Harris
Music, Orchestra
Class History, Fannie E. Rice

The National Reclamation Service, E. Leslie White
Music, Orchestra
The Mission of Aestheticism, Ruth E. Loomis
Class Prophecy with President's Address, Arthur Clifford Shepard
Conferring of Diplomas
Song "Anchored", School
Music, Orchestra

Graduates
Frank Clyde Dunham
Sara Genevieve Harris
Ruth Eliza Loomis
Fannie Elizabeth Rice
Arthur Clifford Shepard
Eugene Leslie White

Bennington Historical Society and Museum

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