“The first meeting of the legal voters of Keene for the choice of city and ward officers was held on the second Tuesday in April, 1874, when the following officers were elected, and on the 5th day of May, following, were duly clothed with administrative powers: …ward one, Franklin J. Ware, …”

Reference Data:

Gazetteer of Cheshire County, NH, 1735-1885, by Hamilton Childs,1885, page 229