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Taft School Centennial Remembered at Bristol
Guests and Taft School Club members gather to mark the 100th anniversary of Bristol’s Middle District School later renamed Taft School. Speakers recall building origins in 1841 42, notable teachers from Nelson Tanner to Putman Taft, and local figures shaping the village.
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Mary Ella
Sam Drury Wardwell
Pappasquash Road
Hope Street
Neck Road
John Tyler
Republic
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Congress
Thomas Shepard
Congregational Church
Shepard
the Mount
Wm Henry
Linden Place
Dr Shepard
Bradford Streets
Robert Rogers
Poppasquash
Eagle Bank
Henry DeWolf
Aaron Diman
D'Wolfs
Shore
Peck’s Hill
Warren
Pecks Hill
Poppasquash Corner
Middle District
Defiance Engine and Hose Co
Taft
Worcester Academy
Mendon
Mass
Bristol
John Post Reynolds
the Neck School
Helen Taft
Charles Pitman
Robert N Turner
Lizzie
Helen— George
Rebecca Peckham
Fitz Monroe
Isaiah B White
Robert N Church
Charles
Eddie Lindsey
Joe
Ellia
Manton
William
Frank Thompson
Charlie
John Gray
Sarah
Emily Manchester
Honeywell
May
Josephine
Kate
the Neck
Peter Church
FE. Church
Nelson B. Tanner
Miss Church
Ofttimes
Tanner
Mapes
Nelson B Tanner
John C Rich
Putman W. Taft
Charles H Fay
John A Arnold
William E Thompson
Ellery W Greene
Virgil O Hardin
Henrys C Sayles
Mary Usher
Alice Franklin
Helen I. Peck
Emily Chaldron
Harriett L. Coggeshall
L. L. Anderstrom
Charrenton H Baker
William Valentine
Gertrude E. Church
Putman W Taft
Juliette E. Coggeshall
Annie M. Tobin
Taft School
Middle District School
Robert Taft