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Affidavit of Philander Pierce, liable for draft, stating that he is the father of two motherless children, under 12 years of age and that they are dependent on his labor for support. Certified and witnessed by Calvin Delva and Willard Forbes before Mr. Ball, Justice of the Peace. December 11, 1863

Civil War Records located left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Copy of death record of Susanna Allen, widowed, husband not stated (however in a handwritten note husband is listed as Cornelius Allen - but this note has not been certified by Town Clerk), age 90, residence Gill, Ma, occupation not given, place of birth Weston, cause of death old age, buried in Gill, father's name Stoddard Cady, mother's name Abigail (no maiden name given), date of record January 21, 1870.
Certified by Harriet A. Tedd, Town Clerk 12/6/1994

Copy of death record of Cornelius Allen. Died August 3, 1852 in Gill, Massachusetts, age 70, occupation farmer, place of birth France, cause of death disease of the heart, father and mother's maiden names not given.
Record certified by Harriet A. Tidd, Town Clerk, 12/6/1994
On back of record is hand-written note by whom not known. Cornelius Allen was husband of Susanna Cady Allen, grandfather of Eva Allen who was adopted by William H. Bass. Eva was the daughter of Marcus D. Allen; Eva's mother having died giving birth to Eva. Other records contradict this information.

Two copies of Census Search request (1850 and 1860) of Lineages, Salt Lake City, Utah by Jean Farwell for ancestors Marcus Delafayette Allen and Horace N. Allen.
More questions than answers are raised by this search. Horace Allen and March C. Bladgett have a daughter (Eva M.) born in West Boylston, Massachusetts on July 13/14, 1854 just days before the death of Horace's wife Nancy, who dies at age 25. Since baby Eva was conceived and born while Horace was married to Nancy, it's possible that Horace's uncle Marcus was named as the father. And so it goes. Eva was eventually adopted by William H. Bass.
Request for marriage records of Horace Allen/Mary Blodgett and Marcus Allen/Elsie Alberd (records 1433014 and 1433013) - no dates given. No record found for marriage of Susan Allen/Wm Bass. Also could not find record for marriage of Horace Allen/Nancy Goodnow

Last will and testament of Hannah W. Moore. She names William H. Bass, executor of this will. Signed and witnessed May 23, 1865. Witnessed by Harriet E. Hunt, Jane E. Bass and William H. Bass

Quit-claim deed from Daniel Mayo to Calvin Mayo Jr, both of Orange, for the consideration of Seventy-five dollars fifty acres. June 22, 1844
Included in folded deed was a poem Sorrow For The Dead found in the writings of Miss Lucretia A. Warner, daughter of Mr. Solomon Warner, who died at age 20 on May 19, year unknown.

Eva Hubbard, in consideration of three hundred and fifty dollars paid by Jacob Mantel deeds him a certain tract of land in Warwick MA, Nov 1, 1888.
This is the same premises that was conveyed to Ivers and Mary Pollard in 1876 and recorded to Franklin Co Registry of Deeds Book 327, page 260.

Delia Bass, widow of Obediah Bass, requests a pension increase from four and a half dollars a month to eight dollars a month under the Act of Congress of Dec 1866. Delia is 81 yrs of age. "She has not in any measure been engaged in or aided or abetted the Rebellion of the United States."

The doctor states he was well acquainted with Obadiah Bass and attended him in the last years of his life. He "died of a disease contracted while in service ...constantly and continually suffering from a rupture giving him great pain and distress."

One side of the paper from Aaron Bass, the brother of Obediah Bass. "He volunteered into the service a sound robust and able bodied man, after his discharge from the army his capacity for labor was greatly diminished and his constitution broken down and he continued to sink gradually until entirely disabled."
The reverse side from S. Jennings, a neighbor to Obediah states " he froze his feet by being exposed to the wet and cold weather....his constant suffering and the fact that he never could wear a common sized shoe but only moccasins and cloth on socks..."
Written Dec. 1853-