Franklin Jaquith

Franklin Jaquith, born December 27, 1839, son of Franklin and Lucy (Walker) Jaquith. Mustered August 5, 1862 in the 15th Massachusetts Battery (corporal) and compiled the list of Billerica soldiers and sailors printed in Hazen's History of Billerica. Appointed postmaster July 15, 1867 (as Franklin Jaquith Jr.); later listed as a manufacturer and then a farmer. Selectman 1894-1896; one of the first three Town Hall Sinking Fund Commissioners, chosen in 1894 for one year and re-elected until 1907.

References

1. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register: Jaquith no. 9, Franklin Sr., and son Franklin, soldier and compiler of the soldiers list
2. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Record of soldiers and sailors in the Rebellion: Jaquith, Franklin, mustered Aug. 31, 1862, Co. K, 6th; re-enlisted on the Circassian
3. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), preface: Franklin Jaquith copied the South Burying Ground inscriptions and prepared the Civil War soldiers list
4. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), p. 308: postmasters list, Franklin Jaquith Jr. appointed 1867 July 15; Charles H. Parker 1873
5. Report of the Selectmen for 1894 (Town Report 1895), signed by F. Jaquith as selectman
6. Town meeting 1894 (Town Report 1895): Franklin Jaquith elected to the committee of five on special legislation for the new Town Hall
7. Annual town meeting 1897: F. Jaquith for the selectmen reports the Bowers Fund $3,000 less than published
8. Town Report 1900, trust funds: Jaquith Fund, Franklin Jaquith's gift for the Franklin and Lucy Jaquith lot, South Cemetery
9. Billerica magazine (1912-13): Billerica Veteran Association, G.A.R., President Franklin Jaquith
10. Deaths recorded in Billerica in 1922 (Town Report): Franklin Jaquith, May 9