. Soldiers of Oakham, Massachusetts, in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812 and the Civil war . f earthlyheroes, as many women will be in it as men, and soldiers wives,and soldiers mothers, and soldiers daughters, though unnamedon tablets of stone, will be heard in the roll call of heroes andmartyrs, and no crowns will be brighter, and no well donesworthier than theirs. This Hall, then, built by the living in honor of the dead, wededicate to the memory of those soldiers who have given theirlives for their country, and to the spread of that Liberty andLoyalty, Righteousness and Peace, for wh
. Soldiers of Oakham, Massachusetts, in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812 and the Civil war . f earthlyheroes, as many women will be in it as men, and soldiers wives,and soldiers mothers, and soldiers daughters, though unnamedon tablets of stone, will be heard in the roll call of heroes andmartyrs, and no crowns will be brighter, and no well donesworthier than theirs. This Hall, then, built by the living in honor of the dead, wededicate to the memory of those soldiers who have given theirlives for their country, and to the spread of that Liberty andLoyalty, Righteousness and Peace, for whose sake they died. And may the Good Father gather them and us around histhrone in heaven, and say to all, IVell done, good and faithfulsoldiers, enter into the joy of your Lord. PRESIDENTS OF THE SOLDIERS UNION Major John B. Fairbank, 1866-1872. Dr. J. G. Shannon, 1873-1876. George W. Stone, 1877, 1878, 1886, 1887, 1890. Andrew Spooner, 1879. Stephen A. Boyden, 1880. William R. Barr, 1881. Charles A. Ware, 1882, 1883. John E. Stone, 1884. Edward J. Sargeant, 1885. Gardner M. Dean, 1888, MEMORIAL HALLNovember, 1S74 THE REVOLUTION THE REVOLUTION During the first half-century after the incorporation ofOakham, it was the custom of the Town Clerks to make note,on their books, of public business done by any officer of thetown. The Treasurers report of monies received and paidout by him was copied entire in the minutes of the meeting atwhich the report was presented. Sometimes the receipts formoney were written in the Town Records and there signed bythe persons to whom the money was paid. The names of school-teachers, and of those who boarded school-teachers; the namesof those who came to preach as candidates when there was nosettled minister, and of the persons who cared for them and fortheir horses, were entered on the records, with the amount paidfor such services. That the Town Clerk, therefore, should copyin his reports the names of soldiers furnished by the town forany c
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