The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . CITY OFFICIALS. Enoch H. Towne, city clerk, was bornin Easton, Massachusetts, April 14, 1835,and was educated in the common schoolsof his native town. He came to Worces-ter in December, 1859, and for a numberof years was engaged in the grocery busi-ness. He was a member of the Com-mon Council from 187 i to 1874 inclusive,and president of that body in 1874. Hewas a member of the Legislature in1875, and the same year was elected anassessor, in which capacity he serveduntil January, 1877, when he was chosencity clerk, and has
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . CITY OFFICIALS. Enoch H. Towne, city clerk, was bornin Easton, Massachusetts, April 14, 1835,and was educated in the common schoolsof his native town. He came to Worces-ter in December, 1859, and for a numberof years was engaged in the grocery busi-ness. He was a member of the Com-mon Council from 187 i to 1874 inclusive,and president of that body in 1874. Hewas a member of the Legislature in1875, and the same year was elected anassessor, in which capacity he serveduntil January, 1877, when he was chosencity clerk, and has served continuouslvto the present time. By virtue of hisoffice he is a member and clerk of theBoard of Registrars of 154 The Worcester of 1898. -X jjlv^ ^^^H^ ^^?v i-^^^^^^^^Rf WILLIAM S. BARTON William Sumner Barton, city treasurer,was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, Sep-tember 30, 1824, and removed with hisparents to Worcester when he was tenyears of age. He attended the commonschools, Worcester Academy, and wasgraduated from Brown University in1844. Subsequently he studied law withhis father. Judge Ira M. Barton, withHonorable Peter C. Bacon, and at theHarvard Law School. He was admittedto the bar in 1846. After seven yearspractice in Worcester, he accepted aposition in the Bank of Commerce inBoston, in which he remained fromJune, 1854, to January, 1872, when hewas elected treasurer and collector oftaxes for tRe city of Worcester. Hehas been treasurer of the sinking funds since 1876, and also since 1872treasurer ex-oiKcio of all the trust funds of the city. Arthur P. Rugg, city solicitor, was born August 20, 1862, in Sterling, Mas-sachusetts. • He was educated in the public schools, was gradua
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