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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 VOLUME XXII 
 
 CONTAINING LIFE SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF 
 
 SULLIVAN AND MERRIMACK 
 
 COUNTIES 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE 
 
 
 " Biography is the home aspect of history " 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 Biographical Review Publishing Company 
 
 1897
 
 ATLANTIC STATES SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS. 
 
 The volumes issued in this series up to date are the fu'lowing: — 
 
 I. Otsego County, New York. 
 
 II. Madison County, New York. 
 
 III. Broome County, New York. 
 
 IV. Columbia Countv, New York. 
 V. Cayuga County, New York. 
 
 VI. Delaware County, New Y .uk. 
 
 VII. Livingston and Wyoming Counties, 
 New York. 
 
 VIII. Clinton AND Essex Counties, New York. 
 
 IX. Hampden County, Massaciiusetis. 
 
 X. Franklin County, Massachusetts. 
 
 XI. Hampshire County, Massachusetts. 
 
 XII. Litchfield County, CoNNiicTicur. 
 
 XIII. York County, Maine. 
 
 XIV. CUMDERLAND CoUNTY, MaINE. 
 XV. (JXFORD AND FrANKLIN COUNTIES, 
 
 Malne. 
 XVI. Cu.mbe.;lani) Cnuxiv, New Jersey. 
 
 X\'II. R0CKI\GH\M CO'JXIY, NEW HAMP- 
 SHIRE. 
 
 X\'1II. Plymouth County, Massachusetts. 
 XIX. Camden and Burlington Counties, 
 New Jersey. 
 XX. Sagadaho,:, Lincoln, Knox, and 
 \\'aldo Counties, Maine. 
 XXI. Strafford and Belknap Counties, 
 
 New Hampshire. 
 XXII. Sullivan and Merri.mack Counties, 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 NoTF.. — All the biographical sketches published in this volume were submitted to their respective subjects or to the sub- 
 scriljers, from whom the facts were primarily obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press ; and a reasonable 
 time was allowed in each case for the return of the tyjjewritten copies. Most of them were returned to lis within the time allotted, 
 or before the work was printed, after being corrected or revised ; and these may therefore he regarded as reasonably accurate. 
 
 A few, however, were not returned to us; and, as we have no means of knowing whether they contain errors or not, we 
 cannot vouch for their accuracy. In justice to our readers, and to render this woik more valuable for reference purjioses, we have 
 indicated the.se uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*), placed iminediate'y after the name of the subjuct. 'I'hey will all be 
 found on the last pages of the book. 
 
 II. R. I'L'li. CO. 
 Ski'TKMIii;k, 1897.
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Tllli character and contents of this up-to-date volume of biography are indicated 
 on the title-page; its ]jlace in the series we arc publishing is elsewhere shown. 
 .\n index at the end renders easy of reference the book, who.se ample te.xt 
 niav be trusted to furnish many an answer to the question of " Who's who.'" in Sulli- 
 van and Merrimack Counties to-dav. 
 
 "Life is real! life is earnest!" The New England psalmist sings a true note: 
 New England people as a rule have been accustomed to take life earnestly, to improve 
 its opportunities for advancement and enlargement, for using and strengthening 
 native talent, for developing the resources of their rugged region, for cultivating the 
 sterner human \irtues, — woi'king manfully and womanfully in various fields and 
 diverse ways to "leave the world better" than they found it. The name and fame of 
 not a few New Englanders of worth and inlluence in Colonial and later times have 
 been preserved in historv; but of manv others it can only be said that, beyond a name 
 and a date or two that have rewarded the laljors of the genealogist, thev have left no 
 memorial. Efforts are being made by the present generation to give honor where 
 honor is due, to testify its regard for living and for recently departed worthies by 
 making and keeping a fuller record of indi\-iduals who have distinguished themselves 
 by usefulness in word and deed, brave rjbuke of wrong, and gallant championship of 
 justice and right, — persons who have earned the title of public benefactors. Due at 
 once to all such, clear statement of fact and grateful appreciation, the future, when it 
 will, mav rear the monumental stone.
 
 DANIEL WEBSTER.
 
 BIOSRAPHIGAL. 
 
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 ■ With rarest gifts of lieart and liead 
 From manliest stock inherited, 
 i\c\v England's stateliest ty|)0 of man.' 
 
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 ]!(irn oil January i.S, 1782, in Sal- 
 j^ io,\x isbury, N.H., Daniel Webster was 
 ^J/ the younger son of Captain I'^ben- 
 
 ^-^ ezer \Vel:ister by his second wife, 
 
 Abigail I'^.astnian. Mis father was a son of 
 l-'benezer second, grandson of Ebenezer first, 
 anil great-grandson of Thomas Webster, of 
 Ormsby, Norfolk County, England, who was an 
 early settler in Hampton, N. H. Captain Eben- 
 ezer Webster is saitl to have inherited from his 
 mother, Mrs. Susannah B. Webster, who was a 
 descendant of the l^ev. Stephen Bachiler and 
 "a woman of uncommon strength of understand- 
 ing," some of his most prominent mental and 
 physical traits. He has been characterized as 
 a "perfect example of a strong-mindeii, un- 
 lettered man, of sound common-sense, correct 
 judgment, and tenacious rnemory. " He com- 
 manded a company in the Revolution, and 
 later in life was a Colonel in the State mi- 
 litia. A farmer by occupation, he also held 
 the office of "side justice" in the Court of 
 Common I'leas. liy his first wife he had five 
 children, namely: two that died young, Susan- 
 nah, Davitl, and Joseph ; and by his second 
 five, as follows: Mehitable, Abigail, Ezekiel, 
 Daniel, and Sarah. In 1783 Captain Webster 
 removed from the homestead where the early 
 
 years of his married life hat! iieen spent to 
 ]<>lms Farm, as later known, in that part f)f the 
 town of .Salisbiny, N. II., that is now I'rank- 
 lin, Merrimack Coimty. 
 
 Physically frail, the yotmg child Daniel 
 here passed his time for the next few years 
 mostly in healthful [day, learning at home to 
 read the Bible so early and easily that in after 
 life he could never remember when and .how 
 he did it. He attended the district schools 
 a ntmiber of terms; was nine months a pupil 
 at Phillips E.xeter Academy; studied under 
 Dr. Wood at lioscawen, N. H., also a brief 
 time with another tutor; and, entering Dart- 
 mouth College in 1797, was graduated in 
 1 801. In 1800, a youth of eighteen in his 
 Junior year, he delivered a Fourth of July ora- 
 tion at Hanover, N. II. Studying law at 
 Salisbury and in the office of Christojiher Gore 
 in Boston, in the meantime earning money liy 
 teaching and by copying deeds in I-'ryeburg, 
 Me., to help his brother Ezekiel defray col- 
 lege expenses, Mr. Webster was admitted to 
 the bar in Boston in 1805. Returning to New 
 Hampshire to be near his father, whose health 
 was failing, he lived the life of a country 
 lawyer in Boscavven, his ])ractice extending 
 over three counties. In 1S07, his brother 
 Ezekiel taking his place in Boscawen and 
 assuming charge of the home farm, their 
 father having died in 1806, he removed to 
 Portsmouth, N.ll., where he rapidly rose to 
 prominence in his profession and in politics.
 
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 Elected to Congress in 1812, he took his seat 
 in the following May, his term ending March 
 4, I Si 7. He had changed his residence to 
 Boston, Mass., in 18 16; and there he devoted 
 himself to his lucrative law practice till De- 
 cember, 1823, when he again became a mem- 
 ber of Congress. He was chosen Senator in 
 1827, and from that time on till his death, 
 which occurred at Marshfield, Mass., October 
 24, 1852, with short intervals of retirement, 
 he served his country either in the Senate or 
 in the Cabinet, easily "the first lawyer and 
 the first statesman " in the land. 
 
 Mr. Webster had five children, all by his 
 first wife, Grace Fletcher. The three who 
 grew to maturity were: Colonel Fletcher, who 
 was killed at the second battle of 13ull Run in 
 August, 1862; Julia, i\Irs. Samuel A. Apple- 
 ton, who died in April, 1 84S ; and Major Ed- 
 ward, who died in Mexico in January, 1848. 
 Mrs. Appleton left four children, the eldest a 
 daughter Caroline, who married in 1S71, for 
 her second husband, Jerome Napoleon Bona- 
 ]iarte, of Baltimore, and is now a widow re- 
 siding in Washington, D. C. Mr. Webster's 
 first wife died in January, 1S28; and in De- 
 cember, 1829, he married Miss Caroline 
 Le Roy, of New York, who survived him. 
 
 From a recent article in the Daily Mirror 
 we glean some interesting particulars concern- 
 ing "beautiful Grace Fletcher," of whom 
 little has been written by the biographers of 
 Mr. Webster. She was born in Hopkinton, 
 N.I I., in 1 78 1, a daughter of the Rev. Elijah 
 I-'letcher. Her father died in 1786; and her 
 mother married the Rev. Christopher I'age, 
 who succeeded him as pastor of the Congi'ega- 
 tional church at Hoj^kinton, but in 1789 re 
 moved to Pittsfield, N.H., where he remained 
 till 1796, and where his son James W. was 
 born. Grace T'letchcr's scliool days ended 
 when she left Atkinson Academy at the age of 
 
 eighteen. At the home of her sister Rebecca, 
 wife of Judge Kelley, of Salisbury, she met 
 Daniel Webster, then a rising young lawyer of 
 Portsmouth. Acquaintance soon ripened into 
 love; and they were married in Judge Kelley's 
 parlor, June 10, 1S08. "They at once estab- 
 lished and maintained for nine years a humble 
 home at Portsmouth, winning the love and 
 respect of all associates. Mrs. Webster, with 
 her superior grace and beauty, inherited ability 
 and intellectual accomplishments, was equal to 
 all occasions, never discouraged, proud of her 
 husband's success, but not unduly elated. 
 Oneen at home or in the i)ublic drawing- 
 room, she met the most distinguished men of 
 the time. " She was much attached to the pict- 
 uresque town of Pittsfield, and was accustomed 
 to make long visits to her sister there, Mrs. 
 White. 
 
 Mr. Webster retained to the last the love 
 for farm life, which was doubtless born with 
 him, but was mainly developed, it would seem, 
 after his mental faculties had attained their 
 growth and had long had full play. About 
 two years after the death of his brother 
 Ezekiel, in April, 1829, he became the owner 
 of the old home place in Franklin; and to this 
 he added by purchase other lands, so that 
 I*21ms Farm came to be a valuable estate of 
 about one thousand acres with many improve- 
 ments. It was long under the management of 
 a tenant farmer from Massachusetts, John 
 Taylor by name, to whom Mr. Webster was 
 wont to write directions like the following, 
 which we quote from a letter in Mr. Lanman's 
 book on his Private Life, dated March 17, 
 1852 : "Whatever ground j'oii sow or ]ilant, see 
 that it is in good condition. We want no/c«- 
 nyroyal crops. . . . Be sure to produce suffi- 
 cient quantities of useful vegetables. A man 
 may half supjiort his family from a gootl gar- 
 den. " In 1839 Mr. Webstei', having sold his
 
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 liDiisf in liostiin, icmovocl with iiis family {<> 
 his estate of about two tlioiisaiul acres in the 
 town of Marshficlcl, Mass. Tlicic he freely 
 and expensively inikilgecl his a,L;rieiiltural 
 tastes and his hospitality, and from both de- 
 rived great enjoyment. 
 
 'I'o retuin now to Mr. Webster's public life. 
 I'^irst, perhaps, auKjni^ his memorable ad- 
 dresses should be named his "Rejily to 
 Ilayne " in the Senate Chamber, January 26, 
 1830, which has been pronounced "ne.vt to the 
 Constitution the most correct and complete 
 exposition of the true powers and functions of 
 the l""edeial government," a speech "replete 
 with eloquence and ])ower, clear in statement, 
 grand in language, irresistible in argument." 
 One of the grandest mementos in I-'aneuil 
 Hall, l?(3ston, is the painting by Mealy, which 
 reijroduccs the scene of that matchless elo- 
 (|uence. There is no cjuestioning the fact, 
 and it cannot be too strongly emphasized, that 
 "Mr. Webster was thoroughly national," with 
 "no taint of sectionalism or narrow local 
 prejudice about him." As a diplomatist he 
 rendered eminent service to the country, en- 
 titling him to honorable fame and lasting 
 gratitude. Not to speak of his great forensic 
 efforts and numerous forceful occasional 
 speeches, his Bi-centennial Discourse at 
 Plymouth, the two Bunker Hill Addresses and 
 the luilogy on Adams and Jefferson are recog- 
 nized triumphs of American oratory. In his 
 famous /th of March speech, 1850, it has been 
 said, "he broke from his jiast and closed his 
 jjublic career with a terrible mistake." A 
 more generous-minded critic argues that his 
 course on that occasion was "consistent with 
 his whole career in postjDoning all other con- 
 siderations to the supreme need of saving the 
 Union." And Whittier, whose muse had 
 earlier made bitter lamentation over de[)arted 
 ghiry, reviewing in the calm eventide of life 
 
 the great conflict for Union and Liberty, 
 which sad concessions had availed not to slay, 
 recognizing Mr. Webster's rich eruiowment, 
 his jjower to call out the might of men in 
 noble cause, offers gracious tribute to the 
 sleeper by the "lonely northern .sea, where 
 long and low the marsh-lands spread " : — 
 
 "Wise men and strong wc did not lack: 
 liut .still, willi nicmory turning back. 
 In the (lark hours we thouglu of thee, 
 And thy lone grave beside the sea. 
 
 ■ But where thy native mountains bare 
 I'lieir foreheads to diviner air, 
 l-it emblem of enduring fame. 
 One lofty summit keeps thy name, 
 l-'or thee the cosmic forces did 
 The rearing of that pyramid. 
 The prescient ages shaping with 
 Fire, flood, and frost thy monolith. 
 -Sunrise and sun.set lay thereon 
 With hands of light their benison, 
 The stars of midnight pause to set 
 Their jewels in its coronet. 
 And evermore that mountain mass 
 .Seems climbing from the shadowy pa.ss 
 ']■<) light, as if to manifest 
 Thy nobler self, thy life at best!" 
 
 ILLIAM p. I-;GGLKST0NE, one of 
 the leading agriculturists of Plain- 
 field, Sullivan County, was born in 
 this town, November 5, 1826, son of Colonel 
 Charles and Betsey (Fullum) Egglestone. 
 His maternal great-grandfather, Samuel Will- 
 iams, moved with his family, in 1759, fi'oni 
 Connecticut to New Hampshire, where, hav- 
 ing cleared a farm, he cultivated it for the rest 
 of his active period. Samuel married Sarah 
 Lawrence, who was a descendant of John Law- 
 rence, one of the "Mayflower " Pilgrims. 
 
 Samuel Egglestone, the paternal grandfather 
 of William V., and a native of Connecticut,
 
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 served as a soldier in tlie Revolutionary War. 
 After his discharge from the army he resumed 
 farming in Plainfield. He was twice married. 
 His first wife, whose maiden name is unknown, 
 bore him one son, Samuel (second). When 
 he returned home from the war, his wife was 
 dead, and his boy had disappeared without 
 leaving any trace. Many years afterward an 
 account, published by the local newspapers, of 
 how one Samuel Egglestone, an aged farmer, 
 had mowed half an acre of land before break- 
 fast, was extensively copied throughout New 
 England. It was seen by his son, then forty 
 years old, who, thinking that it might be his 
 father, came to Plainfield and met him. Sam- 
 uel Egglestone (second) married, and had nine 
 children. His father wedded for his second 
 wife Phoebe Williams, daughter of Samuel 
 Williams, of Plainfield. By this union there 
 were four children — Simon, Sibyl, Charles, 
 and Zeruah. Simon resided in Vermont, and 
 reared a family. Sibyl became the wife of 
 Charles Eivermore, of "Hartland, Vt. ; and 
 Judge Livermore of that State was one of her 
 sons. Zeruah, who became Mrs. Keyes, re- 
 sided in the West, and had one son. 
 
 Colonel Charles Egglestone, William P. 
 I''gglestone's father, was born and reared in 
 Plainfield. After leaving school, he learned 
 the carjjenter's trade, and later became a 
 well-known contractor and builder. He 
 erected several school-houses, academies, and 
 other public buildings in New Hampshire and 
 Vermont, besides many ]]rivate residences. 
 The house and farm buildings which are now 
 owned by his son, William P., were erected 
 by him in 1842. He .served in the War of 
 1812, and was later commissioned Colonel of 
 the I'"ifteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Vol 
 unteer Militia. Though not active in puliti- 
 cal affairs, he served with ability as a member 
 of the Poard (jf .Selectmen and in other town 
 
 offices. In his religious views he was a Con- 
 gregational ist. Colonel Charles Egglestone 
 died June 25, 1858. His wife, Betsey, whom 
 he married in 1812, was born in Eitzwilliam, 
 N.H. She became the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, born as follows: Lorenzo, October 30, 
 1812; Lucinda, August 11, 1S15; ErancisF., 
 August 6, 1817; Mary Ann, June 27, 1820; 
 Sarah, April 23, 1822; William P., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Ai, November 16, 1829; 
 Henry, March 4, 1832; and Helen M., Oc- 
 tober 23, 1835. Lorenzo, who is no longer 
 living, was a machinist, and followed that call- 
 ing in Cambridge and Boston, Mass. He 
 married Elizabeth Lamarau, of Rochester, 
 N.Y., and had a family of si.x children. Lu- 
 cinda married Raymond Page, of Sjiringfield, 
 Vt., and had two children. P^rancis F. went 
 to Chicago, and engaged in manufacturing fur- 
 niture. He married P"anny Laughton, and 
 had a family of nine children, of whom the 
 survivors are two sons, now carrying on the 
 business established by their father. Mary 
 Ann married S. F. Redfield, a tailor of Clare- 
 mont, N. H., and had seven children. Sarah 
 married Daniel Kenyon, a farmer of Clare- 
 mont, and had four children, two of whom are 
 living. Ai served in the Civil War as a mem- 
 ber of the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Vol- 
 unteers, and afterward settled in Blooniington, 
 111., where he died. He married Speedy B. 
 Farrington, of Claremont, N.H., and was the 
 father of three children, one of whom is living. 
 Henry was engaged in the furniture business 
 in Chicago. He married Isabella Laughton, 
 who bore him four children,' three of whom are 
 living. Plelen M. became the wife of George 
 T. Avery, a prosperous farmer of Plainfield, 
 antl had one son, who is still living. Mrs. 
 Charles I-^gglestone died May i, i 868. 
 
 William P. Egglestone began his education 
 in the connnon schools of Plainliehl, and com-
 
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 ]i1l'Ici1 liis slndics at the high school in Ilarl- 
 land, Vt. When a young man he learned the 
 cabinet-maker's trade in Hoston. From Bos- 
 ton he went to Iowa, and later settled in 
 Chicago, where he followed his trade for a 
 number of years. When paying a visit to his 
 ]iarents, his father dietl. He was then pre- 
 vailed upon by his mother to take charge of 
 the farm, and he has since remainerl at the 
 homestead. lie has a large and ]iroductive 
 farm, which affords him ample opportunity for 
 the raising of superior crojjs. He also has a 
 dairy. For twenty years he was engaged in 
 the manufacture of caskets; and he was an 
 undertaker until i8go, when he gave up the 
 business on account of failing healtli. Mr. 
 Egglestone has acceptably served the commu- 
 nity in some of the town ofifices. He attends 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 Mr. Egglestone married Caroline V. Seaver, 
 who was born in Gardiner, Me., April 20, 
 1830. Mrs. Egglestone's parents, John and 
 Catherine (Dill) Seaver, died when she was 
 very young. She is the mother of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Charles, born August 25, i860; 
 Leonora K., born March 20, 1863; Addie L., 
 born December 30, 1865; and b'lorida F., 
 born Sejjtember 16, 1868. Charles has always 
 resided with his parents, and assists in carry- 
 ing on the farm. He married Elizabeth 
 Davis, who was born in luigland, July 14, 
 1 87 1, daughter of ICvan Davis; and she is the 
 mother of one son, William Edward, born 
 April 4, 1896. Leonora K. married Lindsley 
 L. Walker, a native of Reading, \'t., and now 
 a blacksmith of Hanover, N. H. Addie I., is 
 the wife of Fred A. Cowen, a merchant in 
 Lebanon, N.H. b'lorida V. married George 
 \V. Hodges, a maker of fine tools for the 
 Waltham Watch Company, and resides in Wal- 
 tham, Mass. She has one son, Forrest E. , 
 born May 30, 1895. 
 
 1;NRY !•■. IIOLLIS is a rising young 
 lawyer of Concord and a descendant 
 
 '^ * "f some well-known New Hamp- 
 shire families. He was born in West Con- 
 cord, August 30, 1869, and is a son of Major 
 Abijah and Ilarriette V. M. (French) Mollis. 
 The first of the name on record was John Hol- 
 lis, an early settler in Weymouth, Mass. 
 After him came another John, and then, in 
 succession, four of the name of Thomas, all 
 of them natives of Jkaintree, Mass. The last- 
 named Thomas Mollis, who was the grand- 
 father of the subject of our sketch, was a stone 
 contractor of Quincy, Mass., and one of the 
 leading men of his time in that business. He 
 furnished the stpnc for the famous Minot's 
 Ledge light-house. In 1826-27 he laid the 
 track of the first railroad ever built in America 
 to haul granite from the quarries to the Ne- 
 ponset River. He was one of the most promi- 
 nent citizens of Milton, and took an active part 
 in all its local affairs. He married Deborah 
 C. Allen, of Braintree, Mass. She was a de- 
 scendant of the Rev. Peter Clark, who was 
 graduated at Harvard in 1712, and ordained 
 minister of the church at Salem village in 
 1717, and married Deborah Hobart, of Brain- 
 tree, in 1719. 
 
 Abijah Hollis was the youngest son of 
 Thomas and Deborah, and one of a large fam- 
 ily of children. He first attended the district 
 schools of Milton, then went to Phillips Flxe- 
 ter Academy, and subsequently studied law at 
 the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. 
 He was admitted to the Suffolk County (Mas- 
 sachusetts) bar in 1S61. Before entering 
 upon the practice of his profession, however, 
 the Civil War having broken out, and in- 
 spired with patriotic ardor, he enlisted, and 
 was elected a commissioned officer in the 
 Forty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volun- 
 teers, and served out his term of enlistment
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 with thnt regiment. On its expiration he 
 re-enllsted in the F"ifty-si.\th Massachusetts 
 Volunteers, and served until the end of the 
 war. At the battle of the Wilderness he re- 
 ceived a severe wound, and at the close of the 
 war his health was so seriously impaired that 
 he found himself unable to withstand the 
 strain of the legal profession. He accordingly 
 decided to turn his attention to outdoor busi- 
 ness. In 1865 he removed to Concord, N. H., 
 and in company with his brother proceeded to 
 f)pcn one of the first stone quarries ever worked 
 in this town. This business he successfully 
 conducted until his retirement in 1S95. 
 Major Hollis has taken a prominent part in the 
 political affairs of the State, and held many 
 public offices. In 1S76 he was elected to the 
 legislature. 
 
 Major Hollis married Harriette V. M. 
 French, daughter of the Hon. Henry F. 
 French, of Exeter and Chester, N.H., who 
 was Assistant -Secretary of the United States 
 Treasury from the time of Grant's administra- 
 tion to that of Cleveland, and from 1855 to 
 1859 was Justice of the Court of Common 
 Pleas in New Hampshire. He was the first 
 President of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
 College. His father, Daniel French, was a 
 second cousin of Daniel Webster, and was 
 Attorney General of New Hampshire early in 
 the century. Judge I'rencli married Anne, 
 daughter of William M. Richardson, Chief 
 Justice of New Hampshire for many years. 
 Their son, Daniel C. ]'"rench, is the distin- 
 guished sculptor of New York City, among 
 whose most celebrated works are the statue of 
 the Republic, executed for the Columbian lis- 
 position, Chicago, and the Minute-man stand- 
 ing at the historic bridge in Concord, Mass. 
 Major Hollis is the father of the following 
 children: Thomas, who is a broker in lioston, 
 Mass.; Anne R. ; Hcnr)' 1'., of Concord; 
 
 Allen, also a lawyer of Concord, N.H.; and 
 Mary F. 
 
 Henry F. Hollis, the subject of this sketch, 
 was graduated at the Concord High School in 
 the class of 1886. In 1S86-87 he was en- 
 gaged in railroad engineering between Denver, 
 Col., and San Francisco, Cal., and on a sur- 
 vey of the intervening mountain passes. Re- 
 turning r^ast, he prepared at Concord, Mass., 
 to enter Harvard College, where he was gradu- 
 ated in 1892. He attended the Harvard Law 
 School, and also studied law in the ofifices of 
 the Hon. William L. Foster and H. G. Sar- 
 gent at Concord, N. H., and was admitted to 
 the Merrimack County bar in 1893. Since 
 that date Mr. Hollis has formed a law partner- 
 ship with Harry G. Sargent and E. C. Niles, 
 of Concord. He has been elected a Trustee of 
 the New Hampshire Savings Bank and a 
 member of the Board of Education, a marked 
 evidence of the confidence which his fellow- 
 townsmen already repose in him. In politics 
 he is a Democrat, and cast his first Presiden- 
 tial vote for Grover Cleveland in 1892. June 
 T4, 1893, he was united in marriage to Grace 
 B. Fisher, of Norwood, Mass. They have two 
 children — Henry F., Jr., and Anne R. Mr. 
 Hollis bids fair to enter the first ranks of his 
 profession and to add fresh laurels to the 
 family record. 
 
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 ■j^ATHANIEL MORGAN TRUl-., a 
 prominent farmer of Plainfield, was 
 
 - \^ born here, I-'ebruar}' 21, 1826, son 
 of Osgood and Betsey (Morgan) True. 'I'he 
 founder of the family, who came from old luig- 
 land among the early settlers of the Massachu- 
 setts Bay Colony, subsec[uently settled in 
 Salisbury, N. H. Benjamin True, grandfather 
 of Nathaniel M., was the first of the family in 
 Plainfield. He left an honored name. As 
 did most of the men of his day, he won his
 
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 suslcnaiicc finm tlic Sdil. His fiisl wife, ;i 
 Saiiljorn before her marriage, had seven chil- 
 dren, six of wlioin were: Reuben, Osgood, 
 Ilannali, Sarah, Judith, and Abigail. The 
 seventi) cliild, a daughter, married a Severance 
 and lived in Andover. Benjamin Triie's second 
 marriage was contracted with Mrs. Roberts, a 
 widow, who l)ore him three children — Lydia, 
 Eunice, and Kimball. 
 
 Osgood True, born in I'lainfield, August 5, 
 1789, died October 26, 1856. After complet- 
 ing his public-school education, he stayed for 
 a short time as a helper on his father's farm, 
 and later assumed the management of the farm 
 and carried it on until his death. He raised 
 large numbers of cattle and sheep as well as 
 some garden produce. He was Selectman for 
 a number of years; and he represented the town 
 in the State legislature for a time, fulfilling 
 the obligations of these important trusts to 
 the full satisfaction of his constituents. For 
 many years prior to his death he was a Dea- 
 con of the 15a])tist church. Educational mat- 
 ters obtained considerable attention from him. 
 He took an active ]iart in the service of the 
 militia, being finally chosen Captain. He 
 married Betsey Morgan, daughter of Nathaniel 
 Morgan, a well-to-do farmer of Plainfield. 
 She was born July 10, 1793, and died Novem- 
 ber 9, 1875. Their si.\ children were: Mar- 
 cia E., born July i, 1S20; Ellen M., born 
 July 8, 1822; Benjamin O. , born June i, 
 1S24; Nathaniel M., the subject of this 
 sketch; David P., born August iS, 1829; and 
 Ellen M. (second), born July 13, 1833. Mar- 
 cia married Jasper H. Purmort, a prosperous 
 farmer of Lebanon, and has a family of chil- 
 dren. EUcn M. (first) died in infancy. Ben- 
 jamin O. died in November, 1845, ^^ t''<^ ^ge 
 of twenty-one years, having just graduated from 
 Kinib:ill Union Academy. David P., who is 
 a successful faimer in Minnesota, first m:uried 
 
 I Any Kidder, and iiad two children His sec- 
 ond wife, whose maiden name was Crowe, bore 
 him one daughter, now a physician well known 
 in her profession in the West. Ellen M. 
 (second) married Thomas K. Hough, who has 
 been a successful farmer and travelling agent, 
 living in Claremont and in New York State. 
 They have four children — Clement T., 
 lilizabeth E., Delia M., and Kate M. 
 
 Nathaniel M. True attended Kimball Union 
 Academy. After finishing school, he worked 
 on the homestead farm, assisting his father in 
 the management for a time. When the health 
 of the latter became poor, he took full charge. 
 The farm, which is a large one, containing 
 nearly five hundred acres, has a handsome resi- 
 dence and numerous well-kept buildings. Mr. 
 True has given his personal attention to all 
 the details of his business, which he finds 
 quite enough to occupy his full time. He has 
 never cared for public life, nor aspired to po- 
 litical preferment. On October 13, 1853, he 
 married Ruth L. Hough, daughter of Clement 
 Hough, of Lebanon, a leading farmer of his 
 time in that jilace. Mrs. True was born May 
 25, 1834. 'I'hey have no children. 
 
 ZRA TAFT SH3LEY, a retired manu- 
 facturer of Newport, Sullivan County, 
 was born in Auburn, Mass., Febru- 
 ary 3, 1 81 7, son of Ezra and Marcia (Taft) 
 Sibley. His grandfather, Reuben Sibley, 
 who was also a Massachusetts man, and is said 
 to have been born in Sutton of that State, car- 
 ried on general farming for a time. Reuben 
 went to Maine and settled in the town of Ja}-, 
 Franklin County, where he conducted a ferry 
 on the Androscoggin River during the re- 
 mainder of his life. His son, Ezra, born in 
 Sutton, September 21, 1787, was a scythe 
 maker — a trade which he learned when a
 
 lilOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ycjung man. Me conducted a successful busi- 
 ness in Auburn, Mass., several years, was a 
 liberal in religion, and a Democrat in poli- 
 tics. In the year 1S15 he married Marcia 
 Taft, a native of U.xbridge, Mass., who died 
 at the age of twenty-eight years. They had 
 two children: Ezra T., the subject of this 
 sketch; and Kvelyn, who married Mr. Lowell 
 Sweetzcr, of Wakefield, Mass., and died in 
 June, 1S71. His second marriage was con- 
 tracted with Elmira Golding, who lived to a 
 good age. He died March 13, 1830. 
 
 Ezra T. Sibley lived in Auburn until the 
 death of his father, which occurred when he 
 was but thirteen years of age. Then he went 
 to his grandfather's at U.xbridge, remaining 
 there for two years. At this time he went to 
 Millbury, Mass., where he entered the employ 
 of Hale & Whipple, scythe manufacturers, and 
 learned the trade which he has since made his 
 business. He remained with that firm about 
 three and one-half years, after which he 
 worked at his trade in Chelmsford, Mass., for 
 one year, and in New London, N. H., for nine 
 years. In 1S45 he came to Newport, N.II., 
 and liought a half-interest in the scythe factory 
 owned by Mr. Earned. The factory had been 
 conducted by Lamed & Sibley for three years, 
 when on account of the failure of his health 
 Mr. Earned disposed of his interest in the 
 business to William Dunton, of Newport. 
 Three years later Mr. Sibley bought out Mr. 
 Dunton, and thereafter ran the business alone 
 until 1873, when betook his son into ])artner- 
 shijj. In iSgi he retired after a continuous 
 business life of forty-si.x years, being at that 
 time the oldest manufacturer of scythes in the 
 United States. He still carries on his farm, 
 and also operates a lumber-mill at North Ncw- 
 ])ort. He has been largely instrumental in 
 building uii the jiresent business successfully 
 carried on by his son. His political iirin- 
 
 ciples are Republican, and he has served 
 Newport in the capacities of Selectman and 
 legislative Representative. 
 
 On July 19, 1838, Mr. Sibley married 
 Lydia D. Gay, who was born in New London, 
 N. H., March 10, 1820, daughter of David and 
 Asenath (Davis) Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley 
 have had six children, as follows: Amelia R., 
 born April 7, i S40 ; Frank A., born January 
 28, 1851 ; Anson, who died at the age of two 
 years; Isabelle, who died aged six and one- 
 half years; and two who died in infancy. 
 Amelia R. is now the wife of Samuel Allen, 
 who is employed in the scythe factory ; and she 
 has eight children. Frank A., who married 
 Mary M. Tutnum, and has three children, is 
 now carrying on the scythe-manufacturing 
 business established by his father. A self- 
 made man and one of the oldest residents of 
 the town, Ezra Taft Sibley has the sincere 
 respect of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 ^AVID N. PATTERSON, for many 
 years one of the most active and 
 
 (^~\,^/ prominent liusiness men of Contcio- 
 ct)ok, N.H., was born June i, 1 Soo, in llcn- 
 niker, Merrimack County, and died March 28, 
 1892, in the village of Contoocook, at the ven- 
 erable age of ninety-one years, nine months, 
 and twenty-eight days. He was of Scotch- 
 Irish ancestry, so called, being a direct de- 
 scendant of John Patterson, who (Ui account of 
 religious persecution fled fnim .Scuthind to 
 the northern part of Ireland, wliere his son 
 Robert and his grandson, whu, it is thought, 
 was named Alexander, were iiorn. Tiie Lit- 
 ter emigrated to America in 1721, biinging 
 with him his family, which included a son, 
 Alexander second. 
 
 Alexander Patterson, second, married 1^1 iza- 
 beth Arbiickle, who was born in 1720011 ])oard
 
 I!I()(;r.\I'1II(:ai, 
 
 LI-;\IK\V 
 
 '7 
 
 ship ill which iicr paicnts came In tliis country. 
 lie settled first in I.nndnnderry, N.ll., where 
 he held office in 1751, l^ut suljsequently re- 
 moved to I'enibifikc, N.II., in the early days 
 of its settlement, and was one of the first Se- 
 lectmen of the town. He served as a soldier 
 in the I'ievolutionary War. His wife, a well- 
 educated woman for those days, taught school 
 several terms. In 1799 they migrated to 
 'I'hetford, \'t., going thence to Strafford, Vt., 
 where both died in i(So2. They had nine 
 cliildi'cn, Ale.xanclei", the third to bear that 
 name, being the ne.xt in li)ie of descent. 
 
 Alexander third, born July 10, 1763, mar- 
 ried Mar\' Nelson, of Sterling, Mass., and 
 settled in lieuniker, N.II. In 1806 he 
 erected a building on tlie site now occupied 
 by the residence of \V. P. Cogswell, and put 
 in water-works, which were used until 1878. 
 He was very [jrominent and popular among his 
 fellow-men, full of hmnor and ready wit, and 
 was generally accosted by young and old as 
 Uncle Santly. lie died Januar}' 12, i<S27, in 
 the si.vty-fourth year of his age. They had a 
 family of eleven children, of whom David N., 
 the special subject of this biographical sketch, 
 was the seventh -horn. Their tlaughter Mary 
 M., the ne.Nt younger child, became a very suc- 
 cessful teacher, being endowed with a strong 
 personality and a remarkable gift for imparting 
 knowledge. She began teaching at the age of 
 eighteen, and taught in Henniker and Warner 
 until 1828. Going then to Cambridge, Wash- 
 ington County, N. Y., she taught in that local- 
 ity twenty )'ears. In 1 S44 she received a 
 State license on parchment, and continued her 
 lajjors until 1S69, devoting forty-nine years to 
 the education of the young. Her husband, 
 Hervey Culver, to whom she was married in 
 1846, dying in 1S75, she removed to Vassar, 
 Mich. 
 
 David N. Patterson left linine at the age of 
 
 si.vtcen years, going tfi Wearc to work for his 
 brother-in-law, John Chase. Four years later 
 he began working at the clothier's trade with 
 his brother Joab, a woollen manufacturer in 
 Deering, N.H. In 1S29 the two yoinig men 
 came to Contoocook, establishing themselves 
 in business, first in carding rolls, then engag- 
 ing in fulling and shearing, eventually engag- 
 ing in the full manufacture of cloths, their olil 
 mills standing on the site of the present silk 
 factory. There were several mills in that 
 vicinity, including a saw-mill, a grist-mill, a 
 sash, door, and blind mill, a kit frctory, a 
 woollen-mill, etc., all of which were destroyed 
 in the fall of 1S71, the silk-mill having since 
 been erected. The Patterson brothers contin- 
 ued in business until i860, building up a sub- 
 stantial and profitable trade from one which 
 at the beginning was largely an exchange. 
 David N. Patterson continued his residence in 
 the village until his death, preserving his 
 mental and physical activities in a remarkable 
 manner. He was very influential in local 
 affairs, a strong worker in the temperance 
 cause, and an enthusiastic laborer in the l-Tee 
 Will Baptist church, of which he was a mem- 
 ber anci for si.xteen years the superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school. In 1S42 and 1843 he 
 was one of the Selectmen of Hopkinton, and in 
 1845 and 1846 was a Representative to the 
 General Court. In his younger days he served 
 four years as Lieutenant in a company of 
 militia. 
 
 On March 17, 1830, David N. Patterson 
 married Maria Woods, a daughter of William 
 S. and Betsey D. (Dutton) Woods. Mr. 
 Woods settled in Henniker in iSoo, purchas- 
 ing mills at West Henniker, and was the first 
 to carry on the clothier's trade there to any 
 extent. A citizen of prominence, he served as 
 Selectman in 1813, 1814, and 1815, apd was 
 a member of the State legislature in 1832 and
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 1833. He died at a good old age, March 29, 
 1847; and his wife passed away October 31, 
 1849. Mrs. Maria Woods Patterson died May 
 ■9. •''^73i leaving four children, namely: 
 Susan M., wife of Captain D. Howard, of 
 Concord, N. H. ; William A., of Contoocook ; 
 and Annette and Jennette, twins, the former 
 of whom lives in Concord. The latter first 
 married Charles Upton, of Amherst, N.H., 
 and after his death became the wife of Charles 
 H. Danforth, of Contoocookville. On June 
 15, 1875, Mr. Patterson married for his second 
 wife Mrs. Sarah W. Batchelder, widow of 
 Moses l^atchelder, and daughter of Samuel and 
 Mary (Gove) Philbrick, of Andover, N. H. 
 She died June 14, i S90, aged seventy-nine 
 years and eight months. 
 
 William A. Patterson, born at Contoocook- 
 ville, N. H., December 12, 1836, received but 
 a limited education, being obliged to go into 
 the mill and feed the carding machines as soon 
 as he was tall enough to reach the carding 
 places. At the age of seventeen he went to 
 work for his uncle, Button Woods, a bridge 
 contractor and builder, remaining with him 
 six or more years. In 1859 he entered the 
 blacksmith's shops of the Northern Railway 
 Company, continuing until March, 1862, when 
 he returned to Contoocook, accepting a posi- 
 tion in the kit shop. On August 7, 1862, 
 Mr. I'atterson enlisted for a term of three 
 years in Company B, Second New Hampshire 
 Volunteer Infantry. Three days later, August 
 10, his marriage with Olive Amanda Allen, 
 one of New Hampshire's brave and patriotic 
 daughters, was solemnized. The following 
 day he was mustered into service, and, leav- 
 ing his bride, joined the Army of the Potomac. 
 Ten days afterward he participated in the 
 second battle of Pull Run, was taken prisoner, 
 kept in the rebel lines a week, then jwrolct! 
 and sent to Canij) Parole, where he was e.v- 
 
 changed. At once returning to his comrades, 
 he joined them at Falmouth, December 17, 
 1862, while on their retreat from the first 
 attack on I'redericksburg. He subscciuently 
 was at the front in many important battles, in- 
 cluding Gettysburg, and saw much hard ser- 
 vice. On July I, 1864, he was made Corporal 
 of his company. June 7, 1S65, he was dis- 
 charged from the hosjiital at Hampton, Va. , 
 where he had been ill for si.x months, although 
 he was never wounded. 
 
 On returning to Contoocook, Mr. Patterson 
 worked for a year on the railway, and then re- 
 sumed his former employment with his uncle, 
 assisting in building bridges on the Concord 
 Railroad for two years, also working on the 
 Claremont and Passumpsic railways for four 
 years. Since that time he has had charge of 
 the branch office of Kimball & Lane, under- 
 takers, of Concord, N. H. He is now serving 
 his third year as Town Treasurer, besides 
 which he is Treasurer and one of the stock- 
 holders of the Contoocook lilectric Light 
 Company. He is not an active [lolitician, but 
 always votes the straight Republican ticket. 
 He is a member of the society connected with 
 the Methodist Ljjiscopal church, of which his 
 wife is an active member. He is one of the 
 leading Odd Fellows of this ]:)lace, belonging 
 to Kearsarge Lodge, I. O. O. I-'., and to 
 PLagle luicampment, and in each bod)' has been 
 through all the chairs. 
 
 Mrs. Patterson is a grand-daughter of John 
 and Hannah (Goldthwait) Allen, and a daugh- 
 ter of Willard Allen, who was born in Cor- 
 nish, N.IL, September 3, 181 i, ami died in 
 Contoocook, June 21, 18S2. Mr. Allen was 
 a brickmaker by trade, following it fust in 
 Chelsea, Mass., and later in Croydon, this 
 State. In 1853 he came to Contoocook, ami 
 in company with Warren M. Kempton started 
 a factfiry for making mackerel kits in the
 
 JUOGKArilKJAI, RI-;ViEVV 
 
 »9 
 
 hiiildini^ now cicciipiL-d liy J. I. Monill as a 
 saw-mill. He iiad varinus iiaitncrs, usually 
 one of the Monills, and continued in active 
 business about twenty-five years. In i<S3She 
 married Elvira Stone, of (irantham, a dau<,d)ter 
 of Daniel Stone. She died October 17, iS.Si, 
 just a few months prior to his demise. They 
 reared two children, namely: Olive Amanda, 
 now Mrs. I'atteison ; and Walton Terkins 
 Allen, of llopkinton, N. II. 
 
 / 3) I'OkCb; WAi.i.Aci'. i-tsiii<:r, a 
 
 \ p I well-known faiiner in lioscawen, 
 N.ll., was born June 26, 1837, in 
 New London, this State. 1 1 is father, Levi 
 l'"isher, was a native of Francestown, N.IL; 
 and his mother, Fannie Wilkins Fisher, was 
 born June 12, 1 808, in Merrimack. 
 
 Mr. I""isher's ancestors can be traced back 
 nine generations, as follows: Anthony F'isher 
 first, who is said to have lived at Wignotte, in 
 .S)'leham Parish, I'".n<;land, married Mary 
 F'iske, dau,i;htcr of William and Anne I''iskc, 
 of St. James, South Klmshani, County Suffolk. 
 He doubtless died at Syleham, as he was 
 buried there April 11, 1640. Anthony sec- 
 ond, the third child of Anthony first and 
 Mary, and one of a family of six children, was 
 baptized at Syleham, County Suffolk, England, 
 April 23, 1591. He came to New England 
 with his wife Mary and his children in the 
 ship "Rose," Jime 26, 1637, and settled at 
 Dorchester, Mass. He was made a freeman, 
 May, 1645. His first wife dieil, doubtless in 
 Dorchester; and he married, in 1663, Isabel, 
 widow of Edward Breck. He held the office 
 of Selectman in Dorcliester. On May 5, 
 1662, he was allowed by the town four pounds 
 for killing six wolves. He died intestate, 
 April 18, \C>7\, in his eightieth year. An- 
 thony third, his eldest son, settled in Dedhani 
 
 in 1637. He married .Se])tember 7, 1^)47, 
 Joanna, only ilaugliter of 'I'homas and Joan 
 I'"axon, of Hraintrec. He removed from JJcd- 
 ham to Dorchester, where he died i-'cbruary 
 13, 1670. His widow died October 16, jCxj^. 
 Their youngest son, F^ieazer, the fourth in 
 line, born at Dcdham, September 18, i66g, 
 died there February 6, 1722. He married 
 October 13, 1698, Mary, daughter of William 
 and Mary (Lane) Avery. She was born Au- 
 gust 21, 1674, and died at Stoughton, March 
 25, 1749. 
 
 Their son David was born in Dcdham, June 
 21, 1705. The s]iot where l^avid's hf)usc 
 stood in South Dedham is even now well 
 known. Lie married first Deborah lioyden, 
 second Elizabeth Talbot. The fornicr died 
 in July, 1770, aged fifty-nine years. David 
 Fisher, first, died July 30, 1779. His chil- 
 dren, all by his first wife, were: David, 
 second, born January 22, 1733; Thomas; 
 Jacob; Deborah; Hannah; Nathan; Oliver; 
 Abigail; Mary; and Abner, the youngest, 
 born Jmie 20, i 755. 
 
 David second, eldest son of David anil 
 Deborah Fisher, and the sixth in the ancestral 
 line, married Abigail Lewis, September 21, 
 1758, and settled on Morse Hill in Sharon 
 (then Stoughtonham), Mass., where David 
 third, who represents the seventh generation, 
 was born June 26, 1759. He married Mehita- 
 ble Ilewins, born in Sharon, I-'ebruary 20, 
 1762. 
 
 David Fisher third, with other settlers from 
 Dedham and Sharon, removed to Francestown 
 about the year .1780, and cleared the farm 
 known as the Jones Whitfield place, on the 
 north eastern slope of Oak Hill. Here he 
 reared a family of thirteen children. He was 
 large and athletic, his common weight, when 
 in the prime and vigor of life, being two 
 hundred and fifty pounds. He was known in
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ha{h Dedham and Franccstown as "King 
 David." He entered the Revolutionary army 
 when sixteen years of age. He died in Fran- 
 cestovvn, November 8, 1829; iiis wife, Mehit- 
 able, died in the same town, May 4, 1849. 
 Their children, who were of the eighth gener- 
 ation, and all save one born in F"raiicestown, 
 were: Mehitablc, born February iS, 17S2, 
 married Ebenezer Burtt, of Hancock, and 
 died in Franccstown, September 17, 1S54; 
 David, born December 15, 1783, married 
 Nancy Chandler, of Canton, Mass., and died 
 in Charlotte, Me., March 11, 1842; Ebenezer, 
 born August 11, 1785, married Sarah Johnson, 
 of Sharon, Mass., went to Charlotte, Me., 
 where he was a prosperous farmer and held 
 various official positions, besides representing 
 the town in the legislature, and died at Char- 
 lotte, February 4, 1850; Juel, born July 16, 
 1787, married Anna Gage, of Merrimack, died 
 in Bedford, August 23, 1834; Susannah, born 
 in Sharon, November 5, 1790, married Asa 
 Howe, of Merrimack, died in Cooper, Me., 
 F'ebruary 26, i860; Increase, born July 17, 
 1792, married Flunice Johnson, of Sharon, died 
 in Charlotte, May 11, 1866; Flnoch H., born 
 March 16, 1794, married Ro.xana Lakin, of 
 1'rancestown, died December 17, 1S82, at 
 Charlotte, Me. ; Benjamin, born b'ebruary 22, 
 1796, married Mary Starboard, of Portland, 
 Me., died in I'rancestown, March 13, 1848; 
 Asa, born October i, 1798, married Mary 
 Gage, of Merrimack, died in Sutton, Febru- 
 ary 28, 1846; Nancy, born October 10, 1800, 
 married Walter Chadwick, of Sutton, died in 
 l-'rancestown, February 28, 1841 ; Levi (father 
 of George W. Fisher), born March 14, 1803, 
 married l*\anny VVilkins, daughter oi Alexan- 
 der Wilkins, of Merrimack, was a farmer, 
 and resided at Merrimack, where he died No- 
 vember 29, 1880; Mary, born April 17, 1805, 
 married Jefferson Jones, of New ]5oston, also 
 
 William I^ovejoy, of Amherst, died in Goffs- 
 town, March 24, 18S2; and Thomas, born May 
 12, 1808, married Lydia Hanson, of Weare, 
 was a cabinet-maker, resided in Weare, N.H., 
 where he died December 18, 1834. 
 
 Levi Fisher was a farmer. He removed 
 from New London to Merrimack when his son, 
 George W. , was five years old; and he died 
 there, November 29, 1880. H is wife survives 
 him, and lives with her son, Levi W. , in 
 Merrimack. Their children were five in num- 
 ber, as follows: Levi W. , Sarah W., George 
 W. , Anna L. , and Cynthia M. The first of 
 these, Levi W. , was born September ig, 
 1829. He married Lucy A. Freeman, who 
 died January 26, 1875. He then married 
 Frances E. Bowen. There was one child by 
 the first marriage, Maria L. , now the wife of 
 Frank P. McAfee, of Nashua. By the second 
 marriage there were three children : F'annie 
 W., Ella Grace, and Edwin Milo, the first 
 born March 9, 1884, the second March 3, 
 1886, and the third .September 20, i88g; all 
 are living at home. Levi F^isher's second 
 child, .Sarah W., was born P'cbruary 6, 1832, 
 and married Chester Bui lard, of Nashua. 
 Both are now deceased, he having died Novem- 
 ber 12, 1884, and she January 3, 1896. They 
 had no children. Anna L. was born March 
 4, 1840, and married Hazen G. Dodge, a 
 farmer of Merrimack, born August 24, 1837. 
 They reside there, and have one child — 
 Elwin FI., a machinist in Nashua, born De- 
 cember 4, 1867. Cynthia M. was Inirn Janu- 
 ary 14, 1843, and became the wife of Eilwin 
 M. Shepherd, a watch-maker and jeweller of 
 Maiden, Mass., where they reside. The)' have 
 two children: Grace pjiicry, wife of Charles 
 Bennett, of Maiden ; and l-"lorcncc, a teacher 
 in Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 George \V. , llic direct subject of the present 
 sketch, remained at Imme with iiis parents
 
 i;i<)(;u Ai'iiKAi, 
 
 .VIIvW 
 
 until lie was ciglitccn years did, when he went 
 t(i Nashua, where lie engaged in the sash, 
 door, and blind husiiicss for live }'ears. On 
 Oetiiher 7, 1S61, he enlisted in Company I, 
 Seventh New Ilani|)shire Volunteers, untler 
 Colonel Putnam and Captain Joseph ]'"rcsch]. 
 lie was in engagements in South Carolina and 
 I'diiriila. On account of poor health he was 
 discharged at I'ortsmouth Grove, R.I., Octo- 
 ber 29, \SC)^, and returned to Merrimack. lie 
 remained there till spring, then went to Man- 
 chester, N.II., and again entered into the sash 
 and blind business. He also did carpentering, 
 and continued thus engaged for eight years. 
 In 1872 he came to B(jscavven, and engaged in 
 carjientering for his father-in-law, making no 
 change until 1876, when he bought his present 
 tarm. Me has carried on general farming here 
 ever since. He owns two hundred and thirty 
 acres, has made various improvements on his 
 property, keeps three horses and ten cows, 
 and does quite a dairy business, shipping milk 
 to Boston. 
 
 Mr. Fisher was a charter member of Kzekiel 
 Webster Grange at Boscawen, has been Master 
 three years, and has held other offices in the 
 grange for nine years. He is connected with 
 the G. A. K., having been a member of a post 
 in Manchester, and being now a member of 
 \V. I. Brown Post at Penacook, N. H. Since 
 July, 1S68, he has belonged to Hillsborough 
 I.odge, No. 2, I. O. O. v., of Manchester,, of 
 which he was at one time Chaj)lain. He has 
 been Justice of the Peace for the past nineteen 
 years, and for four years a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen, being at present Chair- 
 man ; and has been si.x years a member of the 
 School Board and Chairman two years. He is 
 a Republican in politics and an active worker 
 for that party. 
 
 Mr. Fisher was married December 14, 1865, 
 to Mary K. Green, a native of Litchfield, born 
 
 December 6, 1836. She was the daughter of 
 Hartwell W. and .Sarah (Turner) Green, of 
 Merrimack, both of whom are now dead. Mrs. 
 I'"isher died y\pril 1, 1868; and Mr. I'isher 
 was married November 30, 1869, to Esther 
 P. Coffin, of Boscawen, who was born Decem- 
 ber 15, 1843, a daughter of Peter and ICunicc 
 (Couch) Coffiii, the former of whom was a 
 native of Boscawen and the latter of Webster. 
 By this second marriage there were three chil- 
 dren — George V., Winfred, and Levi P. 
 George F. was born June 23, 1871, mar- 
 ried in 1896 Lizzie A. Bachelder, of North- 
 field, and is engaged at home on the farm. 
 Winfred was born May i S, 1S73, was gradu- 
 ated at Bryant & .Stratton Commercial Col- 
 lege, Manchester, and became a member of the 
 firm of Balch, Chandler & Co., grocers, in 
 Penacook. He died l-"ebruary 23, 1896. Levi 
 P., born October 12, 1876, was graduated at 
 the above college and is now at home. 
 
 Mr. Fisher and his wife both belong to the 
 Congregational church, of which he has been 
 a member at Nashua, Manchester, and Bos- 
 cawen for thirty-eight years ; and he has been 
 superintendent of the Sunday-school for three 
 years. 
 
 Ji 
 
 ANI1;L GIL:\IAN CHP:SLFV, one 
 of the largest land-owners of Epsom, 
 Merrimack County, was born upon 
 the farm he now occupies, July 2, 1S37, son of 
 John and Joanna (Tibbetts) Chesley. The 
 Chesley family is believed to be of English 
 origin; and the great-grandfather of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch was Lemuel Chesley, who 
 resided in Lee, X. H. 
 
 Mis son, John Chesley, Sr. , grandfather of 
 Daniel Gilman, was born in Lee. When a 
 young man he went to Chichester, N. M., 
 where he learned blacksmithing of James 
 
 BlakL 
 
 After his marriage he settled in
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Epsom nnd coiitimit.'cl to work at his trade for 
 some time. He also followed agricultural 
 pursuits quite extensively in this town, and 
 kept a hotel. He died at the age of si.xty 
 years. He married Betsey Blake, sister of 
 James Blake, with whom he served his appren- 
 ticeship. Betsey Blake was a daughter of 
 Samuel Blake, one of the first settlers of 
 Epsom, who purchased from the Indians a 
 large tract of land near the centre of the town 
 for the paltry sum of ten shillings, and turned 
 in his jack-knife for one shilling of that sum. 
 Samuel Blake, generally called Sergeant 
 ]51ake, came to Epsom at the age of fifteen ; 
 and several years later his father. Lieutenant 
 ]51ake, moved into town. In the early days 
 the frontier settlers were kept in a state of 
 almost continual alarm by the incursions of 
 the Indians, whose ferocity and cruelty were 
 doubtless very much averted by friendly con- 
 ciliating conduct on the part of the white in- 
 habitants toward them. This was particularly 
 the case in the course pursued by Sergeant 
 Blake. Being himself a skilful marksman and 
 an expert hunter, evincing traits of character 
 and abilities in their view of the highest order, 
 he soon gained their respect; and by kind 
 treatment he secured their friendship to such a 
 degree that, though they had opportunities, 
 they would not injure him even in time of 
 war. An industrious pioneer, he cleared and 
 im[)roved a good farm, which is now owned 
 by his descendants, Daniel Gilman Chesley 
 and John y\ugustus Chesley. John and ]5etsey 
 (Blake) Chesley had a family of si.\ children; 
 namely, John, Samuel M., Betsey, Jonathan 
 S. , James 15., and Josiah C. , none of whom are 
 now living. The death of Mrs. Betsey ]?. 
 Chesley occurred previous to that of her hus- 
 band. 
 
 John Chesley, Jr., Daniel (1. Chesley's 
 father, was b(jrn in Epsom, and was a lifelong 
 
 resident of this town. In his younger days he 
 was engaged in teaching school ; but he later 
 served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's 
 trade, and followed it in connection with 
 farming during his active ]3eriod. He suc- 
 ceeded to the ownership of the IMakc home- 
 stead, and resided here until his death, which 
 occurred when he was eighty-three years and 
 six months old. His wife, Joanna Tibbetts, 
 whom he married August 2i, 1834, was born 
 in Madbury, N.H., daughter of Israel and 
 Susan (Emerson) Tibbetts. Her grandfather 
 on her mother's side, Smith Emerson, was an 
 officer in the Revolutionary War. His wife 
 was a Thompson. Her grandmother Tib- 
 betts's maiden name was Joanna Eulchar. 
 Eleven children were born to John and Joanna 
 (Tibbetts) Chesley, and of these three are 
 deceased ; namely, Margaret Ann, Ellen Eran- 
 ces, and Etta Oryntha. The eight living are: 
 Almira Blake; Daniel Gilman, the subject of 
 this sketch; John Augustus; Lizzie Joanna; 
 Lydia Addie; Emma Susan; Edward Monroe; 
 and Ellen Erances. Almira Blake Chesley 
 married Alfred Kimball, of Haverhill, Mass., 
 and her children are: Clara Wood, Susie 
 Clarke, Myrtle Lydia, Everett Alfred, and 
 Arthur Russell. Lizzie J. is the wife of 
 Warren Kimball, of Haverhill, Mass., and 
 the mother (if Alice Graham, \'ictor Orange, 
 and Lizzie Wood. Lydia Addie is now Mrs. 
 Charles W. b'rench, of VVarrensburg, 111., and 
 has five children — Herbert, Clara, Laura, 
 Olive, and another whose name is unknown to 
 the present writer. luinna Susan married 
 Orange E. Sackett, resides in Central City, 
 Neb., and has seven children Lizzie Kim- 
 ball, Arthin- Ru.ssell, Dwight, Alton Veasey, 
 Robert McKinley, Hazel, and Mira. Edward 
 M. Chesley married for his first wife b'lora 
 Ayer ; and Iiy that union there was one child, 
 luta, who (lied at the age of lour years. His
 
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 scciuul wife was licfdic nianiage I'"lla Kugg, 
 of I lavciliill, Mass. ; and tlie children by this 
 nniiiii arc: Ciiailuttc l-'. , lulvvard (i., and 
 Maiioii. l'!llcii !''. is now the widow of 
 Ciiailcs W. Maitin, late of Pittsficld, N.ll., 
 and has no children. Margaret Ann married 
 Daniel Yeaton, of ]'",]-)som. Mrs. Joanna T. 
 Cheslcy is now residing at the homestead, and 
 has reached the age of nearly eighty-one years. 
 She is a member of the Congregational church. 
 
 Daniel Gilman Chesley acquired a good 
 education in schools in his native town, in 
 Pittsfield, and Pembroke. After completing 
 his studies, he engaged in educational work, 
 and taught twenty-nine (mostly winter) terms 
 of school in Illinois and New Hampshire. He 
 eventually settled at the homestead, where he 
 now resides; and he devotes his time and at- 
 tention to the cultivation of his farm with the 
 same energy and ])erseverance which character- 
 ized his ancestors. 
 
 On November 25, 1888, Mr. Chesley mar- 
 ried Olive Elnora .Sanborn, a daughter of 
 Nathan B. and Ruth (Cousens) Sanborn. Her 
 father was a native of Gilmanton, N.H., the 
 son of Jonathan T. and Hannah (Page) San- 
 born; and his mother was the daughter of 
 Andrew and Elizabeth Page, the latter being a 
 cousin of Daniel Webster, and also related to 
 the Greeley family of which Horace Greeley 
 was a member, Ruth Ann Cousens, a native 
 of Kennebunk, Me., was a daughter of Jere- 
 miah M. and P^liza (Kimball) Cousens, the 
 former a soldier in the War of 1812. Olive 
 Elnora Sanborn was born in Thornton, N. H., 
 where her parents, who were industrious farm- 
 ing ])eople, resitleil for a period of twelve 
 years, removing then to Gilmanton, where 
 they passed the remainder of their days. 
 Nathan B. Sanborn was identified with public 
 affairs, and served as a Selectman in Thorn- 
 ton. He lived to be seventy years old, and 
 
 his wife to the age of sixty-.six. They had a 
 family of seven children, of whom six arc now 
 living. Olive ]■:. (Mrs. Chesley) was the 
 third-born. She was educated in tiie schools 
 of Gilmanton, graduated from Gilmanton 
 Academy, and became a teacher in the jjuhlic 
 schools, teaching previous to her marriage 
 twenty-eight terms of school in New Hamj)- 
 shire and Maine. She is a member of the 
 Methodist l-lpiscopal church. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Chesley have three children : Elnora Sanborn, 
 who was born September i, 1889; Mabel 
 Elorence, born September 4, 1893; and John 
 Gilman, born March 29, 1895. 
 
 In politics Mr. Chesley is a Democrat. He 
 served as Superintendent of Schools for fifteen 
 years, was a member of the School Board six 
 years, was Chairman of the Board of Selectmen 
 for two years, Town Treasurer four years, and 
 Town Clerk two years. He has also held 
 other offices and is now Auditor. He stands 
 high in the estimation of his fellow-townsmen, 
 who regard him as one of the most upright. 
 conscientious, and worthy of citizens. 
 
 ILLIAM E. WESTGATE, a lead- 
 ing farmer and stock-raiser of Cor- 
 nish, Sullivan County, was born 
 December 9, 1840, at Plainfield, N.H., son of 
 Earl and Sarah Chase (Cole) Westgate. His 
 great-grandfather, John Westgate, married 
 Grace Church, of Tiverton, R. I., w-ho was a 
 descendant of Colonel Benjamin Church, fa- 
 mous in King Philip's War in Colonial times. 
 They had eleven children — Betsy, John, 
 Lydia, Earl, Priscilla, Mary, George, Will- 
 iam, Joseph, Benjamin, and Hannah. Earl 
 Westgate, grandfather of William E. , came 
 with his father to Plainfield in 177S, and mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Waite, daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Annie Swetzer, of Hubbardston, -Mass.
 
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 Their children were: Elizabeth, John, Na- 
 thaniel, Anna, George, and Earl. 
 
 Earl Westgate (second) was born at Plain- 
 field, December 17, iSoS, and was educated 
 in the town schools. After completing his 
 education, he lived on the home farm with 
 his father until the latter died, when he took 
 entire charge. A very religious man, he has 
 been a member and a Deacon of the Baptist 
 church for more than fifty years. He has 
 never joined any of the secret fraternities, and 
 has never held public office, preferring rather 
 the quiet of his own fireside to the more active 
 life of a public man. The first of his two 
 marriages was contracted with Sarah Chase 
 Cole, of Plainfield, who, born November 24, 
 I Si 5, died January 18, 1S76. She was the 
 mother of William E., Martha E. , Edith S., 
 Julia A., Mary E., and Daniel C. Westgate. 
 liarl Westgate's second wife, in maidenhood 
 Abigail M. Camp, of Hanover, is now de- 
 ceased. Martha, Mr. Westgate's eldest 
 daughter, born in Plainfield, January g, 1842, 
 married F"reeman Holt, of Lyme, N. H., a 
 farmer, and is now living at Plainfield. Edith 
 S., born June 21, 1846, married Carlos D. 
 Colby, a farmer of Plainfield, and had eight 
 children, seven of whom are living. Julia, 
 born August 8, 1848, died soon after leaving 
 school. Mary, born November i, 1852, died 
 at the age of ten years. Daniel, born June 4, 
 1857, lives on the farm at Plainfield with his 
 father, and is now Selectman of the town. He 
 married Clara J. Stone, of Plainfield, and has 
 two children — Mary E. and Bessie S. 
 
 William E. Westgate received his early 
 education at Plainfield and in Kimball Union 
 Academy. Not long after, he settled cjn a 
 farm formerly owned by Mr. ]?ryant. He has 
 since jiurchased the property, and is living 
 there still. Mr. Westgate has been pidinincnt 
 in the iniblic affairs of the town, and has been 
 
 honored by his fellow-townsmen by ajipoint- 
 ment to various offices of trust and responsi- 
 bility. He has been Collector of Ta.xes ; for 
 three years Selectman; in 1895 he was sent to 
 the State legislature, where he served on the 
 Committee on Labor; and he was elected 
 County Commissioner in 1896. Mr. West- 
 gate's farm is rich and fertile; and his build- 
 ings are commodious, of improved style, and 
 in excellent condition. Besides carrying on 
 general farming, he raises considerable stock. 
 Mr. Westgate was united in matrimony 
 with Charlotte E. Bryant, of Cornish, daugh- 
 ter of Daniel and Chloe (Hildreth) Bryant. 
 They have two children ^ Earle and Martha 
 E. Earle, born May 25, 1865, after complet- 
 ing his education, worked on the farm for a 
 time. He is now employed at the creamery, 
 where he oversees the making of butter known 
 all over the country as Hill Side Creamery 
 Butter. He married Angle L. Chadbourne, 
 daughter of William E. Chadbourne, of Cor- 
 nish. Martha Westgate was born in Cornish, 
 March 8, 1869, and was educated in the Cor- 
 nish schools and in the high school at Wind- 
 sor, from which she graduated. Afterward, 
 becoming a very successful and ])()pu]ar 
 teacher, she taught school for fifteen terms. 
 She and her husband, I{lvvin W. Ouimby, of 
 Cornish, now reside with her parents. The 
 circumstances attending the removal of Mr. 
 Westgate and his wife from Plainfield to Cor- 
 nish are vividly impressed on his mind. it 
 was in the spring of 1862, when the snow lay 
 five or si.\ feet deeji on the level, and was 
 coveretl by a crust so solid that teams rode on 
 it over fences and fields, witlu)ut breaking 
 through, a condition of things which lasted 
 until the middle of April. Mr. Westgate is a 
 I'^ree Mason and loiineily belonged to the 
 grange. Both he and his wife are earnest 
 members of the jiantist Church of Plainfield.
 
 BIOGRAl'HICAI, KKV'IEW 
 
 Mrs. Westgate, wlio lias a musical taste, was 
 organist of the church for some years both 
 before and after her marriage. 
 
 jUWIN A. TYRRELL, a highly es- 
 tceiiied citizen of llookset, IMcrrimack 
 County, iM'oniinent in town affairs, 
 has been station agent and Postmaster at 
 Martin Depot since 1SS7, a continuous ser- 
 vice of ten years in the two positions, an hon- 
 orable record which speaks for itself. He 
 was born May 15, i.Ssi, in Paxton, Mass., a 
 son of Jesse D. Tyrrell. His grandfather, 
 Jesse Tyrrell, was of Massachusetts birth, but 
 removetl from that State to Vermont, settling 
 in the town of Waterville, where he carried 
 on general farming until his death, which oc- 
 curred at a ri[)e old age. 
 
 Jesse D. Tyrrell was born June 2, 1825, in 
 Bakersfield, Vt., and spent a large part of his 
 life in that State. He learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade when young, and followed it in 
 connection with his agricultural labors until 
 the fall of 1S63, when he enlisted in the 
 Seventh Vermont Regiment. He died Feb- 
 ruary "6, 1864, soon after being mustered into 
 service in ]?rattleboro, Vt. He was a hard- 
 working man, industrious and thrifty, as well 
 as a patriotic citizen, and was greatly re- 
 spected by all with whom he had dealings. 
 His wife, formerly Mary Ann Tyler, survived 
 him but three years, passing to the life eter- 
 nal January 6, 1S67. ]5oth were dee[)ly re- 
 ligious, and were active members of the Meth- 
 odist church. Of the five children born of 
 their union but two are now living, as fol- 
 lows: Alfred H., born in Princeton, Mass., 
 December 5, 1849, who married lillen Prouty, 
 of Paxton, Mass., and has two children — 
 Mabel and ]'",lla; and lulwin A., the special 
 subject of this personal sketch. 
 
 Edwin A. Tyrrell was but two years of age 
 when his parents removed to Cambridge, Vt. , 
 where he first attended school. After com- 
 pleting his education at Troy, Vt. , he, by the 
 death of his i)arents having been left depend- 
 ent in a large measure on his own resources, 
 went to Manchester, N. H., where he ob- 
 tained a situation in the Manchester ?iiill. 
 Proving himself able and faithful in every po- 
 sition in which he was placed, he retained his 
 connection with the mill for eighteen years, 
 being second hand in the harness shop when 
 he left. On September i, 1887, Mr. Tyrrell 
 located in Hookset, having accepted the posi- 
 tion of station agent at Martin Depot; and 
 during the same year, under President Cleve- 
 land's administration, he received the appoint- 
 ment of Postmaster. During his residence in 
 Hookset he has been prominently identified 
 with the best interests of the place, and has 
 served in important offices, having been Super- 
 visor in 1890 and 1891, and ever since that 
 time a member of the lioard of Selectmen. 
 He is also a member of the Board of Trade of 
 llookset; and he was appointed Justice of the 
 Peace for this county by Governor Ramsdell 
 in P'cbruary, 1897. I'raternally, he is an ac- 
 tive member of Wildy Lodge, No. 45, 
 I. O. O. F., of Manchester, N.H., in which 
 he served one term as Outside Guardian. 
 
 On May 2, 1871, Mr. Tyrrell was united in 
 marriage with Miss Junia A. lila, of Hook- 
 set, who was a woman of fine character, much 
 beloved by all who knew her, and a faithful 
 member of the Methodist church. She died 
 May 16, 1885, leaving three children, the fol- 
 lowing being their record: Lcona O. , born 
 February 19, 1875, resides in Hookset, 
 N. H. ; Arthur J., who was bom September 
 21, 1876, is connected with the passenger de- 
 partment of the Boston & Maine Railroad, and 
 resides in Concord, N.H.; and Wesley E. ,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 born August 31, 1879, is a resident of Hook- 
 set. On December 24, 1885, Mr. Tyrrell 
 was married' to Miss Augusta R. Hatch, a 
 daughter of Deacon Samuel Hatch, of Maiden, 
 Mass. She was born in Derry, N.H., De- 
 cember 25, 1852. At one time she was a 
 member of the Second Advent church in 
 Manchester; but she withdrew from that, and 
 at present is not connected with any church. 
 A devoted wife, Mrs. Tyrrell has been a kind 
 and loving mother to the children left to her 
 care, and is loved and respected by them all. 
 
 ^YLVANUS VV. BRYANT, of Cor- 
 nish Flat, was born in the town of 
 Cornish, October 23, 1839, son of 
 Sylvanus W. and Sophia (Woodward) Bryant. 
 He comes of a robust, tenacious, and progres- 
 sive family, representatives of which fought 
 in the P"rench and Indian War, were officers 
 in the Continental army under Washington, 
 and have attained distinction in politics, the 
 army and navy, the learned professions, and 
 the arts and sciences. Among these none 
 have been more widely known and beloved 
 than New England's poet of nature, the late' 
 William Cullen Bryant. 
 
 Sylvanus W. Bryant traces his genealogy to 
 Stephen Bryant, who came from the west of 
 England in 1643, and settled in the Plymouth 
 Colony at Duxbury, Mass. He married Abi- 
 gail Shaw, who was born in England, and 
 came to this country with her father, John 
 Shaw, in 1632. William Cullen Bryant be- 
 longed to the si.xth generation descended from 
 Stephen. Lieutenant John Bryant married 
 the daughter of Stephen liryant at IMymouth 
 on November 23, 1665. Notiiing is known of 
 him prior to that date, iiis children ntun- 
 bered seven. Samuel, the fourth son, married 
 Joanna Cole, and iiad seven children, four of 
 
 whom were born in Plymouth and three in the 
 adjoining town of Plympton. Samuel, Jr., 
 the eldest child, married Tabitha, daughter 
 of Deacon Joseph P"ord, of Pembroke, Mass. ; 
 and eleven children were born to them. Syl- 
 vanus, the fourth child of Samuel, Jr., mar- 
 ried Sarah Sears, daughter of Edward Sears, 
 of Halifa.x, and had a family of six children. 
 
 Sylvanus Bryant, Jr., the third child of his 
 parents, and the grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch, enlisted as a private in the Con- 
 tinental army, rose to the rank of Captain, 
 and did good service in the Revolutionary 
 War. After the war he settled in Cornish, 
 being the first of the name in this town. He 
 married Judith, daughter of Moses Chase, and 
 had a family of eight children. Sylvanus W. 
 Bryant, Sr. , son of Captain Bryant, and the 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was born 
 in Cornish, June 14, 1790, and died August 
 17, 1S64. He was a man of unusual mental 
 range, sound judgment, and of much business 
 capacity. His wife, Sophia, was born in 
 Plainfield, N.H., June 3, 1800, and died Sep- 
 tember 3, 1890. Their six children were: 
 John, Sophia, Judith, George, Sarah Anne, 
 and Sylvanus W. 
 
 Sylvanus W. Bryant, the subject of this 
 sketch, married Sarah G. Smith, of West- 
 minster, Vt. They have had three children, 
 namely: Mary H., now deceased, born Sep- 
 tember 6, 1876; Jennie S., born June 28, 
 1879; and George H., JDorn November 22, 
 18S0. 
 
 ON. HOSEA VV. PARKIER, of 
 Claremcjiit, N. H., attorney and coun- 
 i® V _ sellor at law, was born in Lemjister, 
 Sullivan County, May 30, 1833, son of ]5en- 
 janiin and Olive (Nichols) Parker. His 
 father was an esteemed citizen of Lcmpster, 
 where he held many positions of trust and
 
 HOSEA W. PARKER.
 
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 29 
 
 responsibility. He died in 1S45, Icavin;^ 
 three children — lunilie, Hiram, and Hosea 
 W. lunilie L. marrietl Ransom 15cckwith 
 (deceased), Ijy vviiom she had two sons — Wal- 
 ter 1'. and Hira R., the I'ornier a graduate of 
 Tufts College and the present superintend- 
 ent of the Salem Normal School, the latter a 
 well-known architect, residing in Claremont, 
 N.H. llirani Parker is a merchant of Lemp- 
 ster, has held different offices in the town, and 
 has been a Representative to the legislature. 
 He ranks among the most prosperous and en- 
 terprising farmers in the county, and has for 
 many years been a prominent member of the 
 State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 Hosea W. Parker acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the district school, and at hf)me as- 
 sisted his brother on the farm imtil he was 
 eighteen years old. He later attended Tubbs 
 Union Academy, Washington, and the Green 
 Mountain Liberal Institute, South Wood- 
 stock, Vt. luitering Tufts College in 1855, 
 he there remained two years, and then began 
 the study of law in the office of Burke & 
 Waite, of Newport. While thus engaged, he 
 taught school in Newport and elsewhere. In 
 1859 he was admitted to the Sullivan County 
 bar, and began to practise in his native town; 
 but in the fall of i860 he removed to Clare- 
 mont, where he has resided ever since. He 
 has built up an extensive and most excellent 
 l>ractice, antl is consiilered a very competent 
 counsellor. He is strong and influential in 
 the Supreme Court, anil as a draughtsman of 
 legal documents it is said he is not excelled 
 in the State. His services are in constant 
 demand wherever sound counsel and legal 
 ability are appreciated. He was admitted to 
 practice in the United States Circuit and Dis- 
 trict Courts in New Hampshire, and in 1873 
 was admitted to the Supreme Court at Wash- 
 ington, D.C. He has been engageil on one 
 
 side or the other of almost every important 
 case tried in the county, and as a lawyer ranks 
 with the foremost of New Hampshire. 
 
 Mr. Parker is a Democrat in politics, and 
 has been a iirominent leader and worker in the 
 cause of Democracy ever since he became a 
 voter, attending county, State, and national 
 conventions. In 1859 and i860 he repre- 
 sented the town of Lempstcr in the New 
 Hampshire legislature. In 1869 he was the 
 Democratic candidate for member of Congress 
 from the Third New Hampshire District, 
 which had almost always been Republican; 
 and he was defeated by Jacob Benton. In 
 1871 he was again a candidate, and was 
 elected; and in 1873 he was re-elected by an 
 increased majority. "Corruption was rife at 
 Washington during the time of his service, 
 but jobbery and extravagance in every form 
 found in Mr. Parker a persistent opiionent. 
 The Coiignssioiuil Record will show his vote 
 recorded against every jobbery, subsidy, and 
 plunder scheme, of whatever description, 
 brought before Congress during his term of 
 service, and in support of every measure cal- 
 culated to promote the interests of the masses 
 of the people, and especially in the direction 
 of revenue reform. There and everywhere 
 he has been earnest and outspoken in op|JOsi- 
 tion to those features of the tariff laws 
 calculated to enrich the few at the ex- 
 pense of the many. He was a member of 
 the Committee on Education and Labor, and 
 also of the Committee on Patents, rendering 
 valuable service in both committees. It was 
 in the Forty-third Congress, as a member 
 of the last-named committee, that Mr. Parker 
 rendered his constituents and the people of 
 the entire country a ser\^ice of inestimable 
 value. It was at this time that the patents 
 held by the great sewing-machine monoply, a 
 combination of the leading companies entered
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 into for the purpose of keeping up the enor- 
 mous prices of the machines, were about ex- 
 piring; and a determined effort was made to 
 secure an extension. A powerful lobby was 
 employed, and money without stint was at its 
 command. I'lvery possible argument and ap- 
 pliance was brought to bear upon the commit- 
 tee to secure a report in favor of extension. 
 Mr. Parker, with his unyielding hostility to 
 monopoly and especial privilege in every form, 
 was unalterably opposed to such action from 
 the start ; and it was largely through his per- 
 sistent efforts that the committee finally re- 
 ported against the extension by a majority of 
 one vote, and the committee's report was sus- 
 tained by the House. A reduction of nearly 
 fifty per cent, in the price of sewing machines 
 soon followed, a result hailed with joy in al- 
 most every family in the land." 
 
 After the close of his second Congressional 
 term Mr. Parker was out of politics, giving 
 his time and attention wholly to the practice 
 of his profession until 1S92, when he was 
 nominated unanimously in convention of the 
 Second District for member of Congress, but 
 was defeated by a small plurality. He has 
 been on the State Central Committee of the 
 Democratic party for thirty years. At the 
 session of the New Hampshire legislature in 
 1897 Mr. Parker was the Democratic nominee 
 for United States Senator, and received the 
 votes of the Democratic members. The party, 
 however, being in the minority, he was not 
 elected. 
 
 For five years he has been one of the 
 Commissioners to establish free public libra- 
 ries in New Hampshire, and the work has 
 ijcen carried on to such an extent that at 
 the present writing nearly every town in the 
 State has a free public library. In 1883 the 
 degree of Master of Arts was conferred u]X)n 
 him by Tufts College, and he was elected a 
 
 Trustee of the college, which position he still 
 holds. He was for ten years Trustee of the 
 State Normal School at Plymouth, N. H. He 
 is a member of the Southern New Hampshire 
 Bar Association, is a prominent Free Mason, 
 and was for over twenty years Eminent Com- 
 mander of Sullivan Commandery, Knights 
 Templar, of Claremont. In religious faith 
 and fellowship a Universalist, for the past 
 thirty-six years he has been superintendent of 
 the Universalist Sunday-school; and he has 
 been President of the United States and Can- 
 ada Universalist General Convention. 
 
 He married Louvisa C. Southgate, daughter 
 of Mark Southgate, of Bridgewatcr, Vt., and 
 has one child, Lizzie S. , who is one of the 
 prominent alumnae of Smith College, where she 
 was graduated in i888. She married the Rev. 
 Lee S. McCollester, a graduate of Tufts Col- 
 lege and Tufts Divinity School, who has also 
 studied and travelled extensively abroad. He 
 is now pastor of the Church of Our F'ather, a 
 large and flourishing society in Detroit, 
 Mich. His father, the Rev. S. H. McCol- 
 lester, D.D., of Marlboro, N.H., is the 
 author of valuable works of European travel. 
 
 Mr. Parker, it may be added, is a descend- 
 ant of Captain Joseph Parker, and a relative of 
 the late Rev. Dr. A. A. Miner, a distin- 
 guished divine of the Universalist faith, who 
 was born in Lempster, and long a favorite 
 among the church-goers of Boston, Mass. Mr. 
 Parker, it has been well said, is "a citizen 
 eminently public-spirited, heartily supporting 
 all schemes of local improvement. He is lib- 
 eral to a fault, and never hesitates to contrib- 
 ute to any object for which his aitl is sought, 
 unless convinced that there is sham and hy- 
 pocrisy. For hypocrites and pretenders, 
 whether in politics or religion, in ]mblic or 
 in private, in business or in social life, he has 
 a thorough and ardent contcniiit. In his in-
 
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 3' 
 
 t<.'i"(.'mirs(j willi men lie he-slows llic same con- 
 sideration upon the i^oorest ami lunnlilest as 
 upon the rich and exalted." 
 
 -'••«•*-*— 
 
 X\)f ilAAAM SIIAVV, a farmer of Pitts- 
 field, was horn here, December 25, 
 1S33, son of Smith and Mary Jane 
 (Garland) Shaw. The family is of Scotch 
 origin, and descends from Joseph Shaw, its 
 earliest known ancestor in America. The 
 great-grandfather of William was Caleb Shaw, 
 who was born May 9, 1718. On January 21, 
 1742, he married Abigail Batcheldcr, daugh- 
 ter of Deacon John Batcheldcr. Of their 
 seven children John, the sixth chiUI and sec- 
 ond son, and grandfather of William Shaw, 
 was born in Exeter, N.IL, July 30, 1751. 
 lie learned the machinist's trade, and fol- 
 lowed it in connection with farming. He set- 
 tled in I'ittsfield one hundred years ago, and a 
 portion of his farm of two hundred acres is 
 now owned by William Shaw. lie married 
 for his first wife Molly ]*"olsom, daughter of 
 John h'olsom, of Exeter; and she died leaving 
 no children. On June ig, 17.S5, he wedded 
 his 'first wife's sister, ]5etty l'"olsom, who bore 
 him thirteen children, all now deceased. 
 
 Smith Shaw, the seventh of his parents' 
 children, was born in rittstield, August 6, 
 1795. His entire life was passed in his na- 
 tive town; and his active period was spent in 
 the cultivation of a portion of his father's 
 farm, which he inherited. He was widely 
 known as an industrious and useful citizen. 
 In politics he was a Democrat. He died at 
 the age of seventy-six years, eight months, 
 and eighteen days. His wife, Mary Jane, 
 whom he married June 26, 1S17, was a daugh- 
 ter of Amos Garland, of Ossipec, N.H. She 
 became the mother of six children, of whom 
 three are living — Abigail, John E., and 
 
 William. Abigail was born April 22, 1820, 
 and is the wife of Plummer Garland, of I'itts- 
 field. John E., born February 13, 1828, mar- 
 ried Sarah Brown, of Hamjiton Falls, N.H., 
 and has two children — Ella and Josie. Will- 
 iam Shaw's mother lived to reach the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety-five years, nine months, 
 and sixteen days. Both parents were mem- 
 bers of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 After working at shoemaking for a short 
 time, William Shaw engaged in farming. 
 He succeeded to the homestead of sixty acres, 
 the most of which is under cultivation. He 
 labored perseveringly for the prosperity he 
 now enjoys. On December 25, 1870, he was 
 united in marriage with Mary O. Foss, daugh- 
 ter of Simon Foss, of Alton, N.H. She died 
 August 8, 1894, leaving no children. Mrs. 
 Shaw was a member of the Baptist church. 
 Mr. Shaw is also in communion with the so- 
 ciety and one of the most highly respected 
 residents of Pittsfield. 
 
 ''rank W. FOSTER, a leading farmer 
 and dairyman of Hill, was born in the 
 town of Bristol, N.H., September 20, 
 1859. His father, Wilson Foster, was born 
 in Alexandria, N.H.; and Wilson's father, 
 Joseph Foster, was a farmer well known in 
 Bristol for many years. From Bristol Joseph 
 removed to Merrimack, where he spent the 
 latter part of his life, dying at the age of 
 eighty years. His wife, in maidenhood Lydia 
 Pattec, became the mother of nine children. 
 Of these Wilson, the youngest son, was edu- 
 cated in the public schools, and followed 
 farming in Bristol for sixteen years. He then 
 sold his property in that town, came to Hill, 
 and there purchased a farm, upon which he 
 has since made substantial improvements, in- 
 cluding the erection of a house. He mar-
 
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 ried Harriet Kelley, daughter of Alfred 
 Kelley, of Hill; and their children are: 
 Martha A., Ellen F., Emma, Frank W., and 
 Hadley J. Martha is married, lives in Bris- 
 tol, and has one son, Everett ; Emma, now 
 deceased, married George Ballon, and had four 
 children — Oscar, Grace M., Herbert, and 
 Hattie; Ellen is now Mrs. Errol Morse; 
 Hadley married Annie Little, and has one 
 child. 
 
 Mr. Frank Foster grew to manhood on his 
 father's farm. Interested in farming from his 
 youth, he adopted it as his occupation, and has 
 prosperously followed it since. On his farm 
 of about two hundred and fifty acres he raises 
 large quantities of vegetables, and he past- 
 ures as fine a herd of cattle as one could wish 
 to see. His dairy yields about fifty pounds of 
 "gilt-edge" butter each week. 
 
 Mr. Foster married Cora B. Call, daughter 
 of Joseph Call. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have 
 two children — Alson F. and Ralph J. — upon 
 whom is bestowed the most affectionate care. 
 Both parents are members of the Christian 
 Church of Hill, and are prominent in the 
 grange. In politics Mr. Foster is a Demo- 
 crat, and he cast his first Presidential vote for 
 General Hancock. He is known in the com- 
 munity as a man of the strictest integrity, as 
 one ready to give active suj^port to every good 
 cause, and a leader in benevolent and philan- 
 thropic work. He is interested in the pub- 
 lic affairs of the town, and has served on the 
 Board of Selectmen. 
 
 RANK DE FORREST BAKER, a 
 
 well-known farmer and lumber dealer 
 
 (jf Plainfiekl, belongs to a family that 
 
 came of luiglish yeomanry stock, and has been 
 
 known for centuries in England for industry, 
 
 sturdincss, and reliability. The name denotes 
 
 the occupation of the founder of the fan)ily. 
 In the fifteenth century the Bakers possessed 
 considerable projierty in the north of England, 
 and were known as being thrifty, industrious, 
 and very tenacious of their rights. In 1650 
 there were many of the name at Aylesbury, 
 County of Bucks, who became followers of 
 George Fo.x, the Quaker, and with him suffered 
 imprisonment by order of Cromwell. Mr. 
 Baker directly traces his ancestry to Jeffry 
 Baker. Jeffry's son Joseph, who was born 
 June 18, 1655, came to Ameiica and settled in 
 Connecticut. Joseph's son, Joseph, Jr., born 
 April 13, 1678, was twice married, first to 
 Hannah Pomeroy, who had by him two sons, 
 Joseph and Samuel. His second marriage was 
 made with Abigail Bissell, who bore him nine 
 children; namely, John, Hannah, Jacob, Abi- 
 gail, Ebenezer, Daniel, Heman, Titus, and 
 Abigail (second). In the third generation 
 down was Heman, born April 27, 1719, who 
 married Lois Gilbert, November 24, 1747. 
 They had nine children — Heman, Anna, 
 Deborah, John, Oliver, Abigail, Lois, De- 
 light, and Lydia. 
 
 Oliver Baker, in the fourth generation, who 
 was born at Tolland, Conn., October 5, 1755, 
 and received a medical education, purchased 
 a farm in Plainfiekl, on which he settled, and 
 was thereafter engaged in the jiractice of his 
 profession until his death on October 3, 181 r. 
 He was great grandfather of Mr. Frank De 
 P'orrest Baker. Of his family of eleven sons 
 some became physicians. Dimmick, born 
 March 18, 1793, took up farming, and re- 
 mained on the old homestead until his death. 
 He married Hannah Colby, and had a family 
 of five children — Elias, Hannah A., luiward 
 D., Dr. Cyrus Baker, and Helen F. Hannah, 
 after teaching successfully for some time, mar- 
 ried Morrill Cutting, a prosjierous farmer of 
 Newjiort, now deceased. Edward D., born
 
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 33 
 
 April 21, iS'27, rc;id law at I'.nfickl, N.H., 
 with the lioii.N. \V. Wcstgato, now (if Haver- 
 Jiill, N.ll., and later entered the law office of 
 the il(in. II. A. liellow.s, late Chief Justice of 
 New Hampshire. lie was admitted to the bar 
 of Sullivan County in July, 1851, and opened 
 an office at Cornish l'"lat, wiiere he practised 
 until October, 1855, when he removed to 
 Claremont. He married l-llizabeth Ticknor on 
 November 12, 185 1. Cyrus, who graduated 
 in medicine at New York, was an army sur- 
 geon (luring the Civil War. He first married 
 Maltha J. I'resti^m, who bore him one child, 
 Alice Haker. His second wife, whose maiden 
 name is Anna Erskins, has been the mother of 
 four children, one of whom is living. Helen 
 1". married .Sheppard H. Cutting, a prosperous 
 farmer of New]iort, N.H., and has iiad three 
 children. 
 
 Mlias Hakei', the father of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born at Plainfield. After 
 com|)lcting his education, he began his work- 
 ing life as a farmer, managing his father's 
 farms, and later being associated with his 
 father on the homestead farm, where he lixed 
 until his death. He was a man of superior 
 intelligence and an apt student. It was his 
 own ambition and the desire of his family to 
 obtain a college education and prepare for a 
 jirofessional career, but circumstances pre- 
 vented this. He married Amelia I51anchard, 
 and had a family of three children — Elsie A., 
 l''rank D., and Charles D. l^Hsie, born June 
 iC, 1848, was educated at Kimball Union 
 Academy, and taught school very successfully 
 until her marriage with Dr. J. H. IMartin, of 
 Lebanon, N. H. Charles D., who is a hotel 
 man in Arizona and owns considerable prop- 
 erty, married Margaret Desmond. 
 
 blank De Forrest Baker was born in Plain- 
 field, April 8, 1 85 1. After receiving his 
 education at the well-known Kimball Union 
 
 Academy, he assisted his grandfather until the 
 death of the latter. lie then engaged in 
 farming and lumbering, and in raising cattle 
 for the market. At one time he conducted a 
 livery stable. He is active and energetic. 
 Industrious and thrifty, he has acquired quite 
 a competency. He married Sarah Moulton 
 Scales, who was born June 10, 1855, daughter 
 of Henry M. and Ann J. Scales, of Meriden. 
 Mrs. Baker's grandfather, the Rev. Jacob 
 Scales, was settled in Plainfield for many 
 years. She has had four children: Cleon l*'. , 
 born February 27, i<S73, now at Ilartland, 
 Vt. ; Fred 11., born June 29, 1874, who died 
 in April, 1878; Julia M., born Octtjber 31, 
 1879, who died in January, 1894; and Edward 
 M., born March 21, iSSr, now attending 
 Kimball Union Academy. 
 
 Mr. Baker is a member of the local grange. 
 He attends the Congregational church, and 
 is a liberal supporter of all its benevolences. 
 He has never aspired for jiolitical honors, 
 thinking his family and his business have 
 needed his time and attention. 
 
 ILLIAM JAMES CHANDLER, 
 }-^\l whose life was profitably spent as a 
 farmer in Langdon and the immedi- 
 ate vicinity, was born March 10, 1832, in 
 Alstead, Cheshire County, son of James, Jr., 
 and Sophia (Tuttle) Chandler. The grand- 
 father, James Chandler, Sr., spent his life in 
 Alstead, where he followed the occupation of 
 a farmer. He married, and had a large family 
 of children. When he died, he was the oldest 
 Mason in New Hampshire. James Chandler, 
 Jr., born in Alstead, September 20, 1801, 
 besides farming was also engaged in the hotel 
 business; and he was prosperous in both. 
 The first of his three marriages was contracted 
 with Sophia Tuttle; his second, with her
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 sister Nancy; and his third, with Mary 
 Stowell Tuttle, the widow of their brother. 
 There were two children by the first union — 
 William James Chandler; and a daughter that 
 died in childhood. 
 
 William James Chandler received a good 
 practical education in the common school. 
 Shortly after leaving school he went to work 
 at farming, and continued to pursue that occu- 
 pation throughout the rest of his life, which 
 was chiefly spent in Langdon. He was one 
 who enjoyed life thoroughly, and his quick 
 wit and humorous sayings gave pleasure to all 
 about him. At the same time, a man of 
 sterling worth, he was held in high esteem by 
 his neighbors. While he did not desire or 
 seek office, he never failed to take due interest 
 in the welfare of his town. He died Decem- 
 ber 6, 1893, in the sixty-second year of his 
 age. Mr. Chandler married Miss Augusta H. 
 Mellish, who was born in Langdon, N.H., 
 August 10, 1839, daughter of Samuel and 
 Huldah (Lane) Mellish. No children were 
 born to them. Since his death Mrs. Chand- 
 ler has resided in Langdon. 
 
 ^^CV/1LLI.\M H. HARTWELL, the 
 proprietor of a thriving grocery 
 business in Pittsfield, was born in 
 Groton, Mass., September 5, 1833, son of 
 Aniasa and Mary (Patch) Hartwell. The 
 paternal grandfather, also named Amasa, was 
 a |)rosperous farmer of Shirley, Mass., his 
 native town, and had si.xteen children, none of 
 whom are living. Amasa Hartwell, father of 
 the subject of this sketch, and a native of 
 Shirley, Mass., served an apjirenticeship at the 
 carpenter's trade, and was engaged in the man- 
 ufacture of sofas in Boston and Charlestown, 
 Mass., for five years. Subsequently he 
 worked at his trade in the towns of Hrookline, 
 
 Amherst, Milford, and Nashua of this State. 
 Finally he took up his residence in Groton, 
 where he followed farming for the rest of his 
 life, and died at the age of eighty-nine years. 
 A man of excellent character, he stood high in 
 the estimation of his neighbors. In politics 
 he was originally a Democrat, but later he 
 supported the Republican party. His wife, 
 Mary, who was a native of Ilollis, NIL, be- 
 came the mother of four sons — Henry T. 
 George E. , William B. , and Albert A. 
 Henry T. married Lizzie Beadie, of Ames- 
 bury, Mass., who died leaving two sons — Ar- 
 thur and Harry. George E. wedded Mary 
 Dow, of Amherst, N. IL, who died leaving 
 three children — Herbert, Albert, and Mary. 
 Albert A. married Helen F. Cummings, of 
 Reading, Mass., and has one son — Leon A., 
 who was born F'ebruary 6, 1880. Mrs. Amasa 
 Hartwell lived to the age of eighty years. 
 She and her husband were members of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 William B. Hartwell attended the schools of 
 Charlestown, Brookline, .Mass., and Andierst, 
 N.H. When his studies were finished, he 
 learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it as 
 a journeyman for a time. He then engaged in 
 the manufacture of water pails in Amherst, 
 and continued in that business four years. 
 Moving to Wilton, N. H., he worked at his 
 trade in that town for seven years, and then, 
 in 1871, settled in Pittsfield. Llere he bought 
 a saw-mill, located upon the Suncook River, 
 and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. 
 He also continued to work at his trade at 
 intervals until 1S92, when he opened a gro- 
 cery, which now has a large number of pa- 
 trons. In connection with his store he op- 
 erates a grist-mill, grinding a large quantity 
 of grain and feed annually. 
 
 On April 19, 1S57, Mr. Hartwell married 
 Ann M. Vose, daughter of Samuel \'ose, of
 
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 35 
 
 Amherst. Mrs. Ilartwell is the mother of 
 throe chikhen — ^ I'"rai)k II., luiima, and 
 Cliarlos K. I'"raiik II. iiiarrietl Annie Gray, 
 (laughter of Artiiur Gray, ami lias one son, 
 Roland, llmma is the wife uf William I'. 
 Adams, iif I'ittsfield, and has nine children — 
 Samuel T. , I''lorence, I'hilip li., Joseph, 
 Kiitli, Ann, I'aul, Rachel, and Lydia. 
 Charles I'", married Kate Loiigee, of this town, 
 and has no children. Mr. Ilartwell was for a 
 number of years Chief of the I'ittsfield T'ire 
 Department, and is still connected with it. 
 He takes an interest in public affairs, and in 
 ]iolitics he acts with the Republican party. 
 He is hiL;hlv esteemed both in business and 
 social circles, and also by his brother Masons 
 and Otld I'ellows. 15oth he and Mrs. Ilart- 
 well are members of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 i 
 
 [.ARI.TOX HURD, a druggi.st of New- 
 port, and the President of the Sugar 
 River Savings Bank, was born in 
 Newport, October 7, 1842, son of Isaac B. and 
 Emaline (Dow) Ilurd. Nathan Hurd, the 
 great-grandfather, came from the State of 
 Connecticut to Newport among the first set- 
 tlers, taking land on which he passed the rest 
 .of his life. Levi, his son, was a tanner and 
 shoemaker, and had one of the first tanneries 
 in the town. Afterward Levi was engaged in 
 farming and shoemaking, and he died at the 
 age of seventy-three. His wife, Anna Brad- 
 ley Hurd, was born in Haverhill, Mass. 
 They were both members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 Isaac B. Hurd, the father, born June 15, 
 1815, has spent his life in Newport, chiefly 
 occupied in farming. He was a sturdy and 
 industrious man and a good farmer. He re- 
 tired from active occupation some time ago, 
 and now lives in the village with his son. In 
 
 politics he was a Republican, and he was a 
 member of the Methodist l''piscopal church. 
 His wife, a native of Newpf)rt, born in Janu- 
 ary, 1 8 16, died in Janu.iry, iS<j2. He has 
 three children living — Carlton, Nancy, and 
 I'llizabeth. 
 
 Brought up and educated in Newport, Carl- 
 ton Hurd devoted his early life to farming. 
 At twenty-one he engaged in the drug busi- 
 ness for Mr. Howe. Soon after he bought out 
 his emidoyer, since which time he has con- 
 ducted the business on his own account. Mr. 
 Hurd has a good store, and carries a full line 
 of drugs, also stationery and fancy goods, fine 
 candies, and so forth. On January 3, 1S72, 
 he married Mariette Garfield, a native fif 
 Charlestown, N.H. They have no children. 
 .Mr. I hud has liberal views in religion, and 
 attends the Methodist Kpiscopal church. He 
 is a Republican, and he represented Newjiort 
 in the legislature of 1895-96. He is now a 
 Director and the President of the Sugar River 
 Savings Bank. Farming and lumbering, fol- 
 lowed to some e.xtent, are also sources of in- 
 come to him. A self-made, industrious, and 
 successful man, he is highly respected in the 
 town. 
 
 ' ISTlToRC 
 
 / 2) liORGK H. SAVAGE, now living 
 \J5 I in retirement in Henniker village, 
 was born December 25, 1855, in 
 Orford, Grafton County, son of John A. and 
 Maria (Edmester) Savage. His father was 
 born and bred in Grafton Coimty, and his 
 mother in Everett, Mass. When a boy of six- 
 teen, he left home determined to make his 
 own way in the world. Going to Massachu- 
 setts, he located in Charlestown, where he 
 began his active career as a peddler of milk 
 and cream. Purchasing his supplies from the 
 large dairies of Hillsborough and Henniker, 
 this county, he had it shipped to a distribut-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ing depot in Boston, employing several milk 
 wagons in order to meet the demands of his 
 extensive patronage. Three years ago, after 
 carrying on a profitable business for twenty- 
 two 3'ears, he came to Henniker, and pur- 
 chased his present home, the J. H. Abbin 
 estate, next to that of Colonel Cogswell. 
 
 Mr. Savage is an ardent sportsman, fond of 
 the gun and rod, especially delighting in 
 partridge hunting, in which he has good suc- 
 cess. He and a friend, with the assistance of 
 his pair of fine-bred pointers, bagged about 
 four hundred partridge last season, that of 
 1896. In company with his brother, A. A. 
 Savage, of Ncwtonville, another lover of the 
 chase, he makes very successful trips annually 
 to the Maine woods in search of deer. 
 
 Mr. Savage was married August 2, 1 88 1, to 
 Miss Nettie C. Clayton, daughter of William 
 and Sarah Clayton, of Boston, Mass. She 
 died August 31, 1S95, leaving five children; 
 namely, George, lulgar H., Bessie K., Rob- 
 ert VV., and Mlla L. He was again mar- 
 ried on April 26, 1896, to Miss Christie B. 
 McLane, of Belmont, Mass. 
 
 M 
 
 ARIUS NOYES MOULTON, one 
 (if the influential men of Plainfield, 
 and well known throughout the 
 county, was born here, January 26, 1838, son of 
 .Stephen R. and Sally (Noyes) Moulton. His 
 grandfather was William Moulton, one of the 
 first of the name to settle in this jxirt of the 
 country. William took up a grant of land in 
 a part of Grantham now belonging to Plain- 
 field, and built upon it at first a log house. 
 By industriously following the occupation of 
 farmer he acquired a considerable property, 
 which later became the foundation of the 
 wealth of the present generation of Moultons. 
 An honest, fair-dealing man, he had the full 
 
 respect of all who knew him. In religious 
 faith he was a Methodist. By his first mar- 
 riage he had two children — Judith and Will- 
 iam. By his second marriage there were seven 
 children, namely: William; Kmery; Myrick ; 
 Samuel; Stephen; Jane; and a daughter who 
 married Daniel Noyes, of Plaistow. William 
 settled in business for himself in Cicero, 
 N. Y., and was also interested in a cooperage 
 and in farming. He accumulated considerable 
 money, married, and raised a family of chil- 
 dren. Myrick, who also went to Cicero, fol- 
 lowed the trade of cooper, was engaged in 
 agriculture, and died about two years ago. 
 Samuel lived on the homestead nearly all his 
 life, and was twice married. He first married 
 Ruth Brown, of Strafford, Vt. ; and she bore 
 him three children. His second marriage was 
 contracted with Mrs. Ford, daughter of Judge 
 Jackson, of Cornish. After this marriage he 
 went West with his wife to Lakeland, Minn., 
 where he died. He was well-to-do, and had 
 been very prominent in town affairs in Grant- 
 ham and in Plainfield. He was Selectman of 
 both towns, was a legislative Representative, 
 Justice of the Peace, and Notary Public; and 
 he acted as the lawyer of the district. Jane 
 married William Wright, of Cicero, N. Y., a 
 prosperous farmer; and she has no children. 
 
 .Stephen R. Moultmi, born May 8, 1S05, 
 received his education at Kindiall Union 
 Academy, and then taught school for manv 
 years. After his man Inge he moved to the 
 old homestead and stayed there for sume years. 
 He finally sold his interest in the estate to his 
 brother Samuel, bought the ]5uzzel place, situ- 
 ated on Methodist Hill, and lived there for 
 some nine or ten years. He then bought the 
 Harris place and the Pool jilace, which to- 
 gether made a large farm. He carried on 
 general farming and raised considerable 
 cattle. In addition to this he managed a large
 
 ISIOGRAI'IIICAI, Ri:\IEW 
 
 37 
 
 store Icir ;j;ciK'nil nicichaiulisc in |iarlii(jrship 
 with Mr. Morj^aii. Active in local affairs, he 
 was a Selectman and lc<;islative J'J.eprescnta- 
 tive, and was respected to a degree only sec- 
 ond to the palish minister. lie altendcii the 
 Unitarian church. His wife Sally, who came 
 from Plaistow, N.I I., was born May 2.S, 1813. 
 She liecame the mnlhcr of five children; 
 namely, h'rederick, Darius N., an infant 
 ilaughter, Joseph Sidney, and l-^Ila. All were 
 natives of I'lainfield except ]'"rcderick, who 
 was horn July 11, 1S36, at Grantham, and is 
 a popular and piosperous merchant of Lebanon. 
 Joseph S., horn April 13, 1851, is the popular 
 pastor of the Unitarian church at Stow, Mass. 
 Ella, born Sejitember 16, 1853, taught school 
 for some time after her graduation from Kim- 
 ball Academy, and at length married Mr. 
 George I'. Doty, of Meriden. She has two 
 children — Lena M. and George 1'"., Jr. 
 
 After finishing with school, Darius Noyes 
 Monlton woiked on the home farm with his 
 father, remaining until the death of the latter. 
 When he was twenty-one years old, his father 
 gave him a share in the business; and together 
 they went into stock-raising to a considerable 
 extent. Vov the jxist twenty-five years Mr. 
 Moulton has done a large amount of trading in 
 farms, horses, cattle, and real estate of various 
 kinds, besides carrying on the farm. He has 
 become a wealth)' man, and is to-day regarded 
 as one of the scdid business men of the town. 
 He owns a number of farms, and has helped 
 many a poor man in securing a comfortable 
 home and a good farm. Of a generous dispo- 
 sition, he cannot resist an appeal for aid when 
 his sympathies are aroused. Although con- 
 stantly engaged in all sorts of transactions, he 
 was never known to take an unfair advantage. 
 Public-si)irited to a high degree, he is inter- 
 ested in everything that concerns the welfare 
 or progress of his native town. Me has filled 
 
 various town offices with credit to himself and 
 in a manner worthy of the family name. Mr. 
 Moulton attends the Unitarian church, and is 
 a liberal benefactor not only of that church, 
 but of all the others in the town. lie has been 
 a great traveller, having journeyed all over the 
 United States and Canada. Since 1885 Mr. 
 Moulton, in comiiany with Mr. Roberts, the 
 Town Clerk of Meriden, N. If., has owned and 
 operated the large store owned ffjrmerly by 
 E. E. Clark. 
 
 in 11 UR C. GRAVliS, the station 
 a^ent of the Hoston & Maine Railroad 
 in Henniker, was born in Andover, 
 N. H., November 7, 1S57, son of John and 
 Ann (Clifford) Graves. He is a descendant 
 of John Graves, wdio came in 1792 from 
 Kingston, N.I I., and settled on the Graves 
 homestead in Andover. Jesse Graves, son of 
 John and grandfather of Arthur C. , f)ccu]iied 
 the farm, and died at the age of fifty-four 
 years. The father, who was born in Andf)ver, 
 and succeeded to the property, was engaged in 
 cultivating and improving the farm during the 
 active period of his life, and died at the age of 
 si.\ty-two years. His wife, Ann, was a native 
 of Hebron, Grafton County. Their son, Wil- 
 ton V. Graves, is the present ])roprietor cf the 
 homestead. 
 
 Arthur C. Graves began his education in 
 New London, N.II., and later attended Tilton 
 Semin.iry and I'roctor .Academy, where he was 
 fitted for college. He returned to the farm, 
 however; and, with the exception of two years 
 spent in Massachusetts, he remained there 
 until he was twenty-six years old. In 18S4 
 he entered the railroad service at East An- 
 dover, learned telegraphy, and for a lime was 
 assistant operator at East Andover and Potter 
 Place. He has been station agent at Henni-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ker since 1S85, and now superintends the busi- 
 ness of several trains per day. He is also ex- 
 press agent, and lias an assistant. In politics 
 he is a Democrat, although he supported 
 Palmer and Buckner in the last national cam- 
 paign. He has been a delegate to party con- 
 ventions, and has served as Town Treasurer, 
 Supcrvisoi', and a Trustee of the Free Library 
 Association for two years. He is well versed 
 in scientific subjects and in those of general 
 interest. 
 
 On September 6, 1SS5, Mr. Graves was 
 united in marriage with Ida J. Prince, of 
 Salisliury, N. H. She was born in Orange, 
 N.H., daughter of David S. Prince, who is 
 now a well-known resident of Salisbury. She 
 was a schoolmate of her husband, and previous 
 to her marriage was engaged in teaching. Mr. 
 Graves is connected with the Masonic frater- 
 nity and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows; and for two years he was Master of Bear 
 Hill Grange, of Henniker. Mrs. Graves at- 
 tends the Congregational church. 
 
 15FNEZER B. SARGENT, one of the 
 best known farmers of Pittsfield and a 
 veteran of the Civil War, was born 
 in Loudon, N.H., April 11, 1821, son of 
 Eljjnczer and Annie (Batchelder) Sargent. 
 ]5enjamin Sargent, the father of Eibenezer, 
 served as a scout under General Washington 
 during the Revolutionary War, and later be- 
 came a Baptist minister. He preached in 
 Pittsfield from 1808 to 1819, and died at the 
 age of fifty-eight years. The maiden name of 
 his wife was luinice Lindell. Of their seven 
 children who reached maturity I^benezer, the 
 second son, was born in Bow, N.IL, in 1789. 
 He learned the carpenter's trade in Pittsfield, 
 and followed it in Pittsfield, Loudon, and 
 Epsom until he was fifty years old. The re- 
 
 mainder of his life was passed in farming, and 
 he died in Pittsfield at the age of seventy-five 
 years. Originally a Whig in politics, he 
 later joined the Free Soil party. His wife 
 reached the age of eighty-eight. Both were 
 members of the Baptist church. 
 
 Ebenezer B. Sargent passed his early boy- 
 hood in Loudon and b^psom, and was educated 
 in the .schools of Pittsfield. He subsequently 
 learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he 
 worked for many years in this town. After 
 the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted 
 as a private in the First New Hampshire Ar- 
 tillery, and in the service was detached from 
 his regiment and placed on duty in the Mary- 
 land Hospital at Camp Sumner, where he was 
 until the close of the war. After his retmn 
 to Pittsfield he engaged in agricultural ]nir- 
 suits. He owns a farm of tiiirty acres, and 
 has cultivated his property successfully since 
 relinquishing his former calling. In politics 
 he is a Republican. He receives a pension 
 for his services in the war; and he is a com- 
 rade of Post W. K. Cobb, No. 29, G. A. R., 
 of Pittsfield. He is a member of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. 
 
 On October 9, 1849, Mr. Sargent married 
 Abigail Philbrick, of Epsom. She was the 
 mother of nine children, of whom there are 
 living — Almira M., Abbie F. , Charles C, 
 and Mary E. Abbie ¥. is the wife of Edwin 
 C. Emerson, of Pittsfield; and her children 
 are: Winnifred R., Hattie 1?., Iwa M., and 
 Abbie 15. Charles C. married lulith L. 
 Knowlton, of this town, and lias a family of 
 five children — Grace E., Lew G., Ralph L., 
 Charles R., and Edith P. Mary I"^. succes- 
 sively married Charles H. Whipple and Clar- 
 ence Huntoon, and has one son by her first 
 union, Ralph C. Mrs. Ebenezer B. Sargent 
 died at the age of si.\ty-five years. .She was 
 a member of the I'ree Will Baiitist chnrrli.
 
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 39 
 
 ^ '^^TvArnGK CIIASI'; FRI':KMAN, one of 
 \ ST the best known dairy farmers and 
 cattle breeders in I'lainfield, was 
 boin in Cornisli, N.li., /\iifjnst 26, 1819, 
 son of Cyrus and Sarali (Dow) Freeman. The 
 fjrandfather, Daniel I'reeman, who was a 
 native of Connecticut, moved his family 
 to I'lainfiLdd, where he engaged in farming, 
 lie also kei)t a hotel in Lebanon, N.II., for a 
 number of years. The maiilen name of his 
 fu'st wife was Dow. That of his second wife 
 is unknown. Ilis children were: Cyrus, 
 Daniel, lienjaniin, Josci)h, Deborah, and 
 Mercy. Benjamin, who was a farmer, married 
 luidocia Chi Ids, and reared a family; Jo- 
 seph, who resided upon a farm in I'lainfield, 
 married Folly Johnson, and hail one child; 
 Deborah became Mrs. Chase, and reared a 
 family; Mercy died in infancy. 
 
 Cyrus F'reeman, father of George C, ac- 
 companied his parents from Connecticut, and 
 was reared upon a farm in I'lainfield. fie 
 tilled the soil industriously and with success 
 during the active period of his life, devoting 
 his entire attention to the cultivation and im- 
 provement of his farm. His first wife, a na- 
 tive of Cornish, whose maiden name was 
 Persis Chase, had no children. His second 
 marriage was contracted with Sarah Dow, who 
 was born in Salisbury, N.II., in 177S, daugh- 
 ter of Jeremiah Dow. She bore him eight 
 children; namely, John T., Sarah, Persis, 
 Forest, Susan, Daniel D., Tamesin K., and 
 George C. John T. married for his first wife 
 Ursula Chase, of Cornish, who bore him 
 three children. His second wife was a lady 
 i)f I'lHinfieUl, whose maiden name was Durenda 
 Penniman. His third marriage united him to 
 Sarah Wyman, of Cornish. Sarah, born in 
 iSoo, died in 1826. Persis married Benjamin 
 L. l'\iller, a prosperous farmer and hotel- 
 keeper of this town, and had five chiklren, of 
 
 whom four are living. Forest, who engaged 
 in farming, married Nancy Penniman, of 
 Windsor, Vt., and reared a family. Su.san 
 became the wife of Fnos Spauhling, a black- 
 smith of I'lainfield, and has a family. 
 Daniel D., who was a farmer, wedded Mary 
 Marcy, and reared children. Tamesin K. 
 married Isaac C. Ilarroun, of Barre, Vt., a 
 blacksmith by trade, and had children. Mrs. 
 Cyrus F'reeman lived to be eighty-two years 
 old, and died in i860. 
 
 George Chase Freeman acquired his educa- 
 tion in the schools of I'lainfield and Cornish. 
 After finishing his studies, he assisted his 
 father upon the homestead farm. He later 
 bought of his brother-in-law, Benjamin L. 
 F'uller, the farm upon which he now resides. 
 This property, containing nearly four hundred 
 acres of land located uj^on the banks of the 
 Connecticut River, occupies an eminence 
 overlooking the valley. Besides carrying on 
 general farming and dairying, Mr. F'reeman 
 has been an extensive breeder of cattle, sheep, 
 and horses. His son is now in partnership 
 with him. They have some excellent Durham 
 cows, si.x fine horses of noted pedigree, among 
 which is a mare that last fall made a record 
 of 2. 17. 
 
 Mr. F'reeman married Sarah Ward, who was 
 born June 19, 1824, in Marlboro, daughter of 
 William Ward. She has bad four children, 
 namely: Frances R., born March 7, 1846; 
 William W., born June 29, 1848; Nellie 
 May, born June 25, 1855; and Fllizabcth 
 Marion, born December 20, 1863. I' ranees 
 R. married the Rev. R. C. Bell, of Connecti- 
 cut, and had three children. William W. 
 completed his education at the Kimball 
 Union Academy, and has been of valuable as- 
 sistance to his father in managing the farm. 
 He possesses a practical knowledge of all 
 branches of agriculture, and has acquired a
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 wide reputation as a breeder of fine cattle and 
 horses. Nellie May is the wife of Samuel P. 
 Wood, a wealthy resident of Lebanon, N. H., 
 and has two children. Elizabeth Marion, who 
 attended the Kimball Union Academy, and 
 subsequently graduated from Wellesley Col- 
 lege, Wellesley, Mass., married George F. 
 Chandler, a native of Strafford, Vt., and has 
 one child. Her husband is a graduate of Dart- 
 mouth College, and is now engaged in farm- 
 ing upon scientific principles. 
 
 Mr. Freeman is one of the most prominent 
 residents of Plainfield. His strict adherence 
 to high principles has gained for him a warm 
 place in the hearts of his neighbors and fel- 
 low-townsmen. Although he takes a deep in- 
 terest in the general welfare of the town, he 
 has never aspired to political honors, as his 
 time has always been absorbed by his large 
 farming operations. 
 
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 6 1 iThODORK M. TOGUS, M.D., a 
 J I well-known and skilful i)hysician of 
 Hookset, Merrimack County, was born 
 in the Province of Quebec, April 21, 1853, 
 son of Edward Togus. His grandfather, Joel 
 Togus, who followed the trade of a carpenter 
 in Quebec throLighout his life, died at the age 
 of sixty-four years. The father, also a native 
 of Quebec, born in 1832, was a successful 
 agriculturist there for many years. He mar- 
 ried Miss Josephine Maynard, who was like- 
 wise born in Quebec; and they became the 
 parents of eight children. Of these there are 
 now living: Theodore IVL, ICdward, John, 
 Isaac, Jennie, Julia, and Mary. ICdvvard mar- 
 ried, and has one child, Jessie; Jennie married 
 Oliver ]5ird, and has four chiUlren; Julia is 
 the wife of Lewis Busiere, and has four chil- 
 dren ; and May is the wife of lulmund Busiere, 
 and has five children. The mother passed 
 
 away in 1S72, and the father in 1SS7. ]k)th 
 were pious and active members of the Ba[)tist 
 church of IMackinton, Mass. 
 
 Theodore M. Togus received the larger part 
 of his education in New England. First at- 
 tending the schools of Shelburne Falls, Vt., 
 then pursuing his studies in Concord, N. H., 
 he graduated from the medical department of 
 the University of Vermont at Burlington in 
 1886. The Doctor began the practice of his 
 profession in the manufacturing city of Lowell, 
 Mass. I'rom there he went to Concord, N.H., 
 in 1887. Subsequently he purchased the 
 practice of Dr. Randall in Hookset, where he 
 has since been actively employed in his pro- 
 fessional duties. His acknowledged ability 
 has won for him a fair share of the patronage 
 of the place. 
 
 Dr. Togus was married December 25, 1878, 
 to Miss Fannie Simmons, daughter of John 
 C. and Frances Lane Simmons, of Concord, 
 N.H. Of their four children two died in in- 
 fancy. The others are: LeoiJoUl T., born No- 
 vember 6, 1S80, at Bluffton, Minn.; and Alice 
 M., born in Concord, N.H., June 17, 1884. 
 In politics Dr. Togus is a Republican. Tak- 
 ing much interest in the affairs of the town, 
 he has served as Supervisor, and has been a 
 member of the Hookset School Board for the 
 past two years. He belongs to Jewell Lodge, 
 No. 29, I'. & A. M., of Suncook; and to 
 Friendship Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F., of 
 Hookset. Born and bred in a Christian home, 
 he has never dejjartetl from the faitii that sus- 
 tained his parents through life; and both he 
 and his wife are members of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 lARKER ITLLSBURY, a veteran of 
 the anti-slavery movement, one of the 
 few survivors of the earnest, intrepid 
 band of [iliilantiiropists and reformers who for 

 
 PARKER PILLSBURY.
 
 SARAH H. PILLSBURY.
 
 IMOC, K M'lllCAI. KI'.VIKW 
 
 45 
 
 nearly half a century, in journcyings oft, in 
 harcl.slii[js and perils, devoted themselves to 
 pleading the cause of the oi)|)ressed, denounc- 
 ing ini(iuiUnis laws and practices, and demand- 
 ing the removal of the yoke that held a race 
 in cruel bondage, is now passing the serene 
 sunset of a life of diligent and beneficent ac- 
 livit)' in retirement at his home in Concord, 
 N.il. Son of Deacon Oliver and Anna 
 (Smi'di) I'iUsbury, and the eldest of a family 
 of eleven children, I\Ir. I'iUsbury was born 
 in Hamilton, Essex Coimty, Mass., September 
 
 22, 1809. 
 
 His father, a native of Newbury, Mass., 
 son of Tarker, first, and Sarah (Dickinson) 
 I'illsinn-y, was of the sixth generation in de- 
 scent from William Pillsbury, who married 
 Deborah Crosby in Dorchester, Mass., in 
 1641, and afterward settled in Newbury, the 
 line being continued as follows: William's 
 son Moses, his grandson, Moses, Jr., and his 
 great-grandson, I\Ioses, third, who married 
 Mary Parker, and was the father of Parker 
 Pillsbury, first. Oliver Pillsbury, when four 
 years old, was taken by his parents to West 
 Boscawen, now Webster, N.H., and there grew 
 to manhood. At nineteen years of age he re- 
 turned to Newbury, Mass., where he learned 
 the>blacksmith"s trade; and after that he com- 
 pleted his schooling at Dummer Academy. 
 While there he made the accpiaintance of his 
 future wife, Anna Smith, daughter of Phile- 
 mon Smith. They were married December S, 
 1S08, and settled in Hamilton, Alass. , he 
 working at his trade till 1814, when the iiard 
 times caused by the war with England led him 
 to remove to a farm in llenniker, N.H., to 
 buy which he incurred a debt of fifteen hun- 
 dred dollars. With the conclusion of pcaco 
 the price of farm produce fell, and to free 
 himself from this burden cost many years of 
 severe toil. Public-spirited and religious, a 
 
 Deacon in the church, active in Sunday- 
 school, he was earnestly interested in temper- 
 ance and the abcjlition of slavery, and was ever 
 ready to lend a hand to local benevolent enter- 
 prises. He died in 1857, his wife, a most 
 estimable woman, of strong character, outliv- 
 ing him about twelve years, retaining her 
 faculties to a remarkable degree at the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety-four. They had been 
 bereft of three children, and were survived by 
 eight, namely: Parker; Josiah \V., father of 
 Albert K., ex-Attorney General of Massachu- 
 setts; Gilbert; Oliver, Jr.; Eliza A.; Har- 
 riet; Mary S. ; and Moses D. 
 
 Parker, the special subject of this sketch, 
 acquired such education in his boyhood as was 
 afforded by the district schools of Henniker, 
 and at an early age began to help in the work 
 of the home farm. When about twenty years 
 old he went to live in Lynn, Mass., and was 
 for some time thereafter employed in driving 
 an express wagon from Lynn to 15oston. Re- 
 turning to Henniker, he again devoted himself 
 to farming. Uniting with the church a year 
 or two later, he engaged zealously in religious 
 work; and, being urged to prepare himself for 
 the ministry, he pursued a course of study at 
 Gilmanton, N.H., and at the Andover Theo- 
 logical Seminary, "in less than four years 
 from the reaper and the plough " was licensed 
 to preach, and for a year, 1839-40, had charge 
 of a parish at Loudon, N.PL In the mean 
 time his sympathies and his strong sense of 
 justice had been aroused in behalf of the 
 Southern slaves, and in the spring of 1839, 
 undertaking a short lecturing and financial 
 agency for the Massachusetts Anti-slavery So- 
 ciety, he delivered his first lecture on the sub- 
 ject of slavery in Eitchburg, Mass. Leaving 
 the Congregational church and pulpit in 1S40, 
 he began his "anti-slavery apostleship" in 
 New Hampshire, his first work being to con-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 duct the Flciald of Freedom for a few months 
 in the absence of its editor, Nathaniel P. 
 Rogers. In the autumn he entered "the lect- 
 ure field with the full resolve," as he says, 
 "to see the overthrow of the Southern slave 
 system or perish in the conflict." An es- 
 teemed associate of Garrison and Phillips, of 
 Rogers and Foster, of Douglass and others, he 
 engaged heart and soul in the greatest mis- 
 sionary movement of the age, denouncing the 
 "sum of all villanies," and fearlessly reason- 
 ing of truth, rigliteousness, and judgment to 
 come. A book written by Mr. Pillsbury, 
 published in 1883, entitled "Acts of the 
 Anti-slavery Apostles," presents a graphic 
 series of pen pictures of a character sufifi- 
 ciently indicated by its title, and is a valuable 
 contribution to the history of that thirty 
 years of stress and storm. 
 
 The work of Mr. Pillsbury himself and the 
 esteem in which he was held by his fellow- 
 laborers, who knew him best, may be judged 
 from a few citations that follow, the first from 
 the pen of Nathaniel P. Rogers in the Herald 
 of Freedom in October, 1842; the second and 
 third from the "Life of William Lloyd Garri- 
 son," vol. iii. 
 
 "The abolitionists of the country ought to 
 know Parker Pillsbury better than they do. I 
 know him for all that is noljle in soul and 
 powerful in talent and eloquence. He is one 
 of the strong men of our age." 
 
 "Could you know him and liis liistory," 
 wrote Wendell Phillips to I-llizabeth Pease in 
 '^^^53' "yoii would value him. Originally a 
 wagoner, he earned enough to get educated. 
 When just reatly to be settled, the faculty of 
 Andover Theological Seminary threatened him 
 that they would never recommend him to a 
 parish unless he gave up speaking in anti- 
 slavery meetings. He chose us, and sacri- 
 ficed all the benefits (worldly and pecuniary) 
 
 of his hard-earned education. His course 
 since has been worthy of this beginning." 
 
 James Russell Lowell, in his rhyming letter 
 to the Pennsylvania Freeman, describing th.e 
 reunited abolitionists at the Anti-slavery 
 Bazaar in Boston in December, 1846, portrays 
 with a few bold strokes this dauntless cham- 
 pion of freedom : — 
 
 " Beyond, a crater in each eye. 
 
 Sways brown, broad-shouldered Pillsbury, 
 
 Who tears up words like trees by the roots, 
 
 A Theseus in stout cowhide boots, 
 
 The wager of eternal war 
 
 Against the loathsome Minotaur 
 
 To whom we sacrifice each year 
 
 The best blood of our Athens here — 
 
 A terrible denouncer he. 
 
 Old .Sinai burns unquenchably 
 
 Upon his lips : he well might be a 
 
 Hot-blazing soul from fierce Judea — 
 
 Habakkuk, Kzra. or Hosea — 
 
 His words burn as with iron searers."' 
 
 As was inevitable, in Mr. Pillsbury's book 
 are recorded dark and shameful passages of 
 American history. Impressive and pleasing 
 is the account given of the memorable con- 
 vention at Nantucket in August, 1841, where 
 Frederick Douglass made his first appearance 
 on the anti-slavery platform, and in a speech, 
 rising to the importance of the occasion and 
 the dignity of his theme, wrought the crowded 
 congregation up "almost to enchantment." 
 Long afterward Mr. Garrison, having just 
 passed the threescore-and-ten milestone of 
 life's journey, wrote to Mr. Pillsbury in reply 
 to a congratulatory letter, in which tlie Doug- 
 lass incident had been alludeil to among 
 others. We quote but in jxirt : — 
 
 '^ Dear friend Pillsbury, — I did not mean 
 that a fortnight should elapse before answer- 
 ing your letter, tiie receipt of which gave me 
 much pleasure, not only because of the stir- 
 ring memories of Auld Lang Syne awakened 
 by it, but also for its very kind and fraternal 
 spirit. . . .
 
 IMOCkAI'IIIC \l. 
 
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 "^'olll• c-oming into llic fuld of conflict 
 was specially timely, and displayed on your 
 part rare moral courage and a martyr readi- 
 ness to meet whatever of religious oblotjuy, 
 j)opular derision, social outlawry, mobocratic 
 violence, or deadly peril, might confront you 
 as the outspoken and uncompromising advo- 
 cate of immediate and unconditional emanci- 
 pation. l*"or then the aspect of things was 
 peculiarly disheartening, a formidable schism 
 existing in the anti-slavery ranks, and the pro- 
 slavery elements of the country in furious 
 commotion, l^ut you stood at your post with 
 the faithfulness of an Abdiel; and, whether 
 men would hear or forbear, you did not at any 
 time to the end of the struggle fail to speak 
 in thunder tones in the ear of the nation, ex- 
 posing its blood-guiltiness, warning it of the 
 wratli to come, ami setting forth the duty of 
 thorough re[)entance and restitution. If you 
 resorted to a ram's horn instead of a silver 
 trumpet, it was because thus only could the 
 walls of our slave-holding Jericho be shaken to 
 their overthrow. . . . 
 
 "You, too, have seen of the travail of your 
 soul, and may well be satisfied. Laiis Deo. 
 
 "WlLI.I.VM Ll.OVL) G.\KRISON." 
 
 Of the prominent workers in the anti-slavery 
 contlict only two besides Mr. I'illsbury now 
 (1897) survive; namely, the Rev. Samuel May 
 and Charles K. Whipple. Mr. I'illsbury, it 
 may be mentioned, was one of the trustees, 
 with absolute discretion, to whom Mr. Charles 
 F. Hovey, a merchant of Boston, dying in 
 1859, left forty thousand dollars to be used in 
 behalf of anti slavery, woman's rights, and 
 other reforms dear to his heart. Much to the 
 regret of Mr. Pillsbury, owing to the exi- 
 gencies of the Civil War and the pressing 
 needs of the colored race during that period 
 the whole amount was expended before any of 
 
 it could be devoted to the interests of interna- 
 tional peace, of which he has long been a 
 stanch advocate. Since the close of the war 
 Mr. I'illsbury, by voice and pen, has also 
 lab(jrcd valiantly in behalf of temperance and 
 woman suffrage, publishing and circulating 
 over fifteen thou.sand tracts devoted to his 
 favorite reforms. Disbelieving in govern- 
 ment by force, he belongs to no political 
 party, and he never votes. 
 
 From his boyhood up, the home life of Mr. 
 I'illsbury has been a happy one, the domestic 
 atmosphere cheerful and invigorating, of 
 New England's best type. On January i, 
 1840, he was united in marriage with Sarah 
 H. Sargent, daughter of Dr. John L. and 
 Sally (Wilkins) Sargent, of Concord, N.II. 
 Mrs. Pillsbury was born in Loudon, Merri- 
 mack County, N.H. Her father. Dr. John 
 L. Sargent, was born in Chester, Rockingham 
 County, N.II. He was a very successful phy- 
 sician and surgeon, ami had an extensive prac- 
 tice. Her mother, Sally Wilkins, daughter 
 of Deacon Jonathan Wilkins, of Concord, 
 N.H., was a woman of rare excellence of 
 character, of refined taste and culture, being 
 an extensive and appreciative reader. 
 
 In this connection the biographer desires to 
 say that Mrs. Pillsbury, whose portrait right- 
 fully appears w^ith her husband's in this vol- 
 ume, was not only an ardent sympathizer with 
 him in his anti-slavery work, but was most 
 efficient in co-operation with him. It was 
 hers to keep the domestic fire burning while 
 he was away, to exercise an economy and thrift 
 unknown to the present generation, that her 
 husband's time and means might be wholly 
 devoted to the overthrow of slavery. This 
 wife gave her husband the encouraging word 
 when he left the home, and bade him God- 
 speed with a cheery voice, when her heart was 
 sad as the grave; for she knew that her be-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 loveil husband was liable any day to be 
 trampled or beaten to death by an angry mob, 
 and his mangled form hurled with a slur 
 across the hearthstone, or perchance an assas- 
 sin's bullet would destroy the life that was 
 her very soul. What ostracism she underwent 
 in social life! She withdrew from the church 
 in which her life was inwrought rather than 
 partake of the sacred emblems from the hand 
 of a minister who sanctioned the slavery of 
 human beings. How her soul ached with that 
 of her husband, and how sad the family circle 
 when poor Sims was remanded from Boston's 
 court-house to Southern slavery, and again 
 when the hero martyr, John Brown, was 
 legally murdered.' 
 
 The writer regards it as an honor and a 
 privilege to show in this sketch that in those 
 days that tried men's souls there were women 
 as well as men who toiled through dark days, 
 and worried and wept through sleepless nights, 
 that there might be accomplished what after 
 years of bloodshed we witness in America 
 to-day — perfect freedom of all God's chil- 
 dren, without regard to color, race, sex, or 
 sect. And so on the page of history, beside 
 that of the anti-slavery hero and apostle, 
 Parker Pillsbury, we place that of the heroine, 
 Sarah H. Sargent Pillsbury, his sympathizer, 
 helper, wife. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury have always resided 
 in this city. They have one child, a daugh- 
 ter, Helen Buffum, who was born June 14, 
 1843. She was married September 22, 188S, 
 to Parsons Brainard Cogswell, journalist and 
 e.\-Mayor of Concord, who died October 28, 
 1895. Mr. Cogswell came to Concord to 
 learn the printer's trade of George G. I'ogg, 
 who ran the Independent Denioemt, a Free 
 Soil paper. Having thoroughly mastered his 
 profession, he set his heart to have a daily 
 paper for Concord ; and the Daily Monitor was 
 
 the child of his conception. It is not too 
 much to say that to P. Brainard Cogswell be- 
 longs the honor of Concord's Daily Monitor. 
 During her married life, as ever before and 
 after, Mrs. Cogswell has continued to make 
 her home with her father and mother, her de- 
 votion to whom and ceaseless care for their 
 comfort was most cordially seconded by her 
 husband, who has left the fragrant memory of 
 a noble manhood. 
 
 MMET S. ROBINSON, an ex-member 
 of the legislature and the owner of 
 a large farm in Goshen, was born in 
 Orange, Vt., August 2, 1859, son of Alexan- 
 der and Sarah (Moore) Robinson, both natives 
 of Plainfield, Vt. The father, who is a stone 
 mason by trade, about the year 1862 moved to 
 Newport, Vt., where he resided for fifteen 
 years. From there he went to Newport, 
 N. II. ; and there he has since been engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Alexan- 
 der Robinson have reared ten children, 
 namely: Captain P'rank Robinson, who fol- 
 lows the sea, and is a ship-master; Henry C, 
 who married Lucy Wing, of Newport, Vt. , 
 and is now carrying on a farm in Newport, 
 N. H. ; Herman A., a wood-worker in New- 
 port, N. H. ; Alson, who married Mrs. Clara 
 True, and is now a carpenter in Tewksbury, 
 Mass. ; Emmet S., the subject of this sketch; 
 I'^lla J., who lives in Newport, N.H. ; Piiili[), 
 who for many years has been connected with 
 the National Library in Washington, D.C. ; 
 Lcander, a railroad engineer in Canada; 
 P'ruest, a carpenter in Newport, N.H.; ant! 
 Abbie, who resides at home. 
 
 Having acquired an education in the com- 
 mon schools, Lmmet S. Robinson began to 
 work for his living. After following different 
 occupations for a time, he finally settled upon
 
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 49 
 
 the I'lukcr f;irni in ("loslicii, where he mnv 
 resides. He owns al)out f(nir liiindrccl and 
 fifty acres of land, the tillage portion of which 
 he devotes to general farming and dairying; 
 and he sells considerable milk. 
 
 On March 9, 188 1, Mr. Robinson was 
 united in marriage with Marietta Parker. 
 She was born in this town, August 12, 1839, 
 daughter of Jonas and Zeroyda (Chase) Parker, 
 natives respectively of Lempstcr and Unity. 
 Jonas I'arker was for many years a prosperous 
 farmer in Goshen. Both parents are now de- 
 cea.sed. Mr. Robinson is a firm supporter of 
 the Republican party, and has rendered in an 
 able manner his share of service to the town. 
 He served upon the Board of Selectmen for 
 several years, and was elected to the legis- 
 lature in 1895. Much interested in agricult- 
 ural t[uestions, he is connected with Sunapee 
 Mountain Grange, No. 144, Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry, in Mill Village. Mr. Robinson is 
 one of Goshen's representati\e men. 
 
 (S^OIIX b'RAZn;R, a well-known farmer 
 of Hanbury, Merrimack County, N.H., 
 was born in Salisbury, January 16, 
 1836, son of John C. and Alice (Eastman) 
 Frazier, of that place. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, licnjamin I'Vazier, 
 was one of the pioneers of Kearsarge Moun- 
 tain. His ancestors, it is said, were of 
 Scotch-Irish descent. Born on July 21, 1767, 
 he went to Deerfield when a child; and after 
 his marriage to Mary Philbrick he removed, in 
 1790, to Salisbury. Here he cleared at first 
 an acre of land and l)uilt a log house, and as 
 time went on became a very thrifty farmer and 
 owner of considerable land which had been 
 cleared by his own efforts. Game was abun- 
 dant in those da^'s ; and, Grandfather Frazier 
 being a skilful huntsman, the family larder 
 
 was kejjt well lilletl with venison and bear 
 .steak. One sectirjn of his farm was called 
 Bear Wold, because of the number of bears 
 killed there. The Frazier house was always a 
 resort for the neighboring farmers and their 
 families whenever a good time was wanted. 
 Benjamin Frazier died on June 12, 1820. 
 
 John C. Frazier, son of lienjamin, removed 
 from Salisbury to Danbury in 1836, shortly 
 after the birth of his son John. Here he 
 built a fine group of buildings and remained 
 during the rest of his life, dying on November 
 25, 1886. He served in the legislature for 
 two terms, one of them being the famous Con- 
 stitutional Convention term. He was the 
 father of three sons, the second of whom, 
 named Moses, died April 19, 1S96. Mr. 
 ]''rank P. Frazier, the third son, a resident of 
 Ivvanston, 111., is a member of the firm of 
 Bartlett, Frazier & Co., of Chicago, III., and 
 does an extensive grain business in the West. 
 He married Clara Duff, of Peoria, 111., and 
 has one son. 
 
 Mr. John Frazier, of Danbury, is the eldest 
 son. After leaving school, he worked for a 
 time on a farm and later as a fireman on the 
 railroad. In 1869 he went to Toledo, Ohio, 
 where he remained for five years as engineer 
 on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail- 
 road, running between Toledo and Elkhart, 
 Toledo and Cleveland, and between Toledo 
 and Detroit. Coming l-'ast again, Mr. Frazier 
 was engineer for some time on the O. C. 
 R. R. Later he settled on the farm where he 
 now resides. He built a new barn in 1891. 
 
 Mr. Frazier's first wife was Mary O. Fra- 
 zier, and two sons were born of this marriage: 
 James H., who is now deceased ; and Samuel 
 M. The second wife was Miss Ida L. Brown, 
 of Concord, N. H. Mr. Frazier was a member 
 of the Constitutional Convention, and has been 
 Selectman of Danbury. He has always voted
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the Democratic ticket, and is a solid sup]Kirter 
 of the platform of the gold Democrats. His 
 first Presidential vote was cast in i860 for 
 Stephen A. Douglas. 
 
 NDREW J. ABBOTT, a prosperous 
 farmer of West Concord and an ex- 
 member of its Board of Selectmen, 
 was born in the house he now occupies, De- 
 cember J 9, 1856, son of Simeon and Mary 
 (Farnum) Abbott. The Abbott homestead, 
 which has been owned by the family for five 
 generations, was bought in 1754 by James 
 Abbott from one of the original proprietors 
 of Concord. James Abbott, who was a native 
 of Andover, Mass., moved from there with his 
 family to this land, and proceeded to clear and 
 improve it. In 1760 he erected a frame 
 house, which is still in use. He was suc- 
 ceeded by his son, Amos Abbott (first), who 
 left the property to his son, Amos Abbott 
 (second), who was grandfather of Andrew J., 
 and served as a Corporal in the Revolutionary 
 War. The maiden name of the grandfather's 
 wife was Judith Morse. 
 
 Simeon Abbott, after receiving his ele- 
 mentary education in the district schools of 
 this town, subsequently pursued a higher 
 course in a school of Meredith, N. II. He 
 then taught school for several winter terms, 
 and he conducted the homestead farm during 
 liis active ])eriod. His natural ability and 
 energy brought him into prominence in 
 affairs, and he served as a Selectman and as 
 Representative to the legislature. He died at 
 the age of eighty-seven years and si.x months. 
 His wife, Mary, daughter of Simeon Farnum, 
 who represented a highly reputable family of 
 this city, became the mother of ten children — 
 Amos S., Rebecca C, Mary S., Abiel C. , 
 Calvin I''., Stephen F., Louise Ci., Clara A., 
 
 Mattie W., and Andrew J. Calvin F., 
 Stephen F., and Mattie VV. are no longer 
 living. Amos S. , who is residing in Concord, 
 married Hattie Williams, and has two chil- 
 dren — Hattie P. and Otis A. Mary S. mar- 
 ried Fred G. Chandler, of Penacook, and has 
 one daughter, Annie M. Abiel C, who lives 
 in this city, wedded Mary iM'ancis, and has 
 two children — James F. and Rebecca F. 
 Louise G. married George Capen, lives at 
 Omaha, Neb., and has seven children — Al- 
 bert G., Simeon A., Stephen I"., Mary L. , 
 George H., Edwin L., and Susan S. 
 
 Andrew J. Abbott accjuired a district-school 
 education, and at an early age apjilied himself 
 to the regular farm duties at the homestead. 
 Having succeeded to its ownership, he has 
 since carried on general farming there with 
 success. His crops are always large and of a 
 superior cjuality, and he is regarded as one of 
 the most practical farmers in his neighbor- 
 hood. Actively interested in local affairs, he 
 has displayed a determination to faithfully 
 guard the general interests of the community. 
 Politically, he is a Republican; and he cast 
 his first vote for James A. Garfield in 1880. 
 
 Il.LIAM BRl'XK was a prominent 
 and wealthy resident of Claremont 
 in his time. Born in Croydon, 
 N.I I., December 17, 1826, he was a son of 
 Henry and Keziah (Marsh) Breck. The 
 grandfather, William Breck, who was bom in 
 Boston, Mass., May 11, 1745, was a merchant 
 in that city until 1792, when he came to West 
 Claiemont. Here he bought a farm of a Mr. 
 Dickinson, the deed of which bears the date 
 May 3, 1792; and he resided on the estate for 
 the rest of his life. He was a business man of 
 unsullied integrity, and while residing in 
 15oslon he held several responsible positions.
 
 BIOORAI'IIICAJ, Rr<:viEvv 
 
 5' 
 
 lie (lied Niivcnihcr 22, 1819. On July 11, 
 1 77 1, liu wedded Margaret Thomas, daughter 
 of ])r. William Thomas, of Plymouth, Mass. 
 She died J''ebruary 4, 1820. Iler chiltlren 
 were: William, Iioru I*"el)niary 5, 1775; 
 Peggy, who died aged one year; Peggy (sec- 
 ond), born Aiiri] 2, 1778, who died in August, 
 183s; John T., born March 14, 1779, who 
 died in 1816; James, born May 8, 1780, who 
 died October 15, 1871; Nancy, born October 
 
 3, 1781, who (lied March i, 1858; Harriet, 
 born September 15, 1782, wlio died June 30, 
 1S36; Henry, born February 26, 1786; and 
 Hannah, born April 7, 1787, who died August 
 22, 1858. William became a sea captain, 
 and acquired a fortune. His last days were 
 passed in retirement at the homestead in West 
 Claremont, where he lived as a country gentle- 
 n)an, and died Ajiril 13, 1848. 
 
 Henry l^reck, who was born in Boston, ac- 
 companied his parents to Claremont. When 
 a young man he settled in Croydon, and there 
 kept a store. Later he opened a branch store 
 in Cornish, N. H. Subsequently he disposed 
 of his business in Croydon. He continued to 
 carry on the Cornish store until 1848. After 
 the death of his brother William he returned 
 to the homestead and residetl there until his 
 death, wliich occurred July 10, 1872. Keziah 
 Marsh Iireck, his first wife, who was a native 
 of Croydon, died June 29, 1S26. On October 
 
 4, 1827, he married for his second wife Sarah 
 Townc. She survived him, and died June 22, 
 1889. His children by his first wife w-ere : 
 John Thomas, who lives in Lebanon, N.H. ; 
 Henry, who lives in Newton, Mass. ; Robert, 
 who died in .Springfield, Mass., July 25, 
 1825 ; and William, the subject of this sketch. 
 Those b)' his second union were: Sarah Ann, 
 who married Reuben 15. l^llis, and resided in 
 Claremont; .Samuel, a resident of Springfield, 
 Mass. ; lulward W., who is residing in Hel- 
 
 ena, "Mont. ; Charles 1'., who wedded Mary, 
 daughter of Stephen Robcrt.s, of Mcdford, 
 Mass., and now owns the homestead; and Llla 
 M. ]5reck. 
 
 William lircck completed his education at 
 the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. M. 
 He went to reside in Cornish when fourteen 
 years old, and was Assistant Postmaster there 
 from 1844 to 1846. He had been engaged in 
 business with his brother John in Cornish for 
 about four years when he was obliged to with- 
 draw on account of a severe attack of asthma. 
 Li 1852 he went to California in search of 
 health, and during his eight years' residence in 
 that State he engaged in several business en- 
 terprises, which in a short time tripled his 
 investments. In i860 he returned home much 
 improved in health. He retained some of his 
 interests in California, which yielded a hand- 
 some income during the war. Though not 
 actively engaged in business after his return to 
 Claremont, he invested in various enterprises. 
 For several years he was a Director of the 
 Claremont National Bank, of Sullivan's Sav- 
 ings Institution, and of the Sugar River 
 Paper Mill Company. He was a member of 
 the New Hampshire legislature in 1S84 and 
 1885. 
 
 On October 7, 1868, I\Ir. ]?reck was united 
 in marriage with Susan L. Farwell. She was 
 born in Claremont, May 27, 1 841, daughter of 
 George N. and Sarah A. (McDonald) Farwell. 
 George N. F^arwell, one of the thirteen chil- 
 dren of Nicholas and Susan (Corey) Farwell, 
 was born in Claremont, F^cbruary 18, 1804. 
 At an early age he learned shoemaking, and 
 later became the proprietor of a shoe factory, 
 employing one hundred hands. He acquired 
 influence in business circles; was one of the 
 organizers of the Claremont Bank, of which he 
 was President for some time; and he was the 
 first Treasurer of Sullivan's Savings Institu-
 
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 tion. He was a liberal, public-spirited man. 
 He erected several buildings in this town. 
 His record was that of a liberal, public- 
 spirited man. For over fifty years he was a 
 leading member of the Congregational church. 
 His wife, whom he married December 25, 
 1827, was a daughter of Lewis and Rhoda 
 (Rathbone) McDonald. She reared three 
 children — James H., John L. , and Susan L. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Breck had one daughter, Sarah 
 McDonald. Mr. Rreck died at his home in 
 this town, November 10, iSSg. 
 
 IIJJAM HALL, a retired merchant 
 of riainfield, was born in Cornish, 
 N. H., February 28, 1846, son of 
 Lsrael and Elizabeth D. (Demming) Hall. 
 He is a descendant of Willis Hall. His 
 grandfather, Jonathan Hall, who was a native 
 of Connecticut, was the first of the family to 
 ascend the river for the purpose of settling. 
 Jonathan, who was an extensive farmer, mar- 
 ried Mercy Cady; and his children were : Ls- 
 rael, Sophia, Alfred, and Susan, all of whom 
 w^ere born in Windsor, \'t. Sophia married 
 Sullivan Blood, of Windsor, and with her 
 husband made the journey from Vermont to 
 Missouri by horse and chaise. Sullivan Blood 
 was for some years captain of steamboats of 
 the Mississipjii River. Afterward he settled 
 in .St. Louis, where he became prominent in 
 the real estate business. The owner of many 
 slaves at one time, he liberated them previous 
 to the Rebellion. In politics he was a stanch 
 Republican. He died a millionaire, and two 
 of his four children are living. Susan always 
 remained at home and cared for her mother, 
 who in her later years suffered the loss of her 
 sight. Alfred succeeded to the homestead, 
 and always resided in Windsor. A leading 
 business man, he was President of the Windsor 
 
 Savings Bank and of the liridge Company. 
 He was also prominent in public affairs. He 
 married Catharine Morgan, daughter of Cap- 
 tain Morgan, of Windsor, and had a family of 
 five sons and one daughter, to whom he left 
 a large estate. 
 
 Israel Hall, William Hall's father, was 
 born in 1792. When a young man he asso- 
 ciated himself with a Mr. Marcy, and carried 
 on a general mercantile business in Cornish, 
 N.H., for a number of years. Selling out 
 then to his partner, he engaged in the hotel 
 business in Cornish, and conducted it for 
 some time. He finally became a man of 
 affairs, and his time was occujiied in attending 
 to his various enterprises. He settled estates 
 and acted as trustee, and was guardian for 
 minors and persons not competent to take care 
 of property. At one time he was President of 
 the Windsor Savings Bank and of the Bridge 
 Company. He also carried on a farm. Prom- 
 inent in politics, h£ served as a Selectman 
 until forced to decline further nomination, 
 represented Cornish in the legislature, was 
 Postmaster for several years, and he acted as 
 a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. He 
 attended the Episcopal church, sang in its 
 choir, and generously contributed to its sup- 
 port. He was a natural musician, and for 
 some years played a bass-viol in church. 
 When si.xty years old he purchased a seraphine 
 for the use of the church. As the party se- 
 lected to play it was unable to do so, he took 
 a few lessons on the instrument and ]ilayed 
 it himself. Israel Hall died October 29, 
 1S63, aged seventy-one years, leaving a large 
 amount of property to his family. Having 
 stood high in the community as an honest, up- 
 right business man and a faithful public ser- 
 vant, his descendants have every reason to 
 JiKik uiiiin his record with piide. The fii'st of 
 his three marriages was contracted with Mary
 
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 Chase, and the second with Sarah Chase, both 
 of whom were daughters of Israel Chase, of 
 Coi'iiish. ( )n the Ihiid occasion lie was united 
 to ICIizabetii 1). Dcnmiing, daugliter of Will- 
 iam Demniinj;', a prosperous farmer of Cornish. 
 Tiie ciiildren of liiis rriarriage, all born in 
 Cornish, were: Charles, Israel ])., William, 
 lulward, and George. Charles died in in- 
 fancy. George died I-'ebruary 13, 1863, aged 
 eleven years. Israel D., born May 17, 1S43, 
 who completed his studies at the Windsor 
 High School, and then took a course at l-'ast- 
 man's Business College in Concord, is now 
 carrying on a large general store in Clare- 
 mont, N.II., is connected with other enter- 
 prises, and is President of the Bridge Com- 
 pany in Windsor. He has represented Clare- 
 monl in the legislature, has served upon the 
 School ]5oard for a number of years, is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, and attends 
 the Congregational church. He married M. 
 Belle Redfield, daughter of .S. Frank Redfield, 
 of Claremont, and has one daughter, Alice 
 I'^lizabcth, who is now Mrs. .Scott, of that 
 town. Ivlward Hall, who was boin July 3, 
 1S49, attended the Windsor High School. 
 Prevented by his failing sight from entering 
 upon a business career, he engaged in farming 
 in I'lainficld for some years, and is now living 
 in retirement. He married Emilv Lewin, 
 now deceased, who was a daughter of I-'rastus 
 I.cwin, of Plainfield. Mrs. Israel Hall, who 
 lived to be sixty-seven years old, died Janu.ary 
 
 22, 1S75. 
 
 William Hall acquired a good education in 
 the common scliools of Cornish and in the 
 Windsor High School. He had intended to 
 enter Dartmouth College, and was about to 
 graduate from the high school, when, seeing 
 an unusually [iromising business opportunity 
 open to him, he decided to embrace it. 
 When, by the destruction of the Windsor 
 
 Bridge by a flood, communication between 
 that town and Cornish was cut off, he im- 
 mediately established a general store in the 
 latter town, and had a profitable trade until 
 the britlge was rebuilt. He then bought a 
 store in Plainfield, to which he mrjvcd his 
 stock, and was in company with his brother, 
 Israel D., for four years, when Israel retired. 
 After carrying it on successfully for nineteen 
 years longer he retired. He has served with 
 ability as Town Clerk and Treasurer, and 
 has frequently been solicited to accept other 
 town offices, but declined. 
 
 ]\Ir. Hall married Amanda M. Gallup, of 
 Plainfield. She was born February 28, 1846, 
 which is also the date of her husband's birth. 
 Mrs. Hall is a daughter of Charles I', and 
 Amanda M. (Kingsbury) Gallup. Her father 
 was a leading citizen of Plainfield, and repre- 
 sented this town in the legislature. His wife 
 was a daughter of Asa Kingsbury, one of the 
 early settlers of Plainfield. The name of 
 Kingsbury is now e.xtinct in this town, but 
 three grandsons of Asa Kingsbury are living, 
 namely: Benjamin C, amine owner in Spo- 
 kane, Wash. ; Byron 1'., a railroad station 
 agent in Taunton, Mass. ; and Charles G., the 
 superintendent of the American F3.\press 
 Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hall arc the jiarents of three children, who 
 were born in Plainfield, as follows: William 
 Israel, April 14, 1868; Halliene Elizabeth, 
 April 7, 1S72; and Charles Gallup, January 
 9, 1S80. William Israel, who completed his 
 education at the Sa.xton's River Academy in 
 \'crmont, studied art and vocal culture in Bos- 
 ton, and is now singing at one of the large 
 churches in Trenton, N.J. ; he married Eliza- 
 beth Sprecklen, of New Jersey. After receiving 
 her education in a private academy, Halliene 
 Elizabeth studied music at the New F'ngland 
 Conservatory in Boston, and graduated June
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 25, 1894. She has since spent some time in 
 travelling through the United States. Charles 
 Gallup is being educated under a private tutor. 
 
 T^APT. JACOB KNIGHT CLARK 
 I Jl was a farmer of Hopkinton. He was 
 
 xjf_,^ born here, April 4, 1812, son of 
 Jacob and Betsey (Huse) Clark. His grand- 
 father, also named Jacob, came here from 
 Newbury, Ma.ss. The other children of his 
 parents were: Thomas, Prudence K., Sally 
 F., Cyrene H., and James M. Thomas, born 
 June 6, iSio, married Judith Lull, of East 
 Weare, and died at the age of thirty years. 
 Prudence K., who was born August 9, 18 14, 
 died in early childhood. Sally F., born De- 
 cember 30, 18 16, married Thomas Edwards 
 Paige, of Weare, and died in Hopkinton, 
 August II, 1882. Cyrene H., born March 
 17, 1819, married William Plummer, resided 
 in Henniker, and died at the age of si.xty- 
 seven years. James M., who was born May 
 24, 1822, went to California and died there in 
 1864 or 1865. 
 
 Captain Clark was a well-to-do farmer 
 and man of affairs in his town. In 1830 he 
 was Llnsign of the Hopkinton Rifles, and he 
 was successively ]iromoted to the ranks of 
 Lieutenant and Cai)tain in 1S31 and 1S34. In 
 1848-50 he was Selectman, in 1851 he was 
 elected State Representative, and he was 
 Town Assessor in 1854. When he and Moses 
 Moyt introduced machine threshing, it was 
 popularly thought that the machine would 
 spoil the grain or cause a fire. Captain Clark 
 was married July 19, 1835, to Mary, daughter 
 of Samuel and Betsey (Burbank) Straw, of 
 Weare, and was the father of three children — 
 Helen M., Warren, and I'^llen T. Wan en 
 Clark was born in Hopkinton, March 29, 
 1S37, and was educated at Hopkinton Academy 
 
 and at Norwich (Vt.) University. At the 
 latter place he was Lieutenant of the Norwich 
 Cadets. After graduating from the university 
 in 1857, he taught military science and 
 mathematics in Mount Pleasant Academy, 
 Sing Sing, N. Y. , and also in Randall's 
 School for Boys in Bloomfield, N.J. He then 
 studied law with George & I-'oster, of Concord, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1S62. He 
 lived in Hopkinton until 1863, in Henniker 
 up to 1S70, and after that time in Concord, 
 serving in some public capacity in each place. 
 In 1874 he was ajipointed Judge of Probate 
 for Merrimack County. In Concord he was 
 connected with the .School Board for the most 
 of his life after 1875, and he was Postmaster 
 there after 18S8. Pie married Fannie S. , 
 daughter of Alfred and Sophia (Worthington) 
 Otis, of Colchester, Conn. Judge Clark died 
 November 21, 1891. 
 
 The owner of the old Clark homestead since 
 the death of Cajitain Clark, which occurred 
 July 19, 1893, is Thomas Warren Paige, son 
 of Thomas Edwards and Sally Felch (Clark) 
 Paige. He was born December 13, 1853, in 
 Lowell, Mass. Tiiere were two other sons — 
 Orra, of Magnolia, Mass., and French, of 
 Lowell. In 185S the family moved to Stone- 
 ham, Mass., where in i86[ the father died. 
 Ills widow'died while on a visit in Hopkintim, 
 August II, 1882. Thomas W. Paige was 
 married November i, 1885, to Minnie, daugh- 
 ter of Gilnian and Wealthy (Ho3t) Straw, of 
 Contoocook, N. II. 
 
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 ■ORGI". II. CILI.l'V, a prominent 
 \ jS)F farmer of Hill, is a native of Bris- 
 tol, N. II., bdin i\Iay 15, 1864. A 
 son of John M. Cilley, of Andover, he is a 
 descendant of one of the early pioneer families 
 of that district. His great-grandfather cleared
 
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 55 
 
 ;m<l settled Cillc)' Hill, a |)r(ijcc'ti()i) of Ragged 
 Mdiintain. The father, Jnhii M. Cilley, was a 
 tlniggist and jeweller of liristol, where he had 
 a .store for a mimbcr of years. lie married 
 Susan Herbert, daughter of Saunders Herbert; 
 and the subject of this sketch is their only 
 chilli. After the death of the father, the 
 mother married Deacon l^heii \V. Mason, and 
 thereafter resided on the old Mason farm until 
 her death in 1889. 
 
 (ieorge H. Cilley has resided for some time 
 on the Mason homestead. In his earl)' years 
 he servetl an apprenticeship at the printer's 
 trade, and subsecjuently worked at the case 
 and in the job department. On December 13, 
 1886, Mr. Cijle)' married Ida A. Currier, 
 (laughter of Charles V.. and Hannah (Cilley) 
 Currier, of Andover. They have two chiklren 
 — Roy C. and Leon I). Heing a farmer, Mr. 
 Cilley is, of course, a member of the grange. 
 He has also been a Selectman of the town, 
 and he was Chairman of the School l^oaril for 
 two years. Me is a Republican, a (iood Tem- 
 plar, and a member of the Christian Church 
 of Hill. 
 
 ICvcry one who goes to the Mason homestead 
 is sure to admire the stately elm-tree with 
 spreading blanches which stands near the ap- 
 jiroach to the house from Hill Centre. Over 
 a hundred years agf) a gentleman visiting the 
 place cariied iii his liautl a small elm switch, 
 which he stuck into the groinul. The result 
 of tliat simple act is the venerable tree seen 
 there to-day, and which offers its shade to all 
 passers-by. 
 
 iHRISTOITIKR COLUMHUS GIH 
 SON, one of the leading violinists of 
 America, is an honored resident of 
 the town of Henniker, N.H., where he was 
 born August 24, 1824, a son of John and Su- 
 sannah (Hale) Gibson. The emigrant ances- 
 
 i 
 
 tor of the Gibson family was John Gibson, 
 who was born in Mngland in 1601, and was 
 made a freeman in Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. 
 
 The line was then continued through the 
 following-named progenitors: John, born in 
 163 1 ; Deacon Timothy Gibson, born in lOCiH, 
 who lived with Abraham Holman in Stow, 
 Mass., and at the age of twenty-one received 
 from him a deed of land; Captain Timothy 
 Gibson, born in Stow, Mas.s., in 1702, who 
 married in 1725 I'crsis Rice, and settled in 
 Henniker in 1772; and Captain Jo.scph Gib- 
 son, the I'rofessor's grandfather, born June S, 
 1750, who died May 26, 1801, from injuries 
 received by his horse stumbling and throwing 
 him upon the pommel. For more than a quar- 
 ter of a century he was one of the most promi- 
 nent and influential men of this place, serving 
 as Selectman in 1787, 1790, 1791, 1796, 
 1797, and 1799. On May 28, 1772, he mar- 
 ried Olive Randall. 
 
 John Gibson, Professor Gibson's father, 
 was born in Henniker, October 22, 17S2, and 
 died June 5, 1836, while in manhood's prime. 
 He was married March 3, 1808, to Susannah 
 Hale, who survived him, passing to the life 
 beyond April 8, 1855. 
 
 Christopher C. Gibson exhibited his phe- 
 nomenal musical talent at a very early age, at 
 every opportunity seizing his father's violin 
 for practice. This instrument Mr. John Gib- 
 son played, as thousands of others do, for his 
 own amusement, having never received espe- 
 cial instruction. One of his daughters, Klvira 
 Gibson, was a gifted musician and poetess. 
 She was eleven years older than her brother, 
 the subject of this .sketch ; and she assisted him 
 in his musical elTorts, so that at the age of five 
 he began to pick out melodies on the violin, 
 and could soon read music quite rapidh", mak- 
 ing wonderful advancement considering -his 
 limited opportunities. At the age of ten
 
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 BIOCxRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 years he took lessons of Ostinelli, an Italian 
 performer of great merit ; and he was after- 
 ward a pupil of Metz, a German violinist of 
 Lowell, Mass. When he was but twelve years 
 old his father died, and the support of the 
 family fell largely upon him. His sister was 
 an invalid for years, requiring much of his 
 care. He also had charge of a young girl 
 named Mary J. Brown, whom he subsequently 
 married. He spent every moment he could 
 spare from his daily labors in the study of his 
 chosen art; and, that he might not annoy his 
 sick sister, he took his beloved instrument to 
 the barn, where night after night he practised 
 many an hour that should have been given to 
 sleep, tired nature's sweet restorer. 
 
 He was in his fourteenth year when Ole 
 Bull, the world-renowned artist, visited this 
 country for the first time. Young Gibson was 
 determined to hear him; and his desire was 
 strongly approved and seconded by his sister, 
 who had awakened to a realizing sense of the 
 lad's genius. Collecting all of his cash, and 
 taking what his sister had, he set forth one 
 bright June morning on foot for Boston, nearly 
 one hundred miles away. He had just pur- 
 chased a pair of new shoes, w-hich were hard 
 and .stiff, and pinched his every toe, causing 
 him great pain ; but despite his misery he con- 
 tinued his walk, reaching the desired Mecca 
 the third day. In the evening he listened to 
 the wonderful music, so weird and strange, but 
 so smooth and beautiful that he scarce knew if 
 he were on earth. The following night he 
 was again an entranced listener, being borne to 
 the seventh heaven of delight. Probably few 
 persons on this terrestrial planet ever came 
 nearer to realizing the sweets of Paradise than 
 did this raw country boy that memorable even- 
 ing. The two succeeding evenings he was 
 again in the audience, and then heard two 
 other celebrated violinists, Vieu.xtemiis and 
 
 Artot. The great resources of the wonderful 
 instrument were opened to him, revealing 
 powers of which he had never dreamed. 
 Bright and early the ne.xt morning he started 
 on his homeward w'ay ; and, though his feet 
 were causing him excruciating pain at every 
 step, he w'alked on flowers, and his soul was 
 expanded and filled with those celestial har- 
 monies. 
 
 From that time on the young musician de- 
 voted himself more assiduously to his violin, 
 and was himself surprised at the advancement 
 he made toward its mastery. He labored 
 hard, availed himself of every opportunity to 
 hear the most distinguished artists, and after 
 years of severe labor realized that he had him- 
 self become a finished artist. His first public 
 appearance was made in the winter of 1853, in 
 Tremont Temple, Boston, when his wonderful 
 composition (which he learned from the 
 feathered songsters in the pine woods near 
 his home, catching their exact tones on his 
 violin), entitled the "Bird Fantasia," created 
 much enthusiasm. In 1S60 Professor Gibson 
 gave concerts in Albany, Troy, and other 
 cities of New York, and also visited Washing- 
 ton, Richmond, and Charleston, being every- 
 where warmly received. He has since been 
 largely occupied in concert work and teaching. 
 He is well entitled the Ole Bull of America, 
 and easily stands at the head of his profession 
 in this country. He was at one time invited 
 by Ole Bull to accompany him to bis home in 
 Norway, but his sister's long illness ]:)revented 
 him from going. At the World's Peace Jubi- 
 lee held in Boston in 1S72, he was the first 
 violinist from New Hampshire, and the only 
 American first violinist retained through the 
 entire session. He became intimately ac- 
 quainted with Ole Hull during one of his later 
 visits to this country, forming a friendship for 
 the great master that was broken only by the
 
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 57 
 
 lattor's dcatli. At tlic Trcniont House in 
 Boston, where tliey were tof^ether one clay, 
 Mr. Bull gave him his [ihotograph, and a 
 clay or two later sailed from New York for 
 his Norwegian home. Within a month after 
 that the news was flashed acioss the ocean that 
 the siinl of this grand genius had gone to the 
 rcahns where celestial mnsie is chanted l>y the 
 heavenly hosts. 
 
 It is not in the conceit room or in the or- 
 chestra that the sweetest music from Professor 
 Gihson's violin is heard, hut in his own mod- 
 est home in llenniker, where, with a few ap- 
 preciative friends as listeners, he draws forth 
 the most charming music. His violin is a 
 rare instrument, one hundred and twcnty-si.v 
 years old, of a rich, jiowerful tone. The Pro- 
 fessor is modest as to his own attainments, is 
 simple of manner, and has a kind and generous 
 heart; and he is much loved by his pupils. 
 His violin has been a source of infinite pleas- 
 ure to him and his friends, comforting him in 
 his sorrows and cheering him across the rough 
 places of life's pathway. 
 
 From the many deserved compliments jjaid 
 to his extraordinary talent we cpiote the fol- 
 lowing from the New York Musical Times of 
 January lo, i860, written by its Washington 
 correspondent concerning a concert given by 
 C. C. Gibson in Wilkud's Hall: "Mr. Gibson 
 is a great performer. For jnuity of tone, ex- 
 pression, and ease, and the skill with which he 
 executes difficult passages, he cannot be ex- 
 celled. .Senators .Sumner, Hale, Ciittenden, 
 Seward, and others, including many [irominent 
 men and foreign ministers, were in the audi- 
 ence; and every ap[)earance of Mr. Gibson was 
 met with hearty applause, and each number 
 was repeatedly encored. " The Boston Satitr- 
 diJv Evening Gazette of February 6, 1858, says 
 of a concert at 'Fremont Temiile: "C. C. Gib- 
 son perfoinied his ' liird Waltz I'antasia ' in a 
 
 most masterly and scientific manner. The 
 bird imitations were perfect. It requires 
 genius and perseverance to reach such pcrfcc- 
 tiijn on this king of instruments. He evi- 
 dently took the audience by surprise, and was 
 rapturously encored." The Boston Traveller 
 of January 2, 1S5S, says: "Mr. Gibsrm is 
 truly a wonderful performer. Tones more ]>ure 
 and beautiful wc never heard, and we have 
 heard all the great players of the clay. His 
 wizard-like ijerformance seemed to cast a spell 
 of enchantment over the audience, which burst 
 into rapturous apjilause at the conclusion of 
 each piece." The musical critic of the 
 Washington Constitution sjjcaks of liim thus: 
 "Professor C. C. Gibson is not cjnly a scien- 
 tific performer, but the genius of his nature is 
 such that when he alights upon a theme to 
 which his delicate sensibilities respond he 
 seems to evince an inspiration of soul capable 
 of expression only." 
 
 Some years ago Professor Gibson suffered a 
 severe attack of spinal meningitis, which con- 
 fined him to his room, and much of his time to 
 his bed, for two years. Since that time iiis 
 work has been largely confined to private in- 
 structiim, his pupils including some of the 
 brightest violinists of the country. 
 
 YRUS RUNN1-:LS, a well-known and. 
 I] highly esteemed citizen of Concord, 
 
 if - was born at Mast \'ard in 1832, son 
 
 of Samuel Runnels. His grandfather, Samuel 
 Runnels, Sr. , a native of Boxford, Mass., 
 came early to New Hampshire, where he 
 bought a farm of one hundred and si.\ty-two 
 acres, and spent the latter part of his life 
 occupied in farming. He was a land sur- 
 veyor, and assisted greatly in laying out roads 
 and lots in his day. He was also one of the 
 Home Guard of the War of 1812. At his
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 death he was sixty-six years old. With his 
 wife, Anna Hardy Runnels, he reared four 
 <:hildren — Samuel, Lois, Priscilla, and Anna, 
 all of whom have now passed away. Samuel 
 Runnels, Jr., was educated in the district 
 schools and became a farmer. He secured 
 land, and built the house now occupied by his 
 son. He died in 1864, aged sixty-eight. 
 His wife was Anner Abbot Runnels, a daugh- 
 ter of Ezra Abbot, of the old Abbot family of 
 this place. She was the mother of seven chil- 
 dren, of whom two died young. The others 
 are: Cyrus, Louisa J., ]{mily, Almira, and 
 Anner A. 
 
 After Cyrus Runnels received his element- 
 ary education in the district schools, he 
 pursued higher courses at the Hancock Lit- 
 erary and Scientific School, at Penacook 
 Academy, at Hopkinton, and at Professor 
 Hall Roberts's select school in Concord. He 
 also graduated in the class of 1855 of the 
 Chandler Scientific School of Hanover. In 
 early life Mr. Runnels taught school for four 
 winters in New Hampshire and later for one 
 winter in Iowa. He worked at his profession 
 of civil engineering in Iowa for nine years, 
 doing local service in 1862 at the Adjutant- 
 general's office in Clinton of that State. In 
 1S64 Mr. Runnels returned to New Hamp- 
 shire and took the farm, but still continued to 
 carry on his work of surveying. He became 
 at once identified with the social and civil in- 
 terests of the tiiwn. He has been for six 
 years Assessor, for three years Selectman, for 
 three years a member of the Council, and he 
 has been a Justice of the Peace for more than 
 ten years. 
 
 During his residence in Iowa, Mr. Runnels 
 was a member of the Presbyterian church, 
 serving the society as a Deacon and Llder. 
 Since his return to New llampsliirc he has 
 joined the West Congregational Church of 
 
 Concord, and is one of its Deacons. In poli- 
 tics he is a Republican, and he cast his first 
 Presidential vote for General Grant in 1S68. 
 
 -JT^OSES A. CRAGIN, of Lempster, 
 a veteran of the Civil War and an 
 ex-member of the New Hamp- 
 shire legislature, was born in Rindge, N.H., 
 Decemlier 13, 1823, son of Moses and Sarah 
 (Chamberlain) Cragin. His father, who was 
 born in Rindge in the year iSoo, and spent the 
 greater part of his life in his native town, was 
 for some years engaged in peddling. He 
 afterward removed from Rindge to Alstead, 
 N. H., and later to Marlow, where he was en- 
 gaged in the wooden-ware business. He died 
 April 5, 1864. His first wife, Sarah Cham- 
 berlain Cragin, was a native of New Ipswich, 
 N. H. After her death he successively mar- 
 ried Eleanor Walton, of Temple, N. H., and 
 I'^anny Pidwell, of Langdon. By his first 
 union there were six children, namely: Moses 
 A., the subject of this sketch; a child who 
 died in infancy; Newton B. ; Elvira; lildward ; 
 and Lucius. Lucius died in 1853, aged eigh- 
 teen years. Newton B. Cragin, who is a re- 
 tired fruit-grower and resides in Worcester, 
 Mass., married Sarah Monroe, of Marlow; and 
 their daughter, Alice P'stella, is now the wife 
 of P'red Ilathern, of Worcester. l^lviia mar- 
 ried John 0. Priest, now living in retirement 
 at Westboro, Mass. l^dward, wlio is a rail- 
 road engineer and lives in Oliio, wctklcd Mar- 
 tha Peither. 
 
 Moses A. Cragin attended the district 
 school until he was nine years old. On 
 reaching his majority, he then located in 
 Gardner, Mass. Some time after his marriage 
 he moved to Marlow, where he followed the 
 blacksmith's trade for five }'ears. Then he 
 engaged in the wooden-ware business. On
 
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 S9 
 
 Sc|)lcnil)cr 3, 1S64, lie enlisted as a private 
 ill Ci)iii|)aiiy A, ]';i<;liteeiitii Regiment, New 
 llanipsliiie Volunteers, and served in it until 
 the elose ui the Civil War. His comjiany was 
 detaehed to act as guard I'm- Henham's corps 
 of engineers for a time, and also took part in 
 the defence of l'ittsl)urg Landing, the siege of 
 Tetershnrg, and the capture of l^ichniond. 
 Discharged from the service in June, 1865, he 
 returned to Marlovv and resumed the wooden- 
 ware business. In 1869 he bought the Rogers 
 place in Lempster, where he now resides. 
 Since taking possession of the estate, he has 
 enlarged its land area from eighty to three 
 lunulred acres, made various imprfU'emeiits, 
 and carried on general farming and dairying, 
 lie is a loyal supporter of the Republican 
 party, and he ably represented his district in 
 the legislature in 1895 and 1896. Me is a 
 comrade of I'rcd II. Smith Post, No. 10, 
 G. A. R., of Newpoit. 
 
 In Keene, N. II., Jaiuiary 25, 1853, Mr. 
 Cragin was joined in mari'iage with I'jiieliue 
 R. l?eckwith, who was born in Acworlh, 
 N.II., April 9, 1836, daughter of Stephen and 
 Cynthia (Osgood) Beckwith. Steplicn licck- 
 with, a native of Acworth, followed agricult- 
 ure in his native town during the active period 
 of his life, and died April 8, 1S77. His 
 wife, who was born in Pittsford, \'t., died 
 October 19, 1889. Their children were: Ira 
 Alonzo, who died in 1893; luneline R., who 
 is now Mrs. Cragin; Oliver, who resides in 
 Marlow ; Nellie C, now the widow of Henry 
 VV. Ware, who died in Hancock, N.II., in 
 March, 1896; and Diantha, who is residing 
 in ;\cwortli. Mr. and Mrs. Cragin have four 
 sons, born as follows: Lucius M., December 
 26, 1855; Charles A., February 20, 185S; 
 Leslie D., September 6, i860, who died Feb- 
 ruary 19, 1862; and b'red II., December 3, 
 1862. Lucius M. married Mora Grimes, and 
 
 is engaged in farming in Springfield, \'t. 
 Charles A. resides at the homestead and 
 assists in the management of the farm. On 
 January 6, 1892, he married Annie V. (JrinTith, 
 who was born August 11, 186X, daughter of 
 George Bancroft and Anna S. (Howe) Griffith. 
 Her father is the well-known poet of Lemp- 
 ster, of whom an e.xtended account appears 
 elsewhere in this work. Fred IL, who is a 
 butcher and meat dealer in Springfield, Vt. , 
 married b'dith C. Gould, a native of W'eathers- 
 field, Vt. 
 
 RTKMAS TI':RRILL liLRIJCIGH, 
 who is now engaged in truck farming 
 in I'^ranklin, was born in this town, 
 February 25, i860, son of Gordon and Char- 
 lotte (Turner) Burleigh. The father, who 
 was a native of Dorchester, N.H., accom- 
 panied his parents to Franklin when he was 
 two years old. In early manhood he was en- 
 gaged in the coal business in Boston. He 
 subsetjuently returned to I-'ranklin, and re- 
 sided upon the farm now occupied by his son, 
 Artemas T. , until his death on August 10, 
 1 89 1. His wife, Charlotte, who was a resi- 
 dent of Charlestown, Mass., became the 
 mother of ten children, namely: Henry, who 
 lives in Hyde Park, Mass., and is a boot and 
 shoe dealer; Gordon, who is in the same busi- 
 ness in Boston; Artemas T., the subject of 
 this sketch; Robert, a medical practitioner in 
 Rochester, N.H. ; George, a jeweller in Til- 
 ton, N.H.; Lottie and Emma, who are resid- 
 ing in Newport, R.I. ; Paul, a resident of 
 Lawrence, Mass.; Sarah IClizabeth; Freddie, 
 who died in infancy. Mrs. Gordon Burleigh 
 now resides with her daughters in Newport. 
 
 Artemas Terrill Burleigh began his educa- 
 tion in the common schools, and his advanced 
 studies were pursued at the Agricultural and 
 Dartmouth Colleges. After completing his
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 education he resided at hunie until he became 
 a travelling salesman for a ]5oston concern 
 dealing in hardware and agricultural imple- 
 ments, in which capacity he was employed for 
 seven years. In 1S89 he engaged in the dry- 
 goods business in Tilton, N. H., and contin- 
 ued in trade for about three years. At the 
 end of that time he settled upon the farm in 
 Franklin, where he has since resided. The 
 property contains three hundred acres of land. 
 He carries on general farming, dairying, and 
 market gardening. 
 
 On July 14, 1S82, Mr. Burleigh was united 
 in marriage with Inez Rice. She was born in 
 Lowell, Mass., daughter of Edwin and lantha 
 (Blanchard) Rice. The father, who was a 
 merchant, is no longer living. The mother is 
 residing in Franklin. In politics Mr. Bur- 
 leigh is a Republican. The progress he has 
 already attained in agricultural pursuits 
 speaks well for his energy and ability. He 
 is a member of Belknap Lodge, No. iS, 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
 
 ^AMUEL HARRIS DOW, son of 
 Amos and Mary (Brown) Dow, was 
 born in Hojikinton, N. H., June 10, 
 1818, anil died at his residence at Bagley Sta- 
 tion, Warner, Merrimack County, September 
 6, 1894. He had not been well for several 
 years, having been unfortunate enough, Janu- 
 ary 17, i88g, while overseeing some work at 
 one of his mills, to liave his leg broken by a 
 rolling log; and he had scarce recovered from 
 that accident when he had a slight paralytic 
 shock. Within a year after, a cancer devel- 
 oped on his li[), causing him great suffering 
 for four or five years. Hi.s strong will power 
 and determined resolution, however, kept him 
 about until his death, which was caused by a 
 second stroke, altliough he paid less attention 
 
 to his business in his later days, throwing much 
 of its responsibility upon his son. 
 
 Mr. Dow was a self-made man in the broad- 
 est sense implied by the term. His early life 
 was spent in poverty, his father having been a 
 cripple, with a large family to support, and 
 needing the assistance of every child to keep 
 the wolf from the door. Accordingly, Sam- 
 uel left home when a small lad, and from that 
 time until twenty years old earned his living 
 as best he could, working at any honest em- 
 ployment. The year before attaining his ma- 
 jority he obtained a situation with Mr. 
 Charles Davis, who hired him for seven 
 months, agreeing to give him ten dollars a 
 month. At the end of the time Mr. Davis 
 gave him seventy-three dollars, presenting 
 him with three dollars for his faithfulness. 
 Hiring the Davis mill, he then sawed 
 shingles at the rate of fifty cents per thousand 
 and board, sawing day-times and bunching 
 nights. The ensuing spring he began buying 
 and manufacturing lumber, buying at first but 
 a few trees at a time, gradually enlarging his 
 operations; and in 1842 he had cleared above 
 his expenses nine hundred dollars. Mr. Dow 
 then bought one-half interest in the Nathaniel 
 A. Davis saw-mill, mortgaging it to secure 
 payment, and running into debt for the 
 Charles Davis siiingle-mill. lie worked in- 
 dustriously, saved every penny possible, and 
 four years later had both mills paid for. 
 He continued his investments in lumber, 
 bark, and wood until 1857, when he disposed 
 of his Ijuildings to W. S. Davis for nine hun- 
 dretl dollars, and sold his mills to Daniel 
 Milton. Ill the same year he erected a resi- 
 dence at a cost of thirty-seven hundred dollars. 
 During the Rebellion, when the draft came to 
 raise the town quota for the Eleventh New 
 Hampshire Regiment, he had just passed the 
 age limit; but he voluntarily gave five dollars
 
 SAMUEL H. DOW.
 
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 to e;icli Vdliinlccr recruit, thus paying out over 
 two liuiulrcil ami lifty dollars. The Select- 
 iiRTi icfusin<( to pay the town ])ounty, not hav- 
 ing been so instructed by vote, he, in company 
 with {'"ranklin Simoiuls, Joshua George, 
 Stepiicn Ikirtlett, and George Jones, signed 
 bonds to protect the soldiers, whom the town 
 officials subsequently jiaid by borrowing 
 twenty-seven hundred dollars, which Mr. Dow 
 had lying in the Warner Hank. When tliis 
 bank suspended, he had on de[K)sit some four- 
 teen thousand dollars, which he invested in 
 the l-'irst National Savings ]5ank of Concord, 
 N.II. 
 
 About this time Mr. IJow purchased a large 
 tract of wood and timber land in I'^ast Canaan, 
 and for several years did an extensive busi- 
 ness in getting out lumber, running mills, 
 etc. lie bought large lots of land in other lo- 
 calities, chietiy in Canaan antl Warner, and 
 after cutting off the timber held the land for 
 new growth. In later years he i)ai(l a good 
 deal of attention to his farm, on which he 
 settled in iS/Q, residing therefrom that time 
 on until his demise. He erected nearly all 
 the buildings at 15agley Station, l)ut persist- 
 ently refused to have the name of the place 
 changed to Dow, as his friends desired. He 
 also made many other wise investments of his 
 money, owning a store in Davisville, besides 
 erecting three large business blocks in Con- 
 cord; wliich are still in the possession of his 
 iieirs. He was a strong Republican in poli- 
 tics, but never accepted public office. 
 
 Mr. Dow was actively interested in the wel- 
 fare and advancement of the town in which he 
 lived, and, though earnestly opposed to the 
 expenditure of the town's funds for purposes 
 of doubtful value, was one of the foremost to 
 push forward and aid with generous financial 
 contributions all projects that promised to be 
 beneficial. The late Franklin Simonds gave 
 
 twenty thousand dollars as a fund, tiie inter- 
 est to be used in defraying the expenses of a 
 free high school in Warner, provided the town 
 would erect a suitable building. Mr. Dow 
 and Gilman Bean gave bonds to the amount 
 of ten thousand dollars, Mrs. Simonds adding 
 five thousand dollars more; and the town built 
 a fine school-house, which cost, including the 
 land, ten thousand dollars, Mrs. Simonds giv- 
 ing five thousand dollars; John Robertson, 
 two hundred and fifty dollars; C. G. Mc- 
 Alpine, two hundred and fifty dollars; George 
 Jones, two hundred and fifty dollars; Reuben 
 Clough, thirty dollars; and others, smaller 
 sums; Mr. Bean and Mr. Dow paying the bal- 
 ance, amounting to over two thousand dollars 
 apiece. 
 
 Mr. Dow was thrice married. His first 
 wife, Harriet C. , daughter of Daniel Currier, 
 died a few years after marriage, leaving two 
 chiltlren, namely: Fanny C, who married 
 Oscar L. Rand, and has two children — 
 Shirley and Blanche E. ; and Ilervey S., who 
 died October 8, i8gi, at the age of forty-two 
 years. Hervey S. Dow was for many years 
 associated with his father in the lumber busi- 
 ness, having personal charge of the mills in 
 Canaan. He left a widow, whose maiden 
 name was Bertha Barney, and three children 
 — Fdith M., Pearl E., and Florence B. Mr. 
 Dow's second wife, Matilda Sojjhronia Currier, 
 a sister of his first wife, died after a compara- 
 tively few years of wedded life, leaving no 
 children. On July 29, 1856, Mr. Dow mar- 
 ried Miss Emily Rand, who was born in Hop- 
 kinton, N.H., May 17, 1S38. Her parents. 
 Smith and Miriam (Goodhue) Rand, subse- 
 c[uently removed to Warner. Mrs. l-lmily R. 
 Dow still occupies the pleasant family resi- 
 dence at Bagley. She has two children — 
 Herman A. and Emily G. Herman A. Dow, 
 who resides with his mother, succeeded his
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 father in the care of the farm ami the lumber 
 business. He married Stella G. Wright; and 
 they have one child, Samuel H. Emily G. 
 Uow is the wife of Fred II. Savory, and has 
 two children — Fred A. and Miriam E. 
 Savory. 
 
 (5 Thomas t. penniman was a weii- 
 
 ^1 to-do farmer and wool-grower of Plain- 
 field. A native of this town, he was 
 born January 19, 1823. After completing his 
 education in the schools of Plainfield, he 
 turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
 and assisted his father in carrying on the home 
 farm. He eventually inherited the property, 
 and under his energetic management it was 
 made to yield a handsome profit. The estate, 
 situated upon elevated ground, contains three 
 hundred acres of land and substantial build- 
 ings, all in good repair. While he was en- 
 gaged in general farming and stock-raising, 
 he devoted his chief efforts for many years to 
 the raising of sheep for the sake of their 
 wool. His fine pastures afforded excellent 
 grazing for the .sheep. As he went into the 
 business upon an extensive scale and at a 
 time when wool-growing was one of the best 
 paying industries, it brought him considerable 
 wealth. His crops of hay and grain were 
 among the best to lie found in this locality, 
 and his other farm products were of a superior 
 quality. In politics he was a Republican; 
 and, though his party was in the minority 
 here, he steadfastly upheld its jjrinciples and 
 supported its candidates. As an honorable, 
 upright, and liberal-minded citizen he had 
 the respect of his fellow-townsmen. He was 
 a regular attendant of the Congregational 
 church. His death on January 24, 1886, 
 when he was sixty-three years old, was gen- 
 erally regretted in Plainfield. 
 
 Mr. Penniman wedded Mary Ann .Smith, 
 
 who was born in Unity, N.H., December 15, 
 1842. Her parents were Frederick P. and 
 Losha W. (Morris) Smith. The father, a 
 prosperous farmer of Claremont, was born in 
 Unity, N.H., July 30, 1814, and the mother 
 in Lisbon, N. H., in December, 1819. Mr. 
 Penniman was the father of seven chiklren, 
 namely: Thomas, born June 19, 1871; Flora 
 Belle, born Julys, 1872; Dorinda W., Ixjrn 
 March 21, 1874; Frederick S., born April 19, 
 1875; Mary Lizzie, born October 19, 1876; 
 Henry N., born January 18, 1879; and Morris 
 G., born P^ebruary 15, 1881. Thomas, who 
 is engaged in farming and teaming, married 
 Mary W. Curtis, daughter of Hartley Curtis, 
 of Cornish, and has one son, Thomas Ken- 
 neth, born March 10, 1895. Flora Belle, 
 who was for some time a successful teacher, 
 is now the wife of Norman C. Penniman, of 
 Cornish. Dorinda W. is a student at the 
 Kimball Union Academy. Frederick S. is 
 assisting upon the farm. Mary Lizzie, Henry 
 N., and Morris G. are residing at home. The 
 elder children were educated at the Kimball 
 Union Academy, Meriden ; and Henry N. is 
 now attending that institution. Mrs. Thomas 
 T. Penniman is residing with her children 
 at the homestead. 
 
 I'HRAIM P. GOSS, a prosperous farmer, 
 fruit-grower, and dairyman of llen- 
 iiiker, was born November 27, 1844, 
 on Pork Hill, in the northern part of this 
 townshijj. He is a son of Luther (ioss, 
 whose father, Ephraim Goss, when he was a 
 young man, came here from Lancaster, Mass. 
 Ephraim was one of the first in complying 
 with the call to arms that resounded through 
 the colonies after the fights at Concord and 
 Lexington, and subsequently rendered the ser- 
 vices of one good man in the war of indepen-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 6S 
 
 (leiicc. On coming to Hcnniker, he lived for 
 a time on the farm now owned Ijy Mrs. Robert 
 IJ. Rice. Afterward he bought the property 
 on I'ork Hill known as the old Goss home- 
 stead, now owned and occupied by one of his 
 grandsons, where he spent his remaining 
 years, and tlieil August 2, 1838. His wife, 
 Ruth Campbell Goss, a daughter of Ainos 
 and Anna Campbell, who survives him, died 
 March 8, iSCii. They had eleven children, of 
 whom l.utluT was the eighth in the order of 
 birth. 
 
 IvUther Goss, born in lienniker, January 30, 
 1801, and brought up as a farmer, was occu- 
 pied in agriculture throughout the rest of his 
 life. After his marriage he bought a farm 
 adjoining the parental homestead on Pork 
 Hill, on which he subsecpiently resided until 
 his death on September 22, 1865. The an- 
 cestral acres descended to Cyrus Goss, a 
 brother of Luther Goss, whose son, Franklin 
 Goss, now owns and occupies the estate, 
 l-uther Goss married Sallie Colby, who, after 
 surviving him many years, passed away Janu- 
 ary 19, 1S84, at the venerable age of eighty- 
 one years. She lived on the farm some four 
 years after the death of her husband, when she 
 sold the property, and removed to the village 
 with her daughter, Helen C. She was the 
 mother of seven children, namely: Solon, who 
 died in infancy; Lydia C, the wife of Rufus 
 Putnam, of Contoocook; Helen C, who 
 keeps house for her brother Ephraim; Julia 
 M., who married Charles S. Foster, and died 
 at the age of thirty-five years; David P., who 
 died in infancy; ICIizabeth M., who is the 
 wife of Fitz E. Cogswell, of Concord, N.H.; 
 and Fphraim P., the twin brother of I'Hiza- 
 beth, and the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Fphraim P. Goss completed his schooling 
 at the Hennikcr Academy, and at the age of 
 nineteen years began teaching, intending to 
 
 pursue a professional career. iiis lather's 
 death occurring soon afterward, a radical 
 change in his plans was made, his services 
 being needed at home. Me returned to the 
 farm, which he managed until it was sold, four 
 years later. He then worked for a time at 
 the carpenter's trade, making his home in the 
 village with his mother, until he established 
 a home of his own. Since his marriage he 
 has resided on his present farm. This prop- 
 erty, which was originally owned by Abel 
 Connor, and which was the lifelong home of 
 I''ayette Connor, the uncle of Mrs. Goss, is 
 one of the most noted estates in tliis vicinity. 
 Although the house has been altered in many 
 respects, the front remains the same as when 
 built by the original owner, nearly a century 
 ago. Mr. Goss carries on general farming, 
 devoting much attention to his dairy, and 
 selling the cream. He raises a good deal of 
 fruit, for which his farm is especially famed, 
 and where was grown the first grafted in 
 Hcnniker by Abel Connor. On June 19, 
 1876, Mr. Goss married Miss Sarah E. Con- 
 nor, who was born in North Hcnniker, De- 
 cember 2, 1854, daughter of A. Whitney and 
 Harriet (Spofford) Connor, and grand-daugh- 
 ter of Abel Connor. She died August 
 19, 1 89 1, after a long and painful illness 
 of several months, leaving one child, Julia 
 Mabel, who is now attending the high school. 
 Mr. Goss is a strong Republican in politics. 
 He is active in his party, attending all the 
 county and State conventions, and was Select- 
 man for four years. He has been an influen- 
 tial worker in the temperance cause as a 
 member of the Sons of Temperance. He is 
 likewise a member of the local grange and of 
 the Order of the Golden Cross. For thirty 
 years he has sung in the choir of the Congre- 
 gational church, with which he united when 
 si.xteen years of age. An intellectual, well-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 read man, of affable manners and upright 
 character, he is popular wherever he is 
 known. 
 
 /^TTlMAN C. morgan, a farmer of 
 \}S) I Hopkinton, Merrimack County, 
 N.H., was born September lo, 1S30, 
 in Hartford, Vt., being a son of Nathaniel 
 and Mehitable (Colby) Morgan. His pater- 
 nal grandfather, Nathan H. Morgan, was born 
 October 27, 1765, in Pembroke, N. H. Four 
 years later his father and mother, who were 
 English, came to Hopkinton, and settled in 
 the unbroken forest in the south-west part of 
 the town. At that time there were no roads, 
 but only foot-paths, indicated by spotted trees 
 for a guide. Nathan H. Morgan remained on 
 the old homestead from the time of coming 
 here with his parents until his demise, Octo- 
 ber 31, 1 8 50. His wife, Mary Emerson 
 Morgan, was born March 30, 1770, and died 
 December 5, 1833. They had twelve chil- 
 dren, namely: Timothy, who was born March 
 12, 1790, and died in 1871; Nathaniel, the 
 first, born October 2, 1791, died May 18, 
 1792; Nathaniel, the second, born April 5, 
 1793, died May 4, 1872; Abigail, born April 
 I3» '795; Nathan, born March 21, 1797, died 
 October 6, 1828; Smith, born March 18, 
 1799; Betsey, born December 25, 1800; Mary, 
 born February 4, 1803, died in June, 1885, 
 the wife of John Currier; Rachel, born Janu- 
 ary 12, 1805; Jeremiah, born December 20, 
 1805; Mahala, born March 29, 1809; and 
 James, born September 4, 181 1. Of these 
 Mahala, the wife of Pcabody Webber, of 
 Manchester, N. H., is the only survivor. 
 
 Nathan H. Morgan was an energetic, tire- 
 less worker in his day, doing much of the 
 pioneer labor of clearing the land, and for 
 many years was one of the most influential 
 men of the neighborhood. Many were the 
 
 pleasant hours whiled away by his grand-chil- 
 dren, listening to his stories of the pleasures 
 and dangers of pioneer life in his time, and of 
 all the circumstances connected with his early 
 life and the progress of the town. The old 
 homestead remained in the family for three 
 generations, the successive owners being 
 Nathan H. Morgan, Timothy Morgan, and 
 Richard F. Morgan. 
 
 Richard F. Morgan was one of the most 
 prominent and enterprising citizens of the 
 town. He held many positions of trust in the 
 town, and served acceptably to all as Select- 
 man and School Committee for many terms, 
 and was one of the foremost members of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 Nathaniel Morgan, son of Nathan H., born 
 in Hopkinton, April 5, 1793, married Mehit- 
 able Colby, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth 
 (Oilman) Colby, of Henniker, September 7, 
 1822. Three years afterward he went to Ver- 
 mont, where he lived until 1832. Returning 
 then to Merrimack County, he settled first in 
 Henniker, where he lived for twenty years, 
 and then came back to Hopkinton, where he 
 remained until his death. May 4, 1872. His 
 wife outlived him a score of years, passing 
 away January 11, 1S93, being ninety-si.K years 
 of age. She was a pensioner of the War of 
 1812. They were the parents of four chil- 
 dren, as follows: Mary Ann, Edwin, Julia 
 A., and Gilman C. 
 
 Oilman C. Morgan came to Hopkinton with 
 his parents in 1853. He married September 
 12, 1855, Miss Eva L. Merrill, daughter of 
 Charles and Emily E. (Emerson) Merrill, of 
 Hopkinton, where Mrs. Morgan was born. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have but two children 
 living; namely, Charles N. and Willis E. 
 They have lost four children: Oliver A., who 
 (lied at the age of four years; Edwin IL, at 
 the age of twenty-three years; Arthur \V., at
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 67 
 
 the age of eighteen; and Irwin A., at the age 
 of sixteen years. 
 
 In politics Mr. Morgan is a gold bug and a 
 Republican, altliough he was reared in the 
 Democratic faith, his lather having been a 
 steadfast adherent (if tiiat party. I'^ven in boy- 
 hood he woulil never acl<nn\vlctige when away 
 from iiome that he was a Democrat. Not- 
 withstanding the presence of many good men 
 in tiiat party, there seemed to be an element 
 in its organism that was exceedingly distaste- 
 ful to him; and discerning, as he thought at 
 that time, a greater degree of intelligence and 
 refinement in the masses elsewhere, he conse- 
 quently found more congenial associates out- 
 side its ranks. In later years he has found the 
 principles of the Republican party to be more 
 in accord with his own mature convictions. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are of a social nature. 
 They are members of Union Grange, he hav- 
 ing served as Master for three terms. In re- 
 ligion he is liberal in his views. He attends 
 the Congregational church, of which Mrs. 
 Morgan is a member. 
 
 <-*■•♦■«■ 
 
 "ON. CIIARLE.S C. K];NRICK, 
 
 .State Senator, is one of the most 
 prominent citizens of I'"ranklin, 
 N. II. He was born April 8, 1844, fourtli son 
 of Sleiihen and Clarissa A. (Hlanchard) Ken- 
 rick. His [lateinal grandfather, John Ken- 
 rick, who was born December 17, 1764, was 
 a native of Amesbury, Mass. He married 
 .Sarah Colby, of the same place, born January 
 25, 1 771, and had nine chiUlren, of whom 
 .Stephen, father of Charles C, was the 
 youngest. John Kenrick died in Amesbury in 
 1806, and his widow married David Marsh. 
 
 Ste[)lien Kenrick was born June 15, 1806, 
 in Haverhill, Mass., and came to Franklin 
 when a young man. After remaining here a 
 
 short time, he went to Mclndoc's Falls, Vt., 
 where he was for a few years engaged in bus- 
 iness; and from there he went to Hangor, Me. 
 Later, returning to I'ranklin, he was married 
 December 29, 1833, to Clarissa A. IJlanchard. 
 He then went into business in the town, and 
 continued thus engaged for the greater part of 
 his life. He was a very prominent citizen, 
 and held various positions of importance. He 
 was President of the Hillsborough National 
 Bank, and also of the Concord & Portsmouth 
 Railroad. His death took place on August 4, 
 1S84, and that of his wife October 12, 1893. 
 They were the parents of seven children — 
 t^benezer B. , Ebenezer B. (second), Stephen 
 B. , Charles C, John Smith, Dr. Timothy 
 P'rancis, and Clarissa Ann. The first l-^ben- 
 ezer B. was born March 3, 1837, and died Au- 
 gust 16, 1838; and libenezer B., second, was 
 born November 6, 1838, and died P'ebruary 9, 
 1839. Stephen B. was born April 9, 1842, 
 and married Lizzie A. Rowe, of Plymouth, 
 N. H. He was interested in a railroad, the 
 Fort Madison (la.) & Green Iby (Wis.), of 
 which he was superintendent. He died Janu- 
 ary 30, 1896, at his home in Clinton, la., 
 where his wife still resides. John Snn'th 
 Kenrick was born October 28, 1846, and died 
 August 10, 1847. Timothy Francis Kenrick, 
 born July 8, 1849, was graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College and also at Utica Medical Col- 
 lege. He practised a few years in this coun- 
 try, and then went abroad and became the 
 medical adviser of some foreign nobleman. 
 In this capacity he travelled considerably, 
 spending some time in Rome and Naples es- 
 pecially. He died at Naples, January 29, 
 1879, in his thirtieth year. The Doctor was 
 a man of culture and wide intelligence, with 
 bright prospects before him. The circum- 
 stances of his death in a foreign land seemed 
 to render it doubly sorrowful. Clarissa Ann
 
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 Kenrick was born November 8, 1852, and died 
 August 1 1, 1853. 
 
 Charles C, the special subject of the pres- 
 ent article, was educated in the academies at 
 Boscavven and New London, N. H. He was 
 a great lover of horses, and started out when a 
 young man in the livery business at Franklin 
 I'alls, in which he was engaged until 1894. 
 He still remains in the stock business, being 
 a breeder of fine horses and cattle, and owning 
 some of the finest horses in the State. He be- 
 came interested in farming, and now pursues 
 it on a large scale, employing a number of 
 hands to carry on the work. He is connected 
 with the Franklin Savings Bank of Franklin 
 Falls. He also has a keen aptitude for the 
 real estate business, and at present has the 
 largest interests in that line of any one in 
 the city. He has built and now owns many of 
 the finest business blocks and dwellings both 
 in Franklin and Franklin Falls. His own 
 residence in the former place is a beautiful 
 one, and stands without an equal in the town. 
 In political matters Mr. Kenrick has always 
 shown an active interest, being a stanch Re- 
 publican. He was Representative from 
 Franklin for two years, and was also on the 
 ]?oard of Selectmen several years, being 
 Chairman of the Board in 1886. He was 
 elected State Senator for the terms of 1897 
 and 1898. He is identified with social organ- 
 izations as follows: he is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, and was charter member 
 of St. Andrew's Lodge at Franklin Falls. He 
 also belongs to the A. O. U. W. at the same 
 place. ]5oth he and his wife attend the Con- 
 gregational church at I'ranklin. 
 
 Mr. Kenrick was married August 5, 1894, 
 to Arabelle Rowe Morgan, of Gilford, N. II. 
 She was born November 26, 1849, daughter of 
 Jauies and Lucinda (Harper) Rowe, the former 
 of Gilfortl, and the latter of New Hampton, 
 
 N. H. Mr. Rowe, who was a farmer most of 
 his life, died August 19, 1893, his wife's de- 
 cease having occurred in 1868. They had si.x 
 children — George W. , Charles C. , Mary E., 
 Sarah, Clara A., and Arabelle. Of these, the 
 first-born, George, is a farmer in Manchester, 
 N.H. ; Charles is a farmer in Methuen, 
 Mass. ; Mary is the widow of John McDonald, 
 and lives in Cambridgeport, Mass. ; Sarah is 
 the widow of Eugene Spaulding, and lives 
 with Mr. and Mrs. Kenrick ; and Clara is not 
 living. Mr. Kenrick has no children, but has 
 a niece living with him, Florence May Spauld- 
 ing, born June 10, 1884, who is a very at- 
 tractive child. 
 
 Mr. Kenrick is decidedly the most widely 
 known and successful man of a large com- 
 munity. He has many and varied interests, 
 and his spirit and energy are adequate for 
 whatever he undertakes. He is a most pros- 
 perous and substantial citizen, and his influ- 
 ence has made itself felt in many ways for 
 the good of the public. 
 
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 HARLES GOULL:), an extensive and 
 prosperous agriculturist o'f Hopkinton, 
 was born March 8, 1823, on the 
 farm where he now resides, son of Captain 
 Moses and Hannah (Currier) Gould. He rep- 
 resents one of the oldest families of this sec- 
 tion of the county. His ancestor, Joseph 
 Gould, was one of the original proprietors of 
 Hopkinton, where he bought land while yet 
 a resident of South Hampton, N.H. Josejih 
 died shortly after his purchase; and his widow 
 with her family of five sons, all young men, 
 came here in 1754, each son making a separate 
 settlement. Joseph Gould was born in South 
 Hampton, being either the son or grandson of 
 the emigrant ancestor, Christopher Gould, who 
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 ill lIami)loii, N.I I. Tlic five sods of Joseph 
 were: Moses, l^lias, Gideon, John, and Chris- 
 toplier, all of whom served in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, married, and reared families. 
 Some descendants of each arc now living in 
 Merrimack County. Several of these formerly 
 si)el]ed their name Goold. One of them, Na- 
 thaniel (i<iol(l, who settled in Chicago in 
 1S38, going there on the old steamer "Mad- 
 ison," was the last surviving charter mem- 
 ber of Dearborn Lodge, F. & A. M., at his 
 death. 
 
 Moses Gould, the grandfather of Charles, 
 soon after coming here purchased the ancestral 
 homestead at Hopkinton in 1754. His mother 
 made her home with liini. Li 1760 or there- 
 about, besides building a substantial Ikjusc 
 with solid oak timbers which are still in use, 
 forming the frame for the present residence, 
 he cleared the timber from quite a large por- 
 tion of the land. He died at the age of 
 fifty-four years. His widow, in maidenhood 
 Joanna Davis, who attained the age of eighty- 
 two years, lived with the Shakers at Canter- 
 bury from 181 8 until 1836. She bore her 
 husband three children, namely: Moses, the 
 father of Charles; Jonathan, who died at the 
 age of twenty-two years; and Lnoch, who 
 married Lydia Rowell, and lives with his fam- 
 ily in liradford, N.H. Captain Moses Gould 
 spent his entire life of seventy-five years on 
 the old homestead, carrying on general farm- 
 ing and lumbering. In his younger days he 
 trained in a compan)' of the State militia, serv- 
 ing as Captain for several years. He brought 
 his bride, Hannah Currier, a daughter of Dan- 
 iel Currier, of Warner, N. H., to the home 
 farm, where she resided until her death at the 
 age of eighty-two years. Here they reared 
 their family of five children, namely: Joanna, 
 who married Ambrose Chase, and died in 
 Hopkinton, aged eighty years; Abigail, who 
 
 was the wife of Kzn Terrill, of I'cnacook, and 
 died when si.\'ty years old; Hannah, who died 
 in young womanhood ; Martha, who became the 
 wife of Franklin I'"rost, of Penacook, and died 
 at the age of si.\ty-five years; and Charles, 
 twin brother of Martha and the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Charles Gould received a fair education at 
 the Hopkinton Academy. Afterward for a 
 period of twoscorc years he was engaged dur- 
 ing the winter seasons as a teacher in the 
 county schools. He was Captain for a time 
 in the Fortieth New Hampshire militia, in 
 which his father had previously been an 
 officer. He has also served many terms as one 
 of the Superintending School Committee. In 
 1859 he was a member of the Board of Select- 
 men. For some time he has been Master of 
 the local grange. In the management of his 
 farm he has shown good judgment. Besides 
 making desirable improvements he has added 
 more land to the original hundred acres. In 
 his large dairy he keeps high-grade, Guernsey 
 cattle, and has every modern facility for mak- 
 ing butter, which he produces at the rate of 
 one hundred pounds per week. This product 
 brings him the average price of thirty cents a 
 pound the year round. At the World's. Fair, 
 held in Chicago in 1893, it received a high 
 award, the merits ranking almost to the ma.xi- 
 mum on every point counted. He received 
 the World's Columbian E.xposition Medal for 
 his exhibit, standing the highest of any in 
 New Hampshire, and ranking third among the 
 whole number of competing States. He has 
 likewise carried away several first prizes at 
 State fairs. In politics Mr. Gould has been 
 a free silver man for years, and in the last 
 Presidential campaign was an earnest supporter 
 of W. J. Bryan. He is very liberal in his re- 
 ligious beliefs and an active member of the 
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 On November 4, 1847, Mr. Gould married 
 Miss Ruth Mill, daughter of Thomas Hill, of 
 this town. Mr. Hill and his father owned the 
 Contoocook water-power for many years. He 
 was a veteran of the Revolution, serving in 
 all the important battles, including that of 
 Bunker Hill; and he afterward received a pen- 
 sion from the government. Mrs. Gould and 
 Mrs. Samantha Spalding, daughter of Stephen 
 Putney, were, in 1896, living daughters of 
 Revolutionary soldiers in Hopkinton. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Gould became the parents of seven 
 children — Moses C, Louis A., Charles 
 Henry, Clara 1., Robert T., Helen A., and 
 Herbert J. Moses C. is a dentist at Seneca 
 Falls, N. Y. ; Louis A., born April 26, 1852, 
 attended the university at Syracuse, N.Y., for 
 two years, afterward receiving the degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 
 1880. He began the practice of his profession 
 at Ovid, N. Y. , and in 1889 settled in Farmer 
 Village, the same State, where he is in prac- 
 tice at the present time. He was for many 
 years President of the Seneca County Medical 
 Society, and for nine years was Coroner of 
 that county. Charles Henry, a stone-cutter 
 of Cambridge, Mass., built the armory in Bos- 
 ton. Clara I. is the wife of Otto L. Bullard, 
 of Bellingham, Mass. Robert T. is living on 
 the homestead. Helen A. is the wife of 
 George A. Newton, of Ilenniker, N. H. ; and 
 Herbert J. resides with his iiiother, Charles 
 H., in Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Robert T. Gould, born RTay 23, 1863, has 
 continued in business with his father, and has 
 now the entire charge of the farm. He is very 
 energetic and progressive, the present e.xten- 
 sive butter business conducted on the farm 
 being the result of his enterprise. He was 
 educated in the Contoocook Academy, after 
 which, making up his mind to devote his time 
 to agricultural jiursuits, he settled near liis 
 
 father, building a neat residence on the farm 
 in 1894. On April 3, 1895, he married Miss 
 Mary M., daughter of John F. and Nellie 
 (Putney) Currier, of Hopkinton. She is a 
 lady of culture and a graduate of the Concord 
 High School, lioth Robert and his wife are 
 members of the local grange, in which he has 
 been Master. Very active in the grange work 
 of the county and State, he has attended the 
 National Grange, and, with his father, has 
 been present at the meeting of the State 
 Grange. 
 
 f^OHN M. COLE, a well-known farmer 
 and real estate speculator of Plainfield, 
 was born here, August 3, 1836, son of 
 Daniel and Lucinda (Bryant) Cole. The Cole 
 family is of German origin. The great-grand- 
 father of John M. was Ebenezer Cole. The 
 grandfather, Daniel Cole, was one of the pios- 
 perous farmers of Plainfield in his day, and 
 also followed the trades of tanning, currying, 
 and shoemaking. He fought for inde]icndence 
 in the Revolutionary War, taking part in thir- 
 teen engagements; and he received for his ser- 
 vices a pension, which after his death was ex- 
 tended to his widow. He and his family 
 came up the river upon a horse sled, and 
 were among the pioneers of this section. At 
 his death he was ninety years old. He mar- 
 ried lulith Wilbur, and liis family consisted 
 of si.x children, all now deceased; namely, 
 Stephen, Wheeler, Enos, John, Daniel, and 
 Hannah. Stephen became a physician, and 
 practised in Concord, N.H., for a number of 
 years. He married in that town, and later 
 settled in Vermont, where he passed the rest 
 of his life. Wheeler went to Ohio, and be- 
 came a prosperous farmer. He married in 
 that State, and left a daughter. Enos mar- 
 rietl and settled in ]?urlington, Vt. John was 
 in business in Lowell, Mass., and Nashua,
 
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 N.II., for a number of years. Me married 
 Lucy I'ike, of Concord, N.II. Hannah be- 
 came the wife of Jo.seph Spaulding, an exten- 
 sive farmer of I'lainfieiil, and reared a family. 
 Daniel Cole, the father of John M., was 
 Ijorn in I'lainfield. He succeeded to the 
 ownership of his father's property, and during 
 the active period of his life was engaged in 
 general farming and stock-raising. He served 
 as Overseer of the Poor and Highway Sur- 
 veyor for a number of years, and was a Justice 
 of the Peace. In politics he supported the 
 Republican party, and his religious belief was 
 the Haptist creed. He lived to be seventy- 
 three years old, and left a good estate, to- 
 gether with a record for honesty and integrity, 
 of which his descendants may well be proud. 
 Daniel Cole was twice married. His first 
 wife was Patty Johnson, who bore him si.x 
 children; namely, Sarah, Martha, Abel, 
 George, Harriet, and Daniel W. Sarah mar- 
 ried l^arl Westgate, a farmer of Flainficid, 
 and had a family of six children. Martha 
 wedded Alfred Hannis, a school teacher of 
 Claremont, N.H., and reared a family. Abel, 
 who engaged in farming, wedded Marcia 
 Houghton, of Windsor, Vt. George, who 
 followed agriculture successfully, married 
 Samantha .Souther, of I'lainfield. Both are 
 now deceased. Harriet is now the widow of 
 Nathan Souther, late of Lowell, Vt. Daniel 
 W. resided upon a farm in Cornish, and died 
 in that town. He married Ardel Spencer, a 
 native of I'lainfield; and a daughter survives 
 him. Daniel Cole's second wife, Lucinda 
 Pryant Cole, became the mother of five chil- 
 dren — John M., Homer, Marcia, Wilbur, and 
 one that died in infancy. Homer follows the 
 trade of a painter and paper-hanger in Plain - 
 field. He married Mrs. E. Harris, a widow of 
 Windsor, who has had no children. Marcia, 
 who is no longer living, married George 
 
 Chase, of Windsor, a mason by fratle; and she 
 had two children. Wilbur, who is a prosper- 
 ous farmer in Cornish, married Clara Hook, of 
 that town, and has one son. 
 
 John M. Cole acquired a comnion-schooi 
 education, and since early manhood has been 
 engaged in farming. He succeeded to the 
 homestead, where he continued to reside some 
 five years after his father's death. He then 
 sold it to Charles Kenyon, and bought the 
 Coburn place in Cornish. This property he 
 sold to William Kinsman a year later, and 
 purchased the Woodard farm in Plainfield. 
 He had resided there about fifteen years, when 
 he sold that property to William True, and 
 bought the Jordan farm, located upon the River 
 Road. After disposing of the Jordan place to 
 Ralph Morgan some two years ago, he pur- 
 chased the Burrage farm, where he now re- 
 sides. His custom in these transactions was 
 to improve the estate after buying it, and then 
 to sell it at a good profit. He now owns a 
 farm of one hundred acres, with substantial 
 buildings, from which a view may be obtained 
 of the Ascutney Mountains and the village of 
 Hartland. Vt. , upon the opposite shore of the 
 Connecticut River. He has made a specialty 
 of raising sheep and cattle, and he has been 
 quite successful in general farming. 
 
 Mr. Cole married Jane Bugbee, who was 
 born in Hartland, Vt., December 27, 1836, 
 and was educated at the Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy. Her grandfather was a Revolutionary 
 soklier. Her father, George Bugbee, who 
 was born in Cornish, Vt., in 181 3, and was a 
 prosperous farmer in that town, died in 1882. 
 He married Eunice Lanphire, who, born in 
 Hartland, Vt., in 1803, died in 1869, her 
 only child being Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Cole 
 have four children, as follows: George A., 
 born March 14, 1S63; Daniel, born March 11, 
 1867; Samuel W. , born March iS, 1868; and
 
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 Lizzie J., born December 23, 1870. George 
 A., who is engaged in agriculture in Plain- 
 field, married Hattie Royce, and has two sons 
 — Charlie and Leonard. Daniel is a resident 
 of this town. Samuel W., who is a travelling 
 salesman for a jewelry house, married Ida M. 
 Jenkins, of Attleboro, Mass. Lizzie J. mar- 
 ried Harley McCrillis, a confectioner of 
 White River Junction, Vt. 
 
 Mr. Cole has served upon the School Board 
 and in other town ofifices. Politically, he 
 supports the Republican party, and in his 
 religious views is a Baptist. He is well 
 informed upon all current topics, and is es- 
 pecially interested in family history and the 
 preservation of relics. He has in his posses- 
 sion several old deeds and mortgages. Among 
 the deeds is one conveying property from John- 
 son to Cole, bearing the date of December 
 25, 1819. Another deed is from Walker to 
 Daniel Cole, dated April 4, 1806. He also 
 has the will of his grandfather, dated July 20, 
 1S39, and probated l)y Judge rutnain, and the 
 paper relating to his enlistment and his dis- 
 charge from the Continental army. 
 
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 AVID A. SARGENT, a hotel-keeper 
 in Croydon, was born January 5, 
 1S29, in (rrantham, N. H., son of 
 Moses and Mary (Clement) Sargent. His 
 paternal grandfather was one of the early 
 settlers of Warner, N.H. The father was 
 born in Warner, May i, 1788, and remained 
 there for some time, carrying on general farm- 
 ing. Later he removed to (irantham, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. While a 
 Republican in politics, he never held public 
 ofifice. He died in 1849, at the age of sixty- 
 one years. His wife Mary, who was born in 
 Warner, December 3, 1788, died in 1870, at 
 the advanced age of eighty-two years. Both 
 
 were members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of Grantham. Their nine children 
 were born as follows: Seth C, May 12, 1815; 
 Benjamin, July 12, 1817; Moses C, Septem- 
 ber 30, 1819; Aaron, June 18, 1821; Rozilla, 
 February 3, 1823; Elizabeth C, December 
 
 19, 1824; John C, October 21, 1826; David 
 A., January 5, 1829; Almira N. , E'ebruary 
 
 20, 1831. Of these children the survivors 
 are: lilizabeth C, David A., and Almira N. 
 
 David A. Sargent was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Grantham. He was afterward 
 engaged in general farming, carrying on the 
 farm after the death of his father, and contin- 
 uing there for a number of years. In 1862 be 
 started in the hotel business in the same town, 
 running the Grantham House for si.x and one- 
 half years. Then he disposed of that property, 
 and in 1870 located in Croydon, where he has 
 since lived. He has conducted the hotel there 
 for the past twenty-six years. He is a liberal 
 in his religious views. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican. He has been Town Cleik for the 
 past two years. On April 8, 1853, Mr. Sar- 
 gent married Mary A. Clark, who was born in 
 Grantham, daughter of Asa Clark, and died 
 in 1885. Subsequently he married Diana M. 
 Wallace, a native of Vermont, who died in 
 1 891. Darwin A. Sargent, son of the first 
 wife, born in i860, was engaged in general 
 farming, and resided in Croydon. He married 
 Mabel A. Allen, and died in 1895, leaving 
 his wife with three children — OtisC, Roy 
 A., and Dora M. Mr. Sargent is a self-made 
 man and one who has the respect of his towns- 
 men. He is a very pleasant man to meet, and 
 is one of the oldest business men in Croytlcm. 
 His hotel, which is very homelike, accommo- 
 dates twenty guests. It is but a short drive 
 from Austin Corbin's park, and n)any visitors 
 aniuiall)' stoji with him and enjoy the imuin- 
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 (5>r XDkl'W J. SILVICK, senior i)artiicr 
 LLI ill the firm of Silver & Hall, Goss- 
 ' ''V._, ville, and an ox-member of the New 
 Hampshire legislature, was born in Dcerficld, 
 N.H., May 9, 1835, son of Joseph M. and 
 Sarah S. (Chase) Silver. The latter, natives 
 respeetively of Haverhill, Mass., and Deer- 
 field, were both born in the year i.Soo. Jo- 
 seph M. Silver moved to Deerfield when quite 
 young and learned the carpenter's trade. The 
 active portion of his life was devoted to that 
 calling. He owned a good farm, which he 
 also cultivated with succes.s, and lived to the 
 age of eighty-eight years. In politics he 
 acted with the Republican party. His wife, 
 Sarah, who was a daughter of Nathan Chase, of 
 Deertield, became the mother of seven chil- 
 dren, of whom there arc living: Abbie C, 
 John \\'., Andrew J., Horace C, and Charles 
 \V, Abbie C. is the wife of C. W. Prescott, 
 of Raymond, N.H. John W. married Hattie 
 Chase, of Chester, N.H.; and his children 
 are: Walter II. and Charles P. Horace C. 
 first married I\Iary K. Prown, and subse- 
 quently Mrs. Josephine White, a native of 
 Tilton, and the widow of Charles H. White. 
 Neither wife is now living. Charles W. mar- 
 ried Abbie Arlin, of Manchester, N.H. Mrs. 
 Josejjh M. Silver died at the age of eighty- 
 two. .She and her husband were members of 
 the Congregational church. 
 
 Andrew J. Silver completed his education 
 at the Pittsfield Academy. After assisting 
 his father for a short time, he became a clerk 
 in a general store at Suncook \'illage, in the 
 town of Pembroke; and later he worked in the 
 same capacity at llookset. During the latter 
 part of the Civil War he was clerk at the 
 naval store connected with the United States 
 Navy Yard at Portsmouth. After the war he 
 followed the same occupation for a short time 
 longer, and then established a general store, 
 
 which he conducted for a year. In 1870 he 
 went to Epsom, and formed a |)artner.sliip 
 with Jacob F. Robinson, the firm of Silver & 
 Robinson conducting a thriving bu.sincs.s for 
 thirteen years. He then associated himself 
 with Charles S. Hall, his pre.scnt partner, and 
 the firm of Silver & Hall have since had a 
 profitable trade in (iossville. 
 
 On November 30, 1870, Mr. Silver married 
 Juliette E. Jame.s, daughter of Jeremiah G. 
 James, of Deerfield. Mr. and Mrs. Silver 
 have one son, Harry, who was born .Septem- 
 ber 2, 1 882. During the years 1878 and 1879 
 Mr. Silver represented P-psom in the legis- 
 lature, and was the first Republican member of 
 that body from this town. He has been Post- 
 master in Gossville since 1881. He is con- 
 nected with Rockingham Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 of Candia, N. H., and has occupied all of the im- 
 portant chairs in I^vergreen Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 of Short Falls. He ranks among the leading 
 business men of Epsom, and his political ser- 
 vices are highly appreciated by his fellow- 
 townsmen. 
 
 ARRI:N SARGENT, a brick manu- 
 facturer of Allenstown, and a son 
 of Sterling and Sarah (Gault) Sar- 
 gent, was born in this town, September i, 
 1837. The genealogy of the Sargents, who 
 are of luiglish origin, is directly traced 
 through eight generations to Richard Sargent, 
 who is supposed to have been an officer in the 
 royal navy of England. The first ancestor to 
 come to America was William Sargent (first), 
 who was born in England about the year 
 1602, and first settled in Ipswich, Mass. 
 Later he moved to Newbury, and still later to 
 Hampton, N.H. A more extended accotmt 
 of the Sargent family will be found in the 
 sketch of the life of Philip Sargent. The 
 great-grandfather of Warren Sargent, also
 
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 named Sterling, was born in Salisbury, Mass., 
 May 25, 1 73 1. When a young man he settled 
 in Allenstown, where he followed agriculture 
 during the active period of his life, and lived 
 to a good old age. He was three times mar- 
 ried. By his first union, contracted with 
 Lydia Coffin, there were five children, of 
 whom Philip was the youngest. On Septem- 
 ber 24, I7<S5, he married Mehitable Davis, a 
 native ot Amesbury, Mass. His third mar- 
 riage, which was performed February i i, 
 1788, united him to Mary Andrews, of Pem- 
 broke, N. H., who died in February, 1820. 
 
 Philip Sargent, the grandfather of Warren, 
 was born in Allenstown, March 21, 1765. 
 He was a prosperous farmer, resided in this 
 town throughout his entire life, and died 
 P'ebruary 21, 1820. In 1793 he married 
 Sally Perrin, a native of Pembroke, who had 
 one child. Sterling. Sterling Sargent, who 
 was born in Allenstown, March 20, 1794, 
 enlisted for service in the War of 1812 as a 
 drummer, joining in 1814 Captain Sam- 
 uel Collins's company, and subsequently 
 served in John Montgomery's brigade under 
 General Nathaniel Fisk, receiving promotion 
 to the rank of Drum Major. After his return 
 from the army he engaged in the manufacture 
 of brick in Allenstown, and afterward followed 
 that business successfully for many years in 
 connection with farming. A stanch supporter 
 of the Democratic party, he was a member of 
 the Board of Selectmen for a number of years, 
 and was a Representative to the legislature 
 from this district for eight consecutive terms. 
 He was well advanced in Masonry. At the 
 age of seventy-four he died. His wife Sally, 
 whom he married December 29, 18 14, was a 
 daughter of Matthew Ciault, of Hooksct, 
 N.H., who served as a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. She became the mother of 
 eleven children, five of whom are living; 
 
 namely, Philip, Mrs. Sally llartwcll, Mrs. 
 W. F. Head, Warren, and Abbie. Abbie is 
 the wife of Nathaniel B. Emery, of Pembroke, 
 N.H., and has two children — Frederick P. 
 and Nathaniel B., Jr. Mrs. Sterling Sargent 
 died at the age of sixty-seven. Beth she and 
 her husband were members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. 
 
 After attending the common schools of his 
 native town for the usual period, Warren Sar- 
 gent completed his education in New London, 
 N. H. Then he worked upon the home farm 
 until 1861, when he went to California, where 
 he remained for over two years. At the ex- 
 piration of that time he returned to Allens- 
 town, and, forming a partnership with his 
 brother Philip, engaged in the manufacture of 
 brick. In 1891 his brother withdrew from the 
 firm, and since that time W'arren has carried 
 on business alone. He owns and occujiies 
 a farm of eighty acres, which he cultivates 
 successfully. 
 
 On April 2, 1868, Mr. Sargent was united 
 in marriage with P'annic E. Knowles, of' 
 Pittsfield, N. H. She died January 11, 1895, 
 leaving no children. On June 9, 1896, he 
 married for his second wife Mrs. P'lorence L. 
 Staples Brown, daughter of James Staples, of 
 Danversport, Mass. In politics Mr. Sargent is 
 a Democrat. He takes a lively interest in the 
 prosperity and welfare of the town, and is con- 
 nected with the Patrons of Husbandry. Mrs. 
 Sargent is a niember of the Baptist church. 
 
 ILLIAM BROOKS WARD will 
 be readily called to memory as a 
 leading resilient of Plainfield. He 
 was born in Groton, Mass., May 8, iSiS, 
 son of William and Rebecca (Barrett) Ward. 
 The father, who was a prosperous^ farmer in 
 Plainfield, was twice married. His first mar-
 
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 i"ia<;c was contracted witli Rebecca Barrett, 
 and the maiden name nf his second wife was 
 Rebecca Boynton. His children, three by 
 each marriafje, were: William 15., l\ebccca, 
 Sarah, Innjamiii I"., Alfre'd, and Cyrus. I<ie- 
 becca married Norman Smith, a tanner of 
 I.empster, N.II., and had two children. All 
 the members of this family are now deceased. 
 Sar;'.h is the wife of George C. I'n-eman, a 
 successful farmer of IMainfield, and has three 
 children liviii,<;. Benjamin F. successively 
 mariied ivlna Davis and Lizzie 1'. .Siiauldin;^. 
 Mis second wife had one son, I'"re(l S., who is 
 a jihysician in New York. Alfred, who 
 wedded Mary Burnap, of this town, .-ind was 
 a farmer in a Western State, died some two 
 years ago, leaving one child. Cyrus, who for- 
 merly conducted a baker)', and retired from 
 active business some time since, wedded 
 Martha Thornton, of Springfield, Vt. 
 
 William I^rooks Ward was graduated from 
 the Kimball Union Academy. He then en- 
 gaged in educational work, and taught scliool 
 in Louisville, Ky. , for nine years. Returning 
 to Plainfield, he purchased his father's farm, 
 in the management of which thereafter he 
 proved himself an industrious and capable 
 farmer. His natural ability and fine scholarly 
 attainments made him especially eligible for 
 thj public service. He was a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen for one year. He was 
 several times a candidate for Representative 
 to the legislature, but his party was in the 
 minority. Much interested in military mat- 
 ters, he was Captain of a Plainfield company 
 of militia. An esteemed member of the ]?ap- 
 tist church, lie sang in the choir for many 
 years. Mr. Ward married Maria P. P^uller, 
 who was born in Plainfield, November g, 
 1833. Her education was completed at the 
 Kimball Union Academy, and jirevious to her 
 marriage she was very successfully engaged in 
 
 teaching school. .She ha.s had six children, 
 as follows: William II., born June 15, 1855; 
 Arthur !•"., born June 26, 1856; Fred B., 
 born October 3, 185.S, who died in infancy; 
 Herbert I'.., born I-'ei^ruary 4, 1862; ]5en- 
 jamin V., born February 28, 1865; and Julia 
 M., born March 15, 1872. The five surviving 
 children were educated at the Kimball Union 
 Academy and other well-known schools. 
 William H., who is now a milk dealer in Bos- 
 ton, married Alice Delancey, and has one 
 daughter, Gladys N. Arthur ]•". resides at 
 the homestead, and carries on the farm. 
 Herbert K., vvho was graduated from the 
 academy in 1881, after pursuing a course at 
 Eastman's Business College, Poughkecp.sie, 
 taught school for some time, and about ten 
 years ago became an employee in the well- 
 known jewelry store of New York City con- 
 ducted by the Messrs. Tiffany, where he is 
 now the superintendent. Benjamin F., who 
 was in the meat business, died of consump- 
 tion, March 29, 1890. Julia AL is now the 
 wife of William IL Skinner, of Windsor, Vt. 
 The father, William Ikooks Ward, died Sep- 
 tember 18, 1892, at the age of seventy-four 
 years. 
 
 liNJAMIN GLIXES, a prosperous 
 general farmer and stock-raiser of 
 N'orthfickl, was born in this town, 
 October 3, 1839, son of Jacob and Klmira 
 (Glover) Glines. His great-grandfather was 
 jirobably the first settler in Northfield. 
 Grandfather Abram Glines was a lifelong 
 resident of the town. The father, now de- 
 ceased, who was occupied in farming through- 
 out the active period of his life, was twice 
 married. The maiden name of his first wife 
 was Nanc)' Glines. His second marriage was 
 contracted with Elmira Glover, who bore him 
 eight children. Of these two are living,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 namely: Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; 
 and Nancy, who married George Stewart, and 
 lives in Franklin. The others were: Jacob, 
 Elmira, Isaac, Darius, Jacob (second), and 
 Nancy (first). The mother married for her 
 second husband John B. Glover, a native of 
 Canterbury, N.H., born in 1814, who now re- 
 sides with his step-son in Northfield. Her 
 death occurred in 1S89. 
 
 Benjamin Glines received his education in 
 the common schools of Northfield. After his 
 marriage he resided in Canterbury for a year, 
 and then returned to Northfield, where he has 
 since been engaged in agriculture. In 1885 
 he moved to his present farm of one hundred 
 and sixteen acres. Here he carries on gen- 
 eral farming, dairying, and stock-raising. On 
 April 28, i860, Mr. Glines married Annie 
 L. Robinson-, who was reared by her hus- 
 band's step-father, John B. Glover. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Glines have had seven children — 
 Willie, Charles, Frank, Burt, Nellie, Ida, 
 ant! Benjamin. Willie married Etta La 
 Baron, of Sanbornton, and is now a carpenter 
 in Tilton, N. H. ; Charles wedded Mary 
 Brown, and is following the same trade in 
 Waltham, Mass. ; Frank, who wedded Mary 
 Leaman, of Laconia, lives in Northfield; Burt 
 married Ena Randall, and is residing in Can- 
 terbury; Nellie died at the age of si.xteen 
 years; Ida dieil at the age of two years; and 
 Benjamin is living at the homestead. Mrs. 
 Glines has adopted a daughter, Rosa Tappen, 
 who was born August i, 1892. In jiolitics 
 Mr. (jlines is a Democrat. II is wife is a 
 member of the Bapti.st church. 
 
 I.ICAVITT CAIN, M.D., born Sep- 
 tember 26, 1859, in Goshen, Sullivan 
 County, son of George W. and Cynthia 
 J. (Leavitt) Cain, is an esteemed i)iiysician of 
 
 Newport. The father, a native of Unity, 
 N. H., after dealing in dry goods for some 
 time, became a farmer. He now resides in 
 Newport. In politics he takes an independent 
 course. The mother, who came from Grant- 
 ham, N.H., died at the age of seventy-six 
 years. Both parents were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. Of their two 
 children Willie G., the younger, a graduate 
 of Dartmouth in the class of 1883, and living 
 in Cambridge, Mass., is a physician. 
 
 J. Leavitt Cain grew up on a .farm in 
 Croydon, and received his education in the 
 district schools and at Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy. In 1883 he graduated from the medical 
 department of Dartmouth College, and in the 
 following year took a post-graduate course in 
 New York City. He first located in Grant- 
 ham, where he remained until 1889. In 
 that year he came to Newport, where he has 
 been successful in building up a good practice. 
 He covers a large territory, visiting the sick 
 for fifteen miles through the surrounding 
 country. He is regarded as one of the lead- 
 ing physicians of the county. He supports 
 the Democratic party in politics, is a Mason 
 of Mount Vernon Lodge and of .Sullivan 
 Commandery at Claremont, and belongs to 
 the I. O. O. F. at Newport. 
 
 \Cy\;/ IIITTH'R BROTHICRS, of Hopkin- 
 ton, comprising Nahum Milton 
 Whittier and Leon Dayton Whit- 
 tier, who are extensively engaged in sawing, 
 planing, and the manufacture of shingles and 
 other forms of lumber, are^sons of Jacob and 
 Harriet (Sanborn) Whittier. The father was 
 born in Hock, now I_)an\'ilk', N.II., in 1820. 
 He was a son of James VVhillier, a cousin of 
 John G. Whittier, the jioet, and his wife, 
 Hepsibah (Hunt) Whittier, both of Danville.
 
 J. LEAVITT CAIN.
 
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 Reared in his native town, Jacob lived there 
 until he was about thirty years of age. Then 
 he removed to IIo[)kinton, locating on the 
 Jewett road. In I cS6o lie bought the present 
 home farm, and was here engaged in farming 
 and shoemaking for a time. On October 24, 
 1S62, he enlisted fiu' the Civil War in the 
 Si.xtcenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, 
 going at once with his comrades to New Or- 
 leans, where he was stationed for the most of 
 the time he was in the service. With his 
 health undermined by the enervating climate 
 and the privations of army life, he was honor- 
 ably discharged ; and he returned to his family 
 just three days prior to his death, which oc- 
 curred August 18, 1863. In August, in 1843, 
 he married Miss Harriet Sanborn, daughter of 
 Teter and Lucinda (C(dlins) Sanborn, of Dan- 
 ville. They became the ])arents of five chil- 
 dren, namely: Nahuni Milton, one of thc- 
 subjects of this sketch, who has never married ; 
 Ausebia Angeline, now the wife of Sidney S. 
 Upham, of Concord, and the mother of two 
 children — Sidney Ethel and Burton Thomas; 
 Charles luncry, who died at the age of three 
 and one-half years ; Emma Aldana, who mar- 
 ried Arvin Samuel Roundy, of Concord, and 
 has one child, Waldo Sidney; and Leon Day- 
 ton, the other subject of this sketch. 
 
 Nahum Milton worked for a time in his 
 younger days as a carpenter, being afterward 
 engaged in the milling business with Amos 
 Frye. In 1S85 he formed a partnership with 
 his brother, Leon D. Whittier, who had also 
 learned the carpenter's trade. Having estab- 
 lished the present well-known firm of Whit- 
 tier Brothers, they purchased a mill, put in 
 improved machinery, and embarked in their 
 present profitable enterprise. In March, 
 1894, the mills were burned, entailing a loss 
 of two thousand dollars above their insurance. 
 Messrs. Whittier, with characteristic energy, 
 
 at once replaced the building with a larger 
 one, and jjut in first-grade, modern ef.|uip- 
 ments. While they own about one hundred 
 and twenty acres of land, they devote the most 
 of their time to their mill, employing from 
 four to six men in their busy season, and 
 keeping lw(j the year round. Besides lumber 
 they manufacture cider, of which in 1896 they 
 put out two thousand barrels. 
 
 Nahum has not married, and lives on the 
 home farm. Leon Dayton on December 24, 
 1887, wedded Miss Hattie M. Story, daughter 
 of Moses and Harriet D. (Story) Story. Both 
 brothers are gifted musicians, and have been 
 connected at different times with local bands. 
 Nahum at the jiresent time is leader of the 
 Ilopkinton band, and both are now members 
 of an orchestra. The house they occupy was 
 erected by their father, who left it in an un- 
 finished condition when he went to the war. 
 It has since been remodelled and enlarged, and 
 a new barn and other farm buildings have been 
 erected. Their widowed mother, who sur- 
 vived her husband more than three decades, 
 died December 6, 1895, aged seventy-one 
 years. 
 
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 (^OHN LANGDON SWETT, M.D., a 
 leading physician of Newport, was 
 born in Claremont, N.H., February 17, 
 1 8 10, son of Josiah and Hannah (Healy) 
 Swett. The grandfather, Josiah Swett, a 
 farmer, was an early settler of Wenham and 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He mar- 
 ried Prudence Richards, and died at the age of 
 sixty-four years. He was a Baptist and very 
 rigid in his belief. His son Josiah, born in 
 176S, also followed farming. Josiah went 
 from Wenham to Claremont when about 
 twenty- five years of age, and in the latter town 
 spent the remainder of his life. He owned 
 a good farm, and was an industrious worker.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 A Methodist in religious faith, he was yet 
 tolerant and liberal. In politics he was a 
 Jeffersonian Democrat. He died at the age 
 of seventy-five years. His wife, Hannah, 
 born September 24, 1771, died at the age of 
 eighty-three. They had ten children — Sally, 
 Hannah, Elizabeth, Clarissa, Joseph, Mehit- 
 able, Marilla, Mary, John L., and Josiah. 
 
 Dr. Swett received his early education in 
 the public schools of Claremont and at acad- 
 emies in Meriden, N.H., and Wilbraham, 
 Mass. Subsequently he taught school for two 
 years, after which he began the study of medi- 
 cine with Dr. Tolles and Dr. Kittridge, of 
 Claremont. Then he took the medical lect- 
 ures at Dartmouth College and at Philadel- 
 phia, and graduated from the Jefferson Col- 
 lege in I\Iarch, 1836. In the summer of the 
 same year he located at Newport, where he 
 now resides. In the forty-five years of his 
 professional career he accjuired a most lucra- 
 tive practice and the reputation of one of the 
 best physicians in the vicinity. He is now 
 practically retired, as he limits his profes- 
 sional visits to a few old friends. 
 
 On May 24, 1842, Dr. Swett married Eliz- 
 abeth Kimball, who was born March 5, 1824, 
 daughter of John Kimball, of 15radford. She 
 died June 7, 1S52. They had four children, 
 namely: Frances M., now the wife of Charles 
 C. Shattuck, of California; John K. , who 
 died at the age of four months; Elizabeth, 
 who died when thirteen months old; and 
 William K., who died in California, July 15, 
 1876, at the age of twenty-four. It is further 
 stated of William that he was a physician, 
 that he married July 6, 1873, and that at his 
 death, besides his widow, he left two sons: 
 John Langdon, born August 17, 1S74; and 
 William Kimball, born June 10, 1876. Dr. 
 Swett married again June 2, 1853, Rebecca 
 Beaman, of Princeton, Mass., iwrn November 
 
 15, 1822, daughter of Ephraim Beaman. She 
 died on June 8, 1891, leaving no children. 
 The Doctor has been a member of the New 
 Hampshire Medical Society for nearly sixty 
 years, and was its President for some time. 
 He is an honorary member of several other 
 medical associations in the vicinity, in Cali- 
 fornia, in the Rocky Mountains, and on the 
 Pacific Coast. He is an old-school Democrat 
 and a member of the F. & A. M., Mount 
 Vernon Lodge, Newpoit. For many years he 
 has held an honored place in the Congrega- 
 tional church. He is a self-made man, ac- 
 tive, energetic, and good. His daughter has 
 had three children: Elizabeth K., who died 
 at twenty-three years of age ; Jane ; and Charles 
 C, born January ig, 1879. 
 
 ISRAEL G. MARDIN, one of Aliens- 
 town's most able and successful farmers, 
 was born in this town, January 9, 1826. 
 His parents, Israel and Rachel (Ham) 
 Mardin, were natives respectively cf Aliens- 
 town and Epsom, N.H. The paternal grand- 
 father, Israel Mardin (first), a native of Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., settled in AUenstown, and here 
 carried on a good farm until his death, which 
 occurretl when he was forty years old. In 
 politics he was a Democrat. He married 
 Sally Doust, a native of Deerfield, and reared 
 a family of five children, none of whom are 
 living. His wife, who was a memlier of liie 
 Congregational church, reacheil the age of 
 eighty -two years. 
 
 Israel Mardin (second), the father of the 
 subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life 
 at the homestead. On succeeding to the farm, 
 he cultivated it successfully during the active 
 period of iiis life. He took an active part in 
 political affairs, and was elected a Rejiresenta- 
 tive to the legislature for two terms l)y the
 
 BIOGRAI'IIir.M, RIA!I':\V 
 
 Sr 
 
 Democratic party. He died at the age of 
 sixty-live. His wife, R.ichel, a daughter of 
 George Ham, of l^jsom, made iiim the father 
 of seven children, five of whom are living; 
 namely, Harrison 15., William U., Israel G., 
 John, and James C. Harrison 15. married 
 Ann Gove, of VVentworth, N.H., and lias one 
 son, Charles; William D. married Caroline 
 Monahan, of I-'rancestovvn, N.H., and has five 
 children — Frank, George, lunma, Nellie, 
 and Carrie; John marrieil Mllen L. i-'lint, of 
 Alienstown, and his children are: John, 
 Mabel, and Hattie A. ; James C. married 
 Sarah Wiggins, of Deerfielil; and she is the 
 mother of two children — ]5urt and Rachel. 
 Mrs. Rachel Mardin lived to be eighty-one 
 years old. She and her husband were attentl- 
 ants of the Congregational church. 
 
 Israel G. Mardin was reared and educated 
 in Alienstown. After leaving school he was 
 employed in a brickyard for a time. Subse- 
 quently he took up farming, which has since 
 been his principal occupation. In iS8i he 
 purchased his present farm of one hundred 
 and thirty acres. The tillage portion of it is 
 devoted chiefly to the raising of hay and 
 grain. 
 
 On March 31, 1853, Mr. Mardin wedded 
 Hannah J. Giles, daughter of Paul S. Giles, 
 of Northwood, N.H. They have no children. 
 In politics Mr. Mardin is a Democrat. He' 
 has served as Supervisor of the Check List and 
 as Highway Surveyor. One of the leading 
 farmers of Alienstown, and possessing many 
 admirable qualities, he has the esteem and 
 confidence of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 (sffOHN S. 1-"0RD was a well-known 
 farmer and lantl-owner of Danbury. A 
 native of Grafton, N.H., and a son of 
 
 Archibald F. and Polly (Searle) Ford, he was 
 
 born October 15, 1.S24. His grandfather, 
 Robert Ford, one of a large family of children, 
 was one of the early settlers of Grafton, where 
 he secured a grant of land, and thereafter cul- 
 tivated it until his death. Robert married 
 Mary Riddle, and they reared a family of four 
 sons and three daughters. 
 
 Archibald Ford, like his father, was a 
 farmer. After the birth of his son John he 
 moved to Danbury, where he spent the latter 
 part of his life, and died June 15, 1S7S. lie- 
 sides cultivating his land, he made important 
 highway surveys. His other children were: 
 Mary S., George N., Charles, and Robert. 
 Mary, now Mrs. N. \V. Flanders and a widow, 
 lives at Wilmot F'lat, and has two sons — 
 Charles F. and James; Robert lives at Camp- 
 ton, N.H., and has four children; George, 
 now deceased, left eight children. 
 
 John S. F'ord, who was the eldest of his 
 ])arents' chiUlren, was educated in the Dan- 
 i)ury schools and in Franklin Academy; and 
 he lived on the homestead until he was 
 twenty-two years of age. When the Northern 
 Railroad was being built, he was employed on 
 the gradings and on the stone work. Later 
 he was made station agent, and he has had 
 charge of a lunch-room in the depot. In 1S76 
 he returned to the farm which he inherited 
 from his father. Here he raised some stock, 
 principally cows and sheep. The proprietor 
 of about twelve hundred acres, he was one of 
 the largest land-owners in the section. Some 
 years ago he drove cattle from Massachusetts 
 up here to pasture. 
 
 In 1847 Mr. Ford married Julia Litchfield, 
 daughter of George and Lucy (Randall) Litch- 
 field, of Scituate, Mass. An adopted son, 
 George A., died January ig, 1885, leaving a 
 wife and three children. Mr. Ford was Town 
 Treasurer for a number of years. In 1866-67 
 he represented the town in the State legis-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 lat-iire. He was a Mason in good standing 
 In politics he was a Democrat, and he cast 
 his first ballot for President in 184S. He 
 died March 26, 1897. 
 
 ENRY K. JENNEY, a farmer of 
 North Charlestown, was born April 
 
 ^ * 19, 1847, in Plainfield, this county, 
 
 son of E. O. Jenney. The Jenney family is 
 one of the oldest in the county. Silas 
 Jenney, the grandfather of Henry K., settled 
 in Plainfield, and carried on a large farm 
 there. E. O. Jenney, his son, bought a farm 
 in the eastern part of Plainfield, and lived 
 thereon until 1S59. Then he moved to the 
 northwest part of the same town, and bought 
 another farm. He raised sheep and cattle on 
 a large scale, and he died in 1S76. 
 
 Henry K. Jenney, the subject of this 
 sketch, received his knowledge of the rudi- 
 ments in the district schools of Plainfield. 
 Then he attended Meriden Academy two 
 terms each year for three years, working on 
 his father's farm for the balance of the year. 
 At the age of twenty, starting out in life for 
 himself, he worked in his native town for a 
 time. In the spring of 1870 he left his home 
 and removed to Charlestown, where he was 
 employed on the farm of Thomas \Vhi[)ple for 
 two years. Then he bought a part of the 
 Whipple farm, and he has since been success- 
 fully engaged in its cultivation. During his 
 residence here Mr. Jenney has bought and sold 
 several farms in the village. Recently he 
 bought the remainder of the Whipple farm, 
 containing one hunched acres. Also, for the 
 past twenty years he has been actively en- 
 gaged in buying and selling stock of all kinds. 
 He is a stanch Republican, has served on 
 Town Committees, and is at present one of 
 the Selectmen. A prominent memljcr of tiie 
 
 Methodist church, he serves the society in the 
 office of Director. He is a charter member of 
 the Sugar River Grange, No. 196. 
 
 On June 14, 1872, Mr. Jenney married 
 Helen WhijDjDle, daughter of Thomas Whip- 
 ple, of Charlestown. They have one child, 
 Mary Alice, born May 30, 1873, who is a 
 graduate of Steven's High School, and has 
 taught school in Claremont and Charlestown 
 for the past three years. Tlie Whipple fam- 
 ily have been connected with the town of 
 Charlestown since 1725, when Moses 
 Whipple, great-grandfather of Mrs. Jenney, 
 settled there. He was a prominent man in 
 the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Jenney has in 
 her possession to-day the original documents 
 appointing him Colonel in the Colonial army, 
 signed by King George III., and counter- 
 signed by Governor Wentworth, of New 
 Hampshire. Thomas Whipple, who success- 
 fully followed the occupation of surveyor, was 
 superintendent of the Charlestown schools for 
 thirteen consecutive years and a Justice of 
 the Peace for thirty-five years. He dieil 
 March i, 1S70. Mr. Jenney is regarded as 
 one of the prominent residents of the town. 
 
 ILLIAM DORR SMITH, propri- 
 etor of .Smith's Business College of 
 Concord, was born in Wilmington, 
 Vt., I-'ebruary 22, 1867, son of Francis R. and 
 Jeanette (Powers) Smith. His father was a 
 native of Wilmington. His mother was born 
 in Marlboro, Vt. His paternal great-grand- 
 father, Jabez Smitii, born at Dover, Mass., 
 was grandson of Caleb .Smitii, l)orn at Need- 
 ham, Mass., in 1720. His paternal great- 
 grandmother, Chloe Richanls, born at Ded- 
 ham, Mass., was a direct descendant of Ed- 
 ward Richards, born in luigland in 16 10. 
 Williaiu Don- .Smith began his education in
 
 lUOCKAI'IIICAL RF.VIKW 
 
 83 
 
 the public schools of Wilmington, and later 
 attended Glenwood Academy at West IJrattle- 
 horo. At the age of twenty he began teach- 
 ing ill the public schools of Newfane, and 
 later taught for some time in the jjublic 
 schools of 15rattleboro, Vt. Soon after gradu- 
 ating from lliiimaiVs Business College of 
 Worcester, Mass., he accepted a position there 
 as teacher, and remained thus employed for 
 four years. Soon after leaving there he came 
 to Concord, N.II., and opened the commercial 
 school known as Smith's ]5usiness College. 
 
 Des[)ite the discouraging [irospects and 
 piophecies, he has by c|uiet ami persistent ef- 
 furt succeeded where others have failed, in 
 building up a thriving institution that is 
 to-day regarded as an important factor in the 
 education of the young people of New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 Mr. Smith has always been a Rei)ui)lican 
 in politics. 
 
 §1';RKMIAH GARVIN, of Chichester, 
 an ex-member of the New Hampshire 
 legislature antl a veteran of the Civil 
 War, was born January 3, 1842, at the family 
 hvjmesteatl on Garvin Hill, where he now re- 
 sitles, son of Jesse and Eunice (Lcavitt) Gar- 
 vin. , The father, a native of I'embroke, 
 N.H., was reared upon a farm near Garvin 
 l'"alls, Pembroke. When a young man he was 
 engaged for several years in rafting logs on 
 the Merrimac River. Subsequently turning 
 liis attention to agricultural pursuits, he pur- 
 chased a large farm in Chichester. This 
 property, situated in the southern part of the 
 town, is known as Garvin's Hill, which is 
 twelve luuidred feet above the level of the sea. 
 In 1840 Jesse Garvin erected the present sub- 
 st.uitial brick residence, which is still one of 
 the principal landmarks in Chichester; and he 
 resided here for the rest of his life. He was 
 
 twice married. His first wife, in maidenhood 
 named Morrison, and who was a native of 
 Pembroke, bore him two children. Of these 
 Wilson D. survives, and resides in Concord, 
 N.II. He wedded Olive Ann Lcavitt, of 
 Chichester, and his children are: William, 
 I'2tta, Idalctte, and Ajonzo. Jes.se Garvin's 
 second wife, Eunice (Leavitt) Garvin, a 
 daughter of Jonathan Leavitt, of Chichester, 
 became the mother of thirteen children, of 
 whom there are living — Benjamin, Nancy, 
 Lucretta, Solomon L., Mary, John E., Ann 
 Maria and Jeremiah (twins), and ICmma L. 
 Benjamin married Adeline Kimball, of Hills- 
 borough, N.H., ami has four sons — Jefferson, 
 Herbert, I*" rank, and Jesse. Nancy is now 
 the widow of Moses O. Pearson, late of Man- 
 chester, N.lL; and her children are: Nellie, 
 Elizabeth, and Bertha. Lucretta is the widow 
 of James P. Eaton, late of Ivnfield, N.H., and 
 has one daughter, Kate Pearl. Solomon L. 
 married Sarah Keith, who came from the 
 West, and has three children — George, Sarah, 
 and Perley. Mary is the widow of Charles 
 Goss, late of Salem, Mass.; and her children 
 are: Charles, Mary, and Perley. Ann .Maria 
 is now the widow of Charles B. Bradley, late 
 of Manchester, N.II., and has no children. 
 Emma L. married Abraham Ellwood, of Illi- 
 nois, and has four children — Mildred, Sally, 
 I'^mma, and Leonard. Jesse Garvin died on 
 the homestead in Chichester, at the age of 
 seventy-four years; and his wife lived to be 
 eighty-seven. In politics he was orginally a 
 Jackson ian Democrat, but later he supported 
 the Republican party. Both he and his wife 
 were members of the Congregational church. 
 Jeremiah Garvin was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town. After leav- 
 ing school he was employed as a farm as- 
 sistant in Derry, N. H., for eight years. In 
 1864 he enlisted in Company C, First New
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and subsequently 
 served in the Civil War with the rank of Cor- 
 poral. At the close of the war he returned to 
 his native State, settled in Manchester, and 
 was afterward engaged in the milk business 
 and in teaming for eighteen years. About 
 the year 1883 he was appointed Superintendent 
 of the City Farm, a position which he occu- 
 pied for the ensuing five years. He then had 
 charge of the Hillsborough County Farm for 
 over five years, after which he returned to the 
 homestead in Chichester, which he had bought 
 in 1886. This property, containing one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land, is one of the 
 most desirable estates in the locality. Besides 
 carrying on general farming he accommodates 
 a number of select summer boarders. His 
 residence, which has a magnificent view of 
 mountain scenery, is patronized to its fullest 
 capacity during the heated term. Mr. Garvin 
 is an active supporter of the Republican party. 
 He served as a special police officer in Man- 
 chester for five years, and represented that 
 city in the legislature from 1874 to 1877. 
 He was also Road Agent for four years, and 
 he served as a member of the Board of Select- 
 men of Chichester for two years. Experi- 
 enced in public affairs, he is now President of 
 the Republican Club of this town. 
 
 On June 13, 1862, Mr. Garvin was united 
 in marriage with Georgietta Coburn, daughter 
 of Isaac and Eliza C. (Nesmith) Coburn, of 
 Londonderry, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Garvin 
 have had four children, of whom three are liv- 
 ing — • I'ldward J., Laura E., and Charles E. 
 Mr. Garvin is connected with Hillsborough 
 Lodge, No. 2, L O. O. F., of Manchester, 
 and is a member of the encampment. He has 
 been a comrade of Louis Bell I'ost, G. A. R., 
 of Manchester, since its organization ; and he 
 is associated with Chichester Grange, Patrons 
 of Husbandry. 
 
 T^HARLES A. LANGMAID, a promi- 
 l jp nent dairy farmer of Chichester and 
 V »r ^ a member of the Board of Select- 
 men, was born upon the farm he now owns and 
 occupies, December 13, 1851, son of Edward 
 and Mary J. (Blake) Langmaid. His grand- 
 father, Edward Langmaid, who for a number 
 of years kept a tavern at Hampton P^alls, 
 N.H., moved to a farm of fifty acres situated 
 in Chichester, and was there engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits for about two years. He died 
 at the age of forty-two. The grandfather's 
 wife, whose maiden name was Mehitable 
 Dodge, reared six children. Of these Sam- 
 uel, the only survivor, who served as a Captain 
 in the Civil War, married and had two daugh- 
 ters — Helen and Clara. Mrs. Mehitable 
 Langmaid lived to the age of eighty-three 
 years. She was a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 Edward Langmaid, father of Charles A., 
 was born in Hampton Falls. The active por- 
 tion of his life was devoted to tilling the soil; 
 and he resided for the most of the time in 
 Chichester until his death, which occurred 
 when he was seventy years old. In politics 
 he was a Democrat, and his connection with 
 the public affairs of this town lasted through a 
 long period. He was elected to all the im- 
 portant town offices, was a Representative to 
 the legislature, and was serving as Town 
 Treasurer at the time of his death. He 
 was unusually successful as a farmer, and he 
 acquired considerable property. He was a 
 member of the Congregational church. His 
 first marriage was with Mary J. Blake, a 
 daughter of General James Blake, of Chiches- 
 ter. She died in 1856, aged al)out thirty- 
 eight years, leaving three chiklren — Edwarti, 
 Sarah M., and Charles A. Edward married 
 Jacintha M. Sanborn, of Chichester, and has 
 one daughter, I'llizabeth M. Sarah M. is the
 
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 8S 
 
 wife of Elbridge G. W. Bartlett, of Yonkcrs, 
 N.Y., and has no children. Charles A. 
 Lanf^ninid's father wedded for his second wife 
 Mrs. l-'.liza I.add Mead, widf)w of T. J. Mead, 
 late of Concord, N.II. By this union there 
 was one son, Albert, who is no lon<^er living. 
 Charles A. Langmaid acquired his educa- 
 tion in the schools of his native town. When 
 a young man he began to assist in managing 
 the homestead farm, thereiiy receiving a 
 knowledge of agriculture that has since been 
 very useful to him. lie now owns about two 
 hundred and fifty acres of excellent land, of 
 which the cultivated i)art is very fertile. He 
 makes a sjiecialty of dairy farming, and deals 
 quite extensively in milk. On November ,26, 
 1879, he was united in marriage with Fallen 
 A. .Sanborn, daughter of Jacob S. and I'Mvira 
 R. L. Sanborn, of Chichester. Politically, 
 Mr. Langmaid is a Democrat. He served as 
 Town Clerk for four years, was Treasurer for 
 three years, and in 1.S96 was elected a member 
 of the Board of .Selectmen. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Langmaid are connected with Chichester 
 Grange, and are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 ISAAC H. LONG, a popnlar and pros- 
 ^ perous farmer of Claremont, was born 
 here, March 27, 1S41, son of Charles F. 
 and Caroline J. (Hubbard) Long. The grand- 
 father, Simeon Long, the captain of a whaling- 
 vessel, came to Claremont from New Bedford 
 about the year 1810. His son, Charles F. , 
 born in Nantucket in 1801, learned the 
 printer's trade in New Bedford, but after- 
 ward on account of failing health went to sea. 
 For twenty-three years thereafter he served on 
 a merchant vessel, rising in time to the rank 
 of caiitain. In 1843 he returned to Clare- 
 mont and took up farming. He was a Repub- 
 lican in ]nditics, and he represented his town 
 
 in the legislature for one year. He married 
 Miss Caroline Jones Hubbard, who was born 
 in 1803, daughter of Isaac Hubbard, a leading 
 man of the town. George Hubbard, the ma- 
 ternal great-grandfather of Isaac H. Long, was 
 a Lieutenant in the Revolution, and came to 
 Claremont among the early settlers when his 
 son Isaac was eight years old. Isaac, the 
 grandfather, died in Claremont in i86r, leav- 
 ing four children; namely, Amos C, the 
 Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard, Caroline, and Sarah. 
 He was a prominent citizen, and held various 
 public fjffices. Charles l-'. Long died in 1809 
 at the age of si.xty-cight. His wife survived 
 him inilil the year 1880. Their three chil- 
 dren are: Charles H., Charlotte, and Isaac H. 
 Charlotte lives with Isaac on the old Hubbard 
 estate settled by their great-grandfather in 
 1778. 
 
 Isaac H. Long attended the public schools 
 and Kimball Union Academy at Meridcn, 
 N.II. When his school-days were over, he 
 spent two years in the employ of the Old Col- 
 ony Railroad Company. Upon his return to 
 Claremont he took np his residence on the old 
 homestead, where he still lives, cultivating a 
 part of the original farm of four hundred 
 acres, and generally improving the estate. 
 Mr. Long has been much in public life. In 
 1878 he became Selectman, and held that 
 office for twelve years successively, being 
 Chairman of the Board for most of the time. 
 He has been a Justice of the Peace for some 
 time and County Commissioner since 1891. 
 While he is a strong Republican, he is a 
 favorite with both parties; and he is popnlar 
 among the townspeople. He has acted as 
 guardian, administrator, and e.xecutor in set- 
 tling many estates. Courteous and kind to 
 all, with always the same genial manners, he 
 made a model Selectman. He is a straight- 
 forward and a wise counsellor and a man of
 
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 pronounced integrity. He married Louisa M. 
 Delano, daughter of Henry F. Delano, of 
 Cambridge, Mass. She died April i, 1895. 
 Mr. Long is a member and a regular attendant 
 of the Episcopal church. 
 
 'rank J. FRENCH, who owns a dairy- 
 farm in Northfield, and supplies a large 
 milk route, was born in Gilmanton, 
 N. H., March 30, 1855, son of Sylvester F. 
 and Mercy E. (Hayes) French. The father, a 
 native of Gilmanton, in early life was a shoe- 
 maker, and resided in Dover, Rochester, and 
 Haverhill, Mass., for some years. He finally 
 returned to Gilmanton, and is now occupying 
 a farm on Shepard's Hill. His wife, Mercy, 
 who was born in Strafford, N.H., has had 
 three children — P^rank J., Jeremiah S., and 
 Eliza O. Jeremiah S. married Ida Locke, 
 and is a carpenter in Gilmanton. Eliza O. 
 married William Hartford. Neither is now 
 living. 
 
 Frank J. French received his education in 
 the Dover grammar school. Four years later 
 he went to Concord, where he was employed 
 in the Eagle Hotel for a year. The succeed- 
 ing two years were spent at his father's farm 
 in Gilmanton. Afterward for several years 
 he was an overseer at the New Hampshire 
 State Prison. In November, 1881, he pur- 
 chased his present farm in Northfield. On 
 this property, which contains one hundred and 
 twenty-five acres of land and is especially well 
 adapted for dairy purposes, he keeps fifteen 
 milch cows, devoting his attention chiefly to 
 the milk business, and supplying a large num- 
 ber of regular customers in Tilton. 
 
 On January 5, 1879, Mr. F"rerich was 
 united in marriage with Nettie Munscy. She 
 was b(jrn in Gilford, N.II., August 16, 1860, 
 daughter of the Rev. John G. and Olive 
 
 (Mooney) Munsey, of Laconia. Mr. Munsey 
 has retired from the ministry. Mr. and Mrs. 
 French have one son — Harold M., who was 
 born December 31, 1884, and is now attending 
 school in Laconia. Well-advanced in Ma- 
 sonry, Mr. French is a member of Doric 
 Lodge, No. 78, of Tilton, St. Omer Chapter, 
 Royal Arch Masons, of Franklin, and Mount 
 Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
 Concord. He is also connected with Belknap 
 Lodge, No. 18, Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, of Tilton. Both he and Mrs. 
 French are members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. 
 
 B 
 
 ANIEL YEATON, one of the lead- 
 ing farmers of Epsom and the 
 Chairman of the Board of Select- 
 men, was born in this town, January 6, 1839, 
 son of John Veaton (third) and Sarah (Bick- 
 ford) Yeaton. Flis ancestors for several gen- 
 erations were prosperous tillers of the soil in 
 this State; and his great-grandfather, John 
 Yeaton (first), was a pioneer settler in Epsom. 
 John Yeaton (second), grandfather of Daniel, 
 a native and lifelong resident of this town, was 
 one of the successful farmers of his day, and 
 owned considerable property. In politics he 
 supported the Democratic party, and he was a 
 member of the Congregational church. He 
 was about eighty-one years old when he died. 
 The first of his three marriages was contracted 
 with Rebecca Bickford, who died when about 
 twenty-five years old, leaving two sons, of 
 whom John (third) was the eldest. The sec- 
 ond marriage was made with Betsy Towlc, 
 who bore him three children, none of whom 
 are living. The third wife was the widow of 
 William Yeaton, who had no children. 
 
 John Yeaton (third), born in l{i)som, No- 
 vember 29, 1804, was reared to agricultural 
 pursuits, which he followed energetically and
 
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 89 
 
 successfully iluriiit; the active period of his 
 life. He died at the age of seventy-six years, 
 leaviiifi; a good estate. A ]ironiinent and in- 
 fluential man in the cuinniunity, he took an 
 active part in securing the election of capable 
 town officers. At first he acted with the Free 
 Soil party, and then became a Republican. 
 lie was a member of the I'ree Will baptist 
 church. His first wife, .Sarah Bickford Yea- 
 ton, whom he married December 25, 1828, was 
 a daughter of Samuel Bickford, of ICpsom. 
 She (lied at the age of forty-nine years, leav- 
 ing si.\ children — William, James, Daniel, 
 Sarah Iv, Vienna K., and Betsey A. William 
 married Caroline B. Trijjp, of Epsom, who 
 bore him two children: Ina, now deceased; 
 and Alma. He enlisted in the Eighth New 
 IIam]ishire Regiment, and died in the Civil 
 War. James Yeaton wedded Martha Randall, 
 of Deerfield, N. IT., for his first wife, who bore 
 him I-ldwin R. His second wife, in maiden- 
 hood Annie R. Crockett, of Concord, N. H., 
 had three children — John C, Helen E. P., 
 and George H. Sarah, now deceased, mar- 
 ried James L. Bartlett, and had four daughters 
 — Susan N. , Sarah A., Lizzie E., and Nettie 
 M. Vienna K. is now the widow of Elbridge 
 Batchcldcr, late of Epsom, and has two chil- 
 dren — George E. and Edith G. Betsey A. 
 married for her first husband Thomas B. 
 Robinson, of Iqjsom, by whom she had two 
 children — Burt and Jennie. She is now the 
 wife of John Brown, of Northwood, N. H. 
 For his second wife John Yeaton (third) mar- 
 ried I\Irs. Caroline Cilly, the widow of Samuel 
 Cilly, late of Lowell, Mass., and a sister of 
 his first wife. The chiUlrcn by his second 
 imion were: Stella R., who is no longer liv- 
 ing ; and Fred W. 
 
 Daniel Yeaton attended the school in his 
 native town, and at an early age began to 
 assist on the farm. He has always resided at 
 
 the homestead, an<l has given his attention to 
 genera! farming. As a practical and success- 
 ful agriculturist he ranks among the foremost 
 in Epsom. He owns other valuable real estate 
 in this town in addition to the home property. 
 On May 8, 1872, he was united in marriage 
 with Annie B. Rowel). She is a daughter of 
 Asa and Abigail S. (Moulton) Rowell, late of 
 Chichester, N. H., who were prosperous farm- 
 ing people. Her father lived to be sixty-nine 
 years old, and her mother attained the age of 
 fifty-five. Of their four children three arc 
 living, Mrs. Yeaton being the eldest. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Yeaton have three children: Alfred 
 D., born March 5, 1874; Minot R., born July 
 25, 1878; and Alice B., born July 24, 188.3. 
 Mr. Yeaton is one of the active members 
 of the Republican party in this section. For 
 two years he has served as Town Treasurer, 
 and he was elected to the Board of Selectmen 
 in 1895. Pie displays an ability in public 
 affairs that commends him to the voters irre- 
 spective of party, and he is highly esteemed as 
 a worthy and useful citizen. Both he and 
 Mrs. Yeaton are members of the Free Will 
 Baptist church. 
 
 (J||'SAAC N. ABBOTT, a prominent farmer 
 ^ I and dairyman of Concord, was born on 
 eJJL Dimond Hill, January 4, 1835, son of 
 Joseph S. and Esther (Farnum) Abbott. His 
 grandfather, Samuel Abbott, one of the early 
 settlers, locating near Long Pond, was a 
 farmer, and passed all his life here, witness- 
 ing during eighty years many and great 
 changes. A mere hamlet when he came, he 
 lived to see Concord a prosperous and progres- 
 sive town and to note the promise of its 
 present largely developed industries. The 
 Merrimac was then a pure mountain stream 
 unspanned by bridges; and, instead of the un- 
 ceasing hum of the great factories that now
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 line its bank, was heard only the swish of 
 waters or the occasional plash of a plunging of 
 otter. Samuel Abbott married Mary Story, 
 and she became the mother of three boys and 
 three girls, all of whom grew to maturity. 
 Joseph S. was his eldest son. When only 
 fourteen years of age Joseph ran away from 
 home, and went to West Concord, where he 
 remained until he reached his majority. He 
 learned carpentry, and became one of the 
 smartest tradesmen of Concord. He built the 
 station of the Concord Railroad that was 
 burned some years ago, and also the machine 
 shop, which is still in use. In 1S27 he came 
 to Dimond Hill, and there spent the latter 
 part of his life, dying at the age of seventy- 
 eight years. He married Esther Farnum, of 
 West Concord, and became the father of two 
 children: Almira F. , now deceased; and 
 Isaac N. Abbott. 
 
 Isaac N. Abbott was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools and Hopkinton and New London 
 Academies. After leaving school he success- 
 fully taught for four years in Hopkinton and 
 Concord. Since then he has been a farmer, 
 and has done quite an extensive business. In 
 1882 he built a fine barn, and ten years later 
 he erected a substantial and well -finished resi- 
 dence. He has about thirty acres under culti- 
 vation, and besides carrying on general farm- 
 ing he docs a large milk business. He mar- 
 ried Martha .Smith, daughter of Aaron Smith 
 and Eliza Ann (Sherburne) Smith, of Ports- 
 mouth, and has three children — Almira F., 
 Joseph N., and Helen S. Almira is now the 
 wife of Alfred Clark, a Road Commissioner, 
 and has two daughters — Esther F. and 
 Mabel. 
 
 In politics Mr. Abbott is a Republican, and 
 his first Presidential vote was cast for Joiin C. 
 Fremont in 1856. He takes a warm interest 
 in all jiublic affairs, and has held nuniermis 
 
 public offices of trust and responsibility. He 
 was in the Common Council in 1864 and 1865, 
 and was its President for one year. In 1875 
 he was Alderman, and in 1887 he represented 
 the town in the legislature. He has been on 
 the School Board for fourteen years, and he 
 was school district clerk for forty years, 
 probably holding that office longer than any 
 other man in the State. 
 
 ^AMES LUTHER JENNA, a successful 
 farmer and esteemed resident of Lang- 
 don, is a native of Worcester, Mass. 
 He was born April 20, 1861, son of George 
 W. and Mary (Harriman) Jenna. James 
 Jenna, father of George W. , born in the town 
 of Grantham, Sullivan County, followed the 
 occupation of farmer. He married Hannah 
 Cram, who bore him three children — George 
 W., Julia, and Luther. Julia died at the age 
 of twenty, and Luther died in childhood. 
 
 George W. Jenna, who was born in Pomfret, 
 Vt., I'ebruary 2, 1833, and spent the greater 
 part of his life in W'ashington County, Ver- 
 mont, was a carpenter and a farmer. In Au- 
 gust, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, Sixth 
 Vermont Regiment, and served in the Civil 
 War until July, 1865, participating in the 
 battle of Cedar Creek and a number of other 
 engagements. He was an attend;inl of the 
 Congregational church. His wife, Mary 
 Harriman Jenna, was jjorn in Ciuirlotte, Vt., 
 November 30, 1833, and is still living. She 
 bore her husband nine children; namely, 
 George B., James L., Carl W., Martha V., 
 William R., Martin I., Horace V., Mary M., 
 and Myrtie L. George B. , a farmer, is mar- 
 ried, lives in Langdon, and has one child. 
 Carl W., a plumber in Leominster, Mass., is 
 married and has one child. Martha V. is the 
 wife of James E. Pierce, a railioad man living
 
 F.IOOKAI'IIICAI, R1';VIE\V 
 
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 in I'itchburg, Mass., and has two cliildron. 
 William K., a farmer of Langclon, is married 
 and lias two children. Martin I., a plumber 
 in l'"itchburg, Mass., is unmarried. Horace 
 v., unmarried, is engaged in farming in Lang- 
 don. Mary M. is the wife of George Will- 
 iams, a farmer of Langdon, and has no chil- 
 dren. And Myrtie L., the wife of Milton 
 Dodge, a farmer of y\cworth, X. II., has no 
 children. 
 
 James Luther Jenna received his education 
 in Duxbury, Vt., after which he worked out 
 on farms for six years. Since then he has 
 successfully conducted a farm of his own. 
 He came to Langdon eight years ago. In 
 September, i88g, Mr. Jenna married Mrs. 
 Viona L. Chase, widow of March Chase, who 
 was a wealthy farmer and an influential resi- 
 dent of Langdon. She is a daughter of Moses 
 Knight, of Langdon, and was born in Chester, 
 Vt., July 4, 1858. She had a twin sister 
 named Viola A. Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Jenna 
 are the ]xuents of three children, namely: 
 Irving L., born June 16, 1890; Mildred A., 
 born October 23, 1891; and Burton L., born 
 October 17, 1894. 
 
 rr;)ll ON. JAMJ-:S B. TENNANT, one of 
 the most prominent business men of 
 lipsoni and an ex-member of the 
 New Hampshire Senate, was born in Deer- 
 field, N. H., May 26, 1847, son of Arthur and 
 Ruth O. (Sanborn) Tennant. He comes of 
 English stock. His great-grandfather was an 
 early settler in Portsmouth, N. H. Thomas 
 Tennant, the grandfather, who was born in 
 Haverhill, N. H., April 10, 1771, owned and 
 cultivated farms in Wentworth and Hampton, 
 N. II., during the active period of his life. 
 His last days were passed in Wentworth, and 
 he was about eighty years old when he ilied. 
 
 He married Sarah G(jodvvin, who, born in 
 Wentworth, March 12, 1777, died at the age 
 of seventy-six. He and his wife reared seven 
 children, of whom Arthur, James B. Tcn- 
 nant's father, was the third-born. Of these 
 the only survivor is William, who married 
 Harriet Libby, of Rumney, N. H., and has 
 three children — -Ira, Helen, and Lula. 
 
 Arthur Tennant was born in Wentworth, 
 September 18, 18 12. When a very young 
 man he learned the cooper's trade, which he 
 afterward followed in connection with farming. 
 At first he settled in Pembroke. Later he 
 moved to lipsom and then to Decrfield, where 
 he continued to till the soil for several years. 
 He was largely interested in the live-stock 
 business, and was also engaged in lumbering 
 to some extent. He was a man of considerable 
 prominence in public affairs, having served as 
 a Selectman and in other town offices; and he 
 was one of the first supporters of the Republi- 
 can party in this State. His death, which 
 occurred in Pembroke, April 9, 1S80, caused 
 general regret, as he was highly esteemed as 
 an able and upright business man. His re- 
 mains were interred in Deerfield. Arthur 
 Tennant first married Ruth O. Sanborn, 
 daughter of John Sanborn, a pioneer settler of 
 Deerfield. Of the ten children born to this 
 luiion, two are living — Emma O. and James 
 B. Emma O. is the widow of Charles B. 
 Fowler, late of Pembroke; and her son, Alvah* 
 T. Fowler, is now a student at Dartmouth Col- 
 lege. For his second wife Arthur Tennant 
 married Lizzie P'ellows, of Deerfield, who had 
 no children. Both he and his first wife were 
 members of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 James B. Tennant acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Deerfield. 
 Subsequently he was a pupil of the Pembroke 
 Academy and the New Hamjjton Institute, 
 duly graduating from the latter school. In
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 1869 he established himself in general mer- 
 cantile business in Epsom, and now conducts 
 a well-stocked country store. He is also ex- 
 tensively engaged in the lumber business as 
 a member of the firms of Tripp & Tennant & 
 Tripp and Fellows & Tennant. One of the 
 firms controls large tracts of timber land in 
 New Hampshire and Vermont, and also owns 
 and operates saw-mills in various places for the 
 manufacture of lumber. Another enterprise 
 of Mr. Tennant's is brick-making, which he 
 carries on in Tcmbroke. He is a director of 
 several insurance companies and of the .Sun- 
 cook Valley Railroad. He has been station 
 agent at Short Falls since 1S69, and is now 
 one of tlie oldest station agents on the Concord 
 & Montreal Railway. From 1870 to 1889 he 
 was Postmaster at Short Falls. This position 
 he resigned when elected to the State Senate, 
 and Mrs. Tennant has since held that ap- 
 pointment. In politics Mr. Tennant is a Re- 
 publican. From 1882 to 1888 he was one of 
 the Commissioners of Merrimack County. He 
 was elected a State Senator in 1889, and was a 
 member of the House of Representatives for 
 the years 1891 and 1893, taking part in the 
 last annual and the first biennial session of the 
 legislature. He has never sought for a town 
 office ; but after the death of the Town Treas- 
 urer, who was elected to serve the present 
 year, he was jiersuaded to take charge of the 
 town's finances for the unexpired term. 
 
 On February 10, 1873, Mr. Tennant was 
 united in marriage with ]"'.lla M. I'owler. 
 .She is a daughter of .Samuel and IClvira N. 
 (Critchett) I-'owler, of I<>psom, who had six 
 children, of whom there are living — James 
 W., Horace, and Josie M. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Tennant have no children. Mr. Tennant is a 
 Mason of the thirty-second degree. He has 
 occupied all the important chairs in Fvergreen 
 Lodge, I. O. O. 1'"., Epsom, and was its Sec- 
 
 retary for several years; and he is a member 
 of the local grange of the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry. In the course of his life he has vis- 
 ited nearly every State in the Union, includ- 
 ing the extreme southern part and the Pacific 
 slope, thereby greatly enhancing his knowl- 
 edge of the wealth and business possibilities 
 of the country. 
 
 OLONEL RUFUS P. COPPS, a 
 
 veteran agriculturist of Hopkinton, 
 and one of its most honored and 
 respected citizens, was born January 13, 18 iS, 
 in Haverhill, Mass., a son of Moses and Mary 
 (George) Copps. It is said that this branch 
 of the family originated with a little boy who 
 was found wandering around the streets of 
 Boston, finely dressed in velvet clothes, and 
 who, it is supposed, was put ashore from an 
 Iinglish vessel in the harbor. He could give 
 no name, but was adopted by a man named 
 Copp, from whom Copp's Hill, at the North 
 End in Boston, was named. John Copp, a 
 descendant of this little waif, was a lifelong 
 farmer of Plaistow, N.H., where he married a 
 Miss Sarah Pollard. 
 
 Moses Copps was a shoe manufacturer in 
 Haverhill, Mass., for some years. In 1820 
 he removed to New Hampshire, living first 
 for a year in Dunbarton, and then coming to 
 Hopkinton, where, with the exception of one 
 year spent in Weare, he was engaged in farm- 
 ing on land lying just south of the present 
 home of Colonel Copps. In 1842 he and the 
 Colonel bought the [ncsent homestead prop- 
 erty, which then had many of the buildings 
 now standing. The house, erected about 
 eighty years ago by the Silver family, was 
 made from brick manufactured on the farm by 
 the Silvers, and is now the only brick resi- 
 dence in Hopkinton. Moses Copps afterward 
 lived retired on this farm until his demise in
 
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 93 
 
 1863, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. 
 He had a large family of children, namely: 
 ICmeline, who married Daniel Hailey, and re- 
 moved to Augusta, Me. ; Sarah Jane, who be- 
 came the wife of Ignatius VV. Fellows, a 
 jeweller, of llopkinton ; Abigail M., who 
 married John Clement, of West Amesbury, 
 now Merrimac, Mass., and has a son, Jacob 
 i\Udvin Clement, the manager of Colonel 
 Copps's farm for tlie past two years; Mary, 
 who married Jonathan I?. iMiicrson, of this 
 tiiwn, and died in Washington, N.ll.; f'.liza- 
 beth, wild married Henry 1). White, of Pena- 
 cook, and died in Concord, N.H.: Rufus P., 
 the subject of this sketch; Harriet, who is the 
 wife of Jonatlian Severance, of Washington, 
 N.H.; Florantha, who died in childhood; 
 Kllen M., who died soon after her marriage 
 with the Rev. Mr. Smith, a Baptist minister; 
 and Myra Frances, who is the wife of George 
 VV. Pierce, and resides in Henniker. The 
 mother survived her husband about ten years, 
 dying at the age of eighty-three. 
 
 Rufus P. Copps was reared antl educated in 
 llopkinton, having been but three years old 
 when his parents came here. After attaining 
 his majority, he spent some time in Ames- 
 bury, Mass., and then went, after a short visit 
 with his parents, to Bethlehem, N.Y., where 
 he taught school one entire year and for two 
 or three winter terms after he had liegun farm- 
 ing. In 1841 he returned to the parental 
 roof, and soon bought his present estate in 
 company with his father. l''or ten years 
 thereafter he spent his winters as heretofore, 
 teaching in near-by schools, often receiving 
 but fifty cents a day for his services, and 
 boarding at liome. I^ater, when the crops 
 had all been harvested, be worked winters at 
 bottoming shoes as long as the business con- 
 tinued profitable; and, being at home, he took 
 care of the cattle, and performed the neces- 
 
 sary farm chores at the same time. It was his 
 jiractice to buy stock ready cut from the large 
 manufacturers of leather, and sell the shoes 
 together at .so much a pair, the price usually 
 averaging eight or nine dollars for a set of 
 sixty pairs. He has also been engaged to 
 some extent in lumbering, and of late years 
 he has made a specialty ot dairying. At the 
 age of eighteen he joined the Rifle Militia 
 Company, in which he served first as Orderly 
 Sergeant. Afterward he became successively 
 Adjutant of the regiment, Major, Lieutenant 
 Colonel, and finally Colonel of the I'ortieth 
 New Hampshire Regiment, which command 
 he belli for two years. The I-'orticth was com- 
 posed of some of the brightest and bravest 
 men of the towns of llopkinton, Henniker, 
 and Warner. 
 
 Colonel R. P. Copps has always been a 
 Democrat in [lolitics and an earnest sup- 
 porter of his party. He has been a subscriber 
 of the Piitriot since it was established, having 
 prior to that time taken Iliirs Patriot, the 
 leading organ of the Democratic party. For 
 three successive years from 1858 he was Se- 
 lectman of his town; and in 1861 he was a 
 Representative to the General Court, where 
 though he was not a public speaker he did 
 efficient work on different committees. He has 
 likewise served for some years as Justice of 
 tiic Peace. 
 
 On September 14, 1843, Colonel Copps 
 married Miss Melissa Flanders, who was 
 born in Bradford, N.H., daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Betsey (Wright) F' landers. She died 
 September 15, 1S94, aged seventy-three years, 
 leaving no children. Although Colonel and 
 Mrs. Copps were not parents, they nearly 
 iilways had some child in their household to 
 whom they gave the same care and advantages 
 they would to an own son. One of these was 
 ! James M. Putnam, who lived with them from
 
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 the age of fourteen till he was twenty-one, 
 and is now receiving one thousand dollars a 
 year as manager of a farm in Andover, Mass. 
 Another was John Brown, who lived in the 
 household from the age of sixteen to twenty, 
 and who is now in Michigan. Arthur M. 
 Dustin, a blacksmith of Contoocook, who 
 went to live at the Colonel's when he was a 
 little fellow of nine years, still remains with 
 him, and now owns the homestead. He has 
 likewise had several other boys in his family, 
 to each of whom he gave a good home,- and 
 otherwise sedulously cared for. 
 
 -j^ENJAMIN HENRY FULLER, one 
 of I'lainfield's most extensive 
 farmers and an ex-member of the 
 New flampshire legislature, was born in this 
 town, February 20, 1S48, son of Benjamin L. 
 and I'ersis C. (Freeman) Fuller. His grand- 
 father, Benjamin Fuller, who was a native of 
 Connecticut, moved with his family to Plain- 
 field early in the present century. Grand- 
 father Benjamin married Rachel Boyd, who 
 was also born in Connecticut. Their children 
 were: Naomi, Esther, James, and Benjamin 
 L. Naomi died at the age of twenty years; 
 Esther married Cranston Lewin, a native of 
 Connecticut, who followed farming and 
 butchering in this town, and she reared a fam- 
 ily; James was blind from the age of fourteen 
 until his death, which occurred when he was 
 sixty-one years old. 
 
 Benjamin L. P'ullcr, father of Benjamin II., 
 was born in Connecticut in June, 1802. He 
 was educated in the schools of Plainfield and 
 Lebanon, N.IL; and he assisted his father 
 upon the farm until he became its owner by 
 purchase. He was quite extensively engaged 
 in raising cattle for the home market and for 
 the Brighton market in Massachusetts. He 
 
 also raised sheep and horses. A man of 
 unusual energy and industry, and giving his 
 entire time to his business, he accumulated 
 considerable wealth. His death, which oc- 
 curred in 1878, was mourned as the loss of an 
 honorable, upright man and a useful citizen. 
 Absorbed in his business affairs, he took no 
 part in politics. He attended the Baptist 
 church. A member of the Masonic Lodge at 
 Cornish P"lat, he was buried with the rites of 
 that fraternity. His wife, Persis, who was 
 born in Cornish, N.H., in 1805, had seven 
 children, namely: Sarah, born March 2, 1831; 
 Ann, who died when eight months old; 
 Maria, born November 9, 1833; Alfred, born 
 April 15, 1837, who died in infancy; Laura, 
 born April 22, 1S39; Julia, born April 8, 
 1842; and Benjamin H., the subject of this 
 sketch. Sarah married Augustus Hodgeman, 
 of Vermont, a prosperous farmer, and had 
 four sons; Maria became the wife of William 
 Ward, a farmer of Plainfield, and had six chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living; Laura died in 
 1861 ; and Julia married Albert Gilson, an 
 industrious farmer of Hartland, Vt., and had 
 eight children, of whom five are living. Mrs. 
 Benjamin L. P"uller died in 1884. 
 
 After completing his education at the Kim- 
 ball Union Academy, Benjamin Henry P^uIIcr 
 immediately began to assist in carrying on the 
 farm. Since the deatli of his father he has 
 managed the jiroperty. As the result nf his 
 early training and practical experience his 
 farming has been most jirofitable. The estate, 
 containing nearly three hundred acres of land, 
 is one of the few farms along the banks of the 
 Connecticut River that has not been purchased 
 for summer residences by wealthy men from 
 New York or Boston. The buildings are 
 among the finest in this section; and the 
 house, which is built upon high ground over- 
 looking the village of Hartland, Vt., com-
 
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 niaiids a view ol the adjacent niduntains and 
 valleys. 
 
 ( )n I'ehruary 23, 1R69, Mr. ]'"iiller was 
 uniled ill marriage with Julia K. I'^-^glcstonc, 
 born May 4, 1848, daughter ol Lorenzo liggle- 
 stone, of 15oston. Aden Lcroy Fuller, the 
 only child of this union, was born November 
 14, 1S71. After finishing his education at 
 White River Junction, Vt., he entered the 
 service of the l'"itchburg Railroad Comi^any as 
 a fireman. He is now a locomotive engineer in 
 the yard of that company in Uoston. He is 
 widely known among railroad men, and is a 
 member of the Masonic fi'aternity. He mar- 
 ried ]5crtha 1 lairington, of Groton, Mass., 
 daughter of Albert Harrington, of that town. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Aden L. Fuller attend the bap- 
 tist church. Mr. Benjamin H. Fuller is a 
 Democrat in politics. He was a member of 
 the Board of Selectmen for three years, and 
 for two years of that time he was its Chairman. 
 He represented this town in the legislature in 
 1 89 1, serving therein upon the Committee on 
 Fducation. One of the most active and influ- 
 ential leaders in local affairs, he has the es- 
 teem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 iCORGE W. RICE, one of Henniker's 
 S I most able and prosperous farmers, 
 was born in this town, January 17, 
 1825, son of Jacob and Louisa (Howe) Rice. 
 His grandfather, Elijah Rice, a Revolutionary 
 patriot, was an early settler in Henniker. An 
 account of his jwrents and of the ancestry of 
 I'llijah Rice will be found in the biography of 
 Harrison A. Rice, which appears elsewhere in 
 this work. George W. Rice passed his youth 
 in attending school and working upon the farm. 
 He was still young when his parents moved to 
 the property now owned and occupied by his 
 brother, Harrison A. Rice. At the age of 
 
 twenty-one he went to Manchester, N. IL, 
 where he worked at butchering for two years. 
 Ujion his return to Henniker he bought a 
 small farm, which is now the home of \V. 15. 
 Barnes. A .short time later he entered the 
 meat business, selling at wholesale ui the 
 Manchester market and conducting a retail 
 business in this t(jwn. While carrying on the 
 butcher business for nine years, he gradually 
 got a f(K)thold in lumbering. At length he 
 sold his farm and business to W. B. Barnes, 
 and thereafter, for nearly forty year.s, gave his 
 whole time to that industry. ]}esides cutting 
 and hauling the timber, he operated a saw-mill 
 at Hillsborough Bridge for several years; and 
 he retired from that business some three years 
 ago. I'larlier in his life he purchased a farm 
 on the outskirts of the village, and resided 
 upon it until 1S74. Then he again took up his 
 residence in the village, but continued engaged 
 in agriculture. He still gives his personal 
 attention to his property. In all he owns 
 seven hundred acres, which include his farm of 
 one hundred and fifteen acres, two other tracts, 
 and some timber land. Several tenements at 
 Hillsborough Ikidge are also his property. 
 For several years he was engaged in furnishing 
 railroad ties, piles, etc. ; and he dealt in cattle, 
 which he sold in Manchester, Nashua, and 
 Lowell. 
 
 On June 6, 1848, Mr. Rice was united in 
 marriage with Abbie Colby, daughter of Levi 
 and Betsey Colb)', of Henniker. She died 
 July 4, 1893, leaving four children. These 
 were: Susan I.., who married George C. Bunt- 
 ing, of Manchester; Nellie A., who is the 
 widow of Walter I'restin, and resides in this 
 town; James G., who is now engaged in farm- 
 ing in Hopkinton, N. H. ; and Edwin, who 
 resides at home. In politics Mr. Rice is a 
 Republican. I"or many years he was a promi- 
 nent party leader. Upon many occasions he
 
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 saved the part)' from defeat by his own per- 
 sonal exertions. When Representative to the 
 legislature in iS68 and 1869, he rendered able 
 services to his constituents and the community 
 in general. A self-made man, he has shown 
 that energy and ability properly applied will 
 overcome the most adverse circumstances. He 
 fully merits the high esteem in which he is 
 held by his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 re)"' 
 
 URTI.S W. BENNETT, one of the 
 ■ rr busy farmers and prominent residents 
 ^ >r ^ of Pittsfield, was born in Epsom, 
 N. U., January i, 1832. His parents were 
 Jeremiah and ]3etsey (Marden) Bennett, na- 
 tives respectively of New Hampton and 
 EiJsom. Daniel Bennett, grandfather of 
 Curtis W. , was a lifelong resident of New 
 Hampton. He owned a good farm, and was 
 occupied in its cultivation until his death, 
 which occurred when he was fifty years old. 
 Politically, he supported the Democratic party; 
 and in his religious views he was a Tree Will 
 Baptist. He and his wife reared a family of 
 six children. 
 
 Jeremiah Bennett attended school in his 
 native town. After finishing his studies, he 
 served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's 
 trade. He settled in Flpsom, where he fol- 
 lowed his trade for many years, and was also 
 engaged in farming. In politics he was a 
 Democrat. His wife, Betsey, became the 
 mother of five children, of whom Curtis W. , 
 the subject of this sketch, is the only one 
 living. Jeremiah liennctt was seventy-eight 
 years old at his death, and his wife lived to 
 be seventy-six. They attended the Free Will 
 Baptist church. 
 
 Curtis W. Bennett was educated in Epsom. 
 He then learned the shoemaker's trade, and 
 afterward followed it in his native town for 
 
 several years, together with farming. In 1863 
 he moved to Pittsfield, and has since devoted 
 his time exclusively to agricultural pursuits. 
 He owns seventy acres of desirable land, thirty 
 acres of which is under tillage and is very 
 fertile. On July 9, 1863, Mr. Bennett 
 wedded Mrs. Caroline Berry, widow of John 
 Berry, late of Pittsfield. By her first union 
 Mrs. Bennett has two daughters — Georgia and 
 May A. Georgia is the wife of the Rev. 
 R. S. Mitchell, of Stoneham, Mass., and has 
 one son — Guy. May A. is now Mrs. ]?enja- 
 min Lane, of Lynn, Mass., and has one son 
 — Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have four 
 children; namely Alice E., John C, Charles 
 W. , and Frank E. 
 
 As a supporter of the Democratic party Mr. 
 Bennett is Cjuite active in local public affairs, 
 and he has served upon the Board of Select- 
 men and in the office of Road Surveyor. He 
 is a Methodist in his religious views, and Mrs. 
 Bennett is a Calvinist Baptist. His son, 
 John C. Bennett, is a member of Catamount 
 Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Pittsfield. 
 
 /3)eORGE W. S. DOW, an enterpris- 
 \ pT ing box manufacturer of Henniker 
 and the Chairman of the Board of 
 Selectmen, was born in this town, March 9, 
 1 84 1, son of Jonathan anil Anna P. (Peaslee) 
 Dow. Jonathan Dow, Sr. , who was a son of 
 David Dow, of Weare, N. H., settled in Hen- 
 niker at the beginning of the present century. 
 On December 23, 1807, he married Sally 
 Plummer, a native of this town. Jonathan 
 Dow, Jr., the father of George W. S. , born in 
 Henniker, December 5, 18 14, became a pros- 
 perous farmer and a successful lumbeinian, 
 and resided here until his death, which oc- 
 curred I'ebru iry 5, 1873. His wife Anna, 
 whom he married September 29, 1836, was a
 
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 native nf Wcnic, 1 1 illsbdroiigh County. She 
 became tlie niother of five children, namely: 
 y\nn Maria, who married John Ciarland ; 
 George W. S. , the subject of this sketch; 
 Jackson V. ; Jolm V. ; and Mary K. 
 
 George W. S. Dow resided at home and as- 
 sisted ui)nn the farm until he was twenty-one 
 years oUl. lie then began work by the day 
 fill' lliiam JJavis, with whom he remained one 
 year. He ne.xt entered the employ of Horace 
 Gibson, a mackerel kit manufacturer, and some 
 years later became a partner in the business. 
 In 1890, after the death of his partner, he 
 bought of John Gutterson a bo.\-mill located 
 near the kit factor), and has since been en- 
 gaged in manufacturing shoe cases. The mill 
 privilege he owns was first utilized as far back 
 as 1766, when Silas Barnes began the con- 
 struction of a dam, and completed it in 1773. 
 In 1774 a saw-mill was erected here by 
 Harnes, who later s(5ld it to Captain Timothy 
 Gibson. The latter built a permanent dam, 
 put in stones, and ran a saw and grist mill, 
 with Mben Howe as the first miller. Since 
 Timothy Gibson's time the mills have been 
 ownetl by Daniel Kimball, William M. Davis, 
 Lieutenant Joel Howe, Captain James Yauld- 
 ing, Micah Howe, Oliver Jacobs, Adams & 
 Silver, Joseph P. Dow, and John Gutterson. 
 About 1.S20 Timothy Sprague erecteil a 
 carding-mill close by Mr. Dow's lower mill, 
 so that the same niillrace served for both. 
 Sprague sold it to Morrison & Woods, from 
 whom it passed in tiun to Luther Hathorn, 
 S. Little, -Silas ]5arncs, Sylvanus Sumner, 
 Jacob Lancaster, Jt)hn Niel, and Hiram M. 
 Davis. Davis converted it into a powder keg 
 manufactory in 1852, and some years later sold 
 it to Horace Gibson. Here, in company with 
 Gibson and William Abbott, Mr. Dow, its 
 present owner, manufacturetl large c(uantities 
 of mackerel kits. Mr. Dow makes shoe bo.xes. 
 
 which he ships by the carload to various fac- 
 tories. He uses annually from one hundred 
 thousand to one hundred and eighty thou.sand 
 feet of lumber, which he cuts and .saws him- 
 self. He also saws building material, all the 
 pieces of which are marked and numbered and 
 ready to put together. In politics he is a 
 Democrat. He was a Representative to the 
 legislature in 1880 and 1881, during which 
 time he served upon the Committee on the 
 Normal School. He is a prominent figure in 
 the district, county, and State conventions, is 
 Chairman of the Town Committee, and has 
 been a Selectman for the past nine years, 
 being at the ])resent time the Chairman of 
 the Board. That his public .services are duly 
 appreciated is indicated by the fact that Hen- 
 niker contains a Republican majority of from 
 twenty-five to seventy-five votes. 
 
 On November 9, 1862, Mr. Dow was 
 united in marriage with Mary L. Hoyt, daugh- 
 ter of Nathan Hoyt, a cooper by trade. She 
 is a native of Bradford, N. II., but has resided 
 in this town for the greater part of her life. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dow are the parents of seven 
 children; namely, George II. , William K., 
 Charles H., Orrin H., Fred D., Blanche M., 
 and Percy D. Mr. Dow has filled all of 
 the principal chairs in Crescent Lodge, 
 I. O. O. v., and has been a member of the 
 Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. Mrs. Dow 
 is a member of the Lodge of the Daughters of 
 Rebecca. 
 
 4^»^» 
 
 RANCIS MORRILL CUTTING, who 
 died on November 15, 1888, was a 
 valued citizen of Newport, Sullivan 
 County. He was born in the neighboring town 
 of Croydon, November 28, 1825, a son of 
 P'rancis and Keziah (Hudson) Cutting. His 
 grandfather, Benjamin Cutting, who enlisted 
 in the Continental army when a young man.
 
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 was one of the first settlers of Croydon. 
 Francis Cutting, son of Benjamin, was born in 
 Croydon, and there spent his life of seventy- 
 eight years. He owned about five hundred 
 acres of land, and was extensively engaged in 
 farming and stock-raising. His first wife, 
 Keziah Hudson, a native of Goshen, N.H., 
 died at the age of seventy-si.x ; and he subse- 
 quently married Miss Mary Rollins. By the 
 first wife he had nine children, by the second 
 two; and of the whole family seven are now 
 living. 
 
 Francis Morrill Cutting grew up on a farm, 
 acquiring his education in the schools of his 
 native town. After reaching man's estate, he 
 engaged in farming and cattle-raising, pur- 
 chasing land in the western part of Newport. 
 A wise manager, square in his dealings, and a 
 good practical farmer, he had a valuable prop- 
 erty, comprising some five hundred acres, his 
 farm in Newport alone covering one hundred 
 acres. In politics Mr. Cutting was a Demo- 
 crat, in religious belief a Methodist. He was 
 a man of sterling character, conscientious and 
 honest, and was respected by all who knew 
 him. 
 
 Mr. Cutting was married July 25, 1855, to 
 Hannah A., daughter of Dimmick and Hannah 
 (Colby) Baker. She was born in Meriden, 
 N. H., October 4, 1832. Mrs. Cutting is a 
 member of an old New England family. Her 
 ancestors came from England. Joseph Baker 
 was born April 13, 1678, and lived to a ripe 
 old age. He married Hannah Tomroy, July 
 8, 1702. She died, leaving two children ; and 
 he married Abigail Bissell, who bore him 
 nine children. The Hon. Dr. Oliver Baker, 
 a son of Joseph Baker by liis second wife, 
 was Mrs. Cutting's grandfather. He was 
 born in Tolland, Conn., and was one of the 
 early settlers of Meriden, N. II. He died 
 
 October 
 
 181 I. His brother served in the 
 
 Revolutionary War, and was taken jirisoner by 
 the British and nearly starved, having nothing 
 but raw frozen turnips to eat while confined in 
 an old church in New York. He offered his 
 silver watch for another turnip, but was re- 
 fused. When he was released, Oliver carried 
 him home, some of the way on his back. He 
 afterward died of small-po.x. 
 
 Dr. Oliver Baker married, November 23, 
 17S0, Dorcas Dimmick, who died October 19, 
 1849. They were the parents of ten children. 
 Dimmick Baker was born in 'Meriden, March 
 18, 1793- A shrewd business man, a good 
 farmer, a successful stock dealer, and a pros- 
 perous merchant, he amassed a large estate for 
 those days. He died at the age of eighty- 
 three. His wife, Hannah Colby, was born 
 February 7, 1794, and died March 17, 1856. 
 They were the parents of five children — Elias, 
 Edward, Hannah, Helen F. , and Cyrus E. 
 Three of these are living: Mrs. Hannah A. 
 Cutting, of Newport, N. H. ; Dr. Cyrus E. 
 Baker, of Claremont, N. H. ; and Mrs. Helen 
 F". Cutting, of Newport, N. H. The Baker 
 homestead, a grand old place, located near 
 Kimball Union Academy, where all the chil- 
 dren received a liberal education, all becom- 
 ing teachers, is now owned by the fifth gen- 
 eration. Dimmick Baker was a Republican. 
 He was connected with the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 Mr.s. Hannah A. Baker Cutting has resided 
 in the village of Newport since 1892. She 
 still owns the farm which her husband culti- 
 vated, retaining it for the sake of old associa- 
 tions. An active and liberal member of the 
 Methodist church, .she gave the electric lights 
 now used in the chnich edifice, and was instru- 
 mental in making the present parsonage a part 
 of the church property. She has long been 
 active in Sunday-school matters, and has 
 served as President of the Ladies' Aitl Soci-
 
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 cty, I)cing a woman with jiowcrfiil will for the 
 iij;ht everywhere. It is almost needless to 
 add that she wins the esteem of all with whom 
 she is brought in contact. 
 
 tp)Th:NRV C. 1?ARTL1':TT, a leading 
 r^rj farmer of llill, N 11., was horn in 
 
 Ay^ \ . this town, July 25, 1845. Mr. 
 
 l^artlett's family traces its ancestry back to 
 Colonial times. His iiatenial grandfather, 
 Daniel l^artlett,- was born in Plaistow, N. H., 
 August 15, 1775, married June 3, 1801, and 
 came from that town to Hill on horseback, 
 witli his wife, Ruth (jile I^artlett, mounted 
 behind, in the fashion of that early day. lie 
 settled on Mason Hill, where he built a small 
 house and took up a large tract of wild land. 
 Full of the stirring progressive spirit of the 
 pioneer, he was soon able to put up a larger 
 frame house; and he had an e.xtensive farm 
 well cleared before his death. He lived to be 
 seventy-nine years old, and had nine children 
 — -Susan, Ezekiel, Sally, Moses, Gertrude, 
 Ruth, Huldah, Daniel, and John, of whom the 
 only survivor is Daniel, who resides in Sagi- 
 naw, Mich., where he has erected several fine 
 residences. Susan and SaMy were successful 
 school teachers. 
 
 Moses Bartlett, second son of Daniel and 
 Ruth, received his education in the jniblic 
 schools of Hill, and then went to Massachu- 
 setts, where he was engaged in the stone- 
 cutting business for four years. At the end of 
 this time he returned to his native town and 
 bought a farm on Dickerson Hill. Later he 
 sold that place and purchased the Colonel Ray 
 estate, where his son, Henry C., was born. 
 He repaired the buildings of this property and 
 spent tlie remainder of his life here, passing 
 away at the advanced age of eighty-one years. 
 Having embraced religion early in life, he 
 
 ever maintained a strictly religious integrity, 
 dying in full triumph of his faith. His wife 
 Charlotte, the daughter of Moses Webster, 
 was forty-si.v years old when she died. Her 
 father is said to have been a distant kinsman 
 of the great Daniel Webster. Mo.scs and 
 Charlotte (Webster) Bartlett had six children, 
 namely: Samuel W. , whose residence is situ- 
 ated on I'ranklin Street, Concord, N. H., who 
 has been a faithful employee of the Northern 
 Railroad for over thirty years; Cyrus W., who 
 lives in Franklin, N. H., near the Kendrick 
 farm; La Roy D., not living; Henry C. ; Flla 
 R., whose home is in Methuen, Mass. ; and 
 John W., of Hill Centre. 
 
 Henry C. , the fourth son as the names are 
 here given, was educated in the district 
 schools. He began work with the late J. P. 
 Jones in Georgetown, Mass., who for many 
 years Was one of the leading lawyers of Haver- 
 hill, Mass., but afterward returned to his 
 home in Hill and purchased the old homestead 
 of two hundred acres. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett married Etta Louise, the only 
 daughter of Daniel B. and Mary (Dearborn) 
 Bartlett, March 11, 1S75. He devotes him- 
 self diligently to his farm and home, and is 
 also faithful to his duties as a citizen. In 
 l)olitics he is a stanch Republican, having cast 
 his first Presidential vote for General Grant in 
 1868. He has been an officer of the School 
 Board' of Hill and a Commissioner of High- 
 ways, is a member of the Congregational 
 church, and is ever found a person of open 
 mind and honest convictions. 
 
 STeorgk H. 
 
 /ST'eORGK H. FAIRBANKS, a farmer 
 yj^r of Newport, was born in Frances- 
 town, N. H., June 4, 1S30, son of 
 Jabez and Sally (Bixby) Fairbanks. The 
 father, born in Francestown, N. H., Februarv
 
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 24, 17S8, lived there for some time, carrying 
 on general farming and working at his trade of 
 millwright, and holding communion with the 
 Congregational church. He was a great tem- 
 perance man. In ]iolitics he was a Republi- 
 can, and he was a Selectman of Francestown. 
 In 1840 he removed to Newport, where he re- 
 mained during the latter part of his life. 
 Here he became a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. For his first wife he mar- 
 ried Sally l^i.xby on January 2, 18 14. She 
 was born January 29, 17S2, and died in 1S39, 
 December 2. For his second wife he married 
 I'olly Bi.xby, a sister of his first wife. He 
 died May 10, 1874, having survived his second 
 wife, whose death occurred January 26, 1863. 
 By the first marriage there were five children, 
 namely: Elmira, born December 18, 1814, 
 who died May 30, 1846; Sarah A., born 
 December 16, 1818, who died in April, 
 1885; Eliza J., born March 5, 1821, who 
 died August 30 in the same year; Mary E., 
 born January 29, 1826, who died October 
 12, 1873; and George H., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 George H. Fairbanks came to Newport when 
 but nine years of age, and there subsecjuently 
 received the larger part of his education. 
 While his principal occupation has been gen- 
 eral farming, he worked at a trade in the vil- 
 lage of Newport for a period of twenty years. 
 On his farm of one hundred and fifty acres, 
 most of which is under cultivation, he has 
 made many improvements. In politics he is 
 a Ke[Hiblican. He has served in the State 
 legislature both as Representative and Sen- 
 ator, and he has been a County Commissioner 
 since 1893. lie is a member of the Otld Fel- 
 lows Sugar River Lodge. On October 19, 
 1853, he married Eunice Chapin, who died 
 March 12, 1854. He contiacted a second 
 marriage November 19, 1855, with Helen M. 
 
 Nourse, who was born August 18, 1829, 
 daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Wilson) 
 Nourse, of Acworth, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fairbanks have been active members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church for many years. 
 Their four children are: Charles H., Mary 
 H., George A., and Burton E. Of these chil- 
 dren Charles H. was born November 28, 
 1856, and lives in Newport. He married 
 Emma L. Howe, February i, 1881, and they 
 have three children — M. Gertrude, Arthur 
 R., and Alice K. George A., born March 24, 
 1863, belongs to the firm of Fairbanks 
 Brothers of Rochester, N. H. On October 12, 
 1 885, he married Margaret A. Gilmore, of 
 Newport, and now has three children — Helen 
 M., Marion S., and Harold G. Mary H., born 
 January 26, 1861, died August i, 1863; and 
 Burton E., born November 15, 1870, died 
 November 16, 1889. Mr. Fairbanks, Sr. , has 
 been a stirring, active man all his life; and 
 he enjoys the esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 I LAS P. THOMPSON, an extensive 
 v7> farmer of Franklin, was born in this 
 town, March 11, 1842, son of An- 
 drew C. and Eliza (Perkins) Thompson. His 
 father, who was born in P'ranklin in 1804, 
 spent his active period in agriculture, and 
 passed his last days in Andover, N. IL, where 
 he died in 1892. His mother, who was born 
 in Kennebunkport, Me., in 1806, died in 
 1S46. She w'as the first wife of his father, 
 who after her death contracted a second 
 marriage with Mehitable S. Harvey, of San- 
 bornton, N. II. Mehitable Thomjison died 
 December 29, 1886. The seven children of 
 Andrew C. Thomjjson were: Oliver M., 
 Thomas P., Addie W., Henry M.. Silas P., 
 Maria H., and .Saraii I^Iizabetli, all born of 
 his first union. Oliver M., who is now a
 
 HON. HENRY P. ROLFE-
 
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 stone-cutter of Concord, N. 1[., married for 
 his first wife Abhie Moody, wiio died in [866. 
 Tiic maiden name of his second wife was 
 Abbie h'landers. Thomas P., who is engaged 
 in fainiing in Tilton, N.I I., mairied Alice 
 C. Cntlei'. vXddie \V. is now the wife of I-'. 
 Locke, a farmer of 15ristol, N.II. Maria II. 
 is the wife of Charles M. Thompson, a farmer 
 of Slrathan), N.II. Ilcnry M., who marrietl 
 Selina Sleeper, is a prosperous farmer in 
 Andover, N.II. Sarah I'liizalieth died at the 
 age of twenty-two years. 
 
 Silas ]'. Tlinnipson acquired a common- 
 school education, and resided at home until 
 twenty-two years old. lie was for a time 
 engaged in teaching school in Salis])ury, N.II. 
 Then he went to Minneapolis, Miini. During 
 his residence there he was in the insurance 
 business for some time, and was Street Com- 
 missioner for four years. Upon his return to 
 I'ranklin he settled on the Colby farm, and 
 lias since given his attention to general farm- 
 ing, lie has improved the property, which 
 contains two hundred acres, and in addition 
 to raising the usual crops he runs a dairy and 
 breeds horses. On November i6, 1873, he 
 was united in marriage with Martha A. Colby, 
 who was born in Franklin, June 7, 1S41, 
 daughter of Ezekiel and Tabitha (Smith) 
 Colby. Mrs. Thompson is the mother of five 
 children, as follows: h'.rnestO., born Decem- 
 ber 2^, 1874, now engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits in Franklin; (irace M., the wife of 
 X'ernon 15. Hlake, of this town; Minneola, 
 born May 28, 1879, who is attending school in 
 New Hampton, N.II.; Luther C, born July 
 21, 1881, who is at home; and Katie L., 
 born I'"ebruary 23, 1S88, also at home. Po- 
 litically, Mr. Thompson is independent. 
 While residing in Salisbury he was a member 
 of the School Committee, and he is now a Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. He is connected with the 
 
 grange in Mill. Mrs. Thomp.son is a member 
 of the Christian church. 
 
 •Nin' PhlAKSON K(JLI-F, a promi- 
 nent lawyer of Concord, N. M., was 
 
 ^^ 1 b(jrn in ]<oscawen, this State, Feb- 
 ruary 13, 1S21. His parents were Henjamin 
 and Margaret (Searles) Kolfe. Benjamin 
 Rolfe, Sr., his paternal grandfather, was one of 
 the early settlers of lioscawen, whither he came 
 in 1769 all the way from Newbury, Mass., on 
 horseback. His wife rode behind him on a 
 liillion, and their housekeeping and personal 
 necessaries were carried on the same horse, 
 this being the ordinary meth(jd of travelling 
 in those early Colonial times in New England. 
 She returned alone through Chester, N. H., 
 and left him in the forest to begin the pioneer 
 work of clearing, planting, and building. 
 The new home in Boscawen was soon estab- 
 lished, and they there spent the remainder of 
 their lives. The Rev. Jonathan Searles, Mr. 
 Rolfe's grandfather on the maternal side, was 
 a graduate of Harvard College and the first 
 minister ever settled in the town of Salisbury. 
 He baptized Daniel Webster and his brothers 
 and sisters. Margaret Searles, afterward Mrs. 
 Rolfe, attended the district school with the 
 future Statesman, and was his warm personal 
 friend. 
 
 Benjamin Rolfe, the younger, was a man of 
 versatile parts, and carried on the occupations 
 of carpentering, pump-making, and farming. 
 About the year 1840 he removed his residence 
 from ]5oscawen to the town of Hill, N. H., 
 where he purchased a farm and passed the re- 
 maining seventeen years of his life. He died 
 at the age of eighty-four. By his wife, Mar- 
 garet Searles, daughter of the clergyman men- 
 tioned above, he became the father of a family 
 of three children; namely, Enoch S., Henry
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Pearson, and Charles B. Henry Pearson 
 Rolfe is the only one of the three now surviv- 
 ing. Charles B. Rolfe, his younger brother, 
 caught the gold fever at the time of the dis- 
 covery of the precious metal in California, 
 went out to that State among the famous pio- 
 neers of 1849, and died there soon after 
 arriving. 
 
 Henry P. Rolfe in his youth attended the 
 district schools of Boscawen and the New 
 Hampton Literary Institution, and then en- 
 tered Dartmouth College, where he was grad- 
 uated in the class of 1848. Immediately 
 entering upon the study of the law in the 
 office of Judge Fowler, of Concord, he was ad- 
 mitted to the Merrimack County bar in May, 
 1851, and continued in the active exercise of 
 his chosen profession in Concord until some 
 time in the year 1882, when he met with a 
 painful carriage accident, in which he was 
 badly kicked in the head by an unruly horse 
 and sustained severe injuries to his back. 
 This disaster brought on a severe attack of 
 nervous prostration, which compelled him to 
 relinquish the greater jiart of his large legal 
 practice and from which he has never entirely 
 recovered. 
 
 He married Mary Rebecca Sherburne, the 
 daughter of Robert H. and Ruth (Kimball) 
 Sherburne, of Concord. They have had a fam- 
 ily of five children, of whom only two survive 
 to-day; namely, Robert H. and George IL 
 Robert H. Rolfe, the elder surviving son, 
 married Grace Stearns, the daughter of ex- 
 Governor Onslow Stearns, of New Hampshire, 
 and lias one child — Onslow S., born January 
 16, 1895. George H. Rolfe, the younger son, 
 married ]5ertha O. Cawley, of Mill, N.H., 
 and has one son — Hamilton Cawlcy, born 
 December 6, 1894. 
 
 Mr. Henry P. Rolfe was an active Demo- 
 crat in tile exciting ante bcllnin times, and cast 
 
 his first Presidential vote for General Lewis 
 Cass in 1848. He served as a delegate to the 
 Baltimore Democratic National Convention 
 that nominated Stephen A. Douglas, "the 
 little Giant," for President of the United 
 States; and he was himself nominated as an 
 elector. In a public meeting held at Concord 
 Mr. Rolfe introduced Senator Douglas to the 
 people of New Hampshire in a speech that the 
 latter characterized as "one of the happiest in- 
 troductions " he had ever had. Upon the 
 firing on Fort Sumter at Charleston, S.C. , the 
 first overt act of the Southerners that opened 
 the Civil War, Mr. Rolfe left the Democratic 
 party, and thenceforth and forever transferred 
 his allegiance and political support to the 
 Republicans. By his character and ability he 
 has won the confidence and esteem of his fel- 
 low-citizens, who returned him as their chosen 
 Representative to the New Hampshire legis- 
 lature in the years 1853, 1863, and 1S64. In 
 1854 he was elected a member of the Board of 
 Education, and the ensuing year its President. 
 In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant 
 LTnited States District Attorney for the dis- 
 trict of New Hampshire, and he occupied the 
 office five years. Mr. Rolfe has always been a 
 man who practised the strictest temperance in 
 all his personal habits, never having used to- 
 bacco or strong drink in the course of his life. 
 In religion he is an ICpiscopalian, and is a 
 communicant of St. Paul's Church in Con- 
 cord. At one period of his life he was an 
 active member of the old Dartmouth "Pha- 
 lanx," training on the right of the regiment 
 and right of his company as the tallest man. 
 He belongs to the fraternal organizations of 
 the Temple of Honor and the United Order 
 of Pilgrim ]""athers, and was tlie first Governor 
 of the first order of the latter lodge ever estab- 
 lished in the State of New Hampshire. Mr. 
 Rolfe was a sympathetic and active partici-
 
 lIIUGRAl'illCAI. REVIEW 
 
 ]);iiit, lip III the time of liis accident, in all 
 matters relating; to the welfare and higher 
 ilevclopnient of Ccjncurd ; and his enforced re- 
 tirement from [lublic affairs while still in the 
 midst of his usefulness has occasioned much 
 regret amont: his fellow-citizens. 
 
 olon]':l (;i;()K(;|': h. dana, a 
 
 retired ICast India merchant residing 
 in Newijort, N. 11., was born in Hos- 
 toi), .September 2, 1S37. Son of the late 
 I'"raiu'is iJana, Jr., M.D., for many years a 
 practising jihysician in Boston and Cambridge, 
 he comes of old and honored Colonial stock, 
 being a member of the Massachusetts family 
 of this name that has given to the country so 
 many citizens of worth and distinction. In an 
 article recently published in Miinsiy's Mnii-a- 
 ziiii- it is well stated that "of all American 
 families there are few that can compare, in 
 number of men eminent in various sjiheres, 
 with the Danas. " Its founder was Richard 
 Dana, who settled at Cambridge, Mass., about 
 1640. Continuing the quotation: "The lives 
 and records of those of his progeny who have 
 jicrpetuated the family name are interwoven 
 with the very life of the nation. They were 
 soldiers and statesmen ; hands that helped to lay 
 the corner-stone of the republic; patriots who 
 rallied at Ikmker Hill, who responded again 
 to the call of freedom in 1S12, and who in our 
 Civil War hastened to attest their right to the 
 family name by a display of the heroic spirit 
 of their sires. " 
 
 Daniel Dana, the fourth son of Richard, 
 owned at one time the greater part of Cam- 
 bridge. This possession was divided among 
 his children. Richaiil, the son of Daniel, was 
 a prominent jurist and patriot. He died in 
 1772. His son Francis, Sr. , was the first 
 Chief Justice of Massachusetts, and was first 
 
 United States Minister to Russia. He mar- 
 ried Klizabcth, daughter of William Kllery, 
 a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 He had three children — Francis, Fdminnl, 
 and Richard Henry. The latter was one of 
 the founders of the North Aiiurican Rcvieto 
 and author of the "Buccaneer," etc. The 
 eldest son, I'rancis, was a merchant, and 
 spent many years in Russia and Hamburg. 
 He married .Soiihia, daughter of President 
 Willard of Harvard College, and had by her 
 four children — Sophia (afterward wife of 
 (icorge Ripley, literary editor of the New 
 York Tribune), Mary Elizabeth, Francis, and 
 Joseph. 
 
 Francis Dana, Jr., the father of the Colonel, 
 graduated from Harvard College, as did his 
 father before him. He took up the study of 
 medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and 
 became a physician of high rank in Boston and 
 Cambridge. He married Isabella, daughter 
 of Moses Ilazen White, and grand-daughter of 
 Dr. John Frink, of Rutland, Mass. In relig- 
 ion he was an Episcopalian. He lived to the 
 age of seventy-two years. Of his four chil- 
 dren Francis and William died young. The 
 others are: Isabella, who resides in Boston; 
 and George H. 
 
 Before the war of the Rebellion George 
 H. Dana was engaged in mercantile pursuits 
 in the EaSt Indies. He returned to his 
 native land in 1861 to join the Northern 
 forces, enlisting in the Thirty-second Massa- 
 chusetts Regiment as Second Lieutenant. 
 During the war he engaged in twenty-seven 
 battles, and was seriously wounded in the arm 
 at the battle of Gettysburg. For one year he 
 was on detailed duty, and during a part of that 
 time served on the staff of his cousin, General 
 N. J. T. Dana. He was made Lieutenant 
 Colonel for his meritorious conduct and 
 bravery in battle, and his military record is an
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 honor to himself and to his noble lineage. 
 At the close of the war he resumed his busi- 
 ness relations with his partners in the I^ast 
 Indies, and remained there until 1S71. Re- 
 turning to the United States, he took up his 
 residence in Newport, N.H., spendinghis sum- 
 mers at Lake Sunapee, where he has large real 
 estate interests. 
 
 Colonel Dana was married in 1865 to Fran- 
 ces Matson Burke, daughter of Edmund Burke, 
 of Newport. Her father was an eminent law- 
 yer, a member of Congress, and a political 
 writer of national importance. He was Com- 
 missioner of Patents under the administration 
 of President Polk. To Colonel and Mrs. Dana 
 one son has been born, the fifth Francis. He 
 is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and 
 a member of the Suffolk County bar. After 
 two years spent in the practice of his profes- 
 sion he accepted a professorship at the St. 
 Paul's School at Concord. He is a young 
 man of brilliant literary attainments, and has 
 already published many well-received stories 
 and poems. His first novel, just completed, 
 has been published by Harper Brothers. 
 
 ■I. WILLIAM H. BARTLETT, 
 ormerly an Associate Justice of the 
 Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 
 was born in Salisbury, N. H., August 20, 
 1827. His paternal ancestry were prominent 
 in early Colonial affairs, and several of them 
 served in the Continental army during the 
 Revolutionary War. A brother of Judge 
 ]5artlett was at one time President of Dart- 
 mouth College. An extended account of the 
 family will be found in the History of the 
 Town of Salisbury. 
 
 Mr. ]5artlctt graduated from Dartmouth 
 College, on which occasion he was the vale- 
 dictorian of his class. His law studies were 
 
 pursued with Judges Perley and Bellows. 
 After his admission to the bar he entered 
 upon the practice of his profession with an 
 energy that soon placed him in the foremost 
 rank among his legal associates in Merrimack 
 County. He not only displayed the essential 
 qualities which characterize an able, forcible 
 advocate, but he became noted for his profound 
 scholarship and thorough understanding of the 
 elementary principles of law. In 1861 he 
 was appointed to a seat upon the Supreme 
 ]5ench. This important position he filled 
 ably and impartially until his death, which 
 occurred September 24, 1867. 
 
 On May 8, 1856, Judge Bartlett was united 
 in marriage with Caroline Baker, who survives 
 him. She was born in Concord, daughter of 
 Abel and Nancy (Bradley) Baker, old and 
 highly esteemed residents of this city. Abel 
 Baker took a prominent part in public affairs, 
 served as Representative to the legislature, and 
 acted as a Justice of the Peace for many years. 
 He lived to the age of seventy-three years. 
 His wife, who died at the age of fifty-nine, was 
 a daughter of Samuel and Kate (Green) Brad- 
 ley. The Green family once owned that part 
 of the capitol grounds adjoining Main Street, 
 and Mrs. Bartlett's mother remembered when 
 the present site of the State House was a po- 
 tato field. Nathaniel Bradley Baker, only son 
 of Abel and Nancy (Bradley) Baker, was Gov- 
 ernor of New Hampshire in the )'ear 1853. 
 He died in 1876, leaving a widow and four 
 children, each of whom has occupied promi- 
 nent positions in different sections of the 
 country. 
 
 yfRANK R. WOODWARD, a widely 
 
 I [5 known manufacturer ami a prominent 
 
 resident of Hill, was born in the town 
 
 of Salisbury, February 9, 1845, son of Daniel 
 
 S. Woodward, of that place. Ancestors of his
 
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 oil hotli the maternal and pntcrnal lines were 
 brave ami gallant soldiers. His great-grand^ 
 father Woodward, the first representative of the 
 family in this country, who canu; liere from 
 Ireland in the first half of the last century, 
 and settled in Maine, fought in the war of the 
 Revolution; and his sons, Stephen and Jesse, 
 foiinlit in the second war with England. 
 Daniel Woodward, a son of Jesse, married 
 Dorcas, daugiiter of luioch Adams, of Salis- 
 bury, who fought in the war of Independence 
 fnim April, 1775, until its close. In 1848 
 Daniel moved to Penacook, then called 
 Fisherville, and later to Franklin. 
 
 I'"rank R. Woodward received his education 
 in the public schools of Franklin and at Noyes 
 Academy. In 1S68 he went to Manchester, 
 wiierc he was employed as superintendent of 
 the Forsaith Latch Needle Factory. Two 
 years later he purchased the business, and in 
 1872 he moved the plant to Hill. In the fol- 
 lowing year he sold tiie needle factory in order 
 to engage in the manufacture of glass-cutters 
 and other light hardware. He has continued 
 in this line of business up to the present time, 
 gaining a wide reputation in Europe as well 
 as in this country. The establishment of the 
 factory in Hill has stimulated the other indus- 
 tries of the town, and has been of great bene- 
 fit in giving employment to many workmen. 
 Other advantages have come through Mr. 
 Woodward's personal efforts and private be- 
 neficences. In 1884 he laid out and graded 
 Pleasant Hill Cemetery, which occupies a 
 beautiful location upon a hill overlooking the 
 village, dedicating it to the memory of his 
 eldest daughter. May, who died May 2, 1884, 
 at the age of thirteen years. Previous to this 
 there had been no cemetery in town worthy of 
 the name, and it is greatly appreciated by the 
 residents. In 1885 he erected in the village 
 a fine block containing a large hall, a store, 
 
 and a number of tenements. Two years later 
 he was engaged in making a large addition, 
 but before the work was completed the entire 
 structure was burned. Mr. Woodward has 
 also built a system of water-works, with which 
 he supplies water from springs on his property 
 to all the villagers who desire it. Connected 
 with the pipes also are hydrants for protec- 
 tion against fire, and the supply and pressure 
 of water is excellent. When the village 
 church was burned some years since, Mr. 
 Woodward gave the society the lot and foun- 
 dation for the new edifice, and took charge of 
 its building. 
 
 Outside his manufacturing business Mr. 
 Woodward is greatly interested in agricultural 
 pursuits. He owns two farms, one in the 
 village of Hill and one three miles outside. 
 On these farms there is produced large quan- 
 tities of milk, which is sold readily at the cars. 
 Mr. Woodward is a charter member and the 
 first Overseer of Pemigewasset Grange, No. 
 107; and he has served as its Master, Secre- 
 tary, and Lecturer. He is also a member of 
 Merrimack County Pomona Grange, of various 
 Masonic bodies, of the Odd Fellows, the 
 Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, and the 
 Good Templars. In the Good Templars he is 
 a charter member of Hill Lodge, and for a 
 number of terms has been Chief Templar. 
 
 Mr. Woodward has been twice married. 
 The five children of his first marriage are de- 
 ceased. The present Mrs. Woodward, whose 
 maiden name was Ella E. Hilpert, has one 
 son, Harold A., born April 29, 1888. Mr. 
 Woodward belongs to the Christian Church 
 of Hill, and is a life Director of the society. 
 He has charge of the church property, and has 
 been superintendent of the Sunday'-school 
 since it started, nine years ago. In politics 
 he is a Democrat. Keenly alive to all the 
 public interests of his town, he has taken an
 
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 BI()(n<APH ICAL R EVI FAV 
 
 active part in its affairs. He has served it 
 on its ]5oard of Education and in tlie capaci- 
 ties of Supervisor and Postmaster; and he 
 represented it in the State legislature in 
 1S84. As the town is strongly Republican, 
 his election to the legislature was remarkable 
 testimony of the great esteem in which he is 
 held by his townsmen of all parties. 
 
 SRA CUTTING EVANS, a well-known 
 printer and publisher of Concord, was 
 born in Hill, NTT, April 16, 1841, son 
 of Jonathan and Olive Aiken (Cutting) Evans. 
 His parents were natives of the State, and 
 have resided in Merrimack County over fifty 
 years. On the paternal side Mr. Evans is a 
 descendant of John Evans, who served in most 
 of the important battles fought in Northern 
 New England during the struggle for Ameri- 
 can independence. The Cutting family is 
 an old and highly reputable one; and John 
 O. Cutting, the maternal grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, served as a soldier in 
 the War of 1812, and was a prominent resi- 
 dent of Concord in his day. 
 
 Mr. Evans attended the public schools of 
 Concord until he was fourteen years old, and 
 then cntei'ed the employ of McFarland & 
 Jenks, publishers of the Nczv Ilaiiipshiir 
 'Statesman. On August 13, 1S62, he en- 
 listed as a private in the Twelfth Regiment, 
 New Hampshire Volunteers, for service in 
 the Civil War. The regiment joined the 
 Army of the Potomac at Pleasant Valley, Md., 
 and participated in all its battles. After the 
 battle of Gettysburg, in company with the 
 Second and Fifth New Hampshire Regiments, 
 it was sent to Point Lookout, Md., where it 
 was quartered some eight months, waiting for 
 recruits. When again ordered to active duty, 
 it was attached to the Army of the James, 
 
 under the command of General Butler. After 
 participating in the engagements at Drury'.s 
 Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, and Swift Creek, it 
 was transported to White House Landing, and 
 was with General Grant at the battle of Cold 
 Harbor. It was also present at the siege of 
 Petersburg, where Mr. Evans was promoted to 
 the post of principal musician, and at the 
 capture of Richmond. On June 21, 1865, it 
 was mustered out of the service. After his re- 
 turn from the army Mr. Evans resumed his 
 connection with the printing business in Con- 
 cord, first entering the employ of William 
 Butterfield, publisher of the Nciv Hampshire 
 Patriot. Afterward he was in the employ of 
 the Independent Democrat, People, and Indepen- 
 dent Statesman. His political affiliations have 
 been with the Republican party since reach- 
 ing his majority, and his vigorous advocacy of 
 its principles has been exceedingly valuable 
 to it in this part of the State. He was elected 
 to the legislature for the years 1895 and 1896. 
 He was also public printer during the years 
 1 891 and 1892. 
 
 On August 3, 1865, Mr. Evans wedded 
 Helen G. Rowe, a native of Concord. Of the 
 four children born to them, two are living — 
 Mabel Y, and Ira Leon. Mr. Evans is a mem- 
 ber of Eureka Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M. ; of 
 White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, I. O O. F. ; 
 of Concord Lodge, No. 8, Knights of Pythias, 
 of which he is a Past Chancellor; and of the 
 A. O. U. W. He is a Past Commander of 
 E. E. Sturtevant Post, No. 2, Grand Army of 
 the Reiuiblic; was delegate at large to the 
 National Encampment at San I""rancisco in 
 188.1.; and he has served as Aide-de-caniji upon 
 the staff of the department commander. He 
 was for five years connected with the National 
 Guard ; and he is the publisher of the ]'eterans' 
 Advoeate, which was established in 1884, and 
 which is the (jnly newspaper issued in New
 
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 109 
 
 Ilanijishiic devoted to the interests of the 
 Grand Army of tlie Republic and its auxil- 
 iaries. 
 
 ^\C^;/I!.IJAM CLARK, formerly Judge 
 of Probate for Sullivan County, was 
 born ill Claremont, March 6, 1819, 
 son of Moses and Fanny (I'atterson) Clark. 
 Mis ancestors on both sides were pioneer set- 
 tlers of Londonderry, N. IL Moses Clark, a 
 native of Londonderry, came when a young 
 man to Claremont, and settled upon a farm 
 situated on the old road to Newport. He fol- 
 lowed agriculture with success for the rest of 
 his life, and was one of the able farmers and 
 useful citizens of his day. In his religious 
 views he was a Universalist. lie was the 
 father of ten children, si.x sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 In his boyhood William Clark attended the 
 disti-ict school for several months each year. 
 He assisted upon the farm until he was 
 twenty-one years old. Then he apprenticed 
 himself to Rufus Carlton to learn the butcher- 
 ing and meat business. A year later he went 
 to work in the same business for Philemon 
 ToUes, with whom he remained three years. 
 After this he engaged in business for him- 
 self, and built up a large trade, which he 
 maintained alone for eight or nine years, and 
 for three years in partnership with Henry C. 
 Cowles. In this period for some time he 
 drove a meat wagon through the surrounding 
 towns, and each winter his route extended as 
 far as Concord. Selling out to his partner in 
 1857, he was afterward engaged in the whole- 
 sale grain and flour trade with Albert H. Dan- 
 forth for about fifteen years. In 1871 he re- 
 tired after an active business career of thirty 
 years, and devoted his attention to other in- 
 terests. He was employed in probate affairs 
 for many years, acting as administrator for 
 
 some of tile largest estates in Sullivan 
 County. From 1853 to 1868 he was a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen, and he was Chair- 
 man of the Hoard for ten years of that time. 
 In 1863 he was appointed United States 
 Deputy Assessor of Internal Revenue for this 
 district, and afterward held that position for 
 nine years. He was Town Clerk in 1871, 
 1872, and 1873, during which time the town 
 records were kept in a manner that reflected 
 the highest credit upon him. In 1876 he was 
 appointed Judge of Probate, a position which 
 he held until his death. The Supreme Court 
 never reversed a single decision of his from 
 which appeal had been made. He was a Di- 
 rector of the Claremont National Hank for 
 fourteen years and of the Sullivan Savings 
 Institution for twenty-nine years. 
 
 Judge Clark married Esther A. Bosworth, 
 who survives him. She was born in Royal- 
 ton, Vt., daughter of Jarvis and Bershey 
 (Crowell) Bosworth. Jarvis Bosworth, who 
 was a native of Rehoboth, R.I., settled in 
 Royalton, Vt., where he resided for the rest 
 of his life. An able, upright, and fair- 
 minded business man, possessing excellent 
 judgment and a thorough knowledge of finan- 
 cial matters, Mr. Clark was especially well 
 fitted to preside over the Probate Court. He 
 was a member of the Masonic fraternity and 
 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 He died at his home in Claremont, May 30, 
 1883. 
 
 LIV1-:R p. WILSON, a retired busi- 
 ness man and a prominent resident of 
 Dunbarton, was born in this town, 
 October 17, 1836, son of Thomas and Mary 
 (Mills) Wilson. The grandfather, John Wil- 
 son, who was the first of the family in this 
 town, was reared upon a farm, and acquired 
 the trade of shoemaking. An industrious and
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 thrifty man, it was his custom to attend to 
 the farm duties through the day, and make or 
 repair shoes for the farmers in his locality 
 until late at night. He was for many years a 
 Deacon of the Congregational church, and he 
 lived to a good old age. He married Anna 
 H. Kimball, of Hopkinton, and reared a fam- 
 ily of eleven children. 
 
 Thomas Wilson, who was also a native of 
 Dunbarton, attended school until he was seven- 
 teen years old. Afterward for a time he 
 assisted his father upon the farm. Later he 
 served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed as a journeyman for a 
 few years. Then, relinquishing that calling, 
 he engaged in a mercantile business in Dun- 
 barton, and carried on a prosperous trade for 
 several years. The profits of this business, 
 together with the income of a large farm which 
 he conducted at the same time, had placed him 
 in very comfortable circumstances before his 
 death. This event, which occurred when he 
 was seventy-five years old, was the result of 
 an accident. He rendered faithful and effi- 
 cient service as Town Treasurer and Collector 
 for a number of years, and he was active in the 
 Congregational church. His wife, Mary, who 
 was a daughter of Reuben Mills, of Hamp- 
 .stead, had eight children, of whom five are 
 living. 
 
 ' Oliver P. Wilson acquired a common- 
 school education, and at the age of sixteen 
 began life as a farm assistant. After follow- 
 ing the latter occupation for two or three 
 year.s, he went to Manchester, where he 
 learned photograjjhy, and worked at the busi- 
 ness for three year.s. Then, returning to 
 Dunbarton, he entered his father's store as 
 a partner, and opened a photograph gallery. 
 Upon the death of his father he became the 
 sole proprietor of the store, which he prosper- 
 ously conducted for twenty-five years. In 
 
 1S90 he sold out to his son-in-law, and retired 
 from active pursuits. For a number of years 
 he and his father acted as agents for the 
 Olzendam Hosiery Company of Manchester, 
 during which time they supplied some fifty 
 families with work in that line. He has also 
 been an extensive dealer in real estate, having 
 bought and sold a large number of farms in 
 this section. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage 
 with Nancy ¥. Chamberlain, daughter of 
 Thomas and Eliza Chamberlain, of Goffstown, 
 N. H., and has reared two children. In 1873, 
 1874, 1S75, and 1876 Mr. Wilson was elected 
 Town Treasurer, and Collector in 1874, 1S75, 
 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1889, 1891, and 1897; 
 and for twenty-five years he served as Post- 
 master, the office having been located in his 
 store. He has also acted as Constable and 
 Justice of the Peace. Prominently identified 
 with the First Congregational Church, he has 
 been its treasurer and collector as well as the 
 treasurer, superintendent, and librarian of the 
 Sunday-school. 
 
 Rh:KMAN CUTTING, a prosperous 
 farmer of Newport, was born in Croy- 
 don, N.H., Jul}' 19, i82r, son of I'ran- 
 cis and Keziah (Hudson) Cutting. His 
 grandfather, Benjamin Cutting, one of the 
 first settlers of Croydon, was an energetic and 
 successful farmer; and he served his country 
 in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin and his 
 wife, Anna Bemas Cutting, died at the re- 
 spective ages of eighty-eight antl ninety years. 
 Of their thirteen childien none are now living. 
 Francis Cutting, who was ne.xt to the young- 
 est, followed his father's occupation, that of 
 farming. lie was also an extensive stock 
 dealer, in fact, doing, it is claimed, the 
 largest business in that line in Sullivan
 
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 (■()Ui)ty. Ilis propcity consisted (if cij^lit liun- 
 (Irod acres of land. In religion lie was of 
 the Methodist I']piscopal belief, and in poli- 
 ties lie was a Democrat. On his seventy- 
 eighth birthday he died on the farm where he 
 was horn. Mis wife lived to be seventy-si.\ 
 years of age. 'I'hey had nine children — 
 tiirce (lauij;htci's and six sons. I'ive of these 
 children are now living, the subject of this 
 sketch being the eldest. The others are: 
 .Shepherd Cutting, of Newport; Addison Cut- 
 ting, of Croydon; Mr.s. Diantha \'oung, the 
 wife of Israel Young, of New]iort ; and Mrs. 
 I'hilinda I'ike. The others were: Alfred, 
 Ireua, iMorrill, and l-'lan. 
 
 Freeman Cutting grew up on the old farm 
 in Crovdon, receiving his education in the 
 town schools. At the age of twenty-one he 
 puichascd one huiulred and twenty-one acres of 
 land adjoining his father's property in New- 
 port. After living on this estate for eleven 
 vears, he sold it and bought another in Clare- 
 niont, on which he resided for eight years. 
 At the end of that time he moved back to 
 Newport, and in 1871 he bought the pro[)crty 
 on which he now resides. It contains four 
 lumdieil acres, which, taken with what he 
 owns elsewhere, makes about nine hundred 
 acres .belonging to him. lie has one of the 
 best sets of farm builtliiigs in the town, and 
 the appearance of thrift and progress is visible 
 everywhere. He has worked with untiring 
 energy, made a great many improvements, and 
 keejis up well with the times. In this lies 
 the secret of his success. He deals extensively 
 in cattle, and is a leading stock-raiser. At 
 present he has seventy-five head of cattle on 
 his farm, and he makes a specialty of the milk 
 industry. Giving his personal attention to all 
 the details of the farm management, the best 
 results are in tliis way secured. 
 
 Mr. Cutting was married in 1S43 to Kmily 
 
 A. Hubbard, vvjio, born in Charlcstown, 
 N. H., in 1823, daughter of Oliver Hubbard, 
 died A|)ril 17, 1894. Their ten children arc 
 all living; namely, Dcnnison, Kmily, )<ihn, 
 Iklah, Louis, Achar, Zilpha, Sarah, Abbie, 
 and Viola. 
 
 Mr. Cutting takes an interest in the welfare 
 of the community. He was I'irst Selectman 
 of New|iort for several terms. Overseer of the 
 Poor for the same length of time, and he 
 served acceptably in the capacity of Tax 
 Collector. 
 
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 LI,I':\ bRANCES KVANS, of Krank- 
 in, whose intelligence and worth com- 
 mand the highest esteem of her large 
 circle of friends and accjuaintanccs, was born 
 June 27, 1S45, in Sanbornton, N. II., daugh- 
 ter of lulward and Phoebe (Morrison) Evans. 
 Her ancestors were prominent among the 
 pioneers of Belknap County. Miss lu'ans's 
 father, a native of Sanbornton, generally 
 known as Master Evans, for a number of years 
 successfully taught schools in Andover and 
 Sanbornton; and many of his pupils have at- 
 tained [iromincnce in business and professional 
 life. For thirty-seven years Mr. Evans re- 
 sided at the Morrison farm in his native town. 
 He died of apople.xy, September 14, 1S72, 
 aged seventy-seven years. Having done much 
 for the general good of the community, he was 
 generally mourned. His wife, Phuebe, who 
 was also a native of Sanbornton and a daugh- 
 ter of David Morrison, died August 16, 1S75, 
 aged seventy-five years. Her noble and un- 
 selfish character was demonstrated in her 
 cvery-day life, and her charity was dispensed 
 liberally among the needy and suffering. 
 While residing with her son in Boston, she 
 suddenly became conscious of her approaching 
 end, and, at her desire, was brought to her old 
 home in Sanbornton. Here her last days were
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ]5eacefully spent in waiting for the final 
 moment, of which she had no fear. She had 
 formerly sung in the church choir, and in this 
 period the singing of sacred songs seemed to 
 revive her memories of the past and was a 
 source of much consolation. 
 
 Edward and Phcebe (Morrison) ICvans were 
 the parents of eight children; namely, Ran- 
 som Flagg, Edward Dustin, Lucy Ann, Mary 
 Jane, Sarah, Susan, George Sullivan, and Ellen 
 Frances. Ransom Flagg Evans, born January 
 9, 1824, who became a member of the firm 
 Sands, Furber & Co., and was connected with 
 the wholesale and retail produce business in 
 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, for over forty 
 years, died suddenly in 1896. He not only 
 improved the old homestead, but generously 
 provided for the comfort of his relatives in 
 Sanbornton. The ICvans family monument 
 in the new cemetery in Fran-klin, placed there 
 by him in 1880, is one of the most costly and 
 imposing shafts erected in this vicinity. Ed- 
 ward Dustin L^x'ans, born May 16, 1826, mar- 
 ried Frances Perley, of New Bedford, Mass., 
 and resided in that town until -a year previous 
 to his death, which occurred December 25, 
 1859, at the age of thirty-three years. Lucy 
 Ann Evans, born October 19, 1831, on March 
 12, 1865, married Jacob Fnttler, who was born 
 August 19, 1839, and is now a member of the 
 firm of Sands, Furber & Co. Mr. and Mrs. 
 I-'olller, who reside at 57 Chestnut Street, 
 Boston, have two children : Frances Belle, 
 born July 16, 1866; and Milton l-^ans, born 
 April 14, 1869. Mary Jane Evans, who was 
 born June 9, 1834, married Nathaniel M. 
 Colby, an extensive farmer of P'ranklin, N.LI. 
 .Sarah Evans, born A])ril 9, 1836, on Novem- 
 ber 16, 1870, married Beniah B. Davidson, 
 who was born in Iloldcrness, N. IL, July 31, 
 1835. They reside at tlie old homestead, and 
 have one of the finest residences in Sanborn- 
 
 ton. Susan Evans, born April 22, 1838, died 
 March 2, 1854; and George Sullivan Evans, 
 born November i, 1840, died June 23, 1857. 
 Ellen Frances Evans, the subject of this 
 sketch, spends much of her time with her 
 sisters in Boston and Sanbornton, and she also 
 makes frequent visits to Mr. and Mrs. S. P. 
 Thompson in Franklin. 
 
 t^TAZEN B. MARTIN, a highly re- 
 r^4 spected resident of L^ranklin and a 
 -l^ \^_^ veteran of the Civil War, was born 
 in Bradford, Vt. , March 17, 1834, son of Ben- 
 jamin and Sally (Barker) Martin. Both par- 
 ents, as well as the gran'dfather, Levi Barker, 
 were natives of Bradford. The latter was a 
 farmer and a cooper. Benjamin Martin died 
 in 1S63, and his wife died in 1864. Of their 
 twelve children, five died young. Those who 
 lived to maturity were: Bailey, Benjamin 
 Franklin, Alba G., the Rev. Albert LI., Lydia 
 S., Catherine, and Hazeii B. Bailey wedded 
 Mary Mclntire, and died at the age of thirty- 
 six years. Benjamin Franklin lived in 
 Athens, Ohio. The Rev. Albert II., who 
 married for his first wife Abigail Pickett, of 
 Bradford, Vt., and for his second Maria 
 Leavitt, of Franklin, and died Jauuar}' 19, 
 1895, had i)reached fifty-three years as a 
 Christian minister. Lydia S. married Har- 
 ran Wilmot, and both are now deceased. 
 Catherine and her husband, John Mclntire, 
 have also passed away. 
 
 Hazen B. Martin was educated in the 
 common schools, and resided at home until 
 seventeen years old. He worked as a farm 
 assistant until twenty-two, and tiicn went to 
 Manchester, N.IL, wiiere lie later learned tiie 
 moulder's trade. 
 
 The seventh volunteer in Manchester, he 
 enlisted on Ajjril 22, 1S61, in tlie Abbott's
 
 IlloCKArillCAL REVIKW 
 
 '•i 
 
 Guards, wliicli were mustered into llie Second 
 New I lampsliire l\Cf^imcnt as Cnnipany I. 
 Ilis active service in the Civil War l)c<;an in 
 August of ilie same year, wlien lie marched 
 with ilis regiment from Washington to tlic 
 fiont. He paiticipatcd in the first battle of 
 Hull Run, aiul was present at the liattles of 
 Yorktown, Williamsburg, b'air Oaks, the 
 seven days' fight, and Malvern Hill. In 
 y\ugust, 1S62, he was taken prisoner and con- 
 fined for six weeks in Libby Prison. After 
 his release he was taken to Fortress Monroe, 
 where he suffered a long illness. When re- 
 stored to health, he was transferred to Annap- 
 olis, Md. Later he went to Camp b'almouth; 
 and in March, 1S63, he came home on a fur- 
 lough. He was discharged in the following 
 June at Concord on account of physical disa- 
 bility. 'I'he illness contracted in the army 
 continued with him for many months after. 
 In 1865 he returned to Manchester, and later 
 resumed his trade in Nashua. I'rom that cit)' 
 he went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he 
 worked as long as his health permitted. 
 Then he obtained employment of a less ardu- 
 ous nature upon a railroad. An accident laid 
 him up for six months. In 1873 he settled in 
 Franklin, ujion what is known as the Dimond 
 farm.. Since then he has followed agriculture 
 and peddled tinwaic upon the road. 
 
 Mr. IVIartin has been three times married. 
 His first marriage was made with Martha 
 Tuttle, of Manchester. His second united 
 him to Kate Dimond, of Franklin. His pres- 
 ent wife was formerly Mrs. Carrie Hildreth 
 Harvey. She was born in Bethlehem, N.H., 
 April 21, 1847, daughter of Klias and Hannah 
 (Nourse) Hiklreth, of whose seven children 
 Sarah, Carrie, and Addie are living. Mrs. 
 Martin's first husband was G. W. Wesley, of 
 Bethlehem, N. H., who belonged to the third 
 generation from Charles and John Wesley, the 
 
 foundcns of Methodism. He died October 20, 
 1867, leaving one son, George W. Mrs. Mar- 
 tin's second husband was Uaniel Harvey, who 
 died in 1880. By his first marriage Mr. Mar- 
 tin has three children — Koscoc, IClla F., and 
 Anion H. By his present union he has one 
 daughter — Minnie May, ])orn July 29, 18S6. 
 Politically, Mr. Martin is a Republican. He 
 is a member of Granite Lodge, No. i, 
 I. O. O. v., of Nashua; of the Pilgrim 
 Fathers, the Good TemjiJars, and the grange; 
 and he is a comrade of George F. Swett Post, 
 No. 38, G. A. R., of Franklin. 
 
 ^Ji:NRY EASTMAN CHAMBI':RLIN. 
 the Superintendent of the Concord 
 Street Railway, was born in New- 
 bury, \'t. , May 28, 1854, son of Charles and 
 Ruth (I'^astman) Chamberlin. His father was 
 a native (jf Newbury, and his mother was born 
 in Haverhill, N.H. ; and he is a lineal descend- 
 ant, on the maternal side, of Roger Eastman, 
 the founder of the family in America. He 
 attended the public schools of Newbury, \'t., 
 and Haverhill, N.H., until he was fourteen 
 years old. In 1869 he went to Union City, 
 Ind., where he entered the employ of the 
 Belle Fontaine_ Railroad Comjiany as a mes- 
 senger boy, and rose to the position of tele- 
 gra[)h o]icrator. In 1870 he took charge of 
 the office in Anderson, Ind., and, after work- 
 ing in a similar capacity for the company at 
 various points along their line, he in 1S73 
 came to Concord, and entered the train des- 
 patcher's office of the Northern New Hamp- 
 shire Railroad. In 1875 he was appointed 
 station agent at P'isherville (now Penacook), 
 and held that position until April, 1893, when 
 he resigned in order to accept the superintend- 
 ency of the Concord Street Railway. 
 
 On November 23, 1875, Mr. Chamberlin
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 wedded Mary E. Livongood, of Union City, 
 Ind. She is now the mother of three chil- 
 dren; namely, Myla, lyla, aiul Ruth Eliza- 
 beth. In politics Mr. Chamberlin is a Re- 
 publican. In 1892 he was elected a member 
 of the Board of Aldermen from Ward One for 
 two years, and in i8g6 he was elected member 
 of the State legislature for two years. He is 
 connected with Contoocook Lodge, No. 26, 
 I. O. O. F., of I'enacook ; with Penacook En- 
 campment, No. 3, of Concord ; and with J. S. 
 Durgin Camp, No. 7, Sons of Veterans. As 
 a railway official he has won the esteem and 
 friendship of the general public, with whom 
 he is very popular; and his efforts to improve 
 tiie .street car scr\ice are heartily appreciated 
 by all. 
 
 -^KNJAMIN F. PORTER, a member 
 of the Board of Selectmen of Plain- 
 field, was born in this town, August 
 28, 1852, son of Jabez and Eliza F. (Green) 
 Porter. The Rev. Micah Porter, the father 
 of Jabez, was a Congregational minister, who, 
 after preaching in Connecticut, his native 
 State, for some years, was called to Plainfield, 
 where he ])asscd the rest of his life. He was 
 also a cancer doctor. The maiden name of 
 his wife was Elizabeth Gallup, and his chil- 
 dren were: Isaac, Benjamin, William, John, 
 Jabez, Martha, and Phoebe. The five sons 
 .studied medicine, and four of them became 
 l^ractitioncrs. Isaac located in Wisconsin, 
 where he died; and his chikhen are residing 
 there still. Benjamin, who was a physician 
 in Northfield, Vt., is now deceased. William 
 was studying medicine at the time of his 
 death, which occurred when he was thirty 
 years old. John settled in Du.xbury, Mass., 
 where he resided for the rest of his life, and 
 was one of the ])rominent physicians of Plym- 
 outh County. He married Ann Thomas, and 
 
 reared a family. Martha, who married a Mr. 
 Walker and had two children, settled in a 
 Western State. Phcebe died at about the age 
 of twenty-nine. 
 
 Jabez Porter, father of Benjamin I'., was 
 born in Connecticut, December 22, 1796. 
 He attended the Kimball Union Academy and 
 also studied medicine. He settled upon a 
 farm in Plainfield, where for many years he 
 made a specialty of treating cancers, having a 
 sanitarium in which to board and attend to his 
 patients. In this connection he was known 
 throughout the New England States as a suc- 
 cessful specialist. He was a Republican in 
 politics, and he served for a number of years 
 in the capacity of Collector of Taxes. Jabez 
 Porter died in August, 18S6. His wife, 
 Eliza, was born in Cavendish, Vt., June 4, 
 1 81 5, daughter of Isaac Green, of Plymouth, 
 Vt., who was a prominent farmer of that local- 
 ity. She bore him five children — Amos P., 
 Jabez A., Benjamin F., Sophia E., and John. 
 Amos P. died at the age of three years, and 
 Jabez A. when twenty months old. Sophia 
 E. , who, born August 24, 1854, died Decem- 
 ber 2, 1887, was the wife of the late Harrison 
 Jordan, a well-to do resident of Plainfield. 
 John, born February 23, 1856, who completed 
 his education at the Kimball Union Academy, 
 and is now occujjying the old Porter home- 
 stead in this town, married Annette Z. 
 Rogers, daughter of Daniel Rogers, an indus- 
 trious farmer of Ilartland, \^t., and has four 
 children — George B., John D., l{dwin M., 
 and Harland E. Mrs. Jabez Porter died Sep- 
 tember 7, 1872. 
 
 Benjamin !■". Porter acquired his education 
 in a public schod] and in a pi'ivate school of 
 his native town. He assisted upon the farm 
 until the death of his father. After managing 
 tiie property for some time in company with 
 his brother John, he bought the Sjiencer farm,
 
 CHARLES WINCH.
 
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 "7 
 
 where he now resides. lie was formerly 
 engaged in raising cattle and sheep, but of late 
 he gives his attention to horse-breeding. His 
 energy and al)i]ity as a general farmer enable 
 him to m.ake agriculture a most profitable 
 einphiynient, and he ranks among the well- 
 to-do residents of Plainfield. Politically, he 
 acts with the Republican party; and for a 
 nimiber of years he has served the town ably 
 and faithfully as a member of the Board of 
 Selectmen. He possesses the valuable rem- 
 edies used by his father, and is frequently 
 called upon to treat patients in this vicinity. 
 Mr. Porter married for his first wife Eliza 
 L. VVhittakcr, who was born in Plainfield, 
 March 3, 1856. .She died October 21, 1.S77, 
 leaving no children. His present wife, who 
 was before marriage Jennie F. Spaulding, was 
 born in this town January 26, 1867, daughter 
 of .Alfred Spaulding. Mr. Porter is connected 
 with the Patr(ins of Husbandry, and is a mem- 
 lier of tiie Congregational cliurch. 
 
 jIIARLlvS WINCH, a Justice of the 
 Peace and a successful farmer of 
 Langdon, is a native of Sullivan, 
 Cheshire County. He was born November 
 13, 1845, son of Thomas and Clarissa (Town) 
 Winch. The family, which is of pjiglish 
 origin, was founded by Samuel Winch, w-ho 
 settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1670. Caleb, 
 the great-grandfather of Charles, was born in 
 Framingham, Mass., September 26, 1744. In 
 1768, when he was married, he removed to 
 Fitzwilliam, where he resided until his death 
 in 1826. He was a man of means, influential 
 in town affairs and active in church work. 
 The maiden name of his wife was Mehitable 
 Maynard. His son, John, born in Fitzwill- 
 iam, March 10, 1778, was a prosperous farmer 
 and took an acti\e interest in town affairs. 
 
 John's wife, whose maiden name was Lucy 
 Gary, born in Leominster, Mass., died Sep- 
 tember 13, 185 I. John and Lucy Winch were 
 the parents of ten children,' born as follows: 
 Jeremiah, February 23, 1805; Lucy, Decem- 
 ber 5, 1806; John, September 9, 1808; Suka, 
 July 21, 1810; Caleb, April 19, 1812; 
 Thomas, March 2, 1814; Esther, March 11, 
 181 7; ]5et.sey, March 31, 1818; Nancy, Octo- 
 ber 25, 1820; and Abbie A., September 2, 
 1822. 
 
 Thomas Winch was born and educated in 
 Sullivan. In 1855 he came to Langdon, and 
 was there for a prolonged period, extensively 
 engaged in general farming, cattle and sheep 
 raising, besides being very active in town 
 affairs. He was Selectman in Sullivan and 
 Langdon, and Chairman of the Hoard in each 
 place, a Justice of the Peace for ten years, 
 and Representative to the State legislature in 
 1861-62. His death occurred August 8, 
 i8g6, in his eighty-third year. His wife, 
 Clarissa Town Winch, who was born in 
 Stoddard, N. II., October 28, 181 8, now lives 
 in Marlow, N. H. Three sons and a daugh- 
 ter were born of their union; namely, Charles, 
 Thomas D., IClla M., and George. Thomas 
 D. , born in Sullivan, October 10, 1847, com- 
 pleted his education at Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy of Meriden, N.H., and is now living in 
 Peterboro, N. H., being a member of the large 
 grocery firm of Winch & Field. He married 
 Josephine Nichols, of Peterboro. Ella M., 
 born in Sullivan, August 28, 1849, married 
 George C. Friend, a successful farmer of 
 Marlow. She died January 10, 1894, sur- 
 \ivcd by her husband and one daughter, 
 Blanche Ina P'riend. George, born in Lang- 
 don, July II, 1857, attended the common 
 schools of Langdon, and then prepared for col- 
 lege at Kimball Union Academy and St. 
 Johnsbury Academy of \'ermont. He then
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 entered Dartmouth College, and was graduated 
 therefrom thoroughly equipped for his chosen 
 vocation of a teacher. He began teaching in 
 Haverhill, N. H., after which he taught for a 
 time in Fitchburg. On leaving the latter 
 place, he became principal of the Varney 
 School of Manchester, N. H., which position 
 he has held for many years. He was married 
 August 24, 1887, to Miss Emily Corinne 
 1 [olden, daughter of Charles A. Holden, of 
 Langdon, and has one child, Emily Josephine 
 Winch. 
 
 Charles Winch completed his education in 
 Kimlxdl Union Academy of Meriden, N. H. 
 Keturning home then, he assisted his father 
 in the work of the farm for a time. Subse- 
 quently he engaged in teaching school in 
 Westford, Mass. ; but he finally returned to 
 general farming, in which he has since been 
 profitably engaged. His enterjirises include 
 dairying and stock-raising, and he makes a 
 specialty of thorough-bred cattle. 
 
 On September 8, 1875, Mr. Winch married 
 Miss Abbie L. Hubbard, who was born De- 
 cember 5, 1S46, in Sullivan, daughter of 
 George F. and Betsey Hubbard, of that place. 
 They have five children, namely: Elton W., 
 born January 7, 1S77; Walter T. , born June 
 27,-1879; Clara A., born I'ebruary 14, iSSi; 
 Bessie E., born May 24, 1883; and Helen L., 
 born April 4, 1892. Elton and Walter are 
 pupils of Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, 
 Mass. ; and Clara and Bessie attend the gram- 
 mar school of Marlow, N. H. 
 
 The Republican party has no stancher su]i- 
 jinrter than Mr. Winch. lie was suijcrintend- 
 ent of schools for several years. He has 
 served acceptably in the capacity of Select- 
 man. He was Ta.x Collector for three years. 
 In 1895 he was a Representative to the .State 
 legislature, serving on the Committee on 
 Agricultine. For one year he was a member 
 
 of the School Board, and he is now serving as 
 Town Auditor and Justice of the Peace. The 
 only secret society he has connection with is 
 the Order of the Golden Cross. An esteemed 
 member of the Congregational church, he has 
 been superintendent of the Sunday-school for 
 seventeen years. 
 
 OHN S. HUBBARD, a manufacturer of 
 cigars and a wholesale and retail dealer 
 in cigars and tobacco at Concord, 
 N.H., was born in Greenville, N.H., Decem- 
 ber 18, 1838, son of John and Mary (Ken- 
 nedy) Hubbard. John Hubbard, his grand- 
 father, born at New Ipswich, N. H., was a 
 distinguished professor of mathematics at 
 Dartmouth College for many years. He at- 
 tained a good old age. The original progen- 
 itor of the Hubbard family in America came 
 from England and settled in Concord, Mass. 
 The father, also a native of New Ipswich, was 
 a graduate of Dartmouth College. For a [lor- 
 tion of his life he taught school in Dartmouth, 
 and always lived at the old homestead, which 
 is still in the possession of the Hubbard fam- 
 ily. His death occurred in i860. By his 
 wife, Mary, he became the father of seven 
 children, of whom Mary A., William E., 
 Charles L. , and Louisa J. are deceased. The 
 others are: George H., who resides at Man- 
 chester, N. H. ; Harriet B. , who married Eu- 
 gene C. Gardiner, of Springfield, Mass., and 
 resides in that town; and John S., of this 
 sketch. 
 
 After receiving his education in the schools 
 of New Ipswich, John S. Hubbard learned 
 cigar-making at Manchester, where he re- 
 mained until 1859. l'"or some time after that 
 he followed the trade in vari(}us places. In 
 May, 1861, he enlisted as a j^rivate in Com- 
 pany K, Tenth Massachusetts Infantry, and
 
 niOORAI'IHCAI, RIA'IKW 
 
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 suhsciiucnlly in the (^ivil War made a mnst 
 creditable record. After the battle of Antie- 
 tam he received a commission as Second 
 Lieutenant in the Tenth New Hampshire Vol- 
 unteers. After I'"redcricl<sburg he was pro- 
 moted to the grade of First Lieutenant. Still 
 another well -deserved promotion followed 
 these honors, when lie was raised to the rank 
 of a Captain and placed in cuniniand of a com- 
 [xui)'. At Malvern Hill he received a slight 
 wound. Drury's Bluff was the last battle in 
 which he particiiiated. After leaving the 
 army, he returned to business. In 1870 he 
 went to Concord and began to manufacture 
 cigars and deal in cigars by wholesale and 
 retail. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard married Clara A. Gilman, 
 daughter of William Gilman, of Concord. 
 They have two chikhen — Grace L. and 
 Helen ]•'. Mr. Hubbard is a Gold Democrat 
 in his politics. He cast his first Presiden- 
 tial vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Cirand Army organization and a 
 prominent Odd Fellow. In religion he affil- 
 iates with the Unitarians. His fellow-towns- 
 men esteem him as one of their foremost busi- 
 ness men. 
 
 OHN FRANCIS WF15STKR, of Con- 
 cord, the treasurer of the Concord & 
 Montreal Railroad, was born in Dor- 
 chester, Mass., November iS, 1837, son of 
 Nathaniel F. and Miriam (Couch) Webster, 
 both natives of Salisbury, N. H. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Savannah, Ga. , 
 and Concord, N. H., and comnleted his studies 
 at the age of nineteen. His first employment 
 for salary was that of book-keeper for Moure, 
 Cilley & Co., hardware merchants of this city, 
 with whom he remained for a year and a half. 
 On March 14, 1.S57, he entered the employ of 
 the Concoril Railroad Corjioration as cashier 
 
 in the local freight office, where he continued 
 until 1862, when he was promoted to the gen- 
 eral freight office. On May i, 1865, he was 
 made cashier of the road, a position that he 
 subsequently filled for nearly twenty-five 
 years. In September, 1889, he was appointed 
 to his present office, that of treasurer of the 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad. His long ex- 
 perience in the financial department of a carry- 
 ing corporation had previously qualified him 
 for this position. He is now a well-known 
 railroad financier. He is also interested in 
 the Mechanics' National Hank, of which he is 
 a Director, and in the Loan and Trust Savings 
 Bank of Concord, of which he is a Trustee. 
 Politically, he is a Republican. He repre- 
 sented Concord in the legislature during the 
 years 1889 and i8go, and was a member of the 
 Board of Aldermen from Ward I*"our in 1895, 
 1S96, 1897, and 1898. 
 
 On June 18, 1856, Mr. Webster was united 
 in marriage with Mary J. Cutting, of this city. 
 She died in November, 1893, leaving four 
 children, namely : Jennie Margaret, now the 
 wife of Edward E. Brown, of Concord ; Clara 
 Helen, the wife of Joseph S. Mathews, of this 
 city; Jessie Marion; and Frances May. Mr. 
 Webster was again married February 6, 1S97, 
 to Miss Stella Hutchinson, of Manchester, 
 N.H. A Mason of high standing, he is a 
 member of Blazing Star Lodge, No. 11; of 
 Trinity Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons; 
 of Horace Chase Council, No. 4, Royal and 
 Select Masters; of Mount Iloreb Commandery, 
 Knights Templar; of Edward A. Raymond 
 Consistory, of Nashua ; and of the Royal 
 Order of Scotland. He has been the presid- 
 ing officer of all of the Masonic bodies in 
 Concord, and Grand Master, Grand High 
 Priest, and Grand Commander of the State 
 bodies. He is one of the few whose qualifica- 
 tions enable them to reach the thirty-third
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 degree, which was conferred upon him at Bos- 
 ton, September 17, 1885, by the Supreme 
 Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, 
 for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the 
 United States of America. Mr. Webster is a 
 member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 
 
 J~>v ANIKL C. WESTGATE, a promi- 
 — 1 nent resident of Plainfield and an 
 ^ ex-member of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in this town, June 4, 
 1857, son of Earl and Sarah Chase (Cole) 
 Westgate. His great-grandfather, John West- 
 gate, who was the first ancestor of the family 
 to settle in Plainfield, came here in 1778. 
 John married Grace Church, of Tiverton, 
 R.I., a descendant of Colonel Benjamin 
 Church, who commanded the Colonial forces 
 in the war against King Philip. They were 
 the parents of eleven children; namely, 
 Betsey, John, Eydia, tlarl, Priscilla, Mary, 
 George, W'illiam, Joseph, Benjamin, and 
 Hannah. P2arl Westgate, grandfather of 
 Daniel C, accompanied his parents to this 
 town, and spent the active period of his life 
 upon the farm now occupied by his son. Earl 
 Westgate (second). He married P^lizabeth 
 Waite, daughter of Nathaniel and Annie 
 (Svvectser) Waite, of Hubbardston, Mass., 
 and was by her the father of si.v children; 
 namely, I'llizabeth, John, Nathaniel W., 
 Anna W. , George, and Earl. 
 
 h:arl Westgate, Daniel C. Westgate's 
 father, was born in Plainfield, December 17, 
 1808. He assisted in carrying on the farm 
 until his father's death, when he succeeded to 
 the projjerty. By judicious management he 
 obtained a good income from the estate. 
 P'ailing health compelled him to retire Irom 
 active labor some years since, and the farm is 
 now managed by his son. In religious belief 
 
 he is a Baptist, and he has been a Deacon of 
 that church for fifty years. His first wife, in 
 maidenhood Sarah Chase Cole, who was born 
 in Plainfield, November 24, 1S15, daughter of 
 Daniel and Martha (Johnson) Cole, died Janu- 
 ary iS, 1876. The maiden name of his second 
 wife was Abigail M. Camp, and she died four 
 years after her marriage. I^arl Westgate had 
 si.x children, all the offsjjring of his first 
 union. They were: William H, born De- 
 cember g, 1840; Martha E., born January 9, 
 1842; Edith S., born June 29, 1846; Julia 
 A., born August 8, 1848, who died November 
 19, 1865; Mary E., born November i, 1854, 
 who died February 29, 1864; and Daniel C, 
 the subject of this sketch. William E., who 
 attended school at Kimball Union Academy, 
 has held some of the important town offices, 
 and is now County Commissioner. He mar- 
 ried Charlotte E. Bryant, of Cornish, N.H., 
 and has two children — Earl and Martha P). 
 The latter is now the wife of Pxlwin M. 
 Quimby. Her aunt, Martha \l. Westgate, 
 who attended the academy and was formerly 
 a successful school teacher, is now the widow 
 of Freeman Holt, late of Eyme, N.H., and 
 presides over her father's household. ]{dith 
 S. Westgate, who is the wife of Carlos D. 
 Colby, a wealthy farmer of Plainfield, has had 
 eight children, seven of whom are living. 
 Daniel C. Westgate was educated in the 
 schools of Plainfield and at New London, 
 N. H. .Since tiien he has given his attention 
 to general farming at, the homestead, and has 
 had the entire charge of the farm since his 
 father's retirement. He is one of the Repub- 
 lican ])arty leaders in this locality, and has 
 served the town ably and faithfully as Town 
 Clerk and Treasurer. y\lso he was Select- 
 man for si.x years, having been Chairman of the 
 IJoard for two years of that time; and he repre- 
 sented the town in the State legislature, where
 
 I!IO(;r.\i'iiical revikvv 
 
 he served on the Committee on Appropriations, 
 lie is at present Master of l^low-mc-down 
 Grange. 
 
 On June 13, 1.S7S, Mr. Westgatc was united 
 in marriage with Clara J. Stone, who was born 
 in riainfield, March 27, 1.S55, daughter of 
 .Siijonioii Stone. She is now the mother of 
 two daughters: Mary K., liorn November 27, 
 1879; and ]5essie S. , l)orn Octoljer 15, 1S83. 
 Mary E. atteniled Kimljall Union y\cademy, 
 and is now a prominent scliool teaclicr in this 
 town. 15essie S. is still attending school. 
 
 llIARI.lCS F. ADAMS, the junior 
 proprietor and business manager of the 
 needle factory at Hill, was born at 
 Ilill, October 2, 1857, youngest son of the 
 late Harrison Achuns. The grandfather, Kus- 
 sel Adams, a farmer by occupation, moved to 
 Hill when it was New Chester. His wife, 
 Susan Fifield Adams, had eight children. 
 Of these Harrison Adams was one of the 
 principal founders of the needle factory. 
 Associated in business with Harrison were 
 his two sons, P. C. Shaw and Stephen Wood- 
 ward. 
 
 Charles F. Adams received his education in 
 the district schools and in the Choate School 
 of Boston. He then went into his father's 
 factory, beginning at the bottom of the ladder. 
 From this position he worked his way up 
 through the various departments, and is to-day 
 the manager of the business. It is claimed 
 that the factory employs more men than any 
 olhei' concern in town. Mr. Adams married 
 Miss Henrietta 15. Murrill, a daughter of Har- 
 rison and Olive Morrill. She is now the 
 mother of three children — Heber, George E., 
 and Carl, who form a [deasant family group. 
 Like his father and brother, George H., Mr. 
 Adams is a jMominent figure in social and re- 
 
 ligious organizations and a prime mover in all 
 affairs relating to the civil and administrative 
 welfare of the town. He is a member of the 
 present legislature, Selectman of the town, 
 and Chairman of the School Hoard, as well as 
 an active Odd Fellow. In politics a Rc|)ubli- 
 can, he had the pleasure of casting his first 
 Presidential vote in 1880 for General Garfield. 
 
 SOSJCPH L. CALL, who was a leading 
 resident of Franklin and dealt largely 
 in cattle, was born in this town, Au- 
 gust 31, 1840, son of Hazen H. and Mary 
 (Thomas) Call. His father was a native of 
 Franklin; and his mother was born in San- 
 bornton, N. II. His parents' family comprised 
 eight children. An account of his ancestry 
 and immediate relatives will be found on an- 
 other jiage in the biography of Dana W. Call. 
 After attending the common schools for the 
 usual jieriod, Joseph, at the age of seventeen, 
 began to work as a farm assistant in this local- 
 ity. When twenty years old, he engaged in 
 the cattle business, which was thereafter his 
 chief occuixition. He became one of the best 
 known drovers in this ]3art of the State, l-'or 
 many years he was an extensive buyer of 
 cattle, sheej), and hogs, which he shipped to 
 Brighton, Mass. He was unusually success- 
 ful. Some years ago he settled at the home- 
 stead. He owned about four hundred acres of 
 land, and at the time of his decease he was 
 one of the largest general farmers in Franklin. 
 In October, 1861, he married Ann G. Sever- 
 ance. She was born in Salisbury, N. H., De- 
 cember 25, 1841, daughter of Stillnian and 
 Martha (Lowell) Severance. Her parents re- 
 sided in Salisbury until 1S50, when they 
 moved to Franklin and settled on a farm in 
 the northern part of the town. Stillnian Sev- 
 erance died in 1862, and his wife in 1S81.
 
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 Mr. and Mrs. Call had two children, namely: 
 Cora Belle, born in 1862, who i.s now the wife 
 of Frank \V. Foster, a prosperous farmer of 
 Hill, N.H. ; and Katherine L., born Decem- 
 ber 12, 1S65, who is now the wife of Arthur 
 B. Simonds, an employee of the needle factory 
 in Hill. Mrs. Simonds is an accomplished 
 singer and teacher, and has sung in different 
 church choirs in Concord and Nashua. She 
 and her husband reside with her parents. Mr. 
 Hall died June 16, 1897. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Call always supported the 
 Democratic party; but in i8g6 he voted for 
 McKinley and the gold standard. He ren- 
 dered valuable service to the town as a Select- 
 man for two years. The family are connected 
 with the grange in Hill. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Call attended the Christian church. 
 
 lYRON MOORE, the efficient Post- 
 master of Concord, was born in this 
 city, October 30, 1844, son of 
 James and Nancy (Barr) Moore, both of whom 
 were natives of Goffstown, N.H. He comes 
 of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His earliest pro- 
 genitor emigrated to America in 17 19, set- 
 tling in Londonderry, N.H. He obtained his 
 efiucation in the public schools of Concord, 
 being graduated from the high school at the 
 age of nineteen years. Then he obtained em- 
 ployment in the stove foundry of William P. 
 Ford & Co., with whom he remained for 
 twenty years. During a part of the time he 
 was associated in the firm of James Moore & 
 Sons, successful hardware merchants of this 
 city. In 1884 they sold out, and in the next 
 year Mr. Moore was appointed money order 
 clerk in the post-office, which position he 
 held for about two years. In 1894 he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster by President Cleveland, 
 and he entered upon the duties of the office on 
 
 June \6 of the same year. This position he 
 has since filled most acceptably. 
 
 On October 19, 1876, Mr. Moore was mar- 
 ried to Sarah E. Tucker, of this city. In 
 politics he affiliates with the Democratic 
 party. He has been connected with Masonic 
 organizations for thirty years, being a mem- 
 ber of Blazing Star Lodge, No. 3, Trinity 
 Chapter, R. A. M. ; and of Mount Horeb Com- 
 mandery, K. T. 
 
 OHN TICKNOR DUNCAN, the Treas- 
 urer of the Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, was born in Plainfield, De- 
 cember 22, 1 83 1, son of Samuel B. and Ruth 
 (Ticknor) Duncan. His great-grandfather, 
 James Duncan, born in 1724, resided in 
 Haverhill, Mass. James married Elizabeth 
 Bell, who was born December 25, 1725, and 
 had a family of twelve children. Robert 
 Duncan, the grandfather, was born in Haver- 
 hill, May 21, 1760. When a young man he 
 settled in Plainfield. He married Hannah 
 Plmerson, a native of Haverhill, and became 
 the father of four children — Samuel B., John 
 Thaxter, Mary A., and Hannah — all natives 
 of Plainfield. John Thaxter, who was born in 
 1798, and followed a mercantile business in 
 Vermont for a number of years, was afterward 
 engaged in the manufacture of iron in New 
 York State, and died in 1870. He married 
 Fanny Dennison, and had a family of six chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living. Mary A., 
 born March 23, 1800, married John Bryant, of 
 this town, who was associated with Squire 
 Kimball in a mercantile business and the 
 woollen manufacturing industry. She lived 
 to be ninety-one years old, and two of her four 
 children are living. Hannah, who was born 
 in 1802, married Reuben True, one of the 
 prosperous farmers and prominent residents of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 Plainficld in liis day; and she lived to the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety-four years. She was the 
 mother of four chihiren, one of whom is living. 
 Sannicl 1!. Dinicaii, jjoni November 20, 
 1795, was educated in the schools of I'lainfield 
 and Haverhill, Mass. Soon after the comple- 
 tion of his studies he volunteered to serve in 
 the War of 181 2 as a substitute for his 
 brother, who had been drafted. P'or thirty- 
 five years he was a Trustee of the Kimball 
 Union Academy, and he filled the position of 
 Treasurer for twelve years. He died Decem- 
 ber 22, 1869. His wife, Ruth, was born in 
 Lebanon, N.H., in 1777, daui;htcr of John 
 and Mabel (Green) Ticknor. She became the 
 mother of three sons, namely: John T-, the 
 subject of this sketch; Robert H., born No- 
 vember 12, 1833; and Samuel A., born June 
 19, 1836. Robert H. prepared for his col- 
 legiate course at the Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy, and was graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, class of 1S57. He studied law at the 
 I'oughkeepsie (N.Y.) Law School, and is now 
 a prominent patent attorney in New York 
 City. He married Abbie Vinning, daughter 
 of Samuel Vinning, of Holbrook, Mass.; and 
 she has had four children, three of whom are 
 living. Samuel A. attended the Kimball 
 Union Academy, and was graduated from 
 Dartmouth with the class of 1858. After 
 pursuing a course at the Columbia Law 
 School, he was engaged in teaching at 
 Quincy, Mass., for a time, and was for two 
 years a tutor at Dartmouth College. In 1862 
 he was commissioned Major of the Fourteenth 
 Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, was 
 later appointed Colonel of the Fourth United 
 States Colored Regiment, and retired from 
 the service with the rank of Brevet Major- 
 general. During the years 1867 and 1S68 he 
 was special agent of the United States Treas- 
 ury at Washington, wqs E.Naminer of Patents 
 
 from 1S68 to 1870, and Commissioner of 
 Patents from 1870 to 1872. Later he became 
 associated with his brother, Robert H., in 
 New York City, and died October 18, 1895. 
 On December 25, 1867, he married Julia 
 Jones, of Washington, N. IL; and she became 
 the mother of five chihiren, three of whom are 
 living. She is now residing in Knglewood, 
 N.J. Mrs. Samuel B. Duncan was ninety- 
 four years old, when she died in 1871. 
 
 After graduating from the Kimball Union 
 Academy in 1S52, John Ticknor Duncan im- 
 mediately turned his attention to agriculture. 
 He succeeded to the home farm, and has since 
 carried it on with success. The property, 
 which contains about fifty acres, is located in 
 the village of Meriden, nearly op])osite the 
 academy and adjoining Dexter Richard Hall, 
 where many of the students board. In 1870 
 he succeeded his father as Treasurer and Trus- 
 tee of the academy. This institution has 
 from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and 
 seventy-five students in attendance. De.xter 
 Richard Hall, a handsome three-story build- 
 ing belonging to the academy, is used during 
 the vacation season for summer boarders. Mr. 
 Duncan has acted as a Justice of the Peace 
 and Notary Public for the past twenty years. 
 Politically, he supports the Republican party. 
 He was a member of the New Hampshire 
 Constitutional Convention of 1889. ■ 
 
 (^Tr-NDREW J. MITCHELL, one of 
 fcjj Lempster's well-to-do farmers and 
 ' * V_^ an e.x-member of the New Hamp- 
 shire legislature, was born in Acworth, N.H., 
 August 3, 1828, son of William L. and El- 
 mira (Moore) Mitchell. He is a descendant 
 of Thomas and Mary (Mitchell) Mitchell, who 
 emigrated from Ireland, and located in Lon- 
 donderry, N. H. William and Martha (Wal-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 lace) Mitchell, great-grandparents of Andrew 
 J., settled upon a farm in Acworth in 1777. 
 Jonathan Mitchell, grandfather of Andrew J., 
 and a native of Acworth, spent the active 
 period of his life engaged in agriculture. He 
 married Nancy Mitchell, of Francestown, 
 N.H., and his children were: William L. : 
 James L. ; Nancy, who died in Acworth; 
 and Jonathan T. 
 
 William L. Mitchell, whose birth occurred 
 in Acworth in 1804, was a lifelong resident of 
 that town. He prosperously conducted a 
 good farm, and was highly respected as an up- 
 right man and a worthy citizen. He lived to 
 be seventy-six years old. His wife, Elmira 
 Moore, who was born in Lempster in 1807, 
 became the mother of ten children, as follows: 
 Andrew J., the subject of this sketch; Will- 
 iam L. , who died in infancy; Elmira A., who 
 died young; William L. (second), who mar- 
 ried Jane Elliott, and is a farmer and milk 
 dealer in Littleton, Mass.; Levi W., who 
 married Harriet W. Brown, and is engaged in 
 agriculture in Mason, N.H.; Alma A., who 
 married Herbert L. Piper, of Acworth, and 
 died in September, 1895; Abram, who 
 wedded Frances Bailey, of Claremont, N. H., 
 and is a prosperous farmer in Acworth: Jona- 
 tha-n T. , who is also engaged in farming in 
 that town; Nellie J., who did not reach ma- 
 turity; and Clara L. , who married George 
 Miller, neither of whom is living. Mrs. 
 William L. Mitchell lived to be seventy-seven 
 years old. She was a member of the Congre- 
 gational church. 
 
 Andrew J. Mitchell was reared in the com- 
 mon schools, and grew to manhood in Ac- 
 worth. He resided at home until he was 
 twenty-seven years old, assisting in carrying 
 on the farm and working to some extent at 
 shocmaking. In 1858 he bought the Way 
 farm in Lempster, where he now resides. 
 
 Since then he has enlarged the property from 
 one hundred and five to two hundred acres, 
 and made various improvements upon the land 
 and buildings. In addition to carrying on 
 general farming, he raises some fine cattle, 
 manufactures considerable maple sugar, and 
 cares for a large orchard. In politics he is 
 an active supporter of the Prohibition party. 
 He has served as Selectman and upon the 
 School Board. He ably represented this dis- 
 trict in the legislature during the 3''ears 1876 
 and 1877, and he has been a Justice of the 
 Peace for some time. 
 
 On April 21, 1S57, Mr. Mitchell was joined 
 in marriage with Mary M. Whittemore. She 
 was born in Wilton, N. H., September 28, 
 1S27, daughter of Abram and Martha (Mar- 
 shall) Whittemore, the former of whom was a 
 native of Greenfield, and the latter of Tewks- 
 bury, Mass. Abram Whittemore was exten- 
 sively engaged in agricultural and mercantile 
 pursuits. The erection of the first cotton- 
 mill in New Hampshire was due to his energy 
 and enterprise. Mrs. Mitchell's grandfather. 
 Major Amos Whittemore, was in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, and served at Bunker Hill. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mitchell -have three children; 
 namely, Abraham W., M.D., Martha A., 
 and Nellie J. Martha died young. Abraham 
 W. was educated in Lempster, Newport, and 
 Meriden, N. H. His medical studies were 
 begun at the University of the State of Ver- 
 mont in Burlington; and he was graduated 
 from the New York College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons in 1887, taking high rank in a class 
 of one hundred and fifty-one students. He 
 commenced the practice of his profession in 
 Harrisville, N. H., where he remained about a 
 year. Since then he has resided in lapping, 
 N.IL, wdiich he now represents in the lower 
 house of the State legislature. He married 
 Harriett V. Perkins, daughter of Dr. Marshall
 
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 Perkins, of Marlow, N.ll., and lias tlircc chil- 
 dren — Avis W., Karl 1'., and Richard A. 
 Nellie J. Mitchell is now the wife of lulward 
 L. I'ikc, who is manager and superintendent 
 of the colli storage buildings of the Provi- 
 dence Freezing Company, Providence, R.I. 
 Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church; and he is connected with Cold 
 River Grange, No. ig, Patrons of Husbandry, 
 of Acvvorth. Mr. Mitchell has had a busy 
 and useful life, and his industry has been at- 
 tended with irood financial results. 
 
 /^^TkORGE W. griffin, of Franklin 
 \ pT I'alls village, the senior member of 
 the firm G. W. Grififin & Co., and a 
 native of Lisbon, N. H., was born April 2, 
 1839, son of George and Alice (Clark) 
 Griffin. George Griffin manufactured wool in 
 Danville and Barnct, Vt., for several years. 
 Afterward he returned to Manchester, the 
 place of his birth, and opened a store. The 
 latter part of his life was spent at York ]3each. 
 Me. He was the proprietor of the Agamenti- 
 cus Hotel there, and carried it on until the 
 time of his death, which occurred in 1885, at 
 the age of eighty-three years. He had six 
 children, namely: William Henry, the eldest- 
 born, who dietl in 1866; Almena J., who mar- 
 ried Walter Bailey, a merchant of Lancaster, 
 N.H. ; Clara A., who married Thomas 
 Howard, a wheelwright of Manchester; 
 George W., the subject of this sketch; 
 Georgia A., George's twin sister, who died in 
 1865; and Hebcr C, a mechanic, who mar- 
 ried Ann McKiver, of Franklin, N.H. 
 
 Mr. Griffin recci\ed his education in the 
 common schools of the county. When twent}' 
 years of age he engaged in the manufacture of 
 needles with the Hon. Walter Aiken, remain- 
 ing in that business until 1S80 In that year 
 
 he and P. C. Hancock began the manufacture 
 of saws, which he has since continued. The 
 firm's product includes patent scroll and hack 
 saws and fine jeweller's saws. On November 
 7, i860, Mr. Griffin was united in marriage 
 with Miss Addie M. Burgess, of Jay Bridge, 
 Me., daughter of Nathaniel Burgess, a miller 
 of that place. His children were: George 
 A., who died at the age of seven months; 
 Raliih B. and Ernest L., who are employed in 
 their father's factory. Mr. Grififin is a Mason 
 of Meridian Lodge, No. 60, of Franklin. In 
 politics he is a stanch Republican, and he is 
 now a member of the City Council. He is 
 connected with the Baptist church at Frank- 
 lin. He is much esteemed by friends, neigh- 
 bors, and customers, and is spoken of as one 
 of the successful men of the town. 
 
 I:ANDER VV. COGSWELL, an influ- 
 ential resident of Ilenniker and a na- 
 tive of the town, was born Novem- 
 ber 18, 1825, son of David and Hannah 
 (Haskell) Cogswell. After receiving his 
 education in the academies of Henniker and 
 I'rancestown, he taught school for several 
 terms. In 1849 ^^ went to California. Re- 
 turning in 1854, he was engaged in a mercan- 
 tile business in Ilenniker until July, 1861, 
 when he was appointed route agent from Hills- 
 borough Bridge to Manchester. 
 
 On the 13th of August, 1862, he enlisted as 
 a private in Company D, FHeventh New 
 Hampshire Volunteers. September 4, 1862, 
 he was commissioned Captain of the same 
 company; and on August 20, 1S64, he was 
 commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of his regi- 
 ment. Following the fortunes of the regi- 
 ment in the Ninth Army Corps, he partici- 
 pated in its memorable battles, sieges, and 
 marches. During the last campaign of the
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL KEVIFAV 
 
 war he was for some months A. A. Inspector- 
 general on the staff of Major-general S. G. 
 Griffin, commanding the Second Brigade, Sec- 
 ond Division of the Ninth Army Corps. 
 
 In 1866, 1867, 1870, and 1871, Mr. Cogs- 
 well represented his town in the legislature. 
 In 1 87 1 and 1872 he was State Treasurer, and 
 from 1876 to 1 88 1 he was one of the Savings 
 Bank Commissioners. He was made a Justice 
 of the Peace in 1876, and he has held several 
 municipal offices. Besides giving much time 
 and thought to public questions and to the 
 discharge of his official duties, Mr. Cogswell 
 has been an active member of various organi- 
 zations. He was elected a member of the 
 New Hampshire Historical Society, and he 
 was President of the New Hampshire Anti- 
 quarian Society. F"or many years he was 
 Master of Aurora Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & 
 A. M. ; and High Priest of Wood's Chapter, 
 No. 14, Royal Arch Masons. Taking an 
 earnest interest in educational matters, he was 
 often Superintendent of Schools and a member 
 of the School Board for several years under 
 the town system. Mr. Cogswell has also done 
 considerable literary work. He is master of 
 a pleasing style, and is the author of the 
 History of Henniker, N. H., a volume of 
 se\^ral hundred pages; and of the History 
 of the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers. 
 In addition to these he has published several 
 addresses delivered by him before various so- 
 cieties. On the 17th of May, 1S53, Mr. 
 Cogswell married Mary S. , daughter of Oliver 
 and Anna. (Smith) -Pillsbury, since which 
 event he has made his home in Henniker. 
 
 P. & C. W. REDINGTON, man- 
 ufacturers of carriage hubs at Roby's 
 • Corner in Warner, have for several 
 years continued a business wliich was first 
 
 established in Wenham, Mass., by Adam Red- 
 ington. Adam Redington, grandfather of 
 Oliver Patch Redington, whose name occupies 
 the place of senior partner in that of the firm, 
 was for many years a manufacturer in Wen- 
 ham. Afterward he removed to Sunapee, Sul- 
 livan County, N. H., where he established a 
 mill, and carried on his work until his death. 
 He was succeeded in business by his son 
 John. John transferred the business to Hop- 
 kinton, and thence to a mill on the North 
 Road in Sutton, where his son, Oliver P., 
 assisted him and learned the business. 
 
 Oliver P. Redington subsequently engaged 
 in manufacturing in the town of Andover, this 
 county, two years later locating at Roby's Cor- 
 ner. He started a water-power factory on the 
 Warner River, about three miles above Water- 
 loo, where he continued the manufacture of 
 wooden bowls, adding that of excelsior. Sub- 
 sequently, after enlarging his premises, he 
 began making hubs and clothes-pins on a very 
 small scale. Within a few years he acquired 
 such a large trade in hubs that he confined his 
 attention entirely to their manufacture. For 
 these he uses elm timber, cut in New Hamp- 
 shire, made into blocks, and seasoned by a 
 special process, a large stock being constantly 
 kept on hand. Abbott, Downing & Co., of 
 Concord, use the hubs exclusively. However, 
 seventy-five per cent, of the factory's output is 
 exported on orders received from Australia, 
 South Africa, New Zealand, and other dis- 
 tant places. During the last five years, in 
 spite of the depressing financial condition of 
 the country, the business has increased fifty 
 per cent. 
 
 Oliver P. Redington was a well-read and 
 intelligent man, though not college-bred. 
 Both he and his brotiicr, John S, Redington, 
 were anxious for a college education; Imt Oli- 
 ver, the elder, realizing that it would l:ic im-
 
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 129 
 
 possible for both to leave home, relinquished 
 his chance in favor of his brother. Oliver 
 also assisted his brother pecuniarily, so that 
 John was enabled to enter Dartmouth, of 
 which he was a student when his death oc- 
 curred, in the first flush of manhood, with most 
 flattering prospects of a brilliant career before 
 him. Subsequently by close attention to 
 business Oliver acquired a competency. He 
 was a man of positive opinions, clear and 
 courageous in his convictions, and a valued 
 member of the Republican party, which he 
 joined on its formation, having previously 
 been a Whig. He died May 3, 1891. 
 
 Oliver V. liedington's first wife, whose 
 maiden name was Betsey Morgan, died about 
 five years before he did. Afterward he mar- 
 ried her sister, Hannah Morgan. His chil- 
 dren, all born of his first marriage, were: 
 Mary Frances, who was educated at New Lon- 
 don, N. H., and afterward taught school for 
 some years in the States of Ohio, Illinois, and 
 Pennsylvania, and is now the wife of Dr. 
 Samuel J. Hayes, of I'ittsburg, Pa. ; Sarah, 
 who was also for many years engaged in teach- 
 ing, having been educated in the Simond's 
 High School, and is now the wife of C. IC. 
 Hadley, the Superintendent of the New Hamp- 
 shire l'"ruit Company; Annie, who died un- 
 married in 1877, aged twenty-si.x years; and 
 Charles Walter. 
 
 Charles Walter Redington attended I5ryant 
 & Stratton's Commercial College at both 
 Manchester and Concord, receiving a fine busi- 
 ness education. The day that he attained his 
 majority he was taken into partnership by his 
 father, forming the firm O. P. & C. W. Red- 
 ington. From his father he learned every 
 detail of the business of which he is now the 
 sole proprietor, having charge in later years 
 of the outside work. On the well-improved 
 farm, where he employs men to do the manual 
 
 labor, he carries on general farming, making 
 a specialty of a milk dairy. He is also inter- 
 ested in the New Merrimack Glove Company 
 and the New Hamp.shire ]'"ruit Company of 
 Concord, each of which he serves as Director. 
 In politics he is an earnest advocate of the 
 principles of the Republican party, and 
 usually attends all party conventions in this 
 section of New luigland. On March 7, 1878, 
 Mr. Redington married Miss Ida M. Blood, 
 daughter of A. B. and Mary Kvelinc (Muzzey) 
 Blood. She is a woman of culture, and for 
 some years i)rior to her marriage taught school 
 in this vicinity. Born in Newbury, N. M., 
 she was educated in Bradford, where her jjar- 
 ents resided many years. 
 
 ON. JOHN KIMBALL, A.M., ex- 
 mayor of Concord, N. H., a man of 
 strong character, sterling worth, 
 and more than ordinary ability, is held in 
 high esteem by his fellow-citizens. He was 
 born in Canterbury, N. H., April 13, 1821, a 
 son of Benjamin and Ruth (Ames) Kimball. 
 The Kimballs have been domiciled in New 
 Kngland for more than two hundred and sixty 
 years, and have given to these States many 
 intelligent and capable men and women. The 
 first immigrants of the name, Henry and 
 Richard Kimball, with their wives and chil- 
 dren, fled from the religious persecutions of the 
 Old World, and found freedom and prosperity 
 in the new. Joseph Kimball, who was of the 
 fifth generation in America, was the great- 
 grandfather of John Kimball. He was born in 
 Hxeter, N. H., and died in Canterbury. 
 
 John Kimball was apprenticed at the age 
 of seventeen to his father's cousin, William 
 Moody Kimball, to learn the millwright's 
 trade; and, as he had a natural gift for me- 
 chanics, it was not long before he was a
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 skilled and competent workman. He was 
 employed as a millwright in Suncook and 
 Manchester, N. H., and Lowell and Lawrence, 
 Mass. In 1848 he took charge of the new 
 machine and car shops of the Concord Rail- 
 road in this city. In 1850 he was master 
 mechanic; and he efficiently acted in that ca- 
 pacity for eight years, turning his attention 
 then from mechanical to other pursuits. In 
 the railroad service his practical skill and 
 sound judgment were in constant recjuisition, 
 and his training and experience there were 
 afterward used to good account in behalf of 
 the city and State. Pie gradually became in- 
 terested in various financial and political 
 enterprises, and as his ability became recog- 
 nized greater responsibilities devolved upon 
 him. Tiiousands of dollars were intrusted to 
 him as guardian, trustee, administrator, and 
 executor, and never was a trust betrayed or 
 slighted; and, to quote from a local paper, 
 "as Treasurer of the New Hampshire Bible 
 Society, the New Hampshire Orphans' Home, 
 and various other such institutions, he has 
 been trustworthy, painstaking, and just." 
 i-\jr twenty-six years he has been Treasurer of 
 the Merrimack County Savings Bank. He 
 has been for a number of years a Director of 
 the Mechanics National Bank; and he has 
 filled the office of President of the Concord 
 Gas Light Company, of which he is now 
 Treasurer. In 1880, when the Manchester & 
 Keene Railroad was placed in the hands of the 
 court, the late Chief Justice Doe appointed 
 Mr. Kimball one of the Trustees. 
 
 Mr. Kimball's father and grandfather were 
 stanch Whigs; and he has followed the family 
 traditions, giving his lifelong allegiance to the 
 Republican party. He was for twenty-seven 
 years Treasurer of the Republican State Com- 
 mittee. In 1856 he was elected to the Com- 
 mon Council, of this city. In 1857 he was 
 
 re-elected and chosen President of that body. 
 In 185S he was sent to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives from Ward Five, where he has al- 
 ways made his home since he took up his resi- 
 dence in this city; and he was re-elected in 
 1859, and presided as Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on State Prison. I'rom 1859 to 1862 
 he was City Marshal and Tax Collector of. 
 Concord; and his administration was marked 
 by "promptness, accuracy, and close devotion 
 to the interests of the people. " In 1862 Pres- 
 ident Lincoln appointed him Collector of In- 
 ternal Revenue for the Second District of New 
 Llampshire, comprising Merrimack and Hills- 
 borough Counties; and during the seven years 
 he held the office he collected and paid to the 
 Treasurer of the Lhiited States nearly seven 
 million dcdlars. Me was for eleven years 
 Moderator of Ward Five, an impartial and 
 clear-headed presiding officer; and for a num- 
 ber of years he served acceptably as moderator 
 of the Union School District. 
 
 In 1872 through a popular movement he 
 was elected Mayor of Concord. He was hon- 
 ored with re-election in 1873, 187^, and 1875, 
 annua] elections then being the law. Imme- 
 diately after his installation as Mayor a severe 
 freshet injured five of the seven wooden bridges 
 over the Merrimack and Contoocook Rivers. 
 As superintendent of roads and bridges he 
 repaired these structures in such a manner as 
 to demonstrate his mechanical knowledge, re- 
 placing the insecure bridges by substantial 
 structures that defy the wear and tear of time 
 and travel. During his administration tiie 
 water sujiply system from Penacook Lake was 
 completed; and he was afterward elected one 
 of the Water Commissioners, and served for 
 fourteen years as President of the Board. 
 While he was Mayor, also, the fire dejiartment 
 was invested with new dignity by the city 
 government, the central fire station and other
 
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 buildings of wliicli llicy aic justly pnuKl huing 
 erected imdor the siipcivisidii of Mayor Kim- 
 ball. I'lldssDiii llill Cemetery was doubled in 
 si/.c, the main llioroiighfares of the city were 
 graded and impioved, and stone culverts re- 
 placed the primitive wooden ones which had 
 served for years. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Kimball was elected a member 
 of the convention to revise the Constitution of 
 the State, and served as Chairman of its Com- 
 mittee on ]""inance. In 1877 an ajiiiropriation 
 was made by the legislature for a Jiew State 
 Prison ; and upon the passage of the law, which 
 was a carefully guarded one. Governor Benja- 
 min !•'. I'rescott, with the advice of his coun- 
 cil, appointed Mr. Kimball, Albert M. Shaw, 
 and Alfred J. I'illsbury commissioners to carry 
 the law into effect. Mr. Kimball was chosen 
 chairman of the board. Under these com- 
 missioners the present penitentiary was com- 
 pleted in the fall of 1880, every dollar appro- 
 priated being prudently and judiciously e.\- 
 jiended. In November, 1880, Mr. Kimball 
 was elected to the State Senate from the Tenth 
 Senatorial District ; and when the Senate was 
 organized, in June, 1881, he was chosen Presi- 
 dent. In this honorable position he presided 
 with wisdom, dignity, and courtesy. He was 
 chairman of the committee that built the high 
 school, and he has rendered such services to 
 the cause of popular education that one of the 
 handsomest modern school-houses in Concord 
 has been named in his honor the Kimball 
 School. Mr. Kimball was honored with the 
 degree of Master of Arts by Dartmouth Col- 
 lege in 1884. He is a Director of the Repub- 
 lican Press Association of Concord. 
 
 On May 27, 1846, he was married to Maria 
 H. Phillips, of Rupert, Vt., who died Decem- 
 ber 22, 1894. He has since married Miss 
 Charlotte Atkinson, a lady of culture and re- 
 finement. His only child, a daughter — Clara 
 
 Maria, born March 20, 1848 — was married 
 June 4, 1873, to Augu.stine R. Ayers, of tliis 
 city, and has several children. 
 
 In person Mr. Kimball is tall, erect, and 
 reinarkably well-preserved for a man of 
 scventy-si.x. He is a total abstainer, and his 
 modes of life are regular. He is firm and 
 decided, with strong confidence in his own 
 judgment; frank and downright, always giving 
 right the precedence of policy; somewhat bluff 
 in manner, but never discourteous; open- 
 hearted and free, kindly and sensitive. A 
 careful reader, he is particularly fond of gene- 
 alogical and historical research; and he speaks 
 and writes with precision. Faithful in every 
 relation of life, inihlic and domestic, he is 
 valued and loved by all. Mr. Kimball has 
 travelled abroad, and is one of the most cult- 
 ured men of the day. In 1843 he joined the 
 Congregational church at his old home in Hos- 
 cawen, N. H. ; and for a great many years he has 
 been a member of the South Congregational 
 Church of Concord, contributing generously to 
 its support. 
 
 M 
 
 R. J. H. SANPORN, a retired 
 physician of P'ranklin I'alls, was 
 l)orn in Meredith, N.H., September 
 23, iJ>Jc), son of John and Susan (Hubbard) 
 Sanborn. His grandfather, Jeremiah San- 
 born, ieinesented Sanbornton in the first legis- 
 lature, that met in E.xeter in 1784. Highly 
 prized by the family are a compass, a book on 
 surveying, and a powder-horn that belonged to 
 Jeremiah, all over one hundred and twenty- 
 five years old. Another cherished relic is a 
 pewter platter that has been handed down in 
 the Hubbard family for two hundred and 
 sixty-five years, since it was brought over from 
 England. 
 
 Dr. John Sanborn, the father of the sub- 
 ject of this article, lived in Sanbornton until
 
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 1 815. Then he moved to Meredith, N. H., 
 and there practised medicine till his death, 
 which occurred in 1S70. His wife died in 
 1866. Of their four children the third died 
 in infancy. The others were: Jesse Apple- 
 ton, Susan Catherine, and J. H. Jesse was 
 a physician at Plymouth, and is now deceased. 
 Susan Catherine became the wife of Levi 
 Leach, both of whom are also deceased. 
 
 Dr. J. H. Sanborn, the subject of this 
 sketch, received his early education in the 
 common schools of Meredith and at Gilmanton 
 Academy. Then he studied medicine with his 
 father and brother, and later on with Dr. 
 ]-ienjamin R. Palmer, of Woodstock, Vt. , and 
 the president of Vermont Medical College. 
 At the end of the four years spent in this way 
 he then went to Berkshire Medical College at 
 Pittsfield, Mass., and remained there from 
 1850 till 1852. He also attended the Medi- 
 cal College at Woodstock, Vt. He received 
 his medical certificate in November, 1852, 
 and then began practice with his father in 
 Meredith. In the following year he went to 
 Alstead, and had been there three years when 
 he returned to Meredith, and practised from 
 1856 till September, 1862. He was then 
 commissioned as Assistant Surgeon in the 
 army, 'and continued in service up to July, 
 1S64, when he was honorably discharged on 
 account of physical disability. He returned 
 to Meredith, and was there engaged in his 
 profession until January 20, 1874, when he 
 came to Franklin P"alls. Here he has re- 
 mained since, having his ofiRce at his resi- 
 dence. He is a comrade of George F. Swett 
 Post, G. A. R., of F'ranklin P'alls; and he is 
 a Royal Arch Mason, having membership in 
 Meridian Lodge, No. 60, ¥. & A. M. He 
 has always taken an active interest in politics, 
 and has the remarkable record of never having 
 missed an election. He has been a stanch 
 
 Republican since he cast his first vote for 
 l<"remont, and he is a member of the Congre- 
 gational church at Meredith. 
 
 The Doctor was married May 16, 1854, to 
 Elizabeth H. Leach, daughter of the Rev. 
 Giles Leach, a Congregational minister of 
 Meredith. Born March 23, 1834, she died 
 February 18, 1895. Four children came of 
 this union; namely, Giles Leach, Hattie L., 
 Susan Lillian, and Elizabeth Thompson. 
 Giles Leach, born March 26, 1855, died in 
 August, 1855. Hattie L., born June 21, 
 1856, became the wife of Edgar A. Jones, who 
 is employed in the counting-room at Aiken's 
 Mill. They now reside with the Doctor. 
 Susan Lillian, born in 1861, died in 1S72; 
 and Elizabeth T. , born in 1S73, died January 
 I7> 1887. ^^ 
 
 T^HARLES A. NEWTON, a well- 
 I St^ to do farmer of Unity and an ex- 
 V»^_^ member of the State legislature, 
 was born in Plainficld, July 2, 1854, son of 
 General Charles L. and Mary M. (Gilman) 
 Newton. His grandfather, Rufus Newton, 
 was a native of Grafton, Mass., who settled 
 upon a farm in Plainfield, and there resided 
 for the rest of his life. Rufus married Polly 
 Ryder, and reared a family of five children, 
 who are all living. They are; Charles L., 
 Rufus G. , Francis J., Adeline, and Ann. 
 
 Charles L. Newton was born in Plainfield. 
 When a young man he engaged in farming. 
 He resided in his native town until 1859, 
 when he moved to a farm in Unity; and the 
 rest of his life was spent in this town. He 
 was an able farmer and a citizen of more than 
 ordinary worth and ability. He attained prom- 
 inence in military affairs, and ranked as Major- 
 general in the State militia. General Newton 
 died January 21, 1865. His wife, Mary M. 
 Gilman Newton, was born in Unity, daugh-
 
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 '55 
 
 ter (if Sewcll nnd Deborah (Comstock) Gil- 
 man, natives respectively of Unity and New- 
 port, \. H. Sewell Gilman, who was a pros- 
 perous farmer, died June lo, 1S55; and his 
 wife (lied January 26, 1S69. Their children 
 were: Henrietta, Sylvester, Randolph, Mary 
 M., and Henry. Of these the only survivor 
 is Mary M., who resides with her son. She 
 has had two children, namely: Annie 11., 
 born May 2S, 1849, who died November 3, 
 1S69; and Charles A., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Charles A. Newton, having begun his edu- 
 cation in Unity, completed it by attending 
 sthool in Meriden for two terms. His 
 father's death, which occurred when Charles 
 was about eleven years old, caused him to 
 undertake the management of the farm while 
 still }'oung; and his early experience has 
 proved exceedingly beneficial to him. He 
 now owns two hundred acres of fertile land, 
 which he devotes to general farming and dairy- 
 ing; and he keeps an average of fifteen cows. 
 In politics he is a Democrat, and he is a lead- 
 ing spirit in local affairs. He was a Select- 
 man in 1SS7, Supervisor for a number of 
 years, and represented this district in the 
 legislature in 1S89 and 1890. He was Chair- 
 man of the Board of Selectmen from 1891 to 
 1897, and he has been Moderator at town 
 meetings for the past six years. 
 
 On February 17, 1SS6, Mr. Newton was 
 united in marriage with Speedie A. Clough. 
 She was born in Newport, February 17, 1865, 
 daughter of Reuben M. and Sarah (Griffin) 
 Clough. The father, who was a native of 
 Unity, died in February, iSSS. Mrs. Clough, 
 who was born in Newport, N. H., and is now 
 residing in Unity, has had three children — 
 Abbie, George G. , and Speedie A. The 
 children of Mr. and Mrs. Newton are: Charles 
 Stark, born April 19, 1SS7; Pcrlie A., born 
 
 January 20, 1S94; and Annie A., born Febru- 
 ary 22, 1896. Mr. Newton is an Odd Fellow 
 of Sugar River Lodge, No. 55, and Stony 
 Brook Encampment, of Newport ; and he is 
 connected with Sunapce Mountain Grange, 
 Patrons of Husbandry, of Goshen, of which he 
 was Master in 1896. 
 
 (^OR 
 
 OKGK E. Sin:i'ARD, of Franklin 
 i> I village, who is a prominent lum- 
 berman of Merrimack County, was 
 born March 28, 1S40, son of George and Abi- 
 gail (Hill) Shepard. The grandfather was 
 Ebenezer Shepard, a farmer and a lifelong 
 resident of New London, N. H., where his son 
 George was born. George Shepard became a 
 farmer, and lived in Wilmot during forty 
 years of his life.- He made his home at one 
 time in New London, N. H., and later moved 
 to East Andover. His wife, Abigail, was the 
 widow of Edmund Chadwick and a daughter 
 of Edward Hill, a carpenter of West New- 
 bury, Mass. She died leaving three children. 
 These^ were : Emery B. Chadwick, now de- 
 ceased, born of her first marriage; Mary 
 A. Shepard, born of her second marriage, 
 April 18, 1834; and George E. , the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Mary became the wife of 
 D. M. Hazen, a confectioner of Cambridge- 
 port, Mass., and has six children — Frank, 
 Katie A., Mary E. (deceased), George E., 
 Willie W., andAbbie. 
 
 George E. Shepard was well educated in the 
 academies at Andover and New London. At 
 the age of twenty he commenced to learn the 
 spinner's trade in the woollen factory of John- 
 son & Colby at Wilmot, N. H., and remained 
 four years there. Then he bought an interest 
 in the mill, when the firm name became 
 Colby, Shepard & Co., who were manufact- 
 urers of hosiery and full cloth. Six years
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 later he sold his share, and bought of Richard 
 Messer a sixth-interest in the scythe manu- 
 factory at Scytheville, New London. He was 
 stock buyer and salesman for about three 
 years, when, again selling his interest, he re- 
 turned to the woollen industry, removing 
 with Mr. R. O. Messer to East Andover, with 
 whom he manufactured hosiery for three years. 
 Then he was engaged in the lumber business 
 with his cousin, J. Eli Shepard, at New Lon- 
 don for three years, after which he became the 
 wood and tie agent of the Northern Railroad, 
 later receiving the appointment of purchasing 
 agent for the ]3oston & Lowell Railroad, with 
 which company he continued for four years. 
 After returning to East Andover, he was en- 
 gaged in the lumber lousiness with several 
 different parties until in 1892, when he went 
 into partnership with Walter S. Carr and Mr. 
 Neal. This firm has an office at Franklin. 
 Mr. Shepard bought his present home, known 
 as United States Senator Austin F. Pike 
 Momestead, where he has lived since Novem- 
 ber 25, 1893. He is the President and a 
 Director of the Beecher Falls I'urniture Com- 
 pany at Beecher Falls, Vt. In January, 1896, 
 when the Mayo Knitting Machine and Needle 
 Company was organized, Mr. Shepard became 
 a meni1)er. He is a Director of this company, 
 also of the First National Bank; and he is a 
 Trustee of the Franklin Falls Savings Bank. 
 
 Mr. Shepard has been twice married, on the 
 first occasion to Miss Mary A. Johnson, of 
 North Weare, N.LI. She died in October, 
 1885, leaving no children. On January 11, 
 1887, he contracted his second marriage with 
 Carrie S. Scamans, of New London, daughter 
 of Daniel S. and Frances Mary (Dodge) Sea- 
 mans. Her mother died March ig, 1892; and 
 her father now resides in New London. 
 Their four children were: Frances Abbie, who 
 died at the age of nineteen; Carrie S., now 
 
 Mrs. Shepard ; Etta Pearson, who married 
 Bradford J. Dunbar, a salesman residing in 
 Maiden, Mass.; and John A., who married 
 Kate McDonald, lives in New London, and 
 has four children — Daniel D., George L., 
 Agnes, and Frances Mary. Mr. Shepard is a 
 stanch Republican. He is connected with the 
 King Solomon Lodge, No. 14, F. & A. M. 
 He is a Director of the Concord A.\le Com- 
 pany in Concord, N. H. His many business 
 interests have placed him among the leading 
 men of I^'ranklin and Franklin Falls. 
 
 ^AMES E. RANDLETT, a well-knowfl 
 architect of Concord, was born Septem- 
 ber 5, 1846, in Quincy, Mass., son of 
 James S. and Abbie O. (Chase) Randlett. 
 The father, a native of Gilford, N.H., 
 worked at his trade of stone cutter for a num- 
 ber of years in the stone yards of Quincy. 
 One of the largest and most important build- 
 ings in whose construction he assisted, was 
 the custom-house in Boston, Mass. He is 
 now living retired in Concord, N.H. 
 
 His wife, Abbie, who came from Biddc- 
 ford. Me., has had three children, namely: 
 Abbie A., who died in 1865; Henry K., who 
 resides in New York City; and James ]{., the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 James E. Randlett, our subject, was edu- 
 cated in the district schools of Quincy, Mass., 
 and of Gilmanton, N.H., and from private 
 tutors in the evening. Upon the breaking 
 out of the war of the Rebellion, when only 
 fifteen years of age, he enlisted as a drummer 
 boy in Conijiany B, Twelfth Regiment of New 
 Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. At the first 
 opportunity that presented itself he forsook 
 the drum for the musket, and participated in 
 llie battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellors- 
 ville. His term of service in the army
 
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 '35 
 
 covered tlircc years. On its expiratifjii he 
 went to Lowell, Mass., and there learned the 
 carpenter and cabinet-maker trades. These 
 ho afterward followeil for some twenty years. 
 Having subsequently returned to Concord, he 
 was the first man to receive the appointment 
 of letter-carrier when the United States free 
 letter delivery service was established in that 
 city. After holding that position for about 
 four years, he resigned, and was appointed the 
 keeper of the State House at Concord. This 
 office he resigned after two years, to enter 
 into partnership with Kdward Dow, the archi- 
 tect. Since Mr. Dow's death in July, 1894, 
 Mr. Randlett has continued the business 
 alone. He has designed many [irominent and 
 well-known structures, both public and pri- 
 vate, among which are the main building of 
 the New Hampshire Agricultural College at 
 Durham, the town halls of Antrim and Ep- 
 ping, and the Capital Fire Insurance Build- 
 ing. Numerous business blocks in the towns 
 of Newport and Exeter were also erected on 
 his plans. He drew the plans, and built at 
 his own expense a fine edifice, which was 
 greatly needed, for the especial use of the 
 Young Men's Christian Association of Con- 
 cord, and which he still owns. He was Ad- 
 jutant of the Third New Hampshire Regiment 
 for five years. At one time he was the Assist- 
 ant Inspector of the Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, under General Cogswell. 
 
 Mr. Randlett married Gcorgie Gray, of 
 Concord, and has two children. His son, 
 Clarence B. , who at onetime was Deputy Sec- 
 retary of State of New Hampshire, and now 
 resides at Council Bluffs, la., married l""lor- 
 ence Langmaid, and has one cliild, William 
 E. Mr. Randlett's daughter, Eli;^abeth M., 
 who is unmarried, lives at home with her par- 
 ents. In politics a Republican, he cast his 
 first Presidential vote for General Grant in 
 
 1868. He is a comrade of Sturdcvant Post, 
 No. 2, G. A. R., of Concord ; and a member 
 of the K. of V. and K. of 11. Mr. Randlett 
 is highly esteemed both for his private char- 
 acter and for the high rank he has taken in 
 his i^rofessifjn. 
 
 ^OSi:i'H VVARRI'IN I'II-:RCE, a promi- 
 nent resident of South Cornish, was 
 born August 18, 1837, at Winchester, 
 N.H., son of Hosea and Verlina (Putnam) 
 Pierce. On the maternal side he traces his 
 ancestry back to Israel Putnam, of Revolution- 
 ary fame, and to General Joseph Warren, the 
 hero of Bunker Hill. His grandfather, Elihu 
 Pierce, born in Connecticut, married a Torrcy, 
 and had three children. I-'lihu carried on a 
 large farming business, and was very i)romi- 
 nent in town affairs in New Salem, Mass., 
 where, after being a resident for the greater 
 part of his life, he died. He was Selectman 
 and Overseer of the Poor for many years. His 
 children were: Hosea, Alvira, and a daughter 
 who became Mrs. Putnam. Alvira married 
 Silas Spear, of Orange, Mass. Mrs. Putnam, 
 who had three children, died at New Salem. 
 
 Hosea Pierce, born in New Salem in 1801, 
 was a physician, having graduated from a 
 medical college at Pittsfield, Mass. He set- 
 tled in Winchester, N.H., and practised there 
 for about fifty years, acquiring, it is claimed, 
 the largest practice of any physician in this 
 section of the State. He was sent as Repre- 
 sentative to the legislature from his district 
 for two terms. By his wife, Verlina, he was 
 the father of three children — George W., 
 Elihu P., and Joseph W. George W., who is 
 a physician, has succeeded to his brother's 
 practice. He married Maria C. Follett, who 
 had by him four children, all of whom are liv- 
 ing. The other brother, Elihu, born at Win- 
 chester, lives at Springfield, Mass., where he
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 is a practising physician. He has been three 
 times married. The first wife was Maria 
 Baker Pierce, and his present wife is Emma 
 Bulkird Pierce. Both brothers served in 
 the Civil War. 
 
 Joseph Warren Pierce was educated in the 
 [lublic schools at Winchester and in Mount 
 Cassar Academy at Swanzey, N. H. He after- 
 ward studied dentistry, and began to practise 
 it in the South, where he worked for two or 
 three years. He then came North, and lo- 
 cated in Winchester. One year after he went 
 to the military school at Philadelphia, Pa., 
 and from there into the army. He entered 
 as Second Lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment 
 of United States Infantry, and was in action 
 at Fort Harrison and Deep Bottom, and was 
 present at the surrender of Petersburg, at 
 Bunkersville Point, Farnumville, and Ap- 
 pomattox. After the war Mr. Pierce was en- 
 gaged in a mercantile business for fourteen 
 years at Claremont, and then bought a farm in 
 Cornish. He married Mary Emmeline Fair- 
 banks, of Winchester. His only child, 
 Vcrlina Relief, who was born September 27, 
 1872, married Clyde Rawson, of Cornish, the 
 superintendent of mills at Springfield, Vt. 
 Mr. Pierce never held a public office, notwith- 
 standing the fact that he takes an earnest in- 
 terest in all the public affairs of the town. 
 He has, however, been President of the Re- 
 publican Club for a number of years and one 
 of the supervisors of the check list of the 
 town. 
 
 OHN C. WEBSTER, a leading resident 
 of Danbury, was born in I'elham, 
 N.H., February 24, 1833, son of John 
 Webster and a descendant of the famous 
 Webster family. The first Webster in this 
 country came from Ipswich, luigland, and set- 
 tled in Ipswich, Mass. John C. belongs to 
 
 the eighth generation in America. The pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Ebenezer, went when a 
 young man to Pelham from Haverhill, Mass., 
 antl there cleared and settled on a farm given 
 him by his father. Ebenezer married Eliza- 
 beth Bradford. 
 
 John Webster, also a native of Pelham, was 
 a farmer, and lived for many years on the 
 homestead cleared by P^benezer. He subse- 
 ciuently sold his place at Pelham, and re- 
 moved to Hudson, where he died in his 
 ninety-second year. His wife, Hannah Cum- 
 mings Webster, had thirteen children, all 
 born on the homestead except the youngest. 
 Eleven of these reached maturity ; namely, 
 Elizabeth, Moses, Sally, Lovice, Lucy, Kim- 
 ball, Hannah, John C. , Nathan, Willard, and 
 Orrin. The survivors besides John C. are: 
 Elizabeth, who resides in Hudson, the widow 
 of Warren Blodgett ; Sally, who is the widow 
 of Simeon Titcomb, and has three children — 
 Albert, Charles, and Nellie; Lovice, who is 
 Mrs. John Baker, of Hudson, and has three 
 children — John P., Willis, and Nettie R. ; 
 Lucy, who is the mother of five children and 
 the wife of Daniel B. .Cluff, of Haverhill, 
 Mass. ; and Kimball, who is married and has 
 five daughters. 
 
 John C. Webster, the eighth child of his 
 parents, received his early training in the 
 public schools. Later he studied at Hudson 
 Academy. He then engaged in the shoe busi- 
 ness for about five years, and afterward lived 
 in Boston, where he carried on a business in 
 periodicals. Returning afterward to New 
 Hampshire, he opened a general merchandise 
 store at Andover. In 1863 he came to Dan- 
 bury, wliere he has since lived. 
 
 Mr. Webster has been twice married. The 
 first Mrs. Webster, whose maiden name was 
 Miss Hannah C. Keniston, had one son, P'rank 
 K. The name of his present wife before her
 
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 •37 
 
 mariiajjc was Addic L. Currier. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Webster have a daughter by adoption, 
 Gertie Jk'll. Mr. Webster has always taken 
 an active part in civil affairs. In 1890-91 he 
 was Sheriff of the county. A re-elect if)n to 
 the office was lost by only one vote. Me has 
 served in the more important town offices, hav- 
 ing been Town Clerk for seventeen years and 
 Selectman for ten years. In 1870-71 he was 
 a member of the legislature. In politics he 
 has always been a Democrat, and his first 
 Presidential vote was cast for James Buchanan 
 in 1856. He is an esteemed member of the 
 Masonic order. 
 
 RTHUR WILSON SILSBY, of Con- 
 cord, who for the past thirteen years 
 has been Judge of Probate for Merri- 
 mack County, was born in Concord, August 
 28, 1851, son of George H. PI. and Sarah F. 
 (Chickering) Silsby. He is a direct descend- 
 ant of Henry Silsby, who emigrated from 
 England about the year 1630, and settled in 
 Salem, Mass. Captain Henry Silsby, great- 
 grandfather of Arthur W., was an early settler 
 in Acworth, N.H. He served as a soldier in 
 the Revolutionary War, and was a member of 
 the Committee of Public Safety. His son, 
 Ozias, Judge Silsby's grandfather, was a Con- 
 gregational preacher. 
 
 George H. H. Silsby, the father of Judge 
 Silsby, born in Hillsborough, came to reside in 
 Concord when he was fifteen years old. He 
 was a stationer, printer, and bnokbinder, and 
 followed that bu.siness during the active period 
 of his life. PI is wife, Sarah, who was born 
 in IJanvers, Mass., descended from Revolu- 
 tionary patriots. Her grandfather, John 
 Chickering, participated in the battle of 
 Bunker Hill. 
 
 ■ .Arthur Wilson Silsby acquired his educa- 
 tion in the iiublic and hiq-h schools of Con- 
 
 cord. I Ic also took a short course at the well- 
 known Phillips Academy in Kxetcr, N.H., 
 and fitted for college. He commenced the 
 study of law with the firm of Minot, Tappan & 
 Mugridge, of Concord. Later, after complet- 
 ing his preparations with Mr. Mugridge, he 
 was admitted to the Merrimack County bar in 
 August, 1877. Thereupon he entered into 
 practice, remaining in the office with Mr. 
 Mugridge until his death, which took place in 
 April, 1884. On September 14, 1883, he 
 was appointed Judge of Probate; and he h^s 
 since presided over that court with ability, 
 and gives general satisfaction. His deci- 
 sions have been marked by an earnest desire 
 to accord justice in all cases coming before 
 him, and he has shown that he is eminently 
 qualified for this responsible office. Judge 
 Silsby is unmarried. In politics he supports 
 the Republican party. He is a member of 
 the Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 /STkorge barstow walki-:r, a 
 
 V f5 I leading resident of Cornish, comes 
 of a family whose representatives 
 have been distinguished for manly Christian 
 character ant! pure lives. His grandfather, 
 Peter Walker, lived and died in Cornish, and 
 was one of the prominent farmers of this 
 section. Peter had four children — Joseph, 
 Moses, Cyrus, and Eathan — none of whom 
 are now living. 
 
 Moses Walker, the father of George B., was 
 born in Cornish in 1812. He was educated 
 in the town schools, and began his working 
 life as a farmer. Later he did a large busi- 
 ness, and became very prosperous. Besides 
 doing more or less general farming, he raised 
 high-bred cattle and horses. Throughout 
 his life he was prominently identified with 
 the Democratic party, and he was several
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW" 
 
 times a candidate for Selectman on the Demo- 
 cratic ticket. He was twice married. His 
 first wife, whose maiden name was Martha 
 Davis, bore him one child, Henry Warner 
 Walker, who was born in 1831, and resides in 
 Conish, engaged in farming. The second 
 wife, christened Betsy Bugbee, was the 
 mother of seven children; namely, George B., 
 Eliza Ann, ilartin L. and I.ouis N. (twins), 
 Melvin Alanson, Maria, and Luella. Eliza 
 married Hiram York, resides with her hus- 
 band at South Cornish, and has two children 
 — Elmer E. and Ida. Mr. York is one of the 
 leading farmers of the town. Martin I.. 
 Walker, who is a prosperous farmer of Cor- 
 nish and a Deacon of the Congregational 
 church, married Lizzie Bailey, and has twelve 
 children. Louis Walker, a gunsmith by trade 
 and the owner of considerable property, mar- 
 ried Kate Sawtelle, and resides in Ilion, N.Y. 
 Retaining the fondness for tlowers that char- 
 acterized him when a boy. he has built a fine 
 large hot-house, to which he devotes consider- 
 able time. He is and always has been a 
 stanch Democrat. Melvin Walker married 
 Lydia Cole, and has one daughter, Fannie. 
 He is likewise a Democrat, and is a sturdy, 
 enterprising fanner. ALaria is the wife of 
 Henry Fairbanks, and lives in Claremont. 
 this State. Luella is now the widow of East- 
 man Bean, and resides in Claremont with her 
 daughter. 
 
 George B, Walker was born in Cornish, 
 August 29. 1841. He received his early edu- 
 cation in the schools of his nati\'e town. 
 Upon startiiii, aself, he became a 
 
 farmer and carpcnier. lie has always been a 
 busy Juan: and, though a loyal Democrat and 
 deeply interested in the affairs of the town, 
 his many business interests have preventeil 
 him from taking any very active part in poli- 
 tics. His character as a citizen is irrepro,ach- 
 
 able, and he has many w-arm friends. Mr. 
 Walker married Lorette Jackson, of Cornish, 
 daughter of Newton and Ellen (Chapman) 
 Jackson ; and two sons have bles.sed the mar- 
 riage. The elder son, John Jackson, was 
 born in Cornish, September 14, 1S71, and 
 died May 2^, 1S88. He was in every respect 
 a most promising young man, and his charac- 
 ter from childhood showed the effects of his 
 early Christian training. At the time of his 
 death he was a member of the Christian En- 
 deavor Society and the Church Temperance 
 Society connected with the church in which 
 he had been brought up. He was soon to 
 have united with the church. The younger 
 son. Homer Xewton, born October ii, 1S78, 
 lives at home, and is the object of tenderest 
 affection of his parents. He w^orks in the 
 saw'-mill, and is ambitious and enterprising. 
 Mrs. Walker, like her husband, is a member 
 of the Congregational church, and an active 
 worker in its benevolent and au.xiliary so- 
 cieties. Her mother is still living, and is 
 now Mrs. Jacob Beal. 
 
 KXjAMIX F. GALE, who was for 
 ^ , man)' years a prominent citizen of 
 Concord, was bom May 13, 1S19. 
 His gr.uuifather, Daniel Gale, a son of Cap- 
 tain Benjamin Gale, was a native of Haver- 
 hill, Mass. A blacksmith by trade, Daniel 
 came at the age of twenty to Concord, and 
 here married Ruth Carter, a daughter of Dr. 
 Ezra Carter, the first physician of Concord. 
 The father, Benjamin Gale, kept a tavern at 
 the corner of Warren and Main Streets in 
 Concord for forty years. This was in the 
 daj-s of the old stage-coach, before the rail- 
 road was built; and the greater part of the 
 travellers of that time stopped with Landlord 
 Gale. He had an extensive acquaintance.
 
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 aiul was a favorite with all classes of people 
 on account of his geniality and kindly cour- 
 tesy. He moved at last to a house on Pleasant 
 Street, where he died at the age of eighty- 
 seven years, leaving the reputation of a be- 
 nevolent man. His wife. Prudence, was a 
 daughter of James Varnum, a soldier who 
 served seven years in the War of Indepen- 
 dence, and a comrade of ex-Governor Pierce, 
 of this State. 15enjamin and Prudence Gale 
 reared six children — James \'., Ruth C, 
 lileanor V., John V., Henjamin F., and Levi 
 \i. The only one of these now living is 
 Eleanor, who resides in the West, nearly 
 ninety j'cars of age. The father died August 
 II, 1856. 
 
 Benjamin F. Gale received his education 
 from the district schools and in tlie academies 
 at Francestown and Hopkinton. Later on he 
 taught school in Francestown Academy. At 
 the age of twenty-one years he was a surveyor, 
 and went to the West in order to secure em- 
 ployment in the government land surveys. 
 Here, however, he was taken sick of fever, 
 and was obliged to return home. He then 
 bought the Kemp pasture, a stretch of fifty 
 acres, all being good house lots. Afterward 
 for a number of years he was engaged in the 
 nui;sery business, and was prominent in town 
 affairs. Respected for his integrity and good 
 judgment, his fellow-townsmen chose him to 
 fill important town offices. For four 3'ears he 
 was City Marshal. In 1S63 and 1S64 he was 
 Mayor of the city, and for several terms he 
 was its Representative in the State legis- 
 lature. In politics Mr. Gale was one of the 
 Republican leaders in this section. He was 
 Orthodox in religious belief and a constant 
 attendant of the Congregational church. 
 
 In June, 1S46, Mr. Gale was united in 
 marriage with Julia L. Morse, daughter of 
 Mark and Rebecca (Campbell) Morse. Mrs. 
 
 Morse is a relation of S. F. M. Morse, the in- 
 ventor of the telegraph, and of Pllijah Morse, 
 of Canton, the ex-Congressman and philan- 
 thropist. She belongs to the seventh genera- 
 tion descended from Samuel Morse, who was 
 the progenitor of the race in this countrv. and 
 is buried at Medfield, Mass. 
 
 TTAHARLFS II. FARNUM, the owner 
 I Ji of a fine farm in Concord, comes of 
 
 V,^-^ ancestors who were among the earli- 
 est settlers of the town. He was born upon 
 the patrimonial estate, December 30, 183S, 
 son of Benjamin and Emily (Farnum) Far- 
 num. According to New England records 
 the first bearer of the name in this country 
 was Ralph Farnum, who came from Wales; 
 while the first representative of the family in 
 Concord was Benjamin, the great-grandfather 
 of Charles H. Ephraim Farnum, the grand- 
 father, who was born in West Concord on the 
 estates of his ancestors, reclaimed from the 
 wilderness a large tract of land, which he left 
 to his heirs, a large and well-improved prop- 
 erty. He died at the age of sixty-five years. 
 He married Sarah Brown, of Plymouth, N.H., 
 who bore him six chililren — Joseph, Nancy, 
 Benjamin, Susan D. , Lydia, and Luther. 
 Luther, who died March 15, 1S97, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty -one years, was the noted 
 Professor Farnimi, who had been connected 
 with the Public Library of Boston, Mass., for 
 more than forty years. 
 
 Benjamin Farnum, Jr., was born on the 
 family estate in West Concord, and received 
 his education in the district schools of his na- 
 tive town. At his father's decease he in- 
 herited the farm, and took up and continued 
 its cultivation and improvement from the stage 
 where his father had dropped it. In the year 
 1845 he erected a fine set of new buildings.
 
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 which are still standing. He was regarded 
 by his generation as an able and progressive 
 man, and he carried on an extensive business 
 in farming. For more than forty years he 
 was a Deacon in the First Concord Congrega- 
 tional Church, and he attained the advanced 
 age of eighty-seven years and seven months. 
 He married Emily Farnum, daughter of Moses 
 and Rhoda (Carter) Farnum, and reared a 
 family of six children. These were : George, 
 who died at the age of fifteen years; Rhoda, 
 who died at the age of twenty years; Charles 
 H., the subject of this sketch; Cyrus R., who 
 lives in Concord; Lewis C, a resident of Mc- 
 Gregor, la., who married Jennie Tiffany, and 
 has one daughter, Emily F. ; and George E., 
 a farmer, living in Spencer, la., who married 
 Josephine Jacobs, and has four children — 
 Roswell, Eugenia F., Annie E., and Mattie B. 
 
 Charles H. Farnum received his education 
 in the public and private schools of Concord 
 and at Colby Academy of New London, N.H. 
 At the age of twenty-two years he went to 
 California, where he remained three and a half 
 years engaged in the teaming business. In 
 1863 he went to Nevada, and was there some 
 five years, teaming, lumbering, and running a 
 saw-mill. It was his purpose to remain 
 longer; but, on paying a visit to his home, he 
 yielded to the earnest solicitation of his 
 mother, and took up his residence again on 
 the homestead estate, where he still lives. 
 
 On November 29, 1870, which is memo- 
 rable as the day on which the old Concord 
 church was destroyed by fire, Mr. Farnum was 
 united in marriage to Annie L. l'"arnum, the 
 daughter of Moses H. and Judilii (Kilburn) 
 Farnum. Mrs. Farnum's grandfather, Enoch 
 Kilburn, served as a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. Her only child died in infancy. 
 Mr. Farnum is a Republican in his politics, 
 and he cast his first Presiilential vote for 
 
 Abraham Lincoln in 1S60. He enjoys the 
 esteem and good will of his fellow-citizens, 
 who at one time selected him to represent 
 them in their City Council. 
 
 <^*^- » 
 
 DWARD BRYANT, a prominent resi- 
 dent of Cornish, was born in this town, 
 P'ebruary 7, 1837, son of Daniel and 
 Cloe (Hildreth) Bryant. His grandfather, 
 Israel Bryant, born in Connecticut, came to 
 Cornish when a young man. Israel and his 
 wife were the parents of nine children. Of 
 these Daniel, a native of Cornish, born in 
 1815, was educated in the public schools of 
 his native town. After completing his educa- 
 tion he engaged in farming. Subsequently 
 for many years he was foreman of the stock 
 farm of Ebenezer Pike, having charge of the 
 best blooded cattle in the country. His repu- 
 tation was that of a man who thoroughly 
 understood how to secure the finest results 
 from the breeding and raising of fine-blooded 
 animals. Devoted to his home, he did not 
 aspire to political distinction. His religiolis 
 views were liberal, and he was a regular at- 
 tendant at the Universalist church. On the 
 first day of May, 1834, he married Cloe, 
 daughter of Samuel Hildreth, of Cornish. 
 They had four children — George, Edward, 
 Charles, and Charlotte. George, born Janu- 
 ary 22, 1836, died in infancy; Charles, born 
 October 3, 1838, died between the ages of 
 three and four years ; Charlotte, born in Cor-, 
 nish, was educated in the public schools of the 
 town, at Kimball Union Academy, and at 
 Windsor, Vt. Siie married William K. West- 
 gate, and has two children — Earl and Martha, 
 both of whom are married. 
 
 Edward Bryant obtained his education in 
 the pul)lic schools of Iiis native town and at 
 the Claremont Academy. He tiien went to
 
 SARAH FORREST CORRELL.
 
 Iil()(;i< AI'IIIC \l, KI'IVIKW 
 
 '43 
 
 work on tlu' larin willi liis fallicr. Upon llic 
 ilcath of the latter he succeetled to the man- 
 agement of the ])r()[)erty, which lias lieen in 
 his charge ever since. Like his father, he 
 prefers the cpiiet of iiis own fireside to the 
 turmoil of public life. lleattentls and sup- 
 ports the Lfniversalist church; is a Mason of 
 Cheshire Lodge, No. 23 ; and was for a time a 
 member of the grange. Mr. Bryant married 
 Miss Julia Helen Gilkey, of I'lainficld, daugh- 
 ter of James Gilkey. ]5orn August 5, 1S42, 
 she died November 6, iScS'q. Her four chil- 
 dren were: James D., Julia Janettc, Charles 
 li., antl John G. James, the eldest son, born 
 March i, 1861, has always assisted his father 
 on the farm. Julia, born March i, 1872, is 
 housekeeping for her father. Charles, born 
 April 21, 1873, who was educated at Cornish 
 and Windsor, went into the hotel business as 
 clerk, and has been connected with the Wind- 
 sor House at Windsor and with hotels in 
 Claremont and Lowell. John, born March 4, 
 1875, after leaving school, learned the jew- 
 eller's business, but was subsequently obliged 
 to give it up. He is now in the hotel busi- 
 ness in Massachusetts. 
 
 /^2)aWN E. GORRELL, a farmer and 
 V 1^ I well-known Republican of North- 
 field, was born May 16, 1S57, son of 
 Clough and Sarah (P^orrest) Gorrell, both na- 
 tives of Northfield. The grandfather, Gawn 
 A. Gorrell, a native of Salem, Mass., was the 
 first of the family to come to Northfield. He 
 settled on a farm near the home now occupied 
 by his grandson, and resided there until his 
 death. 
 
 Clough Gorrell was also a farmer. When 
 quite a young man he settled on the Thomas 
 Clough farm, where his son now lives, and 
 lived there for the remainder of his life. He 
 
 died May 20, 1890, at the age of eighty ycar.s. 
 His wife's death occurred December ig, 1888, 
 at the age of seventy-four. She was horn -Sep- 
 tember 8, 1 8 14, daughter of William and 
 Nancy (IJearborn) h'orrest, and the fourth of 
 the nine children born to her parents. She 
 joined the Methodist Episcopal church, now 
 of Tilton, and was subsequently a steadfast 
 member for fifty-six years. A woman of 
 energy and character, she was a faithful wife 
 and one of the kindest of mothers. The two 
 children born to them both grew to maturity. 
 Addie, the elder, married Thomas W. Long, 
 and since his decease she has lived on the 
 Long homestead in Northfield. She had one 
 child, Marcia E., who died at the age of seven 
 years. 
 
 After finishing the course of the Northfield 
 public schools, Gawn E. Gorrell studied at 
 Tilton Seminary, teaching at the same time 
 in the. district schools. On the death of his 
 father he assumed charge of the homestead 
 farm, where he has since devoted himself to 
 farming. He owns one hundred and fifty 
 acres of land, and he has supplemented the 
 improvements begun by his father with new 
 and substantial buildings. Besides carrying 
 on general farming with success, he keeps a 
 profitable dairy. 
 
 Earnestly interested in the general welfare 
 of his native town, and taking an active part 
 in politics, Mr. Gorrell has served in some 
 town ofifices. He was Selectman in 1881-82, 
 1883-84, and 1891-92. He was a member of 
 the School Board from 1S91 to 1S97, and he 
 is also a Trustee of the Ionia Savings Bank of 
 Tilton. An Odd Eellow in good standing, 
 he is a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 65, of 
 Tilton, and of Tilton Encampment. He is 
 also a member of Friendship Grange, No. no, 
 of Northfield, and a regular attendant of all 
 the meetings of that organization. He attends
 
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 the Congregational church; while his sister, 
 Mrs. Long, is a member of the Methodist 
 church. It is needless to say that the subject 
 of this sketch is a popular man, both in the 
 town and in the county. 
 
 ARTLETT BROTHERS, comprising 
 Erastus H. and Ai J. Bartlett, are 
 the proprietors of the Excelsior Mills 
 at Warner. The plant was first established 
 by these gentlemen in 1872 as a pail, butter 
 tub, and sap bucket factory. The original 
 mill was destroyed by fire in 1S73, entailing a 
 loss of three hundred and fifty dollars beyond 
 their entire assets, a grievous blow to the two 
 young men just started in business. Nothing 
 daunted, however, they commenced again on 
 borrowed money. This time they engaged in 
 the manufacture of e.xcelsior for mattresses and 
 furniture, in which they have since built up 
 an extensive and lucrative business. 
 
 In making excelsior the firm uses poplar 
 wood, which is obtained anywhere within a 
 radius of from twenty to forty miles from the 
 village, and costs five dollars a cord. They 
 began on a modest scale, their output at the 
 start being but fifteen hundred pounds of ex- 
 ■'celsior a day. Now they manufacture five tons 
 in the same length of time, or about fourteen 
 hundred tons annually. The water-power has 
 been used for at least threescore years, there 
 having formerly been a wheelwright's shop 
 here. In 1893 the present mill was erected. 
 One of the finest in New England, it cost, 
 with its equi])ments and motlern machinery, 
 about eight thousand dollars. Two other 
 excelsior-mills that stood near by when this 
 one was started have since passed out of exist- 
 ence. The Messrs. J5artlctt are both men of 
 good business ability, energetic anil progres- 
 sive, strictly honest and upright in all their 
 
 transactions, and very pleasant people to deal 
 with. They employ nine hands in their work, 
 and are themselves busily employed all the 
 time. They have also invested in Contoocook 
 valley property, being interested in several 
 houses in this vicinity, preferring to have 
 their wealth where they can look after it them- 
 selves. 
 
 The Bartlett family was first represented in 
 New Hampshire by three families, who came 
 from Massachusetts to the town of Deering, 
 Hillsborough County, soon after the Revolu- 
 tion, making settlements on three different 
 hills. Parker Bartlett, a son of Stephen Bart- 
 lett, was the father of the Bartlett brothers. 
 He spent the larger part of his life in Deering. 
 Later in life he came to the village of Warner, 
 where his death occurred in i S96, at the 
 venerable age of eighty-four years. He mar- 
 ried Miss Eleanor Bartlett, a daughter of 
 Daniel Bartlett, of Deering: and she survive^, 
 making her home in Warner. 
 
 On October 27, 1855, Erastus H. Bartlett 
 married Miss Jennie E. Orne, of New Boston, 
 which was also his birthplace. They have 
 one child, Mary Ellen. He is a Republican 
 in politics, and takes an active part in local 
 affairs, having served several years as Super- 
 visor. He is very prominent in Masonic 
 circles, belonging to Harris Lodge. He was 
 made a Mason in St. Peter's Lodge at Brad- 
 ford, this State, and for thirteen years held 
 one of the most important offices in that organ- 
 ization, working in harmony with Colonel 
 Mason W. Tappan. St. Peter's, which is an 
 old and noted lodge, was visited in 1824 by 
 General Lafayette. 
 
 Ai J. Bartlett was born, reared, and edu- 
 cated in New Boston. He married P"ebruary 
 4, 1880, Miss Allic Jones, of Welister, N.II., 
 and now has three children — l^'red Ai, Palmer, 
 and Mildred Imogene. Ai J. Bartlett is a
 
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 stanch I'rohihitioiiisl .'md a good worker in the 
 temperance cause. Me is an active member 
 of the Congregational church, in which he is 
 serving as Deacon. 
 
 ^\Cj\;/ ILLIAM D. DOW, an influential 
 resident of Cornish, was born here, 
 September lo, 1857, son of Lucius 
 Harmon and Lucelia A. (Smith) Dow. 
 Grandfather Jeremiah Dow, who was born in 
 the State of Vermont, had a family of nine 
 children. 
 
 Lucius Dow, born in Plainfield, N.H., in 
 1820, was educated in the common schools of 
 that town and at Kimball Academy. After 
 his marriage he came to Cornish, and here 
 rented a farm, on which he spent the rest of 
 his life. He was a leading Democrat; but, 
 though keenly interested in the affairs of the 
 town even up to the time of his death, he was 
 never an aspirant for office. He was Orthodox 
 in religion, and he attended the Congrega- 
 tional church. His first wife, Lucelia, 
 daughter of Cyrus and Hannah Smith, bore 
 him five children — Abbie, William, Fred, 
 Mary, and Martha. His second wife, chris- 
 tened Isabella Tracy, a daughter of Edward 
 and Alvira Nutting, is now deceased. Abbie 
 Dow, born October 10, 1853, married William 
 Harlow, a well-known farmer of Cornish, and 
 has one child, Leroy H. Harlow, born July 6, 
 1888. Fred Dow was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and at Kimball Academy in 
 Plainfield. After leaving school he went into 
 Jewett's grocery store as a clerk, remaining a 
 year. He then went to Chicago, 111., and 
 obtained employment with the large commis- 
 sion house of which he is now a partner. He 
 married Mattie Gamble, of Chicago, and has 
 one son. His sister, Mary Dow, is the wife 
 of Dr. William Cain, now of Cambridge, 
 
 Mass. Martha Dow married Louis Quimby, 
 of Unity, N.H., a groceryman, and has two 
 children. 
 
 William D. Dow worked at farming for a 
 year after leaving school. In 1888 he went 
 to California, where he remained two years, 
 engaged in farming and baling hay. He re- 
 turned East on account of the poor health of 
 his father and for the purpose of taking 
 charge of the farm. Ujjon the death of his 
 father he succeeded to the farm, and has since 
 conducted it. He has never been an aspirant 
 for public office. However, last year, when a 
 candidate for Selectman, he lacked but two 
 votes of election. He is a prominent member 
 of the grange of Cornish. The first of Mr. 
 Dow's two marriages was contracted with 
 Hattie A. Weld, and the second, which took 
 place November 20, 1892, with Norah E. 
 Crosby, of Croydon, N.H. The second wife, 
 the present Mrs. Dow, is a daughter of Gil- 
 man and Eleanor R. (Lear) Crosby. She has 
 a daughter, Hattie E. Dow, born Augu.st 17, 
 1896. 
 
 *••••-» 
 
 Y^ATHAN PAGE BUXTON, a well- 
 I =^ known resident and a prominent agri- 
 -i}P \^ culturist of Henniker, was born 
 March 5, 1829, on the farm and in the house 
 where he now lives, son of Daniel and Abi- 
 gail (Page) Bu.\ton. He comes of substantial 
 New England stock. His grandparents, 
 David and Ruth (Peaslcy) Bu.xton, came to 
 Henniker from Newton, Mass., in 1800. 
 They settled on the farm now owned by the 
 Baker family, and there spent the remaining 
 years of their long lives. 
 
 After marriage Daniel Bu.xton lived for a 
 few years in that part of Danvcrs, Mass., now 
 in Peabody, engaged as a tiller of the soil. 
 In 1826 he traded with his wife's brother, 
 Enoch Page, his farm in Danvers for the
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 homestead on which his son, Nathan Page 
 Buxton, now lives. Having followed his 
 chosen occupation on this farm until pretty 
 well advanced in life, he bought a house in 
 North Weare, the early home of his wife; and 
 there both died at the age of sixty-seven 
 years, his wife, who was three years older 
 than he, passing away first. They had eight 
 children, namely: Peace, now the wife of 
 David Osborne, of Port Huron, Mich. ; Lydia, 
 who never married, and died at the age of 
 fifty-four; Eliza, now deceased, who married 
 William H. Gove, also deceased; Maria M., 
 now residing in Boiuid Brook, N.J., who is 
 the widow of James Denison, late of New 
 York City; Abbie and Hannah M., both un- 
 married, who reside in Weare; Nathan P., 
 the subject of this sketch; and Daniel M., a 
 house -mover of Hillsborough, N. H. Both 
 parents were original members of the Society 
 of Friends in Henniker. 
 
 Nathan Page Buxton, the only member of 
 his parents' family left in Henniker, was 
 reared and educated on the homestead. From 
 the age of twenty-one years until his marriage 
 he carried on the home farm in company with 
 his brother. When ready to establish a 
 household of his own, he bought the adjoining 
 ]?roperty. Ou this he subsequently resided for 
 thirteen years, making essential improve- 
 ments and greatly increasing the value of the 
 estate. Laboring industriously and managing 
 prudently, he acquired some money, and in 
 1876 bought the homestead from his brother. 
 He retained possession of the other farm until 
 about two years since. The house in which 
 he now lives, save for a few alterations made 
 by his father, is the same that was occupied 
 by his grandfather. It is in a fine state of 
 preservation, owing to the substantial cpiality 
 of the material put into it. Mr. Buxton has 
 one hundred and four acres of land, well 
 
 adapted to general agriculture. He makes a 
 specialty of dairying, shipping his cream to 
 Boston; and he raises his own cows, his 
 favorite grade being the Holstein crossed with 
 the Jersey. On the property is a fine orchard, 
 which yields a good deal of fruit. 
 
 On April i, 1862, Mr. Buxton married 
 Miss Cynthia Daniels, of Henniker, who 
 was born in Shipton, P.O., Canada. She 
 died three years later, leaving two sons, 
 namely: Clinton Averill, who is a machinist 
 and an electrician, and resides in Winchester, 
 Mass. ; and Frank Edgar, who is engaged 
 in garment cutting in Holyoke, Mass. Mr. 
 Buxton contracted a second marriage on 
 August 10, 1865, in Deering, N.H., with 
 Hannah M. Clough, daughter of Elijah and 
 Abigail Clough, of that town. The children 
 of this union are: Elmer E., who assists in 
 carrying on the farm ; Maurice E., who is em- 
 ployed in a shoe factory of Auburn, Me. ; and 
 Alberto, who resides at home. Mr. Buxton 
 has been a firm supporter of the Republican 
 party since early manhood, and he has been a 
 delegate to several conventions. While not 
 an aspirant to office, he served acceptably for 
 two years as Supervisor of the town. Still 
 adhering to the religious faith in which he 
 was reared, he attends the Quakers' meeting- 
 house, which stands near his farm. Mrs. 
 Buxton is a member of the Methodist P'pis- 
 copal church at Henniker. 
 
 'sfl'I'-SSE WEBSTER, who was an esteemed 
 resident of Henniker, and had been ac- 
 tively engaged as a tailor in this town 
 for ujiward of threescore years, was born June 
 7, i8ii, in Newport, Sullivan County, son of 
 John and Deborah (Dow) Webster. He is a 
 lineal descendant of John Webster, who was 
 born in Wales, August 9, 1714. This John
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 emigrated to America in company willi his 
 lirother ICbenezer, the paternal grandfather of 
 the eminent statesman, Daniel Webster. 
 John was one of tiie settlers of Chester, N.II., 
 in 1735. In 1750 lie opened the first store in 
 that locality, lie was very active in the war 
 of the Revolution, serving as Colonel of a 
 regiment in the army. Colonel Webster's 
 son Samuel, the ne.\t in line of descent, being 
 the paternal grandfather of Jesse, was born 
 February 15, 1757, in Chester. Early in life 
 he began to study for the ministry, which he 
 subsequently entered. After his marriage 
 with Hannah Robie he was settled for several 
 years in Goffstown, N.M. Afterward he re- 
 moved to Newport, N.II., where he reareil his 
 family. His son John, who was born in 
 Goffstown, at the age of fourteen removed 
 with his parents to Newport, where he after- 
 ward resided until his death in 1839. John's 
 wife, Deborah, died si.x years before his death. 
 
 Jesse Webster grew to manhood in Chester, 
 where his strong influence in matters of re- 
 form, more especially in the cause of temper- 
 ance, was early shown. Rum at that time 
 was in general use; and he, though but a boy 
 of sixteen, seeing its evil effects upon the men 
 in his father's employ, took a decided stand 
 against it, and decided thereafter to take no 
 share in supplying it to the laborers. In the 
 fall of that year his father went to Boston, 
 leaving to Jesse the task of making cider from 
 the apples stored in the cellar before his re- 
 turn. On finding that but two barrels of cider 
 had been made in place of the customary 
 forty, the father made no comment; and at the 
 close of the haying season next summer he 
 acknowledged that the two barrels had been 
 sufficient, the work having been done more 
 quickly and acceptably and with less friction 
 tlian ever before. 
 
 In early manhood Mr. Webster learned the 
 
 taih^r's trade of Samuel Winkley at Mcridcn, 
 N.H. After spending some time in Hills- 
 borough, he came to Ilenniker, August 12, 
 1836, opening a tailor's shop, and beginning on 
 a modest scale. With the exception of two 
 years, from 1864 till 1866, when he had a gen- 
 eral clothing store, with merchant-tailoring 
 features, in Concord, he has since continued in 
 the same occupation. For nearly twenty years 
 he has manufactured custom clothing, at times 
 employing as many as three hundred girls. 
 During his entire business career more than 
 seven hundred girls have worked for him, turn- 
 ing out vast numbers of ordered suits. In two 
 families, those of Silas and Isaac Colby, he 
 has clothed four generations. In the sixty- 
 second year of his business career he made a 
 suit for a child of the fifth generation. He 
 did all the cutting for the establishment, each 
 morning finding him at work; and he manu- 
 factured clothing that went as far westward 
 as Arizona and Montana. He was a man of 
 fine physique, tall and erect, in all things 
 being temperate, well preserved in mind and 
 body. . Having a deep sense of religion, he 
 made a public profession of faith when a 
 young man of nineteen years, uniting with the 
 Baptist church; and he was a close and daily 
 student of the Bible. Yet his disposition was 
 social and genial, and he had a host of friends. 
 I\Ir. Webster married Susan C. Newell, of 
 Newport, who died January 4, 1839. She 
 left one son, Newell H. Webster, now of 
 Helena, Mont. Besides the strong and reso- 
 lute character which she inherited from the 
 Newel Is, she possessed much personal beauty, 
 as testified by her portrait, painted when she 
 was twenty -two. On May 7, 1840, Mr. 
 Webster married Jeannette W., daughter of 
 William S. and Betsey D. Woods, of Henni- 
 ker. After seven years of married life she 
 also died. A year later her sister, Lovilla
 
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 Woods, became the third wife of Mr. Web- 
 ster. She died May 4, 1893, leaving a 
 daughter, Susan L. , who married Jacobs S. 
 Whitney, January 23, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Whitney now reside at the old homestead. 
 The death of Mr. Webster occurred March 
 22, 1897, in his eighty-sixth year. 
 
 §AMES MARCUS BENNETT, who was 
 connected by marriage with two of the 
 best known families of Claremont, was 
 born in New Milford, Conn., December 12, 
 18 19. When a young man he settled in Can- 
 ada, and by his extraordinary business ability 
 and sterling integrity achieved a marked suc- 
 cess. He engaged in the hotel business, be- 
 coming the principal owner of the Tecumshi 
 Hotel at London, Ont. , the largest hostelry 
 in that city. His business brought him into 
 personal contact with men of prominence in 
 jniblic life, and, becoming a citizen of Can- 
 ada, he joined the Reformed party. He was 
 elected to the Board of Aldermen of London, 
 and while in that position displayed a capacity 
 for public affairs which placed him in high 
 repute among his fellow-citizenS. He was 
 unusually prosperous and in a fair way of se- 
 curtng an independent fortune when a general 
 business depression inflicted reverses upon 
 him from which he never recovered. He paid 
 his debts manfully, but his losses proved such 
 a severe shock to his nervous system as to 
 cause his death in 1866. 
 
 Mr. Bennett married Sarah N. Grannis, who 
 survives him, and who is now residing in 
 Claremont. She is a daughter of George and 
 Susannah (Strowbridge) Grannis, and a grand- 
 daughter of Timothy Grannis, an account of 
 whom will be found in a sketch of Homer 1-2. 
 Grannis, which appears elsewhere in this 
 work. George Grannis, who was a prosperous 
 
 farmer and a prominent citizen of Claremont 
 in his day, died in 1847, aged fifty-five years. 
 His wife, Susannah, was a daughter of Colo- 
 nel John Strowbridge, an early settler in 
 Claremont and a man noted for his strict in- 
 tegrity and courtesy. He married Patience, 
 daughter of Ephraim Tyler and a representa- 
 tive of a highly reputable family in this sec- 
 tion. Their children were: William, John, 
 Hiram, Nancy, Susannah, Patience, Betsey, 
 and Jeanette. George and Susannah (Strow- 
 bridge) Grannis had four children, as fol- 
 lows: Susan S. ; Charles E., who at an early 
 age was drowned in the Hudson River; Sarah 
 N., who is now Mrs. Bennett, and is the only 
 survivor; and George PL, who died at the 
 age of eleven years. Susan S. married David 
 Campbell, a man of wealth, who was for sev- 
 eral years a United States government official. 
 She died leaving three children. While re- 
 siding in Canada, Mrs. Bennett availed her- 
 self of the opportunity of learning the French 
 language, with which she is thoroughly fa- 
 miliar. She possesses estimable qualities of 
 heart and mind, and is highly esteemed by her 
 large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 EWELL C. HUNTINGTON, an 
 enterprising agriculturist of Henni- 
 ker, was born May 5, 1856, on the 
 farm which he now owns and occupies, son of 
 the late Pllijah B. Huntington. He is of 
 English ancestry, being a lineal descendant 
 of Simeon Huntington, who, accompanied by 
 four sons, sailed from England for America in 
 1633. Simeon died on the voyage. While 
 one son returned to England, the others — 
 William, Christopher, and Simeon — remained 
 in New England. The last-named son settled 
 in Salisbury, now Amesbury, Mass., in 1640. 
 From him the line was continued by William,
 
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 149 
 
 Jiilin, \Villi;iin, John, Joliii, and ]5cnjaniin, all 
 (if whom were born in Aniesbury. 
 
 Jk'njamin Huntington, the great-grandfather 
 of Sewell C, was the first of the family to 
 conic to New Hampshire. He located in 
 Weai'e, H illsborou^di County, which he made 
 his permanent home. Two of his children, 
 Jacob and Betsey, came to Henniker. Jacob 
 Huntington, the grandfather, born September 
 3, 1783, in Weare, died July 15, 1S57, in 
 Henniker. On May 4, l8og, he married 
 Iluldah (lOve, also of Weare, and, coming to 
 Henniker, purchased the farm where his son, 
 Joseph John Huntington, now lives. He was 
 a man of imiuising presence, strong and vigor- 
 ous, possessing great powers of endurance. 
 Broad-minded and benevolent, he was promi- 
 nent in the I'"riends' Society, which he as- 
 sisted in establishing, and was highly es- 
 teemed by all. His first wife died in i8ig. 
 His second wife, Mehitabel Heckling Ihuit- 
 ington, ]iasscd away in 1S27. He was sur- 
 vived by his third wife, whose maiden name 
 was Lavina H. Breed, and who died October 
 '3i '859. Of the four children born of his 
 first marriage Elijah Brown and Elizabeth at- 
 tained maturity. Of the second wife's chil- 
 dren three were reared — Franklin T., Iluldah 
 G. , and Joseph John. 
 
 Elijah Brown Huntington, born in Henni- 
 ker, June 15, 181 I, spent his seventy-five 
 years of life in this town, and died November 
 9, 1 886. From his earliest years he was en- 
 gaged in farm work, beginning as a day 
 laborer. After his marriage he owned for a 
 while the farm now occupied by his brother. 
 In 1842 he purchased the homestead of his 
 father-in-law, Richard Breed, now owned and 
 occupied by his son Sewell C, and continued 
 in its active management until about a year 
 prior to his death. The main part of the pres- 
 ent house was erected by Mr. Breed, who sub- 
 
 sequently enlarged it by adding the original 
 house, which was built more than a hundred 
 years ago on another part of the farm. While 
 Elijah B. Huntington was not an active poli- 
 tician, in his earlier life he sup]5orted the 
 Know Nothing party, and was afterward iden- 
 tified with the Republican party. Of his 
 union with Mary I'., daughter of Richard and 
 Bcthiah (Huzzey) Breed, there was but one 
 child, Sewell C. She died February 5, 1864. 
 Afterward his household affairs were put in 
 charge of a housekeeper. 
 
 Sewell C. Huntington inherited the farm of 
 ninety acres lying near the Quaker meeting- 
 house. To this he has since added the ad- 
 joining estate, so that his property is now one 
 of the most valuable in the vicinity. An in- 
 telligent, clear-headed man, he has made a 
 success of farming, his annual crops of grain, 
 hay, vegetables, and fruit bringing him in a 
 fine income. He was married September 21, 
 1880, to Miss Georgianna Barker, who was 
 born and reared in Hillsborough, a daughter 
 of Elbridge G. and Mary (Goodwin) Barker. 
 Eva Mary Huntington, his only child, is a 
 bright young miss of eleven years. Mr. 
 Huntington is a member of Crescent Lodge, 
 No. 60, I. O. O. F. Mrs. Huntington has 
 been deaf for some years; but in spite of 
 this difficulty, which is a great drawback to 
 her enjoyment, she is a most pleasant woman 
 to meet, and has a large circle of friends. 
 She is an active member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church; and Mr. Huntington is 
 identified with the Friends' church, which he 
 has attended since a boy. 
 
 ON. ADDISON NEWTON OS- 
 GOOD, a well-known and prominent 
 resident of Pembroke, was born in 
 Allenstown, this State, March 16, 1836, son
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of Ira B. and Alice (Prescott) Osgood. He 
 belongs to the seventh generation of Osgoods 
 in this country, tracing his descent to Chris- 
 topher Osgood, a native of Ipswich, England, 
 who died in 1650. The first of Christopher's 
 two marriages was contracted with Mary Ever- 
 ett, an Englishwoman, who had one child by 
 iiim. His second wife was Margery, daughter 
 of Philip and Mary (Winsley or Winslow) 
 Fowler. She was baptized in Marlboro, Eng- 
 land, May 25, 1615. By her he became the 
 father of five children. Christopher, the 
 fourth child and the next in line, was born in 
 Andover, Mass., in 1643. He was a mill- 
 wright by trade. An active and prominent 
 citizen, he was Captain in the militia, and rep- 
 resented Andover in the General Court of 
 Massachusetts in 1690. He died in 1725. 
 His first wife, in maidenhood Hannah Bel- 
 knap, of Lynn, bore him six children. His 
 second wife, Hannah Barker Osgood, was 
 the mother of four children. His third wife, 
 Sarah, had no issue. His fourth and last, 
 also named Sarah, was the mother of six. 
 Ezekiel, son of Captain Christopher Osgood, 
 and the great -great-grandfather of Addison 
 N., was born in Andover, Mass., November 5, 
 1679, and died in 1741. His first wife was 
 Rebecca Wardwell, and the Christian name of 
 iiis second was Mary. Samuel Osgood, the 
 second of his seven children by his second 
 wife, and the great-grandfather of Addison N., 
 was born in Andover, May 27, 17 14, and died 
 March 16, 1774. He, too, was twice married. 
 His first wife, whose maiden name was Doro- 
 thy Wardwell, bore him five children; and his 
 second, in maidenjiood Elizabeth Abbott, who 
 died September 27, 1792, had eight children. 
 
 Christojiher Osgood, the youngest cliild of 
 Samuel and Elizabeth (Abbott) 0.sgoo(I, born 
 in Andover, April 25, 1769, was a miller by 
 trade. In his early manhood he managed the 
 
 ferry between Concord and Pembroke. Sub- 
 sequently he settled on a farm in Pembroke, 
 and purchased extensive tracts of land in the 
 part of the town now called Suncook. Much 
 of this land was covered with timber at the 
 time of purchase, and he dealt extensively in 
 lumber in his later years. He was a promi- 
 nent man in Pembroke, and took an active 
 part in town affairs. In politics he was a 
 Whig. He died October 3, 1841. His first 
 wife died childless. His second wife, a 
 cousin of his first wife, and whose maiden 
 name was Annie Abbott, lived to be quite old, 
 and reared four children. Both she and her 
 husband were members of the Congregational 
 church. Ira B. Osgood, the youngest of his 
 parents' children, was born in Pembroke, De- 
 cember 30, 1804. He was engaged in farm- 
 ing and lumbering during a great part of his 
 life, and he owned and managed a saw-mill in 
 Allenstown for a number of years. In poli- 
 tics he was a Republican. He died in 
 Allenstown, October 29, 1S69. Both he and 
 his wife were members of the Congregational 
 church. Of their seven children there are 
 living — Warren A., Charles, Addison N., 
 and Alva L. 
 
 Addison Newton Osgood acquired his ele- 
 mentary education in Allenstown, and studied 
 the advanced branches at Pembroke Academy. 
 After leaving school he spent three years in 
 Boston. In i860 he settled in Pembroke, and 
 engaged in lumbering, preparing his lumber 
 for the market on the site of the old mill 
 owned by his father. Until 1873 he was in 
 partnership with another gentleman. Since 
 that date he has managed an indejicndent busi- 
 ness. He has been very prosperous in iiis 
 financial enterprises, and owns much valuable 
 real estate in Pembroke and Allenstown. 
 Mr. Osgood is a man of high integrity, and is 
 respected wherever he is known. He is an
 
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 esteemed member oi tlie l\e|)uljlieaii party, 
 and he lias been lionored with eleetion to a 
 number of offices. As a member of the I'em- 
 broke IJoaixI of Selectmen he was in office for 
 a number of years, and lie represented the 
 town in tiie Icgislatuie in 1878 and 1S79. 
 
 Mr. Osgood was marrietl December 17, 
 1865, to Mary K., daughter of William A. 
 and Julia (Upham) Thclps, of Pembrnkc. lie 
 has taken the thirty-second degree in Ma- 
 sonry, and is a Knight of Pythias and an Odd 
 Fellow. lie is also a Patron of Husbandry, 
 and is affiliated with the grange at Pembroke. 
 Both he and Mrs. Osgootl are members of the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 (sffOIIN S\VA.SI':Y, formerly a well-known 
 merchant of Claremont, was born in 
 Canterbury, N.H., July 21, 1785. He 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits in Claremont, 
 and conducted a profitable business until his 
 death, which occurred October 13, 1835, at 
 the age of fifty years. 
 
 Mr. Swasey married Sally Robinson, a na- 
 tive of Epping, N.H., and a daughter of Noah 
 and Sally Robinson. Mrs. Swasey became 
 the mother of si.x daughters; namely, .Ann 
 Elizabeth, Sophia Charlotte, Sarah Jane, 
 Lydia Ann, Adeline Maria, and Juliette 
 Frances. Ann Elizabeth married Captain 
 Alden Partridge, a military man of note, who 
 founded a military college in Norwich, Vi. 
 Her children were: George, who is no longer 
 living; and Henry V. Sophia Charlotte, who 
 became the wife of General Edward Phelps, a 
 prominent resident of Cold Brook, Conn., 
 died in 1893. Lydia Ann is now deceased. 
 Adeline Maria married Lieutenant George M. 
 Colvocoresses, who was in the United States 
 Navy during the Civil War, and remained in 
 the service after its close. He had risen in 
 
 his profession to a position from which his ad- 
 vancement would have been rapid, when he 
 was accidentally killed in Bridgeport, Conn., 
 while on his way to New York. He was 
 twice married, and had four children by his 
 first union. Miss .Sarah Jane Swasey and 
 Mrs. Colvocoresses are residing in Claremont. 
 Mrs. John Swasey died October 11, 1S53. 
 
 M 
 
 EACON SAMUEL W. CART1':R 
 and his brother, Harrison, well- 
 known natives and residents of 
 Ilenniker, are sons of Nathan and Margery 
 (Wadsworth) Carter. Their grandfather, 
 Samuel Carter, who was born in Wilmington, 
 Mass., in 1758, settled in Hillsborough 
 County after his marriage. Samuel's wife, 
 Ml illy Abbott Carter, was born May iS, 1769, 
 in Londonderry, N.H. 
 
 Nathan Carter was born in Hillsborough 
 County. When a young man he settled at 
 Westboro Corner in the town of Henniker. 
 He was a carpenter, and he followed that trade 
 for forty-three years as a contractor and 
 builder. It was said that there was not a 
 house in the town that he had not worked upon 
 eitlier as buikler or jobber. A skilful work- 
 man, he took special pride in executing fine 
 cabinet work, many specimens of which are 
 still in the family's possession. He owned a 
 good farm at Westboro Corner, where his shop 
 was located. At his death on June 4, 1880, 
 aged eighty-four years, he left an estate val- 
 ued at ten thousand dollars. Possessed of re- 
 markable strength, he was able to climb to an 
 unusual height when over eighty years old, 
 and his activity continued up to the time of 
 his death. He served in the garrison at 
 Portsmouth during the War of 181 2, and in 
 his later years he received a pension from the 
 government. His wife, Margery, whom he
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 married November 24, 18 19, was a daughter 
 of Aaron and Sally (Wood) Wadsworth. She 
 became the mother of seven children, namely: 
 William Harrison, born March i, 1822, who 
 died August 16, 1823; Caroline Matilda, born 
 July 8, 1824, who died February 12, 1826; 
 Samuel Worcester, born February 6, 1827; 
 the Rev. Nathaniel Franklin Carter, born Jan- 
 uary 6, 1830, who is now Librarian of the 
 Historical Society in Concord; Henry Carle- 
 ton, born November 30, 1834, who died Janu- 
 ary 21, 1894; Harrison, born January 16, 
 1S37; and William Frederick, born November 
 II, 1840, who died April 14, 1859. Henry 
 Carleton was for many years a prominent busi- 
 ness man of Concord. He married Clara 
 Ferrin, who survives him. Nathan and Mar- 
 gery Carter were both members of the Congre- 
 gational church, which they joined respec- 
 tively in 1825 and 1831. Their children 
 received strict training in both religion and 
 temperance. The mother died January 23, 
 1892, in her ninety -first year. 
 
 Harrison Carter succeeded his father in the 
 possession of the homestead, and resided there 
 until 1895. In that year he sold the property 
 to a cousin, Finos Carter. He is well in- 
 formed upon all current topics, and is espe- 
 cially familiar with local history. 
 
 Samuel Worcester Carter resided in Brad- 
 ford for two years following his marriage. In 
 1852 he settled upon a farm which his father 
 owned, and which adjoined the homestead. 
 He continued to till the soil and raise poultry 
 until 1891, when he sold his property. He is 
 now living in retirement in the village. 
 
 On February i, 1849, Samuel W. Carter 
 married Fidelia H. Smith, who was born in 
 Langdon, July 29, 1827, daughter of Elias and 
 Matilda (Stiles) Smith. While serving as a 
 privateer during the War of 18 12, her father 
 was captured by the British, and was held a 
 
 prisoner on board a war vessel and on the 
 island of Bermuda for sixteen months. Mrs. 
 Carter resided for some time with her ma- 
 ternal grandparents, Moses and Mary (Ken- 
 ney) Stiles, in Bradford, where she became 
 acquainted with her future husband. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Carter have one daughter, Ella Matilda, 
 who was born August 2, 1856. On October 
 19, 1876, Ella Matilda Carter married Wallace 
 A. Howlet, a painter, paper-hanger, and dec- 
 orator, and now has one son, Wilmer Pfarri- 
 son, born April 25, 1894. 
 
 In politics the Messrs. Carter are Republi- 
 cans. Harrison Carter served as Supervisor 
 for eight years. Both are earnest advocates of 
 temperance and the prohibitory law. Samuel 
 W. Carter united with the Congregational 
 church when fifteen years old, and has been 
 a member for about fifty-four years. For 
 twenty years he has acted as a Deacon, and 
 has been very active in Sunday-school work. 
 
 OHN C. SMITH, a successful dairy 
 farmer of Franklin, was born in this 
 town, May 2, 1842, son of Charles and 
 Jeanette (Mann) Smith. His father, who was 
 a lifelong resident of I-'ranklin, and owned and 
 successfully conducted a good farm located in 
 the southern part of the town, died in Octo- 
 ber, 1889. His mother, a native of Salis- 
 bury, N. H., had five children, as follows: 
 John C, the subject of this sketch: Elbridge, 
 who married Emma Calef, and died October 
 I, 1895; Warren, who died in March, 1883, 
 aged twenty -nine years; Jane, who married 
 Warren Webster, and resides at the home- 
 stead; and Charles, who was drowned in the 
 Merrimac River in September, 18S9, at the 
 age of twenty years. John C. .Smith's motlier 
 is still living, and resides at the homestead 
 with her daurrhtcr.
 
 IJIOGRAI'lllCAI. 
 
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 J(jhn C. Sniilli bc;4an his cducaticjii in ihc 
 common schools, and completed his studies at 
 the Tilton Academy. He remained at home 
 until after his marriage. Then, settling upon 
 a farm on Smith's Hill, he resided there for 
 twenty years. About the year 18S2 he moved 
 to the farm he now occupies, and where he is 
 largely interested in dairying. He owns two 
 farms, respectively containing two hundred 
 acres and seventy-five acres, the soil of which 
 he has greatly improved. lie keeps an 
 average of twenty-five head of cattle, and car- 
 ries on a profitable milk business in I'"ranklin 
 and Franklin Falls. 
 
 On January 3, 1862, Mr. Smith was joined 
 in marriage with Vesta I.. Shaw, who was 
 born in Salisbury, May 14, 1838, daughter of 
 Abram and Hannah (Fifield) Shaw. Her 
 father was a native of Weare, N.H.; and her 
 mother was born in I'^ranklin. Her parents 
 resided upon a farm in Salisbury for many 
 years, and tlied in that town. They had six 
 children, four of whom are living; namely, 
 Amos F. , Calvin G., Vesta L., and Amanda. 
 Amanda married James Morrison, and lives in 
 South Dakota. The others were : Adeline E., 
 who married Adams W. Batchelder, of East 
 Andover; and Mary Saline, who was the wife 
 of Elbridge Gerry Emery. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Smith have had three children — Jabcz R., 
 Maud Eveline, and Blanche Ethelyn. Jabez 
 R., born September 16, 1862, married T-"anny 
 Fellows, and resides in Franklin. INfauil 
 Eveline, who was born January 25, 1869, is 
 now the wife of Walter Woodward, and re- 
 sides in this town. Blanche Ethelyn, born 
 August I, 1883, died March 3, 18S5. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Smith supports the Democratic 
 party, but he takes no interest in public affairs 
 beyond casting his vote. Both he and Mrs. 
 Smith are members of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 I.AYTON r.. IIII.l.IARD, a leading 
 resident and native of South Cornish, 
 was born November 26, 1863, son 
 of Joseph and May (Jkyant) Hilliard. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Hilliard, .Sr., was a 
 farmer and carpenter and a prominent man in 
 his day. In politics he was a Democrat and 
 in religion a Baptist. His wife, Roxie Day 
 Hilliard, bore him ten children — Rufus, 
 Hiram, George, Emmeline, Betsy, Ro.xie, 
 Charlotte, Jane, Joseph, and Chester. Rufus, 
 who was a farmer and carpenter, was born in 
 Cornish, and died in 1894. He married 
 Martha McClurer, and had two children. 
 Hiram, a farmer and a Democrat, married 
 Belle Demming, and had a family of si,\ chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living. George, who is 
 a farmer at Saxton's River, Vt., married Lula 
 Fletcher, and has had five children. Chester 
 went to California when a young man, and 
 died there. Emmeline, now deceased, mar- 
 ried Ira Procter, of Claremont, and had one 
 child, who is living in Kansas. Roxie be- 
 came the second wife of her brother-in-law, 
 Ira Procter, and the mother of three children. 
 Betsy became Mrs. Adna Keys, of Acworth. 
 Both she and her husband are deceased, while 
 their two children are living in Minnesota. 
 Charlotte, who married Quartus Fletcher, had 
 a number of children, and is living at New- 
 port, this State. Jane is Mrs. Amos Richard- 
 son, of Cornish, and the mother of three chil- 
 dren. Joseph Hilliard, father of Mr. Clayton 
 Hilliard, married May, daughter of Aaron 
 Bryant. Their six children were: Ada, Julia, 
 Nellie, Adna, Clayton, and Luman. Ada is 
 now the wife of Frank Weld and the mother 
 of one child; Julia lives at home with her 
 mother; Nellie is now IVIrs. Herbert Dem- 
 ming, and has four sons; Adna is a farmer, 
 and lives at home, working on his mother's 
 estate; Luman married Ida York, of Cornish,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and is living in Clarcmont, engaged in the 
 livery business. 
 
 Clayton 15. Milliard, after being educated in 
 the town schools of Cornish, began life for 
 himself as a farmer, and later worked in the 
 butcher's business. He is quite prominently 
 identified with the politics of the town, and is 
 well informed on all questions of public or 
 local interest. The community had the ad- 
 vantage of his services in the capacity of -Se- 
 lectman for one term. Few residents are 
 more active in forwarding movements for the 
 general welfare. He married Sybil Lear, 
 daughter of William and Hannah (Fletcher) 
 Lear. She is the mother of two children — 
 Ethel Hilliard and Wallace Hilliard. Mrs. 
 Hilliard's mother died about ten years ago. 
 
 TT^APTAIN JOHN P. KNOWLTON, 
 I Vp a retired merchant of Sunapee, was 
 
 V >r ^ born in that town, October lo, 
 1821, son of Samuel and Betsey (Pike) 
 Knowlton. The grandfather, Robert Knowl- 
 ton, was one of the pioneer settlers of New 
 London, N.H., and a loading man in his 
 time. He was a well-educated man and a 
 successful school teacher. He also had time 
 to attend to farming. His last years were 
 spent in the State of Lidiana, where he died 
 at an advanced age. He married a lady 
 named Smith, and she also lived to a good old 
 age. 
 
 Samuel Knowlton, born June 16, 1791, was 
 a farmer, and spent the greater part of his life 
 in Sunapee, to which he came wiieii he was a 
 young man. He was also engaged in hewing 
 lumber, saw-mills being then very scarce. 
 His religious views were liberal, and he was 
 a Jeffersonian Democrat. lie filled various 
 offices of greater or less importance in his 
 town, and was in the State legislature for two 
 
 years. His wife, Betsey, who was born in 
 New London in 1787, September 11, had 
 three children, of whom John P. is the only 
 survivor. The father died in Sunapee, Sep- 
 tember 13, 1846, and the mother, August 28, 
 1 88 I. The two sons not living were: Dennis 
 G. , born September 23, 181 5, who died April 
 ir, 1894; and Moses F., born July 19, 1817, 
 who died November 9, 1854. Moses F. left a 
 daughter, Ellen A., who is a successful school 
 teacher. An interesting fact about these 
 three men is that they were the tallest men in 
 the town of Sunapee. Dennis was six feet, 
 four inches; Moses, six feet, seven inches; 
 and John P., six feet, six inches. 
 
 John P. Knowlton received his education in 
 the town schools. Then he took up farming, 
 and worked on the home farm for two years, 
 and elsewhere for two or three years. His 
 wages were not large; but in haying time he 
 made a dollar a day, which was considered 
 very good pay. Subsequently he became in- 
 terested in a mercantile business, and entered 
 into partnership with his brother in the year 
 1S44. After eight years or more he, bought 
 out his brother's interest, and went on as sole 
 proprietor until 1S62. At that time he dis- 
 posed of the business altogether, and retired 
 to his farm. To-day he owns a fine, small 
 farm of twenty-five acres, and has also a com- 
 fortable residence, which was built under his 
 personal supervision. In 1870 he erected the 
 large Knowlton Block. He had been a Di- 
 rector of the First National Bank of Newport, 
 N.H., for several years when he resigned the 
 office, lie was a|)pointed I'ostmaster in 1845, 
 September (2, and held the office for eleven 
 years. On January 4, 184S, Governor Jared 
 B. Williams created him Captain of the mili- 
 tia company called the Sunapee Guards. The 
 commission, bearing the signatures of the 
 Governor and the Secretary of State, Thomas
 
 JOHN P. KNOWLTON.
 
 i;i()(;k.\i'iiic.\i, KKViKW 
 
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 R. TrcadwcU, of I'ortsmoiith, is carefully pre- 
 served by the Captain. I''or four years lie was 
 Town Clerl<, and for one year Town Treas- 
 urer. Ill iX5^J'57 lie served as State Repre- 
 sentative, and he was a Justice oi the Peace 
 for several years. While bound to no partic- 
 ular creed in religion, he inclines to the Uni- 
 versalist belief. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 Captain Knowlton was married October 23, 
 1848, to Abby S., who was born in New Lon- 
 don, April 16, 1826, daughter of William and 
 Mary (Stevens) Morgan. William Morgan 
 was born in the latter town, April 15, 1796, 
 and his wife, in Newbury, April 27, 1797. 
 He died October 7, 1875, and she died No- 
 vember 19, 1885. They had eight chiklrcn, 
 three only of whom are now living. These 
 arc: Belden Morgan, of New London ; Simeon 
 I""., of Richland, Cal. ; and Mrs. Knowlton. 
 The names of the other children were: 
 Thomas, Marshall, Franklin, Marietta, and 
 Alonzo. Mrs. Knowlton has had no children. 
 
 Captain Knowlton has been a very success- 
 ful man. Considering the fact in connection 
 with the circumstance that at the age of 
 twenty-one his wt)rldly possessions amounted 
 to twenty-five dollars, no further proof of 
 his industry and enterprise is necessary. 
 Both he and his wife have a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 —«-•♦•-♦— 
 
 §OHN S. RAND, a leading business 
 man of Pittsfield, Merrimack County, 
 and a member of the New Hamjishire 
 legislature, was born in Barnstead, N.H., 
 September 14, 1855, son of Hiram and Harriet 
 N. (Iloyt) Rami. His great-grandfather, 
 Samuel Rand, was a native of Barnstead, and 
 a farmer and a mechanic by occupation. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Mary Hill. Of 
 his four children Moses H., grandfather of 
 John S., was the oldest. Moses H. Rand was 
 
 brought up to farming, which occupation he 
 followed in Barnsteatl during his active period. 
 In politics he acted with the Democratic 
 party, and in his religious belief he was a 
 Free Will Baptist. He lived to reach the 
 age of over eighty years. He married Ann 
 Bunker, a native of liarnstead ; and her death 
 occurred at about the same age as that of her 
 husband. She reared four children, three of 
 whom are living: Dr. Joseph B. ; Hiram; and 
 Mary, who married Isaac A. h'letcher, of 
 Lowell, Mass. The latter's only daughter, 
 Anna D., married George Rogers, of that 
 city, and has five children. 
 
 Hiram Rand, John S. Rand's father, grew 
 to manhood in Barnstead, and has been en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits from an early 
 age. At the present time he owns a farm con- 
 taining fifteen acres of fertile land, which he 
 cultivates successfully. His wife, who was 
 before marriage Harriet N. Hoyt, a daughter 
 of ]?enjamin Hoyt, of Barnstead, has had two 
 children, of whom John S., the subject of this 
 sketch, is the only one living. Hiram Rand 
 is a Republican in politics, ami, though not 
 an office-seeker, he takes an active interest in 
 local affairs and the cause of good government. 
 He and his wife are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church, of which he is a Deacon. He 
 is also superintendent of the Sunday-schooL 
 
 John S. Raud was educated at the Pitts- 
 field Academy. He taught schools in Pitts- 
 field and Alton, N. H., and on Deer Island, 
 Boston Harbor, being thus engaged for about, 
 two years. He was also connected with a 
 shoe manufactory in Boston for a time. Since 
 18S4 he has conducted a flourishing dry-goods 
 business in Pittsfield. His progressive and 
 enterprising nature has led him into various 
 fields of business activity, and he is now 
 President of the Pittsfield Shoe Company and 
 a Director of the Farmers' Savings Bank.
 
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 On November 30, 1S79, Mr. Rand was 
 united in marriage with Miss Hattie M. 
 Foote, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (East- 
 man) Foote, of this town. 
 
 As an active supporter of the Republican 
 party Mr. Rand has long been a prominent 
 factor in the political affairs of Pittsfield, and 
 he was elected to the House of Representa- 
 tives in 1896. He is connected with Suncook 
 Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F. His religious 
 affiliations are with the Congregational 
 church, of which Mrs. Rand is a member; and 
 he was formerly superintendent of the Sunday- 
 school. 
 
 IRY A. EMERSON, the President 
 ind Treasurer of the Contoocook 
 Valley Paper Company, whose 
 plant is located in West Henniker, was born 
 in Concord, N.H., May i, 1837, son of 
 Fenner H. and Clarinda B. (Baker) Emerson. 
 His father, a native of Rhode Island, was con- 
 nected with the paper manufacturing industry 
 in this State for many years. Both his par- 
 ents passed their last years with him, and died 
 in Henniker. 
 
 At the age of seventeen, having acquired a 
 good practical education, Mr. Emerson began 
 to learn the business of paper-maker. Com- 
 mencing at the lowest round of the ladder in a 
 paper-mill of Pepperell, Mass., he worked his 
 way upward through the various departments 
 until he had acquired a good knowledge of 
 the trade. He was later employed in mills 
 at Leominster, Mass., and Franklin, N.H. 
 Finally he was appointed superintendent of a 
 mill in Pepperell, Mass., which position he 
 occupied for three years. Having saved 
 some capital by then, he was desirous of en- 
 gaging in business on his own account, and 
 looked about for a suitable place in which to 
 carry out his purpose. In 1871 he became 
 
 favorably impressed with the future prospect 
 of a paper-mill in Henniker. With P. C. 
 Cheney & Co., of Manchester, ami II. T. 
 Hill he began operations in an old mill here; 
 and a short time later the Nashua Card and 
 Glazed Paper Company secured the int(^rest of 
 Cheney & Co. In 1872 the Contoocook 
 Valley Paper Company was incorporated with 
 a capital stock of seventy-five thousand dol- 
 lars, and a large mill was erected in West 
 Henniker. The business grew in importance; 
 and, as Mr. Emerson gradually acquired the 
 greater part of the capital stock, he became 
 the President in 1880 and the Treasurer in 
 1886. The plant is propelled by water, hav- 
 ing a capacity of three hundred horse-power, 
 more than half of which is utilized. The 
 annual product, which is of a superior quality, 
 amounts to about seven hundred tons. For 
 the past fourteen years the Contoocook Valley 
 Company has furnished the paper used in the 
 State printing office. Mr. Emerson is also 
 interested in other enterprises. He is a Di- 
 rector of the Hillsborough Electric Light 
 Company; was for eleven years President of 
 the Henniker Spring Water Company; owns 
 stock in the Walworth Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, and in several railroad companies, in- 
 cluding those of the Connecticut River, the 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford, the Con- 
 cord & Montreal, the New Boston, and the 
 Amoskeag; and he has also invested to some 
 extent in Western securities. In 1888 he 
 built the Emerson Block, a frame structure of 
 three stories. In 1876 and 1878 he was 
 elected a Representative to the legislature 
 as a Democrat, and during his term served 
 upon the Committee on Corporations. He 
 continued to vote with the Democratic party 
 luitil 1894, when he became a Republican. 
 In the last national campaign he was an active 
 supporter of McKinley and sound money.
 
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 On JaiiiKuy i, \^f>.\, in Litclindcl, N.IL, 
 Mr. luncrson was unitctl in marriage with 
 Louisa M. Lydston, a native of llillsiioroiigh 
 County. lie is the rresidcnt of the Ilenniker 
 I'"rec l.ilirary Association, which occupies 
 C|uarters in his hh)ci<. Included in his house- 
 iiolii pro[)erty is a library, containing about 
 two thousaiul well-selected volumes. Me has 
 been connected with the Congregational 
 church since coming to Ilenniker, and for sev- 
 eral years he sang in the choir. 
 
 ACA^/ A I.I.AC l". 1". THRASHER, a wel 
 known business man of I'lainfield, 
 was born in Cornish, N.II., May 
 It), 1S50, son of Samuel Powers and Ann W. 
 (Haven) Thrasher. His great-grandfather 
 was Jacob Thrasher, a native of Connecticut, 
 who first settled in .Salisbury, N.II., and 
 later in Cornish. The maiden name of 
 Jacob's wife was I'lastman. Numerous de- 
 scendants of his are distril)uted throughout 
 Sullivan County. 
 
 John Thrasher, grandfather of Wallace P., 
 was born in Cornish in 1782. He was a sur- 
 veyor and a stone mason, and did a large con- 
 tract business in connection with farming. 
 He attended to a large amount of the legal 
 business of Cornish and adjoining towns, and 
 was a man of much natural ability and good 
 judgment. His death occurred in 1862. He 
 married Betsey, daughter of Peter Walker, of 
 Cornish, and reared a family of six children — 
 Martha, Ithaniar, P^sthcr, .Sylvia, Samuel, and 
 Dorothy. Martha became Mrs. Wheeler, and 
 resided in Newport until her death. Ithamar, 
 who was a large dealer in furs, and travelled 
 through Vermont and New Hampshire pur- 
 chasing goods, died in Corinth, Vt., in 1864, 
 at the age of fifty-four years. He wedded 
 Mary Ann Cotton, of Cornish, and his chil- 
 
 dren were named: Benjamin, PVancimore, 
 lidwin, Ilikn, Annette, Arthur, Carrie, and 
 Henry. His sister J-:sther, who became the 
 wife of Moses Wright, of Cornish, lived in 
 that town and Unity, had a large family of 
 children, and died in the latter town. Sylvia 
 married Sylvester Stowell, of Cornish, a ma- 
 chinist, who followed his trade in Newport, 
 N.II., and died leaving one daughter, Eliza- 
 beth. Dorothy Thrasher became the second 
 wife of Sylvester Stowell, and died in Unity. 
 
 Samuel Powers Thrasher, also a native of 
 Cornish, was born in October, 1815. After 
 completing his education, he learned the trade 
 of a stone mason, and subsequently became an 
 extensive contractor. He constructed or re- 
 modelled nearly every bridge upon the line of 
 the Vermont Central Railroad. He also 
 erected churches, .school-hcu.ses, and govern- 
 ment buildings. In politics he always be- 
 longed to the Democratic party, and he was 
 frequently nominated to public offices. He 
 was finally elected to the State Senate, and 
 was a member of that body at the time of his 
 death, which occurred in Claremont, April 
 12, 1 87 1. In his religious views he was a 
 Universal ist, and he took a deep interest in 
 the church work. In Masonry he had ad- 
 vanced to the Royal Arch degree, and he was 
 buried with the rites of the fraternity. He 
 married Ann W. Haven, daughter of James 
 and Calista Haven, of Newport, N.H. She 
 became the mother of thirteen children, all of 
 whom reached maturity. They were born as 
 follows: Laura, September 4, 1845; Winfield 
 Scott, May 5, 1847; Flora A., October 3, 
 1849; Wallace P., the subject of this sketch; 
 Charles H., January 10, 1S52; Frank P., 
 September 10, 1853; Ned, January 30, 1855; 
 James B., September 29, 1856; Samuel P., 
 May 9, 1858; Emma E., May 16, i860; 
 Elmer J., January 22, 1862: George B.,
 
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 September 3, i S63 ; and Nettie M., January 
 22, 1S65. Laura married Henry Seaver, a 
 farmer of Norwich, Vt., and died May 30, 
 1895, leaving four children. Winfield Scott 
 wedded Mary Allen, daughter of the lion. 
 Norman N. Allen, a prominent lawyer and an 
 ex-State Senator of Dayton, N.Y. He 
 studied law in the office of his father-in-law, 
 with whom he is now associated, and is an 
 expert in real estate and medical cases, being 
 largely engaged as a referee throughout 
 Western New York. He has had ten chil- 
 dren, nine of whom are living. Flora mar- 
 ried Frank L. Simmonds, a native of Franklin, 
 N. H., who is now a machinist in Tilton. 
 She has had four children, of whom three are 
 living. Charles H., who became a building 
 contractor, and erected many residences in 
 Newton, Mass., and other towns adjoining 
 Boston, died of lockjaw in a Boston hospital, 
 May 3, 1S92. He married Ida Dickinson, 
 and was the father of seven children, all of 
 'whom are living in Newtonville, Mass. 
 Frank P. is a member of the Paris Night Robe 
 Company, Meredith, N.H. He first married 
 Eva Stevens, of Claremont, who was the 
 mother of three children. His second mar- 
 riage was contracted with Imo Lanou, of 
 Irasburg, Vt., who died some two years ago. 
 Ned Thrasher, now a prosperous farmer in 
 Rindge, N. H., served as Postmaster under 
 both the Cleveland administrations. He mar- 
 ried lunma L. Walker, of Rindge; and four of 
 his five children are living. James B., who 
 is a travelling salesman for a lasting-machine 
 company of Boston, and has had a large expe- 
 rience as a shoe manufacturer, now lives at 
 North Adams, Mass. He married Anna 
 Glincs, of Claremont. Samuel P. Thrasher 
 is now the Secretary and Manager of the Con- 
 necticut State Law and Order League, and 
 resides iii New Haven. When cpiite young- 
 
 he ran away to sea; and, after sowing his wild 
 oats, he became an ardent religious worker 
 and a temperance reformer. He is an able 
 and eloquent advocate of morality, and during 
 the past year has delivered over two hundred 
 lectures. He is now travelling in Europe. 
 By his marriage with Etta Bristol, of New 
 Haven, he became the father of six children, 
 four of whom are living. Emma E. Thrasher 
 is an instructor of stenography in Hartford, 
 Conn. Elmer J. Thrasher, who is a sign 
 painter, and has travelled a great deal in the 
 Western States, married Esther Her, and has 
 three children. George B. Thrasher, who 
 died in June, 1S91, was a mechanic in the 
 employ of the Winchester Arms Company of 
 New Haven, Conn. Nettie M. Thrasher is 
 now the wife of Edwin Sargent, a carpenter 
 of Rindge, N. H., and has three children. 
 
 Wallace P. Thrasher began his education in 
 the common schools. His advanced studies 
 were pursued at the Kimball L^nion Academy 
 and the Claremont High School. Subse- 
 quently, after teaching school for some time, 
 he served an apprenticeship at the wheel- 
 wright's trade. He had been engaged in that 
 business and that of casket-maker for twenty 
 years, when five years ago he suffered the 
 loss of a leg by a carriage accident. He is 
 now transacting a general legal business, is a 
 Justice of the Peace, writes considerably for 
 newspapers and magazines, and is actively in- 
 terested in political affairs. He is a Demo- 
 crat and prominent in the local organization. 
 He has been a member of the Board of Select- 
 men, has served as Town Clerk, was upon the 
 School Board for seven years, and was a can- 
 didate for the legislature in 1892. In relig- 
 ious belief he is a Univcrsalist. 
 
 Mr. Thrasher married lilliza K. Dickinson, 
 who was born in Cambridgcport, Mass., Oc- 
 tober 21, 1850, daughter of Aaron antl Lliza
 
 ilUKJRAl'lllCAL REVIKW 
 
 i6i 
 
 (Marsliall) Dickinson. The latter is a native 
 1)1' Unit}', \. 11. Mr. and .Mrs. Tliraslier liave 
 nine ciiildren, born as folhuvs: Weston M., 
 January iS, 1.S72; Carlton W., October 8, 
 1.S73; Manton J., November 11, 1.S75; Annie 
 iM., Jinie i:;, 1878; Nettie IC, June 4, 1881; 
 Harry I)., May 24, 1883; Morris M., June 
 25, 18S5; V\nva H., August 23, 1891; and 
 Nina L., l-'ebruary 15, 1894. Weston M. is 
 an e.vpcrt wood-worker, and resides in Lewis- 
 ton, Me. ; Carlton W. is in a general store in 
 Windsor, V^t. ; and Manton J. is a drug clerk 
 Jn the same town. The others reside with 
 their parents. 
 
 ARRISON AM.SDICN RICK, a suc- 
 cessful dairy farmer of Ilenniker, 
 
 - V _ , was born in this town, June 18, 
 1 8 16, son of Jacob and Lovisa (Howe) Rice. 
 The Rices are descendants of Edmund Rice 
 and his wife, Tamazine, who emigrated from 
 England and settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 
 1639. The great-grandfather of Harrison A. 
 Rice was Elijah Rice, son of Charles and 
 Rachel Rice. Charles was the third in line 
 from Edmund. Elijah Rice (second), the 
 granijlfather, who settled in Hcnniker at the 
 beginning of the Revolutionary War, was a 
 carpenter by trade. He served at the battle 
 of Bunker Hill, and was commissioned an En- 
 sign in 1779. He acc[uired a tract of land 
 now located in the centre of the village, 
 affording the site of the present hotel. His 
 ileath occurred in 1805. In the year 1779 he 
 married Margaret Patterson, who died Octo- 
 ber 5, 1797. He subsequently contracted a 
 second marriage with Margaret Stuart, a na- 
 tive of Warner, N. H., wlio died December 18, 
 1859. 
 
 Jacob Rice was born in Hcnniker, January 
 -3i ^7^7- When about seven years old, while 
 
 visiting the family of Thomas Urown, a neigh- 
 boring farmer whose son Nahum was a deaf 
 mute, Jacob learned to converse by signs with 
 the boy. This .so plea.se(l Mr. Urown that he 
 agreed to do well by Jacob if the latter would 
 remain with him until lie came of age. Jacob 
 accei)ted the proposition. When twenty-one 
 years old he began to work by the month. A 
 year later, in company with his brothers, 
 Isaac and James, he bought a farm ; and for 
 some time he assisted in its cultivation, be- 
 sides working for others when opportunity 
 |)ermitted. The farm was carried on by them 
 until the brothers separated by marrying and 
 settling elsewhere. Jacob, who made several 
 changes, eventually purchased of Nahum 
 Brown, the deaf mute, f(jr seventeen hundred 
 dollars, the farm upon which his .son, Harrison 
 A., now lives, and where he settled in March, 
 1825. Although he was obliged to incur a 
 debt in order to secure the farm, he soon freed 
 it from encumbrance. It contained one hun- 
 dred acres of land, lying upon the main road, 
 within easy reach of the village. A strong 
 and able farmer, whose industry fully equalled 
 his strength, Jacob's activity continued almost 
 to the moment of his death, which occurred 
 7\pril 14, 1S79, at the age of ninety-two. In 
 politics he was originally a Democrat. Later 
 he became an abolitionist and a Republican. 
 He served as a Selectman for the greater part 
 of the time between 1820 and 1837, and was a 
 Representative to the legislature in the years 
 1828 and 1829. In July, 1810, he wedded 
 Lovisa Howe, daughter of Micah and Lovisa 
 (Amsden) Howe. She became the mother of 
 five children, namely: Adeline, now deceased, 
 who married Jeremiah Foster, who was a 
 farmer and surveyor, and is also deceased; 
 Susan Lovisa, who married John Smith Mor- 
 rill, and died in Nashua, N.H., two years 
 after marriage; Harrison A., the subject of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 this sketch: Maria Wallace, who married 
 Obadiah E. Wilson, and died in Henniker, at 
 the age of forty-six; and George W., who re- 
 sides in this town. Mrs. Jacob Rice died in 
 December, 1867, aged eighty-one years. 
 
 Harrison Amsden Rice was reared and edu- 
 cated in Henniker. After reaching his major- 
 ity he entered into partnership with his 
 father. In time he acquired by purchase the 
 entire farm, together with the stock and im- 
 plements; and since then he has carried it on 
 upon his own account. By adding the Eli 
 Howe farm and other tracts he now owns five 
 hundred acres of good land. His principal 
 occupation is dairy farming. He keeps some 
 fifteen cows, and is now giving his attention 
 to the breeding of Holstein cattle. Six years 
 ago he erected a new house upon the site of 
 the old Brown residence. He has also built a 
 barn, ninety feet in length. His prosperity is 
 chiefly due to untiring energy and enterprise. 
 It is worthy of note that he was the first 
 farmer in Henniker to purchase and use a 
 mowing machine. He has also been engaged 
 in lumbering to some extent. 
 
 Mr. Rice has been twice married. On Jan- 
 uary 23, 184s, he wedded for his first wife 
 Susan W. Foster, daughter of Zebulon Foster. 
 She died June 2, 1S67. On June 18, 1868, 
 he married Charlotte I. Steele, daughter of 
 Jeremiah and Irene (Felt) Steele, of Peter- 
 boro, Hillsborough County. Born of his first 
 union are John Jacob and Adeline Eliza. 
 John Jacob occupies the Jacob Rice farm, and 
 carries it on in partnership with his father. 
 He married F^liza J. Sawyer, and has two 
 children. The latter are: Susan Frances, 
 born December 17, 1877; and Ikrtha Maria, 
 born October 14, 1886. Adeline T^iza is now 
 the wife of Edward Connelly, a tinman by 
 trade. Mr. Rice's present wife acquired her 
 education at Peterboro Academy. She began 
 
 to teach at the age of nineteen, and continuc( 
 in that occupation for nearly ten years. 
 
 Yp)TOMER E. GRANNIS is an enter- 
 l-^-l prising farmer and real estate owner 
 
 _li® V residing in Claremont, Sullivan 
 County, N. H., where he was for many years 
 engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business. 
 He was born in Claremont, July 16, 1832, son 
 of Solon C. and Nancy (Spaulding) Grannis, 
 and belongs to one of the oldest families in 
 the town, being a great-grandson of Timothy 
 Grannis, Sr , who came from North Haven, 
 Conn., to Claremont in 1769. 
 
 For his first wife Timothy Grannis, Sr., 
 married Sarah Sumner, daughter of Dr. Will- 
 iam Sumner. She died June 25, 17S9; and 
 he married for his second wife Sarah Nye, of 
 Tolland, Conn. Timothy Grannis, Sr., died 
 May 7, 1827. He was the father of eleven 
 children, seven by his first marriage and four 
 by his second. 
 
 Timothy Grannis, Jr., eldest son of Timo- 
 thy, Sr. , and grandfather of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in Claremont, June 30, 1772. 
 In his earlier years he taught school winters, 
 and tilled the soil of a good farm in West 
 Claremont during the intervening summer 
 seasons. Possessing a good education, he was 
 somewhat devoted to literary composition : and, 
 while at the top of Ascutney Mountain in 1804, 
 he wrote some lines in blank verse commemo- 
 rative of the occasion. He did much survey- 
 ing for the town and for private parties, and 
 was well and favorably known throughout this 
 region. He was a member of the Board of 
 Selectmen from 1821 to 1829 and Represent- 
 ative to the General Court in 1829-32. He 
 married Phcebe, daughter of Ebenezer Rice, 
 and reared a family of five children, as fol- 
 lows: Solon C, Laurens A., Homer P.,
 
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 Sarali M., and Saiiuie'l R. II(Jinci- I'. Grannis 
 removed to Canada when young. Afterward 
 he went South, and died in Alabama. Sarah 
 M. Grannis married Leonard Gilmorc. Lau- 
 rens A., who was a large land-owner, died in 
 Guildhall, Vt., in October, 1896. He mar- 
 ried for his first wife Mary Johnson, and for 
 his second Martha Cole. Samuel R., who 
 married Caroline Higbee, settled in Minne- 
 sota, and passed the rest of his life in that 
 State. 
 
 Solon C. Grannis, father of Homer li!., was 
 Hifin in West Claremont, August 23, 1801. 
 When a young man he settled upon a farm lo- 
 cated a mile north of his father's property, and 
 for many years carried on agricultural pur- 
 suits upon a large scale. He was prominent 
 in public affairs, serving upon the Board of 
 Selectmen from 1843 to 1852, being Chairman 
 of that body for some time, and representing 
 this town in the legislature in i860 and 1861. 
 He was well informed concerning the history 
 of Claremont, as he kept a record of all im- 
 portant events that transpired in the town. 
 He acted as a Warden of the Union Episcopal 
 Church for over forty years. Solon C. 
 Grannis lived to be ninety years old, and died 
 March 7, 1892. His wife, Nancy Spaulding, 
 was a daughter of Abel Spaulding. Abel and 
 his brother Joseph served in the Revolution- 
 ary War, and tradition has it that Joseph 
 Spaulding fired the first shot at the battle of 
 Bunker Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Solon C. 
 Grannis were the parents of eight children, 
 namely: Sarah, born November 16, 1824; Jo- 
 seph S., born January 26, 1828; Martha A., 
 born February 21, 1830, who died at the age 
 of eighteen months; Homer E., the subject 
 of this sketch; Martha A., born May 27, 
 1834; Nancy J., born April 3, 1836; Charles 
 C, who died at tlie age of eighteen months; 
 and George C, born December 10, 1842. 
 
 Sarah married Chester I'. .Smith, and died in 
 1864; Joseph S. , who is a lawyer in Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, married Eliza Harrison; Nancy 
 never married; George C. married Annis Gil- 
 more, and resides in Claremont; Martha A., 
 who formerly taught school, became the wife 
 of Daniel N. Bowker. 
 
 /^TeORGE !■:. MHJ.ER, a prominent 
 Vp I resident of Pembroke and a member 
 of the firm of .Simpson, Miller & 
 Co., general merchants, was born in Deer- 
 field, N.H., October 30, 1850, son of Eben- 
 ezer and Mehitable L. (Dow) Miller. The 
 grandfather, Samuel Miller, spent his early 
 life in Chichester, N. H., engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits; and his last years were passed 
 in Brentwood, N. H. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Annie Yeaton ; and he had a family 
 of six children, of whom Ebenezer, George E. 
 Miller's father, was the second-born. 
 
 Ebenezer Miller grew to manhood as a 
 farmer. When a young man he settled upon a 
 farm in Deerfield, where the rest of his life 
 was spent in tilling the soil. He was known 
 and respected as a kind-hearted neighbor and 
 a useful citizen. In his later years he acted 
 with the Republican party, and in religious 
 belief he was a Free Will Baptist. His wife, 
 Mehitable, who was a native of Deerfield, be- 
 came the mother of four children, of whom 
 Sarah J. and George E. are living. Ebenezer 
 Miller died at the age of si.xty-onc years. His 
 wife died in 1S96, at the age of seventy-four 
 years. 
 
 George E. Miller acquired his education in 
 his native town. After leaving school he re- 
 sided in Laconia, N. H., for a short time. 
 Then he came to Pembroke, and entered the 
 grocery and provision business as a clerk for 
 Emery Brothers. At a later date he acquired
 
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 an interest in the firm of Johnson & Cyr, with 
 whom he remained as a partner for seven 
 years. In 18S6 he entered into partnership 
 witli LI. T. Simpson, forming the firm name 
 of Simpson, Miller & Co., which has since 
 conducted a thriving business in Suncook. 
 
 On November 30, 1878, Mr. Miller wedded 
 Nellie L. Simpson, daughter of Henry T. 
 Simpson, his business associate. They have 
 haJ two sons, namely: Walter, who died at 
 the age of nine months; and Henry, who lived 
 three years and six months. In politics Mr. 
 Miller is a Republican. Althougii he is 
 deeply interested in local affairs, he has never 
 sought for public office, and has frecjuently 
 declined nominations thereto. In the cam- 
 paign of 1896 he accepted nomination as a 
 candidate for Representative to the legislat- 
 ure, and was elected for the years -1897 and 
 1898. An able and successful business man, 
 he is esteemed by his fellow-townsmen. A 
 Mason of the thirty-second degree, he is a 
 member of Jewell Lodge, No. 94; of Hiram 
 Chapter, No. 24 ; of Mount Horeb Comraand- 
 ery, Knights Templar; of the Consistory at 
 Nashua; and the Mystic Shrine at Boston. 
 He is also affiliated with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. 
 Miller attend the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
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 (^01 IN B. HOWARD, formerly a car- 
 penter and builder, who is now living 
 in retirement at Franklin Falls, was 
 born in Burlington, Vt., May 13, 1828, son of 
 ICzekiel and Nancy (Burbank) Howard. The 
 father, who was a native of Connecticut, first 
 settled in Shelburnc, Vt., and later in Bur- 
 lington. A cariienter and bridge builder, the 
 active period of his life was devoted to these 
 callings. He died in Burlington in 1832. 
 His wife, Nancy, who was a native of 
 
 Grantham, N.H., became the mother of five 
 children, of whom John B. and Emily are 
 living. Emily is the wife of George B. 
 Mathews, of I""ranklin. The others were: Lo- 
 retta, who married Edward Doxey, now a resi- 
 dent of Elgin, 111. ; Charles H., who died in 
 Oregon; and Maria, who died young. Mrs. 
 Ezekiel Howard married for her second hus- 
 band Stillman Clark, of Georgia, Vt., and 
 passed the rest of her life in that town. 
 
 John B. Howard was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools. While still young he learned 
 the carpenter's trade in Burlington, and after- 
 ward worked as a journeyman in Grafton and 
 Worcester, Mass., and Nashua, N.H., about a 
 year in each place. In 1S54 he went to Min- 
 neapolis, Minn., where he resided until 1871, 
 and then returned to Vermont. He resided for 
 a time in Georgia, from which town he re- 
 moved to St. Albans; and in 1881 he came to 
 Franklin Falls. Since settling here he has 
 conducted several building operations in this 
 village, in Northfield, and in Tilton; and he 
 has improved his own residence, located on 
 Franklin Street. He retired from active labor 
 some time ago. In politics he is a Democrat, 
 and in 1892 he served with ability as a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Selectmen. 
 
 In 1856, while residing in Minneapolis, 
 Mr. Howard contracted his first marriage with 
 Emily Arnokl. She was born in Jamestown, 
 N.Y., daughter of Henry C. and ICliza Ar- 
 nold, the former of whom was an artist. Both 
 her parents are now deceased. Mr. Howard's 
 second wife, whom he married May 13, 1882, 
 was Arietta Hathaway, of Boston, Mass. .She 
 died March 30, 1889, leaving one daughter, 
 Mabel A. The latter and Maria Albina, his 
 daughter by liis first wife, reside with tiieir 
 father. Mr. Howard is a member of the Ma- 
 sonic lodge in Franklin and of Mount Horeb 
 Commandery of Concortl.
 
 MOCkAI'IIICAl, Kl'lVIKVV 
 
 -OSICI'II HENRY D1':AR1?0RN, one of 
 tlic Icadinp; farmers and influential resi- 
 dents of Pembroke, was born in Deer- 
 field, N.ll., April ig, 1849, son of the Hon. 
 Joseph J. and Sarah (Jenncss) Dearborn, of 
 Decrficld. His ancestors on the father's side 
 have for many generations resided in New 
 Hampshii-e. The first of the Dearboi-n fam- 
 ily of whom there is any authentic knowl- 
 edge was Godfrey Dearborn, an luigiishman, 
 who with his family became an early settler 
 of Hoston, Mass. He afterward moved to 
 ^ixeter, N.H., and was a pioneer farmer in 
 that town. His son, Henry, married Eliza- 
 beth Merriam. Samuel Dearborn, the next 
 in line, wedded Mercy Batchelder; and their 
 son, Nathaniel Dearborn, married Mary Batch- 
 elder. Edward Dearborn, son of Nathaniel, 
 and great-grandfather of the subject of this 
 sketch, born in 1749, (lied at Kensington, 
 N.H. He married Susanna Brown, of Ken- 
 sington; and one of their children was Sewall, 
 grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Sewall Dearborn was born February 26, 
 1773, in Deerfield, N.H. In early manhood 
 he settled upon a farm in Deerfield. Ener- 
 getic and persevering, he acquired a good es- 
 tate. In politics he supported the Democratic 
 party. In his religious belief he was a Cal- 
 vinist Baptist. His death occurred in Deer- 
 field at the age of eighty-one years. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Dow, a native of Kensington, and 
 reared a family of five children, none of whom 
 arc living. Mrs. Sewall Dearborn li\'ed to 
 the advanced age of ninety-seven years. Jo- 
 seph J. Dearborn was born in Deerfield, March 
 8, 18 18. When a young man he entered mer- 
 cantile pursuits in his native town, and car- 
 ried on a thriving trade for some years. He 
 then went to Bangor, Me., and, after carrying 
 on a hardware business for some time, re- 
 turned aiiain to Deerfield. His latest enter- 
 
 prise was a shoe manufactory, which he cf)n- 
 ductcd successfully until his retirement. 
 He died in Deerfield, at the age of seventy- 
 two years. An active supporter of the Repub- 
 lican party, he served the town in the capacity 
 of Selectman, was a member of the New 
 Hampshire House of Representatives and of 
 the State Senate. He attended the Congrega- 
 tional church, was a man of unusual ability as 
 a business man, and his character and integ- 
 rity were beyond reproach. The first of his 
 three marriages was contracted with Sarah 
 Jenncss, who was a daughter of Thomas Jcn- 
 ness, of Deerfield. She died at the age of 
 forty-nine years. Of her four children the 
 only survivor is Joseph H., the subject of this 
 sketch. For his second wife Joseph J. Dear- 
 born wedded Hannah G. Chadwick, of De<^r- 
 field. She bore him two children, neither of 
 whom is living. Mrs. Phoebe Libby Mc- 
 Intire became his third wife. 
 
 Joseph Henry Dearborn began his educa- 
 tion in Pembroke, and fitted for college at 
 Phillips Exeter Academy. At Harvard Uni- 
 versity he pursued a classical course, and 
 graduated with the class of 1871. Afterward 
 he was engaged in the dry-goods business in 
 Boston until 1880. Since that year he has 
 followed agriculture in Pembroke. Politi- 
 cally, he acts with the Republican party. He 
 has been a member of the Board of Selectmen. 
 He served on the Board of Education for two 
 years, and he has represented this town in the 
 legislature. For some years past he has been 
 a Trustee of Pembroke Academy. 
 
 On November g, 1880, Mr. Dearborn was 
 united in marriage with Sarah Frances 
 Stevens, daughter of Josiah and H. Ann 
 (Head) Stevens, of Manchester, N.H. Three 
 children have been born of the union; namely, 
 Jenness S., Joseph Jewell, and Sarah Eliza- 
 beth. .Mr. Dearborn is connected with the
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and Pembroke Grange, Patrons 
 of Husbandry. His many estimable qualities 
 and superior intellectual attainments are ap- 
 preciated by his fellow-townsmen, in whose 
 interests he has labored diligently as a public 
 ofificiaL The family attend the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 'OHN F. DAVIS, Postmaster of Suna- 
 pee, was born here, November ii, 
 1835, son of Eli and Eunice (Pingree) 
 Davis, The grandfather, Eli Davis (first), 
 was born March 15, 1775, in Rowley, Mass. 
 He was one of the first settlers of Springfield, 
 N.II., where he went when quite a young 
 man, and where he carried on general farm- 
 ing. Later he removed to Plainfield, N.H., 
 where he spent the latter part of his life. He 
 married Judith Sanborn, who was born June 
 6, 1776, and with her reared ten children. A 
 prominent man, he served the town in several 
 public capacities, including that of legisla- 
 tive Representative. He was also an es- 
 teemed member and Deacon of the Baptist 
 church. He died October 22, 1848, and his 
 wife on September 6, i860. 
 
 Eli Davis (second), born in Springfield, 
 N.H., December 29, 1807, was very success- 
 fully engaged in general farming, and spent 
 most of his life in Sunapee. In politics he 
 was a Democrat, but held no iiublic office. In 
 religious belief he was a Universalist. He 
 married Eunice Pingree, who was born in 
 Sunapee, January 15, 1807. She was a daugh- 
 ter of Francis Pingree, who was an early set- 
 tler, a prominent man, and a public official of 
 the town. Her husband died on April 25, 
 1875; and her death occurred March 31, 1893. 
 They had six children, of whom four are now 
 living. They were: Ruth A., born Decem- 
 ber 10, 1829; Permilla M., Ijorn November 
 
 12, 1831; Eunice M., born November 8, 
 1833; John F., the subject of this sketch; 
 Mary S., born October 12, 1838; and Julia 
 A., born March 28, 1841. Ruth A. is the 
 widow of James W. Trow, and at present re- 
 sides in Sunapee; Permilla M. married 
 Francis S. Trow, and died October 7, 1894; 
 Eunice M. is the wife of Nathaniel Messer, 
 and lives with him in New London; Mary S. 
 married Levit S. Pillsbury, and died April 26, 
 1 888; Julia A. is the wife of Hiram P. East- 
 man, and lives in Sunapee. 
 
 John F. Davis was educated in the schools 
 of his native town. Being an only son, he 
 lived at home until he was twenty-three 
 years of age. He then engaged in the man- 
 ufacture of shoe-stiffening and other occu- 
 pations. Later on he carried the United 
 States mail between Sunapee and Sunapee 
 Station, being mail and express agent for a 
 period of fourteen years. Afterward he was 
 in the hotel business for eight years, conduct- 
 ing the Runnells Lake View House and the 
 Maplewood. He was next engaged in a mer- 
 cantile business for a while, after wiiich he 
 moved to George's Mills, a part of Sunapee, 
 where he has resided ever since. He has been 
 Postmaster here since 1893 and Ta.x Collector 
 for three years, besides which he carries on 
 the express business, and has been an under- 
 taker for fifteen years. He also makes a busi- 
 ness of taking summer boarders, liaving ac- 
 commodations for ten guests and a livery for 
 their convenience. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat. His religious views arc liberal anil not 
 restricted to any sectarian creed. He is a 
 member of the Patrons of Husbandry, both 
 the Sunapee and Lake Granges. 
 
 On I""ebruary 14, 1858, Mr. Davis married 
 Louisa S. Tucker, who was born in Sunapee, 
 October 13, 1S36, daughter of Joseph G. and 
 Ruih (Gardner) Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
 
 BIOGRAI'IIICAL RKVIEW 
 
 167 
 
 have a daiiglitcr, Carrie J., born in Sunapec, 
 April 26, 1S59, will) is now tiic wife of 
 Charles H. Loveland, and resides in Melrose, 
 Mass. Mr. Davis has a fine place at Georj^e's 
 Mills, wliicli is a beautiful summer resort at 
 tile head of Lake -Sunapee. 
 
 ANA W. CALL, a prominent farmer 
 of Franklin, was born in this town. 
 
 IB 
 
 r-*"^ August 27, 1 847, son o[ llazen 11. 
 ^nd Mary (Thomas) Call. His grandfather, 
 Hazcn Call, who was a lifelong resident of 
 I'^raidvlin, spent his active period in tilling 
 the soil. The father was reared and educated 
 in this town. lie was engaged in farming 
 and lumbering, and died October 2, 1888. 
 Mis wife, Mary, who was a native of Sanborn- 
 ton, N.IL, became the mother of eight chil- 
 dren -^Joseph L., Calvin T., Helen, Dana 
 W., Horace M., Helen V., David S., and 
 Frederick W. Joseph L. married Ann .Sever- 
 ance, and lives in h'ranklin; Calvin T. mar- 
 ried Olive B. Davis, and resides in this town; 
 Helen died at the age of nine months; Horace 
 M., who died December 11, 1876, married 
 Eldora Twombly, of Hill, N.IL, who also 
 died leaving one daughter, Helen Luella; 
 Helen V. died at the age of si.xtecn years; 
 David S., who was for some years a conductor 
 on the Northern Railroad, and is now living 
 with his brother, Dana W., married Inzie 
 Straw, who is now deceased ; Frederick Will- 
 iam, born in 1855, died April 3, 1873. The 
 mother's death occurred in April, 1S90. 
 
 Dana W. Call was ten years old when he 
 went to Andover, N.H. Here he lived with 
 an uncle until he was si.xteen. He acquired a 
 common-school education. After leaving An- 
 dover he entered the service of the Northern 
 Railway Company, with which he remained 
 steadily until 1S70. For the succeeding fif- 
 
 teen years he was engaged in farming and rail- 
 roading, kept a meat market in Tilton, and 
 was in the grain business in Franklin Falls. 
 In that period he bought his present farm, con- 
 taining one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 excellent land, which is well improved. He 
 makes a specialty of dairying, raises poultry, 
 keeps an average of five hundred hens, and 
 ships eggs to the Boston market. He also 
 raises some fine colts. Politically, he sup- 
 ports the Republican party; and he was a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen for two 
 years, besides serving in other town offices. 
 
 Mr. Call has been twice married. On June 
 6, 1S69, he wedded I'jnily W. Faton, who 
 died December 11, 1S73. .She was a daugh- 
 ter of the late Wheeler liaton, formerly a 
 prosperous farmer of Franklin. On January 
 29, 1876, Mr. Call was united in marriage 
 with his present wife, whose maiden name was 
 Nellie ¥.. Bunton. She was born in Sanborn- 
 ton, N.H., October 20, 1849, daughter of 
 Charles and Adeline (Shaw) Bunton, natives 
 respectively of Hookset and Sanbornton, N.H. 
 Charles Bunton followed the blacksmith's 
 trade in Manchester for some time, and for ten 
 years carried on a farm in Auburn, N.H. 
 His wife died April 5, 1881; and he is now 
 living with his daughter, Mrs. Call. Mr. 
 Call's children by his first marriage were: 
 Lola H., who married Lee Stackpole, an oper- 
 ative in a needle factory at Filmont, N.^^; 
 and Mabel K., now the wife of Alfred M. 
 Kelley, of Hill, N.H. Charles Herman Call, 
 the only son of the present union, was born in 
 Franklin, N.H., August 26, 1877, and is now 
 a plumber of Franklin. 
 
 Mr. Call is a member of Meridian Lodge, 
 No. 60, F. & A. M.; of Merrimack Lodge, 
 L O. O. F. ; of the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, the Knights of Honor, and the 
 grange in Hill. He is in religious communion
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 with the Christian church. The Call family 
 is one of the oldest in Franklin. Among sev- 
 eral interesting relics left by his ancestry Mr. 
 Call has in his possession a boat chain and a 
 chair which once belonged to Daniel Webster. 
 
 JDWARD O. DAY, an influential citi- 
 zen of Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., 
 is a native of this town. He was 
 born June 21, 1838, his parents being Hiram 
 and Louisa (Wyman) Day. The Day family 
 is an old one in this country, and the name 
 has been borne by several generations of up- 
 right men and women. The first representa- 
 tive in America was Anthony Day, of Glouces- 
 ter, Mass., who died there in 171 7, at the age 
 of ninety-four years. His son Nathaniel and 
 the ne.xt two in line, Benjamin and Benjamin, 
 Jr., were born in Attleboro, Mass. Peletiah, 
 who came ne.xt and was the great-grandfather 
 of Mr. Edward O. Day, was born in Norton, 
 Mass. 
 
 His son Rufus, who was boi-n in Taunton, 
 Mass., May 3, 1770, and died November 16, 
 1838, was the first of the name to settle in 
 Cornish. Rufus Day was twice married, his 
 first wife being Betty Commings, of Cornish, 
 by whom he had the following children: Rox- 
 anna, Sylvia, Rebecca, Samuel C, Eliza, 
 Hiram A., Emmeline, and Lucinda. Ro.k- 
 ainia Day married Joseph Ililliard, a prosper- 
 ous farmer of Cornish, and tiled April ig, 
 1878. Rebecca, who married Saul Wyman, 
 died July i, 1881 ; and her five children are 
 likewise dead. .Sylvia married Joseph Rich- 
 ardson, a farmer and brick mason of Cornish, 
 and died I-'ebruary 14, 1882. Of her si.\ chil- 
 dren one is living. Samuel C, wlio was a 
 shoemaker, died June 2, 1875. His wife, 
 formerly a Miss Wood, is deceased; but three 
 children arc living, liliza married Samuel 
 
 Jones, a farmer of Montpelier, Vt. , and had 
 five children, two of whom are living. She 
 died May 23, 1890. Samuel Jones is also de- 
 ceased. Emmeline married Ariel K. Wood, 
 and died July 16, 1887. Her husband is also 
 deceased. Four of their children are living. 
 Lucinda married Alvin Commings. They are 
 both living, and have two children. Betty 
 Commings Day died August 9, 1825; and 
 Rufus Day married for his second wife Fhebe 
 Choate White, who died March 3, 1839, leav- 
 ing no children. 
 
 Hiram A. Day, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was a well-known and highly re- 
 spected farmer of Cornish. He was a Repre- 
 sentative in 1883. He married Louisa 
 Wyman, and had five children — Edward O., 
 Henry M., Charles F., Caroline L., and 
 Martha W. Henry Day, born in Cornish, 
 August 29, 1842, married Alice H. Peck. 
 He is in the insurance business in Lebanon, 
 N.H., and is a Representative from that town 
 at the present session of the legislature. 
 Charles l*"., born January 28, 1844, enlisted 
 as a private at Cornish in 1S62, in Company 
 E of the Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire 
 Infantry, and afterward became Corporal. He 
 was taken prisoner at Poplar Grove Church, 
 September 30, 1864, and died December 25, 
 1864, at Salisbury Prison. Caroline L., born 
 September 12, 1846, resides at Cornish. 
 Martha, born November 28, 185 1, 'has lieen a 
 school teacher for a number of years. Hiram 
 A. Day died January 10, 1895. 
 
 Mr. lulward O. Day began his working life 
 as a tiller of the soil, and has been interested 
 in agricultural pursuits up to the present time. 
 He is a successful farmer and a useful citizen, 
 being well informed on current events, and 
 through the columns of ihe daily press keep- 
 ing in touch with all the great social and in- 
 dustrial questions of the day. He has served
 
 MOODY A. PILLSBURY.
 
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 171 
 
 liis town as Selectman lur nine years; and in 
 1.S93 lie represented it in the State legislature, 
 where he was a member of the Committee on 
 Mileage. He has been Highway Surveyor for 
 a number of years. ■ He is a jiromincnt 
 Mason, and has held all offices in his lodge 
 up to that of Master. He is an attendant of 
 the Baptist church. He married L. Addic 
 Spaulding, who was born November 2, 1843. 
 Her parents, Siloam and Mahala (Silloway) 
 jif):iulding, were both natives of I'lainfield, 
 N.H. A singular coincidence in their lives 
 is that both were born in the same town in 
 March, that they were married in March, and 
 that both died in the month of March in the 
 same year, 1885. 
 
 ^0(~)DY A. riLLSBURY, a retired 
 farmer of Webster and an ex- 
 member of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in this town, September 
 20, 1820, son of Moody A. and Abigail Wil- 
 kins (Di.x) I'illsbury. His grandparents, 
 Daniel and Eunice (Thurlow) Pillsbury, were 
 natives of Newburyport, Mass. Daniel I'ills- 
 bury and a brother removed to Boscawen in 
 1788, and settled on land now traversed by 
 Water Street. He was a carpenter and a mill- 
 wright, which trades, together with farming, 
 be followed during the active period of his 
 life; and he died December 8, 1844. His 
 wife died October 27, 1847. They were the 
 parents of twelve children, of whom one died 
 in infancy. The others were: Daniel, Enoch, 
 George T. , Moody A., Rebecca, Paul P., Jo- 
 seph, Eunice, Mary, Sarah, and William T. 
 
 Moody A. I'illsbury, Sr. , father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was born in Boscawen, and 
 reared upon a farm. He followed agriculture, 
 and also operated a saw-mill for many years. 
 In the State militia he was a Colonel and 
 
 later a Brigadier-general. He died January 
 8, 1863. His first wife, Abigail, died May 9, 
 1852. A second marriage united him to 
 Louisa V. Di.\, his first wife's sister, now liv- 
 ing in Webster, and ninety years old. Timo- 
 thy Dix, the father of both wives, was for- 
 merly a resident of Boscawen. He moved to 
 Massachusetts and later to Canada, where his 
 last days were passed. Moody A. and Abi- 
 gail Pillsbury were the parents of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Moody A., the subject of this 
 sketch; George, born October 17, 1823; 
 Charles W., born June 7, 1S26, who was 
 drowned May 17, 1828; and Charles S., born 
 April 14, 1828. George married Lydia A. 
 Marshall, and is now a farmer in Tewksbury, 
 Mass. Charles S. wedded Mary Runals, and 
 is engaged in agricultural pursuits in London- 
 derry, N.H. 
 
 Moody A. Pillsbury obtained his education 
 in a common school and a private academy. 
 When twenty-one years old he went to West 
 Newbury, Mass., and for some years was em- 
 ployed as a farm assistant in that vicinity. 
 One year after his marriage he returned to 
 Webster, where for some time he was a clerk 
 in a store. His principal occupation, how- 
 ever, has been farming. Formerly he and his 
 father-in-law were joint owners of a good farm 
 of two hundred acres, which he carried on for 
 many years before his retirement from active 
 labor. 
 
 On March 15, 1847, Mr. Pillsbury was 
 united iii marriage with Charlotte Couch, who 
 was born in Webster, April 12, 1826, daugh- 
 ter of Amos and Hannah (Ray) Couch. Her 
 father, a native of Salisbury, N.H., settled 
 upon a farm in Webster in 1820, and some 
 years later moved to Boscawen, where he re- 
 sided for the rest of his life. He died No- 
 vember 29, 1883, aged ninety-two years. Her 
 mother, who was born in Hennikcr, died July
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 27, 1S53. The other children of Mr. Couch 
 and his wife were: Hale, who died August 29, 
 1853; Eunice, who died November 22, 1888; 
 and Charles, who died August i, 1824. In 
 politics Mr. Pillsbury is a Republican. He 
 served with ability as a Selectman for six 
 years, was Town Clerk for one year, represented 
 his district in the legislature in 1887, and has 
 been a Justice of the Peace for the past twenty- 
 five years. He has been drawn for jury ser- 
 vice six times. Both he and Mrs. Pillsbury 
 attend the Congregational church, and are ac- 
 tively interested in church work. 
 
 I LI JAM LAWI^IiNCE FOSTER, 
 a well-known lawyer of Concord, 
 was born at Westminster, Vt. , 
 June I, 1823, son of John and Sophia (VVill- 
 ard) Foster. His grandfather, Edmund 
 Foster, a native of Reading, Mass., graduated 
 from Yale College about the time of the break- 
 ing out of the Revolutionary War, and subse- 
 quently took part in the battles of Lexington 
 and Hunker Hill. He was settled as minister 
 over one parish in Littleton, Mass., for forty- 
 seven years; and he died in that town in the 
 seventy-sixth year of his age. He married 
 Phebe, daughter of the Rev. William Law- 
 rence, of Lincoln, Mass., and reared a family 
 of thirteen children. Three or four of the 
 older sons served in the War of 1S12. John, 
 the youngest son, who was born in Littleton, 
 Mass., went subsequently to Westminster, 
 Vt., and thence to Kcenc, N.H., when his 
 son William was but two years old. He kept 
 a store in Keene for many years, served as 
 Sheriff of the county and as Register of 
 Deeds, and clied at the age of fifty-six. His 
 wife, Sophia, a daughter of Josiah Willard, 
 became the mother of three children : William 
 L., the subject of this sketch; Sophia, who 
 
 died in childhood; and Susan, who is the 
 widow of Frank G. Littlefield, and resides at 
 Exeter, N.H. 
 
 William L. Foster was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Keene and at the academies 
 of Walpole and Hancock, N.H. He began 
 the study of law at Keene, and subsequently 
 attended the Harvard Law School at Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. He first opened an ofifice in 
 Keene, where he remained until 1S53. For 
 four years he served as Postmaster and for 
 about five years as State Reporter. Since 
 1853 he has resided in Concord. From 1849 
 to 1853 he was Clerk of the New Hampshire 
 Senate. He was a member of the legislature 
 in 1862-63, and he also served on the staff of 
 Governor Dinsmore. In 1869 he was ap- 
 pointed Judge of the Supreme Court, and held 
 it until his resignation in 1881. He has been 
 a Republican ever since the formation of that 
 party, and he cast his first Presidential vote 
 for James K. Polk in 1844. He is a member 
 of the Episcopal church, is popular socially, 
 and belongs to Blazing Star Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., of Concord. 
 
 On January 13, 1853, Mr. Foster married 
 Harriet M. Perkins, daughter of Hamilton 
 Perkins, who was for many years Judge of the 
 Probate Court of Merrimack County. By her 
 he is the father of the following children: 
 Elizabeth !•'., now the widow of Edgar H. 
 Woodman, formerly Mayor of Concord; Mary 
 Bartlctt, who became the wife of Lieutenant 
 William A. Marshall, United States Navy; 
 William II., one of the masters of St. Paul's 
 School at Concord; and Roger Elliott, who 
 resides in Webster, N.H., and is at the pres- 
 ent time a member of the legislature. Mr. 
 Foster takes a keen interest in all matters 
 pertaining to thevvelfare of his adopted city, 
 in which he is highly esteemed as a useful 
 and high-minded citizen.
 
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 iv 
 
 ir.LTAM DUNTON, a retired man- 
 
 ufacturer (if Newport, was born 
 in Millbury, Worcester County, 
 Mass., son of Moses and Zoa (Pierce) Dunton. 
 Ilis grandfather, who was a Revolutionary 
 soldier, and lived for the greater part of his 
 life in Sturhridge, Mass., carried on general 
 farming. His son, Moses, a native of Stur- 
 hridge, settled in Millbury, Mass., where he 
 lived for the greater part of his life. Moses 
 was a blaci<sniith, and owned a small farm. 
 He was a good, sturdy man, and a member 
 and Deacon of the Congregational church for 
 many years. In pcditics he was a Whig. He 
 married Zoa Pierce, who was born in Millbury. 
 Both lived to the advanced age of seventy-five 
 years. Of their six children one died in in- 
 fancy. The others were: Mary, Martha, 
 Austin, William, and Silas. Mary is now de- 
 ceased; Martha married a Mr. Dexter, and 
 is at present living in Cambridge, Mass. ; 
 Austin resides in Millbury; Silas is also in 
 Millbury, where he is engaged in business. 
 
 William Dimton received his education in 
 the public schools of Millbury and at Leices- 
 ter. He remained in Millbury until he was 
 twenty-two years of age, when he located in 
 Amsterdam, N.Y. , and engaged in the manu- 
 facture of scythes. He afterward went to 
 Waterville, Me., and there followed the same 
 business for one year, working out as a jobber. 
 In 1S42 he settled in Newport, where he re- 
 sided for several years. At one time he was 
 in business with Ezra T. Sibley for a number 
 of years, after which he disposed of his inter- 
 est in tiie firm, and returned to Massachusetts. 
 He came again to Newport in 1S65, and has 
 lived here since. In politics Mr. Dimton is 
 a Democrat, and he has been a Selectman of 
 the town. 
 
 In August, 1844, he married Lois Corbin, 
 daughter of Austin Corbin, Sr. She was born 
 
 in Newport, December 21, iHkj, and died 
 July 7, 1893. Their three children were: 
 Emma, born in 1846, who died September 21, 
 1847; Mary A., born August 22, 1848; and 
 Frederick W., born June 9, 1851. Mary is 
 now the wife of A. O. Bo.stwick, and resides 
 in Toledo, Ohio. Frederick lives in Hollis, 
 L.I., and is in business as a land broker. 
 Mr. Dunton, after an active business career, 
 retired some time azo. 
 
 DTrANK H. SARGENT, M.D., a rising 
 V^ls young medical practitioner of I'itts- 
 field, was born in this town, October 
 31, 1 86 1, son of Charles H. and Almira 
 (Ring) Sargent. His great-grandfather, Ben- 
 jamin Sargent, served under General Wash- 
 ington in the Revolutionary War. He later 
 became a Baptist minister, and preached in 
 Pittsfield from 1808 to 1818. He died March 
 19, 18 1 8, at the age of fifty-eight years. His 
 wife, in maidenhood Eunice Lindell, reared a 
 family of seven children. 
 
 Moses L. Sargent, grandfather of Frank IL, 
 was born in Bow, N. H., May 12, 1793. He 
 resided most of his life in Pittsfield, and was 
 a cabinet-maker by trade. The maiden name 
 of his wife was Sarah Thorndike, and his fam- 
 ily consisted of three children. He lived to 
 the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife 
 was seventy-six years old when she died. 
 
 Charles II. Sargent, Dr. Sargent's father, 
 was born in Pittsfield, September 15, 1825. 
 He followed the trade of a shoemaker for some 
 time in connection with farming, and at one 
 time he was overseer of a department of the 
 Pittsfield cotton-mill. He was one of the 
 prominent citizens of this town in his day, 
 and was a member of the Board of Selectmen 
 at the time of his death, which occurred Feb- 
 ruary I, 1872, when he was forty-seven years
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 old. In politics he was a Republican. His 
 wife, Almira Ring, was a daughter of Theo- 
 dore and Betsey (Ma.xfield) Ring, of Loudon, 
 N.ll. She became the mother of si.\ chil- 
 dren, and the survivors are: Lena A. ; Charles 
 E. ; Annie M. ; and Frank H., the subject 
 of this sketch. Charles E. married Nettie 
 Shepherd, of Toronto, Canada; Annie M. is 
 the wife of Henry F. Davis, of Haverhill, 
 Mass. Mrs. Charles H. Sargent is now 
 seventy-two years old, and resides at the old 
 homestead in this town. She is a member of 
 the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Frank H. Sargent acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the common schools and at the Pitts- 
 field Academy. His medical studies were 
 begun at the Maine Medical School connected 
 with ]5owdoin LTniversity, and continued at 
 Dartmouth College, from which he was gradu- 
 ated with the class of 1889. After completing 
 his preparations with a course at the Post- 
 graduates' Medical School in New York City, 
 he returned to Pittsfield, and commenced the 
 practice of his profession. Since entering 
 upon his medical career he has created a favor- 
 able impression throughout the broad circuit 
 over which his professional duties extend, and 
 as a result he has a large and constantly in- 
 creasing practice. He succeeded to the owner- 
 ship of the home farm, where he resides, and 
 which he carries on successfully. 
 
 In politics Dr. Sargent is independent. He 
 has occupied all the important chairs in Sun- 
 cook Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F. In his re- 
 ligious views he is a Congregational ist. 
 
 P^illLIP C. CLOUGH, Representa- 
 tive of Canterbury, N. II., in the 
 State legislature of 1897-98, is a 
 highly intelligent, well-to-do farnur and a 
 member of one of the okl families of the town. 
 
 He was born in Canterbury, February ig, 
 1835, the second son of Thomas and Hannah 
 (Hazelton) Clough. His grandfather, Oba- 
 diah Clough, who was a native of Canterbury, 
 owned the farm where Mr. Clough now lives. 
 Thomas Clough, son of Obadiah and father of 
 the subject of this sketch, spent his life on the 
 old homestead. Besides farming he was in- 
 terested in the railroad business. He was a 
 prominent man in the town, and held many 
 public ofifices. His wife, Hannah Hazelton, 
 was a native of Canterbury. She died in De- 
 cember, 1883. They had seven children, 
 namely: Hannah, born September 18, 1831, 
 who died June 26, 1S40; Thomas V. B., born 
 March 26, 1833, who married Maria Gale, and 
 is now living in Franklin, N.H.; Philip C. ; 
 Sarah G. , born May 28, 1838, who died in 
 March, 1863; Hannah A., born July 26, 1S40, 
 died April S, 1842; Susan A., born June 26, 
 1843, who married E. L. Batchelder, and lives 
 in Canterbury: and Mary B. , born June 28, 
 1847, who married Thomas Tuck, and is now 
 living in Pittsfield. The children were edu- 
 cated in the common schools of this town and 
 in the institute at New Hampton, N.H. 
 
 Philip C, the subject of this sketch, has 
 always lived at the ancestral homestead. He 
 took care of his parents in their old age; and 
 since his father's death he has managed the 
 farm, which he now owns. It contains about 
 one hundred and twenty-five acres. Although 
 larming is Mr. Clough's main jjusiness, he is 
 also the agent for all kinds of standard farm- 
 ing implements ; and he buys and sells large 
 quantities of fruit every fall, lie is President 
 of the Canterbury Creamery and of the Canter- 
 bury and Boscawen Telephone Company. 
 
 Mr. Clough is a Republican in politics, and 
 he always takes an active interest in all the 
 town business. 1 L' has been Selectman for 
 seven years, and in 1X96 he was elected Rej)-
 
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 175 
 
 rescntativc of this town. He is a member of 
 Dorrick Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 78, of Til- 
 ton, N.ll., and was a charter member of the 
 Merrimack I\iver Grange, whicii is one of the 
 oldest societies of the Patrons of Husbandry 
 in the State. He was married August 30, 
 1870, to Mary K. Hatchelder, of Canterbury, 
 a daughter of h^benezer and ICIizabetli (Kim- 
 ball) liatchelder. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clough 
 are active members of the Congregational 
 Chui\h of Canteriiury. Mr. Clough is one of 
 the most prominent men in the town, and he 
 is well known throughout the county. 
 
 /^^iToRGE \V. IIURD, who owns and 
 \ p I cultivates a productive dairy farm in 
 Lempster, Sullivan County, was born 
 where he now resides, September 16, 1837, 
 son of Colonel Smith and Mehitable (l">mer- 
 son) Hurd. His paternal grandfather, 
 Shubael Hurd, was the first ancestor to settle 
 in Lempster. He was one of the stirring 
 farmers of his day, and improved the property 
 which is now occupied by his grandson. 
 Shubael Hurd married for his first wife 
 Rachel Beckwith, and for his second wife 
 Isabelle Ames, a native of Peterboro, N. H. 
 I5y this union there were two sons — Smith 
 and Justus. Justus Hurd was graduated at 
 Dartmouth College with the degree of Doctor 
 of Medicine. He practisetl his profession in 
 the States of Mississip[)i and Missouri, and 
 died in St. Louis a number of years ago. His 
 second wife was Sarah Gordon, a native of 
 Belfast, Me. 
 
 Colonel Smith Hurd, the other son of 
 Shubael and the father of George W., was 
 born in Lempster, January 11, 1803. He was 
 reared upon the homestead farm, which fell to 
 his possession; and he ilisplayed much energy 
 and enterprise in its cultivation. Ih; took an 
 
 active interest in educational affairs, and was 
 prominent in the State militia. Colonel 
 Smith Hurd died March 3, 1877. His wife, 
 Mehitable Emerson, was born in Goshen, 
 N.H., January 13, 1804. Her parents were 
 Jonathan and Elizabeth (Lakeman) Emerson, 
 the former of whom was a prosperous farmer. 
 Jonathan l-2merson was accidentally killed by 
 a falling tree. Mrs. Mehitable E. Hurd, who 
 still survives and resides at the homestead, has 
 reared seven children, as follows: Yorick G. ; 
 Robert S. ; Isabelle E. ; Dency; Eunice E. ; 
 George VV., the subject of this sketch; and D. 
 Emerson. Yorick G. Hurd, M.D., a gradu- 
 ate of Dartmouth College, became a success- 
 ful physician, and for twenty-one years was 
 su|)erintendent of the Insane A.sylum in Ips- 
 wich, Mass. He died September 24, 188S. 
 His first wife was Mary A. Twichell, of 
 Lempster; and his second was Ruth A. 
 Brown, of Amesbury, Mass., who is no longer 
 living. Their adopted daughter, Josephine, is 
 now the wife of Harry Dodge, a grocer of Ips- 
 wich. Robert S. Hurd died in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, in 1852. Isabelle E. became the wife 
 of Dr. John G. Parker, of Dublin, N. H. ; and 
 neither she nor her husband is living. Their 
 only son, J. Fred Parker, is now Assistant 
 Secretary of the State of Rhode Island, and 
 resides in Providence. He married Helen 
 Pierce. Dency married for her first husband 
 Austin Spencer, of Lempster, and by that 
 union had one daughter, Alice M. M., who is 
 now the wife of Lewis Greenwood, of Gard- 
 ner, Mass. For her second husband she mar- 
 ried A. H. King, who died in December, 
 i8g6, she having passed away on November 
 20, 1 88 1. Eunice E. Hurd died in 1885, 
 aged fifty-five. D. Emerson Hurd is follow- 
 ing the trade of a blacksmith in connection 
 with farming in Westminster, Mass. He 
 married Ruth M. Bruce, of Lempster, and has
 
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 had a family of five children, namely: Arno 
 E. , who married Ella Flagg, and resides in 
 Westminster; Wynne, who died at the age of 
 two years; Albert G., M.D. , who married 
 Nettie Killiim, and resides in Millbury, Mass. ; 
 Roy ; and Mary. 
 
 George W. Hurd was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools and the high school of Lempster, 
 and has always resided at the homestead. 
 Since coming into possession of the property, 
 he has added a tract of adjoining land, and 
 now has a farm of about three hundred acres. 
 He gives his attention to general farming and 
 dairying, produces a large quantity of butter 
 and considerable maple sugar. His farm is 
 one of the most fertile and desirably located 
 pieces of agricultural property in town. For 
 eleven years Mr. Hurd served the town faith- 
 fully as Collector of Taxes, but he has never 
 aspired to prominence in public affairs. He 
 is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, 
 and votes with the Prohibitionists. He has 
 long been identified with the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry, and is now Treasurer of Silver Moun- 
 tain Grange, No. 196. 
 
 On September 16, 1863, Mr. Hurd was 
 joined in marriage with Eliza A. Fletcher. 
 She was born in Lempster, February 35, 1846, 
 daughter of Francis P. and Joan (Thompson) 
 I''letcher, the former of whom was a native of 
 Washington, N.H., and the latter of Marlow. 
 Francis P. Fletcher died January 21, 1S82; 
 and his wife died July 3 of the same year. 
 They were the parents of seven children, 
 namely: Francis P.; Harriet P., who married 
 Jf)hn Ilarriman, and died in 1852; George S., 
 who died in November, 1867; Phineas, who 
 was born September 28, 1841 ; VAiza A., who 
 is now Mrs. Murd; Charles and Gilman, 
 who are no longer living. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hurd are the parents of two 
 sons, namely: Robert L., who was born Sep- 
 
 tember 24, 1864, and died February 14, 1881 ; 
 and Elbert Eugene, born November 20, 1870, 
 who resides at home, and assists his father in 
 carrying on the farm. He is one of the lead- 
 ing young men of Lempster, and is a promi- 
 nent member of the Patrons of Husbandry, 
 being Master of Silver Mount Grange. On 
 August 30, 1 891, he married Susie Bean, of 
 this town. They have had one child, Justus, 
 who died in infancy. Mrs. Susie B. Hurd is 
 deeply interested in grange matters, and is 
 Lecturer of Sullivan County Pomona Grange. 
 
 —♦-••-•-♦— 
 
 DVVARD H. STURTEVANT, Treas- 
 urer of the Franklin Needle Company, 
 manufacturers of solid riveted latch 
 needles at Franklin, N.H., was born in Crafts- 
 bury, Vt., April 27, 1845, son of Hiram and 
 Eliza S. (Corey) Sturtevant. His paternal 
 grandfather was Ezra T. Sturtevant, a mill 
 man and wool-carder, also a manufacturer of 
 coffins. He married Lucy Merryfield. 
 
 Hiram Sturtevant was a farmer early in life; 
 but in 1 866 he sold his farm, and went into 
 the manufacture of sashes, doors, blinds, and 
 furniture, in Lebanon, N.H., continuing in 
 this business for about three years, when he 
 sold out to his partners. Tiien he went into 
 the shoe business, in which he continued 
 until he retired. He died December 8, 18S5. 
 His widow resides most of the time with lier 
 daughter, Mrs. D. G. Thompson, in Montreal. 
 
 They had four children: Edward H., the 
 eldest, is the subject of our sketch; Mary E., 
 born in August, 1S47, is the wife of D. G. 
 Thompson, of Montreal, General Manager of 
 the Montreal Transportation Company; lizra 
 T., born in May, 1S49, now a lumber dealer 
 in Chicago, III., married Mary Ida Thom[ison, 
 of Woodstock, Vt. ; Henry IL, the youngest 
 child, born in April, 1851, married Ella Hill,
 
 1!I()(;k,\I'HI(\l rfa'ikw 
 
 '77 
 
 f)f Helnidiil, Mass., and mnv carries on a large 
 clo|)artnicnt store in Zanosvilio, Ohio. 
 
 Having received a good education, I'^ihvard 
 H. Sturtcvant began at the age of seventeen 
 to teach scliool in l?arton, Vt. After teaching 
 for a while, he entered the employ of William 
 Joslyn & Son, druggists, with a view of learn- 
 ing the business. Two years later he ac- 
 cepted a position in this line in Wellington, 
 Ohio, remaining there for two years. At the 
 expiration of this time he went into the drug 
 business for himself at Lebanon. In a few 
 months he had established a prosperous, paying 
 business; and then at the earnest solicitation 
 of the village physician he sold it out to him 
 at a goodly advance over its cost. His former 
 employers, learning of this, urged him to unite 
 with them in opening a drug store in Cole- 
 brook, which he did; and, after remaining 
 there one year, he sold out to them. His ne.xt 
 venture was with his brother in Woodstock, 
 Vt., where they kept lioots and shoes as well 
 as drugs, and were in business for five years. 
 When they sold out his brother went West. 
 
 Mr. Edward H. Sturtcvant came to Frank- 
 lin in 1876, and bought out George Procter's 
 two drug stores, one at Franklin and the 
 other at 'Franklin Falls. In 1881 he bought 
 one-half interest in the l^'ranklin Needle Com- 
 pany, and uudertoiik the management of the 
 concern, with the additional duties of Treas- 
 urer. Th-e President of the company is Mr. 
 H. J. Odell, now of Laconia. It is the larg- 
 est factory of the kinil in the United States, 
 employing two hundretl hands; and its goods 
 are shipped to all parts of the United States 
 and Canada, and some are exported. Mr. 
 Sturtcvant is a Director of the Franklin Power 
 and Light Company and Vice-President of the 
 company. He is President and Director of 
 the Franklin I-'alls Company, Director of the 
 First National Bank of Franklin, and Trustee 
 
 of the I'ranklin Savings Hank. He has been 
 as prominent in political as in business cir- 
 cles, and in 1893 he represented the town in 
 the legislature. In 1896, to the satisfaction 
 of his fellow-citizens, he filled the office of 
 Mayor of P'ranklin. 
 
 In May, 1869, he married Miss Ada K. 
 Martin, of Stratford, N.IL, daughter of Jo- 
 seph and Alvira Martin. Her father was a 
 lumberman and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Sturtc- 
 vant have two children : Fva K., born in Oc- 
 tober, 1S75, now at Hm-nham School, North 
 Hampton; and Ruth 15., born in October, 
 1S84. 
 
 Mr. Sturtcvant is a member of Meridian 
 Lodge, F. & A. M.; l-'ranklin Chapter, 
 R. A. M. ; Mount Iloreb Commandery, 
 K. T. , of Concord; and of Merrimac Lodge, 
 I. O. O. 1'". He is a member of the Unita- 
 rian Society. Capable and diligent in appli- 
 cation, he has been successful in business 
 through life, and is a leading man in his city. 
 
 A.MKS FRA.ME, a farmer of Canter- 
 bury, N.IL, and dealer in registered 
 thoroughbred Jersey cattle, is a native 
 of Lennoxshire, Scotland. He was born Sep- 
 tember 5, 1834, son of Robert and Janet 
 (Pettigrew) Frame. His paternal grand- 
 father, also named James Frame, was a large 
 lumber dealer in Scotland, where he died 
 when still a young man. He married Mar- 
 garet McKay. 
 
 Their son Robert, the father of the subject 
 of this sketch, was for a number of years the 
 editor of a newspaper in Glasgow. He intro- 
 ducetl the omnibus into that city in 1S45; and 
 he ran the line for five years, keeping about 
 ten omnibuses and one hundred horses. He 
 sold out in 1 8 50, and was appointed public 
 inspector of carriages in Glasgow, an office
 
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 E I OG R A P H I C A L R E V 1 E\V 
 
 which he held for twenty years, or until he 
 retired from business. He died in April, 
 1894. His wife was Janet, the daughter of 
 Alexander and Elizabeth (Riddell) Pettigrew, 
 of Scotland. Alexander Pettigrew was a 
 weaver and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
 frame had five children, namely: James, of 
 whom we shall speak more fully below; A.le.\- 
 ander, deceased; Elizabeth, a missionary in 
 the city of Glasgow; Mary, now living in 
 Scotland; and Jane, who married Thomas 
 Patterson, and is now dead. All of the chil- 
 dren were educated in private schools. 
 
 James, their eldest son, learned the currier's 
 trade when a young man, and served seven 
 years in the city of Glasgow. He was ap- 
 pointed foreman of the business in 1855, and 
 he held the position three years. Coming to 
 this country in 1868, he settled first in Suna- 
 pee, N.H., where he worked as currier for a 
 man named John Young. In the fall of 1869 
 he went to Chicago with the intention of mak- 
 ing his home there; but, deciding that he 
 liked the East better, he came back and set- 
 tled in Franklin, N.H., where he worked with 
 A. 'SI. Stewart until 1880, when he removed 
 to Manchester. After ten years' service there 
 with Kimball & Gerrish he removed to New- 
 port, R.I., where he set up in the currier 
 business. He was very successful, and trav- 
 elled a good deal on the road. He stayed but 
 two years, however, and then came to Canter- 
 bury, N. H., where he bought of P^rank Mer- 
 rill his present property, containing about one 
 hundred and thirty acres of well-improved 
 land. PI is place is called Strathsee P'arm, 
 and is a beautiful homestead. Mr. P'rame 
 does general farming; but his main interest 
 is in cattle, of which he has made a careful 
 study. He keeps about twenty head of reg- 
 istered thoroughbred Jerseys, and makes an- 
 nually a large amount of fine butter. He has 
 
 taken nine prizes at the New Hanijishire State 
 P'air with his fine cattle. 
 
 In politics Mr. Frame is a Republican, and 
 he is an active worker in. his party. He be- 
 longs to Granite Lodge, K. of P., of Man- 
 chester, N. II.; and to the Merrimack River 
 Grange, Canterbury. In religion he is of the 
 liberal Christian type, and is a member of the 
 Universalist church. He married Jane Pat- 
 terson, a daughter of William and Susan 
 (Hamilton) Patterson, born December 22, 
 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Frame have had four 
 children. A brief record may here be given, 
 as follows: Robert Frame, the only son, a 
 graduate of Dartmouth, married Alinnie Gail, 
 of Canterbury, and is now Treasurer of the 
 Dececo Company at Newport, R.I.; Susan 
 Hamilton Frame married George W. Hardy, a 
 machinist of Manchester, N.H., and died at 
 the age of twenty-nine; Janet Pettigrew 
 Frame is a trained nurse at Newport, R. I.; 
 and Jeanie Frame, born in December, 1867, 
 died July 25, 1SS7. 
 
 OHN A. FULLER, a well-known and 
 influential citizen of Contoocook, Mer- 
 rimack County, N.H., son of Abram 
 G. and. Adeline C. (Fellows) Fuller, was born 
 in Bridgewater, Grafton County, this 'State, 
 August 8, 1848. His paternal granilfather, 
 John A. P'uUer, first, a farmer, removed from 
 Vermont to Hopkinton, N. H., and resided 
 there till his death, which occurred in iiis 
 eighty-second year. He married Mary Davis. 
 Abram G. Fuller, son of John A. l-'uller 
 and Mary (Davis) P'uller, born in Hopkinton, 
 was a farmer and wheelwright, having a shop 
 on his farm. He lived to the age of seventy- 
 one years. His wife, Adeline C. P'ellows, 
 also of Hopkinton, died in January, 1895. 
 Of their children only two, John A., of Con-
 
 i;i()(;i< AIMIIC \l, KKVIKW 
 
 •79 
 
 toocook, ami ()rriii 1"., a fairiicr of lldpkiii- 
 lon, ari' in New 1 lanipsliirc. 
 
 John A. I'"ulK'r, the subject of tliis skctcli, 
 was a boy of ci^lit or nine years when lie went 
 to Hoi)kinton. lie was educated in the public 
 schools and in the academy at Contoocook. 
 Living on his father's farm in lIo|ikinton 
 until he was sixteen years of age, he then 
 went to Goffstown, where he learned the trade 
 of sash and blind making. i'"rom that time 
 he became his own supjiorter, and, coming to 
 Contoocook, worked as foreman in the factory 
 of McClurc & Taggart, where he remained 
 until the factory was burned three years later. 
 After this he worked as clerk in a village 
 store. He was apjiointed Postmaster under 
 the Cleveland administration of 1S85, served 
 as Assistant Postmaster for four years under 
 Harrison, and was then reappointed I'ost- 
 master upon the re-election of Mr. Cleveland. 
 He now holds the position. lie has also the 
 fire insurance agency for the village, Iiis books 
 showing a good business. Mr. k'ullei- has 
 served for fifteen years as a Justice of the 
 Peace and for ten years as a Notary Public, 
 doing conveyancing and attending to the other 
 official duties. He has also served for four- 
 teen years as Townshiii Clerk, and is thus 
 connected with almost every public enterprise 
 in the township. 
 
 April 30, 1.S72, John A. l'"uller married 
 Julia ]"'., daughter of Jacob M. and Sarah C. 
 (Abbott) Morrill, of Contoocook. Their one 
 child, William l'. {•"uller, is proprietor of a 
 job printing establishment in Contoocook. 
 Mrs. I<"uller's father, Jacob Matthew Morrill, 
 was born in ITopkinton, July 11, 1S19, son of 
 Joseph and Pamelia Martin Morrill, and died 
 October 19, 1896, aged seventy- seven years. 
 He spent a few years in Di.von, 111., but 
 lived mainly in Contoocook village, where he 
 worked as a carpenter and joiner. From Oc- 
 
 tober, 1862, to August, 1863, he servctj in 
 Company D, Si.xteeiith Regiment, New Hamp- 
 shire Volunteers; and in 1871 he was made 
 a Selectman of the town. He married Ajiril 
 30, 1S45, Sarah Call Abbott, daughter of J. 
 Herman and Sally Currier A!)bolt. Mrs. 
 Morrill is still living. 
 
 Mr. John A. I-'ullcr is by political senti- 
 ment a Democrat. He is a member of Hills- 
 borough Lodge, L O. O. l*".. No. 2, in .Man- 
 chester; and has passed the ciiairs in liagle 
 iMicampment, No. S, of Contoocook. Mrs. 
 Fuller is a member of tlv l-Nliecca Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 HARLFS A. 1-TSHKR, a prominent 
 resident of Claremont, Sullivan 
 
 ,if - County, and an ex-member of the 
 
 New Hampshire legislature, was born in this 
 town, November 10, 1S37, son of Leonard P. 
 and Nancy T. (Lincoln) Fisher. The orig- 
 inal ancestor of the family in America was 
 Anthony Fisher, who emigrated with his wife 
 and five children from Syleham, Suffolk 
 County, luigland, in 1637, and settled in 
 Dedham, Mass. Jeremiah Fisher, a descend- 
 ant of Anthony, resided for many years in 
 Massachusetts, and enlisted four times to 
 serve in the Ivcvolutionary War. On the 
 Lexington alarm roll, Ajjril 19, 1775, he ap- 
 pears as a private in Josejih Moses's company, 
 Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment. His last 
 days were spent in Claremont, his death oc- 
 curring at the age of eighty-nine years. His 
 children were: Josiah, Abraham, Isaac and 
 Jacob (twins) Elizabeth, Hannah, Phcebe, and 
 Prudence. 
 
 Abraham Fisher, son ol Jeremiah and great- 
 grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Massachusetts in 1764. When 
 his father joined the Continental army, he 
 went to live with a Mr. Fasset, whom he ac-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 companied to the front as an attendant; and he 
 was present at the battle of Bunker Hill. In 
 17S5 he and his wife came on horseback from 
 Natick, Mass., to Claremont; and in 1796 he 
 settled upon the farm which is now occupied 
 by his great-grandson, Charles A. Abraham 
 Fisher was a cabinet-maker; and he followed 
 his trade in connection with farming, employ- 
 ing several apprentices. He possessed a great 
 deal of mechanical ingenuity, being among 
 the first inventors of a cooking-stove; and 
 aside from his regular calling he operated a 
 cider-mill, which was run by water-power. 
 He was a Universalist in his religious views, 
 and is said to have contributed one-sixth of 
 the entire cost of the first church in Clare- 
 mont of that denomination. He died on Feb- 
 ruary 3, 1 85 1, aged eighty-seven years; and 
 he left a fair estate. 
 
 Josiah Fisher, only son of Abraham and 
 grandfather of Charles A., was born in 
 Natick, Mass., in 17S4. He learned the 
 cabinet-maker's trade, and went to Rochester, 
 N. Y. , where he bought a piece of land, but 
 later sold it, as he was forced to leave that lo- 
 cality on account of fever and ague. He set- 
 tled permanently in York, N.Y. , and engaged 
 in the lumber business and farming. He died 
 in September, 1856. He married Orena, 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Rachel Goss, and 
 had a family of ten children; namely, Leon- 
 ard P., Clinton, Mary, Harriet, Caroline, 
 Curtis, George, Fanny, Lucy, and Josiah. 
 
 Leonard P. Fisher, son of Josiah, was born 
 in Claremont, October 6, 1807. When ten 
 years old he accompanied his parents to New 
 York State, where he assisted his father in 
 business until he was twenty-two years old. 
 He then returned to Claremont for the purpose 
 of helping his grandfather, and eventually he 
 inherited the homestead. He cultivated the 
 farm successfully; and during the winter sea- 
 
 son he cut and hauled timber, which he manu- 
 factured at his own saw-mill into building ma- 
 terial. He erected a number of houses, all of 
 which are now standing. He was naturally 
 cheerful, and was highly esteemed for his 
 genial disposition and kind-heartedness. 
 Leonard P. P"isher died December 6, 1893. 
 He was an active member of the Universalist 
 church and a liberal contributor toward its 
 support. Nancy T. Lincoln, whom he mar- 
 ried, was born in Pittsfield, Vt., May 17, 
 1815, daughter of Tisdale and Elizabeth 
 Lincoln. Tisdale Lincoln passed his earlier 
 years in Westmoreland, N. H., but later was a 
 well-known citizen of Mendon and Pittsfield, 
 Vt., and the father of nine children. To 
 Leonard P. and Nancy T. (Lincoln) P^isher 
 were born si.\ children, as follows: Nancy 
 Jane, Charles A., George L., Arba C, Al- 
 bert F., and Edwin C. Nancy Jane is now 
 the widow of Marvin Blood, and lives in 
 Reading, Mass.; George L. was for several 
 years a commission merchant in Boston and in 
 New York City, where he died in June, 1890; 
 Arba C. has been in a successful commission 
 business in l^oston for the past twenty-five 
 years; Albert F. is a photographer in Hins- 
 dale, N.H. ; and Edwin C. is in the bicycle 
 business in Everett, Mass. Mrs. Leonard P. 
 Fisher is living at the age of eighty-two years, 
 and occupies the old family residence in 
 Claremont. 
 
 Charles A. Fisher attended the i)ublic 
 schools in his boyhood, and when a young man 
 he engaged in farming upon his own account 
 in the eastern part of this town. He re- 
 mainetl there until the tleath of his father, 
 when he returned to the homestead in order to 
 take charge of the property, and now resides 
 in the house where his great-grandfather lived 
 and died. As a practical fanner he ranks 
 among the foremost in this section. In noli-
 
 );i()(;k.\i'iiicAL kiiVJKVv 
 
 tics he is a Ri'piihlican. lie is a iiicnibcr 
 of the I?(iar(l of Selectmen, serving in 1S94, 
 l.Scjf), and 1897; and while representing this 
 town in the legislature in 1S89 and 1890 lie 
 served upon the Committee on Education. 
 
 Mr. I'"isiier mairied lilizabeth Dean, daugh- 
 ter of Horace Dean. They have one child, a 
 daughter, Frances Emcline, who is a graduate 
 of the Stevens High School of Claremont, was 
 a teacher for several years, and is now the 
 wife of Will J. Powers, of Brantlon, Vt. 
 
 'AMUEI. M. TRUE, a farmer of 
 ^ZJi Loudon, was born liere, February 
 7, 1845, son of Captain Daniel and 
 Abigail D. (Jones) True, his mother coming 
 from Chichester, N.H., and his father being 
 a native of Eoudon. His grandfather was 
 Daniel True, who came to Loudon and settled 
 on Oak Hill in the town, and carried on farm- 
 ing there for the remainder of his life. 
 
 Captain Daniel True, who lived on the 
 fai'iii, and there carried on farming for the 
 greater part of his life, commanded a company 
 in the State militia for a number of years, and 
 died in March, 1861. His wife, who survived 
 him until July, 1878, had si.x children — -Sam- 
 uel M., John H., Charles H., James L., 
 Abbie M., and Julia M. John, Charles 
 H., anil James L. reside in Concord, N.H. 
 Charles is engaged in the teaming business; 
 James L., who is a carpenter, married Clara 
 Patrick; Abbie M. died at the age of eigh- 
 teen; Julia ^L, who resides in Rye, N. H., 
 married Edward Downs, of that town, who 
 carries on a fish business. 
 
 Samuel M. True received a common-school 
 education, remaining at home on the farm 
 until he was about twenty-five years of age. 
 Then he went to Concord, where he was em- 
 ployed at the depot as baggage-master for one 
 
 year. .Since then he has made his home on 
 his present farm. The estate, known as the 
 old Uatcheidcr farm, contains about two hun- 
 dred and fifty acres. ]5csidcs effecting sundry 
 improvements, he has carried on general farm- 
 ing, raised some stock, and kept a dairy. 
 
 On May 9, 1872, Mr. True married Grace 
 A. Batcheldcr, of Loudon, who was born May 
 9, 1850, daughter of Harmon E. and Clara M. 
 (Sanborn) Batchelder, both of Loudon. Mr. 
 l?atche]der, now eighty-one years old, was a 
 farmer, and is now living with his daughter, 
 Mrs. True. Mrs. Batchelder died in Novem- 
 ber, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. True have three 
 children, born as follows: Nellie A., April 
 4, 1S74; Blanche M., May 27, 187S; and 
 Mary E., December 7, 1884. Nellie A. i.~ 
 now the wife of Dr. William A. McGrath, of 
 Loudon, N.H. Blanche and Mary are at 
 home with their parents. Mr. True has al- 
 ways been in sympathy and voted with the Re- 
 publican party. He is a Mason of Blazing 
 Star Lodge, No. 11, of Concord. He also be- 
 longs to the White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, 
 I. O. O. F., of the same town, and to the 
 Louiion Grange. He still carries on farming, 
 in which he is very successful. 
 
 / ^TTToRGE BANCROFT GRH^T-TTH, a 
 \p I well-known litterateur residing in 
 Lempster, N.H., was born February 
 28, 1 84 1, in Newburyport, ^L^ss. His par- 
 ents, Robert and Charlotte (Merrill) Griffith, 
 were both natives of that town, with whose 
 mercantile interests his paternal grandfather, 
 who also bore the name Robert, was for many 
 years identified. The elder Robert Griflfith 
 married Nancy Bartlett, a native of West 
 Newbury; and their family of seven children 
 were as follows: Rufus, Robert, Augustus, 
 Isaac, Angel ine, Henrietta, and Elizabeth.
 
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 Robert Griffith, Jr., George B. Grififith's 
 father, was reared and educated in Newbiiry- 
 port ; and when a young man he entered the 
 clothing business. He displayed a natural 
 capacity for business pursuits, which gave 
 unusually bright prospects for his future suc- 
 cess; but he was not permitted to realize these 
 anticipations, as his death occurred in August, 
 1S49, when he was but thirty years old. His 
 wife, Charlotte Merrill, who was a daughter 
 of Samuel Merrill, died January 31, 1897. 
 She was the mother of four children, namely: 
 George B., the subject of this sketch; Robert; 
 Willie; and Nancy, who died at the age of 
 seventeen years. 
 
 George Bancroft Griffith resided in Ncw- 
 buryport until after his father's death, when 
 he accompanied his mother to the neighboring 
 town of Rowley, Mass. After graduating 
 from Dummer Academy, South Byfield, Mass., 
 he entered mercantile pursuits as a clerk in 
 Newburyport. A short time later he went to 
 Haverhill, where he was employed for some 
 two years in a grocery store kept by David 
 P2mery ; and he subsequently engaged in that 
 business upon his own account. On May 25, 
 1863, he enlisted as a private in Company A, 
 First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer 
 Artillery, and was eventually appointed by 
 General Grant to serve in the medical depart- 
 ment as hospital steward. He was discharged 
 at Concord, N.ll., in September, 1865. 
 After hisTeturn from the army he resided in 
 Charlestown, Mass., for some years; and in 
 1S75 he removed to Lemi^ster, Sullivan 
 County, N.ll., where for two years he was en- 
 gaged in the lumber business. In 1879 ''"^ 
 purchased the Timothy Bruce place, which he 
 now occupies, and since taking possession has 
 made various improvements in the property. 
 
 Mr. Griffith's poetic genius began to de- 
 velop when he was ten years old, at which 
 
 time his first poem was printed. He has 
 written frequently both in prose and verse, 
 and many of his pieces have been illustrated, 
 and some set to music. Many of his produc- 
 tions have been given to the world through 
 the columns of the Youth's Covipanion, St. 
 Nicholas^ C/iristiaii U'ori-, New York Indepen- 
 dent., New York Observer., and other well- 
 known periodicals: and several maybe found 
 in "Poems of Places," edited by Longfellow, 
 in Drake's "Legends of New England," in 
 "The Scholar's Speaker," "Poets of Amer- 
 ica," "Wayside L'lowers, " and other stand- 
 ard collections of verse. His reputation thus 
 extends far beyond the limits of the New 
 Kngland States. An extended biographical 
 sketch of Mr. Griffith, with a portrait, ap- 
 peared a few years since in the Boston Home 
 Guest, and more recently in the MagarAne of 
 Poetry, Buffalo, N.Y. , and in two anthologies 
 published in Chicago. The leading elocution- 
 ists of America are using Mr. Griffith's poems 
 in their readings; and his "Swiss Good 
 Night,'' which is extremely popular, has been 
 translated into several languages. Mr. 
 Griffith has been engaged for years in editing 
 a large work on the poets of Massachusetts, 
 and contemplates publishing a volume of his 
 own miscellaneous poems at an early day, to 
 be followed by a collection of his local poems 
 in New Hampshire. In 1888 he finished the 
 compilation of "The Poets of Maine," which 
 was issued in Portland; and the work has se- 
 cured for its compiler the unanimous praise of 
 its readers as a most excellent judge of the 
 best efforts of Maine's poetical writers. 
 
 On September i, 1861, Mr. Griffith was 
 united in marriage with Anna S. Howe. She 
 was born in Bradford, N.IL, January 3, 1842, 
 daughter of Lyman C. and Sophronia (Bart- 
 lett) Howe, the former of whom was a native 
 of Hcnniker, N.IL, and the latter was boin in
 
 HENRY McCOY.
 
 lOCkAIMIKAL RKVIKW 
 
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 Newbuiypoil, Mnss. Mrs. Griffith's parents 
 resided for many years in 15radford, N. II., 
 where lier father was engaged in agricultural 
 ])ur.suits. Lyman C. Howe died in April, 
 186S; and his wife died in December, i.SSr. 
 They reared five children, as follows: Moses 
 ]{., who died at the age of forty-four years; 
 Micah C. , wlio manicd llattie Smith, of Ilen- 
 niker, N.Ii., and is now a retired farmer of 
 that town; George L., proprietor of a restau- 
 rant in Saco, Me., who married for his first 
 wife Lllen ]5agley and for his second wife 
 Martha Fletcher, of Gardner, Mass.; Anna S. , 
 who is now Mrs. Griffith; and Jason C, who 
 is residing in Contoocook, N.II. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have five children, 
 namely: Agnes Irving, born January i6, 
 1863; Eir.ma Mortimer, born September 4, 
 1S65; Annie V., born August 11, i86<S; 
 Charles Warren, born September 4, 1869; and 
 I'earlette, born September 20, 1872. Agnes 
 Irving married C. C. Richardson, a native of 
 Lempster and a travelling salesman for a 
 Lowell house. They reside in Melrose High- 
 lands, and have had four children: Margaret 
 C.; I'jhnund I!., who is no longer living; I^il- 
 lian v.; and Elizabeth. Emma M. married 
 for her first husband the Rev. Charles flenry 
 Leet,' of Claremont, N.IL, a Methodist minis- 
 ter. He died May 27, 1S90; and she is now 
 the wife of Willard Whitehouse, an engineer of 
 Manchester, N.II. y\nnie V. married Charles 
 Cragin, a prosperous farmer of Lempster. 
 Charles Warren is a caterer in Fitchburg, 
 Mass. He married Martha Simmons, of 
 Ashby. Mass. , and has one daughter, Violet, 
 born in Ma)', 1892. Pearlette married L. 
 De.xter Isham, of the Vermont Central Rail- 
 road, May 13, 1897, and resides at Bellows 
 FalLs. 
 
 Mr. Griffith is connected with St. John 
 Lodge, V. & A. M., of Portsmouth, and is also 
 
 a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic and an official of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. Politically, he is a Republican; and 
 he was Postmaster at East Lempster in the 
 years 1S83 and 1884. 
 
 ENRY McCOY, proprietor of the 
 Pradford Mineral Springs and the 
 -^ V , Bradford Springs Hotel at Brad- 
 ford, .N.IL, entertains each season large num- 
 bers of guests from New England and various 
 other sections of the country. Bradford 
 Spring Park is located in the town of Brad- 
 ford, about a mile from the village of East 
 Washington, and comprises upward of forty 
 acres of land, including Lovewell Lake, which 
 in the summer is alive with gay parties of 
 hotel visitors using the pleasure boats pro- 
 vided for them. The spring was first heard 
 of by the white inhabitants in 1770, when 
 some of them passing that way saw a group of 
 Indians encamped with their sick around the 
 "big medicine water," as they termed it. 
 The water has since been thoroughly analyzed 
 by Y)v. Jackson, the eminent Boston chemist, 
 who found in it carbonate of soda, magnesia, 
 lime, chloride of sodium, potassium, sulphate 
 of lime, oxide of iron, and alumina, sulphur, 
 organic matter, and carbonic acid, an analysis 
 that was sustained in every particular by Dr. 
 Richards, of Poughkeejisie, N.Y. The owners 
 of the spring, having found that the waters 
 issue through a seam in the solid ledge at the 
 rate of thirty-five gallons per minute, have so 
 enclosed the fissure that no outside water can 
 possibly mix with and contaminate the spring 
 water, which is especially useful in the cure 
 of all skin diseases, very efficacious in the 
 cure of catarrh in any form, has been success- 
 fully used in very bad cases of rheumatism 
 and malaria, has wonderful effects in cases
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of dyspepsia and indigestion, and vvorlcs like 
 a cliarm upon congested liver, kidney, or 
 bladder. 
 
 In i8Si Mr. McCoy purchased this prop- 
 erty, which he has since greatly improved. 
 The old hotel, the Hermitage, was built in 
 1858; but, it being far too small to accommo- 
 date its numerous patrons, the present owner 
 doubled the capacity of the dining-room, 
 added an annex containing twenty-si.x sleep- 
 ing-rooms, and built a cottage of four rooms, 
 thus increasing the number of rooms in the 
 hotel to seventy-five. He has also erected the 
 spring-house, a handsome octagonal building, 
 and a bath-house of three rooms, besides mak- 
 ing many other substantial improvements. 
 He reorganized the establishment on a 
 strictly temperance plan, and keeps no help 
 that use into.xicants of any kind, making the 
 place an ideal resort for temperance people. 
 Connected with the hotel is an extensive 
 livery, and during the pleasure season he has 
 carriages at the Bradford station on the arrival 
 of the train that leaves Boston, via the Boston 
 & Lowell Railway, at one o'clock p.m. The 
 waters of the spring are in demand in many 
 different parts of the country, and a good busi- 
 ness is done in shipping it. Mr. McCoy's 
 farm of sixty acres, with a dairy of ten cows, 
 insures to guests an abundant supply of fresh 
 vegetables and pure milk and cream. 
 
 Mr. McCoy was born July 31, 1829, in 
 Sharon, N.ll., a son of Thomas and Lucy 
 (Sanderson) McCoy, and on the paternal side 
 is of Scotch descent. His paternal grand- 
 father, Gilbert McCoy, is said to have been 
 born and reared in Scotland, whence, after 
 learning the weaver's trade, he emigrated to 
 New England, locating in Londonderry, this 
 State, and subsequently marrying Lucy 
 Stewart, of I'eterboro. 
 
 Henry McCoy lived on the home farm until 
 
 of age, when he struck out for himself, his 
 first important step in his onward career being 
 to secure a helpmate. He subsequently en- 
 gaged in the grocery and provision business 
 for some years in Boston, Mass., after which 
 for twenty-nine years he confined himself en- 
 tirely to the sale of provisions. In 1881 he 
 b(night his present property in Bradford, as 
 above mentioned, but continued his market for 
 another year. His hotel business has since 
 assumed such large proportions that it re- 
 quires his entire time and attention. 
 
 Mr. McCoy married January 8, 1S50, Eliz- 
 abeth Sayward Crane, who was born in Wash- 
 ington, Sullivan County, N. IL, a daughter cf 
 James and Fanny D. (Sayward) Crane. Her 
 father was a native of Washington, the son of 
 pioneer parents in that town, his father, Jo- 
 seph Crane, having been born in Milton, 
 Mass., and liis mother, Deliverance Mills 
 Crane, having been born in Needham, Mass. 
 Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have had but one child, 
 a daughter, Ella. She married Ileniy M. 
 Nichols, who was a soldier in the war of the 
 Rebellion. Both are now deceased: but their 
 son, Bertram Henry Nichols, has always lived 
 with his grandparents. He married Belle 
 Strickland; and they have one chiUl, Ella Cora 
 Nichols. 
 
 During the late Civil War Mr. McCoy, the 
 subject of this sketch, went South to assist the 
 Christian Commission in caring for the 
 wounded, bringing them home if advisable; 
 and for some time he was in the army hospi- 
 tal at City Point, Va. Mrs. McCoy was one 
 of the Executive Committee for nine years of 
 the Home for Discharged Soldiers in Boston, 
 the sick or wounded soldiers during the war 
 times being sent there from the front to be 
 cared for. Mrs. McCoy rendered most willing 
 service in any needed direction, making, for 
 instance, not to mention many other labf)rs,
 
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 iMirial rolx's fur nearly eight huiulrcd scldiers, 
 vvlio were broiiglit there to die. 
 
 Mr. McCoy is a strong TrohilMtionist, and 
 Mrs. McCoy lias for years been an active 
 worker in the temperance cause. She was for 
 ten years President of the South Boston organ- 
 ization of the W. C. T. U., and Treasurer of 
 the State \V. C. T, U., holding that office at 
 the time Mrs. Li\ermore was President of the 
 State W. C. T. U. In 1885 she organized the 
 W. C. T. U. of Washington, N.H., and has 
 been very active in carrying out the plans for 
 the VV. C. T. U. State fairs. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. McCoy united with the Baptist Church of 
 Petcrl)oro when young, and were afterward 
 connectcti with the church of that denomina- 
 tion in South Boston, in which he served as 
 Deacon, and had a class of thirty-five young 
 men, also for a time acting as superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school. Both are now members 
 of the ]5aptist church at I'^ast Washington, Mr. 
 McCoy, who has been a church official most 
 of the time since eighteen years old, being 
 Deacon of the church. He is also a member 
 of the church choir, tiiere having been few 
 Sundays since he was thirteen years old when 
 his voice has not been heard with the church 
 singers. He has likewise been quite promi- 
 nent in the work of the Y. M. C. A., of which 
 he was for some years the President. In his 
 earlier life Mr. McCoy taught school for some 
 years, beginning at the age of seventeen, and 
 being employed in New Boston, Marlboro, 
 Sliaron, anil Peterboro, N.H. 
 
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 '^ i:\J.\MIN F. MAXFIELD, one of 
 the farmers of Loudon township, 
 was born in Gilmanton, N. H., 
 March 22, 1828, son of ICnoch and Sal lie 
 (Thompson) Maxfield. The father, a farmer 
 of Gilmanton, was a native of Chichester; and 
 
 the mother was from .Xortbfieid, N.H. Their 
 children were: Oliver, now deceased, who mar- 
 ried .Sobrina Ann Towle; Benjamin I*'., the 
 subject of this article; CIcarsy, deceased; 
 Laura, also decea.scd, who became the wife of 
 Cyrus Jones; B. Jennie, who is the wife of 
 Thomas Tate, and now lives in Kockport, Mass. ; 
 Charles H., deceased; Hiram, deceased, who 
 successively married Mary K. Flanders and 
 Mary Page, both now decca.sed ; John, who 
 married Affiah Page, and is a farmer in Gil- 
 manton ; Rachel, the wife of Abram Burham, 
 a ship-carpenter of lisse.v, now deceased; 
 Edwin, who married Laura J. Sanborn, and 
 lives in Gilmanton; and Abbie, the youngest, 
 who died at the age of nineteen years. 
 
 Having received his education in the town 
 .schools, Benjamin I-'. Ma.xfield at the age of 
 fifteen went tf) Loudon Ridge, where he en 
 gaged in farming for four years. He tried 
 railroading for a short period after this, but 
 returned to town and spent a year on the farm 
 of Deacon Brown. His ne.xt employment was 
 on the farm of Mrs. Mary I-'rench, which he 
 subsequently bought. Starting as a farm 
 hand, with but thirty-five cents that he could 
 call his own, by the closest economy he was 
 able to put by enough money to buy the farm 
 and become independent for life. He and his 
 wife now own about two hundred acres. In 
 addition to his general farming he carries on 
 fruit-raising and stock-raising. 
 
 On July 23, 1862, Mr. Maxfield married 
 Miss Juliette P'rench, daughter of Daniel S. 
 and Ann B. (Neal) French, of Loudon. Her 
 father, a cooper early in life, afterward settled 
 upon a farm in Loudon, where he died August 
 2, 1S41. He left three children: Vienna 
 Jane, deceased; Juliette, who was born No- 
 vember ig, 1835; and Ann Augusta. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Ma.xfield had one child — Dannie F., 
 who died in infancy. Mr. Maxfield owns
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 some of the finest houses in the township. 
 Formerly a Democrat in politics, he is now a 
 Republican. He has never aspired to office. 
 Mrs. Maxfield is a member of the Free Will 
 Baptist church, in which both take an active 
 interest. 
 
 i\c\}f ILIAAM T. THISSELL, a promi- 
 nent farmer of Goshen and an ex- 
 member of the legislature, was born 
 in Newbury, N.H., February 25, 1838, son 
 of Hiram and Jane (Collins) Thissell. His 
 grandfather, Henry Thissell, who was a 
 native of ]5everly, Mass., followed the sea for 
 a number of years. On one occasion in this 
 period of his life, when his ship was off the 
 Russian coast, he with others of the crew went 
 ashore, and on ascending a high hill they 
 obtained a view of the army with which Na- 
 poleon Bonaparte was invading Russia. He 
 finally settled upon a farm in Newbury, N. H., 
 and there resided for the rest of his life. He 
 married Elizabeth Thissell, of Beverly, and 
 reared a family of si.x children. 
 
 Hiram Thissell, father of William T., was 
 born in Newbury, and reared to farm life. 
 He followed agriculture exclusively for several 
 years in his native town, and was then engaged 
 in a mercantile business in Lempster and 
 Washington. His last days were passed in 
 Goshen. In politics he supported the Demo- 
 cratic party, and he served as Town Clerk in 
 Washington for several years. He died Jan- 
 uary 25, 1893. His first wife, Jane Collins 
 Thissell, a native of Newbury, was a daughter 
 of Richard Collins, a well-known farmer of 
 that town in his day. She died March 27, 
 1877. His second wife, who was before mar- 
 riage Jane Webster, of Acworth, N.II., died 
 April 2, 1884. He married for his third wife 
 Melinda Mitchell, a native of Nova Scotia. 
 She survives him, and is residing in Goshen. 
 
 Hiram and Jane (Collins) Thissell were the 
 parents of six children — William T. , Earl A., 
 Ambrose J., Mary Jane, Albanus C. , and Ova 
 N. Earl A. Thissell is connected with the 
 Shaw Knitting Company, of Lowell, Mass., 
 and is also interested in an oil and gas com- 
 pany, doing business in Florence and Boston, 
 Mass., and in Ohio. He married Nellie 
 Cater, of Lowell, who is now deceased. His 
 only son, Bertrand A., is a veterinary surgeon 
 of Boston. Ambrose J. Thissell is a merchant 
 and farmer in Lowell, Mass. He wedded 
 Mary O. Clark, of Oswego, N. Y. ; and she 
 died leaving no children. Mar}' Jane married 
 Supply I^arney, of Washington, N. H. She 
 died February 15, 1897, leaving two children. 
 Albanus C, who was a merchant, is also de- 
 ceased. Ova N. , who is in mercantile busi- 
 ness in Lowell, married Clara V. Bawlding, of 
 that city, and has three children. 
 
 William T. Thissell was educated in the 
 common and high schools. He remained at 
 home until he was twenty years old, at which 
 time he engaged in buying and shipping jiota- 
 toes. He has also [leddled upon the road. 
 Lempster was his headquarters until 1885, 
 when he purchased his present farm of two 
 hundred acres, situated in .South Goshen. He 
 carries on general farming and dairying, raises 
 poultry, and sells a large quantity of eggs an- 
 nually. In politics he is a Democrat. He 
 was a member of the Board of Selectmen in 
 Lempster for seven years, represented that 
 town in the legislature during the sessions of 
 1873 and 1874, was a member of the School 
 Board, was on the Library Committee, and has 
 been a Justice of the Peace for more than 
 twenty-five years. At the present time he is 
 serving as Town Auditor in Goshen. 
 
 Mr. Thissell has been twice married. On 
 the first occasion, September 20, 1865, he 
 wedded Mary A. Nichols, of Lempster, daugh-
 
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 I So 
 
 tLT i)f 'riniiitby and Amelia ((jmilil; Nicliols. 
 Tlic father was burn in liiat town, and the 
 mother in Claremont, N.J I. Mr. Thisscll'.s 
 first wife died ]3ecember 19, iHGj. On Janu-. 
 ary 22, I1S72, lie niariied A.\ic L. , danghter 
 of Cyrus and Roxanna (Twist) Leach, of 
 Newbury. She died October 9, 1896. Mr. 
 Thissell is connected with Forest Lodge, No. 
 61, I. O. O. F. , of Marlow; with Mount 
 Sunapee Grange, No. 144, Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry, of which he has been Master and 
 Chaplain; and with the Knights of Honor. 
 In his reliLiious views he is a Universalist. 
 
 /^2)lLMAN B. KIMBALL, a resident of 
 \ f5 I Mcjpkinton and one of the most pros- 
 perous and progressive agriculturists 
 of Merrimack County, comes of pioneer an- 
 cestry. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Kimball, born here July 23, 1786, was the 
 second owner of the present homestead. With 
 the exception of two or three years s]ient in 
 New Londini, this State, Nathaniel lived on 
 it from the time of his marriage until his 
 death, which occurred November 27, iHGg. 
 II<," and Betsey Titcomb, who was born Janu- 
 ary 27, 1794, were married March 7, 1X15, by 
 the Rev. B. Darling. She was an active, 
 thrifty housewife, anil noted for her manufact- 
 ures of silk, as shown on page 150 of "Life 
 and Times," compiled by C. C. Lord. She 
 died February 7, 1S56, having been the mother 
 of three children. The latter were: Cyrus T., 
 born December 22, 1815, who lived but a year; 
 Moses T. , the father of Gilman B. ; and I'ris- 
 cilla, who died at the age of two years. 
 
 Moses T. Kimball was born April 12, 18 17, 
 during the residence of his parents in New 
 London, and died in Hopkinton, April 19, 
 1874. He was reared on the home farm, 
 which became his by inheritance, assuming 
 
 its management before the death of his parents, 
 whom he cared for during their declining 
 years. The present house, all of which is 
 more than one hundred years old, was built at 
 different periods of time, l)oth the father and 
 grandfather of Moses having added to the 
 original residence. One of his aunts, a sister 
 of Nathaniel Kimball, named Hannah, was 
 born in this house in 1773, and died within its 
 walls in 1863, aged ninety years. Moses T. 
 Kimball was an industrious, prudent man, wise 
 in his business methods and sound in his 
 judgments. He acquired quite a property. 
 After giving a tract of land to each of his 
 daughters, he owned at his death, in addition 
 to the homestead of one hundred and twenty 
 acres, one hundred acres in Hopkinton and 
 fifty acres of pasture in Bradford. He did a 
 good deal of lumbering in his earlier life, cut- 
 ting logs from his own land and hauling them 
 to the river, where he sold them. He was 
 prominent in the town and a leader in the 
 Democratic party, which the Kimball family 
 have invariably supported. He was a lifelong 
 member of the liaptist church, in which for 
 many a )ear ''Gransir" Kimball was one of 
 the pillars. He was twice married. On May 
 I, 1842, by the Rev. S. Cook, he was united 
 in marriage with Harriet Emerson, of this 
 town. She died a few years later, leaving 
 two daughters, namely: Priscilla, born Janu- 
 ary 30, 1S45, ^^'tio is t'l"^ widow of J. G. 
 Highland, and lives on the old Smith farm; 
 and 1^1 len L. , born Mar^-h 13, 1846, who 
 married Philander M. Lord, of Dunbarton. 
 On November 17, 1S52, Moses T. Kimball 
 married Mary F. Smith, who was born March 
 17, 1820. Her birthplace was the farm in 
 Hojikinton, on the Jewett road, now owned by 
 Mrs. J. G. Highland, and of which her grand- 
 father, Moody Smith, was the original owner. 
 Her parents, Josiah and Sarah (Bailey) Smith,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 were both natives of Hopkinton, and her father 
 resided throughout the seventy years of his 
 life in the house in which he was born. The 
 children of Mrs. Moses T. Kimball were: 
 Gilman B. and Herbert M. 
 
 Gilman B. Kimball was born September 23, 
 1854, on the farm where he now resides. 
 Since the age of fourteen years he has virt- 
 tually had charge of it, his father having been 
 an invalid in the last five years of his life. 
 He and his brother have been extensively 
 engaged in the various branches of agriculture, 
 and have greatly increased the acreage of the 
 original ancestral estate by the purchase of 
 other land, in many cases buying entire farms. 
 They bought for eighteen hundred dollars the 
 Charles Merrill farm of eighty acres, on 
 which Herbert for a while resided. They 
 owned the Colonel Colby farm of sixty acres 
 for a time; and a few years since they 
 bought for two thousand eight hundred dollars 
 the large and well-improved farm of John 
 Page, on which were buildings that cost six 
 thousand dollars to erect. The last purchase 
 was effected in October, 1893, when the seller 
 was a man to whom the property was knocked 
 down at auction for three thousand dollars, 
 and who gave them two hundred dollars to 
 take it off his hands. That was one of the 
 greatest bargains of the times, the estate 
 being one of the finest in Hopkinton or Con- 
 cord, containing much land valuable for tillage, 
 excellent pasturage, and a good piece of timber. 
 Herbert now lives on that farm, where he 
 keeps a large dairy of fifty cows and supplies 
 a long milk route. 
 
 Gilman ]i. Kimball also pays much atten- 
 tion to dairying, having twenty cows of a good 
 grade and a profitable milk route. P'or nearly 
 two years he has been somewhat of an invalid, 
 not able to do much manual labor, employing 
 trusty help for that, while he has general 
 
 superintendence of the farm. He has never 
 married; and he resides with his mother, a 
 very bright and active \voman, who has contin- 
 ued her residence on the homestead. She is a 
 most estimable Christian woman and a con- 
 sistent member of the Congregational church. 
 
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 EXTER PEABODY, a well-known 
 farmer of Newport, was born on the 
 farm where he now resides, Decem- 
 ber 14, 1S22, son of Ammi and Sarah (John- 
 son) Peabody. A carefully arranged family 
 tree kept by Mr. Peabody shows that the dif- 
 ferent branches of the family sprung from 
 Francis Peabody, who was born in PLngland 
 in 16 14. P'rancis had a son John, born in 
 1642, who had a son David, born in 1673, 
 who had John, born in 1714, who was the 
 great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 
 Jedediah Peabody, son of the last John and 
 grandfather of the present Mr. Peabody, born 
 near Boxford in 1743, was a well-to-do farmer. 
 The first part of his life was spent in Henni- 
 ker, and the latter in Lebanon, where he died 
 after a long and active life. He was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. By his wife, Alice 
 Howlett Peabody, he was the father of 
 eleven children, all of whom grew up. They 
 were born as follows : Lydin, in 1767; Ammi, 
 in 1769; Mary, in 1771; Moses, in 1773; 
 Susanna, in 1775; Thomas, in 1777; Alice, 
 in 1779; Andrew, in 1782; P'rcderick, in 
 17S5; John, in 1787; and JV'tsy, in 1789. 
 
 Ammi Peabody, who was a native of Box- 
 ford, Mass., came to Newport in 1796, and 
 settled on the farm where Dexter Peabody 
 now lives. There were no roads then, and he 
 was obliged to cut the first tree in making a 
 clearing. He had the true pioneer spirit, 
 however, and persevered, building a small 
 frame house and gradually bringing oidei' out
 
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 of chaos ill ix'spuct to the condition of the 
 html. 1 Ic owned sinncwliat over one huiuli-ed 
 acres, and was an energetic and successful 
 man. Ammi first married Polly Rice, of 
 Ilenniivcr, N.II., who was the mother of two 
 children— Lucy and Martha. Ilis second 
 wife, Sarah Johnson I'eabody, born in Giiil- 
 foid, Conn., in 1780, had twelve children, all 
 of wlioni lived to maturity. l^oth he and 
 Sarah were members of the Congregational 
 church. In politics he was a Whig. For the 
 last thirty-five years of his life he was blind, 
 lie died in Newport in US45. Four of his 
 fourteen children are now living, namely: 
 Charles, who graduated at Dartmouth College, 
 and is a Congregational minister, now residing 
 in Pasadena, Cal. ; Leonard \V. , a graduate of 
 Castleton (Vt. ) Medical College, and-a physi- 
 cian of Henniker, N.II. ; Helen, a graduate 
 of .South Hadley, Mass., who was principal 
 of the Westei'n P'eniale Seminary of Oxford, 
 Ohio, for more than thirty years and now lives 
 in Pasadena; and De.xter, the subject of this 
 article. The other children were: Ascnath, 
 Carroll W., Lucy, Martha, Calvin, Rue), 
 Maria, Frederick, Sarah, and Eliza. 
 
 De.xter I'eabody passed an uneventful boy- 
 hootl on the old home farm, receiving the ed- 
 ucation which the town schools afforded. 
 While his brothers and sisters one by one went 
 away from home, he remained and took charge 
 of the iilace, and cared for his parents in their 
 declining years. After the death of both he 
 bought out the other heirs, and settled down 
 there, and has lived in the same spot ever 
 since. It bears the name of Valley View 
 Farm. A more beautiful situation cannot 
 easily be found. The house stands on a noble 
 height rising from a lovely valley, and a fine 
 background is afforded by the dark blue 
 mountains and hills. It is considered one of 
 the finest bits of scenery in the district. 
 
 The land embraces about two hundred acres, 
 and everything is kept in the most orderly 
 manner, and gives evidence of thrift and enter- 
 prise. Mr. Pcabody is a member of the 
 Patrons of Husbandry at Newport. Hoth he 
 and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church, while in iiolitics he is a 
 Republican. 
 
 Mr. I'eabody was married in 1848 to Mary 
 IC. , daughter of Jabez and Sally (IJixby) Fair- 
 banks, and a sister of George H. Fairbanks, 
 who is the subject of another sketch. She 
 ilied October 12, 1873, leaving three sons, 
 two of whom are now living. The latter are: 
 Charles 1""., born August 14, 1S49, now en- 
 gaged in the furniture and undertaking business 
 in Iowa; and I" rank G., born December 29, 
 i860, also residing in Iowa, and engaged in 
 the same business as his brother. Wilber, 
 born August 19, 1852, died in Pasadena, Cal., 
 in 1893. Mr. Peabody was again married 
 September 24, 1874, to Martha S. Moore, who 
 was born in Putney, Vt. , March 21, 1841, 
 daughter of Curtis and Mary (Dodge) Moore. 
 There were two children by the second mar- 
 riage — Ralph C. and Helen M. Ralph was 
 born June 29, 1880, and is at home. The 
 daughter, Helen, was born April 13, 1876, 
 and died P'ebruary 19, 1879. Taking a 
 warrantable pride in his ancestry, Mr. Pea- 
 body is an active member of the Peabody As- 
 sociation, and attended the reunion of its 
 members. The hospitality dispensed in the 
 Peabody household by him and his estimable 
 wife is of the traditional New England charac- 
 ter, marked by a delightful freedom and abun- 
 dance. 
 
 ILO S. MORRILL, 
 
 (B iii.w o. .VI v^i\i\i j^i^, a prominent 
 f=/ lumberman and farmer, was born 
 _ V_ ^ in Canterbury, January 20, 1846, 
 son of Captain David and Sallie (Peverly)
 
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 Moirill. The grandfather, Reuben Morrill, 
 was a well-known farmer of Canterbury- The 
 father was also a farmer, and largely interested 
 in lumber. He was a Captain in the militia. 
 His wife w-as the widow of John Kimball, and 
 his children were: George P., who married 
 Abbie Emery; and Milo S. , the subject of 
 this sketch. He died April 6, 1893. 
 
 Mr. Morrill received a common-school edu- 
 cation. He lived at home, taking care of his 
 parents on the old farm. Upon the death of 
 his father he was left a si.xth-interest in the 
 homestead. Three years after he purchased 
 the rest of the estate. The buildings on the 
 property, which contains about five hundred 
 acres, were erected by his father and grand- 
 father. He also stocks a steam-mill located 
 near his house, and where he employs a num- 
 ber of men. Though he is a general farmer 
 and does a small dairy business, the largest 
 part of his income is derived from the lumber 
 business, in which he is extensively engaged. 
 He has never married. His nephew, Charles 
 E. Morrill, with his wife Ida Marsh Morrill, 
 lives with him and helps to carry on the farm. 
 Mr. Morrill is a member of the Free Baptist 
 church. A supporter of the Republican party 
 in ]i()litics, he is no ofifice-seeker. It is well 
 known that he has worked hard for the success 
 which has been his, and he is accordingly 
 resijected throughout the township and county. 
 
 'OHN .STEVENS KIMBALL, 
 
 influ- 
 
 ^-N| I ential resident of Hopkinton, born in 
 ~^' Iioston, July 31, i>S'45, is a son of John 
 Shackford and Mary (Stevens) Kimball, of 
 wiiom an account will be found on another 
 page. He was educated at the Phillips Gram- 
 niar .School in Boston, at IL>pkintoii Academy, 
 and at I'aghconic histitute, Lanesboro, Mass. 
 The old Hopkinton Academy, under the prin- 
 
 ciiialshipof Professor Dyer Sanborn, the author 
 of Sanborn's Grammar, was quite a famous in- 
 stitution. Among its students who afterward 
 became famous were Benjamin F. Butler, 
 Salmon P. Chase, and Grace Fletcher. Grace 
 Fletcher became the wife of Daniel Webster. 
 When he was but fourteen years of age, he 
 began to earn his living in the employment of 
 J. C. Converse & Co., Boston, Mass. .Subse- 
 quently he worked for George S. Winslow 
 & Co. In iS6r he went to Burlington, la., 
 where he was employed by his father in the 
 business conducted by J. .S. Kimball & Co. 
 In 1866-67 lis was second in charge of the 
 notion or smallwares department of George 
 Bliss & Co., of New York City. From 1867 
 to 1869 he was a member of the firm of Parker, 
 I-Sacor), Kimball & Co., wholesale dry-goods 
 dealers of Boston. In 1869, with his brother, 
 Robert R. Kimball, he enterctl the small- 
 wares and hosiery trade, under the stj'le of 
 Kimball & Co., locating .in WinthroiJ Scpiare, 
 Boston. They were burned out in the great 
 fire of 1872, which laid waste a large portion 
 of Boston, losing one-half the stock and some 
 of the light insurance they had on it through 
 companies that failed. Mr. Kimball, how- 
 ever, was not to be defeated. .Soon after, 
 going with George H. Pearl & Co., dry-goods 
 commission merchants, he gradually recovered 
 himself financially. In 1875 he came to 
 Hopkinton, and here engaged in business with 
 the stock of the two or tliree stores he and his 
 brother had in Jioston. This venture was car- 
 licil on iirosperously for six or eight )'cars. In 
 1879 Mr. Kimball was elected Registrar of 
 Deeds, in which capacity he served till 1S81. 
 In that period he arranged the index that has 
 l)een in constant use since. He was sent to 
 the legislature in 1883 to represent Hopkin- 
 ton, and was Chairman of the Committee on 
 Itlections. In politics a Re]niblican, he takes
 
 lilOGKAI'IIK Al, KI'AIIAV 
 
 ">3 
 
 ail at'tivc iiUcrcst in alTaiis. lie has Ijl'ch 
 Secretary of tlic Ilopkinluii Ivupiiblican Club 
 for twenty-five years; and he has long been a 
 prominent figure in both State and county con- 
 ventions, often serving on comniittees. 
 
 In 1878, December 3, Mr. Kiml^all married 
 Clara l-'rcnch, a daughter of Reuben K. and 
 Sarah (Chase) l*''rench, of Ilopkinton. She 
 died November 19, 1879. II er sister, Mar- 
 garet A. I'rench, became his second wife No- 
 vember 7, 1888. There was one son by the 
 first marriage, John I'rescott Kimball, now a 
 young man of seventeen and a student at 
 Holderness. Harold Chase Kimball was born 
 of the second marriage. The present Mrs. 
 Kimball is a member of the Congregational 
 church. Mr. Kimball, though a member of 
 Mount Lebanon Lodge of Masons in Boston, 
 is not especially devoted to lodge affairs. He 
 is deeply interested in local institutions, such 
 as the Free Library, the New Hampshire and 
 the Antiquarian Society. He has served for 
 several years as Trial Justice of the Peace, and 
 in very many ways has been a public bene- 
 factor to this town. His residence in Ilop- 
 kinton is one of the most beautiful in that 
 section. 
 
 B 
 
 AVID F. DUDLEY, a prominent 
 lawyer of Concord, was born in 
 China, Me., October 17, 1857, son 
 of Matthew I'", and Patience A. (Hutchins) 
 Dudley. John Dudley, his grandfather, was 
 a native of Kennebec County, where he passed 
 the greater part of his life in farming. The 
 maiden name of John's wife was lumice 
 Win slow. 
 
 Matthew V. Dudley, also a native of China, 
 Me., was a farmer in that town, ami died there 
 when he was forty-eight years old. He mar- 
 ried Patience A. Hutchins, daughter of James 
 Hutchins, and had a family of three children. 
 
 The.sc were: Charles IC. , who died when six- 
 teen years of age; Cynthia J., now deceased, 
 who married John R. Meader, and had three 
 children; and David F., the subject <<( Uii^ 
 sketch. 
 
 When a boy David F. Dudley attended the 
 schools of Saco and Hiddcford for a time. 
 After his father's death his mother married 
 again; and he removed to New Market, N.H. 
 After graduating from I'embroke Academy in 
 the class of 1879, he spent some time in the 
 occupation of school teacher. Having chosen 
 the law for his profession in life, he subse- 
 quently entered the office of Leach & Stevens, 
 where he remained three years. In August, 
 1883, he was admitted to the Merrimack 
 County bar, and began the practice of law in 
 Concord, where he has since been actively 
 engaged in his profession^ Having won the 
 confidence and good will of his fellow-towns- 
 men, he was elected to the City Council in 
 1884 and 1889, and to the Board of Aldermen 
 in 1894. In politics he is a Republican, and 
 he cast his first Presidential vote for General 
 Garfield in 1880. Pie belongs to the Masonic 
 fraternity and to the Order of Odd Fellows of 
 Concord. He married Blanche L. Fowler, 
 daughter of Trueworthy L. and Catherine L. 
 Sargent; and he has four children — Gale, 
 Trueworthy F. , Roy, and I^thel ]\Iay. They 
 have a charming residence at Penacook. 
 
 ri'^US 1L'\LL, a representative resi- 
 dent of Grantham, was born in this 
 town, March iS, 1844, son of Adol- 
 phus and Sally (Leavitt) Hall. The family is 
 descended from Edward Hall, who came from 
 pjigland in 1636, and settled in Du.xbury, 
 Mass., then under the control of the Plymouth 
 Company. Edward lived in different places in 
 Massachusetts, and was one of the sturdy
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 pioneers of "ye olden tyme " who laid the 
 foundations of the nation. Abijah Hall, great- 
 grandfather of Rufus Hall, who was born in 
 June, 1754, lost his life by drowning in 1S12. 
 He lived in Croydon, his father being the 
 first of the name in that town. Abijah's son, 
 Amasa, born in Croydon, February 17, 17S9, 
 died August 23, i86g. Amasa, a prosperous 
 farmer, was e.Ntensively engaged in sheep rais- 
 ing. He fought in the War of 1812, and rep- 
 resented Croydon in the legislature in 1S24 
 and 1825. In 1829 he moved to Grantham, 
 where he was the first of the name to settle. 
 He served the town in the office of Selectman 
 for eight years, represented it in General 
 Court in 1S32, 1S34, 1835, and 1836, and 
 was Commissioner for Sullivan County in 
 1 841. As a business man he was noted for 
 energy and enterprise. He married Rebecca 
 Lamson Melendy, and had a family of three 
 children — Rufus, Sally, and Adolphus. 
 Rufus, born in Croydon, October 3, 1813, died 
 January 13, 1 82 1. -Sally R., born January i, 
 1 8 16, married Converse Smith, of Plainfield. 
 Adolphus Hall, father of Rufus, was born at 
 Croydon, December 7, 181 1, and died October 
 12, 1876. He worked with his father on the 
 home farm as long as the latter lived, and upon 
 his death took the farm under his own manage- 
 ment. He became one of the most influential 
 men of the town, and occupied almost every 
 position in its public service. From 1859 to 
 1862 he was Selectman; in i860 and 1S61, 
 legislative Representative; in 1865 and i866, 
 Treasurer of Sullivan County. During three 
 years he was County Commissioner, and he 
 was ser\ing in that office and in the capacity 
 of Selectman at the time of his death. In 
 religion he favored Methodism. His wife, 
 Sally, who was born in 18 10, died in 1875. 
 Their two children were: Rufus and ICloisa. 
 The latter, born in Grantham, July 7, 1848, 
 
 was twice married. Her first husband was 
 Jesse Morse, of this town, a lumber dealer. 
 By this marriage she had two children — 
 Blanche and Zclla. Her second hubsand was 
 William H. Howard, a farmer and one of the 
 Selectmen. She has borne him one child. 
 
 After leaving school, Rufus Hall worked 
 on his father's farm and assisted also in the 
 large general store his father at that time 
 owned. At the end of three years he bought 
 the store from his father, and afterward man- 
 aged it successfully for si.x years. He then 
 engaged in farming for a number of years. 
 Also, in company with his father, he bought 
 a lumber and grist mill, which was operated 
 until the death of the elder Mr. Hall. I'"rom 
 that time until 1882 Mr. Rufus Hall con- 
 ducted a farm. He was engaged in general 
 trade at Croydon from 1882 to iSgi, since 
 which time he has farmed. Also, after that 
 time, he was employed in the capacity of sales- 
 man for four years. For a number of years he 
 was a Director of the First National Bank at 
 Newport. Mr. Hall has worthily sustained 
 the family traditions by filling most creditably 
 the various public offices intrusted to him by 
 his townsmen. He was elected Town Clerk 
 in 1869, this being his first town office, and 
 held the position until 1883. In 1882 he was 
 sent to the legislature, serving two yeais, and 
 being appointed on the Committee on Flec- 
 tions. He has been Selectman a number of 
 times, and Town Moderator for several years, 
 holding the last-named position at the present 
 time. Much interested in the Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry, he is an esteemed member of the local 
 grange. 
 
 Mr. Hall married Francina D. Smith, whu 
 was born December 13, 1844, daughter of 
 William P. Smith, of Sjiringfield. She is a 
 lady of culture antl of fine musical taste. 
 After receiving her education in Colby Acad-
 
 JilOGRAI'llirAL Ki;\'ii:\v 
 
 '95 
 
 cmy of Now London, she followed Ihc jirofcs- 
 sion of teacher very successfully for some time. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hall have four children: Leon 
 A., Villa !•:., I-:arl R., and Ralph A. Leon, 
 born June 4, 1869, at Grantham, was educated 
 at Colby Academy. lie was for a time em- 
 ployed in the manufacture of ]5arton's Sarsa- 
 parilla and Blood I'lu'lfier. At present he has 
 a position in 1'", ( ). White's grocery store in 
 ]3oston. He married Jessie M. ]51ossom, and 
 has one child — Charlotte May, born February 
 5, 1897. Villa K. , born August 17, 1874, 
 graduated at Colby Academy, and is now 
 studying medicine at Herkimer, N. Y. I-'arl 
 R., born May 10, 1876, was educated in the 
 town schools of Tilton, and then studied den- 
 tistry with Silver ]5rothers, of ]5oscavven, N. II. 
 Ralph A., born August 22, 1879, is a pupil in 
 the town schools. 
 
 / 2)lLl':S WHEEL]<:R, who has superin- 
 V f^r tended the construction of several 
 public buildings in Concord, was 
 born in this city, August 7, 1834, son of Cap- 
 tain Benjamin and Eliza (Ordway) Wheeler. 
 His grandfather, Benjamin Wheeler, son of 
 DanieJ Wheeler and a native of Hollis, N.H., 
 in his earlier years was a miller in Bedford, 
 Mass. J^enjamin settled in Concord in 1802, 
 on the farm formerl)' known as the Towlc 
 place, which he bought of Ebenezer Dustin. 
 He followed agriculture for the rest of his 
 active period, and died in December, 1848. 
 He assisted in hauling the stone for the erec- 
 tion of the State House and the old prison 
 buildings. His first wife, in maidenhood 
 Mary Eitch, a native of Bedford, Mass., and 
 a relative of John E^itch, the founder of the 
 city of E'itchburg, Mass., reared two chiUlren 
 — Benjamin Wheeler, Jr., and Mary. 
 
 Captain Benjamin Wheeler, who was born 
 
 in Woburn, Mas.s., and accompanied his par- 
 ents to Concord, succeeded to the homestead, 
 and was an energetic and jirosperous farmer. 
 EI c was drafted during the War of 1812, and 
 afterward became a Captain in the State 
 militia. His death occurred June 4, 1S70. 
 His wife, E^liza, who was a daughter of Giles 
 and ]-:iizabeth (Webster) Ordway, became the 
 mother of four children, namely: John C, 
 who died in 1895; Giles, the subject of this 
 .sketch; Isaac V., who married Harriet E. 
 Ordway; and Albert E". , who died in child- 
 hood. 
 
 Giles Wheeler was educated in the ]Hiblic 
 and private schools of Concord. When a 
 young man he learned the carpenter's trade, 
 which he followed for sixteen years. From 
 i860 to 1864 he was engaged in the manufact- 
 ure of soldier's writing cases in Plymouth, 
 Mass. During the Civil War he was drafted 
 in Mas.sachusetts and New Hampshire at the 
 same time, and furnished a substitute for 
 New Hampshire in the person of William 
 (iilson, a native of Eclham, N. IE, who was 
 captured by the Confederates, June 3, 1S64, 
 at Cold Harbor, paroled March lo, 1865, 
 and died at Annapolis, Md., March 32, 1865. 
 After relinquishing his trade, Mr. Wheeler 
 entered the business of architect in partner- 
 ship with Edward Dow, a connection that 
 lasted until 1885. He was appointed by Dan- 
 iel R. Manning, Secretary of the Treasury, to 
 superintend the erection of the Concord post- 
 ofTice. He acted in a similar capacity in the 
 erection of the .State library. He was build- 
 ing agent in connection with the High and 
 Kimball Schools, the Statesman Building, 
 and the Pillsbury Elospital and Library; and 
 he was a member of the committee selected to 
 superintend the erection of the Soldiers' Arch. 
 He has been a member of the Police Commis- 
 sion and its clerk since the establishment of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the board. In the capacity of Justice of the 
 Peace for the past twenty years he has been 
 engaged in the settlement of many estates. 
 
 Mr. Wheeler married Sarah W. Abbott, a 
 daughter of Charles Abbott and a descendant 
 of one of the first families to settle in this 
 section. He is connected with the Order of 
 the Golden Cross, and is a member of the 
 Unitarian society. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat, and he cast his first Presidential vote 
 for James Buchanan in 1856, and voted for 
 Stephen A. Douglas in i860. 
 
 'OHN V. GUNNISON, the popular 
 High Sheriff of Sullivan County, son 
 of Vinal and Eliza (Baker) Gunnison, 
 was born in Goshen, N. H., on February 27, 
 1837. Ephraim Gunnison, father of Vinal, 
 was a pioneer settler of Goshen, where he 
 cleared the wild land by the labor of his 
 hands. A hard worker and a man of great 
 vitality, he lived to be eighty-five years old. 
 II is wife, Deborah, died at eighty-seven years 
 of age. He was a Methodist Episcopal in 
 religion, a Democrat in politics. 
 
 Their son Vinal was the fifth son in a fam- 
 ily of seven children. He followed farming 
 all his life on the old farm on which he was 
 born. It was a large farm of about six hun- 
 dred acres, and came to be one of the best in 
 Goshen. He died at the age of si.xty in the 
 year 1858. His wife died in 1873, at the age 
 erf seventy-two years. They were attendants 
 of the Congregational church. Vinal Gunni- 
 son was always a Whig. He held several 
 town offices, among them that of Selectman 
 and Overseer of the Poor. Of his seven chil- 
 dren three are now deceased — Marian, Arvin 
 Nye, and Amos B. The survivors are: Mrs. 
 Sarah Ann Brickett, who lives in Mendota, 
 111. ; Eliza Chandler, who lives in Salem, 
 
 Ore. ; John V. ; and Horace B. , who lives in 
 PhillipsviUe, Cal. 
 
 John v., the third son, lived at home with 
 his parents in Goshen until he went away to 
 school, his educational course being completed 
 in the academies at Meriden and New Londoii, 
 N. H. He subsequently engaged in farming 
 and lumbering on the old homestead, dealing 
 largely in stock and running a steam saw-mill. 
 In 1888 he removed to Newport, though he 
 still owns the old place and keeps there about 
 twenty cows for milk. In Newport he deals 
 in horses, carriages, and sleighs. He was 
 elected to his present ofifice of High Sheriff in 
 1894, and was re-elected in 1S96. 
 
 He married January 16, 1S67, Angle Carr, 
 who was born in Hillsborough, N. H., Sep- 
 tember 12, 1846, daughter of Robert and Claora 
 (Goodale) Carr. Her grandfather, the first 
 Robert Carr, was one of the early settlers of 
 the place ; and her father followed agriculture 
 on the old farm, where he spent his whole life. 
 She has two brothers and four sisters, all liv- 
 ing. Her brother, Elisha Hatch Carr, is a 
 prominent business man of Newport, N. H. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gunnison have had four chil- 
 dren, three of whom are living — Belle, Sadie 
 H., Claora A., and Alice M. Belle Gunnison, 
 born in Goshen, N. H., December 30, 1868, was 
 educated at the town schools of Goshen and 
 Newport, N. H. After completing her course 
 of study, she taught school for a while, and 
 was considered a successful instructor and good 
 disciplinarian. Since then she has been a 
 valuable assistant in the jjost-ofifice at New- 
 port, N.H., having now held the position for 
 eight years. Sadie H. was born in (Joshen, 
 June 9, 1870. After graduating from the 
 high school of Newport, N. H., she taught 
 school three years, for which work she seemed 
 well fitted, and, like her sister, was considered 
 a successful teacher. She then entered upon
 
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 109 
 
 llic (liilics (if licr ])rc,scnt position of Manager 
 of the rclc|)honc Ivxtii.uigo, Newport, N. II. 
 Claora A., born in Goshen, December 27, 
 1S75, attended tiie schools of Goshen and New- 
 port, also tiie Bradford Female Seminary, 
 Hrailford, Mass. ; and, having finished her 
 preparatory studies, she entered the school- 
 room as an instructor, and is now an assistant 
 teacher in the Newport High School. Alice 
 M., born in Goshen, Ajjril ir, 1877, died 
 May 30, 1895. She was a very bright and 
 l)romising young lady, and was an attendant 
 of the high school at Newport, when that 
 dreaded disease, typhoid fever, took her away 
 in the bud of womanhood. 
 
 Mrs. Gunnison and her daughters are mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church, where Mr. 
 Gunnison also attends divine service. A Re- 
 inihlican in politics, he held the office of 
 County Commissioner in 1S72, 1873, and 
 1874; and in 1885 he was Representative to 
 the General Court. He is a member of Mount 
 Vernon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Newi)ort ; 
 a Royal Arch Mason; a Knight Templar; and 
 also a member of Sugar River Grange, P. of 
 II., at Newport. Mr. Gunnison is a successful 
 farmer and trader, well versed in horse flesh. 
 He has been a very active man, and has made 
 his own way in the world. 
 
 AMUEL II. EDES, a retired law- 
 yer of the village of Newport, was 
 born here, March 31, 1825, son of 
 Amasa antl Sarah (Hart) Edes. Samuel Edes, 
 his grandfather, was an early settler of An- 
 trim, N. II., an active farmer and a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier. .Samuel's life was mainly 
 spent in Peterboro, N. H., where he died at 
 the remarkable age of one hundred years. He 
 had nine children. Amasa Edes was born 
 about the year 1792. Having graduated from 
 
 Dartmouth in 1S17, he came in 1823 to New- 
 port, where he suijscquently practi.sed law for 
 a period extending over si.xty years. He was 
 successful in his profession, and he represented 
 his town for a time in the legislature. In re- 
 ligous belief he was a Unitarian ; in politics, 
 a Democrat. He died in October of the year 
 1.S.S3, his wife having died (October 8, 18O9, 
 at the age of seventy-four years and three 
 months. They had two children — Jo.seph W. 
 and .Samuel II. Joseph died at the age of 
 fi ve. 
 
 -Samuel H. lules was educated in the Meri- 
 den Academy and at Dartmouth, his father's 
 Alma Mater, graduating in 1844. He at once 
 began to read law with his father, and was ad- 
 mitted to the Sullivan County bar in 1852. 
 He practised until the year 1875 in the town 
 of Newport. At different times he was en- 
 gaged in farming, dealt in real estate, and 
 was interested in woollen mills. In 1S69 he 
 started the mercantile business to-day carried 
 on by his son. In 1856 Mr. Edes was instru- 
 mental in bringing the aqueduct water here. 
 At first it was conveyed by a wooden aque- 
 duct, but this in 1862 was changed for one of 
 cement and iron. He owns the building 
 known as Eagle Block, which was remodelled 
 in 1856. He has owned land in Newport on 
 which seventy buildings now stand. 
 
 On December 30, 1847, Mr. Ede$ married 
 Julia A. Nourse, who was born in Acworth, 
 N. H., October iS, 1827, daughter of Daniel 
 Nourse and Margaret (Wilson) Nourse. Of 
 their four children one died in infancy. The 
 others were: Willie A., George C. , and Mar- 
 cia J. Willie, born in 1854, died at the age 
 of eighteen years. George C. Edes, born 
 April 23, 1849, lives in Newport, where he is 
 a dealer in dry goods. He married Novem- 
 ber 10, 1873, Elizabeth M. Dennahan, who, 
 born February 28, 1854, died September
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 12, 1896. They had four children, of whom 
 Elizabeth J., born April 3, 1876, died Sep- 
 tember 16, 1S93. The others are: Frank W. , 
 born in 1874, who is a clerk in his father's 
 store; Samuel W. , born November 9, 1881; 
 and George L. , born November 11, 1889. 
 George C. Edes is a Democrat, has been 
 Town Clerk and Supervisor, and is a member 
 of the Mount Vernon Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , 
 and of Sullivan Commandery, K. T. Marcia 
 J. Edes, the youngest child of Samuel H. 
 Edes, was born in 1859, and resides in 
 Newport. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Edes attend the Congrega- 
 tional church, of which the wife is a member. 
 He is a Democrat, and has held office as legis- 
 lative Representative and County Solicitor. 
 He served in the latter capacity for two terms. 
 He has been Justice of the Peace since 1852. 
 Always interested in educational matters, he 
 was influential in making the important change 
 from district to high schools in the village. 
 Mr. Edes and his wife, who have been mar- 
 ried nearly fifty years, are one of the oldest 
 couples in the village. Mr. Edes is active and 
 vigorous, and, with his wealth and influence, 
 is regarded as one of the important members of 
 the community. 
 
 iRS. MIRIAM STRAW EMER- 
 SON FOGG, widow of the late 
 Sherburne Fogg, of West Hop- 
 kinton, and daughter of John Jones and Eliz- 
 abeth (Straw) Emerson, was born on the farm 
 where she now lives, November 20, 1S21. 
 She is a descendant of a prominent pioneer 
 family of Hopkinton, her great-grandfather, 
 Timothy Emerson, having been the original 
 settler on Clement's Hill. Timothy Emerson 
 was very active in local affairs, doing much to 
 advance the interests of the little town, among 
 
 other things donating the land for the ceme- 
 tery in which his body was laid to rest after 
 his death, March 22, 1826, at the venerable 
 age of eighty-si.x years. He was twice mar- 
 ried. His first wife, who was without doubt 
 an Ober, bore him two daughters and one son. 
 The latter was John Ober Emerson, Mrs. 
 Fogg's grandfather. His children by his 
 second wife, Mary, were: Collins, Day, Ben- 
 jamin, and Rachel. Day died November i, 
 1 84 1, at the age of fifty-two years, and was 
 buried in the family lot. The mother, who 
 survived the father, died October 29, 1833, 
 aged eighty-one years. 
 
 John Ober Emerson was born on Clement's 
 Hill in Hopkinton, June 6, 1770. After his 
 marriage with Mary Jones he settled on the 
 present homestead, which extends along the 
 Contoocook River, the house being beautifully 
 located on the banks of the stream. Mary 
 Jones was born August 14, 1769, daughter of 
 John and Elizabeth (Gordon) Jones. Her 
 father died July 10, 181 5, aged sixty-seven 
 years; and her mother April 15, 183S, at the 
 age of eighty-eight. John Ober Emerson and 
 his wife became the parents of six children, 
 namely: Philip, born in 1792, who lived but 
 four years; Moses, born January 20, 1794, who 
 died at the age of two years; John Jones, born 
 December 25, 1795, who died February i, 
 1 841 ; Sarah Kast, born March 25, 1798, who 
 died in 1823, aged twenty-five years; Micah 
 George J., born July 21, iSoi, who has not 
 been heard from since he started for Troy, 
 N.Y. , in 1832; and Jane Greeley, born July 
 13, 1807, who married Daniel Hardy, of War- 
 ner, N. H., and died in August, 1882. After 
 long and useful lives the father died in 1842, 
 aged seventy-two years, and the mother, De- 
 cember 6, 1856, in her eighty-eighth year. 
 Of the latter an interesting anecdote is nar- 
 rated in the History of Hopkinton by C. C.
 
 i:in(;R.\|'ii|(;AI, RKVIKVV 
 
 1,(11(1. On a Sunday morning in the early 
 s])ring a party of about a dozen persons, in- 
 cluding Mrs. John O. luiierson, crossed the 
 frozen Contoocook River from tlie north side, 
 to attend meeting at the old West Meeting- 
 house. While at service a sudden and rapid 
 thaw reduced the ice on the river to a number 
 111' ll(iatii)g fragments, wliicli presented a for- 
 midable barrier to the party returning from 
 chuix'h. 'I'hc nearest bridge was three miles 
 down the river, and to reach home by that way 
 vviiuld linve required at least six miles of 
 travel, which, as the party was on foot, caused 
 them ti) halt in dubious reflection. Mrs. 
 Emerson, Imwever, with ready courage, settled 
 the cpiestion by prompt action. In spite of 
 the remonstrances of her companions, she 
 sprang upon the nearest cake of ice, and, 
 dexterously leaping from one to another, 
 crossed the river in safety. Her friends, who 
 watched her progress, were not inspired to 
 make the attempt by her example. They fol- 
 lowed the advice conveyed by the old proverb, 
 "The longest way round is the shortest way 
 home," by walking to the bridge. 
 
 Jdhn Jones Emerson lived and died on the 
 farm where his birth occurred, spending his 
 years as a tiller of the soil. His name is 
 amon'g the list of llopkinton soldiers who 
 served in the War of 1812. He enlisted in 
 Colonel Nathaniel l'"isk's first regiment in 
 1814. In the old militia days he was a Cap- 
 tain of riflemen. He married Miss Elizabeth 
 .Straw, who, b(.irn in Hopkinton, November 23, 
 1793, daughter of Levi and Miriam (Jones) 
 Straw, died January 17, 1859. His children 
 were: Seth George, Miriam Straw, Mary Jane, 
 Sarah Elizabeth, Andrew Jackson, and Will- 
 iam Seneca. Seth George, born April 24, 
 1820, who married Sarah Goss, of Henniker, 
 and was at one time the owner of the home- 
 stead, removed to I-'ort Gratiot, Mich., where he 
 
 died August i, 18^14, Mary Jane, born 
 March 22, 1823, who died Eebruary 13, 1886, 
 was the wife of Martin K. Philips, of Henni- 
 ker, N.H. Sarah lilizabeth, born September 
 2, 1824, married Samuel D. Clark, of Ches- 
 terfield, N. H., and died in Port Huron, 
 Mich., November 19, 1893. Andrew Jack- 
 son, born in Eebruary, 1828, died in January, 
 1831. William Seneca, born May 4, 1831, 
 who married Mary A. Andrews, of the Isle of 
 Sheppey, England, died August 17, 1890, in 
 Hillsborough, N.H. 
 
 Miriam Straw Emerson was married t(j 
 Sherburne Eogg. He was born July 9, 1819, 
 in Meredith (now Laconia), N. H., son of 
 Seth and Betsey Uoudon (Gile) P'ogg, and 
 grew to man's estate in Gilmanton, whither 
 his parents removed when he was young. He 
 was a carpenter, and from the time of his mar- 
 riage until 1857 he worked at his trade in 
 Manchester, this State. After residing for 
 a time in Belmont, he came in 1859 to Hop- 
 kinton, purchased from his brother-in-law, 
 Seth George Emerson, the Emerson home- 
 stead, and was subsequently engaged in agri- 
 culture until his death, which occurred June 4, 
 1S73. Mrs. Fogg has since resided on the 
 farm. She has had three children, namely: 
 George Henry, who died at the age of nine- 
 teen years; Lizzie Adella; and Frank Emer- 
 son Fogg. Lizzie Adella was educated at 
 Tilton Seminary, from which she graduated 
 with the class of 1878. Since that time she 
 has been engaged as a teacher in Hopkinton, 
 making her home with her widowed mother. 
 I-"rank ICmerson Fogg, now an attorney-at-law 
 in Grangeville, Idaho, completed his education 
 at Ann Arbor, Mich., having graduated from 
 the law department of the State University, 
 class of 1880. He was Circuit Court Com- 
 missioner of Charlevoix County, Michigan, 
 from 1884 to 1 888, and Prosecuting Attorney
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of Charlevoix County from 1888 to 1890. 
 Removing to Idaho, he practised at Rathdrum 
 from 1 89 1 to 1893. Then he went to Grange- 
 ville, where he has followed his profession 
 since. He married February 28, i886, Eliza 
 Ann Scroggie, of Charlevoix, Mich. ; and they 
 have four bright and interesting children- 
 Essie v., James Sherburne, Miriam S. , and 
 William I'' rank. 
 
 ALTER B. MAYNARD, a farmer 
 of Loudon, was born here, April 26, 
 1840, son of Asa and Lucy (Talbot) 
 Maynard, natives respectively of Acton, 
 Mass., and Brookline, N.H. The grand- 
 father, Asa Maynard, who was a cooper by 
 trade and resided in East Concord during the 
 greater part of his life, died there at the resi- 
 dence of his daughter, August 1, 1866, aged 
 ninety-four years. The maternal grandfather, 
 Ezra Talbot, of Stoughton, Mass., born Janu- 
 ary 20, 1773, resided successively in Brook- 
 line and Loudon, and married Abigail Belcher. 
 He died in Loudon in November, 1853; and 
 his wife died in Brookline, June 21, 1832. 
 
 Asa Maynard, Jr., the father of Walter B., 
 was born November 10, 1801. Immediately 
 after his marriage he settled down as a farmer 
 on the place now owned by the present Mr. 
 Maynard, and resided there for the rest of his 
 life. His wife, Lucy, who was born Ajnil 5, 
 i.So.S, had four children — lunily, Eliza, Wal- 
 ter 15., and John V. Emily, born June 21, 
 1832, died June 21, 1851. Eliza, wiio was 
 born October 30, 1836, became the wife of 
 Augustus R. Manning, and had two children, 
 namely: Mary I*". , liorn January i, 1854; and 
 ]'"rank (). , born .September 28, 1861. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Manning arc now deceased. 
 John 1'"., who manufactures the well-known 
 Plymouth gloves, born March 15, 1846, mar- 
 
 ried Harriett Draper, who died. Then he 
 married Henrietta, his deceased wife's sister, 
 with whom he now lives in Plymouth, N.H. 
 The father died February 8, 1848. The 
 mother, who survived him, afterward became 
 the wife of Gardner Batchelder, a farmer of 
 Loudon. The latter died in September, 1S60; 
 and her death occurred in 1894, February 27. 
 There were no children by this second mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Walter B. Maynard received a common- 
 school education. All his life has been 
 passed on the old homestead. After his 
 father's death he took charge of the farm. 
 He now owns about three hundred acres in 
 Concord and Loudon. In 1869 he considera- 
 bly imjjroved the property by erecting new 
 buildings. He carries on general farming, 
 raises some fruit, and makes rather a specialty 
 of the milk business, keeping about twenty- 
 five cows. In 1864, May i, he married Lu- 
 ella C. Sanders, of Hopkinton, N.H. She 
 was born P'ebruary 26, 1843, the daughter of 
 Reuben L. and Abigail (Locke) Sanders, both 
 of Epsom, N. H. Mr. Sanders, who was suc- 
 cessively a shoemaker and a farmer, died Oc- 
 tober 6, 1876. His widow, who subsequently 
 married William K. Holt, of Concord, now 
 deceased, still resides at the age of seventy-six 
 in East Concord. Mr. Maynard and his wife 
 have had six children — P'rank W. , Harry K., 
 Roy F. , George S., Warren S. , and Roy W. 
 Frank W., born March 4, 1866, was married 
 Deceml)cr 25, 1889, to Nancy B. Cate, of 
 Loudon. He died .September 12, 1896; and 
 his widow now lives with her father-in-law, 
 the subject of this sketch. -She has had three 
 children ^ Walter lulward, John W. , and Har- 
 riet E. Harriet died Se])tember 27, 1896. 
 Harry ¥.., born March i, 1869, is at home 
 with his parents. Roy F. , born December 
 23, 1871, died April 22, 1877. George S.,
 
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 203 
 
 who was biiin October 20, 1874, lives at home. 
 Warren S., burn May 25, 1880, died February 
 4, 1 88 1. Roy W. , born August 27, 1882, 
 is also witii his jiarents. Mr. Maynard, who 
 has never been an office-seei<er, is a Republi- 
 can in politics, and lias invariably given that 
 party his support. He is an attendant at 
 the i'last Concord Congregational Church. 
 Throughout his life he has been a hard-work- 
 ing man, earning well the prosperity he now 
 enjoys. 
 
 'RANCIS L. QUIMRY, a Selectman 
 and a thriving farmer of Unity, was 
 born in this town, December 25, 1827, 
 son of Ik'ujamin Quimby (second) and Percis 
 (Gee) Quimby. His grandfather, Benjamin 
 Quimby (first), the first of the family to settle 
 in Unity, was engaged in agriculture here for 
 the rest of his life. The maiden name of 
 the grandfather's wife was Otis. Benjamin 
 Quimby (second), born in Unity in the year 
 l8oo, tilled the soil with success during his 
 active years; and his death occurred in the 
 spring of 1859. Percis Gee, his wife, who 
 was a native of Marlow, N.II., became the 
 mother of four children — Milan W., Francis 
 L., Melissa D., and Wilbur B. Milan W., 
 who is a prosperous farmer of Claremont, 
 N.II., married Lucy A. Neal, of Unity. 
 Melissa 1)., who married Ezra G. Johnson, of 
 Unity, dietl in 1S92. He died in 1896. 
 Wilbur I5. , wht) is carrying on a farm in Cor- 
 nish, N.H., married Lucinda Marshall, of this 
 town. Mrs. Benjamin Quimby (second) died 
 in June, 1870. 
 
 P'rancis L. Quimby was educated in the 
 district schools and at the Milo Academy. At 
 a very early age he began to a»ssist his father 
 upon the farm. Since succeeding to its pos- 
 session he has managed it ably and with ex- 
 cellent results. Considerably interestetl in the 
 
 raising of stock, he has the reputation of hav- 
 ing produced many valuable specimens. Po- 
 litically, he is a Republican; and he has 
 served for four years upon the Board of Select- 
 men. On May 22, 1849, he was joined in 
 marriage with Lydia Johnson. She was born 
 in Unity, June 8, 1825, daughter of Amos and 
 Iluldah (Green) Johnson, both of whom were 
 natives of Wears, N.II. Amos Johnson settled 
 near the locality in this town called the 
 Quaker City, and there followed the shoe- 
 maker's trade, and was engaged in farming 
 until his death, which occurred in 1856. His 
 wife died in 1863. They were the parents of 
 eight children; namely, Moses, Enoch, Han- 
 nah, l^zra, Lydia, Almeda, Elniira, and 
 Annie. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Quimby have six children, 
 as follows: Irving W., Adella L., George E., 
 Lewis J., the Rev. Herbert F. , and l-^merson 
 A. Irving W. married Josie Reed, of Ac- 
 worth, N. H., and is engaged in farming in 
 Unity. Adella L. is the wife of John M. 
 Howe, a merchant in Claremont. George E. , 
 now in the dry-goods business in Decatur, 111., 
 married Lillian Davis, of Waltham, Mass. 
 Lewis J., who wedded Martha Dow, of Cor- 
 nish, N. IL, is a grocer in Claremont. The 
 Rev. Herbert I". Quimby pursued his theo- 
 logical studies in Burlington, Vt., and at Bos- 
 ton, graduating in each place, and is now a 
 Methodist minister in Moultonboro, N. H. 
 He married for his first wife I^va M. Hodg- 
 man, of Mason, N. H., and for his second Jen- 
 nie lilliot, of Reed's Ferry, N. H. Emerson 
 A., who is in the grocery business with his 
 brother in Claremont, married Jennie A. 
 Perry, of North Charlestown, N. H. Mr. 
 Quimby, Sr. , has been a member of Unity 
 Grange, No. 230, Patrons of Husbandry, since 
 its organization. Both he and Mrs. Quimby 
 arc members of the West Unity Methodist
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Episcopal Church. He serves the society as 
 steward, trustee, and collector; while Mrs. 
 Quimby is a teacher in the Sunday-school. 
 
 'GRACE J. CHASE, one of the lead- 
 ing business men of Hopkinton 
 and a son of Enoch J. and Sarah 
 (Holmes) Chase, was born on Clement Hill, 
 Hopkinton, Octoljer ii, 1825. His grand- 
 father, Enoch Chase, came here from Port- 
 land, Me., and was for many years Selectman 
 and Collector of Taxes. The account book 
 used by Enoch is now in the possession of his 
 grandson, Horace J. Chase. His son, Enoch 
 J. Chase, was born in Hopkinton. In his 
 early life he was a shoemaker and a cooper. 
 At a later date he built a mill on his farm, 
 and went into the lumber business. He also 
 built some lumber-mills in VVilmot, but sold 
 them after a short time. Both in lumbering 
 and farming he was quite successful. P'ive 
 hundred acres of his farm land, which was 
 bought for five dollars an acre, afterward sold 
 for one hundred dollars an acre. The last 
 years of his life were spent with his son Hor- 
 ace; and he died in St. Johnsbury, \^t. , at the 
 age of seventy-eight, while on a visit to one 
 of his daughters. He was married twice. 
 His first wife was Sarah Holmes Chase, a 
 daughter of Dr. Holmes, of New York. They 
 had four children — Lucinda, Mary Jane, 
 Harvey, and Horace J. Harvey now carries 
 on the old farm. Both Lucinda and Mary 
 Jane are deceased. By his second wife, 
 Nancy, who came from Salisbury, his children 
 were: Nancy, George W. , Melvida, and Me- 
 linda. IMelinda died in childhood, and George 
 is now in California. 
 
 Llorace J. Chase, when a young man, lived 
 at home with his father and helped him with 
 the lumber business. Before he was twenty 
 
 years old, he drove a five-horse team into Ver- 
 mont, carrying freight. Then for three or 
 four years he was a conductor on a freight 
 train to Boston on the Claremont Railroad. 
 Subsequently the manager assigned him to 
 the business of buying lumber for the use of 
 the road. He remained in this position for 
 three years, making higher wages than any 
 other employee of the road. In 1852 he 
 bought an old tannery in Hopkinton, built by 
 Thomas Cass, that was burned down soon after. 
 Eight years later he erected the present build- 
 ings which are now landmarks in the town. 
 He has been in the tanning business now for 
 over forty years. In the early days, when 
 the work was done by hand, he used to em- 
 [iloy as many as eight or ten men at a time. 
 Now he uses the best of modern machinery. 
 He has put in an engine, so that the mill may 
 be run either by steam or water. His entire 
 jiroduct has always been consumed by two 
 firms in Concord, namely: Abbott & Downing, 
 coach builders; and James I. Hill & Co., 
 harness makers. He has always followed the 
 old-fashioned processes of tanning, using cold 
 liquors and no chemicals. His produce com- 
 mands the best prices in the market, some- 
 times six cents more per pound than that of 
 other tanneries. He has constantly super- 
 vised the work in person, doing some of the 
 special parts with his own hands. In addi- 
 tion to this his main industry, he carries on 
 a large farm containing about two hundred 
 acres of fine farm and timber land. This 
 year he shipped ovei- two hundred :liu1 forty 
 liarrels of apples to St. Johnsbury, Vt. He 
 owns the Colby saw-mills, where he has sev- 
 eral acres of good timber land, also the High- 
 hmd House in Contoocook, which he has re- 
 modelled, making several additions. At one 
 time he owned the lumber-mills in VVilmot 
 which his father bouglit. Mr. Chase has
 
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 205 
 
 served llie comnumity as Selectman. The 
 water service at J Inpkinton was put in under 
 his supervision. He has always been a Demo- 
 crat in [lolilics, as his latiier and grandfather 
 were before him. 
 
 On January 8, 1850, while in the emi)loy of 
 the Clarcmont Railroad, he married Mary Ann 
 Dodge, a daughter of .StiUman and Mary 
 (Highland) Dodge, both of Wenham, Mass. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Chase have had five children, of 
 whom one died in infancy. The others were: 
 Frank .S. , luhvard K., Horace Sumner, and 
 Willard Hamilton. Mdward K. is now en- 
 gaged in the ice business in Hopkinton. 
 Horace Sumner is the proprietor of tiie St. 
 Johnsbury House, Vermont. Willard Hamil- 
 ton was accidentally drowned at the age of 
 four. Frank S. was employed on the N. Y. , 
 N. H. & H. R.R. as engineer for several 
 years, during which time he never had an 
 accident. On December 16, 1S86, while look- 
 ing back at his train from the engine steps, 
 he was struck on the head by a p(de and in- 
 stantly killed. Mr. Chase is a jovial, good- 
 natured man ; and, although considerably ad- 
 vanced in years now, he still shows the out- 
 lines of a powerful physicjue. He is much 
 respected in his native town, both for his 
 business integrity and for his public spirit. 
 
 IIARLES SUMNER HALE, the 
 
 junior member of the firm Silver & 
 Hall, general merchants of Goss- 
 ville, and an e.x-meniber of the New Hamp- 
 siiire legislature, was born in Ei:isom, N. H., 
 June 3, 1854, .son of John C. and Ahirtiia E. 
 (Rand) Hall, late of Epsom. The father, 
 a native of Lee, N. H., was born January 26, 
 1806. In early life he came to Epsom and 
 followed the trade of a carpenter here for some 
 time. Later he opened a store, becoming a 
 
 prosperous merchant ; and he also conducted a 
 large farm. Politically, he was in his later 
 years a Republican ; and he took an earnest in- 
 terest in public affairs. He died at the age rjf 
 seventy-seven years. His wife, Martha, was 
 born February 25, 18 13, daughter of Stei)hen 
 Rand, of Chichester. She became the mother 
 of nine children — Sarah 1'^, Martha K., James 
 \V., Amanda .S., John IL, Deborah, Georgia 
 A., Luther T. , and Charles S. Sarah K. , 
 born May 28, 1833, married James K. Taylor, 
 of Neponset, Mas.s., and her children are: 
 I':ila, Mattie, Alberto, and Maud. Martha 
 E. , born June 3, 1834, is the wife of J. M. 
 Emery, of Suncook, in the town of Pembroke, 
 N.H., and has two daughters — Anna and 
 Hatlie. James W. , born November 13, 1837, 
 ma^•ried Sarah I'3mery, of Suncook. Amanda 
 was born September i, 1839. John IL, liorn 
 March 19, 1842, married Nellie Earnham, of 
 Great F'alls (now Somersworth), N. H. ; and 
 his children arc: Bert, John, George, and 
 Alice. Deborah, born May 5, 1845, is now 
 the wife of F. G. Stebbins, of Adrian, Mich. 
 Georgia A., born November 10, 1848, and now 
 deceased, first married William Desilets, who 
 died leaving one daughter, Katherine. A 
 second marriage united her to Charles Chapin, 
 of Worcester, Mass., who has legally adopted 
 her tlaughter by her first husband. Luther T. 
 was born .September 8, 185 1. Mrs. John C. 
 Hall died at the age of si.xty-three years. She 
 and her husband were members of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. 
 
 Charles Sumner Hall attended school in his 
 native town, and completed his studies with 
 a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's 
 Business College in Manchester, N. H. After 
 leaving school, he engaged in mercantile pur- 
 suits with his father, and remained with him 
 for several years. In 1SS3 he became asso- 
 ciated with his present partner in business.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Messrs. Silver & Hall, of Gossville, are 
 widely and favorably known as enterprising 
 and successful merchants. The junior partner 
 owns a large farm containing five hundred 
 acres, seventy-five acres of which are under 
 cultivation. He ranks high among the fore- 
 most agriculturists of this section. 
 
 On December ii, 1S76, Mr. Hall was 
 united in marriage with Ellen M. Dolbeer, 
 daughter of Calvin Dolbeer, of Epsom. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hall have no children. In politics 
 Mr. Hall is a Republican. For many years 
 he served as Town Clerk, and was elected a 
 Representative to the legislature in 1889. He 
 is Secretary of Evergreen Lodge, No. 53, 
 I. O. O. F. , of Short Falls, and is connected 
 with the Patrons of Husbandry of Epsom. He 
 is one of the successful men of this locality, 
 and his upright character and business integ- 
 rity are highly spoken of by his fellow-towns- 
 men. Both he and Mrs. Hall are members of 
 the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 KEVI A. SMITH, one of Unity's repre- 
 sentative farmers, was born in this 
 ^*»' town, August 13, 1843, son of Jo- 
 seph G. and Elizabeth (Young) Smith. The 
 father, born October 24, 1797, was a prosper- 
 ous farmer throughout the active period of his 
 life, owning the farm which his son now occu- 
 pies, and died May 3, 1882. His first mar- 
 riage was contracted with Lucy Howe, who, 
 born in Acworth, N.IL, August 14, 1799, 
 died December 9, 1S33. His second wife, 
 ]{lizabeth Young Smith, who was born Sep- 
 tember 14, 1812, died in May, 1888. He had 
 si.xtcen children, nine by his first union and 
 seven liy his second. Those of his first wife 
 were born as follows: Lineas S., November 
 7, 1820; Sidney, January 10, 1822; Joseph 
 G., May 4, 1823; Alonzo A., December 
 
 2, 1824; Jefferson, August 5, 1826; Thomas 
 J., April 17, 182S; David L. , August 12, 
 1829; Lucy Ann, May 2, 1831; and George 
 W. A., September 28, 1832. Of the children 
 by his second marriage two died in infancy. 
 The others were: Izanna E., born May 31, 
 1838, and residing in Goshen, who is now the 
 widow of Dr. Wheeler, formerly a prominent 
 physician of Goshen; Emily M., born Sep- 
 tember I, 1S40, who married Edward Gates, a 
 native of Gilson, and resides with him in 
 Gardner, Mass.; Levi A., the subject of this 
 sketch; Freeman H., born December 16, 
 1844, who died February 25, 1846; James 
 F., born November 23, 1848, now a chair 
 manufacturer in Gardner, Mass., who married 
 Delia Gates, of Gardner. 
 
 Levi A. Smith attended school in Unity, 
 and assisted upon the home farm until after 
 his first marriage. He then settled ujion a 
 farm in the northern part of the town, and 
 tilled the soil industriously for eighteen years. 
 After the death of his father he returned to 
 the homestead, and has since resided there. 
 He owns one hundred and fifty acres of well- 
 improved land. He has the reputation of a 
 capable and successful general farmer. In 
 politics he is a Prohibitionist, and he served 
 with ability as a Selectman for three years. 
 He has carried the United States mail be- 
 tween Unity and Charlestown since 1872. 
 He is a member of the Advent church. 
 
 On September 15, 1864, Mr. Smith married 
 Abbie E. Johnson, daughter of Edward and 
 Mary (Marshall) Johnson, both of whom were 
 natives of Unity. She died in June, 1887. 
 Of that union were born four children, namely: 
 Freeman J., on September 16, 1867, who is 
 no longer living; I'rcd L., November 4, 
 1868, who is a jjrosperous farmer of Unity; 
 Arthur W., May 30, 1877, who is still under 
 the parental roof-tree; and I.islina K. , Au-
 
 ]!I()GKAI'IIICAL REVIKW 
 
 gust 28, 1880, also residing at home. l'"rccl 
 L. Sinil-li niariicd Anna Walker, and has two 
 children — IClvis C. and Arthur VV. On Jan- 
 uary I, 1891, Mr. Smith, Sr., wedded for his 
 second wife Emma Davis, who was born in 
 Unity, Decenihcr 5, 1861, daugiiter of Samuel 
 Davis. By this marriage tiiere are no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 IDCiKRTON RAYMOND, a well-known 
 resident of Boscawcn, was born Decem- 
 ber 3, 1 84 1, in Concord, N.H., son 
 of Thomas P. and I'ermelia (Derby) Raymond, 
 both natives of Vershire, Vt. His grand- 
 father, Captain Liberty Raymond, of the Ver- 
 mont militia, was a large land-owner and 
 a |)r(iminent man in the latter town. Cap- 
 tain Raymond died at Vershire, and his 
 wife, Mary, at Ouechee, Vt. Their children 
 were: Thomas, Lyman, and Liberty, all now 
 deceased. The last named became a well- 
 known builder and real estate dealer in 
 Manchester, where he erected several large 
 structures. lie was also a pioneer of the 
 shoe business, in which he was engaged at the 
 time of his death. 
 
 Thomas P. Raymond was a tanner and cur- 
 rier, and lived in Concord till April, 1845. 
 His wife died about that time; and he then 
 moved to Hoiikinton, N.H. By a second mar- 
 riage he was unitetl to Nancy Stone, of Can- 
 ada. Later on he came to Boscawen, where 
 he settled on a farm, and purchased a tannery. 
 He carried on the tannery in company with 
 his son Edgerton until 1866. His death oc- 
 curred September 22, 1879, and that of his 
 wife in 1895. There were no children by the 
 second marriage. Those by the first, besides 
 a child that died in infancy, were: LucyB., 
 Liberty George, and Edgerton. I-ucy, now 
 living in Charlestown, Mass., married Daniel 
 Y. Bickford, an organ manufacturer of Con- 
 
 cord and ISoslon, who dietl Ajjril 29, 1876. 
 Liberty enlisted in 1861 in Company E of 
 the Seventh New Ihimpshire Regiment, and 
 was killed at Eort Wagner, South Carolina, 
 July 18, 1863. A brave soldier and a great 
 favorite, he was the first man of his regiment 
 to lose his life. 
 
 Edgerton Raymond received his education 
 in the common school and in the academy at 
 Boscawen. At the age of sixteen he went to 
 old Salem, Mass., and worked there for a 
 time. Then, returning to Boscawen, he fin- 
 ished his schooling. He ne.vt went to Man- 
 chester, and was there employed in the ar- 
 mory making guns during the late war. After 
 this he worked for his uncle Liberty in his 
 boot and shoe store in Manchester, where he 
 remained until September, 1865. At that 
 time he went to Syracuse, N.Y. , and was in 
 the employ of the New York Central Railroad 
 for si.x months, after which he returned to 
 Boscawen, and settled on his present farm. 
 He and his brother-in-law were also engaged in 
 the tannery business until fire destroyed their 
 plant in October, 1870. He rebuilt the tan- 
 nery in 1871, and afterward conducted it alone 
 until 1885. On his farm of forty acres, 
 which he has much improved by the erection 
 of new buiklings, he carries on general farm- 
 ing. 
 
 In 1869, October 20, Mr. Raymond married 
 Ellen V. Raymond, his cousin. She came 
 from Manchester, and was a daughter of Lib- 
 erty and Almina (Smith) Raymond. Her 
 father, who was a merchant, after the death of 
 his first wife married Mary P. Putney, who 
 belonged to a prominent Manchester family, 
 and now resides in Contoocook. The children 
 of lulgerton Raymond are: Jessie P., born 
 August 16, 1870; Lucy May, born I'ebruary 
 14, 1874; and George Albert, born June 14, 
 1 878. Lucy teaches stenography, and is now
 
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 superintendent of that department in a busi- 
 ness college in Lebanon, Pa. Since his mar- 
 riage Mr. Raymond has resided on the farm 
 with the exception of one year, during which 
 he was in Boscawen Plains. He has been a 
 member of the -School Board and the Audi- 
 tor of the town, and he is now Selectman. 
 His vote has always been thrown for the Re- 
 publican party, whose principles he strongly 
 upholds. He is a member of the Knights of 
 Honor, Kearsarge Lodge, No. 276, of Pena- 
 cook. Both he and his wife are members of 
 the I-"irst Congregational Church, and he is a 
 Deacon of the society. The Raymonds rank 
 with the leading families of Boscawen. 
 
 (sltOHN A. McCLURE, a successful 
 farmer of 15oscawen, was born here, 
 October 22, 1822, son of John and 
 Sallie (Potter) McClure, his father being from 
 Exeter, N.H., and his mother from Pittsfield, 
 N.H. His grandfather, James McClure, 
 was an Adjutant-general in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, but subsequently went to Dublin, 
 Ireland, where he died. The father, a sea 
 captain, sailed from PZast India and other 
 places. Later he moved to Springfield, N. H., 
 and then came to Boscawen. Here he settled 
 on a farm, which was his place of residence, 
 and lived there until his death in March, 
 1869, at the age of eighty-five years. His 
 wife survived him until 1879, being ninety 
 years of age at the time of her death. They 
 had three children — Louisa L., John A., and 
 Mary. Louisa, who married W. W. Kil- 
 bourne, died January 25, 1897. Mary is the 
 widow of John L. Sargent, and resides in Gil- 
 manton, N.H. 
 
 John A. McClure received only a common- 
 school education. In 1877 he moved to his 
 present estate of about one hundred acres, 
 
 known as the old P'landers farm, which he has 
 since made his home. Since then he has 
 made several improvements on the place, in- 
 cluding the erection of substantial buildings. 
 He also owns the old homestead on High 
 Street in Boscawen, where his son lives, con- 
 taining about one hundred and fifty acres. 
 An industrious man, he carries on general 
 farming very successfully. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. McClure married Phcebe C. 
 Stone, of Webster, daughter of Peter and Ruth 
 (Call) Stone. Her parents, who resided in 
 Webster on a farm, are now deceased. Mr. 
 and Mrs. McClure had four children, born as 
 follows: Edwin P., in July, 1850; Addie V., 
 August 18, 1853; Alice P., November 6, 
 1855; and Charles J., March 2, 1858. Edwin 
 is now at home with his father; Addie V. is 
 the wife of Richmond Simpson, and lives in 
 Webster; Alice P. is the wife of John W. 
 P'ord, of P'ord & Co., foundrymcn at Concord, 
 N.H.; and Charles J., who married Mary 
 Esther Shepherd, now lives on the old Mc- 
 Clure homestead in Boscawen, and is the 
 father of two children — Lillian F. and 
 Phoibe Stone. Mrs. Phrebe C. McClure died 
 July 20, 1864. 
 
 Mr. McClure contracted a second marriage 
 on March 5, 1871, with Susan W. Moore, of 
 Canterbury, N.H. She was born January 22, 
 1837, daughter of John S. Moore, a farmer 
 and lumber dealer of Canterbury, N.H. Her 
 mother, Lucinda I'rench Moore, also of 
 Canterbury, died in i S49, after which Mr. 
 Moore entered a second marriage with Hannah 
 Dow, of Concord, who died in 1891. Mr. 
 Moore died in 1870. His children by the 
 first marriage were: Clara IL, Charles H., 
 Albert Ames, Sabrina C. , Sylvester F., Susan 
 W., Lucinda F., and liliza T. I'llizaT. , the 
 widow of Deacon Sewell, is now a teacher in 
 l'"armington, Me. With the excei^tion of Mrs.
 
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 McClnrc, all the others are deceased. Sabrina 
 died at the age of twenty-two; Sylvester, aged 
 fifty-three years; and Lucinda, aged twenty- 
 eight. Born of the second marriage were two 
 children — Hannah and John 11. Hannah 
 dieil in 1854, at the age of four years. John 
 II., now a resident of Penacook, married Isa- 
 bella B. Blackington, and is a travelling sales- 
 man for a firm in Dover, N.H. 
 
 Mr. McClure's only child by his second 
 marriage, Sarah K., born September 28, 1875, 
 having completed the course of the training 
 school in Concord, is now a teacher in that 
 city. The present Mrs. McCIurc and two of 
 her stepsons are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church in Boscawen. The daughter 
 residing in Concord is a member of the Meth- 
 odist church in that city. In politics Mr. 
 McClure is a Democrat, and has invariably 
 voted with that party. He has been a hard- 
 working man, and has been fairly successful 
 in his business. He is well-known and 
 highly regarded throughout the vicinity of 
 Boscawen. 
 
 [LISHA HATCH CARR, a well-known 
 business man of Newport, was born in 
 Hillsborough, November 17, 1S42, 
 son of Robert and Cleora (Goodale) Carr. 
 The grandfather, Robert Carr, who was among 
 the early settlers of Hillsborough, cleared his 
 land, and became a successful farmer, living 
 to be more than eighty years old. He fought 
 in the war of the Revolution. -Of his five 
 children Robert, one of the elder, became the 
 owner of the farm, spent his life there follow- 
 ing the occupation of general farmer through- 
 out his active period, represented his district 
 in the State legislature, and died at the age 
 of eighty-one years. Robert was a liberal in 
 religion, and his wife was a Methodist. She 
 died at the age of seventy-seven. 
 
 Their seven children, all still living, arc: 
 Robert G., who resides in Haverhill, Mass.; 
 Cleora A. Morrill, a resident of I'ctcrboro, 
 N.H.; Abbic J. Hadley, of Hillsborough 
 Bridge; Sarah J. Barker, residing in Nashua; 
 Angeline Gunnison, residing in Newport; and 
 Celestia M. Booth, who resides in Worcester, 
 Mass. 
 
 Elisha H. Carr grew u]) in Hillsborough, 
 where he attended the district school. In his 
 early life he was employed as a clerk. After- 
 ward he engaged in business for himself in 
 I'^ast Washington, N.H., and in Goshen, 
 N.H., keeping a general store. In 1891 he 
 came to Newport, and opened a livery stable, 
 which is now the leading establishment of the 
 kind in the village. His equipment is of the 
 best, and includes twenty-five fine horses and 
 many stylish carriages. Mr. Carr was mar- 
 ried October 5, 1869, to Jennie Purington. 
 She was born in Goshen, N. H., June 4, 1845, 
 daughter of Imri and Mary Purington. They 
 have no children. In religious belief they are 
 Universalists. A Republican in politics, he 
 has held various public offices. He was for 
 several years Town Treasurer of Goshen; its 
 legislative Representative in 1879, 1881, and 
 1S83; Treasurer of Sullivan County for four 
 years; and he is the present Representative of 
 Newport in the legislature. A Mason of 
 prominence, he belongs to Blue Lodge, Chap- 
 ter, and Commandery. His business career 
 has been that of an active and enterprising 
 man. 
 
 OHN ARTHUR JONES, a farmer of 
 Hopkinton, was born in Contoocook, 
 N. H., April 3, 1864, son of John F". 
 and Maria (Barnard) Jones. His grandfather 
 was a resident of Ho]ikinton for the greater 
 part of his life. John F. Jones, who was born 
 in Hopkinton, is now a resident of Concord,
 
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 where he is Treasurer of the L. and T. 
 Savings Bank of that city. He has been con- 
 nected with this bank for a period of twelve 
 years. 
 
 John Arthur Jones, tlie subject of this 
 sketch, received his early education in the 
 public schools of his native town and in the 
 academy. Later he was a student at Colby 
 Academy, New London, for a time. From 
 New London he returned to Hopkinton, and 
 went to his grandfather's farm, which was soon 
 put under his management. He is the only 
 representative of the family in the town. On 
 the homestead, which contains about one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, he is engaged in dairy- 
 ing and stock-raising, having a fine herd of 
 Guernsey cattle. His cream, of which his 
 dairy yields a large quantity, is sold in Bos- 
 ton. Mr. Jones is a Democrat in his politics, 
 while he has never held public office. 
 
 On January 19, 1887, Mr. Jones married 
 Mabel N. Bailey, a native of Newbury and a 
 daughter of George Bailey, then of Hopkinton. 
 Mrs. Jones is a talented musician. Before 
 her marriage she taught school in the county 
 for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have one 
 daughter, Ruth, aged four years. They attend 
 the Baptist church. Mr. Jones is a very suc- 
 cessful farmer. The family residence is the 
 old homestead, standing on a beautiful emi- 
 nence overlooking the Contoocook River and 
 commanding a fine view of the diversified land- 
 scape. 
 
 'KANKLIN J. EMKRSON, formerly a 
 member of the Concord City Council, 
 was born July 11, 1824, in Unity, 
 N.H., son of Samuel and Matilda (Gould) 
 Emerson. His grandfather, Jonathan Emer- 
 son, who was born in March, 1740, settled in 
 West Concord, and there reclaimed from the 
 wilderness the property now owned and occu- 
 
 pied by his grandson. Jonathan subsequently 
 replaced his primitive log cabin with a modern 
 frame house; and at his death, which occurred 
 when he was seventy-five years old, he left a 
 good farm. He was twice married, and had 
 twelve children, si.x by each union. 
 
 Samuel Emerson, father of Franklin J., was 
 born at the homestead, May 2, 1783. He was 
 brought up a farmer; and when a young man 
 he began to till the soil upon his own account 
 in Hopkinton, N.H. In 1809 he settled upon 
 a farm in Unity, where he resided for the rest 
 of his life, and died at the age of forty-three 
 years. His wife, Matilda, was a daughter of 
 Gideon and Hannah (Heath) Gould. The 
 father, born in Hopkinton, January 16, 1741, 
 died March 5, 1821; and the mother, born in 
 Warner, N.H., December 17, 1746, died De- 
 cember 3, 1843, at the advanced age of ninety- 
 seven years. The children of Samuel and 
 Matilda (Goukl) Emerson were: Emily, 
 Nancy, Caroline, Harriet, Harriet (second), 
 and Franklin J. The first Harriet died in 
 infancy. The mother's death occurred May 
 12, 1852. 
 
 Franklin J. Emerson, the only survivor of 
 his parents' children, received his education 
 in the district schools and at the Hopkinton 
 Academy. Although he was left fatherless at 
 a tender age, his natural energy enabled him 
 to advance without the usual parental aid. 
 Since reaching manhood, he has attained pros- 
 perity by industrious farming in West Con- 
 cord. Pie now owns an e.xcellent farm of one 
 hundred acres, which is kept in a high state 
 of cultivation, and' a new set of substantial 
 buildings erected by him. 
 
 Mr. l-'merson married I'^li/.a J. Abbott, 
 daughter of Levi and ICliza (Dimond) Abbott. 
 Both he and Mrs. Emerson attend the Congre- 
 gational church. The city had the advantage 
 of his services in the Common Council and
 
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 BIOGKArillCAL REVIEW 
 
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 u|)i)n tlic Hoard of Assessors for sonic time. 
 He cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary 
 Taylor in i<S4.S, and he has supported the Re- 
 publican party since its formation. 
 
 ARVEY 15. GLIDDKN, an enterpris- 
 ing druggist of Claremont, was born 
 
 L^ V, , in Hopkiiiton, Mass., May 17, 
 
 1857, son of Gardner F. and Mary M. (Hing- 
 ham) Glidden. Mis grandfather, Nathan 
 Glidden, who was an early settler in Unity, 
 where he continued to reside for the rest of 
 his life, reared a large family of children. 
 Gardner F. Glidden was born in Unity. 
 When a young man he became connected with 
 the shoe manufacturing business. In 1850 he 
 went to Hopkinton, Mass., where he was fore- 
 man in a shoe factory until his death in 1866. 
 He was a riian of much energy and business 
 ability. His wife, Mary, who was a native of 
 Unity, returned to that town after the death 
 of her husband. She was sixty-six years old 
 when she died in 1S93. 
 
 The education of Harvey \i. Glidden, begun 
 in the public schools of Hopkinton and Unity, 
 was com]ileted with a commercial course at 
 tiie New London Academy. He entered the 
 drug' business in 1874 as a clerk for Frank G. 
 Winn in this town. Five years later he went 
 to Boston, where he obtained a wide experi- 
 ence in the business as clerk in various stores. 
 In 1887 he passed a successful examination 
 before the New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy; 
 and in 1892 he established himself in busi- 
 ness, under the firm name of H. B. Glidden & 
 Co., at his present location in the Hotel 
 Claremont building. The store, excellently 
 situated, is twenty by sixty-five feet. It is 
 finished elaborately in antique oak, and is very 
 attractive in appearance. It is stocked with a 
 full line of drugs, chemicals, patent medi- 
 
 cines, toilet articles, druggists' sunflries, 
 cigars, tobacco, and Tenney's famous New 
 York confectionery. Mr. Glidden is the pro- 
 prietor of Gliddcn's Liver I'ills, Bcrncy's 
 Cough Drops, and Bcrncy's Tooth Powder. 
 His prescription department contains all of 
 the latest additions to the materia medica, 
 as well as the standard pharmaceutical prep- 
 arations. Mr. Gliddcn's long experience as 
 an apothecary is suflficient assurance that all 
 physician's prescriptions intrusted to him 
 will be accurately and faithfully compounded. 
 Since starting in business he has had a large 
 jiatronage, and his popularity both as a drug- 
 gist and a citizen is fully merited. 
 
 On September 14, 1881, Mr. Glidden was 
 united in marriage with Minnie A. Pride, 
 daughter of William H. Pride, of Boston. A 
 Mason of the thirty-second degree, he is con- 
 nected with Hiram Lodge, No. 9, F. & 
 A. M. ; Webb Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch 
 Masons; Columbian Council, Royal and Se- 
 lect Masters; and Sullivan Commandery, No. 
 6, Knights Templar. He owns and occu- 
 pies a very attractive residence at 4 P>ond 
 Street. 
 
 'iLLIAM ANDREW JACKSON 
 GILES, attorney-at-law of Con- 
 cord, N.H., was born in this city, 
 July II, 1S61. His parents, John B. Giles, a 
 native of Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland, and 
 Ellen M. Driscoll Giles, of Cardiff, Wales, 
 emigrated to America in 1852. 
 
 William A. J. Giles acquired his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Penacook and 
 Concord, and completed his school course at 
 Boscawen Academy in 1S81. The next year 
 he began the study of law with the late John 
 Y. Mugridge and Chief Justice William L. 
 Foster, at the same time acting as reporter 
 for the Boston Traveller, Qoncoxd Journal, and
 
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 other newspapers until 1889. In March, the 
 year following, he was admitted to the bar; 
 and he has since been in successful practice. 
 As an illustration of his professional ability 
 it may be mentioned that as plaintiff in a suit 
 brought by certificate holders against the 
 Order of the Helping Hand, tried before 
 Judge Hammond, of Boston, he won his case, 
 although the opposing counsel were ex-Gov- 
 ernor Long, Mr. Brackett, and Samuel J. 
 Elder. Before the legislature of 1893 Mr. 
 Giles drew up bills for the Employers' Liabil- 
 ity Act, for establishing a bureau of labor 
 statistics, and a fifty-eight hour act, besides 
 other legal documents, all of which were stub- 
 bornly fought by the ablest lawyers of the 
 State. 
 
 On February 14, 1895, he was married to 
 Mabel E. Welch, of this city. Fraternally, 
 he is a member of Kearsarge Lodge, No. 48, 
 K. of P., officiating as Chancellor and Com- 
 mander of the same; also a member of Uni- 
 form Rank, K. of P. ; and of the Ancient 
 Order of American Foresters; and is Past 
 Grand Master of General Stark Lodge, No. 
 7400 I. O. O. F. He officiates as attorney 
 for the Central Labor Unions. As a member 
 of the Amoskeag Veterans he took part with 
 them in the dedication of the Grant Monu- 
 ment in New York City. 
 
 Mr. Giles is a Democrat in politics and a 
 member of the Democratic State Committee. 
 He was the original silver advocate of the 
 State of New Hampshire, and, besides making 
 many able addresses on the silver issue, he 
 was the author of a pamphlet that attracted 
 much attention, entitled "The Silver Ques- 
 tion," and dedicated to William J. Bryan. 
 Out of si.x hundred and twenty delegates en- 
 titled to seats in the Democratic Convention, 
 Mr. Giles stood alone as an advocate of free 
 silver. He wrote a letter to William J. 
 
 Bryan, tendering his services in the campaign, 
 which that gentleman graciously accepted. 
 
 At Mr. Bryan's reception at Madison 
 -Scjuare Garden, Mr. Giles sat upon the plat- 
 form as the only silver representative from 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 YER GOVE, a retired farmer of 
 Ilcnnikcr and a native of this 
 town, was born June 24, 18 14. 
 His parents were prosperous farming people, 
 and he was reared to agricultural pursuits. 
 He succeeded to the possession of the home- 
 stead when about twenty-one years old, and 
 continued to carry it on successfully until 
 1869, when he moved to another farm in West 
 Hopkinton, N. H. He resided there for six- 
 teen years; and, after tilling the soil as a gen- 
 eral farmer for fifty-five years, he retired from 
 active labor in 1886, since which time he has 
 resided in Henniker village. In politics he 
 supports the Democratic party, but has not 
 taken an active interest in politics. He is 
 highly esteemed by his fellow-townsmen for 
 his upright character and genial -disposition. 
 On March 4, 1841, Mr. Gove was joined in 
 marriage with Mary C. Piper, of Hopkinton, 
 who died in her native town, April 28, 1883. 
 She was the mother of four children, namely: 
 Lavinia Ann, who died in childhood; Charles 
 F., now a carpenter of Roxbury, Mass. ; 
 George P., a resident of Henniker; and John 
 F., of Bedford, N.H. 
 
 George P. Gove assisted his father in carry- 
 ing on the farm from the time he was old 
 enough to be useful. When a young man he 
 learned the carpenter's trade. Since settling 
 in the village he has followed his trade. He 
 is also associated with his brother, John F. 
 Gove, in the proprietorship of the Proctor 
 Hill Spring. This spring is located some
 
 IJlUCJRArilKJAl. kl'A IIW 
 
 two Imiidrcil and thiily feci alxtvc Ihc village, 
 ami has surfiricnt Idicc In maintain a steady 
 pressure. The brothers liave laid about one 
 and one-half miles of main pipe, and supply 
 forty families with the water. On June 9, 
 1X74, (ieorge I'. Gove was married in Hop- 
 kinton to Mary I'2. Rowell. She was b(jrn in 
 llopkinton, daughter of Isaac and Harriet 
 (Adams) Rowell, both natives of llenniker. 
 Their daughter, Ina II., was burn (X'tober 28, 
 1883. 
 
 Ill politics Mr. Gove is a Democrat, and he 
 was electetl a Selectman in 1S91. He is con- 
 nected with Aurora Lodge, V. & A. M., of 
 Henniker, and with the chapter of the order. 
 He has occupied the principal chairs in Kcar- 
 sarge Lodge, I. O. C). F., of Contoocook ; is 
 connected with the encampment, and has been 
 a member of the Grand Lodge and the Grand 
 Encampment of New Hampshire. 
 
 RANK L. JOHNSON, an inlhiential 
 farmer of Cornish and the owner of 
 one of the old picturesque farms on the 
 banks of Blow-me-dovvn Brook, was born Sep- 
 tember 24, 1852, son of William P. Johnson. 
 William, who was born in Cornish in Novem- 
 ber, 1815, son of Nathaniel Johnson, was edu- 
 cated in the town schools. He became a 
 farmer, and has since followetl that occupa- 
 tion. He has been essentially a home man, 
 not caring for public life, though well fitted 
 for it in point of energy and ability. He has 
 been much interested in the educational 
 affairs of the town, and has served as a mem- 
 ber of the School Board. He was also High- 
 way Surveyor for a time. He has been band- 
 master, and for thirty years has led the choir 
 and played in the Baptist church. He mar- 
 ried Salome Souther, of I'lainfield, who has 
 had four children — Jane, Belle, FrvTuk L, , 
 
 and ICdwanl. Jane, born in Cornish, married 
 I'"reeman Johnson, a fanner, and has had three 
 children — Alva F., Kbenezer, and Mary. 
 Belle resides on the old homestead with her 
 father. Edward lives at Corni.sh, and is mar- 
 ried to Anabelle Lear, daughter of William 
 Lear, of South Cornish. Their children are: 
 Darwin and Charles Johnson. 
 
 Frank L. Johnson's early training was ob- 
 tained in the schools of his native town. His 
 working life began on his father's farm, where 
 he stayed until his twenty-fourth year. He 
 then bought the beautiful estate along the 
 Blow-me-down Brook that has been his home 
 for twenty years. Only a few of the old 
 homesteads on the banks of the Blow-me-down 
 remain in the possession of the descendants of 
 the original owners. The rest have been pur- 
 chased by wealthy Boston or New York people 
 for use as summer residences. At one time 
 to own one of tiiese estates was proof sufficient 
 of a reputable ancestry. The buildings on 
 Mr. Johnson's farm are large and in an ex- 
 cellent condition. Besides carrying on gen- 
 eral farming, he trades extensively in cattle. 
 Like his father, he has been too busy a man 
 to give much time to public affairs, although 
 he is interested in all questions pertaining to 
 the general welfare of the town. 
 
 On December 25, 1877, Mr. Johnson mar- 
 ried Dora A. Chase, daughter of Lewis T. and 
 Mary (Smith) Chase, of I'lainfield. Mr. 
 Chase, who carried on a large farming busi- 
 ness, and was Selectman of Cornish for a 
 number of years, died August 16, 1876. His 
 wife died June 27, 1892. He was son of 
 Jacob Chase, who was son of Joseph, who was 
 son of one of the three Chases who first set- 
 tled the township of Cornish. Joseph built 
 the house now owned and occupied by Mr. 
 and Mrs. Johnson, hewing the timbers and 
 making the nails needed for the purpose,
 
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 The house was successively occupied by Jo- 
 seph, Jacob, and Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. John- 
 son have a daughter, Marjoric May, who was 
 born May 7, 1892. 
 
 [LYDE AUGUSTUS BLAKE, a 
 prosperous merchant of Hill, N.H., 
 was born here, December 17, 1876, 
 son of Curtis N. and Jennie L. (Piper) 
 Blake. He comes of a vigorous American 
 family. His grandfather, Greenleaf Blake, 
 who was born in Sanbornton, N.H., settled 
 in Hill, and there followed the occupations of 
 blacksmith and farmer. One of those ex- 
 amples of health and sturdiness of which 
 there were so many among the early settlers, 
 he had attained an ailvanced age when he 
 died. His wife's maiden name was Miss 
 Charlotte Kelley. Curtis N. Blake attended 
 the district schools, and there received the 
 education which afterward fitted him to take 
 a leading place among his fellow-townsmen. 
 He was for many years Postmaster of the 
 town, and in that position he made a large 
 circle of acquaintances and many warm 
 friends. He was also for a time proprietor 
 of the Union Store, a general merchandise 
 depot. Later in life he sold out this estab- 
 lishment, and bought a large farm of two hun- 
 dred acres, known as the Webster place. 
 Here, with his wife, Jennie, he spent the re- 
 mainder of his life, taking an active part in 
 town affairs, and holding at different times 
 various town ofifices, including that of Select- 
 man. He i^assed away at the age of sixty- 
 eight years, leaving two sons — Bert L. and 
 Clyde Blake. 
 
 Having, like his father, acquired his early 
 education in the town schools, Clyde Augus- 
 tus Blake completed his training at the New 
 Hampshire Institute and Commercial College, 
 
 He then became interested in general farm- 
 ing, and did considerable business in dairy 
 products until in April, i8g6, when he 
 bought the large grist-mill formerly owned by 
 F. W. Eaton. Since that time he has dealt 
 in miller's supplies, hay, grain, feed, paints, 
 oils, and fertilizers, besides coal and wood. 
 On June 10, l8g6, he was married to Lulu M. 
 Clarke, daughter of Guy and Jennie V. (Ladd) 
 Clarke. Energetic and business-like, Mr. 
 Blake is highly respected by his townsmen. 
 In politics he is a Republican and closely 
 identified with that party. He is a member 
 of the grange and a friend of every movement 
 for progress and reform. 
 
 ^^•^■» 
 
 LMON FRIEND BURBANK, a law- 
 yer of Pembroke, was born in Webs- 
 ter, N.H., October 17, 1857, son 
 of Friend Little and Dorothy ^Jackman) 
 Burbank. The father, a native of Boscawen, 
 N. H., was born June 29, 1806. Beginning 
 in his earlier years, he was engaged in lum- 
 bering in Webster, N.H., and was widely 
 known as an able and stirring business man. 
 Later in life he was associated in business 
 with his son, William W. ; and the firm was 
 known as F. L. Burbank & Son. He was a 
 Republican in politics, and took an active 
 part in public affairs. For a number of years 
 he served as a Selectman in Boscawen, held 
 other town ofifices, and was a member of the 
 New Hampshire House of Representatives in 
 1858. His wife, Dorothy, also a native of 
 ]5oscawen, became the nu)tlier of five cliildren, 
 of whom there are living : William W., Irvin 
 A., and Alnion 1<". 
 
 Almon I-'riend Ikubank attended Simmon's 
 Free High School in Warner, N.H., and 
 fitted for college at the Penacook Normal 
 Academy. Instead of pursuing a collegiate
 
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 course, lidwcvcr, lie licj^an the study of l:i\v 
 will) Mi'ssts. Chase & Streeter, of Concord, 
 N.ll. I le w;is ailniitled lo llie li.ir in iSSo; 
 and, locating lor practice in l'end)roke, he 
 lias since resided here. On August 6, 1887, 
 Mr. Hurhank wedded Mary I'^llcn Lahontec, 
 of I'rndiroke, and is now tlie father of two 
 children I'riscilla and Mstlu-r. In i)olitic:s 
 he is an active supjioiter of the Republican 
 party, lie served as Supervisor for several 
 years, was a menihcr of the ]5oard of Select- 
 men for three years, antl a Representative to 
 the legislature in 1897. 
 
 )N. WILTJS GK0RG1>: 15UXT0N, 
 a well-known lawyer of Boscawcn 
 and a member of the New Hamp- 
 shire Senate, was born in Hcnnikcr, N.ll., 
 August 22, 1856, son of Daniel M. and Abbie 
 A. (Whitaker) Buxton. His father was a na- 
 tive of Hcnnikcr; and his mother was born in 
 Deering, N.ll. His paternal ancestors came 
 from Massachusetts. After receiving his ele- 
 mentary education in the public schools of 
 llenniker, he pursued a higher course of study 
 in the Clinton Grove and New London Acad- 
 emies. In 1876 he commenced the study of 
 law in the ofifice of B. K. Webber, of Hills- 
 borough Bridge, and in 1S78 entered Boston 
 University Law School, from which he was 
 graduatctl in 1879. He was admitted to the 
 bar in March of that year, and immediately 
 began the practice of his profession at Hills- 
 borough. In 1882 he removed from Hills- 
 borough to I'enacook, where he was associated 
 with the late Judge N. Butler for a time, and 
 continued to occupy the same office after the 
 death of his partner. He was instrumental in 
 establishing the I'enacook -and Boscawen 
 Water Works, of which he is at the present 
 time Treasurer and Superintendent, He is 
 
 clerk of the I'enacook l-,l<iiiii Li^lii Com- 
 pany, has been a meniiier of the Board of ICdu- 
 cation, and is Town Treasurer of 15oscawcn. 
 He has been a member of the Republican 
 State Committee since 18X6; was a member 
 of the Constitutional Convention of New 
 Hampshire in 18S9; antl was elected to the 
 House of Representatives from Boscawen in 
 1895, and served as Chairman of the Commit- 
 tee on Elections. He is now a member of the 
 State Senate, and is serving as Chairman of 
 the Committee on the Judiciary. l-'or some 
 years past he has been the Secretary i>f the 
 New Hampshire t)r|)haiis' Home. 
 
 On June 4, 1884, Mr. Bu.xton wedded 
 Martha J. Flanders, of Penacook ; and they 
 have one child, Grace II. He is a member 
 of Contoocook Lodge, No. 26, I. O. O. F. ; of 
 Horace Chase Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M., of 
 which he is a Past Master, being in Trinity 
 Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, and 
 Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar. 
 Mr. Buxton conducts a large and |)rofilal)le 
 law ]iractice. His jjolilical pr(jminence is 
 entirely the result of his earnest efforts in be- 
 half of <rood trovernment. 
 
 iHARLKS A. KNOWLTON, a prom- 
 inent resident of Sunapee, was born 
 here, November 21, 1846, son of 
 Dennis G. and Elizabeth A. Knowlton. His 
 father, who was a well-known man in Suna- 
 pee, died April 11, 1894. Charles received 
 his education in the common schools of his 
 native town and at Wolfboro High School. 
 He grew to maturity in Suna])ee, and quite 
 early learned the trade of machinist. He 
 worked at that business for about five years, 
 and then started a store in Sunapee. He has 
 now been keeping store for over twenty-five 
 years. The business is flourishing. The c.5-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 tablishment is attractive, commands the best 
 patronage, and has a full stock of the mer- 
 chandise ordinarily found in a general store. 
 The name of Knowlton carries much weight 
 with it in the community, as bearers of it are 
 the oldest and best known traders in the 
 town. Mr. Knowlton has been Tax Collector, 
 Town Clerk, and Town Treasurer; and he has 
 been Moderator for ten years. He was Post- 
 master of Sunapee during both administra- 
 tions of President Cleveland. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 in Sunapee, and he also belongs to the 
 Knights of Pythias of Newport. In politics 
 he is a Democrat, and in religious Iielief he 
 is a Universalist. 
 
 Mr. Knowlton was married August 23, 
 1870, to Emily S., born in Sunapee, August 
 23, 1848, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Os- 
 borne) Trow. Josiah Trow was a native of 
 Sunapee; and his wife belonged to Spring- 
 field, N.H. Both are now deceased, the 
 former dying at the age of forty-five, and the 
 latter when seventy-one years of age. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Knowlton have one daughter, Olga 
 Lenna, now the wife of A. C. Sutherland, of 
 Sunapee, who is connected in business with 
 Mr. Knowlton. 
 
 < o »> 
 
 SULLIVAN FLANDERS, a farmer 
 of Ilopkinton, was born in Brad- 
 ford, N.H., October 6, 1822, son of 
 Nathaniel and Betsey (Wright) Flanders. 
 His grandfather, Jeremiah, came here from 
 South Hampton some time between 1780 and 
 1783, and managed for one McCard large 
 tracts of land covering several miles in the 
 west part of Ilopkinton. In 1794 Jeremiah 
 purchased and settled on land where Thomas 
 White now lives. He married Miriam 
 George; and they had a family of nine chil- 
 dren, seven sons and two daughters. His 
 
 death occurred in Hojjkinton, June 14, 1845, 
 and that of his wife, April 14, 1S56. 
 
 Nathaniel Flanders in early life was a 
 shoemaker. Later on he took up farming, 
 buying in 1841 the present farm of the 
 Copps family. This place was called the 
 Straw farm ; and the house was erected by 
 the proprietor bearing that name, who also 
 planted the large elm in front. Captain 
 Aaron Adams, who belonged to the Massachu- 
 setts Adamses, was the first owner of the 
 place, having bought it of the "Lords Propri- 
 etors," as the deed says. Here Nathaniel 
 died February 14, 1890; and his wife died 
 February 16, 1869. Their children, six in 
 number, were: Melissa, Sullivan, Lydia W. , 
 Joshua W., Nathaniel, and George. Melissa 
 married Rufus P. Copps, of Hopkinton; 
 Lydia W. married John Holbrook, of Swan- 
 zey, N.H., and died in 1891; Joshua W. 
 married Ophelia Paige, of Weare, where they 
 reside; Nathaniel, who did not marry, lives 
 with Sullivan; George was killed by a falling 
 tree at the age of thirty. 
 
 Sullivan Flanders undertook the manage- 
 ment of the farm when quite a young man, 
 and with the exception of two years spent in 
 Lawrence, Mass., has remained here and 
 worked with his brother Nathaniel. He was 
 married February 5, 1850, to Helen M., 
 daughter of James and Lydia Johnson Adams, 
 all of Henniker, and a great-grand-tlaughter of 
 the Captain Aaron Adams referred to above. 
 Mrs. Flanders was born April 20, 1830, and 
 died September 14, 1877. Mr. Flanders has 
 two daughters ^ Clara A. and Cora M. The 
 former, who was born February 25, 1851, and 
 resides with her father, was educated at Con- 
 toocook, and has taught school for twenty 
 years in Merriniack County. Cora M., born 
 December 22, 1858, superintends her father's 
 household,
 
 P.IOORArillCAl, REVIEW 
 
 7. \<) 
 
 1^,. URICI.IUS DICKENSON, formerly a 
 
 /J* 
 
 wealthy hotel-owner of Claremont, 
 l»^_ was born at Granville, Mass., Feb- 
 ruary lo, 1804. lie remained on his father's 
 farm until twenty-one years of age. Mis first 
 e.vperience in business was in Hartford, 
 Conn., where he was engaged as a clerk for a 
 leather firm. A few years later he started 
 a country store, and conducted it successfully 
 for some time. When on his wedding trip, 
 he took a fancy to the principal hotel at 
 Amherst, Mass., and purchased it. This in- 
 vestment proved a paying one until icSj/, 
 when the hotel was burned. He then sold 
 the property, and came to Claremont, where 
 he bought the Tremont House property of Mr. 
 I'aran Stevens. On March 29, 1876, this 
 property was also burned. 
 
 y\t one time Mr. Dickenson had large in- 
 terests in stage lines, which brought him in 
 enormous profits until they were superseded 
 by railroads. While engaged in that business 
 he kept a hundred horses, and owned the right 
 of route. When obliged to abandon it, he 
 turned his attention to railroads, and was in- 
 strumental in having Sullivan Railroad built 
 from liellows Falls to Windsor, Vt., on the 
 New Hampshire side. He was a Director of 
 the Claremont National Bank for thirty years 
 and a Director of the Sullivan Savings Bank 
 from the time of its organization. He was a 
 thorough business man and an able financier. 
 He was County Commissioner in 1868, 1869, 
 and 1870, and a Selectman for about fifteen 
 years. He married Frances M. Galpin in 
 May, 1830, and had two sons, one of whom 
 died in infancy. Mrs. Dickenson was a woman 
 of rare virtues. Charitable, motherly in her 
 ways, and with singular charm of manner, 
 she endeared herself to all. She was devoted 
 to her husband; and his death, November 3, 
 1880, at the age of seventy-seven years, was 
 
 to her a sad affliction. Her death, at the age 
 of seventy-two, occurred just a month after the 
 decease of her husband. 
 
 Henry Dickenson, son of Aurelius, after 
 spending some years in a retail shoe store, 
 was engaged with his father in the hotel busi- 
 ness. The valuable estate inherited from his 
 father was most judiciously handled by him, 
 and yielded a good income. He was a member 
 of the Episcopal church, and he was legislative 
 Representative in 1884 and 1885. His death 
 occurred November 13, 1888. He married 
 Mary E. , daughter of Bridgeman Hapgood, of 
 Reading, Vt. ; and his children were: Harry 
 Grant, Aurelius, Laura, Frances, and Ruth. 
 All died in infancy with the exception of the 
 first-born. Harry G. is a graduate of the 
 Stevens High School, and now has charge of 
 the estates and interests of his father. 
 
 Bridgeman Hapgood, the father of Mrs. 
 Mary E. Dickenson, was born in 1800, son of 
 a well-to-do farmer, who built the first frame 
 house in Reading, Vt. He became a success- 
 ful merchant in Reading, at the same time 
 manufacturing starch in Plymouth and woollen 
 goods at Weathersfield, Vt. At one time he 
 was extensively engaged in farming on the 
 old homestead. He was a Democrat in poli- 
 tics. He has been Postmaster of the town. 
 Justice of the Peace for seventeen years. 
 Town Clerk for ten years, trustee of surplus 
 revenue for five years, and he represented the 
 town in the legislature in 1837-38. For nine 
 years in succession he was Chairman of the 
 Select Council. He has repeatedly been ap- 
 pointed e.xecutor of estates. When in the 
 legislature he fought hard to defeat the Bank- 
 ruptcy I-aw, which in the passing brought 
 heavy loss to him. Knowing that the law had 
 been passed, he could have saved himself from 
 loss, but was too conscientious. Rather than 
 defraud any one, he met all his liabilities.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 He gave up mercantile business and farming, 
 and came to Claremont in 1853. Here he 
 was engaged in the hardware business until 
 he retired in 1S65. He married Laura M. 
 Weston, daughter of Parson Weston. She 
 died in i860, leaving three children — Edgar 
 L., Elizabeth, and Mary E. Mr. Hapgood 
 died in 1877. 
 
 "ENRY DANIEL DUSTIN, a sub- 
 stantial farmer of Hopkinton, was 
 
 L^ V,^ , born here, February 25, 1849, son 
 
 of Daniel Pierce and Sally (Barnard) Dustin. 
 His grandfather was Ebenezer Dustin, who 
 married Sarah Pierce. The father of Ebene- 
 zer probably came from New York to this 
 State. Daniel Dustin, also born in Hop- 
 kinton, two years after his marriage settled 
 down on the old homestead, now owned by 
 the Hon. Cyrus F. Dustin, who lives in Con- 
 toocook. About sixty years ago he bought 
 the present farm on the Contoocook, contain- 
 ing one hundred and thirty acres, mainly on 
 the bottom lands. Two years before his death 
 he removed to Contoocook with his son Cyrus, 
 where he died April 30, 1880. His widow is 
 still living there, a well-preserved woman, 
 now seventy-seven years old. He introduced 
 Merino sheep from Vermont, and dealt with 
 them in a manner calculated to produce the 
 finest grades of wool. In politics Mr. Dustin 
 was a Republican, while he was indifferent to 
 political distinction. A man of robust and 
 commanding appearance, weighing about two 
 hundred pounds, he was unassuming, honor- 
 able, of the strictest integrity, and was well 
 liked by his townsmen. 
 
 In his early manhood Henry Daniel Dustin 
 followed the calling of teacher, mainly in 
 Hopkinton. After leaving that profession at 
 the age of thirty-four, he served ably for nine 
 years on the School lioaril. He was one of 
 
 the first school officers, and still retains his 
 interest in educational matters. F"roni 18S1 
 to 1886 he served as Selectman. In 1886 he 
 was elected to the legislature, where he was 
 a member of the Committee on P"! nance. 
 Dairying forms the main feature of his farm- 
 ing. He also pays some attention to stock- 
 breeding, having some Jersey cattle, and other 
 pure-bred stock, as well as some fine samples 
 of the Jersey and Guernsey cross. Mr. 
 Dustin has added to the farm lands until at 
 present they cover two hundred and thirty 
 acres. Other improvements made by him 
 were the erection of new barns and the re- 
 building of a part of the residence. He also 
 does some lumbering. In 1871, November 
 30, Mr. Dustin married Helen M. Tucker, 
 daughter of Deacon David and Mary E. 
 (Straw) Tucker. 
 
 For the past seven years a boy, Amos F. 
 Frye, now fifteen years of age, has been a 
 member of the family. Mrs. Dustin's parents 
 also reside with them. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dustin are members of the Baptist church in 
 Contoocook. They are also connected with 
 Contoocook Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 
 He is an Odd I-'ellow of Kearsarge Lodge 
 and Eagle Encampment, in both of which he 
 has taken the highest degrees. 
 
 ON. DEXTER RICHARDS, of New- 
 port, who was born here, September 
 1;^ V^ . 5, 1818, son of the late Seth Rich- 
 ards, comes of distinguished English ances- 
 try. Sylvanus Richards, who came here from 
 Dedliam, Mass., in the first of the century, 
 and took an honorable position among the 
 early settlers of the town, was his grandfather. 
 His father, a gentleman of the old school, was 
 a lifelong resident of Newport. The otlier 
 cliil(h-cn of Seth Richards were : Emily, burn
 
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 221 
 
 January 2, 1820, who married I'crlcy S. Coffin, 
 now deceased; Elizabeth, born November ig, 
 1.S2I, who inanicd tiic late John S. Parmelce, 
 and now resides in Newport; I'anny, born July 
 23, 1S23, who married J. Addison Glcason, 
 and died in 1S57; Abiathar, born Octobers, 
 1825, now residing in Newport; Helen, born 
 December 14, 1828, who married Moses R. 
 luncrson, now deceased; Ann, born Decem- 
 ber 30, 1832, who married Arthur 15. Chase, 
 and resides in Newport; Catherine, born Jan- 
 uary 13, 1834, who married the late Ira 
 Mitchell, and now resides in Des Moines, la. 
 
 Mr. Richards was educated in the common 
 schools and at Ludlow, Vt. l*^arly in life he 
 was employed as a clerk. Later he became 
 associated in business with his father and his 
 brother Abiathar. In 1853, with his father 
 he became a part owner of the Sugar River 
 Mills, the other proprietor being Perley S. 
 Coffin. In 1867 he purchased Mr. Coffin's 
 interest, and became the sole owner. He 
 took his son, Colonel Scth M. Richards, into 
 partnership in 1872, under the firm name of 
 De.vtcr Richards & Son. Some time after, 
 his youngest son was given an interest; and 
 the firm name of Dc.xter Richards & Sons 
 was then adopted. The Sugar River Mills, 
 since Mr. Richards became interested in them, 
 have been operated with marked success ; and 
 it was in the business connected with them 
 that he laid the foundation for his success in 
 after years. 
 
 Since 1875 Mr. Richards has been a Trus- 
 tee and the President of the First National 
 Hank of Newport. He has also been promi- 
 nently connected with the Newport Savings 
 Bank, wliich was incorporated in 1868. It 
 was mainly through the agency of Mr. Rich- 
 ards, who was a member of the legislature at 
 the time, that the Sugar River Railroad, now 
 known as the Concord & Claremont Branch of 
 
 the Boston & Maine Railroad, was chartered 
 in 1866. When the road, which first connected 
 Concord and Bradford, was extended through 
 to Claremont Junction, and towns and inrli- 
 viduals along the line were called upon to aid 
 in its construction, Mr. Richards contributed 
 heavily toward the enterprise. He has built 
 extensively in Newport. Some years ago he 
 erected the fine brick structure known as 
 Richards Block; reconstructed and enlarged 
 the Dr. Thomas Sanborn dwelling-house, thus 
 changing it into a substantial block; and 
 erected the fine house which he now occupies 
 as his residence. At various times he en- 
 larged his mills, and he erected many other 
 buildings in different parts of the village. 
 An esteemed member of the Congregational 
 Church of Newport, he has served it in the ca- 
 pacity of Deacon for upward of thirty years. 
 He has also been called upon to fill various 
 official positions of trust and responsibility. 
 In his younger days he was Town Clerk and 
 Selectman. He was elected to the General 
 Court in 1865, 1866, 1870, and 1895. In 
 1S72 he was a delegate to the National Repub- 
 lican Convention, and in 1871 and 1872 he 
 was a member of the Executive Council of the 
 State. He was twice a delegate to the con- 
 ventions for revising the State Constitution, 
 and he was State Senator in 1887. He has 
 also been and is now a trustee of various in- 
 stitutions, among which may be mentioned 
 Kimball Union Academy, the Orphans' 
 Home, and the New Hampshire Asylum for 
 the Insane 
 
 But Air. Richards is, perhaps, best known in 
 the role of a public benefactor. Among his 
 gifts to the public may be mentioned that of 
 the Richards Free Library to the town of 
 Newport. Including the fine brick buildings, 
 a museum in one part of the building, and a 
 collection of three thousand volumes, its cost
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 was fifty-five thousand dollars. Another was 
 the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, con- 
 tributed to the erection of a high-school build- 
 ing. This is to be a large brick edifice, 
 modern and convenient in every respect. 
 This gift was at first twenty-two thousand, 
 but he has since informed the building com- 
 mittee that he desired to make it twenty -five 
 thousand, in order to have the structure com- 
 jjletcd to his satisfaction. His contributions 
 to the Congregational church for various im- 
 provements amount to ten thousand dollars, 
 and his contribution toward the completion of 
 the Concord & Claremont Railroad, eleven 
 thousand. His out of town donations raise 
 the total of his public gifts to upward of one 
 hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 
 The private gifts which Mr. Richards has 
 made from time to time, and which have been 
 large and numerous, are withheld from the 
 public knowledge. 
 
 On January 27, 1847, Mr. Richards was 
 united in matrimony with Louisa Frances 
 Hatch, who was born in Hillsborough, April 
 10, 1827, daughter of the late Dr. Mason and 
 Apphia (Andrews) Hatch. Dr. Hatch, who 
 with his family became a resident of Newport, 
 was for years one of the best known physicians 
 of the town. Mrs. Richards has had si.x chil- 
 dren, of whom three are deceased. The 
 others are: Colonel Seth M. Richards, now 
 the State Senator from this district ^ Mrs. 
 Josephine E. Gilc, the wife of Professor M. C. 
 Gile, of Coloj-ado College, and llic mother of 
 five chilch'en; and William F. Richards, a 
 graduate of Harvard College, and, as before 
 mentioned, now actively connected with the 
 Sugar River Mills. Colonel Richards, born 
 June 6, 1850, in Newport, was educated in 
 Kimball Union Academy, and later was en- 
 gaged in business in Newport and in I^oston. 
 Taken into partnership by his father in 1872, 
 
 he assisted him in carrying on the great busi- 
 ness. Since the retirement of his father the 
 business has been continued under the old 
 firm name of De.xter Richards & Sons. In 
 politics Colonel Richards is a Republican. 
 He was Town Treasurer early in life, a legis- 
 lative Representative in 18S5, a member of 
 the staff of Governor Sawyer in 1SS7, and 
 Town Treasurer again for two terms. He is 
 now the Senator from District No. 7. He is 
 Vice-President and Director of the First Na- 
 tional Bank, Trustee of the Newport Savings 
 Bank, President of the Newport Improvement 
 Company, Trustee of the Electric Light Com- 
 pany, and President of the Board of Trade. 
 He is also President of the Sullivan Musical 
 Association, and a member of the I. O. O. F". , 
 Sugar River Lodge. On October 9, 1878, he 
 married Lizzie M. Farnsworth, who was born 
 in Newport, daughter of Oliver T. and Caro- 
 line (Hunt) Farnsworth. They have three 
 children — Edith J., Louisa F., and Mar- 
 garet E. 
 
 Mrs. Louisa Frances Richards is a lady of 
 superior endowments, and her genial presence 
 and graceful and courteous bearing make her 
 everywhere welcomed. She is a Trustee of 
 the Mercy Home at Manchester, a Trustee of 
 the Women's Hospital Aid Association in 
 Concord, and also a member of the Reprisal 
 Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of 
 Newport. A writer in the work entitled 
 "New Haniiishire Women" ju.stly remarks, 
 "III church and society Mrs. Richards is an 
 acknowledged power, while her tlelightful hos- 
 pitality is a thing long to be remembered by 
 those who have enjoyed it." Like her hus- 
 band, she has been a liberal giver. She has 
 bestowed munificent gifts on the Orphans' 
 Home at Franklin, the Mercy Home at Man- 
 chester, the Women's Hospital Aid Associa- 
 tion at Concord, and the Congregational
 
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 223 
 
 church of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Richards 
 recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of 
 their wedding. On the occasion a brilliant 
 reception was ^ivcn by tlicni to the townspeo- 
 ple and to near and remote relatives and 
 friends, that will long be remembered as a 
 notable social event in the history of the 
 town. 
 
 KRICMIAII W. WILSON, M.D., who 
 was for fifty years a prominent physi- 
 cian of Contoocook, Merrimack County, 
 was born January 11, 1816, in Salisbury, 
 N. II. He was a descendant of Thomas Wil- 
 son, who came with his wife from Exeter, 
 ]{!ngland, in 1633, and located in Roxbury, 
 Mass. The line of descent was continued by 
 Humphrey Wilson, born in 1628, who mar- 
 ried Judith Ilersey, and settled in Exeter, 
 N. II.; Thomas Wilson, born May 20, 1672, 
 who married Mary flight, and continued his 
 residence in Exeter; Ilumphrc)' Wilson (sec- 
 ond), born December g, 1699, who married 
 I\Tary Leavitt, and located in Rrcntwood, 
 N.II.; Nathaniel Wilson, born June 24, 1739, 
 who married Elizabeth Barker, and settled in 
 Gilmanton, N.II.; and Job Wilson, M.D., 
 born in Gilmanton, who was the father of Dr. 
 Jeremiah W. Wilson. 
 
 Job Wilson, M.D., removed from his native 
 town to Salisbury, this county, where he prac- 
 tised his profession for many years, finally re- 
 moving from there to the town of Eranklin, 
 locating near the Daniel Webster place, where 
 his son, George W., now lives. He was a very 
 skilful physician, and considered an authority 
 by his professional brethren on small-pox. 
 When that disease was epidemic in New 
 Hampshire, he was employed by the State to 
 take the medical charge of the patients. His 
 death occurred in I'^anklin. He inherited 
 the ancestral homestead at Gilmanton, which 
 
 was entailed t(j the children of his son. Dr. 
 Jeremiah W. Wilson. His wife, who.sc 
 maiden name was Nancy Farnham, bore him 
 seven children. 
 
 Jeremiah W. Wils<.n altenth^d the public 
 schools and the acatlemy at I'"ranklin. At 
 the age of twenty he began the study of medi- 
 cine under the instruction of his father. Sub- 
 sequently he attended a course of lectures at 
 Hanover, N.H.; and prior to receiving his de- 
 gree of Doctor of Medicine at the University 
 in Castleton, Vt., he practised with his father 
 and Dr. Ephraim Wilson, his brother. After 
 his graduation he came to Contoocook, buying 
 out the practice of Dr. Sargent, an old and 
 well-known practitioner; and for the remain- 
 ing fifty years of his life he was actively en- 
 gaged in his professional labors, residing for 
 the entire time in the house he at first occu- 
 I)ied. His practice extended over a large ter- 
 ritory, embracing every town and village in 
 this vicinity, and was eminently successful. 
 In the diagnosis of the diseases brought to his 
 notice he was particularly fortunate, being 
 rarely mistaken; while as surgeon his skill 
 was unquestioned. He had a rare delicacy of 
 perception, and a refinement of thought and 
 feeling very gratifying to the sick. Com- 
 bined with these qualities were a decision and 
 firmness of character that inspired confidence, 
 and caused him to be regarded by his patients 
 as a friend and counsellor as well as a physi- 
 cian. A close student, he kept up with the 
 progress of his profession, and as a rule ad- 
 hered to the regular practice, although his 
 brother Ephraim, a physician in Rockville, 
 Conn., was a warm advocate of homoeopathy. 
 
 Ever heedful of the call of distress, Dr. 
 Wilson gave his time and skill without mak- 
 ing question of compensation; and, being a 
 poor collector, fees amounting to hundreds of 
 dollars, that the debtors could well afiford to
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 pay, have long since been outlawed. In his 
 visits to the poor he often contributed neces- 
 sary articles of clothing or food to needy fam- 
 ilies, besides gratuitously giving his services 
 to the sick. Frank and outspoken, he never 
 hesitated to express his honest opinion, and 
 defend it when necessary. He bought a tract 
 of land in Contoocook, and for some years did 
 a little farming, intrusting the manual labor 
 oftentimes to those owing him for professional 
 work and unable to find ready money with 
 which to pay their bills. Although other 
 physicians located in the town, he maintained 
 the even tenor of his way, never forgetting 
 the ethics and courtesy of his profession. He 
 never aspired to political honors, but was al- 
 ways an earnest supporter of the principles of 
 the Republican party. He was held in high 
 respect by his medical brethren, and was a 
 valued member of the County Medical So- 
 ciety. For a time he served as Surgeon of the 
 Twenty-first Regiment of the State militia, to 
 which he was appointed in 1845. 
 
 On March 31, 1847, Dr. Wilson married 
 Miss Elizabeth Gerrish, who was born Sep- 
 tember 5, 1820, daughter of Thomas and 
 Betsey Gerrish, of Boscawen. She died No- 
 vember 8, 1882, having borne him three chil- 
 dren. These were: Edwin G., Harlan Page, 
 and George H. Edwin G. Wilson, M.D., a 
 graduate of the medical department of the col- 
 lege at Ann Arbor, Mich., practised his pro- 
 fession at Griggsville, 111., Leominster, Mass., 
 and Laconia, N.H., and died in the last- 
 named town, February 8, 1883, at the age of 
 thirty-five years. Harlan Page Wilson, a car- 
 penter by trade, who spent some ten years in 
 the West, now resides on the homestead in Con- 
 toocook, and carries on the farm. The Doctor 
 and Mrs. Wilson took Miss Martha J. Chase 
 into their family when she was a girl of twelve 
 years. She subsequently re)iaid the loving 
 
 care they bestowed upon her by tenderly 
 watching over the Doctor in his declining 
 years. Both the Doctor and his estimable wife 
 were earnest and sincere Christians in the 
 true sense of the term. Though they were 
 connected with the Congregational church of 
 Hopkinton for a period of fifty years, they 
 worked harmoniously with the Baptist and 
 Methodist Episcopal Churches of Contoocook. 
 While a friend to all in the community, he 
 had a few with whom he was especially inti- 
 mate, among them being Joseph Barnard, of 
 Hopkinton, and Walter S. Davis. In 1890 
 he had a cataract, which threatened his sight, 
 successfully removed from his eye. In the 
 last years of his life his chief enjoyment was 
 the reading of the leading newspapers and 
 medical journals of the day as well as the 
 choice works of the library. He died in Con- 
 toocook, April 30, 1896, having outlived by a 
 full decade the Scriptural limit of human life. 
 
 OLIAS LEMUEL BLOOD, a well- 
 to-do farmer and dairyman of Brad- 
 
 -^ V. , ford, Merrimack County, N. H., 
 
 was born July 16, 1845, in Goshen, Sullivan 
 County, this State, a son of Lemuel and Eliza 
 (Dodge) Blood. On the paternal side he is 
 of Scotch ancestry and on the maternal of 
 English. His paternal grandfather served 
 throughout the Revolutionary War, and in 
 later life was always called General Blood. 
 After the war he removed from Maine to New 
 Hampshire, locating on Blood Hill in Bradford 
 Centre, his son Moody, who later settled in 
 the South, coming here with him. The (icn- 
 eral subsequently made his home with his son 
 Lemuel in Goshen, living there until his 
 death. 
 
 Lemuel came from Maine to New Hamp- 
 shire at the time his father did, but located
 
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 HOLLIS L. BLOOD.
 
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 227 
 
 in Goshen, taking up a tract of three iuuulred 
 acres of wild land, from which he redeemed a 
 farm. He was three times married, his first 
 and second wives, named Hates, having l^ccn 
 sisters. lie liad i)y liis liiree unions twcnty- 
 otic chilch'cn, his hast wife, formerly Miss 
 Eliza Dodge, being the mother of five, namely: 
 George I""., who served in the war of the Re- 
 bellion, taking part in three of the hardest- 
 fought battles ^ Antictam, South Mountain, 
 and another — and died a few years later from 
 the effects of wounds received at the battle of 
 South Mountain; liollis L., the subject of 
 this sketch; Jeannette, wife of Ilarland Wil- 
 cox, of Newport, N.H.; Mark A., of Mel- 
 rose, Mass.; and l'"iank J., who is employed 
 in a shoe factory at Nashua, N.II., and is also 
 one of the special police of that city. One of 
 the older children, Albertus Hlood, was killed 
 September 4, 1894, by the falling of a tree. 
 His widow still lives in Bradford village; and 
 his daughter Ida is the wife of C. VV. Red- 
 ington, of whom a short sketch appears else- 
 where in this volume. Another son. Moody 
 IC, resides in Newport; Harvey is in Cali- 
 fornia; Joel is in the State of Washington; 
 Rocira is the wife of Wellman George, of 
 Manchester; and another sister, Luretta, the 
 widow of Hosea Brockaway, lives in Man- 
 chester. The father, Lemuel Blood, died at 
 the ago of seventy-three years; and at his 
 funeral fifteen of the sixteen children then 
 living were present, five of each marriage. 
 
 Hollis L. Blood was a bo)- of thirteen when 
 his father died. He remained with his 
 mother some four years, and then began work- 
 ing on a neighboring farm, receiving fifty dol- 
 lars a year, board, clothes, and schooling. 
 When his brother George enlisted, he went 
 back to the home farm, continuing there until 
 twenty years old. After that lie again worked 
 out as a farm laborer, his wages being twenty- 
 
 five dollars a month; and he soon came to 
 Bradford Centre, where he was employed for 
 two seasons by K. W. Dodge. He then 
 bought a half-interest in the saw-mill of 
 Wadleigh & Scavey in the village of l?radford, 
 and for eight years, in company with Ben- 
 jamin E. Wadleigh, carried on an e.xtcnsivc 
 business in custom trade. He made money, 
 starting in with a capital of one hundred dol- 
 lars, and clearing one thousand dollars above 
 all expenses. Selling his interest in that 
 mill, he purchased another one, and eventu- 
 ally he repurchased his former mill, running 
 both for a year or two with John E. French 
 as partner. Later Mr. Blood carried on the 
 entire business himself for a time, owning 
 both of the mills, one of which he dismantled, 
 and the other he sold. He then bought the 
 steam mill; and three years afterward he sold 
 that, and purchased a grist-mill in the vil- 
 lage, which he operated four and one -half 
 years, at the same time having a large trade in 
 grain and fet;d. In March, 1890, giving up 
 milling, in which he had been engaged for 
 twenty-four years, he bought a new store in 
 the village, on the site of an old business 
 house, and for three and one-half years he was 
 engaged in the sale of general merchandise. 
 In the fall of 1893 he disposed of his store, 
 and bought the Jonathan Peaslee farm, an old 
 landmark of the town, one mile west of the 
 village. He has since added to his acreage, 
 his estate being nearly two miles in length. 
 He carries on general farming, including 
 dairying, for which he keeps ten or more 
 cows. 
 
 On November 24, 1S67, Mr. Blood married 
 Miss Frances L. Seavey, who was born in 
 Newbury, a daughter of Andrew Seavey, now 
 residing in the village of Bradford. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Blood have three children, namely: 
 Mabel F., wife of Frank P. Craig, of Bradford
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 village; L. Estelln, who was educated at the 
 New London Academy, and teaches at Brad- 
 ford in School No. 6; and Nettie E., who 
 is yet a school-girl. 
 
 In politics Mr. Blood is a firm advocate of 
 the principles of the Republican party, and 
 besides serving several years as secretary of 
 the local committee has been a delegate to 
 numerous conventions. He is an active mem- 
 ber of the School Board, having the super- 
 vision of two schools, Nos. 6 and 12. He is 
 j)rominent in Masonic circles, belonging to 
 St. Peter's Lodge, No. 31, F. & A. M., in 
 which he is a Past Master, and is now serv- 
 ing his third term as Worthy Master, being 
 one of the most enthusiastic workers in the 
 organization. He is also a member of Massa- 
 secum Lodge, No. 34, I. O. O. F., in which 
 he has passed all the chairs, and is likewise 
 a member of the Grand Lodge. Mr. Blood is 
 a very genial, social man, popular with his 
 townspeople. He has a most cosey and attrac- 
 tive farm-house home, which it is a pleasure 
 to visit. 
 
 LVA;/ILLIAM E. MUDGETT, a well- 
 /5%/ known merchant of Contoocook, son 
 of Calvin H. and Julia (Fisher) 
 Mudgett, was born in P'ranklin, Merrimack 
 County, September 16, 1855. His great- 
 grandfather came to New Hampshire from 
 Maine, and settled at Holderness. The 
 grandfather, William Mudgett, was born at 
 Holderness, now Ashland. In his young 
 manhood he went to Bristol, where he was 
 subsequently engaged in farming, and died in 
 his ninetieth year. His wife's maiden name 
 was Huckins. Calvin H., son of William 
 and the father of William E. Mudgett, was 
 formerly a resident of Bristol, where he was 
 engaged in farming find lumbering, owning 
 large tracts of timber land. He now resides 
 
 in Contoocook, to which he removed seven or 
 eight years ago, after retiring from active busi- 
 ness life. His wife, Julia, died eight years 
 ago at Bristol. He has one daughter, Nellie, 
 wife of Henry Eastman, now deceased, who 
 was formerly a farmer of Contoocook. 
 
 William E. Mudgett spent his boyhood at 
 Bristol, where he remained until he was six- 
 teen years of age, attending the New Hamp- 
 ton Institution. At the age of sixteen years 
 he entered Stearns Carpet Store, now kept by 
 the Stewart Comjjany, where he remained for 
 four years as a clerk. He then travelled as a " 
 salesman for various Boston houses, visiting 
 the principal cities of the country, and selling 
 to the jobbing trade throughout the Middle, 
 Western, and Southern States. In the course 
 of time he secured a half-interest in the firm, 
 after which he found it necessary to leave the 
 road, and take personal charge of the store. 
 He began business as a store-keeper in April, 
 1890, succeeding T. B. Richardson. His 
 stock usually amounts to about ten thousand 
 dollars. He ships grain in the shape of bran, 
 meal, gluten, linseed, and middlings, at the 
 rate of one hundred and twenty-five or one 
 hundred and thirty carloads per annum. For 
 thirteen years he has also speculated in cider 
 apples, buying up large quantities all over 
 New England, especially in Connecticut, 
 averaging about two hundred carloads per 
 season. Of late years he has done more busi- 
 ness in apples than formerly. He is a stock- 
 holder of the New England I-'ruit Company 
 at Concord, and has supplied the comiiany 
 with a large share of their apples. 
 
 Mr. Mudgett was married at Contoocook, 
 September 16, 1876, to Lona Chase, daughter 
 of Thomas and Mary Parsons Chase, of the 
 same place. Mr. Chase was the popular 
 landlord of the old inn at Contoocook, which 
 was also kept by him during the war. He
 
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 (licil tluTo since tlic marriage of his daughter 
 I.oiia, in iiis eighty-eighth year. His wife 
 still lives, being now in her eighty-sixth year. 
 Mr. Miulgett's children are: Nellie May, a 
 graduate of IFenniker High School and now 
 a teacher; Lillian ]., also a graduate of llen- 
 niker High School, class of 1896; and Will- 
 iam Chase, a student at Menniker High 
 School. Mrs. Mudgett died February 10, 
 1897. In politics Mr. Mudgett is a Republi- 
 can, and he has served on various commis- 
 sions, lie belongs to Kearsarge Lodge, No. 
 23, and the encampment of the L O. O. F. at 
 Contoocook, having passed all the chairs of 
 the lodge. 
 
 IIAKLES A. JEFTS, a pro.sperous 
 
 business man of Langdon, was born in 
 Putney, Vt., January 27, 1S53, son 
 of .\l|)honso M. and Almira (Clough) Jefts. 
 lie comes of a family whose founder emigrated 
 from Fngland some time in the seventeenth 
 century, settling in liillerica, Mass., and 
 whose descendants made their home in that 
 State for many years. Jonathan, the great- 
 grandfather of Charles A., born in Townsend, 
 Mass., was the first to seek a home in the 
 Granite State. The last years of his life were 
 spent in the town of Mason. ITosley Jefts, 
 the father of Alphonso M., and a native of 
 Mason, removed to I^angdon, where he was en- 
 gaged in farming, and afterward died. He 
 married Abigail Green; and they had eight 
 chiklren, respectively named: Harriet, Luli- 
 ana, Caroline, Roxanna, Albert, Aljihonso 
 M., Eli, and Panielia. 
 
 Alphonso M. Jefts, a native of Antrim, 
 N.H., was born in March, 1815, and died 
 June 18, 1891. He settled on a farm in Put- 
 ney, \'t., but afterward came to Langdon, 
 which was subsequently his home for forty 
 years. He had no political ambition, and he 
 
 was an attendant of the liipiscopal church. 
 Almira, his wife, who wa.s born in Westmore- 
 land, N.H., December 25, 18 15, daughter of 
 John Clough, of Stamford, Vt., had nine chil- 
 dren — Mason, Maria, Abigail, Harriet, Mary 
 P., Mira A., Fred F., John W., and Charles 
 A. Mason, now deceased, was born in Put- 
 ney, followed the occupation of farmer, and 
 spent his life in Al.stead. He married Ca- 
 lista Clark. Maria is the wife of ]5enjamin 
 Wales, a broker in Taunton, Mass., and has 
 two children. Abigail and Harriet died in 
 girlhood. Mary P., who is a graduate of 
 Mount Holyoke College, has been engaged 
 in teaching for fifteen years, and is now the 
 French teacher of the Worcester High School. 
 Mira A., who was educated at Mount Holyoke 
 College, is the wife of Lester Sprague, a hard- 
 ware dealer of Hartford, Conn., and has one 
 chikl, Mary A., now Mrs. Chauncey Urainard, 
 of Putney, Vt. Fred F. , who was educated 
 at Chester Academy, and is in the paper man- 
 ufacturing business in Carthage, N.Y. , mar- 
 ried Carrie Adams, of Bellows Falls, Vt. , 
 and has one son, Clyde A. John W. Jefts, 
 who was educated at Ashburnham (Mass.) 
 Academy, and is a farmer of Langdon, married 
 Hattie Simpson, of this place. 
 
 Charles A. Jefts received his education in 
 the schools of Langdon and Fort Edward Col- 
 lege, New York State, graduating therefrom 
 in the class of 1874. Upon his return from 
 college, he took up farming with his father on 
 the homestead, of which he is the present 
 owner. Besides attending to his farm duties, 
 he does a limited business as a broker. While 
 he has always made Langdon his home, he has 
 taken a number of pleasure trips to various 
 parts of the country. The esteem in which he 
 is held is evidenced by the fact that his towns- 
 men have elected him to serve them in many 
 of the principal town offices. In religious
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 belief he is an ICpiscopaliaii, and serves the 
 society in the capacity of chinch waiilen. He 
 is a mcniljcr uf the ■rranu.e. 
 
 )AUREN S. CLOUGH, farmer and 
 stnctc-raiscr of Loudon, was born in 
 Alton, N. IL, March 5, 1842, son 
 of Samuel and Ruth (I'hilbrobk) Clnugh. 
 His grandfather, Samuel Clough, a native of 
 Gilmanton, N. H., and a resident of that town 
 for the greater part of his life, was one of the 
 sons of three brothers who settled in Gilman- 
 ton. Samuel spent his last years in Alton, 
 N. H., where he died January 21, 1828. His 
 wife, Rhoda (Carr) Clough, survived him 
 until July 3, 1840. They had four children 
 — Hannah, John, Samuel, Jr., and Eliza, all 
 now deceased. 
 
 Samuel Clough, Jr., lived on the old home- 
 stead for some time and then came to Loudon, 
 and subsequently lived there fifty-eight years. 
 He was engaged in farming for the greater 
 part of his life. During his residence in 
 Alton he was one of the Selectmen of the 
 town. He married Miss I'hilbrook, and they 
 had five children, as follows: Myron, born 
 December 2, 1833, who married Elizabeth 
 Prescott, of Alton, and is now a farmer in 
 Gilmanton; Miranda, born March 22, 1835, 
 who is the wife of George W. J. Johnson, and 
 resides on a farm in Pittsficld, N.II. ; l^liza 
 Jane, born January 8, 1840, who now lives 
 with her brother, Lauren S., on the old Imnie- 
 stead; Lauren S., the subject of this biogra- 
 phy; Ruth Ellen, born y\j)ril 28, 1844, who 
 successively married Oliver Ihitchinson, (jf 
 Loudon, wlic) died, and Allen Anderson, of 
 California, a machinist by trade, and now lives 
 in San Francisco, Cal. The father died July 
 19, 1S89, and the mother June 23, 1874. 
 
 Lauren S. Clough always remained at home 
 
 with his parents, receiving a good eilucatimi in 
 the best schools of the county. After the 
 death of his father he took charge of the old 
 homestead. He now owns one hundred acres 
 nf lanil under cultivation besides seventy-five 
 acres of pasture land. The property has been 
 much enhanced in value by the erection of sev- 
 eral substantial buildings. liesides carrying 
 on the farm successfully, he is also engaged in 
 stock-raisitig to a considerable extent. 
 
 On June 3, 1877, Mr. Clough married iMibie 
 Sarah Weeks, of Loudon, a daughter of Ste- 
 phen H. and Elizabeth (Haines) Weeks, both 
 of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Clough had four children, of whom one died 
 unnamed in infancy. The others are: Grace, 
 born May 8, 1878, who resides at home; Ethel 
 M., born February 27, 1880, now attending 
 school in Loudon ; and Gertrude, born May 29, 
 1882, living at home. Mrs. Clough died 
 December 3, 1884. Mr. Clough has always 
 been a Republican in his political life, while 
 he has never been an office-seeker. He is a 
 Deacon of the F'ree Baptist Church of Loudon, 
 of which church his sister is also a member. 
 
 lEWIS D. HAINES, a prominent 
 farmer and large land-owner residing 
 in Northfield, was born in this 
 town, February 7, 1845, son of the late Benja- 
 min Haines and his wife, Martha (Kennison) 
 Haines. The father, born in Ep[)ing, was 
 (jnly four years old when his father, George 
 L. Haines, settled in Canterbury, this county. 
 After living there for some years, father and 
 son came lo Northfield and settled on the 
 homestead now ociiipied by Mi-. Lewis 
 Haines, anti which was then known as the 
 I'^llison place. Benjamin Haines was a farmer 
 by occupation. He died June 29, 1878, leav- 
 ing a good name and a fair estate to his chil-
 
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 (Iicn. 1 1 is wile, Martliti, wlio was Ijoni in 
 Caiilcii)tiry, diud July 18, 1 8y6. 'I'hc eldest of 
 tliuir liiicc children, George li. Haines, M.D., 
 is a well Iviiiiwii phj'siciai) of X'alley I'"alls, 
 R.I. He married Dora liabhit, who is now 
 deceased. The youngest child and the only 
 daughter, Miss Ida M. Haines, who was horn 
 Novend)cr 3, 1848, and was educated at Tilton 
 Seminar)', resides with her brother on the 
 homestead. She is well known in the social 
 life of Northficld, and is an active member of 
 the Congregational church of that place. 
 
 Lewis D. Haines, the second son of his 
 parents, attended the ccmimon schools of his 
 native town. Since then he has always lived 
 on the home farm, and has been engaged in 
 farming. After the death of his father he 
 took entire charge of the estate, which has 
 been much ini[ir(i\-oil in his hands. He is 
 the owner of about five hundred acres of land. 
 Bedsides carrying on general farming exten- 
 sively, he does considerable dairy business. 
 He keeps about thirty head of cattle, and shij)S 
 milk to the Boston markets. Always a hard- 
 working man, he has never sought jiublic 
 ofTice. He is a good Republican, and has al- 
 ways voted that ticket. Both Mr. Haines and 
 his sister are members of the grange at Til- 
 ton and regular attendants at the meetings of 
 that organizatit)u. Mr. Haines's farm was 
 formerly owmed by Richard Ellison, wh(j was 
 the grandfather of General Butler. 
 
 |I1.\RLES ASA IIOLDKN, a well- 
 to-do farmer of Langdon, was born in 
 this town, August 4, 1833, son of 
 Asa and Mary Ann (lilvans) Ilolden. Ed- 
 mund Holden, the father of Asa, was a native 
 of Shirley, Mass., and the first of the family 
 to settle in Langdon. He was a prosperous 
 farmer and stock-raiser. In 1796 he married 
 
 Susan Rock wood, of Groton, Mass., and be- 
 came the father of si.\ children, ijorn as follows: 
 Amantia, in 1797; Suka, in 1799; Edmund, 
 in 1802; A.sa, May 30, 1804; Rockworul, in 
 1809; and Sophronia, in 1813. 
 
 Asa Holden taught school for a number o| 
 years in different towns. Then he purchased 
 a farm, and was engaged in carrying it on 
 until he gave up active work, some twelve 
 years before his death, which happened De- 
 cember 12, 1885, when he was over eighty-one 
 years of age. He was a Deacon of the Con- 
 gregational church for many years. Mary 
 Ann (Evans) Ilolden, his wife, was born in 
 Rockingham, Vt., in 181 1, and died in Sep- 
 tember, 1874, aged si.xty-thrcc. Their chil- 
 dren were: Charles Asa, Mary E., George 
 H., Henry M., Luella V., and Edward M., 
 all of whom were born in Langdon. Mary 
 E. , the elder daughter, now deceased, who 
 was born January 26, 1835, married Samuel 
 K. Upton, formerly of Langdon, now of Ac- 
 worth, N. H., and had two children — Mary L. 
 and Hattie L. , respectively the wives of 
 Charles Barney, of Claremont, N. H., and 
 William II. Wilson, of Langdon. George II., 
 born July 29, 1838, who lives in Walpole and 
 is a farmer, married Jane Allen, of Walpole, 
 who died leaving two sons — George N. and 
 Charles H. Henry M., born October 14, 
 1840, -who is a successful farmer in Langdon, 
 married Emma Dinsmore, of Alstead, N. H., 
 and has three daughters — Edith, Etta M., and 
 Dora. Luella V., born December 12, 1845, 
 is the wife of Orr Wallace, an Alstead farmer, 
 auctioneer, and trader in land and stock, and 
 has no chiklren. Edwaril M., born Ajjril 21, 
 1851, who is a farmer in Walpole, N. H., mar- 
 ried Lora 1*". Burt, a native of WaljJole, and 
 has no children. 
 
 After completing his education, which was 
 acquired in the town schools, Charles A.
 
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 Ilolden carried on the home farm for a time. 
 Later he bought the farm on wliich lie now 
 lives. liesides tilling his land, he has given 
 considerable attention to stock-growing, and 
 has raised a large number of o.xen. He was 
 Selectman of the town for fourteen years, and 
 Chairman of the Selectmen for several terms. 
 In 1S73-74 he was a Representative in the 
 State legislature, and served on the Industrial 
 School Committee. He is an attendant of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 On November iS, 1862, Mr. Holden was 
 united in marriage with Miss Emily A. King, 
 who was born in Acworth, N. H., March 29, 
 1835. She is a daughter of Captain Samuel 
 King, who died August 29, 1S77. Her par- 
 ents had fourteen children, who all attained 
 maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Holden have three 
 children — Emily Corinne, Charley Clyde, and 
 Allen K. Emily Corinne, born October 6, 
 1863, is now the wife of George Winch, a 
 school teacher in Manchester, N.H., arid has 
 one child — Emily J., born in November, 
 1892. Charles Clyde, born January 10, 1S66, 
 now a travelling salesman for a jewelry firm in 
 White River Junction, Vt., married Marcia 
 Billings, and resides in Sabattus, Me. He has 
 two children: Clyde T., born in March, 1895; 
 and an infant son, Royal Charles. Allen K. 
 Ilolden, born August li, 1870, who lives on 
 a large milk farm in Newton, Mass., married 
 1"" ranees Wingate, of Mooers Forks, N. Y. 
 
 iHARLES A. IIUKER, an energetic 
 and successful farmer of Northfield, 
 was born January 12, 1846, in 
 Melun, France, near Paris, son of MelhcLU' 
 and Katherinc (Farney) Huber, both also 
 natives of Melun. His father, who followed 
 the sea during the active jjeriod of his life, 
 died in France, August 21, 1855. Mr. 
 
 Huber's mother, having survived her husband 
 but three days, died August 24. Melheur and 
 Katherinc F. Iluber were the parents of four- 
 teen children, as follows: Petre Paul, who 
 died in the army; Joseph, who resides in 
 Pennsylvania; Louis, who lives near Manches- 
 ter, N.H. ; Alexander, a bricklayer of Con- 
 cord, N. H. ; Victorine and Amelia, who are 
 still residing in France; Eugene, a resident of 
 New York State; Charles A., the subject of 
 this sketch; Albert, who is residing in the 
 West; Emile, of Manchester; Melheur and 
 John, neither of whom emigrated to America; 
 Carl, who is deceased; and Hector, who is 
 in the shoe business in Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Charles A. Huber was educated in the com- 
 mon and high schools of his native country. 
 After completing his studies, he entered the 
 F"rench army, with which he served eight 
 years. In 1870 he emigrated to the United 
 States, where four of his brothers had already 
 found a home. He first settled in Manches- 
 ter, where he was employed for some time. 
 Subsequently he was for two years engaged as 
 a tlori.st in Concord. After his marriage he 
 was employed as a gardener in Franklin for 
 three years. Then he bought the Gross farm, 
 situated near Tilton village in the town of 
 Northfield, where he now resides. He owns 
 one hundred and seven acres of fertile land, 
 and is an extensive grower of garden truck for 
 the city markets. 
 
 On April 21, 1879, Mr. Huber was united 
 in marriage with Henriette Larivire. She 
 was born in St. Mary, P.O., April 16, 1845, 
 daughter of John and Bridget (I)ayer) Lari- 
 vire. John Larivire was a carjienter by trade. 
 Both he and his wife always resided in Can- 
 ada. Mr. and Mrs. Huber have four cliiUhen, 
 namely: Albert, born I'ebruary 26, 1880; 
 Louise, born February 5, 1882; Ora, born 
 P'ebruary 15, 1883; and Lottie, born June 21,
 
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 1S.S5. In pdlilics Mr. Iluljcr is a JJcmocrat, 
 ami lie has scrx'ocl with ability as Roail Siu- 
 vcyi)!'. lie lias hilmrcd industriously for the 
 prosperity he now enjoys. lie had the mis- 
 fortune to have his house destroyed by fire in 
 1895. Now he has a pleasant and comfort- 
 able home. lie is a member of the St. John 
 the I?aptist Society, and the family attend the 
 Roman Calliolic church. 
 
 kURKIM. .MOOR I'"., a prominent 
 aimer and cattle breeder of 
 Northfield, was born in this 
 town, November 18, 1829, son of Morrill S. 
 and Sarah (Hancock) Moore. His grand- 
 father, I^zekiel Moore, passed the most of his 
 life in Canterbury, N.ll., where he was en- 
 gaged in farming; anil his last days were spent 
 in Bristol, N. II. The father, Morrill S. 
 Moore, was born in Caiiterbury, October 29, 
 1798. He settled in Northfield, and folUnved 
 agriculture until his death, which occurretl 
 May 14, 1860. His wife, Sarah, born in 
 Northlield, Ajiril 7, 1794, became the mother 
 of five children, namely: Orpha, wlio died in 
 infancy; Clarissa, born April 18, 1827; Polly, 
 born May i, 1828; Morrill, the subject of 
 this sketch; and Merrill, born March 4, 1831. 
 Clarissa, who married Joseph Cross, a farmer 
 of Northfield, and died June 12, 1S97, had 
 nine children — I'rank, Clara, Sarah, Albert, 
 ]'"red, Warren, Flora, Charles, and Walter. 
 Clara and Warren are deceased. Polly Moore 
 married Willis Gray, of Northfield, and died 
 leaving one daughter — lunma J., who is the 
 wife of Joseph Nealey, of Nottingham, N. H. 
 Merrill, who died February 26, 1889, wedded 
 for his first wife Caroline I>ake, of Canterbury, 
 who died in i860. A second marriage united 
 him with Mary Heath, of the same town, who 
 had three children: Clara and George, now 
 
 decea.sed ; and Sadie, who is the wife of P'red 
 Watson, of Northfield. Mrs. Morrill S. M«ore 
 died October 24, 1858. 
 
 Morrill Moore acquireil a common-school 
 educaticjn and was reared to farm life. He re- 
 mained with his parents, assisting on the farm, 
 and afterward followed agriculture. In 1878 
 he moved to his present farm, which contains 
 three hundred acres, and affords him ample 
 opportunity for general farming and cattle 
 breeding. He makes a S|)ecialty of raising 
 thoroughbred Devon stock, and also jjroduces 
 a large quantity of superior butter. On March 
 3, 1858, Mr. Moore was joined in marriage 
 with Lavina A. Hu.se, who was born in Camp- 
 ton, N. PI., September 3, 1834, daughter of 
 Daniel M. and P^liza (Dudley) Husc. Her 
 parents, who were natives of Sanbornton, re- 
 sided in Campton, from which town they 
 moved to Northfield, and settled upon the farm 
 now owned by Mr. Moore. They reared three 
 children, as follows: Lavina A., who became 
 Mrs. Moore; Sarah family, born September 
 I, 1840, who married 15. W. Plummer; and 
 Ann P^liza, born January 8, 1845, who married 
 George P'. l^lanchard, a farmer of Canterbury. 
 Daniel M. Iluse died September 3, 1883; and 
 his wife died January 17, 1888. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had five children 
 — P>liza Abbie, P>ank H., Cora E., Delia A., 
 and Arthur G. Eliza, born May i, i860, died 
 December 30 of the same year; P'rank PI., 
 born March 25, 1862, is now a grain dealer in 
 Laconia; and Cora E. , born January 12, 1864, 
 married Oliver Taylor, a blacksmith of La- 
 conia. Delia A., born May 11, 1867, who 
 married George A. Dearborn, a native of 
 Hill, N.PP, now lives in Concord, where her 
 husband is in the grocery business. She has 
 two children: Mildred A., born September 17, 
 1892; and Plarold M., born December 19, 
 1896. Arthur G. Moore, born June 26, 1872,
 
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 is in the live-stock business, and is one of 
 the most popular young men in Northfield. 
 In politics Mr. Morrill Moore is a Democrat, 
 and he has been Tax Collector for six years. 
 He is connected with the Northfield Grange, 
 and is one of the most practical and successful 
 farmers and stock-raisers in this locality. 
 
 ILLIS JORDAN, a well-known agri- 
 culturist of riainfield, who gives 
 special attention to dairying and 
 poultry raising, was born in this town, Sep- 
 tember lo, 1850, son of William R. and 
 Esther (Spaulding) Jordan. The Jordan fam- 
 ily, an old and prominent one of this town, 
 has produced men of high integrity and of 
 stanch loyalty to the nation. Its first repre- 
 sentatives in America were among the early 
 settlers. Later the family gave the country 
 stalwart and steadfast soldiers for the old 
 French and Indian War, for the War of Inde- 
 pendence, and for the second war with Eng- 
 land, as well as defenders of the Union in the 
 great Civil War. 
 
 James Jordan, grandfather of Willis Jor- 
 dan, is believed to have been the first of the 
 family to settle in Plainfield. He was a very 
 ])rosperous farmer, and was held in high re- 
 spect by his townspeople. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Kenyon, bore him a large 
 family of boys; namely, William R., Ray- 
 mond K., Timothy I.., Anthony W. , James 
 W. , Jarvis J., and Johnson. Raymond, by 
 trade a cooper, was engaged in that business 
 at Plainfield, and also did some farming. 
 Timothy L. was a stone mascjn and farmer, and 
 lived in this town. Anthony W. was also a 
 stone mason of Plainfield. James and Jarvis 
 were farmers in this town, and lived here 
 throughout their lives. All of these sons 
 married, antl had families. Johnson died 
 
 young. William R. Jordan, father of Willis, 
 born at Plainfield in the year 1S07, died in 
 1865. He took up the occupation of farmer, 
 and worked so energetically and successfully 
 that at his death he owned the large farm 
 known as the Abel Stone place. He acquired 
 this through his own efforts, unaided by his 
 father or by others. While not a seeker for 
 political honors, he never failed in his duties 
 as a good citizen. He married Esther Spauld- 
 ing, who, born in 1805, daughter of Simon 
 Spaulding, of Plainfield, died in 1S90. The 
 eight children of this marriage were: Lewis 
 S., Sophia, Henry C. , Rosamond, Harrison 
 H., MaryM., Darwin F., and Willis Jordan. 
 Since Grandfather Jordan settled in Plainfield, 
 the men reared in this family have found occu- 
 pation in this their native town, and have been 
 l^rominent in affairs. Lewis Jordan is living 
 at Plainfield, a prosperous farmer. Sophia, 
 now deceased, married Mr. Dodge, of Plain- 
 field. Henry is unmarried. Rosamond be- 
 came the wife of Willard Hayward, who is 
 now deceased. Plarrison H. died some years 
 since. Mary is Mrs. Sidney Sanborn, and the 
 mother of several children. Darwin, who is 
 engaged in farming, married and has a family 
 of children. 
 
 Willis Jordan was the youngest of his par- 
 ents' children. He helped his father on the 
 farm until he came of age. Then he struck 
 out for himself, and has since been a successful 
 business man. He is extensively engaged in 
 general fanning, but devotes himself espe- 
 cially to dairying and poultry raising. He has 
 always given close and careful attention to the 
 details of his business, which characteristic, 
 joined to his thrift and industry, has gained 
 for him general esteem. 
 
 Mr. Jordan married Ella S. , who was l)orn 
 September 20, 185 1, daughter of Albert K. 
 Reed, a wealthy PlainfieUl farmer. Her three
 
 mOGRAl'HlCAL KEVIKW 
 
 235 
 
 children arc: WcslL-y \V. , born May 8, 1S76; 
 Heriiic-c !•;., l)iirn January 27, 1X83; and 
 Ral|ili K., Jiiirn Nnvcnihcr 13, 1887. Wesley 
 Jordan is now a student at IJartnioiitli College, 
 having fitted for that institution at Kimball 
 Union Academy. The two younger children 
 are still attending the town schools f)f I'lain- 
 HcM. 
 
 —«•«•»■•— 
 
 RANK ]•:. RANDALL, Postmaster of 
 I'ittsfield and an ex-nieniber of the 
 New Hampshire legislature, was born 
 in til is town. May 5, 1 842, son of Thomas 
 li. and Mary G. (rickering) Randall. llis 
 grandfather, Robert Randall, a prosperous 
 farmer of Lee, N. If., died in that town at a 
 good old age. R(}bert's wife, who reached the 
 age of eighty years, was the niotiier of two 
 sons, neither of whom is living. 
 
 Tliomas 1). Randall, the elder of Roljcit's 
 sons, was born in l.ec. W'lien a young man 
 lie learned the l)lacksniith's trade, which he 
 afterward fidlowei! in I'ittsfield for some years. 
 In 1S45 he went to Manchester, N. H., and 
 was employed in the .\moskeag factory until 
 his death, which occurred in 1850, at the age 
 of forty-two years, lie was a rugged and able- 
 bodied man, capable of much hard work, and 
 had the esteem and good will of all who knew 
 him. Although not an aspirant to pidjlic 
 office, he took an earnest interest in pcditical 
 matters. Lie was a niendier of the liaptist 
 church. His wife, Mary G., was a daughter 
 of John Pickering, of Barnstead, N. H., and a 
 descendant of John Pickering, an early resi- 
 dent of Portsmouth, N.II. She became the 
 mother of seven children, of whom the sur- 
 vivors are: John N. Randall, M.IX, Frank 
 Iv, Kvelyn, and Olive, all of whom were born 
 in Pittsfield. Dr. Randall, a graduate of the 
 Harvard L^niversity Medical School, was for- 
 merly Assistant Surgeon in the regular army, 
 
 and is now jtractising his profession in Deca- 
 tur, 111. He wedded Mary Thatcher, a native 
 of Penn.sylvania, and has one daughter — Ikr- 
 tha T. Kvelyn is the wife of Charles K. 
 Co.\, of Manchester, and has four children — 
 Walter, (juy, Louis, and Channing. Olive 
 married Robert I. .Stern, of Manchester, and 
 has no children. Mr.s. Thomas H. Randall 
 lived seventy-two years. 
 
 I'rank K. Randall passed a porti<jn of his 
 boyhood in Manchester, but eventually returned 
 to Pittsfield. He began his education in the 
 common schools of his native town, and com- 
 pleted his studies at the Pittsfield Academy. 
 Having prepared himself for educational work, 
 he was engaged in the calling of teacher for 
 twenty-five yeans, three in I'armington, N.II., 
 and the rest in Pittsfield. In 1S86 he was 
 first appointed Postmaster, in which capacity 
 he served four years. In 1894 President 
 Cleveland appointed him to the same position, 
 which he still holds. In this town he owns a 
 small farm, the cultivation of which, together 
 with his official duties, takes up his entire 
 time and attention. In politics he is a Dem- 
 ocrat, and he has long been a leading spirit in 
 local public affairs. He was Superintendent 
 of Schools for twenty years, and was Selectman 
 and Town Clerk for one term each. In 1S77 
 and 1878 he represented his district in the 
 legislature, and he was County Auditor in 
 1879. He has also served upon the Board of 
 Education; and, when the Police Court was 
 located in Pittsfield, he was Special Police 
 Justice for seven years. 
 
 On December 20, 1S76, Mr. Randall was 
 united in marriage with Mary Abbie Fife, 
 daughter of John II. Fife, of Epsom, N.II. 
 She is the mother of two children : Bertha M., 
 born August 6, 1878; and Helen D., born 
 June 25, 1884. Mr. Randall is connected 
 with N. H. Woodbine Lodge, I. O. 0- F., of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Farmington, N. H., and with the Improved 
 Order of Red Men. Mrs. Randall is a mem- 
 ber of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 —IpNEABODY HODGDON ADAMS, a 
 
 Ik^y successful general merchant of Pitts- 
 -l->^ field, was born in Barnstead, N. H., 
 April 22, 1S20, son of John and Sally (Sew- 
 ard) Adams. Four of his ancestors came 
 from England ; and one of them, who was a 
 Congregational minister, settled at Newing- 
 ton, N. H. William Adams, grandfather of 
 the subject of this sketch, was a carpenter by 
 trade, ^e was also a farmer ; and he resided 
 in Barnstead all his life, attaining the age of 
 seventy years. He supported the Whig party 
 in politics, while his religious belief was 
 that of the Congregational denomination. He 
 married Hannah Jacobs, who had four chil- 
 dren, and lived about eighty years. 
 
 John Adams, eldest child of his parents, was 
 born in Barnstead. When a young man he 
 learned the carpenter's trade, which, with 
 farming, was the main occupation of the active 
 period of his life. He resided in Barnstead 
 until his death, which occurred when he was 
 seventy-eight years old. In politics he was a 
 Whig. His wife, Sally, was a daughter of 
 George Seward, of ]?arnstead, whose death oc- 
 curred at about the same age as that of her 
 husband. She was a member of the Congre- 
 gational church. She became the mother of 
 twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, 
 eight of whom are living. These are: Pea- 
 body H., Frank, George W., Nathaniel W., 
 Alvah, Hannah, Mary, and Nancy. Frank 
 married for his first wife a Miss Taylor, of 
 Lowell, who had one daughter, Susie. For 
 his second wife he wedded a lady named Holt, 
 who had three children — Abbie, Blanche, and 
 l''rai)k, Jr. Cieorge W. married a Miss Ware, 
 
 of Lowell, Mass.; and his children are; El- 
 vira, Lyman, Sadie, Clara, Raljih W. , and 
 Arthur W. Nathaniel married Amanda 
 Blake, and has one son, William. Alvah 
 married Amanda Green, and has one son, 
 Lewis. Mary is the widow of Eliphalet 
 Miller, and has no children. Nancy is the 
 widow of a Mr. Novin, late of Minneapolis, 
 Minn., and has three children — P""red, Clara, 
 and Ida. 
 
 Peabody Hodgdon Adams was educated in 
 the schools of Barnstead and Loudon, N. H. 
 After completing his studies, he learned the 
 carpenter's trade with his father, and subse- 
 quently followed it and farming for many 
 years in Loudon. In 1S65 he moved to Pitts- 
 field, where he bought a farm located on Con- 
 cord Hill; and he resided there until 1876. 
 In 1874, with his son, Frank W. , he formed 
 the firm, V. U. Adams & Co., who have since 
 conducted a profitable general mercantile busi- 
 ness. 
 
 On March 15, 1847, Mr. Adams wedded 
 Martha S. Wells, daughter of Stephen Wells, 
 of Loudon, N. H. Of their three children 
 two are living — Elizabeth and Frank W. 
 Elizabeth is the wife of Clarence Johnson, 
 of Pittsfield ; and her children are: Scott A. 
 and Edward L. Frank W. married Hattie 
 Marston, daughter of John Marston, of this 
 town, and has one daughter, Abbie A. Mrs. 
 P. H. Adams died October 17, 1893. In 
 politics Mr. Adams is a Republican, and he 
 has served with ability as a Selectman for 
 three years. He attends the I'ree Will ]5ap- 
 tist church, of which the late Mrs. Adams 
 was a member. 
 
 f^OSEl'H RUSSELL, E.so., a merchant 
 of Sunapee, was born July 8, 1836, son 
 of Jonathan and I'luebe (Hazelton) 
 
 Russell. His father, Jonalliaii Russell, a na-
 
 JOSEPH RUSSELL.
 
 BIOGRAI'IIICAL KEVIKVV 
 
 239 
 
 tivc of Manchester, N. II., horn July 20, 1801, 
 wlio was an industrious, harcl-\vorl<ing man, 
 si)cnl the most of his life in New London, 
 George's Mills, and Springfield, N.H. I-"or 
 his first wife he married Hannah Johnson, who 
 (lied November 8, 1825, in Chester, N.H. 
 They had two children, both now deceased, 
 namely: Robinson, born January 22, 1822; 
 and John, born April 22, 1825. His second 
 wife, in maidenhood Phoebe Hazelton, who 
 was born September 20, 1800, in New London, 
 Iiad four children, as follows: William, born 
 December 4, 1829; Oliver, born October 2, 
 1S31; Jonathan, born October 13, 1833; and 
 Joseph, the subject of this sketch. Of these 
 children William is deceased; Oliver is at 
 present living in Lawrence, Mass. ; and Jona- 
 than is in Lawrence, Kan. Afterward he 
 successively married Sarah Hazelton and Anna 
 M. Frothingham. He died March 8, 1884. 
 
 Joseph Russell received his early education 
 in the schools of New I^ondon. When quite 
 young he began to work on his father's farm. 
 At the age of twenty years he engaged in gen- 
 eral farming on his own account, and was so 
 occupied until 1S29. Then he started in 
 trade in Otterville, where he remained about 
 seven years. Subsequently, after staying in 
 Sunapee for a short time, he went back to 
 New London, and engaged in lumbering and 
 farming. In 1882 he again removed to Suna- 
 ])ee, and opened a general store, which he car- 
 ried on until a short time ago, when he sold 
 out. Now, besides following the business of 
 auctioneer, he is a partner in the firm of 
 Ma.xson & Co., who conduct a general store. 
 In politics he is a Democrat. He is a Justice 
 of the Peace and Quorum, and he has been Se- 
 lectman, Supervisor, and Moderator. 
 
 In 1856 he married for his first wife Har- 
 riett Palmer, who died January 5, 1S89. She 
 left one child, Rocna A. Russell, born De- 
 
 cember 24, 1861, who now lives in Dundee, 
 II!., and is the wife of S. M. Abbott. On 
 I'"ebruary 26, i8go, he married Klla M. Emer- 
 son, who was born in Grantham, N. IL, Janu- 
 ary 16, 1862, daughter of John and Mary 
 lunerson. By this union there were two chil- 
 dren: Floyd, who died at the age of one year; 
 and Leighton J., born June 10, i89r. In re- 
 ligion Mr. Russell and Mrs. Russell arc lib- 
 erals. He has been quite successful in his 
 business, being a hard worker and very indus- 
 trious. He is a prominent man in the com- 
 munity, and has the respect of his fellow- 
 townsmen. 
 
 RRICN OSGOOD, a .substantial farmer 
 of Newport, was born there, June 22, 
 1 81 8, son of Lemuel and Hannah 
 (Spaulding) Osgood. His grandfather, Will- 
 iam Osgood, one of the early settlers of the 
 district, took up a farm and built a log house 
 when the place was still a part of the wilder- 
 ness and was infested by bears. The log 
 house was destroyed by fire, and another 
 wooden structure was built, in which the fam- 
 ily afterward lived. The same building is 
 now standing, and is used as a wagon-house at 
 the present time. William was industrious 
 and persevering, and added fifty acres to the 
 farm before his death. He had a wife, Pris- 
 cilla, who bore him seven children — William, 
 Susanna, James, Priscilla, Lemuel, Lydia, and 
 Mathias. James Osgood took part in the War 
 of 1812. His father, William, fought in the 
 Revolution, and was in the battle of Ticon- 
 deroga. His death occurred at the age of 
 seventy-five years. 
 
 Lemuel Osgood was also a farmer, and in- 
 herited the old place, to which he added land 
 and improvements. His entire life of ninety- 
 three years, with the exception of a few 
 months, was spent in Newport. His wife died
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 at the age of seventy-five. They were both 
 members of the Congregational church. He 
 was a Whig and later a Republican. Of his 
 three children two are now living. Hannah 
 died at the age of fifty. Lucy S. , born in 
 i<S23, October 25, lives with her brother on the 
 old homestead. 
 
 Orren Osgood inherited the old home, which 
 is located upon a beautiful site. Here he has 
 followed general farming throughout his active 
 period. He has never married ; and he shares 
 his home with his sister, Miss Lucy S. Os- 
 good. The farm now contains two hundred 
 acres of well-improved land. He is a liberal 
 in religious belief and a Republican in poli- 
 tics. He represented his district in 1S70 and 
 I 871, and has held other minor oflfices. 
 
 —*-•••-•— 
 
 ALT1':R BRIGHAM BARNES, who 
 /sV for many years has been engaged in 
 the dressed beef business in Ilenni- 
 ker, is a son of Captain Harry and Mary Polly 
 (Canijibell) Barnes. The father, a native of 
 Ilcnniker, born l'\'bruary 20, 1790, who was 
 but four years old when his mother died, lived 
 with his uncle, Elisha Barnes, until he 
 reached the age of twelve. After a short stay 
 with his father, Harry Barnes next went to 
 reside with Lzekiel Smith, and remained with 
 him until he was eighteen. He then went to 
 Dunbarton, N.H., and was for a time em- 
 ployed by Dominie Walter Harris, whose first 
 name he gave his first son. After his mar- 
 riage he bought widow David Campbell's 
 third of the Campbell farm, whicii was situ- 
 ated on the Hillsborough Road. This prop- 
 erty, containing seventy-five acres of land, 
 was partially covered with timber, which he 
 cleared away; while he carried on general 
 farming until 1864, when he retired. The 
 farm afterward passed into other hands, and 
 
 was divided into village lots. Captain Harry 
 Barnes passed his last days in the village, oc- 
 cupying the house which is now owned by 
 George Gove; and he died September 18, 
 1876, aged eighty -si.x years and seven months. 
 He was for some time Captain of the Henni- 
 ker Rifles, a company belonging to the State 
 militia. P'or forty-five years he was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church. His wife, 
 Mary, whom he married December i, 18 14, 
 was born in Henniker, February 21, 1793, 
 daughter of Major David Campbell. Their 
 married life extended over a period of sixty- 
 one years. She became the mother of five 
 children — ^ Walter, Sarah Almeda, Livonia 
 S., Mary E., and Walter B. Walter was born 
 November i, 1816, and died at the age of fif- 
 teen. Sarah Almeda is residing in Nashua, 
 N.H., and is the widow of Joseph F. Andrews. 
 Her late husband, who was a contractor and 
 builder, raised a company in Concord, and 
 served as a Major in the Civil War. Livonia 
 S., who was born December 16, 1S22, mar- 
 ried Hiram A. Campbell, of Hennikei, who 
 died in January, 1895. Mary ¥.., who was 
 born March 22, 1827, married Charles C. 
 Gove, a native of Acworth, N. H., and now a 
 mechanic and builder in North Palmer, N.Y. 
 Mrs. Harry l^arnes died October 11, 1875, 
 aged eighty-two years and eight months. 
 
 Walter Brigham Barnes was born February 
 19, 1832, in Henniker, and there attended 
 school. At the age of twenty-one he com- 
 menced to learn the butchering business with 
 George W. Rice, for whom he worked four 
 years. In 1857 he bought tlie business of iiis 
 employer, including the farm where he now 
 resides. He survived the business depression 
 that preceded the breaking out of the Rebell- 
 ion ; and the revival following that event not 
 only enabled him to cancel all of his debts, 
 but placed him upon a good financial basis.
 
 J!l()(;K.\ri(|(\l, REVIEW 
 
 241 
 
 lie cdiiliiuicd in llic wholesale and retail meat 
 business, driving; a cart in this sectiun for 
 nineteen years, dressing beef and veal for the 
 markets of Manchester and Boston, and being 
 associated as a partner with his old employer, 
 Mr. Rice, for two years. lie was also en- 
 gaged in buying cattle for slaughter until the 
 trade was monopolized by the large Western 
 beef companies. 
 
 On October 13, 1857, Mr. Barnes married 
 Eliza J. Tucker, a native of Hennikcr, and a 
 daughter of Horace and Mary C. (Dow) 
 Tucker. Their daughter, Ida M., was several 
 years employed in a store in Kcene, N.H., 
 but on account of her mother's failing eye- 
 sight returned home. She is interested in 
 the breeding of fancy poultry, and has some 
 choice siicciniens of red Leghorn and light 
 Brahmas. In politics Mr. Barnes is a Demo- 
 crat. He has figured quite prominently as a 
 party leader in the locality, is frequently a 
 delegate to the State and District Conven- 
 tions and he re[)resentecl tliis town in the 
 legislature in 1876. 
 
 K.BI^RT M. KIMBALL, a skilful, 
 ntelligent, and highly successful 
 farmer of Hopkinton, was born in 
 this town, December 20, 1862, a son of 
 Moses T. and Mary F. (Smith) Kimball, and 
 a grandson of Nathaniel Kimball. A more 
 extended history of his ancestors may be found 
 on another page of tiiis volume, in connection 
 with the sketch of Oilman B. Kimball, his 
 brother. 
 
 Mr. Kimball has been engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits from early youth. Since arriv- 
 ing at man's estate, he has also, in partner- 
 ship with his brother, carried on a large busi- 
 ness in lumbering and dairying. He lived on 
 the tdd homestead until his marriage, when 
 
 for a time he occupied the old Charles Merrill 
 farm. Since selling that he has occupied the 
 John Page estate, which the brothers pur- 
 chased at a bargain three or more years ago. 
 He has a dairy of twenty cows, and runs a 
 large milk route; and he keeps two men busily 
 employed on the farm. He sells a consider- 
 able amount of hay each season, and often 
 raises a good deal of corn, his 1896 crop 
 amounting to nine hundred bushels. Mr. 
 Kimball is a firm Democrat of the Cleveland 
 type, and is usually a delegate to the party 
 conventions. In 1894 he was elected a Rep- 
 resentative to the State legislature for 1895 
 and 1S96, defeating the Republican candi- 
 date, E. D. French, his election in a Repub- 
 lican stronghold showing his great popularity. 
 He is interested in the grange, having been a 
 member of the State organization, and is a 
 member of Union Grange, No. 58, of which 
 he was Master two years. 
 
 Mr. Kimball was married October 6, 1886, 
 to Miss M. Abbie Colby, daughter of Francis 
 W. and Paulina P. (Wheeler) Colby, the 
 former of whom was born in Bow, the birth- 
 place of Mrs. Kimball, and the latter in Dun- 
 barton. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball have two 
 children — Edgar Herbert and Grace Paulina. 
 
 AMUEL A. MORRILL, farmer and 
 carpenter of Canterbury, Merrimack 
 County, was born May 26, 1S27, in 
 the house that he now occupies. His parents 
 were Nathaniel and Sallie S. (Morrill) Mor- 
 rill. His paternal grandfather was Samuel 
 Morrill, a farmer of Boscawen, where he al- 
 ways lived. Nathaniel Morrill removed from 
 Boscawen to Canterbury in 1821, settling 
 upon this farm. He died in the winter of 
 1836, at the age of forty-seven years, his wife 
 surviving him until August, 1861. They had
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 seven children. The eldest, a daughter, 
 Emily, born March 3, 1821, married Abram 
 Fitz. Catherine, the second child, was born 
 August 27, 1823, and died at the age of seven- 
 teen years. Reuben, the third child, was 
 born August 11, 1825, and died in East Con- 
 cord, N.H. Lie married Hannah McCoy, 
 who now lives in Boston. Samuel A. was 
 the fourth child. Charles F., the third son, 
 married first Martha M. Roby, second Ann 
 Sawyer, and third Ro.xey James. He is a 
 farmer and carpenter, and resides with his 
 wife in Canterbury. Elizabeth was born 
 March 7, 1S31, and died April 24, 1832. 
 The youngest child is Elder Enoch Morrill, 
 born September 16, 1S33, who is a jeweller 
 by trade, and is an Ad\'ent preacher. He re- 
 sides in Hampton, N.H. His first wife was 
 Angeline Stevens, and his second Augusta 
 Mace, of Seabrook, N.H. 
 
 The Morrill children all received a com- 
 mon-school education. Samuel A. had the 
 additional advantage of two terms in the acad- 
 emy at Boscawen, and after finishing his 
 studies he taught scliool five winters. He 
 was in his tenth year when his father died. 
 When he was twenty-one years old he had 
 learned the carpenter's trade, and he then took 
 the entire charge of the farm. On April 10, 
 1851, he married Miss Mary E. Garland, who 
 was horn October 23, 1830, daughter of Na- 
 thaniel and Abigail Garland, of South Ber- 
 wick, Me. Her father was a merthant, a hotel 
 man, and a teamster. After marriage Mr. 
 Morrill went to Massachusetts, and spent a 
 year in Winchester and Lawrence, employed as 
 a carpenter. Since that time he has lived on 
 the old homestead. He now owns about one 
 hundred acres of good farm land, well iiu- 
 proved, and does some dairy business, still 
 working luore or less at his trade. 
 
 He always takes an active interest in poli- 
 
 tics, voting the Republican ticket ; and, though 
 heretofore he has held no office, he is now 
 candidate for Supervisor. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Morrill are both members of the Congrega- 
 tional church, in which they are among the 
 most active workers, Mr. Morrill having been 
 a member of this church since fifteen years of 
 age. They have one adopted child, George 
 A., who lives near the farm, and whose son, 
 Harry R., now resides with them. 
 
 TT^HARLES W. HARDY, who owns 
 I jp one of the most fertile farms in Bos- 
 
 Vfc^__-^ cawen, Merrimack County, was 
 born in Warner, N. H., July ig, 1834, son of 
 Ozias and Lavinia (Barton) Hardy. His 
 grandfather, .Silas Hardy, was a prosperous 
 farmer, who resided for a time in Hopkin- 
 ton, N.I I., from which town he removed to 
 Warner. 
 
 Ozias Hardy was brought up to agriculture, 
 which calling he followed through life. He 
 owned farms in Warner and Llopkinton, and 
 spent his last days in the latter town, dying 
 about the year 1850. His wife, Lavinia 
 Barton Hardy, who was a native of Stoddard, 
 N.H., became the mother of five children: 
 .Samuel; Eliza A.; Woodbury; Charles \V., 
 the subject of this sketch; and Sanford. 
 Samuel married Abbie Ann Putney, who is no 
 longer living; and he resides in Hopkinton. 
 l*",liza A. died at the age of seventeen years. 
 Woodbury married IClIen Price, and lives in 
 Hoiikinton. Sanford, who died in 1896, mar- 
 ried for his first wife Louise -Sanford. His 
 second wife was Nettie 15arr; and she now re- 
 sides in Aurora, 111. Mrs. Ozias Hardy died 
 in 1 88 1. 
 
 Charles W. Hardy was educated in tlie com- 
 mon schools and at the Contoocook Academy. 
 When twenty years old he was employed upon
 
 BIOGRAI'lllCAL RKVIKW 
 
 243 
 
 a riirin in Daiivcrs, Mass., vvliurc he remained 
 a year. Tlieii, returniiif; home, he worked 
 some time as a farm assistant in and aronnd 
 his native town. In icSflo he went to Illinois, 
 where ]ie was foreman ii[)on a larj^e farm for 
 five years. lie suhseqnently retnrned ICast, 
 and al)ont 1S7.: came to Hoscawcn, purchasing 
 the farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres 
 wliich he now occupies. lie carries on gen- 
 eral tarming and dairying, and raises a con- 
 siderahle amount of fruit. 
 
 On April -'8, 1.S72, Mr. llaivly was married 
 in llopkinton to Miss Mary George, who was 
 l)orn in Webster, Merrimack County, N.II., 
 June j:;, 1S49, a daughter of William 1). and 
 Submit (Swett) George. Her father is a 
 native of Candia, N.H., and her mother of 
 Webster. They arc prosperous farming peo- 
 ple, and reside in Webster. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hardy have become the parents of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Alice M., born February 21, 
 1873; Albert Sanford, born April 25, 1875; 
 Mattie Louise, born April 28, 1876, and who 
 is now a teacher; and h'lorence h'tta, born 
 October 12, 1878. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hardy is a Repid)lican. He 
 takes an active interest in political affairs, 
 and has voted at every election but one since 
 attaining his majority; and he has ably filled 
 some of the jiublic offices. He is connected 
 with the Patrons of Husbandry, and he and 
 Mrs. Hardy are members of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 rp^EV. JAMES NOYES, Superintend- 
 1 1^~^ ent of the New Hampshire Orphans' 
 i-^ V ^ ^ ^ Home, in the town of Franklin, 
 Merrimack County, is a native of Columbia, 
 Coos County, N.H. He was born July 2, 
 1835, son of l-'leazcr and .Sophronia (Cass) 
 Noyes. His father was a native of Colebrook, 
 N.H. ; and lie lived there until he removed to 
 
 a farm in Columbia, where he died in June, 
 1S42. He was a ])ionccr farmer of the town. 
 His wife was from Lyman, N.II. .She mar- 
 I ied for a second husband William A*lc.\anclLT, 
 and .after his death married a Mr. Johnson, 
 also now deceased. .She dicfi in August, 
 1885. The children by her first marriage 
 were five in nimiber: Charles, of Concord, 
 N.II.; James, above named; John Wesley, 
 deceased; Ivlmira, wife of David .Sanborn, of 
 North Woodstock, N.H.; I'arker J., of Lan- 
 caster, N. H. 
 
 James Noyes received his early education at 
 Newbury .Seminary, Vermont. On December 
 I, 1 86 1, he enlisted in Company C of the 
 h^ighth Vermont Infantry, under Colonel 
 Thomas and Captain l-"oster, and did service 
 in this company in the Gulf Department until 
 transferred from the ICighth Vermont, in 1862, 
 to the Second Louisiana National Guards. 
 Mr. Noyes was apjiointed Sergeant Major, was 
 ])roniotcd to position of F'irst Lieutenant, and 
 afterward became Captain of Company G, later 
 known as the Seventy-fourth U. S. C. I. He 
 remained in active service for four years, and 
 was honorably discharged in October, 1865. 
 Returning to Newbury, Vt., at the close of 
 his military career, he there attended the 
 seminary for post-graduate work ; and, entering 
 the Theological School of the Boston Univer- 
 sity in the fall of 1866, he graduated from the 
 three years' course in i8fig, and at once joined 
 the New Hampshire Conference. He was lo- 
 cated at Methuen, Mass., for three years, and 
 was afterward stationed as follows, to wit : at 
 Suncook, Lancaster, Portsmouth, Amesbury, 
 Mass., Milford, N. IL, Winchester, Newport, 
 and Franklin F'alls, N.H., leaving the pulpit 
 then to take charge of the Orphans' Home at 
 Franklin, N.H. 
 
 On February ig, 1859, Mr. Noyes married 
 Amy E. Scott, of Newbury, Vt. , a daughter
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIPAV 
 
 of the Rev. Orange Scott and his wife, Mrs. 
 Eliza Dearborn Scott. Her father is dead; 
 and her mother, now ninety-four years of age, 
 resides with the Rev. Mr. Quimby, of Pena- 
 cook. Mrs. Amy E. S. Noyes died December 
 4, 1875; and Mr. Noyes married in Septem- 
 licr, 1^76, Miss Eannie M. Barker, of Derry, 
 N. If., daughter of Mr. Benjamin iiarker, de- 
 ceased. There are three children by the first 
 marriage: Fred S. , a compositor in the em- 
 ploy of the Methodist Ikiok Concern, New 
 York City; Frank \V. , engaged in the dry- 
 goods business in Franklin, Mass. ; and Amy 
 v., a student at the Conservatory of Music in 
 Boston. The only child by the second mar- 
 riage of Mr. Noyes is Clara L. , who is now 
 taking a course at the College of Liberal 
 Arts, Boston University. 
 
 The New Hampshire Orphans' Home, of 
 which Mr. Noyes is the efficient Superintend- 
 ent, was founded by the Rev. Daniel A. 
 Mack, of Plainfield, Vt., and was established 
 and chartered in October, 1871. The institu- 
 tion is located in the town of Franklin, in the 
 beautiful valley of the Merrimac, eighteen 
 miles from Concord. Here was the boyhood 
 home of Daniel Webster. He became the 
 owner and retained possession while he lived, 
 and he made annual pilgrimages to it after he 
 had become a leading man in the nation. The 
 family mansion still remains as a part of the 
 Home, which also includes a building for the 
 luu-sery and the farm. The nursery was added 
 to the Home in 1894 at an expense of about 
 si.xteen thousand dollars, this sum being cov- 
 ered by subscription during the year. The 
 Orphans' Home is a inivate charity and is non- 
 sectarian. More than one hundred homeless 
 children have here received education and 
 kindly loving care during the year just passed, 
 .uul more than seven hundred in all have thus 
 ijcen cared for since the Home was established. 
 
 In the school-rooms the common branches and 
 kindergarten studies are taken up. The place 
 is essentially a great farm home, with as little 
 of the "institution " in its management and 
 atmo.sphere as is consistent with discipline and 
 good order. Mr. Noyes, who began his labors 
 October i, 1887, has carried on the good work 
 begun by his predecessors -in the most admi- 
 rable manner and to the satisfaction of all in- 
 terested in the welfare of the little ones in his 
 charge. Mrs. Noyes as matron presides, and 
 the nine years of their service has been a 
 period of great prosperity and usefulness. Mr. 
 Noyes is well known throughout the county, 
 and is much respected as a man whose life has 
 been animated by the most unselfish motives 
 in working for others. 
 
 ILLIAM C. HOBART, a retired 
 carpenter of North Charlestown, 
 Sullivan County, N. H., was born in 
 Hebron, N. II. In early life he went to 
 Unity, where in 1848 he purchased a farm; 
 and he was successfully engaged in farming in 
 that town for twenty years. In 1870 he re- 
 moved to Charlestown, where he now resides. 
 He is a carpenter by trade, and until late 
 years has done a great deal of building in 
 Charlestown and the vicinity. He holds mem- 
 bership in the Claremont and Charlestown 
 Masonic Lodge, No. 12. He is also a promi- 
 nent member of the Methodist churcli, of 
 which he has been steward foi' luany years. 
 In 1S53 he marrietl lunily Ilunton, of Unity; 
 and they had one child— I'"rank lluiiton 
 Ilobart, born in 1S58, who died in in- 
 fancy. His wife dying, in 1868 Mr. Ilobart 
 married for his second wife Mrs. Sjicncer, 
 widow of George P. Spencer, M.D., and 
 daughter of Harvey Brigham, of Unity, a rep- 
 resentative of one of the oldest and Iiest
 
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 215 
 
 kniiwii families of thai Incalily. Mr. Ilnliait 
 has ret i led from active work at his trade, but 
 is still regarded as one of the useful and sub- 
 stantial citizens of the town. 
 
 /^^TTa)\<.(,K W. Ml'-.Kkll.L, a well- 
 \ 3T~ known fainier of London, N.I I., is 
 a native of this town, born March 31, 
 1.S55, a son of Hcla C. and Sarah (Pickron) 
 Merrill. ilis father was a native of (iilman- 
 ton, N.ll., and his mother of Harnstead, N. 1 1. 
 
 I'aul Merrill, tlic paternal grandfather of 
 Cieorge W. , was a Xcw Hampshire man, and 
 settled on a faian in Crilmanton, where he 
 li\'cd the greater part of his life. I'ela Mer- 
 rill was a farmer in the same town, remaining 
 there until about 1854, when he came to Lou- 
 don, llcie he resided with his son, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, till his death, which took 
 place in November, 1880. Ilis wife passed 
 away many years before, about 1859. Their 
 family niiinbei eight children, as follows: Ar- 
 villa, Ale.xantlor C, Lliza, liela T., Maria, 
 Lurana, 1 loll is R., and George \V. The 
 first of these, ArvilLi, is the widow of Jona- 
 than Ihown, ;ni(l resiiles with her brother, 
 tieorgeW., as does also Alexander C. Hela 
 T. nlarried Eliza A. Young; and they live in 
 I'ittsficld, X.ll. Maria became the wife of 
 I'^bcn Hayes, and they reside in Gilmanton. 
 Lurana is the widow of Loren Coolidge; and 
 hoi- home is in Minneapolis, Minn. Hollis 
 R. and b!liza are botIi deceased. The latter 
 married Thomas Osborn, who now resides in 
 Iowa. The members of this large family 
 were all given the benefit of a common and 
 high school education. 
 
 George W. Merrill, after the death of his 
 mother, which occurred when he was about 
 four years old, residetl on his present farm 
 with his father. After the hitter's death he 
 
 took charge of the place. He carries on gen- 
 eral farming, and also makes a specialty of 
 fruit- raising. He now owns one hundred and 
 twenty acres, and he has improved the property 
 in a marked degree. Mr. Merrill was married 
 I'ebruary 25, 1880, to Ancda H. .Smith, fif 
 Gilmanton. Mrs. Merrill is a daughter of 
 Ldvvin and Jane (ICvans) Smith, both natives 
 of Tojisfield, Mass., but who now reside in 
 Gilmanton, where Mr. Smith is engaged in 
 teaming and farming. His children were 
 eleven in number, ten of whom are living. 
 Their names are: I'Ldward I'iverctt (deceased), 
 Aneda (Mrs. Merrill), Karlville L., William, 
 Alice, Horace H., lamest C, Lillian IC. , 
 lierta M., Myrta 15., and Daisy M. Mr. 
 :in(l Mrs. Merrill have five children — George 
 Iv, Jennie I., Clarence C. , Frank L. , and 
 Maud C. -all of whom still remain under the 
 parental roof. Mr. Merrill is now on the 
 Hoard of Selectmen, and holds other minor 
 offices. In politics he is a Democrat, and has 
 always voted the Democratic ticket. 
 
 niAN N. SPENCER, who is engaged 
 in the fish business in Concord, was 
 born in the town of Barton, Vt. , Jan- 
 uary 22, 1S50, son of John C. and Mary 
 (Kuo.n) .S|)encer. John C. Spencer, the father 
 of our subject, who was born in Peacham, Vt., 
 removed from his native town to Barton, there 
 bought a farm, and spent the remainder of his 
 life occupied in its cultivation and improve- 
 ment. He died when about si.xty years of age. 
 His wife, Mary Kno.x, had four children, 
 namely: Adele, who died young; Ethan N., 
 the subject of this sketch; Nancy, who died 
 in infancy; and Wallace, who is a farmer in 
 Charlestown, \'t. 
 
 After receiving his education in the district 
 schools of Barton, Ethan X. Spencer was for
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 seven years employed as an attendant in the 
 New Hampshire Insane Asylum, and subse- 
 quently for one year with an undertaker. In 
 1877 he opened a market for the sale of oys- 
 ters and other fish in the same town, and has 
 successfully continued it ever since. Well 
 regarded by his fellow-citizens, he was elected 
 ti) represent Ward Six in the city government 
 in the autumn of i8g6. In 1872 he married 
 Charlotte A. Perry, a daughter of Dr. Eli 
 Perry, of Ryegate. They have two children : 
 I'red E., who married the daughter of William 
 J. Fernald ; and Margaret Adele. 
 
 Mr. Spencer has always been a Republican 
 in his ]5olitics, and he cast his first Presiden- 
 tial Ijallot for General U. S. Grant in 1872. 
 I"'illing a prominent part in the fraternal or- 
 ganizations of Ccmcord, he is a Mason of the 
 thirty-second degree, Master of the Blazing 
 Star Lodge, F. & A. M., of Concord, and an 
 active member of the Order of Odd Fellows. 
 lie is a useful and much resiiected citizen. 
 
 ^11 1 LIT SARGIiNT, a retired brick 
 manufacturer of Allenstown and an 
 e.\-niember of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in Allenstown, N. H., 
 August 16, 1822, son of Sterling and Sally 
 (Gault) Sargent. The Sargents are of Eng- 
 lish descent, and the origin of the family dates 
 far back into the Middle Ages. Its history is 
 directly traced, however, through eight genera- 
 tions to Richard Sargent, who is supposed to 
 have been an officer in the Royal Navy of luig- 
 land. His son William came to America, and 
 located in Ipswich, Mass., in 1633. From 
 Ipswich he went to Newbury, Mass., and 
 later to Hampton, N.H. He was a pioneer 
 in the two last-named pL'ices, and was one of 
 the first in each to receive land grants. He 
 finally settled in that part of old Salisbury, 
 
 Mass., which in 166S, as a separate town, 
 received the name of Arnesbury. His first 
 wife was Judith Perkins, and his second was 
 Elizabeth Perkins ; and it is supposed that they 
 were sisters. His sons were by his second 
 union. William Sargent, Jr., the ne.xt in this 
 line, was born in Arnesbury, Mass., January 
 2, 1646. On September 23, 1668, he wedded 
 Mary Colby, who was born September 19, 
 1647, daughter of Anthony Colby. Philip 
 Sargent, son of William Sargent, second, was 
 born in Amcsbury, August 12, 1672. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Mary Tewksbury, 
 and she was also a native of Arnesbury. It is 
 supposed that several children were born of 
 this union, but Jonathan is the only child of 
 whom there is any record. Jonathan Sargent 
 and his wife Jemima had two sons — Jonathan, 
 Jr., and Sterling. 
 
 Sterling Sargent was born in Salisbury, 
 Mass., May 25, 1731. When a young man he 
 settled in Allenstown, N.H., where he fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits during the active 
 period of his life; and he lived to reach a g(5od 
 old age. He was three times married. I5y 
 his iniion with Lydia Coffin, his first wife, he 
 had five children, his son Philip being the 
 youngest. His second wife, Mehitable Davis, 
 with whom he was united September 24, 1785, 
 was a native of Arnesbury. His third wife, 
 Mary Andrews, of Pembroke, N. H., whnm he 
 marrieil cm I-'ebruary 11, 178S, died in PY-bru- 
 ary, 1820. 
 
 Philip Sargent, first, son of Sterling Sargent 
 and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Allenstown, March 21, 1765. He 
 was a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident 
 of this town. On September 22, 1793, he 
 married Sally Perrin, a native of Pembroke. 
 The only child of this union was named Ster- 
 ling. Philij) .Sargent, first, died Fcbruaiy 21, 
 1820.
 
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 Slciling Sargent, sccuiul, was Ijmii in Al- 
 Icnstuwi), in 1794- He enlisted for service 
 in tiie War (il 1.S12, joining Captain Samuel 
 (j)llins's coinpan)' in 1X14, and serving 
 in Joim Montgomery's brigade, under Gen- 
 eral Nathaniel Fiske. He was a good musi- 
 cian, and is thought to have been commis- 
 sioned a Hrmn IMajor. After his return from 
 the army he engaged in the manufacturing of 
 brick in Allenstovvn, and followed that busi- 
 ness successfully for many years in connection 
 with fanning. He was one of the stirring 
 business men and [n'ominent citizens of his 
 day, and as a stanch supporter of the Demo- 
 cratic party he took a leading part in public 
 affairs. ]'"or a number of terms he was a 
 member of the ]5oard of Selectmen, and he 
 represented this district in the legislature for 
 eight years. He was well advanced in Ma- 
 sonry. Sterling Sargent died at his home in 
 Allenstovvn at the age of seventy-four years. 
 His wife, Sally Gault, whom he married De- 
 cember 29, 1 8 14, was a daughter of Matthew 
 Gault, of I [ookset, N.H., who served as a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War. -She be- 
 came the mother of eleven children, and of 
 these five are living, namely: Philip, the 
 subject of this sketch; Mrs. Sally Hartwell ; 
 Mrs. W. F. Head; Warren Sargent; and 
 Abbie, who is the wife of Nathaniel 15. 
 Emery, of Pembroke, N. H., and has two chil- 
 dren — Frederick P. and Nathaniel II, Jr. 
 Mrs. Sally Gault Sargent died at the age of 
 si.Nty-seven years. ]5oth parents were attenil- 
 ants of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Philip Sargent began his education in the 
 common schools, and com|)leted his studies 
 at Pembroke Gymnasium. He assisted his 
 father for a time, later becoming a partner in 
 the business and being associated with him for 
 a number of years. P'or a time he carried on a 
 brick manufactory alone; and later, in jjartner- 
 
 ship with his jjrother Warren, he conducted a 
 thriving and profitable Ijusiness for a period 
 of thirty years. In 1891 he retired from 
 active pursuits, and has since been enjoying a 
 well-earned rest. 
 
 On December 31, i<S49, Mr. Sargent was 
 united in marriage with Phoebe A. Williams, 
 daughter of Charles K. and Abbie (liimery) 
 Williams. Mrs. Sargent is the mother of one 
 daughter, I-illen F. Politically, Mr. Sargent 
 is a Democrat. He has always been active in 
 forwarding all measures conducive to public 
 improvement, but has never aspired to any of 
 the town offices. He was persuaded to accejJt 
 the nomination for Representative to the legis- 
 lature in iSj.S, and, being elected, served with 
 ability for one term. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent 
 attend the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 T^OLONEL CHARLES H. LONG, 
 I jr'^ station agent at Clarcmont and a brill- 
 ^fcl£__.^ iant military man, was born here, 
 March 14, 1S34, son of Charles F. and Caro- 
 line J. (Hubbard) Long. The grandfather, 
 Simeon Long, who was the captain of a whal- 
 ing vessel, came to Claremont from Nantucket 
 about the year 1810. His son, Charles, 
 learned the printer's trade in New IJedford, 
 but later followed the sea for the benefit of his 
 health, employed on a merchant vessel for 
 twenty-three years. In 1S43 Charles returned 
 to Claremont and took uj) farming. There- 
 after he jHospered in every way, taking a 
 prominent part in local politics, and marrying 
 into one of the leading families of the place. 
 His wife, Caroline J., was a daughter of Isaac, 
 who was a son of George Hubbard, a Lieu- 
 tenant in the war of the Revolution and a 
 jjionecr of Claremont. Isaac died in Clare- 
 mont in 1S61, leaving four children — Amos 
 C, the Rev. Isaac Hubbard, Caroline, and
 
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 Sarah. The old Hubbard estate descended to 
 Caroline J. Hubbard Long, who left it to her 
 son Isaac. The latter now resides there with 
 his sister Charlotte. 
 
 Charles H. Long attended the district 
 schools of his native town, and graduated froin 
 the Norwich Military University in 1S55. 
 He then went home to assist his father on the 
 farm. In April, 1861, he enlisted for service 
 in the Civil War, and was at first employed 
 to drill recruits at Newport, Concord, Dover, 
 Portsmouth, and at other places in New Hamp- 
 shire. When the Fifth New Hampshire In- 
 fantry was raised in the following September, 
 he was made Captain of one of the regiment's 
 companies; and in the ensuing year he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of 
 the Seventeenth New Hampshire Regiment. 
 At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 
 1862, he was severely wounded by a minie 
 ball; and he resigned November 6. On April 
 17, 1863, he was commissioned Captain of 
 Company A, First New Hampshire Regiment, 
 and was authorized to raise a company of heavy 
 artillery to garrison the defences of Ports- 
 mouth. During the summer of 1864 a full 
 regiment was raised, and he was commis- 
 sioned its Colonel. It subsec|uently served in 
 tlie defences of Washington. In November 
 Colonel Long was appointed to the command 
 of the First Brigade, Hardin's division, 
 Twenty-second Army Corps, a post which he 
 afterwaril held until the close of the war. His 
 regiment was mustered out June 15, 1865. 
 Colonel Long made a high record during his 
 four years of service, and his sujierior officers 
 have always a word of praise for his bravery 
 and ability. He was in Washington at the 
 time of the assassination of President Lincoln. 
 Since the organization of the Grand Army of 
 the Republic he has been an honored mem- 
 ber. He has been Junior Vice-Commander 
 
 and for one year he was Commander of the 
 Post. In politics he is a Republican; and he 
 was for two terms in the State legislature, 
 representing Claremont and serving on the 
 Military Committee. He is now Eminent 
 Commander of Sullivan Commandery, No. 6, 
 K. T., having passed through all the chairs. 
 At the opening of the Concord & Claremont 
 Railroad, Colonel Long was appointed station 
 agent, a position which has since grown to 
 be one of much responsibility. He married 
 Stella ¥.., a daughter of James Cook. They 
 have no children. 
 
 OHN T. TENNEY, an influential 
 citizen of Concord, N.H., was born 
 January 11, 1843, on the farm where 
 he now resides, and is the son of the late 
 Thompson Tenney, who was born at the same 
 place. 
 
 Thompson Tenney followed the trade of 
 carpenter for about twenty years. He also 
 owned a farm of two hundred and fifty acres, 
 and did an extensive farming business for 
 thirty-five years, principally in the line of milk 
 produce for the Concord trade. The fine set 
 of farm buildings now owned by John T. 
 Tenney were built by his fathei'. Thompson 
 Tenney was one of the Board of Aldermen of 
 the city, and was Selectman of his ward. 
 His wife was Harriet N. Corliss, daughter of 
 John Corliss, of Concord. Three children 
 were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Tenney; 
 namely, Mary L. , Al}by Augusta, and John T. 
 Mary L. is the widow of Charles II. Potter, 
 the son of Judge Jacob Potter, of Concord ; and 
 she has one child — Hattie May, who is the 
 wife of Frank Douglass, of Winthrop, Mass. 
 After studying in tlie public schools of 
 Concord in his early years, John ']'. Tenney 
 attended the academies at Loudon and at Con-
 
 SOLON A. CARTER.
 
 lilOG RAPH ICAL RKVI FAV 
 
 25' 
 
 toocook, also the academy at Hoscawen Plains, 
 thus acquiring a good education. He has al- 
 ways bei-'n a l;iiiiicr, and has devoted himself 
 principally to producing milk, lie keeps 
 about twenty cows, and has some fifty acres 
 of tillage land. Mr. 'I'enney and his wife, 
 Ilaltie I'",. I'hippin 'I'enney, have one son — 
 Arthur II., who married Lillian Coon. In 
 i<S'92 Mr. and Mrs. Tenney suffered a severe 
 allliction in the dealh of their beloved daugh 
 ter, (jracie May, at the age of thirteen years. 
 Always interested in whatever concerns the 
 general welfare of his native city, Mr. Tenney 
 has devoted much time and attention to ques- 
 tions of municipal i:)rogrcss and reform. He 
 has been Selectman of his ward, and has 
 served in both branches of the city govern- 
 ment, having been Common Councilman rnid 
 Alderman. He has always been a steadfast 
 Democrat, and he cast his first I'residential 
 vote in 1864 for (leneral McClellan. 
 
 ()L0NP:L SOLON AUGUSTUS 
 
 CARTl'.R, Treasurer of New Hamp- 
 shire, is one of the busiest citizens 
 of Concord; for, in addition to the duties of 
 his responsible position in the executive de- 
 partment (if the .State government, he is ac- 
 tively concerned in a number of financial 
 enterprises, and holds high office in several 
 social organizati(.ins. He was born in Le<im- 
 inster, Mass., June 22, 1837. His parents, 
 Solon and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter, were 
 natives of the town of Leominster. Colonel 
 Carter is seventh in descent from Thomas Car- 
 ter, who left St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng- 
 land, for this country in 1635, and was or- 
 dained and settled in 1642 as the first min- 
 ister in Woburn, Mass. The Colonel's father 
 was a farmer of Leominster. 
 
 Solon Augustus Carter attended the iiublic 
 
 schools of Lcoiiiiii.-,icr, graduating in 1855, 
 when he was eighteen years old. l-'or four 
 years after leaving school, he divided his 
 time between farm work and teaching, making 
 his home in Leominster. In 1859 he removed 
 to Keene, N. II. ; and in September, 1862, he 
 was appointed Captain of Company G, l-'our- 
 teenth New Hampshire Volunteers. He was 
 in command of this company until July, 1863, 
 when he was assigned to recruiting duty in 
 Concord, N. H., acting as Assistant Adjutant- 
 general on the staff of Brigadier-general 
 Hincks; and in April, 1S64, he was made 
 acting Assistant Adjutant-general of the 
 Third DivisiDU, hjghteenth Army Corps 
 (colored^. This body of troops was organized 
 at Fortress Monroe by General Hincks. In 
 July, 1864, Mr. Carter was commissioned 
 Assistant Adjutant-general with the rank of 
 Captain ; but he continued to serve with the 
 colored division from the time of its organiza- 
 tion till the close of the war. He was in the 
 campaign before Petersburg and Richmond 
 during the summer and autumn of 1864, in 
 botli expeditions to Fort Fisher, and in the 
 campaign from Fort Fisher to Raleigh. 
 Receiving his discharge July 7, 1865, he 
 returned to Keene, N. II., and was employed 
 there as a clerk until June, 1872. In 1S85, 
 on the organization of the Union Guarantee 
 .Savings l^ank of Concord, he was elected Pres- 
 ident. He still holtls that office, and he is a 
 Director of the PTrst National Hank of this 
 city. Colonel Carter has been a prominent 
 figure among the Republicans of this district 
 since the close of the war. 
 
 In June, 1872, he was elected State Treas- 
 urer; and so efficiently has he discharged his 
 duties that he has been retained in office 
 twenty-three years, losing but one year since 
 1S72, from June, 1S74, to June, 1S75. He 
 was nominated by ballot in 1872, and each
 
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 successive iiominatiun has been by acclama- 
 tion. 
 
 He was married December 13, i860, to 
 Emily A. Conant, of Leominster, Mass., and 
 has two children: Edith Hincks; and Elor- 
 ence Gertrude, wife of Edward P. Comins, of 
 Concord. As a Grand Army man Colonel 
 Carter is a member of E. E. Sturtevant Post, 
 No. 3, of Concord, N. H. ; and he is a member 
 of the Massachusetts Commandery of the 
 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the 
 United States. As a Mason he belongs to 
 Social Friends Lodge, No. 42, of Keene, 
 N.H. ; is Past High Priest of Cheshire 
 Royal Arch Chapter; is a member of St. 
 John's Council ; is Past Eminent Commander 
 of Hugh de Payens Commandery, K. T. , of 
 Keene; belongs to lulward A. Raymond 
 Consistory, of Nashua; is Past Master of the 
 Blue Lodge; Past Grand Master of the Grand 
 Lodge of New Hampshire; and Past Grand 
 Commander of the Grand Commandery. He 
 is very popular as a society man, and lias a 
 multitude of friends. 
 
 RANKLIN J. PIERCE, a successful 
 bLisiness man of Claremont in the 
 eighties, was born in Chester, Vt. , 
 August 5, 1848, the seventh child of Joseph 
 Ci. and Ilannah (Hemenway) Pierce. At 
 the age of eighteen Mr. Pierce entered busi- 
 ness life in Windsor, \'t., in the cajjacity of 
 clerk in one of the stores. Afterward, in 
 Claremont, he followed in turn the business of 
 clothier and that of sh(je dealer. Later for a 
 short time, he was a druggist in Lawrence, 
 Mass. Ill beyond recovery, he was obliged to 
 return home from Lawrence; and he died I'eb- 
 ruary 13, 1886. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Martha E. Wheeler. She was a 
 daughter of Sylvester and Persis 1"^. (King) 
 
 Wheeler, of Claremont. Of his five children 
 four died in infancy. The survivor is George 
 R. W. Pierce, who was born November 28, 
 1878. 
 
 The first Wheeler of the Claremont family 
 was Deacon Moses, who came from New Ips- 
 wich, N.H. He was for some years the 
 owner of a foundry. He also had land and 
 houses, and at one time he was the butcher of 
 Claremont. He first married Lydia Parker, of 
 Lempster, N. H., and afterward one of the Dex- 
 ters of De.xter Hill. The two children of his 
 second marriage died in infancy. Those of 
 his first wife were: Philena and Lucinda, who 
 never married; Martha, who died young; 
 Maria, who married Caleb B. Ellis; and Syl- 
 vester, who married the daughter of Adolphus 
 King, of Newport, N.H. Sylvester Wheeler, 
 who is said to have been a typical Yankee, 
 began trading at an early age. He kept a 
 livery stable at the lower village for many 
 years, and was engaged in buying and selling 
 throughout the greater part of his life. He 
 died in 1890, at the age of seventy-nine. His 
 wife survived him until June 21, 1893. They 
 had three children, namely: Orange S., who 
 died in 1879, at the age of twenty-nine; M. 
 Nellie, who, born in i860, died in 1S67; and 
 Martha K. , born May 30, 1S54, who was 
 educated in Claremont and attended the 
 -Stevens High School. Mr. Pierce is .survived 
 by his widow and their son, George. In life 
 he was much attached to the Congregational 
 church, of which he was an esteemed member. 
 He was a charitable man and of sound prin- 
 ciples. 
 
 rm' 
 
 liOKCib; OGILVH':, a substantial and 
 
 \ 1^ I well-known agriculturist of the town 
 
 of .Sutton, Merrimack County, was 
 
 born March 21, 1815, on a farm in Newbury, 
 
 N.H., about three miles from his ijresent
 
 IllOCU AI'IIICAL KKVIKW 
 
 ^53 
 
 liniiu'. His l';illu:r, (jeorj^t; Ogilvic, first, was 
 l)(]ni ill Ma: ill, \'JjCi, in Kiikcaldy, Scotlaiui, 
 ami ilii'il in Ncwlniiy, in Scptcmijcr, 1865. 
 When aiiDiit sixteen years old, George Oj^ilvie, 
 lirsl, entered iii)on a sailor's life, and was sub- 
 sei|iiently impressed into the Hritish naval 
 service. While stationed at a port in llnl- 
 hiiul, he and forty others deserted, and, reach- 
 ing an American vessel, were conveyed to 
 New I'jigland. He located in Beverly, Mass., 
 and for some years continued to follow the sea, 
 serving successively as second and first mate. 
 During his voyages he visited many foreign 
 ports, including several in the Ivist Indies 
 and on the Haltic .Sea. The embargo of 1812 
 crippled for a time the comniercinl interests of 
 New luigland, and he accordingly gave np mari- 
 time life. While in Heverl)', he had married 
 Joanna Thissell, a daughter of Richard This- 
 sell and his wife, whose maiden name was 
 Lovett. They having removed to Newbury, 
 N.ll., he f(dlowed them, .iccompanied by his 
 young wife. iMr. Thissell's first wife died in 
 Newbury; and he marricil Sarah Withington, 
 and removed to Sutton, where liotli li\'ed to 
 an advanced age. One of his sons, William 
 Thissell, was the former owner of the farm 
 now owned and occupied by George Ogilvie, 
 the subject of this sketch. He is the only 
 survivor of the parental household, his sister 
 Nancy, who was some years older than he, 
 having died unmarried in Massachusetts. 
 
 George Ogilvie, second, started in life for 
 himself at the age of twenty-one years, going 
 to HeiiniUer with but fourdollars in his pocket 
 as ills sole cash capital. lie worked as a farm 
 hand for si.\ months at tweU'e dollars a month, 
 antl sent the money to his parents to assist in 
 paying off the mortgage on the farm. His 
 first employer recommended him to a widow 
 who needed a tru.stworthy and competent man 
 to take charge of her land, and he remained in 
 
 her employ two years. He subsequently en- 
 gaged in work of various kind.s, continuing to 
 look after his parents; and he finally cleared 
 off all indebtedness on the homestead, which 
 he afterward .sold. l-'or ten years he lived in 
 South Newbury, dining a portion of this 
 time being engaged in butchering. In 1.S66 
 he bought his present farm, which now con- 
 tains one hundred acres of valley land; and he 
 has since devoted himself to the leading 
 branches of agricnltuie. His estate is well 
 improved, and under his wise management has 
 become one of the finest farms in Sutt-on. 
 After coming here Mr. Ogilvie engaged to 
 some extent in slaughtering, but has repeat- 
 edly declinetl to leave the farm to enter other 
 lines of business. In politics he is a Repub- 
 lican to the backbone. 
 
 On January 26, 1843, he married Miss Lucy 
 Ann Gillingham, a daughter of John and 
 I'hebe (Peabody) (iillingham. Her mother 
 was a native of Middleton, Ksse.x County, 
 Mass. Mrs. Ogilvie was born in Dan vers, 
 Mass., in 1818, and died in Sutton, October 
 7, 1895, after a happy wedded life of more 
 than half a centm-y. Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvie 
 had no children of their own, but adopted a 
 girl, Rozina E. Ogilvie, when she was a child 
 of three years. She received a good educa- 
 tion, and since seventeen years of age has been 
 engaged in teaching. -She has taught nineteen 
 consecutive terms, in the meanwhile residing 
 at home. 
 
 llORGb: OSCAR DICKERMAX, the 
 >5 1 well-known wholesale grocer and 
 provision dealer of Concord, was 
 born in Loudon, N.H., February 13, 1847, 
 son of Moses W. and Abigail (Tilton) Dick- 
 erman, the latter of Ale.xandria, N. H. He 
 is of German ancestry on the paternal side, 
 and amonn' his ancestors were some of the
 
 254 
 
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 minute-inen of the Revolution. His father 
 was for twenty-seven years a master mechanic 
 of the Concord Railroad Company. 
 
 George O. Dickerman received his educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Concord. At the 
 age of seventeen he entered the employ of 
 Ward Humphrey & Co., of this city, as book- 
 keeper. Two years later he became assistant 
 cashier for the Northern l^ailroad Company. 
 For two years thereafter he was in a retail 
 grocery store in this city. In 1871 he en- 
 gaged as travelling salesman with Briggs & 
 Shattuck, a prosperous business house in Bos- 
 ton, with whom he remained for fifteen years. 
 He then, in 18S7, established a wholesale 
 grocery and provision store in this city, which 
 has become one of the largest houses in that 
 line in the State. In politics Mr. Dickerman 
 is a stanch Republican. He has officiated as 
 Alderman two years, and has also served as 
 Commissioner of Cemeteries since that com- 
 mission was inaugurated, being also Secretary 
 of the Board. 
 
 On September i, 1868, he was united in 
 marriage with Mary A. Staniels, of Concord. 
 They have two children — Luella A. and Ger- 
 trude K. Mr. Dickerman is a Mason, and 
 has always taken a deep interest in the Masonic 
 order. He has been highly honored by the 
 fraternity, having been Master of Eureka 
 Lodge, also Conimander of Mount Horeb Com- 
 mandery, K. T. ; and he is at present at the 
 head of y\cacia Chapter of Rose Croi.v, Ancient 
 and Accepted Scottish Rite, being a Mason 
 of the thirty-second degree. He is also Presi- 
 dent of the Webster Club, a social organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 (<-j|-(XSl':rH BARNARD, third, a promi- 
 nent agriculturist, horticulturist, stock- 
 grower, and lumberman, of Ilopkinton, 
 
 Merrimack County, N. II., was born Novem- 
 
 ber II, 1S17, on the farm that he now owns 
 and occupies, he being the third of the name 
 to hold a title to it. His grandfather, Josejjh 
 Barnard, the first of the name, so far as 
 known, a native of Amesbury, Mass., coming 
 to New Hampshire in 1765 or 1766, purchased 
 land in the south-east part of Hopkinton. 
 The land was bought of the Rev. James 
 Scales, the first settled minister in Hojikin- 
 ton, it having been granted to him by the 
 original proprietors, John Jones and others. 
 Grandfather Barnard lost his title to that 
 land, as others did of their lands in the vicin- 
 ity, by the claims of the "Bow Company," so 
 called, and was given in e.Kchange by the pro- 
 prietors the land, previously unallotted, on 
 which he established his home, and which is 
 now occupied by his grandson and namesake, 
 as mentioned above. It may be added as a 
 part of this historical reminiscence that some 
 land in the north-west part of the town of 
 Hopkinton, north of the Contoocook River, 
 was laid out in lots and sold at auction, to 
 pay the expenses of the controversy with the 
 Bow Company, the price received from the 
 buyers, who were the Whites of Portsmouth, 
 being ten cents an acre. 
 
 The Barnards of Hopkinton are probably 
 descendants of Thomas Barnard, an early set- 
 tler of Salisbury, Mass., who was one of the 
 first Selectmen of that part of the old town 
 that in 1668 was incorporated as Amesbury. 
 Among his chiklren were, it is said, a son 
 Thomas, born in 1641, and Nathaniel, born 
 in 1643. A Nathaniel Barnard, of Ames- 
 buiy, evitlently of a later generation, married 
 Ruth I'rench, of Kingston, N. H., and was 
 the father of twelve children, including sons 
 Joseph, Thomas, and Tristram, and a daugh- 
 ter, Mehitable, who married a Currier, and 
 lived to be one hundred and three years old. 
 
 Joseph Barnard, first, son of Nathaniel and
 
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 255 
 
 l\utli, was horn in Amcsbury, Mass., Jaiui.iiy 
 I J, 17.57. Ill iy(>6 he rcniovcd to Hopkiii- 
 tmi, as statcil above, and, cstabl isliint^ a 
 home lu'fc, worked as a fanner and sliip- 
 eai-penter until iiisdcatli, November 13, 1.S15. 
 Ilis lirsl wilC, Rhoda Currier Barnard, whom 
 lu' niari'ied in Anu'sbnry, died on April 7, 
 1794, leavini;" one tiaui;bter, Ivhoda Currier, 
 who married ICzra Morrill, of llopkinton, and 
 lived to the \-enerable age of ninety-three 
 years. Joseph Barnard, first, married ftn- his 
 second wife Mrs. Olive 151ake Male, widow 
 of Captain John Hale, an officer in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. They had two children, Jo- 
 sepli, second, born May 6, 179S; and Sarah 
 Ann, born Ajoril 12, i79cS. Sarah Ann Barn- 
 ard became the wife of Joshua Fierce, of 
 Warner, but s]ienl her last years in Manches- 
 ter, N.ll., where her death occurred August 
 22, 1869. 
 
 Joseph Barnard, second, lather of the pres- 
 ent Joseph, the special subject of this bio- 
 j;raphical sketch, was born, lived, and ilied on 
 the okl home farm, the date of his death 
 being March 15, 1870. He did his full 
 share of the jiioneer work begun by his father, 
 adding to the improvements already made on 
 the original purchase of one hundred and 
 fifty. acres, clearing, fencing, and draining a 
 large part of it. Mis father was somewhat as- 
 sisted by slave labor, as is clearly shown by 
 the copy of a deed now in the possession of 
 Joseph Barnard, third, it being a bill of sale, 
 dated March 29, 1777, given him by Ruth 
 Currier, of Kingston, N.H., conveying unto 
 him a negro man named .Seeko. Mr. Barnard 
 has likewise the indenture of a boy of thirteen 
 years old, dated in 1769. This deed of sale 
 proves conclusively that slavery once existed 
 in the old Granite State, although the con- 
 trary has been persistently asserted by some 
 high in authority. Joseph Barnard, second, 
 
 was a man of far ni'ue Inan ordinary iiusnicss 
 ability. He invested largely in realty, anri 
 at his death owned several thousand acres in 
 various townships, mostly timbered land, val- 
 ued at seventy-five thousand dollars, one tract 
 alone in Boscawen being appraised at fifty- 
 two thousand (hdlars, while his entire estate 
 amounted to about eighty thousand dollars. 
 Naturally progressive, being quick to perceive 
 the merits of anything new, he was the first 
 to introduce Merino sheep and also Saxony 
 sheej) into the town ; and in 1838 he received 
 the first prize for the finest e.vhibit of wool in 
 New \'ork. 
 
 In June, 1S16, Joseph Barnard, seconti, 
 married Miriam J. Eastman, who was born on 
 Horse Hill, Concord, N. H., December 6, 
 1799, a daughter of William liastman, a 
 Revolutionary soldier. They reared the fol- 
 lowing children: Joseph, third, whose name 
 appears at the head of this sketch; Sally 
 Ann, born April 3, 1819, who is now the 
 willow of Daniel 1'. Dustin, late of Contoo- 
 cook; Mary Jane, born August 29, i82[, now 
 the wife of Charles N. Tutlle, of Contoocook ; 
 William Iv, born May 27, 1S23, who died at 
 Edgcrton, Ohio, April 2, 1884; and Rhoda 
 Currier, born l-'ebruary 19, 1827, who mar- 
 ried Ur. liphraim Wilson, and died August 
 4, 1852. Mrs. Miriam J. Eastman Barnard 
 died September 17, 1869. 
 
 Joseph Barnard, third, remained with his 
 parents until twenty-two years old, the last 
 ]iart of the time receiving ten dollars a month 
 for his work on the farm; and while still in 
 his minority he served four years as Ouarter- 
 master in the old Fortieth New Hampshire 
 Regiment. After leaving home he spent two 
 years as clerk in a store at Contoocook, and 
 then went to Lowell, Mass., where he learned 
 the stone-cutter's trade, working at first for 
 one dollar and a half per day, and boarding
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 himself, but in a year receiving full wayes. 
 He was subsequently taken ill with the 
 "Tyler Gri[)," an influenza similar to "La 
 Grippe," with which so many of us are fa- 
 miliar. President Tyler, it will be remem- 
 bered, made a tour of the Lowell mills and 
 factories, interesting himself in the industries 
 of the city; and- on the second day of his stay, 
 after large parades of civil and military com- 
 panies, and ten thousand patriot girls dressed 
 in white, he made an excellent speech of two 
 hours' duration, in which he acknowledged 
 the benefits of the tariff. In the following 
 session of Congress, it may be added, he 
 signed the tariff bill. The epidemic which 
 broke out two weeks after his visit in Lowell 
 was given his name. 
 
 While recuperating, Mr. Barnard returned 
 to his boyhood home: and when there he pur- 
 chased from his father a tract of timber land 
 for eight hundred dollars, buying it, however, 
 in opposition to his father's advice. Estab- 
 lishing himself then in the lumber business, 
 he carried it on for thirty-five years, meeting 
 with good success from the start. He sup- 
 jilied timber of all kinds for use in ship-build- 
 ing, his operations e.vtending over several 
 townships, in which he erected or hired mills, 
 employing at different times forty men. The 
 tallest mast timber in the State is found in 
 the valleys of the Contoocook, Blackwater. 
 and Warner Rivers, the regions in which he 
 carried on his lumbering. During the late 
 Rebellion he furnished much of the timber for 
 naval supplies, and all the large timbers of 
 "Ironsides," and most of the material for the 
 "Kearsarge," which has recently been de- 
 stroyed. In the Granite' Montldy of May, 
 1893, is an article written by Mr. Barnard 
 concerning the "Timbers of the Kearsarge," 
 in which it is stated that Mr. Barnard and the 
 Hon. J. II. Butler, of Nottingham, were asso- 
 
 ciated in 1S60 in Ne\vbur)[)ort, Mass., in 
 handling oak timber for ship-building, and in 
 1 86 1 were called upon to furnish timber for 
 gunboats, said timber to be of first quality. 
 White oak is in its best state when from 
 eighty-five to one hundred years old; and this 
 they found in large quantities on a hill near 
 Tyler .Station in Hopkinton, N. H., and soon 
 had a large force of men at work getting out 
 white oak and yellow pine, sending to the 
 Portsmouth Nav}^ Yard a large part of the 
 white oak of seven hundred and fifty thousand 
 feet of timber for the building of the famous 
 boat that received its name from the Kear- 
 sarge Mountain, which stands in plain view of 
 the spot whereon its timbers were hewed. 
 
 Mr. Barnard resided in Contoocook twenty- 
 five years of this time, and while there built 
 in 1849 the Contoocook Valley Railway, ex- 
 tending from Contoocook to Hillsborough, 
 fourteen and one-half miles, he being superin- 
 tendent of construction, and furnishing much 
 of the timber used. For 'several years he was 
 officially connected with the road. He has 
 also been Fire Claim Adjuster of the Concord 
 Division of the Boston & Maine Railway for 
 some years, an office that takes him quite 
 often over the two hundred miles under his 
 charge. Four years after the death of his 
 father Mr. Barnard removed to the parental 
 homestead, which he inherited; and he has 
 since devoted much of his time to farming 
 pursuits. He settled this estate, and has 
 also settled many others in Merrimack County, 
 usually by request, sometimes on commissions 
 to appraise for ta.\ purposes; and he is often 
 called upon to estimate the timber on large 
 tracts of land. For several years Mr. Barnard 
 had charge of the water-power at Contoocook; 
 and in 1870 and 1871 he represented that 
 town in the State legislature, where he was 
 one of the Committee on Towns and Parishes,
 
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 257 
 
 aiul worked for the establishment of a State 
 Reform School. He was a member of the 
 New Hampshire State Constitutional Conven- 
 tinii in 1.S.S9. At tlie time of the war for the 
 Union he was the enrolling officer in the 
 Twentieth District, and the mainstay of the 
 widows and fatherless, who trusted him im- 
 plicilly, and whose confidence was not mis- 
 placed. 
 
 As a stock-raiser and daii)nian Mr. 15arnard 
 breeds the Guernsey cattle, which he exhibits 
 at the various fairs in this section of the 
 State, invariably securing prizes, both on 
 cattle and dairy products. It was largely 
 throa,L',h the exhibitions of stock that he has 
 made that the Deerfoot Creamery was locatetl 
 at Contoocook, and his herd of Guernsey has 
 stocked many of the large New England dairy 
 farms. In the culture of fruit of all kinds he 
 takes great interest; and at a horticultural 
 fair in Concord, when over a hundred ex- 
 hibits were entered, he took thirteen prizes 
 and sweepstakes for the finest fruits. He is 
 a member of various agricultural and horticult- 
 uial societies and a contributor to many of the 
 journals. In pcditics he was in caidy manhood 
 a Democrat, and voted for Franklin Pierce for 
 President, but since that time has supported 
 the principles of the Republican party. 
 
 On October 26, 1849, ^^^- Barnard married 
 Maria Gcrrish, who was born April 15, 183 i, 
 a daughter of Abiel and liliza (Dodge) Ger- 
 rish. Her father was born on tlie present 
 site of the county farm in Boscawen, and her 
 mother in that part of Merrimack County now 
 inchuled in the town of Webster. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Rarnard are the parents of eight chil- 
 dren, the following being their recoril : Ellen 
 Maria, born March i, 1851, died January 6, 
 1886; Jo.seph Henry, born October 12, 1852, 
 died July 9, 1855; Abiel Gcrrish, born Janu- 
 ary 8, 1S55, was a lawyer in California; Jo- 
 
 seph B., born March 17, 1S57, died October 
 23, 1863; Mary Eliza, born January 11, 1859, 
 is the wife of Jonathan I'"owier, of South 
 Sioux City, Neb. ; George Edgar, born No- 
 vember I, 1864, married Miss Bertha S. 
 Tyler, of Hopkinton, and now carries on the 
 home farm; Rhoda Frances was born June 28, 
 1867; and Charles Lewis, born March 28, 
 1870, died December 29, 1S95. 
 
 /^STeORGE E. HILLIARD, a well-known 
 V ^ I gun manufacturer and a leading citi- 
 zen of Cornish, is a native of Clarc- 
 mont, where he was born August 26, 1838. 
 He is descended from the Rev. Avery Bill- 
 iard, a Unitarian clergyman, who, coming to 
 this country from England with his brother, 
 resided for a time in Sutton, Mass., and after- 
 ward settled in Cornish, being the first of the 
 name in the town. The Rev. Mr. Hilliard 
 was twice married, and had in all ten chil- 
 dren. His son Benjamin was grandfather of 
 George E. Hilliard. Benjamin, who was 
 born in Sutton, came to Cornish with his 
 parents, learned the carpenter's trade, and 
 worked at it throughout his life. Although 
 never neglecting to take part in town affairs 
 or to cast his vote, he was not an aspirant for 
 political honor.s, and never held office. His 
 wife, christened Roxana Hall, was a daughter 
 of Dr. I. Hall. Their children were: David 
 H., Frank, Gilbert, Catherine, Harriet, 
 Esther, Eliza, and Caroline. Frank, now de- 
 ceased, was a carriage-builder of Nicholville, 
 N.Y. He was twice married, and had six 
 children. Gilbert, who was a machinist, en- 
 listed for service in the Civil War, and was 
 killed in 1863 at New Orleans. Catherine, 
 deceased, was the wife of Lyman Bartlett, and 
 the mother of five children. Harriet, also de- 
 ceased, married Job Williams, of Plainfield,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and had three children, all of whom are liv- 
 ing. Esther was Mrs. James Hudson, of 
 Lynn, and the mother of four children. The 
 mother and three of the children have since 
 passed away. Eliza married John Hudson, of 
 Lynn, and had two children: John P., now 
 President of the Bell Telephone Company; 
 and Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel J. Hollis, 
 one of the largest shoe manufacturers of Lynn. 
 Caroline Hilliard married Horace Demming, 
 a well-known farmer of Cornish; and she has 
 three children living. 
 
 David II. Hilliard, the eldest son of his 
 father, was born in Cornish, December 3, 
 1806. After finishing his course of study in 
 the town schools, he learned cabinet-making, 
 and worked at that trade for five or si.x years. 
 Then he went into the employ of Thomas 
 Woolson, of Claremont, building stove 
 patterns, the castings from which were made 
 in Tyson, Vt. It is claimed that he got out 
 the pattern for the first cook stove that was 
 ever made in this country. He was the in- 
 ventor of the Yankee Cook Stove, the first 
 stove having an elevated oven. In 1848 he 
 began the manufacture of guns; and subse- 
 quently he made the Hilliard gun, which is 
 known all over the United States. He con- 
 tinued in this business up to the time of his 
 death in 1877. During the war he was au- 
 thori/.ed by the town to pay the soldiers. He 
 was Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years, 
 and for many years he was a member of the 
 State Democratic Committee. He was always 
 very active in town affairs, and might always 
 be counted upon to take a zealous part in the 
 discussion of any measures that came up be- 
 fore the town meeting. Very determined 
 and a man of intense energy, when once he 
 had made up his mind to follow a certain 
 course of action nothing could prevent his 
 fc^lhnvinii it to the end. Lor llie last fifteen 
 
 years of his life he was engaged to some ex- 
 tent in civil engineering. In 1835 he married 
 Sarah A. Smith, of Claremont; and she be- 
 came the mother of Charles N. and George E. 
 Hilliard. Charles N., who was born in 
 Claremont, June 5, 1836, and was educated 
 in the Cornish schools, began business life in 
 his father's shop, learning the gunsmith's 
 trade. He worked with his father for five or 
 six years, and then went to Ilion, N.Y. , to 
 work for the Remington Arms Company, 
 where he is still employed as foreman of one 
 of the departments. He successively married 
 Sarah Weld and Belle Sherborn, both of Cor- 
 nish. There were three children by the first 
 marriage and four by the second. 
 
 After leaving school George E. Hilliard 
 went to work on the Vermont Central Rail- 
 road in the ca]iacity of locomotive engineer, 
 and continued in that business for seven 
 years, during which he was employed at differ- 
 ent times on all the branches of the road. 
 Subsecjuently he w-ent into the gun business 
 with his father. Since the death of the latter 
 he has carried on the business alone. Mr. 
 Hilliard has been Constable for fifteen years. 
 District Clerk for two years, and Justice of 
 the Peace and Notary Public for fifteen years. 
 He has also been clerk of the School Hoard 
 for two years and the Postmaster for about 
 twenty years. He is a Royal Arch Mason, 
 and has been Master of the Blue Lodge. He 
 is greatly interested in taxidermy, and has a 
 very large and valuable collection of birds, 
 stuffed and mounted by himself. lie is an 
 authority on the ornithology of this region. 
 His whole-souled, genial manner, amiable 
 hospitality, and ever-read)' wit have made for 
 him a host of friends. Willi (|uick sympathy, 
 he is always reaily to heli) a friend in a hard 
 place or to lighten the burdens of the unfort- 
 unate in general.
 
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 259 
 
 Mr. Ililliard married Ella M., daii<fhtcr of 
 Iliram D. Hartlctt, of Cornish. They have 
 one eluld, Imiiiiki L. , horn July i8, 1866. 
 She is now the wife of C. W. Dij^gins, of 
 Cleveland, Ohio, foreman of the Tribune Bi- 
 cyele Works of Erie, I'a., and she has a 
 daughter, Ethel J',., born l''ebruary 24, 1897. 
 Before her marriage Mrs. Diggins taught 
 sehool for some time. Possessed of remark- 
 able tact in dealing with children, she 
 sinodthly managed the most obdurate urchins, 
 and was one of the most popular teachers in 
 this section of the country. She is a fine 
 musician, and for some time she also taught 
 music. 
 
 |YRUS MARDEN, a prosperous farmer 
 of I'^psom, was born in this town, May 
 16, 1850, son of David and Ann 
 (IJickford) Marden. The grandfather, Will- 
 iam Marden, who was a native of Portsmouth, 
 came to Epsom about the year 1790. lie fol- 
 lowed the carpenter's trade in connection with 
 farming during the active period of his life, 
 and died at the age of ninety-two years. (_)f 
 his nine children two were born before he 
 came to Epsom. 
 
 David Marden, born in Epsom, and the 
 youngest son of William, in cail}' life assisted 
 upon the home farm. P'ollowing the example 
 of his father, he made carpentry and farming 
 his chief occupation. He was a hard-working 
 man, very seldom going from home; and, al- 
 though the cars ran within a half-mile of his 
 house, he never rode upon them. In politics 
 he sui)poried the Democratic party. He died 
 at the age of seventy-five. His wife, Anna 
 Bickford, was born in Epsom, daughter of 
 Sam I'iickford, who was the father of seventeen 
 cliiKlrcn. She became the mother of eleven 
 children, of whom Carrie, Noyes, Erecman, 
 Moses, and Cyrus are living. Carrie married 
 
 James M. (jordun, ui Cohldiii, .\.il., luio lias 
 four children — I'lora B. , Hattie S. , Leon S., 
 and luia E. ; Noyes Marden married lijia 
 Merrill, of Concord. I'reeman Marden mar- 
 ried Lavinia Bickford, of I'4'jsom, and has 
 three children — Etta M., Lillie M., and 
 Nellie R. Moses Marden married Carrie 
 Rundy, now deceased, and became the father 
 of five children — Melvin S., Mabcll N., Mil- 
 ton W., Adellc, and Harvey. Harvey Marden 
 enlisted as a private in Company A, Seventh 
 New Hampshire Regiment, fought in the 
 Civil War for nearly four years, and died 
 while in service. Mrs. David Marden lived 
 to the age of seventy-four years. 
 
 Cyrus Marden was reared and educated in 
 his native town, growing to manhood upon the 
 farm where he now resides. He succeeded to 
 the property, and has since carried on general 
 farming with success. The first of his two 
 marriages was contracted September 16, 1880, 
 with Angle M. Marden, a daughter of Nathan 
 G. Marden, of Epsom. She had four children 
 — Walter L., Ada F., Lena A., and Ethel 
 A. The second marriage, performed in Janu- 
 ary, 1 891, united Mr. Marden to Laura J. 
 Marden, his first wife's sister. By this union 
 there is one son, Gerald L. In politics Mr. 
 Marden is a Republican. Although he takes 
 no active part in public affairs, he is always 
 ready to aid in forwarding any measure calcu- 
 lated to be beneficial to the community. He 
 is a Deacon of the Free Will Baptist church, 
 and Mrs. Marden is a member of the Congre- 
 eational church. 
 
 ■s^OIlN H. COLLINS, a respected farmer 
 of Bradford, was born on Bible Hill 
 in the town of Warner, N. IL, May 9, 
 1815, son of luios and lilizabeth (Walker) 
 Collins, and grandson of Jacob Collins, whose
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 father was among the first settlers of South- 
 ampton, Mass. The father, who was born and 
 reared in Southampton, from there in early 
 manhood came to Warner, and in 1803 took 
 up land on Bible Hill, near the town line of 
 Bradford, not far from Melvin's Mills. He 
 cleared a portion of the land, built a house, 
 and was engaged in tilling the soil until his 
 death, which occurred at the age of seventy- 
 two years. After settling in Warner, he mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Walker, who survived him 
 until she had reached the advanced age of 
 eighty -seven. This worthy couple were the 
 owners of the first clock and the first cook 
 stove used in that vicinity, and were the first 
 of the residents to subscribe for a newspaper. 
 Eight daughters and three sons were born to 
 them. The eldest son, Moses, was a mechanic 
 and farmer. The ne.Kt, Enos, was born in 
 iSoo, and died at the age of seventy-seven. 
 He was a self-educated man beyond such 
 early advantages as were afforded by the com- 
 mon schools, and he became one of the most 
 noted teachers of his time. Notwitlistanding 
 the fact that he hail never received instruction 
 in algebra, he could readil}' solve both 
 algebraic and arithmetical problems that 
 puzzled expert mathematicians. He held 
 various town offices, filling each place with 
 marked al)ility. 
 
 John H. Collins, the youngest and only sur- 
 viving son, married on December 21, 1841, 
 Ivsther I'ierce Marshall, daughter of Nathan 
 R. and Abigail (Hawks) Marshall, and giand- 
 daugiiter of Richard Marshall, who was a Rev- 
 olutionary soldier, having enlisted in 1775. 
 They resided on the old Collins homestead 
 until 1S68, when they came to their present 
 farm in Bradford, this being the ancestral 
 home of his wife, named by her father "Pleas- 
 ant V'alley I'"arm."' This farm originally con- 
 taineil sixty acres. Mr. Collins has since en- 
 
 larged it by the addition of other land, so that 
 now it is quite an extensive place. Here he 
 carries on general farming and dairying. He 
 had three daughters, one of whom died in in- 
 fancy. The eldest, Abbie Elizabeth, marrietl 
 James H. Blaisdell, and died fourteen years 
 later. She left a son, George A., who is 
 married, and has two children. Mr. Collins's 
 surviving daughter, and the youngest of the 
 three, Helen Frances, who was for some time 
 a successful teacher in our public schools, 
 married P~rank T. Carr, and resides in Brad- 
 ford. 
 
 Nathan R. Marshall, the father of Mrs. 
 Collins, was born in Hudson N.H., in 1792. 
 He removed to Biljle Hill when a boy of four- 
 teen, and six yenrs later married Abigail 
 Hawks, daughter of Earrington and Sarah 
 Knowlton Hawks. He was a man of educa- 
 tion and an especially good accountant, as 
 shown by his old account books, kept in a ]ieat, 
 clear hand. He held town ofiRces at different 
 jieriods, being a most intelligent and valued 
 official. He and his wife reared ten children, 
 three sons and seven daughters. Two of 
 these died in infancy. Joshua P. Marshall, 
 the eldest son, a man of good mental attain- 
 ments, for more than forty years was a manu- 
 facturers' agent for the sale of glassware. 
 He always kept his residence in Bradford, 
 but spent his winters during his later years in 
 P"lorida, where he had large interests in orange 
 groves. He died there in 1893, aged seventy- 
 six years. Joseph Addison, another son of 
 Nathan R. Marshall, was a farmer in his 
 earlier life. Later he became the jiroprietor 
 of a market in Boston, and subsequent 1\', in 
 company with his brnther Joshua, established 
 himself as a dealer in glassware. They were 
 burned out in the big fire of 1872, but re- 
 sumed business after a time, and cmilinued in 
 it until Joseph's health failed. llis Ikiuic
 
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 was in Boston, and he died at the age of fifty- 
 nine. I"arrin,L;ton II. Marshall resides in 
 Boston. lie and Mrs. Collins are the only 
 surviving; members of the family. 
 
 The Collins family are cjuite nimicrous, and 
 liohl fre(|iient reunions in Amesbuiy, Mass. 
 
 IClIll.L DUSTIN, late a prosper- 
 ous farmer of Claremont, Sullivan 
 
 County, N.Il., his native town, 
 
 where he spent the greater part of his life, 
 was born here, December 1 cS, i<S20, and died 
 at his homestead about twelve years since, on 
 Januarv 27, iSS'5. The Dust ins are of old 
 Colonial stock, and have been one of the fore- 
 most families of Claremont from the earliest 
 history of the town. December 3, 1677, 
 ThniiKis Dustin, the great -great-grandfather of 
 Mighill Dustin, married Hannah, daughter of 
 Mighill and Hannah (Webster) luiierson, of 
 Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Dustin's father set- 
 tled in 1 lavcrliill in ir)5r). 
 
 The well-known story ol Hannah Dustin's 
 ca|)tni'e \iv the Indians, and ol her escape, is 
 given as follows in the History of Clare- 
 numt : — 
 
 During an incursion made by Indians upon 
 Haverhill, Mass., on the 15111 of March, 1697, 
 a party attacked the house of Thomas Dustin, 
 captured Mrs. Dustin, in bed with an infant 
 seven days old, and her nurse Mary Xcff, 
 dashed out the brains of the infant against a 
 tree, and set fire to the house. The captives 
 were marched througli the wilderness to the 
 home of the Indians on a small islanil at the 
 junction of the Contoocook River with the 
 Merrimac, near where the village of Pena- 
 cook now is. In the night, when the Indians 
 were asleep, the two captive women, and a 
 boy who iiLuI been captured at Worcester, 
 Mass., some time before, killed ten of the 
 
 Indians by striking tiieni ii|)oii tlie head, and 
 the three captives escaped, and returned to 
 Haverhill. On the 21st of the following 
 April the three went to Boston, carrying witli 
 them the scalps of the Indians and other evi- 
 dences of the exploit, and received as a reward 
 from the General Court fifty pounds, and from 
 others many valuable presents. Mr. Dustin's 
 heroic defence of his seven older children is 
 equally deserving of mention. A monument 
 has since been erected to the memory of Han- 
 nah Dustin. 
 
 Timothy, son of Thomas and Hannah iJus- 
 tin, was born in Haverhill, Mass., Sciitember 
 14, 1694, and died in 1775. He had a son, 
 l''liphalet, and two others, Thomas and Timo- 
 thy, Jr., who were twins, born in 1745. They 
 came to Claremont about 1771, and settled on 
 a tract of land on the south side of Sugar 
 River, where they carried on brick-making for 
 many years, being the first to follow this in- 
 dustry in Claremont. Titnothy, Jr., who was 
 an energetic, enterprising, and pul)lic-spirited 
 man, was much interested in cluirch matters, 
 and gave to Union Church a silver service for 
 communion. He married August 7, 1773, 
 Eunice Nutting, and by her had nine children. 
 Timothy Dustin, Jr., his wife, Eunice, and 
 one daughter died within twenty days in the 
 spring of 1813 of spotted fever. Their chil- 
 dren were: William, David, Moody, Mighill, 
 Timothy, Abel, Oliver, Polly, and ICunice. 
 
 Moody Du.stin, the father of Mighill 
 named at the beginning of this sketch, was 
 born in Claremont, November 19, 1780. He 
 bought a farm on Green Mountain, where he 
 lived imtil 1834, when he removed to the farm 
 afterward owned by his son. He was an ac- 
 tive member of the Congregational church, 
 was a prosperous man for those times, and was 
 public-spirited and prominent. He died Au- 
 gust 29, i860, his wife, Lucy Cowles, whom
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 he married April 8, 1807, surviving him until 
 May 29, 1865. They had nine children, 
 Mighill being one of the younger. The others 
 may be briefly mentioned as follows: Sarah 
 married William Haven, of Newport. Elvira 
 married Timothy Rossiter. William married 
 Sarah Bentley. Mary married Jonathan 
 Wood. Both of these went to Illinois. Lu- 
 cinda married Charles N. Goss. Timothy 
 never married. Eveline married George 
 Worthcn, of Lebanon. Emeline, her twin 
 sister, married Richard Howe, of Lebanon. 
 
 Mighill Dustin, when a young man, taught 
 school for a short time in Illinois. After that 
 he returned to his father's farm in Claremont, 
 and became a substantial farmer. He dealt 
 largely in Cotswold sheep, which he was the 
 first in the vicinity to raise. He was a well- 
 informed man, of remarkable balance and ex- 
 cellent judgment, and was very active in the 
 Congregational church. He did not care for 
 society in the general acceptance of that term, 
 but was very social in his nature. He was 
 averse to holding public office, though he was 
 often urged to accept positions in the gift of 
 the town. His wife, Mary, daughter of Jona- 
 than Whitcomb, of Claremont, was born Janu- 
 ary 7, 1S31, and died July 25, 1891. They 
 had one child, a daughter named Mary Ella, 
 who married l'\'bruary 5, i8go, Charles Keith, 
 of Palmer, Mass., son of Charles, Sr., and Mary 
 (Olils) Keith. Mr. Keith, the younger, came 
 to Claremont in 1S86, and now carries on the 
 old homestead farm of the Dustins. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Keith have three children — Mary 
 Helen, Charles Dustin, and Frank Leonard. 
 
 il.\RL]-:S CHASP: lord, justice 
 r of the Peace, Notary Public, and the 
 
 If ■ Icical histurian of Hopkinton, is the 
 
 second child and first son of Charles and 
 
 Sarah (Hubbard) Lord. liorn in .South Ber- 
 wick, Me., July 7, 1S41, he is a lineal de- 
 scendant, in the seventh generation, of Nathan 
 Lord, who emigrated to America from Stack- 
 pole Court, Pembroke, Wales, and settled in 
 ancient Kittery, Me., before 1652. In South 
 Berwick, once a part of ancient Kittery, is a 
 homestead of which Nathan Lord became a 
 proprietor in 1676, and which is now in the 
 possession of his descendants, the estate being 
 situated in a district called "Old Fields." 
 
 Sarah Hubbard, who became the mother of 
 Charles Chase Lord, was born in Hopkinton, 
 N. H., daughter of John and Ruth (Chase) 
 Hubbard. On her mother's side she de- 
 scended from the famous Chase family that 
 has figured so prominently in both linglish 
 and American history. 
 
 In 1845 Charles Chase Lord, scarcely four 
 years of age, awoke to recollection and found 
 his home in New Market, N.IL, where his 
 father, a machinist, was eventually engaged 
 as a contractor and builder of cotton machines 
 for the late .Samuel Brooks. This precocious 
 little fellow was then able to read all those 
 forms of composition usually put into the 
 hands of young children, he having no memory 
 of the time when the process of learning to 
 read began. In 1846, in consequence of im- 
 jierfect health, his father sought partial occu- 
 pation upon the soil, and moved his family to 
 a farm in Hopkinton, living there the most of 
 the time afterward until his death in 1884. 
 Chai'les Chase Lord enjoyed the ailvantages 
 of the common school, and also received 
 instruction for several terms in a private 
 academy. At one time he made up his mind 
 to enter the medic;il profession; but, like his 
 father, a constant sufferer frcjni physical infirm- 
 ities, such a course for him was simply im- 
 possible. Largely by the advice of personal 
 friends, he was induced to try the Christian
 
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 ministry. 'I'iic effort was iin[)U(lc(l hy ill 
 hcaltii, and lie became convinced tiiat he iiad 
 mistai<en liis calling. Having spent a few 
 years in New \'()ik, Massachusetts, and Mich- 
 igan, ]\Ir. I.iird returned to llo[)kinton in 
 1871. With some journalistic experience 
 accpiired as editor <>( a ruial weekly news- 
 jKipcr in the -State of New York, he began sup- 
 porting himself in part by furnishing news and 
 articles for various local and other publica- 
 tions. .Siil)sc(|nciitly he became a school 
 officer, in which capacity he has served thir- 
 teen years. Being of a judicial turn of mind, 
 and by the advice of friends, he secured com- 
 missions as Justice of the I'cace and Notary 
 I'ublic, and has re|ieatedly in his own town and 
 elsewhere presided at justice trials, besides 
 acting as a general adviser of his neighbors 
 and townsmen on a variety of -legal subjects. 
 
 Mr. ]. Old's literary tastes ])rompted him to 
 compile "Life and 'I'imes in Ilopkinton, 
 N. II.," a volimie containing nearly six hun- 
 dred pages of local history, biography, and 
 statistics, [)ublished by the town in i8go. lie 
 has also written and published a series of 
 thiee local sketches, "Maiy Woodwell," 
 " riie Lookout," and "Abraham Kimball," 
 each containing a chapter of early romantic 
 history told in blank \erse, interspersed with 
 original articles in rh)'me. At the recpiest of 
 friends in Concord, N.IL, Mr. Lord wrote and 
 published "Poems of Penacook, " which con- 
 tain many items of the early history and tiadi- 
 tions of New Hampshire. Resides many 
 metrical effiisions in various periodicals, lie is 
 represented in "The Poets of New Ham|)- 
 shire" and the "Poets of Maine," vidumes 
 recently published. In 1873 and for the two 
 or three ensuing years he was employed in the 
 State teachers' institutes, both as a reporter 
 and as a lecturer, his special themes of in- 
 struction being anatomy, physiology, and hy- 
 
 giene, as applicable to the uses of parents and 
 teachers. 
 
 In 1880 Mr. Lord was the United States 
 enumerator of the census for the district of 
 Ilopkinton. Of late years, being specially 
 interested and practically skilled in the art of 
 research, he has done considerable work in 
 making historical investigations for people and 
 persons from different places. He was the 
 projector of the organization of the Sons and 
 Daughters of Nathan Lord, which has held 
 two reunions in .South Berwick, Me., and of 
 which he is the corresponding secretary, as 
 well as the chairman of its historical commit- 
 tee. Mr. Lord has never married. 
 
 UKTIS LRAXKl.I.X LIAVIN, an 
 
 enterprising provision dealer of Plain- 
 field, was born in this town, April 
 24, 1850, son of lirastus and P'anny (Nash) 
 Lewin. Among several of the members of the 
 family who have achieved distinction in busi- 
 ness and professional pursuits may be men- 
 tioned Judge Lewin, an eminent jurist and a 
 wealthy resident of Hartford, Conn. The 
 father of I'lrastus, Cranston Lewin, who was 
 born May 6, 1777, came from Hartford, Conn., 
 to Plainfield when a young man, and was en- 
 gaged in farming and butchering for the rest of 
 his active jjeriod. He married Esther P'uller, 
 who was born in Plainfield, June 23, 1787. 
 They had four chiklren — Louisiana, Erastus, 
 Cranston, and Benjamin. Louisiana died 
 when quite young. Cranston became a con- 
 tractor and builder in the West, and died 
 unmarrieil while still a young man. Benja- 
 min, who was a butcher and provision dealer 
 in Hartford, Conn., for a number of years, 
 spent his last da3"s in Plainfield. His second 
 wife was Lucy Walker, of this town, who bore 
 him six children.
 
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 Erastus Lewin was born in Plainfield, June 
 17, 1817. In early life he engaged in farm- 
 ing, and also operated a saw-mill for some 
 time. He disposed of the mill to enter the 
 butchering business, which he carried on with 
 success for thirty years; and his last days were 
 passed in retirement upon his farm. He 
 served in some of the town offices, but re- 
 frained from accepting important positions in 
 public affairs, as the demands of his business 
 would not permit it. He was a general favor- 
 ite in the community on account of his genial 
 disposition, and he was widely known through- 
 out this section. Erastus Lewin died May 12, 
 1893. He was three times married. His 
 children by his first wife, Fanny Nash Lewin, 
 were: Chailes H., born January 31, 1844; 
 Laura, born September 21, 1845; Curtis F., 
 the subject of this sketch; Emily, born May 
 9, 1S51 ; Hattie, born December 8, 1853; and 
 Byron, born March 24, 1856. Charles H. en- 
 listed in the Nineteenth Regiment, Massachu- 
 setts Volunteers, and died in Andersonville 
 Prison. Laura, who did not marry, remained 
 at home until her death, which occurred De- 
 cember 19, 1892. Emily married I'klwin 
 Hall, a carriage painter of Cornish, N. H., 
 and died March 13, 1893. Hattie became the 
 wife of Aden 15artholomcw, a shoe-cutter of 
 Plainfield, and died March 10, 1893, leaving 
 three children. liyron, who is now in the 
 butchering business in Hanover, N. II., mar- 
 ried Katie Reed, and has three children. The 
 second wife of I'>astns Lewin, .Susan Walker 
 Lewin, bore him five childien, as follows: 
 Anna, who died at the age of thirteen years ; 
 Benjamin, a meat dealer in Manchester, who 
 married Hattie Blood, and lias two children; 
 Katie and Norman, both of whom died in in- 
 fancy; and Palmer, who married Nellie West- 
 gate, of Plainfield, has si.v children, and is in 
 the meat business in Manchester. The father's 
 
 third marriage was contracted with Olive P. 
 Clark. The only child of this union, P>ank 
 C, now a travelling salesman, is married, and 
 lives in Davenport, la. 
 
 Cnrtis I'ranklin Lewin acquired a practical 
 education in the schools of Plainfield. Hav- 
 ing learned the meat and provision business 
 with his father, he has since followed it with 
 success. Besides carrying on his meat busi- 
 ness, he owns and cultivates a good farm situ- 
 ated within the limits of the village. His 
 enterprise and close attention to business have 
 won for him considerable wealth. In 1875, 
 October 6, he married Lucy M. Clough, who 
 was born March 30, 1S56, daughter of Charles 
 S. Clough, of Grantham, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lewin have had nine children, born as fol- 
 lows: Charles, June 17, 1S76; P'anny, March 
 29, 1878; Robert E., August 11, 1881; Mary 
 E., P'ebruary 17, 1883; Carl, August 4, 1884; 
 Leroy, June 2, 1887; Ruth H., July 5, 1890; 
 Catharine E., in October, 1891 ; and Margue- 
 rite P:. , March i, 1896. Of these Robert 
 Iv , Ruth II., and Marguerite ¥.. are living. 
 In politics Mr. Lewin is a Democrat, but 
 he takes no active interest in iiublic affairs. 
 Devoting his whole time to his business and 
 the care of his farm, he is one of the busiest 
 men in Plainfield. Sharing the musical talent 
 of the Lewins, he often uses it for his own 
 amusement and that of his family. 
 
 XDRh:W JACKSON KICLLICV, 
 
 i'ostmaster of Dimond Hill, llopkin- 
 ton, a successful agriculturist of 
 this town, and one of the brave men who 
 fought in the late war, was boin Januaiy 22, 
 1835, in Webster, Merrimack County, son of 
 Timothy and Jane (Hurbank) Kelley. Timo- 
 thy Kelley was born December 25, 1778, in 
 Kilcoloman, County Waterford, Ireland. lie
 
 NAPOLEON B. HALE.
 
 IIIOCK \rill(\|, KKVIFAV 
 
 2f)7 
 
 was an ofTiccr in tlic Irisli rcliullion, and on ils 
 sii|>|ircssinii L'.si.-a|)c<l by Ijcing' .smuggled on 
 l)(i;ii(l a slii|) lidinid for New York. Making 
 his way from thai city to Massachusetts, he 
 lived for a linn; in Ncwjjniy, Mass., where he 
 wooed and won his wife. .Subsequently, re- 
 moving to Webster, N.ll., he was engaged 
 in agricidtural pursuits initil his death, July 
 15, 1S54, aged seventy-five years and si.\ 
 months. J lis wife survived him many years, 
 dying in May, 1S73, at the venerable age of 
 eighty-si.N years. 
 
 Andrew J. Kelley sjient the days of his b(jy- 
 hood and early maidiood in Webster. Soon 
 after the commencement of the late war he 
 enlisted in Company ]'",, ]5urdan's sharp- 
 shooters, under Captain Amos B. Jones, being 
 mustered into service .September g, 1861, 
 lie spent the ensuing winter in Washington 
 on guard duty. In the spring he went to Fort 
 Smith, Virginia, and afterward took an active 
 party in thirty of the more important engage- 
 ments, including those of l-'alls Church, York- 
 town, the Wiklerness, Spottsylvania, Peters- 
 burg, Manassas, and Mine Run. 
 
 He remained with his company to the end of 
 the contest, serving forty-seven months, and, 
 though he was continually on the skirmish 
 line, was neither woundeil nor ca[)tured. 
 After the capitulation of the Confederates he 
 saw Lee's men stack their guns, and he was 
 present at the Grand Review in Washington 
 with his comrades. At Kelly's I"^)rd the 
 sharpshooters ca[)tured the Tenth South Caro- 
 lina Regiment, losing but few of their men in 
 the engagement. I'"or gallant and meritorious 
 conduct Mr. Kelley was successively pro- 
 moted to the ranks of Corporal and Orderly 
 Sergeant. He was recommended for a Lieu- 
 tenancy, which was given to another, owing, 
 he believes, to a favoritism shown Republi- 
 cans. On returning to Webster, he worked 
 
 tliere liiv a short tinie, and then in tiie saw- 
 mills at Concord or Goshen for s(Miie years. In 
 1878 he moved to his pre.sent farm of thirty 
 acres on Dimond Hill, which is in the vicin- 
 ity of the original iJimond settlement made in 
 1754. In August, iSy3, the present post- 
 office was established ; and, on the recommen- 
 dation of those who were instrumental in hav- 
 ing it located here, Mr. Kelley was appointed 
 the Postmaster. In politics he has always 
 been a straightforwanl Democrat, fearless in 
 the expression of his ojjinions. At hisdining- 
 table, with his old eompanions-in-arms, he 
 often lives over his army e.xpericnces in 
 thought and story. He is an active worker in 
 his party, and generally attends its conven- 
 tions. 
 
 In iS'S.S, at Webster, Mr. Kelley niarricd 
 Miss Almira I-'. Rijjley, of Hopkinton. She 
 died in May, 1872, leaving three sons and 
 a daughter. These are: Willie, who is in a 
 laundry in Concord, N. H. ; George, who is a 
 trainman on the Old Colony Railway; James, 
 a slate roofer, who died at the age of twenty- 
 three years; and Clara, the wife of James C. 
 Colbinn, of Nashua, N. H. Mr. Kelley con- 
 tracted a second marriage on May 21, 1874, 
 with Miss Roxanna \V. Jones, of this town, 
 daughter of Peter and Ann Eliza (Locke) 
 Jones, both of Cambridge, Mass. INIrs. 
 Kelley was born and reared in Charlestown, 
 Mass., near Bunker Hill. Of this union two 
 children have been born, namely: Arthur J., 
 of Concord, N. H. ; and a daughter who died 
 in early childhood. 
 
 ■^.APOLLON B. HAI.I-:, a rising young 
 lawyer of Concord, was born in San- 
 
 -^ V^ _ bornton. N.H., April 4, 1S63, son 
 of Herman T. and Hannah G. (Sanborn) Hale. 
 His father also was a native of Sanbornton,
 
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 BIOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 
 
 and originally bore the name of Jacob T. 
 DolJolT, but changed it to Herman T. Hale. 
 His paternal grandfather, John Dolloff, grand- 
 son of Samuel ]3olloff, is said to have been of 
 Russian descent. He was one of the first 
 settlers of Sanliornton, where he passed the 
 greater part of his life in farming. Mr. N. li. 
 Hale's grandmother, the wife of John Dol- 
 loff, was Nancy Thomas, whose fathei', Jacob 
 Thomas, was at fifteen years of age a fifer in 
 the Revolutionary War. He was a son of 
 Jonathan, a noted hunter in the niden time, 
 last heard from as a scout in Maine. He is 
 reputed to have married an Indian squaw. 
 
 Through his mother the subject of this 
 sketch is a descendant, in the tenth generation, 
 of John Sanborn, who was born about 1600, in 
 Derbyshire, England, and died there in young 
 manhood. His widow, a daughter of the Rev. 
 Stejihen Bachiler, came to this countr\' with 
 her father and her sons in 1632, and in 1638 
 settled at Hampton, N. H. The eldest son. 
 Lieutenant John, born about- 1620, was for 
 many years a .Selectman of Hampton and a 
 Representative to the General Court. His son 
 Richard, the third in line, was the father of 
 Ensign John, whose son Ebenezer, born in 
 1712, was a [irominent citizen of Hampton, 
 serving as Town Clerk and .Selectman, also 
 as Sheriff of the count)', and was a commis- 
 sioned officer in the old ]'"rench war. Ser- 
 geant John, son of ICbenezer, born in 1736 at 
 Hampton, served in the old French war and 
 also in the Revolution. He was the first 
 [lermanent settler of Sanbornton, X. H., whci-e 
 he built a house in 1765. Jeremiah, seventh 
 in the ance.stral line, born in November, 1764, 
 at the age of fifteen enlisted as a nine months' 
 man in the Continental army, and was at West 
 I'oint at the time of Arnold's treason. Later 
 in life he was for two terms a Representative 
 from Hampton to the (ieneral Court; and in 
 
 1S12 he was chosen messenger to carry the 
 votes of this State for President to Washing- 
 ton, D.C. His son, Jesse Sanborn, born in 
 1794, a highly intelligent, capable man, an ex- 
 cellent school teacher, also a farmer and a 
 Ca[itain in the militia, was the father of Han- 
 nah G. Sanborn, who became Mrs. Male. 
 
 Herman T. Hale, son of John and Nancy 
 (Thomas) Dolloff, born July 15, i<S'20, spent 
 the greater part of his life as a farmer in San- 
 bornton ; but for some ten years he conducted 
 a grist-mill at Hillsborough Bridge. He was a 
 man prominent in local affairs, and was elected 
 to the office of Selectman, though a Republi- 
 can in the midst of a strong Democratic com- 
 munity. He died August 3, 1S86, aged 
 sixty-si.x years. He was twice married; and 
 by his first wife, Elvira M., daughter of Jesse 
 and Martha (March) Sanborn, of Sanbornton, 
 he had four children, two of whom died young. 
 The two still living are: Sarah Augusta, who 
 married Aaron Eastman, and resides in San- 
 bornton ; and Martha G., who married Frank 
 J. Thomas, and is also a resident of Sanborn- 
 ton. For his second wife Mr. Herman T. 
 Hale married Hannah G. Sanborn, a sister of 
 his first wife, and l*y her became the father of 
 three children, namely : E. Lettie, who mar- 
 ried Oscar P. Lane, and resides in Laconia; 
 Napoleon B., whose name appears at the head 
 of this sketch; and Charles 1'., who is un- 
 married and resides at home. 
 
 Napoleon B. Hale was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Sanbornton and at tin; New 
 Hampton Liter, ii-y Inst itntiim. Pour hculth 
 handicajiped him for a time, but, gaining in 
 strength, he devoted himself to farming; and 
 after the death of his father he had charge of 
 the home farm for about three years. In May, 
 i88g, he engaged in the study of law with 
 Daniel Barnard, then Attorney General of the 
 State, at his nfiice in l'"ranklin, where he re-
 
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 269 
 
 iiKiined Ihrcc years. Soon after Mr. Haniard's 
 decease Mr. Hale came to C(jncord and com- 
 pleted liis [ireparatory course of study with 
 Leach & Stcvcii.s. He was admitted to tiie 
 Merrimack- County liar, IVfarch 17, 1.S93, and 
 .soon after o]icned an office in Concord. lie 
 has since lieen successfully engaged in the 
 practice, ol liis pinfessiun. I'olit it'all}', he 
 affiliates with the Republicans; and he cast 
 liis fir.st Presidential vote for James G. Blaine 
 in 1S.S4. lie is a mcniher of the h'irst Baptist 
 Chinch of Concord. He is also a member of 
 Kear.sarge Lodge, No. 48, K. of P., and Capi- 
 tal Grange, No. 113, P. of H., of Concord. 
 
 — 4-»«*-«— 
 
 01 1. V 15. SANBORN, a well-known 
 citizen of Concord and a ]irominent 
 New p]ngland stock-raiser, was born in 
 the eastern part of Concord, April i, 1S31, 
 son of Iliman and Mary A. (I5ean) Sanborn. 
 His paternal grandfatlier, Tristram Sanborn, 
 a nati\e of the old Bay State and a farmer, 
 moved to Boscawen, near Warner, bringing 
 his wife and a few household goods on a sled 
 drawn by a yoke of steers. There he settled 
 on wild land, which he converted into a good 
 farm and made his home for many years. 
 Prior to the erection of the modern house the 
 family dwelt in a log cabin, in the primitive 
 fireplace of which it is told that one of the 
 chiklren received severe burns on his feet 
 from the hot ashes. Tristram's youngest son 
 now owns the old homestead. There were five 
 boys and five girls in the family. 
 
 Iliman Sanljoin receis'ed his eilucation in 
 the schools of his native town and at lioscawen. 
 Ujion reaching his majority, he walked to Bos- 
 ton, a long journey in those days, when the 
 roads were poor and much of the country was 
 unbroken. Upon arri\ing there, he secured 
 work in a stable, and was employed there for 
 
 a season. He then returned to Bo.scawcn, 
 married, and went to work on a farm. ]''!- 
 nally, he bought a farm in I''ast Concord, there 
 s])ent the remainder of his life engaged in 
 agriculture, and died at the age of eighty- 
 three years. He did not aspire to civil [jrc- 
 ferment, but his ability and many virtues as a 
 citizen conld not pass unnoticed; and he was 
 prevailed upon to serve the jiublic in various 
 capacities. He was Selectman, Councilman, 
 and Alderman, as well as Justice of the Peace. 
 His first wife, Mary A. (Bean) .Sanborn, was 
 a daughter of Abraham ]5ean, who was High 
 Sheriff for many years. She bore him four 
 children — Abram, Charles, John B., and 
 Sarah A. A second marriage united him to 
 Clarissa Batchelder, of Loudon, who bore him 
 one son -- Charles H., now living in Concord. 
 His third marriage was contracted with Laura 
 Jones, of Warner. 
 
 John B. Sanborn was sent to the district 
 schools and later to Pembroke Academy. 
 b'rom early boyhood he worked on his father's 
 farm until lie was twenty-one years old. 
 Then he bought a farm, on which he has since 
 resided. l^esidcs erecting on it a fine brick 
 residence, he has rebuilt the barns. lie 
 makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred 
 Devon cattle and Shrojishire and Southdown 
 sheep. He now owns a thousand acres of land, 
 all within si.v miles of the city. His first 
 marriage was contracted with Miss Nancy 
 Powers, of Alexandria, N.H., whose daughter 
 by him, Sarah J., married William Sargent, 
 and lives at Gilmantini. A second marriage 
 united him to Hannah A. Stone, daughter of 
 Amos Stone, of Boscawen. She bore him five 
 children — John W., George, Frank P., 
 Charles H., and Harley H. John married 
 Clara Ames, and has one daughter, Mabel. 
 George married Abbie Smith; and his chil- 
 dren are — Clarence, Genella, and Percy H.
 
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 Frank P. dictl s(jme time ago. Charles mar 
 ried Hattie llousel, of Springfield, N.II. 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Sanborn has been 
 prominent in town affairs. He has served in 
 the City Council, and he was Assessor for two 
 terms. In politics he is a Democrat, and he 
 has been chairman of his ward committee for 
 years. His first Presidential vote was cast in 
 1852 for P'ranklin Pierce. He and his sons 
 are known all over New England, as they have 
 exhibited their cattle at all the leading fairs 
 for the last thirty-five years, and won a large 
 number of jiremiums. 
 
 ^. 
 
 [^I-:NJAMIN F. heath, a well- 
 known resident of Warner and its 
 present Representative in the State 
 legislature, was born August 2, 1835, in that 
 town, at the Lower Village, son of Matthias 
 Heath. The father, a native of Henniker, 
 this count)-, born in 1790, came to Warner in 
 early manhood. He married Mary Rand, who 
 was born in Warner in 1797, in the log house 
 in which her parents, Iq^hraim and Lucy 
 (Noj'es) Rand, began housekeeping. Matthias 
 Heath was a teacher for some years. Subse- 
 quently he engaged in trade in I5radford, 
 N.H., and then in Hillsborough, finally set- 
 tling in Warner, where he resided until his 
 death in 1846. His wife, who survived him 
 many years, passed away in 1887, in her 
 ninetieth year. They were the parents of 
 three chijtlren, namely: Henjamin 1'"., the 
 subject of this sketch; Anna W., who is liv- 
 ing in Warner; and Lydia M.,\vho was an 
 invalid from her early girlhood, and ilieil at 
 the age of forty-three years. 
 
 Benjamin V. Heath completed his educa- 
 tion at the Hopkinton Academy at the age of 
 nineteen, and for four years thereafter taught 
 school in Hoiikinton and Warner. He was 
 
 then employed for five years as clerk in a 
 store in this town. This situation he gave up 
 to accept the position of cashier and head 
 book-keeper in the office of the Boston Culti- 
 vator in Boston. He remained tliere until 
 failing health warned him to seek a more ac- 
 tive occupation, and outdoor exercise became 
 imperative. Then he went West for a year, 
 after which he returned to Warner village, 
 where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits 
 for four years, in company with Ira Harvey 
 and H. S. Willis. From 1874 until 1887 
 Mr. Heath successfully carried on the business 
 alone. Since that time he has been largely 
 engaged in probate work, settling many es- 
 tates, mostly in Warner. He has also often 
 served as commissioner on estates, has been 
 an appraiser of real estate, and has written 
 many insurance papers. For about a year 
 after its incorporation he was the Secretary of 
 the Merrimack Glove Company. An unswerv- 
 ing Republican in politics, he has attended 
 all the conventions of the party in this vicin- 
 ity, and has taken an active part in the man- 
 agement of local affairs. He was a member 
 of the School Board for a number of terms, 
 and he served several terms in the capacities 
 of Town Treasurer and Town Clerk. In i8g6 
 he was elected for a term of two years to the 
 State legislature. He has been a Trustee 
 and the Treasurer of the Pillsbury Free Li- 
 brary since it was founded in 1871. 
 
 On May 19, 1S70, Mr. Heath married in 
 Boston Miss Julia A. Wadleigh. She is a 
 daughter of Philip S. H. and Rhoda W. 
 (Kendrick) Wadleigh, of .Sutton, M.H., and 
 a graduate of the New London Literary and 
 Scientific Institution. Their only child, h'red 
 Harvey Heath, a bright, intelligent lad of 
 fourteen, is now attending the high school. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs Heath attend the Baptist 
 church. An active and prominent Mason, Mr.
 
 BIOGKAIMIICAL KKVIKW 
 
 ^7' 
 
 Ilcath was one of the first applicants for ml- 
 niissioii III Harris I.od^c, No. 91, of Warner; 
 is a Nirnilicr ol Wnuds ( li.iptcr, No. 14, of 
 IIciinil<cr, in wliirli he has passed all tlie 
 cliairs, and served as liigli I'riesl; lias i)een 
 an oCdcer in tlic (iiand I.od^e; and is a mem- 
 ber of llie Council of llu' order nf ili,L;h I'ricst- 
 hood, whose membership included the late 
 |ohn J. Hell, of iCxeter. The deep interest 
 Mr. Heath has constantly taken in educa- 
 tional matters found useful employment in 
 the legislature of 1897, when he was an active 
 and eifuient member of the Committee on I'",d- 
 ucation. In his leL^islative capacity he also 
 serveti on the Conference and other commit- 
 tees, and was the introducer of several bills 
 that passed both houses and received the sig- 
 nature of the iidvenuir. 
 
 ON. AUS'l'IN TYLMR, who was an 
 extensive builder and the largest 
 '■^ ' land-owner of his tlay in Clare- 
 
 mont, was born there, January 6, 1790, son of 
 I'.phraini and Abigail (I'ardee) Tyler. His 
 grandfather, Colonel Henjamin Tyler, born at 
 Wallingford, Conn., b'ebruary 23, 1732, mar- 
 ried Meliitable Andrews, and removed to 
 I'^irmington, Conn. b'rom that place Colonel 
 Tyler went to Claremont in the spring of 
 1767. and the Town History gives the in- 
 formation that he built the first dam across 
 Sugar River at West Claremont, having been 
 given a tract of land for that purpose by the 
 town. After the completion of the dam he 
 returned to l'"armington ; and in the following 
 March, with his wife, si.\ children, and house- 
 hokl effects on an o.\ sled, he started for 
 Claremont. In 1768 he built a grist-mill and 
 saw-mill in connection with his dam. The 
 blocks for the millstones were obtained from 
 a quarry on Ascutney Mountain, worked by 
 
 him and his .sons for several years, and were 
 carried over the Connecticut River on the ice, 
 and brought to West Claremont. Here they 
 were finisheti into millstones, and supplie<l to 
 mills in nearly all jiarls of New ICngland, 
 Canada, and New York. Colonel Tyler built 
 another dam near the site of High Uridge, 
 and a f(jrge and smelting works in connection 
 therewith. The ore used was brought from 
 Charlestovvn, N.H., and the lime from 
 Weathersfield, Vt. The Colonel invented 
 and had patented a process for dressing fla.x. 
 He also devised an imj^roved bucket for a 
 wooden water wheel with an upright shaft, 
 called the rye lly or tub wheel, for which he 
 was granted two patents successively, in 1800 
 and in 1S04. When seventy-five years old he 
 retired finm active business, and was suc- 
 ceeded by his sons John, Benjamin, and 
 Noah. He died in Claremont, March 9, 
 1 8 14, leaving eleven children, to each of 
 whom he gave a good farm. He was Select- 
 man in 1768 and 1769. His son, Mphraim 
 Tyler, who died December 16, 1S23, at 
 the age of si.\ty-four years, married Abigail 
 I'ardee, who died March 18, 1814, aged fifty- 
 three years. They had the following chil- 
 dren; namely. Miles, Rebekah, Sally, Benja- 
 min, Pardee, William, ICphraim, Jr., Austin, 
 Sarah, Abigail, Lola, and Maria. 
 
 One of the most active, enterprising, and 
 public-spirited men of his time, Austin Tyler 
 built the Sullivan factory and the Stone 
 paper-mill. His enterprise included all 
 branches of his business. The clearing of the 
 land and the lumbering, as well as the build- 
 ing, were peisonally conducted by him. He 
 constantly employed from thirty to forty 
 men, and he built for rent and sometimes for 
 sale throughout his active life. He held va- 
 rious offices of public trust, the duties of 
 which he discharged with the utmost fidelitv.
 
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 He was Selectman of Claremont for nine 
 years, was Moderator on many occasions, 
 served in the capacity of Justice of the Peace, 
 was Representative to the New Hampshire 
 legislature for eight years, and was State 
 Senator in 1838. 
 
 Mr. Tyler married Almira Kingsbury, the 
 only child of Esquire Daniel Kingsbury. She 
 was born in Keene, N.H., March 6, 1799, 
 and died December g, 1867. Mr. Tyler died 
 August 12, 1844. They had seven children 
 — Henry D., Louise, Emeline, Elizabeth 
 Bailey, Frederick Austin, Sarah Frances, and 
 Ellen Almira. Henry D. Tyler, who was 
 born August 13, 181 5, when thirty-one years 
 old enlisted under Captain Webster, Com- 
 pany A, went with his regiment to Mexico, 
 took an active part in the war, and died at 
 San Antonio, Tex., June 16, 1868, aged fifty- 
 three years. Louise, born March 30, 18 iS, 
 who was highly educated, became the wife of 
 Nathaniel Westgate, of Enfield, N. H., and 
 died March 6, 1895. Emeline, who was born 
 April 21, 1820, married Asa T. Starbird, and 
 died at Dover, Kan., March 4, 1876. Eliza- 
 beth Bailey, born September 15, 1822, died 
 in Boston, April 26, 1868, the wife of Sam- 
 uel W. Howe. Frederick Austin, born De- 
 cember 10, 1824, who was a prominent hotel 
 man in his time, married Mary Ro!)bins, and 
 died February 11, 1890. Sarah Frances, born 
 December 27, 1834, married Joseph K. Eger- 
 ton, and died at Northfield, Vt. , March 9, 
 1886. Ellen Almira, born May 29, 1827, on 
 January 18, 1854, married John Leonard 
 Lovcring, of Hartford, Vt., who died at Fari- 
 bault, Minn., in 1862. They had two chil- 
 dren — Leonard Austin and Anna Tyler. Of 
 the son the Town History says: "Leonard 
 was born at Hartford, Vt., November 13, 
 1855; was appointed cadet at West Point in 
 1872; graduated and was commissioned Second 
 
 Lieutenant of the Fourth United States Infan- 
 try, June 15, 1876; was promoted First Lieu- 
 tenant of same, January 3, 1S85, and Cap- 
 tain of same, October 15, 1893. He was 
 detailed by the War Department Assisting 
 Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and 
 Geology, at the United States Military Acad- 
 emy, West Point, 1881-85; Engineer Ofificer, 
 Department of the Columbia, 1888-89; Aide- 
 de-camp to Brigadier-general Thomas H. 
 Ruger, of the United States Army, 1891 ; and 
 in command of his company at Boise City, 
 Idaho, in 1894.'' He is now acting Captain 
 at F"ort Sheridan, Chicago, 111. His sister 
 Anna was born at Hartford, Vt., September 
 21, 1857. She married April 14, 1S87, 
 Charles W. Barrett, of Melrose, and has two 
 children. 
 
 OLONEL ABIAL ROLFE, a promi- 
 
 nent resident of Penacook, was born 
 March 29, 1823, on the estate where 
 he now resides, son of Henry and Deborah 
 (Carter) Rolfe. His grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Rolfe, came here from Haverhill, Mass., when 
 there were but few settlers in this section. 
 Nathaniel converted a tract of wild land into 
 a good farm, built a frame house, and carried 
 on farming and lumbering throughout the rest 
 of his life. His son Henry grew uji on the 
 farm, receiving his education in the Concord 
 schools. When old enough to engage in busi- 
 ness for himself, Henry followed .the same oc- 
 cupations that had been pursued by his father. 
 In connection with the lumber business he 
 controlled a water-power, and did considerable 
 sawing. He was a very influential man in the 
 town, took an interest in pulilic affairs, and 
 was a strong Whig. In the command of a 
 militia company, he was an exacting and 
 painstaking drill-master. He tiled at the age 
 of seventy yeiirs. His wife, Deborah, a na-
 
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 273 
 
 tivc of West Concord, was the mother of seven 
 <^irls and four l)()ys; namely, Judith N. , Jane 
 C, khoda C, I'h(.l)e W., Deborah, I.ydia, 
 Martha, N'allianiel, 'riiunlhy, Ilciny, and 
 Ahial. 
 
 C()h)iiel Rdllc was educated in tjie [)rivate 
 school at I lii|ikint(ui, under the famous John 
 Hallard, and at the institutes in remiiroke and 
 Salisbiuy. After eompieting his studies he 
 taught seliDol (nr tour terms, acquiring a high 
 reputation as a disciplinarian, and succcss- 
 fiUly managing a school which several preced- 
 ing masters had failed to control. Since that 
 time Colonel Rolfe has retained a warm inter- 
 est in public education. After giving up 
 school teaching, he was engaged in the manu- 
 facture of doors, sashes, and blinds, for a 
 period of fifteen years. In 1S55 he was first 
 elected to the School Board of Concord, on 
 which he continued to serve for over thirty 
 years. In 1856 and 1857 he was sent to rep- 
 resent the town in the State legislature, and 
 in i860 was appointed on Governor Goodwin's 
 staff, where he served for two years, and re- 
 ceived his title of Colonel. In 1882 he was 
 elected Ward Assessor, which office he filled 
 for eight years with entire impartiality. Colo- 
 nel Rolfe is now a bank messenger in I'ena- 
 cook, and also transacts some business in 
 insurance. 
 
 Colonel Rolfe's connection with banking 
 and insurance has led him to become inter- 
 ested in the various methods of computing in- 
 terest. ]>lecognizing the need of uniformity 
 in this particular, he has formulated a simple 
 anil practical rule, which he hopes to have 
 legalized as the court rule by the legislat- 
 ure. It provides for computing the annual in- 
 terest, which is the legal interest in this 
 State, on interest-bearing notes covered by 
 partial payments, at different rates of per 
 cent., and when there are odd months and 
 
 days. 'I'he method of doing this is judjlishcfl 
 in a pamphlet copyrighted by the author, in 
 the belief that it meets a long-felt want. 
 
 Colonel Rolfe married Sarah Ivli/.abeth 
 Call, who, born in West Hoscawen, now 
 Webster, died in 1881. A daughter, JJzzie 
 I'^, who was for twenty-two years a teacher in 
 the schools of I'enacook, survives her. Colo- 
 nel Rolfe is a veteran fireman, having been 
 connected with the pioneer engine company of 
 I'enacook for thirty years. He was manager 
 for many years of the old Merrimack County 
 Agricultural Society. The Colonel is an es- 
 teemed member of Horace Chase Lodge, No. 
 72, F. & A. M., of Penacook; and of Contoo- 
 cook Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows. In politics he is a Republican, and he 
 cast his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay 
 in 1844. His religious belief is the Congre- 
 gational. 
 
 I R A M r A R K 1: R , Postmaster of 
 empster, and an ex-member of the 
 
 i® V» New Hampshire legislature, was 
 
 born in this town, July 3, 1830, son of 
 Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Parker, moved his family 
 from New Ipswich, N.H., to Lempster, first 
 settling in the northern part of the town. At 
 a later date Joseph removed to the farm now 
 owned by his grandson. While he owned and 
 successfully conducted a farm, he was also en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of potash. His 
 death occurred March 14, 1835. He married 
 Sarah Wright, a native of Washington, N. H.; 
 and his children were: Sally, Jeremiah, 
 Joseph, Benjamin, Jonas, Bateman, Almena, 
 George, and Hiram. 
 
 Benjamin Parker, who was born in New 
 Ipswich, came to Lempster when he was three 
 years old. He was engaged in farming; and 
 he attained prominence in public affairs, serv-
 
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 ing as Selectman, County Road Commissioner, 
 and Representative to tlie legislature. In 
 politics he was a Democrat and in religious 
 belief a Universalist. He died in 1S45. His 
 wife, Olive, was a daughter of Timothy and 
 Ann (Carey) Nichols, of Lempster, who had 
 eight children; namely, Polly, Cynthia, 
 Eunice, Olive, Lavina, Niantha, Timothy, 
 and Troop. Benjamin Parker's children were: 
 lunily L., Hiram, and Hosea \V. luiiily is 
 now the widow of Ransom P. Beckwith, late 
 of Lempster, and has two children — Walter 
 P. and Hira R. Walter P. Beckwith, who 
 is the principal of the State Normal School 
 in Salem, Mass., wedded Mary Sails, of 
 Adams, Mass., and has one daughter, Fanny. 
 Hira R. Beckwith, now an architect and 
 builder in Claremont, married Tibbie Martin, 
 a native of Springfield, Vt. The Hon. Hosea 
 W. Parker, who was a member of Congress, 
 and is now an attorney in Claremont, married 
 Louvisa Southgate, of Bridgewater, Vt. His 
 only daughter, Lizzie S., is now the wife 
 of the Rev. Lee McCoUester, of Detroit, 
 Mich., and has two children — Parker and 
 Catharine. Mrs. Benjamin Parker died March 
 10, 1887. 
 
 Hiram Parker acquired a common-school ed- 
 ucation. He was but fifteen years old when 
 the death of his father made it necessary for 
 him to take the management of the homestead 
 farm. In 1887 he moved to the village, and 
 engaged in business at his present stand. 
 His store, stocked with a good assortment of 
 general merchandise, is largely patronized, 
 and brings him a good income. At the same 
 time conducting his farm of one hundred and 
 fifty acres, he is one of the busiest men in 
 town. Politically, he supports the Demo- 
 cratic party; and he is a leading spirit in local 
 public affairs. For thirteen years he has been 
 a member of the Boartl of Selectmen. He was 
 
 Town Clerk and Treasurer for two years, he 
 served on the School Board for si.x years, he 
 represented this town in the legislature in 
 1863 and 1864, he served on the State Board 
 of Agriculture for nine years, and he has 
 been Postmaster for the past four years. Ac- 
 tively interested in the Patrons of Husbandry, 
 he was formerly Master of Silver Mountain 
 Grange, No. 196, and is now a member of 
 Pomona Grange of Sullivan County. Both he 
 and Mrs. Parker are members of the Univer- 
 salist Society, which he serves in the capacity 
 of secretary. 
 
 On October 11, 1854, Mr. Parker was 
 united in marriage with Helen G. Moore. 
 She was born in Lempster, June 16, 1836, 
 daughter of Charles and Aira (Beckwith) 
 Moore. Her father, who was a native of Bol- 
 ton, Mass., settled upon a farm in this town 
 soon after his marriage. He died in 1870; 
 and his wife, who was born in Lenity, N. H., 
 died in 1882. They were the parents of four 
 children, namely: Harriet, who became the 
 wife of J. N. Butler, M.D., of Lempster; 
 George, who married Almina Weed, of Unity; 
 Helen G., who is now Mrs. Parker; and 
 Charles Austin, a travelling man, who married 
 I^lla Smith, of Ludlow, Vt., and resides in 
 Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have had four 
 children, namely: Fred C, born June 2-j , 
 1858; Frank B., born May 29, i860, who died 
 in 1863; Jennie L. , born November 10, 1864; 
 and Carl Austin, born April 28, 1879. Fred 
 C, who graduated from the Agricultural Col- 
 lege in Hanover with the class of 1880, is now 
 a merchant in Acworth, N.II. He wedded 
 Mary Stafford, of Lempster, who has had two 
 children: Bertha, born in March, 1893, who 
 died in infancy; and Leslie Iliram, born No- 
 vember 13, 1S95, who died January 5, 181)7. 
 Jennie L., a graduate of the Claremont High 
 School, is now the wife of Herbert !•". Olm-
 
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 275 
 
 stead, who is a native of Sutton, Canada, and 
 a <Iealcr in musical instruments in Lempstor. 
 Siie has one son, Percy !■"., born May 14, 
 1.S93. Carl Austin I'arker is attending the 
 Kimball Union Academy in Meridcn. 
 
 iA'IN W. SANDERS, one of the lead- 
 ing merchants of Pittsfield, was born 
 in this town, October 5, 1850, son 
 ol William and Adeline (Reyn(dds) Sanders. 
 His grandfather, Samuel Sanders, who was a 
 resident of Strafford, N.II., followed shoe- 
 making and farming throughout the active 
 period of his life, and died at the age of 
 seventy years. Samuel's wife, whose maiden 
 name was Betsey Cater, lived to be eighty 
 years old. She was the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, all now deceased, of whom William was 
 the youngest. 
 
 William Sanders was born in Strafford, and 
 reared upon a farm, lie learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade, and afterward worked at it, and 
 also conducted a good farm in PittsfieUl. In 
 [lolitics he was a Democrat. He marricil for 
 his first wife Abiagail Sanders, witlow of 
 William Sanders, of Strafford; and by that 
 union there were five children, of whom the 
 only survivor is Betsey. His second mar- 
 riage was contracted with Adeline, daughter 
 of John Reynolds, of Strafford; and she be- 
 came the mother of five children, four of 
 whom are living — Alvin W., Martin, Clara, 
 and George. Martin wetkled ICva Noyes, of 
 Barnet, Vt. ; and Clara is the wife of ]-5en- 
 jamin Rollins, of Concord, N.H., and has two 
 children — Moreace and Bertha. Mrs. Will- 
 iam Sanders, who is seventy-two years old, is 
 residing at the homestead in this town. 
 
 Alvin W. Sanders acquired his education in 
 the schools of Barnstead, N.H. During the 
 ensuing three years he was employed in vari- 
 
 ous cotton-mills in this State. Then he was 
 connected with the New Hampshire Insane 
 Asylum for eleven years, .serving in the capac- 
 ity of keeper for five years, and afterward 
 having charge of the culinary department. 
 On leaving the asylum he returned to Pitts- 
 field, where in 1889, after working in the shoe 
 shops for three years, he opened a general 
 store. He deals in groceries, provision.s, 
 grain, and feed, and receives a large share of 
 patronage. 
 
 On October 23, 1S73, Mr. Sanders was 
 united in marriage with Augu.sta Sanborn, 
 daughter of Frank and Nancy (Flanders) San- 
 born, of Salisbury, N.II. Politically, Mr. 
 Sanders is a Prohibitionist. He is connected 
 with Suncook Lodge, I. O. O. F., in the im- 
 portant chairs of which he has served. Both 
 he and Mrs. Sanders are members of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. 
 
 OHN F. BARTLETT, Postmaster of 
 Suncook and an e.\-membcr of the 
 New Hampshire legislature, was born 
 in Newton Upper F'alls, Mass., November 15, 
 1836, son of George W. and Jane (Nickelson) 
 Bartlctt. His grandfather, Abijah Bartlett, 
 who served as a sailor in the War of 1812, was 
 a rope-maker in Salem, Mas.s. Abijah mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Bartlett, of Marblehead, and 
 reared a family of six children. 
 
 George W. Bartlett, born in Marblehead, 
 resided in Newton Upper Falls and later in 
 Nashua, N. H., where he followed the business 
 of storekeeper. He died at the age of forty- 
 five years. In politics he was originally a 
 Whig, but later became a Democrat. His 
 wife, Jane, who was a native of Marblehead, 
 became the mother of eleven children, of whom 
 Mary Ann, John F. , Benjamin B., and Susan 
 M. are living. Mary Ann married for her
 
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 first husband Clark T. Rose, by whom she 
 has two children — William C. and Lilly. By 
 her second husband, Ozem Hurd, she has had 
 no children. Susan M. is the wife of Albeit 
 F. Barney, of Laconia, N. H. ; and her chil- 
 dren are: Henrietta and Carrie. Mrs. George 
 \V. Bartlett, who is still living, was born July 
 4, 1S06, is now over ninety years old, and 
 enjoys good health. She is a member of the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 John F. Bartlett attended schools in New- 
 ton Upper I'\t11s, Mass., and in Nashua anil 
 Jlookset, N.H. After his studies were com- 
 pleted, he was employed in a mill in Hookset 
 for a short time. At the age of seventeen he 
 went to Lowell, Mass., where he served an 
 apprenticeship at the machinist's trade. After 
 following this trade as a journeyman in Bos- 
 ton for twelve years, he purchased a residence 
 in Allenstown, N. H., and therein made his 
 home. He continued in the machinist's 
 business for several years after working in 
 Manchester and Hookset. He then engaged 
 in the restaurant business in Suncook, open- 
 ing an establishment on each side of the river. 
 Subsequently he disposed of his interest in 
 these places and went to the mining districts 
 of the West, where he remained for a short 
 period and was fairly successful. Returning 
 to Suncook, he entered the grocery and pro- 
 vision business, which he conducted for about 
 twelve years. Then he retired from trade, and 
 was for some years engaged in farming. In 
 1894 he was ap|)ointed Postmaster at Suncook 
 village, and is still serving in that capacity. 
 
 On October 31, iSj.S, Mr. Bartlett was 
 joined in marriage with Mary Flizabeth Gor- 
 don, daughter of Joseph Ouincy Gordon, of 
 Kingston, N. II. They have three children 
 — Ada, Henrietta, and George F. Ada mar- 
 ried Dr. J. B. I'ettingill, of Amherst, N. H., 
 and has four children — Edith, George, Grace, 
 
 and Frank. Henrietta is the wife of George 
 W. Fowler, of Manchester, N. H., and has one 
 son, Sherborne. George F. married Viola A. 
 Page, of Pembroke, N.H., and has one daugh- 
 ter, p:dith May. Mrs. Bartlett died August 
 4, 1894, aged fifty-seven years and nine 
 months. In politics Mr. Bartlett is a Demo- 
 crat, and he has long been a leading spirit in 
 local affairs. He was a member of the Pru- 
 dential Committee for three years, and of the 
 Board of Selectmen in 1875; and he was ten- 
 dered nomination to the latter office for the 
 following year, but declined to serve. He was 
 Town Treasurer for three years, and has held 
 other offices. In 188S he was elected a Rep- 
 resentative to the legislature. He is con- 
 nected with the Masonic Lodge in Pembroke, 
 and has occupied all of the important chairs 
 in the lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Bartlett 
 attends the Baptist church. 
 
 LBERT S. WAIT, of Newport, the 
 oldest lawyer in active practice in 
 Sullivan County, was born in Ches- 
 ter, Windsor County, Vt., April 14, 1S21, 
 son of Daniel and Cynthia (Reed) Wait. His 
 grandfather, John Wait, was among the early 
 settlers of Mason, N.H. John moved to Wes- 
 ton, Vt. , and was a sturdy farmer of that 
 Green Mountain town and a iiighly respected 
 member (jf the community. He died in Wes- 
 ton at a good old age. His children were: 
 James, Jolin Sumner, Daniel Amos, Lucinda, 
 and Mrs. Davis. 
 
 Daniel Wait, who followed the trade of 
 blacksmith, was a Brigadier-geneial in the 
 State militia and in his last years a Justice of 
 the Peace. He first settled in Chester and 
 afterward in the village of Sa.xton's River, 
 Rockingham, \'t. He was' grand juror of the 
 town of Rockingham, which is an office i)e-
 
 JilOGKAl'lliCAL RIA IF.W 
 
 277 
 
 ciiliar to the State of Vermont. A man of 
 f^diid judgment, he had the esteem of his 
 fellow-townsnicn. In 1 rl i;^inii he was a Uni- 
 versalist. lie was a Democrat in politics, 
 and one of two men in Chester village who 
 voted fur Andrew Jackson. Me died in 1856 
 iir 1.S57, at tiic age of seventy. His wife, 
 wiio Ijclonged to the Methodist MjMscopal 
 chinch, died when ninety-two years of age. 
 Their children were: Martha E. Spaulding, 
 who lives in West Springfield, Mass. ; Sarah 
 A. Spaulding, now deceased; Otis F. R., who 
 was a prominent man of Claremont, an historian 
 and Justice of the I'cacc, and died in 1895; 
 Albert S., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Daniel If., who died at the age of nine years. 
 
 Albert S. Wait spent his boyhood in Ches- 
 ter and Rockingham, Vt. His early educa- 
 tion was obtained in the schools of Chester. 
 He began the study of law at the village of 
 Saxton's River, in the office of Judge Daniel 
 Kellogg, and was admitted to the bar in 1846 
 at Newfanc, Windham County, Vt. He 
 first located in Alstead, N. H., remaining 
 tiierc imtill he year 1857, when he removed to 
 Newport. Here he was in partnership with 
 the Hon. lulmund Burke for ten years. Since 
 the termination of that connection he has been 
 in practice alone. He is to-day the oldest 
 lawyer in the county in active practice. 
 
 Mr. Wait has been married three times. 
 His [ireseiit wife, formerly Miss Ella O. Eno, 
 of Westfield, Mass., has one daughter, 
 Minerva S. Wait. His religious creed is the 
 Congregational. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat, and he is a member of the IJoard of Trus- 
 tees of the State Industrial School. He is 
 connected with the IMasonic fraternity by 
 membership in Mount Vernon Lodge, of which 
 he has been Master. He has also been Dis- 
 trict Deputy Grand Master. He is likewise 
 a member of the New Hampshire State His- 
 
 torical .Siiciuly and ;in honorary member of the 
 Naval Order of the United States. Mr. Wait 
 ranks among the leading men of his profession, 
 and is mentioned in linglish law books as an 
 authority on fine points of law. 
 
 i 
 
 IIARLES L. KENNEY, a pro.sper- 
 ous farmer of Loudon and son of 
 Bradley H. and Rebecca (Pease) 
 Kenney, was born in this town, July 9, 1844. 
 His grandfather, Joseph Kenney, was one of 
 the early settlers of the town, where he was 
 engaged in farming. Joseph went West in his 
 later years, and died in Miiniesota, at the home 
 of his daughter. His son, Bradley, a cooper 
 by trade, who was also engaged in farming, 
 died in May, 1882. Bradley's wife, Rebecca, 
 who came from Barnstead, N. H., died in 1844. 
 They had four children: Mary Ann, who is 
 the wife of Joseph A. Foster, and lives in Man- 
 chester; Clarissa, who died in April, 1895; 
 Caroline, who married Joseph Hutchinson, 
 and lives in Concord, N. II. ; and the subject 
 of this sketch. All received a good common- 
 school education, and the daughters went to 
 select schools. 
 
 Charles L. Kenney lived at home with his 
 [iarents until his marriage. His estate, known 
 as the Dimond farm, which was willed to him 
 by his father, now contains about one hundred 
 and twenty-five acres of good land. An in- 
 dustrious and capable farmer, he has much im- 
 proved the property since it came into his 
 possession. In politics he is a Republican. 
 In 1869, December 2, he married Myra 
 Knowles, of Canterbury, where she was born 
 October 6, 1844, daughter of Lester and Re- 
 becca (Pluntoon) Knowles. Mr. Knowles 
 was a native of Gilmanton, where he died in 
 I*"ebruary, 1875. His wife, born in Canter- 
 bury, and now in her eighty-eighth year, re-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 sides in Penacook. Mr. and Mrs. Kenney 
 have three children, namely: Maude, the wife 
 of Chester Norris, living near her father in 
 Loudon; and Ellen and Forest B., who reside 
 with their parents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ken- 
 ney are members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. Mr. Kenney is also a Deacon of the 
 society and the superintendent of the Sunday- 
 school. 
 
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 I^IAXK IIKNRY CARR, one of the 
 patriotic men who periled his life in 
 the cause of the Union during the late 
 Civil War, now an enterprising mill-owner of 
 West Hopkinton, was born in West Hopkin- 
 ton, I-'ebruary 8, 1841, son of Thomas W. and 
 Caroline (Connor) Carr. The grandfather, 
 John Carr, removed from West Newbury, 
 Mass., to Concord, N.H., where he kept an 
 inn for a short time. From Concord he came 
 to West Ho|)kinton about the year 1821, mak- 
 ing his residence on a farm which had been 
 presented to his wife by her brother, Thomas 
 Williams. While a carriage-maker by trade, 
 he had a natural aptitude for general mechan- 
 ical work. One of the most cherished posses- 
 sions of his grandson's family to-day is an old 
 'cello made by him in his leisure hours. In 
 ])olitics he was an ardent Whig. He died on 
 the old farm at tiie age of seventy-five. His 
 wife, Abigail, who survived him some years, 
 attaining the age of eighty-si.\, was a magnifi- 
 cent specimen of New England womanhood, 
 strong, energetic, and cheerful up to the day 
 of her death. .She left a lasting impression 
 
 upon 
 
 her grandchildren, then growing 
 
 up 
 
 about her. Mr. and Mrs. Joiiii C"arr had a 
 family of eigiit children — Anna, lUiza, 
 I'jiinia, Abigail, Almirn, Helen, Samuel, and 
 Thomas Williams. 
 
 Thomas W. Carr spent his early life u])(in 
 tlie farm. While quite a young man, he was 
 
 a Captain of militia. Later he engaged in 
 farming and lumbering. The latter business 
 was carried on in a factory the beam of which 
 was twenty-four inches square and seventy feet 
 long, and much heavy timber was turned out. 
 He was a well-read man and a Republican in 
 politics. He married Caroline Connor, of 
 Henniker, daughter of George and Hannah 
 (Campbell) Connor. They had eight children 
 — Philip, John Alfred, George Titcomb, 
 Thomas Tyler, Frank Henry, Charles Clinton, 
 Caroline l^llizabeth, and Ellen Bruce. Philip 
 died at the age of ten. John Alfred is now 
 living in Boston. Caroline Elizabeth is a 
 trained nurse in Concord. Ellen Bruce, who 
 married William Carpenter, of Manchester, 
 died two years after her marriage. Of this 
 family four sons fought in the Civil War, one 
 giving up his life therein. George Titcomb 
 served in the United States Navy. In Septem- 
 ber, 1 86 1, Thomas Tyler enlisted in Company 
 B, Second New Hampshire Volunteers, was 
 made Sergeant, served his full term, and was 
 wounded at P^air Oaks and Gettysburg. 
 Charles Clinton enlisted in the Fourteenth 
 Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, on 
 September 23, 1S62, being then a boy of nine- 
 teen. He was wounded at Cedar Creek, Oc- 
 tober 19, 1864, and died in the hospital at 
 Winchester, Va., November 2 of the same 
 year. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Cair sjicnt 
 their last years in West Hnpkinton with their 
 son I'rank Plenry. 
 
 I'rank Henry Carr livetl witli his jiarents 
 until he was eighteen }'ears old, at which age 
 he went to Henniker. He enlisted September 
 28, i86[, in Coni])any G, Second Regiment of 
 United States Shar|)shooters, mustering for 
 service Uecemljcr 12, 1861, at Concord. 
 Discharged on the expiration of his term, he 
 enlisted again December 21, 1863, at Cul- 
 pcfjcr, Va., in the same command; was made
 
 HIOGRAI'IIICAL RKVIEW 
 
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 Sergeant before Petersburg, November i, 1S64; 
 was transferred to tlie l-'ifth New Hampshire 
 Volunteers, January 30, i<S65, becoming at tlie 
 same lime ( )r(lerly Sergeant of Company H; 
 was promoted to tlie rank of Second Lieutenant 
 in the same company on the first of the fol- 
 lowing Ma}'; and was niListered out July 8 of 
 the same year. This brave soldier and patriot 
 was engaged in over eighty battles and skir- 
 misiies, including the second Hull Run, Cedar 
 Mountain, Anlictam, l-'redericksburg, and 
 (jettysl)urg. At b'redericksburg he was capt- 
 ured liy the Confederates, and confined in 
 Libby I'rison until January 14, 1863, when 
 he was sent on parole to Annapolis and ex- 
 changed, regaining his regiment at l-'redericks- 
 burg. At Cicttysbiug he received three sligiit 
 gunshot wounds, not enough, however, to keeji 
 him from duty. lie was one of the five mem- 
 bers of his company who lost no time in tlie 
 ser\'ice except wiiile im|3risoned. After tlie 
 war he retnincd tn Ilcnniker, wheie lie re- 
 mained until Decemix'r, 1S71, working in a 
 kit factory and grist-mill. In 1872 he bouglit 
 a mill in West Ilopkinton, where he engaged 
 in maiuifactuiing mackerel kits. When the 
 mill-dam was swept away in 1876, besides 
 rebuilding it he ])ut in new machinery, adding 
 a saw-mill and a sli ingle machine. Since then 
 he has done general saw-mill wiuk, althiuigh 
 selling mainly to dealers. lie cuts a million 
 feet of timber in a season, ami lie has cleared 
 off a large acreage of stumjjage. Hcsides the 
 property in West Ilopkintcni, he owns a farm 
 in Flenniker, holding it chiefly for its lumber. 
 In iSfiS Mr. Carr married Mary A. Chand- 
 ler, daughter of William anil Anne (.Straw) 
 Chaneller. They have four children, namely : 
 Anna Caroline, now married to Arthur W. 
 Dow, ol Ilcnniker; William Thomas, a saw- 
 mill operatoi', li\ing at home; Clara I.ucv, 
 who was training at a surgical hosjjital in 
 
 Boston, and died March 6, 1897, of pleuro- 
 pneumonia; and John I'rank, who lives at 
 home. The family are held in high esteem by 
 their fellow-townsmen. In politics Mr. Carr 
 has always been a Republican. He is greatly 
 res]iected for his business integrity as well as 
 for his devotion to his country. 
 
 i'Ci)/ ll.lAAM 1II-:NRY HARRISON' 
 teV MOODY, of Clarcmont, a retired 
 shoe manufacturer and one of the 
 wealthiest and most prominent men of New 
 Hampshire, was born here, May 10, 1842, son 
 of Jonathan Moody. His father made shoes 
 by hand, employing several men in his busi- 
 ness. Jonathan Moody took a lively interest in 
 military matters thrcjughout his life. A tenor 
 drummer of reputation, he was always in de- 
 mand at military training and at muster. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, the seventh 
 child in a family of eleven, was named for 
 President William Henry Harrison. When 
 fourteen years old, he entered the shoe factory 
 of Russell W. I'^arwell, of Claremont, to learn 
 the business; and he continued with that firm 
 four years. In 1861 he enlisted in Troop L, 
 New iMigland Cavalry, served for a few months 
 in the Ci\ il War, and was then honorably dis- 
 charged. In the fall of 1S62 he engaged as 
 travelling salesman for a large shoe jobbing 
 firm in IJoston, and was very successful in sell- 
 ing goods all over the country. His em- 
 ployers took him into ]3artncrship in 1867, 
 when the firm name became McGibbons, 
 Moody & Raddin. His capital was little 
 more than ability and knowledge of the busi- 
 ness. In 1873 he became a partner in the firm 
 of Crain, Moody & Rising, who established a 
 shoe manufactory at Amoskeag, N. H., em- 
 ploying one hundred hands, and making shoes 
 for the Western and Southern trade. After a
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 few 3'ears, the business having outgrown its 
 quarters, the firm removed to Nashua, where 
 they remained aljout seven years. Then the 
 shoe manufacturing firm of Moody, Estabrook 
 & Anderson was organized. Mr. Moody's re- 
 lations with tliis firm continued until the 
 spring of i8g6, when he retired, selling his 
 interest to his partners. The manufactory 
 became the largest of its kind in the country, 
 its business amounting to about two millions 
 of dollars per annum. The goods aie sold 
 wholly to jobbing houses in the South and 
 West. The firm has an office and warehouse 
 in Boston. Mr. Moody, well known among 
 the leather people of that city, is a Director in 
 the National Shoe and Leather Bank there. 
 Since he went to Boston, he has acquired one 
 of the largest fortunes in the State. His deep 
 interest in the welfare of his native place, with 
 his generous support of everything for the ad- 
 vantage of the town, has made him one of the 
 most prominent and popular men of Claremont. 
 He is the owner of the property of the Ilotel 
 Claremont, where he spends most of the win- 
 ter months. The hotel is one of the best and 
 largest in the State. 
 
 In 1878 Mr. Moody bought what was known 
 for many years as the Mann farm of eighty- 
 seven acres, located about a mile south of the 
 village. To this farm he has constantly 
 added; and the farm contains to-day six hun- 
 dred acres, the larger part of it pasture. At 
 a great expense he has erected a magnificent 
 series of buildings, making it one of the finest 
 ])roperties in the State. As a relief fr(jm 
 business cares he is interested in the breeding 
 of fine horses, and the possessor of a large 
 number of thoroughbreds. Mr. Moody has 
 spent some time abroad for the l)enefit of his 
 health; but Highland View affords him pas- 
 time and diversion such as he can find nowhere 
 else. He has expended thousands of dollars 
 
 annually in the improvement of the estate, 
 and has thus added to the wealth, importance, 
 and beauty of his native town, for which he has 
 always had a strong affection. 
 
 Mr. Moody was united in marriage to Miss 
 Mary A. Maynard, daughter of Levi P. and 
 Loraiia (Orr) Maynard, the former being a 
 native of Bath, Me., and the latter of Bow- 
 doinham, Me. Through his remarkable suc- 
 cess in business he has been able to do much 
 for his townspeople in different ways, and has 
 proved himself by his generous acts one of the 
 most liberal and [ihilanthropic of men. 
 
 T^HARLES GILKEY, a prominent resi- 
 I jp dent of Cornish, who was formerly en- 
 vjf__.^ gaged in the gunsmith business, is 
 a native of Plainfield, N. H., born September 
 39, 1826. Charles Gilkey, his grandfather, 
 born in Connecticut, was the first of the fam- 
 ily to come to Plainfield. He came originally 
 as agent of a wealthy Connecticut family, and 
 remained in their employ for some time. 
 After failing in an attempt to buy a farm with 
 the Continental money in which his salary 
 was paid, owing to the depreciated value of 
 that currency then, he succeeded in leasing 
 one from the State for nine hundred and 
 ninety-nine years. This property is still in 
 the possession of the family, subject to an 
 annual rental of si.x or eight dollars, wliicli is 
 paid to the treasurer of the ICpiscopal church 
 of the town. Grandfather Gilkey married 
 Lucy Avery, who bore him five chiUh'cn — 
 Jonathan, John, Charles, William, and James. 
 Jonathan married a Miss Spaulding, and lived 
 in Vermont. Joiin married and spent iiis life 
 in Vermont, woiking at the trade of ship-car- 
 penter. He had one daughter, who married tiie 
 Rev. Robert Christie. Charles was drowned 
 when a young man. William died )oung.
 
 CHARLES GILKEY.
 
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 283 
 
 James Gilkcy, the fatlicr of Cliarlcs Gilkey, 
 a native of Connecticut, l)f)in in September, 
 1769, came to Cornisli when about seven years 
 (ibb liy tra(K' he was a mechanical wood- 
 cutler, in which he carried on a iar<^e business 
 for some time. After the death of iiis lirother 
 Charles he took chai}^'e of the farm. Highly 
 esteemed in the community, he served in every 
 office in the gift of the town, including that 
 of legislative Representative. He married 
 Naomi Sniilli, of I'laiiificld, who was born 
 in December, 1805. Their children were: 
 Ch.irles, the subject of this sketch; George, 
 horn in Cf)rnish, who died in 1849; J^imes, 
 born ill I'lainlield, who was a railroad man, 
 and died in Arkansas of a fever contracted 
 there; Jeannette, who married Wats Beck- 
 worth, of Kansas; John, who is living on the 
 old homestead in Cornish; Julia, who married 
 lul Bryant, of Cornish, had four children, and 
 died in 1889; and Asa, living in l?rattleboro, 
 who lor a number of years was an officer of 
 the Asylum for the Insane, bought a farm, 
 married Lizzie Harris, and has one daughter, 
 Edith. 
 
 Charles Gilkcy, the eldest child of his par- 
 ents, was educated in the schools of IMainfield. 
 He then learned the trade of mechanical wood- 
 carver, and worked at Worcester and Chicopee, 
 Mass., in Connecticut, and at Windsor, Vt. 
 Inheriting the mechanical genius of his father, 
 he had no difficulty in taking up tlie manu- 
 facture ot guns for a hnn that was under con- 
 tract to make a thousand guns for the Russian 
 government. In 1861, when the Civil War 
 broke out, the United States government took 
 all the guns the factory could turn out. A 
 large part of the guns carried by General 
 Butler's troops on his trip to New Orleans 
 were made by this concern. While in 
 Worcester, Mr. Gilkcy made the machinery 
 for the first double-barrel gun manufactured. 
 
 After a time his health gave out, and he 
 bought the large farm in Cornish where he 
 now resides. He has been prominent in town 
 affairs, has been Highway Surveyor and a 
 member of the .School Board, and he was Col- 
 lector of Ta.\es when only twenty-one years of 
 age. Ill politics he is an independent, pre- 
 ferring to vote for the best man or for the party 
 exemplifying the best principles. }Ie showed 
 his honesty in this respect by voting in the 
 last two elections respectively for Cleveland 
 and McKinley. 
 
 Mr. Gilkey married Laura A., daughter of 
 Titus and Lucy (Mills) Sheppard. Mrs. 
 Gilkey was born in Dudley, Mass., in July, 
 1820, and died February 2, 1897. Her pater- 
 nal grandfather and great-grandfather were 
 born in Dudley. Her maternal grandfather, 
 Nathaniel Mills, came from Scotland to 
 Thompson, Conn., where he was the first of 
 the name. Her grandmother Mills was born 
 in Thompson, Conn. The house in which Mr. 
 (iilkcy lives, although about one hundred and 
 fifty years old, is in an excellent condition 
 still. Its timbers of solid oak are, to all ap- 
 pearances, good for another century and a 
 half. For years it was considered the pretti- 
 est cottage in the district. Among many in- 
 teresting relics preserved by the family is a 
 barrel used for packing pork, that had been 
 used for thirty years by Mrs. Gilkey, and no 
 one knows how long it was in use before. 
 I'.ven the brine, which is submitted to an 
 annual purifying process is, at least part of it, 
 thirty years old. 
 
 ^^•^» ■ 
 
 -LIAM H. CARTER, a thrifty 
 farmer of Canterbury and a son of 
 John and Lydia (Gill) Carter, was 
 born December 20, 1842. His grandfather, 
 Nathan Carter, who was born in Boscawcn,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 N.H., April 6, 1762, lived in this town all 
 his life. Nathan carried on farming, and 
 conducted a tavern, and died September 21, 
 ICS41. His wife, Sarah, died May 8, 1845. 
 They had five children, namely: Judith, born 
 December 5, 1787, who married John French, 
 and died December 13, 1871; Moses, born 
 August 6, 1790, who died May 30, 1851; 
 John, born December 10, 1797, the father of 
 the subject of this sketch; Jeremiah, born 
 February 20, 1803, who died in 1871; and 
 Nathan, born February 4, 1S07, who died 
 February 16, 1875. 
 
 John Carter in his younger days was em- 
 ployed in rafting lumber down the river, al- 
 though his main business was farming. He 
 resided at different times in Boscawen, Fast 
 Concord, and Canterbury, and died August 12, 
 1 87 1. His wife's death occurred February 4, 
 1S90. They had six children: Bradbury G., 
 born February 3, 1827, who married Asenath 
 Spiller, and is now a widower living in Con- 
 cord; Luther, born August 24, 1S29, who 
 married Mary Ann Coffin, and is engaged in 
 the shoe business in Newburyport, Mass. ; 
 John, born March 25, 1832, who died in 1833; 
 John (second), born March 15, 1834, who 
 married Julia Bryant, and is a railroad man 
 living in Norwalk, Ohio; Sarah R., born Oc- 
 tol)er 4, 1838, the widow of Robert G. Morri- 
 son, living in Boscawen; and William II., the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 William II. Carter was a pupil of the VAm- 
 wootl Academy in Boscawen. When twenty 
 years old he went to I'enacook, worked there 
 at cabinet-making for a year and a half, and 
 then returned home. Both he and his brother 
 l.uther joined the Union army. Me enlisted 
 September i, 1864, in Company E, First New 
 Hampshire Heavy Artillery, under Lieuten- 
 ant Colonel Ira McL. Barton, Colonel Charles 
 II. LfHig, and Captain Robert S. Davis. The 
 
 regiment served in the defences of Washing- 
 ton for most of the time. Mr. Carter, who 
 was a non-commissioned officer, received no 
 wounds in the army, but was injured in health. 
 He was discharged at Washington, D.C., June 
 15, 1865. He then went back to Penacook, 
 proceeding later to Canterbury, where he re- 
 mained with his parents until their death. 
 He settled on his present farm, known as the 
 old Blodgett farm, in 1865. The property 
 contains about one hundred acres. Besides 
 making many other improvements, he has re- 
 modelled the buildings. 
 
 Mr. Carter was married February 5, 1865, 
 to Martha Ann Wheeler, daughter of Colonel 
 John and Mary Jane (Blanchard) Wheeler. 
 Colonel Wheeler, who came from Concord, 
 Mass., and obtained his military title in the 
 State militia, was a stone-cutter in early life, 
 afterward a farmer, and died June 4, 1880. 
 His wife is living with her son in Canterbury. 
 
 In politics Mr. Carter is a Republican. 
 He has been a Selectman of the town, and he 
 served on the School Board for three years, 
 besides holding other less important offices. 
 A comrade of the G. A. R., he belongs to 
 W. I. Brown Post, No. 31, of Penacook. 
 
 'ej-r'AMUKL CHOATK, a prominent 
 //^ farmer of Boscawen, was born here, 
 F"ebruary 24, 1830, son of Royal 
 and Hannah (Sav^'yer) Choate, who were na- 
 tives respectively of Boscawen and Salisbury, 
 N.H. His great-grandfather, Thomas Choate, 
 who came from Ipswich, Mass., to Boscawen 
 about 1788, settled on the same farm and 
 oecu|iied the same house where the present 
 Mr. Choate now resides. Samuel, a son of 
 Thomas and grandfather of the present Sam- 
 uel, born March 18, 1769, in Ipswich, came 
 with his father to this farm; and the two lived
 
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 285 
 
 there the rest of their lives. Two interesting 
 (locumcMls preserved i)y iiini were ;i commis- 
 sion, si<;ncil l)y Kini; Gcor^ic, dated ()ctoi)er 
 29, I7'')i, and aniitlicr signed by Julin I.ang- 
 ilon, bearing; the dales, December 15, iSoi; 
 June 28, 1S08; antl Septemlier 10, iSio. He 
 was married successively to ]5etsy Kind)all, 
 Nancy Jackman, and Mary I.oomis, all now 
 deceased. Tliere was one cliild by the first 
 marriage, Isaac Chandler, born in 1794, who 
 died in i860. By the second marriage there 
 were five children: Royal, the father of 
 Samuel, Jr.; Hetsey, born December 9, 1797, 
 who died in January, 1826; Anna, born April 
 13, 1800, who died August 28, 1862; Maria, 
 born August 12, 1802; and Nancy, born Octo- 
 ber 22, 1804. The children of the third 
 union were: Mary, born in i8io, who died 
 January 7, 1827; Sophia, born in 1S18, who 
 died in infancy; and Samuel, born in 181 5, 
 who died in the same year. The father died 
 June 12, 1847. 
 
 Royal Choate, born June 12, 1796, was a 
 welldoiown farmer of Boscawen. His first 
 wife, Hannah Sawyer Choate, died July 31, 
 1S33. lie made a second marriage with Mrs. 
 Eliza Huckins Mewers, of New Hampton, 
 N.H., who was born October 6, 181 2, and 
 died December 26, 1881. There were three 
 cliildren by the first marriage — David S., 
 Samuel, and Nancy J. David, who was born 
 November 28, 1827, died February 21, 1833; 
 and Nancy }., who was born November 5, 
 1832, became the wife of Moses C. Sanborn, 
 of Concord, and died November 24, 1S95. 
 Royal and Lucy were the children of the sec- 
 ond marriage. Roy:d, born Ajiril 25, 1846, is 
 now married, lives in Hoscawen, and has two 
 children — IClmer and Van Ness. Lucy, born 
 October 3, 1849, married John V. Colby, now 
 deceased, and lives in Boscawen. The father 
 died March 27, 1882. 
 
 Samuel Ciioate received a comnKjn-school 
 education. He worked on the farm until he 
 was twenty-one, wiien the property was left in 
 his charge by his father, who moved to another 
 farm. He still lives on the old homestead, 
 and owns about three hundred and si.xty-fivc 
 acres of land. The place is well kept by him, 
 and has been improved by the addition of new 
 buildings. He raises siieep, and carries on 
 some dairy business, keeping about twenty 
 head of cattle. In 1881 he was a Representa- 
 tive in the State legislature. He has been 
 Selectman for about eight years, served as 
 Collector ten years, and has been Supervisor. 
 He is a member of Contoocook Lodge, No. 
 27, I. O. O. F. , of I'enacook, takes an active 
 interest in politics, and votes the Re])ubliran 
 ticket. 
 
 Mr. Choate was married November 3, 1S59, 
 to Caroline M. Perkins, of Georgetown, 
 Mass., daughter of Samuel and Mahala (Mar- 
 clcn) Perkins, the former of Deerfield and the 
 latter of Newburyport. Mr. Perkins, who be- 
 longed to Deerfield, and was a shoemaker by 
 trade, died January i, 1885. His wife, who 
 was a native of Newburyport, Mass., died in 
 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Choate have two chil- 
 dren: Mary IL, born July 20, 1863; and 
 Lizzie M., born January 10, 1865. Both live 
 with their parents. Mr. Choate is a Deacon 
 of the First Congregational Church, and his 
 wife is also an esteemed member of the so- 
 ciety. 
 
 RE1:D L1:WIS, the well-known 
 horse dealer and auctioneer of Unity, 
 was born in Marlow, N. IL, July 
 10, 1837, son of Gilbert and Orrilla H. (Hunt- 
 ley) Lewis. His grandfather, Dudley Lewis, 
 was a prosperous farmer and lifelong resident 
 of Marlow. Gilbert Lewis was born and 
 reared in Marlow. In 1S39 he moved to
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEW 
 
 Goshen, where he conducted a store, and re- 
 mained three years. In 1S43 he hicated in 
 East Unity, and was there engaged in farming 
 for some time. His last days were passed on 
 a farm in Unity Centre, where he died No- 
 vember 16, 1S72, aged sixty-two years. His 
 wife, Orrilla, who was born in Duxbury, Vt., 
 daughter of the Rev. Isaiah Huntley, became 
 the mother of three, children, namely: C. 
 Reed, the subject of this sketch; Corrinna O., 
 now the wife of Thomas T. Smith, who is a 
 watchmaker, and resides in Canton, Ohio; 
 and Nathan G., who died June 19, 1862, 
 aged seventeen years. Mrs. Gilbert Lewis 
 was eighty-one years old when she died, April 
 20, 1S93. 
 
 C. Reed Lewis was educated in his native 
 town. At the age of nineteen he went to 
 Dicorah, la., where he bought a farm, and re- 
 mained a year. He next went to Oneida, 
 111., where he was employed as a farm assist- 
 ant for the same length of time. After his 
 return to New Hampshire he purchased a 
 farm near the village of Lhiity. He occupied 
 that property until 1889, during which time 
 he attained prosperity as a general farmer and 
 stock dealer. Then selling it, he bought the 
 Gilman place, where he now resides. This 
 estate contains three hundred and fifty acres, 
 which for the most jiart are under cultiva- 
 tion. In addition he owns some outlying 
 land. The greater part of his time is given to 
 auctioneering and the buying of horses, which 
 are shipped to him from Boston. 
 
 In March, 1856, Mr. Lewis married Ilattie 
 E. Sleeper, daughter of John and Caroline 
 Sleeper, of Unity. Mrs. Lewis is the mother 
 of three children, namely: Nellie, born in 
 June, 1862; Olive, horn in May, 1870; and 
 I'jiiily, born in May, 1872. Nellie was edu- 
 cated in Claremontj N. IL, and is now teach- 
 ing school. Olive is the wife of Charles 
 
 Hoffman, a plumber of Windsor, Vt. I'Lmily 
 is employed by the Falls Mountain Paper 
 Company at Bellows P'alls, Vt. In politics 
 Mr. Lewis supports the Democratic party, and 
 he served as Collector of Taxes for four years. 
 He is widely known throughout this section 
 for his energy and business ability, and he has 
 the confidence of his many friends and ac- 
 quaintances. 
 
 ESSP: W. S. MOON, a retired farmer, 
 living in the village of Bradford, was 
 born in Hopkinton, -St. Lawrence 
 County, N.Y., August 12, 1845. His par- 
 ents, Jesse and Sophia (Barker) Moon, are 
 well known in Bradford through their frequent 
 visits to their son. Mr. Moon was reared on 
 a farm, living with his parents until De- 
 cember 30, 1863, when he enlisted for service 
 in the Civil War in the l^leventh New York 
 Cavalry as a recruit, joining his regiment in 
 Washington soon after. He served in the 
 South, mostly in New Orleans. In the spring 
 of 1864 he did guard on various plantations 
 lying along the Mississippi, being for some 
 months at Baton Rouge. He was honorably 
 discharged May 16, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn. 
 Returning to New York State, Mr. Moon 
 was employed on the old homestead for a few 
 years. In December, 1869, he went to Boston 
 to work. While there he bought his i^resent 
 farm in Bradford, of which he took possession 
 in July, 1874. His estate comprises two hun- 
 dred and fifty acres of tillage and timber land 
 antl five hundred acres of pasture. He has 
 carried on mixed farming, paying much atten- 
 tion to dairying, having a fine herd of thirty 
 full-blooded Ayrshire cattle, which he con- 
 siders tlie best milk producers. By remodel- 
 ling and re])airing the dwelling, and erecting 
 new and commodious barns and out-buildings, 
 he has made his tarni one ol the best ap-
 
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 pointed properties in the vicinity. Recently 
 lie removed to the villaj,'e, where he and his 
 l.imily an; re^;ar(ie(i as a most desirable ae<|ni- 
 sitiim to tiie community. In politics he has 
 l)eeii a lifelong Republican, and has always 
 voted the Republican ticket. While he is not 
 an olTice-secker, he has served as .Selectman. 
 
 On January 10, 1867, at Hurlington, Vt., 
 Mr. Moon married Miss Susan V. Delano, who 
 was born in i )n.\bury, Mass., daughter of 
 Mclzar 1'. and Susan V. (I-aiglish) Delano. 
 Ilcr father, who was a cousin of Columbus 
 Delano, came of French ancestry, his progeni- 
 tors in I'rance having borne the name of 
 d'Lanoi. He was a cooper and graver in his 
 early years, working at his trade in Boston 
 and Medford, Mass. Afterward he removed 
 to New York City, where he was engaged as a 
 lumber dealer until his death. While in New 
 York he bought a farm in Vermont, where he 
 antl ills family could spend their summers free 
 from the heat and dust of the city. During 
 one of their periodical stays at the farm his 
 daughter Susan first mot her future husband. 
 Ml', and Mrs. Moon have four daughters; 
 namely, I'annie A., Emily R., Susie M., and 
 Lizzie K. Susie has taught school for several 
 terms in Bradford. Lizzie E. , who is an ac- 
 complished musician, takes especial jiride in 
 the possession of a remarkably fine piano. 
 Bright, ambitious girls, all are self-support- 
 ing. Mr. Moon is a member of Robert Camp- 
 hell Post, No. 58, G. A. R. Mrs. Moon is a 
 Universalist in belief, but not a church mem- 
 ber. She and her family work in harmony 
 with the I'resbyterians. 
 
 / ^TlToRGE H. ADAMS, of Hill, the 
 
 V P I senior proprietor of the Hill Needle 
 
 Factory, was horn at Haverhill, 
 
 Mass., son of the late .Harrison Adams, the 
 
 founder of the needle industry in this place. 
 The first of the Adams family in this country 
 was I'jioch Adams, the great-grandfather of 
 George II. He came to America frcjni Eng- 
 land, and settled, first in Newbury, and after- 
 ward in Salisbury, N. H. His last years were 
 spent in the western part <if the latter town, 
 near Kcarsargc Mountain. His son, Russel, 
 after his marriage with .Susanna I'Mfield, 
 moved to Hill, where a family of eight chil- 
 dren were born to him. Of these the only 
 survivor is Enoch, who resides in Belmont, 
 N.H. 
 
 In early life Harrison Adams was a shoe- 
 maker and worked in Massachusetts. Subse- 
 quently on account of failing health he re- 
 turned to Hill and carried on a farm here for 
 about fifteen years. He moved into the 
 village proper in 1866, after which he had no 
 regular occupation for several years. He then 
 started the needle business with his sons and 
 others, and afterward retained an interest in 
 the concern until his death at the age of 
 seventy-five years. He was the second Re- 
 Ijublican to represent this town in the State 
 legislature, and he served in the capacity of 
 -Selectman and in other town offices. A de- 
 voted member of the Congregational church, 
 at the time of his death he had been senior 
 Deacon, for some time. His wife, in maiden- 
 hood Margaret Morse, was the mother of 
 George H. and Charles F. Adams. 
 
 George H. Adams, the elder son of Harri- 
 son Adams, has always been a progressive and 
 active man. Educated in the public schools, 
 he afterward worked on a farm and then in a 
 grocery store at Charlestown, Mass. Subse- 
 cpiently, after working for six years on the 
 farm of his wife's father, he bought an interest 
 in the needle factory, and has made that his 
 chief object of attention since. In 1S6S he 
 married Miss Abbie Shaw, of Sanbornton,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 N. H. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have had four 
 children, of whom ICrving died when a little 
 more than three years okl. The others are: 
 Mary K., Ahbie J., and iMank \i. Mr. Adams 
 represented the town in the legislature in 
 iSgi. He is a Mason and is affiliated with 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 Like his father, he is an esteemed member of 
 the Congregational church. In politics he is 
 a Republican, and he cast his fir.st vote for 
 General Grant in iS68. 
 
 UBBARD ALONZO BARTON, of 
 Newport, a member of the present 
 firm of editors and publishers of 
 the A'fZi' Hainpsliiic Argus and Spectator, was 
 born in Croydon, N. H., May 12, 1842, son of 
 Caleb L. and Rethiah (Tuck) ]5arton. The 
 Bartons are descended from luiglish emigrants 
 who came to the country previous to 1640. 
 They have embraced many who have become 
 distinguished in the learned profes.sions and 
 in other vocations in life. The great-great- 
 grandfather of the subject of this sketch was 
 killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, and he 
 was a near relative of General ]5arton (jf Revo- 
 lutionary fame. The great-grandfather, Ben- 
 jamin Barton, Jr., who was born in Sutton, 
 Mass., in 1755, also fought for American in- 
 dependence at Bunker Hill, Bennington, West 
 Point, and New York City. He married Me- 
 hitablc Frye in 1779, removed to Croydon in 
 March, 1784, and there in tLu'u served in all 
 the offices within the gift of his adopted town. 
 His son John, an extensive landholder and 
 a successful farmer, was distinguished for his 
 common sense. Caleb L. Barton, a native 
 of Croydon, N.H,, born February 5, 181 5, 
 was one of the most successful and substantial 
 farmers of that town. He has now retired 
 frtjm active business, and lives at ICast Vil- 
 
 lage, Croydf)n. In religion he is a Universal- 
 ist. A Democrat in politics, he has been 
 Selectman and has served in minor offices. 
 His three children, Mrs. Fthan Smith, Sulli- 
 van Barton, of Croydon, and Hubbard A., are 
 all living. 
 
 Hubbard Alonzo Barton was partly edu- 
 cated in the common schools. He was also 
 taught in [irivate by the late John Cooper, a 
 man of extensive learning and a well-known 
 instructor. Early in life he began to contrib- 
 ute to the press both in jirose and verse. 
 Afterward all the time he could spare from 
 his farm occupations was devoted to study. 
 He served as Superintendent of the Schools of 
 Croydon for seven years in succession, during 
 which period the work done by these institu- 
 tions was very satisfactory. In April, 1879, 
 he antl \V. W. Prescott purchased from Henry 
 G. Carleton and Matthew Harvey the Xctv' 
 Hampshire Argus ami Spectator, a Democratic 
 paper established in 1823 by Mr. ]5arton's 
 great-uncle, Cyrus I^arton, who in his day 
 exercised a wide influence in the political 
 affairs of the State; and he has since been its 
 senior editor and proprietor. The firm is now 
 Barton & Wheeler, the hitter having purchased 
 Mr. Prescott's interest in the fall of 1S80. 
 Since Mr. liarton became connected with the 
 paper, it has been enlarged several times, 
 new and improved printing machinery intro- 
 duced, and the circulation of the paper greatly 
 increased. The following, from the Ports- 
 mouth Daiiy Times, in January, 1S97, .shows 
 the estimation in which the pai)er is hehl : 
 "The New Hampshire Argtis and Spectator, 
 published at Newport, this State, comes to us 
 in enlarged size and improved form and in a 
 brand-new dress. It has been changed from an 
 eight-column folio to a si.xteen-column quarto 
 — a change which all its patrons will acknowl- 
 edge is an im|)rovenient when tliey get u.sed to
 
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 it, althmi^h it is likely tliiit some of them will 
 
 be (lisplciisci! with it at hrst. 'Ilaliit is scc- 
 
 iiiid nalurc, ' and they are iiscil t<i tiie old 
 
 hlaiikrl siieet. Tho Aixiis is a ticdit to its 
 
 pnjprictors, to its section of tiic State, and to 
 
 the State. Its editorial department lias been 
 
 coiidneU'd with di,i;nity, aliilil)', and fairness; 
 
 and it has L;i\en due aUention to local matters 
 
 and eorrespondeiue from neiyhhoring towns — 
 
 the 'strong holt ' nf a coimtry paper. Such a 
 
 ])aper is a [)ositive factor in the progress of 
 
 any district; and we aie pleased to see that 
 
 it is apiireciated by the people of Sullivan 
 
 County, as evidencetl by the large outlay its 
 
 pro|)rietors have felt justilietl in iiicui'ring to 
 
 make their previously good paper better than 
 
 ever. 
 
 The following poem fioin the ]ien of j\Ir. 
 
 liarton, which appeared in the (Jraiiitc 
 
 MoHtlily, is a sample of his composition in 
 
 verse : — 
 
 CROYDON. 
 
 My native town, 1 love thee. 
 
 Thy hills and fit- Id.s revere ; 
 The Ciod that lules above lliee 
 
 Ila.s slied his lile.ssing.s here. 
 
 Thy rills and mountains teeming 
 
 Willi nature's rich display, 
 Thy grand old forest-s dreaming, 
 
 Have pictvires bright and gay. 
 
 I fain with thee would tarry, 
 
 I3ecause thou art so true ; 
 Thou seem'st to me a fairy, 
 
 liedecked with heaven's blue. 
 
 On April 27, 1S82, Mr. Ikirtoii married 
 Miss VA\a I.. Wilmarth, daughter of the late 
 Jonathan M. Wilmarth, a prominent and well- 
 known resident of Newport. lie has one 
 child, Henry Wilmarth Barton, born Septem- 
 ber 16, 1890. Mr. Barton is an attendant of 
 the Congregational church. In politics he is 
 a Democrat. He has taken an active part in 
 
 Ma.sonic malter.s, and is a member of Mount 
 Vernon Lodge, No. 15, A. V . & A. M. ; of 
 the Chapter of the Tabernacle, No. M), Royal 
 y\rch Masons, and Higii I'riest of the .same for 
 two years; and of .Sullivan Commandcry, K. T. 
 He has also membership in Newport I^odge, 
 No. 42, K. of P. ; in the Granite State Club; 
 and he is a Trustee of the Richard Free 
 Library. Hesides writing for hi.s own paper, 
 he is the correspondent of the New York 
 1 1 era Id Un .Sidlis'an Coimty. 
 
 SMON B. WAV, M.lJ., a leading 
 physician of Claremont, was born in 
 Lempster, N. H., March 22, 1840, 
 son of Gordon Way by his first wife, Abigail 
 Per ley Way. 
 
 His grandfather, George Way, settled in 
 Lempster, removing from the neighborhood of 
 New London. George became one of the 
 town's most substantial residents. At his 
 death he left a large family. His wife, Sarah 
 Douglas Way, was a descendant of a noted 
 family of Scotland and a relative of the dis- 
 tinguished Stephen A. Douglas. 
 
 Gordon Way, son of George, went to Clare- 
 mont in 1844 with his family, and there took 
 up farming, in which he was most successful. 
 Believing that he could not fulfil the duties 
 of public office without allowing them to inter- 
 fere with his motto, "close application to 
 work," he refusetl all appeals from his towns- 
 people to enter into politics and public life. 
 He was a Trustee of the Methodist church. 
 The latter part of his life was passed quietly 
 in the village. There were thirteen children 
 by his first wife, who died in 1S4S at the age 
 of fifty. A lady of superior intellect, she was 
 a sister of the wife of the late Dr. A. A. 
 Miner and of the wife of the late Bishop 
 Osmon C. Baker, LL. D. His second wife
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 had no children. He died July 31, 1880, at 
 the age of eighty-two years. His daughter, 
 Eliza M., now deceased, married O. B. Kid- 
 der, of Claremont, and removed to Minnesota. 
 Alonzo G. , George O. , Edwin F., Orlo F., 
 and Eliza all emigrated to Claremont, Minn., 
 in 1854. Alonzo was the first white settler 
 of the place, and gave the town its name. 
 George, who is a dealer in real estate in Min- 
 neapolis, formerly resided in Claremont, 
 Minn. His wife was the first white woman in 
 Claremont. Edwin is a merchant, and the 
 Judge of the Probate Court. Orlo F. is a 
 noted farmer in Claremont, Minn. Of the 
 other children Lucy A. married the Rev. 
 J. C. Hoyt, and resides in New York; Louisa 
 M. married Ira Colby, of Claremont, one of 
 the first lawyers in the State of New Hamp- 
 shire; Evaline married Eliacum Tandy, and 
 died in 1848; Emaly died in the same year; 
 Perley Fl died in 1847; and the remaining 
 two died in infancy. 
 
 Osmon B. Way was a typical farmer boy 
 during his early years. Fie was educated 
 at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, and 
 studied medicine with the late Professor A. B. 
 Crosby, M. D. , of Hanover, and the late Dr. 
 Nathaniel Tolles, of Claremont, teaching 
 school in the meantime. He graduated at 
 Dartmouth Medical College in 1865, receiving 
 the first prize for scholarship. Later he took 
 a thorough course in the colleges and hospitals 
 of New York. After practising for a year and 
 a half at South Acworth, he returned to Clare- 
 mont in 1867, where he has since been busy 
 in his profession. Ajipointed United States 
 Examining Pension Surgeon in December, 
 1873, he resigned the office in May, 1882. 
 He represented this locality in the State legis- 
 lature in 1871 and 1872. Fie has served about 
 fifteen years as Superintendent of Schools and 
 nineteen years on the High School Committee. 
 
 He has been Trustee of the Fiske Free Library 
 from its inception ; is a Director of the 
 People's National Bank, of Claremont; and 
 was formerly for many years President of the 
 Board of Trade. Dr. Way is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity of the third degree. He 
 is a prominent member of the Methodist 
 church, has been a trustee twenty-five years, 
 and president of the society nearly as long. 
 Fie built and now owns one-third of the Union 
 Block, the largest and most attractive business 
 building of the town, if not of the State. The 
 fine residence he occupies in Claremont is also 
 his property. Having bought out the heirs of 
 his father's estate, he owns the fine farm of 
 two hundred acres in West Claremont for 
 many years known as the old Way farm. The 
 house, which is one of the old landmarks of 
 the district, was built by the grandfather of 
 the distinguished Chief Justice Salmon P. 
 Chase in 1784. The farm is kept well 
 stocked, and the Doctor enjoys many an hour 
 of recreation in its rural seclusion. In re 
 cent years the Doctor has given much time and 
 study to the subject of bacteriology and to 
 pathological subjects. Fie is also an authority 
 on all general diseases, especially all diseases 
 arising from germs, to the investigation of 
 which he has given special attention for the 
 last ten years. Analytical and microscopical 
 investigations have also occupied a large share 
 of his time. In truth, he has a large reputa- 
 tion as a microscoiMst, bacteriologist, and 
 pathologist. At the request of the towns- 
 peo[)le he often gi\'es most interesting and 
 instructive lectures on the results of his in- 
 vestigations with the microscope. His genial 
 disposition and peculiarly pleasing manners 
 make him a fascinating lecturer. 
 
 In 1867 Mr. Way married first Martha L. 
 Wightman, who died after one year of married 
 happiness. In 1882 Mary J. Wightman, the
 
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 291 
 
 sister iif llic first Mis. Way, liccaiiu- liis wife; 
 She luul boon a successful teacher in iiigh 
 schdol and college hefnrc marriage. She was 
 many )'ears instructur in the famous (iannett 
 Institute, iinsldn. This gifted and highly 
 educated woman takes the deepest interest in 
 the study of bacteriology, and is her husband's 
 constant companion and assistant in his re- 
 searches. Dr. Way is a self-made man in the 
 l)est sense. I'liblic-spirited to a high degree, 
 he takes an earnest interest in every measure 
 cakidaled to aih'ance the welfare of the town. 
 
 AMI'lS MADISON CONNOR, a snc- 
 ^->i I cessfnl and enterprising farmer (if llop- 
 v^jx kinton, was born in Ilennikcr, N. H., 
 August 21, 1828, son of James and Lydia 
 (Kimball) Connor. His great-grandfather, 
 David Connor, or O'Connor, and two brothers, 
 all natives of Ireland, were the first settlers of 
 the name in the district. The brothers settled 
 in I'!.\eter, near Lake Winiiepesaukce. David, 
 who took u\) his residence in Ilennikcr, was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. His son James, grand- 
 father of James M., and who was later in life 
 called Captain James, was born in Henniker. 
 The Christian name of his wife was Dorcas. 
 
 When the subject of this sketch was three 
 years old, his parents came to the south part of 
 Hopkinton; and the father died there at the 
 age of fifty-eight, having been an invalid for 
 some time. The mother survived him for 
 years, living to be seventy-five, ami dying at 
 her son's' farm. Their children were: Isaac 
 K., Harlowe, Lydia, and James Madison. 
 Isaac is a mill-owner and carpenter in Warner, 
 N. II. llarlowe is a carpenter, ami lives in 
 Lancaster, N. H. Lydia is the widow of 
 Enoch Danforth, and lives in Hopkinton, near 
 Stumpfield. 
 
 James Madison Connor learned the car])en- 
 
 ter's trade, and followed it for several years. 
 Afterward he purchased the small farm on 
 which his sister now lives, reconstructed the 
 buildings, and engaged in farming. The 
 added responsibility of caring for his invalid 
 father seemed to spur him to greater effort and 
 better success. In the eight or ten years he 
 spent on the first farm he bad saved one thou- 
 sand five hundred dollars. This sum he in- 
 vested in a "rim down" farm of one hundred 
 acres, which by extensive imjjrovements he 
 made a profitable place. llere he has made a 
 specialty of the dairy business, keeping about 
 twelve cows the year round, and making but- 
 ter of the highest grade on a large scale with 
 the use of the hand separator and other modern 
 contrivances. At the World's Fair his dairy 
 products carried off the medal with a score of 
 ninety-nine points, while he also received a 
 diploma for his disiday. He has often exhib- 
 ited elsewhere, and always with the most 
 gratifying residts. llis annual product, which 
 is from two thousaiul i'lvc lumdred pounds to 
 three thousand pounds, is taken by jjrivate 
 customers among the best families of Concord 
 at the maximum price now of about thirty -one 
 cents. His dairy stock is of the Guernsey 
 breed, and his cows average nearly three hun- 
 dred pounds of butter a year. He has been 
 President of the State Dairymen's Association 
 since its organization, ten years ago. The 
 exhibit at Chicago was given under the aus- 
 pices of this Association, they sending a man 
 to take charge of it. About twenty years ago 
 New Hampshire had no rank as a dairy State; 
 but at the Fair it took the lead both as regards 
 quantity and quality^ and that in a number of 
 competing displays. There are now about fifty 
 creameries in the State, a fact that is largely 
 due to the work of the Association. Mr. 
 Connor is also the President of the Guernsey 
 Cieamery Company at Contoocook. A writer
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 for the press since he was twenty years old, he 
 has been a valued contributor to agricultural 
 publications on dairy matters and general 
 farming. He has also read papers before the 
 Board of Agriculture. He has been a mem- 
 ber of Union Grange since its organization 
 twenty years ago ; the Master of Pomona 
 Grange for some time; a member of the E.xec- 
 utive Committee of the State Grange; and the 
 chairman of the committee composed of all 
 Masters of Pomona Granges in the State, and 
 chosen to consider the subject of improving 
 the roads. He is a Director and Trustee in 
 the Grange Fire Insurance Company, which 
 does a large business; and he is Treasurer of 
 the Merrimack County Grange Fair Associa- 
 tion. The latter, which is a grange organiza- 
 tion ex'clusively, holds fairs at Warner, the old 
 centre for such enterprises. 
 
 On December 20, 1859, Mr. Connor mar- 
 ried Judith M., daughter of Ira A. and Han- 
 nah (Muzzy) Putney, of Hopkinton. They 
 had four children — Maria P., Carrie J., 
 Charles H., and Grace li. The first two live 
 in Waltham, Mass., Maria being the wife of 
 Frank Kimball; Grace is at home; and 
 Charles H., who was born September 24, 
 1872, died October 18, 1S96. Charles was 
 a bright and popular young man, and his death 
 left a sad blank in the community as well as in 
 his home. He was elected Master of Union 
 Grange before he was of age, and served two 
 years. At the time of his death he held the 
 office of District Deputy Inspector of the 
 Grange. Mrs. Connor died May 9, 1877; and 
 Mr. Connor married again Sejjtember 6, 1881, 
 taking for his second wife Catherine Hoyt 
 Watson, daughter of Joseph G. and Catherine 
 (Parmelee) Hoyt, of Newport, N. H. He is 
 a member of the Congregational church, and he 
 has been the su]ierintendcnt of the society's 
 Sunday-school. In jiolitics he is a Democrat. 
 
 RED BEAN, a progressive and skilful 
 farmer of Warner, was born September 
 30, 1857, in Waterloo, Merrimack 
 County, son of William H. Bean. His pater- 
 nal grandfather, Daniel Bean, a native of 
 New York State, was reared to manhood in 
 Newburyport, Mass. Afterward he moved to 
 Waterloo, where he spent his remaining days. 
 William H. Bean worked at the wheel- 
 wright's trade more or less until he started in 
 the lumber business in company with his 
 brother Daniel. He subsequently purchased 
 the mill, and had carried on the manufacture 
 of lumber alone for a number of years when he 
 sold out in 1872. Thereafter he confined his 
 attention to the management of his farm. 
 This property is located in the lower edge of 
 Waterloo, and is now occupied by the widow 
 of his son Walter. He married Mary S. 
 Colby, daughter of Philip S. Colby, who 
 owned the farm just opposite his. She died 
 in 1871, and he in 1892, at the venerable age 
 of eighty-one years. They had a family of 
 eight children, namely: Philip, who is in the 
 hardware business in Concord, N. H. ; Will- 
 iam H. Bean, Jr., who was agent at the 
 Hillsborough railway station for fifteen years, 
 and died in 1S91, at the age of fifty-three; 
 Walter H., who was mail agent on the Bos- 
 ton & Maine for twenty years, kept a hotel 
 in Claremont for a time, and died at Warner 
 in P'ebruary, 1S95, at the age of fifty-five 
 years; Harriet E. , who resides in Warner, and 
 is the widow of Henry M. Seavey ; Sarah, who 
 lived but a short time; Charles A., who died 
 at the age of ten years; Fretl, the sjiecial sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Mary Lizzie, who died 
 at the age of fifteen years. A coincidence of 
 dates is noted regarding the births of the three 
 older children. The first was born April 24, 
 1836; the second, April 24, 1838; antl the 
 third on March 24, 1840.
 
 HERMAN W. GREENE.
 
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 29s 
 
 I'rccl Rcan remained at home until his mar- 
 riage, there obtaining a |)ractical experience 
 in general agricuituial work. On ()ct(jl)er 15, 
 1877, he married Miss Frances A., daughter 
 of l'"rancis and Aliigail (Gage) Robbins. 
 Innnediately after he moved on to the Rolibins 
 homestead, which be has since conducted. 
 Mr. Robl)ins was born July 9, 1S15, in Mason, 
 N.II. In early life he engaged in the lumber 
 business at Enfield, N.ll. 1 1 ere he was mar- 
 ried to Abigail Gage, who was born in that 
 town, December 10, 18 14. Subsequently he 
 carried on the same business in connection 
 with farming in the town of Sutton, coming 
 from there to Warner in 1873, and erecting 
 tiie bouse now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bean. 
 15oth he and his wife continued their residence 
 here during the remainder of their lives, be 
 dying December 10, 1884, and she December 
 31, 1893. Mr. Robbins, who possessed rare 
 business ability, was a man of fine appear- 
 ance, tall and well iimijortioned,. weighing two 
 hundred and fifty pounds. . Besides carrying 
 on the grain and lumber business in Warner 
 for several years, he was an extensive land- 
 holder, owning three farms in Warner and one 
 in Sutton. He bought a good deal of land for 
 the sake of the timber, raising stock on it after 
 clearing it. lie made a specialty of sheep- 
 raising, in which be had great success. In 
 politics he was a Democrat, and both he and 
 his wife were Adventists in religion. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Bean continued the 
 sheep-raising business commenced by Mr. 
 Robbins, in addition to carrying on the farm- 
 ing. He also superintends one of the other 
 farms, the other two having been disposed of 
 by him. He keeps a large dairy, which brings 
 him the most profit; and he has engaged to 
 some extent in breeding fine roadsters. Mr. 
 Bean was one of the incorporators of the War- 
 ner Glove Factory, and is now a Director. He 
 
 is also a Director in the Farmers' Fair Asso- 
 ciation. In Masonry he is quite prominent 
 and active. l'"or three years he was Worthy 
 Master of Harris Lodge, No. 91, V. & A. M., 
 of Warner. He has served as Dictator and 
 Deputy Grand in the Grand Lodge; and for 
 a year he was High Priest of Wood Chapter, 
 R. A. M., of Hennikcr. He has also been 
 closely associated with the leading interests of 
 the town, having served as Selectman for three 
 years, being the Chairman of the Board for 
 two years of that time. In 1889 he was 
 elected a Representative to the State legis- 
 lature, where he was active as a member of the 
 Committees on Insurance and on Towns. A 
 stanch Republican, he attends all the local 
 party conventions. He takes deep interest in 
 educational matters, and rendered valuable aid 
 to the community as a member of the Free 
 High School Committee for a period of three 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Bean have one daughter, 
 Stella May, a girl of thirteen years. The 
 three members of the fanriily belong to the 
 Baptist church. In the society Mr. Bean is a 
 Deacon and the superintendent of the Sunday- 
 school. 
 
 4-**«-« 
 
 ERMAN WELLS GREENE, for- 
 merly a lawyer of considerable note 
 -^ V^___, in Hopkinton, was born here, April 
 II, 1836, son of Herman H. and Ellen Chase 
 (Little) Greene. His only brother died at the 
 age of fourteen years; and his only sister is 
 now the wife of a Mr. Roberts, of Philadel- 
 phia, Pa. After receiving his early education 
 in the public schools of Hopkinton and at 
 Pembroke and Gilmanton Academies, he be- 
 came interested in the legal profession, and 
 read law with George & Foster, of Concord, 
 and later with Beard & Nickerson, of Boston, 
 Mass. On his twenty-first birthday he was 
 admitted to the Suffolk County bar. At first
 
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 he practised with Charles E. Pike, afterward 
 with Ithmar W. ]5eard and James P. Sullivan. 
 Subsequently, on account of failing health, he 
 returned to his native place, and did not prac- 
 tise for about seven years. On resuming his 
 profession he was for a time associated with 
 Carlos G. Hawthorne. In politics he was 
 an enthusiast, and he held various ofifices of 
 trust. He was Moderator of the town meeting 
 for over twenty years all together, was Superin- 
 tendent of Schools for five years, and State 
 Representative in 1881, 1889, and 1891. In 
 1 89 1 he took an active part in the debates of 
 the legislature, and served on the Judicial and 
 Railroad Committees. He was County Solic- 
 itor of Merrimack County five years, during 
 which period he was obliged to be in Con- 
 cord much of the time. In early life a Dem- 
 ocrat, he afterward became a Republican, and 
 served on the Republican State Committees, 
 and generally attended the conventions. He 
 was for a number of years Curator of the Hop- 
 kinton Antiquarian Society, and was Chair- 
 man of the Library Trustees. 
 
 Before he was of age Mr. Greene married 
 Miss Frances Adeline Willard, of Hopkinton, 
 who was brought up by her grandmother, Mrs. 
 Sophia Tebbets. Mrs. Greene died March 2, 
 1873, leaving one son, Willard T., now a resi- 
 dent of Hopkinton. On September 18, 1877, 
 Mr. Greene married for his second wife Miss 
 Ansticc Irene Clarke, daughter of Daniel VV. 
 and Ruhamah (Cochran) Clarke, of Canaan, 
 N. H. Mrs. Clarke, who was left a widow by 
 the death of her first husband, married Judge 
 Horace Chase when Anstice was but nine 
 years old; and they went to Hopkinton to live. 
 Mrs. Greene has no children. She still lives 
 in the old Greene homestead, the place which 
 belonged to the beloved mother of her distin- 
 guished husband. Mr. Greene was an accom- 
 plished public speaker, ready with telling ar- 
 
 gument and bright repartee. He was versatile 
 and quick to discern the drift of legislation. 
 The important positions intrusted to him 
 showed that he had the esteem and confidence 
 of all. For years he was President of the 
 State Republican League, and with that 
 body attended the Baltimore Convention. 
 Throughout his own State he was a noted 
 speaker. In making public addresses he used 
 no notes e.xcept for headings, and never wrote 
 but one address. In his legislative career he 
 was associated both in an official and warmly 
 personal way with Dr. Gallinger, of Concord, 
 the well-known United States Senator. 
 
 Mr. Greene died of apople.\y, March i, 
 1896, at the age of si.xty years. He had felt 
 that death was impending, and had shortly 
 before made the most orderly settlement of all 
 his affairs. He was a tall, well-proportioned 
 man, in manners affable and courteous, and in 
 disposition calm and cheerful. Always a man 
 of correct habits, his life was well-nigh blame- 
 less. A warm affection existed between him 
 and his mother, partly because he was the only 
 son left her. He remained with her for this 
 reason, and these family ties kept him from 
 going elsewhere and opening a law office. 
 While he was not a member of any secret so- 
 ciety, he belonged to St. Andrew's Episcopal 
 Church, of which he was Warden. The latter 
 church contains a beautiful family memorial 
 window designed by his niece, who is a noted 
 artist, Miss lUs'ic Roberts, of Philadelphia. 
 He was an unusually well-reatl man ; and he 
 had strong tendencies to art, especially to 
 music. 
 
 ■^I'AVELL H. WEBSTER, now a prom- 
 inent and affluent resident of Helena, 
 
 L-? x^ ^ Mont., was born November 29, 
 1S36, in Henniker, a son of Jesse and Susan 
 C. (Newell) Webster. An account of his
 
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 father's life will be found elsewhere in this 
 volume. In his youth Newell was known as a 
 remarkably bri^^ht lad, showing even then the 
 vigor of intellect and strength of character 
 inherited from his mother. After leaving 
 school he learned the tailor's trade from his 
 father, subsequently spending two years as a 
 clerk in IJoston. His health failing, a change 
 of climate was advised; and, little thinking 
 what the future years had in store for him, he 
 bade farewell to his friends, and started west- 
 ward, arriving in Minnesota early in 1861. 
 At Hastings he joined a party engaged in sur- 
 veying for a railway, being employed as chain 
 carrier. His investigating turn of mind and 
 natural desire for knowledge caused him to 
 note the transit's record in a book of his own. 
 Soon after he became expert in the use of the 
 instruments, whereupon the engineer in charge 
 placed him in charge of the transit. When 
 the surveying in that State was completed, he 
 received and accepted a flattering offer of an 
 engagement in the same line of business in 
 Colorado, where he went in 1863. He was 
 subsequently selected to lead an exploring 
 party into Idaho and Montana; and he was at 
 East Bannack, Montana Territory, when the 
 settlement of the district was beginning. 
 
 Deciding at once to locate in the new and 
 undeveloped region, Mr. Webster identified 
 himself with its interests. Eventually he es- 
 tablished himself in business in the future city 
 of Helena, where he erected the first frame 
 house, fie opened a store for general mer- 
 chandise, and was until recent years one of the 
 leading merchants of that and surrounding 
 towns. Making judicious investments of his 
 money, he has accumulated a large property, 
 reaching close to the million mark, and holds 
 a high position among the most substantial 
 and highly esteemed men of Montana. On 
 May 21, 1876, Mr. Webster married Miss 
 
 Ella M. Adams, of Helena. He makes an- 
 nual visits to his old home, coming here 
 nearly every summer, and bringing cheer to 
 his aged father before the latter died, for 
 whom he entertained a loving and loyal affec- 
 tion. 
 
 ■Tf^OSWELL HUNTOON, an enterpris- 
 I S^ ing farmer residing in Langdon, was 
 VP V ^ born in the town of Unity, this 
 county, October 14, 1820, son of Lemuel and 
 Sybil (Palmer) Huntoon. Phillip Huntoon, 
 born in Wiltshire, England, in 16O4, was the 
 immigrant ancestor of this family. The next 
 in line was John. Then came Charles, who 
 was born October 12, 1725, at Kingston, 
 N. H., and died in Unity, May 27, 1819. He 
 was a very prominent man in Unity, and he 
 served in the General Court of the State. He 
 bore arms in both the French and Indian War 
 and the Revolutionary War. His son, 
 Charles Huntoon, Jr., was born in Unity, De- 
 cember 15, 1755, and died January 2, 1838. 
 Charles married Maria Smith, of Kingston, 
 N.H. ; and their union was blessed by the 
 birth of six children — Robert, Jacob, Pollie, 
 Maria, Lemuel, and Erastus. 
 
 Lemuel Huntoon was born in Unity, No- 
 vember 29, 1793. About the year 1835 he 
 came to Langdon, and lived here until his 
 death, which occurred November 15, 1878, 
 when nearly eighty-five years of age. He was 
 a blacksmith by trade, and his years of active 
 labor were spent at the forge. He was one of 
 the first in this section to espouse the cause 
 of temperance and join the temperance club. 
 Sybil, his wife, was a daughter of Benjamin 
 Palmer. She was born September 20, 1794, 
 and died May i, 1874, in her eightieth year. 
 They had seven children, all born in Unity; 
 namely, Sybil Palmer, Lemuel, Jr., Roswell, 
 Joel, Candace A., Andrew J., and Jane.
 
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 Sybil, born February 15, 1817, first married 
 Josiah Prouty, by whom she had one child. 
 She is now the widow of Rufus Guild, and 
 lives in Alstead. Lemuel, Jr., born July 23, 
 181S, died April 24, 1891, in Lawrence, 
 Mass., where he was engaged in the jewelry 
 business. He married Helen M. Cummings, 
 and had two children. Joel, born October 14, 
 1S23, who is a surveyor and civil engineer in 
 Topeka, Kan., married Ellen Richardson, of 
 Alstead, N.H., and had seven children. 
 Candace A., born July 12, 1826, was the wife 
 of Samuel K. Elwell, of Langdon, and had 
 two children. Andrew J. and Jane, twins, 
 were born February 29, 1832. She died De- 
 cember 17, 1848, in her seventeenth year. 
 Andrew is a physician in Topeka, Kan., 
 where he also conducts a large livery busi- 
 ness. He married Lizzie P. Foster, of Wal- 
 pole, N.H., and had four children. 
 
 Roswell Huntoon suijplemented a common - 
 school education by a few terms at Dr. 
 Miner's Military Academy of Unity, teaching 
 school during the winters. On completing 
 his studies he learned the blacksmith trade. 
 Subsequently he took up farming, which he 
 has since followed. For eight years he lived 
 in Charlestown, N.H.; but for over forty 
 years Langdon has been his home. 
 
 Mr. Huntoon married Electa J. l^lwell, 
 who was born January 20, 1823, daughter of 
 Samuel Elwell, of Langdon. They have had 
 three children — Horace R., Marcella B., and 
 Harlcy J. Horace R., born in Unity, Sep- 
 tember 14, 1843, who was a farmer and tanner, 
 died November i, 1865. Marcella B. , born 
 in Langdon, December 17, 1847, has been an 
 invalid for the past twenty years. Harlcy J., 
 born in Charlestown, July 7, 1S56, is in the 
 gunsmith business at Bellows P'alls, Vt., and 
 is a prominent musician there, playing in the 
 band, and acting as jiromptcr of an orchestra. 
 
 He married Addie Parkinson, of Langdon, 
 and has three children: Perley H., born in 
 Bellows Falls, July 17, 1879; Edith E., born 
 December 12, 1885; and Florence J., born 
 May 6, 1889. In politics Mr. Huntoon is a 
 Republican. He represented his town in the 
 New Hampshire legislature in 1875 '^^'^ 1876, 
 and was a member of the Committee on 
 P'isheries and Game. He is an attendant of 
 the Universalist church; and, like his father, 
 he has been an active temperance worker. 
 
 ILLIAM TASKER, one of the 
 prominent residents of Contoocook, 
 was born August 21, 1852, in Pitts- 
 field, this county, son of William and Mary 
 (Lougee) Tasker. The grandfather, Joseph 
 Tasker, and his brothers, John and Paul, re- 
 moving from Newington, near Portsmouth, 
 were the first settlers of Barnstead. . Paul 
 Tasker died leaving no family. Joseph fol- 
 lowed the trade of shoemaker. He married 
 Sally True, of Pittsfield, at which place they 
 both died, he about the year 1878, and she in 
 1884. His son, the Rev. Joseph O. Tasker, 
 is a Congregational minister at Short P'alls, 
 Epsom township, this county. William 
 Tasker, Sr., another son of Joseph, born in 
 Barnstead, Belknap County, was also a shoe- 
 maker. He was a resident of Pittsfield, where 
 he died in 1859, at the age of forty, leaving 
 one son, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 William Tasker passed his boyhood in Pitts- 
 field, receiving his education in the academy, 
 and working in a store during his vacations, 
 his father's home being in the village. He 
 yet owns this place, where his mother still 
 lives. Subsequently he worked in the grist- 
 m'ill of Weeks lirothers, until it was burned in 
 1880. He then came to Contoocook, and 
 worked for a year and a half as miller in the
 
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 299 
 
 grist-mill of A. B. VVadsworth & Co., after 
 which he returned to Pittsfield, and bought an 
 ice business, ;ind conducted it for five years. 
 In iS.S':; lie was chosen Selectman, and in the 
 following year he was made Chairman of the 
 Board. Among several matters of importance 
 dealt with by the lioard in the five years dur- 
 ing which he was a member, the most note- 
 worthy was, perhajis, the opening of a system 
 of sewerage in Pittsfield. In 1887, July i, he 
 was appointed l)y the ('ouiity Commissioners 
 superintendent of the Merrimack County Farm 
 at North Boscawen. At that time the farm, 
 which contains four hundred and eighty-three 
 acres of land, was also the location ol the 
 House of Correction. This institution had 
 one hundred and seventy-five inmates, of whom 
 over forty were insane, all being under the 
 charge of the superintendent and his wife. 
 He filled this office efficiently, making such 
 improvements on the farm as to cause it to be 
 regarded as a model for its kind until 1895, 
 when a change in the administration of the 
 county resulted in his removal. On April 1 
 of the same year he and Mr. Rand formed the 
 firm of Rand S: Tasker, which has since lieen 
 in business in Contoocook. Keeping a stock 
 valued at fourteen thousand dollars, they have 
 a very satisfactory trade. 
 
 On November 30, 1882, Mr. Tasker married 
 liertha L. Osgood, daughter of Abrani B. and 
 Lucy (Sargent) Osgood, who was born at 
 Loudon, N. II. Mrs. Tasker was in charge of 
 the house while on the County Farm, and to 
 her efficient management is largely due the 
 success of Mr. Tasker's administration of that 
 institution. She had been to some extent 
 fitted for her arduous task, as from the age of 
 sixteen, when her mother died, until her mar- 
 riage, she was her father's housekeeper. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Tasker have three children, namely: 
 Ethel I'rances, born May 15, 1884; William 
 
 Martin, born September 12, 1887; and Lucy 
 Ik-rtha, born August i, 1892. Mrs. Tasker is 
 a memjjcr of the I'rce Will Baptist Church of 
 Pittsfield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tasker arc 
 members of Contoocook Grange, P. of IL 
 
 ON. ISAAC DARWIN MPIRRILL, 
 a well-known public man of Contoo- 
 cook, is a son of Isaac and Mary 
 (Wyman) Merrill, born October i, 1814, in 
 Hopkinton village, N.H. The father, a na- 
 tive of Hollis, Hillsborough County, born 
 June 15, 1784, was a cooper by trade, and 
 worked in Boston, Portland, and Troy, N.Y. 
 When Isaac D. was about a year old, the fam- 
 ily moved from IIo|)kinton to Hillsborough 
 Bridge, where his father was employed at 
 his trade. Later, more than si.xty years ago, 
 he settled in Contoocook, built the house 
 where the subject of this sketch now resides, 
 worked at his trade for some time longer, and 
 died there, September 8, 1883, aged ninety- 
 nine years, two months, and twenty-four days. 
 He is well remembered in the community, 
 among whom he is still sjioken of as "Boss 
 Merrill." He was a man of strong frame and 
 good health, industrious and apt to outdo his 
 coworkers. Shortly before his death he be- 
 came blind; and his last years were spent 
 quietly at the homestead with his son, Isaac 
 Darwin Merrill. He had three wives, whom 
 he outlived. His first marriage was made 
 witli Mary Wyman, of Deering, who died May 
 31, 1843. She had eight children, si.x of 
 whom, three sons and three daughters, reached 
 maturity. The eldest, Clarinda, married Jo- 
 seph L. Upton, of Contoocook, where she died 
 after passing her eightieth year. Her hus- 
 band, who was a wheelwright, built their 
 house in Contoocook. The second child, the 
 subject of this sketch, is the only one of this
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 family now living. The rest of the six re- 
 ferred to were: Milton Wyman, who did not 
 marry, resided with his father, and died in 
 1S56, at the age of forty years ; James Madi- 
 son, who was also a bachelor, and lived 
 chiefly in New York and Boston; Emily, 
 who married Alonzo Currier, of Contoocook, 
 and died in I^'ebruary, 1896; and Annette, 
 who married Levi F. Mason, of Marlboro, 
 N.LL, and died in 1S92. 
 
 When ten years old, Isaac Darwin Merrill 
 went to live with an uncle, John Smith, on a 
 farm at Newport. Here he remained until 
 he was fourteen, doing much hard work, and 
 often walking back the twenty-five miles from 
 Hillsborough after visiting his family. 
 After leaving Newport, he worked on a farm 
 in Hillsborough, attending school in the 
 winter and boarding at home. Having 
 learned the cooper's trade, he worked at it 
 somewhat with his father and others in Con- 
 toocook. When about eighteen years of age 
 his father placed him with a store-keeper, who 
 was also, at that time, the [lostmaster of East 
 Wcare. At the age of twenty-one years or 
 thereabout he went to Boston, and afterward 
 worked as a hotel clerk there and in Maiden 
 for about five years. In 1843, having saved 
 about eight hundred dollars, he returned to 
 Contoocook, and in company with his brother, 
 Miltiin W. , started a store, to which he de- 
 voted his attention for several years, although 
 it did not prove a very profitable venture. 
 From 1853 to 1861 he served for much of 
 the time as Postmaster, and in 1843 he was 
 made Justice of the Peace. In the latter 
 capacity he has served continuously for over 
 half a century, doing the greater part of the 
 conveyancing of Contoocook, officiating at 
 many marriages, and settling many estates. 
 Although not a member of the bar, he has 
 an extensive knowledge of law, and re- 
 
 ceives the full confidence of those whose busi- 
 ness he has conducted. As its Treasurer he 
 handled the funds of the town for more than 
 thirty years. In 1854 and again in 1856 he 
 served in the State legislature, securing the 
 incorporation of the local academy, which has 
 been of much benefit to the village. His 
 money is largely invested in his own town, 
 where he owns much real estate. He has 
 never married. Now, at the age of eighty-two 
 years, Mr. Isaac Darwin Merrill, is a whole- 
 souled, genial man, attending personally to 
 his numerous affairs, in connection with which 
 he visits, with something of his old energy, 
 the business centres to which those duties 
 draw him. Even at his advanced age he is 
 still keen, shrewd, and active. 
 
 l'i:i. WHITCOMB, a resident of New 
 
 London, Merrimack County, for 
 -^ V ^ nearly fifty years, was born Decem- 
 ber 20, 1822, in Newport, N. H., which was 
 also the birthplace of his parents, Parmenas 
 and Rua (Hard) Whitcomb. His mother was 
 a daughter of Samuel Hurd, a pioneer settler 
 of Newport. His father's father, Benjamin 
 Whitcomb, removed from Henniker, this 
 county, to Newport at an early period of its 
 settlement. 
 
 Parmenas Whitcomb was a farmer and lum- 
 berman, and heljoed build a saw-mill in his 
 native town, living in Newport until his death, 
 at the age of eighty-five years. His first wife 
 died at the age of si.xty-seven years, leaving 
 four children, namely: Kuel; Sarah Ann, who 
 was the wife of the late James Emerson ; Lydia, 
 who married Willard Morse, of Minneapolis, 
 Minn.; and Parmenas, of Hanover, N.H., a 
 ])rinter at Dartmouth College. The father 
 subsecpiently married Mrs. Orpha Metcalf, who 
 died a few years later, leaving no children.
 
 I!K)(;K AI'IIICAI. KKVIKW 
 
 30' 
 
 Riiel Whitcomb remained with his parents 
 until seventeen years old, wlien he went to 
 Croydon to learn the Idacksniith's trade. lie 
 served an apprenticeship of three years with 
 Dennisiin linniphrey, his father taking his 
 wages. Having mastered the trade, he fol- 
 lowed it for two years as a journeyman, and 
 then entered a .scythe shop in Newport, work- 
 ing there for Larncd & Sibley two years. In 
 I1S49 Mr. Whitcomb came to New London, 
 cii)taining a situation in liie scythe factory at 
 .Scytlu'villc. The plant had then been estab- 
 lisiiccl but a few years, and was controlled by 
 Phillips, Messer & Colby. lie took a posi- 
 tion as tempcrer, and remained there in that 
 capacity forty years, during which period the 
 business increased so that the force of men 
 employed was enlarged from twent}'-four to 
 fifty. In the meantime there were various 
 changes in the firm ; and at the disbandment 
 of the organization in nSSq, all of the original 
 mcmluMs of the company having died, his 
 emplovers were N. 'I', ("ireenwood & Sons. 
 The village, which was once quite thriving, is 
 now almost deserted; and the jjost-office, in 
 which he served during President Cleveland's 
 first administration as Postmaster, had its 
 name changed in January, 1S96, to l^lkins. 
 Mr. Whitcoiub has always been a stanch Dem- 
 ocrat, much interested in his party; and he 
 has attended the vai ions local conventions 
 since a young man. 
 
 Ml'. Whitcomb was married October 31, 
 1 84 1, to Miss Samantha R. Crosby, of Croy- 
 don. She died some eighteen years later, 
 leaving one son, Edwin Kuel, of lilkins. He 
 married Nellie Dill, of Gardiner, Me. ; and 
 they have one child, Brainard Edwin Whit- 
 comb. On January 7, i86g, Mr. Whitcomb 
 was married to Miss Lucy A. Woodbury, 
 daughter of Judge John and Nancy (Wells) 
 Woodbury, of W'ilmot Flat. Judge Wood- 
 
 bury was a carpenter by occupation, and was 
 one of the leading Democrats of his town. 
 He served in the State legislature four years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb have one child, a 
 daughter — Bcrnette S. , who is an accom- 
 ]3lished musician, having taken a thorough 
 course of study in music, which she now 
 teaches with much success. Mr. Whitcomb 
 and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 I'4)iscopal church at Wilmot. 
 
 lL\KLi:S O. J'lASTMAX, formerly 
 the Postmaster of Claremont, was born 
 October 25, 1824, in Lisbon, 
 N.H., one of the seven children of Nicholas 
 and Hannah (Baker) ICastman. Until he 
 reached the age of twenty-one years he re- 
 mained with his ])arents, receiving his educa- 
 tion in the district schools and the Methodist 
 Seminary at Newbury, from which he duly 
 graduated. After leaving the seminary, he 
 taught schotd for several winters. In 1845 
 he left home to go to Windsor, Vt., where he 
 remained for five years. Coming to Claremont 
 in 1850, he was first employed in the book- 
 bindery of the Claremont Manufacturing Com- 
 pany. While in their employ he was at- 
 tacked by a serious illness, from which he 
 never fully recovered during the ensuing 
 thirty-five years of his life. This long period 
 was one of patient suffering and of noble 
 struggle with disease. He was a member of 
 the Republican [larty. In 1861 President 
 Lincoln appointed him Postmaster of Clare- 
 mont. Having entered upon the duties of the 
 office on June 17 of the same year, he contin- 
 ued to serve until July 11, 1870, a term of 
 service distinguished by marked ability and 
 faithfulness. He is spoken of as having been 
 most accommodating and exceptionally fitted 
 for the office. Beginning in 1S72, he by care-
 
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 ful and honorable methods built up the large 
 and profitable business of the Eastman Insur- 
 ance Agency, which is so widely known. 
 While his integrity was above suspicion, his 
 agreeable manners made many friends for him. 
 Then his judgment was greatly trusted by the 
 companies he represented, and he became one 
 of the most prominent and successful insurance 
 agents of Western New Hampshire. He was 
 a director of no less than four insurance com- 
 panies of the State, and he was regarded as a 
 safe and wise counsellor. 
 
 To quote the words of one who knew him 
 well, Mr. Eastman was "a pronounced and 
 consistent Methodist. OLiiet in his demon- 
 strations, the spiritual and temporal welfare of 
 his church held a sacred place in the deeper 
 recesses of his heart." In his seventeenth 
 year he had joined the Free Baptist church at 
 Lisbon; but, on locating at Claremont, he 
 united with the Methodist church there. 
 He was for thirty-si.x years the secretary of the 
 Methodist Society, and for twenty-one years its 
 treasurer. Also, for a time he was the Secre- 
 tary of Claremont Junction Camp Meeting 
 Association. His accounts bespoke faithful- 
 ness and accuracy. From the year 1864 he 
 was a prominent member of the Masonic 
 order. October 4, 1893, succumbing at 
 length to the disease which had so long made 
 his life one of patient suffering, he died of 
 cancer at his home in Claremont. He left to 
 the town a perpetual fund, amounting to three 
 hundred dollars, one-half of the annual inter- 
 est to i)e used in the purchase of books for the 
 town library, and the balance for the purpose 
 of caring for the family monument and lot. 
 He also willed the same amount to Lisbon, 
 N. H., his native town, to be used in the keep- 
 ing of his father's monument and lot in good 
 condition, and for the piu'chase of books for 
 the town library. 
 
 On February 25, 1849, Mr. Eastman mar- 
 ried Eleanor Jane Carroll, daughter of John 
 Prince and Rachel (Powers) Carroll, then liv- 
 ing at Cornish, N. H. Her father was a 
 grandson of the niece of Aquilla Chase. 
 Aquilla Chase, who was noted for his wealth 
 in England, fled to this country to escape per- 
 secution. Mrs. Eastman's maternal grand- 
 father was Ezekiel Powers, of Croydon, N. H. ; 
 and her great-grandfather, also named Ezekiel, 
 was one of the original settlers of Croydon. 
 Her parents had eight other children; 
 namely, Susan, Saphronia, Eliza, Salena, 
 Alonzo, Amanda, Lysander, and Rachel. 
 Susan married J. Wakefield; Saphronia mar- 
 ried George Stockwell, of Croydon; Eliza 
 married Moody Hook, of Cornish; and Salena 
 married Carnovas Gage, of Enfield. Alonzo, 
 who was well known throughout the State, 
 spent an active life. In 1868 he entered into 
 business at Warner, taking his son Edward 
 into a partnership that continued for twenty 
 years. Then the business was sold, and he 
 afterward had charge of the Winslow House 
 on Mount Kcarsarge and of the Kearsargc 
 House at Warner. An outspoken Republican, 
 he never sought political honors; and he was 
 much interested in the welfare of his town. 
 His reputation was that of a man of high 
 integrity and generous impulses. He died 
 April 21, 1S94, leaving a widow and two sons. 
 The former before marriage was a Miss Mar- 
 garet Adams of Warner. The sons are: 
 Edward II. Carroll and Professor Clarence F. 
 Carroll. Professor Carroll, who is a graduate 
 of Yale College, and was formerly a teacher of 
 the Normal School at New Britain, Conn., is 
 now the .Suiierintendent of Schools at Worces- 
 ter, Mass. Alonzo Carroll's first marriage 
 was contracted with Mercy Hale. Amanda 
 married John (i. Ih^ockway, whose son, Di'. I'"red 
 Brockway, is Professor of Anatoni)' in the Col-
 
 BIOGK AI'IIICAI, RF.VIF.W 
 
 3'--'3 
 
 Ic^a: iif T'liysiciniis ami .Siir^enns in New York 
 mill a writer of sumo tlisliiiclion on anatomy, 
 lie was tiic lirst Mouse Surgeon ol tiie Johns 
 IIo|ikiii.s liiispila] al Hailiniore, I\I(1., having 
 i)een selected lor that position on account of 
 his ahility and sch(darsiii|). He is thoroughly 
 versed in iiis profession. To increase his 
 knowledge of medicine he travelled abroad 
 and studied with an eminent physician in 
 Scotland. Colonel Lysander Carroll, of Con- 
 cord, N.II., is a strong and inlluential Repub- 
 lican and well known in politics. lie held 
 the position of Postmaster of Concord for a 
 nimibcr of years. Rachel, the youngest child, 
 died young. 
 
 (sjYOII-^ !'■ HUNT, a prominent farmer 
 and a well-known veteran of Mill, was 
 born in ]3orchestcr, N. H., January S, 
 iSjfi, son of Jonathrui and Kliza (Holmes) 
 Hunt. His grandfather, who was born in 
 Lexington, Mass., kept a tavern at the time 
 Washington took command of the Continental 
 army. Jonathan Hunt was a carriage-builder, 
 and also kejit a lumber wharf at East Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., until the Lowell railroad was 
 built. Pie died at Hopkinton, N. PL, at the 
 age of eighty-four years. He first married 
 Hannah Larkin, of Lexington, Mass. His 
 second wife, in maidenhood Plliza R. Holmes, 
 was the mother of John H. Hunt, who is the 
 only child. 
 
 As his father was living in blast Cambridge 
 during his son's boyhood, John Plunt obtained 
 his education in the schools of that town. 
 After leaving school he went to sea, and when 
 only twenty-three years okl he was master of 
 a vessel. Subsec[uently for five years he 
 traded on the east and west coasts of Africa. 
 During Mr. Hunt's sea life he had some 
 thrilling experiences. While sailing in the 
 .shij) "United States," Captain Calvin G. 
 
 Worth, the shi|) was wrecked, and the crew 
 were without fooil and water for tw(j days and 
 two nights. Pinaliy they succeeded ii) mak- 
 ing a landing on 'J'ongataboo, one of the 
 P'riendly Islands, where they remained three 
 months. They then went to Ivia, another 
 island of the same group, and were at length 
 taken off by a ves.sel and landed on Van Die- 
 men's Land, where for four months Mr. Hunt 
 did not see a white man. On another occasion 
 Mr. Hiuit incurred the displeasure of the 
 British government by assisting the political 
 exile, William Smith O'Hrien, in an attempt to 
 escape from New Zealand. Nine years elapsed 
 from the time at which he embarked from 
 l^oston before he set foot in that city again. 
 During that period he was sailing vessels on 
 the Pacific, going as far north as the Sea of 
 Okhotsk and as far south as New Zealand. 
 
 At length, abandoning the sea, Mr. Plunt 
 l)ecame proprietor of a store in Cambridge, 
 Mass., which he kept for two years. Pie 
 then sold out; and in 1858 he bought of Sen- 
 ator Austin V. Pike a farm in P'raiiklin, 
 N.IP, near Shaw's Corner. When the Civil 
 War broke out, in 1861, Mr. Plunt enlisted as 
 a private in Company A, Captain Sturtevant, 
 of the P'ifth New Hampshire Regiment. 
 After being discharged from Davis Island 
 Plospital on November 23, 1862, he returned 
 home and stayed until 1863, when he joined 
 the invalid corps. A member of Comjiany E, 
 Thirteenth Regiment, he was assigned for a 
 time to the Beach Street barracks in Boston, 
 and also served in the Provost Marshal's office 
 at Concord, Mass., receiving his final dis- 
 charge ill August, 1865. In 1863, while on a 
 furlough, Mr. Hunt sold his farm in P'ranklin 
 and bought the Jonathan Dickerson place in 
 the town of Hill, near the Danbury line. 
 Having repaired the buildings on the property, 
 he has since made it his home.
 
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 Mr. Hunt has been twice married. His 
 first wife, Harriet N. Hood Hunt, was the 
 mother of two children — Elizabeth C. and 
 Mary P. Elizabeth married Frank P. Hill, 
 of Portsmouth ; and Mary is the wife of 
 George L. ]5atchelder and the mother of two 
 children — Willie and Ora Bell. The present 
 Mrs. Hunt was Miss Caroline T. Swett, of 
 Hill, daughter of John and Sally (Sargent) 
 Swett. In politics Mr. Hunt is an Indepen- 
 dent. He is a member of the Nelson Post, 
 No. 40, G. A. R., of Bristol; and he has been 
 Selectman of the town for two years. His 
 first Presidential vote was cast in 1856 for 
 James Buchanan. 
 
 /2)e()RGE S. bond, a manufacturer of 
 \J^ I Charlestown, was born in that town, 
 March 2, 1837, son of Silas and 
 Alice (Abbot) ]5ond. His grandfather, Will- 
 iam Bond, who was born in Watertown, Mass., 
 at the age of twenty years came to Charles- 
 town, and thereafter carried on general farm- 
 ing during the remainder of his active life. 
 One of his si.\ children was Silas Bond, who 
 married Alice Abbot, and also was the father 
 of si.x children, including the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 George S. Bond was educated in the district 
 schools of the town. At the age of seven 
 years his father died. When abnut nine years 
 old he went to l-'all River, where he worked 
 for two years. After his return to Charles- 
 town he worked on various farms in Charles- 
 town and Acworth for about five years. lie 
 subsec|ucntly went to Ikockton, Mass., learned 
 the shoe finishing business, and remained 
 there until he was eighteen years of age. He 
 then went to Syracuse, N.Y., where he worked 
 at his trade for two years. In 1856 he re- 
 turned to Charlestown and took up the tin 
 
 smith trade. He tiien went to Putney, Vt., 
 where he worked for four years. In 1865 he 
 bought out the tin store of VV. B. Downer, 
 and afterward carried it on for fifteen years. 
 On retiring from that business, he bought out 
 the violin case manufactory that had been 
 established in Charlestown. There was but 
 little work done here at first, and he employed 
 but one man. Subsequently he had to en- 
 large the place, and in 1893 he had forty hands 
 in his employment and was using a fifty horse- 
 power engine. In that year the factory was 
 burned. I^leven weeks later his substantial 
 new factory was ready for business. He has 
 now a si.xty horse-power engine, and he em- 
 ploys from twenty-five to thirty-five hands. 
 The factory is said to be the best equipped es- 
 tablishment of its kind in the world, having 
 a capacity of twenty-four dozen violin cases 
 per day. Mr. Bond has dealings with some 
 of the largest firms in this country. He is 
 also interested in the Charlestown National 
 Bank, of which he is the President. The 
 community has had the advantage of his ser- 
 vices on the School Board for several years. 
 He went as delegate to Concord in the Consti- 
 tutional Convention in 1889. A prominent 
 Mason of P'aithful Lodge, No. 13, he was its 
 Master for a period of eight years. In i860 he 
 married Mary M. Way ; and they have one son, 
 Herbert. That he is now one of the solid 
 men of Charlestown is almost entirely the 
 result of his perseverance and industry. 
 
 fs^ACOB N. FLANDERS, an inflnential 
 citizen of West Concord, N. H., was 
 born on the estate which is now his 
 home, March 25, 1825, son of Jacob and Hul- 
 dah (Abbott) Flanders. His great-grand- 
 father, Richard l*"landers, was a large landed 
 projirietor of Millville and ownei' of all the
 
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 30s 
 
 water- power in tliat vicinity. He came to 
 Concord in the latter part of iiis life, and 
 divided liis land among his sons. His wife 
 was a T'owler. Ivicharcl's son, Riciiard, Jr., 
 was a mill hand and a farmer, and helped in 
 clearing the land now owned by his grandson. 
 The first crojis had to be stacked in the open 
 air witlidut shelter; but later on he built a 
 barn, and his sons afterward added to it. He 
 lived to be ninety years old. His brother was 
 one of the patriot soldiers wlm fought for 
 freedom in the Revolutionary War. Richard 
 Inlanders, Jr., married Mary Chandler West, 
 and they had ten children. 
 
 Their son, Jacob, father of Jacob N., was 
 educated in the old district school located near 
 the pond ; and after he left school he began 
 farming. His life of fifty-one years was spent 
 at the family homestead. He was a fife 
 major in the old State militia. He was musi- 
 cal, had a fine strong voice, and taught sing- 
 ing-school here for several years. His wife, 
 Huldah, was a daughter of Samuel and Mary 
 Story Abbott, of Hopkinton, N. H. She be- 
 came the mother of five children; namely, 
 Richard M., Lucy Ann, Jacob N., Samuel A., 
 and William H. 
 
 Jacob N. is the only one of these children 
 now living. He passed his boyhood and youth 
 on his father's farm, and, like many another 
 who has made his mark in the world, was edu- 
 cated in the district schools. Mr. I*"landers 
 has a farm of one hundred antl forty-five acres, 
 and does a prosperous business in agricultural 
 lines. He married Almira B., daughter of 
 Jonathan C. and Mary (Dimond) Runnels. 
 A tlaugliter Mary, one of the two children born 
 to them, died in infancy. The surviving child 
 is a daughter named Lucie Ann. 
 
 Mr. Flanders has given much time to the 
 stutly of public questions and to the affairs of 
 his town. He is well informed on all mailers 
 
 of general interest, and his native qualifica- 
 tions for public service were early recf)gni/.ed. 
 He has been chosen to serve as .Selectman for 
 two years, as Assessor for three years, and 
 as a member of the Common Council for two 
 years. He has been a Highway Surveyor for 
 five yeans, and Clerk of the School Ui.strict 
 for thirty- five years. Here he has made a 
 record not only for long and faithful service, 
 but for great efficiency. Mr. ]''landers is a 
 member of the North Congregational Church 
 of Concord. His political affiliations arc 
 with the Republican party, his first vote for 
 President having been cast for Zachary Taylor, 
 the Whig candidate, in 1848. 
 
 ON. GARDNER BATCH KLDKR 
 EMMONS, a successful business 
 man of Concord, N.H., who is now 
 serving his first term as a State Senator, was 
 born in Bristol, Grafton County, this State, 
 February 18, 1847, son of Horace M. and 
 Maria (Batchelder) luiimons. The paternal 
 ancestors have been identified with the history 
 of Bristol, N.H., for at least one hundred and 
 fifty years; while the Batchelders have been 
 inhabitants of Reading, Mass., about two 
 hundred and fifty years. 
 
 Gardner 15. Emmons attended the public 
 schools, of Bristol in his boyhood, and com- 
 pleted his course of study in New Hampton 
 Institute at the age of eighteen years. For 
 the first two years of his active career he was 
 employed in a provision store in Bristol, com- 
 ing thereafter to Concord. He subsequently 
 established himself in business in Tilton, 
 N.H. Returning to Concord in 1871, he has 
 since been engaged in the meat provision busi- 
 ness in this city. He is half-owner in the 
 Concord Coal Company, a Director in the 
 Concord Street Railway Company, a Trustee
 
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 in the Union Guaranty Saviny;s Bank, and a 
 Director and leading sjiiiit in the Concord 
 Cattle Company, the headquarters of which 
 are at Miles City, Custer County, Mont. 
 
 In politics Mr. Emmons is a stanch Repub- 
 lican. He has served four years on the Board 
 of Aldermen, and in i<S89 he was a member of 
 the House of Representatives in the legislat- 
 ure. In the fall of 1896 he was nominated by 
 acclamation for State Senator, and was elected 
 by a larger majority than had been received by 
 any of his predecessors. Mr. Emmons is a 
 voter in Ward Six, which has not been repre- 
 .sented in the Senate for many years. 
 
 On November 25, 1869, Mr. Emmons was 
 married to Sarah Jane Flanders, of Concord. 
 By this union there have been four children, 
 three of whom are living: Harry G., a dry- 
 goods merchant in this city; Oscar F., who is 
 also in Concord; and Ilattie S. For a 
 quarter of a century Mr. Emmons has been a 
 member of the First Baptist Society, and for 
 seven years he has served as a Trustee and the 
 Treasurer. He has been connected with the 
 White Mountain Lodge, I. O. O. I'". He is 
 a member of the Wonalancet Club, the leading 
 social organization of Concord. 
 
 ALBERT PEASLEE, an important 
 factor of the agricultural and business 
 community of Bradford, Merrimack 
 County, was born in this town, on the farm 
 that he still owns, December 14, 1S45. His 
 father, John I'easlee, a son of Samuel Peaslee, 
 was a lifelong resident of Bradford. He was 
 the Representative of an early settled family 
 in New Hampshire, and one whose descentl- 
 ants are numerous in Hillsborough County, 
 where, in the town of I'elham, they have an 
 annual gathering. 
 
 John Peaslee settled on the homestead farm 
 
 now owned by his son, J. Albert, soon after 
 attaining his majority, purchasing at first I)ut 
 ten acres. As time went on he bought other 
 land, made valuable improvements; and at his 
 death, which occurred in March, 1884, at the 
 venerable age of fourscore and four years, he 
 hail one of the most valuable and attractive es- 
 tates in the vicinity. He was twice married. 
 His first wife was Chloe Ma.xfield, daughter of 
 Richard Maxfield, who once owned the village 
 of Bradford, then called Fishersfield. She 
 ilied leaving two sons — Oliver, now of Brad- 
 ford; and William, of Amherst, N.H. — and 
 four daughters, namely: Margaret, wife of 
 Stillman Parkhurst, of Bedford, N.H.; Minda, 
 wife of B. B. Whiting, of Amherst; Hannah, 
 wife of Timothy Morse, of Newbury, this 
 county; and Sally, who died unmarried. He 
 subsequently married Mrs. Betsey Presby Mar- 
 shall, daughter of James Presby and grand- 
 daughter of Captain William Presby, the first 
 settler in Bradford. Her first husband, Silas 
 Marshall, left her a widow with several chil- 
 dren, as follows: William P., of Boston; 
 l^zekiel H., also of Boston; Kendall W. , a 
 former resident of Bradford, who died in 1892; 
 Clara M. (deceased), who married B. W. P'air- 
 banks, of Manchester; and Elizabeth M. (de- 
 ceased), who was the wife of the late David 
 Shattuck, of Cambridgeport, Mass. Of John 
 Peaslee's second union there was but one 
 child, J. Albert, the special subject of this 
 sketch. Mrs. Betsey P. M. Peaslee survived 
 her husband but a short time, dying on the 
 home farm in June, 1885, aged eighty-three 
 years. 
 
 J. Albert I'easlee was reared on his father's 
 farm, which he began managing when but 
 twenty-one years old. Some years later his 
 parents, who continued to live with him, gave 
 him a deed of the estate. In his early mature 
 life he s[)ent one year in Boston; but he after-
 
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 ward carried on the old home until 1S78, 
 when he look charge of the county farm at 
 Nortii Hoscavvcn, just after the old l>uildings 
 had heen destroyed by fire. He superintended 
 the erection of new buildings, and remained 
 there four yc;irs. lie was then elected a 
 County Commissioner. The suiicrinteiident 
 who succeeded him at the county farm not 
 proving satisfactory, he was asked by the 
 Hoard, of which lie was a member, to again 
 take the position. lie acconlingly returned 
 to North Hoscawen, and stayed there until his 
 term of office as Commissioner had expired. 
 In 1885 he went back to the ancestral home- 
 stead, where he was actively engaged in gen- 
 eral farming, dairying, and stock-raising, 
 until about three years since, when he removed 
 to the village, although he has the oversight 
 of his farm still, lie cuts one hundred tons 
 of hay each year, and kee[)s from forty to fifty 
 cows, raising his own "stock Ironi thorough- 
 bred llolsteins, which he was the first to in- 
 troiluce into the town. This farm is particu- 
 larly well adapted to cultivation, being well 
 watered and remarkably free from rocks, his 
 father having been obliged to haul the stones 
 used in building twenty-five hundred rods of 
 wall the distance of a mile. 
 
 The Bradford and Newbury b'air Associa- 
 tion has held its annual fairs on his farm since 
 1S75, fifty acres lying in a valley, about one 
 and one-half miles west of the village, being 
 a[>|)ropriate(l to its use. These grounds, of 
 which Mr. Peaslee is the superintendent and 
 treasurer, are well improved, having fine 
 stables, water - works, a three-story grand 
 stand, and a half-mile regulation track, the 
 whole being one of the best and most complete 
 fair grounds in the State. Colonel Tajipan, 
 President of the Association the first twelve 
 years, was one of the prime movers in secur- 
 ing this advantageous location, working for it 
 
 in company with Alburton I'easlee, Albert Jj. 
 ICaton, and John h'armer. Hiram Cheney, its 
 second President, held the ofiTice si.x years, 
 and was then succeeded by Jonathan Rowe, of 
 Newbury, who is now holding the oflTice. The 
 first twenty years this was a free fair; but of 
 late years all excepting exhibitors have been 
 charged an admission fee, and no premiums 
 have been given, though a few awards arc 
 made each year. These fairs, usually held 
 the last of September, draw people from miles 
 around, being the event of the season, the vis- 
 itors numbering from three thousand to seven 
 thousand. There is always a fine exhibition 
 of fancy stock, and in 1896 si.xty-three trotters 
 were entered. 
 
 Mr. Peaslee has served as Selectman several 
 terms, having been Chairman of the Hoard 
 part of the time. He has also been a member 
 of the School Board, and has held every other 
 township office, including that of Moderator, 
 in which position he has served some twelve 
 years. In 1S85 he represented the town in the 
 legislature, serving on the Committee on 
 Roads and Bridges, and on Appropriations. 
 He is the Bradford representative of the Mer- 
 rimack County Fire Insurance Company, and 
 for twenty-five years has been Justice of the 
 Peace. lie is an active politician, supporting 
 the principles of the Democratic party, attend- 
 ing all campaign meetings, where he not infre- 
 quently makes neat little speeches. He was 
 made a Mason in .St. Peter's Lodge, l*". & 
 A. M., thirteen years ago, and has for some 
 time been its Secretary. He is a fine musi- 
 cian, has been a member of the church choir 
 since a boy, and is often asked to sing at 
 funerals. 
 
 On November 22, 1871, ^Ir. Peaslee mar- 
 ried Maria R. Smith, who was born in New 
 London, N.H., November 24, 1841. Her 
 father, Ira Smith, was born in New London,
 
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 January i6, 1799; and he there married June 
 27, 1S22, Amanda Dow, who was born in New 
 London, September 21, 1799. In 1862 Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith settled in the village of Brad- 
 ford, where his death occurred a few years 
 later, August i, 1S67, and hers, August 2, 
 1883. Of their four children Mrs. Peaslee is 
 the only survivor. Her brother James F., a 
 boot and shoe dealer, died in Woonsocket, 
 R.I., at the age of fifty-two years; her sister, 
 Mary E., died at the age of thirty, unmarried; 
 and her brother Nahum W. , who was prin- 
 cipal of the high school in Woonsocket, R.I., 
 died there when but twenty-four years of age. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Peaslee have had one daughter, 
 Lura AL Peaslee. She was born March 12, 
 1874, and died F"ebruary 10, 1897, at the age 
 of nearly twenty-three years. She was a 
 young lady of an unusually gentle and lovely 
 character, and the high esteem and love in 
 which she was held were testified to by the 
 large number of her acquaintances, both old 
 and young, who paid their last respects by 
 attendance at her funeral, and by the kindly 
 visits of sympathizing friends at the home. 
 
 MOS RICHARDSON, an influential 
 resident of Cornish, was born here, 
 November 27, 18 17, son of Amos 
 and Sophia (Cummings) Richardson. He is 
 a descendant of Dr. Amos Richardson, who 
 was a physician of note in Pelham, N.H. Dr. 
 Amos's son, Joseph, was grandfather of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Joseph's children were: 
 Miriam, Joseph, David, Josiah, Sarah, Mercy, 
 Rebecca, and Amos. Miriam, now deceased, 
 was the wife of Joshua Wyman, of Pelham, 
 and the mother of seven children; Joseph mar- 
 ried Polly Hilliard, of Cornish, and had a 
 family of twelve children; David, now de- 
 ceased, married Sarah l'"ord, and was the father 
 
 of seven children; Josiah, wb.o was unmar- 
 ried, is deceased; Sarah marrieil John Ilug- 
 gins, and is now deceased ; Mercy, who mar- 
 ried Aaron Hibbard, had no children, and is 
 now deceased; Rebecca, who never married, 
 lived to be eighty-two years of age. 
 
 Amos Richardson, Sr. , a native of Pelham, 
 born in November, 1785, moved to Cornish 
 with his parents when only four years of age. 
 After finishing his education, which was ob- 
 tained in the town schools, he went to Massa- 
 chusetts; but after a while, at the urgent re- 
 quest of his parents, he came back to carry on 
 the farm, the present homestead of his son. 
 He was very prominent in the town, and was 
 much interested in town affairs. He was Tax 
 Collector for a number of years, also Select- 
 man ; and he was a candidate for the legislat- 
 ure. In politics he was a Federalist. Of a 
 religious disposition, he was Deacon of the 
 Baptist church for many years. He married 
 Sophia Cummings, who bore him eight chil- 
 dren — Sarah, Amos, Louisa, William, 
 George, Cummings, Cordelia, and Charlotte. 
 Sarah is the wife of the Rev. Jonathan Her- 
 rick, of Troy, N.H. Louisa is deceased. 
 William served in the Civil War, and, while 
 on his way home, died of sickness in New 
 York City. George, Cordelia, and Cum- 
 mings are also deceased. Cummings was in 
 California when he died. 
 
 After receiving his early education in the 
 schools of the town and in Kimball Academy, 
 Amos Richardson, the subject of this sketch, 
 studied in the medical department of Dart- 
 mouth College for about two years. Later he 
 abandoned the study of medicine and began 
 teaching. Afterward he went to I^'lorida, and 
 entered a mercantile business, remaining there 
 for a number of years. From P'lorida he re- 
 turned to the homestead on learning that his 
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 there since. Mr. Richardson at once tooiv a 
 prominent place anioni;' the citizens of his na- 
 tive town, anil is still Ui lie lunnd at the Front 
 in all movements for jjrogress or reform. He 
 has heen Town Treasurer of Cornish. His 
 unqnestionahle intej,nity and many amiable 
 (|ualities have trained for him not only a large 
 circle of personal friends, hnl the confidence 
 of the business community. He attends the 
 Haptist church, and is an active h'ree Mason, 
 an Otld l'\ lliiw, and a member of the grange. 
 
 Mr. Richardson has been twice married. 
 His first wife, -Salome Richardson, bore him 
 two children -— Sidney K. and l''nink. The 
 present Mrs. Richardson was before her mar- 
 riage Sarah J. Hilliard. She is the mother of 
 three children — Fred 11., Flora, and Nellie. 
 Sidney Richardson, b(irn June 2g, iiS46, was 
 educated in the town schools and at Kimball 
 Academy. After leaving school he learned 
 the machinist's trade at Lebanon, N.H., and 
 worked at that until his health gave out. He 
 then had charge of the toll bridge at Windsor, 
 Vt., for four years. After that he bought the 
 laini where he is now living. He was in the 
 late war for two years; and, like so many of 
 the brave men who risked their lives in de- 
 fence of the Union, he came back with shat- 
 tered health. b'or the past nine years he has 
 been Ta.x Collector. He is a member of the 
 Grand Army and the grange, and has held 
 offices in these orders. He married Ella 
 Sturtcvant, and has two children — Henry and 
 Charles. Henry, born September 19, 1873, 
 at l^randon, Vt., was educated at Kimball 
 Acatlemy and in Dartmouth C(dlege. He is 
 now a teacher of the high school at VValpoIe, 
 N.H., and a very popular young man in that 
 town. Charles, born May 9, 1886, is still in 
 school, b'rank, the second son of Mr. Amos 
 Richanlson, was in California for a number of 
 years, and is now with his father carrying on 
 
 the extensive farm. I'rcd H., another son, 
 born (Jctober 1, 1859, niarrietj (jertrude 
 ilaven, and is one of the officials of the .Stale 
 Prison at Windsor, Vt. l'"lora, born in i8f5i, 
 died in 1886. Nellie is the wife of Kliner li. 
 York, a successful school teacher of Cornish. 
 
 fffjYAMI'.S !■:. J5ARNAK1J is a lawyer of 
 pmminence at I'Vanklin, N.II., his na- 
 tive place. He was born on January 
 29, 1863, son of the Hon. Daniel and Amelia 
 (Morse) Barnard. 
 
 His father, Daniel liarnard, was born Janu- 
 ary 23, 1827, in Orange, N.H. Naturally of 
 a studious turn of mind, as a youth he attended 
 the academy in winter, and worked on his 
 father's farm in the summer months. He sub- 
 sequently taught school in different counties 
 of New Ham[)shire. In 1851 he began to read 
 law with the Hon. George W. Nesmith, and 
 in 1854 he became junior partner in a law firm 
 with the Hon. Austin F. I'ike. Mr. Nesmith 
 retired from active business in 1863; and Mr. 
 Barnard withdrew from the connection he had 
 formed, and started out for himself at Frank- 
 lin, where he had a large practice for over 
 thirty years. In 1860-62 he was State Repre- 
 sentative, in 1S65-66 I'resident of the State 
 Senate, 1870-71 member of the Governor's 
 Council, in 1872 he was a member of the Re- 
 publican Committee that met in convention at 
 Philadelphia, I'a., in 1867 he was County So- 
 licitor, and in 1872 he was re-elected to that 
 position. He was a Trustee of the Franklin 
 Savings Hank, and was a Director and also 
 Vice-Fresident of the Franklin National Hank 
 of Franklin Falls. He was appointed At- 
 torney General in 1887, and held the office 
 until his death. His reputation as a lawyer 
 was very high, and he was identified with all 
 the leading enterprises in Franklin. He and
 
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 his wife were tlie parents of seven cliildren: 
 William M. ; Emma S. ; Mary A.; James E., 
 the subject of this article; Daniel, Jr., who 
 died in infancy; Charles Daniel; and Frank 
 E. The first-born, William M., was gradu- 
 ated at Dartmouth College in 1S76, and was 
 for many years in partnership with his father 
 in a law office. He died in 1S86, aged thirty 
 years. Emma S. became the wife of Captain 
 Samuel Pray, of Newtonville, Mass., formerly 
 commander of a vessel and now a commission 
 merchant. Mary A. married Fred H. Daniell, 
 superintendent of the Sulloway Hosiery Mills 
 in Franklin. Charles D. married Jennie An- 
 derson, and is a real estate dealer in Chicago, 
 111. Frank E. is a lawyer in Boston, Mass., 
 and has an office in the Globe Building. The 
 Hon. Daniel Barnard died January 10, 1892; 
 and his widow, Mrs. Amelia M. Barnard, sur- 
 vives him, making her home among her chil- 
 dren. 
 
 James E. Barnard was fitted for college at 
 the Franklin High School, and took a two 
 years' course at Dartmouth, receiving his de- 
 gree in 1886. He then went on a sea voyage 
 to Australia, China, and the East, being away 
 for two years. This greatly improved his 
 health; and on his return he engaged in the 
 Franklin National Bank as General Assistant, 
 where he remained about two years. For one 
 year after that he was in the National Bank of 
 the Republic in Boston; but at the time of 
 his brother's death he returned home, and 
 commenced to read law with his father. 
 Later on he attended f^oston University Law 
 School. He was graduated in 1890, admitted 
 to the bar in July, 1890, and began practice 
 with his father. He continued thus until his 
 father's death, and since that time he has car- 
 ried on the business by himself. He is agent 
 for several fire and life insurance companies. 
 Mr. ]5arnard is connected with tiie l^piscopal 
 
 church, and is a member of the following Ma- 
 sonic societies: Meridian Lodge, No. 60, F. 
 & A. M., and St. Omer Chapter, No. 22, 
 R. A. M., in Franklin; Mount Horeb Com- 
 mandery, K. T., at Concord, N.H.; also Ed- 
 ward A. Raymond Consistory at Nashua, in 
 which he has taken the thirty-second degree. 
 He is also a member of the Knights of Pyth- 
 ias, St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 21, of Franklin. 
 He is clerk of the Franklin Library Asso- 
 ciation and of the Odell Band, is President 
 of the Franklin Republican Club, Justice of 
 the Peace, and Notary Public. In March, 
 1893, he was appointed Justice of the Police 
 Court of Franklin, which position he still 
 holds. 
 
 Mr. Barnard was married June 18, 1 891, to 
 Maude Redwood, of Fort Wayne, Ind. She is 
 the daughter of P'rederick Redwood, a former 
 mill superintendent at Andover, Mass., and 
 was born July 14, 1864. Mr. Barnard is one 
 of the leading young men of P'ranklin, and 
 promises, like his father, to make his mark in 
 the world. 
 
 'p^AJOR HH^AM FIFIELD GER- 
 RISH, of Concord, N.H., the pres- 
 ent Deputy State Treasurer, was 
 born in Boscawen, N. H., September 27, 1839. 
 His parents, Calvin and Ann S. (Fifield) Ger- 
 rish, were both lifelong residents of Merri- 
 mack County. Major Gerrish is a descendant 
 of Colonel Henry Gerrish, one of the early 
 residents of Boscawen, who was an officer dur- 
 ing the war of the Revolution, serving as 
 Lieutenant-Colonel in Colonel Stickny's 
 regiment, and was present at the battles of 
 Bennington and Saratoga. Colonel Gerrish 
 was one of the leading citizens of his town 
 and State, holding many positions of trust 
 and responsibility, being conspicuously iden- 
 tified witli i>uhlic alfairs in the early history of
 
 HIRAM F. GERRISH.
 
 :k)(;r.\1'Iiic.\i, review 
 
 3^3 
 
 the State, llis son Jacob was for many years 
 a well-known, public-spirited citizen of the 
 town and a large land-owner. Calvin Ger- 
 rish, the father of Major Gerrish, was a farmer 
 and mechanic, and was at one time promi- 
 nently connected with the State militia. He 
 died January 31, 1890. 
 
 Major Gerrish attended the public schools 
 at I-'ranklin, I'enacook, and Concord, but at the 
 age of fifteen entered the employ of the Con- 
 curd Railroad, continuing thus engaged until 
 the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted 
 as a private in Company B of the Second New 
 Hampshire Regiment, then commanded by 
 General Gilman Marston, and was mustered 
 into service in June, 1861. November 3, 
 1861, he was rclicvetl from duty with his regi- 
 ment, and placed on detached service at the 
 headquarters of General Joseph Hooker, Com- 
 mander of the Second Division, Third Corps, 
 where he remained until after the battle of 
 Gettysburg, when he was ordered to Point 
 Lookout, Maryland. The May following he 
 was appointed a Lieutenant, and assigned to 
 duty on the staff of General 1^. A. Hincks, 
 going from Point Lookout to City Point, Va. 
 In June of the same year he was appointed As- 
 sistant Chief Quartermaster and Aide on the 
 staff of Major-general W. H. Smith, then 
 commanding the Eighteenth Army Corps, 
 Army of the James. Upon the reorganization 
 of that army he was appointed to the same po- 
 sition on the staff of the Twenty-fourth Corps, 
 with the rank of Captain. The corps was 
 commanded in turn by Major-generals E. O. C. 
 Ord, John Gibbons, and Godfrey Weitzel, all 
 of wdiom are now dead. Major Gerrish re- 
 mained on this staff until after Lee's surrender 
 at Appomattox, when he brought the flags of 
 the surrendered army to Richmond, Va. He 
 was brevetted Major, and was soon after pro- 
 moted to the full rank of Major, and assigned 
 
 to duty on the staff of Major-general Charles 
 Devens, then in command of the Department 
 of North-eastern Virginia, and was stationed 
 at Fredericksburg, Va. In August, 1865, he 
 was mustered out of the army. During his 
 term of service he was at the battle of 
 the first Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Malvern 
 Hill, Chancellorsvillc, Gettysburg, Fort Har- 
 rison, Petersburg, and at Appomattox, and was 
 in many other minor engagements. With one 
 exception his promotions came from recom- 
 mendations made by Major-generals of the 
 regular army with whom he served. After 
 the surrender at Appomattox he was placed in 
 charge of the railroad from that place to I'arm- 
 villc, and kept busy bringing the sick and 
 wounded to the latter place and carrying sup- 
 plies to the front. 
 
 In 1866 Major Gerrish returned to New 
 Hampshire, and was employed here and in 
 Massachusetts in railroad offices, going there- 
 after to Texas. In 18S0 he entered the em- 
 ploy of the John A. White Machine Company 
 of Concord, remaining ten years. In June, 
 1 89 1, he was appointed Deputy State Treas- 
 urer, which position he still holds. In poli- 
 tics he is a Republican. On August 26, 
 1865, at Concord, he was married to Edith A. 
 Eaton, of Concord. They have had four chil- 
 dren, only one of whom is living, Blanche 
 May Gerrish. 
 
 ENRY GUY CARLETON, of New- 
 port, N.H., President of the New- 
 port Savings Bank, a position which 
 he has held more than twenty years, is a 
 printer by trade, and was for a period of about 
 forty years one of the editors and publishers 
 of the XcTu Hampshire Argus and Spectator at 
 Newport, N. H., the firm name being Carleton 
 & Harvey. He has held the office of Regis- 
 ter of Deeds and of Probate for the County of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Sullivan, and has been a member of the legis- 
 lature. He was elected a Director of the First 
 National Bank of Newport at its first annual 
 meeting after its organization in January, 
 1854, and has been annually re-elected since 
 that year, a period of more than forty-six 
 years. We are indebted to this gentleman, an 
 active-minded octogenarian with a wealth of 
 memories, having been born in 1S13, who 
 takes an intelligent interest in genealogical 
 matters, for the following carefully jjrepared 
 sketch of the Carleton family, the facts, he 
 says, being mostly derived from Iliram Carle- 
 ton, formerly of Montpelier, Vt., a graduate 
 of the U. Vt. , lawyer. State's attorney, 
 Judge of Probate, and President of Vermont 
 Historical .Society; and Mrs. Augusta II. 
 Worth in, of Lynn, Mass., a devoted searcher 
 of family history. The name of Carleton is a 
 variation of "de Corlarton. " This would 
 seem to indicate a French origin about four 
 hundred and fifty years ago. The emigrant 
 ancestor and first of the name in New ling- 
 land was luhvard Carleton, born in England in 
 1600. He was of the company of the Rev. 
 Ezckiel Rogers, and settled in Rowle}', Mass., 
 in 1639, was made freeman in i''>43, was 
 member of the General Court several years, 
 and returned to England before 1656. On the 
 pages of history ajipear the names of Dudley 
 Carleton, the English Ambassador to Ger- 
 many, who was created Viscount Dorchester, 
 and of Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Canada, 
 who was in command of the British forces 
 when Generals Arnold and Montgomery made 
 their attack upon Quebec, where the brave 
 Montgomer)' fell, the American army then 
 being driven out of Canarla. After the defeat 
 of tlu! Prilish army at ^'orktown, Va., in 
 1 78 1, the last battle of the Revolution, he was 
 appointed Commander-in-chief of the ]5ritish 
 arm}-, to jneiiare the way for a treaty of peace. 
 
 He was created Lord Dorchester, and ilied in 
 England in 1808. 
 
 John Carleton, son of Edward, born in Eng- 
 land about 1630, was sent to America by his 
 father to settle up his affairs, as he was a man 
 of property. He settled in Haverhill, Mass., 
 in 1661, and after holding several important 
 positions in that town died January 22, 166K. 
 P'rom him have descended nearly all by the 
 name of Carleton in New lingland. He had 
 four sons — John, Jr., Joseph, Edward, and 
 Thomas. The last-named, Thomas, born in 
 1667, died in 1734, lived in Bradford, Mass., 
 and had four sons — Thomas, George, Ebene- 
 zer, and John. The latter was the great- 
 grandfather of the writer of this sketch. He 
 was born July 29, 170S, and lived in Brad- 
 ford and Haverhill, Mass., until 1759, when 
 he purchased or built the mills in Billerica, 
 now North Billerica, where the large woollen- 
 mills in that town now stand. He married 
 Hannah Piatt. Their children were: Eliza- 
 beth, born November 24, 1733, who married 
 Thomas Todd; Hannah, born .September i, 
 1736, married Thomas Laws; John, born May 
 10, 1738; Lydia, born May 26, 1740; Solo- 
 mon, born June 26, 1742; Amos, born March 
 13, 1744; Anna, born December i, 1746; 
 Moses, born September 13, 1749; and Na- 
 than, baptized August 22, 1754. 
 
 Moses, the fourth son of John and Hannah, 
 married January 15, 1771, Margaret Sprague. 
 She tiled July 7, 1782. He married second 
 Sybil Shedd, widow of Reuben Shedd. The 
 children by the first wife were: Moses, born in 
 1771; Sybil, born May 18, 1773; Nicholas, 
 born Decembci- 13, 1774; and Henr)', born 
 July 10, 1778. I leniy Carleton, son of Moses 
 and Margaret (Sprague) Carleton, married 
 first Polly Greeley, born July 17, 1786; and 
 after her death, which occurred December 3, 
 1842, he married in Januar)', 1846, Polly
 
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 Tlionipsnii. lie died January 27, 1S64. The 
 followiii}; is a lecorci of liis ciiildrcn, wlio were 
 all i)y his first wife: Sylvia, hmii Septemher 
 30, iSo.S, died January 2, 1892. Joseph G., 
 Ixirn May 24, 1812, died May 29, 1885. 
 ilcni) (Iiiy was horn in Hucksport, Me., No- 
 vendicr ^o, i.S'13. Mary II., born l-'ehruary 4, 
 iSiC), died March 28, 18S9. Margaret, born 
 September 20, 1817, married May 10, 1842, 
 Georj^c Alfred I'illsbury. The Margaret 
 rillsbmy Hosjiital in Concord, N.ll., takes 
 its name from her, being a gift of her husband 
 to the city of Concord. lie also gave a 
 librar)' building to the town of Warner, N.II., 
 and a soldiers' monument to Sutton, N.II., 
 his native town. Sarah, born January 13, 
 1820, married Solomon Searlcs, had no chil- 
 dren, and tlied January 21, 1S93. John, 
 born I'ebruary 5, 1822, who died February 12, 
 1890, married, and had two children — Emma 
 and l{va. Charles C. , born April 14, 1826, 
 died May 10, 1830. Sylvia, Joseph, and Mary 
 never married. 
 
 Henry Guy Carleton, born November 30, 
 1813, son of Henry and Polly (Greeley) Carle- 
 ton, married December 12, 1848, Miss Han- 
 nah E. French. She was born P'ebruary 18, 
 1827, and died June 11, 1856. He married 
 second on July 3, i860, Mrs. Mary J. Nel- 
 son, born February 10, 1834. The children 
 by the first marriage were: Frank Henry, 
 born October 8, 1849; and George I'rench 
 Carleton, born October 18, 1853, who died 
 March 5, 1855. 
 
 l""rank II. Carlett)n is a graduate of Dart- 
 mouth College, was a clerk for a number of 
 years of the Municipal Court of St. Paul, 
 Minn., was private secretary to Governor 
 I'illsbury of that State, and was Assistant City 
 Solicitor of Minneapolis. He is now a mem- 
 ber of the successful law firm of Cross, Hicks, 
 Carleton & Cross, of Minneapolis, Minn. He 
 
 married March 24, 1881, Nellie Jone.s. His 
 children are: Edwin Jones Carleton, born April 
 15, 1883; Henry Guy Carleton, born March 
 21, 1885; Ge(jrge A. Carleton, born April 24, 
 1888; Frank H. Carleton, Jr., born January 
 21, 1893; and Fred P. Carleton, born August 
 29, 1896. 
 
 There are others of the Carleton name who 
 arc connected with the above. Among the 
 number was Captain Osgood Carleton, who 
 had the reputation of being a great lunar navi- 
 gator and who wrote a book upon navigation; 
 also Will Carleton, the poet. The name has 
 a good record. 
 
 fs^OIIN W. SEVERANCE, a prominent 
 resident of Chichester, Merrimack 
 Count)', and an ex-member of the New 
 Hampshire legislature, was born February 3, 
 1822, in Sandwich, Carroll County, which was 
 also the birthplace of his parents, Asa and 
 Rhoda (Webster) Severance. His great- 
 grandfather, liphraim Severance, was one of 
 the pioneer farmers of that town, having gone 
 there from Deerfield, N.II. 
 
 John Severance, son of Ephraim and grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was a life- 
 long resident of Sandwich. He was an able 
 farmer and possessed considerable mechanical 
 ingenuity, which he applied to various kinds 
 of handicraft. He took a leading part in pub- 
 lic affairs as a supporter of the Whig party, 
 aTid served as Tax Collector for sixteen consec- 
 utive years. He married Lydia Jewell, and 
 had twelve children. The only survivor of 
 the family is James M., who resides in Bos- 
 ton. His wife, Adeline Randall, died leav- 
 ing four children — Eliza, Nancy, Alonzo, 
 and Waldo. John Severance died at the age 
 of seventy-three, but his wife lived to be 
 eighty years old. They were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Asa Severance, son of John and father of 
 John W. Severance, was reared to agricultural 
 pursuits; and when a young man he bought a 
 farm adjoining the parental homestead. He 
 displayed an ability which foreshadowed a suc- 
 cessful future; but his prosperous career was 
 cut short by his death, which occurred at the 
 age of twenty-eight years. A man of excel- 
 lent character, he possessed the esteem and 
 good will of his neighbors; and his untimely 
 demise was deeply deplored. In politics he 
 acted with the Democratic party. In his re- 
 ligious views he was a I'rce Will I^aptist. 
 His wife, Rhoda Webster, survived him many 
 years, and died at the age of seventy-seven. 
 Two of her children grew to maturity, namely: 
 John W. , of Chichester; and Asa, who mar- 
 ried Hannah M. Webster, of Sandwich, and 
 is residing in that town. Mrs. Rhoda W. 
 Severance was a member of the Free Will 
 Baptist church. 
 
 John W. Severance attended school in .Sand- 
 wich until he was ten years old, at which time 
 he came to reside in Chichester. When a 
 young man he learned the trade of an edge-tool 
 maker, and followed it for a short time in this 
 town. He afterward worked in a machine 
 shop ia Lowell, Mass., and later, taking up his 
 residence in Manchester, N. H., was there 
 employed for more than twenty years as a prac- 
 tical machinist. Relinquishing his trade, he 
 then returned to Chichester, and, settling 
 ujion the farm which was ftnmerly the home- 
 stead of his wife's [xuents, has since resided 
 here. 
 
 On November 25, 1841, Mr. Severance 
 married Hannah Jane Kaime. She is a 
 daughter of Benjamin and Sally Watson 
 Kaime, both of whom were natives of Pitts- 
 field and passed their last years in Chichester. 
 Benjamin Kaime was a blacksmith and a 
 farmer. In politics he voted with the Repub- 
 
 lican party, and he served as a Selectman of 
 the town for some time. P"or many years he 
 was a Deacon of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 He lived to be eighty years old, and his wife 
 died at seventy-eight. They were the parents 
 of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. .Severance 
 have no children. 
 
 Politically a Republican, Mr. Severance 
 represented Manchester in the legislature with 
 marked ability during the years 1855 and 
 1856 and again in 1876 and 1S77. He is 
 connected with Mechanics' Lodge, No. 13, 
 I. O. O. F., of Manchester, and served as its 
 Chaplain for a number of years. He is ac- 
 tively interested in the Patrons of Husbandry, 
 and was one of the organizers of Catamount 
 Grange, of Pittsfield. An industrious and 
 successful farmer, an upright man and a useful 
 citizen, he is highly esteemed by his fellow- 
 townspeople. Mr. and Mrs. Severance are 
 members of the I-'ree Will Baiitist church. 
 
 RANK GILMAN EDGFRLY, the 
 
 efficient High Sheriff of Merrimack 
 County, N.H., was born in Meredith, 
 N. H., on P^ebruary 19, 1853. His parents 
 were William M. and Lydia (I'ogg) P^dgerly. 
 His ancestors, paternal and maternal, were of 
 English extraction. Thomas Edgerly, the 
 emigrant progenitor on his father's side, came 
 to America in 1664, settling near what is now 
 known as Durham, N. H. Thomas Edgerly 
 was a well-educated man, prominent in the 
 early history of New Hampshire, being one of 
 the Justices before whom were tried many im- 
 portant cases involving the civil and religious 
 rights of citizens. 
 
 Frank G. Edgerly acquired a public-school 
 education in Meredith, N. II,, completing his 
 studies at the age of si.xteen years. He then 
 came to Concord and served an ajiprenticeship
 
 IIIOCRAI'IIICAI. KI.VIKW 
 
 3'7 
 
 as pi inlii's devil in llic nffirc ol llic htdcpen- 
 thiil Dcinocmt, afterward the huUpiiidiut 
 StdlixiiKiii, remaining for fourteen years. In 
 1883 he started a printing establishment, in 
 which ]u; icmtinued as projirictor until 1889, 
 when he became a real estate broker. In 
 i8(j3 he was aiipoiiitcd Deputy Sheriff ; and on 
 April I, i8(j5, lu: became 1 1 igh Sheriff; \vhic:h 
 position he still holds, being also Jailer, hav- 
 ing been re-elected by the largest vote ever 
 accorded aii)' High Sheriff in Merrimack 
 Comity. In politics Mr. Mdgcrly afifiliates 
 with the Kepid)lican party. In iSSijand 1S90 
 he was Representative to the legislature from 
 CJ)iicord. 
 
 On April i, 1893, he was married to Anna 
 M. Swasey, of Lisbon, N. II. They have 
 one child, a daughter Lydia. Fraternally, 
 Ml'. Mdgcrly is a thirty second degree Mason 
 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites, 
 lie is a member of Hlazing Star Lodge, No. 
 11, !■■. & A. M., in which he has ofificiated as 
 Worshipful Master for two years; of 'I'linity 
 Chapter, Ro)'al Arch Masons, which he has 
 served as iligh I'ricst two years ; Horace Chase 
 Council, Royal and .Select Masters, officiating 
 as Thrice Illustrious Master for two years; 
 Mount Horeb Commandery, K. T. ; and of 
 Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, 
 of Boston. He is connected with White 
 Mountain Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. ]•"., and 
 Concord Lodge, No. 8, K. of P., being Past 
 Chancellor, aiivl he is Life Member of four 
 organizations: (^rder of High I'riestliood of 
 New Hampshire ; Grand Lodge, K. of P., of 
 New Hampshire; Grand Council of Royal and 
 Select Masters, and Grand Royal Arch Chap- 
 ter of New Hampshire. He is also a member 
 of the New Hampshire Press Association, the 
 New Hampshire Historical Society, and the 
 Dcrryfield Social Club of Manchester, N. II. 
 In religion he is of the Episcopal faith, and 
 
 is a higlily respected member of St. I'aul's 
 Church, of which he is one of the Vestrymen. 
 
 n^ANCIS W. lU.AKi:, one of i'ilts- 
 field's successful farmers, was liorn in 
 ilampton Falls, N.II., .September 3, 
 1837, son of pjioch and Lydia (Smith) l?lake. 
 The family is of Pjiglish origin. Its founder, 
 Jasper Blake, who came from Fngland in 
 1640 and settled at Ham|)ton, N.H., was a 
 relative of Robert Blake, the famous British 
 admiral of that period. The great-grandfather 
 of Francis W. was Jeremiah Blake, son of 
 Joshua. He was a native of IIam]3ton l-'alls, 
 and a farmer by occupation. He was the 
 father of five children, of whom Fnoch (first), 
 the grandfather, was the eldest. 
 
 luioch Blake (first) was born in Ilampton 
 Falls, and grew to manhood as a farmer in 
 that town. He served in the Revolutionary 
 War under General Stark. In 1787 he moved 
 to Pittsfield, Mild occupied a |)art of the farm 
 now owned by his grandson, I-"rancis W. In 
 politics he was a Democrat, and in religious 
 belief he was a P'rce Will Baptist. At his 
 death he was sixty-nine years old. He mar- 
 ried Hannah Eastman, a native of Kensington, 
 N. H. Of their five children who attained 
 maturity Enoch (second) was the eldest. 
 Born in Pittsfield, August 22, 1796, he was 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits during the 
 greater [lart of his active period, and also 
 followed the trades of carpenter and cooper to 
 some extent. Prosperity rewarded his indus- 
 try. In ]iolitics he supported the Democratic 
 party. His last years were passed in retire- 
 ment, and he lived to the advanced age of 
 ninety-one years. Having been a soldier in 
 the War of 18 12, he was in receipt of a 
 government pension at the time of his death. 
 His wife, Lydia, who was a daughter of Jo-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 siah and Bathshclxi Rand Smith, of Chichester, 
 N.H., became the mother of five children, of 
 whom there are living: Jeremiah, Charles, 
 and Francis W. Jeremiah married Lydia A. 
 Tilton, of Loudon, N.H., who died leaving 
 two children — Mary and Kllen. The first of 
 Charles Blake's three marriages was contracted 
 with Angeline Carter. He has no children 
 living. Francis W. Blake's mother died at 
 the age of seventy-eight. Both parents were 
 members of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 After acquiring his education in Pittsficld 
 and Hampton Falls, I'^rancis W. Blake learned 
 the shoemaker's trade. At the age of twenty- 
 five he moved with his [jarents to Pittsfield, 
 where he continued to work at his trade for 
 some years. .Since tlien he has been success- 
 fully engaged in farming at the homestead. 
 He owns one hundred and twenty-five acres of 
 well-located land, eighty acres of which are 
 under cultivation. He is also quite exten- 
 sively interested in lumbering. 
 
 On June 21, 1866, Mr. Blake wedded Mary 
 Judkins. She is a daughter of .Simon I?, and 
 Catherine (Hoyt) Judkins, of Kingston, N. H. 
 Mr. Judkins died at the age of si,\ty-five years. 
 He was well known in Kingston. In politics 
 he acted with the Repuljlican party. Li his 
 religious belief he was a Congregationalist ; and 
 he was Deacon of the church in that place at 
 the time of his tleath, having held the office 
 for twenty-two years. Mrs. ]ilake's parents 
 had five children, four of whom are living. 
 Her sister Emma is the wife of Joshua Lyford, 
 of Brentwood, N. IL, having one son, Henry. 
 Her brother John married Sarah Diamond, of 
 Danville, N. H., and is the father of two chil- 
 dren — Clifton and I'rancis. Lydia B. resides 
 on tiie homestead in Kingston with her 
 mother. Anna JC. married William J5rown, 
 of ]'"remont, N. IL, and died leaving one 
 daughter, Katie J. Mr. and Mrs. lilakc have 
 
 four children — L^lizabeth F., Emma A., 
 George linoch, and Edna F. Elizabeth F. , 
 who was born June 18, 1867, graduated from 
 New Hampton Institution, and is now teach- 
 ing school in New Hampton, N.H. Emma 
 A., born September 9, 1869, graduated from 
 the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1891, 
 and is an accomplished music teacher in Bos- 
 ton, where she has a large number of jnipils. 
 George luioch, born July 30, 1878, is attend- 
 ing school in New Hampton ; and b^dna F. 
 was born June 17, 1888. In politics Mr. Blake 
 is independent. He was a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen for three years, and he was 
 Ta.\ Collector for one year. He is connected 
 with Pittsfield Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 
 Both he and Mrs. Blake are members of the 
 Free Will Baptist church, and he has been its 
 clerk for twenty years. 
 
 M 
 
 AVID WARREN COGSWELL, one 
 of Henniker's most highly es- 
 teemed residents and a prominent 
 Odd Fellow, was born in this town, January 
 I, 1824, son of David and Hannah (Haskell) 
 Cogswell. His father, who was a son of 
 Joseph Cogswell, was a native of Essex, 
 Mass., born April 25, 1790. David Cogswell 
 learned the blacksmith's trade with David 
 Choate in his native town, and worked for a 
 time as a journeyman on Cape Ann. He was 
 First Lieutenant of a Gloucester Military 
 Company during the War of 18 12, and subse- 
 quently received for his services a warrant f(u- 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land. In 1815 
 be settled in Hennikcr, where he established a 
 blacksmith shoj) near the stone bridge; and, as 
 from forty to si.xty horses were constantly em- 
 ployed in transporting goods between Boston 
 and Vermont, his shop was for many years a 
 favorite place for horse-shoeing and repairing.
 
 BIOOkAl'lllCAL REVIFAV 
 
 3'9 
 
 lie continued to carry on business until 1850, 
 when he sold the slio]) to his son ; nnd for some 
 years allerward he divicK'd his time between 
 the for^e and his farm. In 1.S20 he erected 
 tiie house wjiicii is now oei.u])ied by David \V., 
 and in,' resided in it for nearly fifty years, 
 ik'inj;' a man ol It'inper.ite habits, he was 
 strong' and vi,noi-ous. At his death, on June 
 30, iSfiS, wJiieh was caused by a cancer in IJie 
 stomach, he was over seventy-ei<;iit years old. 
 (^n January 3, 1X13, he married Hannah 
 Haskell, dau^liter of Stephen and Anna 
 Haskell, of I'Lssex County, Massachusetts. 
 Anion;; her twelve cliildi'en were: Colonel 
 I.eandei' Winslow Cogswell, the well-known 
 historian of llenniki;r; the late Parsons JS. 
 ('o<;swell, lormerly edit(M' of the Concord 
 Monitor- Diinoiral \ and David \V. , the subject 
 of this sketch. She died January 13, 1872. 
 
 David Warren Coj^swell be<^an to assist his 
 father in the blacksmith shop at the age of ten 
 years. In this jicriod, when working at the 
 anvil, he was obliged to stand u|ion a ]ilat- 
 form; and his day's labor lasted until nine 
 o'clock in the evening. It was his custf)m, 
 after performing his share of the forge work 
 from .September to March, to spend the sum- 
 mer in helping on the farm. He remained at 
 home until he was twenty-four years okl, after 
 which he was emijloyed for two years in 
 machine shops in North Chelmsford and Win- 
 chendon, Mass. In 1850, at his father's 
 desire, he bought the shop in Henniker; and 
 he conducted his trade until iSSi. He then 
 rented the shop to other parties: and it was 
 subscfiuently destroyed by fire in 1S93, after an 
 existence of over seventy-five vears. After 
 relini|uishing his trade, Mr. Cogswell, in com- 
 pany with his brother-in-law, N. S. Johnson, 
 bought land on .Sunapee Mountain, and erected 
 a large summer boarding-house, which was 
 destroyed by fire some three or four years 
 
 afterward, e lUr^ing a heavy loss to its owners. 
 After cutting considerable timber from the 
 land, it was sold; and .Mr. Cogswell is now 
 engaged in cultivating his farm of sixty acres. 
 In the early days of the abolition movement he 
 was an earnest worker in the cause. As a 
 member of the I'"rec Soil party he supported 
 the candidacy of John 1'. Hale for the Presi- 
 dency, and he has voted with the Republican 
 [larty since its formation. He has been active 
 in educational matters. While Deputy Sheriff 
 from 1864 to 1874, he induced so many parties 
 to settle their differences out of court that 
 there was but one trial before a justice in 
 Henniker timing his term of ofTice. In 18O3 
 and 1863 he was Moderator at town meetings. 
 y\t that time these assemblages, about equally 
 divided between the opposing parties, were 
 continued far into the morning hours; and it 
 was difficult to maintain order. A firm sup- 
 porter of the cause of the Union, Mr. Cogs- 
 well did much toward caring for the families 
 of soldiers during the war. When sixteen 
 years old he joined an independent military 
 company known as the Grenadiers, and was 
 attached to it until the new laws did away 
 with the old muster days, lie has acted as a 
 Justice of the Peace since 1862. 
 
 Mr. Cogswell has been twice married. On 
 February 20, 185 1, he wedded for his first 
 wife Mary S. Johnson, of Weare. She died 
 March 2},. 1859, leaving no children. On 
 Decemiier 10 of the same year he was again 
 married to Eliza L. Sawyer, who was of 
 Ouaker parentage, and resided in Weare. Hy 
 this union there arc three sons — -John C, 
 l.eander A., and Willis. John C. has been 
 Town Clerk for five years; Leander A is a 
 shoe manufacturer in Manchester. N.ll.: and 
 Willis is a machinist of that city. Mr. Cogs- 
 well is a charter member of Crescent Lodge, 
 No. 66, I. O. O. F. , and is also a member of
 
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 the encampment. He has occupied all of the 
 important chairs of both organizations, and 
 represented both in the Grand Lodge and 
 Grand Encampment of New Hampshire. He 
 is especially qualified for the work of initia- 
 tion. Since the organization of the lodge he 
 has assisted in introducing every candidate, 
 including his three sons, to the mysteries of 
 Odd Fellowship. There is probably no man 
 in this part of the State who has taken a 
 greater interest in the order. His initiatory 
 work has been highly complimented by the 
 officers of the Grand Lodge. Mrs. Cogswell 
 is very active in the Rebecca Lodge. 
 
 IRAAI II. YORK, a well-known 
 farmer of Cornish, has always re- 
 1^ ^ sided in this town on the estate 
 
 where he was born December 6, 1S23. His 
 grandfather, William York, also burn in Cor- 
 nish, was prominently identified with the 
 Democratic party of the early days. Will- 
 iam, in many ways the most prf)minent man 
 in the town, was a noted veterinary surgeon, 
 whose practice covered an extensive district. 
 He was Sheriff of Sullivan County for many 
 years. In the later ])art of his life he joined 
 the Methodist church. A man capable of 
 much physical endurance, he had a remark- 
 able constitution, which, perhaps, accounts in 
 a measure for his activities in many directions. 
 He died at the age of ninety-five years. He 
 was twice married. His first wife was Esther 
 llilliard York, and his second was Betsey 
 Choate York. 
 
 Uriah York, also born in Cornish, was sent 
 to the common schools of the town. Later he 
 began farm work, in which lie continued 
 engaged throughout the rest of his life. He 
 married Betsy, daughter of Stephen Williams; 
 and their five children were: ]£sther, Hiram 
 
 H., Lavinia, John 0., and Allen. Esther 
 became the wife of Mr. Mitchell Coburn, and 
 had one child — Willis, who is now a musician 
 living at Cornish. Mrs. Mitchell Coburn died 
 in 1895. Lavinia is now Mrs. James Lam- 
 berton, of Claremont. John O., who died in 
 1S91, was a farmer, a mason, and a general me- 
 chanic; and for some years he filled the office 
 of Highway Surveyor. He was twice married. 
 Emmeline Fitch York, his first wife, bore 
 him no children. Esther Corliss York, the 
 second wife, was the mother of ten children, 
 three of whom are living — Hattie, Lillian, 
 and Addie. Allen York lived in Cornish 
 until he was twenty-five years of age, when he 
 moved to Vermont, where he died in 188S at 
 the age of fifty-one. He was engaged in car- 
 pentering and other mechanic's work, and did 
 some farming. He married Lucinda Owen, 
 and had a family of ten children. 
 
 Hiram II. York attended the common 
 schools of Cornish, and then followed in the 
 footsteps of his father by engaging in agricult- 
 ural pinsuits. He owns a farm of sonic one 
 hundred and thirty- five acres, has always been 
 industrious and thrifty, and is now reaping the 
 reward of his labors. He married Eliza A. 
 Walker, and she is the mother of two children 
 — Elmer E. and Ida E. Elmer married 
 Nellie Richardson, and has three children — 
 Clayton, Amos, and Marion. He has been 
 a school-teacher, and is now a butcher at Cor- 
 nish and Claremont. Ida married Luman H. 
 llilliard, of Claremont, N. H., who is engaged 
 in the livery business there. Their cliildien 
 are — Mary Eliza and Ruth Iila. 
 
 OHN SHACKFORD KIMBALL was 
 an enterprising lawyer of Boston and a 
 business man of Burlington, la. A 
 son of David and Abigail (Perkins) Kimball,
 
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 lie was horn at I'cnilirukc, N. If., i\i)iil 28, 
 1S12. His (IcsLX'iit from Micliaul Kimball, 
 who married licttic Kuniiulls, came through 
 David Kimball of the second generation and 
 David Kimball of the third, who married Abi- 
 gail Perkins. 'I'he fifth generation is now 
 representeil by John Stevens Kimball. Mr. 
 Kimball's parents died at Pembroke when he 
 was thirteen years old, leaving nine children 
 — ]5etsey, Asa, Perkins, John Shackford, Abi- 
 gail, Sarah Towle (widow of Timothy Colby, 
 of Concord), Joseph, Mary Lewis (widow of 
 .S.inniel 15. Wright, of lUirlington, la.), and 
 Harriet. Of these Sarah and Mary are living. 
 Mary, who was about five years old at the 
 death of her parents, subsequently lived in the 
 family made famous at that time by the noted 
 Prcscott murtler. Perkins, after sjiending 
 some time in the jirinting business, was later 
 employed in the ]?oston custom-house, and then 
 kei)t a store in partnership with J. 1^'rank 
 Hoyt in Concord. On retiring from business, 
 he returned to Hopkinton, and died there De- 
 cember 15, 1876. He first married I.ydia 
 Reed Wilde, of Boston, a sister of Joseph 
 Wilde, of the well-known firm of Lawrence, 
 Wilde & Co., furniture dealers, Cornhill, Bos- 
 ton. His second marriage was made with 
 Savalla Mason, of Grafton, N. H., who sur- 
 viv'ed him with one daughter, Sarah Under- 
 wood Kimball. Mother and daughter are now 
 residents of Hopkinton, the latter being the 
 present librarian of the Hopkinton P'lee Li- 
 brary. 
 
 When a young man, John .Shackford Kim- 
 ball went to Concord and worked in a bakery. 
 Afterward he entered Hill & Sherburne's print 
 ing-odRce, and there learned book and job print- 
 ing. \\'hile yet new in this occupation, he 
 gained considerable fame as a card printer by 
 the introduction of enamel work. Li his school 
 life at New Hampton, N. H., he was an asso- 
 
 ciate of the Hon. J(jhn Wentworth, and was 
 one of the founders of the .Social l*'raternity 
 Library. He was clerk in the old Franklin 
 book store in Concord for a time, and was 
 a.ssociated in the printing business with his 
 brother Perkins. 
 
 From Concord he went to New i Liven, 
 Conn. Later he was for three years a night 
 clerk in the loost-office at Portland, Me. 
 While there he read law with District Attor- 
 ney Haynes. Afterward he took the law 
 course at Llarvard College, and was associated 
 in practice with the noted Robert S. Rantoul, 
 of l^oston. Li 1S38 he went to Burlington, 
 la., where his youngest brother, Jo.seph, was 
 conducting a general store in company with 
 Xathaniel Chase from Warner, \. H. Mr. 
 Chase soon dying, Mr. Kimball bought out 
 the hitter's interest in the business; and he 
 and Joseph were partners till the latter's 
 death. The firm then became J. S. Kimball 
 & Co., the company being his brother-in-law, 
 .S. B. Wright, whose wife still resides there. 
 .Shortly after starting the business, prompted 
 to the step by his failing health, he retired 
 from the legal profession, and came East in the 
 capacity of buyer for the firm. The sales of 
 the firm in the course of time increased from 
 eight or nine thousand dollars a year to more 
 than one million dollars, this being the largest 
 business of the kind in the State. In 1S63 
 the business cleared above all expenses one 
 hundred and ten thousand dollars ujion an in- 
 vestment of three hundred thousand dollars. 
 Li 1864 quarters were secured in Chicago, 
 but owing to Mr. Kimball's ill health nothing 
 was done there. He, however, outlived all 
 the partners he ever had e.xcept Mr. Wyman, 
 formerly a clerk of the firm, and Krastus 
 Chamberlain, who was sent to the firm from 
 Massachusetts. The former is now the head 
 of the great firm of Wyman, Rand & Co. In
 
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 iS66 RFr. Kimball sukl out to \Villi:)m I^cll, 
 a Scotchman, and retired from the business. 
 In 1854 he ]uirchased a summer residence at 
 Hopkinton, which has since become his per- 
 manent home; but his business interests were 
 still with the Burlington firm. He spent 
 much time in Boston, especially during the 
 winter. Another of his associates in the law 
 business was General N. P. Banks, who had 
 been one of his fellow-students. His services 
 in the legislature were mainly on the Judiciary 
 and Banking Committees. Me was an able, 
 persistent, and forcible speaker. He was a 
 careful student, was well read in history, and 
 had attained considerable knowledge of Ger- 
 man, so that in his later life he was able to 
 undertake translations from the German. He 
 paid a bounty to the first ten men who enlisted 
 in H()i)kinton, besides advancing the money 
 for the State bounty. 
 
 Mr. Kimball married Mary E. Stevens, 
 daughter of Dr. John Stevens, of Goffstown, 
 N. H., afterward a noted physician of Charles- 
 town and Boston. She was brought up in Bos- 
 ton and was married there. 'The children of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Kimball are: John Stevens, 
 Robert Rantoul, George Alexander, Mary 
 Grace, and Kate Pearl. Both daughters are 
 unmarried and reside with their mother in 
 llcipkinton. Mr. Kimball contributed liber- 
 ally to all the churches, while he hatl no pro- 
 fessed creed. He did much to assist in 
 local developments, and was most active in all 
 progressive movements. His burial i^lace is 
 in Forest Hills Cemetery, ]5oston, Mass. 
 
 LjI.IAS \V. I'lKl-:, of (loshen, an e.\-mem- 
 
 [/' ber of the New liampshire legislature 
 
 and a veteran (jf the Civil War, was 
 
 born in this town, October 12, 1838, son ot 
 
 Wilson S. and Julia G. (Martin) Pike. His 
 
 grandfather, Jarvis Pike, who resitled in New- 
 port, N. H., was a prosperous farmer. 
 
 Wilson S. Pike, who was reared to farm life 
 in Newport, removed when about twenty-one 
 years old to Goshen, where he was engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits for the greater part 
 of his active period, and died in Septem- 
 ber, 1866. The maiden name of his first 
 wife was Harriett Currier. Her five chil- 
 dren by him were: Mary, now the widow of 
 Ezekiel Bates, late of Cohasset, Mass. ; Ma- 
 hala, the widow of James Homer, who was for- 
 merly in the livery business in Boston; Lo- 
 dema, the wife of William Morgan, a retired 
 jeweller of Providence, R.I.; Julia, who died 
 in 1849; and Cyrus F., born in 1833, who 
 died at the age of twenty-two years. Wilson 
 S. Pike's second marriage was contracted with 
 Julia G. Martin, of Alexandria, N. H., who 
 became the mother of eight children. These 
 were: Elias W., the subject of this sketch; 
 William Henry; Martha, I^zra G., Harriet, 
 and James Homer, who are deceased ; Ruth 
 G., the wife of Eben A. Purington, a prosper- 
 ous farmer and a Selectman of Goshen ; and 
 Ezra G. (second), who married Emma L. 
 Purington, and is engaged in agricultural i)ur- 
 suits in this town. Mrs. Wilson S. Pike is 
 still living, and resides in Goshen. 
 
 l^lias W. Pike was educated in the tlistrict 
 schools and at the New London Academy. 
 He was engaged in farming until October 15, 
 1862, when he joined Company F, Si.xteenth 
 Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, under 
 Colonel James Pike and Cajitain James Woods. 
 He served in the Dejiartment of the Gulf upon 
 the lower Mississijipi during the late war, and 
 contracted a severe illness that necessitated 
 his discharge on August 20, 1863. After his 
 return home he settled upon a farm located in 
 the western ])art of this town, and was there 
 engaged in agriculture until November 20,
 
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 lS(>.|, wln'ii he |uiicli;iseil his present l;irni al 
 Mill X'ilhi^c. ( )m this inupcrly, wliicli con- 
 tains one lunuirud antl twunty acres of land, ho 
 carries on general farming and ilairying, raising 
 considerable poultry; and he makes a specialty 
 (if dealing in cattle. In politics he supiiorts 
 the Republican party. ills record in the pub- 
 lic service is one of which he has every reason 
 to be [)rou(l. l'"or eight years he was a mem- 
 ber of the ISoard of Selectmen, and he was its 
 Chairman for four years of that time. He has 
 also served as Town Treasurer, Collector of 
 Ta.ves, and member of the .School Hoard ; and 
 he was Postmaster for some time and Census 
 I'jiumerator in 1880 and 1890. As a member 
 of the House of Representatives in 1887 and 
 i.SSS he made himself conspicuous by his 
 able committee work and the zeal with which 
 he labored for the best interests of the State. 
 On July 3, 1859, iMr. I'ike wedded Mary 1-". 
 I'urington. She was born in Coshen, I'^ebru- 
 ary 6, 1843, daughter of Imri and Mary (I. ear) 
 I'urington, natives respectively of Ilenniker, 
 N.I I., antl Goshen. Imri I'urington settled 
 upon a farm in Goshen, where he resided imtil 
 his death, which occurred aliout the j'ear 1S91. 
 Mrs. Pike's mother died within the same year. 
 They were the [larents of four chiklren, 
 namely: Mary V., now Mrs. I'ike; H. Jennie, 
 the wife of E. II. Carr, a livery man of New- 
 port, N.H. ; I'.ugene I., who married Luella J. 
 Greggs, and resides in this town; and Emma 
 L. , Eugene's twin sister, who married I^zra G. 
 Pike, of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Pike have 
 had eight children — Dora M., Etta F. , Ered 
 W. , Sherman L. , Jennie L., Hatch C. , Harry 
 I'"., and Josephine 15. Dora M. is the wife of 
 W. O. Sides, 2d, a letter-carrier in Ports- 
 mouth, N. II. ; l^tta E. married P'rank W. 
 Haker, of Goshen, and dietl A[)ril [5, 1881, 
 leaving one son — Ered W. ; l-'red W. Pike, 
 who is a prosperous farmer of this town. 
 
 wedded Mary J. Oakes, (jf Vermont, and has 
 one son — Howard E. , born July 31, 1893. 
 .Sherman I,., who is operating a grist-mill in 
 New'ijort, N. H., married Jkrtha J. Rii.«sell, 
 of Goshen, and has two children — Bernard T. 
 and Gladys E. Jennie E. is the wife of ]'.r 
 nest H. Hurd, of Lynn, Mass., and has one 
 son, Harry !•;. Harry E. Pike and Hatch 
 were twins. The former is a shoemaker 
 in Portsmouth, N.H. Hatch C. and Jo.scph- 
 iiie ]}. are residing at home. Mr. Pike, Sr. , 
 is Master of Pomona Grange, of Sullivan 
 County, and is connected with Sunapce Moun- 
 tain Grange, No. 144, of Mill Village. He 
 takes a loyal interest in the general welfare of 
 the community. Both he and Mrs. Pike are 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 —•■♦••-*— 
 
 ^OIIX W. .STAPI.i:S, M.D., a punm- 
 nent physician of Eranklin Falls, 
 N.H., and a native of Wells, Me., was 
 born January 25, 1855. His parents, John 
 and Ann (Wells) Staples, also natives of 
 Wells, belonged to families that had lived in 
 that town for a number of generations. John 
 Staples, who was a farmer, spent his life in 
 the jilace of his birth, and died in 1879. His 
 wife had died in 1^77. They had four chil- 
 dren, one of whom died in infancy. The 
 others were: Albert, who tlieil when nine 
 years old; Moses, a farmer in Wells; and 
 John W., the subject of this article. 
 
 John W. Staples received his early education 
 by attending the district schools in the winter 
 season. In the summer he worked on the 
 farm. He afterward went for two terms to 
 ])rivate schools; and when fifteen years old he 
 entered South Berwick Academy in Maine, 
 graduating in the class of 1872. On leaving 
 the academy, he became a student of Dart- 
 mouth College, and there graduated in 1S76.
 
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 Then lie took the medical course at Vermont 
 University, where he remained until iSSo, re- 
 ceiving his degree when twenty-five years old. 
 In that year he began practice in Franklin 
 Falls, where he has since been located. He 
 has also an office in Tilton, N. H. 
 
 The Doctor was married January 25, 1882, 
 to Miss Martha L. Kimball, daughter of FLzra 
 S. and Klizabeth (Colburn) Kimball, both of 
 Haverhill, N. H. They have one child — 
 Charles Wells, born August 29, 1884, who is 
 at home. Dr. .Staples has an excellent prac- 
 tice in the village, and sufficient patients in 
 Tilton to occupy about two or three hours each 
 day. He has been a member of the School 
 Board for six years, and he has also served 
 acceptably for several years on the Board of 
 Health. He is a Republican in politics, and 
 both he and his wife are members of the Uni- 
 tarian .Society. He has been sLiccessfu) in life, 
 and is higjil)' regarded in the community. 
 
 ENRY M. BAKER, of Bow, Merri- 
 mack County, lawyer and Congress- 
 man, and son of Aaron VVhittemore 
 and Nancy (Dustin) Baker, was born in Bow, 
 January 11, 1S41. He comes of patriotic and 
 heroic ancestry. His great-great-grandfather. 
 Captain Joseph Baker, a Colonial surveyor, 
 married Ifannali, only daughter of Captain 
 John Lo\cwell, the famous Indian fighter, who 
 was killed in the battle of I'igwacket, May 8, 
 1725. A few years later the township of Sun- 
 cook, or Lovewell's town, which included 
 much of the present town of Pembroke, was 
 granted by Massachusetts to the surviving par- 
 ticipants and the heirs of tiiosc killed in that 
 battle. As its boundaries contiicted with 
 those of the town of Bow, chartered May 10, 
 1727, by Governor Wentworth, of New Hamp- 
 shire, the grantees never received the full 
 
 benefits of the grant. The resulting conten- 
 tion was terminated December 13, 1804, when 
 that part of Bow east of the Merrimac River 
 was annexed to Pembroke and Concord. The 
 Colonial heroine, Hannah Dustin, was a 
 maternal ancestor of Henry M. Baker. 
 Another maternal relative was Walter Bryant, 
 who surveyed many of the townships and the 
 eastern boundary of the State, and was ]jromi- 
 nent in Colonial affairs. 
 
 Captain Baker's son, Joseph, married a de- 
 scendant of one of the Scotch Covenanters, 
 and settled in Bow. He was among the first 
 to locate there, and the acres he cleared and 
 cultivated are a part of the family homestead. 
 He was a soldier in the Revolution and a man 
 of energy and influence. James Baker, son of 
 Joseph, married a grand-daughter of the Rev. 
 Aaron Whittemore, the first clergyman settled 
 in Pembroke. Of their six children Aaron 
 Wiiittemore Baker was the eldest. When liis 
 father died from injuries accidentally re- 
 ceived, he was only twelve years old, an early 
 age to take up the burden of life. However, 
 resolutely meeting the responsibilities he 
 could not escape, and with the aid of his 
 mother, he managed so that the younger ciiil- 
 dren were well educated, and the farm was 
 successfully cultivated. He was a man of 
 sterling integrity, of advanced thought, a 
 bitter opponent of slavery, an ardent advocate 
 of temperance, and the friend of the friend- 
 less. His wife, Nancy Dustin Baker, a lady 
 of high character, sweet disposition, and great 
 talent, was generally beloved. Of their chil- 
 dren the only other survivor is John B. Baker, 
 of Bow, a member of the legislature of 1897. 
 
 Tile Hon. Henry M. Baker attended liie 
 schools of his native town, the academies in 
 Pembroke and Hopkinton, the New IIam])shire 
 Conference Seminary at Tilloii, and Dart- 
 mouth College, graduating from the last-
 
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 325 
 
 iKimeil iiislitulinii in i.S^^. Three years later 
 lie received Uie dei^i'ee ol Master ot Arts. 
 Soon after graduation lie commenced tlie study 
 of law under the direction of Judge Minot, of 
 Concord. I-larly in i(S64hewa.s appointed to 
 a clerkship in the War Uepai'tmenl at Wash- 
 ington, D.C., and a few montiis later, at his 
 request, was transferred to the Treasury JJe- 
 partment, where he filled different positions of 
 trust and responsibility for several years. 
 During this time he continued his law studies, 
 and, having entered the law department of the 
 Ciilunihian University, gratluated as Jiachelor 
 of I.aws in 1866, and was admitted to the liar 
 of the Supreme Court of the District of 
 Columbia. In i.SiS2 he was admitted to prac- 
 tice in the Suiireme Court of the United 
 States. For several years he practised his 
 profession at the seat of national government, 
 where he soon obtained a large clientage, and 
 was engaged in many important cases. His 
 practice was varied, rei|uiring close applica- 
 tion to details and a knowledge of many sub- 
 jects nut included in the ordinary course of 
 professional work. 
 
 The sons of the Granite State are noted for 
 their love of home and for attachment to the 
 hills, valleys, lakes, and ri\'ers which make 
 that State so picturesc]ue and beautiful. 
 Wherever they roam, or however long absent, 
 they turn with loving devotion to the old 
 homesteads, and greet with equal joy old 
 friends and accustomed scenes. Though nec- 
 essarily absent for months at a time in a 
 period of several years, Mr. ]5aker has never 
 ceased to be a resident of his native town; and 
 no year has passed without a visit to the old 
 home, to mingle with his neighbors and 
 friends and enjoy its pinx' air and beautiful 
 scenery. He has always been an aggressive 
 Rc])ublican, and every general election has 
 fountl him at the polls. No demand has been 
 
 made for iiis aid or services that he has not 
 promptly met. As a campaigner he has few 
 superiors. No eflicient plan for the develop- 
 ment of our material, social, educational, 
 political, or religious interests or reputation is 
 without his approval or hearty co-operation. 
 No son of New Hampshire is more jealous of 
 her good name and high standing in all that 
 constitutes a worthy commonwealth than Mr. 
 Haker. At every ojiportunity he has been 
 earnest in his advocacy of State aid to her 
 public libraries, institutions of learning and 
 of charity, ami for the preservation of her his- 
 torical records and objects of patriotic interest. 
 In 1886-87 Mr. Baker was Judge Advocate 
 General of our National Guard, with the rank 
 of Brigadier-general. He was nominated in 
 the Merrimack District by acclamation as the 
 candidate of his party for the State Senate in 
 1890. It was close fighting-ground ; for in the 
 two preceding elections there had been no 
 choice by the people, and in the last election 
 the Democratic candidate had received a plu- 
 rality. Cieneral Baker took personal charge 
 of his campaign, and won a great political 
 victory, running largely ahead of the general 
 ticket. While in his district the Repul)lican 
 candiilate for governor had a plurality of only 
 seventy-si.x votes, he received a plurality of 
 one hundred and fifty and a majority of 
 seventy-five votes. At the same time his 
 energetic canvass contributed greatly to the 
 general success of his party, and its control of 
 the legislature that year was largely due to 
 him. In the Senate he was Chairman of the 
 Judiciary Committee, a member of several 
 other important committees, and the Chairman 
 of the Joint Special Committee on the Revis- 
 ion, Codification, and Amendment of the 
 I'ublic Statutes of the State. He took an 
 active part in all the proceedings of the ses- 
 sion, became the Republican leader, and was
 
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 recognized as a forceful and logical debater, 
 well informed upon all public questions. 
 
 General Baker was elected Representative 
 in Congress from the Second District in 1S92 
 by a good plurality, reversing the Democratic 
 victory in the preceding election. In 1894 he 
 was re-elected by a plurality more than four- 
 teen times greater than that of 1892. In 
 the Fifty-third Congress he was assigned to 
 the Committees on Agriculture and on the 
 Militia. In the ne.xt Congress he was a mem- 
 ber of the Committees on the Judiciary and on 
 the Election of President, Vice-President, and 
 Representatives in Congress. He was active 
 and faithful in committee work, and was 
 Chairman of one of the standing subcommit- 
 tees of the Judiciary Committee. Several 
 important matters were reported by him. 
 
 His principal speeches in Congress were 
 made in opposition to the repeal of the Federal 
 election laws, on the Methods of Accounting 
 in the Treasury Department, in favor of the 
 Purchase and Distribution to the Farmers of 
 the Country of Rare and Valuable Agricult- 
 ural and Horticultural Seeds, on the Tariff, 
 on Protection not Hostile to Exportation, on 
 the Necessity of Adequate Coast Defences, on 
 the Criminal Jurisdiction of the United States 
 Suijreme Court, and on Civil Service Reform. 
 Several of these speeches were printed in 
 pamphlet form, and many thousand copies of 
 them were distributed. Mr. Baker was a fre- 
 quent participator in the general discussions 
 of the House, and the Congressional Record 
 shows his views upon every important subject 
 of recent national legislation. He was not 
 again a candidate for re-election. 
 
 General Baker has been heard upon the 
 stump frequently, and is active wherever he 
 can aid his party. His campaign speeches are 
 distinguished for fairness, the entire absence 
 of abuse, and for a clear and vigorous pres- 
 
 entation of the policy and platform of the 
 several parties. He is a member of the New 
 Hampshire Club, and has spoken before it on 
 several occasions in advocacy of the educa- 
 tional, historical, and business interests of our 
 State. His remarks in favor of the substitu- 
 tion of silver or silver certificates for the 
 United States and Treasury notes now in cir- 
 culation, but to be cancelled as silver or silver 
 certificates are issued, were printed, and 
 attracted considerable attention. In religion 
 he is a Unitarian. He is a Mason, a Knight 
 Templar, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. 
 He has made valuable contributions to the New 
 Hampshire Historical Society, of which he is 
 a member, and has established prizes in Dart- 
 mouth College. He has been an extensive 
 traveller in America and liurope, and a close 
 student and keen observer. An independent 
 thinker, he investigates every subject upon 
 which he is called to speak or to act. He is 
 a good organizer, is not discouraged by opposi- 
 tion, and possesses high executive ability. 
 He has achieved no success he has not earned. 
 
 OHN TYLER was well known in 
 Claremont as an inventor and builder. 
 He was a son of John Tyler and a 
 grandson of Benjamin Tyler, both eminent 
 mechanics. Benjamin, who settled in Clare- 
 mont in the spring of 1776, built the first dam 
 across the Sugar River at West Claremont, 
 and was for many years one of the most public- 
 spirited men in town. The History of Clare- 
 mont gives the following facts concerning his 
 grandson : — 
 
 "John Tyler was born in Claremont, March 
 26, 1818. He learned the trade of mill- 
 wright, serving an apprenticeship of seven 
 years, and was then for eight years foreman of 
 the shop where he learned his trade in Barre,
 
 JOHN TYLER.
 
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 329 
 
 V't. He went to West Lebanon in i.S'50, and 
 for several years did a large Inisincss in biiild- 
 \\-\y; mills, sometimes employing fifty men. 
 lie returned to Clareniont in 1S72, where he 
 has sinee resided. lie was engineer and 
 superintendenl in building the Sugar Kiver 
 |)a|)er-mill, and was a |iiincipal stockholder 
 and the President ot the comiiany. 
 
 "Mr. Tyler is the inventor of the Tyler 
 tuibine water-wheel, which he had patented 
 in 1S56, and which he manufactured for many 
 years. Ifis was the first iron water-wheel 
 made, and nine different patents were subse- 
 ipiently granted him foi- improvements u|)on it. 
 These wheels found their way all o\er the 
 country, some of them also finding their way 
 abroad ; and for years they were considered the 
 best turbine wheels manufactured, this fact 
 being thoroughly developed some years ago by 
 a comparative and competitive test of the 
 ])rodncts of other makers of similar wheels. 
 He was also the inventor and ])atentee of 
 Tyler's copper cylinder washer for washing 
 l)aper stock. In 1S74 he built the reservoir 
 known as the Bible Hill Aqueduct, which 
 su]iplies over two hundred families in Clare- 
 niont village with ]nirc fresh spring water for 
 household pui|)oses. He was a stockholder of 
 the Ben Mere Inn at Sunapee Lake, also in 
 the Woodsum Steamboat Company. In both 
 of these enterprises Mr. Tyler was deeply in- 
 terested. He not onl}' used his influence to 
 make Sunapee Lake what it is to-day, but he 
 opened his purse wide to aid in its inijirove- 
 ment. He was a far-seeing and sagacious 
 business man. If he started into any kind of 
 business that was backward in <:etting on to a 
 ]iaying basis, he labored the harder for it. 
 He was a stanch Republican. He was a mem- 
 ber of the legislature in 1891-92, and his 
 record is a clean one. He was a public- 
 spirited, genial man; and in his death Clare- 
 
 niont lost a most worthy citizen. He was 
 a lover of good horses, and in his stables could 
 always be found the best blooded and hand- 
 somest to be had. In religious convictions he 
 leaned toward the Universalist faith; and he 
 always attended divine worshi]) at the I'"irst 
 Universalist Church, although never uniting 
 with the society." He was a most liberal 
 man, and no worthy cause was brought to his 
 notice that failed to receive assistance at his 
 hands. He died at his home, November 28, 
 1 896. 
 
 While a young man working at his trade in 
 Barre, \'t. , he married Ko.xalana Robinson, of 
 that town, who died on the first anniversary of 
 their marriage. Not long after he married 
 Miss Mary J. Smith, of Rutland, Vt., with 
 whom he lived for fifty years, she passing away 
 but a few years since at their home on Pleas- 
 ant Street. Mr. Tyler married for the third 
 time, October 31, 1S94, Miss Anna Maria, 
 daughter of Taylor and Sybil (Lawton) Alex- 
 ander, who survives him. .She is also a Lhii- 
 versalist. 
 
 AMUKL SMITH PAGE, who for 
 more than forty years was one of the 
 most esteemed residents of Ho))kin- 
 ton, was born September 30, 1822, in Dunbar- 
 ton, N. H. He is a descendant of Benjamin 
 Page, who was born in 1640, in Dedham, fift)'- 
 seven miles north-east of London, England. 
 In 1660, on account of religious differences, 
 Benjamin came to America, locating in Haver- 
 hill, Mass., where on September 21, 1666, he 
 married Mary Whittior, who belonged to the 
 family from which the poet, John G. Whit- 
 tier, sprung. Their son, Jeremiah, the eldest 
 of a family of sixteen, born September 14, 
 1667, was the next ancestor. He married 
 Deborah Hendrick, of Xewburyport, Mass., 
 July 2, i6g6; and they reared seven children,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 two sons and five daughters, the sons being 
 Caleb and Joshua. He died in 1752. 
 
 Caleb Page, the next in line of descent, was 
 born August 16, 1705, and died in 1785. He 
 married in 172S or 1729 Ruth Wallingford, 
 of Boston, who died in 1738. In 1740 he 
 married a widow Carleton, of Newbnryport, 
 who weighed three hundred and fifteen pounds. 
 She, together with a huge arm-chair, now in 
 the possession of the Stark family, had to be 
 carried to meeting on an ox sled. In 1749 
 Caleb Page removed from Haverhill, Mass., to 
 Atkinson, N. H., where he is said to have 
 owned land measuring one mile in opposite 
 directions from the site of the present acad- 
 emy. In 1 75 1 he sold his lands in Atkinson 
 for his wife's weight in silver dollars, and lo- 
 cated in Dunbarton, this county. The country 
 was then infested with Indians; and his daugh- 
 ter Elizabeth, who later became the wife of 
 General John Stark of Revolutionary fame, 
 often stood, musket in hand, as guard at the 
 rude block-house. In 1758 Governor Went- 
 worth appointed Caleb Page Captain of Provin- 
 cials. The commission given to him on this 
 occasion is copied in full in the History of 
 Dunbarton. Caleb, who is said to have had a 
 noble and benevolent spirit, had ample means 
 to indulge his generous impulses. His money, 
 comprising golden guineas, silver crowns and 
 dollars, was kept in a half-bushel measure 
 under the bed. He owned many slaves. His 
 hou.se was the abode of hospitality and the 
 scene of many a hajjpy gathering. In 1753, 
 previous to receiving his Captain's commis- 
 sion, the governor sent him as a guide with 
 Colonel Lowell, of Dunbarton, Major Talford, 
 of Chester, and General John Stark, to mark 
 out the road from Stcvenstown, now Salisbury, 
 to Coos. He was a firm patriot, and in 1775 
 was the first delegate from Dunbarton and How 
 to the Provincial Congress. His children 
 
 were: Caleb, Jeremiah, I'llizabeth, and Molly. 
 Caleb Page, Jr., who held a Lieutenant's com- 
 mission in the P'rench and Indian War, to- 
 gether with his company was ambushed by Ind- 
 ians between Crown Point and Ticonderoga, 
 and killed in the ensuing massacre with sev- 
 eral of his men, January 21, 1757. Lliza- 
 beth, born in 1736, who died in 1817, married 
 General John Stark, by whom she had eight 
 children; namely, John, Caleb, Archibald, 
 Charles, lillen, Polly, Sophia, and Prank. 
 Molly married Deacon James Russell, of Pow. 
 Jeremiah Page, born in August, 1730, died 
 November 29, 1807. In 1745 he bought land 
 in Dunbarton, and from that time until his 
 death was actively identified with local affairs. 
 He served as Justice of the Peace, and did 
 most of the surveying for Hillsborough 
 County. In 1784 he was appointed Judge in 
 the New Hampshire courts. In 1752 he mar- 
 ried Sarah Merrill, of Billerica, Mass., who 
 was born in 1732, and died September 5, 1807. 
 Their children were: Caleb, the grandfather 
 of Samuel Smith Page; Sarah, born in Dracut, 
 Mass., December 24, 1754, who married A. 
 Stinson, and died in 1835. Jeremiah, a native 
 of Dunbarton, born in 1756, who tlied in 
 1842; Achsah, born .September 25, 1759, who 
 died in 1831, and whose successive husbands 
 were first B. Plummer, Plsq., who died in 
 1816, and Captain C. Coffin; Elizabeth, born 
 August 2, 1765, who married William Ten- 
 ney, and died October 22, 1838; John, born 
 in 1767, who married M. Story in 1810, and 
 died August 14, 1837; and Ruth, born in 
 1770, who married Dr. S. Sawyer, and died 
 June 27, 1804. Caleb Page, the ihiril bearer 
 of the name, was born in Dracut, Mass., 
 in April, 1751, and died June 3, 1816. His 
 wife, Hannah, bore him seven children, three 
 of the sons being named Caleb, John, and 
 Peter Carleton. Peter Carleton Page, the
 
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 33* 
 
 fatlicr "f Siiiiiucl S. I'a^je, was Ijoni July i, 
 1783, and died October 15, 1858. He niar- 
 lied Miss Lucy Smith, who was born Novem- 
 ber 26, 1792, in Ilopkintnn. They reared 
 three sons; namely, Calelj, Samuel Smith, and 
 George. 
 
 Samuel Smith Page received his education 
 in Pembroke, Ilopkinton, and New Hampton. 
 Ill health forced him to abandon further study; 
 and at the age of eighteen years he began 
 teaching school in Weston, Mass., where his 
 mathematical ability was well displayed. A 
 pupil relates that when the te.\t-book was com- 
 |)lcted the young teacher propounded questions 
 that, he said, had baffled Dartmouth pro- 
 fessors, the class often spending its energies 
 for a whole week on some of them. After his 
 marriage he bought the Grcenough homestead 
 on Uimond Hill on the dividing line between 
 Concord and Hopkinton, and there success- 
 fully carried on general farming until his 
 death, which occurred on Thursday, October 
 22, [896. 
 
 In 1S52, June 10, Mr. Page married Miss 
 Kllen Maria Cutter, of Weston, Mass., one of 
 his pupils, who was five years younger than 
 himself. He was a man of great intelligence 
 and force of character, having the courage of 
 his convictions, which he was never unwilling 
 to express or defend. He served several terms 
 as Moderator of Dunbarton, was a member of 
 the Suijerintending School Committee, and in 
 1864 and 1865 was one of the Selectmen of 
 Hopkinton. In 1840 he imited with the Bap- 
 tist church of his native town, having been 
 converted during a revival, and for more than 
 half a century after was devoted to the Chris- 
 tian work of that denomination as well as to 
 the broader needs of humanity, his large and 
 loving heart beating in sympathy with those 
 of every sect and clime. Throughout his long 
 illness he was a most patient and cheerful 
 
 sufferer, trusting serenely in the goodness of 
 the Divine Master. His death was a sad lo.ss, 
 not only to his immediate family, but to the 
 community in which he had so long lived. 
 The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Page was a 
 daughter — Lucie Elizabeth, who is now the 
 wife of Arthur J5orden, of Denver, Co]., and 
 has one child, Marguerite Uorden. 
 
 CHERT W. IIOIT, of Mast Yard, 
 
 Concord, N. H., son of Robert H. and 
 -^ V_ ^ Hannah (Goodwin) Hoit, was born 
 July 15, 1859, on the ancestral estate on Horse 
 Hill, Penacook, where he still makes his 
 home. 
 
 His great-grandfather, Oliver Hoit, born in 
 November, 1747, married first Rebecca Gerald, 
 and second widow Rhoda Hoit Whittier. He 
 had by his first wife fifteen children, thirteen 
 of whom lived to maturity. Mrs. Rebecca G. 
 Hoit died in 1S08, aged fifty-eight years ; and 
 Mrs. Khoda Hoit died in 1851. Oliver Hoit 
 died September 11, 1827. Oliver Hoit 
 settled in 1772 on Horse Hill in the north- 
 western part of Concord, being the first settler 
 in that part of the town. On March 7, 1775, 
 a parisii of Concord voted to lease him the 
 eighty-acre school lot for nine hundred years, 
 he paying six dollars annually; but this vote 
 was reconsidered March 4, 1777, and the Se- 
 lectmen were directed to receive of him one 
 hundred dollars in full consideration for said 
 lot. 
 
 The son Enoch, born to Oliver and Rebecca, 
 August 16, 1783, eventually came into posses- 
 sion of the farm. He married a widow, Mary 
 P'rench Lloyt, who had five children by her 
 former husband; namely. Freeman, Sewall, 
 Mary French, William, and French Hoyt. 
 The children of Pinoch and Mary Hoit were as 
 follows: Robert B., Gillman T., Oliver, Pris-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV 
 
 cilia, Rosette raid Jeanette (twins), Henry, 
 Enoch, and Wyette. The twin to Oliver died 
 young. Enoch Hoit was an industrious 
 farmer, and added many improvements to the 
 farm. He died July 31, 1S56. His wife 
 Mary died August i, 184S. 
 
 Their son, Robert B., the next proprietor 
 of the homestead, where he was born, received 
 such education as was afforded by the district 
 schools. He was always a farmer; and, with 
 the exception of a few years in Massachusetts, 
 he spent the whole of his life on the estate, 
 which he enlarged. He built a fine set of 
 brick buildings about thirty years ago, and 
 these still stand out very prominently in the 
 town. He died July 18, 1887, on his seven- 
 tieth birthday. He was a very prominent 
 citizen, and served as Selectman and as Coun- 
 cilman, and was tw'O terms in the State 
 legislature. He married in 1843 Hannah 
 Goodwin. She died April g, 1896, aged sev- 
 enty-four years. They had five children — 
 Katherine P., Mary F. , Luc}', Willie, and 
 Robert W. Eucy and Willie died young. 
 Katherine P. Hoit married Sherwin Colby. 
 They reside in W^est Concord, and have four 
 children — Evelyn M., Kate P., Idella, and 
 Clarence Colby. Mary 1'. Hoit married 
 George I'rench. They reside in Boscawen, 
 and have Jio children. 
 
 Robert W. Hoit, of Mast Yard, N. H., was 
 born at the homestead on Horse Hill, as above 
 stated, about thirty-eight years ago. He was 
 educated here, and has always made this place 
 his home. His father bequeathed the estate 
 to iiim, and he is now in possession. He mar- 
 ried November 20, 1882, Bessie B. Deatherage, 
 whf) was born February 29, 1 864, at Wavcrly, 
 111. 
 
 Mr. Hoit is a loyal Rcpul)lican. He is 
 known to be keenly interested in all the lead- 
 ing questions of the day, and well informed in 
 
 political and educational and other public 
 matters. Pie takes an active part in political 
 affairs, and has served as Councilman. His 
 first Presidential vole was cast for James A. 
 Garfield. 
 
 REDERIC AUGUSTUS BRIGGS, 
 a well-known hotel man of Claremont, 
 N.H., was born in Charlestown, this 
 State, September 9, 1838, son of Joseph Gil- 
 man and Abigail (Woods) Briggs. Some in- 
 teresting facts concerning the origin of the 
 Briggs family may be found in Burke's "Peer- 
 age" and in the History of the County of 
 Norfolk, England, by Bloomfield. It is 
 shown that before the time of Edward I. 
 (1272) the representatives of the family as- 
 sumed the surname of De Ponte or Pontibus. 
 Many of them from the time of de Ponte de 
 Salle, whose son John was born in 1383, be- 
 came men of mark, and held high and respon- 
 sible positions in church and State, or accom- 
 plished deeds of renown. One Thomas 
 Brygge, of Holt, in 1392, in company with 
 Sir Thomas Swinbourne, made a pilgrimage 
 to the Holy Sepulchre ; and an account thereof, 
 written by himself, is still extant in a manu- 
 script preserved in the library of Caius Col- 
 lege, Cambridge University, England. 
 
 Thomas Bryggs, Rector of Risingham in 
 1539, subsequently became Chaplain to Lady 
 Mary, sister of King Edward VI. He was 
 also Vicar of Kenninghall and later Vicar of 
 Windham. Henry Brygge, born at Halifax, 
 Yorkshire, in 1556, was a mathematician. In 
 1617 he visited Napier at Edinburgh, and in- 
 duced him to make an important change in 
 his recently invented system of logarithms. 
 Augustine Briggs, a determined Royalist, 
 fought for Charles I., joining the Earl of 
 Newcastle's forces, and taking part in the 
 siege of Lynn in T643. Plis son William be-
 
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 333 
 
 c;iniL' a pliysician and oculist of great repute, 
 and was a friend of Sir Isaac Newton. In 
 i6<S2 he i)ul)lisiie(l a work entitled "Theory of 
 Vision," and tlircc years later a Latin version 
 of the same, to wiiieh Sir Isaac Newton wrote 
 the [ireface. 
 
 The earliest mention of the name Hri};f;s in 
 this country apjiears in the records of the 
 I'lymoLitii Colony, wherein one Clement Briggs 
 is said to have arrivetl in the good ship 
 "Fortune," November 9, 162 1. Mention 
 was made of him by Bradford in his letter to 
 John Winthrop in 163 1. lie settled in Dor- 
 chester in 1630-31, and married Joan Allen. 
 Two years later he removed to Weymouth. 
 IIl' had children as follows: Thomas, Jona- 
 tlian, John, David, Clement, Redmond, all of 
 whom, together with his second wife, Eliza- 
 beth, executrix, are mentioned in his will. 
 He was born, it is ]iositively known, in Bar- 
 mimdsey Street, South wark, England, and 
 died July 28, 1659. 
 
 The line was continued as follows: Jona- 
 than, the second son of Clement, married and 
 had a son Jonathan, whose son John married 
 Ellen Hewitt, and had William, who married 
 Ellen Rice; and their son I^liphalet, born in 
 1734 at Norton, Mass., settled in Keene, 
 N. II., and married Mary Cobb. At the time 
 of his death, October 11, 1776, he was Chair- 
 man of the Board of Selectmen of Keene, one 
 of the Town Committee of Safety, and had 
 been a delegate to the Safety Convention held 
 at Walpole. This convention was called by 
 order of a subcommittee of the several Com- 
 mittees of Safety in the county. He was 
 Captain in the Indian War. His wife died 
 June 9, 1S06, and left Eliphalet, Jr., born in 
 Keene in 1765, who died in 1827. He mar- 
 ried lilizabeth Stiles, daughter of Captain 
 Jeremiah Stiles, one of the early settlers of 
 Keene and one of its most prominent citizens. 
 
 He was Captain of the Kecnc company in 
 I'aul Dudey .Sargent's regiment, and was at 
 the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. He 
 was continually in office from 1765 until his 
 death in 1800. He was Kecne's delegate to 
 the Constitutional Convention in 1778. 
 
 Joseph Oilman Briggs, son of Eliphalet, 
 Jr., and Elizabeth, and father of Frederic 
 Augustus, was born in Keene, N.H., June 
 10, 1805. He served an ajiprenticcship as a 
 cabinet-maker with his eldest brother, Ivliph- 
 alet, in Keene. He was a gifted and an ac- 
 complished singer. He taught the first sing- 
 ing-school in Keene, and for several years was 
 the leader of the First Congregational Church 
 choir; and Miss Woods, who became his 
 wife, was his leading soprano. After his 
 marriage he removed to Montpelier, Vt., 
 where he went into business, but by the 
 urgent request of his uncle William, of 
 Charlestown, N.H., he was induced in 1S28 
 to go to that town. William Briggs, of 
 Charlestown, a graduate of Dartmouth, class 
 of 1799, was a lawyer by profession and a 
 stanch Whig. In 1824 he was appointed a 
 committee to build the vault and stone work 
 of the first Connecticut River Bank, and was a 
 Director of that institution during its ex- 
 istence. He was President of the new bank 
 from its beginning until his death in 1847. 
 In that year Joseph G. Briggs removed to 
 Claremont, where he engaged extensively in 
 the manufacture of furniture, looms, school 
 furnishings, etc. He built many houses in 
 town, including the Terrace School-house. 
 He was liberal, and encouraged everything 
 that tended to the growth and prosperitj' of the 
 town. Briggs Street was named in i860 by 
 the Selectmen in his honor. He married 
 Abigail Woods, daughter of Elijah, who was 
 the son of William and Naomi (Langley) 
 Woods, the former one of the early settlers of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Keene. Elijah Woods married Sally Brown, 
 who was of the sixth generation in descent 
 from Peter Brown, one of the Pilgrim Fathers 
 who landed from the " Mayflower " at Plym- 
 outh in 1620. 
 
 Joseph G. Briggs died November 12, 1876. 
 His children were: William Henry; Joseph 
 G. , Jr.: Juliet P^lizabeth, born in 1831, died 
 in i.S'32; Sarah Louisa; Charles Lyman; 
 Samuel Edgar; P^rederic Augustus; Abba; 
 and Mary Elizabeth. William Henry Briggs, 
 born in 1827, married ]\Iary Augusta Ander- 
 son, of Boston, Mass. Joseph G., Jr., born 
 1830, married Ellen L. West, of Cliarles- 
 town, N. H., was a famed hotel man in his 
 day, and died P'ebruary 10, 1894. Sarah 
 Louisa, born in 1833, married Francis R. 
 Stebbins, of Adrian, Mich., one of the pioneers 
 of that city and founder of the Adrian Ex- 
 positor, who died in 1S92. Charles Lyman, 
 born in 1835, married Maria Hall Tripler, of 
 New York, and is proprietor of the Clarendon 
 Hotel and manager of the "Plorence" in that 
 city. Samuel P^dgar, born in 1836, who was 
 graduated at Norwich University, Norwich, 
 Vt., married Mary A. Hoover, of Los An- 
 geles, Cal., and died at P'itzwilliam, N.H., 
 in 1888. His two children were: Mary 
 Louisa, who died; and Lillie, who married 
 Dr. MacGowan in i8go, and resides in Los 
 Angles, Cal. Abba Briggs, born in 1841, 
 married Stephen Batcheller, of Fitzwilliam, 
 N.IL, son of Dr. James Batcheller, of Marl- 
 boro, N. PL They have one child, Fanny, 
 who married Donald Mclver Blair, of Boston. 
 Mary P^lizabcth Briggs, who was born in 1844, 
 and died in 1874, married George W. Merri- 
 field, of Claremont, N. H. 
 
 P'rederic Augustus, the seventh child of 
 his parents, and the subject of our sketch, 
 married Juliette Rebecca Cowles, daughter of 
 Albert and Rebecca (Wark) Cowles, grand- 
 
 daughter of Leman and Clara (Bunnel) 
 Cowles, and great-grand-daughter of Timothy 
 and Sarah (Stilson) Cowles, of Farmington, 
 Conn., who settled in Claremont in 1780. 
 The children, all born in Claremont, except 
 Robert Percy, are as follows: Abba Louisa, 
 born April 16, 1863; Frederic Augustus, Jr., 
 born August 8, 1864; Mary Rebecca, born 
 March 27, 1866; Joseph Albert, born Decem- 
 ber 24, 1867, who married Margrette Sur- 
 rette, April 12, 1889, and has a child, 
 Bertha Augusta, born March 6, 1890; Juli- 
 etta Augusta, born October 29, 1869; Sarah 
 Plunice, born August 30, 1872, who married 
 Charles S. Wilson, December 6, 1893, and 
 had a child, Paul Dunbar, born in Claremont, 
 October 22, 1894; Robert Percy, born in 
 New York City, October 2, 1875; Lilla Steb- 
 bins, born June 19, 1877; Justina Adeline, 
 born P'ebruary 26, 1879; Emily Victoria, 
 born May 23, 18S4. 
 
 OBERT H. ROLFE, the courteous 
 
 and efficient cashier and ailvcrtising 
 ^ \^_ ^ manager of the Republican Press 
 Association at Concord, N.IL, was born here, 
 October 16, 1S63, and is the son of Henrv 
 Pearson and Mary Rebecca (Sherburne) Rolfe, 
 of this city. In his boyhood he attended the 
 public schools of Concord, and, after graduat- 
 ing" from the high school, entered Dartmouth 
 College, where he was graduated in the class 
 of 1884. He then for a short time engaged 
 in the study of law; but, feeling more inclina- 
 tion for a business career, he abandoned the 
 thought of a profession, and entered the 
 employ of the Boston & Lowell Railroad as an 
 accountant. He afterward served the Boston 
 & Maine Railroad in the same capacity. In 
 1889 he went to North Adams, Mass., as 
 assistant superintendent of the Zylonite Man-
 
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 .vv; 
 
 tif.iilmiii;; Company, witli wliicli concern lie 
 stayed until it was sold out to the Celluloid 
 Company of New Jersey, lie then returned 
 to Concord, and soon after was offered his 
 jiresent ])osition of cashier and advertising 
 mana.L;cr of the Republican Press Association, 
 which he lillswith <;reat acce])tance to all con- 
 cerned. y\fler graduating;' Irom college, hi' 
 entered the New Hampshire National Guard 
 as a private in Company C of the Third Regi- 
 ment of New Hampshire, and has been rapidly 
 piiuniited until tliri'e years ago he attained the 
 rank of Colonel in the regiment, and has held 
 it ever since. 
 
 Coloiud Rnlfe makes a line officer; and not 
 only is he a very popular young man among 
 his own ]Kirlicular friends and associates, but 
 he also possesses the gootl will of his fellow- 
 townsmen generalh'. 
 
 ^TORACK I.eROY CHOATE, a well- 
 known and res|)ected farmer of Hop- 
 kinton, N.H., was born in Ileniii- 
 ker, Merrimack County, April 20, 1833, a son 
 of George and J5etscy Davis Choate. He is a 
 lineal descenilant of one John Choate, who was 
 a son of Robert and Sarah Choate, and was 
 ba[itizecl at Groton, l^oxford, Colchester, Eng- 
 land, June 6, 1624. In I''i43 John emigrated 
 to New lingland, an.l at the ago of nineteen 
 was a resident of C'hebacco in Ipswich, Mass. 
 Soon after he bought u[) shares of common 
 lands allotted to the proprietors on I log Island 
 (which acquired its name from its resemblance 
 to a hog lying on its back in the water), and 
 in 1690 he was almost the sole owner of its 
 three hundred acres. The earliest deed 
 extant, dated in 167S, was for the site of the 
 present Choate house, the birthplace of the 
 Hon. Rufus Choate, New England's great 
 jurist and advocate. John Choate was often I 
 
 in disgrace, the records showing that he was 
 frequently before the magistrates, and not al- 
 ways ff)r the offence of some one else. He was 
 tried for stealing apples, but was acquitted; 
 and he was arraigned for lying, hut the charge 
 was dismissed. In numerous other cases by 
 the use of his own keen wit he succeeded in 
 evading punishment, lie was a natural liti- 
 gant and lawyer, and his fertility of resource 
 in defence seems to have been transmitted to 
 his descendants with increasing power, 
 
 Thomas Choate, son of the first John, b(irn 
 at Chebacco, Ipswich, Mass., in 1671, resided 
 on Hog Island. A very prominent man, he 
 was familiarly knowMi as Governor Choate; anrl 
 he served as a Representative to the General 
 Court, to which he was first elected in 1723, 
 for several terms. He' was married succes- 
 sively to Miss Mary Varney, Mrs. Mary Calef, 
 and Mrs. Hannah Burnham, and died in 1745. 
 His last wife survived him until 17S2. His 
 son Ebenezer, the ne.xt in line of descent, was 
 born in 1706, and dieil in 1766. Ebenezer 
 was an innkeeper, a Notary Public, and the 
 Coroner of the town. In 1730 he married 
 Miss I^lizaheth Greenleaf. Their son John, 
 born December 27, 1745, in Newburyport, 
 Mass., married January 8, 1767, Abigail 
 Tyler; and their only child was John Tyler 
 Choate. John Tyler, who was born in New- 
 buryport, July II, 1768, married Hannah 
 Pearson, also a native of Newburyport, born 
 July 15, 1770. After their marriage they 
 removetl to Hopkinton, N.II., locating first 
 near the centre of the town. Afterward they 
 removed to the part in which his grandson, 
 Horace I.eRoy, lives. John Tyler subse- 
 quently acquired the adjoining farm, where he 
 afterward carried on farming and worked at 
 his trade of blacksmith until his demise on 
 February 20, 1844. Shortly after his widow 
 with her eldest child wont to Underbill, Vt.,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 where her death occurred, November 14, 1S48. 
 Their children were: Susanna, Nabby, John 
 Tyler, Michael, Isaac Newton, Polly, George, 
 Tlionias, Ebenezer, Thirza, Benjamin, Aaron, 
 Langdon, and William Pearson. Susanna, 
 born March 2, 1790, married first Amos John- 
 son, second James Dodge, and died April 6, 
 1870. Nabby, born October 4, 1791, died in 
 infancy. John Tyler, born October 21, 1792, 
 first married Abiah Stanley. After her death 
 lie wedded Mrs. Lydia Powell Lincoln, and 
 died August 18, 1S71. Michael, bom August 
 12, 1794, died two days later. Isaac Newton, 
 burn June i, 1795, successively married 
 Amarilla Bostwick and Elizabeth Chamber- 
 lain, and died in March, 1870. Polly, born 
 April 6, 1797, died April i, 1829. George, 
 born January 5, 1799, died Sei^tember 13, 
 1SS8. Thomas, born September 8, 1800, 
 married Harriet Swan, and died March 13, 
 1885. Ebenezer, born April 15, 1802, who 
 successively married Phebe Hanson Hull 
 and ]5etsey Harvey, died in April, 1882. 
 Thirza, born November 24, 1803, married 
 Marshall Morse, and died March 28, 1885. 
 Benjamin, born June 16, 1805, married Mar- 
 garet Stearns, and died March 15, 1858. 
 Aaron, born November 28, 1807, died January 
 3, 1888. Langdon, born September 7, 1810, 
 married Deborah V. Jones, anti is now living 
 in Hamilton, Hancock County, III. William 
 Pearson, born February 10, 1812, married 
 Martha Bailey, and died October 29, 1879. 
 
 George Choate was a mason and a black- 
 smith in the village of Henniker for many 
 years. Coming from there to Hopkinton in 
 1836, he settled on the present homestead 
 farm, where he resided until liis death. Dur- 
 ing the last ten years of his life he was an 
 invalid. He was celebrated as a fifer in the 
 time of the old militia. In his later years, 
 accompanied by the late Jonah Campbell, a 
 
 famous drummer, he used to furnish music 
 at all public functions. In March, 1832, he 
 married Betsey Davis, who was born March 8, 
 1808, in Hopkinton, daughter of Abraham and 
 Priscilla (Currier) Davis. She died February 
 8, 1880, leaving two children — Horace LeRoy 
 and Lizzie Annie. Lizzie Annie, born Sep- 
 tember 13, 1839, on December 10, 1S73, 
 married Nathan S. Smith, of Salem, N.IL, 
 and died January 15, 1890, leaving no issue. 
 
 Horace LeRoy Choate worked at the 
 mason's trade in his earlier life. Afterward 
 he was employed in a mill at Manchester, this 
 State, for a time, and then spent a year with 
 his uncle in Illinois. Returning to New 
 Hampshire, he was engaged as a meat dealer 
 in Concord for three or four years. In that 
 period he was also deputy keeper of the Mer- 
 rimack County jail. He assumed the manage- 
 ment of the old home farm in 1859, and has 
 since resided there, successfully engaged in 
 general agriculture. Mr. Choate has been 
 twice married. On December 10, 1863, Mary 
 Mabel Heath, daughter of Christopher and 
 Sarah (Call) Heath, became his wife. She 
 was born June 3, 1835, in Pittsburg, N.H., 
 and died on the homestead, November i, 1882. 
 On December 10, 1883, the twentieth anniver- 
 sary of his first marriage, and the tenth anni- 
 versary of his sister's wedding, he married 
 Frances Emma Coomes, a widow, and a daugh- 
 ter of Cyrus and Hannah (Rand) Ford. She was 
 born in Monroe, Me., December 12, 1842, and 
 died August 13, 1890. For the past five years 
 Mr. Choate has had the services of Mrs. Nancy 
 B. Silver, one of the frienils of his early life, 
 in the capacity of housekeeper. In [lolitics he 
 is a stanch Democrat, but he has never been 
 an aspirant for official honors. He has always 
 been a devotee of the rod and gun, being as 
 fond of angling as Isaac Walton himself, and 
 as keen a sportsman as ever handled a rifle.
 
 BIOGRAIMIK AL RK\IKW 
 
 3,?7 
 
 ii:v. iii'-.Nin' HARRISON hart 
 
 W'l'", 1,1. is ;in esteemed resident of 
 '■-^ ^ /MKiisluwii, where he has served for 
 
 a hni;; time as Superintendent of Schools and 
 in otlicr im[)c)rtant town offices. He was born 
 in I Iillsboron<;h, N.ll., Octoi)er i8, 1819, son 
 of William and Ik'tsey (Wilkins) llartwell. 
 1 lis j;r.indf,ither, Juhn ll.iilwell, was a typical 
 New Hampshire man, strong- in mind and 
 body, and respected by all who knew him. 
 John llartwell taught school in early life. In 
 1724 he was 1 Highway Surveyor; and in 1757 
 he was Selectman of Concord, N.H. A mem- 
 ber of the State militia, he was Ensign some 
 time previous to 1741. He married Mary, 
 (laughter of Job and Mary (llartwell) Parling, 
 and reared a large family. His son, William, 
 born August 26, 1795, '" Hillsborough, 
 besides working at iiis trade of carpenter, also 
 cultivated a farm. An industrious man and 
 endowed with great bodily strength, William 
 looked for little lei.sure during his life. In 
 politics he was a Democrat, in religious belief 
 a iMethodist. He died April 14, 1861, and 
 his wife died at the age of eighty-four. 
 I^leven children were born to them, two ilaugh- 
 ters ami nine sons. Of these the survivors 
 are: Henry Harrison and Elizabeth J. The 
 latter is the wife of William H. Collins, of 
 Canibiidge, Mass., and the mother of three 
 children — Ilattie, Herbert, and Annie. 
 
 Henry Harrison llartwell acquired most of 
 his education in his native town. He became 
 a member of the New Hamiishii-e Annual Con- 
 ference when he was twenty years old, and 
 for a great many years labored as a Meth- 
 odist pastor in Great Falls, Rochester, New 
 Market, Manchester, Nashua, Lawrence, Ports- 
 mouth, and other places. He had been a zeal- 
 ous worker in the Christian vineyard for forty 
 years, when his voice failed, and he was 
 obliged to retire. Afterward he spent four 
 
 years in California and Nevada, resting and 
 recuperating, and then took up the auction and 
 connnission business in Allenstown, in whicli 
 he is at present engaged. He moved to this 
 place in 1867, and in the thirty ycar.s of his 
 residence here he has helil the respect of iiis 
 townsmen. In jjolitics he is independent. 
 He has served in the capacity of Justice of the 
 Peace for twenty years. He has been Ta.\ 
 Collector of Allenstown for a number of years, 
 .Superintendent of .Schools for eleven years, 
 and Chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen for 
 one year. 
 
 Mr. llartwell was married May i, 1842, to 
 Flora Ann Swett, of Webster, N.H., who died 
 in September, 1858. She was the mother of 
 four children, of whom Charles H. and Leon 
 I. are living. Charles married Flora Moore, 
 of Lawrence, Mass. Leon has been twice 
 married, and has two children — -Harry and 
 Warren W., respectively borne by his first 
 and second wives. His second wife, who is 
 living, was Miss Bertha Wheeler, of Salem, 
 N.H. The Rev. Mr. llartwell contracted a 
 second marriage April 10, 1861, with Mrs. 
 -Sarah Sargeant Hirsch, a daughter of Major 
 Sterling Sargeant. By this union he has one 
 child. Flora A., who is now the wife of Park 
 Mitchell, of Manchester, N.H., and has three 
 children — Emma May, I'lorence S., and 
 Henry O. Mrs. llartwell died May 19, 1S97, 
 nearly seventy-three years old. 
 
 OHN E. FRI-:NCH, one of the leading 
 men of affairs of Bradford, Merrimack 
 County, was born in this town, Febru- 
 ary 27, 1843. He is a son of Daniel French, 
 and the grandson of Offin French, an early 
 settler of Bradford. 
 
 Offin l""rench was born in South Hampton, 
 N.H., in 1761 ; and when but a boy he entered
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the Revolutionary army, in whicli he served 
 until the close of the war. At the battle of 
 Bennington he became acquaintetl with Paskey 
 Pressy, one of the brave soldiers who enlisted 
 from Warner; and after the war was over he 
 came to Bradford, N.H., and, continuing the 
 acquaintance formed on tlie battlefield, met, 
 wooed, and won as his wife, Susannah, a 
 daughter of Mr. Pressy. After marriage the 
 young couple settled on a farm one-half mile 
 east of Bradford Centre; and here were born 
 and reared their children, thirteen in number. 
 Offin French lived to the age of threescore 
 years and ten; and his wife, who was born 
 some years later than he, died within the 
 remembrance of her grandson, John E., at the 
 age of eighty-seven years. 
 
 Daniel l-'rench came into possession of the 
 old homestead, and cared for his parents in 
 their declining years. He afterward settled 
 on a place a third of a mile north-east of Brad- 
 ford, where he farmed for twenty-eight years, 
 removing then to the village, in which he 
 lived until his death in 1867, aged threescore 
 and ten years. His wife survived him, tlying 
 in 1876, aged seventy-si.x years. Her maiden 
 name was Abigail Cressy. She was born in 
 Bradford, and was a daughter of John Cressy, 
 whose father was a soldier in the French and 
 Indian War, and also in the Revolution, prob- 
 ably serving from Bradford. Daniel and Abi- 
 gail (Cressy) French were the parents of five 
 children, namely: Mary Jane, widow of J. V. 
 Marshall, living at Hawk's Park, F"la. ; Ira 
 C , for some years a merchant in Bradford, 
 subsequently engaged in the same line of busi- 
 ness in Lansingburg, N.Y., where he died at 
 the age of fifty-seven years; Sabria A., the 
 widow of Frederick Cheney, living in this 
 town; Christina P., the wife of Thomas 
 Little, of Peterboro, N.II.; and John K., the 
 direct subject of this biography. 
 
 John E. French lived on the home farm 
 until fifteen years of age, when he came to the 
 village, where he learned the tinner's trade. 
 While serving his apprenticeship of three 
 years, he was given three months' schooling 
 each year, and at the end of the time received 
 two hundred and ten dollars in cash. He fol- 
 lowed his trade four years here and in Sutton, 
 and was then engaged in mercantile business 
 in Bradford for seven years, keeping a store 
 well stocked with a general line of hardware, 
 and running eight or ten pedlers' carts. Dis- 
 posing of his entire stock, he then embarked 
 in the lumber business, buying, in partnership 
 with George W. Tucker, of this place, large 
 tracts of land, often including whole farms, 
 for the sake of the timber, which they manu- 
 factured into lumber of all kintls. P'or ten 
 years Mr. French has been engaged to some 
 extent in settling estates, the last three years 
 of the time making that business a specialty, 
 and in the meantime he has had the guardian- 
 ship of several minors, insane persons, and 
 others debarred for special reasons from look- 
 ing after tlieir own interests. He is one of 
 the Directors of the Citizens' National Bank 
 of Newport, N.II., and has a large interest in 
 a sheep ranch in Wyoming. As a loyal and 
 faithful citizen he takes an active interest in 
 public affairs. He has held the office of 
 Selectman; and in 1879 he was a Representa- 
 tive to the State legislature, serving while 
 there on the Mining Committee. He is a 
 sound Democrat, influential in ]iolitical circles, 
 attending all the county and State conven- 
 tions, and was one of the ninety that walked 
 out of the State Convention in i8g6. He has 
 been a member of the State Committee three 
 terms. 
 
 Mr. French was married September 15, 
 1873, to Mis.i Emma F. Day, who was born in 
 Orford, N. H., but was reared and educated in
 
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 339 
 
 CiiiiCdid. lie was made a Mason in St. I'ctcr's 
 I,()(lj;c, 1'. & A. M., iif this town, one of the 
 oldest lodges in tlie country, and is a mem- 
 ber of Woods Chapter, R. A. M., of llen- 
 niker, in wiiicii he has served in various 
 official capacities. Mr. I-'rench is a noted 
 sportsman, and has shot more fo.xes tlian any 
 otiier man in Meiriniack Ccjunty. lie is a 
 good marksman, very successful in duck and 
 partridge shooting, and an expert at trout and 
 salmon fishing. 
 
 IFARLKS E. ]'UTNI<:Y, a farmer of 
 
 high staufling in Webster, N. II., is a 
 native of that place. lie was born 
 June lo, 1827, the son of Stephen and Sallie 
 (I'^astman) Putney. Mis father, who was born 
 I'-ebruary 12, 1765, was a soldier in the Revo- 
 lutionary War, serving in 1780 and 17S1. lie 
 afterward purchased the farm where Charles 
 K. now lives, and settled down there. He 
 was marrieil three times, first to Sallie K. 
 Eastman, of Hopkinton, who died in i.Sog; 
 second to Susan Eastman, who ilied in Sep- 
 tember, KS20; and then to Sallie Eastman, 
 who died April 6, i<S67, aged seventy-nine 
 years. The three wives were cousins. Hy 
 the first marriage there were six chiklren — 
 Nelson, Enoch, True, Pluma, Anna, and 
 Stcjihcn. The chiUIren of the second mar- 
 riage were five in number — Clarissa, Sarah, 
 David, Lucy, Azariah ; and of the third there 
 were four: Charles Monroe, who died in in- 
 fancy; Mary Angeline; Charles E. ; and 
 Samantha S. Mary A. was born July 6, 1825, 
 and died July 20, 1825. Samantha S., born 
 August 3, 1829, married Dustin Spaulding, 
 now a carpenter in Contoocook, N.II., where 
 they now reside. 
 
 Charles E. Putney, the subject of this 
 sketch, receivetl the orilinary education 
 afforded by the common schools, and always 
 
 lived at home with his parents. After his 
 marriage he took charge of the old homestead, 
 and carried on farming until his retirement a 
 few years ago, when his son, Charles H., be- 
 came manager of the property. The old farm 
 embraces about one hundred and sixty acres, 
 and Charles H. owns another farm of one hun- 
 dred and seventy-five acres. 15oth places are 
 kept well uj) to the times, and a general farm- 
 ing business is pursued. 
 
 Mr. Putney was married December 26, 
 1850, to Susan C. Sanborn, of Webster, a 
 daughter of John and Rebecca (Coffin) San- 
 born, both of Boscawcn. She was born Octo- 
 ber 20, 1830. Her father was a farmer in that 
 place, and in the sledding season he engaged 
 somewhat in drawing lumber. He died 
 August 30, 1887, aged eighty-eight, his wife 
 having died November 26, 1869. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Sanborn had ten children; namely, 
 Abbie, Moses, Susan, Emily, John, Ellen, 
 Charles, Sarah, Hannah, and Henry. This 
 large family is now widely separated, as fol- 
 lows: Abbie is in Reading, Mass.; Moses, in 
 Concord; John is deceased; Ellen lives in 
 Wakefield, Mass.; Charles married Jennie 
 Colby, of Salisbury, and lives in Webster, as 
 does also Sarah, who married I. !•'. Ualch, of 
 Lyme, N.II. ; Emily lives in Penacook; Han- 
 nah, in Chicago; and Henry, in Xenia, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Putney have five children — 
 Ida J., Charles H., John S., Cora E., and 
 Bertha M. Ida J. was born October 24, 1851, 
 and is now a dressmaker in Concord. Charles 
 H. Putney was born February 19, 1853, and is 
 a carpenter by trade, but now has charge of the 
 homestead farm, as stated above, still, how- 
 ever, doing some carpentering. He has been 
 Collector of Taxes for several years, and still 
 holds that position. John S. Putney was born 
 January 27, 1855, and is in the gravel, sand, 
 and cement business in Chicago. He married
 
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 BIOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 
 
 Lucile Melton, of St. Louis, Mo. ; and they 
 have one child, John S., Jr. Cora E. Putney 
 was born September 28, 1857, and is a suc- 
 cessful school teacher, having taught schools 
 in Concord, N.H., and vicinity. Bertha M. 
 was born July 6, 1868, and became the wife of 
 Eilward Little, a farmer formerly of Massachu- 
 setts, but now living in Webster. They have 
 one child, Gladys Susan. These five children 
 were all given the benefit of the education 
 afforded by the best schools. 
 
 r^Ir. Putney is a Democrat in politics. He 
 has been Justice of the Peace and Prudential 
 School Committee. Both he and his wife are 
 members of the Congregational Church of 
 Webster. He has always been an active, 
 energetic man, has been successful in his life 
 work, and is much respected in the community. 
 
 ^tephp:n ALDEN TRACY, a 
 
 well-known resident of Cornish, 
 was born here, October 31, 1833, 
 son of Stephen and .Sarah (Alden) ^"racy. 
 The family is one of the oldest in this coun- 
 try, and traces its descent to Lieutenant 
 Thomas Tracy, who came from England in 
 1636 and settled in Connecticut. Lieutenant 
 Tracy was son of Nathaniel and grandson of 
 Richard Tracy, of Stanway, England. Na- 
 thaniel's eldest brother was made a baronet 
 by King James I. on June 29, 161 1, being the 
 thirteenth of the order created by James. The 
 Tracy coat of arms, in the possession of the 
 family, shows the scallop shell (indicating 
 that some ancestor was a Crusader) between 
 two narrow red bands, and a crest surmounted 
 by a shell between two wings of gold, with the 
 motto, "Memoiia Pii -Eterna. " The line of 
 descent from Lieutenant Tracy is through 
 Thomas, Jr., father of Jeremiah Tracy. An- 
 drew, the ne.Nt in descent, lived in Lisbon, 
 
 Conn. He married Ruth Smith, daughter of 
 Captain Elijah .Smith, of Barnstable, Mass., 
 and had eleven children. His son Andrew, 
 Jr., born March 17, 1750, who died Decem- 
 ber 28, 1S19, was the first to come to Cor- 
 nish. This Andrew married Annie f^ingham, 
 of \Vindham, Conn., whose children by him 
 were: Lemuel, Ruth, Lucy, Elias, Stephen, 
 Anna, Andrew, and Jesse. Lemuel, born 
 July 29, 1773, who married Phcebe Parker, 
 had moved to Cornish with his father in 1783; 
 and they were the first settlers of the family in 
 this section. The Tracy homestead, which is 
 one of the oldest houses in the town, was built 
 in 1793. It has since been remodelled ; but the 
 solid, oaken timbers are still intact, and strong 
 enough to last another century. Lemuel died 
 in Claremont. Ruth, born March 30, 1775, 
 died unmarried, October 17, 1856. Lucy, 
 born November 4, 1777, tlied unmarried, 
 April 20, 1824. P^lias, born in Lisbon, 
 Conn., January 22, 1780, was a cripple, and 
 supported himself by making gloves. He died 
 June 20, 1850. Anna, the first of the family 
 born in Cornish, died March i, 1S30, aged 
 forty-si.\ years. Andrew, born January 21, 
 1789, died in Vermont, January 8, 1S64. He 
 was a farmer and had cpiite a family of chil- 
 dren. Jesse, born March 21, 1792, died Au- 
 gust 30, 1857. He was married and had sev- 
 eral children. 
 
 Stephen Tracy, the father of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born July 2, 1782, and died at 
 Cornish, October 23, 1865. He was a cabi- 
 net-maker, and worked at his trade in Plain- 
 field and in Connecticut. After the death of 
 his father he returned to the homestead, and 
 managed the fai'm foi" the remainder of his 
 life. He was a Deacon of the Congrega- 
 tional church. Though interested in jiublic 
 affairs, he never cared for political honors and 
 nevei' held a town orfu-e. lie first married
 
 liloCKAI'IltfAI, RF.VIEW 
 
 34' 
 
 Rel)ccc:i Tracy, "f T.islion ; and she bore him 
 thix'c cliildrcii — Virginia, Kliza, and Very 
 Ann, all nf wlicini are deceased. Mis second 
 wile, lictscy 15(ianlni;in Tracy, who came fnmi 
 Vermont, gave birth to five children — l\e- 
 becca, William N., Sabra S., George B., and 
 Jonas 15. Rcbcna, burn August 25, iSiS, 
 married blbenezer Cole, a farmer, and had one 
 child. .She died November 16, 1S93. Will- 
 iam, burn May 30, 1820, died in California, 
 August 12, 1 894. lie married Harriet T. 
 Kellcy, a widow, and was a watchman in the 
 office of the State Treasurer at .Sacramento for 
 some years. Sabra, born May 23, 1822, died 
 February 6, 1S85. She married the Rev. 
 J. B. Ramsey, of Virginia, and was the 
 mother of three children. George B., born 
 March 15, 1826, a soldier in the Civil War, 
 was wounded in the ankle at the battle of the 
 Wilderness, and died at Washington, June 6, 
 1864, just a month after that. It is related 
 of him, concerning that occasion, that he lay 
 fur twenty hours between the battle lines of 
 the two armies, where he was almost covered 
 with the earth ploughed up by cannon balls, 
 and that some Southern soldiers, who held the 
 grounil for a space, took away his ammunition, 
 lie married -Sarah Ilibbard, of Cornish. Jonas 
 ]]., born March 25, 1S28, was twice married. 
 His first wife, Ruth M. Wood Tracy, had no 
 childi"en. His second marriage was made 
 with Mrs. Laura A. Stevens, of Wisconsin, 
 who bore him three children. He is Town 
 Treasurer of Milton, Wis., and a popular 
 school teacher of that town. Stephen Tracy's 
 third marriage was contracted with Sarah 
 Alden, a descendant in the seventh generation 
 of John and Priscilla Alden, who came over in 
 the "Mayflower." Born in Lebanon, N.H., 
 November i, 1790, she died October 14, 1867. 
 Her three children were: Sarah E. , born Oc- 
 tober 10, 1 83 1 ; Stephen Alden, the subject of 
 
 this sketch; and Caroline S., born (Jctober 8, 
 1835. Caroline married Charles S. Cahill, a 
 prominent cigar manufacturer of Lowell, 
 Mass., who died in the spring of 1894. 
 
 .Stephen Alden Tracy received his educa- 
 tion in the public schoids of Cornish and 
 at Thetford Academy, Vt. After finishing 
 school, he went West and was three years in 
 the lumber districts of Wisconsin. He then 
 returned to Cornish to care for his parents in 
 their old age and to manage the farm. He has 
 always been a prominent figure in the social 
 and political life of the town. In 1S75-76 
 he was a Representative to the legislature; 
 and he was Selectman for five years, being 
 Chairman of the Board for three years. He 
 has also served on the .School Board for some 
 years. While in the legislature he was a 
 member of the Committee on Insurance, and 
 he is well informed on all matters pertaining 
 to that subject. He attends the Baptist 
 church of I'lainfield, and is a Mason and a 
 prominent member of the grange. Mr. Tracy 
 has been twice married. He first married 
 I'jiiily ]•".. Norris, of Cornish, who died June 
 19, 1862. His second marriage, which took 
 place August 31, 1865, united him to Agnes 
 Bailey, daughter of John and Eliza Ann 
 Bailey, of Enfield, N. H. She has been the 
 mother of seven children; namely, Franklin 
 B., Emily, Evelyn A., Charles A., Ellen N., 
 William B. , and Sarah E. Franklin, born 
 October 15, 1866, and educated at Kimball 
 Academy, is a member of the firm of Stone, 
 Tracy & Co., of Windsor, Vt. He married 
 Ida Stone, daughter of Samuel N. Stone, who 
 is a partner in the business. They have one 
 son — Gordon S. , born April 2, 1S95. Emily 
 Tracy, born September 12, 1868, who was edu- 
 cated at Kimball Academy, is a teacher at Gor- 
 ham, this State. ' Evelyn A., born October 2, 
 1870, who was educated at Kimball Academy
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 and at New London, N. M., is also a graduate 
 of the business college at Worcester, Mass. 
 Charles A., born November i6, 1872, is in 
 the Senior class at Dartmouth College. Ellen 
 N., born May 8, 1875, is a teacher of marked 
 ability and success. William B., born Octo- 
 ber 24, 1S77, who was educated at Windsor, 
 \'t. , is at home with his father and mother. 
 Sarah E. , born April 20, 1881, is a student in 
 the high school at Windsor. 
 
 ARON L. BROWN, of North Grant- 
 ham, the second rej^resentative of his 
 family in the ownership of his farm, 
 was born February i, 1828, son of Jonathan 
 and Mehitable (Stevens) Brown. The family 
 name is well known in every country where 
 the English language is spoken. In America 
 Browns have been prominent statesmen, edu- 
 cators, and soldiers. Jonathan Brown, the 
 great-grandfather of Aaron L., was a patriot 
 soldier of the Revolution. He was the first 
 ancestor of this family to come to this country. 
 II is son, Jonathan Biown, Jr., was the first of 
 the family to settle in the town of Grantham. 
 This was nearly one hundred years ago, in the 
 early days of the town. Jonathan, Jr., who 
 was an industrious and well-to-do farmer, took 
 an active interest in the affairs of the town, 
 but never aspired to public office. He mar- 
 ried -Sarah Ouimby; and they had a family of 
 seven children — Jacob, Nancy, Jonathan, 
 Sarah, Aaron, Sanborn, and Lyman. Jacob 
 married in New York State, where he spent 
 the greater ].iart of his life, chiefly occujiicd 
 in farming. Nancy married Asa Clark, of 
 Grantham, a farmer and carjienter. Sarah 
 became Mrs. David ]'"rye, of Grantham. 
 Aaron, who was a farmer and conducted a 
 grist-mill, lived in Canada. .Sanborn was a 
 carpenter and farmer of this town. Lyman 
 
 lived in Boston during the greater part of liis 
 life, and carried on an extensive milk business. 
 Jonathan l^rown, the third bearer of the 
 name and the father of Aaron L. , born at Can- 
 dia, N.H., June 23, 1795, died November 15, 
 1 868. He came to Grantham when two years 
 old, and received his education in the jjublic 
 schools here. After leaving school, he worked 
 on the farm with his father; and upon the death 
 of the latter he took entire charge. As a 
 farmer he was progressive, and as a citizen 
 energetic of the estate. Recognized by his 
 fellow-townsmen as a man of ability, they 
 sent him t(j the State legislature in 1845 and 
 1S46. He was a member and a steward of the 
 Methodist church. Of his nine children the 
 fourth-born died in infancy, before it was 
 christened. The others were : John N., Orvil 
 C, Aaron L., Sarah A., Sarah A. (second), 
 Jonathan, Arabella A., and Hannah E. John 
 N., born June 11, 1S23, who died November 
 
 28, 1862, was a storekeeper, and served the 
 town in the capacities of Sheriff and Select- 
 man. He married Eliza Roundy, and had two 
 children — Ann K. and Charles W. Orvil C, 
 born April 27, 1826, had finished his education 
 and had taught school for a short time when he 
 died, January 24, 1853. Sarah A., born May 
 
 29, 1S30, died October 10, 1832. Sarah A. 
 (second), born October 7, 1833, died in 1851. 
 Jonathan, the fourth bearer of the name, born 
 December 13, 1836, died October 25, 1841. 
 Arabella A., born December 26, 1839, died 
 December 28, 1851 ; and Hannah E., who was 
 born November ici, 1S41, died December 28, 
 185 I. 
 
 After receiving his education in the schools 
 of the town Aaron L. Brown stayed on the 
 homestead farm with his father until the death 
 of the latter, when he assumed the manage- 
 ment. He was an extensive sheejj-raiser until 
 about si.x years ago, when wool-growing ceased
 
 BIOGRAI'HICAL REVI K\V 
 
 343 
 
 to be profitable. Since that time he has been 
 cnj^aficd in dairy farming. lie is one of the 
 leailinj^ farmers (if the (.Miunty and clnsely iden- 
 tified with the public life of the town. He 
 has held the office of Selectman, and he served 
 as legislative Representative in 1872 and 
 1873. In the legislature he was a member of 
 the Committee on Asylums and Claims. He 
 married .Sarah J. J^oyce, of .S[)ringfield, N.H., 
 who was luirn July 25, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. 
 ]kown have had five children, namely: Orvil, 
 born December 8, 1852, who died April 24, 
 1854; Curtis L., born August 14, 1855, who 
 died .Scjitember 7, 1857; Mary K. , born Au- 
 gust 15, 1857, who married b'red A. Leavitt, 
 resides at Henniker, N.ll., and has two chil- 
 dren — Ethel J. and Curtis H. ; Jonathan J., 
 born July 14, 1860, who died September 27, 
 1862; and Imla S. , who was born July 8, 
 1865. The latter, who lives with his father 
 on the farm, is a worthy representative of the 
 family. He has been Selectman and is jjromi- 
 nent in tiic civil affairs of the town. He mar- 
 ried Amy ]•'.. Newton, of Acworth, N.H., and 
 has two children: I'earl y\., born June 9, 
 1893; and I hirold Aaron, born January ig, 
 1895. The ]5rowns are eligible for member- 
 ship in the celebrated society of Sons and 
 Daughters of the kc\(ilution, which embraces 
 on its muster-roll the most distinguished fam- 
 ilies of New Knjrland. 
 
 II.LIAM GKKGG ANDREWS, a 
 prosperous farmer of Sutton, Merri- 
 mack County, N.ll., was born July 
 7, 1834, oil the farm upon which he now lives. 
 His father was Nathan Andrews, Jr., a native 
 of Sutton; and his paternal grandfather was 
 Nathan Andrews, Sr. , born in Dan vers, Mass., 
 in 1767, a son of Samuel Andrews. He came 
 to Merrimack County when a young man, and 
 
 in 1795 he married Hannali <)r(-gg and at once 
 settled ujMiii a farm at l-'ishersfield. His wife 
 was a daughter of James and Janet (Collins) 
 Gregg, and, though lame from childhood, 
 was energetic and industrious, and lived to the 
 age of ninety-four, a very bright and interest- 
 ing old lady. In 181 1 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan 
 Andrews, Sr., built a frame house in Sutton, 
 which with other buildings was burned in 
 1834. They then built a brick hou.se, which 
 was destroyed by fire on August 28, 1890. 
 Mr. Andrews passed to the higher life Sep- 
 tember 7, 1853. Mrs. Andrews died A\nU 7, 
 1866. 
 
 Their .son, Nathan, Jr., was born in Sutton, 
 March 30, 1802, and died March 16, 1883. 
 He married Dolly Sargent Pillsbury, who was 
 born February 16, i8or, and died June 29, 
 1883. In early years they attended the Con- 
 gregational church at Hradford Centre, but 
 were later identified with the Haptist church at 
 Hradford Mills Village. Uncle Nathan, as he 
 was called, was a very strict Haptist, very de- 
 cided in his opinions, and almost Puritanical 
 in his methods of training his famil)'. He 
 was a very well-read man, intelligent and a 
 great student of the Hible as well as of other 
 literature; and his wife. Aunt Dolly, was a 
 most lovable, gentle woman. .Mr. Nathan 
 Andrews, Jr., was a very successful farmer, 
 owning his farm over fifty years, and was en- 
 gaged in general agriculture, besides for many 
 years being a brickmaker. 
 
 William Gregg Andrews had one sister — 
 Himnah J., the wife of Hilas Dickey, of Man- 
 chester, N.ll., who died in 1885; and five 
 brothers, namely: Thomas V. and George H., 
 pioneer merchants of Minneapolis, Minn., the 
 former of whom died in 1891 ; CajDtain James 
 G., who died in Memphis, Tenn., in 1882; 
 Frank, who died in childhood; and Horace E., 
 a resident of Memphis, Tenn., where he had
 
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 been Clerk of the United States Court for 
 seventeen years. 
 
 William G. received his education in the 
 schools of Sutton and at Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy, Meriden, N. H. At the age of twenty 
 he began his mercantile life as clerk in a store 
 at Manchester; and two years later he became 
 junior member of the firm of Adams & 
 Andrews, continuing in the grocery business 
 for five years. He and his brother James 
 were engaged in a general mercantile business 
 in Concord, N.H., for seven years, after which 
 Mr. Andrews went to Boston, where he associ- 
 ated himself with S. M. Pennock under the 
 firm name of Pennock & Andrews, wholesale 
 dealers in hops and malt. While in Boston 
 Mr. Andrews incurred those severe physical 
 afflictions which changed the tenor of his life, 
 compelling him to sacrifice the business to 
 which he had devoted the energy of twenty 
 years, and causing him to alter many plans in 
 hopes of restoring his health. A year was 
 spent at Hot Springs, Ark., in vain attempt 
 at a cure of muscular rheumatism. Much time 
 was occupied in efforts to restore failing eye- 
 sight. 
 
 Although science was powerless to restore 
 health, Mr. Andrews has accomplished, with 
 his disadvantages, more than many in health 
 have tried to do. Returning to Sutton, he 
 built a commodious brick residence on the 
 site of the old house wliich had been destroyed 
 by fire and in fac-simile of the first one. This 
 he invited his parents to share with him. 
 He then energetically set about improving 
 the old farm, which had much deteriorated. 
 With modern imiirovements and well-directed 
 efforts the fields are restored to more than 
 former fertility, and a large herd of Jersey 
 and Holstein cows, many of which are regis- 
 tered, have been bred by him, he being the 
 first in town to raise Holstein stock and regis- 
 
 ter the same. The farm, witii its excellent 
 a]JiK)intnients, is one of the best and most 
 flourishing in Merrimack County. 
 
 In 1866 Mr. Andrews was married to Miss 
 Lucinda J. Currier, in whom he has found a 
 wife of rare energy and beauty of character, 
 remarkable not only for her ability in her 
 home, but for her value in the community. 
 She was born in Manchester, N.H. Her 
 parents were Charles and Eliza W. (Cram) 
 Currier. The former was one of the pioneer 
 cotton manufacturers of Manchester, going 
 there in 1842, and associated until his death, 
 in 1880, with the Amoskeag Mills. Mr.s. 
 Currier, a bright old lady of eighty-three 
 years, makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. An- 
 drews. The education which Mrs. Andrews 
 received at the Manchester schools was sup- 
 plemented by a thorough musical training. 
 Since her residence in .Sutton she has been 
 especially interested in the schools. She is 
 serving her second term as member of the 
 School Board, and as Chairman she has helped 
 to perform a notable work in elevating the 
 town's schools and in placing them among the 
 best in the State. One of her efforts was the 
 purchase of national flags for the school-houses 
 and the cultivation of patriotism among the 
 scholars. Mrs. Andrews by her musical gifts 
 has also been of benefit to the community as 
 member of the choir of the Bradford church. 
 As wife, mother, hostess, and social leader, 
 she has united with her husband in the im- 
 provement of the town and community. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two sons. The 
 elder, James Currier, is with the Pillsbury & 
 Washburn I'lour Mill Company, of Minneap- 
 olis, Minn., in the cajiaeity of shipper, leav- 
 ing college and entering their employ in 1888. 
 While he is devoted to his business, he is also 
 greatly interested in the military affairs of the 
 .State. During his service of seven years in
 
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 the State militia he lias been promntcd from 
 piivale ti) Serj^caiil, Treasiinr, I .iciiteiiaiil, 
 .111(1 Ailjutaiil cil the I'irst Regiment uf Na- 
 tional (iiiaiils of the State of Minnescjta, which 
 position he now holds. He was married to 
 Miss Ilaiiiet L. IJlake, youngest daughter of 
 Ivlwin W. and Sarah {(lagc) Hlake, of Man- 
 ihester, N.I I., in i S94. The younger son, 
 Harry Howard, has personal charge of a large 
 business of feed shijipers, in which he is asso- 
 ciated witli his fatiicr under the firm name of 
 Andrews 6Ii Co. , having an olfice in Guaranty 
 Loan lUiilding in Minneapolis. This firm 
 sliippcd the lirst solid train luad (jf bran that 
 was ever exported from the (Jueen b'lour City 
 (Minneapolis), which has resulted in estab- 
 lishing a large export trade of this commodity. 
 
 ALTI'lR SARGI'.NT, of I<:im Farm, 
 in the town of Warner, N.ll., is 
 well known as one of the most 
 skill 111, progressive, anil successful agricultu- 
 rists of Merrimack County. He was born De- 
 cember J5, iiSi7, in Warner Lower Village, a 
 son of Abner and Martha J. (Morrill) Sargent. 
 He is of ICnglish antecedents, tracing his 
 lineage back to Richard Sargent, an English 
 naval officer, whose son William, boin in 
 iMigland in 1602, was the emigrant ancestor. 
 He came to New England at an early period, 
 taking witli him a family oi daughters, who 
 had been left motherless by the death of his 
 first wife, Judith Perkins, and was one of the 
 twelve men who began a settlement at Ipswich, 
 Mass., in 1635. He subse(|uently helped form 
 settlements in Newbury, Mass., and Hampton, 
 N.IL; and in 1640 he removed to Salisbury, 
 Mass., becoming one of the eighteen original 
 proprietors of that part of Essex County now 
 included within the limits of Amesbiu-y. His 
 second wife, Elizabeth, bore him two sons — 
 
 Thomas and William. He received several 
 grants of land, and in 1667 was one of the 
 Selectmen of the town. He continued liis 
 residence in Amesbury until his death in 
 1675. 
 
 The line was continued through his son 
 Thomas, who was born June 11, 1643, and 
 married Rachel Harnes. Their son, Thomas, 
 Jr., born November 15, 1676, was the father 
 of Stephen Sargent, who was born .September 
 14, 1710, married Judith Ordway, of West 
 Newbury, Mass., September 26, 1730, and was 
 made Deacon of the Second Congregational 
 Church of Amesbury, May 10, 1757. Deacon 
 Sargent and his wife, Judith, reared fourteen 
 children, ten of them being sons. Four of 
 these — Amasa, Ezekiel, Thomas, and Moses 
 — spent their entire lives in their native 
 town. A fifth, James, established a home in 
 Methuen, Mass. ; and the other five — Peter, 
 Nathan, Stephen (second), Abner, antl ICben- 
 ezer — came to Merrimack County, New 
 Hampshire, the first three locating in Hopkin- 
 ton, and the other two in Warner. Abner 
 married Sarah Rowell, and settled on Hurnt 
 Hill, where his son Stephen, third, who mar- 
 ried Betsey Currier, of Warner, was born and 
 reared. One of their children was Abner, the 
 father of Walter Sargent, of Warner. Abner 
 Sargent grew to manhood in this town, and 
 was for many years engaged as a merchant in 
 Warner Lower Village, in partnership with 
 Thomas Bartlett. He subsequently disposed 
 of his interest in the business, and bought a 
 farm in what was then Hoscawen, but is now 
 Webster, where he resided until 1.S66, when 
 he purchased a farm, on which his son Walter 
 now lives; and here he died. 
 
 Walter Sargent was brought up to farm life, 
 having been but two years of age when his 
 parents removed to Boscawen. He was a 
 bright scholar, quick to learn and eager to
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 acquire a good education, which he obtained 
 at the district school and in the academies of 
 Salisbury, Hopkinton, Franklin, and Contoo- 
 cook. He afterward taught school a few 
 terms, meeting with success as instructor, and 
 winning the lifelong friendship of his pupils. 
 A part of each year he assisted on the farm, 
 and also worked at the carpenter's trade, gain- 
 ing a knowledge and experience that have since 
 proved of inestimable value to him. In 1863 
 Mr. Sargent married Miss Addie C. Morrill, 
 daughter of Captain Samuel Morrill, of Ando- 
 ver; and for a few years after that event he had 
 charge of his father-in-law's farm. In 1S67 
 he returned to his birthplace, settling on the 
 farm where he now resides. He has made 
 substantial improvements on the place, en- 
 tirely remodelling and repairing the buildings, 
 and, having purchased other land, has now 
 about two hundred and fifty acres, one of the 
 most attractive and valuable farming estates 
 in this part of the county. He carries on 
 all branches of farming, raising much stock, 
 breeding Delaine Merino sheep, and has a fine 
 dairy of Guernsey and Jersey cattle. He 
 makes butter, which he sells to regular cus- 
 tomers, giving the skim milk to the hogs, 
 which thrive under his care. He raises all 
 the corn needed for feed, finding it cheaper 
 than to buy, even at the present low prices, 
 his crop averaging from two to three hundred 
 bushels annually. He is very systematic in 
 all his work, and for more than thirty years 
 has kept an account of his cash receipts and 
 expenses in his diary. 
 
 Mr. Sargent takes great interest in local 
 affairs, and has served with credit as a member 
 of the School Board for three years, and for 
 two years as one of the Selectmen of Warner. 
 Until his hearing became impaired, he was 
 an active worker in local, county, and State 
 granges, having been made a member of War- 
 
 ner Grange, with which he is still connected, 
 in 1877; and he was Secretary of Merrimack 
 County Council, P. of H. ; and of the Merri- 
 mack County Grange from the time of its 
 organization until compelled to retire from 
 office on account of this infirmity. 
 
 Mr. Sargent's first wife died in 1S73, leav- 
 ing two sons, namely: Frank II., Assistant 
 Postmaster at Harriman, Tenn. ; and George 
 H., who was for several years city editor of 
 the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, and is 
 now on the editorial staff of the Boston Tran- 
 script. On October 3, 1877, Mr. Sargent mar- 
 ried Mrs. Fannie A. Fellows Shaw, daughter 
 of Deacon Richard F"ellows, of Salisbury. 
 She presides over his household with a grace 
 and dignity very attractive to their many warm 
 friends, their pleasant home at Elm Farm 
 being the abode of generous hospitality. For 
 some years Mr. and Mrs. Sargent threw open 
 their doors during the summer seasons, as a 
 place of rest and recreation, to boarders from 
 the city; but the labor connected therewith 
 proved too arduous, and they now entertain 
 only their more intimate friends and kinsfolk. 
 
 iN. GEORGE PEABODY LITTLE 
 is an influential citizen of Pembroke, 
 N. H. In his veins flows the blood 
 of two old and reputable New luigland fami- 
 lies, the Littles of Newbury, Mass., and the 
 Peabodys of Danvers, the famous banker and 
 philanthropist, George Peabody, having been 
 his kinsman. Mr. Little was born in Pem- 
 broke, N.Y., June 20, 1834, a son of Dr. El- 
 bridge G. and Sophronia Phelps (I'eabody) 
 Little. He is of the eighth generation of 
 Littles in this country, tracing his descent 
 from George Little, who settled in old New- 
 bury, Mass., in 1640 or soon after. George 
 Little was a tailor by trade, and, like most of
 
 GEORGE P. LITTLE.
 
 ISKKiRAPllICAL 
 
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 349 
 
 the early colonists, ciif^ajjcil in farming also. 
 In 1650 he bought the freehold right in New- 
 bury of John Osgood, Sr. ; and he subsequently 
 made many other ]iurchases of land. The 
 date of his death is uncertain, but is probably 
 1693 or 1(594. He married first Alice Poor, 
 who came from ICngland in 1638. She died 
 December i, 1680, aged si.\ty-two. She was 
 the mother of all his children, five in number, 
 llis second wife, ICleanor, widow of Thomas 
 Barnard, of Amesbury, Mass., survived him, 
 dying November 27, 1694. 
 
 Joseph, the second child and eldest son of 
 George and Alice (Poor) Little, is next in 
 line of descent. He was born in Newbury, 
 Sejitember 22, 1653, and was a permanent 
 resident of the part of the town now called 
 Newburyport from 1700 to the time of his 
 death. A very prominent and active citizen, 
 he held most of the ofifices within the gift of 
 the town. He attained the advanced age of 
 eighty-seven. On October 31, 1677, he was 
 married to Mary, daughter of Tristram Coffin 
 and his wife, Judith, widow of Henry 
 Somerby, and daughter of Captain Edmund 
 Greenleaf. She was born November 12, 
 1657, and died November 28, 1725. Joseph 
 Little and his wife were active members of the 
 Congregational Church of Newbury. They 
 were the parents of nine children. Enoch, 
 the fifth child, was born in Newbury, Decem- 
 ber 9, 1685. He was one of the first settlers 
 in West Newbury, locating there about 1708, 
 and clearing a large tract of land. He died 
 April 28, 1766. Enoch Little was married 
 May 19, 1707, to Elizabeth, daughter of John 
 and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth. She was 
 born August 17, 1688, and died September 
 20, 1766. This couple were the parents of 
 seven children, the fourth child, Edmund, 
 being the great-great-grandfather of George 
 P. Little. Edmund Little was born in West 
 
 Newbury, September 5, 171 5, and died Au- 
 gust 29, 1803. He was married March 18, 
 1736, to Judith, daughter of Dr. Matthew and 
 Sarah (Knight) Adams. She was born April 
 2, 1716, and died September 7, 1784. His 
 second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Dea- 
 con John Noyes, of Newbury, and widow of 
 Captain James Smith. She died September 
 22, 1 81 7, aged eighty-six. ]?y his first wife 
 l-'.dmund Little had ten children, P'noch, sec- 
 ond, the Hon. George P. Little's great-grand- 
 father, being the fifth. Juioch Little, second, 
 was born June 7, 1748. He was a farmer of 
 West Newbury, and died there August 15, 
 1820. His wife, Mary, daughter of Ezekiel 
 and Mary (Sargent) Hale, died at the age of 
 sixty-nine. They were the parents of three 
 children. Enoch, third, the elder son, who 
 was born May 11, 1773, was the grandfather 
 of the subject of this sketch. He, too, was a 
 farmer of W^cst Newbury, and died there, 
 March 23, 18 16. On September 15, 1796, he 
 was united in marriage with Mary Brickett, 
 who was born May 12, 1771, and died Sep- 
 tember 12, 1855. They had a family of four 
 children, Elbridge G. being the youngest. 
 
 Elbridge G. Little was born August 5, 
 1807. He obtained his preliminary educa- 
 tion at E.xeter, N.H., and graduated from the 
 Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio. He 
 attained eminence in his profession, and in 
 New Lisbon, Wis., where his last years were 
 passed, he was one of the wealthiest and most 
 prominent citizens. His wife, who was born 
 November 4, 1 809, was a daughter of Thomas 
 and Judith (Dodge) Peabody, of the part of 
 old Danvers, Mass., now known as Peabody. 
 She was a sister of George Peabody, the 
 wealthy and benevolent banker, who died in 
 London, and who bequeathed to her son, 
 George Peabody Little, a portion of his vast 
 wealth. Six children were born to Dr. and
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Mrs. Little, three of whom are living: George 
 P. ; Allen F., who was born August 12, 1838; 
 and Henry C, who was born March 31, 1843. 
 
 George Peabody Little was educated in the 
 academy in Lewiston, N.Y., Pembroke Acad- 
 emy of Pembroke, N.H., and the gymnasium 
 and military institute here, a branch of the 
 Norwich Military Academy of Vermont. Lie 
 taught school for one term in Pembroke, 
 N.H., when he was eighteen years old, and 
 the following year went to Portland, Me., 
 where he was engaged in mercantile business 
 some si.\ years. The ten years ensuing he 
 managed a photograph studio at Palmyra, 
 N.\'., having taken a fancy to chemicals and 
 cameras. Returning then to Pembroke, 
 N.H., he purchased his present homestead, 
 and turned his attention to general farming 
 and cattle breeding. In 1868 he erected a 
 handsome residence, a spacious barn, and 
 other buildings. Mr. Little has about two 
 hundred and twenty-five acres of land in the 
 home farm, and owns other farms and wood 
 land aggregating about eight hundred acres. 
 He was for a number of years extensively en- 
 gaged in breeding registered Jersey cattle and 
 blooded horses, but is now practically retired. 
 He was one of the organizers of the Suncook 
 Valley Creamery, of which he is at present 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Mr. Little was married August 22, 1854, to 
 Elizabeth A., daughter of Daniel McClintock 
 Kno.x, of Pembroke. Si.x of the seven chil- 
 dren who blessed their union are now living. 
 The eldest, the Hon. Clarence B. Little, was 
 educated for the bar. He now resides in Bis- 
 marck, N.Dak., is President of the First Na- 
 tional Bank of that city, and has been Chair- 
 man of the Judiciary Committee in the State 
 Senate ever since North Dakota's admission 
 as a State. lie married a cousin, Caroline G. 
 l,ittle, and has two chiklren — Viroque M. 
 
 and George P. The other children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. George P. Little are: Mary G., wife of 
 James E. Odiin, of Lynn, Mass., and mother 
 of three children — Margaret, Elizabeth, and 
 Christiana; Elizabeth E. , wife of L. F. 
 Thurber, of Nashua, N.H., and mother of two 
 children — George F. and Dorothy; Nettie K., 
 wife of Frank S. Shepard of Concord, N.H.; 
 Lucy B. , unmarried; and Clara 1"., wife of 
 Harmon F. Salt, of Brooklyn, N.Y. 
 
 Mr. Little is an active and esteemed mem- 
 ber of the Republican party. While living 
 in New York State, he served as Deputy 
 United States Internal Revenue Collector. 
 In Pcnibrnke he has filled the office of Town 
 Treasurer for several years, and was on the 
 Board of Selectmen three years; and he repre- 
 sented this district in the State legislature in 
 1876, 1877, 1890, and 1891. He was Treas- 
 urer of Merrimack County four years, and was 
 a delegate to the last Constitutional Conven- 
 tion. A member of the Historical Society of 
 Concord, N.H., he has been on the Board of 
 Trustees of Pembroke Academy for the past 
 twenty-five years, and is at present Chairman 
 of the P^xecutive Committee ai 1 Secretary of 
 the Board of Trustees. He has taken thirty- 
 two degrees in Masonry, is a prominent 
 Knight Ternplar, and belongs to the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd I-'ellows. Mr. Little 
 is a Deacon of the Congregational church, of 
 which his wife also is a member. 
 
 YgTENRY BATCHELDER, a well-to-do 
 r^l farmer of Sunapee, was born here, 
 
 ■*-^ \^ , January 17, 1843, son of Nathaniel 
 
 and Sarah (Trask) Batchelder, both natives of 
 Beverly, Mass. His grandfather, Zachariah 
 Batchelder, a shoemaker by trade, was an early 
 settler of .Sunapee. Both Zachariah and his 
 wife (lied in tliat town. Nathaniel, wiio came
 
 RIOGRAl'HICAL REVIEW 
 
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 here when a mere boy, was a well-known 
 farmer <if the town, and owned a valuable 
 piece ol property. A man of very positive 
 opinions, he was the only Whi<; in Sunapce 
 for several years; and he voted the ticket 
 alone. Active in religious work, he was an 
 esteemed member (if the Methodist Epi.scopal 
 church at Newport. He died in Sunapce at 
 the age of eighty-si.\. His wife lived to the 
 age of ninety-two years. They had si.v chil- 
 dren, three of whom are now living. Those 
 deceased are: I'lllen, who died in infancy; 
 Nathaniel, who died in tlie Civil War; and 
 Zachariah, who reached the age of ten years. 
 The eldest of the living children, Mrs. Mary 
 R. Sleeper, is the wife of 15. R. Sleeper, with 
 whom she lives on the old ]5atcheldcr farm in 
 Sunapce. Alfred T. Ratcheldcr, the other 
 surviving son, is a lawyer of Keene, N.H. 
 
 Henry Batchelder grew up in his native 
 town, receiving his education in the common 
 schools and at New London Academy. He 
 has been chiefly engaged in farming. Until 
 recently he owned an interest in the old home 
 tarm. He sold out this interest, and pur- 
 chased another place in Sunapce, containing 
 one hundred and fifty acres, where he has 
 since carried on general farming. He has 
 also discharged the duties of station agent on 
 the Concord Division of the Boston & Maine 
 Railroad since 1874 with painstaking care and 
 fidelity, winning the confidence of both his 
 employers and the public. A record of twenty- 
 three years is one that any man can be proud 
 of. Mr. Batchelder's residence is an excel- 
 lent one. At this writing he is actively 
 engaged in making some special improvements 
 on his farm. The place is on the way to a 
 rank among the superior farms of the locality. 
 He aims to put into practice the most ad- 
 vanced ideas of the times, and spares no jiains 
 or e.Kpcnsc to secure the best results. He has 
 
 on the farm some vciy gu.^d sjjecimcns of live 
 stock, although he makes no specialty of stock- 
 raising or dairying. Both he and his wife are 
 liberal in their religious views. In politics 
 he is a Republican. 
 
 Mr. Batchelder was married December 25, 
 1879, '^o Fanny T. Angell, daughter of Mcrvin 
 and Lemira Angell. Mr. Angell belonged to 
 an old family in Sunapee. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Batchelder have had si.x children, of whom 
 Nathaniel died at the age of nine months. 
 Those living are: Alice M., born May 10, 
 1881; Ethel K., born August 17, 18S4; 
 Lizzie T., born September 15, i<S87; Alfred 
 T., born December 25, 1890; and Leland H., 
 born August 27, 1893. 
 
 /^TkORGE WHITEFIELD ABBOTT, 
 V mT" of Penacook, President of the J. E. 
 Symonds Table Company, cabinet- 
 makers, was born in West Boscawen, now 
 Webster, N.H., on March 13, 1837. His 
 parents were Nathaniel and Mary (Fitts) 
 Abbott, the former a resident of West Bos- 
 cawen and the latter of Sandown, N.H. 
 
 George \V. Abbott in his youth, after 
 attending the public schools of Warner, com- 
 pleted his education at a private academy in 
 West Salisbury, N.H. He went immediately 
 to Boston, Mass., where he was employed as a 
 clerk until 1861, when he came to Penacook, 
 N. H.,- to engage in the grocery business with 
 his brother, under the firm name of H. & 
 G. W. Abbott. In August, 1862, he enlisted 
 in Company li, Seventh New Hampshire Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, going directly to St. Augus- 
 tine, Fla. , remaining until May, 1863. From 
 that city he went to IMorris Island, South 
 Carolina, being engaged all summer at Forts 
 Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter. He then went 
 to St. Helena, S. C.jand in February, 1864,
 
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 he joined an expedition under General Tru- 
 man Seymour, the objective point of which 
 was Lake City, Fla. Severely wounded at 
 the battle of Olustee, Fla., on February 20, 
 he was obliged to stay in the hospital until 
 April, 1865, shortly before the close of the 
 war. Later he was returned to his regiment, 
 and mustered out at Goldsboro, N.C., in June, 
 1865. Mr. Abbott then returned to Penacook, 
 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1882, 
 when he formed a copartnership with Mr. J. E. 
 Symonds, for the manufacture of furniture, 
 making a specialty of tables, desks, etc., their 
 plant being one of the largest of the kind in 
 New England. The J. E. Symonds Company 
 has recently become a corporation, with G. W. 
 Abbott as President, under the name of J. E. 
 Symonds Table Company. 
 
 Besides his regular business Mr. Abbott 
 officiates as President of the Penacook Electric 
 Light Company and Director of New Hamp- 
 shire Fruit Company, the Concord Street 
 Railway Company, the Sullivan County Rail- 
 road, and of the First National Bank of Con- 
 cord. Li politics he affiliates with the Re- 
 publican party. In 1892 he was a Presidential 
 Pllector, and in 1895 and i8g6 he was a Rep- 
 resentative to the State legislature. 
 
 Mr. Abbott was first married on August 15, 
 1865, to Myra Tucker, of Boston, who died 
 after giving birth to one child. The child 
 died also. He was again married on Decem- 
 ber 14, 1869, to Mrs. Addie Morrill Batchel- 
 der, of Penacook. By this alliance there is 
 one child, Myra M. Abbott. Mr. Abbott is a 
 Mason and a comrade of the Grand Army. 
 He also belongs to William I. Brown Post, 
 G. A. R., No. 31, of I'enacook, N.H. His 
 Masonic record given below, dated Concord, 
 N. H., July I, 1897, is from the pen of the 
 recorder, John F. Webster: George Whitefield 
 Abbott, born at Webster (West Boscawen), 
 
 N.H., March 13, 1837, took the degrees in 
 Horace Chase Lodge, Penacook (Fisherville), 
 N.H.— -E. A., March 3, 1871, F. C, April 
 4, 1871, M. M., May 12, 1871; Trinity Chap- 
 ter, Concord, N.H. — Mark, I""ebruary 17, 
 1880, Past, February 17, 1880, M. E., April 
 20, 18S0, R. A., April 22, 1880; Horace Chase 
 Council, Concord, N.H. — Royal, April 25, 
 1892, Select, January 26, 1893, Super Ex., 
 January 26, 1893; Orders of Knighthood in 
 Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, 
 Concord, N.H. — Red Cross, May 31, 1880, 
 Temple, June 7, 1880, Malta, June 7, 1S80. 
 
 OHN M. FLETCHER, a prominent 
 and successful dentist of the city of 
 Concord, N.H., was born in Canter- 
 bury, N.H., July 24, 1832. He is the son of 
 John and Nancy (St. Clair) Fletcher. 
 
 His grandfather, John Fletcher, Sr., was a 
 native of Dunstable, Mass., born January 25, 
 1770. He removed to Loudon, N.H., and 
 there spent his remaining years as an agricult- 
 urist, dying December 15, 1853. He was fort- 
 unate in choosing his partner for life, a lady 
 of high moral worth as well as of great natural 
 ability, a conscientious Christian, a devoted 
 mother, and a loving wife. Her maiden name 
 was Betsey Morrill; and she was born October 
 2, 1772, in Gilmanton, N. H., and died June 
 18, 1 85 1. The result of this union was a 
 family of fourteen children, consisting of 
 eight sons and si.x daughters. Eleven of these 
 he lived to see prosperous and happily located 
 in business. 
 
 John Fletcher, Jr., the father of the suliject 
 of our sketch, was born in Loudon, N.H., 
 March 16, 1795, and chose as his occupation 
 for a livelihood the tilling of the soil and the 
 levelling of the forest. In the year 1822, 
 March 26, he was united in marriage to Miss
 
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 353 
 
 Nancy St. Clair, who was born October 12, 
 1799, the youngest daughter of Noah St. 
 Clair. They spent four years in London and 
 Concord, respectively, hut (in.illy, in 1S26, 
 jnircliased and located on the St. Clair home- 
 stead. l''r(iin linie Id t ime he augmented his 
 original purchase by buying addit idu.'il land 
 until his estate covered nearly two hundred 
 acres. He was a man of high character, and 
 universally respected and beloved by the com- 
 muiiit)' in whose midst he ])assed a long and 
 busy life. In religious matters he accepted 
 the tenets held by the Free Will Baptist de- 
 nomination, and was an active member of the 
 same. As a result of the matrimonial union 
 there were four children born, three sons and 
 one daughter. 
 
 Noah St. Clair, the grandfather of Dr. 
 Fletcher on the maternal side, was a native of 
 Epping, N. II., born February 20, 1755. He 
 married Miss Lavina Gault, of Canterbury, 
 N.H., who was born April 27, 175S. In the 
 year 1798 he purchased a farm in Canterbury, 
 N. H., where he resided until his decease in 
 1821, March 15. His wife survived him, liv- 
 ing until January 10, 182S. They were the 
 parents of ten chihlren, five sons and five 
 daughters, namely: Betsy St. Clair, born Jan- 
 uary 3, 1782; James St. Clair, liorii A]iri] 2, 
 1784; William St. Clair, born January 21, 
 1786; Sally St. Clair, born March 7, 1788; 
 John St. Clair, born June i, 1790; Polly St. 
 Clair, born July 22, 1792; Noah St. Clair, 
 born October 26, 1794; Abigail St. Clair, 
 born March 10, 1797; Nancy St. Clair, born 
 October 2, 1799; Winthrop St. Clair, born 
 May 7, 1802. Grandfather and Grandmother 
 St. Clair were members of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist Church of Canterbury, N.H., he being 
 the leader of the choir. Their children were 
 many of them musicians; and one, William St. 
 Clair, was a teacher of music. They were a 
 
 family of true patriots; and the father and two 
 sons, John aufl William, quickly responded 
 when the cry of "To arms" came in 181 2. 
 Noali St. (Jlair enlisted as a drum major, aufl 
 the sons shouldered the musket. He was 
 severely wounded, and both sons were sacri- 
 ficed. In the year 1814 he returned to his 
 home in Canterbury. 
 
 John M. b'letchcr received his education in 
 the jniblic school of the adjoining town of 
 Loudon. At the close (jf his school-days wc 
 find him possessed of a natural inclination to 
 become a dentist. He did not then, however, 
 have the means to proceed in the study of his 
 chosen profession; and, August i, 1850, he 
 entered the emi)loyment of L. Downing & 
 -Sons, coach builders, of Concord, with whom 
 he remained for a term of years. He also had 
 a natural taste for music, which he had culti- 
 vated, and during his residence in Concord at 
 that time was engaged for several years as a 
 leading tenor at the North Congregational 
 Church. These were busy times for the young 
 man; for he also during his leisure hours de- 
 voted himself to the study of anatomy and 
 physiology, besides which he occasionally gave 
 his attention to ornithology and ta.xidcrmy in 
 the way of recreation. 
 
 He continued in the carriage business until 
 the breaking out of the Civil War, soon after 
 which he entered the office of Hiram Hill, 
 D. D. S., of Manchester, N.H., where he re- 
 mained for a time, and afterward engaged at a 
 salary with Chester Heath, D.D.S., of the 
 same city. During his studentship he was 
 engaged as a leading tenor at the Lowell 
 Street Universal ist Church; also during his 
 leisure hours he was employed as a taxidermist 
 by a gentleman by the name of Stark in West 
 Manchester, who was the proprietor of a zoo- 
 logical garden, and by whom he was favored 
 with liberal contributions for services rcn-
 
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 dered, a large collection of stuffed birds and 
 animals being the result. But the burning of 
 so much midnight gas soon began to tell seri- 
 ously upon his health, and he was obliged to 
 abandon business for a time. Upon leaving 
 Manchester he spent a few pleasant weeks with 
 friends in East Concord, N. H. He also spent 
 two years in Loudon, N.H., in the office of 
 Dr. W. S. Collins, a celebrated doctor of 
 medicine. With health restored, he began to 
 search for a place to locate for the practice of 
 his profession, and received a call from Brad- 
 ford, N.H., where he located happily. While 
 there he made a collection of some two hundred 
 specimens of our native birds, which he 
 mounted diu-ing his leisure moments. In this 
 he was assisted very much by the late Dr. 
 C. M. Fiske, an enthusiast on the subject. 
 
 The happiest days of Dr. Fletcher's life 
 were spent during his six years' stay in Brad- 
 ford. But there came an unavoidable inter- 
 ruption in this rural felicity. Informed by 
 the United States mail one day that his pres- 
 ence at the old homestead was very desirable, 
 he soon put in an appearance at that place; 
 and as a result of the interview he returned to 
 ]5radford, closed up business, and removed to 
 Franklin, N.H., where he could be in closer 
 communication with his parents as long as 
 they lived. His mother died May 24, 1875; 
 his father, April 23, 1876. In the mean- 
 time. Dr. Fletcher having acquired the pos- 
 session of real estate in the city of Concord, 
 he located here for the practice of his pro- 
 fession in 1879, and finally purchased his 
 present residence at the corner of South and 
 Perley Streets. 
 
 On July 3, 1854, he was united in marriage 
 with Lucy A. Adams, a daughter of Zenas 
 and Lydia (Baker) Adams, of Pembroke, N.II. 
 Her f-ather was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 She was born May 28, 1832, and was a grathi- 
 
 ate of the Pembroke Academy. On Septem- 
 ber 29, 1855, a daughter was born, Lizzie 1\. 
 Fletcher. She was educated in the public 
 schools. She also received special instruction 
 in music, being a pupil of L. \V. Wheeler, of 
 Boston, Mass. During her musical career she 
 gave some attention to teaching both vocal 
 and instrumental music, and sang at several 
 churches, and at times took part in the exer- 
 cises at concerts and conventions. In the 
 winter of 1882, February 17, the Doctor's wife 
 was stricken with apoplexy, and passed away 
 instantly, leaving the domestic administration 
 to the daughter, when gradually her song lost 
 its wonted glee, and the dark rust found an 
 abiding-place within her piano. The pictures 
 of the lost one still hang upon the wall and 
 rest upon the mantel-piece, pleasant to behold ; 
 but there are no kind and affectionate words 
 escaping those lips, as of yore, or laying on of 
 those soft and soothing hands when pain and 
 anguish wring the brow. The sunshine of the 
 home has been dimmed, and the cloud still 
 lingers, its shadow resting on the vacant chair; 
 yet there are kind hearts and willing hands 
 beneath the parent roof, and consequently it is 
 a home, and a sweet home, to those that dwell 
 therein. 
 
 Since Dr. Fletcher became a resident of this 
 city he has obtained letters patent on several 
 inventions, on which he has realized quite lib- 
 erally, one of them, a fountain cuspidor, being 
 esteemed by competent judges the most per- 
 fect fulfilment of its especial design and jnir- 
 pose ever invented. Wishing to place his 
 ornithological collection where it would be 
 the best appreciated and most useful, he gave 
 it to the Concord High School, which it now 
 adorns. 
 
 In politics Dr. Fletcher has ever been a 
 Republican. His first Presidential vote was 
 cast for John C. I'remont. His religious
 
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 views arc eclectic. On his arrival in Concord 
 in I'Y'bruary, 1879, he located in State lilock, 
 corner of North Main and School Streets, 
 wlierc we sliaJl take our leave of him. 
 
 (^ONAlllAN ARl'lV, a well-known resi- 
 dent and a retired blacksmith of Salis- 
 bury, was born January 28, 18 16, on 
 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the town of 
 W'elllleet, son of Solomon and I'atty (Hopkins) 
 Arey. The father, also a native of VVellfleet, 
 born March 12, 1787, lived there until 1830, 
 work i 111; at Iiis trade, that of car[)enter and 
 joiner. In 1830 he moved to Hoscaw^en, 
 N.I I., and there settled on a farm, which he 
 conducted until his death in 1846. His 
 wife, who was horn in ICastham, Mass., Feb- 
 ruary 20, 17S9, died April 14, 1863. They 
 had twelve children, of whom the subject of 
 this sketch is the only survivor. They were: 
 I'riscilla I?., Sarah, Nathaniel II. , Jonathan, 
 .Solomon, Nancy W. , I'^lisha II., Catherine 
 \V., Isaiah H., Mary Ann, Happa W., and 
 Martha J. 
 
 Jonathan Arey received his education in the 
 common schools of VVellfleet, Mass., and Bos- 
 cawcn, and at Pembroke Academy. He re- 
 mained at home until seventeen years old, 
 when he began to work at the blacksmith's 
 trade'with William Temple, of Boscawen, in 
 whose employment he remained for three 
 years. After this he worked at his trade 
 for si.x months in Franklin, and then came 
 to Salisbury. On September 4, 1839, Mr. 
 Arey married Miss Charlotte H. Smith, of 
 Salisbury, daughter of Caleb and Mehitable 
 (Eaton) Smith. She died March 9, 1865; and 
 in the following year Mr. Arey was married a 
 second time to Mrs. Mary S. Pevare, daughter 
 of Deacon Amos and Hannah (Sherburne) 
 Fifield, of Danbury. She died March 4, 
 
 1890. Mr. Arey's third marriage was con- 
 tracted with Mrs. Addic J. (White) Davis, of 
 Wilmot. .She was born May 23, 1840, daugh- 
 ter of I'Iben and Judith (linicry) White, who 
 owned a farm in Wilmot. Iler grandfather 
 I'jiiery was a Revolutionary soldier, and he 
 attained the age of ninety-nine years. Mr. 
 Arey's children, all by his fir.st marriage, 
 were: Susan P'lizabeth, Lucy Ann, Henry, 
 and Charlotte Augusta. Susan Elizabeth is 
 the wife of Moses Trussell, a merchant of 
 Davisville. The others are now deceased. 
 Georgia H. Davis, Mrs. Arey's daughter by 
 her first marriage, is now the wife of Brinton 
 Cate, of Concord, a painter by trade, now em- 
 ployed as a fireman. 
 
 Here for fifty years Mr. Arey carried on the 
 smithy that stands opposite his home, working 
 from twelve to si.xteen hours daily. Often he 
 worked all night, shoeing horses for teams 
 employed in carrying goods from Boston to 
 Vermont, lie owns a farm of about nine 
 acres, together w^th an orchard, a pasture, and 
 some uncultivated land. He has always done 
 some farming and gardening. Since he took 
 the place he has much improved it, and now 
 raises considerable fruit. Mr. Arey has not 
 been sick a day since he was fourteen. His 
 good health is, no doul^t, due largely to the 
 fact that he has been always a temperate man. 
 He is well known and liked by the community 
 for miles around. He has been Selectman of 
 the town for five years, and was Chairman two 
 years of that time. In politics he was first a 
 Whig and then a Republican. Later he voted 
 the Democratic ticket. Now he is an Inde- 
 pendent, believing in voting for the best man 
 every time. Mrs. Arey is a member of the 
 Free Baptist Church of Concord, N. H. 
 
 Among a number of interesting relics care- 
 fully preserved by the family is the chair of 
 Grandfather John Hopkins, wdio was a Revolu-
 
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 tionary soldier. This chair has been in the 
 family for one hundred and fifty years. There 
 is also a mirror over a hundred years old, and 
 a primitive foot-stove; while Mrs. Arey has 
 a century-old flat-iron, which was formerly 
 owned by her granchnother. 
 
 'RED MOULTON, a leading resident 
 of Plainfield and the proprietor of a 
 large grocery store at Lebanon, was 
 born July ii, 1836, in Plainfield, son of 
 Stephen R. and Sally (Noyes) Moulton. The 
 Moultons have had representatives in Plain- 
 field for four generations, men who have 
 been prominent in the development of the 
 town and closely identified with all the im- 
 portant events in its history. The first of the 
 name to settle here was William, grandfather 
 of Mr. F"red Moulton, who took up land, and 
 cleared a farm, which is still in the possession 
 of his descendants. Known from the first as a 
 man of absolute integrity, he had the respect 
 of his fellow-townsmen. He served in all the 
 important town offices with signal credit. He 
 was twice married, and had in all nine chil- 
 dren. The children of his second marriage 
 were: William, who was a farmer in Cicero, 
 N.Y., and recently died; Emery, now a cooper 
 and prosperous farmer of Cicero, N.Y. ; Mir- 
 rick, now deceased, who was a wealthy farmer 
 of the same place; Samuel C, who was a very 
 prominent citizen of Plainfield, was twice 
 married, had three children, and died in the 
 West; Jane, who became Mrs. William 
 Wright, of New York; and Sally, now the 
 wife of Daniel Noyes, of Plaistow, this State. 
 Stephen R. Moulton, who was born May 8, 
 1805, became very prominent in the affairs of 
 the town, serving it efficiently in various pub- 
 lic capacities. In early life he was a teacher. 
 He owned a large farm in East Plainfield, 
 
 comprising the land of three estates. Besides 
 raising cattle and carrying on general farming, 
 he kept a general merchandise store in part- 
 nership with Mr. Morgan. He held a high 
 place in the regard of his fellow-townsmen. 
 His wife, Sally, was born May 28, 18 13. 
 Besides a daughter that died in infancy, their 
 children were: Fred, Darius Noyes, Joseph S., 
 and Ella M. The biography of Darius, who 
 is one of the most influential men of Plainfield 
 to-day, will be found on another page of this 
 volume. Ella, who became Mrs. George 
 Doty, of Meriden, and the mother of Lena M. 
 and George F. Doty, Jr., died May 30, 1890. 
 Joseph S., born April 13, 1851, after graduat- 
 ing at Kimball Union Academy, entered Dart- 
 mouth College at Hanover and later Andover 
 Theological Seminary. He is now a Unita- 
 rian clerygman, located at Stowe, Mass. 
 
 Fred Moulton was sent to the town schools 
 and later to Kimball Union Academy, which 
 has fitted so many men and women to hold 
 positions of responsibility and honor in life. 
 After finishing school he went to Haverhill, 
 Mass., and engaged in the grocery business. 
 He had been there four years when he returned 
 to Plainfield, bought a farm, and settled per- 
 manently on it. He has extensively engaged 
 in raising poultry; and he conducts a large 
 store at Lebanon, having a flourishing trade 
 with the surrounding towns. Mr. Moulton 
 has taken an active interest in town affairs, 
 and has served the community in the capaci- 
 ties of Selectman, legislative Representative, 
 and others of minor importance. In the legis- 
 lature he was on the Committee on Banks. 
 He was also a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention of 1876. He married Arabcll 
 Rowell, of Plainfield, N.H., who was born 
 December 22, 1836. Their son, Elmer, who 
 was born February 23, 1861, and now manages 
 the home farm, married Emma liaton, and has
 
 JiKKiRArilUJAl- RI'AIIAV 
 
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 one sciii, l'"rc(l A., wIid is tlic lirsl representa- 
 tive of the lillil j;enerali()H (il the Muulton 
 family in I'laintielci. 
 
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 A 1' TAIN JOHN I.. Ivia.LI'.Y, pro- 
 prietor of Maplewood Farm, Franklin, 
 and an cx-mcmbcr of the New 
 Hampshire legislature, is a native of Gilnian- 
 ton, Helkiiap County, lie was born Septem- 
 ber 19, 1824, his parents being Daniel and 
 Sally (Weeks) Kelley, the former a native of 
 Gilmanton and the latter of Gilford. 
 
 Daniel Kelley carried on a farm in his 
 native town until 1866, when he moved to 
 Franklin, where he resided for the rest of his 
 life. He was the father of six children, as 
 follows: Betsey M., born June 3, 1S13, who 
 died April 18, 1895; Sara, born June 11, 
 1815, died October 18, 1878; Mary Ann, 
 born April 11, 1S17; ICllen W., born October 
 28, 1821, who married William Bell, and died 
 March 16, 1862; John L. , the subject of this 
 sketch; and Daniel W., who died in infancy. 
 Mary Ann Kelley has been twice married, and 
 her first husband was John S. Durrell. She 
 married for her second husband Challis Sar- 
 gent, of Tilton, and is now residing in Lis- 
 bon, N. H. 
 
 John L. Kelley grew to manhood and 
 acquired his education in Gilmanton, and 
 since leaving school has been engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. The farm he now cultivates 
 consists of three hundred acres, and is one of 
 the most desirable pieces of agricultural jnop- 
 erty in this part of the county. Truck farm- 
 ing is carried on cpiite extensively, as well as 
 stock-raising; but Maplewood F"arm is espe- 
 cially noted for its excellent milk, and two 
 wagons arc required to supply the regular cus- 
 tomers in Franklin Falls. On the premises 
 is a fine greenhouse, where flowering plants 
 
 receive their share of attention. In addition 
 to all this the proprietor of Maplewood Farm 
 has been interested in real estate business, and 
 has erected several buildings in I'ranklin 
 Falls and vicinity. 
 
 On October 24, 1847, Caiitain Kelley was 
 united in marriage with Susan J. Drew, who 
 was born in Alton, N. II., September 5, 1823, 
 daughter of Joseph and Leah (Jones) Drew. 
 Mrs. Kelley is the mother of six children, 
 namely: I'"mily Bird, born November 9, 1850; 
 Olin J., born December 4, 1852, who was 
 fitted for college at 'I'ilton; Charles Hazen, 
 born April 21, 1856; Elmer D., born Novem- 
 ber 7, 1861; Nellie B., born September 2, 
 1863; and John Irving, born June 2, 1870. 
 Emily Bird Kelley was married November 28, 
 1876, to the Rev. J. W. Walker, a Methodist 
 preacher, who was formerly Presiding Elder 
 of the Iowa Conference, and now resides in 
 Rock Rapids, la. Olin J. Kelley is now 
 engaged in farming with his father. On Jan- 
 uary 29, 1879, h^ married Mary l^lizabeth 
 Walker, who was born i:i lirampton, Ont., 
 August 17, 1857. They have four children • — 
 Herbert Lester, Irene Susan, Arthur O., and 
 Mary Evelyn. Charles Hazen Kelley fitted 
 for college at Tilton, graduated from the Bos- 
 ton University Law School, and is now a 
 prominent attorney in I'orest City, la. He 
 married Florence Clark, of Rockford, 111. 
 Elmer D. Kelley, who is a graduate of the 
 New Hampshire College, is now residing on 
 the homestead in Franklin, giving his atten- 
 tion largely to the greenhouses. He has 
 served on the Board of Assessors, and is now 
 a member of the City Council. On July 13, 
 1886, he married I-^nima E. Ingalls, who was 
 born in Walden, Vt., March 23, 1861, daugh- 
 ter of Terley and Lovina Ingalls. Her 
 mother, now a widow, makes her home with 
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 four children: Florence W. ; Marion A.; 
 Louise; and an infant daughter, of whose name 
 we have not been advised. Nellie B. Kelley 
 married Ziba A. Norris, of the grocery firm of 
 Norris Brothers, 1677 Washingtc3n Street, 
 Boston. John Irving Kelley is now a prosper- 
 ous farmer of Franklin. 
 
 Politically, Captain Kelley is a Republi- 
 can, and for many years was active in public 
 affairs. He has served in various town offices, 
 and he represented the district in the legislat- 
 ure in 1864 and 1865. He is connected with 
 the United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers, was 
 one of the organizers of the grange, and is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 He was formerly interested in military affairs, 
 and at one time was in command of a well- 
 drilled company. 
 
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 jAPTAIN ELEAZAR L. SARSONS, 
 a well-known resident of Acworth 
 and a veteran of the Civil War, was 
 born in Lyme, N. H., August 9, 1836, son of 
 Leon and Mora Ella (Prue) Sarsons. His 
 father, who was born in P'rance in the year 
 iSoo, emigrated to Canada in 1828, and in 
 1834 moved to Sheffield, Vt. He was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, and followed this handicraft 
 in connection with farming for some time. 
 Me later plied his calling in Lyme, N.H., and 
 other places; and in 1871 he came to Acworth, 
 where he spent the rest of his life. He mar- 
 ried P'lora Ella Prue, who was born in Canada 
 in 1815. They became the parents of ten 
 children, as follows: Mary; IClinore; Eleazar 
 L. , the subject ol this sketch; h'lora, who was 
 born in 1834, and died in VVheelock, Vt., in 
 1841; Adeline; Marguerite; William H. ; 
 George W., who died in Pennsylvania, Decem- 
 ber 6, 1880; Ella, born in ]5arre, Vt., in April, 
 1852; and Charles, who was horn in Orange, 
 
 V^t., in i860, and died in 1868. Mary Sar- 
 sons became the wife of Henry Towncs, of 
 Lake Village, N. M. Her husband died July 
 I, iSgC; and she is now residing in Nashua, 
 N.H. Elinore married George W. Newell, of 
 Nashua, and died May 3, i88g. Adeline mar- 
 ried John Williams. Marguerite, who married 
 John Clark, died June 28, 1880. William 
 H., who married Clara Barton, died in Kan- 
 sas, January 6, 1881. Ella is the widow of 
 Ora C. Smith, late of Acworth, N.PL, who 
 died ]^"ebruary i, 1897. Leon Sarsons died 
 June 17, 1888, having survived his wife, who 
 died February 12, 1885, a little more than 
 three years. 
 
 Eleazar L. Sarsons in his boyhood attended 
 school in Barre, Vt. At the age of nineteen 
 he went to Oshkosh, Wis., where he was 
 engaged in the lumber business a short time; 
 and upon his return East he settled in Nashua. 
 On May 2, 1861, he joined Company E, First 
 Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In- 
 fantry, under Colonel M. W. Tappin and Cap- 
 tain A. S. Edgerly. He remained with his 
 regiment until August 9 of that year, when he 
 re-enlisted in the Fourth New Hampshire 
 Regiment, and on September 20 was assigned 
 to duty in Company C, under Captain Gilman 
 E. Sleeper. He served from the outbreak 
 until the close of the war for the L^nion, in 
 which he took part in many of the most nota- 
 ble and decisive battles. Mr. Sarsons was 
 made a Sergeant on September 25, 1861, and 
 was appointed P^irst Sergeant, May i, 1863. 
 On May 20, 1864, he was taken prisoner, and 
 during his captivity of seven months was con- 
 fined in Pctersbin'g, Andcrsonvillc, Charles- 
 tun, and l"'iorence. Continued exposure 
 brought on a severe illness, which he was 
 obliged to endure without metlical aid; and 
 after his release he was confined to the hospi- 
 tal at Annapolis, Md., with an attack of fever.
 
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 wliitii resuUcil in ;i severe ileal'ness. lie was 
 j;ivei) a riii'liui^li ol sixty days in which tn re- 
 cuperate; aiul he afterwanl rejuined his regi- 
 ment at Raleigh, N.C. He was promoted to 
 the rank of Kirst Lieutenant, Februnry 17, 
 1865, was commissioned Captain Juno 2, and 
 mustered out as sucii in Concord, Septcmlocr 
 2 of the same year. His experience while in 
 the army was one of unusual activity, much of 
 the time being spent in service at the front; 
 and liis war record is a most honorable one. 
 In 1867 Captain Sarsons purchased the farm 
 of two hundred acres, where he now resides. 
 His property is well improved. He carries 
 on general farming energetically, is interested 
 in breeding horses, and raises sheep and 
 cattle. 
 
 On November 3, 1857, Captain Sarsons 
 married for his first wife ICmeline II. Camp- 
 bell, of Nashua. She died June 8, 1871, 
 leaving three children, namely: 7\delbert E. , 
 born September 3, 1858; Clarence L., who 
 was born Sei)tember 2, 1861, and died May 
 26, 1883; and Nellie A., liorn June 22, 1864. 
 Adelbert K. married Lillian Mathews, of 
 Nashua, and is now residing in Newport, 
 N.H. Nellie A. is the wife of Frank Clem- 
 ent, of Newport. On December 17, 1871, 
 Captain Sarsons wedded Ella Z. Metcalf. 
 She was born in Newi^ort, November 23, 1844, 
 daughter of Joseph P. and Lucy (Gould) Met- 
 calf. Mrs. Sarsons's father died December 17, 
 1869; and her mother died in April, 1896. 
 By this second marriage of Captain Sarsons 
 there is one daughter, Flora, who was born 
 October 19, 1872, and is now the wife of Natt 
 II. Bcckwith, of Lempster.. 
 
 Politically, Captain Sarsons is a Rei>ubli- 
 can. He has served as a Selectman one year, 
 was Tax Collector ten years, and for several 
 years past has acted as a Justice of the Peace 
 and Notary Public. Fraternally, he is con- 
 
 nected with I'"oresl Lo<lge, No. 0<j, I. <). (J. I""., 
 of Marliiw; Ccdd Kiver Grange, No. 19, 
 Patrons of Husbandry; the Prisoners-of-war 
 Association and the Veterans' Association; 
 and is a comrade of Hancock Post, No. 9, 
 G. A. R., of Alstead, N.H. 
 
 (^TrUGUSTUS BARNARD, formerly of 
 ^s^ Hfjpkinton, was one of the brave men 
 /'"'°\^_, who fought for the Union in the 
 Civil War. Born in Haverhill, Mass., he was 
 reared and educated in New York State. 
 After spending a part of his early life in Bos- 
 ton, he came to Hopkinton, where he learned 
 the currier's trade of Jonathan Osgood. He 
 followed this trade in connection with tanning 
 until the late war was well in progress. Then 
 he enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth New 
 Hampshire Volunteer Infantry for nine 
 months. With his regiment he served his 
 full time, the most of which was spent in 
 Louisiana. The exposure and hardships of 
 the camp and field had undermined his health 
 to such an extent that he lived but three 
 months after his discharge. He died Decem- 
 ber 16, 1863, at the age of thirty-one, in the 
 house on Putney Hill now occupied by his 
 widow, Mrs. Julia A. Barnard. 
 
 Mrs. Julia A. Barnard was born May 19, 
 1823, at Contoocook, this county, daughter 
 of Ichabod and Rebecca (Hazelton) Eaton. 
 Both her parents were born in Haverhill, 
 Mass., where they lived until after their mar- 
 riage. Mr. Eat'on was a mason by trade. In 
 1822, about a year before the birth of Mrs. 
 Barnard, he came with his family to Hopkin- 
 ton, locating on Putney Hill, in a house which 
 is still owned by the Eaton family. Here tiie 
 parents spent their remaining days, the father 
 dying at the age of fourscore years, and the 
 mother when seventy-five years old. They
 
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 had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Barnard, 
 the youngest, is the only survivor. The 
 others were: Susan, who married Ephraim 
 Hunt, and lived eighty years; Matilda, who 
 became the wife of Thomas Arnold, of Plais- 
 tow, N. H., and died at the age of fifty; Icha- 
 bod, who spent his life on the old homestead, 
 and died at the age of sixty-two years, leaving 
 a daughter, Ellen Louise Eaton, now residing 
 with Mrs. Barnard; Nathaniel, who died at 
 Hillsborough, N.H., aged forty-five years; 
 Richard, who settled on Putney Hill, and died 
 at the age of fifty years; Mary, who was the 
 wife of Samuel Wilson, and died in Nashua 
 at the age of forty years; Clara, who died in 
 St. Louis, Mo., at the age of fifty-three, hav- 
 ing first married Stilson Hutchins and after 
 his death Hiram Somerby; Elizabeth, who 
 died in childhood ; and Charles and Rebecca, 
 who died in infancy. Julia A. Eaton devel- 
 oped into young womanhood in the home of 
 her parents. When sixteen years old, ambi- 
 tious of doing something toward supporting 
 herself, she went to Lowell, Mass., and ob- 
 tained employment in the mills. She there 
 met and married Isaac L. Hall, a young 
 machinist. They settled in Lowell, remain- 
 ing there until 1844, when his health failed. 
 Then they removed to Hopkinton, and bought 
 the house in which Mrs. Barnard now lives. 
 Although Mr. Hall never recovered his health, 
 his life was prolonged until 1851. Two chil- 
 dren born of that union died in early child- 
 hood, leaving the young widow without a 
 family. In March, 1S53, shJ married Augus- 
 tus Barnard, above mentioned. In the care 
 of her little farm Mrs. Barnard has the assist- 
 ance of George M. Barnard, a brother of her 
 late husband. 
 
 George M. Barnard was born -September 30, 
 1843, in Tompkins County, New York, son of 
 Thomas K. and Hannah (P'rost) Barnard. 
 
 Both parents were natives of Massachusetts, 
 born respectively in Amesbury and Methuen. 
 The mother died when he was nine years old, 
 leaving a large family, of which his brother 
 Augustus was the first-born, and he was next 
 to the youngest. His father had passed to the 
 silent majority some years before that time, 
 and his widowed mother had removed with her 
 family to her old home in Amesbury. After 
 the death of his parents he came to Hopkinton 
 to live in the family of his brother Augustus, 
 continuing until the breaking out of the late 
 Rebellion. In August, 1862, he enlisted in 
 Company H, Fourteenth New Hampshire 
 Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel 
 Robert Wilson, of Keene, and was with his 
 regiment in many of the important battles of 
 the South, going from New Orleans to Vir- 
 ginia, where he served in Sheridan's army, 
 and at the cessation of hostilities was in Sa- 
 vannah, Ga. He was at the front in the bat- 
 tles at Hopkins Hill, P"isher"s Hill, and at 
 Cedar Creek, carrying a musket in the ranks. 
 He was never wounded nor detached from 
 duty, and spent biit one month in the hospital 
 during his time of service, which fell just a 
 little short of three years, having been dis- 
 charged July 8, 1865, under general orders. 
 His health, however, was undermined; and he 
 came back to Hopkinton to the care and pro- 
 tection of Mrs. Barnard, whom he assists by 
 looking after her farming interests. The 
 government gives him a pension. Mr. Bar- 
 nard has never married. He is a man of strong 
 opinions, and in politics a Republican. 
 
 fs^OIIN C. PILLSBURY, a prominent 
 resilient of Danbury, was born here, 
 January 18, 1833, son of John and 
 Nancy (Colby) Pillsbury. The grandfather, 
 Samuel Pillsbury, was one of the early settlers
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 
 
 of Salisbury and a representative of the 
 famous I'illsbury family who originally came 
 froui Rowley, Mass. A blacksmith as well as 
 a farmer, lie followed his trade in Salisbury. 
 He lived ne.irly opjiosite the home of Daniel 
 Webster, and the two young men grew u\) 
 togethei'. In his later years he came to Dan- 
 bury, where he sjjent his last days, dying at 
 the age of fifty years. lie was a soldier of the 
 Continental army during the Revolutionary 
 War, and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. 
 His wife was a Pingaree, and a connection of 
 Governor I'ingarce. John Pillsbury, born in 
 .Salisbury, N.ll., was a farmer. He took up 
 the land now occupied by his son, and built 
 the house which stands upon it. He spent all 
 his days upon this place after coming to Dan- 
 bury, with the e.xception of a short time during 
 which he worked in Cambridge, Mass. His 
 death occurred Decemijcri/, 1868. He mar- 
 ried Nancy CoUj)', of h'lanklin, N.ll., who 
 died October 6, 1877. Their ciiildren, John 
 C. and Mary A., survi\eil them. i\Iary, born 
 July 17, 1 8;;9, married .Smith J. Roby, and 
 had two ciiildren, one of whom is deceased. 
 Her other chikl, Cora B. , is now the wife of 
 John Huntoon, of Danbury. Mrs. Roby died 
 June 26, 1877. 
 
 After receiving his education in the Dan- 
 bury schools, John C. Pillsbury learned the 
 stone-cutter's trade, which he afterward fol- 
 lowed for about ten years. During that time 
 he worked in various places and on many im- 
 portant contracts, notably on the new Vermont 
 State House. He also worked in tlie great 
 quarries of Vinal Haven, Me. Ui)on return- 
 ing to Danbury, he bought a farm, upon which 
 he lived until his father's death. When that 
 event occurred, not wishing the old homestead 
 to pass out of the family, he s(dd his own 
 farm, and moved to his father's place, where 
 he has since resided. Mr. I'illsbury married 
 
 Miss Sarah E. Perrin, a daughter of (Jel and 
 Sabrinia (Strong) Perrin, of Royalton, Vt. 
 Of their si.x children two daughters, Nellie 
 and Mary K., died in infancy. The others 
 are: George 0.; Natt W. ; Mr.s. James 
 Virtue, of Concord, Vt. ; and Mrs. Fred Lov- 
 ering, of Concord, N.ll. Mr. I'illsbury has 
 been a Free Mason and a stanch Democrat. 
 His first Presidential vote was ca.st in iSs^for 
 James Buchanan. 
 
 ON. CHICS ri'-.R I'IKF, a prominent 
 citizen of .Sullivan County, New 
 
 - V .- Hampshire, residing in Cornish, his 
 
 native town, was born July 30, 1829, son of 
 Ebenezer and Judith (Bryant) Pike. On both 
 his father's and his mother's side he is de- 
 scended from distinguished ancestry, and from 
 families that have been conspicuous, not only 
 in the history of New Hampshire, i)ut in the 
 history of the nation. His grantlfathcr Pike 
 was born in Newbury, Mass., and came to 
 Cornish in early manhood, the first of the 
 name to settle here. He bought a farm and a 
 mill on Blow-me-down Brook, and devoted 
 himself to farming and to carrying on the 
 mill. He married Mary Marcy, of Hartland, 
 Vt. ; and they had three children ^Ebenezer, 
 Chester (first), and Pliny. Chester, first, who 
 never married, died in Northumberland when 
 about thirty-five years of age. Pliny Pike was 
 a farmer of Cornish, and died in that town at 
 the age of seventy years. 
 
 Ebenezer, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in Cornish in 17S8, and died 
 in 1862. After completing his studies at 
 school, he purchased' and carried on one of the 
 largest stock-raising farms in the county, rais- 
 ing thoroughbred horses for the Boston 
 market. With the exception of Mr. Wain- 
 wright, of Vermont, no one else of his time
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 did so large a business in this line. When 
 a school-boy, Mr. Ebenezer Pike was always 
 alert to make a good bargain. He traded 
 horses then as well as jack-knives and other 
 boyish knickknacks, and this natural business 
 ability was the foundation of his success in 
 life. In politics he was a Whig, but was not 
 ambitious for political honors, and did not 
 meddle in public affairs, his large business 
 interests being sufficient to absorb his entire 
 time. His wife, Judith, daughter of Captain 
 Sylvanus and Sarah Chase Bryant, of Cornish, 
 bore him two children — Chester and John B. 
 
 The younger son, John B. Pike, was born in 
 February, 1830, and was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Cornish, in Hartland, Vt., at 
 Kimball Union Academy, and at Norwich 
 University, Vermont. He then went West, 
 and was engaged for a while as a civil engi- 
 neer. Afterward he kept a hotel in Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio, and later in Chelsea, Vt. In 
 1863 he was appointed Deputy Provost Mar- 
 shal, and after the war he was for many years 
 a mail route agent between St. Albans, Vt., 
 and Boston. He ne.xt went into the insurance 
 business, in which he has since continued. 
 He married Louise Parker, of Plainfield, and 
 is the father of two children — Chester J. and 
 Luther Henry Pike. Chester J. Pike is liv- 
 ing in Boston, and is general selling agent for 
 a large rubber company. He is one of the 
 chief promoters of one of the largest combines 
 in New Itngland, and was a short time ago 
 written about as one of the five young men of 
 this perioLJ to draw the largest salaries in 
 New England. He married and has two chil- 
 dren. Luther Henry Pike lives in Boston, 
 and is a member of the well-known rubber 
 firm of Converse & Pike. He has one child. 
 
 On his maternal side Mr. Chester I'ike is 
 descended from the Chases and 15ryants, early 
 settlers of Cornish. Three brothers — Sam- 
 
 uel, Moses, and Caleb Chase — came from 
 Newbury, Mass., and were the first settlers in 
 the township of Cornish. They landed at the 
 mouth of Blow-me-down Brook ; and there 
 Moses, great-grandfather of Mr. Chester Pike, 
 built the first house ever erected in the town 
 of Cornish. The homestead is now owned by 
 the Hon. Charles C. Beaman, a wealthy New 
 York lawyer, son-in-law of the Hon. William 
 E. Evarts and partner in the firm of Evarts, 
 Beaman & Choate. Mr. Beaman makes this 
 his summer home; and he has expended a fort- 
 une on beautifying the estate, in which he 
 takes great pride on account of its historic 
 associations. Caleb Chase, the youngest of 
 the three brothers, had a daughter, who be- 
 came Mrs. Sarah Chase Kimball. It was 
 she who founded the famous Kimball Union 
 Academy which has fitted so many New 
 Hampshire men and women to hold notable 
 positions in life. Mrs. Kimball was a great- 
 aunt of Mr. Pike. Other distinguished mem- 
 bers of this family, were: General Jonathan 
 Chase, Bishop Philander Chase, anil Chief 
 Justice Salmon P. Chase. 
 
 Chester Pike received his education in the 
 schools of Cornish and of Hartland, Vt., at 
 Kimball Union Academy, and at Plainfield; 
 and after his school days were over he worked 
 on his father's farm for a number of years. 
 For several winters he taught school, and at 
 the age of twenty-one he became an agricult- 
 urist and a dealer in horses. He still has 
 some very valuable stock on his farm, which 
 occupies one of the best sites in New Eng- 
 land, on the banks of the Blow-me-down 
 ]5rook and adjoining the estate of the Hon. 
 Mr. Beaman. Beautiful Blow-me-down Brook 
 has its source in the cloud-curtained hills of 
 New Hampshire and its outlet in the stately 
 Connecticut River. The origin of its name 
 is unknown. The estate, comprising some
 
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 363 
 
 thniisMiid acres, is divcisilk'tl by rich pasture 
 iiiiil meadow lands and beautiful groves, and in 
 suniMier and aiitunm with liixuiiant harvests. 
 Mr. I'ii^e had l^econie the owner of this mag- 
 nificent property by the exercise of his native 
 lousiness talents and l)y courteous and lionor- 
 ablc dealing in all transactions. He has been 
 largely interested in wool, and was a member 
 of the firm of Dudley & Pike, having a market 
 in Hoston. 
 
 Although having these extensive business 
 interests, he has found time to devote to the 
 general affairs of his native town, and has 
 brought to bear upon questions of public wel- 
 fare the same sagacity and keenness of intel- 
 lect that he has applied to his personal affairs. 
 
 1 1 is fellow-townsmen have appreciated the 
 value of his sound judgment and practical 
 ability, and almost every office of trust and re- 
 sponsibility in the gift of the town has been 
 tendered him. He was for several years 
 Selectman; in 1S59-62 he was County Com- 
 missioner for .Sullivan County; in 1862-63 he 
 was sent to represent the town in the legislat- 
 ure, and was on the Committee on Manufact- 
 ures the first year, and Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on 15anks the second; in 1887 and 188S 
 he was again elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives, and was Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on Railroads. He was appointed 
 United States Provost Marshal in 1863, to 
 serve during the most trying days the country 
 has ever seen ; and the able and successful 
 manner in which this difficult position was 
 filled gained for Mr. Pike the gratitude of all 
 his constituents. The Commissioner was the 
 Hon. F. A. Faulkner, of Keene; and the Sur- 
 geon, Professor Dixi Crosby, of Hanover. 
 In i866 Mr. Pike received the nt)mination for 
 Councillor of the Fourth District, but declined 
 to accept. He was subsequently appointed 
 United States Collector of Internal Revenue, 
 
 and held this appointment until the districts 
 were con.solidate(l. In 1883 and 1884 he was 
 a member of the New Hamjishire Senate, 
 and akso in 1885 and 1886, when he was 
 President of the Senate. He has been a 
 Director in the Clarcmont National Bank for 
 twenty-five years, and has been a member and 
 officer of the Sullivan County, the Connecti- 
 cut River, the New Ham|)shire State, and the 
 New England Agricultural Societies. 
 
 In 1862 Mr. Pike married Amanda l'., 
 daughter of the Hon. Levi Chamberlin I""ay, 
 of Windsor, Vt. She has borne him four 
 children, only one of whom, Chester Fay Pike, 
 is living. He was born in Cornish, May 11, 
 1869. After acquiring his education he went 
 into mercantile business with his uncle, ICd- 
 mund S. Fay, in Portsmouth, N.H., where he 
 remained for two years. He then went to 
 Boston, and was travelling salesman for a 
 rubber company for two years; and at the end 
 of that time he was with the firm of Converse 
 & Pike. After much persuasion on the part of 
 his parents he was induced to return to Cornish, 
 where he has resided for the past year. 
 
 Mrs. Pike was born at Reading, Vt., in 
 1833. I^cr father was much interested in 
 military affairs, and won the title of Major. 
 She is a direct descendant on her father's side 
 of Governor Lincoln, of Massachusetts, and 
 on her mother's side is connected with the 
 celebrated Sherman family, which numbers 
 among its members by blood or marriage Gen- 
 eral Sherman, Secretary of State John Sher- 
 man, ex-Senator PZvarts, Senator Hoar, of 
 Massachusetts, and the late Judge Rockwood 
 Hoar. 
 
 I;NRY II. CROVVFLL, a prosperous 
 lumber merchant of Hopkinton, was 
 ^^ V , born in that town, July 9, 1S34, son 
 of Albert A. arid Lydia (Kimball) Crowell.
 
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 His grandfather^ Joseph Crowell, came from 
 Bradford, Mass., and settled on Beach Hill 
 about one hundred years ago. Albert Crow- 
 ell, who was born on the aforesaid hill, about 
 fifty years ago settled at Ferrington's Corner, 
 on the farm where Eli Boutwell now lives. 
 He ran the old saw-mill of the primitive up 
 and down style, doing a custom business; and 
 the mill industry has been in the hands of the 
 Crowell family there ever since. He died at 
 the age of sixty-two. His wife, also a native 
 of Hopkinton, now, at the age of eighty-two, 
 lives with her son. Of their six boys Lewis 
 E. was killed in the Civil War by a shell at 
 Spottsylvania. Three of the others were in 
 the Burden Sharpshooters. Henry H. served 
 two years and nine months. He was in all 
 the battles of the regiment from the second 
 battle of Bull Run. Another of the brothers, 
 O. W. Crowell, is the famous evangelist 
 singer, now travelling, and engaged in that 
 work. The talent for vocal music, which is 
 not wholly confined to this son, was an inher- 
 itance from their mother. 
 
 Henry H. Crowell remained with his father 
 until he was twenty-one, working out in the 
 summers. In 1868 he bought his present mill 
 near Ferrington Corners. He had at first a 
 grist-mill, a clapboard, lath, shingle, and up- 
 right saw-mill. In 1S69 a great freshet car- 
 ried the grist-mill and all its belongings down 
 stream. He then rebuilt, and put in new 
 machinery. His neighbors aided him in 
 building the dam; and he now has a circular 
 saw for lumber, besides a shingle-mill. The 
 same plant has been worked now for twenty- 
 eight years. With the exception of three 
 years spent in the army Mr. Crowell has been 
 in the mill business for forty-eight years. He 
 often effects a profitable transaction by buying 
 stumpage and clearing off the lumber. Ad- 
 Joining his comfortable residence is a small 
 
 farm. He is quite actively identified with 
 social organizations, and has held public 
 office. All the chairs of Colonel Putnam 
 Post, No. 5, G. A. R., have been occupied by 
 him; and he attended the Boston and Portland 
 National Encampments of the organization. 
 He was a charter member of Union Grange, 
 No. 56, Patrons of Husbandry, and served in 
 nearly all the chairs, including that of Master. 
 In 1878, 1879, and 1880 he was Collector of 
 Taxes; and he has been Selectman for six 
 years. In 1876-77 he was a Representative 
 in the State legislature, and was active in 
 committee work. He has been a Justice of 
 the Peace for thirty years. A stanch Repub- 
 lican, he is interested in local politics. He 
 cast his first vote for Fremont, and he has 
 voted that ticket ever since. Both he and his 
 family belong to the Congregational church. 
 
 Mr. Crowell was married in 1858 to Lu- 
 cinda M. Currier, who died in 1874. In 
 1876 he married Melinda J. Burroughs, of 
 Bow, N.H. The children of the first mar- 
 riage were: Lewis Albert, who died in child- 
 hood; Frank, who also died young; Etta M., 
 who became the wife of Charles P. Goodwin ; 
 and George H., who died at the age of twenty- 
 eight. By the second union there is a daugh- 
 ter, Lilian L., now nineteen years old, who is 
 a music teacher. 
 
 B 
 
 AVID M. CURRIER, M.D., a suc- 
 cessful physician of Newport, was 
 born in Grafton, Grafton County, 
 September 15, 1840, son of David and Rhoda 
 (Morse) Currier. The grandfather, David 
 Currier, presumably came from .Salisbury, 
 Mass., and located in Canaan, where he be- 
 came the owner of a good tract of land, and 
 died at the age of seventy-one years. He 
 married February 2, 1797, Ruth Stevens,
 
 DAVID M. CURRIER.
 
 BIOGRAI'IIKAI, KI'A IKW 
 
 367 
 
 will I (lied at the age of seventy-two years. 
 They had five children: ]3avid, born February 
 <S, i.s*03; lulward, born June 12, i<^05; 
 Aaron, born September 10, 1X13; Dorolliy, 
 born January 28, 1799; and Ilainiah, born 
 June 23, i<Soo. David, the father of Dr. 
 Currier, was also a farmer. His active life 
 was spent in Canaan and in (jrafton. At a 
 later date he moved to the farm, where he died 
 July 2, 1862. His death resulted from in- 
 juries from the fall of a tree upon him while 
 at work in the woods. He married Rhoda 
 Mt)rse, who was born in luifield in 1S07, and 
 died March 31, 1894. He was a Free Will 
 Haptist. In his last years he was a Repub- 
 lican. His children were: Rhoda M., who 
 died when two years old; Amanda M. Hadley, 
 who died .si.xty years of age; Ruth S. Leeds, 
 who lives in Orange, N. H. ; Mary Y. Dia- 
 mond, also a resident of Orange; David M., 
 the subject of this sketch; and William H. 
 Currier, who is a travelling salesman, residing 
 in South Braintree, Mass. 
 
 Having received his early education in the 
 schools of Grafton and Sanbornton Ikidge 
 (now Tilton), N.H., David M. Currier went 
 into the McLean Insane Asylum, formerly in 
 Somerville, Mass., as an attendant. Here he 
 began the study of medicine under the super- 
 intendent of the institution. Dr. John E. 
 Tyler. He was afterward a pupil of Dr. 
 Dixie and A. 15. Crosbie at Hanover, and sub- 
 sequently, having entered Dartmouth Medical 
 College, graduated therefrom in 1S67. His 
 first practice was in association with Dr. Fitz 
 at Sutton, N. II. At the end of a year he 
 settled in Sunapee, N. H., where he was lo- 
 cated till 1870, when he went to Boston to 
 take a course of lectures and to visit the hos- 
 pitals. In 1885 he took a post-graduate 
 course at the Post-graduate Medical College 
 of New York. When he left Boston in 1871, 
 
 he went into partnership with Dr. Swctt in 
 Newport. That connection ended after the 
 lapse of a year, since which he has been in 
 active practice alone. 
 
 On November 29, 1868, Dr. Currier mar- 
 ried Jennie B. Colby, daughter of Johnson 
 Colby, of .Sutton. She died September 29, 
 1879, leaving no children. The Doctor con- 
 tracted a second marriage December 29, 1881, 
 with Annie M. Converse. Her father, E. C. 
 Converse, who is the present Postmaster of 
 Newport, was born in Lyme, N.H., June 2, 
 1827, son of Theron and Miriam Carpenter. 
 His grandfather, Joel Converse, was one of the 
 early settlers of Lyme, a farmer and a good 
 worker. Joel married Flizabeth Bixby, who 
 by him had Theron, who was also a farmer. 
 Theron spent almost his entire life at Lyme, 
 was a member of the Congregational church, 
 a Whig in politics, and later a Republican. 
 He died in 1861. His wife died in the pre- 
 vious year. He was the father of five children 
 by a former wife, Mary Porter Converse; 
 namely, Aljiheus, Mary, Louisa, Benjamin, 
 and an infant who died young. Born of his 
 second marriage were: Theoron B., K. C, 
 and Miriam. Miriam became the wife of 
 P'rank Smith, of Michigan. Mr. Converse 
 was brought up in Lyme, where he was edu- 
 cated and where he became a clerk in a general 
 store. He came to Newport in 1849, and in 
 1859 he engaged in the drug business for him- 
 self. This he continued unil 1893, when he 
 sold out to take charge of the post-office of 
 the town. In 1848 he married Amanda 
 Tibbetts, who was born in New York State. 
 They have had five children: Alzira, who died 
 at the age of fourteen years; Hattie, who be- 
 came the wife of E. B. Temple, and died at 
 twenty-nine years; Annie M., the wife of Dr. 
 Currier; Sarah, the wife of David Leach; and 
 Eleazar C, Jr., an electrician of Boston. The
 
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 father is a member of the Congregational 
 church at Lyme. A Democrat in politics, he 
 has held the office of Town Clerk for two 
 years, was legislative Representative for one 
 year, and for many years was the Moderator 
 of Newport. He is connected with the 
 I. O. O. F., Sugar River Lodge, No. 45, and 
 Mount Coit Lodge, No. 2S6, K. of H. 
 
 Dr. Currier has two daughters, namely : 
 Helen M., born June 5, 1S91 ; and Josephine, 
 born June 23, 1893. Both he and Mrs. Currier 
 attend the Methodist church. Dr. Currier 
 votes the Independent ticket. He has been 
 a member of the Board of Health, and he 
 served for two years on the Water Commission 
 for the construction of the present water sys- 
 tem of Newport. He was on the Board of 
 Education for three years, and has held the 
 office of United .States E.xamining Surgeon for 
 the last twenty-one years. He is well known 
 in Masonic and other secret society circles, 
 being a member of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 
 15, of Newport; Past High Priest of the 
 Chapter of tlie Tabernacle, No. 19, Newport 
 Lodge, K. of P., No. 43, of which he is a 
 charter member and first Vice-Chancellor of 
 the society and Past Chancellor Commander. 
 He was admitted to the Grand Lodge, 
 K. of P., in 1893, and in 1S94 was elected 
 Grand Master at Arms. Li 1895 he was 
 awarded to chair of Grand Vice-Chancellor; 
 and in October, 1S96, he was elected to the 
 office of Grand Chancellor of the .State of New 
 ILampshire, which office he now holds. On 
 March 7, 1897, he was commissioned Surgeon 
 of the Second Regiment, Uniform Rank, 
 K. of P., of the Grand Domain of New Hamp- 
 shire. He is also a member of the New 
 Hampshire Medical and Centre District So- 
 ciety, being an ex-President of the last named 
 organization. He is a member of the Ameri- 
 can Public Health Association and of the 
 
 Medico-Legal Society of New York. Dr. 
 Currier has had a wide and extensive practice, 
 and ranks second in seniority as a practising 
 physician of Newport. 
 
 /^^TeORGP: WE.ST FLANDERS, who 
 \J5 I lives on a small farm in West Con- 
 cord, was born there, November 9, 
 1 83 1. The great-grandfather was an exten- 
 sive land-owner at Millville, and had posses- 
 sion of the water-power privilege of that sec- 
 tion. His residence stood on the site now 
 occupied by St. Paul's School. At the close 
 of his active life he left his land to be divided 
 among his sons. His wife's maiden name 
 was P'owler. The grandfather, Richard Flan- 
 ders, was engaged in interests connected with 
 a mill. Afterward he purchased a farm in the 
 west part of the town, and became a farmer. 
 At first he had no barns on the land, and he 
 stacked his crops in the open air. Later he 
 was able to build a barn, and extend his prop- 
 erty, which his sons further increased. He 
 was ninety years old when he died. His wife, 
 Mary Chandler (West) P^landers, had ten chil- 
 dren. A brother of his was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 John Flanders, the father of George, worked 
 at the shoemaker's trade, and was also occu- 
 pied to some extent in farming. He was 
 especially skilful in raising fruit and grafting 
 trees. After receiving his education in the 
 public schools of Concord, he began life 
 about a century ago upon the property now 
 in possession of his son George. Here he 
 built the old homestead, and died in 1856, at 
 the age of seventy years. On the training 
 days of the old militia he was fife major of a 
 regiment. His sons subsequently played the 
 fife on similar occasions. He married Rachel 
 Abbott, a daughter of Samuel and Mary
 
 LKMJkAl'lIlCAL RKVIKW 
 
 ■,(,r 
 
 (Slory) Abbott; and they had nine chilchcii — ■ 
 Louisa A., John W., William, Mary S., 
 Uanicl, Rachel A., Sarah A., George V., and 
 George W. Louisa A., born August 17, 
 1812, (lied April 29, 1890. She was a house- 
 keeper and school teacher, anil lived at the 
 homestead. John VV., born February 10, 
 1S14, died July 11, 1S40. He was a printer, 
 and became one of the iirojjrietors and editors 
 of the Nciv Hainpsliire Statcsvian, published 
 at Concord, N.LL, by E. C. Flanders. Will- 
 iam, born December 4, 181 5, died February 7, 
 1871. lleli\-ed in Manchester, N.IL, was a 
 carpenter, machinist, and pattern-maker, was 
 a Representative to the New Llampshire legis- 
 lature, and served as a member of the Council 
 of Manchester. In 1840 he married Harriet 
 Sturtevant, of Barton, Vt., who died February 
 4, 1 87 1. They had four children, of whom 
 two died in infancy. Their son, George W., 
 who was born February 9, 1S45, and died in 
 Somerville, Mass., February 17, 1889, married 
 Mary A. Lane, of Suncook, N.LL, in 1870. 
 luhvin J., the only living child of William 
 and Harriet l""landers, was born July 6, 1849. 
 He was married in 1887 at Great Falls, 
 N.H., to Mrs. Anna J. Brown. He is a car- 
 penter, and lives in Lowell, Mass. Mary S. 
 Flanders, born March 21, 1818, died August 
 29, 1889. She was a tailoress and house- 
 keeper, and lived at the homestead. Daniel, 
 born July i, 1820, who died March 2, 1895, 
 was a carpenter, machinist, and farmer, and 
 lived in Manchester and Concord. He was 
 first married June 8, 1845, to Martha Sturte- 
 vant, of Barton, Vt., who died January 6, 
 1868. Their only child, Charles W., born 
 August 23, 1847, died May 3, 1895. On 
 September 14, 1870, Daniel Flanders married 
 Mrs. Emma F. Caldwell, who died April 10, 
 i88g. Rachel A., born January ig, 1823, 
 died February 19, 18S6. She was a seam- 
 
 stress, housekeeper, and teacher, and lived at 
 the homestead. Sarah A., born September 4, 
 1825, married April 25, 1850, N. J. Willi.s, 
 who died in October, 1893. Two of her five 
 children died in childhood. The others are: 
 Anna A., born January 11, 1855; Marietta V., 
 born September 18, 1857; and FLmogenc L., 
 born March 17, i860, who died April 15, 
 1876. Anna and Marietta live with their 
 mother in Cambridgeport, Mass. Mrs. Willis 
 is a well-known speaker at the Spirituali.st 
 Temple, Boston. George V. Flanders, born 
 March 5, 1S29, died August 24, 1831. 
 George West Flanders received his education 
 in the schools of Concord. Since the death of 
 his father he has resided on the old home- 
 stead. He has been on the Board of Alder- 
 men for two years, and in the early si.xties he 
 was a member of the City Council for three 
 years. He was a member of the School Com- 
 mittee before i860, and he has been Ward 
 Clerk and Moderator for several terms. His 
 political principles are Republican, and he 
 cast his first Presidential vote for General 
 Fremont in 1856. 
 
 M 
 
 AVID ARTHUR BROWN, Man- 
 ager and Treasurer of the Concord 
 A.xle Company of I'enacook, an e.\- 
 member of the New Hampshire legislature, 
 and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in 
 Attlebpro, Mass., May 14, 1839, son of Henry 
 H. and Mary Ann (Daggett) Brown. His 
 parents were natives of Attleboro. On the 
 father's side he is descended from an Einglish- 
 man who settled in Massachusetts in the year 
 1624. His great-grandfather was John Brown, 
 and his grandfather was David Brown. On 
 the mother's side his genealogy is traced 
 through her father, Otis Daggett, of the 
 seventh generation, Joab of the si.xth, John of
 
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 the fifth, Ebenezer of the fourth, John of the 
 third, and Thomas of the second, to the first 
 John, of Martha's Vineyard, who, born in 
 England, came to this country in 1630 with 
 Governor Wintiirop, of whom lie is said to 
 have been a relation. 
 
 David Arthur Brown was educated in the 
 public schools of Penacook and at the acad- 
 emy in New London, N.H., completing his 
 studies at the age of nineteen. At intervals 
 in the period of his school life he worked with 
 his father in the cotton-mill at Penacook. 
 Later he entered the repair shops, where he 
 remained until the outbreak of the Civil 
 War. In August, 1S61, being a proficient 
 band musician, he enlisted as a leader of the 
 band connected with the Third Regiment, New 
 Hampshire Volunteers. After leaving this 
 State, the regiment was quartered for a time 
 on Long Island, New York. Then it was 
 ordered to Washington, D.C., and later to 
 Annapolis, Md. From Annapolis it was sent 
 by sea to Port Royal, S.C., where it was at- 
 tached to the Tenth Army Corps, Department 
 of the South, and served at different times 
 under Generals Sherman, Gilmore, and Hunter. 
 Mr. Brown was present at several important 
 battles and skirmishes, and on several occa- 
 sions he voluntarily laid aside his musical 
 instruments to shoulder a musket. Good ser- 
 vice was also rendered by him in removing the 
 wounded from the field and caring for them in 
 the hospital. He was honorably discharged 
 at Port Royal, August 31, i(S62. Upon his 
 return from the army he fitted up a repair 
 sliop for the Contoocook mill, and conducted 
 it for two years. In 1864 he formed a part- 
 nership with A. B. Winn, under the firm 
 name of A. B. Winn & Co., for the purpose 
 of engaging in the manufacturing of wagon 
 axles and machinery. The firm name was 
 changed to D. Arthur Brown & Co. in the 
 
 following year; and under that style business 
 was carried on until i8<So, when the enterprise 
 was incorporated as the Concord A.xle Com- 
 pany. Since the formation of the firm Mr. 
 Brown has been its Manager, and he is the 
 Treasurer and a Director of the present cor- 
 poration. .Some time after his discharge from 
 the Federal service Mr. Brown reorganized the 
 Fisherville Band, of which he had formerly 
 been the leader, and as Brown's Cornet Band 
 it became one of the best organizations of its 
 kind in the State. It furnished music on New 
 Hampshire Day, at the Centennial E.xposition 
 of 1876 in Philadelphia; and it accompanied 
 the New Hampshire legislature upon their 
 visit to the Bennington Centennial held in 
 1877. He had been identified with this 
 organization twenty-one years in all, when in 
 1S78, on account of business cares, he retired 
 from its leadership, and it was disbanded. 
 
 On December 23, 1865, Mr. Brown was 
 united in marriage with Susan M. P'ollansbee, 
 a native of Grafton. His only child is Henry 
 A. Brown. In politics he is an active sup- 
 porter of the Republican party, and he was a 
 member of the New Hampshire House of Rep- 
 resentatives in 1873. Well advanced in 
 Masonry, he is a member of Horace Chase 
 Lodge, No. 72; of Trinity Chapter, No. 2; 
 and of Mount Horeb Commandery, of which 
 he is Chief Bugler. He is at the present time 
 serving as Quartermaster of W. I. Brown 
 Post, No. 31, G. A. R., of Penacook. He 
 has been several times elected Commander of 
 the post, but declined to serve, as he believed 
 his deafness would not admit of his properly 
 filling the position. He served as an Aide- 
 de-camp upon the staff of Commander-in-chief 
 Rea in 1895, was Assistant Inspector General 
 upon the national staff under General Walker 
 in 1896, and an Aide-de-camp on the staff of 
 Commander-in-chief Clarkson in 1897. He
 
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 is also connected with the Third Kcgimcnt, 
 Veteran Association, of Weirs, N. II., and has 
 acted as its Secretary and TreTisiirer for tlie 
 past ten years. Mr. I^rown is a menibcr of 
 the First Haptist Church, and has for twelve 
 years been ofTiciaily connected with that 
 society as its clerk. 
 
 0^ 
 
 lI'l.ANl) J. (;kAYi:.S, MA)., was a 
 progressive physician of Ciaremont, 
 who by the introtluction of more 
 advanced ideas in the treatment of disease 
 aiiled consideralily in carrying the healing art 
 to its present high standard of excellence. It 
 is a well-known fact that the greatest amount 
 of good in the way of scientific development 
 has been accomijlished by self-made men, and 
 the subject of this sketch belonged to that 
 worthy tyi)e of American citizenship. 
 
 Leland J. Graves was born in Berkshire, 
 Franklin County, Vt., May 24, 1812, son of 
 David J. and Mary (Leland) Graves. The 
 founder of the family came from England, 
 where its printed genealogical record covers a 
 period of eight hundred years. The original 
 form of the name was Greaves. Thomas 
 Greaves, who ranked as a Rear Admiral in the 
 Royal Navy, settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 
 1636; and his family was prominent in early 
 Colonial affairs. His son was one of the first 
 physicians graduated from Harvard College; 
 and a grandson, who also graduated from that 
 institution, became a Judge. Dr. Graves's 
 great-grandfather was Peter Greaves. His 
 grandfather, Luther Greaves, who resided in 
 Leominster, Mass., was born April 20, 1749. 
 Luther served in the Revolutionary War as a 
 minute-man in Sergeant Samuel Sawyer's 
 company, and was a Lieutenant in the com- 
 pany of Captain Ephraim Harris from May, 
 1778, to July 31, 1779. He died in Leomin- 
 
 ster in 1790. lie married l'h(t.be Jewett, of 
 that town, and had a family of ten children. 
 His widow married Colonel John Hoynton, 
 and moved to Weathersfield, Vt. David J. 
 Graves, who was born in Leominster, October 
 2, 1785, accompanied his mother and step- 
 faliier to Vermont, where he was brought u|) 
 as a farmer. The latter part of his life was 
 sjient in Wisconsin. His wife, Mary, whom 
 he married in Weathersfield, became the 
 mother of four children; namely, Scrcno, Le- 
 land J., Calvin Jewett, and I. Franklin. 
 
 As soon as he was able to make himself 
 useful, Leland J. Graves began to assist u|)on 
 farms in his neighborhood. He did not attend 
 school until he was fifteen years old. An am- 
 bition to advance developed with his mental 
 faculties; and in April, 1829, he bound him- 
 self to his uncle, Cyrus Hoynton, with the 
 understanding that he was to have three 
 months' schooling each year, and that his 
 wages were to be given to his father. That he 
 made good use of these limited educational 
 facilities is attested by the fact that, when he 
 reached his majority, he was competent to 
 teach school. He taught in the winter, and 
 worked at farming in the summer, saving his 
 earnings, and at intervals attending Chester, 
 Cavendish, and Ludlow Academies. lie was 
 about to enter college when he was attacked 
 by a severe illness, which, in spite of constant 
 medical aid, continued for four years. The 
 suffering he endured at this time caused him 
 to change his plans for the future. Excessive 
 doses of calomel, prescribed by the physicians 
 to break up his stubborn fever, produced such 
 injurious results upon his system that he de- 
 cided to study medicine, with a view of ascer- 
 taining if less dangerous and more effective 
 modes of treatment could not be devised. 
 Upon his recovery he entered upon a course 
 of preliminary medical instruction under the
 
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 guidance of Drs. Crosby, Peaslee, and Hub- 
 bard. He attended lectures at Dartmouth 
 College, and subsequently received his degree 
 on his thirtieth birthday. Shortly after he 
 entered upon his profession in Langdon, N. H. 
 When firmly established, Dr. Graves began to 
 depart from the usual course of treatment rec- 
 ognized in those days. In the treatment of 
 fevers he substituted fresh air and water for 
 mercurial preparations. By so doing he 
 aroused the indignation of the medical frater- 
 nity to such a pitch that at one time he was 
 declared an impostor and threatened with vio- 
 lence. He fearlessly adhered to his theory, 
 however; and, when it became known that his 
 patients rallied more quickly under the new 
 treatment, the wrath of his brother physicians 
 was turned to jealousy. The introduction of 
 his mild remedies ultimately displaced the 
 harsh treatment formerly used, and in this 
 locality he may be said to have been mainly 
 instrumental in securing the much needed 
 change. He acquired a large practice, his 
 regular circuit including the towns of Lang- 
 don, Acworth, Walpole, and Charlestown, and 
 other places ; and for a quarter of a century he 
 devoted himself to his professional duties. 
 In icS68 he decided to rest from his labors, 
 and with a view of permanently retiring he 
 moved to CJaremont. Popular pressure, how- 
 ever, was such as to make it impossible for 
 him to carry out his resolution at that time; 
 and he continued in practice here for some 
 years afterwartl. lie was especially noted for 
 his charitable and patriotic disposition. The 
 poor and needy were never turned away, and 
 during the war of the Rebellion he steadfastly 
 refused to accept ]iay for treating soldiers or 
 their families. He was a close student of 
 botany, geology, and a.stronomy, and was fa- 
 miliar witli the terrestrial formation and vege- 
 tation of the United States from tlie State of 
 
 Maine to the Rocky Mountains. With the 
 practical value of plants he was thoroughly 
 conversant. A large collection of minerals, 
 which he had spent years in collecting, was 
 recently presented to Durham College by his 
 daughters. In politics he was originally a 
 Whig, and he became an ardent Republican at 
 the formation of that party. He was Super- 
 intendent of Schools in Langdon for fourteen 
 years, and he was a member of the legislature 
 during the years 1867 and 1868. For fifty 
 years he was a leading member of the Baptist 
 church in Springfield, Vt. He was a member 
 of the New Hampshire State and Connecticut 
 River Medical Associations. In Masonry he 
 had advanced to the Commandery, was at one 
 time Eminent Commander, and he was the 
 organizer of the commandery in Claremont. 
 He died February 22, 1891, at his home in 
 Claremont, nearly seventy-nine years of age. 
 
 On May 24, 1843, Dr. Graves was united in 
 marriage with Caroline E. Strow, daughter of 
 Reuben and Elizabeth (McEwan) Strow, of 
 Weathersfield, Vt. Previous to her marriage 
 she taught in the Unity Scientific and Mili- 
 tary School. She was a woman of superior 
 mental endowments and noble character. She 
 died August 29, 18S5, leaving three daughters 
 — Mary E., Harriet M., and Agnes J. Mary 
 E., who graduated from the New London 
 Academy in 1864, and has since been engaged 
 in educational work, was for a time principal 
 of the Arcadia Female Seminary, Wolfvillc, 
 N..S. She is an accomplished German 
 scholar, a devoted art student, and is now 
 upon her fifth visit to Germany. Harriet M. , 
 who married James M. Coburn, died in Kansas 
 City, Mo., June 21, 1886. She left two chil- 
 dren: Mary Agnes, who is studying music in 
 Berlin; and Grace Eleanor, who is attending 
 Smith College. Agnes J. Graves was married 
 on October 15, 1879, to Pascal P. Coburn.
 
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 373 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cohurn occupy the ])r. Graves 
 homestead. She has two dauj^htcrs -- ICliza- 
 bcth Ames and Harriet Graves. 
 
 RANK J!. KI':Ni\IA', a |irominent 
 f. inner ol Ijiudon and a son of ]5radlcy 
 II. and Nancy (Younj;;) Kcnney, was 
 horn in Loudon, Ucceml^er 19, 1854. His 
 father, who was a native of New llamiishire, 
 and a cooper l)y trade, settled in London after 
 his niarriaj^e, was tiiereafter occupictl in farm- 
 inj;, and died May 24, i8cS2, on the farm where 
 the sul^ject of tliis sl<ctcli now lives. 'I"he 
 first of tiie father's two marriaf^es was con- 
 tracted witli Miss Lease, who jjore him four 
 children. These were: Mary Ann, who niar- 
 ricil Joseph A. Foster, and lives in Manches- 
 ter, N.H. ; Clarissa, now deceased; Caroline, 
 who is the wife of Joseph Hutchinson, and 
 lives in Concord, N. H.; ami Charles L., who 
 married Myra Knowles, of I'enacook, and lives 
 near l""rank ]?. Kenney in Loudon. l^y the 
 secontl marriage, wdiich was made with Nancy 
 D. Young, of Gilmanton, N.IL, there were 
 three children, namely: Frank M.; and Fallen 
 Frances and Ella Victoria, twins. Fallen 
 Frances is now deceased. Fllla is the wife of 
 True M. Hill, and lives near her brother. 
 
 P'rank B. Kenney received his education in 
 the common schools of Loudon and in the Til- 
 ton Seminary. He spent his youth on the 
 home farm, which he now owns. On the 
 estate, containing at the present time about 
 four hundred acres, located in Canterbury and 
 Gilmanton, he carries on general farming. 
 He is a Republican in politics, and he has 
 well served the community in the capacity of 
 Selectman. On March 4, 1882, he was mar- 
 ried to N. M- Ladd, who was born November 
 20, 1861, daughter of John M. and Kate H. 
 Ladd. Mr. and Mrs. Kenney have had five 
 
 children, of whtuii Harry L. and Clinton J. 
 are deceased. The otiiers are: Katie I'" ranees, 
 Helen N., and Joe Frank — all still beneath 
 the parental roof-tree. I5oth parents arc mem- 
 bers of the Free Will Haptist Church of Lou- 
 don, and take an earnest interest in all church 
 work. 
 
 fcTrOSI'-'''! WAKRKN HAM, a well- 
 known farmer of Canterbury, N. H., 
 was briin in this town, June 18, 1820, 
 son of Joseph and Susan (Sargent) Ham. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Ham, was born in JVirts- 
 uKJuth, but came to Canterbury with three 
 brothers in 1783. He settled (m a farm near 
 where the subject of this sketch now lives, and 
 spent the rest of his life here. 
 
 His son Joseph, a man of force and high in- 
 tegrity, was a carpenter by trade, although he 
 devoted himself to the pursuit of agriculture. 
 Soon after his marriage he came into posses- 
 sion of the home farm where .Mr. Ham is now 
 living; and he died here, after a long and 
 useful life, at the age of ninety-three years, 
 ]'"ebruary 24, 1882. His wife, Susan Sar- 
 gent, of Canterbury, a gentle and refined 
 woman of good education, died December 6, 
 1S75. They had five children. The eldest, 
 Betsey Page, born November 11, 1815, mar- 
 ried Charles C. ]?urnham, and died February 
 S, 1892. Thomas, the eldest son, born Feb- 
 ruary 23, 1817, married Mary Flizabeth 
 .Smith, and is living in Lakeport, N.IL, 
 where for many years he has been President of 
 the Lakeport Savings Bank. Joseph Warren, 
 the subject of this sketch, was the third child 
 and second son born to his parents. Charles 
 Henry, born January 22, 1831, married to 
 Emeline A. Hines, lives in New York City, 
 where he serves as a member of the Board of 
 United States General Appraisers, a court of 
 appeals for customs cases in all the ports of
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 the country. His chief title to distinction, 
 however, is his connection with education, on 
 which subject he lectures and writes in the 
 intervals of official engagements, his most im- 
 portant work being a book entitled "Manual 
 Training," published by the Harpers in iS86, 
 a third edition of which is now in press. 
 The youngest of the family is Maria Gerrish, 
 whose education was begun in one of the dis- 
 trict schools of her native town, and completed 
 in the Tilton Academy. She was a brilliant 
 girl, and is an extraordinarily clever woman; 
 but she never has married, and lives still, in 
 the prime of life, with her brother, Joseph 
 Warren, at the old homestead. 
 
 Joseph Warren Ham received a good com- 
 mon-school education in Canterbury, which 
 was enlarged by a reflective temperament and 
 studious habits. He spent his early life upon 
 the farm, and then went to Lawrence, Mass., 
 where he engaged in civil engineering for ten 
 years. At the end of this time he returned to 
 Canterbury, and settled on the homestead farm 
 in April, i86i. September i6, 1864, he en- 
 listed in Company D, Eighteenth New Hamp- 
 shire Infantry, under Colonel Livermore and 
 Captain Greenough. He was in the engage- 
 ments at Port Stedman and in three engage- 
 ments at Petersburg, Va. He was discharged 
 June 17, 1865, when he returned to Canter- 
 bury and re-engaged in farming, which he still 
 follows. His farm at present consists of one 
 hundred and forty acres of good land ; and the 
 buildings, which were old, have been com- 
 pletely restored. Owing to ill health and 
 advancing age he has not been able to work 
 for several years; but he employs labor, and 
 superintends the men in his service. 
 
 He has held the office of Postmaster in Up- 
 lands for a number of years. In politics Mr. 
 Ham is a Republican. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R., Laconia Post, No. 2i7, ^t Laconia. 
 
 He was married on November 29, 1849, to 
 Mary Jane Barker, the daughter of Gardner T. 
 and Martha Barker, of Canterbury. They had 
 one child — Belle Maria, born September 26, 
 1S58, who died July i, 1S63. Mrs. Mary J. 
 V>. Ham died August i, 1881. 
 
 LVAH B. CHELLIS, a leading farmer 
 of Plainfield and the senior partner 
 in the well-known firm, Chellis & 
 Stickney, was born here, January 27, 1841, son, 
 of John Pettengill and Lucinda (Bean) Ch'el- 
 lis. The first representative of the family in 
 this country came from Wales in 1636. His 
 son John, born in Kingston, N. H., was the 
 great-great-grandfather of Alvah B. Chellis. 
 John's son Thomas, born in Kingston about 
 the year 1750, was in the Revolution together 
 with all his brothers, and fought at Bunker 
 Hill. 
 
 The grandfather, Thomas Chellis, Jr., who 
 was born at Salisbury, this State, March 24, 
 1785, died February 19, 1849. He and his 
 father were the first of the family to settle in 
 Plainfield. He was a farmer on an extensive 
 scale, and a drover of cattle and dealer in 
 horses. He was very wealthy, and very active 
 in town affairs. He was in the legislature, 
 was Selectman for many years, and he served 
 in various other important ofifices. In relig- 
 ious belief he was a Congregationalist and a 
 liberal supporter of the Congregational church. 
 His wife, in maitlenhood Abigail Morgan, 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Miriam (Pettengill) 
 Morgan, bore him nine children — Abigail, 
 John P., Enoch F., Betsey M., Miriam, Otis 
 H., Mary !•;. , Sarah, and Andrew J. Abi- 
 gail, born April 30, 18 10, married Isaac Saw- 
 yer, of Salisbury, N. II., a breeder of Merino 
 sheep on an extensive scale. Enoch !•'. , born 
 August 8, 181 5, who was a prosperous farmer
 
 JiKJORAl'lllCAL KI':VIEVV 
 
 of Cornish, N.I I., marricil Mrs. Sarah Chase, 
 and had one daughter, Marian V. 15etsey, 
 born November 9, 18 17, died August 6, 1834. 
 Miriam, born June 26, 18 19, who died August 
 19, 1880, was unmarried. Otis II., who, born 
 May 15, 1821, died June 30, 1894, was a 
 farmer, carpenter, and merchant, and was for 
 a short time in the fruit business in New Jer- 
 sey. He successively married Martha P. 
 Kinsiuan and Hetsey M. .Sargent. The latter 
 bore him four children — Martha M., I'Vank 
 O. , Eloise, and Kate M. His sister, Mary 
 I']., born August 23, 1823, died April 19, 
 1884, unmarried. Sarah, born June 22, 1825, 
 died August 17, 1837. Andrew J., born Sep- 
 tember 13, 1828, who was a very prosperous 
 and prominent resident of Plainfield, died 
 October 15, 1878. 
 
 John P. Chellis, father of Alvah 15., was 
 born December 26, 1812. After finishing his 
 education at Kimball Union Academy, he 
 taught school for about twelve winters. There- 
 after, throughout the remainder of his life, 
 he was engaged in farming, giving special 
 attention to sheep-raising, and acquiring a 
 handsome fortune. He was active as a citi- 
 zen, and was chosen to fill the offices of 
 Selectman, Town Treasurer, and Town Clerk. 
 He was also State Senator for a time, and 
 was High Sheriff of Sullivan County for 
 nearly ten years. His wife, Lucinda, a 
 daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Smith) Bean, 
 was born August 31, 1S16. Their children 
 were: Alvah B. and Mary L. Chellis. Mary, 
 who was born January 29, 1846, graduated 
 from Kimball Union Academy, and then 
 taught school for some years, principally in 
 Lebanon and Newport, being very success- 
 ful, and considered a fine discii)linarian. 
 Both the parents died in 188S. 
 
 Alvah B. Chellis also taught school for 
 many years, and, like his father and sister, 
 
 was a skilful and successful instructor. Be- 
 sides teaching he .served in the capacity of 
 clerk for the Provost Marshal at West Leba- 
 non in 1863 and 1864. His home has always 
 been here, on the farm formerly owned by his 
 father, and of which he has had the manage- 
 ment during the greater part of his life. He 
 carries on general farming, and formerly raised 
 large numbers of sheep. The store at Meriden, 
 conducted by Chellis & .Stickney, is very 
 prosperous, and has a growing business. The 
 post-office has been located there since the 
 present firm started in business. Mr. Chellis 
 has taken an active part in all questions of im- 
 portance that have come before the town, both 
 in his private capacity and that of .Selectman. 
 He has taken much interest in the public 
 schools, and has repeatedly served on the 
 School Board. In Masonry Mr. Chellis is 
 Sir Knight, having membership in Franklin 
 Lodge of Lebanon, and in Sullivan Com- 
 mandery of Claremont. In these bodies he 
 is very popular, and has held all the offices. 
 His religious views agree with the creed 
 of the Congregational church, and he is a 
 generous supporter of the church society. 
 He is fond of music, and has a fine voice; 
 but he sings only for the pleasure of his 
 family and immediate friends. 
 
 On October 13, 1870, Mr. Chellis married 
 Harriet L. Rossiter, of Windsor, Vt. , daugh- 
 ter of Chittenden and Charlotte (Converse) 
 Rossiter. Mr. Rossiter was born in Clare- 
 mont, March 22, 1817, and died May 8, 1892. 
 Mrs. Rossiter, who is a daughter of a clergy- 
 man, and was born December 27, 1817, is 
 still living at Windsor, Vt., in the home 
 which has been hers for over fifty years. 
 She is in good health, and her mental faculties 
 arc undimmed. Mr. and Mrs. Chellis have 
 been the parents of two sons — James Bean 
 and Converse Alvah. James, born May 16,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL RE"^IEW 
 
 1879, died April 20, 1S91. Converse, born at 
 Plainfiekl, Marcii 22, 1884, is attending 
 school. As he has manifested a marked talent 
 for music, he will probably pursue a course of 
 musical traininsr. 
 
 irXANIEL 13 
 
 I ] farmer o 
 
 ,■ — *-_V County, 
 
 ^ANIEL B. SANBORN, a successful 
 of East Concord, Merrimack 
 ity, was born in Webster, 
 N.H., April 12, 1840, son of Daniel and Sally 
 (Batchelder) Sanborn. 
 
 Mr. Sanborn's grandfather, Tristam San- 
 born, came to Webster with his wife and her 
 parents, and took up land on what is now 
 known as Sanborn and Clough's Hill. He 
 lived to be quite an old man, and remained in 
 this place until his death. He had a large 
 family of children, of whom Daniel, father of 
 the subject of this sketch, was the youngest 
 but one. Daniel Sanborn moved to Canter- 
 bury when his son Daniel B. was but an 
 infant. He bought a farm there, but later 
 came to East Concord, and spent his last days 
 here, dying at the age of seventy-two years. 
 During his early life he worked for a time as 
 a stone cutter, but subsequently devoted him- 
 self to farming. While living in Canterbury 
 he served as Selectman. His wife, Sally 
 Batchelder Sanborn, was a daughter of Samuel 
 l^atchelder, of Northwood, N. H. Their 
 family consisted of four children, including 
 the sui)ject of this sketcii : Ann is the wife of 
 Charles L. Brown, and resides in Concord; 
 Frank, the youngest son, married Hattie 
 J51anchard, and has two sons; Mary Etta is 
 unmarried. 
 
 Daniel B. Sanborn, the eldest child of his 
 parents, received his education in the district 
 schools of CanterJKiry and in the Concord 
 High School. He came to this town in 1876, 
 and now owns one hundred and twenty acres 
 
 of tilla'ge land. Besides his farming interests 
 he does a fair business in lumber. He may 
 be called a self-made man, as his success is 
 the result of his own enterprise and intelli- 
 gence. He married Miss Emmeline P. 
 Clough, a daughter of William and Sophronia 
 (Chase) Clough. Mrs. Sanborn is the mother 
 of five children — Walter C, Sadie ¥., Harry 
 B., Maud E., and Daniel W. 
 
 Mr. Sanborn is a Democrat, politically. 
 He has served two years as Selectman, and 
 was elected a member of the New Hampshire 
 State legislature, to serve during 1897 and 
 1898. His first Presidential vote was cast for 
 General McClellan in 1864. 
 
 DWARD S. BARRETT, a prosperous 
 farmer of West Concord, was born Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1S24, at Ashburnham, 
 Mass., the son of Benjamin and Nancy (Stone) 
 ]-!arrett. The paternal grandfather, also named 
 Benjamin, who was a native of Ashby, Mass., 
 followed the occupation of farmer, spent the 
 latter part of his life in New York State, and 
 ended his days in Aurelius, N.Y. 
 
 Benjamin Barrett, who was also born in 
 Ashby, after having learned shoemaking, 
 worked at that trade for a number of years. 
 He then followed farming in Ashburnham for 
 a time. Subsequently he removed to Fitch- 
 burg, Mass., and later to Newport, N.H., 
 where he ended his days at the age of fifty-one 
 years. He and his wife reared the follow- 
 ing children: Oliver S., born December. 19, 
 1809, who died March 18, 18 10; Nancy S. 
 born December 14, 18 10, who died Sep- 
 tember 17, 1828; Joseph, born January 13, 
 1813, who died June 17, 1897; Mary, born 
 August 24, 1815, who died NovemI)er 8, 1816; 
 Lucy, born Jime 2S, 1819, who married Martin 
 Johnson, now of Lunenburg, Mass.; P'lihraim,
 
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 377 
 
 l)orn Auf^ust 24, 1821, who diud November 20, 
 1821; Hcnjamin, l)orn October 24, 1822, who 
 (lied April 24, 1823; ICdward S., born Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1824; Julia M., born March 18, 
 1826, who died l'~ebruary 3, i88g; Caroline, 
 born l'"el)ruary 15, 1S28, who married I'-rancis 
 A. White, and now lives in lirooklinc, Mass. 
 
 lulward S. Barrett was educated at the dis- 
 trict schools of Fitchburg, Mass., and New- 
 port, N.II. lie began to earn his living in 
 a grist-mill at Newport, where he worked for 
 six years. He then removed to Lempster, 
 N.II., and during the most of his stay in that 
 town was employed in farm work. In 1873 he 
 removed to West Concord, and there purchased 
 a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, 
 known as tiie old Washington Dow place, 
 which has been his residence since. June 13, 
 i860, he married Mary Bingham, of Lemps- 
 ter, N.II., a daughter of Walter Bingham. 
 They have no children. At one period in 
 his life Mr. Barrett went West as far as the 
 State of Iowa with the intention of settling 
 out there; but, as the climate did not agree 
 with his health, he returned to New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 In polities he is both a Republican and a 
 Prohibitionist. He cast his first Presidential 
 ballot for General Zachary Taylor in 1848. 
 In religion he is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional, Church of West Concord, and has 
 been one of the Deacons of that society for 
 fifteen years. He is also a member of the 
 Mount Vernon Lodge of Free Masons in 
 Newport. Mr. Barrett is highly regarded 
 by the community. 
 
 ILLIAM CUTLl'.R TRUIC, for 
 many years one of the most success- 
 ful farmers of Plainfiekl, was born 
 May 9, 1834, son of Major Reuben and 
 
 Hannah (Duncan) True. The first represent- 
 atives of the True family in America came 
 from ICngland, settling in Salisbury, Ma.ss., 
 going thence to .Salisbury, N.IL, and from 
 there coming to Plainfieid. They were robust 
 and self-reliant, and bore unflinchingly the 
 sacrifices and hardships of the early days. 
 Benjamin True, the grandfather of William 
 C, was a prosperous farmer of Salisbury. 
 His first marriage was contracted with a .San- 
 ijorn, whose children were: Reuben, Osgood, 
 Hannah, Sarah, Judith, Abigail, and a daugh- 
 ter who became Mrs. Severance, of Andover. 
 The second time he married widow Roberts, 
 who bore him three children — Lydia, Eunice, 
 and Benjamin Kimball. Osgood True mar- 
 ried Betsey Morgan, of Plainfiekl. He was a 
 successful farmer, and had a family of si.x 
 children. Hannah married Moses I-laton, and 
 became the mother of a large family. Sarah 
 became Mrs. James Severance, of Salisbury. 
 Judith married Stephen Pingrce; and one of 
 her sons was Samuel li. Pingree, who became 
 Governor of Vermont, and is still residing at 
 Hartford in that State. Abigail married a 
 Putney, and lived at Hopkinton, N.H. 
 
 Major Reuben True, born at Plainfiekl, be- 
 came a very enterprising and prosperous 
 farmer. He was a man of rare business 
 ability, and was prominently identified with 
 the business and political interests of the 
 town. He served the public in nearly all the 
 town ofifices, was Selectman many times, and 
 was sent as Representative to the legislature. 
 He was a leading member in the Baptist 
 church and a generous supporter of its inter- 
 ests. The first of his two marriages was made 
 with Mary Cutler, and the second with Han- 
 nah Duncan. The children of his first wife 
 were: Bradley, Mary, Eunice, and Reuben; 
 and those of his second were: William C, 
 George Sidney and Susan E. (twins), and
 
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 Benjamin O. Bradley True married Sarah 
 Smith, and is at present living at Lebanon, a 
 wealthy farmer. He has two sons — Reuben 
 and Frank William. Mary, a woman of great 
 refinement antl culture, remained a spinster, 
 and died at the age of thirty-nine years. 
 Eunice died at the age of sixty-nine, and 
 Reuben at the age of thirty-three. George 
 Sidney graduated from Dartmouth College, 
 and was preparing to go into business with 
 the Hon. Charles A. Pillsbury, since so well 
 known in connection with his famous brand of 
 flour, when he died, being then only twenty- 
 five years of age. He was a young man of 
 fine attainments and of great promise. Susan 
 married the Rev. Lucian H. Frary, a Congre- 
 gational minister of Middleton, Mass., and 
 died December 14, 1872. Benjamin O. was 
 etlucated at Kimball Union Academy, at Dart- 
 mouth College, and at Rochester Theological 
 Seminary. He is now Professor of Church 
 History in the Theological Seminary at 
 Rochester, N. Y. His wife, Pamelia Smiley 
 True, is a daughter of Dr. James R. Smiley, 
 of Sutton, N.H. Their three children are: 
 Harold, Helen, and Ruth. 
 
 William Cutler True received his education 
 in the town schools and at Kimball Union 
 Academy. After his marriage, when he was 
 twenty-five years of age, he took up his resi- 
 dence on the estate that had been his wife's 
 home. Here he remained up to the time of 
 his death, carrying on most successfully one 
 of the largest farms in this part of the coun- 
 try, and extensively engaged in raising cattle 
 and sheep. The numerous farm buildings 
 were always kept in the best possible condi- 
 tion, and sup|ilied with all the latest improve- 
 ments. Mr. True was a retiring man, unpre- 
 tentious, never caring for display of any kind. 
 He was Selectman for a number of years, was 
 Representative to the legislature for several 
 
 terms, and served acceptably in other public 
 capacities. For many years he was a member 
 of the Baptist church and one of its most 
 liberal supporters. He was fraternally asso- 
 ciated with Masonic bodies, and was very 
 popular and influential in the organization. 
 He was anticipating with great pleasure the 
 trip to Boston on the occasion of the last 
 Masonic parade and gathering of the Knights 
 Templars, and expected to take part in some 
 of the exercises. His death occurred on Sep- 
 tember 24, 1895. 
 
 Mr. True married Mary Morgan, who was 
 born October 28, 1838, daughter of George 
 W. and Mary Stevens Morgan, of Plainfield. 
 Mr. Morgan was born December 7, 181 1, and 
 died February i, 1857. He was a well-to-do 
 farmer and one of the leading men of his 
 time. Mrs. Morgan, born August 3, 181 3, 
 and now nearly eighty-four years old, enjoys 
 excellent health. 
 
 RANK WILLARD GRAFTON, M.D., 
 
 a successful medical practitioner of 
 Concord, was born in Gilford, N. H., 
 in 1869, son of James and Mary Jane (Col- 
 lins) Grafton. The earliest known progenitor 
 of this family, also named James, emigrated 
 from Scotland to America, locating in Gush- 
 ing, Me., where he cleared a tract of land, 
 and was afterward engaged in farming. He 
 married, and had a large family, of whom 
 Joseph, the eldest child, was the great-grand- 
 father of Frank VVillard. 
 
 Joseph Grafton, born in Gushing, who was 
 also engaged in agricultural pursuits, passing 
 his entire life on the farm, married, and reared 
 a large family. His son, James Grafton, 
 attcndetl the common schools of his native 
 town until he was seventeen years of age. 
 Then he engaged in seafaring, which he had
 
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 ("ollowcd for twenty years when he lost his 
 life in a shipwreclv. lie married Margaret 
 Davis, and thL'y had a larj,^e family. 
 
 James Grafton, Jr., the father of l'"ranl< 
 Willanl, after aec|iiiiMny his ediieation in the 
 puhlie sehools of dishing, went to sea, con- 
 tinuing to make voyages for fi\'e years lliere- 
 aftci-. lie then came to Laconia, N.H., and 
 worked at hrickmaking for a year. In iiS62 
 he enlisted in \hc Third New Hampshire 
 Heavy Artillery, and subsequently served two 
 and one-half years in the Civil War. After 
 receiving his discharge he returned to How, 
 where he has since been engaged in faiming. 
 lie married Mary Jane Collins; and they had 
 two children, of whom I'rank W. is the only 
 survivor. His maternal gi-aiid|iarents were 
 James and l^lmirah Collins, of (loffstown, 
 Hillsborough County. 
 
 After attending the [jublic schools and re- 
 ceiving private instruction, l''rank W. Grafton 
 took a course of study at the Hryant & Strat- 
 ton Business College in Manchester, N. H. 
 For the two following years he taught school 
 in I!i)w. Then he took a further cfiurse of 
 instruction in a Concord academy. In 1893 
 he entered the medical department of Dart- 
 mouth College, from which institution he was 
 gratluated in iSy5. Until May, I Sijf), he 
 remained as house officer in tlie hospital, 
 when he returned home to Bow. In Novem- 
 ber, i8g6, he began practice in Concord, 
 N. H., in association with the late Dr. E. II. 
 I'^oster. Since the death of the latter he has 
 followed his profession alone. 
 
 On December 19, 1896, he was marrietl to 
 I'ldith Mathilde MacDowell, daughter of KA- 
 ward MacDowell, of Champlain, N. Y. Mrs. 
 Grafton is an Episcopalian in religious belief. 
 In politics Dr. Grafton affiliates with the Re- 
 |)ublican jiarty. He has the ilistinction of 
 having been the first Republican Town Clerk 
 
 of Bow, and is otherwise jM-ominent in t(jwn 
 affairs. He is identified with Grange No. 
 189, of Bow, of which he has been an officer; 
 and with tile Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 75, 
 I. O. O. 1"., of Hanover, N.H. He is al.so a 
 member of the United Order of I'ilgrini 
 I'athers and of the Knights of the Ancient 
 I'.ssenic Order. 
 
 >j^AMU1';L C. CARTIIR, a farmer of 
 Z^\ Loudon township, was born here 
 October 19, 1840, son of Clark and 
 Lunice (h^lliott) Carter. His grandfather, 
 Samuel Carter, who was born in Loudon, mar- 
 ried Rachel h'rench, also of this township. 
 The father, born January 18, 181 2, and a 
 farmer by occupation, married liunice I-Illiott. 
 She was born October 11, 1817, daughter of 
 .Samuel IClliott, a farmer and shoemaker of 
 Loudon. Clark Carter died June 22, 1880. 
 His widow now resides with their son Wyman 
 on the homestead. Their other children were: 
 Samuel C, the first-born; Clara Ann, who 
 died at the age of two and one-half years; and 
 Clara, born in October, i860, who married A. 
 Jenkins, a farmer ami a butcher of Barn- 
 .stead, N.H. 
 
 Samuel C. Carter was about thirty years old 
 when he took charge of the old farm. On 
 September 29, 1891, he married Ann Augusta 
 French, of Loudon, who was born May 2, 
 1 84 1. The grandparents of Mrs. Carter were 
 Joshua and Sally (Sargent) French. Joshua 
 F'rench died in 1842. His son, Daniel S. 
 French, a farmer and a cooper by trade, was 
 twice married, first on September 12, 1833, '" 
 Ann Neal, of Loudon. She died November 
 '9. 'S39, at the age of twenty-eight, leaving 
 two children, namely: Vienna Jane, born June 
 21, 1834, who died October 27, 1854; and 
 Juliette, born December 19, 1835, who mar- 
 ried Benjamin F. Maxfield, and now resides in
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Loudon. The second marriage of Mr. French 
 was contracted July 19, 1S40, with Mrs. Mary 
 Haynes, the widow of Calvin Haynes, whom 
 she married April 27, 1837. She was born in 
 Concord, May 11, 1808, daughter of Samuel 
 Haynes, of Greenland, N.H., and his wife, 
 Hannah (Bachelder) Haynes, of Loudon. 
 Mrs. Carter is the only child of Mr. French's 
 second wife. 
 
 After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carter occu- 
 pied the Stevens farm for about two years, and 
 carried on the store and post-office. In 1894 
 they removed to their present home, known as 
 the David French farm, which contains about 
 ninety acres of land. Mr. Carter devotes his 
 entire attention to general farming. He is 
 a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Carter is a 
 member of the Free Will Baptist church at 
 the Centre, and takes an active interest in 
 church work. 
 
 -I^TON. JOHN C. LINEHAN. — "A 
 j-^-j hundred years after the Puritans and 
 
 -L^ V,^ . Pilgrims made a settlement on the 
 
 coast of New England there came to this 
 country a multitude of emigrants, mostly from 
 the north of Ireland, who soon became ab- 
 sorbed into the ranks of the first settlers, and 
 became the very best of citizens. In the con- 
 test for independence they rendered the most 
 efficient services to the colonies, as they had 
 previously done in protecting the frontiers 
 from the inroads of the Indians. After 
 another century, our doors having been opened 
 wide for the reception of people from every 
 country, there came to these shores a tide of 
 emigration from Central and Southern Ireland, 
 which seemed at one time as if it would tic- 
 populate the ICmerald Isle. In numbers like 
 the countless hosts of the Goths and Vandals 
 who overran the Roman lunpire, but pacific in 
 their intentions, they sought in America 
 
 homes for themselves and their children, 
 where, under the flag and protection of the 
 young republic, they could enjoy that liberty 
 which had been denied them in their old 
 home, and secure those advantages which 
 thrift and industry offered in the New World. 
 
 "When the country of their adoption was in 
 danger from organized rebellion, none hastened 
 to its defence with more zeal and courage than 
 these newly made citizens. In the baptism of 
 blood that followed, the heterogeneous mass 
 was welded into one great people." 
 
 One of these later emigrants was John Cor- 
 nelius Linehan, the well-known Insurance 
 Commissioner of New Hampshire, who was 
 born in Macroom, Cork County, Ireland, on 
 February 9, 1840, son of John and Margaret 
 (Foley) Linehan. His paternal ancestors for 
 four generations had been engaged in the mill- 
 ing and grain business. He came to this 
 country with his mother, a brother, and two 
 sisters, in October, 1842, his father having 
 come two years previously. Locating with 
 the family in Danbury, N. H., he there at- 
 tended the public schools, and subsequently 
 continued his studies at home under the direc- 
 tion of his father, who was a man of superior 
 education. In May, 1852, he removed to I'en- 
 acook, then known as Fisherville, finding 
 employment in the spinning-room of H. H. & 
 J. S. Brown's cotton-mill. He left that 
 place in February, 1857, and entered Rolfe 
 Brothers' sash, blind, and bo.x factory, where 
 he became foreman of the box department. 
 August 16, 1861, he gave up his position, and 
 enlistetl as a member of the band attached to 
 the Third New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, 
 serving therein until he received his dis- 
 charge. Mr. Linehan then enteretl the 
 employ of Barron, Dodge & Co., flour manu- 
 facturers of Penacook, laboring a year as fore- 
 man of the jiacking department. Later he
 
 JOHN C. LINEMAN.
 
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 383 
 
 wdtkcil fur llic Caltlwell & Amsdcii fiiiniture 
 c()iii[)aiiy as shi|jpin<; clerk, rciiuuiiiiij^ with 
 tliciii until April, 1866. He then went into 
 business in company with Henry I'". Hruwn, 
 unck'r the firm name ol' Hrciwn & I.inehan, 
 whieii partnership lasted until 1869. Mr. 
 l.inclian subsequently continued the business 
 ahme fur twenty-two years. September 27, 
 iSc)o, he was api)ointed by Governor I). II. 
 Gootlell Insurance Commissioner of Now 
 Hampshire for three years; in September, 
 iS()3, lie was reappointed by Governor John 
 J{. Smith; and in October, 1896, was reap- 
 pointctl by Governor Charles A. 15usiel. 
 
 In politics Mr. Linehan afliliates with the 
 Republican party. He has been officially 
 prominent, serving as a member of the Com- 
 mon Council of Concord in 1872 and 1873, 
 member of the Board of Aldermen in 1S77 
 and 1878, and in Governor Charles H. Saw- 
 yer's Council in 1887 and 18S8. He became 
 a Trustee of the State Industrial School in 
 1S84, was for three years Secretary of the 
 Hoard, and is at the present time its Presi- 
 dent. l'"rom 1885 to 1895 he was one of the 
 Directors of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memo- 
 rial Association. He is a member of the New 
 Hampshire Historical Society and of the 
 Charitable Irish Society of Boston, and Treas- 
 urer-general of the American-Irish Historical 
 Society. In June, 1887, he received the 
 degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege in recognition of his literary labors. In 
 religion he belongs to the old faith of his 
 fatherland. One of his brothers, the Rev. 
 r. r. i,inehan, is p.istor of the Catholic 
 (Irish^ liarish of Hiddelord, Me. 
 
 On January 2, 1864, Mr. Linehan married 
 Miss Mary E. Pendergast, of Penacook. They 
 have four children: Margaret A., a Sister of 
 Mercy at Portland, Me.: John J., of Spring- 
 field, Mass. ; Timotliy P., of Newburyport, 
 
 Mass.; and Henry !•". Mr. l.iiielian is a 
 member of \V. I. Br<jvvn Post, No. 31, 
 G. A. Jv., of Penacook, having officiated as its 
 I'irst Commander; he has twice served as del- 
 egate to the National luicampment from New 
 Hampshire, in 1S78 and 1879; was a member 
 of the National Council of Administration in 
 1880 and 1 881; Department Commander of 
 New Hampshire G. A. R. in 1883 and 1884; 
 President of the New Hampshire Veteran As- 
 sociation in 1885 and 1S86; served on the 
 National Pension Committee, G. A. R., from 
 1884 to 1888; and was unanimously chosen 
 Vice-Commander-in-chief at St. Louis in 
 1887. Me resides in Penacook, a suburb of 
 Concord. 
 
 IR.'\M N. HAYWARD, Librarian of 
 the Silsby I-'rec Public Library at 
 
 '^ * Ac worth, N.H., was born in this 
 
 town, April 6, 1837. His parents, Josejjh 
 and Patty G. (.Slader) Hayward, were also 
 natives of Acworth. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Jacob Hayward, 
 was born in Bridgewater, Mass. From Mitch- 
 ell's history of that early settled town in 
 Plymouth County we learn that he was the 
 third in direct line to bear the name of the 
 Hebrew patriarch, and that he was the sixth 
 in descent frt)ni Thomas Hayward, the immi- 
 grant progenitor, who was one of the original 
 proprietors of Bridgewater. Nathaniel Hay- 
 ward, son of Thomas, was the father of Benja- 
 min, whose son. Deacon Jacob, born in 1712, 
 had a son Jacob, born in 1738. This second 
 Jacob Hayward married Joanna Snell, and, as 
 the old record has it, "removed from town." 
 The Acworth historian notes his coming to 
 Acworth about 1788. 
 
 Jacob Hayward, third, who was by occupa- 
 tion a farmer, probably came here with his 
 parents when a young man. He died July 5,
 
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 1836, survived by his wife, formerly Esther 
 Finlay, of Londonderry, N. H., who died Jan- 
 uary 25, 1862. This couple had thirteen chil- 
 dren: 15etsey, Laura, Sally, Patty, Hiram, 
 Polly, Harvey, Susan, Emeline, Joseph, 
 Louisa, Nancy, and Fanny. 
 
 Joseph Hayward, Hiram N. Hayward's 
 father, was born March 16, 18 10. A lifelong 
 resident of Acvvorth, he followed the pursuit 
 of agriculture up to the time of his death, 
 which took place June 11, 1888. His wife, 
 who was born May 2, 181 5, was a daughter of 
 Thomas and Philharma (Grout) Slader. Mr. 
 Slader also was a farmer. He died in 1865, 
 having been three times married. Mrs. Hay- 
 ward had two sisters — Betsey and Philharma. 
 She died January 31, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joseph Hayward were the parents of eight 
 children, Hiram N. being the eldest. The 
 second child, Martha A., was born March 18, 
 1839, and died December 25, 1855; the third, 
 Laura A., was born October 28, 1841, and 
 died May 18, i860; the fourth, Sylvanus A., 
 born February 10, 1844, is a successful and 
 popular teacher, living in West Harwich, 
 Mass. He was married January 11, 1874, to 
 Miss Alice Smith, and has two children: 
 Warren L. , born August 20, 1879; 'i"*^' Annie 
 Louise, born October 27, 1S83. The fifth 
 child, Charles Jacob Hayward, born Septem- 
 ber 10, 1846, was founder, president, and 
 principal of Hayward Commercial College at 
 St. Louis, Mo., which was established in 
 1876. He died in December, 1893. On July 
 14, 1875, he was married to Alice C. Whit- 
 ney, who now resides in Boston. The si.xth 
 child, Leavitt F., who was born September 
 13, 1850, succeeded his brother as president 
 and principal of Hayward College. He mar- 
 ried Miss Margaret Mooncy. The seventh 
 child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hayward, Lizzie 
 lilsther, born August 30, 1853, died I'ebruary 
 
 7, 1889. She was the wife of S. L. Holden, 
 of Charlestown, N.IL, who is now in Wiscon- 
 sin. The youngest child. Angle M., born 
 January 5, 1867, is the wife of Abner G. Liv- 
 ingston, a farmer of Acworth. 
 
 Hiram N. Hayward acquired his education 
 in the common schools of Acworth. He left 
 home when he attained his majority, and 
 worked at farming for some time; and he sub- 
 sequently purchased his father's farm. In 
 1882 he moved to his present homestead, 
 where he carries on agricultural pursuits. He 
 has always taken an interest in educational 
 matters, and given his aid to every worthy 
 project calculated to advance the higher inter- 
 ests of the community. In 1S92 he was ap- 
 pointed Librarian of the Silsby Library, of 
 which he is also Treasurer and Trustee; and 
 no more efficient or popular ofificial could be 
 found. The Silsby Library was the gift of 
 Ithiel Homer Silsby, of Acworth, who was 
 proprietor of the old Winthrop House in Bos- 
 ton, that was burned in 1866. The library is 
 a beautiful structure of brick and marble; and 
 the interior furnishings include twenty-eight 
 life-size portraits of old leading citizens of 
 Acworth, and a rare collection of stuffed 
 birds. The library was dedicated in August, 
 1892. 
 
 Mr. Hayward was married October 16, 1862, 
 to Ann S., daughter of Chapin Kidder and 
 Pamelia (Graham) Brooks. She was born in 
 Lunenburg, Vt., December 5, 1835. Mr. 
 Brooks was born in Alstead, N.H., December 
 18, 1804. He was a farmer, shoemaker, mer- 
 chant, and general manager of a shoe factory, 
 and was what is called a forehanded man, 
 being possessed of means beyond his immedi- 
 ate needs. He removed to Acworth in 1844, 
 and died here, December 3, 1881. His wife, 
 who was born in Rutland, Mass., March 15, 
 1 8 14, died November 28, 1858. Mr. and
 
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 38s 
 
 Mrs. Hrixjks liad five children : Ann S. (Mrs. 
 llayw.inl); Jane, wife of I'reeman 1''. llay- 
 ward; William; John G. ; and Henry A. 
 William IJrooks is a member of the firm of 
 I'rontiss, Brooks & Co., of Holyokc, Mass., 
 wholesale dealers in grain, Iiay, and i)rodiicc. 
 lie married Miss Nettie K. Keycs, of Lcmp- 
 stcr, N. II. John G. is a lecturer at Harvard 
 College. He married Mrs. Helen Washburn, 
 widow of I'rancis Washburn and daughter of 
 Amos Lawrence. Henry A. Brooks, who was 
 a surveyor, went West in 1870, and has 
 not since been heard from. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hayward have no children. Mr. Hayward is 
 an active and popular Republican. He has 
 been Selectman ten years, Town Clerk four 
 years, Town Treasurer two years, and is now 
 a member of the School Board; and he was 
 County Commissioner from 1887 to 1893, and 
 in the legislature in 1880 and 1881. He is 
 an active member of the Congregational 
 church, to which his wife also belongs. 
 
 -J^I'ON. r':ZRA SCOLLAY STEARNS, 
 Secretary of the State of New Hamp- 
 shire since 1891, came to that office 
 superabundantly qualified to meet its most 
 exacting requirements. He was born in 
 Rindge, N. H., September i, 1838, son of 
 Samuel, and Mary Fitch (Moore) Stearns, his 
 father being a native of ]5rattleboro, Vt., and 
 his mother of Sharon, N.H. Through his 
 mother he is connected with the F"itch family, 
 several members of whicli were men of distinc- 
 tion during the Colonial period. The family 
 was of Scotch-Irish origin; and the city of 
 I-'itchburg, Mass., was named in honor of John 
 I'^itch, a descendant in the fourth generation 
 of the original American ancestor. The 
 Stearns family is of English origin. Daniel 
 Stearns, grandfather of Ezra S., at first a resi- 
 
 dent of Cambridge, Mass., moved subsequently 
 to Vermont. He served in Colonel Nixon's 
 regiment from 1777 until the close of the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 lizra Scollay Stearns acquired the rudiments 
 of his education in the public schools of 
 Rindge. He then followed an advanced 
 course of study at the Chester Institute at 
 Chester, N.J., where he remained as a teacher 
 for some time after his graduation. He sub- 
 sequently became connected with publishing 
 houses in Boston, New York, and Philadel- 
 phia; and at one time he was manager and 
 editor of a newspaper in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 After his return to his native State he became 
 prominently identified with political affairs, 
 and by his energy and ability advanced mate- 
 rially the interests of the Republican party 
 there, his services doing much to perfect and 
 strengthen the State organization. In 1864 
 he was elected to the New Hampshire House 
 of Representatives, and was re-elected in 
 1865, 1 866, 1867, and 1870. In 1887 and 
 1889 he was a member of the Senate. His 
 work in both houses was characterized by the 
 same energy and ability which had hitherto 
 marked his career, and his. committee assign- 
 ments were important and laborious. He was 
 quick to discern the merits or demerits of a 
 measure; and as a debater his ready flow of 
 language could, when necessary, be tinged 
 with such biting satire as to penetrate and re- 
 lentlessly, expose every weak point in the most 
 plausible arguments of his opponents. In 
 1891 Mt. Stearns was again a prominent figure 
 among the members of the Lower House, and 
 was chosen by his colleagues to fill the respon- 
 sible position of Secretary of the State, to 
 which also he was re-elected in 1893 and 1895. 
 Entering upon his duties at a time when the 
 department was unusually crowded with busi- 
 ness, the act establishing the Australian sys-
 
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 tern of voting having recently become a law, 
 the important task of introducing the measure 
 and placing it in working order devolved upon 
 him; and the success attending the first elec- 
 tion under its provisions, which passed off 
 without a single error, was due primarily to 
 his systematic and business-like methods. 
 
 For more tlian twenty years Mr. Stearns has 
 acted as Moderator of Rindgc, and it is safe to 
 say that no town in New Hampshire can boast 
 of a more capable presiding officer at public 
 meetings. As a writer he has acquired more 
 than a local celebrity, being the author of a 
 History of Rindge, published in 1S76, and 
 a History of Ashburnham, Mass., published 
 in 1877, both of which are valuable for their 
 historical accuracy and literary merit. He 
 has also contributed historical sketches and 
 other interesting matter to current publica- 
 tions. Mr. Stearns is a member of the Fitch- 
 burg Historical Society, the New Hampshire, 
 the Minnesota, and the Wisconsin Historical 
 Societies, the New England Historical Gene- 
 alogical Society, and the American Antiqua- 
 rian Association. He is a close student of 
 literature; and the degree of Master of Arts, 
 which was conferred upon him by Dartmouth 
 College in 1887, is a merited tribute to his 
 scholarly ability. 
 
 IRVING ALLISON WATSON, M.D., of 
 Concord, born at Salisbury, this State, 
 Sejitembcr 6, 1S49, is a son of Porter 
 Baldwin, born at Corinth, Vt., July 13, 1825, 
 and Luvia K. (Ladd) Watson; grandson of 
 Ithamar Watson, born at Weare, N.H., Sep- 
 tember 17, 1784; and great-grandson of Caleb 
 Watson, born^at Hampstead, N.H., December 
 6, 1760, who was a soldier in the Revolution. 
 Having received his preliminary education in 
 the common schools of New Hamj)shire and at 
 
 the Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Collegiate 
 Institute, he commenced the study of medi- 
 cine in 1868 with Dr. Cochrane, of Newbury, 
 Vt., and continued it successively with his 
 uncle. Dr. H. L. Watson, and Dr. A. B. 
 Crosby, of New York. Then he attended lect- 
 ures at Dartmouth Medical College and at 
 the medical department of the University of 
 Vermont, graduating a Doctor of Medicine 
 from the latter institution in 1871. After- 
 ward, in 1885, Dartmouth College conferred on 
 him the degree of Master of Arts. 
 
 Immediately after graduating in medicine. 
 Dr. Watson commenced practice at Groveton 
 (Northumberland), N.H., where he remained 
 ten years. In that period he was Superin- 
 tendent of Schools for some years, in 1879 and 
 1 88 1 he was in the State legislature, and he 
 was surgeon to the Grand Trunk Railway. In 
 the legislature he was largely instrumental in 
 securing the passage of the act creating the 
 State Board of Health. Of this body he was 
 appointed a member; and at its organization in 
 September, 1S81, he was elected its Secretary 
 and executive officer. In October of that year 
 he removed to Concord, where he has since 
 resided, still holding the ofifice of Secretary 
 and executive officer of the State Board of 
 Health. In 1889, when this Board was also 
 created a Board of Lunacy, the executive work 
 of the latter devolved upon Dr. Watson. He 
 is Registrar of the vital statistics of the State; 
 President of the State Board of the Cattle 
 Commissioneis since its organization in i8(ji ; 
 has been Secretary of the American Public 
 Health Association since 1883; was Vice- 
 President of the International Conference of 
 the State and Provincial Boartls of Health in 
 1894; is a permanent member of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association ; honorary member of 
 the Academia Nacional de Medicina de Me.v- 
 ico; was Assistant Secretary General of the
 
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 3S7 
 
 First ran-Amcrican Mc:lica] Congress; mem- 
 ber of the Societe I'ranc^aise d'llygi^-ne of 
 Paris; of the Medico-Legal Society of New 
 York; of tiie New Hampshire Medical So- 
 ciety; of tiie Centre District (N.II.) Medical 
 Society; of the New Hampshire Historical 
 Society; and he is a registered pharmacist in 
 the State of New Hampshire. December 12, 
 18S4, he was appointed Surgeon, with rank of 
 Major, of the Third Regiment, New Hamp- 
 shire National Guard; and on May 20, 1889, 
 he was promoted to the jiost of Medical Direc- 
 tor, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of 
 the I-"irst brigade, New Hampshire National 
 Guard, which commission he resigned in 
 (894. 
 
 Dr. Watson has compiled and edited the 
 New IIam])shire Registration Rcjiorts since 
 the year 1881 ; the reports of the State Board 
 of Health of New Hampshire, fourteen vol- 
 umes; and the reports of the Commissioners 
 of Lunacy of New Hampshire, six volumes. 
 He is the author of numerous papers and arti- 
 cles, published in these reports and in various 
 sanitary and medical journals of the country, 
 including: "Danger in the Use of Chloral 
 Hydrate," Philadclpliia Medical and Surgical 
 Reporter, 1872; "An l^pidemic of Diphthe- 
 ria," Transactions of the New Hampshire 
 Medical Society, 1879; "Sanitary Sugges- 
 tions," Ibid., 1882; "Water Pollution — 
 Wells," Ibid., 1883; "The Extent and Distri- 
 Inition of Consumption in New Hampshire," 
 Ibid., 1887; "Medicine in Mexico," Ibid., 
 1892; "Address to the Graduating Class of 
 Dartmouth Medical College," 1885: "Com- 
 mon Law Citations relating to Nuisances," 
 Report of the State Board of Health of New 
 Hampshire, 1882; "Milk from a Sanitary 
 Standpoint," Ibid., 1887; "Sanitary Survey 
 of School-houses," //'/(('. , 1SS7; "Our School- 
 houses," Ibid., 1 888; "Historical and Other 
 
 Facts regarding Vaccination," Ibid., 1891 ; 
 " I'riere's Inoculations and the Yellow Fever 
 Commission," The Sanitarian, April, 1886; 
 "Tuberculosis: Its Prevalence, Communica- 
 bility, and Prevention," read at the meeting 
 of the State Board of Agriculture, The Weirs, 
 N.H., August 16, 1894, and published in the 
 Transactions of the New Hampshire State 
 Grange, 1894. He edited and published the 
 Sanitary I'olnntccr, a monthly journal in the 
 interests of healthful homes and communities, 
 one year, 1889, Concord, N.IL, Republican 
 Press Association; and he was the editor and 
 compiler of "Physicians and Surgeons of 
 America," eight hundred and fifty pages, illus- 
 trated, 1896. 
 
 In 1891-92 Dr. Watson travelled exten- 
 sively in Mexico and Central America. He 
 is a Mason and a Knight Templar. In 1872 
 he married Miss Lena A., daughter of Gilman 
 Farr, of Littleton, N.H., and has one child, 
 Bertha M. Watson. 
 
 KRANK T. VAUGHAN, one of the 
 younger lawyers of Newport, was born 
 May 4, 1864, in Woodstock, Vt., son 
 of lulwin and I'llizabcth L. (Tenney) Vaughan. 
 The father, who graduated at the Albany Law 
 School, New York, followed the legal profes- 
 sion, and at the time of his death was Judge 
 of Probate. Edwin Vaughan commenced his 
 law practice in New York City; but in 1859 
 he removed to Claremont, N.IL, and entered 
 into partnership with Colonel Alexander 
 Gardner. In 1861 he enlisted in the New 
 Hampshire Battalion of the First Rhode 
 Island Volunteer Cavalry, and was afterward 
 transferred to the First New Hampshire 
 Cavalry, with the rank of Captain. He re- 
 mained in the service throughout the late 
 war, acting at one time as Provost Marshal.
 
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 After he was honorably discharged from the 
 army, he again located in Claremont, and was 
 thereafter engaged in his profession until 
 1869. In that year he was appointed United 
 States Consul to Canada, a post which he 
 efficiently filled for twelve years. Upon his 
 return to Claremont he was made Judge of 
 Probate, and he afterward served as Repre- 
 sentative to the State legislature. He was 
 largely interested in educational matters, was 
 liberal in religion, and he was a member in 
 good standing of the A. F. & A. M. He 
 died December 18, 1890. He and his wife 
 had three children. One died in infancy; 
 and Charles Edwin died at the age of twelve 
 years, from the injuries resulting from tlie 
 kick of a horse. The mother still survives. 
 
 Frank T. Vaughan spent twelve years of his 
 early life with his father in Canada, where he 
 received his early education. After graduat- 
 ing from the St. Johnsbury Academy in 1882, 
 he immediately entered Dartmouth College, 
 from which he duly graduated in the class of 
 1886. The next two years were spent in civil 
 engineering on the Burlington & Missouri 
 River Railroad in Nebraska. Returning East 
 in 18S8, on account of his father's feeble 
 health, he began to read law in the ofifice of 
 the Hon. Ira Colby. He was subsequently 
 admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 
 March, 1892. In the preceding year he had 
 received the degree of Master of Arts from 
 Dartmouth College. He took a trip to the 
 World's Fair in June, 1893. I'Vom Chicago 
 he went to Junction City, Kan., and was there 
 engaged in the practice of law and in a real 
 estate and insurance ijusiness for a short time. 
 He came back to New Hampshire in 1894; 
 and in October of the same year he removed 
 to Newport, where he has since resided. 
 
 In 1892, June i, Mr. Vaughan married 
 Lottie B. Williamson, of Hartford, Vt., 
 
 daughter of B. Williamson. She was edu- 
 cated at Randolph Normal School, and after- 
 ward taught school very successfully in South 
 Berwick, Me., and in Claremont. She is now 
 the mother of two children, namely: Mabel 
 E., born November 27, 1893; and Edwin C, 
 born March 16, iSg6. Mr. Vaughan is a 
 Congregationalist and a chorister of the local 
 society. In ]5olitics he is a Re]niblican. Be- 
 sides attending to his legal practice, he serves 
 in the capacity of Justice of the Peace, Notary 
 Public, and Coroner. He is a member of K. 
 of P., No. 43, of Newport, No. 10, Currier 
 Company, Uniform Rank, K. of P. 
 
 f^^pEORGK E. DAVIS, a prominent 
 \pl farmer of Northfield and a native of 
 Acworth, N.H., was born April 30, 
 1839, son of Oliver and Harriett Elizabeth 
 (Moore) Davis. The father, a native of Ac- 
 worth, removed to Surry, and later to Lemp- 
 ster, which was the home of his wife. In 
 Lempster he was engaged in farming until his 
 death in 1881. His wife, Elizabeth, died at 
 Manchester in 18S5. Henry J. Davis, the 
 first-born of their nine children, was a surgeon 
 in the army, and died at l^altimore. George 
 E., the subject of this sketch, was their second 
 son. His brother, Jefferson, was a clergyman 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church, and 
 preached in Franklin, where he died in July 
 of 1896. Charles B., the fourth son. who 
 served in the Civil War, and received injuries 
 while so doing, now resides in Franklin, and 
 is married to Katie Blackburne. Lucy, the 
 first daughter, died when young. William is 
 now deceased. Frank Barnard, who is a 
 farmer and lives in Lempster, successively 
 married Rose Libby and her sister, Mrs. 
 Hattie (Libby) Page. Abbie also died when 
 young. Lizzie Davis, the youngest child, was
 
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 first married to Charles Tandy, and had one 
 child, (liiy. After Mr. Tandy's death she 
 married lUniamiii Kiml)all, and now lives 
 near I'"ranklin. 
 
 Al the ai;e of nine years George !•'. Davis 
 went to the home of an nncle in Acworth, 
 N.ll., where he suhsecjiiently spent two years 
 wfjikint;" for his hoard. At the end of that 
 time he went to Lem|ister, worked in a store 
 for two years and on diffi'n'iit farms for 
 seven morilhs, attendinn' the district scliools 
 in the winter. Going to Unity then, he en- 
 gaged in farm work there for some time. At 
 the age of twenty-one years he went to live 
 with I'",zra J. Glidden, of Unity, where he re- 
 mained ten years. He tiien came to North- 
 field. On March 5, 1868, Mr. Davis was 
 married to Miss Hester .Simons, a seminary 
 graduate, and a d.iughter of Joseph .Simons, 
 of NorthfieUI, who is now deceased. She died 
 in June, 1884; and in the year 18S6 Mr. Davis 
 married Mrs. ICtta Mary Davis, the widow of 
 his brother William, and a daughter of Sum- 
 ner and I'^mily (Booth) Eaton, both of Demp- 
 ster. Mrs. Eaton is deceased. Mr. j'iaton 
 resides in I.empstcr with his son-in-law. ]]y 
 her marriage with William Davis, Mrs. I'^tta 
 Davis had four children, of whom the only 
 survivor is Dillian r^thel, born October 11, 
 1877, who lives with her mother, and is a 
 teacher. By George Davis she has a daugh- 
 ter, Nina G., who lives with her parents. 
 
 After his first marriage Mr. Davis settled 
 on the farm where he now lives, and which 
 was known as the Joseph Kimball place. He 
 has greatly improved the estate, and it is now 
 named very appropriately Mountain View 
 Farm. For five years Mr. Davis managed a 
 milk route to Tilton, and he has also sent 
 milk to Boston. On his farm of eighty acres 
 he keeps about ten cows, and does considerable 
 dairy business, besides carrying on general 
 
 farming. He has always been a hard worker 
 and a conscientious citizen. Originally, he 
 was a Democrat; l)ut he would not vote for 
 Horace Greeley, and thereafter he voted the 
 Republican ticket. Mr. Davis is a Mason in 
 Doric Lodge, No. 78, at Tilton, and is a 
 member of the society of I'ilgrim I-'athers. 
 Both he and his wife are members of the 
 Methodist ICpiscopal church at Tilton, and 
 are actively interested in church work. 
 
 ^UTHICR L. MASON, a prominent 
 farmer and dairyman of Hill, Merri- 
 mack County, N.H., was born in 
 this town, on the place where he now resides, 
 July 28, 1850, son of Milton and Judith J. 
 (Young) Mason. His great-grandfather, Jo- 
 siah, who was born in Rowley, Mass., came to 
 Hill from Salisbury at an early date, when 
 this section was still a wilderness. He, Jo- 
 siah, was accompanied by his two sons: I^ben- 
 ezcr, grandfather of Luther L. ; and Josiah, 
 second. .Selecting this location, together 
 they built a log cabin on a part of the farm 
 now used as a pasture. I-ater, after some land 
 had been cleared, and when crops were grow- 
 ing plentifully, they built a board house on 
 the site of the residence now occupied by 
 George H. Cilley and Ebenezer Mason, who 
 is the brother of Milton and the oldest surviv- 
 ing descendant of the original Josiah. Eben- 
 ezer Mason, son of Josiah, first, died in the 
 house he had built in 1S47. His wife, Sarah 
 (I^'ifield) Mason, was a daughter of Obadiah 
 h'ifield, who, with the first Josiah Mason, was 
 a Revolutionary soldier. They were the par- 
 ents of six children — Lucia, Milton, Laura, 
 Ebenezer, Luther, and Shure. The only sur- 
 viving member of that generation is Ebenezer, 
 who lives on the old homestead, as mentioned 
 above.
 
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 Milton Mason, now deceased, studied in the 
 district schools, and soon after went to 
 Waltham, Mass., where he lived about fifteen 
 years. Returning at the end of that time to 
 his native town, he married Judith J. Young, 
 and bought a farm adjoining the Mason farm. 
 Here he built a fine collection of farm build- 
 ings, and spent his last days. He died at the 
 age of sevent3'-seven years, respected by all 
 who knew him. He had held all the town 
 offices. His wife died in her si.xty-second 
 year. Of their seven children two are de- 
 ceased. Eliza, the wife of the Rev. W. S. 
 Morrill, lives in Wilmot; Frank, who mar- 
 ried Victoria Tyrrell, lives in Franklin; 
 Sarah, now Mrs. Horace J. Campbell, resides 
 at Hill; and Emma J. is unmarried, and lives 
 with her brother. 
 
 Luther L. Mason, the fourth surviving child 
 of Milton, was educated in the public schools. 
 He has followed the occupation of a farmer. 
 After attaining his majority he went to Iowa, 
 where he remained for about a year. Coming 
 East again, he worked for a short time in 
 Manchester. Then he settled on the farm 
 where he now resides. While carrying on 
 general farming, he makes a specialty of 
 dairying, keeping a large number of cows, 
 and producing on the average about one 
 huinlred and forty pounds of butter per 
 week. 
 
 On March 15, i<S77, Mr. Mason married 
 Mrs. Martha S. Mason, of this town, a daugh- 
 ter of Stephen Nelson, and the widow of 
 George C. Mason. ]5y her first husband she 
 is the mother of Harry R. Mason, now living 
 in Dorchester, Mass.; and by her present hus- 
 band, of Lillian 15. and ]?cllc. Luther L. 
 Mason served on the School Board and the 
 Hoard of Selectmen of Hill for four years 
 each. He is Master of the grange, while his 
 whole family are active and interested mem- 
 
 bers. All are likewise members of the Chris- 
 tian Church of Hill Centre. In politics Mr. 
 Mason was formerly a Republican, and he cast 
 his first Presidential vote for General Grant in 
 1872. Of late years, however, he has felt it 
 his duty to vote the Prohibition ticket. 
 
 'sjYOHN W. J EFTS, a machinist by trade, 
 but who for the past nine years has 
 been successfully engaged in farming 
 in the town of Langdon, was born here, De- 
 cember 4, 1859, son of Alphonso M. and Al- 
 mira (Clough) Jefts. The genealogy of the 
 Jefts family is traced to luigland, from which 
 country, on some date between 1620 and 1638, 
 the American progenitor emigrated to Massa- 
 chusetts, and settled in Billerica. His imme- 
 diate descendants continued to reside in that 
 State for some years. Jonathan, the great- 
 grandfather of John W. Jefts, was the first of 
 the name to come to New Hampshire. He 
 settled in the town of Mason, where he after- 
 ward died. Hosley Jefts, the grandfather, was 
 born in Mason. In early manhood he settled 
 in Langdon, and afterward became a prosper- 
 ous farmer and an influential citizen. He 
 married Abigail Green, and they became the 
 parents of seven children; namely, Harriet, 
 Indiana, Caroline, Rockazna, Albert, Alphonso 
 M., and Eli. 
 
 Alphonso M. Jefts, born in Antrim, N.II., 
 in March, 181 5, was over seventy-six years of 
 age when he died, June 18, i8gi. He fol- 
 lowed the occupation of a farmer, first in Put- 
 ney, Vt., which was his home for a number of 
 years. Later he moved to Langdon, wliere he 
 resided for forty years, and acquired a goodly 
 property. He served his town as Road Sur- 
 veyor for a score of years. Almira, his wife, 
 who was born in Westmoreland, N.IL, De-
 
 lilOOR AI'IIICM, 
 
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 comber 25, 1815, was a (laii<,'hter of John 
 Clouj^h, of Stamford, Vt. Slic Iiorc him nine 
 children, namely: Mason, now deceased, who 
 was a successful farmer of Alstead, N. 11., and 
 married Clarista Clark; Mari.a, who is the 
 wife of Benjamin Wales, a broker in Taunton, 
 Mass., and has two children; Ahi;.;ail and 
 Harriet, who died young; May P., a graduate 
 of Mount Holyoke College, who is now prin- 
 ci|>al of the Worcester High School, in which 
 city she has taught for fifteen years, making a 
 specialty of languages; Mara A., who is the 
 widow of Lester Spragiic, formerly a hardware 
 merchant of Hartford, has one child, May A., 
 now the wife of Chrumccy Brainard, of Putne)', 
 Vt. ; J''rcd F., now a paper manufacturer in 
 Carthage, N.Y. , who married Carrie Adams, 
 of koikingham, Vt., and has one child, Clyde 
 A.; Charles A., born January 27, 1853, in 
 I'Litney, who graduated from I""ort Edward Col- 
 lege, New York, in the class of 1874, and now 
 carries on the old homestead, besides doing a 
 brokerage business; anil John W., the subject 
 of this sketch. Mrs. Sprague lives with 
 Charles in Langdon. 
 
 John W. Jefts attendeil the schools of I-ang- 
 don, Marlow Academy of Marlow, N.H., 
 Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., and 
 Amherst College, intending to fit himself for 
 the ministry. Finding that his views were 
 not in accord with the profession he had 
 chosen, and that he could not conscientiously 
 cai-ry out its requirements, he went to Gard- 
 ner, Mass., and learned the trade of machinist, 
 in which he became an expert workman. 
 This failing health subsequently compelled 
 him to abandon; and nine years ago he pur- 
 chased his present farm in Langdon, and he 
 has since devoted his attention to agriculture. 
 He is a member of the United Order of Work- 
 men. In religion he is an Episcopalian. i\Ir. 
 Jefts married Miss Harriet E. Simpson, of 
 
 Langdon who on her father's hide is a cousin 
 of the late General U. S. Grant. 
 
 URTLS WHrnC. a retired carpenter 
 of Cf)ncord, was Ijorn at IJow, N.IL, 
 April 4, 1861, .son of Daniel White, 
 of that place. The grandfather, Lsaac White, 
 who was an early settler of Jk)w, went there 
 from Pembroke, and converted a grant of land 
 into a good farm home for himself and his 
 family. Daniel, the youngest .son, was a 
 blacksmith and stone worker. He purchased 
 a farm opposite his father's, and there carried 
 on stone work as well as some farming. His 
 death occurred March 16, 1825, after a linger- 
 ing and painful illness, in the course of which 
 he was obliged to undergo several and painful 
 .surgical bperations. He married Mary Carter, 
 daughter of Moses Carter, of the old Concord 
 family of that name. They had three children 
 besides Curtis. William, the eldest, died in 
 October, 1826. Their daughter, Mary Ann, 
 is also deceased; and the second son, Daniel 
 C, is a practising dentist in Alton, 111. 
 
 Curtis White, who was the secrmd-born of 
 his parents' children, followed various lines 
 of bu.siness throughout his active period. 
 After leaving the district school, he worked at 
 farming for a time. He also did some black- 
 smithing and carpentry, and for a while he 
 was employed in a saw and grist mill. For 
 many years Mr. White was a carpenter in Con- 
 cord, and for about ten years he was engaged 
 in carriage-building in this city. In the 
 spring of 1891 he retired from business, and 
 took a tri]5 to California, where he remained 
 until March of the following year. Mr. 
 White has always been considered a good 
 financier. 
 
 Mr. White was united in matrimony with 
 Hannah Buntin, a daughter of Benjamin
 
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 ]5untin, of Bow. She died June i6, 1888. 
 His only child, Anna, now the wife of Josiah 
 E. Fernald, the Cashier of the National State 
 Capital Bank, has four children — Edith, 
 Mary, Ruth, and Josiah. Mr. White served 
 on the Concord Board of Assessors for twenty- 
 si.\' years in succession. He was Selectman of 
 his ward for twelve years. Common Councillor 
 for one year, and Alderman for two years. A 
 prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, 
 he is I^ast Grand Chancellor; and he has been 
 Grand Master of E.xchequer of that organiza- 
 tion for the last fourteen years. He is also 
 Past Grand of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and Chief Patriarch of the encamp- 
 ment, and is a member of both grand bodies. 
 Mr. White is a member of the First Baptist 
 Church of Concord and a well-known Repub- 
 lican voter. 
 
 iHARLES H. COURSER, a retired 
 business man of Henniker, was born 
 in Boscawen, now Webster, N.H., 
 May 19, 1827, son of John and Keziah (Shep- 
 ard) Courser. The first ancestors of the 
 family were English. His grandfather, John 
 Courser, was a resident of Merrimack County. 
 The father passed the greater part of his life 
 in Boscawen, and died there at the age of 
 ninety-two years. The mother, who was a 
 daughter of John Shepard, a native of Derry, 
 N. II., lived to be eighty-two. Of her chil- 
 dren the only survivor is Charles H. 
 
 Charles H. Courser passed his boyhood in 
 attending school and assisting upon the farm. 
 When about seventeen years old he was appren- 
 ticed to the trade of carijcntcr and millwright. 
 After serving for three years he was employed 
 as a journeyman carpenter and millwright in 
 Boscawen. In 1853 he came to Henniker, 
 and, securing the site of an old privilege. 
 
 erected a saw and grist mill, and con- 
 ducted them for fourteen years. He then sold 
 them, and erected in Newport, N.H., another 
 mill, which he sold before it was completed. 
 Soon after, in Pittsfield, N.H., he bought a 
 mill which he rebuilt and operated for nine 
 years, but still resided in Henniker. When 
 his former mill in this town was subsequently 
 offered for sale, he and his son, P'itz II. 
 Courser, bought the property, built a saw-mill 
 upon the opposite side of the river, on the site 
 of the present shoe factory, and were thereafter 
 engaged in custom grinding and the manufact- 
 ure of short lumber until the retirement of 
 the father some six years ago. His original 
 mill was destroyed by fire about a year ago, 
 and a flouring-mill has since been erected 
 there. He invested in timber lands quite 
 extensively, and has some valuable tracts at 
 the present time. He was also engaged in 
 building. He owns and occupies the Robert 
 M. Wallace estate of thirty acres, located at 
 the west end of the village. Since he acquired 
 the property he has rebuilt the residence. 
 
 On November 9, 1848, Mr. Courser was 
 united in marriage with Mary Jane Blanchard, 
 who was born in Boscawen, daugliter of Amos 
 and Susan Blanchard. His family consists of 
 six children — Fitz II., Evander A., Helen 
 Frances, Almon E., Charles Edgar, and 
 Grace. F"itz H., who is in the livery busi- 
 ness in Henniker, is married and has two chil- 
 dren — Harry and Arthur; Evander A. is in 
 the express business in Concord, is married, 
 and has one daughter, Rachel ; Helen Frances 
 married Joseph M. Hollowood, who was for 
 thirteen years Postmaster of Brockton, Mass.; 
 Almon E., who is in the employ of the Boston 
 & Maine Railroad and resides at home, wedded 
 Minnie Brown; Charles Edgar, a fireman of 
 the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a resident 
 of Henniker, married Emily I'ritchard, of
 
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 393 
 
 Hillsborough, N.II., and has one daughter, 
 Linda May. I'olitically, Mr. Courser is a 
 Kipniilican. He has been ijuite active in 
 local affairs, and he served vvilli ability as 
 Road Ajrent. 
 
 W7o 
 
 / 3) ICORGK WALLINGKORD, a pros- 
 \ fST pcrous business man of Clareniont in 
 the last generation, was born in Dub- 
 lin, N.II., July 17, 1808, son of l^benezer and 
 Mary (Ilildreth) Wallingford. The first an- 
 cestor, Nicholas Wallingford, settled in 15rad- 
 ford, Mass., in 1672. David Wallingford, of 
 the third generation descended from Nicholas, 
 was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. 
 ]5orn September 25, 1744, he went to the war 
 from Hollis, N.IL, was a minute-man, served 
 in four comjianies luider Captains Dow, Towns, 
 I'^merson, and Goss, and took part in the 
 battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. His 
 son ICbenezer, who was born October 5, 1780, 
 came to Claremont about seventy years ago. 
 By his wife, Mary, who was born in Dublin, 
 Ebenezer became the father of eight children, 
 as follows: l<!lvira, born August 24, 1804, who 
 died October 5, i<S84; Mary, born August 10, 
 1806, who died March i, 1870; George, bt)rn 
 July 17, 1808, who died July 18, 1863; Sarah, 
 born May 27, 1810, who died March 10, 1S94; 
 Philander, born June 6, 181 2, who became a 
 Methodist minister, and died August 6, 1887; 
 Elizabeth, born September 8, 1S14, who died 
 May 5, 1836; Frances, born September 23, 
 1816, who died August 14, 1848; and Catha- 
 rine, born February i, 18 19. 
 
 At the age of nineteen years George Wall- 
 ingford came to Claremont, and there resided 
 throughout the rest of his life. While he was 
 a machinist by trade, he found it to his inter- 
 est to engage in carriage ironing. Later in 
 life he went into the grocery business, which 
 he afterward followed successfully for many 
 
 years. His death took place July 18, 1863. 
 He married Helen I'. Hitchcock, whose chil- 
 dren by him were: Henry, born Aijrii 12, 
 1839; ''"i^l Stella J,, born September 22, 1843. 
 Mrs. Wallingford, who survives her husband, 
 is a member of an old and interesting family 
 of Claremont. Her grandfather, Ichabod 
 Hitchcock, the first of the name in this town, 
 came here about the year 1770. Ichabod 
 cleared some land situated a mile north of the 
 village, built on it a house — for he was a 
 carpenter by trade — and returned to New 
 Haven, Conn., for his family. With them 
 came a little party of adventurous spirits 
 under his leadership, finding their way by 
 marked trees to the little spot in the wilder- 
 ness which he had chosen. On the journey, 
 which lasted fourteen days, the furniture was 
 carried in o.x carts. The women rode on horse- 
 back, Ichabod's wife carrying a baby in her 
 arms; and the men travelled on foot. Ichabod 
 helped in the erection of Union Church; and 
 he was the master builder of the town hall, 
 which he afterward took apart, and removed to 
 the village. During the Revolution he was 
 officially serving the town in the ca[)acity 
 of Sheriff and in other offices. At that time, 
 having been misrepresented to the authorities 
 as a Tory, he was arrested, tried, and honora- 
 bly acquitted. He married Rebecca Pardee, 
 who was born March 2, 1754, and whose 
 grandparents came from France. Rebecca had 
 three sisters, one of whom married Benjamin 
 Tyler, another married Asa Jones, and the 
 third became the wife of Kbenezer Sperry. 
 Her children by Ichabod Hitchcock were: 
 Samuel, born September 30, 1774, who died 
 July 25, 1777; Hannah, born April 5, 1776, 
 who died August 3, 1777; Hannah (second), 
 born June 10, 1778, who died February 3, 
 1812; Samuel, born June 2, 17S0, who died 
 November 4, 1857; Lyman, born February 21,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEW 
 
 1782, who died February 17, 1787: Ransom 
 A., bf)rn May 15, 1784, who died August 19, 
 1795; Amos, born November 2, 1786, who 
 died August 9, 1873; Reubah, born Novem- 
 ber 2, 178S, who died July 5, 179S; Esther, 
 born October 11, 1791, vvho died September 
 22, 1793; Reubah (second), born May 2, 
 1795; who died September 25, 1799; and 
 Esther, born June 25, 1798, who died July 
 18, 1798. 
 
 Amos Hitchcock married Philenia Felt, 
 who, born May 3, 1790, died December 20, 
 1872. She was a daughter of Eliphalet Felt, 
 who was a Revolutionary soldier, and Lona 
 (Witherel) Felt. Her brothers and sisters 
 were: Charles, John, James, Eunice, Warren, 
 Obadiah, Eleutheria, and Wells. She was 
 the mother of Henry A. Hitchcock, born in 
 Claremont, September 11, 18 15, who was a 
 prominent citizen of Walpole, Selectman of 
 Walpole, represented the town in the legislat- 
 ure for some time, and was State Senator for 
 the Tenth District in 1872 and 1873; of 
 Helen P., born January 16, 1817, who married 
 George Wallingford; of Mortimer, who died 
 at the age of five; of Alexander Vietts, born 
 November 4, 1821, who for several years was 
 the Registrar of Deeds for Sullivan County, 
 and for one year the Representative of New- 
 port in the legislature; and of Lona Rebecca, 
 who was the youngest. The last four children 
 were born in Rockingham, Vt. 
 
 P.RAHAM GATh.S JONES, a well- 
 known gentleman of Concord, N.H., 
 formerly engaged in the printing 
 business, but now retired from active business 
 affairs, was born in the town of Bow, five 
 miles south of this city, October 21, 1827, son 
 of Philip and Sarah M. (Gates) Jones. His 
 paternal ancestors for many years were resi- 
 
 dents of Merrimack County, while the mater- 
 nal progenitors came from Massachusetts. 
 
 Philip Jones, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was the son of Joseph Jones, and was 
 a merchant in Hookset. He died on January 
 26, 1836. His wife, Sarah M. Gates, was a 
 daughter of the Rev. Abraham Gates, a 
 clergyman, who came to New Hampshire from 
 Massachusetts, and after staying a short time 
 in Claremont settled at Bow, where he bought 
 a farm, the same on which his grandson and 
 namesake was born. 
 
 Abraham G. Jones was left fatherless at the 
 early age of eight years. In 1839 he came to 
 Concord, where he attended the public schools, 
 and subsequently the academy, from which he 
 was graduated in 1844. He soon entered the 
 service of Isaac Hill & Sons, editors and pub- 
 lishers of Hill's Neiv Hauipshire Patriot, re- 
 maining in their employ about two years. 
 Thence onward until 1854 he was a journey- 
 man printer in various offices. In that year 
 he formed a partnership with P. B. Cogswell 
 in the printing business. I'our years later 
 he sold out to Mr. Cogswell, who, in 1893, 
 became Mayor of the city. Mr. Jones, in 
 1S59, went into partnership with I'ogg & Mad- 
 ley, editors and jjublishers of the Indcpciuient 
 Democrat, the association continuing for eight 
 years. From 1867 to 1870 he was in business 
 alone; since that time he has lived retired 
 from the arena of typographic and journalistic 
 activity. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Jones affiliates with the Re- 
 puijlican party. Officially, he has served as 
 Councilman, Alderman, and Road Commis- 
 sioner; anil in 1870 and 1871 was Mayor of 
 Concord. During his administration there 
 was a severe contest over the question of the 
 introduction of water into the city, which was 
 finally brought about by his persistent efforts. 
 
 On June 10, 1856, Mr. Jones was married
 
 ABRAHAM G. JONES.
 
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 to Helen A. Ivliiiiiiiils, i)i Maiuliestci", N.ll. 
 'I'licy Iku'c Iwd children: Aiin:i I']., wile of 
 \V. II. Dtiianl, of Coneord ; anil Isabel G., 
 who is at home. 
 
 (^ICRKMIAH A. CLOUGII, Representa- 
 tive of Loudon in the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in this town, No- 
 vember 22, 1846, son of Abncr and Sarah 
 (Ha/.elton) Clough. Abncr Clough, the 
 paternal grandfather, who was a native of Can- 
 teii)ury, removed to Loudon, and settled on a 
 farm near his grandson, residing here for the 
 remainder of his life. Abner Clough, second, 
 hither of Jeremiah, was brought up to farming, 
 which occupation he followed through life. 
 He settled on the farm now owned by the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, and cultivated it until his 
 death, which occurred in 1890. He and his 
 wife, Sarah, had three children: Lucy, who 
 died when about twenty-one years old; Abial 
 H., who married Abbie Ladd, and died in 
 1893, his widow being now a resident of Lou- 
 don; and Jeremiah A. The mother now 
 nudvcs her home with her son Jeremiah. She 
 is a member of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 Jeremiah A. Clough was educated in the 
 common schools and at Pittsfield Academy. 
 Remaining with his parents, he devoted him- 
 self to agriculture, and has been very success- 
 ful in his chosen occupation. His farm 
 consists of about four hundred acres, most of 
 which is under cultivation.; and it has been 
 much improved since coming into his posses- 
 sion. Mr. Clough carries on general farming 
 and stock-raising, keeping about forty to fifty 
 head of cattle. Recognized by his fellow- 
 townsmen as a well-informed, enterprising, 
 and capable citizen, he was chosen by them as 
 Selectman, in which office he served three 
 years; County Commissioner, in which he 
 
 served four years; and Town 'I'rcasurcr, in 
 whicli he served two years. As above stated, 
 he is now (1897) Representative from his town 
 to the legislature. He is a Democrat politi- 
 cally, and has faithfully served the public in- 
 terests in whatever office he has held. He is 
 a member of the grange, and has a large 
 acquaintance throughout Merrimack County. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Clough married Miss Nellie 
 I'everly, of Canterbury, N.H., daughter of 
 George I'everly, a present resident of Loudon. 
 They have no children. 
 
 C^RACIC CHILDS, a pioneer railroad 
 bridge builder in New England, is a 
 prominent resident of Henniker, 
 Merrimack County, N. H. He was born in 
 this town, August 10, 1807, son of Solomon, 
 Jr., and Mary (Long) Childs. He is a lineal 
 tiescendant of William Childs or Child, a 
 brother of Ephraim Child, who emigrated from 
 luigland, and settled in Watertown, Mass., in 
 1630. The family, which was a notable one 
 in ICngland, sustained the dignity of a coat of 
 arms. William Child was made a freeman 
 at Watertown in 1634, and became a land- 
 owner there. His son John was conspicuous 
 in the public affairs of Watertown. He died 
 at the age of forty years. The third in this 
 line was John Childs, Jr., son of John and 
 Mary (Warren) Child; and the fourth, his 
 son Jonathan, born in Watertown in 1696, 
 who settleil in Grafton, ALass. , where he died 
 in 1787, in the ninety-second year of his age. 
 From the "Genealogy of the Child, Childs, 
 and Childe Families," by Elias Child, pub- 
 lished in 1 88 1, chapter viii., relating to the 
 Watertown branch, we learn that Jonathan 
 Child married in 1729 Abigail Parker, and 
 had eight children, the eldest, Josiah, born in 
 1730, the youngest, Joseph, born in 1753.
 
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 The fifth was a daughter, Ruth, born in 1740, 
 and the sixth, Solomon, born January 31, 
 1744. The same record of Jonathan Child's 
 family is in the History of Grafton, Mass., 
 except that the year of the birth of Solomon is 
 there given as 1743. The History of Hen- 
 niker names Solomon as the "son of Josiah 
 and Ruth Childs." If the foregoing record 
 be correct, he was younger brother of Josiah, 
 and Ruth was a sister. Josiah, son of Jona- 
 than, it may be mentioned, married Elizabeth 
 Ball in 1755, anil in 1760 settled in Upton, 
 Mass. 
 
 Solomon Childs, grandfather of Horace, was 
 born in Grafton, January 3, 1743. He 
 wedded Martha, daughter of Elijah Rice, of 
 Westboro, Mass., on April 16, 1767, and 
 shortly afterward settled in Ilenniker, where 
 he cleared and improved the farm that is now 
 occupied by his grandson, Carlos Childs. 
 He lived to see the town become a prosperous 
 farming community; and his death occurred 
 February 27, ICS27. 
 
 His son Solomon, father of Horace Childs, 
 was born in Ilenniker in 1781. He attained 
 considerable prominence as a builder in liis 
 day, being employed for some five years in 
 erecting the factories in Dover, N. H. ; and he 
 was highly respected as a genial, courteous, 
 and eminently worthy citizen. He was ex- 
 ceedingly vigorous throughout his active 
 period; and when over eighty years of age he 
 walked from Manchester to Ilenniker, a dis- 
 tance of twenty-seven miles. Solomon Childs, 
 second, died October 19, 1865. His first wife, 
 Mary Long, whom he married September 21, 
 1806, was a native of 1 l(i|)kint()n, N.I I. She 
 died in 1823. His secontl wife, Lucinda, 
 daughter of William and Mary (Heaton) 
 Childs, died January 20, 1852. His first wife 
 was the mother of eleven chiUlren ; and Horace, 
 tile subject of this sketch, is the eldest. 
 
 Enoch, who was graduated at Yale University, 
 went to Montgomery, Ala., where he estab- 
 lished an academy, which he conducted for six 
 years, and then returned North. He was for 
 some time in the government service in Wash- 
 ington, after which he was interested in rail- 
 way construction in New Hampshire. He 
 died in Ilenniker in 1880. Mary Long 
 Childs, a sister of Horace, became a school 
 teacher, and later married Asa Whitney, of 
 Henniker. Her last years were spent with 
 her daughter, Sarah M., wife of Eugene 
 Brooks, of Cambridgeport, Mass., where she 
 died June i, 1896. 
 
 Horace Childs remained at home, and as- 
 sisted in carrying on the farm until he was 
 sixteen years old. He then accompanied his 
 father to Great Falls, N. H., where he worked 
 upon the factories; and later he was similarly 
 employed in Dover. While working in the 
 latter place his father decided to send him 
 home to attend school, and fitting him out 
 with clothing gave him a dollar to pay his 
 stage fare. Young Horace, however, decided 
 to walk, and seems to have kept on travelling 
 afoot until he reachetl Ilopkinton. He con- 
 tinued to follow the carpenter's trade; and 
 after reaching his majority he found employ- 
 ment in various places. While working in 
 Claremont, N.IL, he was stricken with 
 typhoid fever, making it necessary f(n" his 
 sister Mary to leave her school in Ilopkin- 
 ton, in order to care for him during his ill- 
 ness. After his recovery he was persuaded by 
 her and his brother Enoch to attend Hopkin- 
 ton Academy, and he paid the expenses of his 
 three years' C(jurse by devoting his leisure 
 time to following his trade. 
 
 It was while thus engaged that he first be- 
 came associated with his cousin, Colonel 
 Stephen Long, of the United States Army. 
 The Colonel had brought liis family to llop-
 
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 kinldii, .111(1 1 liirai'c ( 'liilds Idiiiul an (i|)|ii)iUi- 
 iiity to board witli his cousin, payinj; his way 
 iiy uiakinj; some repairs upon the house. Colo- 
 nel l.on^^ had aequired a jiatent for a new 
 l>lan of constructing bridges, and, having con- 
 fitlence in his young kinsman's ability, desired 
 him to take charge of one of his contracts. 
 Mr. Childs accepted the proposition, and con- 
 structed his first bridge in Haverhill, lie 
 next took the contract to build some bridges 
 for the New Haven & Hartford Railway Com- 
 p;my, paying Colonel Long a royalty upon his 
 patents; anel in these operations he made con- 
 siderable profit. At this time a party in 
 Springfield, Mass., patented improved plans; 
 anil in order to compete Mr. Chi Ids was 
 obliged to tiesign one still better, which he 
 succeeded in doing. For several years he 
 was busily engaged in building bridges for 
 railway companies in New l-lngland, and also 
 for the lirie Road in New York State, fie 
 realized substantial iirofits; and upon one oc- 
 casion, by a sutldeii fall in the price (it iron, 
 he made ten thousand dollars outside of his 
 contract. He constructed a railroad bridge at 
 Manchester, N.H., taking stock in the road 
 as part pavmciit, but had the misfortune to 
 fracture his leg while filling the contract. 
 This accident so interfered with his work that 
 he decided to refrain from taking large con- 
 tracts in the future, and from that time until 
 his retirement he devoted his attention to work 
 nearer home. His last operation was the 
 construction of the britlge over the Contoocook 
 River at Ilenniker; and, having here closed 
 his unusually active career as a bridge 
 builder, he settled in Henniker, where he has 
 since resided. He has taken an active inter- 
 est in educational matters, having assisted 
 many deserving young men in securing the ad- 
 vantages of higher learning. In 1836 he was 
 chosen by his fellow-townsmen to arrange for 
 
 the establishment of an academy; and, as the 
 site cho.sen by him was accepted, he took the 
 contract to erect the building, and was f)ne of 
 the incorporators. 
 
 In 1831 he united with the Congregational 
 church, of which he has since remained a 
 member, and for upward of forty years has 
 served as Deacon. He has not only contrib- 
 uted generously toward its support, but, in 
 company with I'ayette Conner, he stood the 
 entire e.\i)ense of rei)airing the building, and 
 made up a deficiency in paying for an organ. 
 Early in the fifties, while journeying from 
 Boston to Concord upon a train which was 
 also conveying President-elect I-'ranklin Pierce 
 and family, an accident occurred near An- 
 dover, Mass., in which a little son of Mr. 
 Pierce was killed, and Mr. Childs was picked 
 up for dead. He was spared, however, and 
 permitted to continue the good work in the 
 way of charity ami benevolence which has 
 characterized his whole life. He has been ac- 
 tively i(lentifie(l with religious matters in this 
 section for consiilerably UKjre than half a 
 century, and is a life member of the American 
 Board of Foreign Missions. In politics he is 
 a Republican. 
 
 On January 11, 1^37, Mr. Childs was 
 joined in marriage with Matilda R. Taylor, 
 daughter of John and Sally (Jones) Taylor, of 
 Lempster. She is a descendant of William 
 Taylor, who came to America in 1642; and 
 her ancestral line continues, it is said, through 
 William (second), Abraham, Deacon Samuel, 
 to her father's father. The Taylor family 
 have been somewhat noted for longevity. Mrs. 
 Childs's father died at ninety-two, and an 
 uncle at ninety-si.\. The Rev. Oliver Swain 
 Taylor, who died in Auburn, N.Y. , in Febru- 
 ary, 1885, aged one hundred years and four 
 months, was graduated at Dartmouth College 
 in 1809, with the degree of Doctor of Medi-
 
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 cine. In November, 1815, he was appointed 
 to accompany missionaries to Ceylon, but did 
 not go. He was ordained a minister at the 
 age of sixty-three years. Mrs, Cbilds was 
 carefully educated, being a pupil in her girl- 
 hood at the academy in Ipswich, Mass., then a 
 flourishing institution of learning under the 
 charge of Miss Grant ; and for ten years she 
 was engaged in teaching. 
 
 OSEPH WILKINS, a resident of Pem- 
 broke and a veteran of the Civil War, 
 was born May 24, 1844, son of Jere- 
 miah Hall and Mary (Thompson) Wilkins. 
 He is not only a representative of an old New 
 Hampshire family, but a lineal descendant 
 of ancestors who were first settlers in this 
 country. Bray Wilkins, who came from 
 Wales, Brecknock County, was a descendant 
 of Lord John Wilkins, who belonged to a 
 family that traced their lineage back to logo 
 and had borne many honorable titles. Lord 
 John was a connection of the Bishop Wilkins 
 who married the sister of the Protector, Oliver 
 Cromwell. Bray, at the age of twenty, is 
 supposed to have come to this country in the 
 same ship with Endicott, about 1630, and to 
 have first settled in Dorchester, Mass. Before 
 1659 he bought from Governor Richard Bell- 
 ingham seven hundred acres of land called 
 Wills Hill, which in 1661 was within Salem's 
 si.x-niile limit. He died in 1702, a patri- 
 archal land-owner, amidst the farms and homes 
 of his sons and daughters. 
 
 The portion of Bray's son, John Wilkins, 
 was situated in Danvers, Mass. John, son of 
 John, who was born about 1689, went with his 
 wife, Mary (loodale Wilkins, and two sons to 
 Marlboro, Mass., in 1740. His eldest son, 
 Josiah Wilkins, married Lois lUish, whose 
 grandparents settled in MarlboiD in 1690. 
 
 Of Josiah's five sons, the third, Jonathan, born 
 '" 17SS) graduated at Harvard College, 
 studied theology, and was called to ]jreach at 
 the old -South Parish, Concord, N.H., in 
 1789. He married Sarah Hall, whose grand- 
 father. Deacon Joseph Hall, was one of Con- 
 cord's first settlers. Deacon Hall was granted 
 eleven lots in the lower range in 1725, built 
 his house, which was used as the garrison for 
 many years. He is recorded as owning the 
 second chaise and clock in Concord. The 
 house was inherited by his grand-daughter, 
 Sarah Hall, who occupied it during her life- 
 time. She had thirteen children, who all 
 grew up and married. 
 
 Jeremiah Hall Wilkins at the early age of 
 eighteen left his home and settled in Pem- 
 broke, where he was engaged in the grocery and 
 dry-goods trade for forty years. Being an 
 able and successful merchant, he acquired con- 
 siderable property. As a leading resident he 
 was long "identified with local public affairs, 
 and in 1820 he represented his town in the 
 legislature. In politics he was a Reiniblican, 
 and for many years he acted as a Justice of the 
 Peace. He was very proud of his grand- 
 mother, Esther Whittemore Hall, whose an- 
 cestor settled in Charlestown in 1642; also 
 of Deborah Abbot Hall, whose grandfather, 
 George Abbot, of Andover, was an ancestor 
 of his. Mary Thompson Wilkins was a lineal 
 descendant of the Poore and Noyes families of 
 Old Newbury, Mass., who settled there before 
 1650. She became the mother of fourteen 
 children, of whom five are now living. Of 
 these Mary I£. Wilkins married Dr. John 
 Sullivan, a great-great-grandson of General 
 Sullivan of Revolutionary fame; and Harriet 
 married Dr. Frederick E. Potter, who for four- 
 teen years was a surgeon in the United States 
 Navy, and is now a successful physician in 
 Portsmouth, N. H. The rest are : Francis, who
 
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 resides in liostnii ; llcnry, who served in tiie 
 Civil War; and tlie subject of this sketch. 
 
 Josejjh Wilkins was educated in the common 
 sciiools and at the I'emlnuke Academy. lie 
 started in life as a clerk in a store in Concord, 
 tiien went to .Sycamore, III., where he resided 
 for a year. At the expiration of that time he 
 enlisted in Company 1', One Hundred and 
 Thirty-second Regiment, Illinois Volunteer 
 Infantry, for service in the Civil War. He 
 served for five months in Kentucky and 'l"en- 
 nes.see, where his regiment was engaged in a 
 campaign against the Confederate guerillas. 
 After his disciiarge from the army he went to 
 New York City, where he learned photography. 
 I'loni there he went to Hyde Park, Mass., 
 whcie he conducted a studio for a time. 
 Then for a year he carried on the same busi- 
 ness in Nashua, N. H. In iX/,, he returned 
 to Pembroke, and some time later he en<rafred 
 in a mercantile business which he has since 
 carrieil on in cunnection with iiliotography. 
 lie takes a laige number of views annually, 
 which find a ready sale; and his efforts have 
 been attended with excellent financial results. 
 He is also interested in real estate to some 
 extent. He owns some valuable property in 
 the South, and is regarded as one of the most 
 prosperous residents of Pembroke at the [jres- 
 ont time. The family in all its branches have 
 been connected with the Congregational 
 church. Mr. Wilkins is a comrade of Post 
 Lewis 15ell, No. 3, (]. A. K., of Manchester, 
 and in politics is a Republican. 
 
 On June 23, 1897, he married Lora J. 
 Emery, of Suncook, N. II. 
 
 ALTER SCOTT DAVIS, a mill- 
 owner, manufacturer, and inventor, 
 a successful business man of IIo]i- 
 kinton, Merrimack County, NTi., was born in 
 
 the adjacent town of Warner, July 29, 1834, a 
 .son of Nathaniel A. and Mary (Cloiigh) Davi.s, 
 His paternal ancestry he traces as f(il!ows: 
 Captain l-'rancis Davis, called "the pioneer," 
 was born in Amesbury, M:i,ss. , October 26, 
 1723. He was the son of Francis, second, 
 and Joanna Davis, the former the son of 
 Francis, first, who, it is saiti, was the anu of 
 Philip, the immigrant [irogcnitor. I'hilip 
 Davis, when twelve years old, left Southamp- 
 ton, ICngland, April 24, 1638, in the ship 
 "Confidence" of London, bound for New Eng- 
 land. He was servant to John IJinson, hus- 
 bandman, of Caversham, O.xfordshire (or, as 
 Savage thought, of William lllslcy). Little 
 else is known about Philip Davis, or Davics, 
 as the name is spelled in the passenger list 
 printed in the New England Historical and 
 Genealogical Register, v(d. ii. I'rancis 
 Davis, said to have been his son, tfiok the oath 
 of allegiance and fidelity at Amesbury, De- 
 cember 20, 1677. 
 
 Cajjtaiu P'rancis Davis, the pioneer, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah 
 Ferrin, and had ten children — Gertrude, 
 Zebulon, Jeremiah, Wells, Ichabod, F"rancis, 
 IClizabeth, Aquila, Paine, and Nathan. He 
 located in what is known as Davisville in the 
 town of Warner among the earliest settlers, 
 and may be said to have been the foremost 
 man in the tovv.n till his death. I^rom 176S to 
 1785 his name was associated with every event 
 of Warner's history, the church matters, and 
 all business and landed interests. His ccm- 
 mission as Captain of militia, dated 1773, was 
 signed by John Wentworth, Governor. Cap- 
 tain Davis had three sons in the Revolution, 
 two of them in the battle of Bunker Hill. He 
 was Chairman of the Committee of Safety in 
 1775, and was one of the committee which 
 secured the incorporation of the town; and he 
 assisted in the division of lots. Harriman's
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 History of Warner says: "In this first legis- 
 lative body chosen by the people Francis 
 Davis appears as the accredited representative 
 of the town of Warner. It is a distinction 
 and honor to be remembered with pride by his 
 numerous descendants." Captain Davis was 
 then fifty-three years old. The legislature 
 had many able men in it, John Langdon being 
 Speaker, and Meshech Weare, President of the 
 Council. In 17S1 he was delegate to the 
 Constitutional Convention which framed the 
 Constitution which, with slight amendments, 
 was in force till 1878. He was chosen Rep- 
 resentative in 1784, serving in two sessions, 
 at Concord and at Portsmouth. His death 
 occurred on his way home from the latter 
 place. His horse plunged into Beaver Brook 
 at Derry, where the bridge had been carried 
 away; and he was drowned. Just one hundred 
 years after his death a monument was erected 
 to his memory at Davisville, bearing this in- 
 scription: "Captain Francis Davis, the pio- 
 neer, and Warner's first representative. Born 
 October 26, 1723, died November 26, 1784." 
 This monument was put up by some of his 
 great-grandchildren, principally by Walter 
 Scott Davis and his uncle, Charles Davis. 
 
 Captain Francis had five sons, among whom 
 was Aquila, born in Amesbury, June 27, 
 1760. He came to Warner with his father, 
 and later on enlisted in the Revolutionary 
 army. He saw much hard service, and was 
 present at the surrender of Burgoyne. From 
 1799 to 1807 he commanded the Thirtieth 
 Regiment, and he was Brigadier General of 
 the Fourth Brigade from 1807 to 1809. In 
 1812 he raised the first regiment in New 
 IIam|)shire, and was chosen its Colonel. 
 After the war he resided at the okl homestead, 
 and he served as Representative from Warner. 
 His death occurred at Sharon, Me., February 
 -7> '835, while he was there on landed inter- 
 
 ests. He was buried at Davisville with Ma- 
 sonic honors. His wife was Abigail, daughter 
 of Theodore and Abigail (Watts) Stearns, the 
 latter a cousin of Dr. Isaac Watts. The Gen- 
 eral's children were: Paine, Sarah A., Abigail 
 W., Theodore S., Nathaniel A., Persis H., 
 Nathan, Charles, Aquila, and James. 
 
 Nathaniel A. Davis learned the silver- 
 smith's trade, and, being of a roving disposi- 
 tion, journeyed extensively in the United 
 States, working in all the principal cities. In 
 1824, after much time spent in the South 
 especially, he returned to his native place and 
 engaged in lumbering. At his father's death 
 the mill property was divided among the sons, 
 the saw-mill coming to Nathaniel and James. 
 The water-power at Davisville is a remarkable 
 one, and for one hundred and thirty years has 
 been held by this family. Among the early 
 industries here were the saw-mill built by 
 Captain Francis Davis in 1763, a grist-mill in 
 1768, a clothing-mill built by Moses Carleton 
 in 1796 and destroyed by the August freshet 
 of 1826. At that time the iron foundry, 
 bridge, blacksmith shop, and lower dam were 
 all carried away. A lead grinding-mill, a 
 plaster-mill, a brickyard, and tannery, were 
 also near by. Nathaniel A. Davis was of a 
 judicial turn of mind, and becam.e great 
 authority on legal questions. He made a 
 practical study of the State laws, and was ad- 
 ministrator of many estates, and also Justice 
 of the Peace. His residence in the South 
 and observance of the evils of slavery led him 
 to become a strong Free Soiler. Lincoln's 
 proclamation of 1863 he felt was the essence 
 of justice. In 1S43 h*^ removed to the old 
 home of his ancestors; and he died there, 
 October 24, 1S66, from the effects of a fall. 
 His children were: Stephen C, Lucretia A., 
 Walter Scott, Gilman, Lucretia (second), 
 Mary E., Stillman C. , and Henry C.
 
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 Walter Scott Davis was as a l;oy full of life 
 and very ingenious, the latter quality often 
 being a source of annoyance to other ])eoplc, 
 owing to his hoyisli love of pulling things to 
 pieces and making something new. This, 
 however, was the ]iowcr that brought him suc- 
 cess in later life. He was educated at Con- 
 toocook High .Scliool and at Clilmanton, Thct- 
 fnrd, Washington, and New London Acade- 
 mics. While studying he worked summers, 
 and also taught school a short time. He was 
 a great lover of mathematics, but was im])a- 
 tient of rules and routine methods. In 1854- 
 55 he became partner with Samuel H. Dow in 
 the lumber business, continuing thus ten 
 years. He invested in a Lowell tannery, but 
 business depression and a law-suit combined 
 to nearly ruin him in i860. In 1865 he be- 
 came partner with Faine Davis; and in 1866 
 they built a large circular saw-mill, which was 
 burned in 1869, but at once rebuilt. In 1872 
 this firm dissolved; and Walter Scott kept the 
 mill, and Paine the farm which was a part of 
 the firm property. In 1871 a new partner, 
 George W. Dow, of Bristol, joined Mr. Davis; 
 and they bought the ruins of a burned paper- 
 mill, and built a straw board mill of twenty- 
 five hundred pounds' capacity daily. Later it 
 was changed from a sun drying to a steam dry 
 mill. Ill 1873 Henry C. Davis and Leston 
 Rollins were admitted into the firm, and the 
 mill machinery improved, and its capacity 
 doubled. In 1875 Walter Scott Davis became 
 sole partner, and then took his brother Henry 
 as partner, the firm becoming Davis Brothers. 
 The mill capacity was now si.x tons daily, and 
 all the rehuiltling had not stopped the works 
 at any time. The lumber business increased 
 proportionately, and the result has been suc- 
 cess and wealth for the firm. Mr. Davis is so 
 gifted in inventive powers that all the plans 
 in use in the mills are his; and, as one in- 
 
 stance, he has patented a most useful gate 
 arrangement for the turbine water-wheel, and 
 also a machine for making paper boxes. 
 
 He has held many offices of trust in Warner, 
 has been Representative, was in 1884 elected 
 State Senator, and in i8g6 was chosen Coun- 
 cillor for the I'"ourth District. He is an 
 acliveand iiillucntial member of many Masonic 
 bodies. He belongs to the Swedenborgian 
 church, is a practical Christian, a whole- 
 souled, large-hearted man, and an honored cit- 
 izen. In [)olitics he is a stanch Republican. 
 
 Mr. Davis was married May 3, 1857, to 
 Dollie Jones, daughter of Daniel Jones. They 
 have had six children, and also the most try- 
 ing sorrow of having lost four of these by 
 scarlet fever. The children were named as 
 follows: W. S. Bertine, Horace J., Chassie 
 IL, Nattie A., Mamie A., and Charles. 
 Horace and Mamie are those now living. 
 
 I^TENRY TUBBS, a successful dentist 
 f^l practising in Newport, was born in 
 
 iy' \ ^ Peterboro, N.H., February 24, 
 
 I S3 1, son of Joseph and Azuba (Monroe) 
 Tubbs. The family is traced back to one 
 William Tubbs, who came to the Plymouth 
 Colony from London, England, in 1635. The 
 paternal grandfather of Dr. Tubbs was Captain 
 Joseph Tubbs, of Marlow, N. H., an early 
 settler, a successful farmer, a good citizen, 
 and a Captain in the old State militia. He 
 died at the age of eighty years. 
 
 Joseph Tubbs, son of Captain Tubbs, in 
 company with Thomas Baker owned the Eagle 
 Mills at Peterboro, N.H., where he manufact- 
 ured cotton goods, ginghams, etc., from the 
 rough cotton. Successful at first, the firm 
 met with disasters from various causes; and 
 the business was wound up after several years 
 of existence. Joseph Tubbs then turned his
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL KEVIEW 
 
 attention to agriculture, in whicli lie continued 
 occupied until he died, May 22, 1859, at the 
 age of seventy years and three months. His 
 wife was a daugliter of Dr. Joseph Monroe, of 
 Hillsborough. She died at Hancock, N.H., 
 January 16, 1871, at the age of seventy-five 
 years and eight months. They were both 
 Unitarians. They had si.x children, of whom 
 three are deceased, namely : Thomas B. , who 
 died in 1894, seventy-nine years old; Elijah 
 M. Tuhbs, who died in 1881, fifty-eight years 
 old; and Mrs. Sarah W. Merriman, who died 
 at the age of fifty-five years. The others are: 
 Mrs. Maria T. Blood, who resides in Hancock, 
 N.H. ; Louisa A., also a resident of Hancock; 
 and Henry, 'the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Henry Tubbs, the subject of this sketch, 
 the youngest of his parents' children, was a 
 student for a time in the private school of 
 Dr. Sullivan McCollester. His first business 
 venture was as a clerk in a country store. 
 Later he was employed in the dry-goods busi- 
 ness in ]?oston for a while. In 1859 he 
 entered his brother's office in Peterboro, and 
 began to study dentistry. He located in 
 Newp3rt in i860, where he was the pioneer 
 in his calling. On December 24, 1865, 
 he married Mary A. Rogers, who was born 
 in Sunapee. They have three children — • 
 Annie L. , Chandler T., and Gerty M. 
 Annie is the wife of Will Chandler White, of 
 Concord; and Gerty is at school at Bradford, 
 Mass. In politics Dr. Tubbs is Republican. 
 He was a member of the Lower House of the 
 State legislature in 1896. A jjrominent 
 Mason, he belongs to Mount Vernon Lodge 
 of Newport, the Royal Arch Chapter of New- 
 port, and Sullivan Commandery at Claremont. 
 He has also membership in Mount Coit 
 Lodge, Knights of Honor. The Doctor's 
 success in life is entirely the result of his 
 own efforts. 
 
 /^^TkORGE T. ABBOTT, a well-known 
 \ 1^ I farmer of Concord, was born here, 
 September 16, 1833, on the estate 
 which was bought by his father, Aaron, of the 
 late Daniel Prince. His great-grandfather, 
 Nathaniel A., was the third settler in that part 
 of Concord known as the Iron Works, coming 
 here from Massachusetts in 1735, when the 
 district was almost a wilderness and Indians 
 were numerous. Nathaniel brought his wife 
 with him and built for their home a log house. 
 Before his death he had cleared considerable 
 land and had seen great changes, as he lived 
 to be a very (dd man. He reared a numerous 
 family, of whom his son, Levi, continued to 
 live on the homestead farm until his death. 
 
 Aaron Abbott, son of Levi and father of 
 George T. , was one of the best known carpen- 
 ters and builders of this section. He was also 
 engaged in farming. He learned his trade at 
 Limeboro, and many of the buildings in 
 this vicinity were put up by him and his sons. 
 Aaron Abbott married Nancy Badger, daugh- 
 ter of Jacob Badger, of Concord, and became 
 the father of nine children. These were: Jo- 
 seph C. , Ann Mary, Elizabeth H., Sara Jane 
 Hale, George T. , Edward M., Susan E., 
 Ellen S. , and Alice Aaronette. Joseph C. 
 was Colonel of the Seventh New Hampshire 
 Regiment and afterward United States Sena- 
 tor from North Carolina. Edward M., who 
 was a |irinter by trade, went to Iowa earl)' in 
 life, where he died in 1890. Jane Abbott, 
 who lives in St. Paul, is the wife of (ieorge 
 G. Sanborn, formerly of Ilennikcr. ICliza- 
 beth resides in Maiden, Mass., and is the 
 widow of the late A. W. Sanborn, of I\Tan- 
 chester, N.H. Ann married Granville P. 
 Mason, a Captain in the Seventh New Hamp- 
 shire Regiment; and Ellen S. marriecl Judge 
 William M. Chase. The other two sisters are 
 unmarried and reside in Concord.
 
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 405 
 
 (icorgc T. Abbott, llic fifth child and tlic 
 subject of this sketch, has been engaged as a 
 farmer and teamster since he liegan to he self- 
 sii|i|)ortinj;. Ilis wife, whose maiden name 
 was Mary 1'. Sanders, is a daughter of Jolm 
 Sanders, of I'.ast Concord. Of the three 
 children she lias lionie her husband, I'lmma, 
 the elder daughter, married Frank (). Whit- 
 tier; and l'"rancis U., the only son, married 
 Alice Toof, and has three chiklren. Mr. 
 George Abbott is a prominent Republican. 
 Me cast his first vote for State officers in 
 March, 1855; and he has voted at every elec- 
 tion since, except the November election of 
 1856. lie is a member of the grange and an 
 officer in that organization. He attends the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, but is non-sec- 
 tarian in religious matters. 
 
 ^> '".ORGK HENRY STOWELL, a 
 i| wholesale and retail dealer in hard- 
 ware and one of the wealthiest citi- 
 zens of Claremont, was born in Cornish, N. H., 
 October 28, 1835. His father, Amasa Stow- 
 ell, came to Cornish from Hartland, Vt. He 
 died when our subject was a young bo}'. He 
 had ten children, of whom five are living, 
 namely: Evaline, who married G. W. Hewey ; 
 Sylvester, who is engaged in agriculture in 
 I'^ast Unity, N.H.; Josejih, who is in the 
 harness and livery and carriage business at 
 Lawrence, owns three livery stables, and raises 
 fast stock; Austin, who is in business with 
 Joseph; and George H., the subject of this 
 sketch. Carrie, who married Calvin Adams, 
 is recently deceased. 
 
 George H. Stowell received a common- 
 school education in his native town. In 1854 
 he embarked in the business of making monu- 
 ments and headstones at Springfield, Vt. He 
 came in 1S60 to Claremont, where he pur- 
 
 chased the marble business of J. A. & J. !•'. 
 Uavis. This he conducted until February, 
 1S64, when he bought the hardware business 
 of Levi Hrown, and began to carry it on in his 
 own name on the site of his present store. 
 .Starting with a small capital, he has by energy 
 and ability built up what is claimed to be the 
 largest wholesale and retail business in this 
 part of the .State, and amassed one of the 
 largest fortunes in the town. In his st(jre, 
 which is spacious and well-ordered, he carries 
 the largest stock to be found in the county. 
 He has a very large trade with stores in -ad- 
 joining counties. Also conducting an exten- 
 sive coal business, he has been agent for the 
 Delaware & Hudson Coal Company in this 
 locality for ten years. He has been instru- 
 mental in giving Claremont some of her best 
 business blocks and buildings. He erected 
 "Stowell's ]?lock in the rear of his own estab- 
 lishment; is part owner of the Union Block, 
 one of the imposing business structures of the 
 town, erected in i88g; and he has built si.x or 
 seven fine residences here. His own private 
 residence is one of the most attractive in the 
 town. l''inancially interested in the People's 
 National ]?ank, he has been a Director of it 
 and the Vice-President since it was organized. 
 He has been honored with town and State 
 offices, all of which he has tilled with credit 
 to himself and constituents. He was the 
 Claremont legislative Representative in i S72 
 and 1873; a member of the New Hampshire 
 Senate in 1875 and 1876; a member of the 
 E.xecutive Council from 1881 to 1883; and 
 Aide to Governor Prescott, with the rank of 
 Colonel, from 1887 to 1889. In 1876 and 
 again in 1889 he was a member of the conven- 
 tions for the revision and amendment of the 
 State Constitution, and he was a delegate to 
 the Republican National Convention to nomi- 
 nate candidates for the Presidency and Vice-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Presidency in 1S84. He was Chief Engineer 
 of the Fire Department of Claremont from 
 1873 to 1894. Mr. Stovvell is a Mason, and 
 for fifteen years was Generalissimo of the Siil- 
 1 i va n Com m a n d e ry . 
 
 Mr. Stowell married .Sarah E. Field, of 
 \'ermont. They have a daughter, Cora E. , 
 who, after graduating from .Stevens High 
 School, went to Boston to take the elocutionary 
 course of two years at the New England Con- 
 servatory of Music. She married George I. 
 Putnam, a graduate of West Point and now the 
 editor of the Advocate, a leading Claremont 
 newspaper. In 1880, overta.\ed by his multi- 
 farious duties, Mr. Stowel.l spent some time 
 in European travel for the benefit of his 
 health. Whether considered in the light of a 
 citizen or a business man, he is recognized as 
 an indispensable factor in the progress of the 
 town; and for thirty-five years he has been one 
 of the leading spirits in its histor)'. 
 
 JB 
 
 '\NIEL G. PI-:ASLEE, a farmer 
 and himberman of Bradford, resid- 
 ing about three miles west of the 
 village, was born April 4, 1841, in Newbury, 
 Merrimack County. His father, Jonathan 
 Peaslee, a native of Newbury, was a son of 
 Samuel Peaslee, one of the pioneers of the 
 town. Further mention of the Peaslee family 
 may be found in the biography of J. Albert 
 Peaslee. 
 
 Jonathan Peaslee, who was reared t" farm- 
 ing, became a tiller of the soil from choice. 
 When ready to settle in life, he bought a tract 
 of land lying on the Bradford and Newbury 
 line, and built his house near the present resi- 
 dence of Hollis L. Blood. He also built an 
 upright saw-mill, in which he manufactured a 
 large part of the timber cut from his land into 
 lumber. Lumbering and farming formed his 
 
 chief occupation until his demise at the age of 
 seventy-six years. His first wife, Mary Gil- 
 lingham Peaslee, a daughter of James and Bet- 
 sey (Lane) Gillingham, and a sister of both 
 Mrs. Jack Packard, of Concord, and Moody 
 Gillingham, died at the age of forty-nine 
 years. Of her children two died in infancy. 
 The others were: Laurel G., of Newbury; 
 Jefferson G., of Bradford; Joel, who died in 
 infancy; ICllis A., now the wife of Isaac San- 
 born, of Dunbarton ; Marion, who died in 
 childhood; Daniel G., the subject of this 
 sketch; Alburton, who remained on the home 
 farm, never married, and died in 1893; 
 P^anny, the wife of Charles A. Bailey, of Bel- 
 voir, Kan. ; and Webster, now deceased, who 
 was a farmer in Newbury. Jonathan Peaslee 
 married for his second wife Abigail Putney, 
 of Bradford, and had three children, namely: 
 Frank, now residing in Bradford village; 
 Fred, also of Bradford village; and George 
 H., a conductor on the northern line of the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad. 
 
 Daniel G. Peaslee remained with his father 
 until about si.xteen. Then he went to his 
 brother Laurel in Newbury, and was in his 
 employment for two years. P'rom Newbury 
 he returned to the old homestead, and remained 
 there until his marriage. Next year he 
 rented a farm. During the ensuing three 
 years he carried on the farm of his father-in- 
 law, Mr. Ayer. In 1867 he and his brother 
 Alburton jjurchased his present homestead. 
 At that time less than an acre of the land was 
 cleared ; and on it was an old, worn-out up- 
 right saw-mill. lie repaired the mill and en- 
 gaged in lumbering. In the course of time 
 a large business in custom sawing compelled 
 him to run the mil! night and day. The part- 
 nership with his brother continued for ten or 
 twelve years. -Since that time Mr. Peaslee 
 has conducted the business alone. His farm,
 
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 which is nnw well -impifjvcil, contains seventy- 
 fivij acres, ami has excellent Iniildinf^s. The 
 mill has a new wheel and shiiifjle machine. 
 I lis iithcr |)i"(i|)erty includes a valn;d)le tract 
 of wood and pasture land, measuring two hun- 
 dred and thirty acres. He has put up some 
 Iniildings hy contract. in his mill lu- makes 
 a specialty of ash lumher, which he markets 
 in Manchester, H(3ston, and other cities, mak- 
 inj,^ yearly sales often amounting to fifteen 
 hundred dollars. He also cuts a good deal of 
 wood, some years from four huiidicd to five 
 hundred cords. I'rom three to six men are 
 employed by him. 
 
 In iNVj^, March 13, Mr. Peaslee married 
 /eroida Ayer, a daughter of Benjamin Ayer, 
 of Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. Peaslee have two 
 children, namelj': Minnie H., who has taught 
 scho:>l at Meh'in's Mills for the past nine 
 terms; antl iMiiily A., a dressmaker, living at 
 home. 
 
 Ill politics Mr. I'easlee is a straightforward 
 Democrat, and he has served with credit to 
 himself and his constituents in many of the 
 town offices. In 1876 and 1877 he was Select- 
 man ; and in iSSi and iSSj he represented 
 Bradford in the State legislature, serving on 
 the Agricultural Committee. In 1S82 he was 
 elected Selectman for two years. He declined 
 niiniination for the next and succeeding terms 
 until 1888, when he was elected for three 
 years. In this term the town's bonded debt 
 of nine thousand two hundred ilollars was 
 cleared, and a surplus of eight hundred and 
 fifty didlars was left in its treasury. Though 
 repeatedly urged to accejit the same office 
 since, Mr. Peaslee has persistently declined. 
 On the adoption of the new school laws he 
 was chosen to fill a vacancy for an unexpired 
 term, and at the end of two years he was re- 
 elected for three years. Mr. Peaslee has been 
 Justice of the Peace for about seven years. 
 
 US1;A liALLOU CARTJ-:k, .son of 
 .Susan Shannon (Merrick) Carter and 
 Tappan Sargent Carter, was born 
 at Kast Hamp.stcad, Rockingham County, 
 NT!., on September 5, 1834. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Hanipstead and 
 at Atkinson Academy, where he was a class- 
 mate of General William Cogswell, of I'rad- 
 foril, Mass., and later of Salem, Mass. 
 
 The intrinsic inwardness of modern politi- 
 cal and legislative contests has drawn to the 
 service of political managers and corporate 
 magnates the sagacity, shrewdness, anrl fidel- 
 ity of a i^eculiar class of men, not infrequently 
 found in New ICngland, especially in New 
 Hampshire, who, 'being of humble or obscure 
 origin, finding themselves unable to demon- 
 strate or promulgate their ideas, inventions, 
 and schemes (not possessing the capital re- 
 quired therefor), enter the line of service in- 
 dicated for the twofold purpose of compensa- 
 tion and education. " 
 
 The subject of this sketch, born and reared 
 among the granite hills of New Hampshire, 
 is an exponent of what an uncultured buccdic 
 lad from the backwoods may accomplish 
 when sustained by an equitable supply of sand 
 tempered with ironic silence and common- 
 place courtesy. At the age of ten years he 
 had learned the tratle of shoemaking to aid his 
 father in furnishing the meagre comforts of 
 the humble home of that industrious New 
 England mechanic, who has for more than 
 threescore years daily continued to toil at llie 
 workbench, and who now, at the ripened age 
 of eighty-three years, may be found at the 
 shoe bench for eight hours each day, which he 
 recognizes as the proper hours for work-day 
 for willing labor. 
 
 " Hozee," as he is familiarly known through- 
 out New Hampshire, leaving the family fire- 
 side in 1849, began the battle of life first as
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 a tin peddler, next as a speculator in patent 
 rigl'.ts and patented novelties, and later on as 
 an encyclopaedia canvasser. The milestones 
 marking his course and route from the shoe 
 bench at Hampstead to the State House at 
 Concord are many and interesting. In fact, 
 his career marks an epoch in the political his- 
 tory of the State. 
 
 He was located in Bost;)n in 1858-59 and 
 i860, engaged in the sale of an extensive line 
 of popular patented novelties, through a band 
 cf travelling salesmen (then known as "street 
 fakirs'"), shrewd youngsters, to whom he had 
 taught the practical science of street-corner 
 demonstration of "chin-and-hand " commerce, 
 whereby credulous spectators were induced to 
 insist upon the immediate exchange of the 
 novelties exhibited for the current "coin of 
 the realm." When the war of the Rebellion 
 came, in 1861, these young salesmen were 
 among the first men in Boston to volunteer 
 their service in defence of the national honor. 
 
 Mr. Carter then became a private detective, 
 which calling he followed until 1866, receiv- 
 ing from the start eminent patronage, and en- 
 rolling among his somewhat remarkable clien- 
 tage many officials of high rank in the service 
 of the Federal government, among which we 
 find the name of Abraham Lincoln. He was 
 at the (so-called) I^eace Conference of Colo- 
 rado Jewett and Horace Greeley at the Clifton 
 House, Niagara Falls, in 1864, and continued 
 shadowing Confederate leaders at Hamilton, 
 Toronto, St. Johns, Quebec, and Montreal, 
 during that iiistoric fall and winter of 1864-65, 
 covering that period when the famous "Rebel 
 raid" upon the banks at .St. Albans, Vt. , was 
 perpetrated; and he was on duty constantly 
 during that peculiar trial (by a Canadian court 
 at Montreal) of the Confederate Colonel Ben- 
 nettc H. Young and his inf.imous band cf 
 Confederate highwaymen. He also witnessed 
 
 the discharge of the entire band by that same 
 Canadian court, which also returned to Colo- 
 nel Young and his band the funds taken from 
 the banks at St. Albans. 
 
 Returning to Washington in June, 1865, 
 Mr. Carter testified as witness for the United 
 States in the trial of Mrs. Surratt and the 
 assassination conspirators, after which he re- 
 turned to his New Hampshire home, where he 
 received an appointment as Postmaster of his 
 native village. But the next year, becoming 
 restless through the Puritanic restraint of that 
 quiet borough, he accepted a position as com- 
 mercial traveller at a liberal salary; and for a 
 quarter-century he followed the fortunes of a 
 commercial tourist, covering New Hampshire, 
 Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. He rep- 
 resented New Hampshire from 1876 to 18S0 
 as Commissioner of the Boston & Maine Rail- 
 road upon the Interstate Board with the 
 Hon. James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me. 
 
 Visiting every town in New Hampshire at 
 all seasons of the year, and having personal, 
 political, and commercial association with 
 prominent men of each county, it was possible 
 for him to perform valuable service for his 
 patrons in legislative proceedings and other 
 matters. The varied experience he acquired 
 by constant attendance upon more than twenty 
 consecutive sessions of the legislature of the 
 State matle him an available expert wiiere- 
 v.itli in I S90 His PZxcellency Governor Goodell 
 and the Honorable Coimcil could fill a vacancy 
 caused by the decease of the Secretary of 
 State, to which position they by unanimous 
 vote elected Mr. Carter — namely, official 
 editor of the State Manual for the General 
 Court, a duty previously performed by the late 
 Secretary of Slate. * 
 
 The works of his head and hand abound. 
 A complete "blue book," covering the official 
 succession of New Hampshire for more than
 
 BIOGRAI'lllCAI, RFA'IKW 
 
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 two centuries (1680 to i.Sgi), published by 
 the State, attests liis superiority as an editor, 
 collator, ctjiiijiiler, and statistician. "The 
 'I'uwn and C.\ly y\tlas of New 1 ianipsliire, " 
 puhlislicd in I .S9J, which contains more than 
 six hnndrc<l distinct maps, showin<; location 
 of counties, townships, and city wards, also 
 inDtnitains, l,d<cs, rivers, streams, railways, 
 jiost-roads, hij^liways, with city and vi liaise 
 streets, also the precise location of ])ul)lic 
 hniidin,i;'s, manufactories, hotels, private resi- 
 dences, etc., <;ave in detail llie names of 
 owners i:r occupants thereof, 'i'his compre- 
 hensive wor]<, edited by Mr. Carter, is ]ier- 
 h.i]is the most complete publication of Ljeo- 
 j^raphical and statistical information ever 
 issued in America, indorsed by official and 
 cducaiional patrons tliroughout tlie .State. 
 
 "The Grand Souvenir Album of Imminent 
 New Hampshire Men " contains four hundred 
 and eight biograph, ical sketches and half-tone 
 pi ite |)ortraits of eacli of those ]ironiinent and 
 illustrious sons of the Granite State. This 
 work, published in 1893, does bis talent 
 credit. 
 
 His ICxcellenc)' Governor John 15. .Smith, 
 in his message to the legislatiu'e of 1893, ad- 
 vised the recognition of the interests of wage- 
 earning laljor; and in compliance therewith a 
 Bureau of Labor was created, of which Mr. 
 Carter was made chief clerk. He continued 
 in that service until May, 1896, when he was 
 |iro;iioted to the position of Deputy Commis- 
 sioner, in cliarge of the Labor Hureau office at 
 the State House, Concord. 
 
 In politics he would in modern parlance be 
 termed "a middle-of-the-road Republican," as 
 he had the distinction of "rapid transit" in 
 true amateur statesmanship, having served 
 with the Free .Soil pioneer guartl of the Re- 
 publicans of the " Fremont-and-fried-dog" 
 camjiaign of iS5f, and continuously there- 
 
 after until the Republican .State Convention 
 of New Hampshire in 1884, at which he 
 served as Chairman of the Committee u|)(mi 
 Credentials. \'et the very ne.xt day he was 
 made Chairman of Committee on Credentials 
 at the Democratic State Convention of New 
 Hampshire, as a "Clevelantl and reform" con- 
 vert. Now, in the "free-silver-craze" cam- 
 paign of 1896, he has had his pr.litical 
 luggage transferred across the gulf to the Mc- 
 Kinley reservation, as he cannot fully com- 
 prehend that financial scheme requiring the 
 flying of a " twin-t.iiled " kite for the relief 
 of that class of debtors who absolutely refuse 
 to labor, yet do insist upon a "free-lunch "ad- 
 ministration of every branch of the Federal 
 government. 
 
 On September 19, 1854, Mr. Carter mar- 
 ried Catharine Elizabeth Martin, of the town 
 of Dickinson, St. Lawrence County. N. Y. 
 They have two children, namely: Nettie 
 Belle, wife of Jolin !•". McCollister, now of 
 Bradford, Mass.; and Susie Isabelle, wife 
 of Joseph G. Nor?Tian, residing at the 
 Carter homestead, Hampstead, Rockingham 
 Countv, N. 1 1. 
 
 /3)l()RGI-; H. 11AIXI;.S, a well-known 
 \ p I resident of Chichester, Merrimack 
 County, N. H., for quite a number 
 of years engaged as a carriage and sleigh nian- 
 ufactiircr, also as an extensive lumber dealer, 
 now partially retired from his former activi- 
 ties, was born in this town, January 27, 1845, 
 son of George P. and Sarah F. (Towle) 
 Haines. 
 
 The family is cf Colonial origin ; and the 
 first ancestor of whom there is any exact 
 knowledge was Robert Haines, who settled in 
 Falmouth, Me., and remained there eight or 
 nine years, or until the Indian outbreak in
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 1688. He married Rachel Davis, who was 
 born in Falmouth in 1663, daughter of Law- 
 rence Davis. His son Thomas was a member 
 of Captain Gilmore's company, which pursued 
 the Indians after they had murdered Colonel 
 Hilton at Exeter, N.H., on June 23, 1710. 
 He served at Fort William and Mary, New 
 Castle, N.H., in 1708, and was Captain of a 
 scouting expedition in 1723. He was a 
 weaver, and is known to have been following 
 his trade at Hampton, N. H., in 1733. His 
 first wife, whom he married January 7, 171 2, 
 was Abigail Philbrick, born in 1692. She 
 died January 26, 17 16; and he married for his 
 second wife Abigail Cole. Thomas Haines 
 was the father of seven children; and his son, 
 Thomas, Jr., born October 7, 1726, was a 
 resident of LLimpton in 1776. Malachi 
 Haines, Jr., son of Malachi, Sr., and grand- 
 son of Thomas Haines, Jr., was a prosperous 
 farmer in Chichester throughout the active 
 period of his life, and he died in this town. 
 By his union with Sally Fife, his first wife, 
 who was a native of Pembroke, N.H., he had 
 two sons; and by his second wife also, Mrs. 
 Sarah Pevcrly, ncc Sherburne, a native of 
 Canterbury, N.H., he had two children, 
 George P., father of the subject of this sketch, 
 being the elder. 
 
 George P. Haines was bora in Chichester. 
 When a ycung man he engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits, and carried (m business for some 
 time in Concord, N. H. He later became pro- 
 [irietor of a general store and Postmaster in 
 his native town, and was a leacjing merchant 
 here for fifty years. He was also a shoe man- 
 ufacturer for several years; and he was the 
 first to manufacture friction matches in this 
 locality, being actively interested in that busi- 
 ness for many years. He was originally a 
 Whig, but later voted with the Republican 
 party, and served for a number of years as 
 
 Town Clerk. His wife, Sarah F. Towle, was 
 born in Chichester, daughter of Jonathan 
 Towle. They reared si.x children, five of 
 whom are living, namely: Sarah J.; George 
 H., the subject of this sketch; Annie M.;- 
 Albert H.; and Alvin M. Annie M. Haines 
 is the widow cf John B. Currier, late of Bos- 
 ton, Mass., and has one daughter, Josephine 
 Haines Currier. Alvin ]\L married Jennie 
 Greenley, of Ha\x'rhill, Mass., and has one 
 daughter, Sarah C. Greenley. John P. 
 Haines, eldest son of George P., enlisted 
 as a private in the First Regiment, New ■ 
 Hampshire Volunteers, and later re-enlisted 
 in the Thirteenth Regiment. He was mus- 
 tered out as a Lieutenant at the close of the 
 war, and died at his home in Cambridge, 
 Mass., from the effects of disease contracted 
 while in the service. He married Nellie 
 Leighton, of l-'armington, N.H., and left 
 three children: Ignatius, a graduate of the 
 Harvard University Medical School; Bea- 
 trice; and Brenda, a student at Radcliffe Col- 
 lege, class of I goo. George P. Haines passed 
 his last days in Chichester, and died at the 
 age of seventy-six on January 14, 18S8. His 
 wife survived him nine years, residing at the 
 homestead in this town, where she died at the 
 age of seventy-six, March 28, 1897. She was 
 a member of the Baptist church, of which her 
 husband v^fas an attendant. 
 
 George H, Haines was educated in the 
 schools of his native town; and when his 
 studies were com[i]cted he went to Boston, 
 where he was employed for two years. He 
 then enlisted in the First New Hampshire 
 Heavy Artillery, and served with his regiment 
 as a non-commissioned officer until mustered 
 out at the close of the war, when he once more 
 took up his residence in Boston. In 1867 he 
 returned to Chichester, and, establishing him- 
 self in the manufacture of carriages and
 
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 siciylis, he coiiliiuicil ill thai Ijusiiicss quitcj 
 L'xtL'iisivcly until 1S.S9, being also engaged in 
 the lumber trade. Since 1889, on account of 
 failing health, he has retired fi'oni manufact- 
 uring. 
 
 On November 13, 1876, Mr. llaines was 
 united in marriage with Mary !''. .Sanborn, 
 daughter of Deacon Jacob S. and Elvira 
 (Lcavitt) Sanborn, of Chichester. Mrs. 
 llaines has two brothers and two sisters, 
 namely: Jacintha M., of Manchester, who 
 married Edward Langmaid; I-lllen A., who 
 married Charles A. Langmaitl ; Jeremy I.., 
 who mariieil Emma Cofran, of Pembroke; and 
 Augustus E., who married Bertha W. Ed- 
 munds. One son, George Smith, horn to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Haines in 1877, dietl in infancy. 
 
 In politics Mr. Haines is a Republican. 
 He has served in town offices and many years 
 as Justice of the I'eace. In 1S69 he united 
 with the Methodist I^piscopal Church of Chi- 
 chester, and luitil the present time has been 
 an official member of the same. Much inter- 
 ested in the New Hampshire .State militia, he 
 was actively engaged in maintaining one of 
 the first companies raised after the war, the 
 Merrimack Guards, and served as Eieutenant 
 and as Commander until compelled to resign 
 on account of ill health. 
 
 He is a comrade of George H. Hoyt I'ust, 
 No. 66, G. A. R., of Epsom, N.H. Mr. 
 Haines is a man of excellent business ability, 
 and is one of the most esteemed and iuHu- 
 ential residents of Chichester. 
 
 <^«*» — 
 
 kORMAN A. DEMING, a leading 
 farmer of Cornish, Sullivan County, 
 N. H. , is a native of the town. He 
 was born July iS, 1824, son of Harvey 
 and Eunice (Ford) Deming. His paternal 
 grandfather, Ebenezer Ueming, came to 
 
 this State from Connecticut. He was a 
 school teacher of great success, and taught for 
 forty-six consecutive winters. Harvey Dem- 
 ing, son of libenezer, was jjorn at Cornish, 
 December 6, 1769. He owned a farm of four 
 hundred acres, and carried on farming on an 
 extensive scale, raising a large amount of 
 stock, and producing great quantities of hay 
 and grain. In jiolitics he was a strong Dem- 
 ocrat and in religious views a Hajjtist, and he 
 was one of the Deacons of the church. He 
 died in February, 1835. 1^'s vvifc, whose 
 maiden name was Eunice Ford, bore the follow- 
 ing children: John Milton, born October 27, 
 1799; Judah Solon, born March 10, 1801 ; 
 ICliza ICmily, born February 19, 1803; Harvey 
 Ford, born June 17, 1809; Stephen Bial, born 
 November 3, 1812; Daniel Philander, born 
 May 3, 18 16; ICunice Jane, born July 22, 
 1818; and Norman A., the youngest. 
 
 John Milton Deming, the eldest son, re- 
 ceived his education in the public schools of 
 the town of Cornish. He became a farmer, 
 and married Charlotte Huggins, and had five 
 children, four of whom — ^ Harvey F., John, 
 P'mily, and Alvery O. — are living. Judah 
 -Solon became an extensive farmer, and for 
 miles around was noted for his piety. He 
 married Matilda Jackson, who bore him four 
 children — M. J. Deming, Elizabeth, Bell, 
 and Susan. Harvey Ford was educated in the 
 town schools, and then became a school 
 teacher. Afterward he attended the medical 
 college at Castleton, Vt., and upon graduat- 
 ing settled for practice in Maine. He mar- 
 ried Mary Lord, of PZllsworth, ;\Ie., and was 
 the father of two children — Harvey and 
 Mary, the former of whom was killed in the 
 Unitetl States service while fighting the Ind- 
 ians, and the latter is now Mrs. Hollis 
 Black, of Maine. Stephen Bial Deming, 
 who also is a farmer, married Nancy Ann
 
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 Fisher, and had eight chikhx'n: Frank; 
 Henry; Charles; Laura; Eunice; Nancy; a 
 child that died in infancy; and Stephen, who 
 died in 1886. Daniel Philander Deniing, wiio 
 was educated in the schools of Cornish and of 
 New London, N.H., became a clergyman of 
 the Baptist denomination, and was twice mar- 
 ried. His first wife, formerly a Miss Clough, 
 bore him two children. His second wife, 
 Abbie Hardy, had one child, Carrie, who is 
 now married, and lives with her widowed 
 mother at Holyoke, Mass. Eunice Jane be- 
 came the wife of Wesson Newccmb, and the 
 mother of Fred W. and H. C. Newcomb. 
 She died April 18, 1879. 
 
 Norman A. Deming when a lad was sent 
 to the schools of his native town, and also to 
 New Hampton. He started in life for himself 
 as a farmer, and now owns four hundred acres, 
 and is engaged in dairy farming. He raises 
 large crops of hay and grain and many cattle. 
 He has been very prominent in the public 
 affairs of the town, and takes a deep interest 
 in all questions touching the general welfare; 
 has been Selectman for nine years; and has 
 served a term as Collector of Ta.\es. As was 
 his father, Mr. Deming is a strong Baptist. 
 He is also a stanch Republican. He has 
 been twice married. ]5y his first wife, who 
 was in maideniiood Lucy Ann Bartlett, he had 
 five children — Herbert, Almina, Jennie, 
 Harvey, and Mattie — of whom Herbert and 
 Almina are the only ones now living. Mr. 
 Deming's second wife, Calista Flower Dem- 
 ing, has borne him three children — Victor, 
 1 larvey, and Hugh. 
 
 Mr. Deming's son Herbert was born in 
 Cornish, and was sent to school in that town 
 and at Meriden, this State. After completing 
 his education, he taught school at Cornish, 
 at Hartland, Vt. , ami at Claremont, N.IL; 
 and for three years he was in California. He 
 
 is now a prosperous farmer, is Trustee for sev- 
 eral large estates, and has Ijeen on the School 
 Board for several years. He is a man univer- 
 sally respected, a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church, and possessor of a host of 
 friends. He married Nellie Hilliard, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph L. and Mary Hilliard, and has 
 four ciiildren — Claude and Clytle (twins), 
 Hubert, and Jesse. Jennie Deming became 
 a school teacher, and subsequently married 
 Dr. O. Terry, of Bethel, Vt. Both she and 
 her husband are now deceased. They left 
 one daughter, Nellie li., who married James 
 A. Graham, of Barre, Vt., and has one child, 
 Harry J. Almina Deming married James 
 Fitch, and has two children — Chester and 
 Maurice. Victor, Mr. Deming's eldest 
 son by his second wife, married Mary Bishop, 
 and has one little girl. He has taught 
 school, and is now in the railroad station at 
 Bellows Falls, Vt. Harvey mairied Nettie F. 
 Merrill, and lives in Manchester, N.H. He 
 is a wholesale and retail dealer in stone and 
 granite. Hugh married Maizie Harris, of 
 Fort Ann, N.Y. 
 
 TEPHEN C. PATTEE, one of the 
 most prominent, skilful, and pros- 
 perous agriculturists of Merrimack 
 County, New Hampshire, lives in Warner, on 
 a highly improved farm known as Maple 
 Grange, which has been owned and occupied 
 by his family for more than one hundred 
 years. He was born on this ancestral home- 
 stead, January 11, 1828, son of Asa Pattee, 
 and is of distinguished English and Colonial 
 stock, tracing his descent from Sir William 
 Pattee, who was physician to Cromwell and 
 King Charles H., and was knighted in 1660. 
 Peter Pattee, son of .Sir William, born in 
 1648 in Lansdown, England, emigrateil to
 
 l;l(»(ik,\l'lll(AI, kl'A'lKW 
 
 4'3 
 
 America when a ydiiiij^ man of twciUy-onc 
 y(.'ar.s, settled lirst in Vii\;^iniri, and a few years 
 I iter removed to Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 ills j^randson, Cai)tain Asa I'attcc, cotii- 
 inanded a company in one of the Colonial 
 wars, about the middle of the eighteenth cen- 
 tury, and later received a Captain's commission 
 from Governor Meshech Weare. He was the 
 first of the family to settle in Warner, and 
 built the first frame house in the village, it 
 being now known as the Dr. Eaton house. 
 Cnptain Asa's son John, grandfather of 
 Stephen C. Pattee, settled at Maple Grange 
 in 17S6, taking up the land wlien it was in its 
 primeval wildness, and was afterward through- 
 out his years of activity engaged in the pio- 
 neer labor of clearing and improving. He 
 was an industrious, temperate man, and lived 
 to the ripe old age of eighty-five years. He 
 married I^unice Sargent, a native of Dover, 
 N.I I., and the daughter of l?enjamin Sargent, 
 who owned the adjoining farm. They had 
 three sons: Asa; Jesse, who removed to W'est 
 Cambridge, Mass., now Arlington, wdiere he 
 made a fortune as a baker; aiul Cyrus, who 
 was also a baker by occupation, but died on a 
 farm in Haverhill. 
 
 A.sa Pattee, son of John, inherited the 
 homestead in Warner; and from his earliest 
 youth until his demise he worked upon the 
 soil, being engaged in general farming, stock- 
 raising, and lumbering. He married Sally 
 Colby, whose father, Stephen Colby, a Revo- 
 lutionary pensioner, was one of the early set- 
 tlers of the town of Warner, where he occupied 
 a farm about a mile east of the village, on 
 which his grandson, Asa V. Colby, now lives. 
 Asa and Sally (Colby) Pattee had five sons and 
 two daughters, namely: Stephen C, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; John H., who died in 
 Troy, N. Y. ; Susan; Luther, a ])hysician, who 
 was settled first at Candia, then at Wolfboro, 
 
 and later at Manchester, where lie |)ractise(l 
 from 1S63 until his death in 1895; Asa, alsu 
 a physician, and William Herbert, iiis twin 
 brother, who died in infancy; and i'lmnia, who 
 died at a comparatively early age in woman- 
 hood. Susan Pattee first married A. Jackson 
 lulmunds, and after his deatii became the wife 
 of William H. Palmer. .She died of consiimp- 
 ti(jn three years after her second marriage, 
 leaving two children, neither of whom is liv- 
 ing. Dr. Asa Pattee began practice in Merri- 
 mac, Mass., remaining there about five years, 
 and then removed to Boston, where he prac- 
 tised about thirty years, or until his death, 
 which occurred but a few months since, on 
 May 31, 1897. Emma Pattee married first 
 George Quimby, and afterward became the 
 wife of E. C. Cole, editor of the Kearsarge 
 Independent and Times. The Pattee home- 
 stead descended to Asa Pattee's son Stephen, 
 the present owner. 
 
 Stephen C. Pattee received his elementary 
 education in tiie common schools of Warner, 
 afterward stuilying at private schools in Con- 
 toocook and Bradford. He subsequently 
 taught school in this State and ;\Iassachusctts 
 for twenty years during the winter terms; and 
 he has since been actively identified with the 
 educational progress of his native town, hav- 
 ing been for many years a member of the 
 Board of Education, and by the will of the 
 donor, the late Franklin Simoiuls, being 
 made a life Trustee of the Simonds Free 
 High School Fund of Warner. In his agri- 
 cultural labors Mr. Pattee has met with emi- 
 nent success, his judiciously conducted enter- 
 prises having yielded satisfactory results. In 
 his earlier days he carried on general farming, 
 then turned his attention to wool-growing, and 
 when that was no longer profitable he raised 
 lambs for the market. He has since made 
 money in raising valuable horses, always
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL KEVIEVV 
 
 breeding to the best, including as sires Mani- 
 brino Wilkes, Almont Eagle, Vittoria, and a 
 son of X'iking. For several years he has 
 made dairying his specialty, having a fine 
 herd of grade Holstein and Jersey cows, each 
 of which tests above the standard. He raises 
 some grain every year, as wheat, oats, and 
 corn; and at the World's Columbian Exposi- 
 tion in Chicago in 1893, he was awarded a 
 diploma and a bronze medal for his exhibit of 
 corn. 
 
 Mr. Pattee was one of the managers of the 
 early agricultural association, which was 
 merged into the Kearsarge Agricultural and 
 Mechanical Association, which he has served 
 as President, and which each year holds a fair 
 in Warner. He is very prominent and active 
 in grange work, and for several years served 
 as one of the Executive Committee of the State 
 Grange. He is an authority on all questions 
 connected with agriculture, especially the 
 raising of cereals, and was at one time em- 
 ployed by the Board of Agriculture to give an 
 address on "Wheat Culture" before the Agri- 
 cultural College at Hanover and at various 
 local institutes throughout the State. He has 
 written much on agricultural topics for the 
 press, being a paid contributor to the People 
 and Patriot, Boston Cii/tiiurtor, Nezo England 
 Fanner, Country Gentleman, and Gerviantozvii 
 Telegrapli; and his articles invariably attract 
 attention. In politics he has always been a 
 straight Democrat, an attendant of all local 
 conventions, and has served in all the town- 
 shi]) offices. Fraternally, he is an active 
 Mason, belonging to Harris Lodge, F. & 
 A. M. 
 
 On January 9, 1853, Mr. Pattee married 
 Miss Sally Currier, who was born in Canter- 
 inu-y, N.H., and who died May 5, 1895, leav- 
 ing three sons — Jesse B., William H., and 
 George Ouimby. Jesse B. Pattee, who was 
 
 admitted to the bar in Plymouth County, Mas- 
 sachusetts, has a fine legal practice in Man- 
 chester, N. H , where he now resides. In the 
 fall of 1896 he was elected a Representative to 
 the State legislature for the term of 1897-98. 
 William H. Pattee, who adopted what may 
 well be termed the hereditary profession, re- 
 ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine at 
 the Vermont University in Burlington, prac- 
 tised medicine for a time in Loudon, N.H., 
 then spent ten years in Pelican Rapids, 
 Minn., returning from there to Manchester, 
 N. H., where he is one of the leading physi- 
 cians. George O. Pattee is a book-keeper in 
 Boston. 
 
 ESSE H. FARWELL. — In North 
 Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H., 
 Jesse H. Farwell was born January 22, 
 1834. His father, George Farwell, was a 
 grandson of William Farwell, who was among 
 the first white inhabitants of the town. On 
 settling in life, George P'arwell bought a little 
 corner of the old farm, and built the small 
 house in which all the children were born; but 
 afterward he owned the whole farm, and lived 
 in the old farmhouse. 
 
 An editorial in a Vermont journal gives one 
 of the few glimpses we have of the early life 
 of his son Jesse : — 
 
 "His boyhood was a tj'pe of that of many 
 from New England farms and firesides, who 
 afterward became leaders, the representative 
 men of the nation. His sole educational ad- 
 vantages were derived from the district school 
 near his old home. An (dd neighbor details 
 some interesting reminiscences of his early 
 days. Having business with the elder F"ar- 
 well, he visited him one day at noon, as the 
 industrious habits of the family detained them 
 in the fields from early morn until the evening 
 shadows fell. Duiing the progress of busi-
 
 BIOGRAIMIK ,\l. KEVIKW 
 
 417 
 
 ncss ail intricate mathcniatical problem was 
 involvccl, wiiich neither could satisfactorily 
 solve. Jesse, then a lank stripling of about 
 fifteen years, weighing not over seventy-five or 
 one hundred pounds, clad in a pair of jean 
 overalls, hitched by a single suspender over a 
 l)artially sleeveless shirt, and with tufts of 
 brown Iviii- waving tlirongli the crevices of a 
 broken straw hat, sat on a log by the roadside, 
 improving his 'nooning' by the perusal of a 
 scrap of an old newspaper. Observing the 
 dilemma of the two men, he jiried a scrap of 
 bark from the log on whicii he was resting, 
 and, fishing a portion of a nail from his 
 pocket, soon had the matter correctly ad- 
 justed. The attention of the gentleman being 
 thus called to the boy, he entered into con- 
 versation with him. The picture he pre- 
 sented, as, with bare feet crossed over his hoe 
 handle, in the brilliant summer sunshine, he 
 told of the progress of their farm work, and 
 how they had helped nearly all iheir neighbors 
 out, would have made a scene fit for poet's 
 pencil or artist's brush. He also confided to 
 his friend some of his hopes and aspirations 
 for the future, feeling even then that he had 
 outgrown the narrow limits of his birthplace, 
 and longing for new fields of opportunity and 
 labor — in short, for more worlds to conquer. 
 The father, however, entertained different 
 plans, and about this time took another large 
 farm, hoping, with the assistance of the boy, 
 to pay for it; and when, two years later, Jesse, 
 at the age of sixteen, decided to leave home, 
 the shock and disappointment were such as to 
 seriously affect the health and happiness of 
 the father. It is, however, most gratifying to 
 know that he lived to realize that what he 
 then looked upon as a calamity almost too 
 great for endurance proved a blessing, not 
 only to him and his family, but to his native 
 town and to future generations, who will have 
 
 cause to thank God that such a man has 
 lived." 
 
 Mr. I'arwell says: "Our home was a mile 
 from any public road, our nearest neighbors 
 across the river in Vermont. The house was 
 small, and near the east bank of the Connecti- 
 cut. The scenery was beautiful. George 
 Farwell, my father, was active, industrious, 
 economical, and intelligent, as good a reader 
 as I ever listened to. I"or five years after 
 his majority he was in the employ of 
 John and James Rowland at New Bedford, 
 then largely engaged in the whale fishery. 
 During that time he met my mother, Aurilla 
 Brownell, an acquaintance of the Howlands, 
 who were descendants of those of the same 
 name who came over in the 'Mayflower,' as 
 my mother was of John Alden and Priscilla 
 Molines, an historic couple in Plymouth in 
 Miles Standish's day. My j^arents soon after 
 their marriage came to the old homestead, 
 bought twenty- five acres of grandfather's farm, 
 and settled. My mother was a strong, hardy, 
 rosy-cheeked woman. Both were cheerful, 
 happy, and well mated, constant in kind ad- 
 vice and admonition to their children. The 
 prominent admonition of my mother was, 'If 
 you can say nothing good of others, say noth- 
 ing.' I confess that in the hurry and excite- 
 ment of my somewhat active life I have fre- 
 quently broken that rule, violating my better 
 judgment in cooler hours. 
 
 "In my very early life industry was as nat- 
 ural to me as breathing, economy a necessity, 
 perhaps a pleasure. Harshness and unkind- 
 ness were strangers to my parents, except as 
 seen in others. My mother's religious train- 
 ing had been in Orthodox Congregationalism, 
 but she became largely imbued with the lib- 
 eral views of the Farwell family, for which 
 they were distinguished. 
 
 "With four boys and two girls, one passing
 
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 BIOGRAnilCAL REVIEW 
 
 away when three years old, the other at 
 twenty-one, the house was never lonely; and 
 mother's busy hands had less rest than they 
 needed. Staying on the farm until sixteen 
 years old, I was then to go to Buffalo. My 
 father assented, and gave me ten dollars, 
 which my mother sewed up in my inside coat 
 pocket; and I left familiar scenes and associa- 
 tions, with varying emotions of affection and 
 hope better imagined than described." 
 
 This step from the farm into the wide 
 world in 1850 was taken in response to a 
 letter from an uncle in Buffalo, proposing his 
 coming to that city for three years as an ap- 
 prentice in the undertaking business, his fare 
 out to be paid and his board, and fifty dollars, 
 one hundred and fifty dollars, and one hundred 
 and seventy-five dollars for the whole time. 
 By rail and stage and canal packet-boat the 
 city was reached. The family met him 
 kindly, the new life opened rapidly, and in 
 business and social life he met excellent 
 people in ways to gain insight of their real 
 life and character. For five years, as appren- 
 tice and then assistant, he was with that 
 uncle, E. Farwell, whom he prized as being 
 largely the counterpart of his beloved father. 
 Meantime his two older brothers had left the 
 farm; and his father wrote, urging, even com- 
 manding, his return. He declined, in view 
 of opening advantages; and in a few years the 
 father gladly acknowledged the better judg- 
 ment of his son. 
 
 Twenty-one years of age, energetic, capable, 
 and enterprising, in September, 1855, he 
 landed from the steamer "'Plymouth Rock" 
 at ten o'clock I'.m., in Detroit. The next 
 morning he met Marcus Stevens and Samuel 
 Zugg, both strangers, and before noon laid the 
 foundation for a five years' partnership, they 
 to offset two thousand dollars against his 
 whole time and skill, and he to have one-lhinl 
 
 of the profits, as undertakers. This went on 
 for twelve years; and in 1867 he became con- 
 nected with a company of paving contractors, 
 controlling the patent for the Nicholson pave- 
 ment. On their dissolution in 1873, Mr. 
 Farwell, in connection with E. Robinson, 
 continued the business, and operated exten- 
 sively in street paving in Detroit and other 
 Michigan cities up to 18S5. For eight years 
 from 1872 he was connected with the Clough 
 & Warren Organ Company of Detroit ; and he 
 was also President and leading owner for some 
 years of the Dominion Organ and Piano Com- 
 pany of Bowmanville, Ont., both of which 
 concerns during these years rose from small 
 beginnings to the front rank in such enter- 
 prises. 
 
 He is President of the Farwell Transporta- 
 tion Company, which has during its existence 
 owned and controlled a fleet of some twenty 
 vessels, among which are some of the largest 
 and best steamers and sailing craft on the 
 Lakes. 
 
 He was first President of the Detroit liven- 
 ing Journal Company, then an independent 
 paper. Mr. and Mrs. Farwell are separate 
 owners of real estate in the city. To wait and 
 watch with quiet sagacity until the time was 
 ripe, and then to enter into enterprises, old or 
 new, with prompt vigor, has been his method 
 in business; and thus his enlarging operations 
 have usually been safe from the start. 
 
 A Democrat in politics, he holds fast to his 
 party with sincere fidelity. He favors woman 
 suffrage as based on justice and therefore 
 sure to bring benefit. Of the liberal school 
 in religion, he has been a Trustee of the De- 
 troit Unitarian Society and President of the 
 State Association, and in later years a sup- 
 porter of the Univcrsalist Society in the city. 
 Unpretending in manner, he is quietly social 
 and friendly, with a cheery humor as spar-
 
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 42 1 
 
 kliiiL; and Inic as tlic bahlil iiij;' brooks amony 
 his iial i\'c hills. 
 
 Ajiril 24, 1859, i\Ir. I'arvvcll married ICniiiia 
 J. Godfrey, of Detroit, a woman whose frank 
 and honest eyes tell an elo<|uent story of 
 kindly sincerity. Their home life has been 
 happy. Their two sons, George and Jerry G., 
 are in business. A danghter, Emma, just be- 
 yond that mystic verge where childhood and 
 womanhood meet, makes u[) the trio. 
 
 The story of the building and dedication of 
 the l''arwell School-house, North Charles- 
 town, N. H., 1889-90, is a twice-told tale 
 well worth reading. During the visits of Mr. 
 I'"arwell and his family to his birthplace the 
 ruinous condition of the district school-house 
 had become a subject of discussion, until their 
 daughter Emma, in an inspired and ins])iring 
 moment, proposed that they should build a 
 new one. This plan ripened. Mrs. Farwell 
 wished to pay half the cost. The house, the 
 finest country school-house in the State, had 
 its corner-stone laiil July 4, 1S89; and a year 
 after the completed building was passed over 
 to the town, these occasions being gala days to 
 hundreds. Extracts from the addresses of Mr. 
 l'"arwell, and a glim[5se of the exercises, will 
 show the spirit in which the good work was 
 done and accepted. 
 
 I'jiima Farwell, who first suggested the 
 building, fitly laid the corner-stone. The 
 Hon. George S. Smith presided. The Rev. 
 T. D. Howard said: "There rises in my 
 memory an address by Dean Stanley to an 
 I'jiglish audience on the restoration of an 
 ancient church. He spoke of the influence 
 u[K)n those who daily were in siglit of the 
 revered and noble building whose walls had 
 been repaired. An atmosphere distinct from 
 that which commonly prevails envelopes a 
 building dedicated to high public service. 
 Above this corner-stone is to be erected a 
 
 beautiful building. The passing traveller 
 will pause to hear the story of local attach- 
 ment, affectionate memory, and open-handed 
 generosity, which caused these walls to rise. 
 He may be led to think of the blessings of 
 knowledge and rcfineinent which thence may 
 reach future generations, while every resident 
 near by may well draw inspiration to kindly 
 deeds fiom this proof of aiiiding love. 
 
 "I am glail, for one, that the friendly rain 
 has led us from floor outside into this church. 
 The cause of education may here fitly receive 
 its rightful sanction. Here we may well 
 affirm that good knowledge is the handmaid of 
 religion, and ho[)e and pray that the instruc- 
 tion given young minds may lead toward that 
 'fear of the Eord which is the beginning of 
 wisdom.' " 
 
 Only the opening sentence of Mr. Far- 
 well's speech is quoted: — ■ 
 
 "With a view of giving added interest to 
 the cause of education in country schools, and 
 with a sincere regard for the place of my na- 
 tivity, childhood, and early boyhood, and in 
 affectionate remembrance of my parents, 
 George and Aurilla Farwell, my grand-parents, 
 Jesse and Abigail Farwell, and my great -grand- 
 parents, William and Bethiah F'arwell, all 
 now deceased, and with a desire to perpetuate 
 the memory of their modest worth as parents 
 and citizens, I have been led to construct this 
 building, the corner-stone of which is this day 
 to be laid, with the purpose, when fully com- 
 pleted, to present the same to my native town. 
 In depositing this declaration beneath the 
 corner-stone, I desire that there may go with 
 it an acknowledgment of my appreciation of 
 the worth of the several teachers by whom it 
 was my good fortune to be instructed during 
 my school-boy days." 
 
 Others spoke briefly ; and the people went to 
 their hornes iri happy mood, to meet again in
 
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 larger numbers, July 4, 1890, to see the build- 
 ing dedicated and passed over to the town. 
 When multitudes from near and far gathered 
 beneath a spacious canopy on the grounds, the 
 building stood complete before them. The 
 front door of heavy oak opens into a hall, 
 around which are school and cabinet and 
 library rooms. Its front is ea.stward, and its 
 broad windows open a fine view down the 
 valley toward the Connecticut River a few 
 miles west and the Vermont mountains be- 
 yond. Healthfulness, comfort, and the latest 
 and best school apparatus have been sought 
 for; and further plans for library and cabinets 
 are being laid. 
 
 Music by choir and band, brief talks by the 
 Rev. Calvin Stebbins, of Worcester, formerly 
 of Detroit, the Hon. H. W. Parker, of Clare- 
 mont, A. Wait, of Newport, the Rev. D. E. 
 Croft, of Charlestown, an address by the Hon. 
 Justin Dartt, reading of letters, a flag deliv- 
 ery (the flag presented by Dr. Byron G. Clark, 
 of New York City), a presentation of mineral- 
 ogical cabinet by John Hancock Lock, Esq., 
 of North Charlestown, a deluge of mountain 
 flowers poured upon Mrs. Farwell by the ladies 
 and school children, filled the time enjoyably, 
 the speaking being all fit and valuable. 
 
 From Mr. Farwell 's address, passing over 
 the school-house to the town, extracts are given 
 as follows : — 
 
 ''Mr. Chairuian, — Agreeably to promise 
 heretofore made, I now deliver the deed of this 
 house and lot from myself and wife, who joins 
 with me in this conveyance, and who has vol- 
 untarily and cheerfully contributed from her 
 own estate the one-half of the cost of this gift 
 to my native town. 
 
 "Among the conditions attached to this gift 
 are that it shall be used for a general school 
 and library, and when not in use for those 
 purposes shall be free to all religious organiza- 
 
 tions which may make application for its use, 
 the purpose being to have it entirely unsecta- 
 rian and free to all who may choose to use it, 
 reversing in this respect the rule enjoined by 
 the benefactor, and steadily enforced in one 
 of the great educational and industrial insti- 
 tutions of the city of Philadelphia, whereby no 
 minister is to pass within its walls. There is 
 no better way to abolish religious prejudice 
 and bigotry than a free and full presentation 
 of the various doctrines pertaining to the 
 Christian and other religions of the world. In 
 the language of one of the eminent scholars 
 of New England, now deceased, 'the right to 
 read and construe the sacred writings of the 
 Christian and other religions belongs exclu- 
 sively to no class or set of men, but to the 
 individual who is to rise or fall by his own 
 acts and his own faith, and not by those of 
 another. " 
 
 "It is the sincere wish of Mrs. Farwell, 
 myself, and our daughter, who, with your aid, 
 laid so strong, and we trust enduringly, the 
 corner-stone of this building on the Fourth of 
 July last, that the management of the affairs 
 of this school district by those whose duty it 
 now becomes to care for it, coupled with the 
 efforts of the teachers who from time to time 
 may be intrusted with the education of the 
 children who may here attend, together with 
 the efforts of the children themselves, may be 
 successful in making this school a pride to the 
 community, an ornament to the township, and 
 the model rural school of New Hampshire and 
 New England. 
 
 "There is much in the historic memories of 
 this community, town and State, to stimulate 
 the rising generation to noble effort; and with 
 well-directed effort there is sure to follow 
 worthy achievement. 
 
 "In the early hours and engagements of the 
 Revolution, when this neighborhood was little
 
 BKJGRArillCAl. RliVlEW 
 
 42s 
 
 iiioic than an ui]l)nikcn wildcnicss, it was rep- 
 resented ably and heroically by its full share 
 of active men. 
 
 "Although of remote lineage, the gallant 
 record of Captain Farvvcll, who was from this 
 immediate nciglihnrhood at tlie battle of Bun- 
 ker Hill, the second engagement of the Revo- 
 lution, has been and will ever be a proud 
 recollection to myself and family. 
 
 "Within sight of where we now are, on 
 yonder mountain range, is to be seen the first 
 camping-ground of the intrepid Stark and his 
 band of Granite patriots, while on their hur- 
 ried march to the field of Bennington, made 
 historic by their heroism a few days later. 
 
 ''Going back to earlier days, long prior to 
 the Revidution, during the distressing years of 
 I'rench and Indian wars, we find the little fort 
 in this town the extreme northerly fortified 
 point in the valley of the Connecticut. l""rom 
 the headquarters of their allies at Montreal 
 and Quebec the Indians made their way by 
 water transit up the St. Lawrence, through its 
 connecting waters to Lake Champlain, thence 
 by trail across the mountain regions of Ver- 
 mont, reaching the Connecticut abreast of this 
 town where they too often found a rich har- 
 vest of scalps and prisoners among the sur- 
 jirisetl and ambushed settlers of those early 
 da}s. The market for the Indians' booty of 
 human scalps and half-starved prisoners was 
 as clearly established and more steady at Mon- 
 treal and Quebec in those days than are the 
 markets of to-day for the ordinary items of 
 commerce. 
 
 "Many of us forget, in reading of far-off 
 heroic deeds, the equal heroism which has 
 been displayed nearer home and at our very 
 doors. The heroic determination to defend, 
 to the last drop of blood, all which they held 
 nearest and dearest, which animated Captain 
 Stevens and a mere handful of men, women. 
 
 and children, in the defence of the fort at 
 Charlestown, No. 4, during the French and 
 Indian wars, against nearly a thousand Indian 
 warriors, is not surpassed by the Grecian de- 
 fence at the Pass of Thermopyla; or the Texan 
 patriots at the gate of the Alamo. 
 
 "Allusion was made to the profile of the 
 'Old Man of the Mountain' by the distin- 
 guished orator at the laying of the corner- 
 stone of this building, as being an emblem or 
 sign of one of the occupations of the people of 
 this State — namely, the rearing of men. The 
 allusion was a beautiful and fitting one. 
 However we may speculate as to whether that 
 colossal image of the human face, placed on 
 its lofty pedestal midst the clouds, the White 
 Mountains its fitting base, silent witness of 
 the ever-changing forms of creation and the 
 steady growth of man, w-as created as a type of 
 the great men who were to be reared in the 
 Granite State, one thing is certain : that there 
 is an influence radiating from that majestic 
 image, with all its attendant and surrounding 
 grandeur, which is directly traceable in the 
 moulding of mind and character of all who are 
 so fortunate as to be born and reared within 
 its influence. . . . 
 
 "To the young I would say in conclusion: 
 Place high your ideals, and work steadily 
 toward them. Lmulate as near as may be the 
 distinguished examples the history of your 
 State affords. Cultivate a wholesome and 
 kindly rivalry for intellectual, moral, and 
 physical advancement. Let the girls vie with 
 each other and with the boys, and the boys 
 with the girls, in efforts to care for this prop- 
 erty and in ornamentation of its grounds. 
 Keep frequently in mind the stirring incidents 
 of the past, consider your prospects and your 
 duties, think of the rich inheritance acquired 
 by generations of ancestors, and recollect al- 
 ways that it was they who founded the fabric
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 of your iH'osperity in a severe and robust 
 morality, having intelligence for its cement, 
 and religion for its groundwork. Continue 
 to build on the same foundation and by the 
 same principles. " 
 
 The following is the address by the Hon. 
 Justin Dartt, the leading orator of the day: — 
 
 "This is a day of gladness. It is a hapjiy 
 occasion that has called us here. I see it in 
 your faces. Who here is not happy.' Who 
 does not rejoice in the great fortune that has 
 fallen to this community.' Who has not a 
 stronger faith in humanity and more hope and 
 more courage for the future, as he looks at this 
 beautiful structure, grown from the generous 
 philanthropy of a man whom your State gave to 
 the West, and who is now giving back to the 
 East.' Some people know how to build monu- 
 ments that shall endure. -Such are your bene- 
 factors. 
 
 "Some months ago I was beside that won- 
 deiful mausoleum in my native State where a 
 man expended a fortune of nearly one hundred 
 thousand to entomb the remains of his wife 
 and daughter, and set up before its portal a 
 statue of himself. This was some satisfaction, 
 some pleasure to him, no doubt, but no benefit 
 to others, save as a work of skill and art which 
 they may admire. And then a little later I 
 stood in the shadow of Brigliam Acatlemy, and 
 read over its entrance, 'Erected by Peter ]5rig- 
 ham.' Here, I thought, is a monument worth 
 the building. That mausoleum with its statue 
 and its mirrors and its landscapes, shall con- 
 sume away and crumble into dust with the 
 bodies of the dead, and the builder will be for- 
 gotten ; but I'eter Brigham will live on and on 
 in the lives of those he helped to a better man- 
 hood and of those influenced by them. Yes, 
 we are learning to build monuments more last- 
 ing than the granite and the marble. We 
 build them in human hearts. 
 
 "This school building is intrusted to your 
 care, people of this district. You have 
 accepted the trust, guard it well. Let no 
 idle hand deface its walls or mar its beauty. 
 Keep in your hearts the spirit of the donor, 
 and suffer no neglect to lessen your interest in 
 its preservation. Permit no teacher to preside 
 in these rooms who has not a love for and a 
 sympathy with childhood, and may the influ- 
 ence of this school ever be as clean and chaste 
 as the edifice now before us. We dedicate it 
 to the children of this district, those who are 
 here and those who are to come after them in 
 the years of the future. Happy are those 
 children whose parents and the people among 
 whom they live never grow old, never forget 
 that they have been children, and who can 
 appreciate the value of the beautiful in the 
 surroundings of child life. 
 
 "Wordsworth wrote, 'The child is father to 
 the man' ; and Milton said that 'childhood 
 shows the man as morning shows the day.' 
 E.xperience proves that they knew whereof they 
 spoke ; and, as we hope for true men and noble 
 women in the future, so we build for them 
 to-day, and this beautiful structure, unique in 
 its design, elegant in all its appointments, 
 shall stand for learning and culture, for dis- 
 cipline of life and worth of character, in those 
 who are trained within it. How well the ar- 
 chitect has made it represent the thought for 
 which it stands! Varied and diversified in its 
 material, it shall give its privileges to all. 
 No sectarianism here, no party divisions in its 
 favors, no distinction in those to whom its 
 benefits are given ; but it is free to all, a grand 
 representative of the common-school system of 
 which it forms a part. Other men have built 
 academies, colleges, halls, and libraries almost 
 without number; and we honor their deeds and 
 their memories. The donors of this buiUling 
 have built better than they because they have
 
 lUOCRAl'lllCAL REVIEW 
 
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 Iniill fur the chililrcn, fi)r the CDinniDii scIkiuI, 
 the fouiulation of uur ccliicalional system. 
 
 "I believe this to be the first instance 
 where a house of such rare beauty and ele- 
 gance has been devoted to the elementary 
 schools of the country, a house that has no 
 e()ual anion<;- the district-school buildings of 
 the land. 
 
 "Standing here in tliis representative com- 
 munity of the State, this house is also dedicated 
 to the future stability of the Commonwealth. 
 Carved from the granite of her hills, it shall 
 be the sujiport of her honor and the guardian 
 of her virtue and patriotism by means of its 
 influence upon her citizenship, for, 
 
 ' The riches of the Comnionwealth 
 Are free, strong minds and hearts of health ; 
 And more to her than gold and gain 
 The cunning hand and cidtured brain.' 
 
 "]5ut more than this. Planted here in this 
 lovely valley of a sovereign State of the 
 nation, a part of a great system of education 
 that reaches from ocean to ocean, from the 
 Gulf to the Great Lakes, this little gem, more 
 valuable than the diamond, is consecrated to 
 national liberty, to the further and larger de- 
 velopment of that idea which landed with the 
 Pilgrims, to the principle that was born in the 
 cabin of the 'Mayflower,' a principle destined 
 to permeate all nations and draw the alle- 
 giance of the world. 
 
 "It is said by the great generals of the past 
 that in every decisive battle there is a 
 moment of crisis on which the fortune of the 
 day turns, and he who seizes and holds that 
 ridge of destiny wins the victory. There are 
 crises in the course of nations as well as in 
 the tide of war, and in this crisis of our coun- 
 try — ^ for I believe we are even now fast ap- 
 proaching one — education and her allies must 
 hold the part. She will hold it, and win for 
 
 truth and righteousness, 'ihe mightiest fac- 
 tors in human progress arc unseen. They 
 come not with the noise and wrangle of polit- 
 ical debate, they are not on the surface of 
 strikes and labor agitations; but, like the sun- 
 shine and the rain, they move the latent 
 powers of a world's philanthropy, and give an 
 abundant harvest of blessings. 
 
 ".Such a power are the schools of America. 
 The lines that lead out from our New Kngland 
 civilization have touched every village and 
 hamlet of the national domain. The school 
 teachers are touching the wires that arc to 
 reach every home and child in the land. 
 Grand as have been the successes of the past, 
 they are to pale and grow dim before the 
 results of the near future. We are not to fail. 
 We'll meet the incomer from every nation 
 with the common school for his children. 
 We'll send its currents through and through 
 the great surging mass of ignorance in that 
 South land. Even now the rays are breaking 
 out through the dark cloud like electric lights 
 in the blackness of a storm. 
 
 "When cities rivalling the magnificence of 
 every other age, shall stand on the borders of 
 the Pacific, the public school will be there. 
 When the commerce of the Eastern nations 
 shall crowd the gates of those cities, we'll send 
 back to the worn-out civilizations of the Old 
 World the bearers of a Christian education, 
 before which ignorance shall be ashamed and 
 superstition hide from the sight of man." 
 
 The question of deep water ways from lakes 
 to ocean and other matters of moment, in com- 
 merce and transportation especially, have al- 
 ways commanded Mr. Farwell's attention, 
 whether he had direct personal interest in 
 them or not. A new site for a new post-office 
 building, for instance, was an impersonal 
 affair, but enlisted his hearty interest. 
 
 Whether the railroads should bridge the
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 river at Detroit, and thus, as he and others 
 claimed, obstruct navigation, or whether a 
 tunnel should or could be built under water 
 fifty feet deep, he held of great importance to 
 the people of the whole North-west. When 
 the question came up in 1888, he addressed 
 jniblic meetings and wrote terse and strong 
 letters in favor of a tunnel. In one of these 
 letters is quoted a statement of General Poe, 
 the eminent engineer then in government 
 charge of harbors, canals, etc., on the Great 
 Lakes, that the annual saving in freight from 
 Lake Superior alone, by water rather than 
 rail, was over ten million dollars, and that, 
 but for water routes, the total like e.xtra cost 
 would e.xceed forty million dollars, saying that 
 the freight passing through the Suez Canal is 
 less than half what passes through the river at 
 Detroit, "which speculators are trying to ob- 
 struct by piers and bridges." Mis brief para- 
 graphs made a strong impression. The advo- 
 cates of a bridge about that time made an 
 estimate of its cost as about six million dol- 
 lars, along with an effort to show that a tunnel 
 was impracticable. 
 
 It was soon known that he was ready, with 
 others, to guarantee the completion of a tunnel 
 for three million five hundred thousand dol- 
 lars, and from the leading Lake cities came 
 protests against bridges. During the ten 
 years since, one tunnel has been built, and is 
 in safe and constant use at Port Huron, but 
 not a bridge at Detroit or elsewhere. When 
 navigation through the "Soo" and the .St. 
 Clair Canals was obstructed by accidents in 
 1888, Mr. I'"arwell telegraphed President 
 Cleveland, who promptly cut all "red tape," 
 and had needed help given at once. Me after- 
 ward addressed him a letter favoring the Nica- 
 ragua Canal. 
 
 In deep waterways — twenty-foot channels 
 and canals from Chicago and Duluth to the 
 
 seaboard — he took strong interest. On these 
 subjects he spoke at Buffalo, Detroit, St. 
 Louis, Tacoma, and elsewhere, usually in con- 
 ventions. Mis resolutions and remarks at St. 
 Louis are given in full : — 
 
 "At the Nicaragua Canal Convention held 
 at St. Louis, Mo., on June i, 1893, Mr. Jesse 
 H. Parwell, representing the State of Michi- 
 gan, offered the appended resolutions and 
 addressed the convention as follows: — 
 
 " 117/rmrs tlic construclion of a canal nniting 
 tlie zvatcrs of tlie Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by 
 7vay of Lake Nicaragua is noic the imperative 
 demand of the commercial icorld, and zuill l>e 
 the equal benefactor of all maritime nations ; 
 and 
 
 " Whereas the distinguishing feature of the 
 generation in 7chich zee live is the g/vzcth of 
 the sentiment of univcisal brotherhood and by 
 virtue thereof the fraternity of nations ; there- 
 fore 
 
 "Resolved that the President of the United 
 States be and he is hereby requested to invite 
 to a conference representatives from all nations 
 with whom this nation has had diplomatic rela- 
 tions^ to the end that tlie Nicaragua Canal may 
 be built by Joint effort of nations, that, as its 
 beneficence is universal, so the protection and 
 care of it may be the bounden obligation of the 
 maritime zvorld, that, uninterrupted by inter- 
 necine strife, it may co7itinuc for all time tlie 
 peaceful pathivay of a zvorUV s commerce.'" 
 
 Mr. I-'arwell spoke as follows; "Coming 
 uninstructed from a State which stands promi- 
 nent in successful efforts for the development 
 of the internal commerce of the country; a 
 Commonwealth which has by far tlie longest 
 coast line washed by navigable waters of any 
 of our forty-four States; a State, every foot of 
 whose borders of two thousand miles is con- 
 stantly washed by the ebb and flow created by 
 the innumerable steam and sail craft whose
 
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 keels create a perpetual wake around her two 
 peninsulas; a State, in front of whose chief 
 financial and coniniercial nietropulis there 
 moves a commerce which in volume surpasses 
 that passing any other point on the globe; a 
 city which, sitting on liic banks of the broad, 
 1)1 uc l'osi)]iorus (if tilts western hemisphere, 
 has iieen justly likened in its geogra|)hical 
 position to the city of Constantiiie in the 
 eastern world- it is pinper, f bclic\'c, that 1 
 call llic attention of this convention to the 
 fact that, under a wise and liberal system of 
 State and national policy, seventy million of 
 people cheerfully contriinite to the widening, 
 straightening, and deei)ening of the various 
 channels connecting our great inland seas. 
 
 "Long before the United States had a na- 
 tional existence and at a period of Juigland's 
 history when she had already dotted the sur- 
 face of the globe with her possessions and her 
 military posts, and when her morning drum- 
 beats, travelling with the sun and keeping 
 time with the hours, circled the earth with 
 (Hie continuous ami unbroken strain of her 
 martial airs, she in connection with France 
 dedicated all the water ways of our northern 
 and north-western frontier to be forever free 
 and unobstructed to all the nations of the 
 earth. 
 
 "The development following the policy just 
 outlined, and which may be classed as the 
 line of Christian civilization, is simpl\' mar- 
 vellous. 
 
 "Buffalo at that time was a straggling vil- 
 lage, Detroit a camping-ground of the Indians, 
 Chicago absolutely unknown, and the w^aters 
 of Lake Superior had scarcely been stirred by 
 a white man's skiff; while to-da)' almost 
 every square mile of its vast area is lightened 
 by the sails of its vessels, or shaded by the 
 smoke of its rushing steamers. And the gate- 
 way to and from that lake, which, although 
 
 admitting at ohc liiih, ,uim c\li^> ii.niii'iui four 
 of the largest steamships, and with one move- 
 ment lifting them from the level of Lake Huron 
 t(j that of Lake Superior, is insufficient for the 
 ]Hescnt and rajjidly increasing traffic. 
 
 "Coming from a State with surrounding.s 
 such as I have recited and with an experience 
 thus suggestive and cheering, I hazard nothing 
 in saying that Michigan will he in the very 
 liont rank of promoters of tiiis work, and will 
 stand ready to do her full share in aid of its 
 rapid and speedy completion. 
 
 "For the sake of contrast, go in memory over 
 the history of the eastern world, and you will 
 call to mind that to gain possession of the 
 eastern Bosphorus on one hand and to main- 
 tain the same on the other, Europe, Asia, and 
 Africa have, decade after decade, generation 
 after generation, and century after century, 
 marshalled gigantic armies, and almost from 
 the period of recorded history have continued 
 to enrich the soil of each with the best blood 
 of their soldiery, and crimsoned alike the cold 
 currents of the Baltic, the softer currents of 
 the Mediterranean and the Nile, and the blue 
 waters of the Adriatic with the best blood of 
 their naval heroes. 
 
 "The development following this last re- 
 cited policy has been along the line of bar- 
 baric civilization, the effect of which is best 
 described under terms of servile, mindless, and 
 enervate Ottoman and darkest Russia. 
 
 "Assembled as we are, Mr. President, to 
 consider a project which has occupied the at- 
 tention of the civilized world since the discov- 
 ery of America, and which has through suc- 
 cessive periods received some of the best 
 thought and effort of engineering and business 
 minds, and to accomplish which five hundred 
 millions of dollars and fifty thousand human 
 lives have been wasted, it may be well to con- 
 sider the board and enlightened policy which
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 dictated the treaty I have alluded to, and the 
 unexampled results which have arisen there- 
 from. 
 
 "Had the maritime nations acted in conso- 
 nance with that policy in reference to an 
 interoceanic canal, we should have enjoyed its 
 advantages one hundred years ago. 
 
 "The expressed desire of one of the many 
 able writers and promoters of this enterprise 
 is that the first steamship which passes through 
 the Nicaragua Canal may hail from San Fran- 
 cisco; and he declares that when he has seen 
 the flag of our country floating from the peak 
 of an ocean steamship on Lake Nicaragua, he 
 will reverently paraphrase the devout Simeon 
 of nineteen centuries ago: 'Lord, now lettest 
 thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine 
 eyes have seen the salvation of the Pacific 
 Coast and the glory of the great Republic' 
 
 "My devout desire is to live to see, contem- 
 poraneously with the completion of the Nica- 
 ragua Canal from ocean to ocean, the comple- 
 tion of that other great national work which 
 was inaugurated at Detroit last December; 
 namely, a ship canal connecting our great in- 
 land seas with the larger oceans ; and, on the 
 completion of these great works, world-wide 
 in their influence and benefits, I hope to see 
 not only the Stars and Stripes, but the flags of 
 all maritime nations, gaily and peacefully 
 floating from the mast-heads of their various 
 steamers on the route from the Pacific to the 
 Atlantic and vice versa, and also on that other 
 route, which I trust I may live to see com- 
 pleted, connecting our great inland lakes with 
 the outer oceans. My own idea is that all the 
 maritime and inland States be federated to- 
 gether for the completion of this great work. 
 
 "Such would be a fitting climax for these 
 closing years of the nineteenth century of our 
 Christian era, and would be the practical reali- 
 zation of what has hitherto been the ideal 
 
 dream of the philanthropist — namely, the uni- 
 versal brotherhood of man, the federation of 
 the nations, and a parliament of the world. 
 
 "In this line of thought, but in no dogmatic 
 spirit, I have offered these resolutions, and 
 ask a respectful consideration theieof by this 
 convention. " 
 
 A glance at the genealogical records of the 
 I-'arwell and allied families shows that the 
 subject of the foregoing sketch numbers among 
 his ancestors some of the earliest colonists of 
 New England and some of the most noted and 
 influential, both in the Plymouth settlement 
 and the Bay province. The P"arwell line is 
 thus given : — 
 
 (i) Henry Farwell from England settled in 
 Concord, Mass., in 1638, moved to Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., in 1650, and died there in 1670; 
 his wife, Olive, at same town, 1691. The 
 earliest town records of Concord being lost, 
 knowledge of these two is scanty; but they 
 were probably ancestors of all or most of the 
 name in New England and of many else- 
 where. (2) Their son, Joseph Farwell, born in 
 Concord, 1642, married Hannah Learned, of 
 Chelmsford, in 1666, and died in Dunstable, 
 Mass., in 1722. (3) Lsaac P^arwell, son of 
 Joseph, born in Chelmsford, died about 1753. 
 
 (4) William P'arwell, son of Isaac, born in 
 Medford, Mass., in 1712, died in Charlestown, 
 N. H., in iSoi, married Bethiah Eldridge. 
 
 (5) Jesse and Abigail (Allen) Farwell, of 
 North Charlestown, N.H. (6) George and Au- 
 rilla (Brownell) I-'arwell. (7) Their son, Jesse 
 H. Farwell, born in 1834, in North Charles- 
 town, N. H., now of Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Henry P'arwell and his descendants were 
 trustworthy, the men holding town and church 
 offices far more important then than now. They 
 were substantial farmers and landholders, in- 
 telligent and independent in thought. One 
 stood firm in the patriot ranks on Bunker Hill.
 
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 433 
 
 Several were in Indian fights, Sf)me talccn 
 prisoners. The Rev. William I'arwelJ, a 
 great-uncle of Jesse II. l-'arweJl, was the first 
 Univers.ilist ])reacher in Northern Vermont 
 and New 1 lanijishire, an heretical bishoji trav- 
 elling much o\'er his wide diocese, holding 
 toil and peril but light trials, and much be- 
 loved as a true man. In Harrc, V^t. , one of 
 his societies built a chunli over a century ago. 
 The ['"arwells were a steadfast race, such men 
 antl'women as hold the world together. 
 
 The wife of Jesse l'"arwell and grandmother 
 of Jesse M. I-'arwell was Abigail Allen, 
 daughter of Benjamin and I'eggy (Spofford) 
 Allen, and grand-daughter of Captain John 
 and Hannah (Tyler) Spofford. Benjamin 
 Allen was in Stark's brigade at Bennington 
 and .Saratoga. The Spofford family is a very 
 old one in England, the name being found in 
 the Doomsday Book, or record of the division 
 of lands after the Norman Concpiest in 1066, 
 and also in Sa.xon chronicles of an earlier 
 date. The Spofford Genealogy, prepared 
 mostly by the late Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, of 
 Georgetown, Mass., and edited by his daugh- 
 ter, contains a picture of Spofforth Castle, an 
 interesting ruin in Spofforth or .Spofford, 
 Yorkshire, England, whose owner in the 
 eleventh century, Gamelbar, Lord of Spni- 
 forth, was son of Gamel, who before the Con- 
 cpiest was lord of the manor of llkley, and was 
 the ancestor of the Spofforths or Spoffords of 
 Yorkshire. Captain John .Spofford, above 
 named, born in 1704, grandfather of Abigail, 
 wife of Jesse Farwell, was a great-grandson 
 of John .Spofford, one of the first settlers of 
 Rowley, Mass., and the first settler in 
 Georgetown, Mass. Of the latter, who had 
 the reputation of being an intensely jjious 
 man, a curious anecdote is related: "There 
 had been a severe drought, and he went to 
 Salem to buy corn for himself and his neigh- 
 
 bors. The merchant to whom 11.. .ijijilicd, 
 knowing the scarcity, and foreseeing higher 
 prices, refu.scd to sell. After pleading in 
 vain, John .Spofford cursed the merchant to 
 his face, and was promptly brought before the 
 local magistrate, charged w-ith profane swear- 
 ing. Spofford replied that he had not sworn 
 profanely but as a religious duty, and quoterl 
 Prov. xi., 2(1, as his authority. The words 
 he qu(jted are: 'lie that witholdeth corn from 
 the hungry, the people shall curse him.' 
 Spofford was immediately acquitted, and, by 
 the summary power of the Court in those days, 
 the merchant was ordered to deliver the corn." 
 Captain John Spofford, his great-grandson, 
 already mentioned, after marriage resided for 
 ten years in Georgetown, and then removed 
 to what is now Charlestown, N. H. The saw- 
 mill and grist-mill built here by him, the first 
 in this region, were burned by the Indians in 
 1746; and he himself, with otic or tw(j others, 
 was carried away a prisoner to Canada, whence 
 he returned in 1747. The mills built to re- 
 place these were also destroyed, and afterward 
 the third mills were built. Settlers came 
 from Lancaster, one hundred and twenty four 
 miles away, to have their corn ground by Cap- 
 tain Spofford. Hannah Tyler, wife of Captain 
 John Spofford, was a daughter ot Job and 
 Margaret (Bradstreet) Tyler, and her mother, 
 Margaret, a daughter of Colonel Dudley Brad- 
 street, who was a son of Governor Simon and 
 Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, both of honored 
 memory, he an able and faithful government 
 official in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for 
 over si.xty years, chief magistrate for thirteen 
 years; she a poet, the first American woman 
 of letters, a lady of gentle birth and breed- 
 ing, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. 
 Governor and Mistress Anne Bradstreet were 
 the parents of eight children. From them 
 many distinguished Americans — for e.\ample,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wendell Phillips, 
 William Ellery Channing — have traced their 
 lineage. 
 
 Mr. Jesse H. Farvvell's mother, Mrs. 
 Aurilla (Brownell) Farwell, was a daughter of 
 Henry and Ruth (Shaw) Brownell, of Little 
 Compton, R. L She was, on the maternal 
 side, of the si.xth generation in descent from 
 John and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden, of the 
 "Mayflower" and Plymouth Colony, being a 
 great-great-grand-daughter of their daughter 
 Elizabeth, the first white woman born in New 
 England, who married William Pabodie (or 
 Peabody), of Duxbury, afterward of Little 
 Compton, R.I. Sarah Pabodie, daughter of 
 William and Elizabeth, became the wife of 
 John Coe; and their daughter, Mrs. Lydia Coe 
 Shaw, was the mother of Mrs. Ruth Shaw 
 Brownell and grandmother of Aurilla Brown- 
 ell. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Alden Pabodie died at Little 
 Compton, R.L, May 31, 1717, in the ninety- 
 third or ninety-fourth year of her age. Her 
 tomb bears the following inscription: — 
 
 •'A bud from Plymouth's ' Mayflower' sprung, 
 Transplanted here to live and bloom, 
 Her memory, ever sweet and young, 
 The centuries guard within tliis tomb." 
 
 ENJAMIN W. BREED, farmer, of 
 ''^^ I-'ranklin, Merrimack County, N.H., 
 n^/ a veteran of the Civil War, who 
 nearly lost his life by a gimshot wound re- 
 ceived in battle, was born in Nelson, Cheshire 
 County, February 12, 1830, son of John and 
 Sarah (Blood) Breed. Many of his ancestors 
 and of their near kin were of Massachusetts 
 birth, and were lifelong residents of that 
 State, the family being one of the earliest that 
 settled in P^ssex County. iJr. Nathaniel 
 Breed, who was a native of Lynn, Mass., was 
 
 a surgeon's mate on the staff of General Wash- 
 ington in the Revolution. Dr. Breed's son 
 John was at the battle of Bunker Hill, which 
 was really fought, as we know, on Breed's 
 Hill. John Breed spent the greater part of 
 his life in Nelson, N.H., but passed his last 
 years in Sheboygan, Wis. 
 
 John Breed, son of John and father of Ben- 
 jamin W., resided in Nelson until 1840, when 
 he removed to Franklin, and settled upon the 
 farm which his son now occupies. He died in 
 i860. He was twice married; and by his first 
 wife, Rhoda Wheeler, of Nelson, he had four 
 children, none of whom are living. His sec- 
 ond wife, Sarah Blood, who was a native of 
 Tyngsboro, Mass., became the mother of five 
 children, as follows: Rhoda, who lives in 
 Franklin Falls, and is the widow of Ben- 
 jamin H. Holt; Charles, who resided for a 
 time in Charlestown, Mass., and died at New 
 Orleans in 1864; Sarah Ann, who married 
 Washington Clark, of Tilton, and is no longer 
 living; Benjamin W., the subject of this 
 sketch; and J. Newton, who married Betsey 
 Bromley, and resides in Chelsea, Mass. Mrs. 
 Sarah Blood Breed died in 1879. She was 
 a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Walker) 
 Blood, and grand-daughter of Captain Ben- 
 jamin Walker, who was wounded and taken 
 prisoner at the battle of Biuiker Hill, and died 
 in captivity. 
 
 15enjamin W. Breed acquired a common- 
 school education, and resided at home initil 
 twenty-three years old. He followeil agricult- 
 ural pursuits until November 4, 1861, when 
 he enlisted in Company I, First New luigland 
 Cavalry, under Captain S. R. Swett and Colo- 
 nel Lawton, of Ivhodc Island. He received 
 a gunshot woimd in his leg at l^ront Royal, 
 Va., May 30, 1862, which confined him to the 
 hos[iital for some time. Shortly after he was 
 shot he was told that he miglit live ten days,
 
 IJIOOK M'llMAI, 
 
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 435 
 
 l)ul tlicrc was lui iikjix' cliaiuc lor liim to sur- 
 vive four weeks tlian if bis head had iieen cut 
 off. The reply he gave to the orderly sergeant 
 was, "The surgeon don't known how tough 
 old Ik'u is." And so it jirovcd. He was dis- 
 charged Novemljcr 3, 1X62. Re-enlisting 
 November 17, 1863, in tlie Reserve Corps, he 
 did hospital duty in Wasiiington, D. C, until 
 niially discharged August 21, 1865. lie re- 
 turned to I'^ranklin, and resided upon the 
 River Road until 1871, when he took up his 
 residence at the homestead, and has since been 
 engaged in general farming. He owns one 
 hundred and seventeen acres of excellent land, 
 the fertility of which he has greatly increased; 
 and he has improved his property by erecting 
 new buildings. lie carried the bullet in his 
 leg sixteen years; and then, when it had 
 worked out toward the surface, it was ex- 
 tracted. He now has it in his possession, a 
 flattened piece of lead, with scraped bits of 
 bone adhering to it yet. With this source of 
 inllammation removed, his physical condition 
 is now much better than before, and he is able 
 to do light work. 
 
 On February 21, 1851, Mr. Breed was 
 joined in marriage with Sarah Philbrick. She 
 was born in Sanbornton, N.H., daughter of 
 Benjamin and Charlotte Philbrick. She died 
 June 12, 1892; and on August 5, 1894, Mr. 
 Breed married Mrs. Cynthia Jane Philbrick 
 Taylor, his first wife's sister. She was the 
 widow of Levi Taylor, a carpenter of Provi- 
 dence, R.I. , and by her first husband she had 
 two children: Mabel, now wife of J. M. 
 Wells, who is in the hardware business in 
 Portsmouth, N. H. ; and Nellie, wife of Alfred 
 L. I'omcroy, a coal dealer in Chicopee, Mass. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Breed have no children. 
 
 In politics Mr. Breed is a Republican, and 
 formerly took an active interest in public 
 affairs. He is highly esteemed as an industri- 
 
 ous farmer and a worthy citizen, and is popu- 
 lar among the comrades of George K. Swett 
 Post, No. 38, G. A. K. 
 
 >VAJ/|1.l1AM [.-. 1I|;ad, an extensive 
 
 '^V manufacturer, lumber dealer, and 
 agriculturist of Ilookset, N. H., is 
 well known as one of the most enterprising 
 and successful business men of Merrimack 
 County. He was born in Hookset, September 
 25, 1832, son of John and Annie (Brown) 
 Head, and is a younger brother of the late ex- 
 Governor Natt Head, with whom for thirty 
 years, 1852 to 1883, he was associated in 
 business. 
 
 The Head family, although not one of the 
 oldest in New England, has a history in this 
 country of more than two hundred years. 
 The emigrant ancestor was Arthur Head, a 
 native, it is supposed, of Wales, who settled 
 at New Castle, N.H., in 1671, and died there 
 in September, 171 i. lie was survived by his 
 wife, Sarah, who died not later than 1718. 
 They reared five children, the eldest of whom 
 was James Head, the great-great-grandfather 
 of William F. 
 
 James Head was born at New Castle in 
 1683. In 1707 he removed to Bradford, 
 Mass., where he made his home until his 
 death in 1743. He was twice married, and 
 had three children by his first wife, Sarah At- 
 wood, who died in 1717, and three by his sec- 
 ond wife, l^lizabeth Atwood, his first wife's 1 
 sister, Major James Head, the next in line of 
 descent, being the last-born. 
 
 Major James Head lived in Bradford, 
 Mass., the place of his birth, until 1770, 
 when he established himself as a farmer in 
 Pembroke, N.H. He enlisted in the war of 
 the Revolution, receiving a commission as 
 Major in Colonel Stickney's regiment, and at
 
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 liUXiRAl'lllCAL RKXJFAV 
 
 the battle of Bennington, August i6, 1777, 
 was killed. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Sarah Thurston, bore him seven children, 
 Nathaniel, their third child, being grand- 
 father of William F. 
 
 Nathaniel Head was born March 4, 1754, 
 in Bradford, Mass., and in 1770 accompanied 
 his parents to Pembroke, N. H., where he was 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1783. 
 Coming then to Chester, now Hookset, he 
 built a log cabin, in which he and his family 
 lived for mqny years, while he was engaged in 
 the pioneer labor of clearing and improving his 
 land. In addition to general farming, he es- 
 tablished a substantial lumber business, which 
 has since been profitably carried on by his de- 
 scendants. He built a hotel, or tavern, as it 
 was then called, and, being licensed as 
 an innkeeper in 1784, dispensed hospitality 
 as a landlord for thirty-five years. He took a 
 prominent part in local affairs, holding at 
 different times all of the town offices, and 
 serving as Justice of the Peace many years. 
 He was quite active in military circles, 
 and, being the Commander of a company 
 of militia, was known as Captain Head. He 
 married Miss Annie Kno.x, of Pembroke; and 
 John, father of William F. Head, was the 
 seventh of their nine children. Captain 
 Head lived to a good old age, dying in 1831. 
 
 Colonel John Head, a lifelong resident of 
 Hookset, Merrimack County, was born May 
 30, 1791, and died August 7, 1835. He was 
 for many years numbered among the foremost 
 farmers and hunber dealers of this part of the 
 county. He married July 11, 1822, Miss 
 Annie Brown, a daughter of William and Sallie 
 (Bunten) Brown, and they became the parents 
 of seven children; namely, Hannah Ann, 
 Sally B. , Natt and William Brown (twins), 
 John A., William F., and Mary Jane. Han- 
 nah Ann Head, born January 19, 1824, mar- 
 
 ried Colonel Josiah Stevens, and died July 9, 
 1S96, leaving one child, Sarah Frances, who 
 married J. Henry Dearborn. A son, Edwin 
 Eugene Stevens, died April 4, 1896, three 
 months before his mother. Sally B. Head, 
 who was born P'ebruary 25, 1826, was married 
 March 4, 1863, to Hall ]?. I':mery, of Pem- 
 broke. Natt Head (of whom see special sketch) 
 and William Brown Head, twins, were born 
 May 20, 1828; and William Brown died Sep- 
 tember 20, 1829. John A. Head, born July 
 9, 1830, married December 4, 1862, Abbie F. 
 Davis, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., and had one 
 child, a son, Frank, who died at the age of 
 fifteen months. Mary Jane Head, who was 
 born April 20, 1835, died March 13, 1836. 
 
 William F. Head was educated in Pem- 
 broke, and remained on the home farm with 
 his mother. When about twenty years of age 
 he entered into business with his brother 
 Natt, establishing in Hookset in 1852 the 
 manufacture of bricks, which they carried on 
 until the death of Natt Head some tliirty 
 years later, the brothers having such faith in 
 each other's honor that no books were ever 
 kept, everything being owned in common. 
 Mr. Head has had various business enter- 
 prises under his command, in each of which 
 he has been very successful, managing his 
 brickyards, mills, and large farm, and contin- 
 uing the lumber business established by his 
 grandfather. Captain Head. Under his saga- 
 cious management this industry has assumed 
 large proportions. In 1.S71 was formetl the 
 Head & Dowst Company, contractors and 
 buiUlers, Mr. Head being Vice-President. 
 His farm, the oUl Head homestead, contains 
 two hundred and fifty acres of land, on wliich 
 he averages an annual crop of two hundred 
 and fifty tons of hay. 
 
 On November 4, 1858, William !•'. Head 
 married Miss Mary Ilaseltine Sargent, a
 
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 ■\M 
 
 (l;iiit;htcr of Sterling and Sally (Gault) Sar- 
 gent, of Allcnstown, N.II. Mr. ami Mrs. 
 Head arc llic parents of two cliiklren, namely: 
 liugeno Sterling, born June i, 1863; and 
 Sallio, who was born A[)ril 30, 1866, anil 
 was graduated at Lascll Seminary in 1887. 
 Eugene S. Head was educated at I'end)rokc 
 Academy and at Dartmouth College. He is 
 now in business with his father, the firm 
 name being William !•". Head .S: Son. On 
 account of the father's impaired health the 
 management now rests upon the son, who is 
 daily proving himself equal to the responsi- 
 bility. In 1891 he served creditably as a 
 member of the Legislature, and he is a mem- 
 ber of the Republican State Committee. He 
 is also a member of the School Board. He 
 was married November 19, 1884, to Miss 
 Hattie M. lloyt. They have two children: 
 William Iloyt, born April 24, 1886; and 
 Mary H., born October 29, 1888. 
 
 Mr. William l"". Head has held many im- 
 jjortant public olTices. He served as Se- 
 lectman in 1859, and 1S60; in 1869, and 
 1870 he was a member of the State legis- 
 lature, representing the town of Hookset; and 
 in 1876 he was a member of the Constitu- 
 tional Convention. Well-versed in monetary 
 alfairs and a man of marked executive ability, 
 he is Director of the Suncook Valley Rail- 
 way Company, a Trustee of the Merrimack 
 River Savings Bank, and of the h'irst National 
 Bank of Manchester, this .State, and a Trus- 
 tee of the New F.ngland Agricultural Society. 
 For many years he has been prominent in the 
 Masonic fraternity, belonging to luneka 
 Lodge, V. & A. M., of Concord, which 
 he joined in 1863; being a charter mendjer 
 of Jewell Lodge, F. & A. M., of Suncook; 
 and a member of Trinity Commandery, 
 K. T. , of Manchester. In politics he is a 
 stanch Republican. 
 
 ^ATHA.MliL HEAD, Governor of 
 New Ilamijshire from 1879 to 1881, 
 
 -^ V«_^ was born May 20, 1828, son of 
 John and Annie (Brown) Mead. Having 
 completed his education in the schools of 
 Pembroke, he began life as a farmer and 
 lumberman at a very early age, remaining 
 on the old homestead. His military career 
 commenced on Sejitember 1, 1847, when he 
 was appointed Drum Major oi the Eleventh 
 Regiment, Thiid Brigade, I-'irst Division, 
 of the State militia, in which he served 
 four years. He was an original member of 
 the famous Horse Guards, in which he was 
 Drum Major and Chief Bugler during the ex- 
 istence of the corps. He was likewise con- 
 nected with the Amoskeag Veterans of Man- 
 chester, N.II., and was an honorary member 
 of the ]?oston Lancers ami of the Ancient and 
 Honorable Artillery Company of that city. 
 During his early life he served in various 
 public capacities, being Deputy Sheriff many 
 years, and in 1861 and 1862 representing his 
 town in the State legislature. On March 26, 
 1864, he received an appointment that brought 
 him more conspicuously before the public. 
 Governor Gilmore making him Adjutant, In- 
 spector, and Quartermaster-general. In 1875 
 occurred the celebrated controversy in the 
 Senatorial district over the spelling of his 
 name, so many of the votes being cast out 
 that he failed of election; but on the follow- 
 ing year his constituents, careful that a like 
 mistake iliil not occur, electeil him to the 
 Senate by a large vote. In 1878 he was 
 elected Governor of the State, being the first 
 to hold the office under the then new biennial 
 law. 
 
 A man of superior ability and of strict in- 
 tegrity, Natt Head was also prominent in 
 other important offices. For several years he 
 was a Director of the Suncook Valley Railway
 
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 Company, of the First National Bank of Man- 
 chester, N.II., and of the New Hampshire 
 Fire Insurance Company. He was likewise 
 President of the China Savings Bank of Sun- 
 cook and a Trustee of the Merrimack River 
 Savings Bank of Manchester. He was a 
 charter member of Jewell Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 of Suncook; a member of the K. of P. lodge 
 of the same place; and a charter member of 
 the Howard Lodge, L O. O. F., of Suncook. 
 Deeply interested in the early history of our 
 country, he identified himself with the New 
 Hampshire Historical Society, of which he 
 was Vice-President. He was not a member 
 of any church, but was liberal in his religious 
 belief. His active public life, which won him 
 a wide reputation, brought him in contact 
 with many of the leading men of his times; 
 and he had a personal acquaintance with Gen- 
 erals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and others, 
 and was often invited to accompany them on 
 different trips through the country. 
 
 He married Miss Abbie M. Sanford, of 
 Lowell, Mass., on November 19, 1863, and 
 they became the parents of three children, as 
 follows: Annie Sanford, born June 23, 1865; 
 Lewis Fisher, born February 18, 1868, who 
 died March 4, 1S72; and Alice Perley, who 
 was born December 28, 1870, and died No- 
 vember 20, 1879. E.x-Governor Head died 
 November 12, 1883. 
 
 'OHN P. ROUNSEVEL, formerly a 
 well-known wi)(j1 buyer of Claremont, 
 was born in Unity, N.H., January 2, 
 181 5, son of Royal and Betsey (Sweat) Roun- 
 sevel. Rounseville, the original spelling of 
 the name, was changed tu the j)rcscnt form 
 by Joseph Rounsevel about the year 1768. In 
 1749 Thomas Rounseville wrote from Ottery 
 St. Mary to I'liilij) Rounseville, of pjigland, 
 
 who afterward came to this country. He 
 settled in I'reetown, Mass., and was called by 
 the townspeople King Philip. His son Jo- 
 seph, who, born January 3, 1737, died in 
 1827, went to Washington, N. H., between 
 1768 and 1772, from Middleboro, Mass., 
 having previously resided in Itast Freetown. 
 Joseph was a good farmer, a well-read man, 
 and a Justice of the Peace. He executed the 
 legal business of the town, and represented 
 Washington with other towns in the General 
 Court. His children were: Alden, Charity, 
 Phebe, John, Rosamond, and Royal. Alden 
 married Hannah Wells. Charity married Ma- 
 nasseh Farnsworth in 1784. Phebe never 
 married. John married Rebecca Chamberlain 
 in 1768. Rosamond married Thomas Putnam 
 in 1787. Royal's children were; Joseph, Mi- 
 nerva, File I., Lyman, and John P. Of them 
 Joseph, who was born in 1796, and died De- 
 cember 24, 1858, married Betsey Laughton, 
 who had by him five children — Sarah, Har- 
 riet, Holmes, Lyman, and Marinda. Mi- 
 nerva, born in 1799, who married John Stow- 
 ell, had no children, and died in July, 1848. 
 Elle I., born February 15, 1801, who married 
 Orrill Reckard, and had four children — Ellen 
 H., Royal D., Mary, and William — died Sep- 
 tember 19, 1852. Lyman, born November 7, 
 1805, married Sarah Sparling, by whom he 
 became the father of seven children — Thomas 
 Eaton, Vienna Elizabeth, Lyman Eaton, 
 Homer .S., Almira, Diantha S., and William 
 Ashton. 
 
 Royal Rounsevel, the father of John P., 
 born in Washington, this count\', in 1772, 
 marrieii Betsey Sweat, of Unity, who died 
 January 22, 1837. He was well educated for 
 the times, and taught school in Weare, N. H., 
 for some years. He finally gave up teaching 
 for a farmer's life, and in middle life moved 
 to Unity. A Quaker in religious belief, he
 
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 l)L'l(inf;c(l to tlio Society (if I'licnds that held 
 regular meetings in Unity. While an earnest 
 member of the sect, lie was a man of quiet 
 dispositinn ami a good neighbor. He died 
 September 17, 1829, leaving five children. 
 These, with the exception of John P., were 
 for many years residents and farmers of .Sulli- 
 van County, wiicre they were born. Lyman, 
 who was a drover for thirty years, spent the 
 last twenty-five years of his life in the occupa- 
 tiiiu of tanner; and during iiis stay in Unity 
 he was for two )'cars a mcnihei' of the legis- 
 lature. 
 
 John 1'. i<ounsc\'cl, the youngest son of his 
 parents, was well educated. He attended 
 school at Chester and Cavendish, Vt. , and 
 lateral Meriden and Unity, N. H. In Unity 
 he was uiuIlm' the instruction of Dr. Miner. 
 It was designed to send him to college, but 
 his impaired health caused the plan to be given 
 up. At the age of seventeen he entered the 
 lirofession of teacher; and he subsctpiently 
 taught in both public and [jrivate schools in 
 Charlestowi), Acworth, Unity, and Claremont. 
 He had spent two years teaching in La 
 Grange, Ga., when his health succLmd:)ed to 
 the warm climate, and he returned to school- 
 teaching in the North for another year. He 
 then tried travelling for his health, and sold 
 clothes and other merchandise. In 1850 he 
 went to California, and there was variously 
 occupied in mining, farming, and trading 
 among the miners; but he returned home 
 sick in 1852. In 1S54 he became a mer- 
 chant in Littleton. I'"rom there he removed 
 to Claremont in 1858, aiul there carried on a 
 dry-goods business for nine }ears. He then 
 took up the clothing business, and finally 
 that of wool-buying, which he commenced 
 when the Civil War was in jjrogress, and in 
 which he was very successful. He was with 
 the Kcenc Company, of Keene, N.H., for 
 
 ten years, and in 1890 gave U]) his bu.siness 
 to his son. I-'or thirty years he was a Di- 
 rector of the Sullivan Savings Hank, and 
 its Vice-I'resident f<jr many years. Mr. 
 Roun.sevel married Sarah Jane, daughter 
 of Laton l^ailey. l^aton Hailey, son of John 
 Bailey, lived in Unity, and was a farmer and 
 drover. Before her marriage Mrs. Rounscvel 
 was a pupil of Mr. Rounscvel, and she subse- 
 quently taught school for one term. Their 
 only child, Charles W. , born June 25, 1856, 
 who is the station agent of Newport, N.I I., 
 married Alice Sargent, and has one child, 
 Henry II. Mr. Rounscvel, .Sr. , was a legis- 
 lative Representative for two years. He tlicd 
 May I, 1897, regretted as a loss to the com- 
 munity. 
 
 ARREN SMITH HILL, a successful 
 contractor and farmer of Northfield, 
 was born in this town, I'cbruary 9, 
 1842. His father, Captain Warren Lapham 
 Hill, was a native of the same town; and his 
 mother, Betsey Tucker Hill, was born in Hop- 
 kinton, December 26, 1806, and died Febru- 
 ary 6, 1886. The progenitors of Mr. Hill 
 were the original settlers of Northfield, and 
 came from Salisbury, Mass., about the close 
 of the Revolutionary War. They were two 
 of the four sons of Daniel Hill, and were, to- 
 gether with their father, shoemakers by trade. 
 They supplied the Continental soldiers with 
 shoes, and were paid in the scrip then issued, 
 which later became so depreciated that they 
 were forced into other lines of labor and 
 became coopers. Seeking new^ fields of ac- 
 tivity, they went to Concord, this State, and, 
 meeting with a certain Captain Blanchard, 
 were directed to the locality now known as 
 Bay Hill, where, they were told, was to be 
 found good land for farming and very cheap 
 (as there was no meeting-house in town to give
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 it much worth), besides the finest of scenery. 
 It is related that on this trip they each took 
 with them a bag of one hundred silver dollars 
 (English coined), and that they travelled from 
 Salisbury, Mass., to Northfield, stopping in 
 Concord, made their selection and returned, 
 all within twenty-four hours. Timothy and 
 John were their names; and the former married 
 Miss Betsey Lapham, of Salisbury, and settled 
 with the rest of his family in the Bay Hill 
 house, which still stands, almost in its origi- 
 nal style. Timothy, it seems, did not use all 
 of the one hundred silver dollars brought by 
 him to buy land, and four of them were dis- 
 tributed to the living children of Captain 
 Warren Hill at a marriage anniversary where 
 the entire families were present. One of the 
 dollars is kept as an heirloom by the subject 
 of this sketch. 
 
 Warren Hill, father of Warren Smith Hill 
 (or, as he was familiarly known to his friends 
 and acquaintances. Captain Warren), succeeded 
 to the ownership of the farm jjurchased and 
 cultivated by Timothy, and during his life- 
 time continued its cultivation, besides run- 
 ning a brickyard near the present site of the 
 Granite Mills, and also an e.xtensive lumber- 
 ing business. He served in the State legis- 
 lature as Representative one session, and was 
 long a prominent factor in town politics. He 
 represented a class of political believers that 
 are fast dying out, a class who, having once 
 fixed their opinions, never waver, and was an 
 uncompromising Democrat to the time of his 
 death. In the early training days, long before 
 the State militia was thought of, Captain Hill 
 was prominent and active, and was given the 
 Captaincy of a company. Hence his title by 
 which he was always thereafter known. He 
 was very prosperous in his business ventures, 
 and was one of the best farmers in tiie town. 
 He died March 22, 18S7. He was the father 
 
 of seven children; namely, Alvah Tucker, 
 Mary Tucker, Henry Tucker, Martha, Warren 
 S. , Marietta, and Charles Frederick, only two 
 of whom are now living. Marietta is the wife 
 of Cliff Forest Giles, of Newport, N. H. 
 
 Warren S. Hill attended school in his 
 native town till he was twenty-one years old. 
 He then began farming for himself, and began 
 also a general contractor's business, besides 
 doing a limited amount of lumbering. Sep- 
 tember 7, 1865, he married Miss Helen Eliza 
 Cofran, of Northfield, daughter of James Hersey 
 and Eliza Brackett (Hall) Cofran, both natives 
 of Northfield. James H. Cofran was born 
 January 3, 1818, and his wife July 12, 1S17. 
 They were the parents of four children, 
 namely: Charles Chase, born March 11, 1S41 ; 
 Helen Eliza, who is now Mrs. Hill; Mary 
 Frances, born April 9, 185 1, and now a resi- 
 dent of ]5oston ; and Frank Adino, born E'eb- 
 ruary 11, 1853, who died August 15, 1896. 
 The last named was at the time of his death 
 a hotel proprietor in Whitefield, N.H., and 
 had during his lifetime successively run and 
 managed the Twin Mountain House and hotels 
 in Florida and Alabama, and in Chicago during 
 the World's Fair. 
 
 Mr. Hill is the father of seven children: 
 Kate E'lorence, born June' 16, 1867; Arthur 
 Herman, who was born November 12, 1868, 
 married E'lorence Goss, of Andover, N. H., 
 October 15, 1896, and is in the grain business 
 in Manchester, N.H. ; Helen Josejjhine, born 
 March 2, 1S72, wife of Ned Deaborn, of North- 
 field ; l^velyn Belle, born November 4, 1876; 
 William Henry Clough Hill, born July 25, 
 187S; Walter Burnham, born December 5, 
 1879; and Loring Cleveland, born Maich 3, 
 1885. The four last named live at home. 
 
 Mr. Hill follows the paternal example in 
 |)cjlitics, and is a stanch Democrat. He re- 
 tains the ownership of the old homestead, and
 
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 44' 
 
 it is liic (inly fai'm icnKtining intact of thnsc 
 owned by liic oii<;in;il .Sftlleis of the town. 
 
 YTsyrAKVI'.V GRAVES Mc I NT IRK, 
 I l-i I Ai.l)., lormcrly one of the leading 
 1}P ^__^ [)hysician.s of Concord, was born in 
 Lyndeboro, N.ll., July 2, 1824, son of IClias 
 and T':iizal)clh (lUixton) Mclntirc. l<:iias 
 Mclntirc, son of IClias, Sr., and Bethiah 
 (Hayward) Mclntirc, was a native of Reading, 
 Mass., and belonged to one of the oldest fami- 
 lies of that town. Removing to New Hamp- 
 shire after marriage, he lived for a time in 
 Amiierst, and tlicn settled in Lyndeboro. 
 He followed the occupation of farmer through- 
 out liis active period, and was ninety-six 
 years old when he dieil in Lyndeboro. 11 is 
 wife, IClizabeth, daughter of .Stephen and 
 Phebe (Stearns) Buxton, of Reading, Mass., 
 bore him six children. The only one now 
 living is Deacon Nathaniel Mcintire, of 
 Lyndeboro. 
 
 Harvey G. Mcintire, the youngest of the 
 family, received his education in the district 
 schools and at the academy of Lrancestown. 
 After graduating from the latter institution, 
 he decided to enter upon the medical profes- 
 sion. In accordance with this design he be- 
 came a pupil, first, of Dr. Campbell, of 
 Francestown and subsequently of Dr. Elliot, 
 of Manchester, N.IL Later he attended lect- 
 ures at Harvard University Medical .School in 
 Boston, where he receiveil the degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine in 1S4S. He began the 
 active practice of his profession in Goshen, 
 N.IL, where he remained some seventeen 
 years. Feeling the need of a larger sphere, 
 he then removed to Concord. Here he con- 
 tinued in practice until his death, which was 
 occasioned by an accident, complicated with 
 pneumonia. He married Margaret, daughter 
 
 ol John and Hannah (Dowst) McCrillis; and 
 his children were: H. li., Harvey, and Na- 
 thaniel. Harvey n)arried C. J. IJriggs; and 
 Nathaniel, who is engaged in the telegraph 
 business at .St. I'aul, Minn., married Alice 
 Millard. 
 
 Dr. Mcintire died at Concord, N.H., May 
 2, 1892. He was regarded by the medical 
 fraternity and the community at large as a 
 man of progressive ideas in his profession. 
 He kept abreast of all the medical reforms and 
 discoveries of his time, and, upon being con- 
 vinced of their superior merit, was prompt in 
 adopting them. Dr. Mcintire was the first 
 physician in New Hampshire to use chloro- 
 form as an anaesthetic in surgical operations. 
 He was a member of the Congregational 
 church. 
 
 nnx AVID E. F. 
 
 I J most exten.'- 
 
 ,— li2/ town, N.H 
 
 ARWICLL, one of the 
 isive farmers of Charles- 
 L, his native place, was 
 born March 20, 1845, the youngest son of 
 George and Aurilla (Brownell) Farwell. He 
 is of the seventh generation in descent from 
 John and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden, of the 
 "Mayflower" company, who were married in 
 Plymouth probably in 162 1. [For further 
 notes of ancestry see sketch of Jesse H. 
 Farwell.] ?^Ir. Farwell's great-grandfather, 
 William Farwell, who was born in 171 2, was 
 one of the first settlers in Charlestown, com- 
 ing from Mansfield, Conn. He died here, 
 December 11, 1801. His children by his 
 wife, Bethiah I'Hdridge, were: William, born 
 in Mansfield in 1749; Phttbe; Gladian; 
 Edwin; and Jesse. William Farwell, Jr., was 
 one of the first in New Hampshire to accept 
 the doctrine of Universalism. Though his 
 opportunities for an education were meagre, 
 he was gifted with a quick intellect and a re- 
 tentive memory, and was one of the best qual-
 
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 ificd preachers of his day. He was reared a 
 Congregationalist, but between 1790 and 1795 
 was converted to Universalism, and was prob- 
 ably the first to preach it in Vermont, there 
 being only two other preachers in the State at 
 that time. The Rev. William F"arwell lived 
 for some time in Barre, Vt. He married Miss 
 Phuebe Crosby. 
 
 Jesse Farwell, David E. Farwell's grand- 
 father, was born August 15, 1768. He was a 
 brickmaker by trade, but devoted a great part 
 of his life to farming, the Charlestown home- 
 stead coming into his possession. He was 
 foremost in every movement for advancing the 
 interests of the town ; and as a liberal-minded, 
 public-spirited citizen his memory is cher- 
 ished by the old residents of the town. He 
 died October 28, 1844. Jesse Farwell mar- 
 ried Abigail Allen, and they reared the fol- 
 lowing children: Bethiah, born December 3, 
 1793, who died June 12, 1874; Peggy, born 
 October 17, 179S, who became the wife of 
 Asa Meacham; William, born August 11, 
 1797, who married Sophia Putnam, and died in 
 Buffalo, N.Y., June 21, 1862; George, the 
 father of David E. Farwell; Melinda, born 
 1797, who died May it, 1803; Lewis, born 
 September 16, 1806, who married Sylvia 
 Sturtevant; Melinda, born September, 1809, 
 who married Joseph Denison, and died in 
 July, 1848; Eldridge, born March 13, 1812, 
 who died in Buffalo, N.Y. , January 27, 1864; 
 and Matilda, born August 30, 18 14, who mar- 
 ried Seth Meacham October 22, 1836. 
 
 George Farwell was born in Charlestown, 
 June 27, 1804. He always resided on the 
 homestead, which he eventually inherited. 
 One of the stirring farmers and prominent cit- 
 izens of the town, a thoroughly ujjright man, 
 he was honorable in his business transac- 
 tions, and was highly esteemed. He was do- 
 mestic in his habits, and had no desire for 
 
 public office. In religion Mr. George Farwell 
 was a Universalist. He died November 15, 
 1875. His wife, Aurilla Brownell I'arwell, 
 was born March 25, 1804, and died February 
 20, 1 888. They were the parents of the fol- 
 lowing children: John H., born I-^ebruary 3, 
 1830, now in Chicago, 111. ; James H., born 
 F"ebruary 2, 1832, a resident of Stockton, 
 Cal.; Jesse H., born January 2, 1S34; Sarah, 
 born October ;iO, 1836, who died February 12, 
 1838; Martha, born July 14, 1841, who died 
 September 12, 1S43; and David E., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. 
 
 David E. Farwell was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Charlestown, beginning at an 
 early age to assist his father on the farm. He 
 succeeded to its ownership after his father's 
 death, and has since managed the property with 
 ability and success. He owns one hundred 
 and seventy-five acres of land, which is de- 
 voted to general farming, dairying, and stock- 
 raising; and for the past twenty years he has 
 been engaged extensively in lumbering. Mr. 
 F"arwell owns the Horace Metcalf mills in 
 Charlestown and a tract of timber land in 
 Unity, N.H. He was married March 20, 
 1869, to Etta M., daughter of Charles Barker, 
 of Charlestown. In politics a Democrat, like 
 the rest of his family, he takes an active part 
 in town matters. He was on the School 
 Board two terms, and served as Selectman 
 one year. In religion Mr. P'arwell is of the 
 Universalist faith. 
 
 DWARD PAYSON SKINNER, Jr., a 
 well-known business man of Windsor, 
 Vt., a dealer in fish and groceries, 
 was born in that town, February 8, 1856, son 
 of I^dward P., Sr., and Rebecca (Moody) 
 Skinner. His paternal grandfather, John P., 
 was a son of Cajitain Benjamin and Sarah
 
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 443 
 
 C. (Manning) Skinner. Captain Benjamin 
 Skinner was a soldier in tlie Revolutionary 
 War, and wiiile he was in tlie army his wife 
 was left at home to take care of the farm and 
 cattle. He died of spotted fever at fifty 
 years of age; and she, long surviving him, 
 died about fifty years ago, at the age of ninety- 
 two years. They had a family of six children. 
 Tarry C. Skinner, a brother of John ?., was 
 Deacon of the 15ai)tist cliLuxh for nearly fifty 
 years, and was a very active and prominent 
 business man; Elizabeth P. Skinner, a sister, 
 married the Rev. Baron Stow, for many years 
 a preacher of the Baptist faith in Boston; 
 Mary Skinner married William ]5eal, of Bos- 
 ton; Sarah C. married a man by the name 
 of Harris; and Lora, the other sister, mar- 
 rieti the Rev. Mr. Kly, a Bajjtist minister 
 who preacheil in Vermont and New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 John P. Skinner, who was born in Con- 
 necticut, March lo, 1788, was for thirty years 
 proprietor of a stage line along the Connecti- 
 cut River from Haverhill, N. H., to Hartford, 
 Conn. He made his headquarters at Wind- 
 sor, where he owned quite a number of farms 
 Iiesides village property; and while engaged in 
 running the stages he kept from eighty to one 
 hundred horses. In his young days, previous 
 lo the advent of railroads, it was his custom 
 to cart .his farm products to Boston for a 
 market; and these trips usually required two 
 weeks in which to go and return. He started 
 in life as a poor boy, and his accumulation of 
 property was the result of that patient indus- 
 try and firm determination to succeed which 
 characterized the progressive farmer and busi- 
 ness man of his generation. He was widely 
 known and sincerely respected as an honor- 
 able, upriglit man, one who could always be 
 depended upon to meet his obligations punctu- 
 ally; and his record is looked upon with pride 
 
 by his descendants. He was a member of the 
 Bai)tist church nearly sixty years. He died 
 August 29, 1867. He married for his first 
 wife, April 16, 1810, Duleenath Hoisington, 
 who was born April 7, 1794; and for his .sec- 
 ond wife, July 3, 1856, Mi.ss Sarah C. Hall, 
 of Boston. He was the father of ten chil- 
 dren, one of whom died in infancy. The 
 others were as follows: Wealtha M., born Au- 
 gust 25, 181 1 ; Laura M., born August 25, 
 18 13; Clara E. , born August i, 18 15, who 
 died August 9, 1835; Parker G., born June 
 25, 1817; William H., born April 30, 1819; 
 Harriet N., born May 24, 1821; John P., 
 born in March, 1823, who died in F'ebruary, 
 1824; Edward P., born I-'ebruary 26, 1829; 
 and Elizabeth S., born March 19, 1842. 
 
 Wealtha M. married November 25, 1835, 
 the Rev. Lemuel Porter, of Boston, and died 
 July I, 1880. She had two children, one of 
 whom, a daughter, Helen, is living in San 
 Francisco. Mr. Porter was for many years 
 pastor of the Worthen Street Baptist Church 
 in Lowell, Mass. ; and at one time he preached 
 in Pittsfield, Mass. Laura M. became the 
 wife of the Rev. Elijah Hutchinson, a Baptist 
 clergyman of Newport, N.H., and died iVIarch 
 I, 1869. Two of her four children survive, 
 namely: Henry E., President of a Brooklyn 
 bank, N.Y. ; and John S., book-keeper for a 
 large firm in Brooklyn. Their father, the 
 Rev. Elijah Hutchinson, preached in the 
 Windsor Baptist Church twenty-seven years, 
 and officiated at six hundred weddings and at 
 eight hundred funerals. He died August 5, 
 1872, aged fifty-five years. Parker G. Skinner 
 was for several years connectetl with the stage 
 business in Windsor, Vt. , and is now a tea 
 merchant in the city of Worcester, Mass. He 
 married June 29, 1848, Patty W. Foster, of 
 Knowlton, P.O., and has had four children, 
 two of whom are living. William H., who is
 
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 BIOGR AP 1 1 IC AL K EVI K\V 
 
 living in Windsor, was in the express busi- 
 ness, and a United States mail agent for 
 nearly forty years. He married Emeline Ap- 
 pleton, of Lowell, Mass.; and of his four chil- 
 dren the only survivor is a daughter, who is 
 the wife of Frank Peabody, and resides in 
 P'itchburg, Mass. Harriet N. married May 
 5, 1847, Jehiel H. Simonds, who was for more 
 than forty years proprietor of a hotel in Wind- 
 sor, Vt., and was also connected with the 
 stage lines. She died March 21, 18S5. 
 Elizabeth S. married February 12, 1S63, 
 Thomas E. Foster, a prominent insurance man 
 of Montreal, Canada, and at one time Mayor 
 of that city. She has had eight children, 
 three of whom are living, namely: Marion E., 
 who married the Rev. W. C. Carr, of Weeds- 
 port, N.Y. ; Thomas E., now residing in 
 Claremont, N. H.; and Sallie B., who is a 
 trained nurse in a woman's hospital in San 
 Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Edward Payson Skinner, father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, after completing his edu- 
 cation in Lowell, Mass., turned liis attention 
 to agricultural pursuits. He has cultivated 
 farms in Windsor, Vt., and in Plainfield, N.H., 
 where he is now residing. He is a ]:)ractical 
 and energetic farmer, who has acquired a com- 
 fortable competency, and whose disposition to 
 be honorable and upright in his dealings has 
 gained for him the esteem and confidence of 
 his fellow-townsmen. He is a member of the 
 Baptist church. His wife, Rebecca M. Moody, 
 of Lancaster, N.H., born August 14, 1825, be- 
 came the mother of four children, namely: 
 ]{dward P., the subject of this sketch; Will- 
 iam II., born March 6, 1866; Hattie, wlio 
 died at the age of two years; and Johnnie, who 
 died in his eighth year. William H. is 
 employed by his brother, lidward !'., and is 
 also a United States mail carrier. He mar- 
 ried Julia Ward, of Plainfield, N.H. 
 
 Edward Payson Skinner, Jr., was educated 
 in the schools of his native town; and for a 
 number of years after completing his studies 
 he remained upon the home farm, engaged in 
 its cultivation. About 1893 he engaged in 
 his present mercantile business. Besides 
 carrying a good stock of groceries, he runs the 
 only fish market in Windsor. 
 
 Mr. Skinner married I'^Ila Hill, who was 
 born in Bellows Falls, Vt., January 11, 1861. 
 They have had one son, Curtis R. , born in 
 Augu.st, 1881, who died in 1887. Mr. Skin- 
 ner has inaugurated his business career ui^on 
 progressive lines; and, as he has secured the 
 confidence of the public, his success is already 
 assured. 
 
 I ■ ■ ■ * 
 
 iRS. MARY ELIZABP:TH COOKE 
 PARTRIDGE, a well-known mu- 
 sician of Claremont and a 
 zealous worker in the cause of temperance, 
 was born in Claremont, daughter of God- 
 frey and Abigail (Hubbard) Cooke. Her 
 paternal grandfather. Captain John Cooke, of 
 Norton, Mass., was among the first of the 
 minute-men to report at Lexington in re- 
 sponse to the alarm of April 19, 1775, for six 
 days' service. He again enlisted with the 
 rank of Ensign, and was mustered out August 
 I, 1775. Vov the third time he enlisted De- 
 cember 8, 1776, in a Rhode Island regiment, 
 under Colonel John Daggett. About the year 
 1779 he came to Claremont, and bought a 
 large and valuable tract of meadow land and 
 the tavern thereon. This tavern he conducted 
 for years with much success. A family tradi- 
 tion has it that "a bushel of Continental 
 money changed hands when the old tavern was 
 bought." His daughter, Matilda, married 
 Colonel Josiah Stevens, who was the father of 
 Paran Stevens, a famous hotel man. I'aran 
 Stevens receiveil his first lessons in the hotel
 
 IllOCk.M'HICAI, REVIFAV 
 
 -145 
 
 business from Godfrey Cooke. The Stevens 
 High School was his gift to the village of 
 Claremont. Mis daughter married Arthur 
 Henry I-'it/.roy Paget, a son of General Paget 
 of Waterloo fame. His sister married Sam- 
 uel I'^iske, the donor of the Fiskc Free Li- 
 lirary in Clarenmnt. 
 
 Godfrey Cooke and his brother George suc- 
 ceeded their father in the proprietorship of the 
 tavern, which under tlieir aiile management 
 became famous from Hoston to Northern Ver- 
 mont. Not long after the death of his father 
 Godfrey Cooke bought the interest of his 
 brother George. Under him the surroundings 
 were much beautified. He built a large and 
 elegant family residence in 1825; and he im- 
 proved the farm of four hundred acres con- 
 nected with the tavern, so tiiat it was consid- 
 ered the finest in the town. He married 
 Abigail, daughter of Jonathan Hubiiard, of 
 Charlestown, N.H., and became the father of 
 five children — Catherine M., Henry Hub- 
 bard, Helen Maria, George I"., aiul Mary 
 Elizabeth. Catherine married Charles R. 
 Bingham, and had four children, of whom 
 Helen C. and Catherine E. attained maturity. 
 Henry Hubbard, who graduated from Dart- 
 mouth College, died at the Theological Semi- 
 nary in New York, where he was preparing for 
 the Episcopal ministry, one year before his 
 ordination. In the habit of visiting the sick 
 and dying, to minister to their spiritual needs, 
 he caught the contagion of small-pox, which 
 was the cause of his death. His heart and 
 soul were in his work, and he was greatly 
 mourned by his class-mates and friends. 
 Helen Maria, now deceased, who married 
 Frederick Smith, of Cornish, N.H., is sur- 
 vived by her daughter, Elizabeth A. Smith. 
 George F. Cooke was killed by accident on 
 the homestead at the age of tvventy-si.\. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Cooke, the youngest of her 
 
 parents' children, had the best educational ad- 
 vantages. On completing the course of the 
 Kimball Union Academy, she was sent to 
 Boston, where she was thoroughly trained in 
 piano playing. Then she returned to Clare- 
 mont, engaged in piano teaching, and soon 
 drew about her a class of forty eager students. 
 She afterward followed this occupation with 
 success for thirty years. She married lidward 
 A. Partridge, son of Milton Partridge, the 
 representative of a well-known family of Nor- 
 wich, Vt., and from which the military school 
 of that place takes its name. Milton Part- 
 ridge, who was well versed in military sub- 
 jects, became a fencing teacher at West Point. 
 From there he removed to Tarrytown, N.Y., 
 and was afterward successfully engaged in ex- 
 ecuting large engineering contracts. He was 
 killed by accident. His son William is now 
 a prominent civil engineer of Normal, 111. 
 Edward A. Partridge graduated from Dart- 
 mouth College, and studied civil engineering 
 under General Ransom at Norwich. He was 
 subsequently appointed city engineer of 
 Dubuque, la., and died in the following year. 
 Mary Elizabeth, his only child, has studied 
 the pianoforte with her mother, the organ 
 under Professor Whiting, of Boston, and the 
 guitar with Hayden. She has taken her 
 mother's piano classes, and also conducts large 
 classes in the study of the organ and guitar. 
 Both mother and daughter are imiversal favor- 
 ites in the society of Claremont. They re- 
 turned to Claremont immediately after the 
 death of Mr. Partridge. 
 
 Mrs. Partridge has been especially active 
 in the temperance cause. She is a member of 
 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 
 was county President from iSgi to 1896, and 
 for twenty years was closely identified with 
 this society. She was for ten years, under 
 appointment of the Union, the superintend-
 
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 ent of the jails and almshouses of New 
 Hampshire. This position entailed much 
 travelling, which was gladly accomplished 
 without remuneration. Mrs. Partridge was 
 instrumental in establishing police matrons 
 for the care of arrested females in the police 
 stations of Nashua and Manchester; and she 
 worked hard and incessantly for the improve- 
 ment of almshouses, securing better accommo- 
 dations, with especial wards for the insane, 
 and removing children to good homes. When 
 she resigned in the fall of i8g6, owing to im- 
 paired health, her successor found that Mrs. 
 Partridge's methodical work had left to her an 
 easy road. Her daughter, who is also deeply 
 interested in this philanthropic wOrk, attended 
 the National Convention of the W. C. T. U. 
 in October, 1896, as State delegate, and is 
 now State Reporter for the Union Signal of 
 Chicago. Both Mrs. and Miss Partridge are 
 prominent workers in the Episcopal Church of 
 Claremont. 
 
 iflARLES F. M. STARK, a well- 
 known resident of Dunbarton, Merri- 
 mack County, was born in this 
 town, February 18, 1848, son of Jdhn and 
 Caroline J. (Morris) Stark. He is a great- 
 great-grandson of General John Stark, the 
 famous victor of Ik-nnington. John .Stark, 
 the father, was a lawyer, who practised his 
 profession in Galena, 111., and in New York 
 City. He died in Washington, D. C, at the 
 age of forty-two years. His wife, Caroline, 
 was the youngest daughter of Thomas Morris, 
 and a grand-daughter of Robert Morris, signer 
 of the Declaration of Independence and first 
 -Secretary of .State of the United States. 
 
 Charles F. M. .Stark was a student at .St. 
 Paul's School in Concord. After leaving 
 school, he resided for a number of years in 
 New York City, and for a time was interested 
 
 in insurance in New York and Boston. He 
 finally returned to the family homestead in 
 Dunbarton, where he has since resided, it 
 having become his property through inheri- 
 tance. The house was built by his great- 
 grandfather. Major Caleb Stark, a son of Gen- 
 eral John .Stark, and who did good service to 
 his county in the Revolutionary War. It was 
 built after the model of an English manor 
 house, and is a quaint and interesting piece of 
 architecture. Every room it contains is re- 
 plete with historic memories. Heirlooms and 
 relics both of the Stark and Morris families 
 abound on every hand. In the north-west cor- 
 ner room, on the second floor, is the four- 
 posted mahogany bed, with canopy top, in 
 which Lafayette slept while on a visit here. 
 About half a mile away from the house is the 
 old cemetery, where rest the remains of Major 
 Caleb Stark, and in which others of renown 
 are buried. 
 
 Mr. Stark married Miss Annie McNeil, 
 daughter of John and Cynthia McNeil, at 
 that time of Winchester, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Stark have one child — John McNeil, who is 
 now a student at a boarding-school at Bel- 
 mont, Mass. Mr. .Stark is an enthusiastic 
 sportsman. 
 
 UDLEY TAPPAN CHASP:, a well- 
 known farmer of Claremont, born 
 
 B 
 
 c~*.mmy April 2, 1S23, in Cornish, N.H., 
 son of Colonel Lebbcus and Nizaula (March) 
 Chase, comes of an ancient family. The 
 Chase coat of arms is described as follows: 
 "Arms Gules, four crosses patonce, argent 
 two and two; on a canton azure a lion pas- 
 sant, Or, crest — a lion ramiiant. Or, holding 
 between his feet a cross patonce — Gules." 
 The motto is "No Cede Mails" (Yield not 
 to misfortunes). The family is traced back 
 to Thomas Chase', of Ilundrich, in the par-
 
 llIOORAI'IIICAr, RKVIEW 
 
 4»7 
 
 ish of Chcshani, Enf^lnnd. ITis son, Richard 
 C'liasc", wlu) was Ijapti/.cd Auj^ust 3, 1542, 
 and tiiarricd Joan ]?isho]i, April 16, 1564, 
 lived and dicil in Chcsham. Aquila', son of 
 Richard, burn in Chcsham, was baptized 
 Aiii;ust 14, 1 580. llis son, Aquila', by 
 his wife, Sarah, born in (dieshani in 1618, 
 came to America in 1639, and was one of the 
 grantees and settlers of Hampton (Plymouth), 
 Mass. This Aquila, who was a sea captain, 
 removed to Newbury, Mass., in I'l4('), married 
 Anne Wheeler, of Hampton, daughter of John 
 Wheeler, and died December 27, 1670. Ills 
 youngest son, Moses Chase', born in New- 
 bury, December 24, 1663, mariied Ann Fol- 
 lansbee, November 10, 1684. Daniel Chase'', 
 the eldest son of Moses and the twin brother 
 of Moses, Jr., who died )'onng, was born Sep- 
 tember 20, 1685, in Newbury, and married 
 Sarah March, of Newbury, January 2, 1706. 
 He removed to Littleton, and thence to Sut- 
 ton, Mass., before March 26, 1733, and tlied 
 in the latter place, April 17, 1768. Samuel 
 Chase', eldest son of Daniel, born in New- 
 bur)', September 28, 1707, married Mary 
 Dudley, of Sutton, and died in Cornish, N. IL, 
 August 12, iSoo. He removed from Sutton 
 to Cornish shortly after the settlement of the 
 town in 1 765 by his sons, Dudley and Jona- 
 than, and others from Sutton. 
 
 Samliel's third son, Jonathan'*, was born in 
 Sutton, December 6, 1733, removed to Cor- 
 nish in 1765, married Sarah Hall, daughter of 
 the Rev. Dr. David Hall, of Sutton, October 
 22, 1770, and died January 14, 1800, in 
 Cornish. Jonathan's son, I.ebbeus'', born Jan- 
 uary 21, 1779, in Cornisli, marrietl Nizaula 
 March, January 8, 1815, and died in Cornish, 
 February 22, 1865. 
 
 The birthplace of Dudley Tappan Chase'°, 
 was the old homestead, where his grand- 
 father, General Jonathan Chase, settled in 
 
 1765, and which was the first two-story hou.se 
 erected in town. The house is still standing, 
 but much the worse for wear. Me lived and 
 labored on his father's farm, and attended the 
 common schools until he was seventeen years 
 of age. Then he fitted for college at Kimball 
 Union Academy, teaching school in the next 
 and several succeeding winters. After gradu- 
 ating at the academy in 1S44, he entered Dart- 
 mouth College in the fall of that year, and 
 was a student there for two years, continuing 
 to teach school in the winter. In 1857 he 
 received the degrees of A. 15. and A. M. from 
 Dartmouth College, in the class of 1848. In 
 the fall of 1846 he commenced the study of 
 the law at Windsor, Vt. In 1847 he attended 
 the law school of Harvard University for a 
 short time, and the law school of Yale Uni- 
 versity for a few months. He was admitted 
 to the bars of Sullivan County, New Hamp- 
 shire, and Windsor County, Vermont, in 
 1849, and commenced practice in April of 
 that year at Windsor. Afterward he was 
 admitted to the United States District and 
 Circuit Courts in Vermont. He practised in 
 Windsor County and Sullivan County until 
 April, 1863, when on account of failing health 
 he retired from the bar, and removed to Clare- 
 mont. Here he bought a small farm, and 
 devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. Ac- 
 tive exercise in the open air restored his 
 health; and he is still living on his farm, 
 at the age of seventy-four years, but mainly 
 retired from labor. 
 
 On November 12, 185 1, Mr. Chase married 
 Mrs. Adelaide G. Merrifield, daughter of Ed- 
 ward R. Campbell, Esq., of Windsor. Two 
 children came of the union, namely: Edward 
 Campbell Chase", born July 2, 1S53, who 
 died August 12, 1854; and I'rancis Dudley 
 Chase", born February 27, 1856, who died 
 January 10, 1857. The mother died Septem-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 ber 8, 1856, aged thirty-four years. On Feb- 
 ruar}' 4, 1858, Mr. Chase married Mrs. Siila 
 Powers Smith, who was born October 5, 1S26, 
 daughter of Captain Obed and Cynthia (Com- 
 ings) Powers, of Cornish. The only child of 
 this marriage was Lucy Adelaide Chase", 
 born P^ebruary 4, 1859, who died February 8, 
 1859. Mrs. Chase, now in her seventy-first 
 year, enjoys good health. 
 
 Mr. Chase was mainly instrumental in hav- 
 ing a subordinate grange of the Patrons of 
 Husljandry organized in Claremont in 1873, 
 November 18. He was elected the first 
 Master, and had served in that capacity for 
 several years, when he refused to do so any 
 longer. He was also elected the first Master 
 of the New Hampshire State Grange, which 
 was organized December 23, 1873, and served 
 by successive elections for six years. He 
 was a member, together with his wife, of the 
 National Grange, attended seven sessions of 
 that body, and was for three years a member 
 of its Executive Committee. He compiled 
 the rules for the regulation of the co-operative 
 associations of the grange, and had charge of 
 the publication of the first Digest of the 
 grange, in which, it is claimed, a single error 
 has not been found. He was also chairman 
 of the committee appointed to investigate the 
 financial condition of the grange, in which 
 capacity, after a full examination of the ac- 
 counts, he made a report that brought order 
 out of chaos and put the finances of the 
 grange on a sure basis. He was Chairman of 
 the Committee on Constitution and By-laws 
 for several years, then considered the most 
 important committee of the order. In the 
 Iliisbaiidutaii, December 18, 187S, was the fol- 
 lowing from a correspondent relative to the 
 session of the National Grange held at Rich- 
 mond, Va., in the preceding November: "I 
 should be glad to name with approval a few 
 
 members who have given conspicuous service 
 to the meeting if I might attempt the task 
 without seeming to make invidious distinc- 
 tion. In such a list I should inscribe the 
 name Dudley T. Chase, of New Hampshire, 
 whose clear perception has more than once 
 saved the grange from indiscreet acts." 
 
 Mr. Chase is the last survivor of a family of 
 ten children of his father. Colonel Lebbeus 
 Chase, and the only representative of the fam- 
 ily save a niece, Miss Allace C. Chase, now 
 of Smith College, of whom he has been the 
 guardian. He has taken an active part in the 
 town meetings. He is an Independent in 
 politics and religion, has strong convictions 
 on most subjects, and is not afraid to express 
 them on all suitable occasions. He has been 
 a Mason of Hiram Lodge of Claremont since 
 1870, serving as Master for two years. His 
 father was raised to the degree of Master 
 Mason in this lodge in 1800. His grand- 
 father was also a prominent Mason, as is 
 shown by the inscription on his tombstone 
 in the Cornish cemetery. 
 
 -jp)TORACE PERKINS EATON, for 
 p^i many years a resident of Franklin, 
 X!^ \^ ^ Merrimack County, and a highly 
 esteemed and influential citizen, was a nati\'e 
 of Weare, N. II. He was born August 30, 
 181 1, and was the eldest son of Wheeler and 
 Abigail (Perkins) Eaton. His fatiier, also a 
 native of Weare, was a shoemaker and tanner 
 by trade. He lived for a while in Seabrook, 
 from which place he removed to Franklin, 
 N.H., where he settled in the northern part of 
 the town and engaged in general farming. He 
 spent the rest of his life on this farm ; Init in 
 his latter years he sold out to his son-in-law, 
 Dana W. Call, with wJiom he thenceforward 
 made his home. Me died September 1, 1871,
 
 HORACE P. EATON.
 
 Iliook Al'llie \1. RFA-IKW 
 
 45' 
 
 at the advanced age of eighty-six. lie was 
 twice married. Ilis first wife, who was iDcfore 
 marriage Abigail reri<ins, bore five children, 
 all III' wluini are now dead. Their names were: 
 iliirace Terkins, Cyrus, (jorhani, ICmily VV., 
 and William. Mrs. Abigail P. I'laton died in 
 iS^S; and Mi'. Wheeler Matun married for 
 his second wife Mrs. Nancy Jiiirleigh Sleeper, 
 of .Sanbiirnton, N.I I., by whom he had one 
 daughter, i'jnily, who married iJana W. Call, 
 and is now deceased. 
 
 Horace Perkins lOaton received his educa- 
 tion in the best schools of Wearc, and, after 
 he had finished his studies, turned his atten- 
 tion to farming. He was an energetic man 
 and a progressive farmer. In politics he was 
 a Republican, and he was the Representative 
 for liu: town of b'ranklin for several years. 
 He also served as .Selectman a number of 
 times. He was always an earnest member of 
 the Franklin Christian Church, and took great 
 interest in all chinch wcnk. He died yXugust 
 26, iiS86. He was married at the age of 
 twenty-six to Ismenie S. Merrill, a native of 
 I*"ranklin, and the youngest daughter of l{ze- 
 kiel and Jane (Hradhury) Merrill. P'rom 
 P'ranklin Mr. Merrill removed to Plymouth, 
 N.M. There he lived in his later years a 
 retired life, although previously engaged in 
 the business of wheelwright. He died at the 
 age of iiinety-si.v. He was twice married, and 
 by his first wife, Jane Pradbury, of Gilmanton, 
 had seven children, of whom two, Joseiih W. 
 and Mrs. Eaton, are now living. His second 
 wife, Mary Pevies, was born in Andover. 
 The daughter Ismenie, born December 23, 
 1 8 16, was but eleven months old when her 
 mother died; and she was taken to live with a 
 family by the name of Simonds, who brought 
 her up as their own child. She was twenty 
 years old at the time of her marriage. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Eaton had four children, namely: 
 
 I'rank W. , who married !• ranees Young, and 
 is now living in Hill, N.II. ; Abigail, who 
 died March 29, 1883, the wife of John P. 
 Sanborn, the latter now living with his son in 
 Tilton, N. H. ; and twin daughters, born Oc- 
 tober 3, 1849. Nancy J., one of the twins, 
 became the wife of K. W. l,.ine, and is living 
 in Sanbornton, N. H. ; and the other, Lilla M., 
 lives with her mother on Main Street, I''ranklin 
 village, whither they removed a year after the 
 tleath of Mr. I^aton. Mrs. Ivaton is a member 
 of the Christian church and an efficient helper 
 in all church w(jrk. 
 
 ,lilLEMON C. HARDY, a promi- 
 nent citizen of Cornish h'lat, Sulli- 
 van County, N.H., well known as 
 the jirojirietor of the Hardy Remedies, was 
 born in the town of Cornish, March 5, 1S40. 
 He is a son of the late Samuel Hardy. His 
 great-grandfather served as a soldier throiigli- 
 out the Revolutionary War, and Mr. Hardy 
 is now in possession of the gun barrel used by 
 that ]iatriotic ancestor in the battle of Bunker 
 Hill. After his death his widow removed to 
 Grantliam, N. H., taking with her their ten 
 children, si.v boys and four girls. She was 
 the first of the name in this section of the 
 State. 
 
 Her son Tristram, grandfather of I'hilcmon 
 C, was born in Bradford, Mass., March 29, 
 1771, but resided in New Hampshire the 
 greater part of his life. He was a farmer, and 
 carried on the trade of chair-maker in 
 Grantham, now called P^ast Plainfield. He 
 married March 18, 1795, Kesia Frazier, who 
 was born March 16, 1779, and died January 
 10, 1817. Their ten children were: I'olly, 
 William, Susanna, Moses, Samuel, Sally, 
 James M., Kesia, Hannah, and Mehitable. 
 Tristram Hardy's second wife was the widow
 
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 Polly Rogers, to whom he was married March 
 12, i8iS. There were no children by this 
 marriage. Polly Hardy, born February 24, 
 
 1796, married Hosea Churchill on October 8, 
 1S20. She died December 5, 1865, having 
 had no children. William, born October 24, 
 
 1797, died December 11, 1878. His first 
 wife was Mary Ball, whom he married on Jan- 
 uary 17, 1822; and his second was Prudence 
 Carroll, with whom he was united on October 
 30, 183 I. Susanna Hardy, born October 26, 
 1799, died March 20, 1S23, the wife of Inde- 
 pendence Gile, a hotel man, named from hav- 
 ing been born on the Fourth of July. Moses 
 Hardy, born June 11, 1S02, died August 6, 
 1S06. Sally, born January 25, 1807, married 
 Joshua Atwood, March 20, 1826, and died 
 April 25, 1868. She had two children: 
 Susan J., born April 8, 1827; and John, born 
 December 29, 1830. James M. Hardy, born 
 January 11, 1809, died August 28, 1810. 
 Kesia Hardy, born May 11, 1811, was mar- 
 ried on March 20, 1836, to John F. Carroll, a 
 cooper and farmer. Her husband died May 5, 
 1879; and she died April 29, 1886. Some of 
 their children survive. Hannah Hardy, born 
 March 10, 1813, died May 19, 1S13. Mehit- 
 able, born November 7, 1S14, died September 
 10, 1827. 
 
 Samuel Hardy, third S(in of Tristram, and 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was born 
 October i, 1804, in Grantham, and was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of that town. He 
 learned the trade of chair-maker from his 
 father, and at the age of twenty-one went to 
 Cayuga County, New York, where he worked 
 at his trade for some years before returning to 
 New Hampshire to be married. When he 
 went back to New York State he was accom- 
 panied by his wife. He stayed there ten years 
 in all, and then came to Cornish, where he 
 had extensive farming interests; and in addi- 
 
 tion to his other labors he began the manu- 
 facture of the Hardy Remedies, since so 
 widely known and used. This was in 1836; 
 and Mr. Samuel Hardy continued the business 
 until 1869, when Mr. Philemon C. Hardy and 
 his brother bought it out. P'ew changes have 
 been made in the original receipts, but the 
 bitters are not now made. The medicines 
 that now bear the Hardy name are: Hardy's 
 Salve, Woman's P^riend, Hardy Pain De- 
 stroyer, and Anodyne Liniment. During the 
 late Rebellion the soldier boys of New Hamp- 
 shire found a quantity of Hardy's Salve at 
 Winchester, Va. ; and some of them wrote home 
 to their friends that they were going to have 
 him prosecuted for abetting the Confederates 
 in giving or supplying them with medicine 
 which was able to heal or to save the lives of 
 enemies. An old sea captain has told the 
 Doctor that rolls of the salve could be found 
 in every port of South America. It is said to 
 be to-day the oldest salve upon the market and 
 the best known. Samuel Hardy did a very 
 large business; and, besides his extensive ad- 
 vertising through the press of the country and 
 by distributing circulars, he sent out a great 
 many gorgeous carts drawn by fine handsome 
 horses, which were the envy of small boys. 
 He never aspired for political honors, but 
 was always a Republican of the stanchest 
 kind and ever ready to use his influence for 
 the benefit of his party. He was a member 
 of the Baptist Church of Cornish, was exceed- 
 ingly benevolent and broad-minded, and a 
 friend to every needy or destitute person that 
 chance threw in his way. He was most lib- 
 eral in his contributions to the church and to 
 every worthy object or cause. His death took 
 place August 7, 1879; and in him the town 
 lost a valuable citizen, and the cause of hu- 
 manity a noble worker. 
 
 Samuel Hardy was three times married:
 
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 453 
 
 first In Sally, ilaiightcr of I'"(illansbcc Carroll, 
 of CroydtJii, N.II. She was born Aiij^ust 23, 
 icSoj, aiul (lice! April iS, iSjS. llcr five chil- 
 dren were: I'ollansbce C, Mary Ann G., Ed- 
 numd, Mehitabic, and Tristram. ]iy his 
 union with his second wife, I'rudcntia Coburn, 
 who was born l-'ebruary 6, 18 13, in Vermont, 
 and died December 16, 1S47, there were 
 four children, all boiii in Cornish; namely, 
 Philemon C, Sally, Hannah S., and Charles 
 T. The third wife was IMicbe A. Pratt, who 
 had one cliild, William Wallace. Follans- 
 bee C. Mardy, born December 20, 1S29, is a 
 travelling merchant, and lives in Worcester, 
 Mass. I'^ormerly he had one of the most 
 famous medicine carts ever put on the road. 
 Except the wheels it was all constructed of 
 glass. He married Delia Pierce, of West 
 Boylston, Mass., on June 17, 1856, and had a 
 family of three children, one of whom is liv- 
 ing. Mary Ann G. , born September 22, 
 1831, married Benjamin F. Bryant, of Hart- 
 land, Vt., now resitling at Hudson, Mass., 
 and has a family of four children. lulmuml 
 Hardy, born December 11, 1S33, marrieil Lu- 
 cinda Bailey, December 5, 1855. He died in 
 the army, May 30, 1S63. Mehitable, born 
 January 10, 1836, was first married May 4, 
 1S58, to George W. Moore, of Hudson, Mass.; 
 and second, February 12, 1865, to Henry S. 
 Moore, the Postmaster of Hudson. There are 
 no children by either marriage. Tristram 
 Hardy, born March 9, 1838, died September 
 22, 1839. Sally Hardy, eldest daughter of 
 Samuel Hardy by his second marriage, born 
 November 19, 1841, married Lewis I*". Knight, 
 of Cornish, November 30, 1863, and is the 
 mother of five children, four of whom are now 
 living. Hannah S. Hardy, born August 9, 
 1843, married Albert J. Dyer, of Sutton, 
 Quebec, December 24, 1871. Charles T. , 
 born June i, 1846, married November 15, 1866, 
 
 Ivllen .M. Ripley, and until his death, which 
 occurred twelve years ago. May 12, 1885, was 
 associated in business with his l)rother Phile- 
 mon. William Wallace Hardy, the only child 
 of the third marriage, born February 6, 1849, 
 is now living at New Haven, Conn. He is 
 in the wholesale cigar business in New York 
 City, is exceedingly energetic and talented, 
 and has accumulated a large fortune. He 
 married December 25, 1875, Sarah J. Tucker, 
 of Redding, Conn., and has one child, a son, 
 Samuel B. Hardy. 
 
 Mr. Philemon C. Hardy was educated in 
 the schools of Cornish and in Kimball Union 
 Academy. He worked on his father's farm 
 until twenty-one years of age, when he began 
 to travel in the interests of the Hardy Rem- 
 edies. He has continued in tiie business 
 until the present time, increasing and extend- 
 ing it and managing it most successfully. 
 He is a Deacon of the Baptist church, and, 
 like his father, is charitable and benevolent. 
 Mr. Hardy was married on October 17, 1867, 
 to Linnie J. Dyer, tiaughter of Daniel Dyer, 
 of Sutton, (Juebec. She was born October 
 17, 1848, and died March 30, 1895. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hardy had one daughter, Nora A., born 
 August 4, 1879, who died July 5, 1880. 
 
 OHN F. I.KIGHTOX, a prosperous 
 dairyman of Franklin, was born where 
 he now resides, May 27, 1832, son of 
 lidward and Jutlith (Kand) Leighton. His 
 father, who was a native of Portsmouth, N. H., 
 came to Franklin in 1816, settled upon the 
 farm now owned by his son, and tilled the soil 
 successfully during the rest of his active 
 period, attaining the age of ninety-two years. 
 He first married February 20, 1806, Lydia 
 Rand, whose only child, Moses, is deceased. 
 For his second wife, on April 24, 1813, he
 
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 nianiccl Judith Rand, a cousin of his first 
 wife and a native of Somersvvorth. Of this 
 union there were Ijorn eight children, namely: 
 Lydia, July S, 1814; Thomas, March 11, 
 1817; John S., June 13, iSig, who died in 
 childhood; Mary, Novembers, 1821; Edward, 
 August II, 1825; Judith, August 8, 1S27; 
 John F., the subject of his sketch; and Loren 
 S. , January 2, 1838. Lydia is the widow 
 of Samuel I5rown, late of Northfield, N. II. 
 Thomas and Edward are no longer living. 
 ]\lary is the widow of James Gardner, and 
 now lives in Ccjncord, N. H. Judith is the 
 wife of Benjamin Sargent, formerly of Tilton, 
 and now a merchant in Chicago, 111. Loren 
 S. married Tirza French, October 16, 1859, 
 and is residing in Alma, Minn. Mrs. Edward 
 Leighton died at the age of eighty-two. 
 
 John F. Leighton was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Franklin and Tilton. Fie has 
 always resided upon the home farm, and has 
 managed it since reaching his majority. His 
 property consists of two hundred acres of de- 
 sirably located land, and he has made vaiious 
 improvements in the buildings. He carries on 
 a large and profitable milk business, keeping 
 about thirty cows on the average. 
 
 On August 27, 1857, Mr. Leighton married 
 for his first wife Mary A. Hanaford. She was 
 born in Northfield, September 19, 1839, 
 daughter of John A. and Mary A. (Park) Han- 
 aford, the former of whom, now deceased, was 
 a native of that town and a prosperous farniei-; 
 while the latter, horn in Lowell, Mass., now 
 resides with Mr. Leighton. Mrs. Mary A. 
 Leighton died June 5, 1886. On February 9, 
 1888, Mr. Leighton married Emma L. Colby, 
 who was born in Canterbury, N.H., December 
 29, 1852, daughter of Leonard and Mary Ann 
 (Page) Colby. Her father was a native of 
 Bow, N. H. ; and her mother was born in St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt. They were industrious farm- 
 
 ing peoijle, and resitled in Canterbury many 
 years. The father is no longer living. The 
 mother is residing with her son, Osborn L. , 
 a farmer of Canterbury. By his first union 
 Mr. Leighton had three children, namely: 
 Maria V., born June 13, 185S, who died July 
 30, 1881 ; Nellie A., born September 9, i860; 
 and George E. , born October 15, 1864. 
 George is now in business in Providence, R.I. 
 Nellie A. married Benjamin Kimball, and 
 died July 20, 1893, leaving four children — 
 I\Iary E., Rena E., Ik-rtha L., and Harry M. 
 The children by Mr. Leighton's second mar- 
 riage are: Leonard C, born June 13, 1889; 
 and Mary E. , born March 12, 1895. 
 
 Mr. Leighton holds a warm place in the 
 hearts of his neighbors, who are familiar with 
 his liberality and kindness of heart. He is 
 connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, and 
 both he and Mrs. Leighton are members of the 
 P'irst Baptist Church in PTanklin P'alls. In 
 ]5olitics he is a Republican. 
 
 ;s^01IN F. JONES, a well-to-do farmer 
 of Claremont, was born here, Jime 2, 
 1830, son of Worcester and Sarah 
 (Dove) Jones. His great-grandfather, Asa 
 Jones, came here from Colchester, Conn., in 
 the early days of the town, and settled along 
 the river at Claremont Junction, taking uj) a 
 large tract of land. Asa was a Lieutenant in 
 the army and a man of importance in the town. 
 He married Sarah Treadway, of Colchester, 
 anil had a son, also nameti Asa. Asa Jones, 
 Jr., born July 18, 1752, died June 4, 1828. 
 On January 20, 17S3, he married Mary Par- 
 dee, who, born July 7, 1759, died May 17, 
 1835. They left the following children: 
 Worcester, born November 8, 1783, who mar- 
 ried Sarah Dove, and died December 2, 1858; 
 Zabina, born June 30, 1785, who married
 
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 ICIvira Aldcn, ;in(l died Jimc 7, 1S28; Asa, 
 1)0111 I'ulHiKuy _'_', i7'S7, who married Sarah 
 Iniics, and (HliI August 7, 1S62; Mary, born 
 Oclnhci 18, 1788, who married Ilcnry Si- 
 iiidiis, and died August 25, 1S25; Augustus, 
 burn June 6, 1793, who married Amanda 
 Sheldon, and died August 7, 1862; Fanny 
 J?eecher, born April 28, 1795, who married 
 Henry Ainswortli, and died in 1893; Sally 
 R., born July 13, 1797, who married German 
 Ilendy, and died April 1 8, 1878; Nancy Ma- 
 linda, born September 17, 1799, who married 
 John Simon, and died March 28, 1840; Phi- 
 lantla, born August 13, 1801, who married 
 Elizabeth Day, and died February 22, 1871 ; 
 and l":iizabeth M., born March 9, 1804. 
 
 Worcester Jones, the father of John F., 
 settled on the farm of his grandfather in 
 Worcester, then containing about one hundred 
 and fifty acres. He became a large farmer, 
 and added considerably to the estate. I5esides 
 keeping all kinds of cattle, he [iroduced Initter, 
 pork, and cheese, which he s(dd at market. 
 He was also interested in the Clarcmont Na- 
 tional ]?ank, of which he was a Director. In 
 [lolitics he was a Whig, and he attended relig- 
 ious service at the Union Church. Public- 
 spirited to a high degree and a supporter of 
 every good cause, he was a leader among his 
 townspeople. He died December 20, 1858. 
 His children were: .Sarah, who married Laban 
 Ainsworth, and is deceased; Mary Ann, who 
 died at the age of seventy-eight years; Freder- 
 ick, who married Lucy Dean, daughter of 
 Horace Dean, and died at the age of si.xty- 
 two years; Fannie, who died at the age of 
 twenty years; Maria, who died at the age of 
 fifteen; Ilellen, who died when a child of five 
 years; and John F., who is the only survivor. 
 
 John 1"'. Jones obtained his education in the 
 district schools and at the academy in Clare- 
 mont. He assisted his father with the farm 
 
 until 1855, when he and his brother Frederick 
 were given complete charge. They carried on 
 the farm until 1862, when Frederick married. 
 John then assisted his brother until the fall of 
 1869, when he bought the Horace Dean farm, 
 a place of three hundred acres, where he has 
 since been farming on a large scale, thereby 
 earning a comfortable income. He married 
 Helen Dean, daughter of Horace Dean. Her 
 grandfather was Lemuel, a Revolutionary 
 S(ddier, who settled early in Clarcmont. He 
 married Lucy Terry, and had three children, 
 namely: Maria, who died in infancy; Maria 
 (second), born in 1800, who married James 
 li'illock, and died in 1S85; and Horace, who 
 married ICmalinc Pres.sy, and had eleven chil- 
 dren. For several years Horace Dean carried 
 on the hotel and Cupola Farm, and afterward 
 bought the farm now owned by his son-in-law, 
 Mr. Jones. The Cupola F'arm was considered, 
 perhaps, the best farm in the .State. It con- 
 tained five hundied acres of well-tilled land. 
 He raised line stock for the Boston markets, 
 dealt in horses, and kept a dairy. He was a 
 member of the Union Church, was influential 
 in town affairs, and he acceptably served the 
 town for a time in the capacity of Selectman. 
 A poor boy at the outset, he became one of the 
 wealthiest farmers of the district. He died 
 in 1884. His other children were: Lucy, 
 who married I-'rederick Jones, and died in 
 Se[)tember, 1894, having had no children; 
 John, who married Hannah Harlow, became 
 a superintendent of railroad construction in 
 Kansas, and served through the war, had no 
 children; Lemuel, who died in September, 
 1849, aged ten years; Alice, who married 
 James Thompson, and had one child, who died 
 in infancy; I'lllzabeth, who married Charles 
 Fisher; Thomas, who became a hardware mer- 
 chant of Memphis, Tenn., served on govern- 
 ment farms during the war, and died in 1S67;
 
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 Samuel, who married Kate Cotton, daughter 
 of Charles Cotton, and is a farmer in Dakota; 
 Charles, living in Texas, who successively 
 married Ophelia Roberts, of St. Louis, and 
 Carrie Johnson, of Springfield, Vt., and has 
 a daughter Edna by the first wife, and a son, 
 Thad P. George, by the second ; and Kate, 
 who is unmarried. Thad P. George, son of 
 Charles Dean, resides in California, engaged 
 in mining, lumbering, and hotel-keeping. 
 The elder Mrs. Dean died in April, 1897, at 
 the age of ninety years. Mr. Jones and his 
 wife are members of the Union church. He 
 has represented his town in the legislature, 
 serving during his term of office on the Insur- 
 ance Committee. He is a public-spirited man 
 and universally liked. 
 
 /^3)eORGE a. SUMNER, a popular 
 V mT storekeeper and real estate owner of 
 Hill, was born on the place where 
 he now resides, June 27, 1S39, son of George 
 W. and Hannah (Abrams) .Sumner. [ Eor the 
 full genealogy of the Sumner family the 
 reader is referred to the account of Governor 
 Increase Sumner, to be found in the General 
 Register.] George Sumner is a direct de- 
 scendant of Edward Sumner, a Revolutionary 
 patriot, who for a long time would not allow 
 tea to be served on his table, and who was 
 one of the Boston Tea Party. Edward's son, 
 Nathaniel, by his wife Hannah Bullock Sum- 
 ner, was also a prominent patriot, and a man 
 of large property and much influence. Na- 
 thaniel had a numerous family of children, 
 and gave each of his sons a farm. George, the 
 next in line, married Margaret Lewis. One 
 of his children, who was grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, settled in New Boston, 
 N. H. Grandfather .Sumner married I>ydia 
 Winchester. He bought a farm in Deering, 
 
 N.II. He was noted in the district fur his 
 indomitable courage. 
 
 George W. Sumner, at the age of nineteen, 
 after having helped his father in clearing the 
 Deering property, left his home and applied 
 himself to learning the clothing business. He 
 came to Hill and engaged in wool carding and 
 cloth dressing, constructing a dam and erect- 
 ing a mill for these purposes. In 1825 he 
 built a fine brick house, which is still one of 
 the most prominent structures in the town. 
 He married Hannah Abrams in 1822; and his 
 children were: Mary, Ellen, Catherine, Jane, 
 George A., and Sarah. Of these George is 
 the only survivor. 
 
 George A. Sumner was sent to the jiublic 
 schools of Hill and later to P'ranklin Acad- 
 emy. At the age of nineteen he bought a 
 grist-mill. After running that for a time, he 
 exchanged it for a general merchandise store. 
 A few years later he bought out Mr. Stack- 
 pole, whose business was located in the rail- 
 road station, and joined the two stores. 
 About the year 1890 he took in a partner. 
 The business is now conducted under the firm 
 name of Sumner & Foss. Recently, becom- 
 ing interested in real estate, Mr. Sumner has 
 built a number of tenement-houses for the 
 workmen employed in the needle factory. At 
 one time he was the freight, express, and 
 telegraph agent of the Boston & Maine Rail- 
 road. 
 
 On April 28, 1S68, Mr. Sumner married 
 Angle Montague, of Springfield, Mass. His 
 children are: Annie G. and G. Willis Sum- 
 ner. The last named is a graduate of Oberlin 
 College, Ohio. Mr. Sumner has been an 
 active man in town affairs, and has held sev- 
 eral town offices. He has been Justice of the 
 Peace for twenty-five years. Postmaster for 
 four years, and Town Clerk for six years. He 
 has also filled the offices of Selectman and
 
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 457 
 
 TdWii 'I'lcasiircr. In ■■'^ijS lie ic|iiesciitc(l tlic 
 t(]\vii In the .St;ite le^i.slaUne. A lnyal Ke- 
 |)iil)liLaii, his Inst Presidential vote was cast 
 lor Abraham l.iiu-nln in i .S6o. He is a 
 Mason, and takes much interest in the dovelop- 
 nient of the organization. lie is a nicnibcr of 
 the Conf^rej^ational Church of Hill and a 
 re^tilar attendant on the services. 
 
 \C\) / 1 1 , 1 . 1 A M .S. .ST R A W, a j )rosi)erous 
 ('Jyj farmer <if IIii|ikinton antl a son of 
 William and Hannah Straw, was 
 born in the house where he now lives, June i, 
 iSij. He is tlescendcd from William and 
 Mehitahle Straw of early Colonial times. 
 Their children were born as follows: William, 
 May 23, i6,sr); John, July i, i68S; .Samuel, 
 August 13, 1692; antl Hawrcnce, May 13, 
 1699. Lieutenant Jacob .Straw, the grand- 
 father of William .S., came from Rowley, 
 Mass., to Hopkinton, some time between 1740 
 and 1755, while still a young man. He se- 
 cured fifty acres of land, upon which he 
 ercctetl some small buildings, and then sold 
 the whole to such advautage tiiat he was able 
 later to purchase two hundretl acres on Sugar 
 Hill, in the town of Weare. Here again he 
 erected buildings, sold out at a profit, and 
 bouglit three hundred acres in West Hopkin- 
 ton, near wheie William S. Straw now lives. 
 This purchase was made in 1782; and he 
 spent the rest of his life upon the jiroperty, 
 [luttiiig up large and convenient buiklings and 
 making many other improvements. A pros- 
 perous farmer, he was able to give each of his 
 sons a faim, besides affording his sons-in-law 
 substantial assistance. IHs death resulted 
 from a cancer in his seventy-eighth year. He 
 married Betsey (or Lydia) Ordway, of Rum- 
 ford, later of Concord. They had twelve 
 children, the youngest of whom died aged 
 
 si.\ty-si.\, and the eldest at the age of eighty- 
 nine. Their names were: .Samuel, Mzekiel, 
 Jacob, J,evi, Joseph, William, Lydia, Doro- 
 thy, Sarah, Hetscy, Hannah, and a daughter 
 whose name has not been preserved. 
 
 William Straw, the father of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born on the farm in West 
 Hopkinton in 1782. When a young man he 
 learned the saddler's trade, and he subse- 
 quently worked at it for a short time in his 
 native town. Then he went to Warner, and 
 from there to Canaan, where his father had 
 given him a farm of one hundred and twenty 
 acres. After clearing a i)art of the farm, he 
 sold it and returned to Hopkinton to buy a 
 part of the old farm. Soon after, he married 
 Hannah Huse, a daughter of Thomas Muse, 
 who owned an adjoining farm. Mr. Huse 
 dying soon after, William and his wife moved 
 into the new house, which was but just com- 
 pleted; and by buying out the other heirs 
 Mr. Straw became the possessor of one hun- 
 dred anil five acres of the original Huse farm, 
 probably about the year i<S'i2. His wife, 
 Hannah, died while still a young woman, 
 leaving her husbaml with tour children, all of 
 whom lived to be over si.\ty-five years of age. 
 Their names were: Sarah, who married Leon- 
 ard Felch, of Weare; Anne, who married 
 William Chandler, a blacksmith of Henniker; 
 Harriet, who married Otis Lewis, of Lynn, 
 Mass. ; and William, the subject of this 
 sketch. William Straw afterward successively 
 married Lucretia Page and Joannah Goodhue, 
 of Bow, N.H. Lucretia had two children — 
 Jesse Osgood and Page Huse. The third wife 
 survived him four years. She hatl one daugh- 
 ter, who married Jacob S. Chase, and died in 
 Warner in 1893. 
 
 William S. Straw received his early train- 
 ing on the farm where he was born and where 
 he has spent the greater part of his life.
 
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 After he hnd reached the age of twenty, he 
 worked for a while in a factory at Mcthuen, 
 Mass. He owned another farm before he went 
 to live on the old Hiise farm where he now 
 lives. A capable farmer, he is always ready 
 to make improvements. In politics he has 
 been a stanch Democrat. He is a Universal- 
 ist in religious belief and an earnest mem- 
 ber of the church in Henniker. He has been 
 a subscriber for the Xl-zv England Farmer and 
 for the Christian Leader for forty-six years. 
 He married Mary Ann Flanders, a daughter of 
 James and Mary (Peasler) Flanders, who has 
 had five children. These were: Hannah 
 Marion, who married E. Harvey Edmonds, of 
 Hopkinton village, and died in 1893; Luella, 
 who married George H. Pierce, and lives on 
 a farm near her parents; Abbie Frances, who 
 married Geoige H. Dodge, of Henniker; 
 James Otis, whose life is sketched elsewhere 
 in this volume; and Charles H., now an artist 
 living at home. 
 
 iHARLES GH^MAN SANDERS, an 
 enterprising lumber manufacturer of 
 Chichester, was born in this town, 
 April 30, 1824, son of Fllijah and Olive (Phil- 
 brick) Sanders. His grandfather, Robert 
 Sanders, followed the sea from the age of 
 seventeen until he was sixty years old. Rob- 
 ert was engaged in both the foreign and coast 
 trade; and during the War of 181 2 he served 
 u])on a jjrivateering vessel, which was fitted 
 out at Portsmouth, N. H., by Captain Chase. 
 His last days were ])assed in Epsom, N. H. ; 
 and he died at the age of sixty-four years. 
 He voted with the Whig parly in jwlitics, and 
 in his religious views was a Congregationalist. 
 He married a Miss F"oss, who lived to be 
 seventy-eight years old; and she reared six 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 FLlijah Sanders, born in F'psom in 1799, 
 learned both tanning and shoemaking, and 
 afterward followed those trades in Chichester 
 for fifty years. He was an energetic and in- 
 dustrious man. His wife, Olive, was a dau"h- 
 ter of Perkins Philbrick, a native of Rye, 
 N. H., who moved from that town to Epsom, 
 where he passed the rest of his life. She be- 
 came the mother of two sons: Charles G., the 
 subject of this sketch; and George S., who is 
 no longer living. George .S. Sanders married 
 for his first wife Elizabeth i^axter, of Bridge- 
 water, Mass. By that union there is one 
 son, Charles H. For his second wife he 
 wedded Hattie Atwater, a native of Maine, 
 and left two children by this union — Calvin 
 E. and Clara Olive. His second wife sur- 
 vives, and is living with her children in 
 Worcester, Mass. Elijah Sanders lived to be 
 eighty-six years old, and his wife died at 
 seventy - two. They were members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Charles Gilman .Sanders acquired a com- 
 mon-school education in his native town. 
 When his studies were finished, he learned 
 the shoemaker's trade with his father. He 
 f(j]]owed that calling for fifteen 3'ears; and 
 then, in company with his father, he built a 
 saw-mill for the manufacture of shingles, 
 clapboards, etc. This mill was destroyed by 
 fire, and in 1878 he erected another upon the 
 same site. At the present time he is operat- 
 ing two saw-mills, one for the manufacture of 
 shingles and clapboards, and the other for the 
 sawing of heavy lumber. He also cultivates 
 a farm of sixty-five acres. Both his manufact- 
 uring and agricultural enterprises are in a 
 flourishing condition. 
 
 On December 3, 1846, Mr. Sanders married 
 Abigail M. Ayer, daughter of Daniel Ayer, of 
 Chichester. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have had 
 five children, of whom four are lis'inir;
 
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 iianiuly, I''r;mk I.., \\':irrcii A., Nettie A., 
 ami l.iiicn \). I'"rank L. in allied I'jiinia 
 I'liidtii, wlici (lied leavilij;' (me son, llaii)'. 
 W'ariei) man ied Mary Ida I'alinunds, of tiiis 
 town, and lias four childien — ]5ert, Minnie, 
 I'xlward, and Rena. Nettie A. is the wife of 
 I'led Lear, of Kpsom, and has no children. 
 I.oren 1). married Martha Toml iiisoii, a native 
 of X'ermoiit, and has one child, Ilarley (jil- 
 iiiaii. In jiolitics Mr. Sanders is a Repuh- 
 licaii. lie takes a lively interest in the 
 progress of his town, and is a member of 
 Chichester Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 
 
 4^*^» 
 
 |i;V. ISAAC G. IIUHBARD, at one 
 time the rector of Trinity Church, 
 Claremont, was born here, April 
 i,^, iSi<S', son of Isaac and Ruth (Cobb) Hub- 
 hard. His grandfather, George Hubbard, who 
 was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, 
 came to Claremont in I77<S from Tolland, 
 Conn. Judge J. IT. Hubbard, of Windsor, a 
 son of George, was one (if the ablest lawyers 
 in New I'"nglaii(i. He was a powerful man, 
 and as a pleader at the Ijar he liad few 
 eciuals. Isaac Hubbard, another son, who 
 settled in Claremont, became a successful 
 farmer and stock-raiser. He was an influen- 
 tial man, served in different town offices, 
 did much legal work, was Justice of the Peace, 
 was considered a practical lawyer, and was 
 prominent in the Episcopal church. He died 
 in January, i<S6i, leaving a fine estate of some 
 four hundred acres. By his first wife, a 
 daughter of I'3zra Jones, there was one child, 
 a daughter, who married Charles 1'". Long, 
 and had four children : Caroline, who died 
 young; Charles H. ; Isaac G. ; and Charlotte 
 H. The three last named are still living. 
 His second wife, in maidenhood Ruth Cobb, 
 (.laughter of Samuel Cobb, of Springfield, \t., 
 
 had four children. Amos, the eldest, now 
 deceased, win; was in the nursery business in 
 Detroit, Midi., married Catliarinc, daughter 
 of .Samuel P'iske. .She was half-sister of 
 Philip I'"iske, the donor of the l""iskc Library 
 in Claremont; and her mother was a sister of 
 I'aran Stevens, the famous hotel man of that 
 place. The second child of Isaac Huhbartl 
 was Sarah M., wIkj married the Rev. Joel 
 Clapp, an Lpiscopal minister, ("harles H. 
 died at the age of twelve. 
 
 Isaac G. Hubbard graduated from Trinity 
 College in 1839. He then entered the Gen- 
 eral Theological Seminary in New York, 
 where he spent two years, and finished the 
 prescribed course with Bishop Carlton Chase. 
 He was ordained Deacon in Trinity Church, 
 Claremont, June 25, 1845, and in 1847 re- 
 ceived priest's orders from Bishop Chase. Me 
 began preaching in Potsdam, N. Y. , and subse- 
 quently officiated as assistant to Dr. Muhlen- 
 berg for several months at the Church of the 
 Holy Communion, New York City. In March 
 (jf the year 1852 he accepted charge of St. 
 Michael's at Manchester, where he reniained 
 until 1 866. This was a missionar\- field de- 
 manding the utmost patience ; but it jjroved 
 work to which Mr. Hubbard was admirably 
 adapted, and under him the parish was en- 
 largetl and the membership much increased. 
 He was partly instrumental in the erection of 
 a beautiful stone church and rectory, and other 
 tangible results followed from his efforts. 
 Mr. Hubbard's health was delicate, however, 
 and compelled his early resignation. He re- 
 turned to his father's farm for a period of 
 much needed rest. In 1867, his health hav- 
 ing improved, he accepted the rectorshijj of 
 Trinity Church at Claremont. He remained 
 here until Easter of the year 1875, when, 
 upon a return of his former malady, he was 
 again obliged to rest from his labors and
 
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 travel abroad for a time. Returning to his 
 lionie in 1876, he temporarily took up work 
 at the Union Church. On Passion Sunday, 
 March 30, 1879, he started as usual for 
 church; but, feeling indisposed, turned home- 
 ward, and expired on the way. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard was a scholar of pronounced 
 ability, and he accomplished a noble work in 
 the cause of good. For twenty years he was 
 a Trustee of St. Paul's School at Concord, 
 N. II. He married Elizabeth Stimpson, 
 daughter of William Stimpson, and had four 
 children. These were: George Isaac, who 
 died while a student of St. Paul's School; 
 Charlotte Louise, William, and Ruth Eliza- 
 beth, who are living. 
 
 ff^AMES YEATON, a well-known farmer 
 of Plpsom, Merrimack County, was born 
 in this town, January 11, 1832, son of 
 John and Sarah (Bickford) Yeaton. His an- 
 cestors for several generations were prosperous 
 farmers in this State; and his great-grand- 
 father, John Yeaton (first), was a pioneer set- 
 tler in Epsom. John Yeaton, second, grand- 
 father of James, was a native of this town, and 
 resided here his entire life. A successful 
 farmer, he accumulated considerable property. 
 He was a Democrat in politics and a Congre- 
 gationalist in his religious views. At his 
 death he was about eighty-one years old. He 
 was three times married. His first wife, 
 whose maiden name was Bickford, died at the 
 age of twenty-five. Of her two sons who at- 
 tained maturity, John was the elder. The 
 father married for his second wife a Miss 
 Towle, who had three children, none of whom 
 are living. His third marriage, which was 
 made with the widow of William Yeaton, re- 
 sulted in no children. 
 
 John Yeaton, third, was born in Epsom, 
 
 March 29, i S04. He was reared to farming, 
 which he followed successfully dining his 
 active period ; and he died at the age of 
 seventy-si.\ years, leaving a good estate. He 
 was one of the prominent men of his day. 
 While not an office-seeker for himself, he took 
 an active part in securing the election of ca- 
 pable officials. In politics he acted with the 
 Free Soil party, but later became a Republi- 
 can. He was a member of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist church. His first wife, Sarah Bickford 
 Yeaton, whom he married December 25, 1828, 
 was a daughter of Samuel Bickford, of Epsom. 
 She died at the age of forty-nine years, leav- 
 ing five of her six children; namely, James, 
 Sarah E. , Daniel, Vianna R., and Betsy A. 
 Daniel Yeaton married Annie B. Rowell, of 
 Chichester, N. H., and has three children — 
 Alfred D. , Minot R., and Alice B. Vianna 
 R. is now the widow .of Elbridge Batchelder, 
 late of b^psom, and has two children — George 
 E. and Edith G. Betsy A. married for her 
 first husband Thomas B. Robinson, of Epsom, 
 by whom she had two sons — Bert and Elmer. 
 She is now the wife of John Brown, of North- 
 wood, N.H. John Yeaton, third, married for 
 his second wife Mrs. Caroline Cilly, the 
 widow of Samuel Cilly, late of Lowell, Mass., 
 and a sister of his first wife. By this union 
 there were two children: Stella R., who is no 
 longer living; and Fred W. 
 
 James Yeaton was educated in the schools 
 of his native town and at Pembroke Academy. 
 After leaving school, he learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade in Deerfield, N. H., and fol- 
 lowed it for three winters. He then engaged 
 in agriculture. In 187S he i)urchased his 
 present farm of si.xty acres. On March 3, 
 1858, he contracted his first marriage with 
 Martha A. Randall, daughter of Francis D. 
 Randall, of Deerfield, N.H. Of her three 
 children lulwin Randall Yeaton is living.
 
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 ]?()rn June 25, i860, he married Ella M. 
 Kastman, of this town, and now has one child 
 — Allien James, who was born May 26, 
 i.Sg6. Mrs. Martha Yeaton died at the age 
 of thirty-six. On April g, I.S74, Mr. Yeaton 
 entered his second marriage with Annie K. 
 Crockett, whose mother was a sister of his first 
 wife. She was born in Concord, March 30, 
 i,S5_^, danj^hter of John K. and Sally Rebecca 
 (Randall) Crockett. The children of this 
 union are: John C, who was horn May 19, 
 1875; Helen E. P., born July 22, 1878; and 
 George Hill, born December 21, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Yeaton is a member of the Free Will 
 Haptist church. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 He served as Town Clerk for two years in suc- 
 cession, and has been several times elected a 
 member of the Board of Selectmen. As a 
 public official he was able and efficient. lie 
 is much respected by his townsmen. 
 
 ^^•m ► 
 
 RANK A. JORDAN, a veteran of the 
 Civil War, who is carrying on a thriv- 
 ing business as a stone cutter in 
 riainfield, N. H., was born in this town, April 
 ly, 1840, son of Anthony W. and Mercy 
 (Root) Jordan. It is known that some of his 
 ancestors served in the Revolutionary War. 
 His grandfather was James Jordan, who died 
 May 10, i860, aged eighty-two years. He 
 was a native of Plainfield and a son of the 
 first member of the family to settle here. 
 James Jordan was a contractor for the con- 
 struction of roads and bridges, and also car- 
 ried on a farm. He married Waitte Kenyon, 
 of Plainfield, born in January, 1782, and 
 reared seven sons, namely — Anthony W. ; 
 William Riley, first; Raymond K. ; W^ardner; 
 Lester; Kenyon; and Jarvis — none of whom 
 are living. The majority of them were 
 farmers; and all became heads of families ex- 
 
 cept Kenyon, who died at the age of twenty 
 years. 
 
 William Riley Jordan, first, married a Miss 
 Esther Spaulding, of Plainfield; and six of his 
 eight children survive. Wardncr, who was 
 overseer of the poor farm for seventeen years, 
 married Lucy Whittaker, of Grantham, N, H. ; 
 and of his four children two are living. Les- 
 ter married Luzina Stone, and had a family of 
 eight children, none of whom arc living. Jar- 
 vis was Sergeant of Company C, Fifth Regi- 
 ment, New Hampshire Volunteers, during the 
 Civil War. Three of his sons were also sol- 
 diers, and two died while in service. He was 
 prominent in public affairs, and served as a 
 Selectman for .some time. Raymond K. Jor- 
 dan was a cooper by trade and a hard-working 
 temperate man. He and his wife, Sophia 
 Waller, had a family of thirteen children, 
 who are all deceased but one son. Two of 
 the boys were in the war of the Rebellion, 
 serving in Company C, Fifth New Hamp- 
 shire Volunteers. The Jordans and Kenyons 
 were early settlers in Plainfield, coming here 
 from Connecticut. 
 
 Anthony Wayne Jordan, father of F'rank A., 
 was born in Plainfield, February i, 1804. He 
 learned the stone- mason's trade, which he fol- 
 lowed industriously during his active years, 
 and provided his family with a good living and 
 a practical education. He died March 10, 
 1870. His wife, Mercy Root, born April 30, 
 1807, and died February 11, 1878, aged 
 seventy-one, who was a daughter of Allen 
 Root, of Plainfield, became the mother of nine 
 children, namely: Albert; Calista; William 
 Riley, second; Louisa; Francis G. ; F'rank A., 
 the subject of this sketch ; James ; Marcia ; and 
 Electa. Albert Jordan, born March 21, 1824, 
 was employed in a stone-mill in Manchester, 
 Vt., for many years, or until losing his arm 
 during a Fourth of July celebration. He
 
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 afterward peddled tinware until his death, 
 which occurred in iSjg. He married Mary 
 French, of Plainfield, and reared a family. 
 Calista, who was born April 26, 1S26, married 
 Alanson Hadley, of Plainfield, N.H. Riley 
 Jordan, born June 26, 182S, was a marble cut- 
 ter, following his trade in various parts of this 
 county; and he served as a soldier in the Civil 
 War in the Sixth New flampshire, Company 
 G. He died July 3, 18.S1, aged fifty-three 
 years. The maiden name of his wife was 
 I^aura I'rench. I'rancis G. , who was born 
 August 6, 1830, was burned to death in his 
 cradle, December 7, 1831. Louisa, who was 
 born July 17, 1833, married Byron Sanborn, 
 a native of Lisbon, N. H., and a farmer in 
 Plainfield, and died in March, 1872, leaving 
 one child. James, who was born June 13, 1843, 
 and served for a time in the P'ifth New Hamp- 
 shire Regiment, Company C, during the 
 Civil War, died P'ebruary 21, 1896. Marcia 
 was born October 29, 1845, and was acciden- 
 tally killed June 25, 1856. She had returned 
 to the school-house for something left there, 
 and while attempting to enter through the 
 window it fell upon her neck. J'llecta, who 
 was born in October, 1848, married a Mr. 
 Allen Root, foreman of a sash and blind 
 factory in P'itchburg, Mass., and has one 
 child. , 
 
 I'rank A. Jordan began his education in the 
 common schools of Plainfield, and completed 
 it in Newbury, Yt. He learned the stone- 
 cutter's trade, and for a time was employed in 
 the construction of the Woodstock Railway. 
 He enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment 
 Vermont Volunteers, and after the first battle 
 of Bull Run was transferred with five hundred 
 and fifty others to the marine service. He 
 did duty as fireman upon the gunboats "Cin- 
 cinnati " and "]?enton " in the Cairo expedi- 
 tion under Commodore l-'oote up the Tennessee 
 
 and Cumberland and on the ujiper Mississippi. 
 After the expiration of his first term he re- 
 enlisted in the Third Vermont Regiment, 
 and took part in the battles of Culpeper Court- 
 house, the Rajjpahannock, Bristoe Station, 
 Rapidan, Brandy Station, and all along that 
 line, at Pittsburg Landing, Fort Henry, and 
 Island No. 10. Since the war he has been 
 engaged in the stone-cutting business in Plain- 
 field, and has executed some excellent work 
 upon several large estates in this locality. 
 He is a skilful workman and an able busi- 
 ness man, and aside from his everyday calling 
 he carries on a farm. 
 
 Mr. Jordan married Cornelia E. Davis, who 
 was born in Bethel, Vt. , April 3, 1S47, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph R. Davis, of that town. Mrs. 
 Jordan is the mother of four children, 
 namely: Sherman T., born August i, 1865, 
 who assists his father in business; Mabel M., 
 born March 6, 1870; Emma Z., born May 20, 
 1873, married Edwin Milliner, of Plainfield, 
 and has five children; and Parker C, horn 
 March 11, 1875, who is employed by his 
 father. Politically, Mr. Jordan is a Republi- 
 can, but is prevented by business pressure 
 from taking an active part in public affairs. 
 
 ^S^A^II^.S -S. ELKINS, a prominent citizen 
 of Canterbury, N.H., was born in Rye, 
 N. H., December 24, 1809, son of 
 James and Mehitable (Rand) Elkins. His 
 paternal grandfather, Samuel Elkins, was a 
 native of Rye, where he was engaged in agri- 
 culture during the active period of his life. 
 James Elkins was a farmer and fisherman, fol- 
 lowing the first-named occupation in Rye, 
 where he was born May 3, 1777. He died in 
 Canterbury, November 29, 1855. His wife, 
 Mehitable Rand lilkins, was born in Rye, 
 June 19, 1787, and died in Canterbur}', July
 
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 TO, 1S59. TIiL'y Iiacl three children: James 
 S., the siil)ject oi liiis sketch; David, born 
 Novenilier 4, 1.S12, and now deceased; and 
 Moses, horn I''el)ruary 21, iSi.j, wim died Se])- 
 teniher 20, 18X9. 
 
 James S. I'llkiiis received liis education in 
 the [luhlic schools of his native town. lie 
 I'cmained at home, and helped on the farm 
 until he was twenty years of age. His par- 
 ents icmovcd to Little l^onr's Head and then 
 to .Stialham, N.I I., remaining four years in 
 each place. Tn 1834 they moved to Canter- 
 bury, lie was engaged in stone-cutting in 
 Ouincy, Gloucester, and 15oston, where he 
 bellied build the First Merchants' Exchange. 
 In 1S34 he bought a farm near the village of 
 Canterbury. About 1873 he purchased the 
 property where he now resides, and where for 
 the last twenty years he has lived retired from 
 business. In politics Mr. I"'lkins has always 
 been a strong Democrat and an active politi- 
 cian. He served three years as Selectman, 
 and was the Representative of his district two 
 years, besides holding other minor ofifices. 
 He has been twice married. His first wife 
 was Abbie S. Tallant, a daughter of James 
 Tallant, of Canterbury. They had one child, 
 who died in infancy. Mrs. Elkins died No- 
 vember 22, 1884; and on December 2, 1885, 
 ]\Ir. I-'.lkins married L. Maria, a daughter of 
 Jonathan and Phoebe (Eastman) Sargent, born 
 September 10, 1833. Mrs. Elkins is a mem- 
 ber of llie Congregational church, in which 
 both she and her husband are active workers. 
 
 .^I^OSES EATON DODGE, late a 
 prosperous and highly respected 
 farmer of Hopkinton, N. H., was 
 born September 20, 1828, son of Henry and 
 Susan (I^aton) Dodge. His parents, after 
 their marriage, settled on the present Dodge 
 
 farm, which has been in the j)o.ssc.ssion of the 
 family for seventy-five years. He was edu- 
 cated in the common .schools, and early became 
 engaged in farming and lumbering, in both of 
 which occujiations he was successful, and in 
 the latter of which he did an extensive busi- 
 ness, often employing about forty men. He 
 was a man of quiet habits, a great reader, and 
 an intelligent and useful citizen, respected by 
 his fellow-townsmen. He served as Town 
 Assessor; and he was a charter member of 
 Union Grange, in which he also held ofTicc. 
 In politics he was a Democrat. January 29, 
 1 86 1, he married Abbie A., daughter of 
 Charles and Phoebe (Hill) Weeks, of Hopkin- 
 ton, by whom he had one son, Henry. Mr. 
 Dodge died December 16, 1889, and was 
 buried in the old Stumpfield district ceme- 
 tery, where his parents rest. Mrs. Moses 
 Dodge, who survives her husband, and resides 
 on the old farm, is a lady of education and 
 refinement, and an excellent conversationalist. 
 She is somewhat of an invalid, being afflicted 
 with rheumatism, w'hich necessitates her con- 
 stant use of a wheel chair. Still, she views 
 life serenely, and spends her quiet, leisurely 
 days in the pleasant surroundings of her pict- 
 uresque home. 
 
 Henry Dodge, the son mentioned above, 
 was born on the farm, January 2, 1863. He 
 was educated at Contoocook Academy, and 
 at New Hampton Institute, in which latter 
 institution' he took the four years' course, and 
 was graduated with high honors in 1885. He 
 studied medicine with Dr. Conn at Concord, 
 and subsequently attended Dartmouth Medi- 
 cal College, and also the University of Ver- 
 mont, where he took his degree as Doctor of 
 Medicine in 188S. He had as early as the 
 age of sixteen taught school in Warner during 
 the vacations, and he kept it up during his 
 college course. After receiving his diploma,
 
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 he began practice at Goffstown, but soon after 
 went to Webster, where he succeeded to the 
 practice of Dr. Arey on the death of that 
 gentleman. He was soon after elected County 
 Physician for a term of three years, having an 
 office at Penacook. He has since been in 
 general practice in Webster, and is a promi- 
 nent citizen there. He served on the School 
 Board, and in 1894 he was elected to the 
 legislature of the State. He is a prominent 
 member of the grange, in which he is valued 
 as a speaker on matter affecting the interests 
 of that body. Dr. Dodge married Miss Josie 
 Hoyt, daughter of Benjamin Hoyt, who was 
 roadmaster at Wareham, Mass., for thirty 
 years. The Doctor and his wife had one son 
 ■ — Clarence B. , whom they named for the son 
 of ex-Governor Burleigh, of Maine, but who 
 died quite suddenly, November 23, i cSg4. 
 
 mWARD DIMICK BAKia^ was an able 
 advocate and lawyer of Claremont. He 
 was born April 21, 1827, at Meriden, 
 N.H., son of Dimick and Hannah (Colby) 
 ]?aker. He was a descendant in a direct line 
 from Joseph Baker, who was born April 13, 
 1678. Joseph's son, Hernon, by his wife, 
 Abigail Bissel leaker, married Lois Gilbert, 
 who had a son Oliver, a physician, who mar- 
 ried Dorcus Dimick, and became the father of 
 Dimick Baker. 
 
 Dimick Baker was born March 18, 1793, in 
 Plainfield, N.H., where he resided throughout 
 his life. He was a ]irosperous merchant and 
 farmer, and one of the most influential men 
 of the town. His wife, Hannah, had five 
 children, namely: Elias, who died November 
 II, 1884; Hannah; Helen F. ; Edward D. ; 
 and Cyrus ]•'.. 
 
 Having graduated from Kimball Union 
 Academy at Meriden, Edward Dimick 15aker 
 
 at twenty-one began the study of law with 
 the Hon. Nathaniel W. Westgate at luifield, 
 N. H. He continued his .studies with the 
 Hon. Henry A. Bellows, a Chief Justice of 
 New Hampshire, and in 1851 was admitted 
 to the bar. He practised at Cornish, this 
 county, until 1855, and afterward in Clare- 
 mont until the time of his death, which oc- 
 curred February i, 1895. Mr. Baker was an 
 able and fearless lawyer. He argued for the 
 right on matters of public im]5ortance, and to 
 unnecessary or unwise e.xpenditure he was al- 
 ways a strong opponent. It was said of him 
 that he "was a careful and able lawyer, and a 
 just and honorable arbitrator in differences, in 
 which he frequently interposed his good offices 
 to prevent unnecessary and expensive litiga- 
 tion." Politically a Republican, he was 
 Representative to the General Court in 1859, 
 1885, and 1886. He also filled other posi- 
 tions of honor and trust. His religious 
 preferences were given to the Congregational 
 church. The authority already quoted further 
 states: "He inherited considerable property, 
 which grew through his business thrift to a 
 large estate. In public affairs he had well- 
 defined opinions and a definite policy, which 
 he defended with an ability and a ready wit 
 that always assured him an audience. He 
 was a man of many admirable qualities. In 
 his charities, and they were many, he was as 
 unostentatious as in his life. He made no 
 pretensions to be else than a quiet citizen and 
 a courteous gentleman." 
 
 On November 12, 185 1, Mr. Baker married 
 IClizabeth Ticknor, of Plainfield, with whom 
 he lived most ha])[iily, and who survixes him. 
 She was a daughter of Erastus Ticknor, who 
 married Cynthia Wood, and had eight chil- 
 dren, of whom two died young. I^lisha Tick- 
 nor, in the harness-making business, is a 
 prominent citizen of Lebanon, N. H. John
 
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 has become a railroad man, and is living in 
 Piiiladel]iliia. Cynthia married Newel! Colby, 
 Mabel nianied a Mr. (jroves, and Caroline 
 married Chailes ]■',. i'',lliiilt. 
 
 XCXJlWAAAM (). C. VV()()1)1UIR\', bm: 
 J'\l a prominent bnsiness man of Clare 
 mont, N.II., and one of the leading 
 Odd ]''cll(i\vs in Sullivan County, was horn in 
 Acworth, N.II., h'ehruary 2C), iSiS, son of 
 Amos Woodbury. II is father, wlio was born 
 Angust 5, 1795, was twice married, first to 
 Mary b'arnam Carleton, born October 19, 
 '79S> l^y whom he had: William Oliver 
 Carleton, Mary Lawrence, Hannah Kelly, 
 Eliza Crombce, Amos Omera, Amelia Jane, 
 Judith Annette, Harriot An,t;eline, and Sarah 
 Maria; antl second to Louisa Chandler, born 
 August iiS, 1S07, who gave him James Vilas 
 Chandler and Samuel Ira Lawrence. Of 
 these children by Imlb marriages the living 
 are: Mary L., llainiah K., Amelia J., and 
 Harriot A. Amos Woodbury was a clock re- 
 pairer by trade. 
 
 William learned the trade of his father. In 
 his youth he entered the .store of I-lben and 
 Samuel Bailey, makers of spoons, silverware, 
 and small wares; and fur bis services in retail- 
 ing to customers he was allowed the jirivilcge 
 of repairing watches. He soon established a 
 good trade; and, ac(|uiiing capital by economy 
 and hai'd work, he c\-entually succeeded his 
 employers in business, remaining for twenty- 
 seven years at the old stand in l^ailey lilock. 
 Having accumidated a snug fortune for those 
 days, he sold his business interests, but after- 
 ward he bought back his old store and contin- 
 ued for some eighteen months longer in busi- 
 ness. He died December 29, 1875. Mr. 
 Woodbury was a charter member of Sullivan 
 Lodge, No. 12, L O. O. F., first organized 
 
 October 23, 1845. Some time afterward this 
 lodge was disbanded; l)ut Mr. Woodbury l)y 
 his deep interest and enthusiasm for the so- 
 ciety succeeded in having it reinstatcfl in 1X72, 
 and was always looked upon a.s the father of 
 this lodge. His wife is a charter member of 
 the Rebecca Lodge, which was called Wood- 
 bury Lodge after him. Mr. Woodbury was 
 liberal, hospitable, and public-spirited, and, 
 though retired in habits, a man of good judg- 
 ment and well liked by all his acquaintances. 
 He married Polly M. Spencer, daughter of 
 Lewis S. Spencer, of Kast Randolph, Vt., a 
 native of Clarcmont, and his wife, I'ojiy 
 Miner, of Lempster, N. IL Mrs. Woodbury's 
 paternal grandfather was Reuben Spencer, who 
 married Alice, daughter of Ivdward yXinswfirth. 
 Lewis S. Spencer was born March 13, 1788, 
 and his wife Polly, December 27, 1793. 
 They were married May 25, 1815, and their 
 children were: Timothy M., Fanny, Polly M., 
 Norman, Lewis G., Fdwin, Charles, Timothy 
 M. (second), Reuben, Maria L., and Annie K., 
 of wliom Timothy M., Norn)an, Lewis G. , and 
 Charles are now deceased. 
 
 ACOB NHWTON IJUTLPLR, M.D., 
 of Lemjister, N. H., one of the best 
 known physicians in this part of 
 Sullivan County, was born in Lyndcboro, 
 Hillsborough County, this State, l-'ebruary 6, 
 1.S21, son' of Jacob and Sarah (Hlanchard) 
 Butler. Llis great-grandfather, William But- 
 ler, came, it is said, from Fngland, and settled 
 in ICssex County, Massachusetts. He married, 
 so we are informed, Sarah Perkins, and had 
 seven children, three sons and four daughters. 
 The three sons enlisted in the War for Inde- 
 pendence, and one never came back. One was 
 taken prisoner and carried to Llalifax, N. S. , 
 where he died of small-pox. The other son,
 
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 Jniiathnii Bntlcr, grandfather of Jacob N., was 
 hdiii ill GIdiicester, Mass., and was the first 
 of the family to settle in Lyndeboro. He 
 served in the battle of Bunker Hill and in 
 many other engagements during the War for 
 Independence. While in the service he 
 worked at his trade of a blacksmith nine 
 months, and later followed his trade in con- 
 nection with farming. He was Town Clerk 
 for a great many years. He died in 1S44, 
 aged ninety-two years; and his wife, Lois 
 Kidder Butler, died in 1S46, aged eighty-six 
 years. They were the parents of twelve chil- 
 dren, as follows: Sarah, born January 11, 
 1779; Hannah, born October 27, i 7S0 ; Jacob, 
 first, born December 30, 1782; Jonathan, born 
 March i, 17S5 ; Lois, born April 27, 1787; 
 Rachel, born July 4, 1789; Tryphena, born 
 April 2, 1792; Jacob, second, born June 7, 
 1794; Mary, born September 4, 1796; Susan- 
 nah, born Se]itember 23, 1798; Lucy, born 
 January 21, 1802; and William, born April 
 21, 1S05. William Butler, who became a 
 practising physician, married Nancy Smith, 
 of New Boston, N. H. Soon after graduating 
 he located in Union, Broome County, N. Y. 
 He was a successful practitioner, and lived to 
 be over ninety years old. He had two sons: 
 Smith Butler, who enlisted in the late war, 
 and died soon after; and Morris, who is now 
 a ]ihysician in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Jacob Butler, Dr. J. N. I^utler's father, was 
 i)orn in Lyndeboro, N. H., June 7, 1794. 
 He served as a soldier in the War of 18 12, 
 and after his return from the army lie engaged 
 in agricultural ]iursuits in his native town. 
 He tilled the soil with energy during the rest 
 of his active period, and was an ex'ceedingly 
 able and thrifty farmer. In politics he was 
 originally a Whig, but joined the Reiniblican 
 party at its formation, and was for many years 
 a prominent factor in the tran.saetion of the 
 
 town's public business. In his religious 
 views he was a Congregationalist, and the tem- 
 perance cause had in him a strong and earnest 
 advocate. His wife, Sarah Blanchard, who 
 was born in Lyndeboro, May 29, 1793, be- 
 came the mother of si.\ chil(ht;n, namely: 
 Jacob Newton, first, born August 2, 1819, and 
 died in infancy; Jacob Newton, second, the 
 subject of this sketch, born February 6, 1821 ; 
 Jonathan H., born June 17, 1823; William 
 Horace, born October 28, 1825; Charles Mil- 
 ton, born August 7, 1S27; and Olney Page, 
 born April 22, 1S35. Jonathan H. married 
 and became a ranchman in Nebraska, where he 
 was killed by the Indians; William Horace 
 Butler was a harness-maker, and followed his 
 trade until his death, which occurred in May, 
 1880. Charles Milton, who is a travelling 
 man, wedded Martha M. Weston, of Ohio. 
 Olney Page Butler, who was engaged in farm- 
 ing, died May i, 1880, survived by his wife, 
 Mrs. Hannah Langdell Butler, who is now re- 
 siding in Lyndeboro, N. H. Mrs. Sarah B. 
 Butler died in April, 1S69; and her husliand, 
 Jacob Butler, died April 16, 1882. 
 
 Jacob Newton Butler pursued the primary 
 branches of stud)' in the district schools, and 
 advanced by attending the academics in Han- 
 cock and New Ipswich. He resided for a year 
 with his uncle in Union, Broome County, 
 N.Y. , where he attended a fitting school for 
 college, and then devoted himself to educa- 
 tional work, presiding over schools in Green- 
 field and Tem]Tle, N. H. While thus engaged, 
 he studied medicine with Dr. John Ramsay, 
 of Greenfield, N.H., and l.^rs. Smith and 
 I'ollansby, of Peterboro, and later with Dr. 
 Joseph B. Parsons in Bennington, N. H. He 
 attended two courses of lectures in Woodstock, 
 Vt., and then entered the Berkshire Medical 
 College, Pittsfield, Mass., where he was grad- 
 uated in 1843. On December 5 of the same
 
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 year iic Inratcd in I.cmpstcr, wlierc lie bcf^an 
 liis professional careOr; aiul it lias never been 
 necessary for liim to seek otiier fields for ])rac- 
 ticc, as liis al)ilit\' lias found ample scojie for 
 useful and luci'ative eniplrjynient in this town 
 and vicinity. lie has lonu; enjoyed the repu- 
 tation of heiny one ol the most skilful and 
 reliable ]ili\'sicians of this section, and he is 
 still in active practice. 
 
 Dr. l?Litler is one of the oldest members of 
 the New llampsliirc State Medical Society. 
 Politically, he is a luni supporter of the l^e- 
 [niblican party; and, although his professional 
 duties have ]:)rcvented him from often accept- 
 ing public office, he was induced to serve upon 
 the School Board, and for many years he ren- 
 dered valuable aid to the cause of public edu- 
 cation in Lempster. He is connected with 
 Silver Mountain Grange, No. ig6, Patrons of 
 Husbandry. Ills activity in the temperance 
 cause has been of much benefit to the commu- 
 nity, and as a niember of the Congregational 
 church he has displayed a deep inteiest in le- 
 ligious work. 
 
 On June 23, i<S4r), Dr. Hutler was united 
 in marriage with Harriet Moore. She was 
 born in Lempster, I-'ebruar}' lO, 1827, daugh- 
 ter of Charles and Airra (Heckwith) Moore, of 
 Goshen. Charles Moore, who was a native of 
 Bolton, Mass., settled in Lempster when a 
 young man, and fed lowed agricultural pursuits 
 for the rest of his life. He was the father of 
 four children, namely: Harriet, who is now 
 Mrs. l^utler; Helen, wife of Hiram Parker, 
 a merchant and Postmaster in this town ; 
 George, who married Alniina Weed, of Unity, 
 and is now a prosperous farmer in X'ermont; 
 and Charles Austin, a travelling man, who 
 married P311a Smith, of Ludlow, Vt., and re- 
 sides in Rutland. 
 
 George Arthur, only child of Dr. and Mrs. 
 Butler, was born May 23, 1850. He gradu- 
 
 ated in 1871 at the Kimball Union Academy, 
 Meriden, "N. H., having also attended the 
 Thayer School in Hanover, N. H. He then 
 entered the academical department at Dart- 
 mouth, from which be graduated in the class 
 of 1875. JJiuing his college vacations for 
 ff)ur years he was employed on the United 
 States Coast Survey service. Since 1S79 he 
 has been in the civil engineering department of 
 the Chicago, Kock Island & Pacific Railroad, 
 and resides in Chicago. He married Abigail 
 McCrillis, of Sandwich, X.ll., antl has one 
 son — Newton Crillis, born .March 16, 18S8. 
 
 YLVi:STER PRENTISS DAN- 
 FORTH, an enterprising member 
 of the well-known firm of Danforth, 
 Forest & Morgan, contractors, builders, and 
 lumber dealers of Concord, N.PL, was born in 
 Bo.scawen, N.H., August 14, 1838. His par- 
 ents were Nathan C. and Sophia C. (Brown) 
 Danforth, both residents of Merrimack County 
 for many years. His father and grandfather 
 were engaged in the lumber business for years, 
 while his maternal ancestors were farmers in 
 this county. 
 
 Sylvester P. Danforth attended the public 
 schools and Boscawen Academy, completing 
 his school education at the age of eighteen 
 years. He then learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade with Caldwell & Amsden, for whom he 
 worked eight years as foreman. On Septem- 
 ber I, 1867, he came to Concord and served as 
 superintendent for Isaac I^lwell & Co., furni- 
 ture manufacturers, remaining with them three 
 years. His ne.xt employer was F. B. Hutchin- 
 son, contractor, whom he served as foreman in 
 the moulding and finishing department for 
 twelve years. In 1882 Mr. Danforth bought 
 a half-interest in the Charles Kimball interior 
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 business. Five years later George S. Forest 
 became associated as partner, under the firm 
 name of Kimball, Danforth & Forest, contrac- 
 tors, builders, and lumber dealers. On Sep- 
 tember I, 1893, Mr. Kimball retired, and Mr. 
 F. A. Morgan became associated with the firm, 
 which assumed its present style of Uanforth, 
 Forest & Morgan. They have an excellent 
 record, and have been employed in the con- 
 struction of many prominent buildings. 
 
 Mr. Danforth has been twice married. On 
 August 14, 1893, he was united in matrimony 
 with Caroline A. Morgan, of Concord, who 
 bore him one child, Herbert Milton. The 
 maiden name of his second wife was Flora 
 Augusta Wheeler. In politics Mr. Danforth 
 is a Democrat, and he was an alternate at the 
 National Democratic Convention at Chicago in 
 1896. He is identified with various fraternal 
 organizations, namely: Blazing Star Lodge, 
 No. II, in which he is Past Master; Plorace 
 Chase Council, F. & A. M. ; Trinity Chapter, 
 R. A. M. He is Past District Deputy Grand 
 Master; Generalissimo of Mount Horeb Com- 
 mandery, K.T. ; Past Grand Lecturer of the 
 Fourth Masonic District; and also a thirty- 
 second degree Mason of the Ancient and 
 Accepted Scottish Rite. 
 
 (5 I HH CANTEKPURY SHAKERS.— 
 ojl Communism has been a vital topic with 
 mankind since the world was young, 
 and Pellamy's "Looking Backward" has re- 
 awakened public interest in the subject. P'ew 
 people stop to consider that in several of our 
 States are families whose modes of living are 
 governed by the essential ]n'inciples of com- 
 munism. The Shakers, or United Society of 
 Jklievers, found now, it is said, only in the 
 United States, though the sect originated in 
 P'rance and flourished for a time in England, 
 
 believe in a "community of goods" and in 
 co-operative work, as religious communism is 
 the ruling power of the organization. 
 
 The history of Shakerism dates from 16S9, 
 when the people were much talked of in 
 France; and in the beginning of the eigh- 
 teenth century their peculiar tenets caused 
 much excitement in P^ngland. James Ward- 
 ley, an elocjuent preacher of the Quaker de- 
 nomination, with his wife, Jane, formed a so- 
 ciety at Bolton, near Manchester, England, 
 which was the first English-speaking commu- 
 nity. The kernel of their religion was the be- 
 lief that all good actions are done under the' 
 influence of God, and they believed his spirit 
 would be ever with any one who tried to lead 
 a righteous life. At their religious services 
 they would sit in reverent meditation until one 
 of their number would be inspired by the 
 spirit of God. The inspired one would often 
 manifest deep emotion, which would gradually 
 pervade the entire congregation with worship- 
 ful effect. 
 
 Among Wardley's followers was the family 
 of John Lee, a Manchester blacksmith, whose 
 daughter Ann has ever since been regarded by 
 the .Shakers as the incarnation of the Christ. 
 She was born in Manchester, England, Febru- 
 ary 29, 1736. Her early life from childhood 
 was narrowed by factory and other work, which 
 deprived her of educational advantages. Even 
 as a child she was of a religious turn of mind, 
 taking a great interest in Wardley's meetings, 
 and was the subject of heavenly visions. 
 Through the influence of her parents she n)ar- 
 ried Abraham Stanley. In 175S she joined 
 Wardley's society. While in prison during 
 the persecution of the sect, she had an inspira- 
 tional vision commissioning her to preach 
 Christian celibacy or absolute purity of body 
 and mind. The Shakers accepted her visions 
 and counsels as the actual second coming of
 
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 Cliiist thiinigh "Motlicr Ann Lcc. " In the 
 spiinu;' of 1774 she had a revelation directing 
 her to i;o to America with eigiit of her 
 f(dlo\vcis, among wiiom were her luisljand 
 and brother. After their dejiarture active 
 Shakerism chised in Kngland. 'I'iiey reached 
 New \'orl<, August 6, 1774, and remained in 
 tliat \'icinity two years, IMotiier Ann's hus- 
 liand Iea\'ing her meanwhile, as she was de- 
 termineii, agreeably to the new light, to lead 
 a virgin life. In 1776 the Rev. John llock- 
 nell, who had a little |)ro[)erty, bought a tract 
 of land near Niskayuna, now VVatervliet, 
 N. Y. ; and here the little colony found a home. 
 Mother Ann Lee closed this life September 
 8, 1784. 
 
 History tells of the persecutions which the 
 Shakers suffered while endeavoring to gain 
 a foothold in this country; but to-day there are 
 seventeen of their communal families in the 
 States, the one at New Lebanon, N.Y. , estab- 
 lished in 1787, being the oldest. There are 
 two in New Ham|)sliire, one at Entield and 
 the other at I-last Canterbury. The Canter- 
 bury community was formetl in 1792, under 
 the direction of Job liishop, a delegate from 
 New Lebanon, N.Y. Benjamin Whitcher, a 
 farmer who settled in this place in 1774, with 
 his wife became converted to the Shaker be- 
 lief; and they gave their farm to the family. 
 A meeting-house and dwellings were accord- 
 ingly built upon the land, where they have 
 now stood for over one hundred years. Benja- 
 min Whitcher became one of the Elders of the 
 family, and his wife, Mary Shepard, a trustee. 
 Elders and trustees manage the spiritual antl 
 temporal affairs of the society. The head of 
 the church is the Order of Ministry at New 
 Lebanon, N. Y. , the oldest settlement. 
 
 Mt)ther Ann Lee selected her successor, and 
 the ]irecedent established by her has been fol- 
 lowed ever since. An Order of Elders con- 
 
 sists, generally, of two Brethren and two Sis- 
 ters, the Shakers believing in the equality of 
 men and women. The bishopric consisting of 
 the societies at Canterbury and J''nfiel(! is at 
 present under the guidance of ICIder Henry C. 
 Blinn and Eldresses Joanna Kaime and Enie- 
 linellart, who divide their lime between the 
 two places. They are ai)])ointed to office by 
 the authority at New Lebanon. luich family 
 also has a board of l^klcrs and I''ldresse.s. 
 Those at Canterbury at present are Elders 
 Benjamin II. Smith and William Briggs and 
 Eldresses Dorothy A. Durgin and Dorothea 
 Cochran; at the upper family. Elder I'reeman 
 B. White and Eldresses Sarah Libbey and 
 Lucy A. Miller. These are chosen by the 
 family with which they are connected. 
 
 The financial business of each family is 
 under a board of trustees, who hold in trust 
 all the property. The Canterbury board con- 
 sists of p]lder Henry C. Blinn, William 
 Briggs, and Arthur Bruce, and Sisters Lucy 
 i\nn Shejiard and ICmeline Hart. The trus- 
 tees are chosen by the family in which they 
 reside. The ranks of the Shakers arc re- 
 cruited by converts from abroad and by chil- 
 dren whom they educate. Their funds are 
 augmented by the income derived from various 
 kinds of industrial work. The Canterbury 
 family seek a li\elihood by manufacturing 
 several medicinal preparations and by a lim- 
 ited line of woollen knit goods. They also 
 jiublish a neat periodical in ])amphlet form, 
 called The Alanifcsto, a monthly, which is 
 under the management of Elder H. C. Blinn. 
 
 It seems fitting to close this sketch with 
 a brief synopsis of their religious belief. 
 They accept the Bible as the best historical 
 record of God's work among his people. 
 They reverently regard Jesus as the most 
 deeply inspired medium, hence the best pre- 
 pared agent for manifesting God's will to
 
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 hiinmiiity. The Christ they worship is the 
 spirit i)f God. The idea of the omnipresence 
 of this spirit is the corner stone of their be- 
 lief. Earthly life is an infinitely short part 
 of the life of our spirit and of our endeavor for 
 good or evil. The resurrection of the body 
 is not accepted by the Shakers ; but they be- 
 lieve in the eternal life of the soul, continu- 
 ing in the future world as it has in this, only 
 more strengthened as the spirit of God is 
 developed. A departed spirit may give aid to 
 the spirit of one on earth and reveal light and 
 truth to him. 
 
 The nine cardinal virtues of Shakerism, as 
 presented by Father Joseph Meacham, the 
 head of the sect in 1787, are: i. Purity in 
 mind and body — a virgin life. 2. Honesty 
 and integrity of purpose in all words and trans- 
 actions. 3. Humanity and kindness to both 
 friend and foe. 4. Diligence in business, 
 thus serving the Lord. Labor for all, accord- 
 ing to strength and ability, genius and circum- 
 stances. Industrious,' yet not slavish ; that 
 all may be busy, jieaceable, and happy. 5. 
 Prudence and economy, temperance and fru- 
 gality, without parsimony. 6. Absolute free- 
 dom from debt, owing no man anything but 
 love and good will. 7. I{ducation of children 
 in scriptural, secular, and scientific knowl- 
 edge. 8. A united interest in all things more 
 compreliensive than the selfish relations of 
 husbantl, wife, and children — the mutual love 
 and unity of kindred spirits, the greatest and 
 best demonstration of jjractical love. 9. 
 Ample jHovision for all in health, sickness, 
 and advanced life. A perfect equality — one 
 faith, ]iractising every virtue, shunning all 
 vice. 
 
 The name Shaker has become a s^'nonyni 
 for charity, and no one ever asked help at a 
 Shaker's door without a kind response to his 
 need. 
 
 Y?3\ATHANIP:L TOLLLS, M.D., was 
 1=^ for many years one of the most prmni- 
 -1-^ \^ ^ nent physicians and surgeons uf 
 Claremont. A native of VVeathersfield, Vt., 
 he was born September 17, 1805, son of John 
 Tolles. His father, an industrious farmer, 
 moved from Weathersfield to Claremont about 
 the year iSig. His grandfather, Henry 
 Tcjlles, was a member of Captain William 
 Upham's company during the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 Young Nathaniel Tolles availed himself 
 of the advantages for obtaining an education 
 offered by the Catholic Seminary in this town, 
 then in charge of the Rev. Daniel Barber. 
 Here he fitted for college, and was about to 
 enter upon his classical course, when a severe 
 illness, resulting from a too close application 
 to study, prevented him from carrying out his 
 purpose. Afterward, for a period, he assisted 
 his father upon the farm in the summer and 
 taught school in the winter. Beginning in 
 1827 he studied medicine under Dr. James 
 Hall, of Windsor, Vt., for two years. Then 
 for a short time he was under the instruction 
 of Dr. Charles G. Adams, of Keene, N. H. 
 Subsequently he attended lectures at Bowdoin 
 and Dartmouth Universities; and he graduated 
 from the last-named college in November, 
 1830. Immediately after leaving college, he 
 was appointed resident physician at the South 
 ]?oston Almshouse, where he remained si.x 
 months. In September, 1831, he located for 
 practice in I'ieading, Vt. Unable to consult 
 more e.xperiencetl colleagues of the [jrofession 
 owing to the remoteness of his^location, he 
 had to lely solely upon his own judgment diu'- 
 ing tlie first ten years of his jiractice. In 
 the fall of 1841 he niaile a protracted visit to 
 the public iiospilals of New York City, where 
 he gained the advantage of much observation. 
 In March, 1842, lie settled in Claiemont ; and
 
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 473 
 
 he was suoii in possession of a larfj;c pi'acticc. 
 l-'or many years lie was tlie principal surgeon 
 in this locality, and his advice in cases where 
 consiillalidn was necessary was eagerly sought 
 liir. Several medical students, who have 
 since become successful practitioners, found in 
 him a willing and syni[iathizing tutor. lie 
 was a Director of the old Claremont Hank, and 
 iif the Claremont National ]5ank from the date 
 of its organization in i(S64. Though not an 
 aspiiant for political honors, he accepted and 
 aljly lilleil various positions of trust and re- 
 s]ionsihility. In 1858 he served as Chairman 
 of the first l^oard of Commissioners of Sulli- 
 van County, and he was one of the Presiden- 
 tial electors from this State to cast its vote 
 for Abraham Lincoln in i860. He was one 
 of the projectors of the Stevens High School 
 building, a nicndicr of the c<inimittee ap- 
 pointed to erect it, a member of its Ikiard of 
 Management for four years, and one of the 
 trustees of the Stevens h'und. He joined the 
 Masonic fraternity when a young man, and he 
 attentled the Kpisco[)al church. 
 
 Dr. T(d!es was twice married. On the first 
 Dccasiun he wlis united tn b'rances J. Diiham, 
 of VVeathersficld, \'t., who died l'\-bruary 26, 
 1833. His second marriage was contracted 
 with Jane Weston, daughter of Ezekiel Wes- 
 ton, of Rockingham, Vt. ; and she dieil April 
 -9> ^'^93- I^'s five children were Frances 
 Jane, who is now residing at the homestead in 
 this town; Ida Adelaide, who died December 
 -5> ''^39> :iged two years, seven months, and 
 seven days; Valentine Mott, who died March 
 7, 1844, agec], seven months and nineteen days; 
 Clarence W. , born in Claremont, Ainil 30, 
 1845 ; and Florence Cameron, who died Octo- 
 ber 7, 1 86 1, aged twelve years, nine months, 
 and twenty-seven days. The early education 
 of Clarence W. Tolles, who is now a ph\'sician 
 of Clarenumt, was of a nature calculated to fit 
 
 him especially lor a professional career. His 
 medical studies were begun under the direc- 
 tion of his father; and he graclualed from 
 Jkllevue Medical College, New York City, in 
 1868. After a year's course at the University 
 Medical College in London he entered into 
 practice with his father. He has made sur- 
 gery a specialty for the past fifteen years, and 
 it is conceded that he is one of the ablest and 
 best-read surgeons in the State. He has been 
 a member of the local board of health for the 
 last three years, was one of the committee to 
 select the site for the Cottage Hospital, and 
 is now the surgeon of that institution. He 
 occupies a high social position, and he is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel Tolles died at his home in 
 Claremont, June 24, 1879. The event was 
 mourned by the townspeople as a great loss to 
 the community. The esteem in which he was 
 held is best shown by the following, taken 
 from the resolutions adopted at a meeting of 
 his brother physicians: "Resolved, That in 
 the ])rofessional life, labors, and character nf 
 Di'. Tolles, which extended over a full half- 
 century, we have a commendable e.\am[)le (if 
 industry, of zeal, of usefulness, and of profes- 
 sional honor, not often combined in a single 
 life." 
 
 LBERT BINGHAM WOOD WORTH, 
 the Mayor of Concord and a well- 
 known merchant of the city, was 
 born in Dorchester, April 7, 1843, son of 
 (ieorge and Louisa (Hovey) Woodworth. His 
 grandfather, Sylvanus Woodworth, Ijorn in 
 Lebanon, Conn., who was one of the first 
 settlers of Dorchester, served in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, and fought at Bunker Hill 
 under General Putnam. The father, also a 
 native of Dorchester, was a man of lofty char- 
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 best known. He was a remarkably well-read 
 man, and he was one of the original anti 
 slavery men of New Hampshire. He was 
 prominent in the Congregational chuich, of 
 which he became a member early in life. The 
 mother was a native of J.yme, N.H. 
 
 Albert B. VVoodworth removed with his 
 parents from Dorchester, N.H., to Hebron, 
 N.H., where he attended the public schools. 
 Siibsecpiently his education was completed at 
 Boscawen Academy. At the age of fifteen 
 years he was employed by D. E. Willard, of 
 Orford, N.H. After entering on his nine- 
 teenth year, he managed a country store in 
 Warren, N. H., for four years. For a year, 
 beginning in 1867, he was associated with 
 Cyrus Taylor, of Bristol. In the spring of 
 1868 he succeeded Parker & Young, of Lis- 
 bon, in one of the largest general merchandise 
 stores in Northern New Hampshire, where he 
 continued to do business until 1873. Mr. 
 Woodworth then removed to Concord, N. H., 
 and, with his brother, Edward B. , forming the 
 firm Woodworth l^rcthers, bought out C. C. 
 Webster & Co. Three years later they 
 bought the store of Hutchins & Co., and con- 
 ducted it for five years under the style of 
 Woodworth, Dodge & Co. Then for the fol- 
 lowing two years it was carried on by Wood- 
 worth, Dow & Co. ; and since 1883 the firm 
 name has been Woodworth & Co. A Director 
 of the Parker & Young Manufacturing Com- 
 pany of Lisbon, N.H., since its organization, 
 Mr. Woodworth was elected its President in 
 1895. He was formerly one of the fountlers 
 and a Trustee of the Lisbon Savings Bank and 
 Trust C(jmpany. 
 
 On September 30, 1873, Mr. Woodworth 
 was married to Miss Mary Parker, of Lisbon. 
 He is now the father of three children — P2d- 
 ward K., Grace, and Charles P. Woodworth. 
 In religion Mr. Woodworth is a member and a 
 
 vestryman of .St. Paul's I'^piscopal Church of 
 Concord. In politics he affiliates with the 
 Republican [larty. He served Conconl for 
 four years in the capacity of Alderman ; repre- 
 sented it in the State legislature in 1893; 
 and on November 4, 1S96, was elected Mayor 
 of the city for two years. Mayor Woodworth 
 is a member of Kane Lodge, V. & A. M., of 
 Lisbon. 
 
 ILLIAM B. LEAVITT, a promi- 
 nent resident of North Grantham, 
 widely known as the compiler of 
 Leavitt's Almanac, was born August 7, 1812, 
 son of John and Susan (Burnham) Leavitt. 
 The family has been in America since the 
 early part of the seventeenth century, when 
 three brothers came from England to the 
 shores of the New World. Robust, sturdy, 
 and energetic, these brothers soon assumed a 
 leading position among the early settlers. 
 Since that time the family tree has grown so 
 that now its branches may be found in several 
 parts of the country. It has given men of 
 upright lives and noble characters to the 
 nation, and has helped to swell the roll of 
 brave soldiers who have fought in defence of 
 liberty and the Union. 
 
 Nathaniel Leavitt, the grandfather of Will- 
 iam B., was born December 27, 1727, at E.\e- 
 ter, N. H., and died in 1824. He lived in 
 Exeter during the greater part of his life. 
 When he was quite advanced in years, he 
 moved to Grantham, where he took iiji his 
 residence with one of his sons. His wife, 
 in maidenhood Lydia Sanborn, who was born 
 in h'ebruary, 1736, died October 30, 1827. 
 She had si.\ children by him; namely, Na- 
 thaniel, Jr., Dudley, John, Josiah, Moses, and 
 Jeremiah. The first married, spent the 
 greater part of his life in Grantham, and died 
 in X'einiont. DutUey and Josiah, who were
 
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 475 
 
 fiirmers of Grantham, iDarried and liad cliil 
 (lien. RIdsos, a resident of Sanljornlon, lliis 
 Statu, and a tanner, had a large family of 
 childien, who arc now widely scattered. 
 Jeremiah lived in Canada antl was engaged in 
 farming. John l.eavitt, the father of Mr. 
 William ]?., binii at I'^.xeter, December 5, 
 1761), died in October, 1H54. He was the 
 lirst Leavitt to settle in Grantham, coming 
 here when a young man. He carried on farm- 
 ing on an extensive scale, and was very acti\'e 
 in town affairs, but never desired public office, 
 lie was known as a religions man, and was 
 much respectcil on account of his many 
 amiable t|ualities. lie was three times mar- 
 ried, on the first occasion to Mehitable King, 
 who, born November 12, 1769, died October 
 !('), i<s'o7. Her five children were: Jonathan, 
 John, IMoses, Mary, and Thomas. His sec- 
 ond marriage was made with Susan Burnham, 
 of blsse.x, N. H., who was born in October, 
 1763, and died in October, 1-S36. Of her 
 children Mehitable, born November 2.S, 1 8og, 
 died October 12, 1842; Nathaniel was born 
 on March i, 1S16; and Phylura, July 19, 
 1818. The others were: William 15. and 
 Isaac. The third wife, Rachel I), liliss Leav- 
 itt, had no children. Jonathan, the eldest 
 son of John Leavitt, was a farmer of this 
 town, and represented it for a time in the 
 legislature. John also was a farmer here and 
 a Kepresentative. Moses, likewise a farmer, 
 lived at Grafton. Mary married Ezekiel Al- 
 exander, a farmer of Grantham. Thomas died 
 at the age of eighteen. Isaac, twin brother 
 of William B. Leavitt, has not married, and 
 is a farmer in the State of Illinois. Na- 
 thaniel also was engaged in farming in Illi- 
 nois, and married Susan Martin. I'hylina 
 married Samuel B. Hastings, of Grantham. 
 
 b^arly in his life William B. Leavitt showed 
 a great fondness and aptitude for the sciences. 
 
 He was instructed by JJudiey Leavitt, a 
 teacher of phiI(jso()hy, astrononiy, aiul mathe- 
 matics, who first compiled Leavitt's Farmer's 
 Almanac in January, 179''), when Washington 
 was President of the United States and our 
 government was but eight years old. As this 
 publication has been continued through a 
 l)eriod of one hundred years down to the pres- 
 ent time, the name of Dudley Leavitt is a 
 familiar one in all the rural households of 
 this and many other States of the Union. At 
 his death in 1851 Dudley left the almanac to 
 be carried forward by his successor and former 
 pupil, William B. Leavitt. At present the 
 calculaticjns for this great work arc made out 
 to the year 1914. Mr. Leavitt is a student 
 now, as he has always been. He has given 
 much thought to the cjuestions of public inter- 
 est which have arisen in the life of the town. 
 His townsmen have many times wished to 
 make him one of the |iublic officers of the 
 town; but Mr. Leavitt lias resisted all impor- 
 tunities, consenting only to serve as Town 
 Treasurer for two years and as Town Clerk for 
 the same length of time. 
 
 Mr. Leavitt married P'rances B. Merrill, 
 who was born in Croydon, Rhirch 12, 1817, and 
 died March 20, 1893. She was descended 
 from one of the old and most influential fam- 
 ilies of the State. Her children were: Man- 
 dana, born August 3, 1S43, who died July 
 28, 1869; Mary M., born November 14, 1S45; 
 Malana E. , born August 28, 1847; Phylura, 
 born August 25, 1S50; William M., born 
 April 25, 1853; P'red A., born November 14, 
 1856; and P'rank W. , born August 14, 185S. 
 Mandana married Daniel Hanson, of North 
 Weare, N.H., a manufacturer of shoemakers' 
 knives. Mary became Mrs. Oscar S. ]5uzzell, 
 of Newport, and the mother of three children. 
 ?klalana married Moses P. Burpee, a prominent 
 man of Grantham, and has had three children,
 
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 of whom one is living. Pliylura married Dan- 
 iel Hanson after the death of his first wife, and 
 has one daughter. William M., a govertmient 
 printer in Washington, successively married 
 Mlla nines and May Renner. Fred A. mar- 
 ried Mary Brown, of Grantham, and is largely 
 interested in the milk business in Boston. 
 Frank Leavitt was educated in the schools of 
 his native town and at Colby Academy. After 
 finishing school, he went West for a tin)e, and 
 did some prospecting. Since his return he 
 has lived on the homestead with his father, 
 engaged in farming and running a steam saw- 
 mill, which employs a number of men. He 
 is very prominent in town affairs, and at this 
 writing is the Town Treasurer. He married 
 Addie Finney, of Grantham, who was born 
 March 28, 1S63. They have three children: 
 William B., born November 27, 1885; Wal- 
 lace E., born September 20, 1890; and 
 lamest, born October 27, 1895. 
 
 T^ATHANIEL S. DRAKE, the treas- 
 I =^ urer and superintendent of the Drake 
 J-^ X^ & Sanborn Shoe Company, of Pitts- 
 field, was born here, September 16, 1851, in 
 the house he now occupies on Main Street, son 
 of James and Betsey (Seavey) Drake. His 
 genealogy is traced to Robert Drake, born in 
 the County of Devon, England, in 15S0, who 
 came to New England with a family before 
 1643. Robert was one of the grantees and 
 first settlers of E.xeter. He removed in 165 1 
 to Hampton, "where he owned and left con- 
 siderable estate." Much respected through- 
 out his life, his death on January 14, 1668, 
 was mourned as a loss to the cnmniunity. 
 Abraham Drake, son of Robert, was born in 
 England in 1621. His son, Abraham Drake 
 (second), by his wife, Jane, was born Decem- 
 ber 29, 1654. This i\biahani married .Sarah 
 
 Hobbs, and died May 20, 17 14. Abraham 
 Drake (third), son of Abraham (second), born 
 in December, 16S8, died April 13, 1767. 
 He married Theodate Roby, whose son, 
 Simon, born October 4, 1730, married Judith 
 Perkins, and died March 16, 1801. 
 
 Major James Drake, it is stated, was of 
 middle stature, well proportioned, of a fine 
 figure, and possessed great physical strength 
 and powers of endurance. A description of 
 his person strongly resembles that which is 
 given of England's famous admiral. Sir Fran- 
 cis Drake. This resemblance extended also to 
 his mental and moral traits; for it is said he 
 was a man of great force of character, possess- 
 ing a strong will and much determination, 
 which qualities, tempered by sound judgment, 
 brought him into considerable prominence in 
 the community in which his lot was cast. I^e 
 was born November 14, 1755, either in Epping 
 or Hampton, N. PL He came to Pittsfield 
 when a young man and shortly before his 
 marriage, being among its early settlers. Be- 
 sides clearing a farm from the wilderness, he 
 eventually became the owner of several other 
 good farms, all of which he acquired by his 
 industry and enterprise. The outbreak of the 
 War of Independence so aroused his patriotism 
 that, although but nineteen years of age, he 
 abandoned his a.\e, and, shouldering a musket, 
 joined a company then being organized, and 
 shared its fortunes in the ensuing struggle. 
 After his discharge from the Continental army 
 he resumed his axe, and continued the work of 
 clearing and improving his farm. He re- 
 ceived his title of Major from his connection 
 with the early State militia. Good service 
 was rendered by him to Pittsfield in the ca- 
 pacity of its Representative in the State legis- 
 lature. No man was more highly esteemed for 
 his personal integrity. Pie died P'ebruary 26, 
 1834. His wife, Hannah Ward Dr.d-ce, who
 
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 477 
 
 came from irampton and was Ixnii October 31, 
 \/C>T,, rcareil twelve children, each of whom 
 li\c(l lo he over sixty years old. She died 
 ])ecend)er 17, i.S'4.S, aged eighty-five years. 
 
 Cciloiud James J)rake, the father of Nathan- 
 iel S. , bom at the homestead in I'iltsfieJd, 
 I line 29, 1805, was brought up to agriculture, 
 which he also followed successfully for some 
 years, also dealing extensively in live stock, 
 lie eventually moved to the village, and, be- 
 coming President of the I'ittsfield National 
 Hank, held that position for the rest of his 
 life. An excellent business man, he acquired 
 a handsome projierty. He figured prominently 
 in public affairs, served as a .Selectman and in 
 other town offices, and he was also a member 
 of the State Senate. In politics he supported 
 the Democratic party. lie was identified 
 with tiie .State militia, in which he served as 
 Colonel of the Kightcenth Regiment. His 
 strict adherence to high principles was con- 
 s[iicuous among his many commendable quali- 
 ties, and the cause of morality and religion 
 had in him a stanch and generous supporter. 
 He died at his home in I'ittsfield, A[)ril 7, 
 1S70. His wife, Betsey .Seavey iJiake, whom 
 he man ied August 13, 1H34, was born Octo- 
 ber 14, 181 1, a daughter of George and Hetscy 
 (Lane) Seavey, of Chichester, N. H. She had 
 three cliildren, of whom the survivors are: 
 Georgia II and Nathaniel S. Georgia B. is 
 the wife of Josiah Carpenter, a successful 
 banker of Manchester, N. H. She is actively 
 engaged in charitable and patriotic work, and 
 is the New Hamjishire State Regent of the 
 Daughters of the American Revolution. 'I'he 
 other child was I'^rank James Drake, born 
 November 3, 1842, who died August 20, 
 1 89 1. He graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege in 1865, and located in Manchester, 
 N. H., where he was a successful vvholesale 
 flour and trrain merchant. The mother, who 
 
 was a member of the Haptist church, died 
 .Se|)teml)er 28, 1865. 
 
 Natiianiel S. Drake began his education in 
 the common schools, and completed his studies 
 at the I'ittsfiekl Acadeiuy, h'or two year.s 
 after leaving school, he was in the clcjthiiig 
 business in this town. Afterward he was 
 connected with the United States and Canada 
 Express and the American ICxjjrcss Company 
 in this town, spending a short time in their 
 offices in Concord, N. H., and Boston, Mass. 
 Later he entered the employ of the Lancaster 
 Shoe Company, with which he remained about 
 twelve years, serving for the last six years in 
 the cajiacity of superintendent of the factory 
 and its branches. He was the founder of the 
 Hill & Drake Shoe Company, which com- 
 menced business on January i, 1893, and 
 which is now known as the Drake & Sanborn 
 Shoe Company. In this connection it is 
 interesting to note that, although Pittsfield 
 has the reputation of being a manufacturing 
 town, the Drake & Sanborn Shoe Company, 
 now employing over fifty people, is the first 
 enterprise conducted ujion home capital and 
 giving employment to more than a dozen men 
 that has ever existed in the town, all the other 
 manufacturing enterprises being and having 
 been owned and operated by outside capital. 
 As treasurer and superintendent of the com- 
 pany, which manufactures misses' and chil- 
 dren's medium-priced goods, Mr. Drake is 
 rapidly bringing it to the front; and it is now 
 well advanced upon the road to prosperity. 
 
 On March 17, 1873, Mr. Drake was united 
 in marriage with Miss M^ry A. R. Green, 
 who was born July 3, 1857, daughter of Dan- 
 iel and Elizabeth F. (Chase) Green, of I'itts- 
 field. Mrs. Drake is the mother of two chil- 
 dren: James Frank, born September i, 1880; 
 and Agnes, born April 2, 1883. In politics 
 Mr. Drake is a Democrat. He has served
 
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 with ability as Moderator and Town Treas- 
 urer for several years. He is a Director of 
 the First National Bank and one of the Trus- 
 tees of the Farmers' Savings Bank. His 
 prominence in business circles, together with 
 his high social standing, jjlaces him in the 
 front rank among the leading residents of 
 Pittsfield. Mrs. Drake, who is a member of 
 the Episcopal church, shares her husband's 
 popularity, and is a lady of jileasing manners 
 and true womanly grace. 
 
 r?"' 
 
 HARLES EASTMAN STANIELS, 
 
 a prominent life insurance agent of 
 ^i^ ^ Concord, N. H., was born in Low- 
 ell, Mass., December 27, 1844, son of Ed- 
 ward L. and Ruth Bradley (Eastman) Stan- 
 iels. The father, born in Chichester, N. H., 
 for many years was interested in the drug 
 business, successively in Lowell and I^oston, 
 Mass. Toward the latter part of his life he 
 removed to Ro.xbury, Mass., then a suburb of 
 Boston, and died there at the age of si.xty-fivc 
 years. He was twice married. By his first 
 wife there were three children, all of whom 
 are now dead. His second marriage was made 
 with Ruth l^radley Eastman, now over eighty- 
 five years old, whose only child is the subject 
 of this sketch. A daughter of General Isaac 
 Eastman, of Concord, N.H., she is a direct 
 descendant, in the si.xth generation, of Captain 
 Ebenezer Eastman, the first settler of Con- 
 cord, and of Captain Edward Johnson, the his- 
 torian of Woburn, Mass., one of the commis- 
 sioners appointed by the General Court of 
 Massachusetts J^ay Colony to fix the northern 
 boundary of that colony in 1652. In 1833 a 
 large boulder was discovered at the entrance 
 of Lake Winnepesaukee at Weirs, N. H., 
 bearing the initials of Governor John Endi- 
 cott, with those of the commissioners. Cap- 
 
 tain Edward Johnson and Captain .Symon Wil- 
 lard, which had remained unnoticed and sub- 
 ject to elemental conditions for one hundred 
 and eighty-one years. The State of New 
 Hampshire has erected a substantial stone 
 canopy upon this historic "Endicott Rock," 
 thereby protecting the ancient inscriptions for 
 all time. Jonathan Staniels, the grandfather of 
 Charles Eastman, was a native of Chichester, 
 and followed the occupations of farmer and 
 builder. He lived to a very advJlnced age, 
 and left a family of twelve children. Judge 
 William M. Chase, of Concord, is one of his 
 descendants. The original surname of this 
 family was Stanyan, and its annals are inter- 
 woven with those of Rockingham County. 
 
 Charles Eastman .Staniels was educated in 
 the Boston grammar schools and in the Ro.x- 
 bury Latin School. In the latter institution 
 he was prepared for college, but the outbreak 
 of the Civil War diverted him from the pur- 
 pose of pursuing a collegiate course. He had 
 enlisted in the Fifty-si.xth Massachusetts 
 Regiment of Volunteers when his parents had 
 him discharged on account of his extreme 
 youth. He then went to work in a wholesale 
 furnishing house in the city of Boston. Sub- 
 sequently, in 1865, he became a commercial 
 traveller for the same concern, and has been 
 more or less on the road ever since. In those 
 mid-century days, Western travel was an en- 
 tirely different affair from the convenience and 
 even luxury that attend it to-day. The incon- 
 venience, hardship, and even suffering in- 
 volved in a long western mercantile trip in 
 those days can hardly be comprehended to-day. 
 "Staging," as it was called, and steamboating 
 on Western rivers were then common factors in 
 a travelling man's experience. Before the 
 completion of the Union Pacific Railroad and 
 the consec[uent development and growth of 
 large business centres, the commeicial tiavcl-
 
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 479 
 
 Icr in the extreme West was subject to diver- 
 sions not known to tiie ])rcsent generation of 
 mercantile agents. A buffalo hunt, an Indian 
 scrimmage on the frontier, or a few nights in 
 a snow blockade in the Rockies were not con- 
 sidered unusual or especially unmixed l>less- 
 ings. Following the war, it was hog, hominy, 
 and cockroaches in the South ; spiders and 
 keno in Texas; alkali, Indians, and snowdrifts 
 on the plains; lime water, lager beer, bed- 
 bugs, and iioker on the Mississippi; and brag, 
 bluff, and bunco in Chicago and St. Paul. 
 
 In iS6g Mr. .Staniels :issumed the charge of 
 a manufacturing establishment in Boston, and 
 thereafter managed its affairs in the South and 
 West for a number of years. At length, his 
 health becoming somewhat undermined by his 
 devotion to business matters, he removed to 
 New Hampshire and took two years of com- 
 plete rest. Then he engaged in the fire in- 
 surance business in Concord. To this he has 
 since added life insurance, and has now 
 been engaged in both very successfully for the 
 past twelve years, highly esteemed by his 
 business associates. He has been a member 
 iif the I^lxecutive Committee of the National 
 Life Underwriter's Association of the United 
 States since its organization, and has also served 
 as President of the New Hampshire Life Un- 
 derwriters' Association. He married Eva F. 
 Tuttle, of Boston, Mass., whose parents were 
 natives of New Hampshire, and they have a 
 family of three children ; namely, Charles T., 
 Mabel R., and Roscoe K. 
 
 A deservedly popular man in his com- 
 munity, Mr. Staniels has been elected to mem- 
 bership in numerous associations. He was 
 twice chosen to fill the presidential chair of 
 the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution, and left that organiza- 
 tion in fine condition when he retired from 
 the office. He has also been President of 
 
 the White Mountain Travellers' Association. 
 During its continuance he wa.s the Secretary of 
 the Chautauqua A.ssembly oi New Hampshire, 
 and also served the Fastman I'"amily Association 
 in a similar ca])acity. Wherever he has made 
 his home, he has taken a keen interest in the 
 local military matters. While living in Bos- 
 ton, he was a commissioned officer of the Bos- 
 ton Tigers. On one occasion, at the time of 
 the "draft riots" in that city, he was in 
 command of a detachment of that f)rganization, 
 guarding the arms and ammunition of the 
 State stored in old Boylston Hall. Since com- 
 ing to New Hampshire, he has served as a com- 
 missioned officer in the old Amoskeag Veterans. 
 In politics Mr. Staniels is a Republican, and 
 he cast his initial ballot for Abraham Lincoln 
 in 1864. He is a member of the F^ast Con- 
 cord Congregational Church. 
 
 LDER JOHN G. HOOK, of Concord, 
 N.H., was born in Chichester, this 
 State, February 13, 1820, the son 
 of Jacob Hook. ICldcr Hook's grandfather, 
 I'Vancis Hook, was born in Salisbury, Mass. 
 He was a fisherman by occupation, and he also 
 ran a horseback express from his native town 
 to Newburyport. He fiiially bought a large 
 tract of land in Chichester, and started all his 
 five sons in life with a comfortable farm. 
 Jacob Hook, father of Elder Hook, was the 
 eldest of the family. He was educated in the 
 Salisbury public schools, and was engaged in 
 farming all his life. At the time of his death 
 he w\is exactly ninety-two years and si.x 
 months old. He married Hannah Griffin, of 
 Northwood, N. H. Six children were born to 
 him: I'lsthcr B. ; Asa J.; Mary A.; Elvira, 
 who died at the age of five; John G., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and William P. 
 
 Elder Hook is the only survivor of this
 
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 family. His life has been one of unceasing 
 effort fur the uplifting of humanity, and of 
 many and varied experiences. The son of a 
 poor man, he received only a limited education 
 in his youth, and early worked at the printing- 
 press on Bibles for Roby, Kimball & Merrill. 
 After this he was travelling salesman, and sold 
 Yankee notions. In 1839 he started for the 
 Far West. On the way he met some kinsfolk, 
 among them an aunt and several cousins, and 
 stayed with them in the town of Marcellus, 
 N. Y. , where he was providentially converted 
 to the Christian religion, largely through the 
 influence of his devoted aunt. Word reached 
 his parents in the East that he had been mur- 
 dered, and his mother was saved from dying of 
 grief through the timely arrival of a letter 
 from her son. 
 
 After his return to Concord he attended 
 some religious meetings conducted by Elder 
 Joshua B. Hines, of Boston, who came here 
 with a mammoth tent, the largest then made 
 in the United States, costing eight hundred 
 dollars. Its maker, James Martin, pitched 
 the tent and cared for it. Those were wonder- 
 ful meetings, awakening great interest, and 
 people came to them from all parts of the 
 country. Here Elder Hook heard for the 
 first time the Advent doctrine, which he ac- 
 cepted; and, laying aside all else, he went at 
 once to spreading the tidings of the second 
 coming of Christ. Since that time he has 
 devoted his life to this work, and during 
 all these years has never preached for a living. 
 He has travelled over two hundred thousand 
 miles without aid from any missionary society 
 or backing from any church, and has never had 
 a salary or fi.xcd price for his services. lie has 
 ])reached in many of the States and Territories 
 and in the 15ritish Provinces, and has been 
 able, with what the Lord has moved (Hhers to 
 help him, to pay his own expenses by working 
 
 in different lines. He has dealt largely in 
 real estate. He bought the land on the hill 
 in Concord where he now lives, and laid out 
 Auburn Street at his own expense. At one 
 time he labored indejiendently in Hawaii. 
 His preaching has extended through fifty-five 
 years. He once held meetings in San Fran- 
 cisco under his tent, three services a day for 
 eighty consecutive days, his audiences being 
 composed of people from many lands and of 
 various nationalities. Later in the same year 
 his tent was destroyed by a storm. A series 
 of revival meetings, held by him in Concord 
 in Phoenix Hall and in Eagle Hall, indepen- 
 dently of any of the churches, resulted in the 
 greatest revival that has ever been experienced 
 in this city. It lasted for two months, and 
 I'llder Hook baptized one hundred and fifty 
 converts by immersion ; and on one occasion 
 four of the Concord clergymen assisted Elder 
 Hook at a river baptism. About two thousand 
 souls have been baptized by Elder Hook, and 
 fourteen of these have become ministers. 
 
 Elder Hook married Celinda H. Ingersoll, 
 daughter of Cornelius Ingersoll, who was 
 named by an Indian chief and was the first 
 male white child born in Onondaga County, 
 New York. Elder and Mrs. Hook have two 
 children — Eunice and Alice. Eunice C. is 
 the wife of Captain E. F. Gordon, a veteran 
 of the Civil War and brother of the late Rev. 
 Dr. A. J. Gordon, of Boston. Alice married 
 Abner Blodgett, a relative of Judge Blodgett, 
 of this State. 
 
 Elder Hook has never meddled with poli- 
 tics, confining himself to the spreading of the 
 gospel. lie has never voted for a governor 
 or a Picsident. He is the maker of a healing 
 halm foi' all kinds of inflammatory diseases. 
 It is for internal and external application. It 
 is in common use in Concord; and the testi- 
 monies are many from lawyers, doctors, minis-
 
 JOSEPH COUCH.
 
 BIOGRAI'HICAL REVIEW 
 
 4«3 
 
 tcrs, and loading citizens. The Ijalm is said 
 to he particularly valuai)le in bronchitis, and 
 if used oftencr it is thought there would be less 
 necessity of clergymen going to ilurope while 
 liieir flocks suffer at home. 
 
 |N()(J1I COUCH was a prominent farmer 
 of Webster in his time. He was born 
 in Webster, April 12, 1793, son of 
 Joseph and Sarah (I'illsbury) Couch. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Couch (first), who emi- 
 grated from Wales in 1748, settled in New- 
 buryport, Mass. In 1768 the grandfather 
 moved to Webster, and there improved the 
 farm now owned and occupied by his great- 
 grand-daughter. He resided here for the rest 
 of his life, and died in 17S4. The first of his 
 three marriages was made with Klsic Rowell, 
 the "second with Mary Webster, and the third 
 with Mrs. Muzzey. liorn of the first were 
 four childien — John, Elsie, Henjamin, and 
 Joseph; and of his second, one daughter, 
 Mary. 
 
 Joseph Couch, the father of Enoch, was born 
 in Massachusetts, and accompanied his parents 
 to Webster. He succeeded to the possession 
 of the homestead, which he carried on for the 
 rest of his life;_and he died I'ebruary 7, 1821, 
 aged si.\ty-five years. He was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War, enlisting from Newbury- 
 port, Mass. His wife, Sarah, a native of 
 Newburyport, whom he married February 10, 
 1785, died March 16, 1S46, aged seventy-six 
 years. She was the mother of six children, 
 as follows: Enoch (first), born November 23, 
 1785, who was accidentally killed August iS, 
 1789; Sally, born August 23, 1787, who mar- 
 ried Samuel Little, and died June 5, 1852; 
 Captain Joseph, born May 23, 17S9, who died 
 in Nashua, N.H., in 1851; Enoch (second), 
 the subject of this sketch ; Phcebe, born July 2, 
 
 1798, who married Ilerschel Circcn, of Salis- 
 bury, N.II., and died September 22, 1854; 
 and Eunice J., born July 4, 1810, who married 
 I'ctcr Coffin, and died December 4, 1888. 
 
 luioch Couch was rearefl to farm life, and 
 always resided at the homestead. He was an 
 industrious and successful farmer. He im- 
 proved the fertility of the soil, bringing it to 
 a high state of cultivation. Although a man 
 of much natural ability, he never aspired to 
 political prominence, but preferred instead to 
 enjoy the comforts of home and the society of 
 his family. He was highly esteemed for his 
 many commendable qualities; and his death, 
 which occurred at his home, April 23, 1867, 
 when he was seventy-four years old, caused 
 general regret. He married for his first wife 
 Nancy Eastman, of Salisbury, who died Sep- 
 tember 26, 1S28, aged thirty-two years, leav- 
 ing no children. For his second wife, on 
 April 2, 1834, Mr. Couch wedded Jane O. 
 Stickney, of Brownfield, Me. Her parents, 
 John and Mary (Evans) Stickney, both of 
 whom were natives of Concord, N. H., moved 
 from that place to Brownfield, Me., where they 
 resided for the rest of their lives. The chil- 
 dren of Mr. Couch's second marriage were: 
 Nancy K., born February 12, 1S35, who now 
 occupies the homestead ; Joseph, born March 
 22, 1837, who died March 14, 1872; and 
 Mary S. , born June 12, 1844. Joseph was for 
 some years engaged in teaching school, and 
 later assisted in carrying on the farm. Mary 
 S. married Orlando Whitney, and died April 
 17, 1876. She left one son — Herbert C. , 
 born November 16, 1867, who is now residing 
 with his aunt. Mrs. Enoch Couch died Au- 
 gust 31, 1877. Miss Nancy E. Couch, who 
 now owns the homestead of sixty acres, to- 
 gether with other real estate, is a lady of 
 much ability and worth, and is loved and re- 
 spected by her many friends and acquaintances.
 
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 ILLIAM E. CHADBOURNE, a 
 prominent resident of Cornish, was 
 born here, July 31, 1823. His 
 grandfather, William Chadboiirne, who was 
 born in Maine, had six children — Humphrey, 
 Jabez, William, Thomas, Benjamin, and 
 Electa. Humjjhrey married Abbie Peck, and 
 had three children. Jabez went to Canada, 
 where he married and died. William, who 
 was an extensive farmer in Canada, had a large 
 family. Thomas was a butcher in Salem, 
 Mass., and died there. Electa, now deceased, 
 married Mr. Cross, of Canada. 
 
 Benjamin Chadbourne, the father of Will- 
 iam E., was born at Moultonboro, N. H., Jan- 
 uary 28, 1792. He was prominent in town 
 affairs, and was Tax Collector and Deputy 
 Sheriff for a number of years. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Sarah Cady, of Cor- 
 nish, bore him seven children — Curtis, Mi- 
 randa, William E. , Hannah, Gratia, Ruth, and 
 Alfred. Curtis, born September 12, 1819, 
 was educated in the town schools, and after- 
 ward became a tailor in Charlestown, N. H. 
 He married Adeline Fogget, and had five 
 children. His death occurred in 1890, on 
 November 26. Miranda, born May 23, 1820, 
 married Alamanda Powers, of Charlestown, 
 this State, a shoe manufacturer, and died Jan- 
 uary 4, 1889. Elannah, born June 6, [826, is 
 now Mrs. John Ferguson, and lives in Canada. 
 Ruth, born September 18, 1829, who lives 
 in .Somerville, Mass., married Lafayette 
 .Smith, of Cornish, a drover, and had four 
 children. Alfred, born P'ebruary 21, 1832, 
 married l-'lizabeth Demming, of Cornish, had 
 six children, and died June 26, 1891. 
 
 After receiving his education in the jniblic 
 .schools, William E. Chadbourne engaged in 
 farming, which has since been his ])rincipal 
 occupation. He has never aspired to public 
 office, while he has always taken a prominent 
 
 part in town affairs and has served as Highway 
 Surveyor. In politics he is a Republican. 
 He married on June 15, 1S58, Rosella Stone, 
 of Plainfield, N.H., daughter of Solomon and 
 Betsy (Reed) .Stone. 
 
 Mr. Chadbourne's children are: Angle L., 
 William Lucius, Gratia S., Emma E., Lu- 
 ther E., and James B. Angle, born October 
 ig, 1862, is now Mrs. liarl Westgate, of Cor- 
 nish. William L., born February 24, 1865, 
 was married Ajiril 21, 1S87, to Minnie Wood, 
 and has one child — Daphna W. , born July 9, 
 1888. Gratia, born May 27, 1867, was edu- 
 cated at Windsor, Vt., and is a teacher of fine 
 ability, well known and very popular in Clare- 
 mont, Cornish, and other places. Emma, 
 born December i, 1869, was educated at 
 Windsor, and is employed in one of the large 
 mercantile establishments of that town. Lu- 
 ther, born April 8, 1872, who was a pupil of 
 Kimball Academy at Plainfield, joined his 
 father on the farm. James, who was educated 
 at Windsor High School, also assists his 
 father. 
 
 .Solomon Stone was burn in Plainfield, No- 
 vember 6, 181 1, and died January 12, 1892. 
 His wife, born in Cornish, June 11, 1813, 
 still lives in Plainfield, enjoying good health 
 and able to do nearly all her own work with- 
 out assistance. Mr. Chadbourne's mother, 
 Sally Cady, was born in Cornish, August 29, 
 1790, and died December 16, 1864. Grand- 
 father Cady was the first of the name to come 
 to Cornish. He was born in 1743; and his 
 wife was Hannah Hutchins, born in 1746. 
 Grandfather Cady rode from Connecticut by 
 marked trails. For a riding whip he had a 
 willow stick; and when he alighted from his 
 horse in Cornish he stuck the whip into the 
 ground by his future home, and there has al- 
 ways been a willow-tree there since. When 
 he came here, he brou<rht with him a silver
 
 RIOGRAIMIK ,\I, KKVIEVV 
 
 485 
 
 ildllar tli.it he nlwny.s carried as a pocket piece. 
 At one time lie nnkiuiwiiigly sent it with some 
 other silver coins to jje made into spoons. On 
 missing it lie immediately took means to get it 
 back. 'I'lu; dulkir had already been i:iit, hut 
 he had it soldeied together again, and it is 
 still preserved in the family as a \aluable 
 relic. It bears the date of 1750. Mr. Chad- 
 h(inrne received at his birth from his gr.ind- 
 father Cady a silver <lollar bearing the date of 
 1780. 
 
 ]■. I\Ib;RRII.T., M.I)., a well known 
 physician of l<"ranklin l'"alls, Merri- 
 mack County, was born in (iilmanton, 
 N. IL, Jiuie 5, 1856, son of Jacob D. and .Sarah 
 (Sanborn) Meiiill. Mis parents are farming 
 people of Gilmanton. Their six children are 
 all living, and are as follows: Ida, who is the 
 wife of Alonzo Caverly, and resides in Lynn, 
 Mass. ; George and Frederick, who are engaged 
 in shoe mainifacturing in Lynn, Mass., under 
 the firm name of Merrill Brothers; Charles, 
 who still remains with his parents; Addie, 
 who is the wife of George lUanchard, and a 
 resident of Lynn; and J. ]•'., the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 After acquiring a fair amount of elementary 
 knowledge in the common schools of Gilman- 
 ton, the subject of this sketch completed his 
 general studies mider a private tutor. He 
 then studied medicine for about four years 
 with Ur. Young, of Pittsfield, preparatory to 
 entering Dartmouth Medical College, where 
 he attended a course of lectures. He was sub- 
 sequently graduated at the University of Ver- 
 mont, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medi- 
 cine from that institution, August 19, 1886. 
 After graduating, he bought out the practice 
 of Dr. J. P. Elkins, of New London, N. H., in 
 which town he remained nearly nine years. 
 He came to Franklin Falls in 1894, ami has 
 
 since been successfully engaged in the prac- 
 tice of his ])rofession here. On January i, 
 1879, Dr. Merrill married Miss I'llma I'crkins, 
 of rittsfield, N.H., a daughter of .Samuel K. 
 I'erkins; :ind she bore him a daughter — 
 l{dna, born in August, 1880. Mrs. KIma 1'. 
 Merrill died December 21, 1882. On June 
 8, 1885, the Doctor married for his second 
 wife Mrs. Abbie rillsbury Foss, a daughter of 
 John C. I'illsbury, of Strafford, N. 1 1. 
 
 Dr. Merrill is a Republican in politics. 
 While a resident of New London, he served 
 thiee years as a meinber of the School Hoard 
 of that town. He is a member of the New 
 Hampshire Medical .Society, and also belongs 
 to .Snncook Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. 1-". 
 Highly successful in his profession and pojju- 
 lar as a man, he may be regarded as a repre- 
 sentative citizen of his county. He and his 
 wife are members of the Baptist church at 
 I-"r;uiklin I'alls. 
 
 (QiX Lb'RLl) I'TICH, a prominent farmer of 
 Cornish and a descendant of one of the 
 old families of the tf)wn, was born 
 May 13, iSrii. The first of the family to 
 settle in Cornish was James Fitch, who came 
 from Connecticut. He was born in 1712, and 
 died October 25, 1805. His son, James, was 
 father of .Samuel, who was the great-grand- 
 father of the present Alfred. Hezekiah, a 
 brother of Samuel, and who was born in Cor- 
 nish in 1746, died September 30, 1830, built 
 the house owned by the Fitch family of to-day. 
 Samuel Fitch was born in Cornish, October 
 'S. ^7S7- fi^ married Thankful Royce, who 
 bore him eleven children. His son, James, 
 born in Cornish, November 16, 1784, married 
 Bethena Bartlett, of Cornish, who bore him 
 four children. These were: Chester, the 
 father of the subject of this sketch; Maria,
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 born November i6, 1820; James, born No- 
 vember I, 1S25; and Edwin, born July 21, 
 1827. 
 
 Chester Fitch was born in Cornish, April 
 23, 181 8, and was educated in the town schools 
 and at Windsor, Vt. The Hon. William E. 
 Evarts was one of his teachers. He was a 
 Free Mason, Patron of Husbandry, and a 
 consistent member of the Congregational 
 church. He had great musical ability, and 
 was the organist and a chorister at the church 
 for many years. He married Amy, daughter 
 of John Westgate, of Plainfield. She was born 
 April 13, 1835, and is still living at Clare- 
 mont, enjoying the best of health. Her si.\ 
 children were: James, Alfred, Willis, Elmer, 
 Jennie, and Frank. James, b(jrn April 13, 
 1859, who is now a farmer, married Alniina 
 Demming, and has two children — Chester 
 and MfHTis. Willis, born September 26, 
 1864, now a shoe-cutter and living at North 
 Adams, Mass., successively married May 
 Peters and Susan Bryant, both of North 
 Adam.s. Elmer, born November 16, 1S67, 
 now a farmer and milkman, lives at Clare- 
 mont. Jennie, born August 23, 1871, died 
 July 31, 1873. F'rank, born Octobers, 1S72, 
 died January 15, 1S81. 
 
 Alfred Fitch received his education in the 
 schools of Cornish. After leaving school, he 
 went to work in a general merchandise store 
 for a short time. He then came to his 
 father's farm, where he has since been en- 
 gaged in agriculture. He has held a number 
 of town offices, and is known by his fellow- 
 townsmen as a man of unimpeachable integ- 
 rity and steiling worth. A religious man, like 
 his father, he is a meml)er of the Con<rre<ra- 
 tional church. 
 
 On March 27, 1884, he married Ida Will- 
 iams, who was born at Plainfield, January 11, 
 1863. Her father, Orvillc R Williams, a 
 
 native of Morristown, Vt. , was a farmer on an 
 extensive scale; and her mother was a native 
 of Bradford, N. H. Her sisters, Carrie and 
 Nettie, are school-teachers in Windsor. Four 
 children have been born to them — James B. , 
 ]5ernice A., Harold A., and Frank W. Mr. 
 Fitch is a very enterprising farmer, and his 
 estate is one of the few remaining ones that 
 are still in possession of the families who 
 originally owned them. All of the farms of 
 this part of the town have beautiful situations 
 and fine views. Mr. Fitch's place is pleas- 
 antly located on Dingleton Hill, and the resi- 
 dence is surrounded with spreading meadow 
 and pasture lands. 
 
 I'b'U.S VIRGIN, a prosperous farmer 
 and well-known citizen of Concord, 
 was born on the Virgin homestead, 
 where he now resides, January 7, 181S, son of 
 Isaac and .Susan (Batchelder) Virgin. He is 
 a descendant of Ebenezer Virgin, second, one 
 of the old proprietors of New Hampshire. 
 The Virgin family has been closely identified 
 with the history of Concord since the town was 
 first settled. Jonathan Virgin, grandfather of 
 Rufus, took up new land here, cleared it, and 
 became the owner of a large farm. He died 
 at about si.xty years of age. PI is wife, in 
 maidenhood Sarah Austin, was the mother of 
 four sons and one daughter. Isaac Virgin 
 was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and 
 received his education in the district school. 
 The school-house was a long distance from the 
 farn) ; but, not discouraged by that, he was a 
 regular attendant as well as a diligent student. 
 When he came into possession of the farm, 
 which he did previous to the War of 181 2, he 
 built a substantial set of buildings, which arc 
 standing to-day, but little the worse for the 
 ravages of time. He died June 12, 1870,
 
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 487 
 
 liaviiij;' l)L'cn SL'loctm:in, Captain in tliu State 
 militia, and for many years a member of the 
 city government. His wife, Snsan, was hmn 
 March 4, 1790, and died in 1^/6. Slic was 
 the mother (if fimr ciiihlrcn — Susan C. , Mliza 
 J., Iviifus, and William If. Susan C. mar- 
 rictl tiie Rev. Caleb h'ales, a Methodist min- 
 ister, and died not long after her marriage. 
 ]''.\\/.:i J. became the wife of W. K. Holt, of 
 Loudon, but is now deceased. William died 
 at the age of seventeen. 
 
 l^ufus Virgin received a pn])l ic-scliool edu- 
 cation, and also studied at a select ]irivate 
 school. He has been a farmer since he was 
 old enough to work, and has always resided 
 at the old home. Notwithstanding the busy 
 life he has led, he has found time to interest 
 himself in town affairs. He was in the City 
 Council in 1864 65, and was sent to the legis- 
 lature as Rcpiesentative in i.SSi. Pcditically, 
 he is a Democrat, and first voted in 1S36. In 
 ICS40 he married Mary Ann Stevens (see 
 sketch of Albert .Stevens), who was born Jan- 
 uary 12, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Virgin have 
 had si.\' children, whose names are respec- 
 tively: I'^llen A., Emma A., Frank P., P^sther 
 A., P'red P., and P'alcs P. The (ddest son, 
 PVank, died August 10, 1871, at the age of 
 twenty-three years. The remaining five arc 
 married, and Mr. X'irgin has tpiite a luuuber 
 of grandchildren. Mr. \'irgin is well known 
 locally as an historian and for the collection 
 of historical facts in his possession. He has 
 a complete record of events that have occurred 
 in Concord and vicinity for over fifty years. 
 
 Ri\ C. ])A\T.S, an esteemed resilient 
 of Plainfield, was born in the town of 
 Hartford, Vt., March 8, 1847. His 
 great-grandfather, Jeremiah, was a native of 
 Sutton, N.H. Jeremiah and his father were 
 
 the first (if the name to settle in the part of 
 Grantham, N. H., now called Plainfield. Mo 
 was a farmer by occupation, and had a family 
 of nine children. The grandfather, Samuel 
 Davis, also a native of .Sutton, horn in 177O, 
 married Maria Hadley, daughter of Simeon 
 Hadley, and had a family oi nine children. 
 These were: Lucy, Isaac, Samuel, Charles, 
 Martin, Alfred, Louisa, fieorge W'., and 
 A Ivan. Lucy married Norman Hadley, a 
 farmer of Canaan. Lsaac was twice married, 
 the first time to Klsie Tyler, who bore him 
 two children. On the second occasion he 
 married a widow. Me was a farmer, and en- 
 gaged in the meat business at Canaan. 
 Charles, also a farmer of Canaan, married 
 Caroline Miner, and had four children. Mar- 
 tin, who was employed in a mica mine, and 
 was killed by an explosion over thirty years 
 ago, had one son. Alfretl, now a wealthy 
 farmer, married Abigail Aldrich, of Concord, 
 and has no children. Louisa married Will- 
 iam iMdrich, of Concord, a farmer and active 
 granger, and has one son. George W. , a sue-. 
 cessful farmer of Canaan, N. H., owns the 
 largest farm in that town, is a leading man 
 in the grange, and has represented Canaan in 
 the legislature. He married Lmma Kilton, of 
 Grafton, N.H. ; and they have four children. 
 Alvan, also a farmer of Canaan, and who is 
 said to raise more fruit than au)' other man in 
 this section, is Chairman of the Hoard of Su- 
 pervisors of the town. He married a Miss 
 Richardson, and has seven children living. 
 
 Samuel Davis, Jr., the father of Ora C. 
 Davis, was born in Plainfield, I'ebruary 2, 
 1822, was educated in the common schools and 
 at Kimball Union Academy. After the close 
 of his school life he began farming, and has 
 been engaged in that occupation ever since. 
 liy industry, energy, and strictly honorable 
 dealing in every transaction he has accunui-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 lated a fortune sufficient for his needs. He 
 has been Chairman of the Board of Selectmen 
 many times, and he has efficiently served in 
 the capacities of Treasurer and Tax Collector. 
 His political principles are those of the Re- 
 publican party, which he stanchly supports; 
 and he attends religious services at the Baptist 
 church. He married Martha J. Hersey, who 
 was born September 4, 1824. She was a 
 daughter of Stephen Hersey, a farmer and car- 
 penter of Grantham. The three children of 
 this marriage are: Emma A., Ora C. , and 
 Ella M. Emma, born in Hartford, Vt. , July 
 17, 1845, attended the public schools of Plain- 
 field and Kimball Union Academy, and was 
 afterward one of the most successful public- 
 school teachers in this part of the State. She 
 married J. C. Willis, of Milwaukee, a rail- 
 road man, who makes two trips weekly from 
 Chicago to Minneapolis. They have no chil- 
 dren. Ella, born July 19, 1850, was edu- 
 cated in the schools of the town and at Kim- 
 ball Union Academy. She also taught school 
 successfully for a number of years before she 
 married Warren 11 Richardson, of Canaan. 
 Mr. Richardson, who is well-to-do, has been 
 Town Treasurer and Deinity Sheriff, and is 
 now Police Justice. 
 
 Ora C. Davis received his education in the 
 same schools as did his sisters, and, like them, 
 became a teacher. He taught for about twenty 
 winters, being gifted not only with unusual 
 ability to instruct, but with sujjcrior tact as a 
 disciplinarian. He keeps a farm, and has 
 done a considerable amount of painting. He 
 has been Chairman of the Republican Town 
 Committee for many years; has been Select- 
 man for five years, being at present Chairman 
 of the Board; and he has also served as .Super- 
 intendent of Schools. 
 
 The second of Mr. Davis's two marriages 
 was contracted with Almie F. Morse, daughter 
 
 of Charles H. Morse, of Plainfield. By his 
 previous marriage he has two children — Hu- 
 bert S. and Edna W. Hubert, born in Plain- 
 field, November g, 1871, who was educated in 
 Kimball Union Academy, and became a 
 farmer, married Mary Woodward, and has two 
 children — Gleason and Clifford. Edna W., 
 born January 2, 1874, is living at Plainfield. 
 In religious belief Mr. Davis is a Ilaptist. 
 He now holds the office of Deputy Sheriff, and 
 is Justice of the Peace. Prominent in the 
 Masonic fraternity, he is now the Master of 
 his lodge. He is also a member of the local 
 grange. 
 
 ON. EDMUND H. BROWN, the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in 
 Fisherville, now Penacook, a part 
 of Concord, N. H., October 29, 1857. He is 
 the youngest son of Henry Hayes and Lucretia 
 (Symonds) Brown, and traces his ancestry di- 
 rectly back to the early Pilgrim settlers. The 
 late Henry H. Brown, father of Edmund II., 
 conducted an extensive manufacturing busi- 
 ness in Penacook for many years, and was one 
 of the most enterprising citizens and [iromi- 
 nent residents of that village in his day. 
 
 I'ldmund H. Brown was educated at the Pen- 
 acook Academy and the Massachusetts Insti- 
 tute of Technology, Boston. After complet- 
 ing his studies he entered the works of the 
 Concord Axle Company, and, having applied 
 his efforts to a thorough mastery of every 
 branch of these extensive works, fitted himself 
 for the responsible position which he assumed 
 in 1S87, that of General Superintendent. He 
 was one of the incorporators of this company, 
 and is a member of the Board of Directors. 
 Aside from his connection with the axle 
 works, he was one of the organizers of and 
 Director in the Penacook l']lectric Eight Com- 
 Ijany, and was instrumental in giving to his
 
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 489 
 
 village the c.Ncullciit lighting SL-rvicc that it 
 now CI) joys. 
 
 ICaiiy in the spring (if 1.S97 he Ijccamc 
 associated with Mr. Charles 1',. l-'oote in the 
 well-known honse of l'"o<)te, jirown & Co., 
 having purchased a half - interest from Mr. 
 Stewart I. 15rown. This firm carries one of 
 the largest and hest selected stocks of general 
 merchandise to he found in the county, enjoys 
 an enviahle rejjntation for honesty and fair 
 dealing, and stands high in its connections in 
 the business world. 
 
 Mr. ]5rown inherited from his father those 
 sterling ([ualities that go toward making the 
 useful and res|iecte(l man of affairs, and no 
 member of the community is held in higher 
 esteem by all classes than he. 
 
 In politics he has been an earnest supporter 
 of the Republican party from the day he be- 
 came a voter, and has served the party zeal- 
 ously in his ward organization and u[)()n the 
 State Committee, of which he was a member 
 from 1887 to 1893. As a candidate for the 
 House of Representatives in i8g2, he contrib- 
 uted his full share toward successfully redeem- 
 ing his ward ; and as a member of that body he 
 acquired a wide re[)utation as a well-informed 
 man, and won many frienils by his marked 
 social attainments. At the Republican con- 
 vention in 1894 he received a unanimous 
 nomination for Senator in the l^leventh Sena- 
 torial District, and at the subsequent election 
 was handsomely elected as the first Republican 
 from that district. He was a prominent mem- 
 ber and earnest worker in that honorable body, 
 and served faithfull)' the interests of a large 
 constituency. 
 
 In religious and educational matters Mr. 
 Brown has always taken an active interest. 
 He joined the First Baptist Church, Penacook, 
 at the age of fifteen, and has become one of its 
 most influential members. He was President 
 
 of the i\ew H.diipsliirc Baptist State Conven- 
 tion in 1X93. He is a 'i'rustec of Colby 
 Acailemy, New London, and a niemijer of 
 the New Hampshire Hislfirical Society. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a thirty-second degree Mason. 
 He is a Past Ma.stcr of Horace Chase Lodge, 
 No. 72, ]'■. & A. M. ; a member of Trinity 
 Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Horace Chase 
 Council, Royal and Select Masters; Mount 
 Iloreb Commandcry, Knights Templar; and 
 ICdward A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua. 
 
 On October 11, 1881, Mr. Brown married 
 M. Belle Proctor, daughter of the late well- 
 known Dr. William Proctor, of Pittsfield, 
 N.H. They have had three children ; namely, 
 Helen L., Howard II., and William P. The 
 latter died in infancy. 
 
 "CjuciAR A. CHURCHILL, a prominent 
 Jo' resident of Cornish, was born in this 
 town, August 29, 1847. His parents 
 were Barker B. Churchill, son of Lewis 
 Churchill and Mary (Angier) Churchill, of 
 Cornish. The latter, who was Barker's first 
 wife, had eight children, of whom Edgar A., 
 Mary K., and Jennie reached maturity. Mary- 
 is now Mrs. l.ovell B. George, of Newport, and 
 has tw-o children — Jennie and Albert. Jennie 
 Churchill, who married William F. Waite, 
 a pattern maker of llubbardston, Mass., is now 
 deceased. The father, a carpenter by trade, 
 was in the late war, having enlisted at West 
 Lebanon in the First New Hampshire Heavy 
 Artillery for three years. He had served about 
 thirteen months when the war ended, antl he 
 was honorably discharged. Shortly after he 
 contracted a second marriage with Mary 
 (Westgate) Britton, a widow of Plainfield, 
 who bore him one child, Nettie B., now Mrs. 
 Marvin B. Lindsey, of Cornish. 
 
 In his boyhood Edgar A. Churchill was
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 sent to school at Cornish and to Kimball 
 Union Academy at Flainfield. After finish- 
 ing his education, he taught school for a 
 while, and then learned the trade of a carpen- 
 ter with his father. In August, 1864, he 
 enlisteil for service in the war, with his father, 
 in the First New Hampshire Heavy Artil- 
 lery. After serving thirteen months, he came 
 home and began work at his trade, carrying 
 on, also, general farming. Mr. Churchill is a 
 loyal member of the Democratic party, and has 
 served his native town in numerous positions 
 in the public service. He has been Highway 
 Surveyor and Measurer of Wood and Lumber, 
 .Selectman of the town for the past four years, 
 and Chairman of the Board of -Selectmen for 
 the last two years of that time. Upright and 
 public-spirited, his support is always assured 
 for any measure he believes to be for the gen- 
 eral well-being of the community, even though 
 it may conflict with his personal interests. 
 His estate, situated on Davis Hill in the 
 northern part of the town, commands a fine 
 view of the country for miles around. His 
 domestic circle includes a little girl, whom 
 he has benevolently undertaken to rear. He 
 is largely interested in stock-raising and graz- 
 ing; and he has a large number of pet ani- 
 mals, including canary birds, cats, and dogs, 
 the care of which affords him much pleasure. 
 He is a member of William H. Bryant Post, 
 No. 6^. G. A. R., f)f Cornish, and of the local 
 grange. 
 
 For years Mr. Churchill has made his home 
 with Miss Georgiana and Mrs. Henrietta 
 Davis, who are daughters of the late John 
 and Hannah (Hrown) Davis. Mr. Davis, 
 born June 11, 1/92, died February 20, 1.S67. 
 His wife, who was born at Kpsom, November 
 '3i '7931 "^lied December 27, 1847. Their 
 five children were David, John H., Mary 
 Ann, and the ladies already named. David 
 
 died in infancy. John II., born March 9, 
 1820, is now living with his third wife in 
 Illinois. Of his three children two are liv- 
 ing. Mary Ann, born September 7, 1821, 
 married James Winn, of Vermont, and died 
 September 20, 1891. .Mrs. Henrietta Davis, 
 born January 13, 1S24, who married Henry 
 W. Davis, July 5, 1854, had two children, 
 of whom Winfield Scott Davis is living, and 
 resides in Cornish. While serving in the 
 Civil War, her husband was exposed to so 
 much hardshiij that his health was destroyed; 
 and he died in a few days after reaching 
 home. Miss Georgiana Davis, who was born 
 January 14, 1828, and was educated in the 
 town schools, has always made her home at 
 the old homestead, which was her birthplace. 
 Both she and her sister are very charitable. 
 Their great-grandfather, John Davis, was born 
 in Wales, luigland. The grandfather, David 
 Davis, was born at Greenland, N.H., Decem- 
 ber 25, 1758. He was a soldier in the Rev- 
 olutionary War, and thereafter drew a pension 
 from the government as long as he lived. 
 An earnest Christian, he was a daily reader 
 of the Scriptures. He died at the advanced 
 age of eighty-eight years. As his grand- 
 daughters, Mrs. Davis and her sister are cjual- 
 ified to become members of the organization 
 called the "Daughters of the Revolution." 
 
 — 4-»-»*-*— 
 
 ENRV HARRISON EDWARDS, 
 
 a watchmaker of acknowledged abil- 
 
 - \^ _, ity, wlio is iiiiw residing in jMlens- 
 
 town, was born in Laconia, N.H., July 28, 
 1840, son of Nathaniel and Rachel (Ranlett) 
 ICdwards. His grandfathei', Fbenezer lul- 
 wards, who in his earlier years followed the 
 sea, subsequently learned the hatter's trade, 
 and followed it in Laconia for many years. 
 .Annther source of income to him was the
 
 JiKXiRAl'illCAl. RKVIIAV 
 
 IV I 
 
 tcachin;^ ot (jloculiun. His upright character 
 ami intellectual attainments gained for him a 
 high staiuling in the cslinialiun nf his fellow- 
 Idwnsnicii. lie died at the age of sixty-eight 
 )c,iis. In politics he acted with the Whig 
 party, and he was a Hajitist in his religions 
 helief. He wedded Martha Watson, a native 
 of Dover, N.II., who also died at the age of 
 sixty-eight. ( )f their eleven children David, 
 William, Charles, J'dien, Mary, and rierjiont 
 are li\'ing. 
 
 Nathaniel lulwards, father of Henry 11. , 
 was born in I'lymouth, N.H., December 7, 
 181 3. He learned the shoemaker's trade in 
 New Market, N.H., and followed it for several 
 years in his native town. Later he became 
 assistant suiierintcndcnt of the Lake Water 
 Company. In politics he was originally a 
 Whig, and later became a Republican. He 
 served as Tax Collector for some time, and was 
 Chief of the I'^ire Department for a number of 
 years. In his latter years he attended the 
 Haptist church. He died at the age of 
 seventy-two years. His wife, Rachel, who is 
 a native of Gilmanton, N.H., became the 
 mother of three sons — Ceorge W. , Henry H., 
 and Frank A. George VV., now deceased, 
 marrietl for his first wife Miss Lawton, of 
 rittsfield, Mass., who had no children. His 
 second wife, Ida Mills Edwards, of Williams- 
 town, Mass., now resides in Pittsfield, Mass., 
 with her two children — George W. and 
 Blanche. Frank A. married Nellie Tilletson, 
 of Whiteficld, N.H., and his children are: 
 F'rank, Nathaniel II., Louise, and Jessie. 
 Mrs. Nathaniel F^dvvards, now eighty-four years 
 idd, is residing with ber son in Laconia. 
 
 Henry Harrison lulwards was educated in 
 the public schools of his native town. Subse- 
 quently he learned the watchmaker's trade in 
 Laconia, and followed it there as a journey- 
 man for four years. Off and on for several 
 
 years he was employed at the Waltham Watch 
 Factory; and he has also worked in St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt., Pittsfield, Worcester, and Haver- 
 hill, Mass. His last engagement with the 
 Waltham Com|)any extended (jver a period of 
 twenty years, ending in 1.S92, at which time 
 he came to Allenstown. 
 
 On September 13, 1-S77, Mr. ICdwards \v.,.s 
 united in marriage with Helen P. Otterson, 
 daughter of Thomas James and Phoebe P. S. 
 (Pryant) Otterson, late of Allenstown. Mr. 
 and Mrs. lulwards have had one daughter, 
 Pauline L. , now deceased. Politically, Mr. 
 lulwards is a Republican. Both he and Mrs. 
 lulwards are liberal in their religious views. 
 
 HOMAS J. OTTERSON, formerly a 
 well-known business man of Allens- 
 town, was born in Hookset, N. H., 
 I-'ebruary 8, 181 8, son of William and Betsey 
 (Cofran) Otterson. On the paternal side he 
 descended from William Otterson, a native of 
 Ireland, who was drowned in Lake Champlain 
 during the French and Indian War. William's 
 son, James Otterscm, grandfather of Thomas 
 J., was born in Londonderry, N. LI., August 
 '9. '757- "^^ \^''is the father of twelve chil- 
 dren, of whom William (second), father of 
 Thomas J., was the third child. The father, 
 who was born in Hookset, October 30, 1789, 
 reared a family of five children, of whom 
 Thomas J. was the eldest. 
 
 Reared and educated in Hookset, Thomas 
 James Otterson was engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits in his native town until 1861. Then 
 he moved to Allenstown, and entered the lum- 
 ber business. He was very successful finan- 
 cially, was prominent in public affairs, and 
 served as Treasurer and Collector in Allens- 
 town for a number of years. Highly respected 
 for his upright character and other estimable
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 qualities in life, his death on January 28, 
 1S93, when he was seventy-five years old, was 
 regretted by all who knew hini. Me left a 
 good estate. 
 
 Mr. Otterson married riicKbe P. S. l^ryant, 
 daughter of Nathan and Delight (Nichols) 
 Bryant. Their only child, Helen P., is now 
 Mrs. Henry H. Edwards, of Allenstown. Mrs. 
 Otterson died at the age of si.\ty-seven years. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Otterson attended the 
 Universalist church. 
 
 (^AMES MADISON JONES, the popu- 
 lar and efficient station agent of the 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad at Con- 
 cord, was born at Deerlield, N.H., April 26, 
 1833, son of James and Hannah L. (Marston) 
 Jones. Jacob Jones, his grandfather, a native 
 of Pittsfield, N.H., kept a successful clock 
 and gunsmith shop in his native town for 
 many years. He had a high local reputation 
 as a mechanic, and he lived to a good old age. 
 James Jones, who was born in Pittsfield, 
 N.H., inherited his father's mechanical 
 talent. He took up and continued the pater- 
 nal business of making and repairing clocks 
 and executing gunsmith work, adding thereto 
 that of a blacksmith. In the latter half of 
 his life he removed to Concord, where he en- 
 tered the employ of Abiel Chandler, the 
 clock-maker, and soon established for himself 
 a great local reputation in that city for skill 
 in his line of business. He could repair any 
 sort of machine or mechanical instrument. 
 His useful life closed in Concord, at the age 
 of seventy-eight years. He married Hannah 
 L. Marston, of Pittsfield. Their family con- 
 sisted of the following children: James Madi- 
 son, the subject of this sketch; Thomas A., 
 who went to Chicago, 111., and was appointed 
 jjaymaster on the Chicago & North-western 
 
 Railroad; Charles E., who is an engineer on 
 the Boston & Maine Railroad; George A., 
 who enlisted for service in the Civil War, first 
 at Portsmouth in the First New Hampshire 
 Regiment of Volunteers, and subsequently for 
 three years in Company E of the Second New 
 Hampshire Regiment, and who was killed at 
 the battle of Gettysburg in 1863; Frank and 
 Eddie, twins, of whom P>ank died aged two 
 years and Eddie aged twelve years; and Addie, 
 who died at the age of nine years. 
 
 After receiving his education in the district 
 schools of Concord, James Madison Jones first 
 went to work in hotels. After that he took 
 up stage driving as a means of livelihood, and 
 for a number of years continued in that busi- 
 ness, running stages to and fro between vari- 
 ous New Hampshire towns. He first drove a 
 stage from Hillsborough to Bradford Springs, 
 then from East Andover to West Springfield, 
 then the daily stage between Springfield and 
 New London, then from Manchester to Hills- 
 borough, and after that to Concord. At the 
 time of the building of the Sixth Avenue 
 Railroad in New York City he went twice to 
 New York with a shipment of horses, remain- 
 ing in that city on each occasion for about six 
 months. On July i, 1852, he entered the em- 
 ploy of the Old Concord Railroad, and worked 
 as brakeman and baggage-master between 
 Concord and Boston for about eight vears. 
 Then he was promoted to the post of con- 
 ductor, in which capacity he served the corpora- 
 tion on various trains running from Concord, 
 Nashua, Portsmouth, Boston, and return, for 
 another period of eight years. In 1869 he 
 was appointed to the important anil resjjon- 
 sible jiosition of station and baggage agent, 
 and the superintendence of trains and train- 
 men at Concord. Upon the consolidation of 
 the Concord and Montreal roads he was contin- 
 ued in the same capacity, i^eing too valuable
 
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 and wrl l-traiiR'(l a man fur the corporat inn Id 
 lose. In November, i8(S5, the new ami cum- 
 motlious station erected by the railroad author- 
 ities was ready for use; and Mr. Jones was 
 |)ul in chari^e of the same, to the satisfaction 
 of the travellers passing through the place. 
 
 Mr. Jones married Jane Maria Swan, and 
 has two children. These arc: Fred C. , who 
 has been a conductoi- on the Concord, Boston 
 & Maine Railroad for about twenty years; 
 and Jennie, who niarrieil George H. Wright, 
 of Bradford, and is the mother of two children 
 — Dorothy and James Jones Wright. A sec- 
 ond marriage was contracted by Mr. Jones 
 with Harriet M. Merrill. In [lolitics he is a 
 Democrat, and iiis first Presidential vote was 
 cast for James Buchanan in 1856. He is an 
 attendant at the Congregational church in 
 Concord. He has been a member of the St. 
 John Lodge of Free Masons of Portsmouth 
 since the year 1861, and he also belongs to 
 the White Mountain Lodge of Odd Fellows of 
 Concord. 
 
 RANK H. CHAPMAN, a leading 
 druggist of P'ranklin Falls, was born in 
 Lowell, Mass., May 29, 1848, son of 
 l':ben L. Chapman, of New Market, N. PL 
 The father, who was born in 1807, removed to 
 Lawrence, Mass., and was there a successful 
 grocer for forty-one years, retiring from active 
 business in i860. He married for his first 
 wife a Towle, of New Market, who died leav- 
 ing no children. For his second wife he 
 married Mrs. Martha J. Hilton Hanscomb, and 
 their children were: P'rank H., the subject of 
 this sketch; and Charles, who died at the age 
 of six years. 
 
 P'rank PL Chapman received his education 
 in the common and high schools of Lawrence, 
 Mass. In 1864 he entered the employ of 
 II. M. Whitney, a druggist, to learn the busi- 
 
 ness, remaining there for five years. After- 
 ward, in Brooklyn, N. V., he was em|)loyed in 
 the store id lOmil Heydenreich & Co. for three 
 years. In 1875 he came to Franklin Fall.s, and 
 purchased the drug store of ]•:. H. Sturtevant, 
 whom he succeeded in the business, continu- 
 ing alone until 1893, when he .sold one-half 
 interest to Charles luldy. The store is now 
 carried on under the style of P". H. Chapman 
 & Co. They have a full line of drug.s, medi- 
 cines, etc., and have succeeded in building up 
 a large and successful business. Mr. Chap- 
 man now leaves the entire charge of the store 
 to his partner, Mr. luldy. He is also con- 
 nected with the well-known wholesale drug- 
 gists, Rust & Richardson, of Hanover Street, 
 Boston, Mass. At one time he was the Presi- 
 dent of the New Hampshire Pharmaceutical 
 Association. 
 
 In August, 1872, Mr. Chapman was united 
 in marriage with Ella V. James, of Lawrence, 
 Mass., daughter of T. W. James, a machinist 
 residing in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Chajiman 
 are the parents of five children, namely: Lucy 
 B., born in June, 1873, who is now the wife 
 of John Proctor, of P'ranklin P'alls; Eben L., 
 born in August, 1876, now attending the In- 
 stitute of Technology in Boston, Mass. ; 
 P'rank W. , born in August, 1877, a student 
 at Dartmouth College; Charles E. , born in 
 June, 1S78, who attends Phillips Academy at 
 Andover, Mass. ; and John H., born in March, 
 1883, novy at home with his parents. Mr. 
 Chapman was the legislative Representative 
 of his district in 1893. He has also been 
 Town Clerk for several years. In politics he 
 is a stanch Republican. In Masonry he has 
 taken the thirty-second degree, having mem- 
 bership in the Blue Lodge and in the F. A. 
 Raymond Consistory of Nashua, N. H. He 
 also belongs to the Odd Fellows, Red Men, 
 Knights of Honor, and Knights of Pythias.
 
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 Mr. Chapman i.s one of Franklin ]''alls' most 
 highly esteemed citizens, and has been emi- 
 nently successful throughout his life. His 
 home is one of the finest residences in Frank- 
 lin Falls, and he has surrounded his family with 
 many of the lu.xuries of life. 
 
 I^OSES H. FARNUM, a prominent 
 resident of Concord, was born in 
 Concord, February 3, 1811, son 
 of Moses and Esther (Carter) ]'"arnum. The 
 family is of Welsh origin. Ralph Farnum, 
 the first of the name in this country, came 
 from Wales and settled in Andover, Mass. 
 He subsequently removed to Concord, N. H. ; 
 and his descendants have continued to hold 
 and occupy his original land purchase in that 
 town up to the present time. Ephraim Far- 
 .num, son of Ivalph and the great-grandfather 
 of Moses IF, born on the paternal estate, re- 
 sided thereon throughout his life. His son, 
 also named Ephraim, was born on the same 
 estate, passed his life in its cultivation and 
 improvement, and died at the age of ninety- 
 four years. Tlie maiden name of Grand- 
 father Farnum's wife was Judith Hall. 
 
 Moses Farnum, son of Ephraim and the 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was 
 also born on the paternal estate, and passed 
 his life there as a farmer. A portion of 
 his house is still standing. He served his 
 town as Selectman for a time, and he at- 
 tained the age of seventy-one years. The 
 second of his two marriages was contracted 
 with Esther Carter, a sister of his first wife. 
 He reared a family of si.\ children. 
 
 Moses H. Farnum received his education 
 partly in the district schools and jjartly in a 
 private school of Concord. He has passed his 
 long life on his patrimonial estate, devoting 
 his time and attention to its improvement. 
 
 Reduced by subdivision, the ijro[jerty now con- 
 tains one hundred acres. In 1870 he erected 
 on it a fine set of hew buildings. Prior to the 
 incorporation of Concord as a city Mr. Far- 
 num served it as Selectman for a number of 
 years. Afterward he was several times elected 
 by his townsmen to represent them in the city 
 government. He also held the office of As- 
 sessor of Taxes in his ward for a number of 
 years. In 18S3 he was elected to the New 
 Hampshire legislature. 
 
 Mr. P'arnum has been twice married. By 
 his first wife, Judith A. Kilburn P^arnum, 
 his children were: Frank B., residing in Con- 
 cord, who married Sadie Brown, of Boscawen, 
 and has two children; Anna L., who married 
 Charles P'arnum, and resides in the neighbor- 
 hood ; and Edward E., who married Mary 
 Larthard of P.E. Island, has one child, Judith 
 H., and lives on the homestead. P'or his 
 second wife he married Ann Hale, the widow 
 of Asa L. Pervier, and a daughter of Isaac and 
 Betsy (Pearson) Hale. Born of this marriage 
 is one son — Raljih Perley P'arnum, who lives 
 at home. 
 
 In politics Mr. P^irnum is a Republican. 
 He cast his first Presidential ballot for Martin 
 Van Buren in 1S36. Both he and Mrs. Far- 
 num are members of the West Congregational 
 Church of Concord. He has the satisfaction 
 of looking back over an unusually well-spent 
 and useful life, and that brought by the con- 
 fidence and respect of all who know him. 
 
 M 
 
 ANIEL F. WYMAN, a successful 
 lumber dealer of Henniker and an 
 e.x-member of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in the southern part of 
 this town, November 29, 1826. His maternal 
 ancestors were early settlers in New Hamp- 
 shire. Moses Harriman, his jireat-grand-
 
 CYRUS E. BAKER.
 
 l!l()(;k.\i'iiic.\(, ki'A'ii'AV 
 
 497 
 
 father, was Ijorn in I'laistf)vv in 17^,0. I lis 
 <;raiui|)arcnts, l^ldad aiul Lyilia (White) llar- 
 riman, wiio were iiichistribus farminf^ people, 
 lived til be eij;lity-fiuir years old. Daniel 
 resided with his grandparents until he was 
 sixteen or seventeen years old. Ihen he 
 learned daguerreotyping; and, after following 
 it for a time, he sold out his apparatus and 
 became a clerk for James I'everly in Concord. 
 A year later he was employed in the same 
 capacity in Hcnniker. Subscciueiill)' Mr. 
 VVyman visited Ohio for the purpose of seeing 
 the country. In 1849 he formed a partner- 
 ship with Jonas Wallace, the father of Judge 
 Robert M. Wallace, of Milford, and for sonu' 
 years was engaged in a general mercantile 
 business in Henniker. He then returned to 
 the farm for the purpose of managing the 
 projierty and caring for his aged grandparents 
 and mother. After the death of the former 
 he settled the estate. He then took up his 
 residence in Henniker village, bought timber 
 lands, and established himself in the lumber 
 business, which he has since successfully fol- 
 lowed. He erected houses in Henniker and 
 Manchester with lumber which he cut and 
 sawed. He has invested to a considerable 
 extent in city property in Los Angele.s, Cal., 
 which he visited eight years ago, spending 
 several months in sight -seeing upon the 
 Pacific slope. He spent the winter of 1875 
 and 1876 in Florida. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican. He has been quite active in local 
 affairs. He has served as Supervisor; and 
 he represented this town in the legislature 
 of 1883, serving upon the Insurance Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Wyman first joined in mar- 
 riage with Mar)' E. Coggswell, who died in 
 1879. She was a daughter of George W. 
 Coggswell, Henniker. Mr. Wyman con- 
 tracted a second marriage on January 10, 
 
 r.S'S2, with Harriet Strobridge, who was born 
 in Meriden village, town of I'lainficld, .Sulli- 
 van County, N.H., daughter of Oliver H. and 
 Lucinda (Sijaulding) .Strobridge. Her father 
 died when she was ten years old. I'rior to 
 her marriage Mrs. Wyman was a milliner in 
 St. Johnsbury, Vt., and in Manchester, N.H. 
 Her mother, Mrs. .Strobridge, resides with 
 her. Mr. Wyman is a member of Crescent 
 Lodge and l-jicampment of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. He has been quite 
 active in the affairs of the lodge, and was at 
 one time a member of the Grand Lodge of 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 7TAVRUS ]•. HAKER, M.D., of Clare- 
 
 ( Vp niont, Sullivan County, N.H., the 
 ^v^.^.^ well-known physician and oculist, 
 was born in I'lainfield, this State, April 9, 
 1835, son of Dimic and Hannah (Colby) 
 Baker, lie is of the eighth generation in 
 descent from Jeffrey Baker, who came from 
 England, and was one of the original settlers 
 of Windsor, Conn. 
 
 Jeffrey Baker married November 25, 1642, 
 Joan Rockwell. They had five children, one 
 of them being a son, Joseph, born June 18, 
 1655, who married Hannah Cook Buckland, 
 January 30, 1677. I'ive children were the 
 fruit of this union. Joseph Baker's son, 
 Joseph, Jr., born April 13, 1678, was mar- 
 ried on July 8, 1702, to Hannah Pomroy, by 
 whom he had Joseph, Jr., second, and Sam- 
 uel; and by his second wife, Abigail Bissel, 
 he had John, Hannah, Jacob, Abigail, Elbene- 
 zer, Daniel, Heman, Titus, and Abigail. 
 Joseph, Jr., second, died January 29, 1754; 
 his wife, Abigail, died I-'ebruary 13, 1768. 
 Their son, Heman, the next in this line, was 
 born April 27, 1719. He married Lois Gil- 
 bert, November 24, 1747, and had the follow- 
 ing children: Heman, Jr., who was a soldier
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 during the Revolutionary War, was taken 
 prisoner, and died three months after his dis- 
 charge; Anna; Deborah; John; Oliver, who 
 became a doctor of medicine; Abigail; Lois; 
 Delight; and Lydia. Oliver Baker, son of 
 Heman, was born at Tolland, Conn., October 
 5, 1755, and died October 3, 1811. Remar- 
 ried Dorcas Dimic, March 23, 1780. She 
 was born September 23, 1760, and died Octo- 
 ber 3, 1849. Their children were: Heman; 
 Diantha; Zinia and Lina, who were twins; 
 Oliver, Jr.; Semantha; Dimic; Dorcas; 
 Lodema; Elizabeth; and Mary. Heman died 
 March 16, 1845. Lina died August 27, 
 1808. Dorcas died July 26, 1825. Semantha 
 died August i, 1S26. 
 
 Dimic Baker, son of Oliver Baker, M. D., 
 was born March 18, 1793, in Plainfield, N.H., 
 where he lived until his death, which oc- 
 curred March 19, 1876. He was a prosperous 
 farmer and wool producer, a shrewd buyer 
 and seller, and one of the strongest and most 
 prominent men of the town. He married 
 June 2, 1822, Hannah Colby, who was born 
 February 7, 1794, and died March 17, 1S56. 
 It had been his noble aim to leave his chil- 
 dren the legacy of a good education. The 
 children were five in nimiber, as follows: 
 Elias, who died November 11, 1884; Edward 
 D., who was an able lawyer, as shown by a 
 brief memoir on another page; Hannah A.; 
 Helen F. ; and Cyrus E., the direct subject 
 of the present sketch. 
 
 At the age of eighteen Cyrus E. Baker, 
 although not a college graduate, began teach- 
 ing school, being called from Kimball Union 
 Academy, Meriden, N.H., while taking his 
 Latin course. He followed this occupation 
 during the winter, and in the spring returned 
 to the academy to complete the course. On 
 reaching his majority, and having received a 
 fair education, he learned of the sale by the 
 
 United States government of the "Delaware 
 Trust Lands" in the West, which were then 
 open for pre-emption, and started in the 
 spring of 1857 for ''bleeding Kansas," so 
 called, to become a squatter and purchaser of 
 a portion of said lands, where for months he 
 witnessed all the horrors of the Southern sys- 
 tem of human bondage and their enmity to 
 the Union cause, taking his chances among 
 them as a Union man, standing for the per- 
 sonal protection of James Lane and John 
 Brown's sons, and the cause they espoused, 
 their father having been killed a few months 
 before for his Union principles. 
 
 Locating among the wilds of Kansas, some 
 eight miles north of what is now the city of 
 Topeka, he stayed there about six months; 
 and then, having secured his lands, he re- 
 turned to his home in New Hampshire, with 
 the fullest convictions of the injustice of 
 human slavery and Southern rule. He after- 
 ward attended the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons in New York, where he was grad- 
 uated in 1S62, ranking high in his class. 
 He seemed to have inherited an aptitude for 
 his profession, there having been in his fam- 
 ily several eminent physicians. While an 
 undergraduate, he was for a time usher to the 
 noted Dr. Alonzo Clark, one of the professors 
 at the college, with whom he was a favorite. 
 
 After receiving his degree of Doctor of 
 Medicine, Dr. Baker was for several months 
 house pliysician in the New York City Hospi- 
 tal, receiving within that time two promotions, 
 and finally becoming "acting house physician " 
 there. He left this fine position to enter the 
 army, enlisting as acting assistant surgeon in 
 the United States Army, and serving with 
 efficiency in the Departments of Virginia and 
 North Carolina, having taken this step from 
 the purest motives of duty and of loyalty to 
 his country, which spirit had been character-
 
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 499 
 
 istic of his ancestors. Durin<:; his service in 
 the army he stood by the operating-table 
 upon the field of action; and he also treated 
 cases of small-pox and fevers and other dis- 
 eases among the colored as well as the white 
 troops. He was once ordered to establish a 
 small-pox hos|iital, which was placed in his 
 charge. Always doing his best work, in all 
 cases he used his tiieoretical as well as his 
 practical knowledge, and became an excep- 
 tionally efficient and va]ual)lc physician, al- 
 ways willing and loyal, never murmuring at 
 overwork and extra hours. The intimate 
 knowledge of small-pox thus acquired came 
 to his aid in after years, when in 1895 this 
 dreaded disease gained an entrance into the 
 town of Claremont. The physicians of the 
 town were baffled; and it was not until Dr. 
 Baker was consulted, and he consented to 
 take charge, that the epidemic was stopped. 
 Many a home is grateful to him for his 
 skilled treatment of this disease. He was 
 equally successful in cases of typhoid fever. 
 
 In August, 1862, while marching with 
 McClellan from Harris's Landing to Fortress 
 Monroe, the Doctor received a severe sun- 
 stroke, from the effects of which he has never 
 fully recovered. Though he did not at once 
 leave the armv, his health was so seriously 
 impaired that he was finally honorably dis- 
 charged; and he returned to Claremont, 
 where he took up his practice, and where he 
 has been established ever since the war. He 
 now receives a pension from the government. 
 He is justly proud of his war record; and, 
 undoubtedly, no physician or soldier served 
 his country more faithfully than did Dr. 
 Cyrus E. Baker. In later years, owing to 
 the fact of continued ill health, he has made 
 a specialty of the study of the eye, and has 
 accomjilished more in this direction than has 
 any other physician in Claremont. Since the 
 
 organization of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic at Claremont he has been surgeon of the 
 fraternity. He was for some time a member 
 of the Sullivan Cornmandery of Masons; but, 
 owing to the illness and deafness which were 
 the result of the sunstroke received in the 
 army, he was obliged to resign from both 
 societies. He is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church, and in pf)litics he is a Republi- 
 can. 
 
 Dr. Baker has twice married. By his first 
 wife, Martha Jane Preston, of Weathersficld, 
 Vt. , he had one daughter, Alice, who died at 
 the age of fourteen years. The Doctor and 
 his second wife, Elizabeth Ann Erskine, 
 daughter of Hiram Erskine, of Claremont, 
 have had four children, namely: Georgietta, 
 who was graduated at the Stevens High 
 .School, and died at the age of twenty years; 
 lulgar H. and Eugene A., twins, who died in 
 infancy; and Walter E, , their only living 
 child, who is now attending the Stevens High 
 School. 
 
 rmo 
 
 EORGE H. BARTLETT, a prosper- 
 V f^F ous manufacturer of .Sunapee, was 
 born in that town, September 28, 
 1 84 1, son of John and Sarah (Sanborn) Bart- 
 lett, natives respectively of Deering and 
 Springfield, N.H. He belongs to an old 
 family. One of his ancestors was a signer 
 of the Declaration of Independence. John 
 Bartlett, his grandfather, was a farmer in 
 Deering, and died at a good old age. John's 
 son, also named John, was a pioneer of Suna- 
 pee. This John came here on horseback, and 
 took up new and almost wild land. The re- 
 mainder of his life was spent in Sunapee, 
 where he left the reputation of an energetic 
 man. He lived to the ripe age of cighty- 
 tiiree years, and his wife lived to be eighty- 
 two. They were both supporters of the Meth-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 odist Episcopal church, and in politics he was 
 a Democrat. Of their eight children five 
 are living. One is John Bartlett, the present 
 Representative to Concord from the town of 
 Sunapee. General Charles H. Bartlett, of 
 •Manchester, N.H., is another. 
 
 George H. Bartlett passed his boyhood in 
 his native place, receiving the education af- 
 forded by the common schools, supplemented 
 by a course at New London Academy. His 
 first experience in business was obtained in 
 a sash and blind factory in Manchester, and 
 he was a box-maker there for some time. 
 Later on he returned to Sunapee, and en- 
 gaged in his present business — the manufact- 
 ure of hames. He and Mr. W. H. H. Cowles 
 established the industry there in 1865, and it 
 was started on a small scale compared with its 
 extent at the present time. At first they 
 made the Concord hame. They continued in 
 business till 1882, when Mr. Cowles sold his 
 interest to Irving G. Rowell, who is now in 
 business with Mr. l-Sartlett at Sunapee in the 
 same concern. The firm name was Bartlett 
 & Rowell until January, i8g6, when the firm 
 was again enlarged, and incorporated under 
 the name of the Consolidated Hame Company. 
 This latter company has the largest hame 
 plant in the United States to-day, and is at 
 present composed of the two firms of Bartlett 
 & Rowell, of Sunapee, and Baker, Carr & 
 Co., of Andover, N. H. They employ about 
 sixty hands at each factory, and generally run 
 for the greater i:)art of the year. The original 
 factory at Siuiapee was destroyed by fire in 
 January, 1893. It was immediately rebuilt 
 on a much larger and improved plan. There 
 is now a very gootl set of new, neat frame 
 buildings and excellent water-power drawn 
 from the Sugar River. To this the firm has 
 added a brass foundry. At present they man- 
 ufacture the common Vvood hame, also a fancy 
 
 hame and an iron one. The factory in An- 
 dover, N.H., while made up of older build- 
 ings, is about the same in the other details. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett has always been actively in- 
 terested in the affairs of his native town. 
 From 1 888 to 1892 he was Treasurer of 
 Sullivan County. He is now a member of 
 the Sunapee School Board, and he held the 
 office of Sergeant-at-arms in the State Senate 
 in the year 1880-81. He has been quite 
 active in political matters, and is a stanch 
 Republican. His religious belief is the 
 Methodist Episcopal creed, and for the past 
 sixteen years he has been the superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school connected with the local 
 society. He is rightly classed among the 
 leading men of his town, and has been largely 
 instrumental in the upbuilding of the Con- 
 solidated Hame Company in Sunapee. He is 
 a man of courteous, affable address, and 
 stands very high in the estimation of his 
 townspeople. Mr. Bartlett was married in 
 1864 to Sarah A. Cowles, of Claremont, N. H. 
 They have two children — Ernest P. and 
 Mary I. 
 
 M 
 
 AVID SARGENT, a well-known 
 farmer and cattle dealer of Dunbar- 
 ton, Merrimack County, N. H., was 
 born in this town in 1833, son of Eliphalet 
 R. and Lydia (Wells) Sargent. His paternal 
 grandfather, Thomas, was a native of Goffs- 
 tovvn, N. H., in which place, also, he died. 
 He was a farmer by occupation. 
 
 Eliphalet R. Sargent was born in Goffs- 
 town, Hillsborough County, N.H. He ac- 
 quired a common - school education in his 
 native town, after which he engaged in farm- 
 ing during the rest of his active life. In 
 politics he was a Republican ; and he served 
 as Selectman and as Representative to the 
 legislature two years, besides filling other
 
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 SO' 
 
 offices. lie and his wife, T.ydia Wells Sar- 
 f^cnt, reared nine children. Mr. Sargent died 
 at the age of eighty-two years. 
 
 David .Sargent, who was the next to the 
 youngest of his parents' four sons, was educated 
 in the schools of Dunbarton and Derry, N.H. 
 lie then went to work on the farm, where lie 
 still remains. His enterprising spirit has led 
 him to engage in the manufacture of lumber, 
 and he has also dealt extensively in cattle. 
 Some time ago lie made a tour through the 
 West, visiting Salt Lake City and many other 
 important places, including some in Cali- 
 fornia. Mr. Sargent married Mary Ann, 
 daughter of John and Mehitable (Smith) 
 Woo(li)urn, of Londonderry, N.IL; and they 
 have reared five children, namely: Fred D. 
 Sargent, boni I-"ebruary 5, 1.S5S; Mary Lizzie, 
 born February 13, 1X60; John W., born 
 September 6, 1867; Frank H., born April 12, 
 1873; and Nat A., horn September 15, 1878. 
 Mrs. Sargent's father was an uncle of Horace 
 Greeley. Mr. Sargent is a Republican in 
 
 politics. 
 
 « < * » » 
 
 / C^TTToRGE COOK, M.D., a prominent 
 \ f5 1 physician of Concord, was born at 
 Dover, this State, November 16, 
 184S, son of Solomon and Susan Ann (Hayes) 
 Cook. His early education was obtained in 
 the Concord High School and in Franklin 
 Academy. In 1865 he began to read medi- 
 cine with Drs. Charles P. Gage and Granville 
 P. Conn, of Concord. Also he attended a 
 course of lectures on medicine at Burlington, 
 Vt., and two courses at the School of Medi- 
 cine of Dartmouth College. After graduat- 
 ing from the last-named school in 1869, he 
 immediately began the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Henniker, N.H., where he remained 
 for a year. During the next five years, from 
 1870 to 1875, he was at Hillsborough, this 
 
 State, and while there won for himself wide 
 recognition as an able and skilful practi- 
 tioner. In 1872 he had charge of seventeen 
 cases of small-pox. He was made .Superin- 
 tendent of Schools at Hillsborough in 1874. 
 In May of the following year he came to Con- 
 cord, where he has since resided. 
 
 Dr. Cook is a member of the Centre Dis- 
 trict Medical Society, and in 1882 was its 
 president. He is also a member of the Asso- 
 ciation of Military Surgeons of the United 
 States, of the American Medical Association, 
 and of the New Hampshire State Medical 
 Society. In 1890 he was senior delegate of 
 the last-named society to Dartmouth College, 
 and delivered an address before the graduating 
 class on "The Physician as an Fducator." 
 During tiie small-pox eiMclemic in Montreal 
 in 1885 Dr. Cook was appointed Inspector 
 for the State Board of Health of New Hamp- 
 shire. He had charge of the small-pox epi- 
 demic in May and June, 1895, when he was 
 engaged for six weeks, attending twenty-six 
 cases. He was a member of the City l^oard 
 of Health from 1878 to 1884, from 1889 to 
 1893 he was examining surgeon for pensions, 
 while at present he is surgeon to the Mar- 
 garet Pillsbury General Hospital and physi- 
 cian to the Odd Fellows Home in Concord. 
 He is also president of the New Hampshire 
 Association of Boards of Health, and jjresi- 
 dent of the State Board of Medical Examiners, 
 representing the New Hampshire Medical 
 Society under the medical registration law. 
 
 In politics Dr. Cook is a Republican; and 
 he was sent as Representative to the State 
 legislature in 1883-84, serving during his 
 term as chairman of the Committee on Mili- 
 tary Affairs. In 1879 'i'^ was commissioned 
 Assistant Surgeon of the New Hampshire 
 National Guard. In 1882 he was promoted 
 to the post of Surgeon. Two years later he
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 was made Medical Director, and in 1893 and 
 1894 was Surgeon -general. 
 
 Dr. Cook has given especial attention to 
 the treatment and prevention of small-pox 
 and to the questions which confront the army 
 physician. He is the author of a paper en- 
 titled "Small-pox," published in the Transac- 
 tions of the New Hampshire Medical Society 
 in 1873, and of another, "Hygiene of the 
 Camp," General Orders, Adjutant - general's 
 office, 1884. F"raternally, he is a member of 
 Eureka Lodge, No. 70, F. & A. M. ; of Valley 
 Lodge, No. 43, L O. O. F., of Hillsborough; 
 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
 and of the Sons of Veterans Camp, Thomas 
 Leaver, No. 4, of Concord. 
 
 IMOTHY B. ROSSITER, one of the 
 wealthiest men in Claremont, was born 
 there, -September 18, 1807, son of Sher- 
 man and Olive (Baldwin) Rossiter. Sir Ed- 
 ward Rossiter, the founder of the family, with 
 his son and son's wife, Dr. and Mrs. Bray 
 Rossiter, embarked from Plymouth, England, 
 on the ship "Mary and John," March 20, 
 1630, and arrived at Nantasket, Mass., May 
 30, 1630. They began a settlement at Mat- 
 tapan, and in the spring of 1636 removed to 
 Windsor, Conn. .Sir Edward Rossiter, who 
 was chosen in London in 1629 to serve as 
 an assistant to Governor Winthrop, died soon 
 after his arrival in the colonies. Dr. Bray 
 Rossiter, his son, removed in 1650 to Guil- 
 ford, Conn., where he became a planter, and 
 purchased in 165 1 the Desbourough estate. 
 Dr. Rossiter died September 30, 1672, leav- 
 ing ten children. Josiah Rossiter, a son of 
 the Doctor, born at Windsor, removed with his 
 father to Guilford. For ten years, between 
 tile years 1700 and 171 i, he was Assistant 
 Governor in the colony of Connecticut, 
 
 and for some years Recorder and Justice 
 of the Peace. He had seventeen children. 
 His death occurred January 31, 17 16. The- 
 ophilus, his son, born February 12, 1696, 
 married Abigail Pierson, November 18, 1725, 
 became the father of fourteen children, and 
 died April 9, 1770. His son. Captain Will- 
 iam, who was born February 11, 1740, mar- 
 ried Submit Chittenden, February 18, 1768, 
 and died December 28, 1820, leaving eleven 
 children. 
 
 Sherman Rossiter, the father of Timothy 
 B. Rossiter, born April 20, 1775, leaving 
 Guilford, Conn., came up the Connecticut 
 River to Claremont when that section was 
 nearly all wilderness. He was one of the 
 first settlers of the eastern part of the town. 
 His death occurred in his sixty-fourth year. 
 His wife, Olive, who was a daughter of Tim- 
 othy Baldwin, of Guilford, had eight children 
 — William, Pomeroy M. , Luzern S., Stephen 
 F., Chittenden, Lorett, Submit, and Timothy 
 B. William was a merchant of Claremont. 
 When but twenty-four years of age he engaged 
 in business. He was Selectman a number of 
 years and a Representative to the General 
 Court. He died I'ebruary 29, i860, leaving 
 three children — Sarah, Adelaide, and Albert. 
 Pomeroy M., deceased, married Elizabeth 
 Tucker, who bore him one child. Luzern S. 
 married Elizabeth Dart, who bore him four 
 children. Stephen F. married Maria A. 
 Marshall, and had four children. Figuring 
 prominently in local politics, he has been 
 .Selectman, Representative, County Commis- 
 sioner, and Tax Collector. In January, 1897, 
 he was appointed President of the Claremont 
 National l?ank. Chittenden, also deceased, 
 married Charlotte Converse, and left four 
 children. Lorett, deceased, married William 
 Tutherly, and had three children. Her hus- 
 band lias held various ofifices in the town sov-
 
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 ernmcnt. Submit, deceased, married Edmund 
 Wheeler, of Newport, N. II., a prominent cit- 
 izen of the place, and had one child. 
 
 Timothy H. received a common-school edu- 
 cation. After his marriage he settled in 
 Newport, N.II., where he devoted himself 
 successfully to a,i;riculture for twenty-two 
 years. On A])ril i, iS5,S, he removed to 
 Claremont, and bought the farm of Nathaniel 
 Goss. lie then began farming on a large 
 scale, and by his industry, frugality, and 
 scientific methods of work has steadily pros- 
 jjered, accumulating a handsome property, 
 becoming virtually a private banker. He 
 is consi<K'red one of the wealthiest men in 
 the town. When celebrating his golden 
 wetlding in 1 8<S6, he received the heartiest 
 congratulations from friends and neighbors. 
 
 In May, 1836, he married Elvira Dust in, 
 who was born December 14, i8og, daughter 
 of Moody Dustin. Mr. and Mrs. Rossiter are 
 in excellent health to-day, and he still attends 
 to his duties about the farm. They are mem- 
 bers of the Congregational church. They had 
 two sons and one daughter. George, one of 
 the sons, marrieil Caroline Gleason, of Plain- 
 field, N.II., and had three children — Charles, 
 Edward, and Robert. The second child, 
 named Edward, died in December, 1879. 
 Ellen, the third child, died at the age of four 
 and one-half year. 
 
 T^ENJAMIN LYMAN CULVER, late 
 a retired resident of Pembroke, 
 Merrimack County, N.II., who 
 died December 6, 1896, was born in Norwich, 
 Vt., August 10, 1830, son of the Rev. Lyman 
 and Fanny (Hovey) Culver. The Culver fam- 
 ily is of French origin, and is said to have 
 been founded in America by I5enjamin L. 
 Culver's great-grandfather, John Culver, who, 
 
 it is thought, emigrated from Pari.s, France. 
 He settled in Connecticut, where he engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits for the rest of his 
 life. 
 
 His son, James Culver, grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Connecti- 
 cut; and in early life he settled in Vermont. 
 He served in the I'rench and Indian War. 
 The active period of his life was .spent in till- 
 ing the soil. He married ; and he and his wife, 
 who both lived to a good old age, reared a family 
 of eight children. The parents were members 
 of the Methodist I']piscopal church and noted 
 for their religious zeal. Two of their sons 
 became ministers, and the Rev. David Culver 
 preached in Pembroke in 1824. 
 
 Lyman Culver, Benjamin L. Culver's father, 
 was born in Willington, Conn. ; and at the age 
 of seven years he accompanied his parents to 
 Norwich, Vt. His boyhood and youth were 
 passed upon a farm, and his leisure hours were 
 devoted to study. He was practically a self- 
 educated man ; and at the age of twenty-two, 
 having fitted himself for the ministry, he be- 
 came a Methodist preacher. Two years later 
 he espoused the Calvinist I5a[)tist faith, which 
 he earnestly adhered to for the rest of his life; 
 and he preached in Vermont, New Hampshire, 
 and Massachusetts for fifty years. He was 
 one of the most estimable and devout 13aptist 
 clergymen of his day, and was sincerely loved 
 by a large number of friends and acquaint- 
 ances in different parts of New Plngland. 
 The Rev. Lyman Culver died in HarrisvilJe, 
 now Chesham, N.II., at the age of seventy- 
 nine years. His wife, formerly Fanny Hovey, 
 was a daughter of Edmund Hovey, of Crafts- 
 bury, Vt. She became the mother of eleven 
 children, two of whom are now living, namely: 
 Betsey Hovey, who married Zophar Willard, 
 of Harrisville, N.H., and whose only daugh- 
 ter, Addie E. , is the wife of I'rank S. Harris,
 
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 of Troy, N. H. ; and Sarepta S., who married 
 Charles J. Smith, of Chesham, N. H., and has 
 three children — Herman P., Flora A., and 
 Charles M. A daughter named Caroline Ar- 
 villa, who died a few weeks ago, in June, 
 1897, was the wife of John H. Emmons, of 
 Danbury, N. H., and had two children — Car- 
 rie F. and Retta E. Another daughter, I-'an- 
 nie Bell, is also deceased; and a son Levi 
 died on his plantation at Taylor, Tex. The 
 mother, Mrs. Fanny H. Culver, died at the 
 age of seventy-si.\ years. 
 
 l^enjamin Lyman Culver was educated in the 
 public schools in his native State, attending 
 both common and high schools, and resided 
 with his parents until he was si.xteen years old. 
 He then went to Boston; and, after living in 
 that city two years, he went to Manchester, 
 N. IL, where he learned the art of photogra- 
 phy. He applied himself thereafter to his 
 calling in various parts of New England, till 
 in 1865 he settled in Pembroke, where he con- 
 ducted the business of a photographic studio 
 some si.xteen years. He finally relinquished 
 photography, which he had followed success- 
 fully for thirty years; and for two years he 
 was here engaged in the millinery and fancy- 
 goods trade. Having accjuired sufficient 
 means with which to pass the rest of his life 
 in rest and recreation, he in 1882 retired from 
 active business pursuits, and spent his time 
 leisurely at his jjleasant home in the village of 
 Suncook until his decease at the date above 
 mentioned. 
 
 On January 24, 1856, Mr. Culver was 
 united in marriage with Miranda G. Knowl- 
 ton, daughter of Ariel P. and Abigail (Lee) 
 Knowlton. Her father was a native of Hop- 
 kinton, N. H. ; and her mother was born in 
 Manchester, Mass. Mrs. Culver is of English 
 ancestry ; and her paternal grandparents were 
 Daniel H. and Mary (Stocker) Knowlton, of 
 
 Hopkinton. Daniel H. Knowlton was a 
 blacksmith and a farmer. He supported the 
 Whig part}' in politics, and in his religious 
 views was a Congregational ist. He lived to 
 be seventy-one years old, and his wife to be 
 over seventy. Mrs. Culver's mother was a 
 daughter of Amos Lee, and a grand-daughter 
 of Edward Lee, of Manchester, Mass., a sea- 
 faring man, who for many years was engaged 
 in foreign trade. He was noted for his piety 
 and religious zeal. He died at the age of over 
 seventy years. Ariel P. Knowlton, Mrs. Cul- 
 ver's father, was a boot and shoe manufacturer 
 of Hopkinton. He was originally a Whig, 
 but later a Republican, and was very conserva- 
 tive in his political views. He was deeply 
 interested in educational matters, and served 
 upon the School Committee for many years. 
 He died at the age of seventy-one years, and 
 his wife lived to be seventy-five. They were 
 members of the Congregational church. 
 
 No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cul- 
 ver. Mr. Culver always supported the Re- 
 publican party, but took no active part in po- 
 litical affairs beyond casting his vote. He 
 was connected wi-th the Masonic fraternity and 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. 
 Culver was highly respected by his fellow- 
 citizens. His life was an extremely busy one, 
 and he died lamented by all. Mrs. Culver 
 is a member of the Congregational church. 
 
 REDERICK MYRON COLBY, of 
 Warner, as well as all the Colbys of 
 America, is descended from Anthony 
 Colby, one of the Puritan colonists of Boston 
 in 1630, who subsequently settled in Amesbury, 
 Mass., where the house he dwelt in still 
 stands. The second son of his father, An- 
 thony was a lineal descendant of Sir Robert 
 de Colebi, one of King John's knights in
 
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 1199. The family scat was in the County of 
 Noifoiiv, luigland. In early times the name 
 was variously spelled Colby, Colebi, Coleby, 
 Colebey, Colebei, Chaiilby, Colbye, and 
 Colebeye. The name of two English towns, 
 as well as that of descendants of the family 
 living ill their vicinity, is Coleby; but the 
 family estate in Swardest is called Colby 
 Manor. A Danish form is Koldby. The 
 Colby aims are "argent, a chevron engraved 
 between three scallups, sable, the crest a 
 plumed helm and an arm grasping a naked 
 sword. The motto, 'Vincit amor patriae.'" 
 Anthony Colby, the American settler, had five 
 sons and three daughters. I'rom Thomas 
 Colby, his fourth son, the line of descent was 
 continued through Jacob, Valentine, Levi, 
 Valentine, anti Le\'i ( ). to I'rederick Myron 
 Colby. The following account of Mr. Colby 
 is taken from the 'l\vLiilictli Century Review 
 for April, 1S90 : — 
 
 "Frederick Myron Colby, the historical ro- 
 mancer and novelist and the most versatile 
 writer in the Granite State, was born in War- 
 ner, N.II., December 9, iS4,S. He was the 
 son of Levi O. and Mary (Durelle) Colby. 
 His early education was obtained in the 
 schools of his native town and of Concord. 
 He never attended college, but his knowledge 
 is extensive and sound. He is a good French 
 and Latin scholar, has a wide acquaintance 
 with English literature, and is familiar with 
 all the old chronicles and sagas. 
 
 "Mr. Colby's early life was passed on a 
 farm. He has always been a hard worker with 
 lirain and muscle, and has a physique abun- 
 dantly able to sustain much fatigue. b'or a 
 number of years he was a successful school 
 teacher in Merrimack County. He had written 
 considerably for the local press when, in 1S72, 
 a novel of his, 'The Pioneers of Kentucky,' 
 was published by R. M. DeWitt, of New 
 
 York. This successful venture was folhiwcd 
 by other attempts in the same channel. The 
 winter of 1S75-76 he spent in Washington, 
 D.C. , as the correspoiuient of Uoston and New 
 Hampshire jjapers ; while several historical ar- 
 ticles from his pen, of local interest, were 
 written at the capital for some of the leading 
 publications of the country. Mr. Colby may 
 be regarded as a voluminous writer, having had 
 published some thirty serial stories in various 
 periodicals, (|uite a ninnber of bound books, 
 and over three hundred poems, besides num- 
 berless sketches and stories. His most meri- 
 torious work, from a purely literary stand- 
 point, was a novel printed by the Methodist 
 Hook Concern, New York, in i<S.S6, entitled 
 'The Daughter of Pharaoh,' which has had a 
 large sale. Another book, a juvenile for boys 
 and girls, entitled ']5rave Lads and Bonnie 
 Lasses,' was recently issued by the same 
 house. Lie is at ])resent engaged on a novel 
 describing Oriental life in the days of Ahab 
 and Jezebel, and he has also nearly ready a 
 story of adventure for boys. 
 
 "As a townsman Mr. Colby is a valuable 
 citizen; and socially he is much of a favorite, 
 though somewhat inclined to be reserved in 
 unfamiliar or imcongenial company. He is 
 si.x feet in height, of fine physique and cour- 
 teous manner. With a comfortable income 
 from his pen, he lives as near, perhaps, as any 
 one ever does the author's ideal life, in the 
 pleasant village of his native town." 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Colby was united in marriage 
 to Miss Hannah Maria George, daughter of 
 Gilman C. George, a leading resident of the 
 town. Since he came of age, Mr. Colby has 
 been a candidate repeatedly for every office 
 in town. He has been Town Treasurer four 
 years, a member of the School Board si.x years, 
 and Postmaster four years. He has been a 
 Trustee of the Pillsbury Library since its es-
 
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 tablishment. Mr. Colby is a member of the 
 New Hampshire Historical Society, of the 
 New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, and an 
 honorary member of the Manchester Press 
 Club. 
 
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 iHARLKS LEWIS PERRY, for twenty- 
 five years a successful tailor of Clare- 
 niont, Sullivan County, N. H., was 
 born in Charlestown, N. H., March 4, 1823, 
 son of Charles and Mary (Putnam) Perry. 
 At the age of seventeen Mr. Perry came to 
 Claremont, where he learned the tailor's trade, 
 and then began business for himself. Devot- 
 ing his entire attention to custom work, he 
 became prosperous, antl in 1X57 built the 
 handsome business block known as Perry's 
 Block, where he located until obliged to retire 
 on account of failing health. He was suc- 
 ceeded in business by his son, Charles Eu- 
 gene. Mr. Perry was a business man of ex- 
 ceptional ability, scrupulously honest, a man 
 of exemplary habits, public-spirited, a useful 
 citizen and a devoted husband and father. He 
 had accumulated a competency, and was look- 
 ing forward with pleasure to a life free from 
 cares, when he was called to leave this world, 
 his death occurring January 15, 1876. He 
 is survived by his wife, formerly Dorothy 
 Blake Mitchell, daughter of Charles and Sil- 
 via (Mitchell) Mitchell, and four sons — 
 Charles E., P"rank H., Theodore, and Arthur. 
 William Mitchell, Mrs. Perry's paternal 
 grandfather, was born in ]5oston. He came to 
 Claremont from Ilennikcr, N.II., settling in 
 the north-eastern part of the town, on Cornish 
 Road, where he was one of the earliest 
 farmers. He was a rejiresentative man of the 
 county, a prosperous farmer, and a Christian 
 of high standing. His father was a sea cap- 
 tain, and was lost at sea. Mr. Mitchell mar- 
 ried first Sophia Atherton, by whom he had 
 
 children as follows: William, Jr., who settled 
 in Malone, N. Y., where he married and died; 
 Robert, who married, and reared a family in 
 Claremont, where he died ; Horace, who also 
 married and died in Claremont; Sydney, who 
 married and died in Claremont, leaving one 
 child; Louisa, who died unmarried; Lydia, 
 who married Aaron Smith, reared four chil- 
 dren, and died in Cornish ; Betsey, who married 
 a Mr. Thompson; P^annie, who married Mr. 
 Starbird, a successful tailor of Claremont; 
 Charles, who married Silvia Mitchell, daughter 
 of Thomas Mitchell. William Mitchell mar- 
 ried second a widow, who bore him three 
 children — Thomas, Henry, and Mary Ann. 
 He died in 1832, at the age of sixty-four 
 years. He was a Whig and a strong advocate 
 of abolition principles, and regarded as one 
 of the leading citizens of Sullivan County. 
 He died in the faith of the Episcopal church. 
 Thomas and Henry Mitchell, sons of Will- 
 iam, were early settlers in Iowa; and Thomas 
 was the founder of the town of Mitchellville. 
 Thomas Mitchell, familiarly known as 
 "Uncle Tom," and well described as one of 
 nature's noblemen, was Polk County's first 
 actual settler, building himself a log cabin 
 there in 1844. He was born in Claremont, 
 March 3, 18 16, worked as a farm hand and 
 paper-mill employee until nineteen years of 
 age. He then went to Springfield, Vt. , and 
 shortly after removed to St. Charles County, 
 Missouri, and in March, 1840, went to Iowa, 
 settling in Polk County, as above mentioned, 
 in 1S44. It was his delight in the early days 
 to entertain the passing emigrants, and his 
 liberal hospitality cheered the heart of many 
 a wayfarer. He was long one of the most 
 honored citizens of Mitchellville, and did 
 much for the morality of the town, being 
 c)]iposed to liquor and eager for the advance- 
 ment of the town's best interests. He held
 
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 many nrfices, and at the liiiii,' nl liis death was 
 the oldest resident ol tlie eounty. lli- pos- 
 sessed many traits which endeared him to the 
 hearts of tiie people. lie married first, in 
 1841, Miss Klmira Swift, of Thctford, Vt. 
 She died in 1860; and he married in 1861 
 Miss y\nn C. Mattern, who, with her par- 
 ents, had come from Pennsylvania to Iowa 
 some years previously. He died June 15, 
 icS94, sincerely moinned by all who knew him. 
 
 Charles Mitchell, the father of Mrs. Perry, 
 settleil on a farm near the paternal homestead, 
 where he lived and prosjieretl. Jle was an 
 honored member of the I'lpiscopal church, in 
 which he was a warden. His children were: 
 Elizabeth, Ira, Jane, Dorothy (Mrs. Perry), 
 Kdwin, John, William, Abbie, Henry, Ada, 
 Ella, and Sophia. 
 
 John Mitchell, a brother of Mrs. Perry, was 
 born February 28, 1830. He graduated from 
 the Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, 
 N. II., and entered Dartmouth; but his college 
 course was interrupted by the death of his 
 father. He subsecjuently studied law with 
 McClure and Governor Metcalf in Clarcniont, 
 and then, joining his uncle in Des Moines, was 
 admitteil to the Polk County bar in August, 
 1856. He established an independent practice 
 in 1857. Four years later he was commis- 
 sioned Captain of a company of cavalry in the 
 State service, and fought against the Indians 
 for three months in North-western Iowa. In 
 the fall of the same year he was elected to the 
 legislature from Polk County, and served two 
 years during the exciting times of 1S61 and 
 1862. He was made a member of the City 
 Council and first Chairman of the ]?oard of 
 Supervisors, and filled various offices of trust 
 until 1867, when he was ajjpointed Registrar 
 of Bankruptcy in the P'ifth Congressional Dis- 
 trict. He was elected Judge of the Fifth 
 District Circuit Court in November, 1868, 
 
 and served twelve years, twice being re-elected 
 without op]iosition. His integrity as a man 
 and his ability as a jurist were of the highest 
 order. Upon retiring from the bench in 1881, 
 he continued for two years in the practice of 
 law, and in 1883 became associated with 
 C. A. Dudley. This partnership continued 
 until the death of Mi-. .Mitchell, which oc- 
 curred December 29, 1890. No man was 
 more respected by his townspeople, rich and 
 poor. He was a friend to the needy, and be- 
 loved by all, i)ublic-si)irited, temperate in all 
 things, charitable in word and deed; and 
 Claremont may well be proud of so worthy a 
 son. He was intimately connected with the 
 best life of the city of Des Moines, was Vice- 
 President of the Iowa Loan and Trust Company, 
 Director of the Des Moines National Bank, 
 and Director and Counsellor of the Central 
 Loan and Trust Company. He married Re- 
 becca Anshutz, daughter of C. P. Anshutz, of 
 Moundsville, W. Va. 
 
 Charles p]ugene Perry succeeded his father 
 in business in Claremont. I-'rank H. Perry, 
 after completing the study of law, went to Des 
 Moines, and began the practice of his profes- 
 sion, but afterward became the popular editor 
 of the Record, a Des Moines luiblication. Of 
 the two other sons, Theodore and Arthur, the 
 younger has become a musician of note. Mrs. 
 Perry is now residing in Claremont. 
 
 EORGE W. WILSON, who owns a 
 5 1 productive farm in Franklin, was 
 born in Salisbury, N. H., July 15, 
 1824, son of Dr. Job and Nancy (Farnuni) 
 Wilson. His grandfather. Captain Nathaniel 
 W'ilson, who served as an officer in the Conti- 
 nental army during the Revolutionary War, 
 settled in Gilmanton, N. H., where he spent 
 the remainder of his life. He was an able
 
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 farmer and a citizen of more than ordinar)' 
 intelligence and worth. 
 
 Job Wilson, M.D., the father of George 
 W., was born in Gilmanton. After graduating 
 from college, he began the practice of medi- 
 cine in Boscawen. Later he moved to Salis- 
 bury and in 1831 to Franklin, settling on the 
 farm which his son George W. now owns. 
 The farm was tilled by hired assistants; and he 
 continued to practise his profession with suc- 
 cess until his death, which occurred in Sep- 
 tember, 1851. He was a physician of ability, 
 and he provided his children with a good edu- 
 cation. His wife, Nancy, who was a native of 
 Concord, N. H., became the mother of ten 
 children, of whom the only survivor is George 
 W. Their son Benjamin died in infancy. 
 Benjamin F. died in Battle Creek, Mich. 
 Their daughter Lucinda Conant married 
 Thomas Eastman, and died in West Concord. 
 Abigail died in Salisbury, at the age of 
 seventeen years. Lydia married Grove 
 Stevens, of Haverhill, N. H., and died in that 
 town. Jeremiah practised medicine in Con- 
 toocook, and died in May, i8g6. Job P., who 
 was a farmer, died in Plymouth, N. PL 
 Thomas W. , who followed a profession in 
 .Salisbury, died April 13, 1861. Ephraim ¥. 
 Wilson, M. D., died in Rockland, Conn. The 
 mother's death occurred in 1853. 
 
 George W. Wilson was seven years old when 
 his parents moved to this town. He attended 
 school in PVanklin, Pembroke, and Gilman- 
 ton. After remaining at home and caring for 
 his parents during their declining years, he 
 succeeded to the ownership of the property. 
 I^esides the home farm of eighty acres he now 
 owns another tract of one hundred acres, which 
 he has improved. He carries on general farm- 
 ing and dairying. His property is desirably 
 located. The four-story residence he occupies 
 was erected by his father. 
 
 On June 15, 1855, Mr. Wilson married Pollen 
 M. Sawyer, who was born in Charlestown, 
 Mass., August 28, 1834, daughter of .Stephen 
 and Marinda (Hale) Sawyer. The father was a 
 cooper by trade. Both natives of Iloijkinton, 
 N. PL, they resided in various places, and at 
 one time occupied the farm in Salisbury upon 
 which Daniel Webster was born. They finally 
 moved to South .Salisbury, where their last 
 days were spent. .Stephen Sawyer died in 
 1861, and his wife died in 1873. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Wilson had one daughter — Emma Eliz- 
 abeth, who, born May 25, 1856, died June 25, 
 1863. In politics Mr. Wilson acts with the 
 Republican party, and he has served with 
 ability in some of the town offices. Pie is 
 connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, and 
 both he and Mrs. Wilson are members of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
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 R. EDWARD HORATIO FOS- 
 TER, formerly a well-known medi- 
 cal practitioner of Concord, was 
 born October 13, 1839, in Canterbury, N. H., 
 son of David M. and Sarah (Bradley) Foster. 
 Pie is a direct descendant of Reginald Foster, 
 who settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. His 
 grandfather, Asa Foster, served in the French 
 and Indian War, and under General Pepper- 
 ell was at the capture of Louisburg. During 
 the Revolutionary War y\sa was one of Gen- 
 eral Arnold's body-guard at the time of the 
 General's desertion. When he died in Can- 
 terbury in 1862, he was ninety-six years old. 
 Plis son, David M. I-'oster, a native of Canter- 
 burv, followed the occupation of school teacher 
 in his earlier days, and was greatly interested 
 in politics. David's wife, Sarah, was born in 
 Brunswick, Me. 
 
 Edward H. Foster attended public and pri- 
 vate schools in his native town, and then en-
 
 SHERBURN J. WINSLOW,
 
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 5" 
 
 tcicd licrksliiic Cnllcj^c at riUsfujUl, Mass. 
 He grailiialcil Irum Muwdoin College, Maine, 
 in 1866. I)r, l'"()stcr first located in liiadford, 
 Vt., remaining one year. For three years 
 thereafter he was located in Marhlehead, Mass. 
 In July, iiSjJ, aftc!" spending a year on the 
 Pacific Coast, he came to Concord, where he 
 practised for the remainder of his life. In 
 politics Dr. I-'oster voted independently. Me 
 was Presiilent of I'ass Creek Ranch Ciini|iany, 
 of Wyoming, and also of the luneka Headache 
 Cnre Company, of this city. 
 
 Dr. Foster was twice married. His first 
 wife, whose maiden name was Ella M. Merrill, 
 was a native of Marhlehead. She had one 
 child — Edward L. Foster, of Concord. On 
 .September 16, 1879, he was marrieil to Clara 
 B. Smith, of Lowell, Mass. By this marriage 
 there are two children — Reginald S. and 
 Clara II I'oster. The Doctor died A[)ril 5, 
 1897. 
 
 JHHRBURN JOSIAH WINSLOW, 
 one of the most prominent business 
 men antl inHucntial residents of 
 Pittsfield, was born in Nottingham, N.H., 
 March i6, 1834, son of Josiah and Rnth 
 (Tucker) Winslow. 15y both paternal grand- 
 parents, each of whom was a Winslow, he is 
 directly descended from Governor Edwaril 
 Winslow, who came with the Pilgrims in the 
 "Mayflower." The grandfather, I^lisha Wins- 
 low, was a prosperous farmer of Nottingham, 
 and lived to a good old age. He was the 
 father of si.\ children, all now deceased. 
 
 Josiah Winslow, tlie second child and the 
 eldest son of lilisha, was born in Nottingham, 
 November 12, 1797. He was reared to farm 
 life, but learnetl the tanner's and shoemaker's 
 trades, which he followed for many years. He 
 finally moved to Pittsfield, and his last days 
 were spent upon the farm in this town. A 
 
 citizen of more than ordinary wortli, lie ac- 
 quired a high reputation for honesty. He 
 was a supporter of the Democratic parly, and 
 took a lively interest in local politics. His 
 wife, Ruth, whose father, James Tucker, was 
 born in Salisbury, Mass., April 15, 1766, 
 became the mother of four children, namely: 
 Sally T. , deceased; James T. , deceased; Sher- 
 burn J., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Alilla ]., deceased. James T. married Fanny 
 Hall, of Illiana, 111., and had one son, James 
 Albert. Josiah Winslow died at the age of 
 si.\ty-six years, and his wife lived to be 
 si.\ty-seven. They were members of the Free 
 Will Baptist church. 
 
 Shcrburn Josiah Winslow began his educa- 
 tion in the common schools, and completed 
 his .studies at the Pittsfield Academy. Subse- 
 quently in 1856, after teaching school for sev- 
 eral years, he engaged in agriculture upon a 
 farm located on Tilton Hill. This property, 
 which contains one hundred and seventy-five 
 acres, he cultivated successfully until 1S83. 
 Some time previous to that year he became 
 interested in lumbering, for which and other 
 enterprises he afterward forsook farming. 
 He has had an interest in four different com- 
 [lanies at one time; anil since 1887 he has 
 been associated with e.\-Governor Tuttle, 
 under the firm name of Winslow & Tuttle. 
 He is interested in the E.xeter (N.H.) Manu- 
 facturing Con-ipany, of which he is the treas- 
 urer and a director; antl he was for ten y-ears 
 the superintendent of the Pittsfield Water 
 Works, of which he is now a director. For 
 many years he has been a trustee of the Pitts- 
 field Savings Bank, which he now serves in 
 the capacity of auditor anil member of the in- 
 vestment committee. He is also one of the 
 ])rincipal stockholders and a director of the 
 Pittsfield Gas Company. 
 
 On March 19, i860, Mr. Winslow was
 
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 united in marriage with Margaret Dennison, 
 daughter of Joseph Dennison, of Stafford, 
 Conn. He has two daughters — Cora and 
 Nellie. Cora is now the wife of James L. 
 Hook, of Pittsfield, and has one daughter, 
 Margaret L. Mr. Winslow acts with the Re- 
 publican party, and is a member of the pres- 
 ent School Board of Pittsfield. He takes a 
 deep interest in all matters relating to the 
 growth of the town and the development of its 
 business resources, and his aid in securing 
 these ends can always be depended upon. He 
 is connected with the Masonic fraternity. 
 ]5oth he and Mrs. Winslow are Episcopalians, 
 and he is treasurer of the church in Pittsfield. 
 
 'ON. IRA COLBY, one of the leading 
 lawyers of the State of New Hamp- 
 1*^ ' shire, was born in Claremont, N.H., 
 
 January ii, 1831, son of Ira and Polly (Foster) 
 Colby, both of purely English descent. Their 
 families in the various branches number many 
 persons of distinction. On the maternal side he 
 is descended from Reginald P'oster, who came 
 from Exeter, Devonshire, England, and set- 
 tled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., in 
 1638. It has been stated in an account of 
 the descendants of Joseph Stickney, which 
 appeared in the AVic Hauipshirc Granite 
 lilontlily of July, 1892, that the family of this 
 Reginald is honorably mentioned in "The 
 Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "Marmion." 
 When Mrs. Colby was eleven years of age, 
 her father removed with his family from 
 Esse.v, Mass., to Henniker, N.H., to prevent 
 his sons from becoming seafaring men. She 
 there met Mr. C'olby, a native of the place. 
 They were married April 17, 1827, and imme- 
 diately removetl to Claremont, where they 
 ever afterward lived. Mr. Colby was one of 
 the most successful and entcri)rising farmers 
 
 of his town, and was honored with many posi- 
 tions of trust. He served as a Selectman in 
 the years 1858 and 1859 a"'^' ^'^ 'I Representa- 
 tive of the town in the legislature of New 
 Hampshire in 1872 and 1873. He died in 
 1873, at the age of seventy ycar.s. 
 
 The subject of this sketch lived at his 
 father's, and worked upon the farm on "Bible 
 Hill," so called, until seventeen years of age, 
 his only schooling up to that time having 
 been obtained at the district schools. He 
 then entered Marlow Academy, and, while 
 there, decided to obtain a college education. 
 Finishing his preparatory course of study at 
 Thetford, Vt., he entered Dartmouth College 
 in 1853, and was graduated four years later. 
 During the winter seasons, while at the acad- 
 emy and college, he was engaged in teaching, 
 first in New Hampshire and afterward in 
 Massachusetts. The year after graduation 
 was spent in teaching at Waukesha, Wis. In 
 September, 1858, he began the study of law 
 in the office of Messrs. Freeman & McClure 
 in Claremont. Two years later he was ad- 
 mitted, upon examination, to the Sullivan 
 County bar. For the past thirty-five years 
 he has been engaged in the practice of his 
 profession in the office where he obtained his 
 first knowledge of law. 
 
 In giving the particulars of his public 
 career we quote from a contemporaneous his- 
 tory : "He was always a Republican in poli- 
 tics, and in the time of the Rebellion was an 
 active and zealous supporter of the cause of 
 the Union. He was a Representative in the 
 legislatures of 1864, 1865, 1881, 1883, and 
 1887, a member of the State Senate during 
 the years 1869 and 1S70, ami of the Republi- 
 can National Convention in 1876. With the 
 exception of two years he was County Solici- 
 tor the entire time from 1864 to 1888. In 
 1889 he was aijjiointcd by the governor and
 
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 council one of a coinniissioii ol llircc to re- 
 vise, codify, and amend tlie i'uhlic Statutes 
 of New Hampshire. On tiie resignation of 
 Judge Allen in March, 1893, he was ap- 
 pointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
 Court, but declined the apjiointment. He 
 was for ten years a member of the Committee 
 of the Stevens High School, and has been for 
 many years one of the 'I'rustees of the Fiske 
 Free Library. He has always taken a lead- 
 ing part in public affairs, and has been an 
 active promoter of the public welfare. In his 
 profession he has been a hard worker and 
 close student, antl ranks among the best law- 
 yers in the State. He has an extensive and 
 lucrative practice, and for many years has 
 been engaged on one side or the other of all 
 the important causes in his county. As an ad- 
 vocate at the bar and a debater upon the floor 
 of the House of Representatives or the Sen- 
 ate he ranks among the very best." 
 
 He married, June 20, 1867, Miss Louisa 
 M. Way, daughter of Gordon Way, Lsq., of 
 Claremont, and sister of Dr. O. 15. Way, of 
 that place. Their only child, Ira Gordon 
 Colby, is a graduate of Dartmouth College of 
 the class of 1894, and also a graduate of the 
 Boston University Law School, class of 1897. 
 In religion Mr. Colby is a Methodist, as was 
 his father before him. For many years the 
 father was one of the Board of Trustees of 
 his church; and the son, upon his death, suc- 
 ceeded to, and still holds, the same office. 
 
 ON. GEORGE ASHBY CUM- 
 MINGS, ex-Mayor of Concord and 
 
 -'^ V, ^ formerly a member of the State 
 
 Senate, was born in Acworth, June 13, 1833, 
 son of Alvah and Polly (Grout) Cummings. 
 His father was a native of Sullivan, and his 
 mother was born in Acworth. He was edu- 
 
 cated in the public schools of South Acworth. 
 At the age of twenty years he engaged in the 
 marble business in I'Vanklin, .\. IL, where he 
 remained until 1S61. He then moved to Con- 
 cord, where he has pro.spennisly carried on the 
 .same business. His reputation is that of an 
 able, energetic business man. He was a Rep- 
 resentative to the New Hampshire legislature 
 during the years 1870 and 1871, a member of 
 the Board of Aldermen of Concord in 1873 
 and 1874, Mayor of Concord in 1880 and 
 1881 ; and he was in the State .Senate in 1890 
 and 1891, being elected president of the New 
 Hampshire Senate Association in the same 
 year. Since its formation he has been a di- 
 rector of the Concord Street Railway Com- 
 pany. He is the president and a director of 
 the Concord Shoe Manufactory, a tru.stee of 
 the Merrimack County Savings Bank and the 
 New Hampshire Orjihans' Home in Franklin, 
 a trustee and the vice-president of the Odd 
 Fellows Home; and he has been the presi- 
 dent of the Concord Odd Fellows Hall Asso- 
 ciation since its organization. 
 
 On February 24, 1854, Mr. Cummings was 
 united in marriage with Mary E. Smith, of 
 Manchester. Of their two children Frank E. 
 Cummings, of Haverhill, Mass., is living. 
 Mr. Cummings is a member of White Moun- 
 tain Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. In that fra- 
 ternity he has been Grand Master of the State, 
 and he has represented this jurisdiction in 
 the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United 
 States. He is a Baptist in his religious 
 views, and he is the president and a trustee of 
 the First Baptist Society. 
 
 OSIAH EDWARDS DWIGHT, a mem- 
 ber of the noted old New England fam- 
 ily to which President Timothy Dwight 
 of Yale College belonged, is one of the leading
 
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 business men of the city of Concord, N.H. 
 Born in Belchertown, Mass., May 17, 1S39, 
 son of Harrison D. and Sophia (Cooi<) 
 DwiglTt, he traces his lineage through his 
 mother, also, back to the early days of the 
 New England colonies. 
 
 On the paternal side his first ancestor to 
 settle in this country was John Dvvight, who 
 came from Dedham, England, in 1634, and 
 located in the part of Massachusetts after- 
 ward named Dedham. He was the second 
 man of wealth in the settlement, and with 
 eighteen others owned the land comprising 
 later the town of Dedham and about nine sur- 
 rounding towns. His daughter Mary was the 
 first white child born in the town of Dedham. 
 John Dwight's son Timothy, from whom the 
 subject of this sketch is directly descended, 
 was born in Dedham, luigland, in 1629. He 
 inherited the estate and virtues of his father, 
 and was one of the prominent men of his day. 
 A sturdy soldier, he was cornet of a troop in 
 his younger days, and was afterward com- 
 mander of a company of foot, and is commonly 
 alluded to as Captain Timothy Dwight. His 
 title was no empty honor, for he was engaged 
 in ten expeditions against the Indians; and in 
 1660 he was one of two agents appointed to 
 treat with the Indians, which they did with 
 satisfactory results. lie was for ten years 
 Town Clerk of Dedham, twenty-five years 
 ■Selectman, and two years Representative to 
 the General Court. Captain Dwight is said to 
 have " taught " in the Second Church in 
 Boston previous to the settlement of its second 
 minister. Increase Mather. He was married 
 six times, and was the father of fourteen 
 children. He died in 171 7. 
 
 Captain Timothy Dwight's son Nathaniel, 
 who was known as Justice Nathaniel Dwight, 
 was horn in Dedham, November 20, 1666, and 
 removed from Dedham to Norlh.imjiton, Mass., 
 
 in 1695. He, tocj, was a man of affairs, a 
 trader, farmer, and surveyor of land on a large 
 scale. A Justice of the Peace for a great 
 many years, he was called uj^on to transact 
 much important business. Justice Nathaniel 
 Dwight was a very religious man. He died 
 while on a business trip to West Springfield, 
 Mass., in 171 i ; and his grave is the oldest in 
 that city. The next in line is Captain Na- 
 thaniel Dwight, Jr., who was born in North- 
 ampton, Mass., in 1712, and was a brother of 
 President Timothy Dwight of Yale College. 
 He was a farmer and surveyor, and was one of 
 the first settlers in Belchertown, Mass., where 
 he located in 1734, and acted for some time as 
 agent for Mr. Belcher, for whom the place was 
 named. Prominent in all civil and religious 
 affairs, he was coimty surveyor and a member 
 of the church in Northampton of which Jona- 
 than Edwards was pastor. Captain Nathaniel 
 Dwight, Jr., was an earnest, practical, 
 straightforward man, always ready for what- 
 ever duty called. He dietl in 1784. 
 
 His son, Captain Justus Dwight, who was 
 born in Belchertown in 1739, was a farmer, 
 and was town surveyor of Belchertown for a 
 number of years. Politically a conservative, 
 or a Tory, he believed that the independence 
 of the colonies would eventually be consum- 
 mated, but that they were premature in their 
 uprising; and, paying a substitute who was 
 anxious to fight, he calmly awaited the out- 
 come of the Revolution. Justus Dwight, too, 
 was a deeply religious man. He died in 
 US24. His son Nathaniel, grandfather of 
 Josiah E. Dvvight, was born in Belchertown 
 in 1772. He was "a man of great good sense, 
 great kindness of heart, and of unbending in- 
 tegrity, one of the most conscientiously honest 
 men, a sincere, humble, consistent Christian. 
 The ilistinguishcd name of Dwight has been 
 honoreil as borne by this estimable man."
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIIAV 
 
 S'S 
 
 Harrison D. Dvvij^ht, son of tlio tliinl Na- 
 thaniel, was born in Hclcliertowii in i<So6. In 
 his early niaiilioml he was enga.u'eil in the manu- 
 facture of shotguns and rifles; and he was 
 subsequently in the lumber and wood business, 
 also followin}^ tin; pursuit of agriculture. 
 Known and highly respected in ]5elchertown 
 anil the neighiioring towns, he was often 
 urgeil to aeci'pt public office, but invariably 
 declined, llediedin iSjS. 1 1 is wife, Sophia, 
 was a daughter of David \V. and Salome 
 (Cady) Cook and a native of lladley, Mass. 
 David W. Cook, who was born in lladley, 
 July 26, 1771;, traced his liescent from ("ap- 
 tain Aaron Cook, of Hadley, son of Aaron, 
 of Northamjiton, Mass., through Moses, 
 Aaron, and William. David W. Cook died 
 in Belchertown in 1869. He was married 
 November 23, 1799, to Salome Cady, who 
 was born in Shutesbury, Mass., January i, 
 1779, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah 
 (Warner) Cady. 
 
 Jeremiah Cady, Mrs. Sophia Cook Dwight's 
 maternal grandfather, was born in Killingly, 
 Conn., July 17, 1752. He was descended 
 from Nicholas Cady, an immigrant, who set- 
 tled in Watertown, Mass., about 1645. Nich- 
 olas Cady had a son Joseph, who was known as 
 Captain Joseph Cady; and Captain Joseph's 
 son Stephen's son Samuel was Jeremiah 
 Cady's father. Jeremiah Cady was an active 
 member of the celebrated 13oston Tea Party 
 of December, 1773. A record of his service 
 as a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting from 
 Shutesbury, Mass., is contained in the ar- 
 chives at the State House, Boston, as follows: 
 "Jeremiah Cady, private in Captain Reuben 
 Dickenson's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's 
 regiment, enlisted May 15, 1775, served two 
 months, one day." From Shutesbury he was 
 on muster-roll, August i, 1775 (see vol. .\iv. 
 p. 84, at State House). Jeremiah Cady's 
 
 autograpli signature is apjicnded to a receipt 
 for pay at Charlestown, July 27, 1775 (.see 
 \id. .\x,\v. p. 104). Jeremiah Cady, i)rivate, 
 re|)orted on roll of Captain Dickenson's com- 
 pany, .September 28, 1775, as from .Shutesbury 
 (vol. liv. p. 165). "Jeremiah Cady of Cap- 
 tain Noah Dickenson's company. Colonel 
 I-'lisha Porter's regiment, enlisted August r8, 
 1777, discharged August 21, 1777, served four 
 days in Hampshire County regiment, marched 
 in alarm to New Providence" (vol. xviii. pp. 
 182 ami 192). "Jeremiah Cady, private in 
 Captain Joel Steven's company. Colonel David 
 Rassier's regiment, enlisted October 12, 
 1781, discharged October 25, 1781. Roll 
 dated at Pittsfield; served at Stillwater" (vol. 
 .\.\vi. p. 288, Field and Staff Rolls). Mr. 
 Cady died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. 
 .Salome Cook, June i, 1848, aged ninety-five 
 years, ten months, fourteen days. He was 
 married in Amherst, Mass., November 12, 
 1772, to Hannah, daughter of Aaron and Ruth 
 (Selden) W^arner, of Amherst, Mass. Mrs. 
 Cady was born June 30, 1754, and died about 
 1829. 
 
 Josiah Edwards Dwight received a good 
 education, attending the public schools of 
 Belchertown and the academy at Amherst, 
 Mass. In 1855 he obtained employment as a 
 clerk in the dry-goods house of E. H. Sanford 
 at Worcester, Mass. ; and after eight years of 
 faithful service he in 1863 purchased an inter- 
 est in the business, the firm becoming E. H. 
 Sanford & Co. In 1865 he disposed of his 
 share to Mr. Sanford, and removing to Con- 
 cord, N.H., became associated with J. R. 
 Hill, manufacturer of saddlery goods and 
 harness, Mr. George II. Emery becoming a 
 member of the fnni at the same time. These 
 three gentlemen conducted a flourishing busi- 
 ness under the firm name of J. R. Hill & Co. 
 until 1885, when Mr. Hill died. In 18S8 a
 
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 corporation was formed, retaining the old 
 name; and Mr. Dvvight was made treasurer of 
 the company, his present position. J. R. Hill 
 & Co. are the manufacturers of the celebrated 
 Concord harness. Much of the energy and 
 ability of his ancestors has been transmitted 
 to Mr. Dwight, with the integrity that is a 
 distinguishing mark of his family; and he has 
 the entire confidence of all with whom he has 
 dealings. He is a director of the Eagle and 
 Phcenix Hotel Company, director and vice- 
 president of the Hill Associates; and presi- 
 dent of the Rumford Building and Loan Asso- 
 ciation. A stanch Republican, he has been 
 elected to public office, and has faithfully dis- 
 charged his duties. He was a member of the 
 Concord Common Council two years, 18S7 and 
 1 888, a member of the Board of Aldermen in 
 1889 and iSgo, in 1895 was appointed by 
 Governor Busiel police commissioner of Con- 
 cord to fill out the unexpired term of the Hon. 
 Stillman Humphrey, deceased; and in 1897 
 he was reappointed for the full term of six 
 years by Governor Ramsdell. 
 
 Mr. Dwight was married December 25, 1862, 
 to Lucy J., daughter of James R. Hill, and 
 has two chilih-en — Mabel S. and Harrison H. 
 His daughter is the wife of Charles F. Conn, 
 treasurer of the l^oston Terminal Company of 
 Boston, Mass. Mr. Dwight is an Odd Fel- 
 low, belonging to Rumford Lodge, No. 46, 
 I. O. O. F. , and is at present a member of 
 the lodge board of trustees. He is a member 
 of the South Congregational Church. 
 
 IDMUND SH.Vl'IR, a thriving farmer of 
 Boscawen, N.H., was born in Bow, 
 this State, September lo, 1834. 
 His ])arcnts, Edmund and .Sallie (Dow) Sil- 
 ver, who resided in l-iow for the greater part of 
 their lives, died when their son lulmund was 
 
 quite young. They had nine children — 
 Lewis, Laura, Cyrene, Leonard, Gideon, Sul- 
 livan, Daniel, Edmund, and George. Lewis 
 died in March, 1897. Daniel is engaged in 
 farming in .Salisbury, N. PL George is in 
 Penacook ; and the others, except Edmund, 
 the subject of our sketch, are deceased. 
 
 Edmund Silver received his education in the 
 district schools, remaining at home with his 
 parents until he was seven years of age. He 
 then went to Ware, Mass., where he was em- 
 ployed on a farm; and he was similarly en- 
 gaged in other towns for a few years, returning 
 subsequently to Bow. At the age of twenty 
 he went to Canterbury, remaining there three 
 and a half years. He then spent three years 
 in Warner, N.H., afterward removing to 
 Webster, in which place he was engaged in 
 farming for about thirty-five years. Subse- 
 quently, coming to Boscawen, he purchased 
 his present farm, then known as the Ferrin 
 farm. It contains about sixty-five acres, most 
 of which is under cultivation. l^esides gen- 
 eral farming he carries on a milk business. 
 He also owns the farm at Webster where he 
 formerly lived, which contains forty-five acres. 
 
 On November 2, 1858, Mr. Silver married 
 Lydia Ann Kimball, of Albany, N.Y., who 
 was born March 9, 1834, a daughter of Jacob 
 and Nancy (Hubbard) Kimball. Her father 
 was a native of Hopkinton, and her mother of 
 Wilmot, N. H. The former was employed in 
 Wilmot, where he worked at farming. He 
 subsequently went to New York City, where 
 he worked in a livery stable, residing there 
 until his death. His wife also died there. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Silver have three children, as 
 follows: Henry Albert, Luella Grace, and 
 Frederick E. Henry died July 20, 1878, at 
 the age of seventeen years. The other two 
 remain at home with their parents. Mrs. 
 Silver is well known for her fine butter-
 
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 innking. She is a mcmljcr of the Congrega- 
 tional church at VVehster. Mr. Silver is a 
 Republican in his politics. lie was formerly 
 Highway Surveyor in Wehster. A self-made 
 man, he has won success by hard work, and is 
 well known and highly regarded throughout 
 the comity. 
 
 «-«•••* • 
 
 VARNARl) r()\Vh:RS, for many years 
 one of the leading farmers and most 
 iidluential citizens of Cornish, was 
 born at Croydon, N.H., April 20, 1808. His 
 grandparents were Lemuel and Thankful (Le- 
 land) Powers, and his parents were Colonel 
 Samuel and Chloe (Cooper) Powers. Colonel 
 I'owers was born at Northbridge in 1763, and 
 was a soldier and officer of tlie Revolution. 
 His family consisted of the following-named 
 children: Olive, Obed, Judith, Nancy, Chloe, 
 Samuel, Ara, Lemuel, Solomon, Ithamar, 
 Larnard, and Randilla. Olive, born in 1786, 
 died in 1S41, unmarried; Obed, born in 1788, 
 married Cynthia Cummings, and had a fam- 
 ily of five children; Judith, born in 1790, be- 
 came Mrs. Barton, and was the mother of 
 seven children; Nancy, born in 1792, died in 
 1829, was the wife of David Kenney, and had 
 three children; Chloe, born in 1795, married 
 Lemuel Martindale, and bore him eight chil- 
 dren; Samuel, born in 1795, died unmarried in 
 1828; Ara, born in 1797, married Mary Seaver, 
 of Charlestown, and they were the parents of 
 three chikiren ; Lemuel, born in 1801, died in 
 infancy; Solomon was born in 1804; Ithamar, 
 born in 1805, died in 1834; Randilla, born 
 in 181 I, married Alfred Ward, and was the 
 mother of two children. 
 
 Larnard Powers received his education in 
 the common schools of Croydon. After leav- 
 ing school he engaged in farming in his native 
 town for two years, and then came to Cornish, 
 where he bought the estate upon which his 
 
 widow and some of his family still reside. 
 In politics he was always a Jeffer.sonian Dem- 
 ocrat ; and, although keenly interested in 
 the town affairs, he was never an aspirant for 
 liolitical honors or for town oflices. His busi- 
 ness and personal affairs required the whole of 
 his attention. llis many fertile acres of land 
 were largely devoted to the raising of grain 
 and hay and to the pasturage of his flocks. 
 He started in life as a poor boy, with his own 
 way to make; and he succeeded by thrift, in- 
 dustry, and energy in amassing a comfortable 
 fortune and in reaching a leading position in 
 his line of business. His dairy business was 
 extensive, and it is estimated that his wife 
 made at their farm seventy-five thou.sand 
 pounds of the highest-grade butter. This was 
 always sought for in the Boston markets; and 
 among the private customers supplied was the 
 Hon. William M. Lvarts, of New York City, 
 he having a summer residence at Windsor, Vt. 
 The business was kept up until five or six 
 years ago, when, consequent upon the opening 
 of the creameries, it was discontinued. Mr. 
 Powers took a deep interest in educational 
 matters, and, although not a college-bred man 
 himself, was extremely painstaking in the 
 education of his children. He was a gentle- 
 man of the old school, genial, generous, and 
 courteous, and was universally admired and 
 respected. 
 
 On April 7, 1836, Mr. Powers was united in 
 marriage with Ruby M., daughter of John 
 Barton, of Croydon; and in 1838 they removed 
 to Cornish. Their children were: Caroline 
 M., born in 1837; KrastusB., born in 1840; 
 Alice v., born in 1846; and Samuel L., born 
 in 1847. Caroline was educated at Claremont 
 and at Kimball Union Academy. After com- 
 pleting her course of study, she became a 
 teacher, and taught with unusual success for 
 many terms, having the painstaking and deter-
 
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 miiiation which she inherited from her father 
 ami a natural tact in dealing with children. 
 She was married to Horace B. Wellman, of 
 Cornish, October 5, 1864, and has one daugh- 
 ter — Ada P., born October 5, 1S67. Ada 
 was educated at Kimball Union Academy, as 
 her mother had been ; and, like her mother, 
 she also taught school very successfully. She 
 married Nelson H. Morgan, of Springfield, 
 N. H., October 30, 1S95, and is now living on 
 the old homestead. Erastus B. , second child 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Powers, fitted for college at 
 Kimball Union Academy, was graduated at 
 Dartmouth College in 1865 and at Harvard 
 Law .School in 1S66. He was a student of 
 unusual ability, and stood first in his class in 
 college. After being admitted to the bar, he 
 taught school for a number of years, and was 
 master of the high school at Nashua, N. H. 
 He entered upon the practice of law in Boston, 
 Mass., and has made a reputation for himself 
 as one of the most talented men in the legal 
 profession of that city. He married l-jiima F. 
 Besse, of Wa'reham, Mass., daughter of Cap- 
 tain David and Emma (Knowlton) Besse; 
 and one daughter. Ruby Barton, was born to 
 them November 15, 1872. January 4, 1S93, 
 she was married to Clarence VVadsworth Clark, 
 of Maiden, Assistant Travelling Auditor of the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad. Alice V. Powers 
 attended Kimball Union Academy, and then 
 taught school in the East and in Cass County, 
 Missouri. She married Nathaniel Randall, of 
 Ohio, an e.xtensive grain grower and stt)ck- 
 raiser, and has one daughter — ^ Edith V., born 
 January 12, 1876, who was educated in one 
 of the Missouri Normal Schools. Samuel L. 
 Powers was graduated at Dartmouth College 
 in 1874, and studied law in New York City. 
 After his admission to the bar he opened a law 
 office in Boston, where he has since been a 
 practising lawyer and one of the leaders of his 
 
 profession in that city. He was elected a 
 delegate to the P'ranco-American Treaty Con- 
 vention at Paris in 1878, and has been counsel 
 in many important cases in litigation. He is 
 at present counsel for the New England Tele- 
 graph and Telephone Company. Mr. Powers 
 resides in Newton, Mass., and is President of 
 the Newton Club. He married Eva Crowell, 
 of Dennis, Mass., on June 21, 187S, and has 
 one son — Leiand, born in Newton, July i, 
 1890. 
 
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 HARLES A. BAILEY, an able busi- 
 ness man of Merrimack County, New 
 Hampshire, and an esteemed resi- 
 dent of Hookset, was born in Pembroke, No- 
 vember II, 1847, son of Charles and Sarah A. 
 (Edmunds) Bailey. His paternal grandfather, 
 Josiah Bailey, was born in Chester, Rocking- 
 ham County, this State, on February 11, 
 1766. When a young man he removed with 
 his family to Pembroke, Merrimack County, 
 and was there engaged as a miller until his 
 death, P'ebruary 19, 1854. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Ruth P'rost, was born March 
 8, 1769, in Tewksbury, Mass., and died in 
 Pembroke, N.H., November 28, 1835. They 
 were married November 15, 1792, and were 
 the parents of ten children. 
 
 Charles, the youngest child, was Imrn in 
 Dunbarton, N. H., September 28, 1810, and 
 when but four years of age accompanied his 
 parents to Pembroke, where he grew to man- 
 hood and was educated. He followed farming 
 in connection with brickmaking for many 
 years, coming from Pembroke to Hookset in 
 1852. Here he purchased the estate now 
 owned and occupied by his widow, and was 
 engaged in his two occupations until his death, 
 June 2, 1896, being a most successful business 
 man. He was highly esteemed wherever 
 known for his uprightness of character. Po-
 
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 litically, he was a sound Democrat, and while 
 in I'cmliroke served as Selectman two terms. 
 I'ldlli lie ami his j;oo(] wife early united with 
 the Methodist Church of Suncoolv. On Ajiril 
 I, 1841, he married Miss Sarah A. Edmunds, 
 daughter of Ca|)tain I'.dward Kdmimds, of Chi- 
 chester, N.H., where iier birtii occurred De- 
 cember 9, I.S2I. Four chii(hen were the fruit 
 of their union, and three of them are now liv- 
 ing, as follows: Mary K. , born October 16, 
 1843; Abbie J., born December 27, 1845, 
 now rcsitliiig in Suncook, the widow of the 
 late Hall \i. Emery; and Charles A., the 
 special subject of this sketch. 
 
 Charles A. Ikiiley acquired his elementary 
 education in the public schools of Hookset, 
 and further advanced in learning by an attend- 
 ance at the Pembroke Academy. He subse- 
 quently worked on the home farm several sea- 
 sons, and also engaged in brick manufacturing 
 until 1.S77, wlien he embarked in a new entcr- 
 ]irise. Purchasing nineteen acres of rocky 
 land in Allenstown, in the vicinity of Suncook 
 village, Merrimack County, he spent his en- 
 ergies in developing its resources, and by his 
 able management soon had a good paying 
 granite quarry in full operation. Succeeding 
 well with this, he has since bought other land 
 near by, and has built two and one-half miles 
 of railroad, which he operates with his own 
 locomotive. He has now more than one bun- 
 dled acres of land, about one-fifth of which is 
 in a good state of cultivation, and is devoted 
 to general farming. In connection with his 
 quarrying he has an extensive trade, shipping 
 granite to all parts of New England and to 
 many of the Western States. Mr. Bailey has 
 continu-'d his residence in his native town, and 
 is prominently identified with its leading 
 interests. 
 
 Mr. Bailey married December 16, 1875, 
 Miss Mary J., daughter of Harvey and Mary 
 
 (Putnam) Dcnnison, of Allenstown. J-ivc 
 children have brightened their pleasant home, 
 namely: Hall I'.dward and Harvey Dennison, 
 twins, born January 4, 1877; Clara Louise, 
 born January 17, 1879, died the following 
 August; Charles Parker, born June 16, 1885; 
 and Emery Ward, born January 10, 1887. 
 Politically, Mr. J5ailey is a steadfast Republi- 
 can. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, belonging to Jewell Lodge, No. 29, 
 F. & A. M., of Suncook; Trinity Chapter, 
 Horace Chase Council; Mount Horeb Cf>m- 
 mandery, Ariel Council, P. of J. ; Aaron 
 P. llnghis Lodge of Perfection; and St. 
 George Chapter, Rose Croi.x. Mr. and Mrs. 
 ]5ailey are valued members of the Methodist 
 church. 
 
 ILLLXM CANT STUROC, "the 
 bard of Sunapee, " as he is often 
 called, was born November 4, 1822, 
 in a humiile, straw-thatched cottage in Ar- 
 broath, Scotland, son of P'rancis Sturoc and 
 his wife, Ann (Cant) Sturoc. Doubtles.s, the 
 poetic genius has descended to him from his 
 paternal great-grandfather, James Sturoc, who 
 wrote a book of "Hymns and Spiritual 
 Songs," and died in Panbride in 1750. Other 
 distinguished members of the family were well 
 known in the church. Among these was the 
 Rev. David Sturoc, who was of ready speech 
 and pen, and two generations ago repeatedly 
 entered juiblic debate with the renowned Dr. 
 W^ardlow, of Glasgow. Francis, the father of 
 William, was well known as highly cultured 
 and profoundly read, although throughout his 
 life he followed mercantile occupations. 
 Cantsland, an ancient estate in Kincardine- 
 shire, now in other hands, was for several 
 hundred years in the possession of the Cants, 
 the mother's family. James Cant, the mater- 
 nal grandfather of William C, and a resident
 
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 of St. Cyrus in the same county, was cousin 
 to the famous Immanuel Cant, or Kant, who 
 died in 1S04. James had four daughters — 
 Helen, Ann, Margaret, and Jane. His only 
 son, John, died in Bridgeport, Conn. Ann 
 Cant married Francis Sturoc, December 19, 
 1808, and to them were born ten children. 
 The father died in 185 1, aged seventy-seven 
 years, after surviving the mother some years. 
 William Cant, the ninth child of his par- 
 ents, spent his earliest years in Arbroath, 
 Forfarshire, Scotland, there obtaining his 
 elementary education. Afterward he spent 
 two years at lulinburgh, where he took a 
 course of study under Andrew Combe, a well- 
 known educator of his day. After finishing 
 his education in his native land, Mr. Sturoc 
 went to Canada in 1846, and located in Mon- 
 treal. He there secured a position with Ed- 
 ward Maxwell, an architect and builder. 
 Some years later he met William W. East- 
 man, of Sunapee, N. H., upon whose invitation 
 he paid his first visit to this town. It was 
 during this visit that he made the acciuaintance 
 of the late Hon. Edmund Burke, of Newport, 
 N.H., who advised him to study law, and who 
 ultimately received him into his office for that 
 purpose. Under the influence and instruction 
 of so strong a politician the young man soon 
 became widely interested in politics, and 
 before long was championing upon the stump 
 the Jeffersonian doctrines to which he has 
 since firmly adhered. He was admitted to the 
 bar in 1855, and in the following year he came 
 to Sunapee, where he has ever since had his 
 home. He became a prominent figure in the 
 public life of the community, and soon com- 
 manded the full confidence of his townsmen in 
 all legal matters. His legal reading was at 
 the same time extensively pursued; and in 
 1 87 1 he was the author of a series of articles 
 on "A Constitutional Judiciary," appearing 
 
 in the New Hampshire Patriot, which were 
 attributed by many of his profession to the 
 late Hon. Edmund L. Cushing, subsequently 
 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. From 
 1865 to 1S69 Mr. Sturoc represented his town 
 in the General Court, where he maintained a 
 prominent position among the leaders on the 
 Democratic side of the House, and where he 
 was distinguished as a ready and eloquent 
 speaker. 
 
 Not only in America, but in his native land, 
 his poems have received attention and admira- 
 tion. Appreciative notices of him are to be 
 found in "Scottish Poets in America" by 
 Ross, "Modern Scottish Poets" by Edwards, 
 II Chapin's "Poets of New Hamiishire," 
 "Round about the Round O" by George Hay 
 (author of History of Arbroath, Scotland), 
 and in the Granite Moiil/ily. Much of the in- 
 formation embodied in this brief sketch is to 
 be credited to the Granite AJoiit/i/y. In the 
 interesting biography of Mr. Sturoc, published 
 by this periodical, the writer says of his work: 
 "His occasional poetic productions, given to 
 the public through various channels in the 
 past, have demonstrated through their fineness 
 and delicacy of sentiment, combined with 
 vigor of expression, the real poet soul with 
 which he is endowed, have undoubtedly won 
 him truer admiration than an3thing he has 
 accomplished in other directions, and have in- 
 spired the hope for which, we trust, there is 
 reasonable promise of fulfilment, that ere his 
 life work is ended he may gather uji for preser- 
 vation in substantial form the charming gems 
 of fancy to which his muse has given birth." 
 
 In 1856, December 12, Mr. Sturoc was 
 united in marriage with Sarah C. Chase, a 
 cousin of the late Chief Justice J. V.. Sargent, 
 of Concord. His home, a fine old mansion, 
 which was the ancestral home of his wife, was 
 remodelled by liim in i860. In July, 1867,
 
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 52' 
 
 he received from Dartmouth College the de- 
 gree of Master of Arts. Though seventy- five 
 years of age, Mr. Sturoc is still in vigorous 
 health. He derives niuiii enJDyiiu-iit from 
 scientific studies, which fur the last twenty 
 years ho has carrit'd on in the ictircnient of 
 his study, snrnnnidcd l))'i)is excellent lihrary 
 and his favorite hoiii<s on astronomy, geology, 
 and cerebral physiology. Of his many beau- 
 tiful poems none is more liked in Sullivan 
 County than the one here appended: — 
 
 L.\KK Sl'N.-M'KK. 
 
 Once more, my Muse, from rest of many a year. 
 Come fortli nijain and sing, as oft of yore; 
 
 Now lead my step to where the crags appear 
 In silent grandeur, by the rugged shore 
 
 That skirts the margin of thy waters free. 
 
 Lake of my mountain hmne, loved Sunapee ! 
 
 Meet invocation to the pregnant scene. 
 
 Where long, ere yet the white man's foot did roam, 
 Strode wild and free the daring Algonquin, 
 
 And where, perchance, the stately Metacom 
 Inspired his braves with tliat poetic strain 
 Which chccicd tlie W.impanoags, but cheered in vain. 
 
 Clear mountain mirror! who can tell but thou 
 Hast borne the red man, in his light canoe. 
 
 As fleetly on thy bosom as e'en now 
 
 Thou bear'st the pale face o'er thy waters blue ? 
 
 And who can tell but nature's children then 
 
 Were rich and liappy as the mass of men ? 
 
 Sweet Granite '• Katrine " of this mountain land, 
 
 O jewel set amid a scene so fair ! 
 Kearsarge, Ascutney, rise on either hand. 
 
 While Grantham watches with a lover's care ; 
 And our dark " Ben " to Croydon sends in glee 
 A greeting o'er thy silvery breast. Lake Sunapee ! 
 
 How grand, upon a moonlit eve. to glide 
 
 Upon thy waters, 'twi.xt tlie mountains high. 
 
 And gaze, within thy azure crystal tide. 
 
 On trembling shadows of the earth and sky. 
 
 While all is silent save when trusty oar 
 
 Awakes an echo from thv slumbering shore. 
 
 O lovely lake, I would commune with thee, — • 
 For in thy ijresencc naught of ill is found, — 
 
 That cares which wed the weary world to mc 
 May cease to harass with their carking round. 
 
 And I awhile mirlst nature's grandeur stand. 
 
 On moiMit of rapture 'twixt the sea and land. 
 
 Thy past is curtained by as deep a veil 
 
 As shrouds the secrets which we may not reach ; 
 And then 'twere wisdom, when our quest doth fail, 
 
 To read the lessons which thou now dost teach, 
 And in thy face, on which we look to-day, 
 See hopes to cheer us on our onward way. 
 
 Roll on, sweet lake ! and if, perchance, thy form 
 Laves less of earth than floods of Western fame, 
 
 Yet still we love thee in the calm or storm. 
 And call thee ours by many a kindly name. 
 
 No patriot heart but loves the scenes that come. 
 
 O'er memory's sea, to breathe a tale of "homo." 
 
 And, when the winter in its frozen thrall 
 Binds up thy locks in braids of icy wreath. 
 
 Forget we not thy cherished name to call. 
 In fitting shadow of the sleep of death. 
 
 When golden rays shall o'er our rest still flee. 
 
 As morning beams salute thy Iirow, sweet .Sunapee! 
 
 ILI.IA.M J().Si:i'!l FORTIlvK, of 
 Franklin village, a retired hat 
 manufacturer, was born December 
 S, 1824, in Gentilly, Quebec County, Canada. 
 His father, Dr Thomas Fortier, who was a very 
 ]irominent physician of Quebec, and later of 
 Gentilly, was a member of Parliament for 
 fourteen years. Dr. Thomas was twice mar- 
 ried, first to Eliza Hannah, November 15, 
 1 819, when he was twenty-four years of age. 
 l^y this union there were seven children, born 
 as follows: Thomas K., September 27, 1820; 
 Mary Ann Emily, May 29, 1823; William 
 Joseph, the subject of this sketch ; Edward 
 F., September 30, 1825; Mary L., January 
 4, 1827; Francis, Januar)- 7, 182S; and 
 George Edward, March 7, 1831. Mary L.
 
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 died in infancy, and Francis was drowned in 
 1840. Tlie Doctor's second marriage was 
 made witli Leocadie Gronden, of Gentilly, 
 wlio bore liim five children — Adeline, Georgi- 
 ana, Sarah, Artanse, and Thomas. Having 
 taken an active part in the trmildes of 1S37, 
 Dr. Fortier was reduced to poverty. He re- 
 mained in Gentilly for the remainder of his 
 life, and died there at the age of eighty-four 
 years. 
 
 William Joseph Fortier, in common with 
 his brothers and sisters, was educated in the 
 select schools of Canada. At the age of four- 
 teen, his father having lost his property, he 
 started out in life for himself. He walked to 
 Irasburg, Vt. ; and there he lived with Dr. 
 George Pierce, employed by the latter, but 
 also attending school for a time. He then 
 served an apprenticeship of three years with 
 Deacon Seth Cole, a hatter of Coventry 
 Falls, Vt., and continued in Deacon Cole's 
 employment as a journeyman for three years 
 longer. About 1S42 he came to I-'ranklin and 
 located at his present home. After working 
 for wages a little longer in I'ranklin, he 
 started the manufacture of hats, and continued 
 in that business until the beginning of the late 
 war. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 
 United States Cavalry at Providence, R.I., 
 and was in Company I for three years. He 
 was in many hard battles and skirmishes, re- 
 ceiving a very bad injury in his right knee by 
 being thrown frf)m his horse while participat- 
 ing in a charge at Middlebury, Vt. On that 
 occasion he was taken (jrisoner, and was sub- 
 sequently confined in Libby Prison for forty 
 days, after which he was taken to Bell Island, 
 and thence to Richmond, where he was re- 
 leased. He ne.xt went to Cedar Point and 
 then to Anna[)olis, Md., where he was pro- 
 nounced unfit for duty and detailed for service 
 in the ijost-officc. Here he I'emained until he 
 
 was discharged from service, in May, 1865. 
 He returned to Franklin, and for about three 
 years after he sold dry goods on the road. At 
 the end of that period he resumed the manu- 
 facture of hats, caps, etc., which he sold in 
 the New England States, at times employing 
 from fifteen to twenty hands in his factory. 
 He continued in this business until 1889, 
 when he retired on account of failing health. 
 
 On June 2, 1850, Mr. F"ortier was married 
 to Martha Hancock, of Northfield, N.H. 
 Born January i, 1839, she died December 7, 
 1S89. Her children were: Emily Ann, born 
 March 12, 1851; Mary Ella, born April 11, 
 1854; and Georgie Anna, born September 9, 
 1856. Emily is now the proprietor of a suc- 
 cessful furnishing and fancy goods store at 
 Franklin. Georgie is living at home with her 
 father. Mary died April 9, 18S4. Mr. For- 
 tier is a member of G. l". Swett Post, No. 38, 
 G. A. R. , at Franklin P"alls; also of Meridian 
 Lodge, No. 60. He attends the Christian 
 church. A hard-working and industrious man, 
 he has been (piite successful in life, and is 
 highly respected by his townsmen. 
 
 ALSTON H. PENNIMAN, one of 
 
 Plainfield's most able farmers and 
 -^ \^ ^ prominent residents, was born in 
 this town, which is in the north-western part 
 of Sullivan County, January 9, 1819, son of 
 Thomas and Dorinda \V. (Wood) Penniman. 
 He comes of substantial Colonial stock of 
 English extraction, being a lineal descendant 
 of one of the very early settlers on the shores 
 of Massachusetts Bay; namely, James Penni- 
 man, who, with his wife, Lydia I'lliot, and her 
 brother, John I'Hiot, of luinorcd memory as the 
 apostle to the Indians, arrived on tlu' ship 
 "Lion " in 163 i. 
 
 The family name, it is said, was originally
 
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 523 
 
 Pen-na-man, signifying tiic cliicf or head man. 
 Another branch of the family in Yori<.shire 
 were lioyalists; and some of them were titled 
 as kniglits and liarnnets, one iieing a Sir James 
 renniman, who was kniglitetl by Charles I. 
 on the battlefield. James I'enniman, the emi- 
 grant, with othcr.s petitioned for a new town 
 at Mount VVollaston; and accordingly, in 1640, 
 the town of liraintree was incorporated. He 
 was one of the leading men, holding the office 
 of Justice of tiic Peace; and a nuiuber of years 
 later he was one nf the |ietitioners for the new 
 plantation of Mendoii, ordered in 1660, his 
 son Joseph being named as one of the commis- 
 sioners to settle it. I.ydia ICliot, the wife of 
 James Penniman, was born at Nasing, Mssex 
 County, England, in 1610. 
 
 Peletiah and Hannah (Taft) I'enniman, 
 grandparents of the subject of this sketch, 
 were lifelong residents of Massachusetts. 
 They had a family of seven chikben, as fol- 
 lows: Hannah Pish, burn I\Pnc]i 2, ■/(''S, who 
 died May 6, 1S20; Nathaniel, bcnn Decem- 
 ber 2, I7(')7, died May 22, ii>47 ; Lydia, burn 
 March 2, 1770; Ruth, born April 20, 1772; 
 Luther, l)orn P'ebruary 13, 1775; 'riiomas, 
 named above, born June 24, 177S; and Nancy, 
 born October 8, 1781 — all deceased. 
 
 When a young man, Thomas Penniman 
 settled upon a farm in Plaiiifield, and was a 
 leatling sijirit among the early residents of 
 this town. He figured prominently in public 
 affairs, serving as a Selectman for a inmiber 
 of years, and was highly respected for his 
 ability and upright character. He died Au- 
 gust 18, 1854. His wife was Dorinda \V. 
 Wood, a native of U.xbridge, Mass. They had 
 si.x children, namely: Merritt ¥., born March 
 15, icSi5; Henry N., who was born May 15, 
 I Si 7, and died September 21, 181 8; Ralston 
 H., the subject of this sketch; Dorinda W., 
 born February iS, 1821; Thomas, Jr., born 
 
 January 19, 1823; and David U. W. , born 
 September 13, 1826, who died July 25, 1829. 
 Merritt I"., who became a jirosperous farmer, 
 married Pavinia Dan)on, and had a family of 
 six children. Dorinda W. married John T. 
 Freeman, who was for many years cashier of 
 the Windsor Savings Hank. She died August 
 16, 1862. Thomas, Jr., wedded Mary Smith, 
 and resided at the homestead until his death, 
 which occurred January 24, 1S86. 
 
 Ralston il. Penniman as a boy attended 
 school in his native town, and at an early age 
 began to make himself useful upon the farm. 
 After the death of his father he continued to 
 live with his br<jthers at the homestead until 
 1867, when he decided to engage in farming 
 upon his own account. He purchased the 
 Waterman Spaulding farm, together with 
 adjoining tracts of land, the whole amounting 
 to four hundred acres, and entered upon the 
 care and utilization of this prrijierty with an 
 energy which insured success from the start, 
 l-'or many years he was extensively engaged in 
 raising sheep, which was the source of consid- 
 erable profit. He became widely and favor- 
 ably known throughout this section in the days 
 when sheep-raising was a prominent branch of 
 agriculture, and gained both notoriety and 
 wealth in the wool trade. 
 
 Mr. Penniman married Elizabeth Colby, 
 daughter of Jesse and Lydia (Scott) Colby, of 
 Plainfield. Mrs. Penniman died January 24, 
 1876, leaving fom' children, namely: Robert 
 R., born December 16, 1867; Lydia S. , born 
 January 11, i86g; H. Dorinda, born January 
 22, 1871 ; and Brainard W. , born October 2, 
 1S74. I^obert R. Penniman was graduated at 
 Dartmouth College with the class of 1894, and 
 is now assisting in the management of the 
 home farm. He is actively interested in edu- 
 cational affairs, and is at the present time 
 serving upon the School Hoard. Lydia S.
 
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 I'enniman fitted herself for educational work at 
 the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H., 
 and taught school for five years. She is now 
 residing at the homestead, and presides over 
 the household affairs. H. Dorinda also taught 
 school for a time. She is now the wife of 
 Frank W. Heywood, who is connected with 
 a large harvesting concern in Indianapolis, 
 Ind. They have one daughter — Gladys, born 
 luly 18, 1895. Brainard W. Penniman com- 
 pleted his studies at the Kimball Union 
 Academy, and is now assisting upon the farm. 
 In jjolitics Mr. Penniman is a Republican, 
 and has frequently been nominated for public 
 office; but his party was in the minority here. 
 He takes a lively interest in political affairs; 
 and so an.xious was he to learn the result of 
 the last national election, November, 1896, 
 that he walked to Cornish Flat to obtain the 
 news, and did not return until two o'clock the 
 following morning. He is a regular attendant 
 of the Congregational church, and contributes 
 liberally toward its support. 
 
 tp)TARVEY CHASF, a successful farmer 
 r^i and lumberman of Hopkinton, was 
 
 Ji® V born here, on Clement's Hill, 
 A]irii 3, 1829, son of Enoch J. and Sarah 
 (Holmes) Chase. Enoch Chase moved to 
 Concord, and in I S40 settled down again in 
 Hopkinton on the farm now owned by his son. 
 He bought a tract of land containing si.v hun- 
 dred acres, lying along the Contoocook River, 
 for five thousand dollars. This jilace was the 
 old Folsom farm, which was considered quite 
 an important piece of property, the buildings 
 of which were erected by Mr. Folsom as they 
 now stand. The location, known as the Chase 
 Hill, commands a fine view of the surrounding 
 coutitry. Included in the jiurchase was Pond 
 Mill, the site of which is now occupied by 
 
 another mill. The tract was heavily timbered 
 and a valuable one. Lumbering was Enoch's 
 main dependence, and in this he was prosper- 
 ous. Here he resided for some years. He 
 died at his daughter's place in St. Johnsbury, 
 Vt., October 16, 1879, at the age of seventy- 
 eight. His second wife, Nancy Johnson 
 Chase, was the widow of another Mr. Chase 
 before her marriage to p]noch Chase. Her 
 death in Wilmot, at the age of seventy-seven, 
 preceded that of Enoch. 
 
 Harvey remained with his father until about 
 twenty-three years of age, when he left the 
 farm and passed nine years in Concord and 
 two years in Chichester. I-^rom Chichester he 
 returned to the old farm. He has here carried 
 on general farming and lumbering, making 
 somewhat of a specialty of the latter. He has 
 added to the place, so that it now contains 
 about a thousand acres and lies on both sides 
 of the Contoocook River. He has rebuilt the 
 mill, and operates it according to demand. 
 The timber is very valuable, and the new 
 growth quickly becomes available on account 
 of its rapid increase. He recently sold the 
 stumpage on two hundred acres for sixteen 
 thousand five hundred dollars. 
 
 He has always shown himself to be a public- 
 spirited man, and has filled many offices of 
 trust. In 1852-53 he was Selectman and 
 in 1S54 Councilman. In 1879 he was elected 
 to the State legislature. He is not actively 
 identified with church interests, but his wife 
 is a stirring worker in the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church. He has always been a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
 Mr. Chase was married March 16, 1852, to 
 Martha R., daughter of Charles C. and Olive 
 (Crockett) Hennett. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, 
 both natives of Freedom, N. H., were married 
 in that town, and settled on a farm in Concord 
 when Martha was two years old. The latter
 
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 was Iioin in I'VcccIom, July 9, 1834. Her 
 niotlicr lived with lier after Martha's marriage, 
 ami (lied Noveiiibcr 19, I S96, at the advanced 
 age of eighty. Mr. and Mrs. Chase have two 
 children, a son and a daughter. The son, 
 l'"red Harvey Chase, is with the family on the 
 faini, and also has a steam-mill at (iilsum, 
 near Keene. He is quite a successful business 
 man. The daughter, Mattie Olive Chase, 
 after graduating from the Warner High 
 .School, took a training-school course, and 
 afterward taught for four years in the Concord 
 schools. -She was married March 17, 1897, to 
 Joseph Newton Abbott, son of Isaac N. Ab- 
 bott, of Concord. Two other children of Mr. 
 Chase were : Mary Jane, who died aged four- 
 teen ; and Georgiana, who died when ten years 
 old. l'"red llar\-ey Cha.se, the only son, who 
 resides with his parents, owns a steam-mill at 
 Gilsum, near Keene. He was married March 
 10, 1897, to Lillian Idella Jackman, of Con- 
 CDi'd, daughter of l-'.noch and Mary K. 
 (Moody) Jackman. .She graduated al the 
 Concortl High School, was subsequently a stu- 
 dent of the Concord Normal School and a 
 teacher of the Walker School in that city. 
 Mr. Chase, Sr. , who is one of the sturdy, 
 reliable, and hearty sort of men, has made a 
 splenditl success of his material life. He 
 stands high in the regard of his townsmen, 
 and well deserves the confidence and respect 
 of all. 
 
 |EV. JOHN VANNEVAI?, born in 
 South Maiden, now Everett, Mass., 
 L^ V_^ on June 23, 1857, was the youngest 
 of three children of Aaron 15. and Dorothy G. 
 Vannevar, both of whom were born in Am- 
 herst, Mas.s. He lived in the place of his 
 birth until twelve years of age, when the fam- 
 ily moved to Summer Street, Maiden. He 
 was educated in the public schools, complet- 
 
 ing the college course in the Maiden High 
 School and graduating in 1876. He then 
 entered Tufts College, graduating with the 
 degree of ]iachelor of Divinity in j88o, and 
 taking a post-graduate course of one year. He 
 was ordained to the work of the Christian min- 
 istry of the Univer.salist church in the home 
 church of that faith in Maiden on November 
 23, 1880. Called to the pastorate of the Uni- 
 versalist society in Amesbury in the summer of 
 1 88 1, he remained there two years, during 
 which period he was married to Gertrude F. 
 Swasey, of Maiden. Hecause of impaired 
 health the winter of 1883 and 1884 was .spent 
 in Florida. Soon after returning, he accepted 
 a call to the pastorate of the First Universal ist 
 Society of Canton, Mass., where were born a 
 son and a daughter. In the winter of 1887, 
 because of a bronchial affection, a leave of ab- 
 sence was granted him ; and he spent a portion 
 of the cold season in Southern California, but 
 was suddenly callcil home by the illness of 
 Mrs. Vannevar's mother. The month of 
 March was passed in Lakewood, N.J., where 
 so much benefit was received that pastoral work 
 was immediately resumed. In the fall of 
 1892 he resigned the Canton pastorate, after 
 nine years of service, and, in answer to a crav- 
 ing long possessed, ])urchased a large farm in 
 East Concord, N. H., and moved thereon in 
 October. Three years of farm life ended with 
 a yearning for a return to jnilpit work; and a 
 call to the pastorate of the White Memorial 
 (Universalist) Church of Concord was ac- 
 cepted in the summer of 1895, and work 
 begun in the following SeiJtember. In April, 
 1S96, a daughter was born, and the following 
 summer was spent in Europe. Soon after 
 assuming charge of the Concord parish, resi- 
 dence w^as taken up in the city, where among 
 a kindly people the days and weeks are being 
 pleasantly passed.
 
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 IIARLKS M. ROLFK, a well-known 
 manufacturer of Concord, is a native 
 of this city, born August i8, 1S41, 
 son of Nathaniel and Mary J. (Moody) Rolfe. 
 His paternal grandfather, also named Nathan- 
 iel, was one of the pioneer settlers of Concord, 
 and came here from Haverhill, Mass. He se- 
 cured the first water-power operated on the 
 Merrimack River, and carried on a consider- 
 able lumbering business besides being engaged 
 in farming. This water-power is still in pos- 
 session of the family, and has been for the 
 past seventy-fi\'e years. Grandfather Rolfe 
 died in 1829, full of years and honor, and left 
 to his sons the valuable water privilege above 
 mentioned, besides a large tract of timber 
 land. Nathaniel Rolfe, Jr., father of Charles 
 M., was also a farmer and lumberman. He 
 carried on a large trade, and furnished lumber 
 for the frames of many of the great mills at 
 Lawrence and Lowell, Mass. He is still 
 living, a hale and hearty man, at the age of 
 eighty-three years. His wife was Miss Mary 
 J. Moody, a daughter of Joseph Moody, of 
 Canterbury. She became the mother of si.x 
 children — Charles, Joseph, Abial, John, 
 Mary, and Artiiur. Mary died at the age of 
 nine years. Joseph was a New Hampshire 
 sharpshooter in the Civil War, and saw much 
 active service. He is now a resident of 
 Minneapolis, Minn., where he deals in real 
 estate and operates a plant for the manufacture 
 of dredging machines. He has held many 
 responsible positions there, having been 
 County Clerk and a member of the School 
 Hoard. Abial Rolfe is in lousiness with his 
 brother Charles. He married Georgie J. 
 Gage, daughter of Isaac K. (lage, and has 
 three sons — Harry, Herbert, and Fred. 
 
 In 1866 Charles Rolfe, in company with his 
 brother Abial, established the door, sash, and 
 blind mill which they still carry on. They 
 
 do a large business, employing abuiit fifty 
 men. The)' also carry on general farming to 
 quite an extent. Mr. Rolfe married Maria 
 L. Morrison, and has three sons — Harlow, 
 Henry, and Ben ; and a daughter, Mary, who 
 is now a medical student in Boston. 
 
 Mr. Rolfe has taken an active part in pub- 
 lic affairs, and has capably filled the office of 
 Town Treasurer, and also that of Treasurer of 
 the Boscawen schools. He is a member of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being an 
 active worker in the organization. He also 
 belongs to I Just in Island Grange, P. of H., of 
 Penacook. In religious faith he is a Congre- 
 gationalist. In jDolitics he is a Democrat, and 
 cast his first Presidential vote for General 
 McClellan in 1S64. 
 
 ILLIAM P. WOOD, a farmer of 
 Plainfield, was born here, Decem- 
 ber 29, 1859, son of Alban Palmer 
 and Rhoda (Eaton) Wood, of this town. His 
 grandfather, John Wood was the first male 
 child born in Lebanon, N. H. John was one 
 of the foremost and wealthiest farmers in the 
 district and a very religious n)an. He mar- 
 ried Persis Hyde, of Lebanon, who bore him 
 eleven children; namely, Persis, John, Jr., 
 Lucinda, Jemima, Sally, Thomas, Annie, 
 Harriet, Martha, Palmer, and one child who 
 died in infancy. Persis, who was born in 
 1797, and did not marry, died at the age of 
 fifty. John Wood, Jr., born in 1799, who 
 became a very prosperous farmer and a promi- 
 nent man in Lebanon, served in all the town 
 offices, and was a Representative to the Gen- 
 eral Court. He married .Sylvia Whittaker, 
 ami had two sons — John and Joseph. Lu- 
 cinda, born in 1801, married .Samuel Wood, of 
 Lebanon, a wealthy farmer and real estate 
 owner, and had two chikhen — Hannah and
 
 BIOGRAI'HICAL REVIEW 
 
 527 
 
 Cl;ir,i. Jemima, limii in 1.S03, rn.'inicd Isaac 
 Loiglilmi, a laiiiici ol llartlurd, Vt. Sally, 
 jjorn in 1M05, liccamc Mrs. Silas Waterman, 
 ui Lclianiin. riiomas, burn in iSio, who be- 
 came a wealthy farmer antl si)ecnIator of Leba- 
 non, married Joanna Davis, and had two 
 daughters. Annie, born in i<Si2, died at the 
 age of si.\. Ifairiet, born in 18 14, married 
 Allen II. Wekl, of Lebanon, who was first a 
 professor in a seminary of that town, and later a 
 farmer and the Superintendent of Schools for 
 the comity of St. Croi.x, Wisconsin. Their 
 son, Allen Palmer Weld, i)ecame a lawyer in 
 River Falls, Wis., and is now Judge of Pro- 
 bate. Martha, born in i,Si6, was unmarried, 
 and resided with her brother Thomas. 
 
 Alban Palmer Wood, born January 28, 
 1819, received his education in the schools of 
 Lebanon, and afterward taught school for some 
 years. He then went to Plainfield and took 
 charge of a farm. Formerly he raised large 
 numbers of sheep, when sheep-raising was a 
 profitable industry for the New I-jigland 
 farmer. He has filled many public positions 
 in his town, and he has been a Justice of the 
 Peace for more than thirty years. An attend- 
 ant of the Baptist church, he is ever reaily to 
 support it financially as well as morally. A 
 Mason of Cheshire Lodge, No. 23, of Cornish 
 F''lat, he has held all the offices in that body, 
 and is very popular in the fraternity. His 
 wife, Rhoda, who, born in 1822, died April 25, 
 1S90, had five children — Alma, William P., 
 Alban A., Frank H., and Byron Hayden. 
 Alma H., born November 15, 1853, taught 
 school for many years with remarkable suc- 
 cess, and is now living with her father. 
 Alban A., born May 15, 1856, settled in 
 Lawrence, Mass., after his marriage, and was 
 an overseer there. His wife, Grace V., born 
 in 1857, died July 4, 1S91. He now makes 
 his home with his father, and has two children 
 
 --Gertie L. and Byron M. liyion i hiy<lcn, 
 born May 9, 1868, is an engineer in tiic 
 emjjloy of the B(»ston & Maine Railroad Com- 
 jiany, running from West Lebanon t<i Concord 
 on one of the e.xjjress trains, lie married 
 Hattie Ilurlburt, of West Lebanon, and has 
 two children. 
 
 William P. Wood was a |nii)il of the cr)ni- 
 nion schools and Kimball Academy. Ujion 
 finishing school, he went to Boston, and was 
 for a time employed as a private secretary. 
 His health failing, he came back to New 
 Hani|)shire, and at Meriden conducted for 
 some time the store now managed by Chellis 
 & Stickney. He then took charge of the farm 
 he is now ojjerating, and has since been en- 
 gaged in agriculture and dairying. Mr. Wood 
 is respected as a citizen. On November 2, 
 1886, he married Minnie B. Bean, whose 
 father, Samuel Bean, is a wealthy resident of 
 Lebanon, now retired from active business. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wood have no children. Mr. 
 Wood is a Mason, having membershij) in 
 Cheshire Lodge, No. 23, in which he has held 
 all the offices, and which he has represented 
 in the Grand Lodge. He attends the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 BENEZER LOVEREN, a practical 
 farmer of Hopkinton, was born here, 
 F'ebruary 27, 1827, son of Cajitain 
 Benjamin and Esther (Bartlett) Loveren, his 
 parents being originally from Deering, Hills- 
 borough County. His paternal grandparents 
 were Flbenezer and Eunice (Iladlock) Loveren, 
 who removed from Kensington, N. H., to 
 Deering, where they settled. A separate 
 sketch of Captain Benjamin Loveren appears 
 on another page of this volume. 
 
 libenezer Loveren was the only child of his 
 parents, and was born on the farm where he 
 now lives and where he has spent his life up
 
 5^^ 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 to the present time. Tlie house in which he 
 resides, however, is not the old original farm- 
 house, it having been built by his father in 
 1S44. It is the place in which Captain Ben- 
 jamin Loveren passed his last moments. 
 Ebenezer assisted his father on the farm until 
 the death of the latter, when he took charge of 
 the property, which he has since improved. 
 To the original farm has been added one-hun- 
 dred acres, its present size being three hundred 
 acres. Mr. Loveren owns also a two hun- 
 dred-acre lot of pasture land in the town of 
 Webster, of which he makes profitable use, 
 besides about three hundred acres in towns 
 near by. Besides carrying on general farming, 
 he does a large trade in milk; and throughout 
 his career he has shown a high degree of busi- 
 ness ability in increasing his worldly posses- 
 sions, having acquired quite a large amount 
 of property in addition to his real estate. 
 
 Mr. Loveren has never married. He has 
 never cared for public life, and does not ex- 
 press any political preferences. His house- 
 hold affairs have been most ably conducted for 
 the past fifteen years by a valued housekeeper, 
 Miss M. Esther Buswell, during the first three 
 years of which period his father was living 
 and formed a part of the domestic circle. 
 
 TT^APTAIN BENJAMIN LOVEREN, 
 I jr'^ who for nearly si.xty years was one of 
 
 V >r ^ the best-known and most highly 
 esteemed citizens of Hopkinton, was born in 
 Deering, Hillsborough County, N. H., Sep- 
 tember II, 1805, son of Ebenezer and Eunice 
 (Hadlock) Loveren. He was reared to agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and also became a noted 
 school teacher, following that occupation very 
 successfully for several years. Soon after 
 attaining his majority, or in December, 1826, 
 he came to Hopkinton, where he took up his 
 
 residence; and he remained here until his death 
 on May 14, 1885. Beginning with about one 
 hundred acres of land, he added in course of 
 time two hundred acres more, and also became 
 the owner of some twenty thousand dollars' 
 worth of other property. His h<5me was in 
 the Tyler district, where his only child, 
 Ebenezer, now resides; and he was known as 
 one of the most prosperous farmers in the town. 
 His title of Captain was acquired in the State 
 militia, in which he served efficiently for three 
 years or more. Recognized by his fellow- 
 townsmen as a man of integrity, sound judg- 
 ment, and good business capacity, he was chosen 
 by them to serve first as Selectman, and in 
 1848-49 as Representative of Hopkinton in the 
 State legislature. He was also a delegate to 
 the Constitutional Convention held soon after 
 the above-mentioned date. 
 
 In 1826, the year in which he came to Hop- 
 kinton, he married Miss Esther Bartlctt, 
 daughter of Solomon and Anna (Stevens) Bart- 
 lett, of Deering. She died four years before 
 her husband, passing away October 29, 1881, 
 at the age of seventy-seven years. They were 
 the parents of one child, Ebenezer, already 
 mentioned, who inherits many of his father's 
 best traits of character, and a sketch of whom 
 may be found on another page of this volume. 
 Captain Loveren had one sister and one 
 brother, John Loveren, who resided on the old 
 homestead in Deering, N. H. His wife had 
 three brothers and eight sisters born on the 
 old homestead in Deering. 
 
 BIATHAR RICHARDS, a retired 
 merchant of Newport, was born here, 
 October 8, 1825, son of Seth and 
 Fanny Richards, of Dedham, Mass. He is 
 descended from Edward Richards, one of the 
 twelve immigrants bearing that surname, who,
 
 ABIATHAR RICHARDS.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL KEVJ KVV 
 
 S3' 
 
 according to the records of the New I'jiglaiul 
 Ilisloric Genealogical Society, originally came 
 fniin I'jiglaiul to this country at dilfcrcnt times 
 ill the jieriod between 1630 and 172.S, and 
 whose descendants are to-day represented in 
 the learned professions, the arts, commerce, 
 and the gencial business of the country. lid- 
 ward Richards, who arrived in 1632, was the 
 sixth of the twelve referred to. With him, a 
 felliiw-passenger on the .ship "IJon," was 
 his brother Nathaniel, who afterward joined 
 the party led by the Rev. Mr. Hooker through 
 the wilderness to the valley of the Connecti- 
 cut, and was among the foimders ot Hartford. 
 While a resident of Cambridge, Mass., on 
 September 10, 1638, Edward married Susan 
 Hunting. He was afterward one of the sixty- 
 two original proprietors of the town of Ded- 
 ham, near Boston, where many of his descend- 
 ants are to be found td-day. He spent the rest 
 (it his life in Detlham, anil died theie in 1G.S4. 
 l'"i(im Edward the line nf descent comes 
 through John (first), John (second), John 
 (third), and Abiathar to the sixth generation, 
 represented by Sylvanus, wlm in the begin- 
 ning of this century moved with his family to 
 Newport, N. H., and settled on a large tract of 
 land in the western part of the township, on 
 what is known as the "old road " to Clare- 
 mont. Sylvanus Richards was for some years 
 one of the largest land-owners and tax-payers in 
 the town. In addition to conducting his farm 
 he kept a wayside inn. About the year 1812 
 he moved to Newport village, and there be- 
 came the proprietor of the Rising Sun Tavern. 
 His wife, Lucy I'iichardson J^ichards, bore 
 him four children. Of these Seth Richards, 
 born in Dedham, February 20, 1792, grew up, 
 and ultimately succeeded to the proprietorship 
 of the Rising Sun. Captain Seth Richards, 
 the name by which Seth was generally known, 
 was an active business man of strict integrity, 
 
 yet genial and benevolent, a gentleman of the 
 okl school. He was often called on for ser- 
 vice in town offices, and in 1.S33 he was chosen 
 to represent the community in the State legis- 
 lature. After a time he gave u|) the hotel and 
 turned his attention to store keeping. In 1835, 
 when the Cheneys retired from Newport, he 
 purchased their stock in trade, together with 
 the old stand, and afterward carried on the 
 business successfully for many years. He 
 relinquished this occupation in 1853, when he 
 became interested in the Sugar River l-'lannel 
 Mills. I'"inally he retired from active life about 
 the year 1867. Captain Richards married April 
 8, 1817, Fanny Richards, of Dedham. They 
 had two sons and si.\ daughters. One of the 
 sons was the Hon. Dexter Richards, who is well 
 known throughout the State in business, social, 
 political, and philanthropic circles. 
 
 Abiathar Richards, the younger of his par- 
 ents' two sons, attcndcti the schools of New- 
 port, and was given a term at the Windsor 
 Academy, Vermont. He began his mercantile 
 career at the age of seventeen as a clerk. At 
 the age of thirty, he oi)ened a general store in 
 Newport, which he afterward carried on most 
 successfully for many years. In the year 1895 
 he retired from active business, and he has 
 since been enjoying a well-earned rest in his 
 beautiful home in Newport. He was married 
 February 7, 1854, to Esther A. Durant, who 
 was born December 16, 1830, daughter of 
 Isaiah and Esther C. (Reed) Durant, of Lang- 
 don, N. H. He has two sons — I'red W. and 
 Dexter A. Fred W. , born in Newport, 
 January 31, 1856, who is in business at 
 Omaha, Neb., married Sarah E. Barton, of 
 Newport, who has had one daughter, Chris- 
 tine, born October 30, 1883. De.vter A., 
 born in Cambridgeport, Mass., November 11, 
 1868, who is a travelling salesman for a drug 
 firm, married Ella M. Furlong, of Charles-
 
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 town, Mass. ]\Irs. Richards is a member uf 
 the Congregational church. The father, Abi- 
 athar Richards, is a Democrat in politics. 
 For forty-seven years he has been a Mason of 
 Mount Vernon Lodge, and has served in many 
 of its offices. He is also connected with the 
 Knights of Honor, Mount Coit Lodge, No. 
 86. A prominent man of his town, a good 
 citizen, and a fine old gentleman, Mr. Rich- 
 ards is a worthy representative of the family. 
 
 ILLIAM W. AUSTIN, a farmer 
 and drover of Webster, N. H., the 
 son of Eldad and Naomi Austin, was 
 born in Webster, then a part of Boscawen, 
 July I, 1829. His grandfather, Paul Austin, 
 of Georgetown, Mass., was one of the first 
 settlers of the town. Taking up land when 
 the country around it was a wilderness, he 
 cleared and brought under cultivation the large 
 farm where the subject of this sketch now 
 lives. He died in 1852; and his wife, Me- 
 hitable Lowell, of Georgetown, died in 1829. 
 They had eight children — John, Sallie, Doro- 
 thy, Eldad, Eunice, Mary Ann, William, and 
 Samuel. 
 
 Eldad, the second son, and the father of Mr. 
 William W. Austin, adopted farming as his 
 occupation, and remained at home with his 
 parents until his marriage, when he bought a 
 farm near by, where he spent the rest of his 
 life. He was a Deacon of the Congregational 
 church at Webster for forty years. He died 
 April 15, 1883, at the age of eighty-three. 
 His wife, Naomi, a native of Webster, died 
 August 15, 1891, aged eighty-nine. They are 
 survived by two of their children, namely; 
 Mary Ann, whose husband, Sherman Little, 
 died September 20, 1895; and William W., 
 of whom we shall now speak. 
 
 William W. Austin received his advanced 
 
 educaticjn at Kimball Lfnion Academy, Meri- 
 den, N. H. He lived at home until he was 
 twenty-eight years of age, when he began to 
 buy and sell cattle, going to Brighton and 
 Watertown markets. He also dealt exten- 
 sively in lumber, and was on the road the 
 greater part of the time. He was in this 
 business up to about four years ago, but since 
 then he has engaged in general farming and 
 the milk business. His farm consists of about 
 two hundred and fifty acres of well-improved 
 land, and the buildings are new and substan- 
 tial. He keeps on an average twenty cows, 
 and sells his milk to Whiting & Sons. In 
 politics Mr. Austin is a stanch Republican, 
 and he always takes an active interest in pub- 
 lic affairs. He represented his district in the 
 legislature in 1S85, and he has been Select- 
 man in the town for eight years. He is con- 
 nected with the Masonic order, being a 
 member of Harris Lodge, No. 91, A. F. & 
 A. M., of Warner, N.H. 
 
 He was married January i, 1857, to Miss 
 Abbie Cook Morse, a daughter of .Samuel and 
 Judith Morse, of Craftsbury, Vt. By this 
 union he had four children, namely: George 
 S., born September 27, 1858, who died March 
 12, 1894; Henry Herbert, who was born No- 
 vember 19, 1862, was graduated from Dart- 
 mouth College in 1SS5, married Hattie Stott, 
 and lives in Arlington, Mass., where he is 
 engaged as a civil engineer; Mary Abbie, 
 born October 29, 1864, now a nurse living in 
 Boston; and Louisa, born January 29, 1867, 
 who lives at home with her father. Mrs. 
 Abbie C. Austin died October 21, iS8o; and 
 Mr. Austin was again nuuried April 25, 1SS2, 
 to Alma E. , the daughter of luastus and Eliz- 
 abeth (Morse) Blanchard, of Vermont. She 
 was born in Greensboro, Vt., January 13, 1849. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Austin are members of the 
 Congregational church in Webster village.
 
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 533 
 
 \r\) f WAAAW IIAI.I., ihr enterprising 
 ludprictdr (jf I .aiif^ddii Creamery, 
 I.iiiigiliin, N.ll., anil dealer in 
 butter, cream, milk, eg^s, ciiiekeiis, purk, and 
 other farm and dairy products, was born in 
 Claremont, this State, IVIarch 23, 1850. He 
 is a son of Jonathan and Caroline I,. (I.eet) 
 liall and a descendant of one of the oldest 
 families in Sullivan County. 
 
 Both his grandfather and his great-grand- 
 father Ilall i)ore the Ciiristian name of Jona- 
 than. Grandfather Hall was born August 25, 
 1776, in Spencer, Mass., whence he came to 
 I.aiigdon when a young man. lie afterward 
 I'cmoved to Claremont, where lie died in 1854. 
 In his active years he followed the occupations 
 of a farmer, carpenter, and cooper; and he 
 fought in the War of 181 2. He married Sally 
 Prouty, whose father was a very influential 
 citizen of Spencer, Mass. She was born in 
 1779, and died in 1871. They were the 
 jjarents of eleven children, two sons and nine 
 daughters, Jonathan, third, being the )'oungest 
 son. 
 
 Jonathan Hall, third, was born in I^angdon, 
 June 19, KS15, and is now living in Keene, 
 N.H. After leaving school, he learned the 
 trade of a shoemaker and later that of a car- 
 penter. Since then he has been variously em- 
 ployed as an architect, inventor, manufact- 
 urer, and millwright. Many of the machines 
 built by C. B. Rogers, of Norwich, Conn., 
 were designed by him. He was the bulkier 
 of the only floating saw-mill known and built 
 in Quebec, and the largest saw-mill in that 
 Province, over one hundred men being em- 
 ployed in the constructiini work. Mention 
 should also he made of the Orcutt, Charles 
 iSridgeman, and Sprague Hlocks in Keene, 
 besides a number of other buildings in that 
 cit)- and in I.angclon. Though strong-willed 
 anil somewhat stern in his bearing, he is 
 
 known as a m.in ot high moral principles, and 
 is an honorefl atui respected citizen. In po- 
 litical views he is a Republican, i)iit his life 
 work has lain in other fields than tiiat of p(j|i- 
 tics. He is a member of the Second Advent 
 church. 
 
 His Wife, Caroline L., is a daughter of 
 Andrew I.eet, of Claremont, X.H., a de- 
 scendant of Governor Lcctc, of Connecticut. 
 She was born in 1S18. They have hatl six 
 children, all boys, as follows: Leonard T., 
 Edward, Franklin, William, Henry, and l*'red, 
 of whom the three eldest served in the Re- 
 bellion, and I-'ranklin, born in Claremont, 
 ilied of starvation in .'\ndersonville Prison. 
 Leonard T. , born in Drewsville, Cheshire 
 County, was in the Third New Hampshire 
 Infantry. After the war he became a harness- 
 maker, and subsequently followed that occupa- 
 tion. Dying in 1892, he left a widow and 
 two children. Edward Hall, also a native of 
 Drewsville, who was in the Second New 
 Hampshire Regiment, was a machinist in 
 Claremont. He died in 1870, and is survived 
 by four children. Henry, born in Claremont, 
 is a farmer in Alstead, is married, and has 
 two children. Frederick, born in Claremont, 
 who died in 1885, was a carpenter in Keene. 
 He married, and had one child that died in 
 infancy. 
 
 William Hall acquired his education in the 
 schools of Keene and Swanzcy, N.H., after 
 which he worked at wood-turning three years. 
 He then took up carpentry, which he followed 
 with his father for a time; and later he be- 
 came interested with him in the manufacture 
 of farming tools at Keene. Seven years ago 
 he purchased the farm he now occupies ; and 
 for the past three years, in addition to farm- 
 ing, he has carried on an extensive business 
 as proprietor and manager of the Langdon 
 Creamerv-
 
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 Mr. Hall married Mamie L. Johnson, of 
 Svvanzey, N. H., who was born in 1855 in 
 Marlboro, N.H. Their five children are all 
 living, namely: Cyrene, born in 1876; James 
 A., born in 1878; Jonathan, born in 1880; 
 Ira A., born in 1S84; and Emery Wyman, 
 born in 1S93. At the present time Mr. Hall 
 is serving as a Selectman of the town, also as 
 a member of the School Board. Honest and 
 temperate, like his father, he is highly es- 
 teemed as a useful citizen and a good 
 neiirhbor. 
 
 tLBION H. FRENCH, M.D., a well- 
 known physician of Pittsfield, was 
 ^__^ born in Gilmanton N. H., March 
 27, 1847, son of Thomas H. and Sarah Ann 
 (Brown) French. His great-grandfather, 
 Ezekiel French, an Englishman, who was a 
 pioneer of either Loudon or Hampton, N. H., 
 spent his last days in Loudon, where he 
 owned a farm. The second of EzekieTs two 
 marriages was contracted with Sallie Smith. 
 His son John was a native of Loudon. When 
 a young man, John settled in Gilmanton, 
 where he became a wealthy farmer, and died 
 at the age of seventy-five years. He married 
 Lucy T. Prescott, who lived to the advanced 
 age of ninety-three or ninety-four years. She 
 reared five children, of whom Thomas H., 
 Albion H. French's father, was the eldest. 
 Of these children the survivors are: Ann M., 
 the widow of William Brackett, late of 
 Epsom, N. H.; and Warren B. The other 
 two sons, John O. and Samuel P., were grad- 
 uates of Dartmouth College and physicians. 
 In the latter part of his life the father was 
 a Republican. Both he and his wife were 
 members of the Congregational church. 
 
 Thomas H. P'rench was born in Gilmanton 
 in I Si 5. In early manhood he engaged in 
 agriculture with a determination to succeed. 
 
 He was rajiidly becoming prosjierous when he 
 died, in the j^rime of life, aged thirty-seven 
 years. He held a Captain's commission in the 
 State militia, and was about to be promoted 
 at the time of his death. Politically, he acted 
 with the Republican party. His wife, Sarah 
 Ann, who was a daughter of Richard Brown, 
 of Loudon, became the mother of five chil- 
 dren, of whom Merven E. and Albion H. are 
 living. Merven E. French married Addie M. 
 Gilman, and has three children — John H., 
 Mabel, and William A. Mrs. Thomas H. 
 French died at about the same age as her hus- 
 band. She was a member of the Congrega- 
 tional church. 
 
 Albion H. French attended the academies 
 in Pembroke and Pittsfield and the Northwood 
 Seminary. He fitted for college at the Gil- 
 manton Academy, took a partial college course 
 under Professor E. R. Avery of Tilton Semi- 
 nary and at the University of Vermont. Then 
 he entered the medical department of the 
 University, from which he was graduated with 
 the class of 1875. After that he pursued his 
 medical studies at Long Island and New York 
 City. He was a delegate to the National 
 Medical Convention in New York City in 1880. 
 The first eight years of professional life were 
 passed in Epsom, N.H. From that town he 
 moved to Leominster, Mass., where he prac- 
 tised four years. After residing in Gilmanton 
 for a short time on account of poor health, 
 he in 1892 located in Pittsfield and has 
 since remained here. He is regarded as a 
 skilful and reliable physician. He has a 
 large and lucrative practice, and is much 
 sought for in all the adjoining towns. 
 
 Dr. French has been twice married. His 
 first marriage was contracted September 23, 
 1873, with Emogene F. Grant, a native of 
 (jilmanton. She died at the age of forty-one 
 years, leaving one daughter, Ethel M. Dr.
 
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 S3S 
 
 I'^rciich was again married on September 19, 
 1892, to Lila M. Thompson, of Chichester, 
 N.ll. Ill jiolilics Dr. I'"rench supports the 
 I\epublican party, and he is cliairman of the 
 Hoard of luhication in Pittsfield. He is 
 liJL^hly esteemed by all. Mrs. l'"rench is a 
 meml)er of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 lARLES S. ROWI'.T-L, a farmer 
 and the Postmaster of West Ilopkin- 
 ton, was born June 26, 1857, in the 
 house which he now occupies, son of Isaac and 
 1 farriet (Adams) Rowcll. This farm was 
 owned by his great-grandfather, who settled 
 here shortly after the Revolutionary War, 
 |)robably about 1780, and was the birthplace 
 of his grandfather, Moses Rowell, who was 
 born November 29, 1776. Moses lived on 
 the farm both during his father's lifetime and 
 after his death, when he became its owner. 
 At one time he owned some mills; but after a 
 while he sold them, devoting himself exclu- 
 sively to the farm. On November 26, 1801, 
 he married Tamesin Kastman, who had eight 
 children — Abram, Benjamin, ]''.lizabeth, 
 Abram, Isaac, Albert G. , Achsa, and Roxana. 
 Ai)ram tlied at the age of seven years, Albert 
 at the age of five, and Achsa in infancy. 
 
 Isaac Rowell, born April 19, 1813, re- 
 mained on the farm with his father until he 
 was sixteen years of age. Then he learned 
 the carpenter's trade, which he afterward 
 followed until his marriage, on which occa- 
 sion he returned to the farm. He made sev- 
 eral additions to the farm, wliich contained in 
 his time about three hundred acres of land. 
 In I S40, February 20, he married Harriet R. 
 Adams, a daughter of James and Lydia John- 
 son Adams, of Henniker. They had five chil- 
 dren, namely: James A. and Harriet Klla, 
 who died in infancy; Harriet Ella (second). 
 
 who on October 24, 1866, married Frank 
 Howlctt, of Bradford; Mary E., who married 
 June 9, 1874, George Gove, of Henniker ; 
 and Charles S., the subject of this sketch. 
 Mr. Howlett died June 23, 1873. 
 
 Charles S. Rowell has spent his life on the 
 farm, which was also the home of his father, 
 his grandfather, and his great-grandfather. 
 He has made the dairy the especial feature. 
 Since the post-office was established at West 
 Hopkinton, May 29, 1857, when Joseph P. 
 Dow was made Postmaster, it has been twice 
 in charge of members of the Rowell family. 
 Charles Rowell has now held the position for 
 eighteen years. He married Florence S. 
 Goodwin, December 25, 18S2. They have no 
 children. The Rowells have been a family of 
 stanch Democrats. An industrious farmer 
 and a good citizen, Charles S. Rowell is much 
 esteemed by all who know him. 
 
 Y^ATlIANIhLL ICVERKTT MARTIN,* 
 1^^ a successful attorney and well known 
 J-^* x^ business man of Concord, was born 
 in Loudon, N.H., August 9, 1855, son of 
 Theophilus B. and Sarah L. (Rowell) Martin. 
 He is of Scotch-Irish blood on the paternal 
 side, being a direct descendant of William 
 Martin, who came to this country from Ireland 
 about the year 1732. Landing in Boston, 
 William Martin went thence to Londonderry, 
 N.H., from which place he removed subse- 
 quently to Pembroke, Merrimack County. 
 James Martin, the great-grandfather of Na- 
 thaniel E., served with the rank of Ensign 
 during the Revolutionary War, and died be- 
 fore the cause of American independence was 
 achieved. Mr. Martin's maternal ancestors 
 were English, and first located in Haverhill, 
 Mass., whence Grandfather Rowell removed to 
 Loudon, N. H.
 
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 The subject of this sketch was educated in 
 the district school of Loudon and in the pub- 
 lic schools of Concord, completing his studies 
 in the Concord High School at the age of 
 twenty years. He studied law with Sargeant 
 & Chase, was admitted to the bar August 14, 
 1879, and immediately began the practice of 
 his profession. After practising alone until 
 May, 1885, he then became associated with 
 Mr. J. A. Albin, the partnership continuing 
 until September, 1896, when Mr. Dewitt C. 
 Howe was admitted to the firm. In 1887 Mr. 
 Martin organized the Concord Building and 
 Loan Association, of which he has since been 
 treasurer. He is also treasurer and director 
 of the Sullivan County Railroad. In politics 
 he affiliates with the Democratic party; and 
 he served as County Solicitor from July i, 
 1887, to July, 1889. Fraternally, he belongs 
 to Ruraford Lodge, No. 46, I. O. O. F., of 
 which he is Past Grand Master. 
 
 ILLIAM F. WADLEIGH, a farmer 
 of Webster, is a native of Laconia, 
 liorn January 24, 1837, son of Na- 
 thaniel R. and Polly H. (Ray) Wadleigh. 
 The father, who was a prominent farmer of 
 Laconia, and was born in 1802, died in 1854. 
 The mother, born March 4, 1806, died in 
 1870. They had eight children, namely: 
 Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of 
 William Barrett, of Nashua, N.H.; I'lliza, 
 deceased, who was the wife of William 
 Thompson, of Harrington, N.H.; Isaac, who 
 married Abbie Davis, now deceased, and lives 
 in Ludlow, Vt. ; Almira, deceased, who mar- 
 ried James Filgate, of Laconia; Catherine, 
 who is the widow of Amos B. Tibbetts, and 
 lives in Bairington, N.H.; Chase, who mar- 
 ried Mary Foss, and resitles in Hastings, 
 Minn.; William I'., the sul)ject of this arti- 
 
 cle; and Horace, who married Plettie Hay- 
 wood, and lives in Ludlow, Vt. 
 
 At the early age of eleven years William 
 F. Wadleigh went to Gilford, N.H., and 
 worked out on the different farms until 
 twenty-one years old, when he tried his fort- 
 unes in Lawrence, Mass. Here he was em- 
 ployed for eight years in the soap factory of 
 L. Beach & Son. After his first marriage 
 Mr. Wadleigh removed from Lawrence to 
 Laconia; and four years later he entered on 
 his present farm of five hundred acres in 
 Webster, where he has since lived. He car- 
 ries on general farming, and raises stock of 
 all kinds. Outside his agricultural occupa- 
 tions he is interested in the Merrimack Fire 
 Insurance Company, of which he is a director. 
 In politics he favors the Prohibition party. 
 He has been Road Surveyor, and he was Se- 
 lectman from 1887 to 1889. 
 
 On August 6, 1861, Mr. Wadleigh married 
 Abbie Proctor, of Derry, N. H. liorn July 
 31, 1828, she died October 5, 1886. Her 
 children were: Allen B. , born November 23, 
 1863, who died October 10, 1864; one who 
 died in infancy; Charles C, born September 
 16, 1867, who died October 14, 1889; and 
 Anna P., born October 11, 1868, who died 
 August 6, 1894. Anna married Luther C. 
 Putney, of Webster, who now makes his home 
 with Mr. Wadleigh; and they have one child, 
 Winnifred Maud, born October 2, 1893. 
 Mr. Wadleigh contracted a second marriage 
 May 19, 1 888, with Mrs. Mary Calef Bean, 
 the widow of John C. Bean, and a daughter 
 of Garlantl and Maria T. (Fitz) Calef. Her 
 father, who was a farmer and a resident of 
 Boscawen, died in this township at the age of 
 ninety. Mrs. Wadleigh was born Marcii 26, 
 1842. She is a member of the Bajitist church 
 at Warner. Mr. Wadleigh is a member of tiie 
 Methodist Episcopal church at Webster, and
 
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 537 
 
 takes an active interest in clinrcii affairs. lie 
 belongs to the Daniel Webster Grange at 
 Webster, and is one of the best known of 
 Webster's to\vns|-)eoi)le. 
 
 LKRb:n WOODMAN, a successful 
 
 farmer of I'lainfield, Sullivan County, 
 N.Il., and a veteran of the Civil 
 War, was born in Newburyport, Mass., March 
 9, 1834, son of Daniel and Sarah (Hall) 
 Woodman. His grandfather, Joseph Wood- 
 man, was a native of Newbury, Mass., and a 
 cabinet-maker by trade. He was twice mar- 
 ried ; and his second wife was Abigail Atkin- 
 son, of Newbury, who reared the following 
 children: William, lujna, Abbie, Jane, Han- 
 nah, Betsey, rh(i.'be, David, John, James, 
 Joseph, and Daniel. 
 
 William Woodman became a prominent 
 business man of Dover, N.H., was a man of 
 strict integrity, and for a period of fifty years 
 was president of two banks. He married Re- 
 becca Wheeler, of Dover. I'",dna, Abbie, and 
 Jane remained single, and passed their lives 
 in Newburyport. Hannah became the wife of 
 Major Nathaniel Coffin, a wealthy and influ- 
 ential citizen of that city. Betsey married 
 Daniel Lunt, a merchant and farmer of New- 
 bury, and had two children. I'hcebe married 
 Captain Thomas Disney, of Newburyport, and 
 had a family of four children. Davitl was a 
 cooper by trade, and resided in Newburyport. 
 He married, and had a family of three chil- 
 dren, two of whom are living. John was a 
 shoe dealer in Newburyport. He married 
 Eliza Little, and had three children. James 
 learned the mason's trade, and followed it in 
 ]5oston ; was the father of three children. 
 Joseph followed the trade of a mason in the 
 same city, and was the father of four children. 
 
 Daniel Woodman, Alfred Woodman's father, 
 
 was born in Newbury in the year 1800. He 
 learned the painter's trade; and, settling in 
 Newburyport, he carried on business as a 
 house, ship, and sign painter for many years. 
 He acquired a high reputation in his calling, 
 and accumulated considerable property. He 
 died June 14, 1S74. Mis wife was Sarah 
 Hall, a native of Canterbury, N. H. They 
 had five children, as follows: Sarah, born 
 September 25, 1829; Caroline, born October 
 9, 1831; Alfred, the subject of this sketch; 
 Mary, born June 17, 1837; and Charles, born 
 April 7, 1841. Sarah died December 24, 
 1850. Caroline became the wife of Samuel 
 Jones, of Newburyport, a member of the firm 
 of Jones, Spear & Lane, dry-goods merchants, 
 Boston. She died in 1883, leaving one son, 
 John Henry. Mary prepared herself for edu- 
 cational work, and during the greater part of 
 the time for the past twenty years she has 
 been teaching in Lisbon, Portugal. She came 
 back to the United States some three years 
 ago, and erected a handsome residence in 
 Central Scpiare, Woburn, Mass., but later de- 
 cided to return to Lisbon. Charles is a mer- 
 chant in Boston. 
 
 Alfred Woodman, after completing his edu- 
 cation in the high school of Newburyport, 
 began to learn the tailor's trade with Charles 
 Pool & Co., with whom he remained two 
 years. In company with several other youths 
 he then shipped on board the "Oliver Put- 
 nam," bound for Havre, France. The vessel 
 sailed on Friday; and about three days later 
 she met with a serious mishap, which damaged 
 her to the extent of many thousands of dollars. 
 She was finally towed into New York. Cured 
 of his sea craze for a time, young Woodman 
 then went to Concord, N.IL, where he fin- 
 ished his trade with Lincoln & Shaw, the 
 future Governor Tuttlc of New Hampshire 
 being an apprentice in the same shop during
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 his two years' service with this firm. The 
 effects of the disaster which befell his first 
 attempt to go to sea having disappeared, he 
 was again seized with a desire to see the 
 world; and he shipped on Isoard the "Castil- 
 ian " for a voyage to Peru. His experience 
 this time was of a more satisfactory nature; 
 and, after his return some fifteen months 
 later, he again shipped upon the same vessel 
 for Liverpool. He made five trips to South 
 America on board the "Castilian." 
 
 At the breaking out of the Civil War he 
 enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment, 
 New Hampshire Volunteers. He was in the 
 battles of first Bull Run, Drury's Bluff, Will- 
 iamsburg, Oak Grove, Yorktown, Fredericks- 
 burg, Glendale, Fair Oaks, and Gettysburg. 
 He was captured by the enemy, and his con- 
 finement in Libby and Belle Isle Prisons so 
 injured his health that he now receives a pen- 
 sion from the government. After his dis- 
 charge he shipped as mate of the schooner 
 "Hiawatha," which was commanded by his 
 cousin. Captain Disney, with whom he made 
 coasting trips for a short time. Returning to 
 Concord, he engaged in the tailoring busi- 
 ness, which he followed successfully for eight 
 years. Indoor confinement, however, proved 
 disastrous to his already undermined health; 
 and he was obliged to seek some open-air em- 
 ployment. He accordingly about twenty years 
 ago purchased his present farm in Plainfield, 
 where he has derived much benefit from the 
 invigorating atmosphere, and has devoted his 
 energies to general farming. His property, 
 which consists of about three hundred acres, 
 is one of the most valuable estates in this 
 town. It is situated upon the east bank of 
 the Connecticut River in the midst of moun- 
 tain and valley scenery, and contains a sub- 
 stantial lirick residence and well-constructed 
 out - buildings. His principal attention is 
 
 given to raising sheep for wool, which he has 
 found a profitable enterprise. He has no de- 
 sire for political prominence, but as a sup- 
 porter of the Republican party he takes an 
 active part in town meetings and conventions; 
 and, if matters are not altogether to his lik- 
 ing, he is sure to be heard from. 
 
 Mr. Woodman married Maria T. Gallup, 
 who was born in Plainfield, July 19, 1838, 
 daughter of Captain Thomas F. Gallup of this 
 town. She is the mother of three children, 
 namely: Ellen Edna, born March 5, 1868; 
 P'red T., born June 28, 1871; and Kate K., 
 born March 17, 1S75. Pollen Tulna completed 
 her studies at tlie Kimball Union Academy, 
 and is residing at home. P>ed T. is a gradu- 
 ate of the high school at White River Junc- 
 tion, Vt., and is now studying law with the 
 Hon. John L. Spring, of Lebanon, N. H. 
 Kate K. was graduated from the Kimball 
 Union Academy, and has been teaching school 
 in Plainfield for the past three years. 
 
 Mr. Woodman is a comrade of K. K. Sturte- 
 vant Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, of Concord. He attends the Baptist 
 church. Upright and fair-dealing, he is re- 
 garded with the highest esteem by his neigh- 
 bors and acquaintances, who are always willing 
 listeners to his narrations of adventure which 
 his personal experience is able to fiumish in 
 abundance. In 1887 he accompanied an old 
 school friend who was suffering from mental 
 affliction upon a two months' trip to the 
 Azores, and his description and his remarks 
 concerning it are exceedingly witty and inter- 
 esting. 
 
 ILLIAM LEAVITT BENNETT, a 
 prominent resident of Andover, was 
 born in the town of Loudon, this 
 State, January 16, 1837. His grandfather, 
 Jeremiah liennctt, formerly of Kingston, ac-
 
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 539 
 
 companied by a neighbor named Clough, jour- 
 neyed from there to Loudon, earrying his 
 luggage and ini|)iements on a hand-barrow. 
 Having chosen a tract of timbered land favor- 
 ably situated, he felled a few trees, and built 
 a log hut. lie had been a reed-maker by 
 trade; hut, after coming to Loudon, he de- 
 voted himself to clearing his land and to till- 
 ing the soil. Ho gradually placed it under 
 cultivation; and, when he died, at the ripe 
 age of ninety-five years, he could look with 
 ])ride on a well-improved farm, won from a 
 wilderness through his own industry and cour- 
 age. His wife's name before marriage was 
 Alice Courrier. Their son Amos grew uj) on 
 the farm, and was from boyhood trained to 
 agricultural jnirsuits, in wiiich lie was en- 
 gaged throughout the rest of Jiis life. A man 
 of thrift and industry, he increased the tillage 
 area of the farm. His wife, who was chris- 
 tened Nancy Batchelder, became the mother 
 of foui" sons and one daughter — Lucretia N., 
 William I.., Jeremiah F. , True H., and 
 Joseph (.'lark. True fought in the late war 
 with the Ninth New Hampshire Cavalry, and 
 lost his life in the service. Jeremiah lives in 
 Rockfortl, 111.; and Joseph Clark resides at 
 Oelwein, la. 
 
 William Leavitt Bennett was educated in 
 the public schools of his native town. After- 
 ward he learned the carpenter's trade, and 
 worked in factories at Concord and Laconia, 
 this State, and in Springfield, Mass. h"or a 
 time, also, he was night watch at a shoe fac- 
 tory in Concord and a keeper at the Concord 
 Insane Asylum. Later he purchased the Dr. 
 Henry Weymouth place on Taunton Hill, 
 Andover, and has since resided there. 
 
 On the 1 8th of April, 1863, he was united 
 in marriage with IVLiry Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Captain William and Lydia (Stevens) Hun- 
 toon, of Andover. Mrs. Bennett received her 
 
 early education in the district schools of An- 
 dover, and then attended the Andover Acad- 
 emy for three yeans. She became a successful 
 teacher, and taught for some time in Andover, 
 Salisbury, Boscawen, l-'ranklin, and Concord 
 grammar schools before her marriage. Mr. 
 Bennett is a member of the I. O. O. !•'. In 
 politics he is a Democrat, and his first Presi- 
 dential vote was cast for Stephen A. Doug- 
 las. He takes a keen interest in all public 
 questions, and he has been chosen to serve 
 as a member of the Board of .Selectmen of the 
 town. 
 
 LI A. BOUTWICLL, a farmer and lum- 
 berman of Hopkinton, N.H., son of 
 Samuel P. and Lydia A. (Allen) 
 Boutwell, was born in Barre, Vt., l'"ebruary 25, 
 1833. His lineage has not been traced; but a 
 little research would probably show that he 
 belongs to the old New England family of 
 Boutwells, of which the Hon. George S. 
 Boutwell, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, is a 
 rejiresentative. Its founder, James Boutwell, 
 said to have been made a freeman in Lynn, 
 Mass., in 1638 or 1639, died in 165 i, leaving a 
 wife Alice, sons James and John, and a daugh- 
 ter Sarah. The sons married, and settled in 
 Reading, Mass., John being the ancestor of 
 the distinguished statesman. Some of the de- 
 scendants of the second James, and jierhaps 
 others, have spelled the name Boutclle. 
 
 Nehemiah Boutwell, grandfather of Eli A., 
 of Hopkinton, was a native of Vermont, and 
 served in the Revolutionary War at the time 
 of the raid on Plattsburg, N.V. , when the 
 English made a naval display. He married 
 Susannah Holt. Samuel P., his eldest child, 
 was born in 1806 in Barre, Vt. He married 
 Lydia A. Allen, a daughter of Nathan and 
 Esther (Paine) Allen. She was a relative of 
 Ethan Allen, and resided in Brookfield, Vt.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Samuel P. Boutwell and his wife reared four- 
 teen children, only seven of whom are at pres- 
 ent living, most of them in Vermont. Samuel 
 Edson lives in Hopkinton, as did Elmer, who 
 is now deceased. Seven of the sons were in 
 the army; and of these Luther died in Vir- 
 ginia, and Augustus retired and died in iiis 
 own State from the effects of army service. 
 
 Eli A. Boutwell, the subject of this sketch, 
 during his early years remained at home on 
 the farm at Barre, Vt. He received the edu- 
 cation of the common schools of the town; 
 and at the age of nineteen he left his native 
 place, and went to Hookset, N.H., where he 
 learned to make shoes. Coming to Hopkin- 
 ton in 1853, and in 1856 removing to Mere- 
 dosia, Morgan County, 111., he continued in 
 the same business, remaining at Meredosia 
 until i860, when he went to Berlin, 111. On 
 August 15, 1862, he enlisted in the One 
 Hundred and Sixth Illinois Regiment, Com- 
 ]iany A, under Colonel Lathrop and Caj)tain 
 Henry Yates, half brother to Dick Yates, the 
 famous war governor of Illinois. Mr. Bout- 
 well was in service in Kentucky, Tennessee, 
 Louisiana, Arkansas, and other places. In 
 June, 1863, he was in active service before 
 Vicksburg during the siege; and after the fall 
 of Vicksburg he was sent to Helena, Ark., 
 under General .Steele, also to Little Rock, 
 Ark., the i^'ederal forces taking possession 
 of tiic city. He entered the army as private, 
 and was promoted to Sergeant, and in July was 
 sent to a military school at Philadelphia, Pa., 
 where he remained for a short time. He 
 afterward rejoined his regiment at Little 
 Rock, Ark., and went with them to Pine 
 Bluff, where they were stationed until the 
 close of the war, when he was discharged, 
 and returned to Hopkinton, N.H. 
 
 In 1869 Mr. lidutwell left his business of 
 shoemaking and went to farming, also engag- 
 
 ing in lumbering; and in 1S72 he purchased 
 the farm in Hopkinton where he now resides. 
 He also at the same time purchased the mill 
 property, which was somewhat dilapidated, 
 and at once rebuilt it, and has since built 
 several additions. He now has an extensive 
 plant, and is doing a large business, having 
 generally ten men and about eight teams. 
 He has recently added steam, thereby increas- 
 ing to more than double the former capacity 
 of his mill. He handles a large amount of 
 lumber annually, and is said to have a ready 
 market for what he can furnish, especially in 
 Concord. His farm contains about fifty-five 
 acres, besides which he owns several tracts of 
 timber land, making in all about four hundred 
 acres. He has served the town in official 
 capacity for many years, having been Collector 
 of Taxes in 1874 and 1875, Assessor and ap- 
 praiser of real estate in 1875, Selectman from 
 1876 to 1S78, being chairman of the board. 
 In 1879 and 1880 he served as Representative, 
 and from 1882 to 1888 he was supervisor of 
 the check list. In 1892 he was again one of 
 the Selectmen. 
 
 On March 27, 1855, Mr. Boutwell married 
 Harriet Walker Weeks, who was born in Hop- 
 kinton, N.H., June i, 1829, a daughter of 
 Thomas J. and Hannah (Smith) Weeks. Her 
 paternal grandfather, Captain William Weeks, 
 a graduate of Harvard College, served on the 
 staff of Washington in the Revolutionary 
 War. P"ive children were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Boutwell, namely: Rozella, wlio died 
 at the age of two years; Harvey Lincoln; 
 Henry Beecher Allen; Arthur Jefferson; and 
 P^lla, who died when fourteen years of age. 
 Harvey Lincoln Boutwell, born April 5, i860, 
 was graduated in 1882 from the New Hamp- 
 shire State College and in 1886 from Boston 
 University .School of Law, receiving the de- 
 gree of Bachelor of Laws. He is now a coun-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 scllor-at-lavv in llic cily uf Hostcjii, Mass., and 
 is also scrviii<^ his thiid Icrni in the State 
 legislature. lie resides in Maiden, Mass. 
 December 28, 1886, he married Nellie C. 
 Booth. They have two ciiiltlren — Robert 
 Dewey and Louis l'^\'ans. Henry Hcecher 
 Allen Boutwell lives near his father. He 
 married Alice Montgomery in 1885, and has 
 had two children — Ernest Allen; and Nellie 
 Maria, who died at the age of one year. 
 Arthur J. l^outwell is now in business with 
 his father, and is superintendent of the mill. 
 April 12, 1890, he married Carrie J. l'"itts. 
 They have had three children, namely: Carrie 
 Elia, who died at the age of four months: 
 ICarle iMtts; and LeRoy Arthur. Mr. lili A. 
 lioutwell has built up a large business, in 
 which he has been successful; and he is at 
 present taking an active part in it. lie is 
 alive to all the interests of the town, and 
 enjoys the respect of his fellow-citizens. He 
 is a Past Commander of Post No. 5, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, of Hopkinton, N.H. 
 
 < ♦•»■» 
 
 TT^HARLES M0RTIMI':R BINGHAM, 
 I ^Y 3- former well-known merchant of 
 
 V^i2__^ Claremont, Sullivan County, N.I I., 
 was born in New London, Conn., I'ebruary 
 22, 1804, son of Nathan Bingham. His 
 father settled in Claremont in i8og. He was 
 a hatter by trade, and carried on a large and 
 successful business here. He was a musician, 
 and played the bass-viol in the P^piscopal 
 church for years. He died at the age of 
 seventy-eight. He had si.\ children. His 
 daughter Lucretia married Ralph Metcalf, 
 who became the governor of New Hampshire. 
 Her sister lilizabeth married Luther S. 
 Porter, and Maria became the wife of Henry 
 W. Galpin. Silas L., one of the three sons, 
 was a professional voice teacher. He died in 
 
 Clevelaiul, (Ailo. George, tin, 'imy mu living 
 member of the family, resides in Minneapolis, 
 Minn. Both IClizabcth and Silas Bingham 
 had remarkable voices. 
 
 In 18 18, at the age of fourteen, Charles 
 Mortimer Bingham began to fit himself for a 
 business career by entering the employ of 
 Josiah Stevens & Sons, dealers in general mer- 
 chandise, his father, Nathan Bingham, having 
 made an agreement with the firm that, under 
 certain conditions, he should remain with 
 them until twenty-one years of age. We 
 copy, with a few verbal corrections, the fol- 
 lowing well-told story of his life and charac- 
 ter: "A typical New Englander, having com- 
 pleted his term of service with Josiah Stevens, 
 he struck out for himself. He left Claremont 
 with little capital, but with a good deal of 
 honest purpose, and engaged in business in 
 Grecnbush, Vt. From thence he went to 
 Chester, where he did a thriving business 
 until 1837, when he was induced by friends to 
 return to Claremont. A copartnership was 
 formed in A])ril of that year with Mr. Stevens, 
 under the firm name of C. M. Bingham & Co., 
 dealers in hardware, dry goods, and groceries. 
 The firm existed until the sudden death of Mr. 
 -Stevens, which occurred September 18, 1842. 
 With the exception of three years in part- 
 nership with a son of his former partner, Mr. 
 Bingham continued alone until, having passed 
 forty-one years of his life in the mercantile 
 line, he closed up his affairs in 1871, and re- 
 tired from active business. 
 
 "Possessed of a vigorous intellect, he early 
 attracted the notice of his fellow-citizens, and 
 by them was called to many important posts, 
 the duties of which he discharged to their 
 acceptance. He represented his town in Gen- 
 eral Court for four years, was for many years 
 Town Treasurer, and, save with few excep- 
 tions, was elected Moderator at the annual
 
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 BIOG-RAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 town meetings for more than thirty years. 
 He was one of tlie prime movers in 1843 in 
 organizing the parish of Trinity Church, was 
 the first Warden elected, which position he 
 held continuoLisly for thirty years, and had 
 previously held that office in Union Church. 
 He inherited great capabilities for music, had 
 sedulously studied its theory, and on all occa- 
 sions did much to encourage the science in 
 Claremont. He was for many years chorister 
 of his church, his sister, Mrs. Porter, singing 
 in his choir. 
 
 "He married first Mary, daughter of George 
 Cook, of Cornish. His second wife was Abby 
 Fairbanks, of Charlestown, by whom he had 
 six children — Catherine F., Charles I'^., Mary 
 C, William M., John F., and Lucy F. The 
 four last survived him. He married third 
 Mrs. Lydia Ballou Perry, widow of Mr. Lewis 
 Perry, of Claremont. She is a descendant of 
 John Chamberlain, who occupies a prominent 
 position in the early history of Westmoreland, 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 "Mr. Bingham died March 5, 1S8S, at the age 
 of eighty-four years. He was a man of kindly 
 disposition, of unusual energy and industry, 
 and of unblemished honor and integrity. A 
 gentleman of the olden time, he was distin- 
 guished for many excellent personal qualities, 
 was of singularly pure and abstemious habits, 
 witty and genial withal, and dearly beloved by 
 those who had the good fortune to know him 
 intimately. In him even old age appeared 
 delightful. He is inadequately j^raised when 
 he is named one of the best men wlio ever 
 lived in Claremont." 
 
 LBON LOVKRIN, a prominent farmer 
 of Northfield, is a native of Spring- 
 field, N.H. He was born May 24, 
 1 85 I, son of Austin C. and Lavina A. (Mor- 
 
 rill) Loverin. The father, who was a farmer, 
 died in 1868. He was twice married. The 
 children of his first marriage were: Elijah W. 
 and Gilbert, both of whom are now deceased. 
 Jlis scconfi wife, Lavina, a native of Wilmot, 
 bore him si.x other children, namely: Oliver 
 B., who resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. ; 
 Sarah, who is the wife of George Morgan, of 
 Springfield, N.H.; Ara M. , who is a hotel 
 keeper of Concord; Daniel O., now deceased ; 
 and Ida L. , who lives in New London, N.H. 
 
 Albon Loverin, the fourth child of his par- 
 ents, received his education in the common 
 schools. After attaining his majority, he 
 worked out on farms around Springfield and 
 at Francestown for a time. Subsequently he 
 was employed in Hanover eight years and in 
 Manchester three years. Mr. Loverin came 
 to Northfield in 1885, and bought the estate 
 near Tilton village known as the Chase Wyatt 
 farm, upon which he now resides. It contains 
 seventy-five acres. Since it came into his 
 possession he has made some improvements. 
 Besides carrying on general farming, he keeps 
 a dairy, which yields him considerable profit. 
 In November of the same year he married Miss 
 Jennie L. McDowell, who was born May 18, 
 1858, in Heighgate, Vt., daughter of Leonard 
 and Winnifred (Burt) McDowell. Mr. and 
 Mrs. McDowell, who came originally from 
 Montreal, Canada, settled in lulen, Vt., and 
 passed the last part of their lives in that 
 town. Mr. Loverin's only child, Gracie 
 Belle, is now seven years old. 
 
 In the summer season the family residence 
 is one of the many New Hampshire homes 
 opened to the city dweller who wishes to rest 
 and recreate amid beautiful and healthful sur- 
 roundings. About twenty boarders arc ac- 
 commodated here every year. The estate is 
 now called, and very approjiriately, "Mountain 
 View l-'arm." Mr. Loverin is a Democrat,
 
 DANIEL DOWNES.
 
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 545 
 
 ami h;i.s always stood by bis party. lie is 
 well known and esteemed tliroiiLjhoLit the 
 county. 
 
 ,ANIEL DOWNES, a well-known 
 resident of Andover, was born in 
 
 r~*-^ Salisbury, N.II., June lo, 1.S37. 
 11 is fatlier was Isaac Downes, who came from 
 Maine, bis native State, successively bought 
 a farm in Salisbury and J'^llsworth, lived 
 on each for a time, and then removed to 
 Lowell, Mass., where he kept a boarding- 
 house until his death. Isaac married Mary A. 
 Cilly, of West Andover; and tlieir children 
 were: Philip, Leonard, I'riscilla, Lydia, 
 Ann, I'Lllen, Daniel, and Isaac. I'hili|i 
 Downes, who was a soldier in the Union 
 Army, died from the effect of wounds received 
 in the battle of Gettysburg. Leonard was 
 killed in a railroad accident in 1859. Fris- 
 cilla, Ann, and Ellen are also deceased. 
 Lydia, who resides at Eranklin, is the witlow 
 of the late Mark J. Levenworth ; while Isaac, 
 a resident of Andover, is a well-known lumber 
 merchant. 
 
 Daniel Downes received his education in the 
 town school of Lowell. Then he went to work 
 in one of the mills, and later was engaged in 
 teaming for three years. At the expiration of 
 that time he came to Andover and hired a 
 farm on Taunton Hill, which he afterward 
 conducted for about four years. After this 
 Mr. Downes did teaming for the peg mills, 
 furnished wood for the Winnepesaukee Paper 
 Mills and other corporations, and was at the 
 same time running a saw-mill and working up 
 a lumber business for himself. He also 
 opened a general merchandise store in the 
 village of Potter Place, where he built a fine 
 set of buildings about fifteen years ago. Mr. 
 Downes is a self-made man. Always active and 
 enterprising, prosperity has crowned his efforts. 
 
 .Mrs. Downes was before marriage Jane 
 Kennislon, daughter of Calvin and lilizabcth 
 (lloyt) Kenniston. Her children — lidward, 
 Ida J., I'red !•:., Marcilla M., Jessie M., and 
 Bert W. — arc all married; and there is a 
 rising generation of fifteen grandchildren. 
 Mr. Downes is well known as an active mem- 
 ber of the social and benevolent organizations 
 of Andover. Also interested in the adminis- 
 trative affairs of the town, he has been Select- 
 man and Road Agent; and in 1893-94 he was 
 its Representative in the State legislature. 
 He has served on the School Hoard at Cilley- 
 ville, and is a member of the grange. In pol- 
 itics he is a Democrat, and his first vote was 
 cast for Stephen A. Douglas in i860. He 
 is one of the most active members of the L^ni- 
 versalist society here, which relies on him for 
 generous support when necessary. 
 
 -f^TlRAM C. ];LLENWOOD,*a carpen- 
 r^l ter and undertaker of Charlestown, 
 
 -L® y_^ ^ N.li., was born in Woodward, \'t., 
 
 November 26, 1826, son of Cyrus and Sally 
 (Draper) Ellenwood. His grandfather, Jo- 
 seph EUenwood, was a native of Greenfield, 
 N. H., where he also resided during the 
 greater part of his life, engaged in general 
 farming. He married Mary Punchard, who 
 became the mother of nine children. Their 
 son, Cyrus, father of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Greenfield, N.II., in 17S2. He 
 was a shoemaker by trade, and removed to 
 Charlestown at the age of fifty years. In 181 1 
 he married Sally Draper, and they had seven 
 children — Sally, Harvey, Simeon, Frances, 
 Hiram (the subject of this .sketch), Warren F., 
 and Sarah. 
 
 Hiram C. Ellenwood spent his school days 
 in Acworth, N.H., where he stayed until he 
 was twelve years of age. He then went to
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Charlestowii, and worked on different farms 
 outside the village. When he was twenty 
 years old, he began to learn the carpenter's 
 trade, serving as an apprentice for three years. 
 He afterward went to Boston, where he worked 
 at his trade for two years. On his return he 
 continued as a carpenter ; but, becoming sexton 
 for the Unitarian church, he entered also into 
 the business of undertaking, which he has 
 continued for thirty-five years. lie is one of 
 the prominent Democrats of Charlestown, and 
 has served on public committees on several 
 occasions. He was appointed Town Sexton 
 in 1861, which position he has since held. 
 In October, 1855, Mr. Ellenwood married 
 Martha Clark, who was born in Newbury, Vt. , 
 a daughter of Moses Clark. They had one 
 son, Simeon, who died in infancy. 
 
 LBERT P. DAVIS, attorney -at - law 
 and one of the most active, prominent, 
 and pushing citizens of Warner, was 
 born May 2, 1835, in the village of Waterloo, 
 Merrimack County, N.H. The Davis family 
 originated in Wales, from whence the first 
 ancestor in this country emigrated in 1638, 
 settling in Amesbury, Mass. 
 
 Gideon Davis, the great-grandfather of 
 Albert P., and a nephew of Francis Davis, 
 who led in the early settlement of the town, 
 was born in Amesbury, where he lived until 
 after his marriage with Mary Cheney. In 
 1784 he came to Warner, and, taking up a 
 large tract of timber land, engaged in manu- 
 facturing, in the winter months, oars, selling 
 them in Salem and Boston. He was also a 
 skilled mechanic. He reared a large family, 
 his son John being the ne.\t in line of descent. 
 John Davis, born in Amesbury, Mass., in 
 1775, was a lad of eight years when he came 
 with his parents to Warner. He was a natural 
 
 mechanic, one of the best of his times, and as 
 a carpenter framed nearly all the ancient 
 buildings now standing, and for si.xty years was 
 the master mason and builder of Warner. He 
 bought land about one mile from the village 
 of Waterloo; and, after he gave up mechan- 
 ical pursuits, devoted himself to farming, 
 living there until his death in 1865. He was 
 a well-developed man, both physically and in- 
 tellectually, having the broad shoulders and 
 stocky build characteristic of the Davis family. 
 He possessed great force of character, a firm 
 and resolute spirit, and a personality that made 
 him a leader among men. He reared eight 
 children, of whom but one is living, Eleazer, 
 who resides on the old homestead. 
 
 Zaccheus Davis, father of Albert P., was 
 born near Waterloo in 1806. Like his father, 
 he was both carpenter and farmer, carrying on 
 his joint occupations in Waterloo during his 
 life, which was brought to a close in 1854, at 
 the age of forty-eight years. He married Miss 
 Lucinda Pervere, of Sandown, who survived 
 him, dying in 1881, at the age of si.xty-nine 
 years. They were the parents of four chil- 
 dren, namely: Albert P.; Mary, who died in 
 early womanliood; Charles S., a soldier in the 
 Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry 
 during the late Rebellion, now engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits in Warner; and Zaccheus, 
 a resident of Rochester, N.H. Maternally, 
 Mr. Davis comes from the well-known Pervere 
 and Bennett families of Sandown, N.H. 
 
 Albert P. Davis was fitted for college, and 
 just ready to enter Dartmouth when his father 
 died. This affliction caused an entire change 
 in his plans, his widowed mother, with her 
 family of little ones, needing his care at home; 
 and the college had to be abandoned. He at 
 once assumed the management of the farm, 
 carrying it on until i S66, when he sold out, 
 and moved into this village, bringing his
 
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 547 
 
 mother to his now home. When hut sixlccn 
 years ohl he Iiej^an teachinj; hi tlir winter sea- 
 sons in the eiiuntry-seiiool distriets; and tliis 
 vocation he continued al)out fifteen years, 
 obtain in<^ a fine reputation, both as instructor 
 and disciplinarian, his services often being 
 sou{:;ht in schools in which the pupils were 
 unusually turliulent and unruly. Soon after 
 coming lo Warner village, Mr. Davis was 
 appointeil De|>uly -Sheriff, an office which he 
 filled about ten years. In the meantime he 
 studied law with John Y. Mugridgc, of Con- 
 cord, and ill 1876 was admitted to the New 
 Hampshire bar. At once opening his office 
 in Warner, he has since continued in the 
 active practice of his profession, making a 
 specialty of pension law, in which he has been 
 particularly successful. He examines each 
 case thoroughly, testing its merits prior to 
 placing it before the department of pensions, 
 and has invariably succeeded in his efforts to 
 benefit his clients. His knowledge of law, 
 and of the intricacies of pension law es[)e- 
 cially, makes him a very efficient pension 
 attorney. 
 
 Mr. Davis has been actively identified with 
 the highest and best interests of the town and 
 county since arriving at man's estate. A true 
 and loyal citizen, his patriotism was aroused 
 to its highest point during the progress of the 
 late Civil War. When the papers containing 
 the accounts of the second battle of Bull ]\un 
 were thrown from the train, he and his brother 
 Charles were in the hayfield. They at once 
 decided that one must don the blue and go to 
 the front as a soldier. Sitting down on the 
 hay, they drew cuts, agreeing that one should 
 remain at home and care for the two families. 
 The lot falling on Charles, he at once vol- 
 unteered his services to his country. In the 
 advancement of educational interests Mr. 
 Davis has labored indefatigably, doing espe- 
 
 cially g(j(;d work as superintendent ol the 
 Simonds High Schfujl for two years, Mr. 
 Davis has likewise served as Town Treasurer. 
 He was private secretary to Governor Ilarri- 
 man in 1868 and iS6c); in 1889 was a mem- 
 ber of the Con.stitutional Convention; and 
 from 1891 till 1893 represented this town in 
 the State legislature, serving on the Judiciary 
 Committee, in company with such strong 
 members as Briggs, of Manchester; l{ingham, 
 of Littleton; Spring, of Lebanon; and Nash, 
 of Conway. He is an ardent I'rohibitionist 
 and a close student of political economy, his 
 investigations in this science leading him to 
 write a series of articles on the tariff question 
 that attracted large attention. He subse- 
 cjucntly wrote the "Warner Papers," including 
 such topics as "Warner in the Rebellion," 
 "Warner in the Revolution," giving a full 
 history of events in Warner during those two 
 great wars. 
 
 Mr. Davis owns a good deal of real estate, 
 mostly village and town property, though he 
 has large tracts of land in both Kansas and 
 Nebraska. He was one of the original propri- 
 etors of the Warner Glove Factory, but sold 
 out his interests, and in earlier life was a 
 stockholder in the Melvin Woollen Mills, and 
 was also engaged for a time in the lumber 
 business. He was the projector of the system 
 of water-works just C(jmpleted in the village; 
 and it was mainly through his untiring efforts 
 it was established, he having secured the 
 necessary capital from abroad and otherwise 
 materially encouraged the enterprise. Warner 
 has a fine public library founded through the 
 instrumentality of Mr. Davis, who agitated the 
 question for years, and finally secured a room 
 in the Town Hall, beginning with a few books 
 as the nucleus. He then interested the Hon. 
 George A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, Minn., 
 who was for some years in business here, and
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 was a Representative to the General Court 
 from Warner. Mr. Pillsbury donated gener- 
 ously, the result being a handsome and con- 
 veniently arranged building, stocked with five 
 thousand volumes of choice literature, valued 
 at about twenty-five thousand dollars. 
 
 In June, 1855, Mr. Davis married Miss 
 Lav(ma Harvey, daughter of Abner Harvey, 
 of Warner, and of Mary Fisk, of the famous 
 Fisk family. She is a most estimable, capa- 
 ble, and accomplished woman, deeply inter- 
 ested in all reform movements and every other 
 that tends to help the poor and unfortunate, 
 who find in her a friend. She is a valued 
 member of the Bajitist church and of the 
 W. C. T. U., but, being an invalid, is not 
 able to do any active work in either organiza- 
 tion. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two children, 
 namely: Ida M., wife of Walter W. Wheeler, 
 of Boston, Mass. ; and Woodbury E., who is 
 engaged in the grocery business in Warner. 
 
 Mr. Davis is naturally aggressive, persist- 
 ent, and tenacious. Once having carefully 
 and deliberately marked out his course, he 
 never yields to any obstacle in the way of the 
 consummation of his plans and purposes; and 
 he usually succeeds in what he attempts. This 
 determination has necessarily led him to an- 
 tagonize others with pet plans and schemes, 
 and has made intense personal and political 
 enemies of men smarting under defeats and 
 disappointments. When provoked or pushed, 
 he wields a vigorous and merciless pen, as his 
 enemies can testify. 
 
 Aside from this class Mr. Davis possesses 
 in a large measure the confidence and respect 
 of his fellow-townsmen, who willingly credit 
 him with great personal courage, indepen- 
 dence, and originality, and with having bene- 
 fited his town in his efforts to establish a free 
 public library and a system of public water- 
 works; by his investments in local industrial 
 
 works, to give labor at home to the laboring 
 class; by his intense interest manifested in 
 the educational institutions of the town ; by 
 his active support given gladly to promote and 
 develop the moral, social, and religious inter- 
 ests of the people; and by his active co-opera- 
 tion with any and all movements that tend to 
 make a healthy and vigorous community, with 
 a community of interests and aspirations. 
 
 irA ANFORD RICE, late a well-known 
 1 1 farmer of Claremont, who died 
 ,—Km^ August 4, 1877, was born in this 
 town, December 2, 1805. His grandfather, 
 Ebenezer Rice, who was one of the earliest 
 settlers of Claremont, coming with a little 
 colony of pioneers from Tolland, Conn., 
 bought considerable land in the village, but 
 afterward removed to West Claremont. He 
 was a carpenter by trade, and framed the old 
 Union church at West Claremont. He was a 
 Deacon of the church, and in the absence of a 
 minister he used to read the services. A 
 stanch patriot, he fought for American inde- 
 pendence in the Revolution. His death 
 occurred April 24, 1829. His children were: 
 Joseph; Stephen; Ebenezer; and Phebe, who 
 became Mrs. Timothy Grannis. 
 
 His son Joseph was a prosperous farmer, a 
 man of influence in the town, and one of the 
 leading members of the Union Church. He 
 married Lucy Barron, who was born June 14, 
 1772. He died Aj^ril 24, 1829, his wife sur- 
 viving him until August 28, 1847. They had 
 a large family of children. Minerva, the 
 eldest, born November 30, 1795, marriet! 
 Daniel J5ond. Horace was born Jul)' 2, 1801. 
 He died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1872. 
 Franklin was born May 2, 1803; and Sanford 
 and Danford, twins, were born December 2, 
 1805. Sanford was lost in the Mexican War.
 
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 549 
 
 Phcl)c Pamelia was born January i8, 1809, and 
 married Harvey Tolles. George Gilbert, born 
 September ig, i<Sii, lived in Cambridge, 
 Mass., and died tbcre in 1H63. Hiram 
 Augustus, born September 27, 1 8 14, died in 
 Missouri. The cliildren of Horace Rice by 
 liis wife, formerly Maria Hall, were: Josepii 
 Henry, Ijorii I'ebruary ig, i82g; John I'"rank- 
 lin, born June 15, 1830; and y\deline Alberta, 
 born April 12, 1835. The chililren of George 
 Rice by his wife, Harriett lluniiewell, were: 
 Carrie M., born in 1853; George, born No- 
 vember 4, 1S54; and D. Webster, born June 
 18, 1858. 
 
 Danfortl ivicc fdUowed his father's vocation 
 of farming, and was one of Claremont's most 
 useful citizens. He was a faithful member 
 of llic Union E[)iscopal Church. His wife, 
 Caroline Jones, died Septemioer 30, 1866, 
 nearly eleven years before his own departure. 
 Their chikiren were: lulward Barron, born 
 ()ct(iber jg, 1835, who married limma Hall 
 in Octolicr, 1870; Caroline Isabella, b(irn 
 June 8, 1838; William Danford, born No- 
 vemlier 21, 1843, who, it is supposed, was 
 killed in battle, September 30, 1864; and 
 !■' ranees Lydia, born November 16, 1846, who 
 died September 21, 1847. The children of 
 Edward Barron, the eldest son, are: Marian 
 Isabella, born in September, 1871; Edward 
 Barron, born in December, 1875; Augustus 
 Hall, born in 1876, who died in 1896; Emma 
 Erances, born in 187S; anil William Alexan- 
 der, burn in Decend^er, 1882. 
 
 Yp)EONARD wood PEABODY, M.D., 
 IJT of Henniker, one of the oldest medical 
 — ^ practitioners in Merrimack County, 
 was born in Newport, Sullivan County, Sep- 
 tember 13, 1817, son of Ami and Sarah (John- 
 son) Peabody. He is a descendant of P'rancis 
 
 Peabody, who, born iji Ijigland in 1614, came 
 to New ICngland on board the ship "I'lantcr" 
 in 1635. This ancestor, after residing in 
 Ipswich, Mass., for a while, removed to 
 Hampton in 1638, and in 1651 .settled in 
 Topsfield, Mass. P'rom him the line of de- 
 scent comes through Captain John I'eabody, 
 who was born in 1642, I'lnsign JJavid Pea- 
 body, born in 1678, John I'eabody, born in 
 1714, to Jedediah Peabody, born in 1743, who 
 was the grandfather of Leonard W. Jedediah 
 served in the Revolutionary War, and partici- 
 pated in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1781 
 lie moved his family from Bo.xford, Mass., to 
 Warner, N. 11., where he resided for many 
 years. The maiden name of his wife was 
 Alice Howlet; and their last days were spent 
 in East Lebanon, N. II., where they died at an 
 advanced age. Their children were: Ami, 
 Lydia M., Mary, Moses, Susannah, Thomas, 
 Alice, Andrew, P'rederick, Betsey, and John. 
 Of these, one, Alice, who married VAcazsr 
 Whitney, remained in Merrimack County. 
 
 Ami Peabody, born in Bo.xford, Mass., in 
 I76g, was twelve years old when his parents 
 moved to New Hampshire. When a young 
 man he settled in Newport, N. H. ; and his 
 death occurred in that town, January 27, 1845. 
 The first of his two marriages was contracted 
 in Henniker with Patty Rice. She had two 
 children, namely: Lucy, who married Leonard 
 Wood, of this town ; and iMartha, who married 
 Harvey Pheljis, and moved to Crown Point, 
 N.Y. Neither is now living. The second mar- 
 riage was made with Sarah Johnson, a native 
 of Guilford, Conn., and a daughter of Miles 
 Johnson, who served in the Revolutionary 
 War, and was among those who passed the 
 historic winter at Valley P'orge. The chil- 
 dren of this imion were: Asenath, Calvin, 
 Reuel, Maria, P^liza, P'rederick, Sarah, the 
 Rev. Charles, Leonard W. , Carroll W. , De.x-
 
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 ter, and Helen. Asenath died at the age of 
 twenty-seven years. Calvin settled in Linn 
 County, Missouri. Reuel settled in Illinois. 
 Maria married Button Woods, of Concord, 
 N. H. Eliza, who remained a spinster, passed 
 her last days with her brother, Leonard W. 
 Frederick settled in Illinois. Sarah became 
 the wife of Henry S. Dutch, and lived in O.v- 
 ford, la. Carroll W. , who was a carpenter by 
 trade, resided in Sullivan County. None of 
 the above are living. The Rev. Charles Pea- 
 body, who graduated from Dartmouth College 
 in 1839, was for many years a field agent of 
 the American Tract Society. He is now liv- 
 ing in Pasadena, Cal. Dexter Peabody now 
 occupies the old homestead in Newport. 
 Helen Peabody, the youngest, who was born 
 in 1826, and completed her education in South 
 Hadley, Mass., in 1847, became the first prin- 
 cipal of the Western Female Seminary in 0.x- 
 ford, Ohio, and held that position for thirty- 
 three years. Some time ago she spent a year 
 in Japan, visiting her former pupils. .Since 
 her return to the LTnited States she has re- 
 sided with her brother in Pasadena, Cal. 
 Mrs. Sarah Peabody survived her husband ten 
 years. 
 
 Leonard Wood Peabody acquired his early 
 education at the Kimball Union Academy. 
 Subsecpiently for a time he was a teacher at 
 the Concord Literary Institute, of which his 
 brother Charles was principal. After pursu- 
 ing his preliminary studies in medicine with 
 Dr. Timothy Hayes, of Concord, and Dr. J. L. 
 Svvett, of Newport, he attended lectures at the 
 V'ermont Medical College in Woodstock, from 
 which he was graduated in 1844. He began 
 practice in Ilenniker, where he remained for 
 a short time. Then he located in Epsom, 
 N. H., residing there for twenty-si.x years. 
 He returned to Ilenniker in 1871, and was 
 engaged in practice here until his retirement, 
 
 some two years ago. He excelled as a general 
 physician in the treatment of disease. In the 
 course of his professional career he was called 
 to over one thousand obstetrical cases, usher- 
 ing into the world six physicians, besides sev- 
 eral ministers, lawyers, and editors. When 
 diphtheria made its appearance in this State in 
 1 86 1, he was remarkably successful in coping 
 with that dread malady, considering the fact 
 that there was at the time little or no knowl- 
 edge concerning its character. A paper pre- 
 pared by him upon the subject at that time 
 showed that he had a correct understanding of 
 its nature. He is a member of the State and 
 Central District Medical Societies, having 
 served as President of the latter. He has been 
 a delegate to the National Medical Associa- 
 tion, was a delegate from the State Society to 
 the examination at Dartmouth College in 
 1S61, and in 1S67 he received an honorary 
 degree from that institution. He is a member 
 of the New Hampshire Historical Society and 
 of the New Hampshire Anticpiarian Society. 
 Taking much inteicst in the objects of the 
 latter organization, he has contributed to its 
 collection of antiquities, and furnished several 
 valuable genealogical records. Some time 
 since he presented sixty volumes of old medi- 
 cal journals to the State Historical Library. 
 In politics he was originally a Whig and 
 later a Republican. Pie cast his first Presi- 
 dential vote for William Henry Harrison, and 
 he has since voted for every Whig and Repub- 
 lican candidate up to the present time. He 
 represented Henniker in the legislature in 
 1885, and has frequently served as a delegate 
 to district and State conventions. 
 
 On January 28, 1846, Dr. Peabody was 
 united in marriage with Louisa Lerned Kelley. 
 She was born in Warner, N. H., January 23, 
 1821, daughter of the Hon. Abner and Je- 
 rusha (l''owler) Kelley. Her graiidhithcr was
 
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 the Rev. William Kellcy, the first settled 
 minister in Warner; and Jiei' father was at one 
 time State Tieasurer. Dr. and Mrs. Peahody 
 ari.: the parents (if tjiree danghters; namely, 
 I'di/.aljetJi Kelley, Sarah Matilda, and Maria 
 Antoinette. I'llizalieth Kelley I'eabody, who 
 <i;raihiated at ().\f(ird, Oiiio, in 1866, married 
 the Rev. William Wilmer, of Attica, Ind., a 
 I'resbyterian minister. .Sarah Matilda mar- 
 ried Curtis 1). (diilds, IS. .S. , and resides in 
 llenniker. Maria Antoinette, who was a stu- 
 dent o( O.xford Seminary when that institute 
 was destroyed by fire, resided at home until 
 November iS, 1896, when she married Charles 
 v. I'ealiody, of Clarence, la. liesides these 
 the Doctor has also rearetl and educated a 
 nejihew, Clarence Elwin I'eabody, a son of 
 Carroll \V. Clarence Elwin, who resided 
 with Dr. Peabody from the time when he was 
 seven years old until he reached his major- 
 ity, is now living in Boston. Dr. Peabody 
 is a charter member of Henniker Lodge, 
 1. O, O. !'". , of which he has occupied the 
 ini]i()rtant chairs. He has also held a seat in 
 the (irand Lodge of New Hampshire. 
 
 'rank K. DIMOND, a well-known 
 business man of West Concord, was 
 born on the estate he now occupies 
 about thirty-si.x years ago, son of Klbridge and 
 Jennett (Hoit) Dimond. His immigiant an- 
 cestor came from England, and was among 
 the first settlers of this section of the State. 
 Nearly all the descendants of the immigrant 
 are still living in this region. His son, 
 ICzekiel Dimonti, was great-great-grLUulfather 
 of I'rank K. I^zekiel had seven sons. Reu- 
 ben, the great-grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born in Concord, N. H., on 
 wliat is now known as Dimond's Hill. He 
 was a farmer, and passed the greater part of 
 
 his life in Cfjntord, dying at the ago of 
 seventy years. His wife was Wary Currier 
 DipKjnd, who reared eleven children. The 
 youngest of these died at the age of fifty, 
 while the others lived to be from seventy to 
 ninety years of age. 
 
 Jacob, the third son of ICzekiel, was a wheel- 
 wright; and he owned at first a small farm, 
 lie gradually acquired more land until at the 
 time of his death he was jjroprietor of a 
 goodly number of acres. Jacob married Rose 
 Abbott, daughter of Ezra Abbott. Her only 
 child, Elbridge, received a public-school 
 training, and then worked at his father's trade. 
 l^ibridge also did considerable farming, and 
 built some substantial farm buildings. He 
 was one of the 15oard of Aldermen for two 
 years. His wife, Jenett, was a daughter of 
 ICnoch and Mary (French) Hoit, of Concord. 
 Besides Frank E. she had another son, Gil- 
 man H. Dimond, who was in the .Si.xteenth 
 New Hampshire Regiment for nine months 
 during the Civil War, and later in the heavy 
 artillery until the close of the war. Oilman 
 Dimond married Mary E. Colby, and has three 
 children — Irving G., Stella May, and F'tta B. 
 Elbridge was a Republican in politics, and 
 twice represented the town in the State legis- 
 lature. His first Presidential vote was cast 
 for W. H. Harrison. He was a member of 
 the Congregational church. His farm is a 
 part of the original land, and the old residence 
 was one of the first houses built in this section. 
 
 After attending the district schools for the 
 usual jieriod, Frank E. Dimond became a stu- 
 dent at Penacook Academy. He has always 
 lesided on the farm, of which he is now the 
 proprietor. It contains about two hundred 
 acres, thirty of which are under cultivation. 
 Mr. Dimond was Selectman of his ward for 
 two years, served for two years in the Common 
 Council, and at this writing is Alderman-elect
 
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 of Ward Three. He is a Republican in pol- 
 itics and a member of the grange. 
 
 On June 14, 1S83, Mr. Uimond married 
 Mattie E. Carter, daughter of Augustine and 
 Sarah E. Restieau.x Carter. Her father is a 
 son of Abiel and Patty (Farnum) Carter, of 
 Concord. Abiel 's father was Timothy, born 
 in Concord in 1767, and his mother's maiden 
 name was Judith Chandler. The next in line 
 was Ezra, born in South Hampton, who came 
 to Concord with his father about 1750, and 
 married Phoebe Whittemore. Ezra was son of 
 Daniel and Hannah Fowler Carter. Daniel 
 was son of Ephraim Carter, who came to Con- 
 cord about 1740, being the first Carter to settle 
 there. The tradition is that, when he and 
 his family left South Hampton, the neighbors 
 were grieved that they were going so far into 
 the wilderness, and wept when bidding them 
 farewell. Reaching Sugar ]5all Hill, they 
 chained the wheels of the cart containing the 
 goods to get it down safely. They crossed 
 the Merrimack in a canoe, carrying their 
 goods along with them, and causing the o.\en 
 to swim while the cart was dragged across by 
 means of bed-cords fastened to the tongues. 
 
 (^AMES OTIS STRAW, a thriving 
 farmer of Hopkinton, was born in this 
 town July 27, 1853, son of William S. 
 and Mary Ann (I'Tanders) Straw. An account 
 of his ancestry may be found in the sketch of 
 his father, William S. Straw, contained else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 James Otis Straw spent his early years on 
 his parents' farm. He was brought up to 
 agricultural [jursuits; and in 1S90 he purchased 
 his present home, the old Currier farm, con- 
 taining sixty-five acres, the buildings on 
 which were erected over a hundred years ago. 
 Mr. Straw makes a specialty of dairying, and 
 
 also pays much attention to breeding high- 
 grade Guernsey stock. He possesses a con- 
 siderable amount of mechanical skill, and is 
 expert in the use of all kinds of tools. In . 
 politics he is a free silver Democrat, but takes 
 no active part in public affairs beyond casting 
 his vote. January 8, 1881, he was united in 
 marriage with Ada Whittemore, daughter of 
 William B. and Nancy Whittemore, of Hop- 
 kinton. Mr. and Mrs. Straw have become 
 the parents of two children: Percy W., who 
 was born October 21, 1881, and died at the 
 age of three and a half years; and Clayton 
 Bayard, born April 20, 1885. Mr. Straw is 
 a member of Contoocook Grange, P. of H. 
 He is an enthusiastic sportsman, and is one of 
 the most popular residents of Hopkinton. 
 
 -JEWELL J. ELLIS, a well-known 
 Grand Army man and a prominent 
 
 ^ *■ farmer of Cornish, was born at 
 
 Brandon, Vt. , Sei)tember 5, 1840, son fif 
 Seneca and Aurilla (]5agley) Ellis. His 
 grandfather was John P^llis, who married Mar- 
 garet Holt, and was the father of Seneca and 
 William Ellis. William, who was born at 
 Shoreham, Vt., went West a number of years 
 ago, and has not since been heard from. The 
 family do not know whether he is living or 
 not. 
 
 Seneca Ellis was born at sea, July 26, 1809. 
 He was educated in the schools at Brandon, 
 Vt., and subsequently followed the occupation 
 of farmer in Vermont and New Hampshire. 
 The last thirty years of his life were spent in 
 Cornish. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 
 Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and 
 afterward was in action at New Orleans, 
 Baton Rouge, and in Florida. Although his 
 term of enlistment was but nine months, he 
 reinaineil in the service for nearly a year. He
 
 BIOGRAPHIC Al. REVIEW 
 
 SS3 
 
 came home in August, 1863, suffering from a 
 mortal illness contracted in the war. The de- 
 sire of seeing home faces appears t<i Jiave kept 
 him alive until it was gratified. He died a 
 few days later, having given his life for his 
 country as surely as if he had been shot down 
 on the battlefield. Ilis wife was Aurilla, 
 daughter of Curtis and I'hylinda (Downing) 
 I'agley ; and their cle\cn children were: 
 William II., Julia, Annie M., Joel C, New- 
 ell J., Jason, George, Orrilla N., Loui.sa J., 
 h'rank I'., and Mmmeline. William II., a 
 native of IJrandon, born in January, i<S'32, 
 married Harriet Ellison, of Rockingham, V't., 
 and resides in that place engaged in farming. 
 He has had two children, one of whom is liv- 
 ing. Julia A., born in Canton, N.Y., August 
 29, i<S34, first married Charles Svveatt, of 
 Andovcr, N. IT., by whom she had two chil- 
 dren, of whom Annie is living. Her second 
 husband is George D. Clapp, of Revere, 
 Mass., a blacksmith. Annie M. Ellis, born 
 in Canada, April g, 1836, lives in Enfield, 
 N. H., and has been a very successful school 
 teacher. Joel, born in Canton, N.Y., July 
 -9< ^^i?! served with a Massachusetts regi- 
 ment in the late war, and was killed at the 
 battle of Antietam. Jason, born February 17, 
 1S42, at Brandon, who also served in the war, 
 was drowned while making the voyage from 
 New Orleans to New York with three hundred 
 or more sick soldiers coming home for a fur- 
 lough upon a condemned transport boat. 
 George, born at Brandon, May 18, 1846, mar- 
 ried Waity \V. Ford, of Adams, Mass., and 
 has one child, Etta. He was also in the war, 
 and afterward was engaged in farming. His 
 death occurred December 26, 1878. Orrilla 
 N., born at Enfield, this State, October 27, 
 1 848, first married Chester Langworthy, of 
 Adams, Mass., by whom she had one daugh- 
 ter, Sadie, who is now deceased. She is now 
 
 living with her second husband, William D. 
 Spaulding, formerly of Claremont, now of 
 Cornish, where he ha.s a large farm. Louisa, 
 born at Enfield, March 24, 1S50, was al.so 
 twice married. Her first husband was Henry 
 Marcy, of Rockingham, Vt. ; and the second 
 was Edwin S. Ncwhall, of Lynn, Mass. She 
 has no children. Frank, born at ICnfield, 
 March 22, 1854, lives at the farm in Cornish 
 with his mother. Emmeline, born in Cornish, 
 January 29, 1857, has been three times mar- 
 ried. Her first husband was Frank Pope, and 
 she bore him three children; her second hus- 
 band was Samuel Fairbanks, by whom she had 
 one child; her present husband is Thomas 
 Emery, of Cornish. Mr.s. Seneca Elli.s, who 
 was born July 25, 181 1, after the death of 
 her first husband married Samuel Chase, and 
 is now living in Cornish. 
 
 Newell J. Ellis was educated in the schools 
 of Corni.sh. Since leaving school he has been 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, with the 
 exception of a year spent in the Civil War. 
 He enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Regi- 
 ment, and subsequently took part in the battle 
 of Mobile. Mr. Ellis has served for some 
 time on the School Committee. He has been 
 Highway Surveyor and has acted in other 
 public capacities. The first of his two mar- 
 riages was contracted with Sarah M. Board- 
 man, of Cornish, who died January 10, 1892. 
 Her three children were: Martha, Charles, and 
 Mabel. By the second marriage he was united 
 to Adeline Hunt, daughter of Dr. Hunt, of 
 Bolton. Martha Ellis, born in April, 186S, 
 married Daniel Johnston, of Franklin, Mass., 
 where he is employed in the manufacture of 
 hats. Charles B., born March 5, 1872, is liv- 
 ing at Franklin, Mass., and is a pressman in 
 the hat business. Mabel, born August 26, 
 1883, is still a school girl and lives at home. 
 
 Mr. Ellis has owned at different times two
 
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 very large and well-cultivated farms. The 
 one where he now lives has the best appointed 
 buildings of any farm hereabouts, and the land 
 is under high cultivation. In politics Mr. 
 Ellis is a Democrat. He is a member of the 
 Grand Army, and belongs to the local grange. 
 
 i 
 
 jVRUS O. BROWN, formerly a well- 
 known schoolmaster and now a pros- 
 perous farmer of Epsom, was born 
 in Kensington, N. H,, August 15, 1834, son 
 of Abel and Ruth (Fellows) Brown. On the 
 paternal side he is a lineal descendant of John 
 Brown, who, born in England in 15S9, is said 
 to have been of Scotch origin. It is believed 
 that this ancestor was reared in a seaport 
 town, as he was a ship-carpenter by trade. It 
 is recorded that he w^as concerned in the 
 building of many vessels for the king. He 
 emigrated to New England, and became one 
 of the first settlers of Hampton, N. H. He 
 was n)arried in that town in 1640 or 1641 ; and 
 Benjamin, the second of his three sons, was 
 born in Seabrook, N.H. From John Brown, 
 born in I'lngland in 15S9, the line of descent 
 comes by Benjamin Brown, born in Seabrook, 
 in 1647; Benjamin Brown, Jr., born in South 
 Hampton in 1684; Jonathan Brown, born in 
 Kensington in 1718; Abel Brown, born in 
 Kensington in 1760; and Abel Brown, Jr., 
 born in Kensington in 1797. 
 
 Abel Brown, Sr. , the grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, was a school teacher in 
 his younger days. Taking an active part in 
 public affairs, he served as a Selectman, and 
 was employed to settle many estates. He 
 lived to the age of eighty-six years. In poli- 
 tics he was a Whig. He married Sally Paige, 
 a native of Kensington, and a daughter of 
 Stephen Paige, who was a Deacon of the Con- 
 gregational church. Mrs. Abel Ihown, first. 
 
 lived to be eighty-two years old. She reared 
 five children — Abel, Stephen, Lewis, Jona- 
 than, and Eliza. Abel Brown, Jr., was reared 
 upon a farm. When a young man he went to 
 Boston, where he learned the trade of a bolt 
 and screw maker, and subsequently worked as 
 a journeyman for a year. With this excep- 
 tion the active period of his life was devoted 
 to tilling the soil in his native State. In 
 politics he was a Whig, and he took a leading 
 part in local affairs. P"or a number of years 
 he served upon the Board of Selectmen, and 
 was a member of the legislature for two terms. 
 At his death he was seventy-two years old. 
 His wife, Ruth Fellows Brown, became the 
 mother of five children, of whom Edgar A. and 
 Cyrus O. are living. The others were : Quincy 
 A., Charles W., and Luetta M. Edgar A. 
 Brown, who was born in Kensington, January 
 29, 1828, married Eunice Rowe, of Kensing- 
 ton, and her children are: Harvey E., F'oster 
 H., Freeman A., and Quincy A. Uuincy A. 
 died in infancy. Cyrus O. Brown's mother 
 died at the age of fifty-eight years. In their 
 last years both parents were Adventists. 
 
 Cyrus O. Brown was educated at Hampton 
 Academy and at Phillips Andover Academy 
 in Massachusetts, taking a classical course in 
 the class of 1857. When nearly prepared to 
 enter college, his eyes became inflamed, and 
 his physician urged him to give up all study 
 and go more frequently into the open air. 
 Yielding to this advice reluctant!}', he aban- 
 doned his hojies of a collegiate career and 
 accepted the jjosition of assistant teacher in 
 Hampton Academy. .Subsequently he fol- 
 lowed teaching as a profession in Merrimack 
 and Rockingham Counties for thirty-five years, 
 in the course of which he won a high reputa- 
 tion and had over three thousand pupils under 
 his instruction. Since then he has resided on 
 his faini. Tliis "])ro]icrty contains two hundred
 
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 555 
 
 acres, of whicli lie successfully cultivates 
 forty. 
 
 On October 6, 1858, Mr. Urown wctlded 
 M;iry IC. Hrown, a druighter of Newell and 
 Mary I", lirowii, of I'lpsom. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Cyrus (). Jirown have had live children, of 
 whom the only survivor is M. Kvangclinc, 
 born May 29, 1875, now engaged in teaching. 
 The others were: Cora K., born July 4, 1859, 
 whii (lied January 20, 1880; Ruth K., Ijorn 
 July 15, 1863, who died November 20, 1871 ; 
 Augusta T., born April 14, 1867, who died 
 on the same day as Ruth; and Mamie T. , 
 born November 15, 1872, who died May 10, 
 1879. 
 
 In politics Mr. ]?rown acts independently, 
 and votes for the candidates whom he con- 
 siders best qualified to hold office. For sev- 
 eral years he was a member of the School 
 Board of Epsom, and his knowledge of educa- 
 tional affairs made him especially valuable to 
 that department. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are 
 members of the Free Will BajJtist church. A 
 very ]ileasant interruption in Mr. Brown's 
 (|uiet life on his farm was the fortieth anni 
 versary of the class of '57, held at Andover, 
 June 24, 1897, when all the living members 
 were invited to Phillips' graduating exercises 
 of '97 and held a grand alumni meeting, and 
 when those present partook of a dinner in the 
 spacious hall of the institution, whicii was fol- 
 lowed by interesting speeches recalling old 
 times. 
 
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 LMON VV. FRENCH, of Plainfield, 
 Sullivan County, represents the third 
 generation of the Frenches in this 
 town. . The family is of English origin, and 
 members of it were pioneers of New Eng- 
 land. Its founder in Plainfield, Nathaniel 
 French, the grandfather of Almon W. , came 
 here when about twenty-two years of age, at 
 
 the time when much of the district was an 
 unbroken wild. Having done his part in ren- 
 dering the [dace habitable, he died at the age 
 of eighty-nine. His wife, Alice Back I*'rcnch, 
 had eight children, of whom one died in in- 
 fancy. The others were: I.iman, George, 
 Hezekiah, John, Lucinda, Betsey, and Susan. 
 Liman, who lived in this town for the greater 
 part of his life, following the occupation of 
 farmer, never married. George, who was al.so 
 a farmer here, married Sarah Hadlcy. Heze- 
 kiah married Lucinda Hyde, and had a family 
 of children. He lived in Plainfield nearly all 
 his lifetime. Lucinda successively married 
 Amos F^ox and William Hadley. Betsey be- 
 came Mrs. Hayes Kenyon, and the mother of 
 several children; and Susan married John 
 Hadley. 
 
 John P'rench, the father of Almon W. , born 
 here in 1805, died in December, 1890. He 
 worked on his father's farm until fifty-five 
 years of age. Then he bought a farm, which 
 he managed until about a dozen years before 
 his death, the chief business being raising and 
 selling cattle. He remained outside the arena 
 of political strife, and never cared to secure 
 public patronage. Straightforward and hon- 
 est, he had the respect of all who knew him. 
 He married Harriet Barry, who, born at Centre 
 Harbor in 1809, died in 1879. Their eight 
 children were: Almon W., John H., Russell, 
 Charles, Melissa, George, Frank, and Sumner. 
 John H. was twice married. His second 
 marriage was contracted with a lady named 
 French, who bore him one son. Russell, a 
 prosperous farmer of Plainfield, married Ade- 
 laide Smith, and has several children. 
 Charles married a Miss Westgate, and resides 
 here. George married Orena B. Spaulding, 
 and had several children. F'rank married a 
 Miss Chapman, and has a family of children. 
 1 Melissa married Titus Pierce, and had several
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 children. Sumner married Miss Freeman, 
 and was engaged in farming here up to the 
 time of his death. 
 
 Almon W. French was educated in the jnib- 
 lic schools of his native town. After leaving 
 school, he had worked at farming for about 
 fifteen years, when he became the proprietor 
 of a farm by purchase. Since that time he 
 has bought four or five others. He has always 
 done more or less sheep-raising, but now gives 
 his attention mainly to dairying. Industrious 
 and enterprising, he has fully earned the suc- 
 cess he has met with. Like his father, he has 
 not sought political offices. In religious faith 
 he is a Congregationalist, and he is a gener- 
 ous supporter of the Congregational society 
 here. Mr. French married Melissa Spauld- 
 iiig, who was Ijorn in 1837. ■''hs died in 
 1870, leaving a daughter, Eva. Eva was 
 twice married, and by her first marriage has 
 one son, Clarence Almon Daniels. Clarence 
 has always resided with his grandfather, 
 Almon W. French. 
 
 ICA^MLTER KENDALL WADLEIGH, 
 M.D.,* a skilled and popular physi- 
 cian of Hopkinton, N.H., was born 
 April 7, 1864, ill the town of F"ranklin, Merri- 
 mack County, N. H., a son of Jonathan P. and 
 Betsey (Thomas) Wadleigh. His father, who 
 died in the prime of manhood, was born and 
 reared in Sanbornton, Belknap County, this 
 .State, but spent the larger part of his life in 
 Merrimack County, where he was a large land- 
 holder. 
 
 Walter K. Wadleigh received his elementary 
 education in Franklin, being graduated from 
 the high school in the class of 1881. Decid- 
 ing upon a professional career, for which his 
 natural tastes and talents peculiarly fitted him, 
 he began studying medicine with Drs. I. F. 
 
 Knight and W. W. Sleeper, of Franklin. He 
 subsequently entered Dartmouth Medical Col- 
 lege, from which he received his degree in 
 1886. While in college he taught school a 
 part of the time, thus partially defraying the 
 expense of his education. 
 
 Soon after receiving his diploma and 
 shortly after the death of the late Dr. Rogers, 
 Dr. Wadleigh located in Hopkinton, and has 
 since met with flattering success as a practi- 
 tioner, his previous experience in hospital 
 work having doubtless been of much service 
 to him in his labors. He is a member of the 
 Centre District and of the New Hampshire 
 Medical Societies, and is an active worker in 
 each organization. The Doctor is a close 
 student, and keeps himself in touch with the 
 latest discoveries in medical science. In 
 1895 he prepared and read a paper on the uses 
 of strophanthus that attracted considerable 
 attention among bis professional brethren. 
 He was popular with his classmates while in 
 college, and for two or three years has served 
 as President of the Dartmouth Medical 
 Alumni Association. The Doctor is also 
 quite prominent in local society circles, being 
 a man of scholarly attainments, genial and 
 courteous in manner, and accomplished in the 
 art of music, playing well on the violin. 
 
 LVAH CHARLES FERRIN,* a re- 
 tired contractor and builder of Con- 
 cord, who served in the United 
 States Navy during the Civil War, was born in 
 Plymouth, N. H., August 13, 1835, son of 
 Daniel E. and Mary Jane (Durgin) Ferrin. 
 His father was a native of Hebron, N. H. ; and 
 his mother was born in Buxton, Me. On the 
 father's sitle he is a descendant of Revolution- 
 ary patriots. His education, which was begun 
 in the public schools of Lowell, Mass., where
 
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 557 
 
 his pnrcnts took up their residence in 1S41, 
 was cimipU.'tcd wiicii lie was about sixteen 
 years old in Ilehron, N.I I., to wiiirli they 
 went in 1S42. He started in life as a farmer. 
 After following tiiat occupation for a short 
 time, he went, in 1S53, to Boston, Mass., 
 where he obtained employment as an e.'fpress- 
 nian. I'ive years later he returned to his 
 native .State, and, settling Iti Concord, learned 
 the mason's trade. At this he worked as a 
 joiiine^'man until he became a member of the 
 (irm of (Jately & i<"errin, contractors and 
 builders, with whom he was associated until 
 he undertook to serve in the Civil War. This 
 event occurred August 19, i<S64, when lie 
 entered the United States Navy at Ports- 
 mouth, N.ll. In January, 1865, he sailed 
 fi'om the Kittery navy yard on board the 
 United States steamer "Albatross" for Mo- 
 bile Bay, where the vessel joinetl the West 
 (iulf squadron, under the command of Com- 
 modore Thatcher, and subsequently cruised 
 therewith until the close of the war. After 
 he was mustered out at Charlestown, Mass., he 
 returned home. In 1867 he formed a partner- 
 ship with R. M. Ordway, under the firm name 
 of Ordway & Ferrin. This firm carried on a 
 large and prosperous business as masons and 
 contractors until the death of Mr. Ordwav, 
 which occurred in 1885. Mr. I'"errin had 
 been in business alone for about two years 
 after that event when he formed, with D. C. 
 Woodman, a copartnership that lasted for two 
 years. He subsequently remained in business 
 until September, 1895, at which time he re- 
 linquished active pursuits. He is now living 
 in retirement in Concord. During his busy 
 career he erected some of the finest buildings 
 now standing in this city and vicinity, which 
 are excellent testimony of his skill as a 
 master builder. 
 
 On May 14, 1859, Mr. Ferrin was united in 
 
 marriage with Hannali MeiJullee, a native of 
 Candia, N. H. 'i'heir only child died .some 
 time ago. In the Masonic fraternity Mr. 
 Ferrin has reached the thirty-second degree. 
 He is connected with luireka Lodge, \o. 70; 
 Trinity Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2, Mount 
 Iloreb Commandery, Knights Templar; and 
 with lulward A. Raymond Consistory of 
 Nashua. He is also a member of Kumford 
 Lodge, No. 46, I. O. (). I'., and Tohanto 
 Encampment; and a comrade of ]•'.. K. Sturte- 
 vant Post, No. 2, G. A. R. In jxjlitics Mr. 
 Ferrin is a Republican. 
 
 (sTYNSON COLBY ali;\andi:r, 
 
 M.D. ,* a prominent homfeopathic 
 physician of Penacook, was born in 
 Littleton, N.IL, October 10, 1855, son of 
 Wesley and Sarah B. (Hray) Ale.xander. 
 Both ]iaternal and maternal ancestors of his 
 served in the War for Independence. Wesley 
 Alexander, a native of Swanzey, N. H., was a 
 prominent resident of Littleton, and took an 
 active part in jiublic affairs. He was one of 
 the original promoters of the Re])ublican 
 movement in this State, having formerly been 
 a supporter of the Whig party. For more than 
 thirty years he used his influence successfully 
 in securing the iiredomi nance of these parties 
 in Littleton. His wife, Sarah, was a native 
 of Harrison, Me. 
 
 Anson Colby Alexander acquired his early 
 education in the public schools and at the 
 New Hampton and New London Academies. 
 His medical studies were begun under the 
 instruction of Drs. Daniel Lee Jones and 
 Charles W. Rowell, both of Lancaster, N.IL 
 He graduated from the Philadelphia School of 
 Anatomy and Surgery in 1S79 and from the 
 Hahnemann Medical College of the same city 
 in 1880. He also graduated from the Penn
 
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 BIOCxRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 Hospital. He was the only New England 
 student in many years who won the gold medal 
 at the Hahnemann College for superior schol- 
 arship in every department. In the spring of 
 I1S81 he began the practice of his profession 
 in Tenacook. Since then he has acquired a 
 wide reputation as a skilful and llmroughly 
 reliable physician. He is a tiiistee of the 
 New Hampshire Savings Bank. 
 
 On June 22, 1882, Dr. Alexander was 
 united in marriage with Fanny Goodwin, of 
 North Attleboro, Mass. Mrs. Alexander is 
 tiie mother of two children; namely, Marion 
 and Harold Wesley. The Doctor is a member 
 'of the New England Gynecological and Surgi- 
 cal Society of Boston. Well advanced in the 
 Masonic fraternity, he is Master of Horace 
 Chase Lodge, No. 72, a Koyal Arch Mason of 
 Trinity Chapter, and a Knight Templar of 
 Mount Horeb Commandery. He is Past 
 Grand of Dustin Island Lodge, I. O. O. F., 
 and a member of the Knights of Pythias. 
 Desirous of promoting the general welfare, he 
 takes an active interest in public affairs. Po- 
 litically, he acts with the Republican party; 
 and he is a member of the Baptist church. 
 
 YRUS F. DUSTIN, a respected 
 
 farmer and lumberman of Llopkinton, 
 was born in this town, January 25, 
 1853, son of Daniel P. and Sarah A. (Barn- 
 ard) Dustin. He has resided here since his 
 birth. In 1891 he married Miss Nellie S. 
 Spalding, daughter of Dustin A. and Saman- 
 tha S. (Putney) Spalding. Mr. Dustin is 
 prominent in town affairs, and in i8g6 was 
 elected Representative to the legislature. He 
 has the best interests of the town at heart, and 
 can always be depended upon to perform his 
 full duty as a citizen and as a representative 
 of the people. 
 
 EDWARD PLUMMER PAIGE, a former 
 legislative Representative of the town 
 of Dunbarton, was born in Bradford, 
 N.H., in 1857, son of Bayard P. and Louisa 
 S. Paige. The father of lulward Plummer, 
 who was born in Duid^arton, subsequently re- 
 moved to llopkinton, N.H., where he acquired 
 his education. At the age of fourteen years 
 he returned to Dunbarton, and entered the 
 general merchandise store of his brother Jere- 
 miah as clerk. Three or four years later they 
 moved the business to Bradford, where he con- 
 tinued to work for some time. He ne.xt en- 
 gaged in stove-making, turning out some of 
 the first stoves used in this part of New 
 Hampshire. Later Mr. Paige went to Boston, 
 Mass., where he was associated with the 
 well-known firm, Leach & Gilmore, wholesale 
 dealers in groceries. Messrs. Leach & Gil- 
 more also owned and controlled a line of 
 steamboats running between Boston and Ban- 
 gor, which was a financially successful under- 
 taking until William K. Vanderbilt put on a 
 steamer in opposition. The cut rates for 
 passengers anti freight rendered the enter- 
 prise almost profitless, and they were glad to 
 dispose of their interest to Mr. Vanderbilt. 
 Mr. Paige also sold his interest in the grocery, 
 after which he removed to Montreal, Canada, 
 where for thirty years he was successfully en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of all kinds of farm- 
 ing implements. He then returned to Dun- 
 barton, and remained there during the rest of 
 his life, dying at the age of eighty-four years. 
 He and his wife had si.x children, all of whom 
 they reared. 
 
 Edward P. Paige acquired the most of his 
 education in the Montreal schools. At the 
 age of sixteen he entered his father's office as 
 clerk, remaining some time. Going subse- 
 quently to Warner, N.H., he again entered 
 school, completing his studies in 1881. He
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
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 then went to California, securing a jjosition 
 as clerk in a furniture store. He returned 
 hiinic in the fall of i,S.S4, and has since been 
 engaged in farming on the old homestead. In 
 piditics he is a Rejiuhlican. Mr. Paige has 
 been |)roniincntly idciitificd in town .affairs, 
 serving in various ofTices. In 1890 and 1891 
 he had the further distinction of being a Rep- 
 resentative to the legislature. 
 
 iMARLKS IIORAC;]-: KLin'CIIKR, 
 one of the prominent farmers of his 
 native town, Canterbury, Merrimack 
 County, was born August 3, 1837, son of John 
 and Nancy (St. Clair) Fletcher. John 
 Metcher was born in Loudon, N.H., March 
 16, 1795. He married Miss St. Clair, of 
 Canterbury, born October 2, 1799, and settled 
 on St. Clair Hill in Canterbury township, 
 where he became a prominent farmer. His 
 wife's father, Noah St. Clair, was, it is said, 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He 
 had ten children. Some of them spelled the 
 name St. Clair, and some spelled it Sinclair. 
 If the same as Noah Sinclair, in the "Revolu- 
 tionary War Rolls," vol. iii., he enlisted in 
 February, 1777, vvas a drum major, and was 
 discharged in February, 1780. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Fletcher reared four 
 children; namely, Lovinia A., William M., 
 John M., and Charles Horace. Lovinia A. 
 F^letcher married Edmund D. Hill, and died 
 at the age of si.xty-five. Her husband is also 
 deceased. William M. was born December 
 31, 1827, married Lucina Jane Hill (now 
 deceased), who was born January 24, 1S33. 
 William M. F"letcher resides in Canterbury. 
 His children are: John T., a farmer, born 
 February 5, 1S53; Charles W., a carpenter 
 born January 12, 1855, married Miss Nettie 
 Ordway, of Loudon, N.IL, March 31, 1883, 
 
 died August 12, 1894; Albert O. , born July 
 7, 1857; Annette D., born April 24, i860, 
 died April 14, 1862; Iva May, born Septem- 
 ber' 20, 1861, married I'rank Chamber! in, of 
 Loudon, professor of music; Cora Helle, born 
 October 6, 1863, married Charles Huckland, of 
 Concord, N.IL; George M., born January 
 12, 1865, married Miss Lillie (irover, of 
 Canterbury, N. H.; Lucina Jane, born Sep- 
 tember 23, 1868, married January 30, 1885, 
 Frank Wells, of Lotulon, N.H., a blacksmith 
 by trade. 
 
 John M. {'"letcher, boin July 24, 1832, is 
 now a jjractising dentist in Concord, N.H. 
 A sketch of his career will be found on 
 another page of this volume. 
 
 Charles Horace, the youngest child of John 
 and Nancy l'"letcher, in his boyhood went to 
 school in Loudon. He remained at home 
 with his parents until his marriage, and 
 directly after that he lived for a time on Gib- 
 son Hill and he then returned to the old 
 homestead, where he lived for nine years. 
 Mr. Fletcher next made his abode in liast 
 Concord, and there learned the stone cutter's 
 trade. Again returning to the home of his 
 boyhood, he took up farming, subsequently 
 making several changes, until he finally set- 
 tled down on his present estate, known as the 
 old James farm, and consisting of about 
 forty acres. In addition to this property he 
 owns ninety acres elsewhere in the townshiji.. 
 His life has been a most industrious one and, 
 on the whole, successful. He is a man much 
 esteemed by all who know him. He has been 
 a Republican, but now votes the Democratic 
 ticket. Though not eager for office, he has 
 held several minor positions of trust. 
 
 Mr. Fletcher married first Miss Lucy Jane 
 Peverly, who was born September 17, 1842, 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Judith Peverly, her 
 father being a farmer of Canterbury. Mrs.
 
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 Lucy J. Fletcher died March 24, 1878; and on 
 April 7, 1880, Mr. Fletcher married Mrs. 
 Hannah Young Potter, the widow of Thomas 
 G. Potter, of Gilmanton, N.II., and the 
 daughter of David and Mary (Bachelder) 
 Young. Her father was a farmer of Loudon 
 township, N.H. 
 
 By his first wife Mr. Fletcher had four 
 children — Annette D., Anna A., Warren S., 
 and Nancy J. Annette D. was born January 
 29, 1S62, became the wife of A. P. Chute, of 
 Canterbury, and has one son, Howard; Anna 
 A. was born November 20, 1865, married John 
 A. Dow, and lives in Canterbury; Warren S., 
 was born July 17, 1868, and is now living in 
 Canterbury; Nancy J., the youngest, was born 
 September 25, 1870, and married John H. 
 Meade, of Concord, N.IL, and had one child, 
 a daughter, Jenney A. Mrs. Meade died 
 June S, 1889. The present Mrs. Fletcher is 
 the mother of two children: Lucy May, born 
 May 16, 1 881; and Laura E., born December 
 3, 1886, both residing at home with their 
 parents. 
 
 'OHN S. ANDREWS,* a thrifty farmer 
 and stock-raiser of Plainfield, Sullivan 
 County, N.H., was born in this town, 
 February 27, 1853, son of Nathan and Abigail 
 ]•;. (F^llis) Andrews. His great-grandfather, 
 Nathan Andrews, was the first of the family 
 to settle in Plainfield; and Wilbur Andrews, 
 his grandfather, was a native of this town. 
 He followed agricultural pursuits through the 
 active period of his life, and was one of the 
 prosperous farmers of his day. He left a 
 good estate. He married Orinda Ross, a 
 native of Canada; and his children were: 
 Nathan, Abigail, and Wealthy. Abigail be- 
 came the wife of Joseph Westgate, of Plain- 
 field; and Wealthy died young. 
 
 Nathan Andrews, John S. Andrews's father, 
 
 was born in Plainfield in 1826. When a 
 young man he went West, and invested in 
 land to some extent ; but he soon returned to 
 Plainfield, and settling upon one of his farms 
 devoted the rest of his life to general farming 
 and the raising of cattle. He died October 
 II, 1888. Political!)', he was an active sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party, and, though 
 not an office-holder, was wont to make his in- 
 fluence felt at town meetings. He attended 
 tiie Baptist church. Abigail E. liUis, his 
 wife, was born in Plainfield, February 14, 
 1833, daughter of Stephen B. Ellis, a resident 
 of this town and a stone mason by trade. 
 She became the mother of twelve children, 
 namely: John S., the subject of this sketch; 
 Abbie O. ; Charles H. ; Addison W. ; Sarah 
 A.; Nathan R. ; Seth E. ; Emma G. ; Minnie 
 E. ; Frank B. ; Lillian E. ; and Clarence K. 
 Abbie O. married James A. Sloan, of Hyde 
 Park, Mass., a carpenter by trade, who is now 
 residing upon a farm in Ascutne3'ville, Vt. 
 They have had seven children, and six are liv- 
 ing. Charles H., who is superintendent of 
 the hospital in Claremont, N.H., married 
 Verona Farnsworth, of Washington, N.H. 
 Addison W. has been in the livery business 
 in Sharon, Mass., for some years. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Barden, of Beverly, Mass., and has 
 one child. Sarah A. died at the age of nine 
 years. Nathan R., who is unmarried, resides 
 at the homestead, and is a wealthy farmer. 
 Seth E. married Gertie Whitcomb, of Ver- 
 mont, and is now a miller, and resides in 
 Claremont. F^mma G. married Charles Cur- 
 tis, a native of Cornish, N.IL, who is now a 
 teamster in Plainfield. Minnie E. died at the 
 age of two years. F'rank B , who is employed 
 as a clerk in Sharon, Mass., married Hattie 
 Harwood, of that town, and has had two chil- 
 dren, one of whom is living. Lillian 1{. re- 
 sides with her brother Addison in Sharon,
 
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 561 
 
 Mass. ; and Claroncc K. lives in PJainficld, 
 N.ll. Mrs. Abigail 1<:. I'^llis Andrews died 
 February 28, 1893. 
 
 John S. Andrews was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and at Kimball Union Academy. 
 He was employed as a farm assistant for ten 
 years, and then bought tlie ])aniels farm on 
 Black Hill, where he began the pursuit of 
 agriculture upon his own account. Three 
 years later he purchased of Lewis Stickney 
 his present farm, which is one ol the best 
 pieces of agricultural property in this section, 
 and through hard work and the exercise of 
 good judgment has reached a state of comfort- 
 able prosperity. He produces large crops of 
 hay, grain, potatoes, and other staple prod- 
 ucts, and raises some excellent cattle, sheep, 
 and horses. Although the greater part of his 
 time is taken up by his regular duties at 
 home, he has found opportunity to serve the 
 town efficiently as a member of the Board of 
 Selectmen ami in other offices. 
 
 Mr. Andrews married Carrie I,. Packard, 
 who was born in Plainfield, February 8, 1864. 
 Her parents, Charles and Mary (Jordan) Pack- 
 ard, are still residing here; and her father is 
 a painter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews 
 have one child, a daughter, Cora M., born 
 July 3, 1883, who is now attending school. 
 
 Mr. Andrews is connected with Cheshire 
 Lodge, No. 23, F". & A. M., and is Master of 
 Park Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Cor- 
 nish. He attends the Baptist church. 
 
 4^ •^» 
 
 r^TON. JOHN WHITAKER,* a retired 
 f^n lumber dealer of Penacook and ex- 
 -li® V _ member of the State Senate, was 
 born in Hopkinton, N.H., June 9, 1835, son 
 of John and Hannah (Bickford) Whitaker. 
 He is a descendant of one of three brothers 
 who emigrated from PIngland in the early 
 
 tiays. His paternal great-grandfather, serving 
 as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, partici- 
 pated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was 
 present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Peter 
 Whitaker, the grandfather, a native of Deer- 
 ing, N.H., was a pros])erous farmer. 
 
 John Whitaker, Sr., Mr. Whitakcr's father, 
 first enlisted for three months' service in the 
 War of 1812. Upon the expiration of that 
 term he re-enlisted for three years. In civil 
 life he was chiefly occupied in agriculture. 
 He met his death in a conflagration, which 
 destroyed his dwelling and its contents in 
 1856. 
 
 John Whitaker was educated in the public 
 and private schools of Hopkinton. After 
 leaving school at the age of sixteen, his first 
 occupation was driving a coach and assisting 
 in an express business. In 1858 he opened a 
 livery stable in Penacook upon his own ac- 
 count, and subsequently carried it on for four 
 years. In 1864 he entereil the lumber busi- 
 ness in company with (j. h\ Sanborn, who 
 ■withdrew at the end of one year. He then 
 formed a partnership with II. H. Amsden and 
 B. F. Caldwell, under the firm name of John 
 Whitaker & Co. ; and they carried on a pros- 
 perous business for some years. In 1886 Mr. 
 Whitaker purchased the interests of his asso- 
 ciates, and conducted the enterprise alone 
 until 1890, when he retired from active pur- 
 suits. He is a Democrat in politics, and 
 takes an active interest in ])ublic affairs. He 
 served as an Assessor of Penacook in 1859, 
 was a member of the Board of Aldermen for 
 two years, a Representative in the legislature 
 in 1S62, and State Senator in 1893 and 1894. 
 He is a director of the Penacook Electric 
 Light Company, the president of the Concord 
 Axle Company, a trustee of the Guarantee 
 Savings Bank of Concord, and is Water Com- 
 missioner of that city.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL RKVIEW 
 
 On February 6, i860, Mr. Whitaker was 
 united in marriage with Frances E. Caldwell, 
 of Penacook. A thirty-second degree Mason, 
 he is a member of Blazing Star Lodge, Trinity 
 Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Mount Horeb 
 Commandery, Knights Templar; Edward A. 
 Raymond Consistory of Nashua, N.H.: and 
 Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine of 
 Boston. 
 
 OHN EVANS ROBERTSON,* a well- 
 known ice dealer of Concord, was born 
 May 9, 1843, in Warner, N.H., son of 
 Jiarrison D. and Sarah C. (E^vans) Robertson, 
 both of Warner. The families of both parents 
 were old residents of Merrimack County, New 
 Hampshire. The maternal ancestors origi- 
 nally came from Newburyport, Mass., where 
 Grandfather Benjamin Evans officiated as 
 Sheriff, being also a prominent business man. 
 John E. Robertson attended the public 
 schools of Warner, and subsequently fitted for 
 college in the academy at Henniker, N.H. 
 However, after leaving school at the age of 
 eighteen, he did not go to college. In 1864 
 he went to Montreal, and there engaged in 
 the produce business, under the firm name of 
 Buck, Robertson & Co. Six years later, on 
 account of ill health, he returned to Warner, 
 where he conducted a country store until 
 1874, when he came to Concord. Here he 
 was assistant cashier of the National Savings 
 Bank for eight years. Beginning in 1882 he 
 dealt in coal, wood, and ice until 1888, when 
 he sold out on account of failing health. 
 Three years later he resumed the ice business, 
 whicli he still carries on. He is a trustee and 
 the assistant treasurer of the National Savings 
 Bank. When the institution went into liqui- 
 dation in 1877, he was appointed assignee by 
 the court. He is also a trustee of the Guar- 
 antee Savings Bank of Concord. 
 
 In Bradford, N. H., August 15, 1864, Mr. 
 Robertson was married to Martha I'. Paige, 
 of Montreal. Of their three children two are 
 living, namely: Sliirlie Louise, the wife of 
 William A. Whitney, of Claremont, N.H.; 
 and Carleton Evans. In politics Mr. Robert- 
 son is a stanch Democrat. He has been Town 
 Clerk and Selectman of Warner, and he was a 
 Representative in the New Hampshire legisla- 
 ture in 187 I. In Concord he was the second 
 Democratic Mayor after the incorporation of 
 the city, serving for the year 1887-88. He 
 is a member of Mount Horeb Commandery, 
 K. T., and of White Mountain Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
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 'OHN HENRY ALBIN,* one of the 
 best known lawyers of Concord and 
 an e.x-member of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, was born in Randolph, Vt., Octo- 
 ber 17, 1843, son of John and limily (White) 
 Albin. His ancestors on the father's side 
 resided in Randolph for one hundred and fifty 
 years, and his mother's family is one of the 
 oldest in Merrimack County. He came here 
 with his parents when he was twelve years 
 old. Having completed his elementary edu- 
 cation in the public schools of this city, he 
 entered Dartmouth College in the fall of i860, 
 and graduateil from that institution in the 
 summer of 1864. Afterward he studied law 
 with the Hon. Ira A. Eastman, ex -Judge of 
 the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and was 
 admitted to the bar in the spring of 1868. 
 Beginning in the autumn of that year, he was 
 associated with Judge Eastman until the hit- 
 ter's retirement from practice in 1S73. Mr. 
 Albin then formed witii the Hon. Mason W. 
 Tappan a partnership that lasted until Mr. 
 Tappan's death. He subsequently became a 
 partner with Nathaniel Martin. In 1895 
 Dewitt C. Howe was admitted to tlie firm.
 
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 563 
 
 On September 5, 1872, Mr. Albin wedded 
 Georgia A. Modica, of Ilenniker, N.II. Of 
 liis three chililren two are living; namely, 
 Henry Allison atul ICditli Gertrude. In pol- 
 ities Mr. Albin is a Republican. P{e was 
 elected to the legislature from Concord in 
 1872, re-elected in 1873, and he represented 
 Menniker in that body in 1876. He is the 
 president of the Sullivan County Railroad 
 Company, a director of the Vermont Valley 
 and of the Connecticut River Railroad Com- 
 panies, and the president of the Concord Street 
 Railway Company. One of the most promi- 
 nent Odd Fellows in the State, he is a mem- 
 ber of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5 ; was 
 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New 
 Hampshire in 1879 and 1880; represented this 
 jurisdiction in the Sovereign Grand Lodge in 
 1S81, 1882, 1884, 1885, and 1886; was Grand 
 Marshal of that body in 1888 and 1889; was 
 the originator of the degrees known as the 
 Uniform Rank and the I'atriarchs Militant; 
 and has been a trustee of the Odd Fellows 
 Home since its foundation. 
 
 —•-••♦-♦— 
 
 7TAHARLES S. TOWLE,* one of Chi- 
 ( jr'^ Chester's representative farmers, was 
 
 V„^_^ born in this town, October 17, 
 1854, son of James B. and Sarah (Sherburne) 
 Towle. His grandparents, Jonathan and Sally 
 (Fellows) Towle, who were prosperous farm- 
 ing people of Chichester, had twelve children, 
 of whom Sarah J., Betsey, Mary E., Cyn- 
 thia, and Olive Jane are living. Sarah J. is 
 the widow of George l\ Haines, late of this 
 town, and has five children — Sarah J., George 
 H., Annie M., Albert H., and Alvin M. 
 Betsey is the widow of the late Augustus 
 Leavitt. Mary E. is the wife of Stephen 
 Marston, of Pittsfield, N. H. ; and her children 
 are : Angle, Munroe, Sarah, Clara, Addie, 
 
 Alice, and Adelle. Cynthia married Clark 
 Bennett; and her children are: Clarence, 
 Nettie, Irving, and another whose name is 
 not known. Olive Jane is the wife of Albert 
 Thompson, of Chichester, and has four chil- 
 dren — Ida, Arthur, Lillia, and Augustus. 
 Jonathan Towle in his younger years was a 
 cooper by trade. He later gave his attention 
 to agricultural pursuits. In politics he was 
 a Democrat. He was over eighty years old 
 when he died. His wife also lived to a good 
 old age. They were members of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 James B. Towle, tiie second of his parents' 
 children, was born in Chichester and reared to 
 farm life. He owned a good farm in Chiches- 
 ter. In politics he supported the Democratic 
 party, and in his religious views he was a 
 Methodist. He died at the age of seventy- 
 four years. His wife, Sarah, became the 
 mother of seven children, five of whom are liv- 
 ing; namely, Lewis, James F., Sarah J., 
 Viola, and Charles S. Lewis married for his 
 first wife Helen Abbott, who had five children : 
 Herman G., Lucy K., Sarah E. , Fred L. , 
 and Charles A. I'or his second wife he 
 wedded Mary Hill, of Chichester. James F. 
 Towle married Abbie J. Watson, of this town, 
 and has two children — F. Lenore and Paul 
 E. Sarah J. is the wife of John F. French, 
 of Chichester; and her children are: Lizzie 
 H., John \V. , Frank D., Susan A., and Jo- 
 sephine P. Viola is the widow of the late 
 Alfred Robinson; and her children are: James 
 O. and Bert D. Mrs. James B. Towle died at 
 the age of seventy-six years. 
 
 Charles S. Towle attended the schools of 
 his native town, and at an early age began to 
 assist his father upon the farm. He has fol- 
 lowed farming very prosperously throughout 
 his life. On May 23, 187S, he married Sarah 
 R. Lake, daughter of fosiah and Marv A.
 
 5^4 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAI, RFA TEW 
 
 (Richards) Lake, of Pembroke, N.II. Their 
 adopted daughter, Edith May, was born in 
 ]5oscawcn, N.H., June 7, 1890. Mr. Towle 
 is much liked for many estimable traits of 
 character. Both he and Mrs. Towle are mem- 
 bers uf the Methodist Episcopal church. In 
 politics he supports the Prohibition party. 
 
 ^KKU H. FELLOWS,* one of Chiches- 
 ter's representative men, was born in 
 this town, December 18, 1859, son of 
 John and Ursula M. (Webster) Fellows. His 
 grandfather, John Fellows (first), learned the 
 blacksmith's trade in Chichester, and followed 
 it in this town during the active portion of his 
 life. John owned a small farm, which he also 
 cultivated industriously. In politics he was 
 a Democrat, and he served as a Selectman and 
 in other town offices. He married Betsey 
 Page, who bore him eight children, si.\ of 
 whom are living; namely, James B., Esther, 
 Elizabeth J., Louisa, Frank J., and Octave. 
 James B. married for his first wife Betsey 
 Webster, who died leaving one son, F'rank. 
 For his second wife he married Lydia Sever- 
 ance, and by this union has one daughter, 
 Hattie. Esther Fellows became the wife of 
 George M. Warren, of Chichester; and her 
 children are: Edwin, Charles, John, and 
 James. Elizabeth J. married James W. 
 Smith, of this town; and her children are: 
 Mabel, Arvilla, and Dora. Louisa married 
 fur her first husband a Mr. Hill, by whom she 
 had one child. By her present husband, 
 Abraham Drake, she has had no children. 
 P'rank J. married Lizzie Upton, and has three 
 children — Grace, Walter, and Nettie. Oc- 
 tave married Ann Barton, of Pittsfield, and 
 has two sons — George and David. John Fel- 
 lows (first) was for many years a Deacon of the 
 Free Will Baptist church. He died at the age 
 
 of seventy-three years, and his wife at 
 seventy-seven. 
 
 John P^'ellows (second), P'red II. I'elbnvs's 
 father, was born in Pittsfield, N. H. At an 
 early age he began to assist upon the farm. 
 Having learned the blacksmith's trade, he 
 followed that calling in connection with farm- 
 ing throughout his active period. He was 
 Selectman for a number of years and a mem- 
 ber of the legislature for two terms. In poli- 
 tics he was a Democrat. His wife, Ursula, 
 who was a daughter of John Webster, of Sand- 
 wich, N.H., became the mother of three chil- 
 dren — lilla A., Bessie, and Frank H. Ella 
 is now the widow of Nathaniel S. Marston, 
 late of Chichester, and has one son, John. 
 Bessie is the wife of E. J. Burnham, of Man- 
 chester, N.H. ; and her children are: Ursula 
 W. , Bessie A., George, and Edward. John 
 Fellows (second) died at the age of fifty-three 
 years, leaving a good estate. He was an 
 active member of the Free Will Baptist 
 church, which he served as a Deacon for sev- 
 eral years. His wife, who survives him, is 
 now sixty-two years old, and resides with her 
 son at the old homestead. She united with 
 the P'ree Will Baptist church many years ago. 
 
 Fred H. Fellows attended school in this 
 town. He subsequently served an apprentice- 
 ship at the blacksmith's trade with his father, 
 and he has been engaged in that calling. 
 Having succeeded to the homestead property, 
 he carries on farming there with prdfit. On 
 July 4, 1884, he wedded Cora Smith, daugh- 
 ter of Sydney Smith, of Pittsfield. They have 
 three children — Lula A., lulith B., and 
 Bessie P2. 
 
 Mr. P""ellows is a Democrat in politics, 
 while he has no desire for public office. He 
 believes in the adoption of all measures which 
 would tend to develop the business and in- 
 crease the attractiv.eness of the town. All who
 
 BIOGRAl'IIICAI. KFAIKW 
 
 5^5 
 
 know him respect him tnr his aljility anci prn- 
 giessive tentleiicies. 
 
 T^T1<:NRY MARSHALL la.WIvLL,* 
 f^l Chairman of the Board of Selectmen 
 
 iy^ y^ ^ of Langdon, Sullivan County, 
 
 N.II., son of Robert and l'h(ei)e (ICvans) VA- 
 well, was born in tliis town, April 13, 1839. 
 
 His paternal grandfather, Benjamin I'^lwell, 
 a lifelong resident of Langdon, was a wealthy 
 farmer and highly esteemed citizen. He mar- 
 ried a Miss Kendall, and had four children, 
 named : Samuel, Betsey, Nancy, and Robert. 
 Ik'njamin Itlwell and his wife died on the 
 same day, within a few minutes of each other; 
 and their mortal remains were buried together 
 in the same cofifin. Samuel, the eldest son, 
 lived in Langdon all his life, a well-to-do 
 farmer. He married a Miss Jewett, and had 
 four children — Electa, .Sojihronia, Nancy, 
 and Samuel K. Betsey, the second child of 
 ]5enjamin ]{lwell, married .Simon .Sartwell, a 
 prosperous farmer of Langdon, very prominent 
 in town affairs; and they had several children. 
 Nancy married Colonel Ansel Glover, of 
 Alstead, a leading Democratic politician, who 
 was at one time a delegate from his party to 
 the national convention in Baltimore. 
 
 Robert, the father of Henry Marshall Ll- 
 well, acquired his education in the schools of 
 Langdon. He began his active career as a 
 farmer, and subsecjuently engaged in lumber- 
 ing. He made a specialty of breeding short- 
 horned cattle, of which he had exhibits at the 
 principal New England County and State 
 Fairs. His farm, one of the largest in Sulli- 
 van County, contained from tweh'e hundred to 
 fifteen hundred acres. After the big fire in 
 ]5ellows l^\alls, Vt., he furnished all the lum- 
 ber for the rebuilding of the town; and in the 
 days before the railroad was built he rafted 
 
 large amounts of lumber down the Cfjiniecticut 
 River to Holyoke, Mass. He was very enter- 
 prising and stirring, and did a good deal for 
 the community at large. In politics he was 
 always a Republican, and was a State Repre- 
 sentative two or three terms and one of Gov- 
 ernor Goodwin's Councillors. He was an 
 attendant of the Universalist church. Phoebe, 
 his wife, b(jrn in Rhode Lsland in 1810, was 
 a daughter of Colonel Aaron Flvans. .She 
 died in 1895. They were the parents of six 
 children, of whom one died in infancy. Those 
 who grew to maturity were: I^ucia, Henry M., 
 May, Julia, and George. Lucia died of ty- 
 [ihoid fever while attending Kimball Union 
 Academy at Meriden, N. H. Mary married 
 Charles Town, a wealthy farmer of Alstead, 
 and by that union had three children. Mr. 
 Town died; and she has since married George 
 \V. Stanley, of Langdon. Julia, who at- 
 tended school in lirattleboro, \'t. , died at the 
 age of eighteen, of heart trouble. George, liv- 
 ing in I'rovidence, R.I., is an owner and 
 trainer of race horses, and has one horse 
 named Canonicus that has a record of 2.19^. 
 He has twice married, his first wife being 
 Carrie Milliken, daughter of John Milliken, of 
 Charlestown, and his second, Emma Gilbert, 
 of Marlboro, N.H. By the first union there 
 were three children, including two sons, 
 Charles and Henry; and by the second four — 
 Carrie, Robert, Addie M, and Alice M. 
 
 After attending the Langdon schools, Henry 
 M. El well studied at Tubbs Union Academy, 
 Washington, N.H., also at an academy in 
 Chester, Vt. Upon his return from school he 
 stayed at home with his father, and since his 
 father's death he has continued to carry on a 
 successful business as a farmer. 
 
 Mr. Lllwell has twice married. His first 
 wife. Belle Foster, daughter of Levi Foster, of 
 Walpole, N.H., died in 1868. Two of her
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL KEVIEVV 
 
 children arc now living — Grace and Frank. 
 Grace first married Joseph Mitchell, a druggist 
 of Bellows Falls, Vt. , and is now the wife of 
 a Mr. Thomas, a manufacturer of tinfoil in 
 New York City. P^rank lives in Langdon. 
 His twin sister, Fanny, died at the age of 
 thirteen. Mr. Elwell's present wife, whose 
 maiden name was Martha Rice, is a daughter 
 of Charles Rice, of Waljiole, N. H. Two 
 children have been born of this union — May 
 and Annie L. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Elwell was elected Representa- 
 tive to the Lower House of the New Hampshire 
 legislature, and served on the Normal School 
 Committee. He has been Selectman for ten 
 years and is the present Chairman of the 
 ]5oard. Every year for twenty-si.x years, 
 whether he was a member of the Board or not, 
 the Selectmen of the town have met at his 
 house on April i and had dinner with him. 
 
 ■«^»^» 
 
 tNTHONY K. LANE,* one of the best 
 known residents of Chichester, was 
 ^^^ born in this town, December 15,' 
 
 1 812, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Tuck) 
 Lane. His great-grandfather, Deacon Joshua 
 Lane, who was born in Hampton Falls, N.H., 
 followed agriculture in his native town, and 
 died December 29, 1806. Jeremiah Lane 
 (first), grandfather of Anthony K., was born 
 in Hampton Falls, March 10, 1732. The ac- 
 tive portion of his life was spent in farming; 
 and he died June 21, 1806. He was a zealous 
 church member and a Deacon. He wedded 
 Mary Sanborn, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph 
 Sanborn, and became the father of seven chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Jeremiah Lane (second), Anthony K. 
 Lane's father, was born in Hampton Falls. 
 In early life he settled in Chichester, where 
 he cleared and improved a large farm. One 
 
 of the most industrious residents of this town 
 in his day, he became the owner of consider- 
 able property. In politics he was a Whig, and 
 he served as a member of the Board of Select- 
 men. For his first wife he married lumice 
 Tilton, who bore him eight children, none of 
 whom are living. His second wife, Hannah 
 Tuck Lane, had three children, of whom An- 
 thony K. is the sole survivor. She died at 
 the age of seventy-one, while Jeremiah lived 
 to be eighty years old. They were members 
 of the Congregational Church of Chichester. 
 
 Anthony K. Lane attended school in Chi- 
 chester. Since he reached his majority, he has 
 carried on general farming. He owns one 
 hundred acres of well-located land, forty acres 
 of which is under cultivation. On it is an 
 excellent orchard. He married Sally Yeaton, 
 daughter of John Yeaton, of Epsom, N.H., 
 and has reared four children; namely, John 
 Y., Ann M., Albert C, and Frank T. John 
 Y. married Clara Perkins, of Pittsfield, N. H., 
 and has one daughter living — Evaline Z. 
 Ann M. is now the widow of Charles H. 
 Ordway, late of Concord, N. H., and has two 
 children — Charles A. and Mabel A. Albert 
 C. graduated from Long Island College Hos- 
 pital at Brooklyn, N.Y., June 24, 1879. He 
 practised his profession thirteen years in 
 Billerica, Mass., and in 1892 settled in West 
 Medford, where he now resides. He married 
 Estella J. Davis, of Pittsfield; and his chil- 
 dren are: Clarence G. and Sadie. F'rank T. 
 married Louise Batchelder, of Raymond, 
 N.H., and has one daughter, Blanche. Mrs. 
 Anthony K. Lane died at the age of seventy 
 years. 
 
 In politics Mr. Lane is a Republican, and 
 in religious belief he is a liberal. He has 
 long occupied a leading position among the 
 well-to-do farmers of Chichester, and is much 
 respected by his fellow-townsmen.
 
 BIOGRAI'HICAL KI'A'IKVV 
 
 567 
 
 ^OIIN ICNDICOTT,* who, with his 
 jjrothcr, Jacob ()., aiui liis .sister Mary, 
 carries on tlie old farm in the town of 
 Newport, first settled by their father Timothy 
 in 1837, was born in this town, September 9, 
 1821, and is a diiect descendant of John Kndi- 
 cott, the first governor of Massacluisetts. Tim- 
 othy Endicott, the father, was born in Danvers, 
 Mass., in 1790, and was a farmer and the 
 owner of a saw and grist mill. lie removed 
 from Danvers to East Newport, where he had 
 about one hundred and fifty acres of land. 
 Remaining there until 1837, he then settled 
 in Newport, where he spent the remainder of 
 his life. His wife, Mary Trask hJulicott, was 
 born, in Beverly, Mass., about 1795. Hus- 
 band and wife were both members of the Con- 
 gregational church. Mr. Endicott was a Re- 
 publican in politics during his later years. 
 A good neighbor and a useful citizen, he was 
 held in high regard by his fellow-townsmen. 
 He died at his home in 1853. His wife sur- 
 vived him twenty years, passing away at the 
 age of seventy-eight. They had five children 
 — William, Lydia, Mary, John, and Jacob (J. 
 William died at the age of seventy-five years. 
 Eydia married a Mr. Roberts, and passed away 
 at the age of si.\ty-two. Mary, born May 8, 
 1816, and Jacob ()., born April 20, 1823, are, 
 as already mentioned, residing on the farm 
 with their brother John, all being unmarried. 
 John Endicott received his education in the 
 schools of his native town. He was reared to 
 agricultural pursuits, and is a typical New 
 England farmer. He owns about five hundred 
 acres, besides his interest in the homestead; 
 and he had a milk route in Claremont, N. H., 
 which he carried on for twelve years, keeping 
 as many as thirty-nine head of cattTe. He 
 has also bred stock to some extent, and in 
 this has been very successful. He raised the 
 largest steer in tliis section, which at the age 
 
 of four years weighed twcj thousand seven hun- 
 dred ])ounds, and was bought by Mr. liaton, 
 of Manchester, for one hundred and ninety- 
 si.x dollars. Mr. Juidicott has also rai.sed some 
 fine horses, including the one known as Rocket, 
 which was one of the fastest horses raised in 
 the State in the early sixties, having a record 
 (jf 2. 16. Mr. John Endicott is a Republican, 
 but has held no public office. He super- 
 intends the work of the farm, buE some time 
 since gave up active labor. He and his 
 brother and sister attend the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church, and are numbered among the old 
 established families of the town. 
 
 ^ lOSI'S 1". K.XOWI.TON,* a well- 
 known livery man of .Sunapee, 
 N.H., was born in this town, 
 July 24, 1845, '^ SO" "f Dennis G. Knowlton. 
 His grandfather, Samuel Knowlton, who was 
 a lifelong resident of Sunapee, had three sons 
 — Dennis G., Moses E., and John P. Dennis 
 G. Knowlton had two sons — Charles A. and 
 Moses F. 
 
 Moses E. Kn(iwltiin was educated in the 
 schools of his native town. When he first 
 went to work for himself, he took up general 
 farming. Subsequently he ke[)t a general 
 store in Sunapee for about ten years in com- 
 pany with his father. He then went into the 
 hotel business in Newport, N.H., where for 
 four years he successfully conducted the 
 Pheni.x ■ Hotel. Finally, returning to Suna- 
 pee, he engaged in the livery business, to 
 which he has since given his attention. He 
 keeps a thoroughly up-to-date establishment, 
 and some of the finest steppers and most stylish 
 turnouts anywhere to be found may be obtained 
 of him. As the natural result of his enterprise 
 and ability he has been very prosperous in 
 business. Mr. Knowlton is a public-spirited
 
 S68 
 
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 iiKui, liighly esteemed by his fellow-citizens. 
 He lias'hekl many important offices, all of 
 which he has filled with tact and good judg- 
 ment. In 1890-91 he represented the town 
 in the legislature. He served four terms as 
 Selectman, and he was Town Clerk for three 
 years. Mr. Knowlton is a member of the 
 I. O. O. F., No. 79, at Sunapee, and also 
 belongs to the encampment at Newport. His 
 religious opinions are liberal, and in politics 
 he is a Democrat. He married February 22, 
 1.SS2, and has one son, John D., who was born 
 in Newport, July 11, 1SS5. 
 
 in farming and 
 He married 
 
 "i:XRI G. BLAISDELL, an accom- 
 plished musician of Concord, N. H., 
 1'^ ^ was born in Dorchester, N. H., 
 October 23, 1850, son of Pettingill and Lau- 
 rette (Lillis) Blaisdell. He is originally of 
 Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather was 
 Sanborn l^laisdell, who was long a resident, 
 and presumably a native, of Dorchester, in 
 which town he was engaged 
 where he spent his last years. 
 Mehitable Sanborn. 
 
 Pettingill Blaisdell, father of Henri G., was 
 born in Dorchester in 1824. He received his 
 education in the district schools and subse- 
 quently engaged in the business of manufact- 
 uring and selling lumber, for many years 
 conducting a large saw-mill on Baker's River. 
 He was Postmaster of Dorchester for a long 
 time, and still resides on his farm in that 
 town. He and his wife, Laurette Lillis 
 Blaisdell, reared three children — Henri G., 
 Pettingill S., and Ella Mabel. Pettingill S. 
 ]51aisdell, a yoimg man of marked musical 
 ability, entered into business with his father 
 and met his death by accident in the mill. 
 ]{lla Mabel studied music, became a skilled 
 violinist, and travelled extensively throughout 
 
 the countiy in company with her brother 
 Henri. She became the wife of Dr. Charles 
 li. P'owler, of Bristol, and died April 19, 
 1882. 
 
 Henri G. Blaisdell obtained his general 
 education in the district schools of his native 
 town and at the academies at VVentworth and 
 Keene. When but nine years old he mani- 
 fested a decided talent for music, and not long 
 after began its systematic study. That he 
 might become proficient as a violinist, he was 
 placed under the instruction and guidance of 
 Carl Schultze and other well-known masters 
 of the violin, and in course of time, by hard, 
 conscientious work, did full credit to his 
 teachers. Since reaching the age of fourteen, 
 he has followed music as a profession, having 
 travelled extensively through the United 
 States and conducted orchestras, in connection 
 with musical festivals and operatic presenta- 
 tions, in all the leading cities. He was the 
 first to give to the people of New Hampshire 
 an efficient orchestra, organized especially with 
 a view to the performance of symphonies and 
 other high-class musical works, and which he 
 has himself conducted on various important 
 occasions. Mr. Blaisdell has a well-estab- 
 lished reputation as a capable and very suc- 
 cessful teacher of the violin, and his knowl- 
 edge of voice culture has caused his advice to 
 be sought by singers from many parts of the 
 country. He is also well versed in the his- 
 tory of music, has an intimate acquaintance 
 with the works of the great masters, and is a 
 frequent contributor to the leading magazines 
 of the country on this and kindred topics. 
 For ten years he was concert-master of the 
 Handel and Haydn Society, under the man- 
 agement of Carl Zerrahn. The conductorship 
 of Gilmore's concert chorus was offered to 
 him for the three years immediately preced- 
 ing Mr. Gilmore's death, but liis strong at-
 
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 tachment to and preference for his native State 
 induced him to decline. At iirescnt he is 
 choir-master of tiie Ijoys' clioir of forty voices 
 at St. Paul's Church at Concord. He has de- 
 voted some time to com])osition, but subordi- 
 nates his practice in that branch of musical art 
 to his \vi)rk as teacher and conductor. lie has 
 a large acquaintance among the leading musi- 
 cians of the country, many of whom are his 
 warm friends. 
 
 In 1869 Mr. Blaisdell was united in mar- 
 riage with Lilly D. Leonard, of Glover, Vt. 
 He and his wife are the parents of two prom- 
 ising boys: Carlysle, who has already given 
 evidence of having inherited much of his 
 father's musical talent; and Victor J. Mr. 
 Blaisdell is a Republican politically. Like 
 all true artists, he loves nature, and in sum- 
 mer he spends much of his time at his beauti- 
 ful country seat on the shores of Lake Winne- 
 pesaukee and in navigating its waters in his 
 steam yacht. He is a member of .St. I'aul's 
 Episco[ia] Church at Concord. 
 
 OHN J. JENNESS,* a well-to-do 
 farmer of Pittsfield, was born in this 
 town, April 13, 1829, son of John and 
 Ann P. (Tilton) Jenness. The family, which 
 is of English origin, was first represented in 
 'America by three brothers who were early 
 settlers of Rye Beach, N. H. John Jenness 
 (first), grandfather of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born at Rye Beach, and reared to 
 agricultural pursuits. When a young man, he 
 settled in Pittsfield, and was afterward en- 
 gaged in tilling the soil in this town until his 
 death, which occurred when he was forty-four 
 years old. He rendered substantial aid in 
 building the first Congregational church in 
 Pittsfield, and contributed generously toward 
 its support while he lived. In politics he was 
 
 a Democrat. He married a lady named Page, 
 and with her reared a family of three children, 
 none of whom are living. 
 
 John Jenness (second), the father of John 
 J. Jenness, was born in Pittsfield. The active 
 period of his life was devoted to the cultiva- 
 tion of a farm in this town. An industrious 
 and successful farmer, he acquired consider- 
 able property. Pfditically, he acted with the 
 Democratic party, and for many years he was 
 prominent in the public affairs of Pittsfield. 
 He served with ability as Town Clerk, Mod- 
 erator, and Selectman ; and he represented 
 Pittsfield in the legislature. At his death he 
 had attained the age of sixty-one years. His 
 wife, Ann, who is a daughter of William 
 Tilton, of London, N. H., has been the mother 
 of four children, three of whom are living; 
 namely, John J., Erank W. , and Lizzie A. 
 Now ninety-three years old, she is residing at 
 the homestead in this town. 
 
 John J. Jenness attended the school in his 
 native town. When his studies were com- 
 pleted, he went to Alabama, where he worked 
 at bridge-building and acquired a good knowl- 
 edge of the business. After residing in the 
 South four years, he went, in 1856, to Cali- 
 fornia, where he was engaged in the construc- 
 tion of bridges for three years; and he then 
 returned to Pittsfield. For over thirty-five 
 years he has been one of the most successful 
 general farmers of this town. His estate 
 covers one bundled and twenty acres of e.xcel- 
 lent tillage land. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Jenness married Sarah A. 
 French, daughter of Sylvester H. I'rench, of 
 Pittsfield. Of the two children born to them 
 John H. Jenness is living. In politics Mr. 
 Jenness is a Democrat. He has rendered 
 capable and efficient services to the town as a 
 Selectman, and as its Representative in the 
 State legislature during the years 1S74 and
 
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 187s he proved himself a wise and careful 
 guardian of its interest. Mr. Jenness attends 
 the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Jenness is a 
 member. 
 
 RTHUR B. CHASE,* book-keeper and 
 paymaster of the Sugar River Mills, 
 was born in Newport, N. H., Janu- 
 ary 3, 1833, son of Joseph T. and Elizabeth 
 D. (Allen) Chase. Caleb Chase, the grand- 
 father, came to Newport in 1822. He was a 
 native of West Newbury, Mass., and a farmer 
 by occupation. He was a member of the old 
 South Congregational Church for many years. 
 He died at the age of sixty-five years. His 
 wife, Hannah Carr Chase, died at the age of 
 seventy -six. Joseph T. Chase, father of 
 Arthur, followed the shoemaking trade in 
 Newport throughout his life. He was a 
 member of the Congregational society relig- 
 iously and a Whig and Free Soiler in politics. 
 He died January 16, 1856, when not quite 
 fifty years old. His wife, who was born 
 March 10, 1812, survives him, and lives with 
 her son, the subject of this sketch. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Joseph T. Chase had six children, of 
 whom four are now living: Arthur B., whose 
 name begins this sketch ; Aretus T., born 
 October 30, 1835, died June 23, 1854; 
 Henry M., born in March, 1S41, and now a 
 resident of Minneapolis, Minn. ; George A., 
 born May 6, 1843, lives in Tyngsboro, Mass. ; 
 Francis Vosburg, born in 1848 at Greenfield, 
 Mass., and died in 1876; and Joseph E. , born 
 June 17, 1852, and now a resident of Tennes- 
 see City, Tenn. 
 
 Arthur B. Chase was educated in the com- 
 mon school and high school of Newport, and 
 at first took up his father's trade, which he 
 followed until 1868. In that year he secured 
 his present position as book-keeper and pay- 
 master of the Sugar River Mills, Dexter 
 
 Richards & Sons, proprietors. This concern, 
 which has about eighty-five persons on its 
 pay-roll, is one of the most flourishing in 
 this vicinity. June 9, 1857, Mr. Chase mar- 
 ried Miss Ann Richards, a sister of Mr. 
 Dexter Richards, the well-known donor to the 
 village of the town library, the high-school 
 building, and other generous gifts. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Chase have no children other than an 
 adopted daughter, Fanny French Chase. 
 They are both members of the Congregational 
 church, of which Mr. Chase has been clerk 
 for twenty years. He is also treasurer of the 
 church and society. Heis a Republican polit- 
 ically, and has held the office of Town Clerk 
 for three years. He is also secretary and 
 treasurer of Sugar River Lodge, No. 55, 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 f^^JKORGE OLIVER LOCKE,* of Pem- 
 \ f5 1 broke, an ex-member of the New 
 Hampshire House of Representa- 
 tives, was born in South New Market, N.H., 
 September ig, 1826, son of Simeon and 
 Clarissa (Tash) Locke. His great-grand- 
 father, David Locke, who was a native of 
 Yorkshire, England, became an early settler 
 in Rye, N.H., where he owned a good farm, 
 and resided there until his death, which oc- 
 curred at a good old age. 
 
 Simeon Locke (first), grandfather of the 
 subject of tliis sketch, followed farming in 
 Epsom for a time. Later he moved to East 
 Concord, N.H., and there spent the rest of 
 his life. His habits of thrift and industry 
 enabled him to acquire considerable property. 
 In politics he voted with the Democratic 
 party, hut his retiring disposition would not 
 permit iiini to take any active part in public 
 affairs. He attended the Congregational 
 church. At his death he was seventy-nine 
 years old. He married Abigail Blake, a
 
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 native of Epsom, who attained the age of 
 seventy-three, and was the mother of nine 
 chihlrcn. Of these the third, Simeon Locke 
 (second), was born in East Concord. He 
 settled in South New Market, and there 
 followed his calling;' of meclianic for the rest 
 of his active period. He was an able busi- 
 ness man as well as a good mechanic, and by 
 making proper use of his op|iortunities he 
 realized excellent financial results. Me was 
 a Democrat in politics, and long occupied a 
 prominent position in public affairs in South 
 New Market. Simeon Locke, second, 
 reached the venerable age of ninety-two years. 
 He was a Deacon of the Methodist church. 
 His wife, Clarissa, who was a native of South 
 New Market, became the mother of thirteen 
 children, of whom Lydia A., Sarah, Simeon, 
 Samuel, and George (31iver, are living. Mrs. 
 Clarissa Locke died at the age of seventy-two 
 years. 
 
 George Oliver Locke was educated in his 
 native town. After leaving school he went to 
 Exeter, N.H., where he served an apprentice- 
 ship at the blacksmith's trade. He subse- 
 quently followed his trade in Andover and 
 Lawrence, Mass., and for many years in Pem- 
 broke. He worked at the anvil and forge for 
 fifty years in all. In that period he saved 
 a comfortable competency, which enabled 
 him to retire some time since. He is now 
 enjoying the fruits of his industry. He owns 
 and cultivates a farm of forty acres. 
 
 On November 18, 1852, Mr. Locke married 
 Harriet T. Locke, daughter of Josiah Locke, 
 of East Concord. Mrs. Locke is the mother 
 of two children — Josephine S. and Sarah A. 
 Josephine S. was born November 9, 1857, and 
 is now the wife of Ira B. Moore, of Rochester, 
 N.H. Sarah A., born June 25, 1861, is the 
 wife of A. R. Clough, of Dover, N.H., hav- 
 ing one daughter, Sadie. Mr. Locke is an 
 
 earnest supporter of the Republican party, 
 and has been a leading spirit in public affairs. 
 He served as Tax Collector and Highway 
 Agent for a number of terms, and during the 
 years 1865 and 1866 he represented this town 
 in the legislature. He is connected with 
 Howard Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Suncook, and 
 with the grange in I'eml^roke. Hoth he and 
 Mrs. Locke arc members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. 
 
 ARTIN V. ]i. HASTINGS,* one 
 of the leading farmers of Grant- 
 ham, N.IL, son of Jonathan B. 
 and Rosina (Kidder) Hastings, represents the 
 third generation of his family in this town, 
 where he was born June 2, 1844. His grand- 
 father, Jonas Hastings, a farmer, who came 
 from Maine, was one of the early settlers of 
 Grantham. He married Affie Baker, and had 
 a family of ten children: Benjamin; Maria; 
 Jonathan 15.; Rosilla; Jonas, Jr.; William; 
 Amos; Affie; John; and one child that died 
 in infancy. lienjamin Hastings was a car- 
 penter and farmer in Newport, N.H. He 
 married Eliza Smith, and had a large family 
 of children. Maria married Joseph Hastings, 
 of Grantham; and Rosilla married George 
 Colburn, of this place. Jonas engaged in the 
 meat business at Claremont. He married 
 Mary Whittikcr, who bore him one child. 
 William was a farmer in Grantham. His 
 wife was Mary Hart. Amos, also a farmer, 
 married Nancy Manchester. Affie became 
 the wife of Julius Owen, of Hanover, and the 
 mother of several children. 
 
 Jonathan B. Hastings, father of Martin, was 
 born in Grantham, July 25, 18 17, and was 
 educated in the public schools of the town. 
 He began his working life as a farmer, and 
 has continued the occupation to the present
 
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 time. He is now advanced in years, a highly 
 respected citizen, and one of the foremost 
 farmers in this region. He has been a dealer 
 in cattle and sheep up to within a short time, 
 hut now devotes himself chiefly to dairy farm- 
 ing. His life has been one of industry and 
 tlirifl, free from dissimulatii)ii, and graced 
 with the virtue of honesty. His children — 
 Sophronia, Martin V. B., Mandanie, Armenie, 
 James, Eugene, and one that died in infancy 
 — ^ were all born in Grantham. Sophronia 
 married Simeon Smith, of Grantham, and has 
 a family of four boys. Mandanie resides at 
 Franklin, this State. Armenie is the wife of 
 John Whitehead, of Franklin, and has two 
 children. James lives on the homestead with 
 his father. He married Jennie Leavitt, and 
 they have four children. Eugene died when 
 three or four years old. 
 
 Martin V. B. Hastings received his educa- 
 tion in the public schools. After finishing 
 his course of study, he went to work as a 
 farmer and teamer, and has been successfully 
 engaged in the same lines of business until 
 now. He is prominent in public affairs, has 
 long been Selectman, serving his constituents 
 with faithfulness and ability, and holds that 
 office at the present time. In politics he is a 
 loyal Democrat. Fraternally, he is a member 
 of Franklin Lodge, No. 6, of Lebanon, and of 
 the local grange, also of Blue Mountains 
 Lodge of Grantham, being an officer in the 
 last-named body. He attends the Methodist 
 cliinxh, and is ever ready to give it needed 
 financial support. 
 
 Mr. Hastings has been twice married; and 
 by his fir-st wife, Carrie Little, he has one 
 child, Florence R. His second wife, Flora 
 Relic Finney, was born at Plymouth, Vt. , 
 January 25, 1861. He has no children by 
 the second marriage. F'lorence R. Hastings, 
 born April 21, 1876, married Burt Lewis, of 
 
 Claremont, N. H. They have two children, 
 Robert, born March 28, 1894; and Raymond, 
 born in August, 1896. 
 
 J^^OHN B. MOORP:,* a prosperous dairy 
 farmer of Plainfield, Sullivan County, 
 N.H., son of Hiram and Ruby (Sillo- 
 way) Moore, was born in this town, April 
 9, 1849. His great-grandfather, William 
 Moore, who was a native of County Tyrone, 
 Ireland, emigrated to America early in the 
 eighteenth century, and became one of the 
 first settlers in Pembroke, N. H. He was a 
 Deacon of the Congregational church. 
 
 James Moore, son of William, was a native 
 of New Hampshire, but passed the greater 
 part of his life in Vermont as a hard-working 
 farmer. He was a noted tenor singer in his 
 day; and for over thirty years he led the choir 
 at the Congregational church in Tiietford, Vt. 
 He married, and reared six children, as fol- 
 lows: Ezra, a prosperous farmer in Vermont, 
 who married a Miss Cutting, and reared a 
 family; Cyrus, who followed the sea; Betsey, 
 who married Timothy Knight, a farmer of 
 Thetford, and had five children; Hiram, who 
 resided in Plainfield; Jerusha, who became 
 the wife of Lyman Cook, of Thetford, and had 
 three sons; and Lucinda, who became Mrs. 
 Durgin, and resided in Thetford. 
 
 Hiram Moore, son of James and father of 
 John B. Moore, was born in ThetfortI, October 
 20, 1805. Left fatherless at the age of five 
 years, he was reared and educated in Plain- 
 field; and, when old enough to begin life for 
 himself, he was employed as a farm assistant. 
 By practising economy he saved from his earn- 
 ings in the course of time a sum sufficient to 
 buy a homestead; and, acquiring possession 
 of the Strong farm, he resided there for the 
 rest of his life. He carried on general farm-
 
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 ing, and was quite an extensive stock-raiser. 
 Strictly honorable and upright, he regarded 
 all others as honest and fair-dealing until ex- 
 perience proved the contrary; and thus he was 
 often victimized, but never complained. Like 
 his father, lie possessed a good tenor voice. 
 In politics he was a Democrat. Hiram Moore 
 died in 1876, and was sincerely mourned by 
 his neighbors and fellow - townsmen. Mis 
 wife, whose maiden name was Ruby Silloway, 
 was born in I'iainfield, October 21, 1804. 
 Her parents were William and Jane (French) 
 Silloway of this town, and her father was a 
 tiirifty farmer. She became the mother of 
 nine chiklren, as follows: Mary; l?etsey; 
 F"anny, now deceased; Sarah and Sylvia, 
 twins; William; Delia; George; and John 
 B., the subject of this sketch. Mary and 
 Betsey were born in Lincoln, Vt. ; and the 
 others were born in I'iainfield. Mary married 
 Gardner Gay, of this town. Betsey, who died 
 in 1894, was the wife of Elijah Miller, of 
 Hanover, N.IL, late a successful farmer and 
 a prominent citizen, who represented his town 
 in the legislature. They had three children, 
 two of whom are living. Sarah married At- 
 wood Reed, a well-to-do farmer of Plainfield, 
 and has two children. Sylvia, deceased, was 
 the wife of David Kimball, of Lebanon, and 
 ^had no children. William owned and oper- 
 ated a grist-mill in Meridcn, N.H., until his 
 death, which occurred in 1893; and he accu- 
 mulated considerable property. His wife, 
 Margaret Havens, of Plattsburg, N.Y., died 
 about one year ago, leaving no children. 
 Delia Moore died very young. George, who 
 is a carpenter in Meriden, married Lucretia 
 Havens, a sister of his brother's wife, and 
 has two children. Mrs. Ruby S. Moore is 
 still living, and is unusually active both phys- 
 ically and mentally for one of her age. Siie 
 reads the newspapers and magazines without 
 
 the aid of spectacles, and takes as much in- 
 terest in cvery-day topics as do those of a 
 younger generation. 
 
 John 15. Moore completed his education at 
 the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, and 
 assisted in carrying on the home farm until he 
 was twenty-one. He then leased a farm for a 
 time; and later, purchasing one of the Spencer 
 farms, he carried it on for eight years, or until 
 i)uying the Underbill property, where he now 
 resides. He is a practical and industrious 
 farmer, tilling the soil to some extent, but 
 giving his principal attention to the dairy. 
 He is Steward of the grange in this town. 
 Politically, he is a Republican. 
 
 Mr. Moore married Elizabeth Pardy, who 
 was born in Plattsburg, N.Y., July 7, 1852, 
 daughter of John Pardy, of that town. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mooie have had two children — 
 Bessie, born Ajiril 11, 1876; and Nellie, 
 born in May, 1S7S, wiio died in infancy. 
 Bessie Moore attended Kimijall L^nion Acad- 
 emy, and shortly after graduating she marricfl 
 Almener Merrihew, of Plattsburg. 
 
 Mr. Moore inherits from his ancestors con- 
 siderable musical ability, and for several 
 years has sung in the choir of the Congrega- 
 tional church at Meriden. He has in his 
 possession a Bible, which was brought from 
 Ireland by his great-grandfather, and is said 
 to be over two hundred years old, an interest- 
 ing and valuable family relic and heirloom. 
 
 M 
 
 R. RUFUS MERRILL WEEKS,* 
 who resides in the village of Sun- 
 cook, and is a well-known dentist in 
 the town of Pembroke, was born in Gilford, 
 N.H., December 15, 1854, son of William 
 and Lizzie (Hutchinson) Weeks. Benjamin 
 Weeks, the grandfather of Dr. Weeks, in his 
 younger days was a farmer. He later learned
 
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 the tanner's trade, which he followed for a 
 time. Then he kept a general store in Gil- 
 ford. He became prominent in business 
 circles and in public affairs, holding various 
 town ofifices ; and lie was connected with the 
 old State militia. In politics he was a Whig. 
 He married, and reared a family of seven chil- 
 dren. Of the hitter tlie only survivor is Mrs. 
 Harriet Oilman, who resides in Gilford. 
 Benjamin Weeks antl his wife lived to a good 
 old age. He left with a good estate the repu- 
 tation of an able and successful business man. 
 William Weeks, a native of Gilford and 
 the third-born of his parents' children, was 
 brought up on a farm. At an early age he 
 displayed a natural aptitude for agricultural 
 pursuits. The active period of his life was 
 spent in tilling the soil of a good farm in 
 Gilford, and he attained prominence as a prac- 
 tical and successful farmer. In politics he 
 acted with the Republican party in his later 
 years. He served as a Selectman for some 
 time, and represented his district in the legis- 
 lature. His wife, Lizzie, became the mother 
 of eight children, of whom there are living: 
 Elizabeth A., William H., Orin, Annetta E., 
 Fred A., Arthur B., and Rufus M. Elizabeth 
 A. is the wife of Robinson Merrill, of Laco- 
 nia, and has one daughter. Flora, who is now 
 Mrs. Charles H. Collins, of Lakeport, N. H. 
 William H. wedded Mary Potter, of Gilford; 
 and his children are: Nathaniel H., Julia, 
 Stark, and Millie. Orin married Arvilla 
 Page, of Thornton, N.H., and has four chil- 
 dren — Burt, Lizzie, Eliza, and Fred. An- 
 netta E. is the wife of Edwin Munsey, of Los 
 Angeles, Cal. ; and her children are: Laura 
 and Fred. Fred A. married Laura Gilman, 
 of Gilford, and has no children. Arthur B. 
 married Carrie Robbins, of Manchester, N.H., 
 who died, leaving one son, Harry A. Will- 
 iam Weeks died at the age of sixty-si.\ years, 
 
 and his wife lived to be seventy-two. They 
 were members of the Free Will Baptist 
 church. 
 
 After acquiring his early education in the 
 common schools, Rufus Merrill Weeks at- 
 tended the academy at Laconia. His dental 
 studies were begun in Manchester, N.H., with 
 Dr. C. W. Clement, with whom he remained 
 three years, attending a course of lectures in 
 ]?oston in that period. In 1875 he opened an 
 office in Suncook, and has since practised his 
 profession here with success. 
 
 Dr. Weeks was united in marriage with 
 Luella B. Hoyt, daughter of Amos Hoyt, of 
 Manchester. They have no children. Politi- 
 cally, Dr. Weeks is a Republican. He is 
 widely and favorably known as a skilful den- 
 tist, and as a citizen he is highly respected 
 and esteemed. He is Past Master of Jewell 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Past High Priest of 
 Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which 
 he was one of the organizers; and he is a 
 thirty-second degree Mason. He is also con- 
 nected with the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. Mrs. Weeks is a member of the 
 Congregational church. 
 
 -1^ ESTER L. COLLINS,* a prosperous 
 IJj dairy farmer and milk dealer of 
 -^ — ^ Franklin, was born in this town, 
 September 21, 1868, son of Jonathan L. and 
 Hannah K. (Floyd) Collins. Jonathan L. 
 Collins, who is a native of Grafton, N. H., 
 moved from that town to Franklin, and settled 
 upon the farm which is now occupied by his 
 son. He improved the property, and occupied 
 it until 1890, when he removed to another 
 farm in this town, and is still actively en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits. His wife, 
 Hannah, who was a native of Franklin, tlied 
 March 4, 1896, leaving three children.
 
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 namely: Vina A., wife of James W. Hnn- 
 tnnn, of this town; Lester L., tlie suliject of 
 this sketeii ; ami Oakey II., who resides with 
 his father. 
 
 Lester L. Collins, after attending the com- 
 mon sehools, completed his studies at the New 
 Hampton Institute. He then engaged in 
 farming, which occupation he has since car- 
 ried on with satisfactory results. In 1S92 he 
 established a milk route in company with his 
 brother. lie has two huuch-ed aci'es of land 
 well adapted for pasturage, and keeps eighteen 
 choice cows, delivering to his regular cus- 
 tomers a large quantity of milk daily. 
 
 On August 12, 1896, Mr. Collins was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mabel N. Greeley. 
 Mrs. Collins is a daughter of Alonzo S. and 
 Mary L. (Sargent) Greeley, her father being 
 a native of Salisbury, N.IL, and her mother 
 of Hill. They are industrious farming people 
 of East Andover. 
 
 Mr. Collins is a Democrat in politics. He 
 is a member of Merrimac Lodge, No. 28, 
 I. O. O. F., and belongs to the Order of 
 American Mechanics of Franklin. He pos- 
 sesses energy and a progressive tendency, 
 which form the essential elements of his con- 
 tinued success; and he is one of the most 
 popular young men in I'ranklin. 
 
 iHARLES M. BABBITT,* the well- 
 known contractor and builder of 
 F"ranklin Falls, was born in Hano- 
 ver, N.H., son of Isaac and Wealthy (Lovejoy) 
 I^abbitt. His grandfather, Asa Babbitt, 
 who came from England, served as a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War, and spent the 
 greater part of his life upon a farm in 
 Hanover, dying in 1837. 
 
 Isaac Babbitt and his wife, both natives of 
 Hanover, were prosperous farming people. 
 
 Isaac died in 1878, and Wealthy in 1894. 
 They were the parents of twelve children, 
 namely: Marinda, now deceased, who married 
 William Ward, a merchant of Lebanon, N.IL; 
 Isaac Sylvester, who married Melissa S. Ste- 
 phens, of Springfield, N.H., and is now a 
 widower; Leonard IL, deceased, who married 
 Rachel Merrill, of Hanover, now also de- 
 ceased; Almina, who married i'"rederick Mer- 
 rill, a farmer of Hanover; Charles M., the 
 subject of this sketch; Austin M., who mar- 
 ried Louisa Clough, of Canaan, N.IL, and 
 died in 1893; Darwin J., who married Alina 
 Briggs, of Lebanon, and is an optician; 
 Alden A., wlu) married Anna Dunton, of 
 Jefferson, Me., and is an optician in Lebanon; 
 Dexter W., who married Leafy D. Brown, of 
 New York State, and is a merchant in Leba- 
 non; lunily, who married George Ross, a 
 farmer of I'lainfield, N.IL, and is now de- 
 ceased; Wealthy A., deceased, who married 
 Isaac Hatch, of Hanover; and George W. , 
 who married Esther V^alentine, and is a build- 
 ing contractor in Lebanon. 
 
 Charles M. Babbitt passed his boyhood in 
 attending school and assisting upon the farm. 
 He resided at home until twenty-one years 
 old, when he engaged in the lumber business 
 in Enfield, N.H., remaining there for nine 
 years. He then came to Franklin, where he 
 conducted a boarding-house for some years. 
 In 1S73 he erected his present residence. 
 Since his arrival in Franklin he has given his 
 attention to the contracting and building busi- 
 ness quite extensively. He also owns aiul 
 cultivates a good farm. 
 
 On January 30, 1856, Mr. Babbitt was 
 joined in marriage with Alvina W. Jeune. 
 She was born in Hartland, Vt., March 29, 
 1836, daughter of Francis C. and Rebecca E. 
 (Cady) Jeune. The father was a native of 
 Hartland and a lumberman. The mother was
 
 syf^ 
 
 BIOGRAl'HICAL RFA'IKW 
 
 born in Windsor, Vt. Mr. Babbitt is a di- 
 rector of the Franklin Falls Company. In 
 politics he is a Republican and quite active 
 in public affairs. He served as a Selectman 
 in 1887 and 1888, and was First Councilman 
 for two years. He is connected with the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows of Franklin, 
 and also with the grange. Both he and Mrs. 
 Babbitt attend the Ba|3tist church. 
 
 jHARLliS H. MORRILL,* a prosper- 
 ous farmer and lumber manufacturer 
 
 »if of Pittsfield, was born in this town, 
 
 January 14, 1829, son of Jacob and Mary 
 (Hoyt) Morrill. His paternal great-grand- 
 father, who was a native of Salisbury, Mass., 
 settled in Brentwood, N.H., and resided upon 
 a farm in that town for the rest of his life. 
 His grandparents, Jonathan and Betsey (Gor- 
 don) Morrill, were natives of Brentwood. 
 Jonathan Morrill was for many years engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits in his native town, 
 and his last days were spent in rittsfield. 
 He lived to be sixty-nine years old, and his 
 wife died at sixty-seven. They were the par- 
 ents of five children — Amos, Betsey, Hannah 
 G., Jacob, and Louise — none of whom are 
 living. 
 
 Jacob Morrill, Charles H. Morrill's father, 
 was born in Brentwood in 1802. At an early 
 age he adopted agriculture as an occupation. 
 When twenty-two years old he went to North- 
 wood, N. H., where he resided for some time. 
 In 1828 he bought a farm of sixty -five acres 
 located in Pittsfield, and cultivated it for the 
 rest of his active period. His wife, Mary, 
 who was a native of Northwood, became the 
 mother of four children, of whom Charles H., 
 Hczekiah B., and John C. are living. Hez- 
 ekiah married Abigail Saunders, of Strafford, 
 N.H.; and his children are: Clarence and 
 
 Abbie L. John C. married Mary J. Kensing- 
 ton, a native of Maine. Jacob Morrill lived 
 to be eighty-nine years old, and his wife died 
 at the age of forty-nine. They were members 
 of the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Charles H. Morrill acquired his education 
 in the schools of Pittsfield. While still 
 young he began to assist in carrying on the 
 homestearl farm. He later engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits upon his own account, and 
 now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty- 
 five acres. He also operates a saw-mill, 
 where he makes shingles, etc., on a large 
 scale. 
 
 On March 20, 1861, Mr. Morrill married 
 Ruth E. Edgerly. She is a daughter of 
 Ezekiel and Deborah M. (Chesley) Edgerly, 
 the former of whom was a native of Barnstead, 
 and the latter was born in Gilmanton, N.H. 
 lizekiel Edgerly followed the trade of a tanner 
 in early life, and his last years were spent in 
 general farming. He died at the age of 
 eighty, and his wife lived to the age of ninety- 
 two years. They reared a family of four chil- 
 dren, of whom Ruth E. is the only survivor. 
 Mrs. Morrill's parents attended the P^ree Will 
 Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Morrill have 
 three sons living — Itdward S., Charles C, 
 and Francis M. Edward S., born March 16, 
 1870, married Lulu Heath, of Epsom, N.H.; 
 Charles C. was born January i, 1871; and 
 P"rancis M., October 6, 1873. In politics 
 Mr. Morrill supports the Republican party. 
 He is a practical and successful farmer. Both 
 he and Mrs. Morrill attend the I-'ree Will 
 Baptist church. 
 
 ;UMNER N. BALL,* the proprie- 
 tor of Oak Hill Farm, Washington, 
 was born in this town, June 3, 
 1854, son of Dexter and Hannah (Jefts) Ball. 
 His grandfather, John Ball, was a native of
 
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 577 
 
 Antrim, N.H., and a jMosperous farmer. 
 Joliii Tiiarricd Rcljctca I'roctor, of Stockiard, 
 N. II., ami reared a family of seven children; 
 namely, Dexter, Worcester, Allen, Mclvin, 
 Nathaniel W., Rebecca II., and Rosanna. Of 
 these Dexter and Worcester are the only sur- 
 vivors. 
 
 Dexter Ball, the father of Sumner N., was 
 born in Antrim, and accompanied his parents 
 to Washington when he was three years old. 
 lie grew to manhood as a farmer, and tilled 
 tiie soil successfully in this town for many 
 years. He is now living in retirement at- 
 Washington Centre. His first wife, Hannah 
 Jefts Hall, who was a native of New Ips- 
 wich, N.H., died in i886. His second mar- 
 riage was contracted with Elizabeth Perkins, 
 of Washington. There were eight children 
 born of his first union, of whom three died in 
 infancy. The others were: George D., John, 
 Orin, Sumner N., and Arlow. John died 
 at the age of thirteen; Orin, at sixteen; and 
 Arlow, at thirty years. George D., now de- 
 ceased, married Adeline Cram, who also died. 
 They left one daughter, Lizzie, who is the 
 wife of K. S. Nichols, of Massachusetts, and 
 has one son, Fred. 
 
 Summer N. Ball began his education in the 
 district schools, and completed his studies at 
 Tuffs's Union Academy in Washington. 
 When twenty-one years old he went to An- 
 trim, and for five years was there engaged in 
 farming for ex-Governor Goodell. He was 
 next employed in a cutlery manufactory for a 
 year, and then purchased a job printing estab- 
 lishment. In 1880 he founded the Antrim 
 Rcf>orta\ a weekly newspaper, which he later 
 enlarged. He continued as its editor and 
 proprietor for eight years; and in 1888 he sold 
 out to C. W. Hutchins, of Hillsborough, 
 N.H, Returning then to Washington, he 
 bought the John Ball homestead, containing 
 
 two hundred and sixty-five acres of excellent 
 tillage and pastiue land. Oak Hill I'"arm is 
 widely known for the superior quality of its 
 dairy products. Its proprietor is also engaged 
 in raising sheep and cattle and the manufact- 
 uring of ma))le sugar. Mr. Ball ranks among 
 the leading farmers cjf this section. Actively 
 interested in public affairs, he was Selectman 
 for four years; and he has served in the capac- 
 ities of Town Auditor and a member of the 
 School Board. He is connected with Waverly 
 Lodge, No. 57, I. O. O. I'"., of Antrim; and 
 he has been Master of Lovell Grange, No. 5, 
 Patrons of Husbandry, of Washington. 
 
 On November 26, 1884, Mr. Ball was 
 united in marriage with Carrie B. Brooks. 
 She was born in Antrim, daughter of Joseph 
 and Betsey (Whitcomb) Brooks. Her father, 
 who was a cabinet-maker by trade, died while 
 serving as a soldier in the Civil War. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Ball have two chiklren, namely: 
 John S., born August 30, 1886; and Nina 
 M., born I*"ebruary 27, 1889. Mr. Ball is a 
 member of the Baptist church, and has been 
 superintendent of the Sunday-school for sev- 
 eral years. 
 
 ,APTAIN HARRY C. FAY,* editor- 
 in-chief of the National Eagle, a 
 bright and thoroughly up-to-date 
 newspaper published in Claremont, was born 
 in Richmond, Vt., November 30, 1830, son 
 of Captain Nathan and Polly (Colby) Fay. 
 Stephen Fay, his great-great-grandfather, was 
 an early settler in Beiuiington, Vt., and was 
 the father of eight children. His son John 
 kept the Catamount Tavern, which during his 
 day became a meeting-place for many great 
 statesmen, who formed a legislative body, and 
 held there meetings known as ''Councils of 
 Safety." He, John, fell in the battle of Ben- 
 nington. His son, Nathan F'ay, served as a
 
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 liKKiRAPHICAL RKVIKW 
 
 (Irunimer boy in tlie same battle, in Colonel 
 Warner's command. Nathan, who was a 
 cloth-dresser by trade, removeil from Benning- 
 ton to Richmond, Vt., about the year 1781, 
 and established there a cloth-dressing house, 
 which he carried on successfully for a number 
 of years, leaving a flourisjiing business at the 
 time of his death, which occurred at the age 
 of seventy-seven. He married a daughter of 
 Colonel Safford, a member of an old and 
 prominent family of Bennington. 
 
 Captain Nathan Fay, father of the subject 
 of this sketch, continued the business of cloth- 
 dressing after the death of his father; but, it 
 subsequently becoming less profitable, he 
 turned his attention in part to farming, and at 
 the time of his death was the owner of one 
 thousand acres of land. A member in early 
 life of the Democratic party, he held office 
 continuously for twenty-five years, represent- 
 ing his town in the legislature at six different 
 periods, and serving it as Selectman through- 
 out his public career. A good penman and a 
 close student, he possessed also a fair knowl- 
 edge of the law, and transacted much legal 
 business. He was the administrator and exec- 
 utor of many estates, and, with a generosity 
 not often seen, rarely accepted remuneration 
 for his services. He belonged to the Univer- 
 sal ist church, toward the support of which he 
 liberally contributed. Faithful to every pub- 
 lic and private obligation, and of rare public 
 spirit, his death at the age of eighty-one was 
 widely regretted. His first wife was Maria 
 Murray. By his second wife, Polly, who was 
 a daughter of Elliot Colby, he had eight chil- 
 dren — Nathan M., Safford, Mary Ann, 
 Martha, Enos C, Harry C, lilliot, and Ar- 
 nold. 
 
 Harry C. Fay was the first of this large 
 family to leave the shelter of the parental 
 roof-tree. At the atrc of fifteen he went to 
 
 Montpelier, where he learned the printer's 
 trade in the office of I-^li Ballou, publisher of 
 the Universalist. After serving a three years' 
 apprenticeship, he returned to school at South 
 Woodstock and at Thetford, Vt., having pre- 
 viously studied for a few terms at both insti- 
 tutions. Going to Potsdam, N.Y., in 1850, 
 he there bought out William Wallace, a 
 printer and publisher, and edited the Courier 
 and Freeman for eleven years. He was ap- 
 pointed J'ostmaster of Potsdam, in which 
 office he served from 1856 to i860. When 
 the Civil War broke out he sold out his inter- 
 ests to his brother Elliot, who was exempt 
 from military duty, and at the call for three 
 hundred thousand men in September, 1861, 
 enlisted for three years' service in the Ninety- 
 second New York Regiment, in which he was 
 commissioned Captain. He was wounded at 
 Cold Harbor, Va. , and became commander of 
 the regiment after that engagement. At 
 Petersburg, Va. , he received a wound in the 
 ankle, and in February, 1865, was mustered 
 out of the service. He then returned to his 
 native town, Richmond, Vt., and the follow- 
 ing fall, in company with his brother Arnold, 
 who had served as Captain of the Seventeenth 
 Vermont Regiment during the war, went to 
 Irasburg, Vt., where he was engaged in farm- 
 ing for about two years. Subsequently sell- 
 ing his farm to his brother Arnold, he went 
 into the printing Inisiness at Waterbury, 
 where he remained, however, but a short time, 
 going thence to Burlington, Vt. After con- 
 ducting business a while in Burlington, he 
 sold out, and in 1872 entered the employ of 
 the Clareiuont Manufacturing Company, with 
 whom he served as foreman for seven years. 
 In 1880 he purchased the National Eagle, and, 
 taking upon himself the editorial duties, has 
 been since thus engaged. The Eagle was es- 
 tablished in 1834, under the direction of a
 
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 579 
 
 committee appointed at a Whig Sullivan 
 County Convention tiie year before. It has 
 since passed through many hands, and it is 
 worthy of note that Mr. l'"ay"s proprietorship 
 has already lasted longer than that of any of 
 his predecessors. Since he took charge of it, 
 its circulation has incrcasetl more than three- 
 fold, and it is now upon a firm financial basis. 
 It has a wide reputation for fairness, the cor- 
 rectness of its news items, and its able edito- 
 rials. In i8go Mr. I'"ay took into partnership 
 his son, Nathan W. Fay, and his son-in-law, 
 William H. Thompson. Besides publishing 
 the paper, the firm has a monopoly of the job 
 printing business in Claremnnt. Captain Fay 
 is said to be the oldest living publisher in 
 New Hampshire. He has figured more or less 
 prominently in politics, and during 1887 and 
 1888 was Representative to the New Hamp- 
 shire legislature. He has for many years 
 been a member of the Episcopal church, 
 which he has served in an official capacity. 
 
 Captain Fay married Miss Nancy L. 
 Skinner, daughter of the Rev. Warren 
 Skinner, a Universalist minister and one of 
 the early pioneers of Universal ism in this 
 section, and who served with the rank of 
 Orderly Sergeant in the War of 1S12. Cap- 
 tain and Mrs. Fay are the parents of two chil- 
 dren : Nathan W., who is now in partnership 
 with his father; and Lillie. The last named 
 married William H. Thompson, son of Sam- 
 uel Liscom and Alsada Eleanor (]<"lint) 
 Thompson. Mr. Thompson's grandfather, 
 William Thompson, who was a successful 
 wholesale and retail dealer in meat and pro- 
 visions in Worcester, Mass., had two chil- 
 dren, one of whom died in infancy. The 
 other, Samuel L., was engaged for some time 
 in business with his father in Worcester, but 
 subsequently removed from that place to Per- 
 kinsville, Vt., and thence to Chester in the 
 
 same State. A Republican politically, he 
 was largely interested in local politics, and 
 held various public offices, among them those 
 of Deputy .Sheriff, Selectman, and Justice of 
 the Peace. He had eight children: Moses 
 Waldo; Ella Maria; Harriet Al.sada; Will- 
 iam, who tiled ill infancy; William H. ; 
 Sarah, who died at the age of six years; Sam- 
 uel Leslie; and one other, who died unnamed. 
 The eldest, Moses Waldo, has been established 
 in the clotliing business in Pioston for the past 
 thirty-five years, being a member of the firm 
 of Thompson, Willis & Nugent. Ella Maria 
 married A. V.. Snell, and resides in Lewis- 
 ton, Idaho. Harriet Alsada became the wife 
 of E. P. Mudge, Clerk of the Court in Lewis- 
 ton, Idaho. Samuel Leslie is a druggist in 
 the same place. At the age of twelve years 
 William H. Thompson went to Cavendish, 
 Vt., where he found employment in the store 
 of a Mr. Pierce, a merchant and an e.\-school- 
 master. During his three years there he was 
 under the tutorage of his employer, and made 
 rapid progress in his studies. The ne.xt five 
 years were spent with Messrs. Chandler 
 Brothers, merchants of Proctorsville, Vt. ; and 
 subsequently he travelled for a year as sales- 
 man for .S. Washburn Holmes, a wholesale 
 grocer. After other business e.Kperiences he 
 removed in 1880 to Claremont, and entered 
 into partnership with Captain Fay, as above 
 narrated. His services as a member of the 
 firm have contributed in no small degree to 
 its prosperity. 
 
 ANIEL L. MOORE,* a successful 
 farmer of Loudon, Merrimack 
 County, was born here, June 30, 
 1843, son of Archelaus and Harriett T. 
 (Lowell) Moore, his parents also being na- 
 tives of this town. Archelaus ]\Ioore, first, 
 the grandfather, lived and died in Loudon, 
 
 B
 
 SSo 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKVV 
 
 having followed agriculture here all his active 
 lite; and his father, the great-grandfather of 
 Daniel L., was the f:rst of the name to settle 
 here. Archelaus Moore, second, followed the 
 vocation of his forefathers, and died leaving 
 eight children: Abigail, wife of P. L. 
 French, of East Concord, N.H.; Lydia 
 Amanda, who married Hugh T. Warren, a 
 farmer of Pembroke, N.H. ; Jennie, now de- 
 ceased, who became the wife of James Rich- 
 ardson, a carriage-maker of Pembroke; Mon- 
 roe A., who died at the age of sixteen; Daniel 
 I,., the subject of this brief sketch; Addie, 
 who is the widow of Alfred Dearborn, and re- 
 sides in Concord, N.H.; Lucian B. and Etta, 
 both of whom died young. 
 
 Daniel L. Moore spent his youth on the 
 home farm, and was brought up to agricultural 
 life. He married first Mary Lavina Weeks, 
 a daughter of Samuel and Abigail T. (French) 
 Weeks, her father being a farmer and tanner 
 of Gilmanton. After his marriage Mr. Moore 
 carried on the home farm, also raising fruit 
 and dealing to some extent in lumber. He 
 now owns five hundred acres of well-improved 
 land. Mr. Moore is a Democrat, and takes 
 an active part in local politics. In 1891 and 
 1892 he represented his district in the legis- 
 lature. By his wife, Mary Weeks Moore, he 
 had seven children, namely: Annie; Lura; 
 two sons who died in infancy; Josia; an infant 
 unnamed; and Alfred T., born July 7, 1867, 
 who is a farmer in the vicinity of the old 
 home. Alfred T. Moore married Minnie E. 
 Clough, who was born November i, 1867, 
 daughter of Lathan C. and Mary E. (Dimond) 
 Clough, her father being a stone cutter and 
 farmer of Groton, N.H. His first wife dying, 
 Mr. Daniel L. Moore married for his second 
 wife Miss Mary Anna Sleeper, daughter of 
 Levi F. and Eliza (Wells) Sleeper, her par- 
 ents being residents of this locality. By her 
 
 he has two children — -Carl C. and Dwight E., 
 both living at home. Mr. Moore and his fam- 
 ily attend the Second Advent church on 
 Loudon Ridge. 
 
 SWAIN CLOUGH, a Selectman 
 of Pittsfield and an ex-member of 
 the New Hampshire legislature, 
 was born in this town, April 6, 1849, son of 
 Benjamin A. and Lydia A. (Sinclair) Clough. 
 His grandfather, William Clough, who was 
 born in Barrington, N.H., came to Pittsfield 
 as a pioneer. He cleared and improved a 
 farm, and was a prominent man in his day. 
 In politics he was a Republican. He married 
 Sarah Swain, who was also a native of Bar- 
 rington; and they were the parents of nine 
 children, none of whom are living. Of these 
 Benjamin A., father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was the youngest son. Mrs. William 
 Clough lived to the advanced age of ninety-six 
 years. She and her husband were members of 
 the Free Will Baptist church. 
 
 Benjamin A. Clough, also a native of Pitts- 
 field, was in trade in Barrington in his 
 younger days. Later he settled upon the old 
 homestead, where he tilled the soil success- 
 fully until his death, which occurred when he 
 was about fifty-six years old. He was a Re- 
 publican in politics, and was a member of the 
 Board of Selectmen for some time. In his 
 religious belief he was a Congregationalist. 
 His wife, Lydia, a daughter of Micajah Sin- 
 clair, of Stratham, N.H., became the mother 
 of one son, M. Swain, and died at the age of 
 forty-six. 
 
 The education of M. Swain, commenced in 
 the common schools, was completed at the 
 Pittsfield Academy. After leaving school he 
 assisted upon the home farm until he was 
 twenty-two years old. He then entered the 
 iirovision business, in which he continued for
 
 R I OG R A P H I C A L K E V 1 K\V 
 
 SS' 
 
 ten years. In 1885 lie established himself in 
 the livery business, which he has since fol- 
 lowed successfully. lie owns some valuable 
 real estate in ritlsficld. in politics he is a 
 Republican, autl he is [ironiinent in public 
 affairs. He has served as Town Auditor, has 
 been i^eputy .Sheriff (ov the past four years, 
 was Representative to the lei;islature in 1S94 
 and 1895, and was elected Selectman in 1896. 
 In June, 18S8, Mr. Clouj;h was united in 
 marriage with Jessie Marvey, daughter of 
 Elder Josei^h Harvey, of I'ittsfield. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Clough have no children. Mr. Clough 
 is a member of the Oild I'"cllows, the Knights 
 of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red 
 Men. He is highly esteemed by his fellow- 
 townsmen, both as a citizen and an efficient 
 tiublic official. 
 
 (^": 
 
 HARLKS N. CLOUGH,* Selectman 
 
 )f Canterbury and a well-known 
 v»,i£__^ farmer, was born here, January 15, 
 1849, son of Colonel David M. and Almira 
 (Hatchelder) Clough. He belongs to an old 
 and prominent family. His great-grandfather, 
 Leavitt Clough, Sr. , was likewise born in 
 Canterbury, where he also lived and died. 
 Leavitt Clough, Jr., was a farmer and a Jus- 
 tice of the Peace in his native town. 
 
 Colonel David M. Clough, popularly known 
 as "Corn King," who belongs to the third 
 generation of Cloughs in Canterbury, was 
 born June 9, 1805. He was educated in the 
 district schools of his native place and at the 
 Gilnianton Academy. At the age of eighteen 
 he began to teach school, and he subsequently 
 followed that occupation for several years. 
 In 1832 he removed to Gilmanton, where he 
 lived for the ne.xt ten years. In 1856, return- 
 ing to the old homestead, he bought the farm 
 now owned by his son, and there was engaged 
 in farming and the real estate business for the 
 
 remainder of his life. He died January 31, 
 
 1886. Three times he received the nomina- 
 tion of the Democratic party for the Gov- 
 ernor's Council, and he was elected to this 
 office for the first term of Governor Weston's 
 administration. He represented the town in 
 the State legislature for two years, and served 
 it as Selectman for four years. He was twice 
 married, first on October 25, 1828, to Almira 
 Batchelder, who was born June 7, 1805, 
 daughter of Ebenezer IJatchelder. She had 
 borne him five children, when she died No- 
 vember 5, iS5r. The second marriage, 
 performed June 17, 1856, united him with 
 Mrs. Caroline Gibson Towne, of Canterbury, 
 daughter of Samuel Towne, Jr. There were 
 no children by this second marriage. Mrs. 
 Caroline Clough, now eighty-two years old, 
 resides with her step.son, Henry L. Clough, 
 in Canterbury. Colonel Clough's children by 
 his first wife were: Elmira, Henry Leavitt, 
 Mary S. , lulwin Davis, and Charles N. El- 
 mira, born in 1830, died August 9, 1838. 
 Henry Leavitt, born February 17, 1837, mar- 
 ried Belle H. Shaw, of Concord, March 31, 
 
 1887, and has one child, Elmira E., born No- 
 vember 25, 1887. He carried on a grocery 
 business in Concord for thirteen years; but 
 now he resides at the old homestead, where in 
 summer he entertains about twenty boarders. 
 Mary S. , born in 1836, died August 2, 1838. 
 Edwin Davis, born October 5, 1843, married 
 Eliza Jane Couch, and now resides in Con- 
 cord, where he is engaged in the cider and 
 vinegar business. 
 
 Charles N. Clough, the youngest child of 
 his parents, attended the district schools and 
 Gilmanton College. Since his marriage Mr. 
 Clough has devoted his attention almost. e.\- 
 clusively to farming. He now owns three 
 hundred acres of well-improved farm land in 
 Canterbury township, on the Mcrrimac Inter-
 
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 vale. Ill connection with his farm quite a 
 large dairy business is carried on. He 
 was elected Selectman of Canterbury, which 
 office he now holds. In politics he is a 
 Democrat, and he takes an active interest in 
 the affairs of the town. He is a Mason of 
 Horace Chase Lodge, No. 62, of I'enacook, 
 N.H.; anil a member of the local grange of 
 Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was Over- 
 seer for some time. His wife, whose maiden 
 name was Kmma T. Morrill, and who came 
 from Brighton, Mass., has made him the 
 father of two children. Their son, David 
 Morrill, was born in 1879, ^''"^' their daughter, 
 Caroline G., in 1886. Both parents are mem- 
 bers of the Ba])tist church at Penacook. 
 Many old family relics which have been in 
 the possession of the doughs for many years 
 are now owned by Mr. Clough and his brotiier 
 
 Henry. 
 
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 'OHN S. R. BROWN, a prominent 
 farmer of Loudon, Merrimack County, 
 N.H., was born in this town. May 29, 
 1819, son of Richard and Mehitable S. (Rol- 
 lins) Brown. The Brown family has resided 
 in New Hampshire for five generations. Jo- 
 seph Brown, great-great-grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Rye, 
 N.H., January 30, 16S9, and died there, 
 March ig, 1759. His wife, Elizabeth, was 
 born May 16, 1693, and died January 21, 
 1760. Their son Joseph, who was born in 
 Rye, September 2, 1722, had a farm in 
 Epsom, where he spent the greater part of his 
 life. He died April i, 1771. His wife, 
 Abigal .Shaw Brown, also of Rye, was born 
 October 2, 1724, and died December 4, 1785. 
 Their son Job, next in line, was born in 
 Epsom, N.H., August 14, 1750, and remained 
 in his native town until about 1791, when he 
 moved to Gilmanton, where he encafred in 
 
 farming. He died there August 1, 18 14. 
 His wife, in maidenhood Hulda Page, of 
 Hampton, N.H., was born March 10, 1756, 
 and died December 29, 1831. Tiiey had five 
 children, namely: David, who was born Au- 
 gust II, 1779, married Betsey Able, and died 
 August 20, 1867; Joseph, who was born June 
 10, 1782, and died August 4, 1800; Nancy, 
 who was born June 14, 1784, married Charles 
 Rollins, and died in November, 1841 ; Abigail, 
 who was a twin sister of Nancy, and died Jan- 
 uary 6, 1786; and Richard, the father of the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Richard Brown, who was born November 
 17, 1787, received his education in tlie com- 
 mon schools of Epsom, and at an early age 
 was employed in assisting his father on the 
 farm. When but si.xteen years old he began 
 to teach school, which occupation he followed 
 successfully for ten years, besides doing 
 some farming. At the age of twenty-six he 
 moved to Loudon, and bought the farm on 
 which his son John now resides. He died in 
 Loudon, June li, 1867. He served efificiently 
 in the State militia, and rose to the ranks suc- 
 cessively of Captain and a General. Richard 
 Brown was three times married. His first wife, 
 in maidenhood Mehitable Rollins, was born in 
 Loudon, September 9, 1793, daughter of John 
 Rollins, her father being a native of Loudon, 
 and the son of Eliphalet Rollins, who was the 
 first of the family to settle in this town. 
 They were married August i, 181 3, and had 
 four children, namely: Sarah Ann, born July 
 28, 1 8 16, who married Thomas French, and 
 died March 15, 1853, her husband passing 
 away just two months later; John S. R., the 
 subject of this sketch; Jane S. R., born Au- 
 gust II, 1821, who married in 1842 John S. 
 Osborn, and now lives in Loudon; and Me- 
 hitable A. T., born November 13, 1823, who 
 married Hiram Wing, May 31, 1852, and
 
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 583 
 
 died July ig, 1887. Richard Brown married 
 for iiis second wife Sarah S. I'rencli, who 
 was born February 11, 1809, and died Febru- 
 ary 19, 1H38. ]5y her he had two cliildren: 
 Albira W., wiio was born November 26, 1832, 
 and died March 31, 1859; and Ann lilliza, 
 who was born September 12, 1837, and died 
 in infancy. Mr. Ikown was married for tiie 
 third time in 1838 to Sarah Jewett, of Gil- 
 ford, N. II., l)orn April 13, 1798, who died 
 January 18, 1865, at the age of si.xty-seven. 
 By her he had one child, Hulda Maria, born 
 November 20, 1840, who married Ouincy 
 Jewett, January 11, 1865, and died in Sep- 
 tember, 1870. 
 
 John S. R. Brown remained at home with 
 his parents until reaching the age of twenty- 
 si.\ years. lie then travelled six years for a 
 Bible society, and subsequently settled on the 
 farm where he now lives, and where he is en- 
 gaged in general farming and fruit-raising. 
 It contains about three hundred and fifty acres 
 of fine land, and he has greatly improved the 
 property since it came into his possession. 
 Mr. Brown was formerly connected with the 
 State militia, in which he gained the rank of 
 Second Lieutenant. In ])olitics he is a Re- 
 publican. He married November 16, 1852, 
 Achsa Ann Mills, who was born January 21, 
 1820, a daughter of John and Alice (Will- 
 iams) Mills, of Hampstead, N.H. Mrs. 
 Brown's father was first a sailor, but subse- 
 quently engaged in agricultural pursuits, and 
 also worked at coopering. He died in Dun- 
 barton in 183 1. Mer mother died in Plaistow, 
 N.H., May 8, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
 have had seven children, namely: Ann Eliza- 
 beth, born September i, 1853, who married 
 Frank Fletcher, and lives in Loudon; Clara 
 Jane, born March 3, 1855, who married John 
 E. Dustin, of Pittsfield; Abbie Maria, born 
 January 26, 1857, who became the wife of 
 
 Charles K. Lane, of Exeter; Richard Henry, 
 born March 8, 1859, who resides with his 
 parents; David Hamlin, born March 19, 1S61, 
 who married Lizzie Jenkins, of Barnstead, and 
 is now a resident of Laconia; John Parker 
 Mills, who, born April 27, 1864, married 
 b'iorence P. Day, of Bradford, Mass., Decem- 
 ber 28, 1891, lives with his father, and has 
 two children — Earl D. and Gladys; and 
 Mary Alice, born May 8, 1867, who married 
 Charles A. Hedgerly, October 24, 1894, and 
 resides in Pittsfield. Mr. and Mrs. Brtjwn 
 are members of the Congregational Church of 
 Loudon, in which Mr. Brown is a Deacon and 
 clerk. They take an active interest in the 
 welfare of the community, and are ever ready 
 to aid a worthy cause. 
 
 ,OODY GILLINGHAM, for many 
 years an active farmer and promi- 
 nent citizen of Newbury, Merri- 
 mack County, N. H., was born on the old (iil- 
 lingham homestead, January 2, 181 1, and died 
 here, October 16, 1882. He was of English 
 ancestry, being a lineal descendant of the em- 
 igrant, James Gillinghani, who crossed the 
 Atlantic to seek a new home in the western 
 world over two hundred years ago, and set- 
 tling in Salem, Mass., there married in May, 
 1692, Rebecca Bly, daughter of John BIy. 
 [See Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."] 
 
 Their son James, second, born in 1696, 
 came to Newbury, N.H., locating on the north 
 side of Todd Pond, where he bought two hun- 
 dred and fifty acres of heavily timbered land, 
 which formed a portion of the Pierce grant. 
 His son James, the third of that name in 
 direct line, succeeded to the ownership of the 
 original homestead, on which he made material 
 improvements, replacing the first rude dwell- 
 ing-house by the present residence, which he
 
 S84 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 erected in i8i 3. Me was twice married. His 
 first wife, I'ully Little, a native of Sutton, 
 bore liim tluee ciiildren — James, Daniel, and 
 Rath. His second wife, Betsey Lane, of 
 Newbury, became the mother of fourteen chil- 
 th-en, one of whom was Moody, the special 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Moody Gillingham remained beneath the 
 parental roof-tree until his marriage, when he 
 went to Warrensburg, N.Y. , there engaging 
 in agricultural pursuits until the death of his 
 father, two years later, recalled him to New- 
 bury. At once taking possession of the home- 
 stead, he resided here until his demise, as 
 above noted. He was very successful in farm- 
 ing, and in business of all kinds, possessing 
 keen perceptions, good judgment, and an excel- 
 lent command of language. He was a clear, 
 ready speaker, rarely worsted in argument, and 
 exerted an influence for good in the commu- 
 nity. He served as Selectman for three years 
 in Newbury. In his religious views he was 
 broad and liberal, inclining to the Univer- 
 salist faith. He married Julia Tvviss, daugh- 
 ter of Jeremiah and Marion (Peaslee) Twiss. 
 She was born in Bradford, October 4, 181 5, 
 and died June 11, 1869. They had four chil- 
 dren ; namely, Charles H., Albert L., Free- 
 man H., and Clara L Charles II. Gilling- 
 ham married Elinda, daughter of John and 
 IVLary (Marriott) RLuid, natives of England. 
 They have six children — Maud C. , Annie 
 E., Mary A., Moody, Ralph B., and Julia. 
 Albert L. died in Salina, Kan., October 16, 
 1892. His wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rob- 
 ert Robertson, bore him four children: Lena 
 M.; Irvill; Pearl; and Clara L, who is the 
 wife of Jesse P. Colby, of Danvers, Mass. 
 
 Freeman H. Gillingham was born on the 
 Gillingham homestead, and there grew to 
 years of maturity, acquiring a thorough knowl- 
 edge of practical agriculture. On October 
 
 29, 1877, he married Annie, daughter of Cum- 
 mings and Car<dine (Uowlin) Pierce, and im- 
 mediately removed to the Pierce farm in Brad- 
 ford. Two years later Mr. Pierce retired from 
 active labor; and Mr. Gillingham tocjk a lease 
 of the farm, which he has since managed with 
 eminent success, carrying on general farming 
 with most satisfactory results. He has been 
 prominent in local affairs, having served on 
 the School Committee, and as one of the Se- 
 lectmen of the town in 1S81 and again in 
 1895, when he was Chairman of the ]5oard. 
 In 1896 he was elected to the State legis- 
 lature from Bradford. He is a Republican 
 in politics, but is popular in both parties. 
 
 Mr. Gillingham's first wife died February 
 I7» i893' li^aving no children. On May 25, 
 1895, he married Miss Ida M. Ewins, a 
 daughter of John H. Ewins, who was born and 
 still lives in Warner. Mr. Ewins married 
 Lucetta Pierce, who was born on the Pierce 
 farm, a daughter of Captain Cummings Pierce, 
 and sister of Mr. Gillingham's first wife. 
 She dietl January 27, 1891, leaving two chil- 
 dren, namely: Marietta, wife of Alpheus B. 
 Huntoon, of Salisbury, N.PL ; and Ida M., 
 now Mrs. Gillingham. 
 
 Captain Cummings Pierce was born in 
 Hillsborough, N.H., May 22, 1803, a son of 
 Nathan and Phebc (Cummings) Pierce. He 
 was a first cousin of the late Presitlent Pierce. 
 His parents removed from Hillsborough to 
 Bradford in 1821, and bought the Pierce home- 
 stead, now occupied by Freeman H. Gilling- 
 ham. Cummings Pierce succeeded to the 
 ownership of the home farm, and continued the 
 improvement of the land, clearing a large part 
 of it, and soon after his marriage erected the 
 present residence. He belonged for some 
 years to an artillery company in the old State 
 militia, serving as Captain the most of the 
 time. He was strictly honcn'able and upright,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 
 
 585 
 
 anil even in temper and disposition. Siicli a 
 man necessarily liolds a higli position in any 
 community, and Captain Pierce was no excep- 
 tion. He served in all the town offices, and 
 for many years was Selectman. In 1S60 anil 
 1 86 1 he served as a Representative in the 
 State legislature. 
 
 In 1833 Captain Pierce married Caroline 
 Dowlin, who died April 14, 1874, leaving two 
 children, namely: T-ucctta, who married John 
 H. ICwins, and died January 27, 1891; and 
 Annie, who was the first wife of Freeman H. 
 Gillingham, and died h'ebruary 17, 1893. 
 Captain Pierce survived his wife and both 
 daughters, passing away Noyeml)er 13, 1893. 
 
 (syri^^ERT STP:VENS,* a farmer of Con- 
 ^k cord, was born at Canterbury, N.H., 
 /«)ls^^ January 24, 1833, and is a rep- 
 resentative of the third generation of the 
 Stevens family born in this town. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather, whose name, it is believed, 
 was Simeon Stevens, was a farmer and life- 
 long resident of Canterbury. He attained an 
 advanced age, and was the father of six sons 
 and four daughters. Three of the sons — 
 Moses, John, and Thomas — went West, and 
 settled in Princeton, 111., where they grew 
 prosperous and married. John Stevens had a 
 son who became extremely wealthy, and two 
 of the sons of Simeon Stevens became mem- 
 bers of Congress. 
 
 Jesse Stevens, father of Albert, remained 
 in his native town when his brothers went 
 West, and in course of time became one of 
 its leading citizens. Early in life he began 
 to teach, and he followed that occupation for 
 some years. He lived to be sixty-one years 
 old, and at the time of his death had been 
 Selectman of the town for many years. He 
 married Abigail Sherborne, of Epsom; and 
 
 they had seven children — Harriet, Mary A., 
 Sylvester, Caroline, Susan T., Nancy, and 
 Albert. Mary is the wife of Rufiis Virgin, 
 a sketch of whom apj^ears elsewhere in this 
 work; Sylvester lives in East Concord; Caro- 
 line, who is the widow of Stephen Clark, re- 
 sides at Littleton, Mass.; Nancy, who lives 
 in Concord, is the wife of Moody S. Farnum; 
 Harriet and Susan are deceased. 
 
 Albert Stevens, who was the youngest son 
 of his parents, received his education in the 
 schools of Concord. He then took up farm- 
 ing, and besides he was for some time en- 
 gaged in trade at Tilton, N.H. He has also 
 done some butchering, and has handled many 
 horses and cattle. At one time he owned a 
 stage line between Northwood and New 
 Market. In 1861 he came to East Concord, 
 and invested in a farm; but, his buildings 
 being burned, he bought the old Carter Tavern 
 of stage-coach fame. Mr. Stevens married 
 Miss Susan E. Goodwin, a daughter of 
 Reuben Goodwin, of I-last Concord. Mrs. 
 Stevens died in September, 1872, after having 
 borne her husband one son, Jesse G. , who 
 married Sarah O' Reagan. Mr. Stevens 
 served as Assessor for seven or eight years, 
 and was a member of the legislature in 1872 
 and 1873. He votes the Democratic ticket, 
 and cast his first vote for President Buchanan 
 in 1856. 
 
 LVA J. DEARBORN,* a prosperous 
 farmer of Canterbury, N.H., was born 
 in this town, October 13, 1851, 
 son of James and Susan (Fellows) Dearborn. 
 James Dearborn, who was a native of Plym- 
 outh, N. H., came to this town when a young 
 man, and carried on farming here the rest of 
 his life. He died in December, 1868. His 
 wife, a native of Canterbury, died April i, 
 1SS2. They had five children: Ella, now the
 
 S86 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 
 
 wife of C. Wesley Carter, of Boscawen; Alva 
 J., the subject of this sketch; Susan E., who 
 died in March, 1895; and twins, one of whom 
 was named Lyman, and both of whom died in 
 infancy. The surviving children received a 
 good education in the grammar school and 
 high school of Canterbury. 
 
 Alva Dearborn, though but seventeen years 
 old when his father died, took charge of the 
 farm, and carried it on successfully, caring 
 for his mother the rest of her life. Me has 
 greatly improved the property, and the farm 
 now contains aJKUit three hundred acres of 
 good land. Besides general farming Mr. 
 Dearborn is engaged in the wood and lumber 
 business, and also carries on an extensive 
 dairy, shipping his milk to Boston. He also 
 makes a specialty of raising hue fruit for the 
 market. In politics he is a Republican. He 
 has served several terms as Selectman, and 
 has held other minor offices. He was married 
 October 10, 1883, to Miss Ada Belle Cocfiran, 
 of Walpole, N.H., born February 4, 1854, a 
 daughter of Samuel and Relief (Leonard) 
 Cochran, Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn are the 
 parents of four children: Susan Relief, born 
 May 23, 1884; Samuel James, b^rn June 30, 
 1886; Fred Earl, born October 4, 1888; and 
 Mollie Keturah, born November 7, 1890. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn are highly esteemed 
 by their numerous acquaintances in Canter- 
 bury and the vicinity. 
 
 'AMES DODGE, who cultivated a good 
 farm in Pembroke, and owned consider- 
 able real estate in this and other 
 towns, was born in Goffstown, N. H., Novem- 
 ber 14, 1829, son of John G. and Polly (Tal- 
 lant) Dodge. His great-grandfather, Antipas 
 Dodge, who lived to be one hundred and one 
 years old, and died on Independence Day, 
 
 was a native of Haverhill, Mass., and an early 
 settler in Goffstown. The first wife of Anti- 
 pas, Margaret Boise Dodge, was the mother of 
 James Dodge, grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch. The names of his second wife 
 and her children are unknown. 
 
 James Dodge, who was a lifelong resident 
 of Goffstown, and spent his active period in 
 tilling the soil, married for his first wife 
 Peggy Gordon, and reared a family of si.x chil- 
 ch-en, none of whom are li\ing. One of them 
 was the mother of the famous midget. Com- 
 modore Nutt. James Dodge lived to be 
 eighty-five years old, and his wife died at 
 sixty-nine. John G. Dodge, born in Goffs- 
 town, was brought up to farming. At an 
 early age he displayed a liking for agricult- 
 ural pursuits. Subsequently he became a 
 successful farmer. He was a prominent man 
 of Goffstown in his day, serving as a Justice 
 of the Peace for many years. In politics he 
 supported the Democratic party. His entire 
 life was passed in his native town, and he 
 lived to be seventy-nine years old. His wife, 
 Polly, who was a native of Canterbury, be- 
 came the mother of seven children, of whom 
 there are living: Elizabeth Dodge and John G. 
 Dodge (second). Elizabeth is the wife of 
 William H. Hart, of Goffstown, and has four 
 sons — Horace C, John D., Philip, and Ed- 
 ward. Her surviving brother, John G. , who 
 successively married Addie M. Travis and 
 Lucy A. Colby, has no children. Mrs. Polly 
 Dodge died at the age of si.xty-nine years. 
 
 James Dodge attended schools in Goffstown, 
 Hookset, and Andover, N. H. When he was 
 twenty-nine years old he left home, anil then 
 went to Canterbury, N.H., where he resided 
 for a time. In i860 he bought a farm in 
 Boscawen. Three years later he moved to 
 Concord, N.H., where he lived for two years. 
 In 1865 he purchased his farm in Pembroke.
 
 lilOCRAI'HIC AL KI'ATEW 
 
 587 
 
 He did not, however, become a permanent 
 resident of this town until 1867, after which 
 year he devoted his energy to general farming. 
 Ill addition to his homestead farm of one hun- 
 dred and fifty acres he owned about one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five acres of woodland and 
 pasture in this town, and about four hundred 
 acres in Loudon, N.H. 
 
 On March 28, 1859, Mr. I3odge married 
 rJetsey Tallant, daughter of John I., and 
 Sarali J. (Hean) Tallant, of Concord. 'II is 
 chiltlren are: John T., S. Jennie, and James 
 E. S. Jennie is now tiie wife of Herbert J. 
 Jones, of Alton, N. fl. James E. wedded 
 Mabel Ahmuty, and lias three children — • 
 Gladys, James Herbert, and Leon T. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Dodge was a stanch Democrat. He 
 had served as Selectman and uj^on the Board 
 of Ivlucation. He was made a Justice of the 
 Peace in 1877, and so continued until his 
 death. He was one of the best known farmers 
 of the locality, and had the respect of the en- 
 tire community. 
 
 <^»^» 
 
 T^HANCEY ADAMS, M.D., a success- 
 I V^^ fill medical practitioner of Concord, 
 
 V« ii° ^ was jjorn in North New Portland, 
 Me., March 15, 1861, son of Benjamin and 
 Eliza l?riton (Sawyer) Adams. He belongs 
 to a branch of the famous old Massachusetts 
 family of the same name. Henry Adams, 
 the founder of the Massachusetts family, was 
 an English emigrant, who came over to this 
 country in the year 1630, with his eight 
 sons, and settled in Braintree, in the Col- 
 ony of Massachusetts. Of these eight 
 sons, one subsequently returned to England. 
 The names of the others, according to the 
 records of Massachusetts, were: Peter, Henry, 
 Thomas, Edward, Jonathan, Samuel, and Jo- 
 seph. Samuel was the father of two sons. 
 
 one of whom was Joseph Adams, who lived 
 in North Chelmsford, Mass. Joseph was the 
 father of Benjamin Adams, who was the fa- 
 ther of William Adams, who was the father 
 of Solomon Adams, who was the great-grand- 
 father of Dr. Adams. Solomon Adams mi- 
 grated from North Chelmsford, Mass., his 
 native town, to h'armington. Me., at the close 
 of the Revolutionary War. The record shows 
 that he had served his country during that war 
 from May 15, 1777, to May 15, 1780, in Cap- 
 tain James Varnum's company, of Colonel 
 Michael Jackson's regiment; but his active 
 military service actually extended beyond 
 these dates. William Adams, son of Solomon 
 and grandfather of Dr. Adams, was a native of 
 Earmington, Me. He passed his entire life 
 in that town, engaged in farming, and died 
 June 12, 1862, at the age of seventy-three 
 years. He married Nancy Hiscock, and had 
 a numerous family of children, of whom three 
 died in infancy. The others were born as fol- 
 lows: Thomas H., March 14, 1813; Hannah 
 B., October 19, 1815; William, Jr., August 
 21, 1817; Nancy K., August 4, 1819; John 
 R., August 17, 1S21; Benjamin, April 7, 
 1823; Samuel, April 11, 1825; Lucy J., 
 October 6, 1829; and Dolly, September 3, 
 1835. Of these the sole survivor is lienja- 
 min, the father of Dr. Adams. He is a native 
 of Earmington, Me. In early manhood he 
 studied law while teaching school, and was 
 subsequently admitted to the Franklin County 
 bar.' He then took up his residence in North 
 New Portland, Me., where he was engaged in 
 the practice of his profession from 1847 to 1870 
 when he moved to North Anson, Me. He 
 is now seventy-four years old. From 1849 to 
 1854 he was Postmaster at North New Port- 
 land. He was Register of Probate from 1854 
 to 1855. In 1873 he was a member of the 
 House of Representatives of the Maine legis-
 
 S88 
 
 BIOGRAI'IIICAL RKVIEW 
 
 latiire. lie is :i Congrcgationalist in relig- 
 ious belief. In 1849 he married Eliza Briton 
 Sawyer, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth 
 (Williams) Sawyer. Lemuel Williams, the 
 erandfathcr of Mrs. Eliza Adams, was a na- 
 tive of Woolwich, Mass., now in Maine. 
 Having enlisted in Colonel Nixon's regiment, 
 he served during a part of the Revolutionary 
 War. The children of Benjamin Adams were 
 Sarah Frances, Ellen Maria, and Chancey. 
 Sarah Frances, who married John P. Clark, a 
 lunil)erman of Skowhegan, Me., has had si.x chil- 
 dren, of whom five are living. Ellen Maria 
 died at the age of two and one-half years. 
 
 Chancey Adams was educated in the district 
 schools of North Anson, Me., and at Anson 
 Academy, graduating from the latter institu- 
 tion in the class of 18S0. For si.x months 
 after his graduation he was employed in the 
 drug store at North Anson. Then, feeling 
 the need of additional education, he entered 
 Waterville Classical Institute (now Coburn 
 Classical Institute, Waterville, Me.), and 
 graduated from the same in 1881. In the 
 autumn he became a student of Colby Univer- 
 sity in Waterville, and, after completing the 
 course, graduated in 1885. After this he 
 taught for several terms in the district schools 
 of Waldoboro and Embden and in the Phillips 
 High School. Having decided to enter the 
 medical profession, he attended the Portland 
 Medical School and the Maine Medical School 
 in Brunswick during the years 1S88, 1890, and 
 1891, graduating (from the latter institution) 
 in June of the last-named year. From 1886 
 to 1891 he employed all his spare time in a 
 drug store in the interests of his intended 
 profession. After graduating from the Maine 
 Medical School, he entered the United 
 States Marine Hospital at Staten Island. 
 Thence he went to Taunton, Mass., as assist- 
 ant physician in the insane asylum of that 
 
 city, where he remained until January I, 1893. 
 Desiring to qualify himself still further for 
 the medical profession, he then went to New 
 York City, and took a three months' course in 
 the Post-graduate Medical School and Hospi- 
 tal. After this, on -September 26, 1893, he 
 opened an office in Concord, where he has 
 since been in active practice. Dr. Adams 
 already occupies a front place in his chosen 
 calling, and his ability and skill are acknowl- 
 edged by his medical associates. He has been 
 elected a member of the North Bristol (Mass.) 
 Medical Society, which made him a member 
 of the Massachusetts .State Medical Society. 
 He also belongs to the Centre District Medi- 
 cal Society of New Hampshire and the New 
 Hampshire State Medical Society. On Janu- 
 ary 25, 1897, he was elected City Physician of 
 Concord for two years. 
 
 On January 9, 1893, Dr. Adams married 
 Laurinda Clara Coombs, of Gloucester, Mass. 
 They have had two children : Benjamin W., 
 who died in infancy; and Edmund Cliancey. 
 In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, and he 
 cast his first Presidential vote for Grover 
 Cleveland in 1S84. He is a member of Blaz- 
 ing Star Lodge, No. 1 1, of Free and Accepted 
 Masons, of Concord; and of Concord Lodge, 
 No. 8, K. of P., of Concord. Amply qualified 
 by the services rendered to their country by 
 his ancestry on both sides, Dr. Adams is 
 also a member of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution. 
 
 SCAR F: RICHARDSON,* a well- 
 known citizen of Concord, was born 
 at Southbriilge, Vt. , January 2, 1835, 
 son of Hazen and Zilby (VVhitcomb) Ricliard- 
 son. Hazen Richardson was a native of the 
 State of New Hampshire, and was a carpenter 
 by trade. He removed to Whitehall, N.Y., 
 quite early in life, and passed nu)st of his
 
 niOC.RAl'IllCAL KI'-.VIFAV 
 
 589 
 
 days in that town, dying there in i<S6o, at the 
 aLje nf about seventy years. lie and liis wife, 
 Ziihy Whitcomh Richardson, had eight chil- 
 dren; namely, Dclilali, Dequesna, Lillian, 
 Cornelia, Oscar F., Henrietta, Jeffers O., and 
 Alice, of whom Delilah, Deciuesna, Lillian, 
 Jeffers O., and Alice are now deceased. 
 
 Oscar v. Richardson, after being educated 
 in the district schools of Stockbridge, Vt., 
 fiist found employment in tiie woollen-mills 
 of that town, where he continued for the next 
 five years. He then weiil lo Massachusetts, 
 where he remained fur .d)iint two years. At 
 the end of that time he came to Concord, to 
 take charge of the finishing-rooms in the n^ilis 
 of Messrs. 1^. F. & 13. Holdcn, whicli have 
 since been incorporated as the Concord Manu- 
 facturing Company; and he remained in their 
 employ some seven years. He was subse- 
 quently appointed a station agent for the C. & 
 C. Railroad, which position he held for more 
 than si.\ years. He was then em|)loyed at the 
 
 Concord Water Works at West Concord, and 
 was also appointed superintendent of I'cna- 
 cook Park. He was also connected with the 
 
 police force of the city of Concord for ten 
 years. At the present time he is engaged in 
 the milk business, maintaining a fine herd of 
 sixteen cows. Although an.\ious to take up 
 arms in the defence of his country upon the 
 breaking out of the Civil War, his strong 
 filial devotion to his mother, who required his 
 presence and sujiport, withheld him, and led 
 him to sacrifice his personal inclinations to 
 his duty as a son. In i.Sji Mr. Richardson 
 married Miss Nealy Clough, and they arc the 
 parents of three ciii hh'en : .Susan, wlio is the 
 wife of Charles Allison, of Concord; Henry 
 M.; and Alice M. Mr. Richardson is a Re- 
 publican in his politics, and cast his first 
 Presidential vote for John C. Fremont in 
 1856. He enjoys the respect and confidence 
 of his fellow-townsmen, by whom he is re- 
 garded as an u|iriglit and useful citizen.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL. 
 
 Abbott, Andrew J 50 
 
 Abbott, George T 404 
 
 Abbott, George W 351 
 
 Abbott, Isaac N 89 
 
 Adams, Cliancey 5.S7 
 
 Adams, Charles F 121 
 
 Adams, George H 2S7 
 
 Adams, I'cabody H 236 
 
 Albin, John H 562 
 
 .'\lexander, Anson C .... 557 
 
 Andrews, John S 560 
 
 Andrews, William G 343 
 
 Arey, Jonathan 355 
 
 Austin, William W 532 
 
 Babbitt, Charles M 575 
 
 Bailey, Charles .A 518 
 
 Baker, Cyrus E 497 
 
 Baker, Edward D 464 
 
 Baker, Frank De Forrest ... 32 
 
 Baker, Henry M 324 
 
 Ball, Sumner N 576 
 
 Barnard, Augustus 359 
 
 Barnard, James E 309 
 
 Barnard, Joseph 254 
 
 Barnes, Walter B 240 
 
 Barrett, Edward .S 376 
 
 Bartlett, Ai J 144 
 
 Bartlett, Erastus H 144 
 
 Bartlett, George H 499 
 
 Bartlett, Henry C 99 
 
 Bartlett, John F 275 
 
 Bartlett, William H 106 
 
 Barton, Hubl)anl A. 
 Batchelder, Henry 
 Bean, Fred . . . 
 Bennett, Curtis W. 
 Bennett, James iM. 
 Bennett, William L. 
 Bingham, Cliarles M 
 Blaisdell, Henri ( 
 Blake, Clyde A. 
 Blake, Francis W 
 Blood, Hollis L. 
 Bond, George .S. 
 Boutwell, Eli A. 
 Breck, William 
 Breed, Benjamin W. 
 Briggs, Frederic A. 
 Brown, Aaron L. . 
 Brown, Cyrus O. . 
 Brown, David A. . 
 Brown. Edmund H. 
 Brown, John ,S. R. 
 Bryant, Edward . 
 Bryant, Sylvanus W. 
 Burbank, Almon F. 
 Burleigh, Artemas T 
 Butler, Jacob N. . 
 Buxton, Nathan P 
 Buxton, Willis G. 
 
 PACE 
 
 2S8 
 
 350 
 292 
 96 
 148 
 S3S 
 541 
 56S 
 216 
 
 3'7 
 224 
 304 
 S39 
 5° 
 434 
 332 
 342 
 554 
 
 369 
 488 
 582 
 140 
 26 
 216 
 
 59 
 467 
 
 145 
 217 
 
 C 
 
 Cain, J. Leavitt 76 
 
 Call, Dana W 167 
 
 Call, Joseph L 121 
 
 Canterbury Shakers 470 
 
 Carleton, Henry G 313 
 
 Carr, lOlislia II 209 
 
 Carr, Frank H 278 
 
 Carter, Harrison 151 
 
 Carter, Hosea B. . . . . 407 
 
 Carter, Samuel C 379 
 
 Carter, Samuel W 151 
 
 Carter, Solon .\ 251 
 
 Carter, William H 283 
 
 Chadbourne, William !•;. . . . 484 
 
 Chamberlin, Henry !■; 113 
 
 Chandler, William J 33 
 
 Chapman, Frank H 493 
 
 Chase, Arthur B. . . ... 570 
 
 Chase, Dudley T 446 
 
 Chase, Harvey 524 
 
 Chase, Horace J . 204 
 
 Chellis, .'Mvah B 374 
 
 Chesley, Daniel G 21 
 
 397 
 335 
 284 
 489 
 
 Childs, Horace ... 
 
 Choate, Horace L 
 
 Choate, Samuel ... 
 Churchill, Edgar A. . . 
 
 Cilley, George H 54 
 
 Clark, Jacob K 54 
 
 Glark, William 109 
 
 Clough, Charles N 58 1 
 
 Clough, Jeremiah A 397 
 
 Clough, Lauren S 230 
 
 Clough, M. Swain 580 
 
 Clough, Philip C 174 
 
 Cogswell, David W. .318 
 
 Cogswell, Leander W. . . -125 
 
 Colby, Frederick M 504 
 
 Colby, Ira 512 
 
 Cole, John M 70 
 
 Collins, John H 259 
 
 Collins, Lester L 574
 
 592 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Connor, James IVI 291 
 
 Cook, George Soi 
 
 Copps, Rufus r 92 
 
 Coucli, Enoch 483 
 
 Courser, Charles H 392 
 
 Cragin, Moses A 58 
 
 Crowell, Henry H 363 
 
 Culver, Benjamin L 503 
 
 Cummings, George A 513 
 
 Currier, David IVI 364 
 
 Cutting, Francis M 97 
 
 Cutting, Freeman no 
 
 Dana, George H 105 
 
 DanCorth, Sylvester I' 469 
 
 Davis, Albert P 54^) 
 
 Davis, George E 388 
 
 Davis, John F 166 
 
 Davis, Ora C 4S7 
 
 Davis, Walter S 401 
 
 Day, Edward 16S 
 
 Dearborn, Alva J 585 
 
 Dearborn, Joseph H 165 
 
 Deming, Norman A 411 
 
 Dickenson, Aurelius . . . . 2r9 
 
 Dickerman, George 253 
 
 Dimond, Frank E 551 
 
 Dodge, James s^^' 
 
 Dodge, Moses E 463 
 
 Dow, George VV. S g(> 
 
 Dow, Samuel H 60 
 
 Dow, William D 145 
 
 Downes, Daniel 545 
 
 Drake, Nathaniel S 47^ 
 
 Dudley', David F 193 
 
 Duncan, John T 122 
 
 Dunton, William 173 
 
 Diislin, Cyrus F 558 
 
 Dustin, Henry 1) 220 
 
 Dustin, IVlighill 261 
 
 Dwight, Josiah K 513 
 
 Eastman, Charles 30 1 
 
 Eaton, Horace F 44S 
 
 Edes, Samuel H 199 
 
 Edgerly, P'rank G 316 
 
 I'.dwards, Henry II 41^0 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Egglestone, William P. ... 11 
 
 Elkins, James S 4^'2 
 
 Ellenwood, Iliram C 545 
 
 Ellis, Newell J 552 
 
 Elwell, Henry M 565 
 
 Enierson, Franklin J 210 
 
 Emerson, Henry A 158 
 
 Emmons, Gardner P. 305 
 
 Endicott, John 567 
 
 Evans, Ellen F 111 
 
 Evans, Ira C 108 
 
 F 
 
 Fairbanks, George H. . 99 
 
 Farnuin, Charles H 139 
 
 Farnum, Moses H 494 
 
 Farwell, David E 441 
 
 Farwell, Jesse H 414 
 
 Fay, Harry C 577 
 
 Fellows, Fred H 564 
 
 Ferrin, Alvah C 556 
 
 Fisher, Charles A 179 
 
 Fisher, George W 19 
 
 Fitch, Alfred 485 
 
 Flanders, George W 368 
 
 Flanders, Jacob N 304 
 
 Flanders, Sullivan 218 
 
 Fletcher, Charles H 559 
 
 Fletcher, John M 352 
 
 Fogg, Mrs. Miriam S. E. . . . 200 
 
 Ford, John S 81 
 
 Fortier, William J 521 
 
 Foster, Edward H 508 
 
 Foster, Frank W 31 
 
 Foster, William L 172 
 
 Frame, James 1 77 
 
 Frazier, John 49 
 
 Freeman, George C 39 
 
 French, Albion H 534 
 
 French, Almon W 555 
 
 French, Frank J 86 
 
 French, John E 337 
 
 Fuller, Benjamin II 94 
 
 Fuller, John A 178 
 
 G 
 
 Gale, lienjaniin F 138 
 
 (Marvin, Jeremiah 83 
 
 Gerrish, Hiram F 310 
 
 Gibson, Christopher C 
 Giles, William A. J. 
 Gilkey, Charles . 
 Gillingham, Moody 
 Glidden, Harvey B. 
 Glines, Benjamin 
 Gorrell, Gawn E. . 
 Goss, Ephraim P. 
 Gould, Charles 
 Gove, Wyer . . 
 Grafton, Frank W. 
 Grannis, Homer E. 
 Graves, Arthur C. 
 Graves, Leland J. 
 Greene, Herman W. 
 Griffin, George W. 
 Griffith, George B. 
 Gunnison, John \'. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 55 
 213 
 
 280 
 
 583 
 213 
 
 75 
 '43 
 64 
 68 
 214 
 3 78 
 162 
 
 37 
 37' 
 295 
 '25 
 iSi 
 
 196 
 
 H 
 
 Haines, George H 409 
 
 Haines, Lewis D 230 
 
 Hale, Napoleon B 267 
 
 Hall, Charles S 205 
 
 Hall, Rufus 193 
 
 Hall, William 52 
 
 Hall, William 533 
 
 Ham, Joseph W 373 
 
 Hardy, Charles W 242 
 
 Hardy, Philemon C 451 
 
 Hartwell, Henry H 337 
 
 Hartwell, William B 34 
 
 Hastings, Martin V. B. . . . 571 
 
 Hayward, Hiram N 383 
 
 Head, Xatt 437 
 
 Head, William F 435 
 
 Heath, ISenjamin F 270 
 
 Hill, Warren S 439 
 
 Hilliard, Clayton B 153 
 
 Hilliard, George E 257 
 
 Hobart, William C 244 
 
 Hoit, Robert VV 331 
 
 Holden, Charles A 231 
 
 Hollis, Henry F 13 
 
 Hook, John G 479 
 
 Howard, John B 164 
 
 Hubbard, Rev. Isaac G. . . . 459 
 
 Huljbard, John S 118 
 
 Huber, Charles A 232 
 
 Hunt, John H 303
 
 INDEX 
 
 593 
 
 I lunlinglon, Scwell ('. 
 
 I liiiilonii. Roswc-ll 
 
 I I ui'il, C'arUoii . 
 
 1 1 II id, (ieor^re VV. 
 
 I4« 
 
 297 
 
 J 
 
 Jefts, Cliailes A 229 
 
 Jefts, Jolin W. . . ... 390 
 
 Jenna, James I. 90 
 
 Jenness, John J 569 
 
 Jenney, Henry K 82 
 
 Johnson, Frank L 215 
 
 Jones, Abraham G 394 
 
 Jones, James M. . . . . . 492 
 
 Jones, John A 209 
 
 Jones, John F 454 
 
 Jordan, Frank A 4rii 
 
 Jordan, Willis 234 
 
 Lovercn, I'benczer 
 Loverin, Albon 
 
 PACE 
 
 Kelley, Andrew J. . . 
 Kelley, John L. . . . 
 Kenney, Charles L. . 
 Keiiney, Frank 11. . . 
 Kenrick, Charles C. . 
 Kimball, (".ilman 1!. . . 
 Kimball, Herbert iM. 
 Kimball, John .... 
 Kimball, John Shackforcl 
 Kimball, John Stevens . 
 Knowlton, Charles .\. . 
 Knowlton, John P. . 
 Knowlton, Moses V. 
 
 264 
 357 
 277 
 373 
 (>7 
 .,S9 
 241 
 1 29 
 320 
 
 I(J2 
 217 
 
 L 
 
 Lane, Anthony K 566 
 
 Langmaid, Charles .\ 84 
 
 Leavitt, William I> 474 
 
 Leighton, John F 453 
 
 Lewin, Curtis F 263 
 
 Lewis, C. Reed 285 
 
 Linehan, John C 3S0 
 
 Little, George P 346 
 
 Locke, George 570 
 
 Long, Charles H 247 
 
 Long, Isaac H 85 
 
 Lord, Charles C 262 
 
 Loveren, Benjamin 528 
 
 M 
 
 Maiden, Cyrus 259 
 
 Mardin, Israel C; So 
 
 Martin, Hazen B 112 
 
 Martin, Nathaniel K 535 
 
 Mason, Luther L 389 
 
 Maxiield, Hcnjamin F 187 
 
 Maynard, Walter 1! 202 
 
 McClure, John A 208 
 
 McCoy, Henry 1S5 
 
 Mclntire, Harvey G 441 
 
 Merrill, George W 245 
 
 Merrill, Isaac D 299 
 
 Merrill, J. F., M.D 485 
 
 Miller, George E 163 
 
 Mitchell, Andrew J 123 
 
 Moody, William 11. H. ... 279 
 
 Moon, Jesse W. S 2S6 
 
 Moore, Byron 122 
 
 Moore, Daniel L 579 
 
 Moore, John B 572 
 
 Moore, Morrill 233 
 
 Morgan, Gilman C 66 
 
 Morrill, Charles H 576 
 
 Morrill, Milo S 191 
 
 Morrill, Samuel A 241 
 
 Moulton, Darius N 36 
 
 Moulton, Fred 356 
 
 Mudgett, William E 22S 
 
 N 
 
 Newton, Charles A 132 
 
 Noycs, Rev. James 243 
 
 O 
 
 Ogilvie, George ...... 252 
 
 Osgood, Addison N 149 
 
 Osgood, Orren 239 
 
 Otterson, Thomas J 491 
 
 P 
 
 Page, Samuel S 329 
 
 Paige, Edward I' 558 
 
 Parker, Hiram 273 
 
 Parker, Hosea W. ..... 26 
 
 
 
 
 F'A'.R 
 
 I'artridge, Mary E. (.' 444 
 
 I'allee, Slephcn C. . 
 
 
 
 412 
 
 Patterson, David N. 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Pealjody, De.xter . . 
 
 
 
 KJO 
 
 Peabody, Leonard VV. . 
 
 
 
 549 
 
 I'easlee, Daniel G. . . 
 
 
 
 406 
 
 Peaslee, J. Albert . . 
 
 
 
 306 
 
 Penniman, Ralston H. . 
 
 
 
 522 
 
 Penniman, Tliomas T. 
 
 
 
 oa 
 
 Perry, Charles L. . . 
 
 
 
 506 
 
 Pierce, Franklin J. . 
 
 
 
 2^2 
 
 Pierce, Joseph W. . . 
 
 
 
 "35 
 
 Pike, Chester .... 
 
 
 
 36. 
 
 Pike, Elias W. ... 
 
 
 
 322 
 
 Pillsbury, John C. . . 
 
 
 
 3^X5 
 
 I'illsbury, Moody A. 
 
 
 
 ' 7' 
 
 Pillsbury, Parker . . . 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 Porter, Benjamin F. 
 
 
 
 114 
 
 Powers, Larnard . . 
 
 
 
 5'7 
 
 Putney, Charles K. . . 
 
 
 
 339 
 
 Q 
 
 (2uimby, Francis 1 203 
 
 R 
 
 Rand, John S 157 
 
 Randall, I'rank E 235 
 
 Randlett, James E 134 
 
 Raymond, Edgerton .... 207 
 
 Redington, C. W 126 
 
 Rcdington, O. P 126 
 
 Rice, Danford 54S 
 
 Rice, George W 95 
 
 Rice, Harrison .V 161 
 
 Richanls, Abiathar 52S 
 
 Richards, Dexter 220 
 
 Richardson, Amos 308 
 
 Richardson, Oscar F 588 
 
 Robertson, John E 562 
 
 Robinson, Emmet S 48 
 
 Rolfe, Abial 272 
 
 Rolfe, Charles M 526 
 
 Rolfe, Henry P 103 
 
 Rolfe, Robert H 334 
 
 Rossiter, Timothy B ,02 
 
 Rounsevel, John P 43S 
 
 Rowell, Charles S 535 
 
 Runnels, C\'rus 57 
 
 Russell, Joseph 236
 
 594 
 
 INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 s 
 
 Sanborn, Daniel B 376 
 
 Sanborn, John B 269 
 
 Sanborn, J. H 131 
 
 Sanders, Alvin W 275 
 
 Sanders, Charles G 458 
 
 Sargent, David 500 
 
 Sargent, David A 72 
 
 Sargent, Ebenezer B 38 
 
 Sargent, Frank H 173 
 
 Sargent, Philip 246 
 
 Sargent, Walter 345 
 
 Sargent, Warren 73 
 
 Sarsons, Eleazer L 358 
 
 Savage, George H 35 
 
 Severance, John W 315 
 
 Shakers, The Canterbury . . . 470 
 
 Shaw, William 31 
 
 Shepard, George E 133 
 
 Sibley, Ezra T 15 
 
 Silsbv, Arthur W 137 
 
 Silver, Andrew J 73 
 
 Silver, Edmund 516 
 
 Skinner, Edward P., Jr. . . . 442 
 
 Smith, John C 152 
 
 Smith, Levi A 206 
 
 Smith, William D 82 
 
 Spencer, Ethan N 245 
 
 Staniels, Charles E 47S 
 
 Staples, John W 323 
 
 Stark, Charles F. M 446 
 
 Stearns, Ezra S 385 
 
 Stevens, Albert 585 
 
 Stovvell, George H 405 
 
 Straw, James 552 
 
 Straw, William S 457 
 
 Sturoc, William C 519 
 
 Sturtevant, Edward H. 
 Sumner, George A. . 
 Swasey, John . .. . 
 Swett, John L. 
 
 Tasker, William . 
 Tennant, James B. 
 Tenney, John T. . 
 Thissell, William T. 
 Thompson, Silas P. 
 Thrasher, Wallace I 
 Togus, Theodore ,M 
 Tolles, Nathaniel 
 Towle, Charles S. 
 Tracy, Stephen A. 
 True, Nathaniel M. 
 True, Samuel M. 
 True, William C. 
 Tubbs, Henry . . 
 Tyler, Austin . 
 Tyler, John 
 Tyrrell, Edwin A. 
 
 Vannevar, John . 
 Vaughan, Frank T. 
 Virgin, Rufus . . 
 
 W 
 
 Wadleigh, Walter K 
 Wadleigh, William F. 
 Wait, Albert S. . . 
 
 176 
 
 456 
 
 '5' 
 
 79 
 
 29S 
 
 9' 
 
 248 
 188 
 100 
 
 159 
 40 
 472 
 563 
 340 
 
 "4 
 
 181 
 
 377 
 403 
 271 
 326 
 
 25 
 
 52s 
 3S7 
 486 
 
 5S6 
 
 Walker, George li 137 
 
 Wallingford, George .... 393 
 
 Ward, William B 74 
 
 Watson, Irving A 386 
 
 Way, Osmon B 289 
 
 Webster, Daniel 9 
 
 Webster, Jesse 146 
 
 Webster, John C 136 
 
 Webster, John F. . . . . . 119 
 
 Webster, Newell H 296 
 
 Weeks, Rufus M 573 
 
 Westgate, Daniel C 120 
 
 Westgate, William E 23 
 
 Wheeler, Giles 195 
 
 Whitaker, John 561 
 
 Whitcomb. Ruel 300 
 
 White, Curtis . 391 
 
 Whittier, Leon D 76 
 
 Whittier, Nahum M 76 
 
 Wilkins, Joseph 400 
 
 Wilson, George W 507 
 
 Wilson, Jeremiah W 223 
 
 Wilson, Oliver P 109 
 
 Winch, Charles 117 
 
 Winslow, Sherburn J 511 
 
 Wood, William P 526 
 
 Woodbury, William O. C. . . 467 
 
 Woodman, Alfred 537 
 
 Woodward, Frank R. ... 106 
 
 Woodworth, Albert B 473 
 
 Wyman, Daniel F 494 
 
 Yeaton, Daniel 86 
 
 536 , Yeaton, James 460 
 
 276 I York, Hiram H 320
 
 PORTRAITS. 
 
 Abbott, Isaac N 8S 
 
 Baker, Cyrus K 496 
 
 Baker, Edward D. (StL'el) . . . 465 
 
 Blood, Mollis L 225 
 
 Cain, J. Leavitt 77 
 
 Carter, Solon A 250 
 
 Couch, Joseph 4S2 
 
 Currier, David M 365 
 
 Dow, Samuel H 61 
 
 Downes, Daniel 544 
 
 Katon, Horace 1' 449 
 
 Edes, Amasa 198 
 
 Earwell, Jesse H. (Steel) ... 415 
 Earwell, Mrs. Emma J. (iod- 
 
 frey (Steel) 419 
 
 I'Ar.E 
 
 Earwell, Emma (Steel) .... 423 
 
 Gerrisli, Hiram E 311 
 
 Chiles, William A. J 212 
 
 Gilkey, Charks 2S1 
 
 Gorrell, Sarah Forrest .... 142 
 
 Greene, Herman W 294 
 
 Hale, Napoleon B 266 
 
 Jones, Abraham G 395 
 
 Kimball, John 12S 
 
 Knowlton, John I' 155 
 
 Linehan, John C 3S1 
 
 Little, Cieorge 1' 347 
 
 McCoy, Henry ■ ■ ■ . 1S4 
 
 Parker, Hosea W. .... 27 
 
 Pillsbury, Moody A 170 
 
 Pillsbury, Parker 41 
 
 l^illsbury, Sarah H 43 
 
 Richards, Abiathar 529 
 
 Kolfe, Henry P [02 
 
 Russell, Joseph ... . 237 
 
 Tyler, John 327 
 
 Webster, Daniel 8 
 
 Winch, Charles ..... 116 
 
 Winslow, Sherburn J 510 
 
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