Excerpt from Gazetteer of Hampshire County, Mass: 1654-1887 In presenting to the public the "Gazetteer and Business Directory" of Hampshire county, we desire to return our sincere thanks to all who have kindly aided in obtaining the information it contains, and rendered it possible to present it in the brief space of time in which it is essential such works should be completed. Especially are our thanks due to the editors and managers of the county papers for the uniform kindness they have evinced in calling public attention to our efforts, and for essential aid in furnishing material for the work. We have also found valuable aid in the following: "History of Worthington, ' J. C. Rice, 1854 and 1874; "History of Ware," William Hyde, 1847; "History of Easthampton," Rev. Payson W. Lyman, 1866, and "Historical Address" of 1876; "Doolittle's Sketches" of Belchertown, 1852; "History of Goshen," Hiram Barrus, 1881; "Hundredth Anniversary of Middleeld," 1883; "History of Huntington," Rev. J. H. Bisbee, 1876; "History of Hadley," Sylvester Judd, 1863; "History of Western Massachusetts," J. G. Holland; Gazetteer of Massachusetts, Elias Mason, 1874; Gazetteer of Massachusetts, John Hayward, I 847; Barber's "Historical Collections;" History of the Connecticut Valley, Lewis H. Everts, 1879, - "Antiquities of Northampton," Rev. Solomon Clark, 1882; "Atlas of Hampshire County," F. B. Beers& Co., 1873; "Massachusetts in the Civil War," William Shouler; "Adjutant-General's Report," and other state and county documents; and in the various pamphlets and reports of a number of societies, institutions, corporations and towns. Our thanks are also due to the clergy throughout the county, and to Rev. Payson W. Lyman, of Belchertown; B. S. Johnson. of Haydenville; S. B. Quigley, of Southampton, for valuable assistance in compiling the sketches of that town and of Northampton; also Sardis Chapman, of Southampton; F. H. Judd, of Westhampton; Rev. Joseph M.Rockwood, of Middleeld; Rt. Rev. Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Rev. Solomon Clark, of Plaineld; Rev. PlinyS. Boyd, of Granby; Chandler T. Macomber, of Chesterfield; S. G. Hubbard, of Hateld; Miss Mary E. Dawes, of Cummington; Rev. G. H. Johnson, of Amherst; J. R. Turnbull, of Northampton, and to many others who have rendered valuable aid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.