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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 THE VOLUME CONTAINS 
 
 Biographical Sketches 
 
 of Leading Citizens 
 
 OF 
 
 GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 "BIOGRAPHY IS THE ONLY TRUE HISTOR 3 '."—Emerson. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
 BUFFALO, N. Y. 
 * 1897. 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 iJAVING brought to a successful termination our labors in Grafton County in compiling 
 and editing the sketches herein contained, we desire, in presenting this Book of 
 Biographies to our patrons, to make a few remarks, necessarily brief, in regard to the 
 value and importance of local works of this nature. We agree with Ralph Waldo 
 Emerson that " Biography is the only true History," and also are of the opinion that a 
 collection of the biographies of the leading men of a nation would give a more interesting, as well 
 as authentic, history of their country than any other that could be written. The value of such a 
 production as this cannot be too highly estimated. With each succeeding year the haze of Obscurity 
 removes more and more from our view the fast disappearing landmarks of the past, Oblivion 
 sprinkles her dust of forgetfulness on men and their deeds, effectually concealing them from the 
 public eye, and because of the many living objects which claim our attention, few of those who have 
 been removed from the busy world linger long in our memory. Even the glorious achievements of 
 the present age may not insure it from being lost in the glare of greater things to come, and so it is 
 manifestly a duty to posterity for the men of the present time to preserve a record of their lives and 
 a story of their progress from low and humble beginnings to great and noble deeds, in order that 
 future generations may read the account of their successful struggles, and profit by their example. 
 A local history affords the best means of preserving ancestral history, and it also becomes, imme- 
 diately upon its publication, a ready book of reference for those who have occasion to seek 
 biographical data of the leading and early-settled families. Names, dates and events are not easily 
 remembered by the average man, so it behooves the generations now living, who wish to live in the 
 memory of their descendants, to write their own records, making them full and broad in scope, and 
 minute in detail, and insure their preservation by having them put in printed form. We firmly 
 believe that in these collated personal memoirs will be found as true and as faithful a record of 
 Grafton County as may be obtained anywhere, for the very sufficient reason that its growth and 
 development are identified with that of the men who have made her what she is to-day — the repre- 
 sentative, leading men, whose personal sketches it has been a pleasure to us to write and give a place 
 in this volume. From the time when the hand of civilized man had not yet violated the virgin soil 
 with desecrating plough, nor with the ever-ready frontiersman's ax felled the noble, almost limitless, 
 forests, to the present period of activity in all branches of industry, we may read in the histories of 
 the county's leading men and of their ancestors the steady growth and development which has been 
 going on here for a century and a half, and bids fair to continue for centuries to come. A hundred 
 years from now, whatever records of the present time are then extant, having withstood the ravages 
 of time and the ceaseless war of the elements, will be viewed with an absorbing interest, equalling, 
 if not surpassing, that which is taken to-day in the history of the early settlements of America. 
 
 It has been our purpose in the preparation of this work to pass over no phase or portion of it 
 slightingly, but to give attention to the smallest points, and thus invest it with an air of accuracy, to 
 be obtained in no other way. The result has amply justified the care that has been taken, for it 
 is our honest belief that no more reliable production, under the circumstances, could have been 
 compiled. 
 
 One feature of this work, to which we have given special prominence, and which we are sure 
 will prove of extraordinary interest, is the collection of portraits of the representative and leading 
 citizens, which appear throughout the volume. We have tried to represent the different spheres of 
 industrial and professional activity as well as we might. To those who have been so uniformly 
 obliging and have kindly interested themselves in the success of this work, volunteering information 
 and data, which have been very helpful to us in preparing this Book of Biographies of Grafton 
 County, we desire to express our grateful and profound acknowledgment of their valued services. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y., 1897. THE PUBLISHERS. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES 
 
 GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 AMUEL P. CARBEE, M. D., 
 the subject of this brief notice, first 
 saw the light of day on the old Car- 
 bee homestead in the town of Bath, 
 ^******f June 14, 1836; he is a son of John 
 H. and Annie (Powers) Carbee, and a grandson 
 on the paternal side of Joel and Lois (Downer) 
 Carbee. 
 
 Joel Carbee was born before the Revolution- 
 ary War, in which he took part as a soldier. In 
 reward for his services in behalf of his country 
 he never received a pension, for he died before 
 the day of granting pensions, but his widow, who 
 survived him a long time, was granted one, and 
 she enjoyed the benefits accruing from it until 
 her death. Joel Carbee was a very powerful 
 man, large, muscular, and fine-looking; his 
 striking physical characteristics were inherited 
 by all of his sons, and may be seen in his grand- 
 sons. Old Dr. McNabb relates that Mr. Carbee 
 and a man named Wallace while at work 
 together at the same job had a little falling out, 
 arising from a difference of opinion. Accord- 
 ingly they resorted to the old and ever popular 
 method to those of British extraction of settling 
 disputes, by fisticuffs. Leaving the rest of the 
 workmen, they retired to a secluded spot, and 
 there satisfaction was given and taken. Upon 
 their return the only circumstance either in their 
 actions or in their appearances that pointed to 
 the probable outcome of the affray was Wal- 
 lace's standing treat. Such little disputes settled 
 in so amicable and quiet way made them better 
 friends than ever. The Downer family, into 
 whom Mr. Carbee married, were Newbury folks, 
 of whom few are left to-day, for there were few, 
 if any, sons, and several of the daughters died 
 
 unmarried. To Joel Carbee and his wife were 
 born seven children, all boys but one: John H., 
 Joel, Moses, William, Andrew, Henry, and 
 Sallie. 
 
 John H. Carbee Was born in the village of 
 Newbury, Vt., June 1, 1791, and died in the 
 town of Bath, June 25, 1877, where he had re- 
 sided ever since his marriage. He was reared in 
 his native place, and there attended the primitive 
 schools; his education was for the most part 
 self-acquired in the school of experience. On his 
 removal to Bath he took a very prominent part 
 in the public affairs of that place. He was chosen 
 the representative for some eight or ten times; 
 was also selectman for some dozen years. Ma- 
 sonic rites claimed him as a faithful devotee in his 
 younger years; he became a Master Mason, and 
 wielded quite a wide influence. Then came the 
 Morgan incident, and with it the disruption of 
 Masonic Orders for a long time; when the Order 
 finally - recovered, Mr. Carbee was an old man 
 with no further desire for Masonic advancement. 
 He was a Whig in politics, and one of the first 
 Republicans in his town. Brief in his utter- 
 ances, his few remarks showed him to be a man 
 of pronounced views, with a good foundation for 
 his beliefs. During his life, in his early man- 
 hood, he was engaged in piloting boats down the 
 river, returning with flatboats laden with pro- 
 visions, which he poled up against the current. 
 
 John H. Carbee's wife, Annie Powers, was 
 born near Wallacehill, Feb. 14, 1797, and died 
 in Bath, Dec. 20, 1887. She was a daughter of 
 Samuel Powers of Hollis, N. H, who was a 
 farmer in his later years. He was educated for 
 the ministry, but thinking himself unfitted for it, 
 he induced his father to educate a younger 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY 
 
 brother instead, and allow him to go into busi- 
 ness. He accordingly adopted the profession of 
 a surveyor, and worked at it in connection with 
 farming. It was the custom in those days to 
 keep cider on draught throughout the year, and 
 this old gentleman, Samuel Powers, always had 
 a pitcher of the drink on the table at every meal. 
 Twenty-five or thirty barrels were made every 
 year, during the apple season, and everybody 
 was expected to drink, and very few ever be- 
 came intoxicated. He lived to be ninety-five 
 years old, the last ten years of which were spent 
 in blindness. He was a son of Peter Powers, 
 who was a preacher of the Congregationalist 
 faith, and the first preacher of the upper Con- 
 necticut Valley, coming into this section of the 
 country in 1765. He was given by popular sub- 
 scription as a living 200 acres of the finest river 
 bottom land, and a yearly stipend of £35, six 
 shillings, and thirty cords of wood, cut and 
 corded each year. His preaching was not limited 
 to the New Hampshire side of the river, but ex- 
 tended also over into Vermont, a boat providing 
 means of aommunication. The Powers family 
 was most probably of Scotch-Irish descent, com- 
 ing from the north of Ireland. To the parents 
 of Annie Powers were born two children: John 
 and Annie. By a subsequent marriage the 
 family was increased by the addition of one more 
 child: Moody. 
 
 The union of John H. Carbee and Annie 
 Powers wasblessed with the following offspring: 
 Lois married Moses M. Kelsey of Derby, Vt.; 
 Sallie was taken to a brighter world in infancy; 
 John, died Oct. 25, 1893; William was killed at 
 Champion Hills during the Civil War; his wife 
 was Harriet Smith; Sarah died in 1880; Henry 
 lives on the Carbee homestead in Bath; Milo 
 makes his home in East Boston; Mary is the 
 widow of John Morrill of Derby, Vt.; Samuel 
 Powers is the subject of this sketch; and Ann, 
 the widow of Edward Johnson, lives in Ware- 
 ham, Mass. With the exception of the one, who 
 died when a babe, all grew up; the first death 
 was that of William, killed in the Battle of Cham- 
 pion Hills, near Vicksburg, May 19, 1863, when 
 fighting under Gen. Grant. 
 
 Samuel Powers Carbee was reared on the 
 home farm, where all his brothers and sisters 
 were born ; he attended the common schools and 
 the seminary at Newbury, Vt. He remained at 
 
 home until 1857, teaching school in the winter 
 and working on the farm in the summer. In 
 the summer of 1857 he was employed in a 
 daguerreotype studio in Boston, and in the fol- 
 lowing winter taught another term of school. 
 In the spring of 1858 he went west to Illinois, 
 to Lacon, where he kept books for Fisher, Dean 
 & Co., pork packers, working there from March 
 to July. He then went to Linn Co., Iowa, to 
 Springville, where he worked on his brothers' 
 farms for two years. Returning home at the 
 expriation of that period, he studied medicine 
 until the outbreak of the war, studying under 
 Dr. Dixie Crosby and his son, Dr. Alpheus B. 
 Crosby, and attending one course of lectures at 
 Dartmouth College; the studying was continued 
 summer and winter, teaching winter schools 
 also. 
 
 Aug. 21, 1862, Dr. Carbee broke off his medi- 
 cal studies and enlisted in Co. D., 12th N. H., 
 Vol. Inf., and was mustered into the United 
 States service Oct. 26, 1863, as a private, and 
 later appointed assistant surgeon of the regi- 
 ment, a position he held until the close of the 
 war, June 21, 1865. The regiment disbanded at 
 Concord, July 3, 1865. Mr. Carbee saw service 
 in the Army of the Potomac and in the Army 
 of the James, in the State of Pennsylvania, Mary- 
 land, and Virginia. The following battles 
 marked his connection with the army: Fred- 
 ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Ber- 
 muda Hundred, Drury's Bluff, Ft. Harrison, Ft. 
 Royal, Swift Creek, Cold Harbor, capture of 
 Richmond, and siege of Petersburg. In the cap- 
 ture of Richmond, the Southern capital, Dr. 
 Carbee, following close after the picket line, has 
 the distinction of being the first surgeon of the 
 Union Army to enter the city. At the battle of 
 Gettysburg he was under fire, but was untouched 
 with the exception of his hat, which was shot 
 through. At the close of the war he went to 
 Hanover, resumed his studies, and received his 
 diploma, Nov. 3, 1865. Upon the Doctor's ad- 
 mission to practice, he settled in Haverhill, and 
 has been kept busy in attending to his large prac- 
 tice ever since. 
 
 Dr. Carbee married, Sept. 30, 1885, N. Delia 
 Buck of Haverhill, N. H., the third of six chil- 
 dren, born to Lyman and Lucia W. (Kasson) 
 Buck. Lyman Buck was a son of Lyman, Sr., 
 and Mindwell (Dewey) Buck, originally from 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Waterford, Vt. Lucia W. Kasson was a daugh- 
 ter of Marvin and Elizabeth (Dick) Kasson. 
 Mrs. Dr. Carbee is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. In politics, Dr. Carbee is a 
 strong Republican ; he was a member of the Leg- 
 islature for two years, trustee of the academy, 
 surgeon-general of the State on the staff of Gov. 
 Charles. A. Busiel. He was county commissioner 
 for four years, having won in an election, that of 
 1884, when the county had been Democratic for 
 twenty-five years. Our subject is a member of 
 G. A. R., Nat. Westgate Post, No. 50. He is a 
 Mason, belonging to Kane Lodge, of Lisbon, 
 No. 64; Franklin Chapter of Lisbon, No. 9; 
 Omega Council; and Mt. Horeb Commandery 
 of Concord, N. H. 
 
 No more representative or worthier gentle- 
 man could be found to head this collection 
 of biographies and portraits of the leading citi- 
 zens of Grafton Co. than Dr. Carbee, and it is 
 with genuine pleasure we present his portrait on 
 a preceding page. 
 
 HON. EDGAR ALDRICH, M. A., United 
 States District Judge of New Hampshire, resid- 
 ing in Littleton, N. H., was born in Pittsburg, 
 N. H, Feb. 5, 1848. He is the son of Ephraim 
 C. and Adaline Bedel (Haynes) Aldrich, and 
 grandson of Ephraim C. Aldrich, Sr. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject removed with 
 his family about the year 1830 from his native 
 State of Connecticut to Pittsburg of this State, 
 which locality was then known as the Indian 
 Stream Territory. The jurisdiction of that por- 
 tion of the State had long been a matter of dis- 
 pute between our own and the British Govern- 
 ments; at the time of Mr. Aldrich's settlement the 
 people had taken matters into their own hands 
 and had set up an independent government, 
 pending the outcome of the controversy. Of the 
 family of children born to Mr. Aldrich, Ephraim 
 C, Jr., first saw the light on the 4th of February, 
 1818. He became a solid, substantial citizen of 
 Pittsburg; he was conspicuous in town affairs 
 for a long term of years ; he was deputy provost- 
 marshal, and was of much service to the State in 
 raising money and men for the carrying on of 
 the war for the Union. He was also prominent 
 in the commercial and business interests of the 
 
 county, being an active manager of the Upper 
 Coos River and Lake Improvement Company. 
 In 1840 he married Adaline Bedel Haynes, a 
 granddaughter of the noted Gen. Moody Bedel, 
 a soldier of the Revolution, and of the War of 
 1 81 2, who was also a pioneer of the Indian 
 Stream Territory. Six children were born to 
 them, of whom but three survive : Frank, of the 
 well-known firm of Eustis & Aldrich, wholesale 
 starch merchants of Boston, Mass.; Edgar; and 
 Isabel, the wife of Justus W. Baldwin of Pitts- 
 burg. The father died Jan. 25, 1880, but the 
 mother is still living. 
 
 Hon. Edgar Aldrich remained at home during 
 his youthful years, receiving such educational 
 advantages as the district school afforded, until 
 the age of fourteen, when he entered the acad- 
 emy at Colebrook, where he continued about 
 three years, and soon after commenced the study 
 of law in the office of Ira A. Ramsey of Cole- 
 brook. Subsequently he entered the Law De- 
 partment of the University of Michigan, at Ann 
 Arbor, graduating from that institution in March, 
 1868, with the degree of LL. B., when but 
 twenty years of age. 
 
 Upon his return to Colebrook he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar of Coos Co. at the following 
 August term of court, upon motion of the late 
 Hon. Hiram A. Fletcher, who stated, upon mov- 
 ing such action, that he would attain the age of 
 twenty-one before the next session of the court. 
 He at once opened an office and entered upon an 
 earnest practice of his profession in Colebrook, 
 continuing alone until Jan. 1, 1872, when he 
 formed a partnership with William H. Shurtleff, 
 which continued four years. For three succeed- 
 ing years he was similarly associated with James 
 I. Parsons, and was again alone in his practice 
 until his removal to Littleton, Jan. 1, 1881, where 
 he became the partner of Hon. George A. Bing- 
 ham. In May, 1882, Daniel Remick was ad- 
 mitted to the firm, which continued under the 
 style of Bingham, Aldrich & Remick, until Judge 
 Bingham's second appointment to the Supreme 
 bench in December, 1884. Subsequently the 
 firm of Aldrich & Remick pursued practice until 
 January, 1889, after which Mr. Aldrich was alone 
 until his appointment as United States District 
 Judge. 
 
 While engaged in his practice at Colebrook he 
 was twice appointed Solicitor for Coos Co., first 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 by Governor Shaw, in 1872, serving until the 
 political overturn, in 1874; and again by Gov- 
 ernor Cheney, in 1876, serving in his second 
 term until June, 1879, and establishing an 
 enviable reputation as an able and efficient pros- 
 ecuting officer. In November, 1884, he was 
 elected a member of the Legislature from the 
 town of Littleton. Although with no previous 
 legislative experience, he was nominated by the 
 Republican caucus for Speaker of the House, 
 and 'elected to that position, for whose difficult 
 and delicate duties he developed a surprising 
 aptness, acquitting himself throughout the ses- 
 sion in a manner that would have done credit to 
 a veteran parliamentarian. 
 
 At the outset of his professional career Judge 
 Aldrich entered at once into the preparation and 
 trial of cases, paying comparatively little atten- 
 tion to the ordinary routine of office work. He 
 took delight in the exciting legal and forensic 
 contests, which have characterized the practice 
 of both the Coos and Grafton bars, and an ex- 
 amination of the reports will fully demonstrate 
 his active and conspicuous participation in many 
 of the important causes on the northern dockets 
 during the last two decades. One of the most 
 important and interesting causes in which he was 
 engaged, and one in which he added greatly to 
 his reputation for ability and learned research, 
 was that of the Connecticut River Lumber Co. 
 vs. Olcott Falls Co., in which he was associated 
 with Hon. Irving W. Drew of Lancaster, as 
 counsel for the plaintiff, defendant's counsel be- 
 ing the late Hon. William S. Ladd of Lancaster 
 and Hon. Jeremiah Smith of Dover. This was 
 a bill in equity to regulate the respective water 
 rights of the plaintiff corporation using the Con- 
 necticut River for navigation purposes in floating 
 its logs, and of the defendant mill-owners- there- 
 on. The right of trial by jury was claimed by 
 defendant's counsel on the alleged constitutional 
 ground embodied in Article 20 of the Bill of 
 Rights, which guarantees the right of trial by 
 jury in all controversies concerning property, 
 "except in cases in which it has been heretofore 
 otherwise used and practiced." The question in- 
 volved in this contention was one of constantly 
 recurring interest, and one which had long been 
 the subject of much attention and research with 
 no definite result. Mr. Aldrich devoted his en- 
 tire energies to the work in hand, taking the 
 
 position for the first time, that the phrase "here- 
 tofore otherwise used and practiced" had refer- 
 ence to the common law and equity procedure 
 of England rather than the practice of the courts 
 in this country before the Revolution. His oral 
 argument in reply to Judge Smith, at the De- 
 cember law term, 1889, was regarded by the 
 Court as worthy of publication in full in Vol. 65, 
 N. H. Reports. 
 
 The first judicial circuit in the Federal system 
 embraces Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu- 
 setts, and Rhode Island. Almost contempora- 
 neously with the appointment of Judge Aldrich 
 to the District Judgeship came the Act of Con- 
 gress, approved March -3, 1891, creating the Cir- 
 cuit Court of Appeals, for the relief of the Su- 
 preme Court, to which questions of law are taken 
 from the various district and circuit courts, which 
 provides that such court shall consist of the 
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, assigned 
 for the circuit, the circuit judges in attendance 
 (an additional judge having been provided in 
 each circuit), and the district judges within the 
 circuit presiding in the order of rank and 
 seniority of their commissions. This act largely 
 increased the duties of all the Federal Judges 
 (the salary of the district judge being at the same 
 time properly increased from $3,500.00 to 
 $5,000.00 per annum), so that ever since his ap- 
 pointment Judge Aldrich has found his time 
 very fully occupied, having been called largely 
 into service in the Massachusetts courts, where, 
 as in his immediate district, he has already won 
 an enviable reputation as a courteous, discrimi- 
 nating, and conscientious administrator of jus- 
 tice. 
 
 Dartmouth College conferred upon Judge 
 Aldrich the honorary degree of Master of Arts 
 in 1891. As a public speaker he takes high rank 
 and has delivered several notable addresses upon 
 special and anniversary occasions, among which 
 may be named his address in 1886 before the 
 Grafton and Coos Bar Association, of which he 
 has been a prominent member, upon the ques- 
 tion, "Shall the law and trial courts be sepa- 
 rated?"; that before the court upon the death of 
 Judge Frederick Chase of Hanover, at the Sep- 
 tember term, 1890; his eulogy of Gen. Gilman 
 Marston, before the Grafton and Coos Bar Asso- 
 ciation, January, 1891; his address before the 
 Southern New Hampshire liar Association, 
 
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 upon "Delays incident to the removal of causes 
 from the State to the Federal courts," etc.; his 
 address before the Grafton and Coos Bar Asso- 
 ciation upon "Our Jury System;" and an address 
 before the New Hampshire Historical Society 
 upon the Indian Stream controversy. 
 
 Judge Aldrich was united in marriage Oct. 7, 
 1872, with Louise M. Remick, daughter of 
 Samuel K. Remick of Colebrook. They have 
 two children: a daughter, Florence M., born 
 July 1, 1874, an accomplished young lady, who 
 had been educated in the public schools, at Til- 
 den Seminary, West Lebanon, St. Mary's 
 School, Concord, and Abbott Academy, An- 
 dover, Mass.; and a son, Ephraim Fred, born 
 June 9, 1878, and now a student at Dartmouth 
 College, in the Class of 1900. 
 
 Although on account of his official duties, he 
 is forced to spend much of his time in Boston, 
 he retains his home in Littleton, where he has 
 a finely appointed and beautifully-located resi- 
 dence on Church Street, commanding a delight- 
 ful view of the village and the charming valley 
 of the Ammonoosuc. 
 
 Thoroughly democratic and unostentatious in 
 manner, readily approachable, and courteous to 
 all, Judge Aldrich is popular alike in the general 
 community, and in the profession, of which he 
 is a conspicuous representative. Of fine presence 
 and strong physique, he is also endowed with 
 vigorous intellectual powers; and with a full ap- 
 preciation of the labors and responsibilities of his 
 position, and the zeal and earnestness of com- 
 parative youth in meeting all their requirements, 
 there is good reason for belief that he has before 
 him a career of usefulness and honor, creditable 
 alike to himself and to the New Hampshire Dis- 
 trict. 
 
 , ANDREW J. RANDALL, who died Jan. 25, 
 1897, at Haverhill, N. H., was born at Fayette, 
 Me., Aug. 5, 1830; he was a son of Asa and 
 Mary A. (Chase) Randall, and a grandson of 
 Samuel Randall, whose wife was before mar- 
 riage a Miss Young. 
 
 The Randall family is descended from one 
 of three brothers of that name, who came in 
 Colonial times to New Hampshire from Wales. 
 
 Samuel Randall was a resident of Deerfield, N. 
 H., and followed coopering as his trade; he was 
 for a time inspector of staves of his part of the 
 State. It was ever his lot to be blessed with 
 the best of health, to keep vigorous and active 
 a body, which could perform extraordinary la- 
 bors; the age of 93 years was reached hy him. 
 He was one of those who cherish a good opin- 
 ion of themselves, but, contrary to the general 
 run of conceited persons, he exhibited abundant 
 proof that such personal regard had a firm and 
 substantial foundation. As an instance of his 
 enterprise and uncommon hustling abilities, it 
 is related that he hired out to a farmer during 
 the haying season, and was told to come at 
 about 7 o'clock. He woke up extremely early 
 in the morning, took his scythe, and went to the 
 meadows. After four hours of mowing, he was 
 called to breakfast by the horn that was custo- 
 marily used to announce meals to those mem- 
 bers of the household who were not at hand. 
 After he had satisfied his hunger at breakfast, 
 in which time he was invited to a drink of rum, 
 he asked his employer where he should start in 
 to work, and was told to go to a certain field, 
 and begin mowing. At this juncture, he dryly 
 remarked that the field in question was already 
 cut, since he had been in the field at work from 
 3 o'clock in the morning. 
 
 Asa Randall was born in Deerfield, N. H., 
 March 3, 1793, and died in 1866. He followed 
 the trade of a blacksmith, in addition to his call- 
 ing of a farmer. During the troubles over the 
 boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, 
 known as the Aroostook War, Mr. Randall en- 
 listed in the militia of the State of Maine, where 
 he was then residing. In the Mexican War 
 Mr. Randall saw two years service, returning at 
 the end of that time, broken down in health, 
 and never fully recovered. In politics he was a 
 Democrat to the back-bone. His wife, Mary 
 A. Chase, was born near Fredrickstown, in the 
 Province of New Brunswick, Aug. 16, 1800, and 
 passed away to the realms of delight in Octo- 
 ber, 1878. They reared the following twelve 
 children: Drusilla, deceased; Daniel, who died 
 in the Army; David, died in infancy; Lavina 
 married Asa Kelly of Newbury, Vt. ; Andrew 
 J., the subject of this sketch, and George W., 
 who lives in Haverhill, were twins; Sarah, de- 
 ceased; Hannah, deceased; an infant, who died 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 while still in arms; Abagail, deceased; Martin, 
 deceased; and Cynthia, deceased. 
 
 Our subject was reared at Fayette, Maine, un- 
 til ten years of age, attending during the years 
 of his boyhood the common schools of his native 
 town. Upon the removal of the family to Or- 
 ford, N. H., he attended school for a time, and 
 finished his education in the common schools of 
 Bradford, Vt, when he was nineteen years of 
 age. April i, 1844, he took upon himself his 
 own support, and worked on a farm until 1848, 
 when he went to the vicinity of Boston. At 
 Dedham he spent one year working in the gar- 
 den of a wealthy resident of that place. In Bos- 
 ton he became foreman in a manufactory of 
 trunks and valises, and remained there till 1855, 
 when he went to Fayette, Me., for one year. 
 September, 1856, he first came to Haverhill, and 
 worked in a paper-mill. He then took up the 
 trade of a paper-hanger and a painter, in which 
 he spent the remaining years of his active life, 
 with the exception of six years, following his 
 return from the war, in which he took up marble 
 cutting. September 10, 1861, Mr. Randall en- 
 listed in the 6th Regiment, N. H. Vol. Inf., and 
 served 23 months, being discharged Aug. 3, 
 1863, ranking as second sergeant. In all, Mr. 
 Randall took part in six battles, which were the 
 following: Camden, N. C; Second Bull Run, 
 Va., in which he narrowly escaped capture; 
 Chantilly, Va.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Antietam; 
 and South Mountain. His health was very much 
 impaired by diseases, contracted while in the 
 army, and by reason of such disabilities draws 
 a pension from the Government. 
 
 Mr. Randall contracted his first marriage in 
 Massachusetts, to Harriet M. Wiley, daughter 
 of Capt. David Wiley, a sea captain; Capt. Wi- 
 ley's wife was Thankful Young. One child, 
 Walter Newell Randall, was born of this first 
 marriage; he is working on the railroad from 
 North Abington to Hanover, Mass. Mr. Ran- 
 dall married the second time May 17, 1856, in 
 East Livermore, Me., Miss Eliza Sanderson, 
 who was born in Franklin Plantation, Franklin 
 County, Me. She is a daughter of John and 
 Hannah (Randall) Sanderson. Walter Newell 
 Randall, the son of our subject's first wife, mar- 
 ried Etta Thompson, who was born in Welle- 
 fleet, Mass.; to them were born two children: 
 Lulu M.. and Harrie Newell. Our subject and 
 
 his wife are attendants of the Congregational 
 Church. He was a member of the F. & A. 
 M., Grafton Lodge, No. 46, of Haverhill. In 
 politics, Mr. Randall was a stanch Democrat, as 
 was his father, in all national affairs. In town 
 and county politics, he was a non-partisan, and 
 voted for whoever he thought was the best man. 
 
 MELV1N J. MANN, a passenger conductor 
 on the B. & M. R. R., was born in Benton, of 
 this county, May 8, 1856, and lives at present in 
 Woodsville. He is a son of Geo. W. and Sarah 
 T. (Bisbee) Mann, a grandson of Samuel and 
 Mary (Howe) Mann, and great-grandson of Sol- 
 omon Mann. Mr. Mann is of Scotch descent, 
 his great-great-grandfather coming from Scot- 
 land, and settling in Hartford, Conn. Solomon 
 Mann was born in Hartford, and lived the calm, 
 peaceful life of a tiller of the soil; in politics he 
 was a Whig, but could never be persuaded to 
 take a prominent part. 
 
 Samuel Mann was born in New Haven, Conn., 
 October 20, 1773, and received his education in 
 the schools of his native town, which were private 
 institutions, for there were no schools of a public 
 character in that locality at that time. When he 
 was 16 years of age, he went to Landaff, Graf- 
 ton County, N. H., where he worked as a farm- 
 hand for eight dollars a month. After six 
 years of scanty wages, he had, by strict economy 
 and the closest figuring, saved enough to buy a 
 small farm, which he cultivated for 40 years. 
 He finally sold it and removed to Benton, and 
 bought a farm, now owned and occupied by 
 his son, George W. Mann, who is the only survi- 
 vor of eight children born to Samuel Mann. 
 
 Hon. George W. Mann, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Landaff, N. H., February 20, 
 1 82 1, and obtained his early education there. 
 At the age of 14, he removed with his parents 
 to Coventry (now Benton), where George W. 
 has lived since, completing his education at 
 Newbury Seminary, Vt. For a short time 
 after leaving the Seminary, he was engaged in 
 farming, and teaching school in the winters; 
 but having learned the carpenter's trade, he 
 finally gave all of his time and attention to build- 
 ing; his farm was still cultivated, however, 
 
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 He has been very successful at his trade; his 
 work as a contractor and a builder has taken 
 him to all parts of the county. He was very 
 conscientious in all of his work, and no faulty 
 construction or poor lumber was allowed in any 
 of his work. His first wife was Susan M., 
 daughter of William Whitcher of Benton. Five 
 children blessed this union, of whotn Ezra B., 
 whose sketch appears elsewhere, and George H., 
 are the only ones living. Edward F., who died 
 at the age of forty-eight, was at the time 
 of his death Superintendent of the Con- 
 cord & Montreal Railroad. The other two de- 
 ceased were Osmond C. and Orrin L., who were 
 twins. Mr. Mann's first wife died at the age of 
 29, and he married as his second wife Sarah T., 
 daughter of Gad and Lilla Bisbee of Haverhill. 
 Five children, all of whom are living, were born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Mann by this marriage: Mel- 
 vin J., Hosea B., Susan M., Minnie S., 
 and Moses B. Mr. Mann is a strong 
 Democrat, and occupies an important place 
 in party politics. He has been Collector 
 of Taxes; Superintendent of the School 
 Committee; a member of the Highway 
 Commission; Justice of the Peace for 40 years, 
 and still the incumbent; Notary Public; dele- 
 gate to the Constitutional Convention of 1876; 
 member of the State Board of Agriculture; and 
 Representative from the town for eighf years. 
 
 Melvin J. Mann lived in Benton until 
 he was 21, and attended the common schools, 
 working on the farm after he was 20. For six 
 years before he was 21, he carried the mail from 
 Benton to North Haverhill. At the age of 21, 
 he became a brakeman on a freight train, work- 
 ing at that job for three years, when he was made 
 a conductor of the strain. For three more years 
 he had charge of his freight train, when he was 
 transferred to a passenger run, in 1883. 
 
 On Jan. 31, 1883, our subject united his for- 
 tunes with those of Mary, daughter of John A. 
 and Elizabeth (Davis) Merrill; Mary Merrill 
 was born in Kennebunkport, Me. John A. Mer- 
 rill was born in Kennebunkport March 10, 1830, 
 and followed the pursuit of agriculture; he was 
 a son of John and Elizabeth (Record) Merrill 
 of Kennebunkport, and a grandson of Obed and 
 Judith (Durrell) Merrill, and great-grandson of 
 John Merrill,who married a Miss Huckins. Eliza- 
 beth Record's father died when Elizabeth was 
 
 four years old; her mother, who was a Miss 
 Brown before marriage, married again after the 
 death of her first husband, her second partner 
 being Seth Huff. Elizabeth Davis, our sub- 
 ject's mother-in-law, was born at Center Har- 
 bor, Nov. 28, 1832, and died at Woodsville, 
 Aug. 6, 1895; sne was a daughter of Ira and 
 Mary (Lord) Davis. Our subject and his wife 
 attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
 Mann is a member of the Moosehillock Lodge, 
 No. 25, of the I. O. O. F. He is also a member 
 of the Order of Railway Conductors, Concord 
 Division, No. 335. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat, and an enthusiastic advocate of the white 
 metal. Mr. and Mrs. Mann have an adopted 
 daughter, Maude P. Mann. 
 
 REV. GEORGE E. BROWNE, at Center 
 Haverhill, was born in Warren, N. H., May 31, 
 1841. He is a son of Jonas G. and Angela 
 H. (Whiteman) Browne, and grandson of John 
 and Olive (Colby) Browne; the latter was a 
 niece of Daniel Webster. John Browne was 
 01 English descent, the son of Caleb Browne, 
 the eldest of three brothers, who came from 
 England. Caleb Browne was a soldier in the 
 Revolution, and during part of his service an 
 attendant on Gen. Washington. He endured 
 many of the greatest hardships for freedom's 
 sake; on many occasions his feet would become 
 torn and bleeding, because of the lack of shoes. 
 
 Jonas G Browne was born in Franklin, prob- 
 ably; his parents moved to Lyman, and thence 
 to Coventry (now Benton), when he was a small 
 child; he attended school in Lyman. Soon 
 after his marriage with our subject's mother, he 
 removed to Warren, where George E, Browne 
 was born; after a few years he returned to Ben- 
 ton, where he lived till 1869, engaged in farm- 
 ing and lumber manufacturing. He came to 
 Center Haverhill in 1869, and with our subject 
 purchased what was known as the Metcalf farm, 
 consisting of 150 acres, where he lived with his 
 son till his death in his 76th year, Oct. 2, 1889. 
 He served as selectman in Benton a number of 
 years, when a resident of that town; he was a 
 Democrat in politics, and a member of the Sec- 
 ond Adventists Church. His wife was born in 
 Warren, and was a daughter of Richard and 
 
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 Phoebe (Willoughby) Whitman, the latter a 
 native of Holderness, N. H. Richard White- 
 man was by trade a chair-maker, but spent most 
 of his life in agricultural work; he was a soldier 
 of the War of 1812, and drew a pension up to 
 his death at the age of 70. His brother Ste- 
 phen was also a soldier of the same war, and 
 lived to be over 90 years of age. To Jonas G. 
 Browne were born six children: Marium M., de- 
 ceased; George E., the subject of this sketch; 
 Olive died in infancy; Clara A., deceased; Cy- 
 rena M., deceased; Imogene P., who married 
 Calvin Cummings of Ashland, N. H., and has 
 one daughter, Sarah A. Mrs. Browne died 
 Dec. 18, 1879, at the age of 65. 
 
 Rev. George E. Browne was reared in North 
 Benton and attended the district schools until 
 he was 21. From that time until his father's 
 death, he was always associated with him in 
 business. After his 'father's second marriage 
 he moved to a farm he purchased near the Met- 
 calf property, where his father settled. Several 
 additional farms were purchased by our subject 
 and his father. He also owned extensive real 
 estate in Benton and Easton, N. H, 
 
 Mr. Browne was married Sept. 9, 1863, at 
 North Benton to Evaline D. Hutchins, who was 
 born in Benton, the daughter of Noah C. and 
 Hannah (jesseman) Hutchins. Hannah Jesse- 
 man was born in Franconia, and was a daughter 
 of Solomon and Hannah (Colby) Jesseman; Sol- 
 omon's father, George Jesseman, came from the 
 bonny land of Scotland. Noah Hutchins was 
 born in Bradford, Vt, and was a son of Benja- 
 min C. and Philena (Keith) Hutchins. Benjamin 
 Hutchins, an iron founder in early life, and 
 later a farmer, was residing near Plattsburgh, N. 
 Y., at the time the battle of that name and local- 
 ity took place. After coming to Benton, he 
 was a maker of baskets, butter tubs, and wooden 
 trays, in addition to farming; he lived to be 75 
 years old. Noah C. Hutchins was a farmer 
 throughout his life; he died at the early age of 
 38. He was a Democrat and a member of the 
 Free Will Baptist Church. To our subject and 
 his wife seven children were born: Jonas N. 
 married Emma Bancroft, and has five children; 
 George Parker; Harry Raymond; Bertha May; 
 Lilian Eveline; Hazel Theo; Allen M. married 
 Lizzie Titus, and has one daughter, Beulah Hel- 
 en; Abbie F. died at the age of ten; Marium M., 
 
 a teacher; Ida C. married Mooers Clough, and 
 lives near Center Haverhill; Josie L. died at the 
 age of two years, nine months; Grace Edith. 
 Both subject and his wife are members of the 
 Second Adventists Church. 
 
 Rev. George Browne began studying and fit- 
 ting himself for the ministry in the latter part 
 of the 6o's; he was ordained a minister of the 
 gospel, Aug. 20, 1 87 1, and is at present pastor 
 of the Christian Church in East Roxbury, Vt. 
 He has held preaching services in various places 
 in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Canada. He 
 is a member of Green Mountain Christian 
 Union, and of the missionary society, entitled 
 North New Hampshire Blessed Hope Conven- 
 tion. He was formerly a Democrat, but since 
 his connection with the ministry, he has taken 
 no active part in politics. 
 
 UEL SPENCER, living on his farm on 
 Lord's Hill, where he is engaged in dairy-farm- 
 ing, was born on his present farm, Dec. 19, 
 1839. He is a son of James and Paulina 
 (Brown) Spencer, and grandson of Aaron Spen- 
 cer. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather came to New 
 Hampshire from Rhode Island or Connecticut, 
 and was just getting a start in life, when the 
 unfortunate accident occurred, in 1787, which 
 terminated his career. He was working on a 
 bridge near Pompanoosuc, and slipped and fell 
 into the icy water; the chill that he received was 
 too much for him, and he died from the effects 
 of it. He had been married a short time to a 
 Miss Flitcher; after Mr. Spencer's death, she 
 married a Mr. Thatcher, and lived to be over 
 ninety years old at her death. 
 
 James Spencer was born in Hanover in 1785, 
 and held chiefly to the occupation of a farmer; 
 when a young man he learned two trades, that of 
 making spinning-wheels, and later that of paint- 
 ing. From the age of two until he was four- 
 teen, he lived in Bennington, Vt., his father hav- 
 ing died, and in that place and in other localities 
 in Vermont in which he lived he attended the 
 schools. When about twenty-one he returned 
 from Vermont to his native town Hanover, and 
 made it his home until his death in 1856, at the 
 
HON. GEORGE H. ADAMS. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 13 
 
 age of seventy-one. There were born to him 
 eleven children, four boys and seven girls, seven 
 children by his first wife, and four by the second. 
 Our subject is the only one living of the entire 
 family, in which he was the ninth child. His 
 mother, who was Paulina Brown before her 
 marriage, was a daughter of Abraham Brown, 
 and was born in the town of Hanover. 
 
 Uel Spencer has always lived on the home 
 farm in Hanover; he attended school in the 
 winter months until twenty years of age. The 
 summer of 1861 he worked out, and in the fall 
 joined the army. He enlisted Oct. 4, 1861, in 
 the 7th Regiment, N. H. Vol. Inf.; he served 
 two years and four months, and was mustered 
 out Feb. 4, 1864. He belonged to the southern 
 department, and saw service in Florida and 
 South Carolina, being present at the battle of 
 Morris Island, and at the Siege of Charleston. 
 He was wounded Sept. 7, 1863, in the foot, and 
 was not able to stand on his foot for a year. 
 Upon his return from convalescing from his 
 wound, he farmed as well as he could. His 
 brother had charge of the farm, and he worked 
 for his brother in the summer of 1865 ; his 
 brother died in the month of November of that 
 year. Since 1866 our subject has carried on 
 the farm alone. A number of years ago, when 
 so many sheep were raised in New Hampshire, 
 and a good price was given for the product, he 
 conducted his farm as a sheep-farm; the farm 
 consists of 150 acres, and is now devoted to 
 dairying. 
 
 Mr. Spencer was married June 3, 1868, in 
 Hanover, to Ruth F. Emerson, who was born 
 in that town, and was a daughter of Moses C. 
 and Sarah S. (Freeman) Emerson. The par- 
 ents of Sarah Freeman moved to Alabama, 
 where she lived until she was ten years of age, 
 and they died; she then returned to the town of 
 Lyme, where she lived with an aunt. Moses 
 C. Emerson was the father of eleven children, 
 six by his first wife, four by his second, and 
 one by his third; of these eleven children, Mrs. 
 Spencer was the second in order of birth. Mo- 
 ses C. Emerson was a son of Moses and Abigail 
 (Hughes) Emerson, the former a son of Robert 
 Emerson, who married a Miss Watts. Mrs. 
 Spencer's great-grandmother Hughes, nee Sarah 
 Freeman, lived to be 101 years old. She mar- 
 ried Nathaniel Hughes. 
 
 Four children have blessed the union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Spencer, as follows: Myra; James, 
 a member of the Morning Star Grange of Lyme ; 
 Kathrina Emerson, a student at the Normal 
 School at Plymouth; and Louise E. The fam- 
 ily's religious beliefs are embodied in the doc- 
 trines of the Congregational Church, of which 
 they are leading members; Mr. Spencer is a 
 Deacon. Mr. Spencer is a member of the G. 
 A. R., L. D. Gove Post, No. 56, of Hanover 
 Village. His politics are Republican, and he 
 has served as road surveyor, and as a member 
 of the school committee. 
 
 HON. GEO. H. ADAMS, ex-Judge Advocate 
 General on the staff of Governor Smith, is a 
 native of Campton, where he was born, May 18, 
 1851. After the usual training in the public 
 schools, he entered Kimball Union Academy at 
 Meriden, and fitted for college. 
 
 He graduated from Dartmouth College with 
 the Class of '73, and at once became principal 
 of the High School at Middleboro, Mass., where 
 he remained one year; at the end of that time 
 turning to his chosen profession, the law, as a 
 student in the office of Hon. Henry W. Blair at 
 Plymouth. 
 
 In 1876 he was admitted to the bar; and in 
 that year also came his first political honor in 
 the form of an election to the Constitutional 
 Convention. This has since been followed by 
 membership in the Legislature of 1883, in which 
 he performed the duties, attendant upon a pro- 
 longed and somewhat turbulent session, with 
 great display of zeal and skill. In 1889 he was 
 appointed a deputy collector of internal revenue 
 for his district, and then received an appoint- 
 ment on the Governor's staff, in '93 and '94. He 
 is president of the Pemigewasset National Bank 
 of Plymouth. He lives in Plymouth, where he 
 practices law, as the partner of Hon. Alvin Bur- 
 leigh. 
 
 General Adams is eminently qualified for the 
 positions he has held. He is now serving as 
 solicitor of Grafton Co. In disposition, he is 
 one of the most genial of men; a merry, laugh- 
 ter-loving spirit wins him friends; and back of 
 that lies a measure of ability and a capacity for 
 work that make him a dangerous antagonist at 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 the bar, and that fit him to adorn high places in 
 the esteem of associates and acquaintances. 
 
 General Adams has long since given promise 
 of success. His law practice has covered every 
 portion of preparation and pleading; his social 
 duties, calling him into every field of activity, 
 have developed the gentlemanly qualities that 
 need no nurture. We are indeed pleased to be 
 able to present General Adams's portrait, as a 
 rising young lawyer of the county, and as one, 
 who has won many laurels in his profession. 
 
 CHESTER M. FAIRBANKS, a practical, 
 scientific farmer, living near the village of Han- 
 over, N. H., was born in Cornish, N. H, Nov. 
 30, 1822; he is a son of Rufus and Sarah (Wake- 
 field) Fairbanks. 
 
 The founder of the American branch of the 
 Fairbanks family was one George Fairbanks, 
 who emigrated from Somerby, West Riding, 
 Yorkshire, England, in 1633, making the long 
 ocean voyage in the good ship "Speedwell." In 
 1636 he erected a dwelling in Dedham, Mass., 
 so substantial and durable in its structure that 
 it is in good condition after the storms and vicis- 
 situdes of two centuries and a half, and is oc- 
 cupied at the present time by the family of one 
 of his descendants. He died in Dedham, Dec. 
 5, 1668. His wife, who bore him seven children, 
 bore the name of Grace. His son, Jonathan, 
 was born in England, and came to America with 
 him; he lived in Dedham with his parents at 
 first, but finally moved to Sherborn, in 1657; 
 he served as selectman of the town. Seven 
 children were born to him and his wife. The 
 second child in the family, George Fairbanks, 
 was the father of Eleazer Fairbanks, Sr., who 
 was born June 8, 1655, anf l lived in Sherborn, 
 Mass., as early as 1680: his wife was Martha 
 Bullard. Eleazer Fairbanks was selectman in 
 1703. Eleazer's son, Capt. Eleazer Fairbanks, 
 lived in Sherborn, Mass.; he was born Dec. 12, 
 1690, and died Sept. 19, 1741. 
 
 The great-grandfather of our subject, Rev. 
 Eleazer Fairbanks, son of Capt. Eleazer, was 
 born in Sherborn, Mass., July 23, 1716, and 
 married Prudence Carey. They removed to 
 Killingly, Conn., and later to Munson, Mass., 
 
 where Mr. Fairbanks died. He was a minister 
 of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Abel Fairbanks, the grandfather of Chester 
 M. Fairbanks, was born May 12, 1754, in Brown- 
 field, Mass., whence he removed to Cornish, N. 
 H. He was a farmer, and carpenter of steady 
 and industrious habits, much looked up to by 
 his neighbors for his sterling worth and good 
 common sense. Personally he was a fine-ap- 
 pearing man, large and robust in stature, with 
 a pleasant, kindly countenance, which was lit 
 up with a smile for everyone. He married Han- 
 nah Hobbs, a daughter of Benjamin and Eliza- 
 beth (Flint) Hobbs; she was the eighth of 
 eleven children in her parents' family. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fairbanks moved to Sharon, Vt, in 1873, 
 and lived there four years, and then moved to 
 Fairfield, Vt., where Mr. Fairbanks died March 
 27, 1842; his wife passed away April 9, 1840. 
 They were members of the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 Rufus Fairbanks was born in Sharon, Vt., 
 June 18, 1785, and died in Cornish, N. H., Feb. 
 16, 1863; he was a farmer all his life, and much 
 esteemed by all who had the pleasure of know* 
 ing him. Pie was a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. Dec. 12,1819, he married Sarah 
 Wakefield, who was born in Newport, N. H., 
 April 26, 1785, and died March 15, 1871. She 
 was a daughter of Jonathan Wakefield, who 
 married a Miss Fletcher; Jonathan Wakefield 
 was a farmer most of his life, and a blacksmith 
 in his early days, being very ingenious at his 
 ' trade. He was a Free Will Baptist, and it is 
 thought he was a Democrat, and it is also likely 
 that he fought in the. War of the Revolution. 
 The Fairbanks family were of large service to 
 the Continental Army in its fight with the sol- 
 diers of King George, for there were over two 
 hundred Fairbanks whose names appear on the . 
 rolls. The first postmaster of the City of Bos- 
 ton was a Richard Fairbanks. 
 
 Chester M. Fairbanks was reared in Cornish, 
 N. PL, where he lived until twenty-seven years 
 of age, attending the district schools until he 
 was eighteen. At the latter age he learned the 
 carriage-maker's trade, and worked in Cornish 
 three years as an apprentice, and five years as 
 a journeyman. He then went to White River 
 Junction, and worked five years and a half as a 
 pattern maker, also manufacturing several bun- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 15 
 
 dred hand-cars for the railroad. In 1855 he re- 
 moved to Lebanon, and was employed in the 
 machine shops there twenty-four years. In 1879 
 he came to his present farm in Hanover, of 112 
 acres. Although he has ostensibly been en- 
 gaged at his vocation of a farmer since he has 
 settled in Hanover, yet he has been called fre- 
 quently, to Lebanon to work at his trade. Mr. 
 Fairbanks is the inventor of a roller gauge foi 
 circular saw, which is the best ever put on the 
 market, and is used all over the country, for it 
 has established a solid reputation as a superior 
 article; it is known as "Fairbanks' Roller 
 Gauge." 
 
 Mr. Fairbanks was united in marriage Feb. 
 11, 1855, at Hartland, Vt„ to Mary E. G. Le 
 Seur, who was born in Stow, Mass., and is a 
 daughter of John and Sophrona (Gates) Le 
 Seur, both of whom were born in Massachu- 
 setts. John Le Seur, as the name indicates, 
 was of French origin; his wife was a daughter 
 of Joel Gates, who married a Miss Piper. Five 
 children, as follows, have blessed the union of 
 our subject and his wife : Hattie Sophrona, de- 
 ceased; Mary Esther; Jennie Maria, who mar- 
 ried Thomas A. Lampshire of Woodstock, Vt. ; 
 George; and Frank A. Frank A. married Lilla 
 Clough of Norwich, and makes his home at 
 Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 George Fairbanks was born March 10, 1862, 
 and was a student in the district schools till he 
 was seventeen years of age. He does an ex- 
 tensive business throughout the county in farm 
 implements and fertilizers. He was married in 
 Hanover, N. H, July 5, 1884, to Jennie M. Bab- 
 bitt, a native of Hanover, and a daughter of 
 Leonard H. and Rachel N (Merrill) Babbitt, 
 whose deaths occurred Feb. 14 and 17, 1892. 
 Rachel Merrill was a daughter of Nathaniel and 
 Rachel (Morse) Merrill. Leonard Babbitt was 
 a son of Isaac and Wealthy (Lovejoy) Babbitt. 
 To George Fairbanks and his wife have been 
 born two children: Jennie May; and Ethel 
 Esther. George and his wife are members of 
 Rebecca Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 25, of Lebanon. 
 He is a member of the Good Samaritan Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F., No. 75, of Hanover; he has served 
 as P. G. and as delegate to the Grand Lodge-, 
 he is also a member of Morning Star Encamp- 
 ment of Lebanon ; and a member of Canton 
 Hanover of White River Junction. He is also 
 
 a member of the Grange, belonging to Grafton 
 Star Grange, No. 60, and also to the Junior Or- 
 der of American Mechanics of Hanover. 
 
 Our subject is a Republican in politics, and 
 has served as road surveyor. Chester M. served 
 as a member of the school committee. He has 
 served on the Jury of the United States Circuit 
 Court at Concord, N. H. On the night of Aug. 
 7, 1893, Mr. Fairbanks' barn was struck by 
 lightning and totally consumed by fire. The 
 new one, erected in the place of the old struct- 
 ure, thus destroyed, is a model of convenience. 
 Pipes from the village mains supply water to 
 the farm, and furnish power to run a water mo- 
 tor, which in turn transforms the power so that 
 the machines for grinding feed, the churn, and 
 the separator, are all run in the simplest man- 
 ner, with very little trouble. Mr. Fairbanks 
 makes a fine quality of gilt-edged butter for the 
 market, which finds a ready sale in the large 
 cities at fancy prices. 
 
 DR. EDMUND HERBERT NOYES, a ris- 
 ing young physician of Haverhill, came to that 
 town, and entered upon his present well-defined 
 practice May 1, 1896. His elementary educa- 
 tion to the age of twelve was secured in the 
 schools of his native town, Newburyport, Mass. ; 
 arriving at that age, he went into a drug store 
 to clerk for the proprietor, and employed his 
 spare time in studying medicine under the direc- 
 tion of Drs. Samuel G. Tilton and George W. 
 Montgomery, graduates of Bowdoin .'College. 
 For two months our subject was in the drug 
 store, and then was two more years in a grocery 
 store, one year in a ' hardware store, and in a 
 drygoods store for one year. In 1882 he en- 
 tered the Medical Department of the University 
 of Ohio at Cincinnati, and graduated in 1885. 
 The initial years of his practice were spent in 
 Cambridgeport and Gloucester, Mass., coming 
 direct from the latter named place to Haverhill. 
 
 The grandfather of Dr. Noyes was Samuel M. 
 Noyes, who was born at and spent his life in 
 Newburyport, Mass., engaged chiefly as a bill- 
 poster and as a stage-driver, driving from Bos- 
 ton to Newburyport. He was an advanced 
 Mason, having taken the 33d degree. Fie was a 
 son of Samuel Noyes, a grocer of Newburyport, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 who died when about 60 years of age. Samuel 
 M. Noyes married Mary B. Chaney of South 
 Berwick, Me., and from this worthy couple is 
 the father of our subject descended. Mr. Noyes 
 died in 1870, when over 75 years of age. 
 
 William S. Noyes, the father of Dr. Edmund 
 Herbert, was born at Newburyport, Mass., and 
 died at the age of 41, in 1876. He followed the 
 express business throughout his life, being the 
 local agent for the express company in that 
 town. He never belonged to any fraternal or- 
 der. He was lieutenant of the old Cushing 
 Guards organization, and a member of the An- 
 cient and Hororable Artillery Company. Dur- 
 ing the progress of the late war he was drafted 
 for the service, and desired to go, but was re- 
 jected because of a disability received from the 
 kick of a horse when he was a boy. He car- 
 ried a gold medal five years for his marksman- 
 ship in the Cushing Guards, and also had in his 
 possession for five years a gold cup for the best 
 shot. Before the days of the railroad he used 
 to do a good deal of stage driving. He married 
 Emma Hinchey, who was born in London, Eng- 
 land, the daughter of John and Ann S. Hin- 
 chey. John was a shoemaker by trade and left 
 the old country about 1849, an d took up a new 
 home in Old Haverhill, Mass. Both he and 
 his wife are now deceased. John Hinchey was 
 a son of Dr. John Hinchey, a mason and great 
 temperance man, who held a prominent place 
 in the medical circles of London. 
 
 Dr. Edmund Herbert Noyes was born in 
 Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 16, 1865, and passed 
 the years of his boyhood there. He was the 
 sixth child of the following seven children born 
 to his parents: Emma Florence, William Al- 
 ton, Charles Dickens, Kate Bassett, Ella M., 
 Edmund Herbert, and Ernest Waldron. 
 
 Dr. Noyes belongs to the Order of Sons of 
 Temperance, and was Deputy Grand Patriarch 
 from 1890 to 1896; in 1892 he was appointed 
 State Deputy Grand Worthy Patriarch, and in 
 1893 was elected Grand Conductor, having filled 
 all offices that were subordinate to it in the 
 division. He is a member of Wennchins Di- 
 vision, No. 41, of Lynn. In 1894 he was on the 
 committee of finance and foreign correspond- 
 ence. He is a member of the K. P., Syracuse 
 Lodge, No. 3. of Ipswich, Mass., and has served 
 as master-at-arms one term, keeper of the R. 
 
 and S. two times, and as a member of the staff. 
 He is also a member of Philo Senate, No. 371, 
 Gloucester, Mass., a lodge of the Knights of the 
 Ancient Essenic Order, in which he was a char- 
 ter member, and served as surgeon of it. He 
 was a member of the committee of finance of 
 the grand senate, which met at Springfield, 
 Mass. 
 
 Dr. Noyes was married Feb. 21, 1892, at Sa- 
 lem, Mass., to Emma S. Spencer of Ipswich, 
 Mass., a daughter of James E. Spencer of Wil- 
 mot, Nova Scotia. Her mother was Lucy Sanford 
 of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Twelve children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Spencer: May Irene, 
 Emma Sanford, Maude Blanche, Sadie Luella, 
 Osee Delia, William Ernest, Dan Freeman, 
 Lucy Belle, Henry Walter, Ingram Benjamin, 
 John Albert, and John Albert. To our subject 
 and his wife has been born one child: Clifford 
 Alton, May 14, 1893. Mrs. Noyes is a mem- 
 ber of the M. E. Church. In politics, Dr. Noyes 
 is a Republican and served on the Republican 
 City Comfnittee of Gloucester for two years. 
 He came within two votes of being elected city 
 physician of Gloucester. He is vice-president 
 of the Puritan Club of Gloucester. In his medi- 
 cal practice he is progressive and up-to-date in 
 all of his methods, and deigns to use only the 
 best and latest appliances in the art of healing. 
 Few physicians have so completely gained and 
 secured the confidence and good-will of their 
 pafrons as Dr. Noyes. 
 
 El SEN C. WEED, the leading general mer- 
 chant of Oliverian Village, "The Brook," in the 
 town of Haverhill, Grafton County, N. H., is 
 the eighth of ten children born to William and 
 Susan (Davis) Weed; our subject's brothers and 
 sisters in order of birth were named as follows: 
 George, Miriam, Elijah, Jane, Rhoda Ann, Jo- 
 seph, Lois, Eben C, and two who died in in- 
 fancy. William Weed was the son of Joseph 
 Weed, an old settler of Vermont, coming from 
 the State of Maine. Joseph Weed was a Re- 
 publican in politics; he married Susan Currier, 
 a lady of Scotch extraction, and lived to be near- 
 ly ninety years old. William Weed was reared 
 at Topsham, Vt., and passed his life there, en- 
 
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 gaged in the pursuits of agriculture, dying in 
 1886, at the age of 82. He was a strong Re- 
 publican, and formerly an old line Whig. When 
 a young man, he was struck in the head by a 
 club, and his skull crushed, and ever after he 
 wore a silver plate to protect the tender spot. 
 
 Eben C. Weed was born at Gratton, Vt, June 
 12, 1841 ; from the age of two years, he was 
 reared in Topsham, where he attended schools 
 until about eighteen, undergoing such difficul- 
 ties in the securing an education, as walking 
 five miles every morning of the' eight weeks of 
 winter school. Mr. Weed enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, 
 at Haverhill, in Company I, 4th Regiment, N. 
 H. Vol. Inf., and served four years, being dis- 
 charged Aug. 28, 1865; during this time he was 
 home twice on furlough. He went in as a pri- 
 vate, and left the army a first lieutenant. He 
 saw service in the States of South Carolina, Flo- 
 rida, North Carolina, and Virginia, and was 
 present at the following struggles: Taking of 
 Port Royal, Ft. Pulaski, Ft. Marion at St. Au- 
 gustine, Ft. Fisher, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, 
 and White House Landing. 
 
 Upon Mr. Weed's return from the army, he 
 worked in a paper-mill for three or four years, 
 and then went into the lumber business at Top- 
 sham, Vt., for six years. After seven years more 
 work in the manufacture of paper, he filled out 
 six years as deputy sheriff, and jailor, being 
 appointed in 1885; then for one year he was 
 not actively engaged in business. In 1892 Mr. 
 Weed bought the residence, store and stock of 
 F. T. Kirnan, at "The Brook," and is now car- 
 rying on an extensive business in his well- 
 stocked general country store. 
 
 Our subject was married Dec. 10, 1865, in 
 Piermont, to Helen Frances Burns, the daugh- 
 ter of James and Rachel (Hilliard) Burns, and 
 granddaughter of James, Sr., and Mary Emily 
 (Hunt) Burns. James Burns, Sr., was born in 
 the barracks of the standing army of Great 
 Britain, in which associations he was brought 
 up; during the years of his army connection he 
 was all over the world, wherever the British 
 army goes. Coming to America he secured em- 
 ployment as a weaver of cassimere and such 
 goods on hand looms. He then went into a 
 factory as a dresser of cloth. Rachel Hilliard 
 was born in Corinth, Vt., and was a daughter 
 of Samuel and Rachel L. (Lovell) Hilliard; 
 
 Samuel Hilliard was a farmer, and a son of 
 Ebenezer Hilliard, also a farmer by occupation. 
 Rachel Lovell was a daughter of Nehemiah and 
 Sophia (Taplin) Lovell; three of her brothers 
 were taken prisoners in the operations around 
 Plattsburgh, N. Y., during the Revolutionary 
 War, and taken to Montreal, Canada. To 
 James and Rachel (Hilliard) Burns were born 
 the following children: Abigail G. married 
 Alexander Smith of Topsham, Vt. ; Helen Fran- 
 ces, the wife of our subject; Clarissa Elmira 
 married Allen Hood of Boston, Mass.; and 
 James C, who lives in Richford, Vt. Helen 
 Frances Burns was born in Grafton, Mass., and 
 was reared and educated in Topsham, Vt. 
 When fourteen years of age, a Presbyterian 
 minister, attracted by her superior ability, en- 
 couraged her to teach school; he secured a suit- 
 able school for her, and from that time she 
 taught a number of summer schools. Later 
 on she taught winter schools, containing from 
 thirty to thirty-five pupils. Her mother is still 
 living and makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. 
 Weed. 
 
 To our subject and his wife has been born 
 one son, Allah C, who departed this life at the 
 age of nineteen. Mr. Weed is a member of 
 the G. A. R., Nat Westgate Post, No. 50, of 
 North Haverhill, and has held all the chairs. 
 He is a Mason, belonging to Grafton Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., No. 46, of Haverhill. 
 
 SILAS CHANDLER, a farmer, living at 
 Aetna, town of Hanover, now retired from active 
 work at his calling, was born near Aetna March 
 27, 1819; he is a son of Silas, Sr., and Diana 
 (Davis) Chandler. 
 
 The Chandler family in America sprang from 
 William and Annis Chandler, who came from 
 England in 1637, settling at Roxbury, Mass.; 
 four of the six children born to them could 
 claim England as their birth-place; the other 
 two were born in this country. William Chand- 
 ler was a Christian, God-fearing man like his 
 Puritan associates. Of property he possessed 
 no very large amount, being a small land-owner; 
 his sons were far more successful in life in a 
 worldly way, and became very well-to-do. Wil- 
 liam Chandler died of consumption the 26th of 
 
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 November, 1641. Of his six children, John, 
 known as Deacon John, was the fifth; he mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Douglas Feb. 16, 1658. She was 
 born in Woodstock, Conn., in 1610, and died 
 July 23, 1705, in New London; her father. Wil- 
 liam Douglas, governor of the colony of New 
 London, Conn., married Anna Mattle, a daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Mattle of Northampton, Eng. 
 Deacon John Chandler, Sr., served many years 
 as selectman, and was moderator in 1694. He 
 was a deacon of the church, under Rev. Josiah 
 Dwight, and died at the age of sixty-eight, 
 April 15, 1703. Hon. John Chandler, the son 
 of the above, married Mary Raymond of Wood- 
 stock, Conn., who was born in New London, 
 Conn., March 12, 1671-72. He was a very 
 prominent man of that time, and a leader in all 
 town enterprises. In the militia he held the dif- 
 ferent offices of Captain, Major, and Colonel at 
 various times. He was town surveyor, and a 
 representative at General Court in Boston, in 
 171 1. He represented the town in the legisla- 
 tive body of the Colony of Connecticut, and for 
 sixty-nine days service received £15:8:0., as the 
 old records give it. He was also the First Judge 
 of Probate for Worcester County, Conn. He 
 obtained a license to keep a place of public en- 
 tertainment, and thus became one of the earli- 
 est landlords of his town. 
 
 Hon. John Chandler's grandson, Daniel 
 Chandler, is the grandfather of our subject, Silas 
 Chandler, Jr. Daniel Chandler came from Con- 
 necticut at an early date, and settled in almost 
 the center of the town of Hanover, as one of its 
 pioneers ; he died at the age of ninety-four. He 
 was married in his native State to Mary 
 Galusha. 
 
 Silas Chandler, Sr., was born in the town of 
 Hanover, N. H., and pursued the vocation of a 
 farmer until his death, at the age of seventy- 
 nine. His wife, who lived to the age of sixty- 
 seven, was a daughter of Basiliel and Mary 
 (Wright) Davis. Three children were born to 
 our subject's parents, as follows: Charles Ga- 
 lusha; Silas; and Diana. 
 
 Silas Chandler, Jr., passed his boyhood days 
 in the town of Hanover; when seventeen years 
 old, he started out for himself, and learned the 
 carpenters and joiner's trade, serving his ap- 
 prenticeship in Concord with John Miller. Ba- 
 coming a journeyman at the age of twenty, he 
 
 worked at his trade about Hanover and Man- 
 chester, N. H., for a time, and then went to 
 Utica, N. Y., and worked in a machine shop in a 
 suburb of that city, until the outbreak of the 
 war. He enlisted Sept. 23, 1862, in Company 
 F, 26th Regiment, N. Y. Vol. Inf., and was dis- 
 charged March 12, 1863, having been injured 
 when jumping a ditch, when going into the Bat- 
 tle of Fredericksburg. Returning to Utica, N. 
 Y., he remained but a year and a half, removing 
 then to Hanover, where he engaged in farming 
 until 1880, when he gave up farm labor, and 
 bought his present home, where he lives with 
 his sister. In politics he is a stanch adherent 
 of the Republican organization. He is a mem- 
 ber of L. D. Gove Post, G. A. R., of Hanover. 
 He is a man of honorable, upright intentions, 
 and may be deservedly called a helpful, earnest 
 citizen of a family, which has been long identi- 
 fied with Hanover's growth. 
 
 FRANK W. JOHNSON, a passenger con- 
 ductor on the B. & M. R. R., and a resident of 
 Woodsville, N. H., was born in Guilford, N. H., 
 March 13, 1861, and is a son of William L. and 
 Lydia A. (Whitten) Johnson, and grandson of 
 Nathaniel and Catherine Johnson. Nathaniel 
 Johnson was a farmer of Talmouth, N. H. His 
 son, William L., was born in Talmouth, N. H., 
 and was engaged in agricultural labors previous 
 to the war. At the Battle of Gettysburg he lost 
 an arm: upon his return home' he took up the 
 trade of a machinist, dying Sept. 28, 1895. In 
 politics he was a firm, unyielding Republican, 
 and took a keen interest in local and national 
 issues; went as representative from the town of 
 Guilford in 1877-8 to the Legislature. Religiously 
 he favored the Free Will Baptist Church. He 
 married Lydia A. Whitten, daughter of Albert 
 and Elmina, who lived in Lakeport; the former 
 lived to be 80 years of age. Frank W. John- 
 son is the third of five children born to them, 
 of whom two survive. Our subject was reared 
 at Guilford and Lakeport, attending the High 
 School at Lakeport. 
 
 At the age of 13, he first became connected 
 wij:h railroad life, obtaining a position at that 
 age in the railroad office at Lakeport. At the 
 age of 14, he began braking, and kept it up 
 
HON. WILLIAM G. HULL. 
 
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 for four years. At the age of 18, he took charge 
 of a freight run as conductor. In 1883 ne was 
 given a passenger run, which he has held ever 
 since. On June 1, 1880, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Mary A. Jackson, who was born 
 in Warren, and is a daughter of George W. and 
 Catherine C. Jackson. Mrs. Johnson is an at- 
 tendant of the Episcopal Church of Woodsville. 
 Mr. Johnson is a 32c! Degree Mason, being a 
 member of Kane Lodge, No. 64; Franklin 
 Chapter, No. 5; Omega Council, No. 9; St. 
 Girard Commandery, K. T.; Edward A. Ray- 
 mond Consistory; Mt. Sinai Temple of the Mys- 
 tic Shrine. He is also an Odd Fellow, belong- 
 ing to Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F. 
 He is also a member of the New England Divis- 
 ion, No. 157, of the Order of Railway Conduc- 
 tors of Boston. Mr. Johnson's social qualities 
 are well developed, and he is very popular 
 among his fellow employees. To the patrons of 
 the road he is ever the same, obliging, whole- 
 souled and genial in his manner. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM G. HULL, Postmaster of 
 Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Moses Hull, and 
 grandson of Jonathan Hull. 
 
 Jonathan Hull was a farmer by occupation 
 and an early settler of Hebron, N. H. He passed 
 the greater part of his life in that town; the last 
 few years, however, were spent in Plymouth, 
 where he died at the age of eighty-one. His 
 first wife was Miss Lovejoy of Hebron. Five 
 children were the result of this union : Jonathan, 
 Jr., Moses, Jacob, Nathaniel, and Phineas. His 
 second wife was Lois Merrill of Rumney, N. H. 
 Jonathan Hull was a self-educated man. His 
 judgment was remarkably sound and discrimi- 
 nating; his decisions in matters of dispute often 
 prevented law-suits. He was very conscientious 
 in all his dealings, and once having fully shaped 
 an opinion, he was very slow to change it. He did 
 not receive much school education in his youth, 
 but obtained his knowledge from that grand 
 book of Nature : — experience and observation. 
 He was a voracious reader and acquired great 
 stores of knowledge by his regular habits of 
 reading. His children all inherited a taste for 
 music, which he took some pains to develop, so 
 that all became quite accomplished in the art. 
 
 Moses Hull was born on the homestead in 
 
 Hebron. He received his somewhat limited edu- 
 cation in the schools of Plymouth. He assisted 
 in the cultivation of his father's farm during his 
 parent's lifetime. The last fifteen years vere 
 spent with his son, William G. Hull in Plymouth, 
 and no one that ever lived there was more re- 
 spected than he. Although a man of excellent 
 judgment and well qualified to hold office, he 
 could never be prevailed upon to accept any of 
 the public posts of responsibility and trust, 
 always declining on the plea that he had not 
 sufficient education to satisfy the requirements 
 of the office. It would be a grand thing for our 
 country if every office-seeker and office-holder 
 were governed by a similar scruple. He was 
 thoroughly honest and an exemplary citizen. 
 He was married to Zilpha, daughter of Isaac 
 Ward of Plymouth. She was born on what is 
 known as Ward Hill. She was an excellent wife 
 and mother, and lived a long,- useful life, replete 
 with good deeds, dying at the age of seventy- 
 seven. Mr. Hull finished this life and was called 
 home in his seventy-sixth year. Four children 
 were born to them: William G., the subject of 
 this sketch; Harriet A. (Stafford), who is now 
 living on her grandfather's old homestead on 
 Ward Hill ; Arthur W. was accidentally killed at 
 the age of fifteen; and Mary E., who died, aged 
 thirteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Hull were mem- 
 bers of 'the M. E. Church. Mr. Hull was a 
 Democrat. 
 
 William G. Hull was born in Plymouth, Dec. 
 13, 1826. He received his education in the dis- 
 trict schools, and in Holmes Academy. At an 
 early age he started out to fight life's battles. 
 With a small bundle of his possessions under 
 his arm he came into the village of Plymouth 
 and secured a place to work for his board and 
 to attend school. After spending two seasons 
 in Holmes Academy he was informed by his in- 
 structor that he was qualified to teach. He ac- 
 cordingly obtained a school and taught for one 
 season ; but as he was offered a chance to clerk in 
 a store, he dropped school teaching and accepted 
 the- offered position. A few years later he en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business on his own 
 account and carried it on for three years. He 
 then went into the manufacturing of gloves in 
 the firm of Ward, McQuesten & Hull, at that 
 time the largest firm of that kind in town. He 
 remained in this business for five years and then 
 
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 opened up a summer boarding house and con- 
 tinued managing the same until 1880, when he 
 lost his wife. 
 
 After her death he went to Livermore and 
 superintended a large lumbering business for 
 fifteen years. In 1895, upon the request of his 
 many friends, he accepted the Postmastership of 
 Plymouth, and is now serving in the second year 
 of his term. 
 
 Mr. Hull was married, in 1854, to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Benaiah S. Crockett of Holderness. 
 Mrs. Hull was born July 6, 1828, in Holderness; 
 she was a lady of high culture, gifted as a writer, 
 but especially loved and respected as a wife, a 
 mother, and a friend. She died in October, 1880, 
 and left two children: Arthur C. and Heber W. 
 Arthur C. is a traveling salesman, representing 
 the wholesale house of J. C. Norris & Co. of 
 Concord, N. H. Heber W. is a conductor on 
 the Boston & Maine R. R.; both brothers make 
 their home in Plymouth. 
 
 Mr. Hull has his own self to thank for his 
 present success; it took many years of toil and 
 sacrifice, but it was worth the price. The diffi- 
 culties he encountered in obtaining an education 
 have made him the friend and assistant of many 
 a young person, who has been desirous of secur- 
 ing an education or a place in the business 
 world. He has often advanced them money to 
 tide them over pressing difficulties; his thought- 
 ful acts are held in grateful memory by many 
 a young person, now entering upon a successful 
 career. In commercial circles he has proved 
 himself to be a most competent business man 
 and qualified to fill any office of trust. He is an 
 attendant of the Congregational Church. In 
 politics, he is a pronounced Democrat, and has 
 served in all the town offices, from road agent to 
 representing the town in the State Legislature. 
 While a representative he served as a member 
 of the Committee for the Asylum for the Insane 
 at Concord, and as chairman directed its busi- 
 ness. Such duties as devolved upon him were 
 performed in a faithful and painstaking manner; 
 he has at many times received compliments for 
 his efficient work. 
 
 As one of the leading and representative citi- 
 zens of Grafton Co., and worthy to be classed 
 with the best in the State, we place a portrait of 
 Mr. Hull in this volume, in connection with this 
 sketch. 
 
 ALBERT PINNEO, a selectman of the town 
 of Hanover, living on his farm, which is situat- 
 ed on the north slope of Prospect Hill, was born 
 in the same house in which he now lives, June 
 26, 1844. He is a son of Orramel and Laura 
 (Foster) Pinneo. The latter was a daughter of 
 Caleb Foster, who lived at Salisbury, N. 
 H., a tanner by trade, who lived to be eighty- 
 six years old. His daughter was born in Han- 
 over, N. Hj Her first husband was a brother 
 of Orramel Pinneo, Jesse, who left no issue 
 when he died. 
 
 The Pinneo family is of French descent. The 
 great-great-great-grandfather of our subject, 
 James Pinneo, was a Hugenot of Lyons, France, 
 who was forced to flee his native country, like 
 many others of his associates, to escape the per- 
 secution that followed close after the Revocation 
 of the Edict of Nantes. He left France about 
 1685, and was a lad of sixteen summers when 
 he landed at Plymouth, Mass., without a cent 
 in his pocket to pay even his passage. As the 
 custom was then, the captain of the vessel sold 
 him to a person, who, in return for the services 
 of this bond-servant for a stipulated length of 
 time, paid the passage money. He was accord- 
 ingly sold for a period of four years, but he 
 proved himself to be so good and faithful a serv- 
 ant, that he was released in less than one year. 
 On July 22, 1717, he bought land at Lebanon, 
 now Columbia, Conn., where the family made 
 their home for many generations. Previous to 
 this he had owned a farm in Bristol, R. I., which 
 he purchased April 2, 1713 ; he was a weaver 
 by trade. May 9, 1706, he married Dorothy, his 
 wife. 
 
 James Pinneo, known as Deacon James Pin- 
 neo, son of the James, of whom we have spoken 
 above, was born in Bristol, R. I., probably; he 
 married Priscilla Newcomb, June 16, 1731, and 
 died Feb. 18, 1789, aged eighty-one years. His 
 wife was called to her long home Jan. 5, 1792, at 
 the age of 82. Deacon James Pinneo, Jr., was 
 born April 5, 1734, and married Jerusha Strong 
 Jan. 8, 1758; his wife died June 14, 1824. 
 
 Joseph Pinneo, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, and son of the preceding, was born Nov. 1, 
 1718, in Columbia, Conn., from which locality he 
 came to our subject's farm.when his son Orramel 
 was four years old; this was in 1793. He mar- 
 ried Azuba Wright, daughter of Jabez Wright; 
 
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 he died Feb. 8, 1845. He served in the Revolu- 
 tionary Army from Connecticut. His wife died 
 Aug. 21, 1856, aged ninety-one years. There is 
 an apple-tree standing on our subject's farm, 
 that bore fruit the year after his grandfather, 
 Joseph Pinneo, came here, over one hundred 
 years ago. 
 
 Orramel Pinneo was born in Columbia, Conn., 
 Nov. 25, 1789, and after coming to Hanover with 
 his parents spent the rest of his life on our sub- 
 ject's farm; he died at the age of ninety, Jan. 
 13, 1879. He was educated in the district 
 schools, and afterwards was a teacher. He 
 served the town of Hanover as selectman, road 
 surveyor, school committeeman; politically, he 
 was a Whig, and later a Republican. In the 
 Congregational Church of Hanover, of which 
 he was a devoted member, he was Deacon. By 
 his first marriage he was joined with Eunice 
 Hough, and became the parent of seven chil- 
 dren; his second marriage to the widow of his 
 brother, Jesse Pinneo, who died without issue, 
 was productive of one child, Albert, the subject 
 of this personal history. 
 
 Albert Pinneo was raised on the farm where 
 he was born, and has since lived; until the age 
 of twenty-three, he spent much of his time in 
 obtaining an education, attending the district 
 schools, and employing two years very profita- 
 bly in Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. 
 H. Before finishing his schooling he had 
 clerked one year for an uncle in Compton, Can- 
 ada. When he left the Academy he taught one 
 term of school, before he took up farming in 
 earnest on the farm, where he has been located 
 since; the farm comprises 155 acres, and is given 
 up to dairy-farming, and to the raising of fruit. 
 
 Mr. Pinneo became a married man January, 
 1874, his nuptials with Mary A. Cross of Hart- 
 ford, Vt, being consummated at that date; she 
 was a daughter of Thomas W. Cross, who mar- 
 ried Mary Lord. Our subject's union has re- 
 sulted in the birth of four children, all of whom 
 are living: Fred; Charles, who lives at Leba- 
 non, N. H., where he is employed as a cutter 
 in an overall factory; Laura; and Henry. Our 
 subject and his estimable wife, a true and ever 
 faithful helpmate, are both members of Graf- 
 ton Star Grange of Hanover. Politically he is 
 a Republican, and wields no small amount of in- 
 fluence among the voters of Hanover. He has 
 
 been President for three years of the Republican 
 Club of the town, and is now the incumbent. 
 Fie has held a number of the town offices, among 
 which are those of ballot clerk, road agent, se- 
 lectman since March, 1896, and a member of 
 the school board for four years, during all of 
 which period he has been treasurer, and chair- 
 man for two years. 
 
 The family were pioneers in the fruit rais- 
 ing in this township. Joseph, his uncle, had a 
 nursery on his farm. 
 
 JOHN W. CHANDLER, who is engaged 
 in farming near Prospect Hill, was born on 
 Chandler Hill, near the center of the town of 
 Hanover, Nov. 16, 1823. He is a son of Cyrus 
 and Lucy (Davis) Chandler. 
 
 The first American ancestor of the Chandler 
 family was William Chandler, who, with Annis, 
 his wife, came from England in 1637, settling 
 at Roxbury, Mass., where he was a small land- 
 owner. He was a church member, and a very 
 good citizen. He died of consumption Nov. 26, 
 1641. 
 
 Of six children born to William and Annis 
 Chandler, four of whom were born in England, 
 Deacon John was the fifth. He married Eliza- 
 beth Douglas on the sixteenth of February, 
 1658; she was born in Woodstock, Conn., in 
 1640, and died July 23, 1705, at New London, 
 Conn. She was a daughter of William Douglas 
 and his wife Anna (Mattle), a daughter of 
 Thomas Mattle of Ringstead, Northampton, 
 England. William Douglas was governor of 
 the colony of New London, Conn. Deacon 
 John Chandler served as selectman many years, 
 and was moderator in 1694, according to the 
 town records. He was a Deacon in the church 
 of Rev. Josiah Dwight. Deacon John Chandler 
 died April 15, 1703, aged 68 years. 
 
 The son of the preceding, Judge John Chand- 
 ler, married Mary Raymond of Woodstock, 
 Conn. She was born in New London, Conn., 
 March 12, 1671 or 1672. Judge John Chandler 
 was a prominent and representative man of his 
 day; he was the first Judge of Probate of Wor- 
 cester County. He received a license to keep 
 a house of entertainment. He was appointed 
 town surveyor April 3, 1703. He served as 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Captain, Major, and as Colonel in the militia, 
 and was Major in the Indian War of 1722. He 
 was representative in the General Court, held in 
 Boston in 171 1; in 1724-25 he served as repre- 
 sentative sixty-nine days, for which he receipt- 
 ed for pay in the sum of £15: 8: o. 
 
 Judge Chandler's son, William, was the 
 father of William J. Chandler, who was one of the 
 first settlers in the town of Hanover, coming 
 from Pomfrey, Conn. He took up a tract of 
 land on the hill, to which he gave his name; 
 there he cleared a farm, and lived to the good 
 old age of ninety years. His first marriage was 
 with a Miss Grosvenor; his second was with a 
 Miss Hill; and his third with Eunice Tenny, the 
 grandmother of our subject. 
 
 Cyrus Chandler was born on the homestead 
 on Chandler's . Hill, and followed farming 
 throughout the active period of his life. His 
 wife, Lucy Davis, was a daughter of Bezaliel 
 and Mary (Wright) Davis; the father of Mrs. 
 Chandler was a farmer; he died prior to 1823, 
 about 63 or 64 years of age.; There were born 
 to our subject's parents seven children, of whom 
 the five living are: Bezaliel D. died at 65 years; 
 William G. living at Hartford; Edwin C. resid- 
 ing at Lebanon; John W., the subject of this 
 sketch; Lucy D., ;who married Nathaniel ,P. 
 Merrill, and lives at Aetna; and Cyrus C, who 
 makes his home in Enfield; Edwin C, first, who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 John W. Chandler was reared on the Chand- 
 ler homestead on Chandler's Hill, and attended 
 the district schools during his youth, until he 
 was eighteen, when the family moved to Aetna 
 village. After a few years stay there they went 
 to Norwich, Vt, where they resided five or six 
 years; the family finally located in Hartford, 
 Vt., where the parents died, the father at the age 
 of seventy-six, and the mother at the age of 
 sixty-nine. Our subject remained with his pa- 
 rents until he was thirty years old, when he mar- 
 ried, and began farming for himself, renting a 
 farm for one year near the village of Aetna, and 
 one in Sharon, Vt., for a year. Mr. Chandler 
 then purchased a farm in the town of Hanover, 
 at the foot of Lord's Hill, and lived there twenty- 
 nine years. In January, 1885, he bought his 
 present farm of 115 acres, and has since been 
 engaged in carrying on general farming, be- 
 sides running a dairy of from ten to twelve cows. 
 
 Mr. Chandler was married April 2, 1854, in 
 the village of Aetna, to Julia L. Dewey, who 
 was born in Williamstown, Vt., of William and 
 Mary (Fish) Dewey. Three children have been 
 born to our subject and his wife: William Dewey; 
 and Lucy M. and Mary E., both deceased. 
 Our subject was a Deacon in the Baptist Church 
 of Aetna village. In politics he is a Republican, 
 as is his son. 
 
 William Dewey Chandler was born on the 
 farm near Lord's Hill Feb. 9, 1857, and was 
 reared in the town of Hanover, attending its 
 district school. He is now living with his father, 
 and assisting him in carrying on the farm. 
 He was married July 4, 1885, in Hanover, to 
 Katherine F. Mason, daughter of Julius J. and 
 Lydia (Chandler) Mason. Julius J. Mason was 
 a son of Stephen and Eunice (Hazen) Mason. 
 Lydia Chandler was a daughter of Laban and 
 Lydia (TruejChandler, and a granddaughtei 
 of William and Eunice (Tenny) Chandler, the 
 grandparents of our subject. To William D. 
 Chandler and his wife four children have been 
 born: Lucy M.; Edwin C; Julius M.; and 
 Edith May. 
 
 FRANKLIN P. CURRIER, a leading, well- 
 to-do farmer of Haverhill, N. H., was born in 
 Enfield, July 12, 1830. He is a son of Chellis 
 and Susan (Foster) Currier, and grandson of 
 Richard Currier. 
 
 Richard Currier came as one of the first set- 
 tlers of Enfield, from Southampton, Mass.; the 
 family came from England originally. The 
 grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War, and drew a pension till his 
 death. The old home, where he kept an inn for 
 travelers in Enfield, is still standing. Richard 
 Currier died about the year 1835 or 1836. 
 
 Chellis Currier was one of a family of two 
 boys and two girls, and was probably born in 
 Enfield; he followed the pursuit of agriculture 
 through his life. Very quiet and reserved in 
 manners, never taking an active interest in pol- 
 itics, so far as running for an office, yet he was 
 a loyal Democrat. In religious belief he was 
 a Universalist, and a man of exceptionally good 
 morals. Susan Foster, his wife, was one of a 
 
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 family of five boys and one girl, born in Hano- 
 ver, to Richard Foster. Her mother was a Miss 
 Greeley, a cousin of Horace Greeley. The 
 union of Mr. Currier and Susan Foster was pro- 
 lific of the following seven children: James A., 
 deceased; George W. lives at Enfield; John lives 
 at Danville, Vt; Sarah Eliza lives at Enfield; 
 Harriet E. is deceased; Franklin Pettingill is the 
 subject of this short notice; Lucy Ann married 
 Charles Titus and lives at Lebanon. 
 
 Our subject made his home in Enfield until 
 his marriage, when about 34 years old; his edu- 
 cation was secured in the common district 
 schools, and in a one year's course in the Canaan 
 Union Academy of Canaan, N. H. When nearly 
 twenty-one he hired out to his brother, who 
 was managing the home farm, after which he 
 and his brother bought the property of their 
 father, and for ten years carried on the farm in 
 partnership, the old folks living with them in 
 retirement. Then Franklin P. sold his share 
 of the farm, went to Haverhill, and entered the 
 tanning business. For about eight years he fol- 
 lowed tanning at "The Brook," and when it 
 was destroyed by fire, he bought his farm, where 
 he now resides; it is made up of 200 acres lying 
 between the river and the hills back of it. 
 
 Mr. Currier was married Jan. 1. 1861, at Bos- 
 ton, to Missouri E., daughter of David and Eliza 
 (Whitmore) Whitmore; Miss Whitmore was 
 born in St. Louis, Mo. David Whitmore, a 
 son of Anthony Whitmore, was born in New- 
 buryport, Mass.; Eliza Whitmore was a daugh- 
 ter of David Whitmore, Jr. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Currier were born three children: Norma Cut- 
 ter married Leslie P. Snow, whose first wife 
 was Susan Eliza, the second daughter of our 
 subject; Susan Eliza bore her husband two chil- 
 dren before her death, who were named: Con- 
 rad E., now aged seven years; and Leslie F., 
 aged six years; Mr. Snow lives in Rochester, 
 N. H; Anzolette Austin married Timothy 
 Blanchard of Menzana, Cal. Mrs. Currier is a 
 member of the Congregational Church. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Currier is a Democrat, and has served 
 as selectman for two years, and has also been 
 a member of the school committee. He is a 
 member of Haverhill Grange, No. 212. He is 
 thorough-going and honest in all of his deal- 
 ings, and is well entitled to the great respect 
 in which he is held. 
 
 MOSES E. WITHINGTON, a prosperous 
 farmer, living near Hanover, N. H., was born in 
 the above town Jan. 31, 1828. He is a son 
 of Francis and Joanna (Fitts) Withington, and 
 grandson of Elias and Mary (McKean) Withing- 
 ton. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather is descended from 
 one of three brothers, who landed in Boston 
 in early colonial times. Elias was born in Hen- 
 niker, and lived to the age of seventy-two, be- 
 ing engaged in farming all of his life. His son, 
 Francis, our subject's lather, was born in Hen- 
 niker, N. H., and was sixteen years old when 
 he came to the town of Hanover, where he fol- 
 lowed his calling of a farmer until his death in 
 the month of October, 1871, aged seventy-five 
 years. He was ever a supporter of the Demo- 
 cratic Party, and took his turn with his neigh- 
 bors in serving on the school committee, and in 
 road surveying. He reared seven children, who 
 were christened: Oscar R.; Moses E., the sub- 
 ject of this notice; Ephraim F. ; Richard W.; 
 Rhoda Ann; Lorinda C; and Convers F. Of 
 this family the only survivors are Moses E. and 
 Lorinda. 
 
 The mother of our subject was born in Dor- 
 chester, N. H., of Richard and Mary (Powell) 
 Fitts, the latter of whom was born in Henniker, 
 N. H, Dec. 13, 1796. The first member of the 
 Fitts family in America was Robert Fitts, who, 
 with his wife, Grace D., came from Fitzford, 
 Tavistock, Devon, England, in 1635, settling 
 first in the colony of Ipswich, removing from 
 there to Salisbury, of which town he was one of 
 the original settlers; he ''died in Ipswich, to 
 which he returned to pass his declining years. 
 He was a man of superior education and high 
 social standing, like many of the early Puritans, 
 and was held in high esteem for his exceptional 
 integrity. Abraham Fitts, his son, married Sa- 
 rah Thompson, and became the father of the 
 next in the line of descent to our subject, Rich- 
 ard Fitts, Sr. Richard Fitts was born Feb. 26, 
 1672, and married Sarah Thorne Jan. 16, 1891. 
 His father conveyed to him all of his property 
 in Salisbury, where Richard removed to, and 
 there built himself a block house to protect his 
 family from Indian raids. Richard Fitts, Jr., 
 was born Jan. 20, 1705, married Sarah Brown 
 April 16, 1727, and died Feb. 23, 1791. His 
 wife was a daughter of Ephraim and Lydia 
 
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 Brown, and was born Sept. 14, 1708. Their 
 son, Ephraim Fitts, was born May 10, i745> 
 and died April 13, 1800; he was a soldier of the 
 Revolution, being drafted from Chester; after the 
 war he settled in South Hampton, ^where he be- 
 came a prominent citizen. He was a tithing- 
 man for three years, jand held many | other 
 offices for longer and shorter periods. He wan 
 a blacksmith by trade. He was married Aug. 
 29,. 1765, to Rhoda Worthen of Chester, N. H. 
 Among their children was Richard Fitts, the 
 father of our subject's mother; he was born Feb. 
 22, 1770, and died Oct. 6, 1835. He was one of 
 the first settlers of Dorchester, N. H., settling 
 there about 1791 ; in 1804 he went to Enfield, N. 
 H., and still later he changed his residence to 
 East Hanover, moving his goods with the aid 
 of an ox team ten or twelve miles on the cele- 
 brated cold Friday, Jan. 19, 1810, without an 
 overcoat over him. 
 
 Moses E. Withington was brought up on his 
 father's farm on the east side of Moose Moun- 
 tain in the town of Hanover, and remained un- 
 der the parental roof until he was thirty-two, 
 when he married, and set up an establishment of 
 his own. He attended the district schools un- 
 til he was twenty and then began to work out 
 on the neighboring farms as a farm-hand. For 
 ten years he was engaged in lumbering; he 
 would purchase wood lots, cut the timber, and 
 sell it. After his marriage he lived three years 
 in Canaan, carrying on a lumbering business; 
 he then went to Enfield, where he lived eighteen 
 years, making his home on a small tract, and 
 working out on farms, and in the woods. In 
 1881 Mr. Withington came to his present home, 
 a farm consisting of 300 acres, given up to dairy- 
 farming, and supporting from fifteen to twenty 
 cows. 
 
 Mr. Withington took upon himself the mar- 
 riage vows April 21, 1859, being united with 
 Juliana C. Dwinels in the town of Canaan, her 
 birthplace. Mrs. Withington is a daughter of 
 James and Louisa (Crane) Dwinels, both of 
 whom were from Hillsboro,where they were born 
 and married. Of the five children born to them 
 Juliana was the eldest. James Dwinels was a 
 son of Jonathan and Rachel (Russell) Dwinels; 
 Jonathan Dwinels was in the War of 18 12, and 
 his wife drew a pension after his death. Louisa 
 Crane, Mrs. Withington's mother, was a daugh- 
 
 ter of Dr. Joshua Crane of Hillsboro. Mrs. 
 Withington is a member of the Grange.- They 
 are both attendants of the M. E. Church. Mrs. 
 Withington is a member of the Good Samaritan 
 always been a Democrat, but has never accepted 
 any office. 
 
 James Frank Withington, the only child, and 
 son of our subject and his wife, married Annie 
 Tinney, daughter of Philo and Augusta (Wright) 
 Tinney, and is the father of five children, as fol- 
 lows: Julia Augusta; Stella Tinney; John Dur- 
 kee; Robert Dyke; and Dean Elmer. Frank 
 is a member of Grafton Star Grange, No. 60. 
 
 ANDREW J. PIKE, an engineer on the B. 
 & M. R. R., was born in Haverhill, N. H., Oct. 
 1 7> 1855. His father was Samuel Pike; he was 
 born in Hebron. He and his wife, Mary S. 
 (Jeffers) Pike, who was born in Benton, are still 
 living in Lisbon, N. H., at the advanced ages of 
 82 and 79 years. 
 
 Our subject attended the common schools, 
 and Haverhill Academy, finishing his education 
 at the age of 17, with three terms of school in 
 Newbury Academy. His parents were, not in 
 particularly comfortable circumstances, so An- 
 drew was forced to support himself from an ex- 
 tremely early age. From the time he was nine 
 till he was sixteen years of age, he worked on 
 a farm for $2 per month; at the latter age, he 
 went to Bristol, and secured work in a carriage 
 factory, where he labored three years, attend- 
 ing winter school in the Academy. He then 
 engaged in the meat business one year in New- 
 bury. Mr. Pike married his first wife at the 
 age of 21, and moved to Ossipee, where he en- 
 tered upon the manufacture of carriages in part- 
 nership with Charles Wiggins, continuing in the 
 business for eighteen months. His next em- 
 ployment lasted nine months, during which time 
 he performed the duties of trackman for the 
 Eastern branch of the Eastern Railroad, from 
 Portland to North Conway. Montpelier, Vt., 
 became his next place of residence, running a 
 stationary engine there for the Granite Works, 
 until sickness compelled him to relinquish the 
 situation. He returned to Haverhill, when he 
 had recovered his health, and fired on the B. & 
 M. R. R. for a period extending a little over 
 
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 five years, taking charge of an engine at the end 
 of that time, June i, 1885. He has ever since 
 been connected with the road as one of its 
 most trusted employees, and enjoys the full con- 
 fidence of his superior officers. Mr. Pike has 
 been in three wrecks, in one of which he was 
 badly injured. He is a, loyal Brotherhood mem- 
 ber, and belongs to both the B. of L. E. and B. 
 of L. F. Lodges of Concord, N. H. He is also 
 a Mason, and holds a membership in the A. F. 
 & A. M. Lodge of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 On Nov. 30, 1876, Mr. Pike was married to 
 his first wife, Annie, daughter of James Crow- 
 ley, and to them were born two children: Gracie 
 and John J. A second union was formed, after 
 the death of his first wife, with Mary S. East- 
 man of Ashland, N. H; there were no children 
 born to them. His third matrimonial alliance 
 was with Mabel Kimball, who was born at Man- 
 chester, N. H., the daughter of John S. and Sa- 
 rah (Davis) Kimball. Her father was born at 
 Loudon Ridge, N. H.; and her mother at Ben- 
 necock, X. H. 
 
 THADDEUS EZRA. SANGER, M. D. The 
 medical profession is ably represented in Grafton 
 Co. by many physicians of both the old and new 
 schools, who -reflect great credit on their respec- 
 tive systems, but the oldest and without doubt 
 the ablest exponent of the homeopathic school 
 in the county and in the State north of Lake 
 Village, is the learned and cultured gentleman 
 whose name heads this short memoir, Dr. Thad- 
 deus Ezra Sanger, of the village of Littleton, 
 N. H. He has been engaged in the active prac- 
 tice of his profession for the past forty years, in 
 all of which period he has been identified with 
 Littleton, with the exception of two years spent 
 in Hardwick, Vt. He became a student and a 
 successful practitioner at a time when the school, 
 with which he allied himself, was held in great 
 disfavor and contempt by members of the so- 
 called regular school; Dr. Sanger has been of 
 vast service in bringing the tenets and principles 
 of his school into popular favor both in the dis- 
 trict in which he lived and generally throughout 
 Northern New Hampshire and Vermont. 
 
 Our subject was born in Troy, Vt., March 12, 
 1832, and is a son of Ezra and Sarah M. (Brown) 
 
 Sanger, and a grandson of Eleazer and Sabrina 
 (Whitney) Sanger. Eleazer Sanger, our sub- 
 ject's grandfather, was the third of that name, 
 and a son of Eleazer Sanger, the second, born 
 in Petersham, Mass., in 1735, who, with his 
 brothers, Ezra and Abner, was at the taking of 
 Quebec and Fort Ticonderoga during the 
 French and Indian War; they were also mem- 
 bers of the foot company from Keene, 
 N. H, which marched on the alarm, 
 given at Bunker Hill in the Revolu- 
 tion. Eleazer Sanger, the first, father of 
 Eleazer, the second, and great-great-grand- 
 father of our subject, was born in Sherburn, 
 Sanger, who was born in Sherburn in 1651, and 
 grandson of Richard Sanger, the second, who 
 was born in London, England, in 1620, and 
 came to America and settled in Sudbury, Mass. 
 Richard Sanger, the first of that name, was born 
 in England, emigrated to America, and settled 
 in Kingham, Mass., in 1636. 
 
 Dr. Sanger's grandfather was born in Keene, 
 N. H, in 1766, and joined in marriage to his 
 estimable wife, Sabrina Whitney, in Winchester, 
 Mass. ; after marriage, about the year 1790, he set 
 out on his journey with oxen and sled to found 
 a home in Vermont, at a locality he had previ- 
 ously picked out as suitable. He purchased a 
 tract of land, since incorporated in the town of 
 St. Johnsbury, where he cleared a piece for im- 
 mediate cultivation and erected a log-house, at 
 what was known as the four corners; later on he 
 settled in the center, where he built mills, and 
 engaged in sawing timber info lumber. He was 
 a typical pioneer and owned and cleared about 
 200 acres of forest land. The village, which soon 
 gathered itself about the mills, formerly called 
 the Center Village, and now St. Johnsbury, was 
 known as Sanger's Mills as late as the year 1848. 
 Hospitable and accommodating of nature, he 
 often entertained teamsters and travelers coming 
 his way in the spacious and roomy Hopper- 
 roofed house, which he built in the village, but 
 which he never opened as a tavern. He was a 
 very prominent man in business and took a lively 
 interest in any contemplated improvement of the 
 village. His death, which took place at the age 
 of seventy, was mourned by not only those of 
 his own generation and years, but also by all 
 who had ever known him in either business or 
 social circles. His wife passed away in obedi- 
 
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 ence to the heavenly summons at the age of 
 seventy-five, in 1838. Twelve children were born 
 to them; among those who grew up to maturity 
 were the following: Ezra, Betsey, Sabrina, and 
 Lydia. 
 
 Ezra Sanger, our subject's father, was born 
 in St. Johnsbury, Vt, in 1804, and when a young 
 man entered the store of John Clark as his clerk, 
 and later opened a store of his own in the Center 
 Village as the first merchant of the village. Upon 
 his removal to Troy, Vt., he sold his business and 
 entered upon the manufacture of potash and 
 shoes in his new home, besides running a store 
 of general merchandise; it was during this period 
 that Dr. Sanger was born. In 1834 Ezra Sanger 
 sold his interests and moved to Honeoye Falls, 
 N. Y., where he identified himself in the mer- 
 cantile life of that place till his death in 1840 of 
 consumption. His wife, Sarah M. Brown, who 
 was an adopted daughter of John Clark, her 
 parents having died when she was a child, bore 
 Mr. Sanger the following children: Maria, 
 Ellen, Thaddeus E., Mary Ann, and Benjamin. 
 Our subject's mother married as her second 
 husband Thomas Gleason, and was blessed with 
 one child, Fanny; Mrs. Gleason finally departed 
 this life at the age of fifty, with a complaint of 
 lung trouble. Ezra Sanger was a Whig in poli- 
 tics, as was his father before him, but never felt 
 inclined to run for any office. He was liberal in 
 his religious views. Sarah Brown Sanger was a 
 granddaughter of John Ide, who was a soldier in 
 a Massachusetts regiment in the Revolution. 
 Her grandfather on her father's side, John 
 Brown, was also a soldier of the Revolution. 
 
 Dr. Sanger's early education was obtained in 
 the common schools of the town in which he 
 lived; he then entered St. Johnsbury Academy 
 and finished the course at the age of eighteen, 
 going from there to Toledo, Ohio, where he 
 taught school for a time. Soon after he accepted 
 a situation as a clerk in a drug store; there he 
 first applied himself seriously to the study of his 
 profession, and availed himself of every chance 
 moment of time, even breaking in on needed 
 hours for rest to further his knowledge in the 
 theory of the healing art. After two years of 
 well-employed time in the drug store he attended 
 medical lectures in Philadelphia, and then put 
 himself under the direction of Drs. Stone and 
 Sanborn of St. Johnsbury, Vt. He also studied 
 
 medicine in the office of Dr. Darling at Lyndon, 
 Vt. Backed by his powerful will and assisted in 
 his study by his well-formed trait of persever- 
 ance, he made rapid progress, and soon entered 
 the Homeopathic College at Philadelphia, from 
 which he graduated in 1856 and located im- 
 mediately at Hardwick, Vt., where he remained 
 two years, coming from there to Littleton, July 
 12, 1858, with a reputation already established. 
 His long and varied practice since in Littleton 
 and its vicinity has developed into one of the 
 best, both from a financial and a professional 
 standpoint. 
 
 He can claim the distinction of being the first 
 physician of the Homeopathic School in North- 
 ern New Hampshire, and what might be termed 
 a pioneer in that system in this section of the 
 State. From the beginning of his professional 
 career he evinced great enthusiasm in his chosen 
 line of work, exhibiting in more than one way 
 his marked fitness as a physician. His reputa- 
 tion as a skillful and generally successful prac- 
 titioner was readily established and soon brought 
 him to be consulted in critical cases by both 
 members of the allopathic and homeopathic 
 schools; he is frequently called in consultation 
 throughout Northern New Hampshire and 
 Northern Vermont, and sustains a high reputa- 
 tion among the leading members of the medical 
 fraternity in the State. 
 
 His professional connections have led him to 
 become a member of various medical organiza- 
 tions, in which he has as a rule taken a promi- 
 nent part. In 1870 he became a member of the 
 American Institution of Homeopathy. Since 
 1865 he has been a member of the New Hamp- 
 shire Medical Society, and has held many of the 
 important offices, such as censor for fifteen years, 
 vice-president in 1876-77, president for the years 
 1878-79-80. The honorary degree of "Doctor 
 of Homeopathic Medicine" was bestowed upon 
 him in 1867, in recognition of his ability and ser- 
 vices. In 1871 he was appointed by the general 
 Government to the position of pension surgeon 
 for the United States Pension Bureau, and held 
 that post until the advent of Cleveland's Admin- 
 istration, when he resigned. It was mainly due 
 to his energetic efforts that the Connecticut 
 Valley Homeopathic Medical Society of North- 
 ern New Hampshire was organized; he was 
 elected to the office of its president for two years. 
 
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 At the present time he is medical examiner for 
 the Knights of Honor and the Provident Mutual 
 Association of New Hampshire. 
 
 Free Masonry has claimed much of his time 
 and attention, not otherwise devoted to his pro- 
 fession; he joined the Burns Lodge at Littleton, 
 Dec. 7, 1870; received the Chapter Degree, 
 Franklin Chapter of Lisbon, in 1881; was made 
 Knight Templar of the St. Girard Commandery, 
 Jan. 23, 1882; took Council degrees at Omega 
 Council, Plymouth, Feb. 11, 1884; an d received 
 the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite at 
 the Valley of Nashua, Dec. 21, 1885. He has 
 held in the past and still holds important Masonic 
 offices. In 1871 he was Junior Warden, Senior 
 Warden in 1872-73, Warder of the Command- 
 ery in 1882, Captain-General in 1883, Eminent 
 Commander from 1884 to 1891, Grand Captain 
 of the Guard of the Grand Commander of the 
 State in 1884, and Grand Warder in 1885. He 
 was Master of the Burns Lodge, F. & A. M., in 
 1890, and Grand Commander of the State in 
 1892. 
 
 The remarkable success with which Dr. Sanger 
 has met is a good index of what can be achieved 
 by pursuing a definite aim in life. Distinction and 
 an honored name have come to him by reason 
 of his natural talents, his even and genial tem- 
 per, and a life unremitting in its application to 
 the work he took in hand. The first five years 
 of his medical experience was not altogether 
 calm sailing, but he established in that time a 
 character for his system from an adverse start- 
 ing point, and a place for himself as a physician 
 and as a surgeon, worthy of the highest com- 
 mendation. He is conceded to be an authority 
 for the Homeopathic School in Northern New 
 Hampshire. His admirable personal qualities 
 have attached to him a large and respectable 
 body of adherents. In his battles with human 
 ills and infirmities he is cool and sagacious and 
 most persistent in his belief in the dogma of his 
 school — like cures like. His earnestness and 
 evident sincerity, combined with successful re- 
 sults, have inspired a confidence in the worth of 
 homeopathy, and have converted many to his 
 faith, and under this inspiration he now enjoys 
 a lucrative and satisfactory practice, as he has 
 done from the early days of his professional 
 career. 
 
 His quick and brilliant intellect, his clearness 
 
 of perception, his ready wit and repartee, his un- 
 varying good nature and fine conversational 
 powers make him a general favorite among all 
 classes, and a welcome guest at the fireside and 
 in the social circle. 
 
 Dr. Sanger was joined in the holy bond of 
 marriage, Oct. 29, 1856, to Miss Ianthe C. Knee- 
 land, daughter of Willard Hall and Clara 
 (Woods) Kneeland of Victory, Vt. Mr. Knee- 
 land was for many years a prominent farmer of 
 that town and of the town of Waterbury, and 
 owned valuable lumber mills, but on his retire- 
 ment he moved to Littleton, N. H, where he 
 died in 1875, at the age of seventy, having been 
 born in Waterbury in 1805. His wife, who was 
 born in Barnet, Vt, in 1810, departed this life 
 in 1892. She was a granddaughter of Capt. John 
 Ide, who served in Rhode Island in the Revolu- 
 tion, and granddaughter of John Woods, who 
 served in New Hampshire and Massachusetts 
 during the same war. There were born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Kneeland four children: Samuel P., 
 Ianthe C, Ellen, and Ireneus. Willard H. Knee- 
 land was a son of Richard Kneeland, the second, 
 who was born in Westford, Mass.,- in 1778, 
 grandson of Richard Kneeland, the first, born in 
 Boston in 1752, and great-grandson of John 
 Kneeland, the fifth, who was born in Boston in 
 1694. This John Kneeland was the celebrated 
 Boston builder and real estate owner after whom 
 Kneeland Street and Kneeland Wharf were 
 named, and who constructed the ever-memorable 
 "Old South Church" in Boston. John Kneeland 
 was the son of John Kneeland, the fourth, who 
 was born in Boston in 1668, grandson of John 
 Kneeland, the third, born in Boston in 1632, 
 great-grandson of John Kneeland, the second, 
 born in Scotland in 1600. He came to America 
 in 1632 and settled in Boston. He was a son of 
 Capt. John Kneeland, the first, who was born in 
 Scotland in 1565, married Mary Dunbar in 1598, 
 and died at sea in 1635. 
 
 Of our subject's children Ellen I. is the eldest 
 and was born Dec. 22, 1866, and is an artist by 
 profession. She attended the Normal Art School 
 at Boston, and has taught industrial drawing at 
 Littleton, where her natural talent is highly ap- 
 preciated. Lillian E., born April 20, 1872, be- 
 came an accomplished musician, and married F. 
 E. Green of Littleton, N. H. Catherine F. was 
 born April 7, 1879. 
 
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 Dr. Sanger has dealt considerably in real 
 estate, buying property, and, after making valu- 
 able improvements, selling at an advantage to 
 himself. His first home was at the corner of 
 South and Cottage Streets; after living there for 
 a number of years he sold it and bought the 
 Truman Stevens place on Main Street, in 1873. 
 The location was one of the finest in the village, 
 but the house was antiquated and in bad repair, 
 so Dr. Sanger caused it to be taken down and a 
 large house with mansard roof to be erected in 
 its stead. Barns were also built to accommodate 
 the horses and cattle, and the large lot was trans- 
 formed into beautiful lawns with many fine shade 
 trees. His office is located in his home, so that 
 everything is convenient for a comfortable prac- 
 tice of his profession. 
 
 It affords us the greatest pleasure to present 
 the portrait of Dr. Sanger in connection with this 
 sketch of his life as a prominent and representa- 
 tive physician and as a pioneer of^ the Homeo: 
 pathic School in Northern New Hampshire. 
 
 HON. HORACE F. HOYT, Jr., a prominent 
 farmer of the town of Hanover, living at Aetna 
 Village, is the great-grandson of Moses Hoyt, 
 who was born March 22, 1738. He married 
 Lydia Gould, who was born July 16, 1746; they 
 probably spent the greater part of their lives in 
 Newport, N. H. The last few years of their lives 
 lived with their son Joseph at Hanover. Moses 
 died Feb. 14, 1814, and his wife Dec. 13, 1814. 
 Moses Hoyt came to New Hampshire in the 
 early history of the country, during the Indian 
 troubles, and the red men, when they came to 
 know him, evinced great fear of his power and 
 prowess with the musket. In those days, so in- 
 secure were the conditions of life, it became a 
 custom for the neighbors to congregate, and 
 cultivate their corn in common, stacking their 
 guns by their sides and hoeing a few rods, and 
 then re-stacking them again nearer their work. 
 When one man's field was finished, they would 
 move on to the next and repeat the same per- 
 formance. After the country became settled, 
 and the Indians observed the peace, an old 
 chief said that he lay for hours behind a log, 
 waiting for an opportunity to shoot Moses, but 
 dared not when the chance came to him, know- 
 
 ing that if he missed his mark, that Moses 
 would surely kill him. At one time an Indian, 
 with raised tomahawk, was pursuing a neigh- 
 bor, named Smith, when Moses appeared, and 
 brought down the Indian with one telling shot. 
 
 Moses' son, Joseph Hoyt, was born at New- 
 port, N. H., Sept. 27, 1778, and married Mary 
 Patterson Nov. 14, 1802. In 1812, he came to 
 Hanover and bought the farm, now owned by 
 B. F. Plummer, and gave his attention to the 
 raising of sheep; he built himself a house during 
 the course of the war with England which 
 broke out in 1812. He lived for a few years 
 later in life in Stratford, Vt., but returned to 
 Hanover, where he died on the hill which bears 
 his name. His death occurred May 14, 1849; ms 
 wife survived him a few years, passing away 
 March 22, 1853. Of their children, Horace F., 
 Sr., the father of our subject, was the second in 
 order of birth. 
 
 Horace F. Hoyt, Sr., was born April 11, 
 181 1, and died Jan. 12, 1897, at the age of 
 eighty-six, at the home of his son, Horace F.. 
 Jr. He voted at every Presidential election 
 since 1832, voting the Whig tickets as long as 
 that party existed, and then transferring his 
 loyal support to the Republican party. When 
 seventy years old, he walked two miles, chopped 
 ten wagon-loads of pole fire-wood, and walked 
 back home in a day. He followed farming all 
 the active portion of his life. During his boy- 
 hood days he lived in Stratford, Vt., and in En- 
 field, Groton, and Washington, N. H. He mar- 
 ried Caroline E. Hardy, daughter of Daniel and 
 Betsey (Packard) Hardy, March 22, 1833; sne 
 departed this life Jan. 8, 1875. Daniel Hardy, 
 our subject's grandfather on his mother's side 
 of the house, lived to be eighty-seven years old; 
 he was a prominent settler in the early days of 
 the county, and at that time was considered a 
 very wealthy man. He was a merchant, as well 
 as a farmer, and in partnership with Gov. Colby 
 traded in mules. Following are the names of 
 the children, born to Horace F., Sr., and Caro- 
 line E. (Hardy) Hoyt: Mary J., the eldest, mar- 
 ried S. P. Barry; Horace F., Jr., was the second 
 in age; Ida married Albert F. Brown; Walter; 
 and Eliza, who married Simon Ward of Han- 
 over, whose sketch appears in this book. 
 
 Horace F Hoyt, Jr., was born in Enfield, Oct. 
 26, 1842, and at the age of three he was taken 
 
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 to Hanover by his parents, and that lias con- 
 tinued to be his home ever since. 1837, before 
 our subject's birth, his father lost all of his prop- 
 erty, and consequently Horace F., Jr., was 
 forced to rough it, and received but poor educa- 
 tional advantages. However, by application 
 and self-culture, he has made up for what he 
 missed in his early days. Up to the age of nine- 
 teen, he attended the district school, whenever 
 that was possible, and at the age of twenty-one 
 he taught one term of school, but as other op- 
 portunities promised him better return than 
 teaching, he soon relinquished that profession. 
 Being an only son, he never left the old folks 
 long, but drifted into farming with his father, 
 and afterwards, when his father retired from ac- 
 tive labor, succeeded him in the complete man- 
 agement of the farm. During the winters of his 
 early manhood, he worked out, but in the sum- 
 mer he remained at home. For a number of 
 years he was local agent for a produce buyer 
 in Hanover, buying and shipping farm products 
 to him for that market. He made his home on 
 the old farm until 1887, when he took charge of 
 the Hanover Town Farm, which lie managed 
 three years. In 1890, he bought his present 
 home in the village of Aetna. 
 
 Our subject's marriage took place in Eaton, 
 Province of Quebec, the bride being Miriam 
 Coates; her parents were Simeon and Rebecca 
 (Sanburn) Coates, formerly of Bradford, Vt. 
 Simeon Coates was born in Eaton, P. Q., and 
 was a son of William Coates, an early settler of 
 Eaton. Rebecca Sanburn was one of twenty- 
 seven children, born to her father, who was 
 twice married. Mrs. Hoyt's childhood was 
 spent in Eaton, and in the village of Cookshire. 
 When she was eighteen, she came to Hanover 
 and followed teaching for a few years; there she 
 met her husband, and was married to him on the 
 date given above in the Province of Quebec. 
 Mrs. Hoyt has borne her husband two children: 
 Willis P., and Caro E., deceased. Willis P. 
 married Mrs. Ida Richardson, daughter of Rich- 
 ard and Mary Simons; he is now occupying the 
 old homestead on Hoyt Hill. Caro E. married 
 John D. Ayer of Claremont, N. H., a teacher by 
 profession; her death occurred July 5, 1895. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt joined the Baptist Church 
 together about the time of their marriage; they 
 are members of the church at Aetna, of which 
 
 Mr. Hoyt has been Deacon for twenty-five 
 years. Our subject is a Republican in politics; 
 he served as selectman from 1878 to 1883; was 
 tax collector for the town of Hanover for seven 
 years; and in the fall of 1896 was elected to a 
 second term as county commissioner, and in 
 1893 he represented the town in the State Legis- 
 lature. He has been Treasurer of the Aetna 
 Creamery Co. for six years, since its organiza- 
 tion, and is now the business manager; his 
 efficiency and thoroughness has broadened and 
 increased the business, until it now amounts to 
 as much as $20,000.00 a year. Mr. Hoyt is a 
 member of Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M.; St. 
 Andrews Chapter of Lebanon; and Sullivan 
 Commandery of Claremont. He is a charter 
 member of Grafton Star Grange, No. 60, of 
 Hanover, and also a charter member of Mas- 
 coma Valley Pomona Grange, in which he has 
 held all the official chairs and has served as dis- 
 trict deputy three years. He has been promi- 
 nently identified with almost every matter of 
 public interest that has had its inception in 
 Hanover; his record as a private citizen and as 
 an official will bear the most critical inspection. 
 
 DAVID SLOAN, deceased, born Jan. 9, 
 1780, died June 7, i860, was a leading lawyer 
 of his time in Haverhill, and well known 
 throughout the entire county. His father was 
 David Sloan, Sr., a resident of Pelham, Mass, 
 where he was engaged in pursuits of an agri- 
 cultural nature. Our subject's mother was a 
 lady, Whose maiden name was Elizabeth Scott. 
 David Sloan, Jr., was one of five sons born to 
 his parents, namely: David, Jr., Jonathan, 
 James, Andrew L., and Gardner. Our subject's 
 birthplace was Pelham, Mass.; he attended 
 school at Leicester (Mass.) Academy, and grad- 
 uated from Dartmouth College about 1806. In 
 Hanover he studied law with a Mr. Woodward. 
 His first introduction to Flaverhill occurred in 
 his senior year at college, when he came to 
 Haverhill to finish out the term of the principal 
 of Haverhill Academy, who had been taken ill. 
 He boarded in the family of the principal, and 
 upon his departure gave to the wife of the prin- 
 cipal a gold pin as a token of the pleasant times 
 
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 he had there ; this pin after his death was given 
 to Miss Sloan, the daughter of David. 
 
 David Sloan belonged to a family of lawyers, 
 all of whom were of prominence and celebrity ; 
 his two brothers, next to him in age, were 
 lawyers; one of them, Jonathan, was considered 
 to be among the most talented legal lights of the 
 Ohio bar. One of Mr. Sloan's nephews is at 
 present Dean of the Law School of the Wis- 
 consin State University at Madison, Wis. Upon 
 Mr. Sloan's admission to the bar, he came to 
 Haverhill, where he made himself one of the 
 most distinguished members of the State bar. 
 He was well acquainted with Ezekiel and Dan- 
 iel Webster, who plead at the same bars that he 
 did. He kept up a flourishing practice, until 
 his eyes became disabled from a cataract; when 
 at last this defect to his vision was removed by 
 surgical skill, he did not resume his practice, 
 but led a more or less retired life till his death. 
 
 The private practice Mr. Sloan built up 
 proved very remunerative to him, and for this 
 reason he never accepted any judgeship. He 
 was disinterested in politics, never having occa- 
 sion to advance his own interests; in politics 
 that related to the welfare of town, county, 
 state, or nation, he ever took an intelligent and 
 lively interest. He was originally a Whig, and 
 later a Republican; if the committees having 
 such work in charge discovered a doubtful or 
 wavering voter, Mr. Sloan was assigned to the 
 duty of bringing him into the fold, a feat he 
 rarely failed to accomplish. His death took 
 place in Haverhill. 
 
 David Sloan, Jr., was married in Newbury, 
 Vt, Nov. 21, 1811, to Miss Hannah Johnson, 
 who was born in Newbury, Aug. 4, 1785. She 
 was the daughter of Col. Thomas and Abigail 
 (Carlton) Johnson. Col. Johnson was born 
 April 22, 1742, in Old Haverhill, Mass. ; he came 
 to Newbury, Vt, in early manhood, and was a 
 resident of that town when the Revolution broke 
 out. His first purchase of land was made in 
 October, 1763, when he, in conjunction with 
 Gen. Bailey, secured the entire tract of land in- 
 cluded in the Ox Bow Meadows of the Connec- 
 ticut River Valley. In the Revolution he dis- 
 tinguished himself under Gen. Bailev as a cap- 
 tain of volunteers at the taking of Ticonderoga, 
 and in the siege of Mt. Independence in the au- 
 tumn of 1777. When the British surrendered. 
 
 100 men were put in charge of Col. Johnson, 
 who took them back into the country to pre- 
 vent their recapture, and to husband the ra- 
 tions of the fort. Col. Johnson was captured 
 when an officer of that rank in the spring of 1781, 
 when building a mill at Peacham, Vt After a 
 long, weary tramp, fraught with the greatest 
 hardships, he and his captors reached the head- 
 quarters in Canada, with clothes all torn, and 
 ragged. The officers there gave him the best 
 kind of treatment, not thinking anything too 
 good for him, in return for his kindness toward 
 them, when they were prisoners under his 
 charge. He was allowed to go home on parole, 
 and was never treated as a prisoner of war, or 
 confined. His first wife was Elizabeth Lovell, 
 and his second partner was Mrs. Nabby Pool. 
 He married as his third wife, Feb. 17, 1775, Abi- 
 gail Carlton; the second child in a family of 
 three born to Col. Johnson by his third wife was 
 David Johnson, who begun his mortal exist- 
 ence Sept. 13, 1778. Col. Thomas Johnson died 
 Jan. 4, 1819, aged 76 years, 9 months, and 2 
 days; his father John Johnson, died April 2, 
 1762, in his 51st year. There were born to Da- 
 vid Sloan, Jr., and his wife, nine children, as fol- 
 lows: Thomas Carlton, Jonathan, David 
 Scott, Charles Story, William, Edward; Henry 
 died in infancy; Henry, the second of that name, 
 married Frances Buntley of Woodstock, 111., and 
 makes his home in Chicago, 111.; Elizabeth Ab- 
 bie lives in Haverhill, and occupies and owns 
 the Sloan property there, for all the family have 
 gone to their long home, with the exception of 
 the one brother, who lives in Chicago. Mrs. 
 David Sloan, Jr., died May 30, 1861. 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Abbie Sloan lives in the old 
 residence, to which her father brought his bride. 
 It is filled with old-fashioned furniture, carved 
 and upholstered in the most elegant fashion; 
 one of the most valuable sets is a pair of Chip- 
 pendale tables, inlaid with satin-wood. The old 
 hall clock is encased in solid mahogany. An 
 astral lamp is one of the many articles in the 
 rooms that possess an added value from their 
 oddity and rarity. The book-case, containing on 
 its shelves many rare old books, and in its 
 drawers many interesting letters from noted 
 men, is made of carved rose-wood. All the fur- 
 niture corresponds to what has been already de- 
 scribed in value and general antiqueness. 
 
HON. OSCAR C. HATCH. 
 
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 HON. OSCAR C. HATCH, whose portrait 
 appears on the preceding page, is president of 
 the Littleton National and treasurer of the Lit- 
 tleton Savings Bank of Littleton, N. H, and 
 was born at Wells River, N. H, Nov. n, 1848. 
 Mr. Hatch is a son of George and Hannah 
 (Vance) Hatch, and grandson of Jacob Hatch, 
 who was a leading agriculturist of Groton, Vt., 
 at which place our subject's father was born and 
 reared. Early in life George Hatch mastered the 
 shoemaker's trade and removed to Wells River, 
 Yt., which he made his permanent home, and 
 where he manufactured shoes on a small scale, 
 also running a retail store in connection, dispos- 
 ing of a part of his product in that way. He was 
 one of that class of men whom we meet with in 
 rare instances, who devote their whole time and 
 energies to business; this, however, proved too 
 much even for his robust constitution, and hav- 
 ing severely overtaxed his physical strength and 
 ruined his health, he died at the age of fifty-one. 
 He was successful in business, by reason of his 
 energy and sound judgment, and managed to 
 accumulate some property, mostly in real estate, 
 including his residence. His wife was called 
 home at the age of forty-seven. Four children 
 were born to them, who were named as follows: 
 Oscar C, Fred B., Amelia B., and Martha J. 
 
 Our subject, the eldest son, attended the com- 
 mon schools in his youth and select schools, and 
 while still a young man entered the employ of 
 the well known firm of Dunning & Baldwin, 
 where he worked for two years in their store. 
 The following four years were spent in the Na- 
 tional Bank of Newbury, Vt., as the general 
 clerk. He was then chosen cashier of the 
 Orange Co. Bank at Chelsea, Vt., where he put 
 in two years of faithful and efficient service. In 
 1872 he was elected cashier in the Littleton Na- 
 tional Bank, and treasurer in the Littleton Sav- 
 ings Bank. The Bank of Littleton was organized 
 in 1871, and through its dealings Mr. Hatch has 
 won the respect and warm friendship of the citi- 
 zens of Littleton and of the adjoining towns. In 
 1887 he was elected president of the National 
 Bank, and has held this position ever since to 
 the entire satisfaction of its directors and its 
 many patrons. Naturally courteous and affable, 
 he possesses many of the needed requisites for 
 filling his posts of responsibility and care. His 
 .present standing in the commercial world has 
 
 been entirely due to his own unaided exertions 
 and furnishes a splendid example for the am- 
 bitious youth of the town and county. 
 
 His beautiful home is situated at No. 1 1 High 
 Street, where he has not only a well-appointed 
 residence, but also all that could be desired in 
 the way of lawns and like surroundings. Mr. 
 Hatch married Miss Flora L. Adams, daughter 
 of Henry W. Adams of Wells River, Vt. He has 
 been blessed with four children, namely: Leslie 
 A., born Jan. 17, 1875, is a clerk in a wholesale 
 produce house of Boston ; Henry O., born May 
 n, 1877, is clerk in the Littleton National & Sav- 
 ings Bank; Margaret E., born Dec. 21, 1886; 
 and O. C, Jr., born May 11, 1890. Mr. Hatch 
 has from the first warmly espoused the cause of 
 Republicanism, and represented the town of Lit- 
 tleton in the Legislature of 1892-93. He is an 
 enthusiastic Mason, and has since his connection 
 with that organization taken a warm interest in 
 its welfare. He is a member of the Burns Lodge, 
 No. 66, F. & A. M.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5, 
 R. A. M.; St. Girard's Commandery, Knight 
 Templars. He has taken the thirty-third degree 
 at the Supreme Council, and is a member of the 
 Aleppo Shrine of Boston. He is past commander 
 of the St. Girard Commandery of Littleton. 
 
 FRANK HUTCHINSON, deceased, was 
 born in Lebanon, N. H., Aug. 18, 1841, and 
 when twO years old was taken by his parents 
 with them to Manchester, and later to Law- 
 rence, Mass., in which place he grew to man- 
 hood. 
 
 His parents, Williams and Ezra (Creary) 
 Hutchinson, were natives of Norwich, Vt. ; Wil- 
 liams Hutchinson's father, was a pioneer of that 
 town. Williams Hutchinson was a man of con- 
 siderable ingenuity ; one of the early evidences of 
 his skill was the laying of a water-pipe from a 
 spring on the east side of the Connecticut to 
 his farm on the west side, in order to obtain a 
 supply of water for domestic purposes. This 
 lead pipe is said to have been the first ever laid 
 across the river, but not the last by any means, 
 for many have followed his example. Before 
 this time, they were obliged to carry water for 
 domestic use across the river, a difficult task, 
 when the water was high on the ford. Williams 
 
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 Hutchinson died Jan. 2, 1895, in his eighty- 
 eighth year; his venerable wife lives in Norwich 
 with her son, at the advanced age of ninety 
 years. 
 
 -When our subject was nineteen years old he 
 left home, going to Manchester, N. H., where 
 he worked for a time in the mills, but shortly 
 apprenticed himself to the carpenter trade with 
 "Uncle" John Maynard, and was at work at his 
 trade when the war broke out. 
 
 On the first call for three years' service he 
 was among the first to enlist, his name being en- 
 tered upon the muster-roll of Company A, 10th 
 Regiment, N. H. Vol. Inf., Aug. 9, 1862. This 
 regiment was known as the Fighting Irish Regi- 
 ment, and was under command of Col. Don- 
 ohugh. Mr. Hutchinson was detailed as train- 
 master, having charge of the ammunition 
 wagons. He was in the engagements at Frede- 
 ricksburg, around Richmond, Petersburg, and 
 during that entire campaign. . He was never 
 wounded, but came very near experiencing the 
 shock of bullets. At one time a tree was cut 
 in two by a shot, just as he was moving to untie 
 his horse, which he had a few minutes fastened 
 to it. At another time a shot carried awav the 
 pommel of his saddle. He became afflicted with 
 black jaundice, and never saw a really well day 
 after. He remained in the armv until the close 
 of hostilities, returning July 10, 1865, his dis- 
 charge being dated June 21, at Richmond, Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 After resuming his old place with "Uncle" 
 John, and working there for him a year, he was 
 appointed superintendent in charge of the yards 
 of the Manchester Mills, which place he occu- 
 pied until the day of his death, Aug. 19, 1893. 
 
 His home for twenty-four years was a house 
 on the west side of the river bank at Manches- 
 ter, but as he was always in poor health, and 
 thinking a higher location would agree with 
 him better, the company bought for him a house 
 on the highest hill in the city. He had been a 
 sufferer so long, that he survived only a short 
 time, and did not receive much benefit. 
 
 Desiring to have a country home, in Julv, 
 1888, he bought Grasslands Stock Farm, a mile 
 north of Hanover, a fine tract of four hundred 
 acres, on which are located two complete sets 
 of farm buildings, besides the family residences. 
 The house at the time that he made the pur- 
 
 chase was old-fashioned and inconvenient, and 
 not at all suited to the conditions of modern life. 
 Mr. Hutchinson caused it to be entirely over- 
 hauled, remodeling it, and rebuilding parts; he 
 also instituted steam heat with hot and cold wa- 
 ter over the entire house. To the already large 
 barn he added fifty feet to the length, and con- 
 nected it with the house by a series of sheds, 
 and also built a long line of sheds for the young 
 horses. A large spring on the hill-side pasture, 
 far above the house, was caused to flow into an 
 iron main, which carried the water to all the 
 sheds and barns, and to a 500 gallon tank in 
 the attic of the house. 
 
 Besides the home farm there are also included 
 in the property a large pasture, extending to the 
 reservoir on the hill, and an undivided half in- 
 terest in a pasture tract at Aetna Village. The 
 entire portion of the farm, that is given 
 over to tillage, is remarkably free from 
 stones and other obstructions. There is 
 a large tract of fine timber belonging 
 to the estate on the river front, from which tim- 
 ber the farm extends up into the hills. The 
 doOr-yard is inclosed by a handsome evergreen 
 hedge, and stately elms border the highway 
 where it passes the homestead. It is indeed a 
 model farm, and worth going to see; had Mr. 
 Hutchinson chosen to have allowed it, it would 
 have been represented at the World's Fair, as 
 the Prize Farm of New Hampshire. 
 
 Our subject Mas the owner of Gregoria, a 
 prize-winning coach horse, the first imported an 
 imal of that breed to be brought to this part 
 of the country. Wherever exhibited, at fair or 
 horse-show, the horse would be sure to win first 
 prize, winning the gold medal at the Boston 
 Horse Show, against many competitors. The 
 farm is capable of producing enough to support 
 seventy-five cows and as many horses, and at 
 one time the number of horses on the place even 
 exceeded that number. 
 
 Mr. Hutchinson was married June II, 1865, 
 in Manchester, N. H., to Arabella F. Waterman, 
 who was born in Lowell, Mass.; her parents 
 were Charles M. and Lydia (Greeley) Water- 
 man. Lydia Greeley was born in Canaan, N. 
 H., and was a daughter of Shubel and Lydia 
 (Whitney) Greeley; Shubel Greeley was a son 
 of Matthew Greeley, who followed farming all 
 his life. Shubel was a carpenter by trade, and 
 
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 also operated a saw and grist-mill. He lived, to 
 be seventy-two years of age; both he and his 
 wife died within a few days of each other, and 
 were buried in the same grave. Charles M. Wa- 
 terman, the father of Mrs. Hutchinson, was an 
 overseer in the mills of Lowell and Manchester, 
 and died when Mrs. Hutchinson was three years 
 of age. He was the son of Shubel and Clarinda 
 (Bliss) Waterman; Shubel Waterman was a far- 
 mer of Norwich, Yt., his parents being among 
 the first settlers. 
 
 The union of our subject and his wife was 
 blessed with three children: Charles, who died 
 in infancy; Mattie Belle, the wife of James 
 Brigham, a grain dealer of Hanover, the town 
 in which they were married Nov. 18, 1896; and 
 Arabella, the wife of Thomas Crocker, a horse 
 dealer of Manchester, N. H. Mr. Hutchinson, 
 during his lifetime, was a member of the Grange 
 at Manchester. 
 
 JACOB SAMUEL PERLEY, deceased, a 
 former prominent citizen and farmer of the town 
 of Hanover, where he spent his life, was a native 
 of the "Granite State." He was born in Han- 
 over, N. H., June 7, 1818, and died July 10, 
 1891. In his youth he attended the district 
 schools of his native town, and put in two terms 
 to good advantage at Meriden Academy, after 
 attaining manhood. His father died when he 
 was but two years old, by being crushed against 
 a post by a yoke of steers, which he was driving; 
 he lived only a few days after the accident. Our 
 subject was then taken into the household of 
 his brother-in-law, Isaac Fellows, who gave him 
 the care of a father; our subject's mother also 
 lived in the same house. When Jacob was twen- 
 ty-one years old he worked out a few years on 
 neighboring farms, and then rented the farm, 
 where the family now lives, for two years, buy- 
 ing it at length. It consisted of 150 acres in 
 the valley, near Aetna, and was named by our 
 subject Sunnydale Farm, which was most ap- 
 propriate, because of its pleasant location. He 
 farmed there several years before his marriage, 
 his mother and maiden sister keeping house for 
 him; after he brought his wife home, his mother 
 still continued to stay with him, until her death, 
 in 1871, at the age of ninety-one. 
 
 Jacob S. Perley was a sou of Jacob and Do- 
 rothy (Hale) Perley; Jacob Perley was the eld- 
 est of seven sons born to his parents, as follows: 
 Jacob; Jonathan; Jeremiah; Nathaniel; Samuel; 
 Francis; and Putnam. 
 
 The first Perley in America, and ancestor of 
 our subject, was Allen Perley, who was born 
 in Wales in 1608, and died in Ipswich, Mass., 
 Dec. 28, 1675. He came to America when 
 twenty-two years old, in the same fleet which 
 bore Gov. Winthrop, of Colonial renown; he 
 settled first in what is now the town of Woburn, 
 and that locality has been known for two and a 
 half centuries as Perley Meadows, and through 
 it runs Perley Brook. He was a large land-own- 
 er, holding in his own right land in five different 
 towns. He married in 1635 Mrs. Susanna Boke- 
 sen, who died in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 11, 1692, 
 after sixteen years of widowhood. One record 
 gives a slightly different account, making his 
 date of arrival at Charlestown, July 12, 1634, 
 and his removal to Ipswich being placed in 1636. 
 
 Allen Perley's youngest son, Thomas, was the 
 father of Jacob, grandfather of Francis, great- 
 grandfather of Jacob, Sr., and .great-grandfather 
 of Jacob, Jr., the father of our subject, Jacob S. 
 Perley. 
 
 Jacob S. Perley was married June 19, 1850, 
 in Hanover, N. H., to Harriet Eliza Fellows, 
 daughter of Ira and Abigail (Wright) Fellows, 
 the latter a daughter of Asa and Hulda (Knapp) 
 Wright. Ira Fellows was a son of Isaac, Jr., and 
 Jane (Burnham) Fellows, and a grandson of Isaac 
 Fellows, Sr. who married Mrs. Abigail Blake, a 
 daughter of Capt. Prescott. Isaac Fellows, Sr., 
 was a son of Jonathan Fellows, and his third 
 wife, Deborah Hilton, and a grandson of Isaac 
 Fellows, who married Joanna Fellows. The 
 two last named were born in 1635 ar >d 1646, re- 
 spectively, and died April 12, 1721, and March 
 20, 1732, respectively, both in their eighty-sixth 
 year. Of seven children born to Mrs. Perley's 
 parents, six survived; the record is as follows: 
 Harriet E., the wife of our subject; Julia Pin- 
 neo (Whiting); Susan C. (Tinney); Asa W., who 
 lives in Hanover; Miranda M. (Foss); and Ira 
 P of Manchester, N. H. There were born to 
 Jacob S. Perlev and his wife, Harriet E. Fel- 
 lows, three children, of whom Eva Eliza alone 
 survives. She married, Nov. 19, 1884, Irving 
 P. Fitts, son of Richard and Mary D. (Rodgers) 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Fitts. Mr. Perky was a Republican in politics. 
 His widow is a member of the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 The Fitts family in America sprang from 
 Robert and Grace D. Fitts of Ips^vich, Mass., 
 who came from Fitzford, Tavistock, Devon, 
 England, settling in Ipswich, about 1635. He 
 was a man of liberal education, and took a lead- 
 ing part in the affairs of the colony. The Fitts 
 family in Hanover traces its descent as follows 
 through the successive generations: Abra- 
 ham and Sarah (Thompson) Fitts; Richard, Sr., 
 and Sarah (Thorn) Fitts; Richard, Jr., and Sa- 
 rah (Brown) Fitts ; Ephraim and Rhoda (Worth- 
 en) Fitts; and Richard and Mary (Powell) Fitts. 
 Richard Fitts was one of the first settlers of 
 Hanover, arriving in that town in 1791 ; he re- 
 moved to Enfield a few years, but soon returned 
 to Hanover, and took up a farm in the eastern 
 part of the town. From him spring the family 
 in Grafton County. 
 
 GEO. N. RUSSELL, the subject of this per- 
 sonal narration, a leading farmer, and extensive 
 lumberman of the town of Orford, was born 
 March 2, 1854, in, a house which formerly stood 
 on the foundations of his present home, on the 
 farm which he now cultivates. He is a son of 
 Nathaniel and Persis (Hancock) Russell, and 
 grandson of Nathaniel Russell, Sr. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject died about the 
 time his son was born. His widow, who was 
 Mary Bradford, a descendant of Gov. Bradford 
 of early Colonial Massachusetts, married as her 
 second husband Bailey Sargent, a drover of the 
 town of Orford, who met her when on a trip to 
 Boston, and brought her to Orford to preside 
 over his home. The Russell family had been 
 living in Boston at the time of the death of 
 Nathaniel Russell, Sr. Nathaniel Russell, Jr., 
 was an only son of his father. His mother bore 
 her second husband six child-ren. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Pelham, 
 N. H, Feb. 5, 181 1, and died on the farm, 
 where our subject still resides, Aug. 15, 1889. 
 He came with his mother and step-father to Or- 
 ford when he was five years old. He grew up in 
 Orford, attending its district schools, and at the 
 age of twenty-four bought the farm, on which he 
 
 lived and carried on his farming until his death, 
 at the age of 78 years and six months. He was 
 a Republican in politics, and served frequently 
 as selectman, at one time holding the office for 
 seven successive years. He was a member of 
 the Congregational Church. His wife, Persis 
 Hancock, bore him five children, as follows: 
 Mary B., deceased, was twice married, her first 
 husband was Edwin Gilmore, and her sec- 
 ond James W. Gilmore, now living in Mel- 
 rose, Mass.; Marion R. married Franklin 
 Eaton, now of Minneapolis, Minn., her first hus- 
 band was Mendal Bridgman of Hanover ; Emma 
 A. married Benjamin F. Trussell of Orford; Ada 
 C, now deceased, was the wife of Walter S. 
 Horton; and George N., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 George N. Russell's mother was a daughter 
 of Joseph and Lydia (Peck) Hancock; Lydia 
 Peck was from Montpelier, Vt, and died not 
 very long after her marriage, leaving a family of 
 small children. Joseph Hancock followed the 
 trade of a blacksmith in early life, and was later 
 a minister of the Congregational Church. He 
 was born in North Braintree, Mass., and died at 
 the age of eighty. He was a son of Samuel 
 Hancock. Joseph Hancock was a militiaman, 
 being called into active service at Plattsburgh, 
 N. Y. He died in the town of Orford, where he 
 spent the last ten years of his life. 
 
 George N. Russell was reared on the home 
 farm^ and up to the age of eighteen was attend- 
 ing school in the district schools and in Orford 
 Academy. From eighteen to twenty, he lived in 
 the city of Manchester, where he was employed 
 at various occupations. After the death of a sis- 
 ter, he came home to take care of the old folks; 
 he met and married his wife, and settled down 
 on the old home farm. His first marriage was 
 solemnized in Orford, Oct. 27, 1875; the bride 
 was Loraine S. Morrill, a daughter of Deacon 
 Benjamin and Harriet (Simonds) Morrill of Or- 
 fordville. Their union was prolific of two chil- 
 dren: Florence A., who is teaching in Orford, 
 after two years in the high school; and Harry 
 M., who is still attending school, and living at 
 home. Mr. Russell was married the second 
 time, April 19, 1884, to Eliza A. French of Or- 
 ford; she is a daughter of David and Charlotte 
 L. (Morey) French; two children were born of 
 the second marriage, namely: Carlie P.; and 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 35 
 
 Fay F. Our subject's first wife was a member 
 of the Congregational Church of Orfordville. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the Mt. 
 Cube Grange, No. 236, of Orford. In politics 
 he is a Republican, and has been selectman 
 since 1894, and is now first selectman. His 
 farm comprises 100 acres, and supports some 
 thirty head of cattle; the milk product is dis- 
 posed of to the creamery at Orfordville; Mr. 
 Russell is President of the Creamery Co., and 
 has been for the past three years. Our subject, 
 in addition to his farming and attending to his 
 dairy, is also much interested in lumbering, as 
 was his father before him; his father purchased 
 large timber tracts on the mountain east of the 
 farm, and worked up the timber on them into 
 lumber. 
 
 FRANKLIN WRIGHT SMITH, an elderly 
 resident of the town of Hanover, in which he 
 has passed his entire life, engaged in that most 
 independent of all pursuits, farming, was born in 
 the same house in which he now lives, Dec. 21, 
 1813. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather, Timothy 
 Smith, was an old sea-captain of Connecticut, 
 and was almost blind, when he brought his fam- 
 ily to the town of Ha>nover, of which he was one 
 of the original grantees. He wished to do well 
 for his large family of children, and for that 
 reason came to a new country; he made a pleas- 
 ant home for them, and when he left mortal 
 scenes, he had the satisfaction of knowing that 
 those he left behind were well provided for. H& 
 gave each of his four sons 100 acres of land, 
 and to each of his five daughters 50, and to 
 Dartmouth 100. His journey up the Connecti- 
 cut River to Hanover, in 1765, was made in 
 flat-boats; they drove their oxen along the bank, 
 so as to tow them past the rapids in the stream. 
 He kept a ferry opposite our subject's house, 
 which was the first ferry in this part of New 
 Hampshire. The Indians were never trouble- 
 some, although the family were frequently ap- 
 prehensive of them, as they created trouble in 
 White River Valley, not far away. Timothy's 
 father was named Samuel, but not much is 
 known about him, as he never came to New 
 Hampshire. Timothy Smith married Esther 
 
 Webster, and their son, John, is the next in line 
 of descent to our subject. 
 
 John Smith came from Hartford, Conn., with 
 his father's family, and made a permanent set- 
 tlement in Hanover, in 1765. In the previous 
 year he had visited this part of the country, 
 working out in different settlements, and ha'd 
 decided to make his home there. He returned 
 to Connecticut and journeyed to Hanover, with 
 his wife, Anna Hovey. He was twenty-five 
 years old at that time, and died about 1804. 
 
 Timothy Smith, our subject's father, was born 
 on the homestead in Hanover in a log-house, 
 near where our subject's house now stands, 1780, 
 and died on a Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1875, after liv- 
 ing ninety-five years on the same farm, quite an 
 exceptional record. Our subject himself has 
 lived there eighty-three years already. The 
 present house, which took the place of the log 
 structure, was built in 1797. Our subject's 
 brother, Timothy Dwight, was a quartermaster 
 in the late war, and was sent west to fight the 
 Indians; he had to take command of a fort, 
 where they were soon in a state of siege. He 
 sent two men on horses for aid, and while await- 
 ing their return, the members of the garrison 
 were so hard pressed for want of food, that they 
 welcomed any kind of food, and even went so 
 far as to eat the meat of a skunk. Our 
 subject's father married Achsah Wright, 
 daughter of Amasa and Hannah (Conant) 
 Wright; Amasa Wright was a farmer, who was 
 born and passed his years in the town of Han- 
 over. Of nine children born to Timothy Smith, 
 our subject, the eldest, and Adaline A., the sev- 
 enth in order of seniority, are the only ones liv- 
 ing at the present time. 
 
 Our subject assisted his father in carrying on 
 the farm work until 1850, when he assumed en- 
 tire charge; the farm is a well-improved one of 
 150 acres. Mr. Smith has always been a Re- 
 publican in politics, as his ancestors were Whigs 
 before him; he has never consented to run for 
 office. 
 
 Mr. Smith was married March 9, 1837, in 
 Hanover Center, to Adaline E. Smith, daughter 
 of Asel and Anna (Owen) Smith, grand-daugh- 
 ter of Edward, Jr., and Hannah (Chandler) 
 Smith. Edwin Smith, Jr., was a son of Deacon 
 Edward Smith, who was a brother of our sub- 
 ject's grandfather, John Smith, son of the Timo- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 thy Smith who made the original settlement in 
 Hanover. Anna Owen's father married Mary 
 Gillette. To our subject and his wife have been 
 born seven children, namely: James Bradley; 
 one who died before it was named; Laura C. ; 
 Frank Welford died in the army; Julia A. A., de- 
 ceased; Edward Timothy died in Kansas; and 
 Samuel Wright. James Bradley lives in Gor- 
 ham, Russell County, Kansas, where he is farm- 
 ing; he married Helen I Pierce, and has had 
 three children, two of whom are living. Laura 
 C. married Elias S. Leavitt, and has borne him 
 three children; Mr. Leavitt is retired from farm- 
 ing, and is living in Hanover. Samuel Wright 
 is farming on the old homestead; he was born 
 Feb. ii, 1855. Mr. Smith has ever taken a keen 
 interest in the affairs of the town, and has proved 
 himself in every way to be an honest, upright 
 citizen, whose desire is to see that law and order 
 abide in the community, and that the town 
 keeps up its high rank among the towns of the 
 State. 
 
 Mr. Smith's father kept tavern for many 
 years in the house where he now lives. 
 
 H. T. HOWE, the popular host of the Hotel 
 Wheelock, was born in Thetford, Vt., April 29, 
 1849. The history of the Howe family in Amer- 
 ica begins with that of four brothers, who emi- 
 grated from England at the same time a little 
 over two hundred years ago, settling in Marl- 
 borough, Mass. One of the brothers built •& 
 tavern there, and it has been kept in the family 
 for the past two hundred years, being now in the 
 possession of ex-Mayor T. Herbert Howe of 
 Marlborough ; it is known as Longfellow's Way- 
 side Inn. 
 
 The great-grandfather of our subject, Nehe- 
 miah Howe, came from Henniker, N. H., to 
 Thetford, Vt., in 1800, where he bought a farm, 
 and lived on it to a ripe old age. His son, Da- 
 vid, lived all his life in Thetford, where he fol- 
 lowed farming; he was also a minister in the M. 
 E. Church, and died in i860. 
 
 Our subject's father, William Howe, lived 
 most of his life in Thetford, prosecuting his 
 trade of a blacksmith. During the few years he 
 was absent from his native place, he worked 
 at Carthage, N. Y„ where he met and married his 
 
 wife. Her name was Sarah Baston and her par- 
 ents were of German birth or descent. William 
 Howe died at the age of sixty-five-, in the year 
 1874. 
 
 Our subject passed his early life in his native 
 town, attending the district schools and two 
 terms in private schools. He learned the car- 
 penter's trade, and became his own master at 
 nineteen, working at his trade through the sum- 
 mer months, and finding employment in the 
 saw-mills in the winter. In 1874 he went to Cal- 
 ifornia, remaining there three years, during a 
 part of which time he kept a market in Oakland. 
 Mr. Howe returned to Thetford in 1877, an d la- 
 bored at bis trade until the fall of 1888, when he 
 came to Hanover, and purchased a livery stable, 
 to which he added in a short time two others 
 by purchase, owning now one of the largest and 
 best- equipped livery establishments in the State. 
 He controls the coach line to the station at Nor- 
 wich, and supplies teams for all purposes in the 
 region of Hanover. He is well known to the 
 traveling public as a popular and accommoda- 
 ting liveryman, ever ready to assist his customers 
 in any direction in his power. 
 
 In November, 1895, he assumed charge of the 
 Hotel Wheelock, which, under indifferent man- 
 agement, had run down to an alarming extent. 
 In the hands of Mr. Howe its trade has been 
 built up, and its service improved, until there is 
 no village in the State, of the size of Hanover, 
 that can boast its equal. Mr. Howe is a typical 
 host; genial and accommodating, he is ever on 
 the alert to make his hostlery home-like and 
 pleasant to his guests; by his uniform urbanity 
 of manner, he instills a desire in each departing 
 guest a desire to return again. 
 
 Mr. Howe was married to Carrie E. Alby of 
 West Fairlee, Vt., to whom was born one daugh- 
 ter. Mabel E., now living in the city of Boston. 
 His second wife was Nettie E. Moody, daughter 
 of William and Semple (Wallace) Moody; Mr. 
 Moody served in the Northern Army in the late 
 Civil War. Our subject's second union was 
 productive of three children, namely: One, who 
 died unnamed; Effie May; and Edith. Socially 
 Mr. Howe belongs to the Good Samaritan 
 Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F., of Hanover; and 
 to the Grafton Star Grange, No. 60, of Hanover, 
 also. He is a Republican in politics, and has 
 served as deputy sheriff for a number of years. 
 
HON. WILLIAM D. BAKER. 
 
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 37 
 
 HON. WILLIAM D. BAKER, ex-member 
 of the upper house in the State Legislature of 
 New Hampshire, and a leading farmer of the 
 town of Rumney, being especially interested in 
 the raising of blooded stock and in dairying, is 
 one of the most public-spirited men of the State. 
 He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 7, 1854, 
 and is a son of Samuel D. and Mary E. (Harris) 
 Baker, a grandson of Moses and Polly (Dearborn) 
 Baker, and a great-grandson of Moses Baker, 
 who came from Londonderry, N. H, where the 
 first representative of the family settled when he 
 emigrated to this country from England. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather came to Graf- 
 ton Co., settling in the town of Campton, and 
 cleared a large farm, where the village of Camp- 
 ton is now situated. He was one of the leading 
 spirits of his locality and was of great assistance 
 in the developing of this part of New Hampshire. 
 He served in the State Senate of 1794-95-96- 
 
 97-99- 
 
 His son, Moses Baker, in the year 1834, emi- 
 grated to Erie Co., N. Y., which was considered 
 very far west in those days. There he followed 
 farming and took a prominent part in all public 
 affairs. He and his wife lived to be upwards of 
 eighty years of age. They had three sons and 
 four daughters: Benjamin, William, Samuel, 
 Abbie, Electa, Ellen, and Mary A. 
 
 Samuel D. Baker, our subject's father, when 
 a young man went to Philadelphia, Pa., as a 
 clerk in the Continental Hotel; he entered into 
 the married state while there and held his posi- 
 tion until 1862, when he came to Grafton Co. 
 and served as chief clerk in the provost marshal's 
 office, settling the accounts during the war and 
 until everything was set right, in 1867. He then 
 bought a farm in the town of Rumney, on the 
 Baker River, and engaged himself in the cultiva- 
 tion of it; he hired men to do the summer work 
 while he assisted S. H. Dumas at the Boar's 
 Head Hotel, Hampton Beach, where he spent 
 twenty-six summers. He died, in 1891, at the 
 age of seventy years. His wife is living on the 
 homestead at the age of sixty-seven. He was a 
 stanch Republican and was elected to nearly all 
 the town offices. He was not only highly re- 
 spected as a friend and a neighbor, but also as 
 a very public-spirited citizen, who was very 
 thoughtful of the community's welfare. His 
 children were: William D., the subject of this 
 
 notice; Caroline E.; and Harris, who was not 
 permitted to reach the years of manhood. 
 
 lion. William D. Baker was educated in the 
 State Normal School, graduating with distinc- 
 tion from that institution in 1875, and from 
 Phillips Exeter Academy in 1878; from there he 
 took a two years' course at Dartmouth College, 
 his poor eyesight restraining him from further 
 study. He was obliged to obtain open-air work 
 to save his eyes, and accordingly returned to the 
 farm, where he recovered somewhat and ac- 
 cepted a clerkship in the customs department of 
 the Grand Trunk Railway at Island Pond, Ver- 
 mont. He remained in that connection for five 
 years, when his weak eyes again compelled him 
 to return to work not so trying on the eyes. So 
 he gave up his clerkship, much against the 
 wishes of the customs department officers, and 
 again returned to farm labor. He came home, 
 bought the noted Quincy farm, adjoining the 
 homestead, which he now owns, making alto- 
 gether 250 acres of choice farming land; he has 
 made many improvements in buildings and the 
 land, and is considered one of the most model 
 farmers of the valley. He makes a special study 
 ot the best and most approved methods of dairy- 
 ing and stock-raising, and has twenty head of 
 pure-blooded Jersey and Holstein cows. The 
 Elmwood Dairy Farm of Quincy is known 
 favorably throughout this and adjoining coun- 
 ties. Besides his dwelling-house on the home- 
 stead, he has a summer cottage called the Maples 
 at Stinson Lake. 
 
 Mr. Baker married Miss Winnifrede A. 
 Woodbury, daughter of L. A. Woodbury of 
 Island Pond, Vt. In politics he is a stanch Re- 
 publican, and has served efficiently in the follow- 
 ing offices : Senator for two years, during which 
 time he introduced and secured the passage of 
 sundry bills, aimed at the protection of pure 
 dairy and farm products, such as the Oleomar- 
 garine and Tuberculosis bills. He was first se- 
 lectman of the town for five years; and is a 
 member of the Republican State Central Com- 
 mittee, and secretary of the Second Congres- 
 sional Republican Committee and also secretary 
 of the Grafton Co. Republican Committee; 
 chairman of the board of selectmen; chairman 
 of the board of library trustees; president of the 
 Rumney Library Association; State justice of 
 the peace and notary public. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 In the various agricultural and dairy associa- 
 tions of the county and State he has occupied 
 a prominent place. He was superintendent of 
 the Dairy Department for this State at the 
 World's Columbian Exposition, in which the 
 New Hampshire exhibit of dairy products was 
 awarded the highest average of any State in the 
 country. He is secretary of the Grafton County 
 Agricultural Society; secretary of the New 
 Hampshire Horticultural Society; a director of 
 the Granite State Dairymen's Association; a 
 vice-president of the National Dairymen's Union. 
 He is past master of the Grafton Co. Pomona 
 Grange; past master of Rumney Grange;, and 
 district deputy of the State Grange. He is an 
 associate member of the Louis Bell Post, No. 3, 
 G. A. R. 
 
 As a prominent citizen of Grafton Co., as well 
 as of the State of New Hampshire, and a gentle- 
 man, who has been frequently honored with pub- 
 lic office, and esteemed by his fellow-citizens, we 
 place the portrait of Hon. William D. Baker in 
 this Book of Biographies. 
 
 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE is the out- 
 growth of a school which the Rev. Eleazar 
 Wheelock opened in his home at Lebanon, 
 Conn., Dec. 18, 1754, for the Christian education 
 of Indian youth. The school, however, was 
 known as Moor's Indian Charity School, so 
 named from Joshua Moor, who in the following 
 year contributed a house and two acres of land. 
 In 1764 thirty scholars were in attendance, of 
 whom about one half were English students, 
 preparing to serve as missionaries to the In- 
 dians. 
 
 Funds for the maintenance of the school were 
 received from various sources — from private in- 
 dividuals, from the General Courts of Massachu- 
 setts Bay and of New Hampshire, and from 
 Great Britain, where the enterprise had 
 awakened the deepest interest. From the latter 
 source an endowment was secured, chiefly 
 through the efforts of Samson Occom, the 
 Indian preacher, who was commissioned to 
 make a tour of England and Scotland for this 
 purpose in 1765. The sum of ten thousand 
 pounds was thus raised, and committed to the 
 charge of a board of trustees, with the Earl of 
 
 Dartmouth at its head. As the result of this en- 
 dowment it was determined by Dr. Wheelock to 
 enlarge the purpose of the school, especially to 
 reach "a greater proportion of English youth," 
 and to change its location. Various proposals 
 for a site were made, but after careful investiga- 
 tion the site chosen was the townhip of Han- 
 over, in the region of Cowas or Coos, in the Pro- 
 vince of New Hampshire. Apart from the near- 
 ness of this site to the Canadian Indians, the de- 
 termining reason for the choice seems to have 
 been the attractiveness of the location, and the 
 fact that it was the natural center of "more than 
 two hundred towns, chartered, settled, or about 
 to be settled." Removal to the province of New 
 Hampshire also gave the assurance of a charter, 
 which it had thus far been difficult to obtain. 
 
 The charter was given by Governor John 
 Wentworth in the name of King George III., 
 and bears the date of December 13, 1769. A 
 draft of the charter submitted by Wheelock re- 
 ceived important modifications from the Gov- 
 ernor. In particular he rejected the suggestion 
 of a co-ordinate board of trustees in Great 
 Britain ; he gave to the college the name of Lord 
 Dartmouth, its most active patron in Great Brit- 
 ain, although Wheelock had proposed to the 
 Governor to call it by the name of W.entworth; 
 and instead of incorporating it as a "school" or 
 "academy," he adopted a hint from Wheelock's 
 postscript and made it a "college." The first 
 board of trustees consisted of the Governor with 
 three of his council, the Speaker of the New 
 Hampshire House of Representatives, one mem- 
 ber of the Connecticut Colonial government and 
 six Connecticut clergymen selected by Dr. 
 Wheelock. 
 
 Dr. Wheelock was elected president of the 
 college, with Mr. Bezaleel Woodward, a grad- 
 uate of Yale in 1764, as his associate. The first 
 class of four students was graduated in 1771, the 
 commencement being attended by the Governor 
 of the Province of New Hampshire and a com- 
 pany of gentlemen from Portsmouth, who made 
 their way in part through almost trackless 
 forests. 
 
 The school which Dr. Wheelock had brought 
 with him from Lebanon, Conn., consisting of 
 eighteen whites and six Indians, was put into 
 the charge of Mr. David McClure. It was made 
 an independent institution, with a separate char- 
 
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 ter, to be known as Moor's School. This school 
 was maintained as late as 1849. It still retains 
 its charter, has a board of trustees, and holds a 
 small endowment. 
 
 Two events in the early history of the college 
 materially affected its charter and growth. First, 
 the gradual withdrawal of the support of its pa- 
 trons in Great Britain, whose interest lay en- 
 tirely in the education of Indians; second, the 
 lawsuit between the college and the State 01 
 New Hampshire for the control of the college, 
 which resulted in a final decision by the Supreme 
 Court of the United States in favor of the trus- 
 tees of Dartmouth College. The decision was 
 rendered in February, 1819. Since the re-estau- 
 lishment of the college by this decision, its his- 
 tory has followed the general course of educa- 
 tional progress in New England. 
 
 Other institutions have from time to time 
 been associated ' with or incorporated into the 
 college. 
 
 The Dartmouth Medical College dates from 
 the establishment in 1798 of a professorship of 
 medicine in the college, first filled by Dr. Nathan 
 Smith, who was instrumental in its establish- 
 ment. The college is under the general control 
 of the trustees of Dartmouth College, by which 
 body degrees are conferred, but the manage- 
 ment of its affairs is committed to the Medical 
 Faculty. Associated with the Medical College 
 is the Mary Hitchcock Hospital (1893), the me- 
 morial gift of Hiram Hitchcock, Esq., of Han- 
 over. 
 
 The Chandler School of Science and the Arts, 
 established in 1851 by a resolution of the trus- 
 tees, in acceptance of a sum bequeathed to them 
 in trust by Abiel Chandler, Esq., "for the estab- 
 lishment and support of a permanent department 
 or school of instruction in the college, in the 
 practical and useful arts of life," was more for- 
 mally incorporated into the college by the joint 
 action of the trustees of the college and the visi- 
 tors of the Chandler School in 1893, and is now 
 known as the Chandler Scientific Course in the 
 college, leading to the degree of B. S. 
 
 In 1866 the New Hampshire College of Agri- 
 culture and the Mechanics Arts was, established 
 by an act of the Legislature, and located at Han- 
 over in connection with Dartmouth College. Its 
 board of trustees was appointed partly by the 
 Governor and Council and partly by the corpor- 
 
 ation of Dartmouth College. In 1892 this ar- 
 rangement between the State and Dartmouth 
 College was discontinued, and the New Hamp- 
 shire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic 
 Arts was removed to Durham. The buildings 
 and land which had been occupied by it became 
 the property of Dartmouth College through the 
 grant of the State or by purchase. 
 
 The Thayer School of Civil Engineering, es- 
 tablished in 1867 by the bequest of General Syl- 
 vanus Thayer, is essentially a graduate school, 
 covering a course of two years, and conferring 
 the degree of civil engineer. The funds of the 
 school are in charge of the trustees of the col- 
 lege; otherwise its affairs are managed by a 
 board of overseers, which is a close corporation. 
 
 The presidency of the college has been held 
 as follows: 
 
 Eleazar Wheelock, 1769-1779. 
 
 John Wheelock, 1779-1815. 
 
 Francis Brown, 1815-1820. 
 
 Daniel Dana, 1820-1821. 
 
 Bennett Tyler, 1821-1828. 
 
 Nathan Lord, 1828-1863. 
 
 Asa Dodge Smith, 1863- 1877. 
 
 Samuel Colcord Bartlett, 1877- 1892. 
 
 William Jewett Tucker, 1893. 
 
 — Copied from Dartmouth Literary Monthly. 
 
 WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, President 
 of Dartmouth College, was born in Griswold, 
 Conn., in 1839. Fitting for college in Meriden 
 Academy, he graduated from Dartmouth in 
 1861, and from Andover Theological Seminary 
 in 1866, having taught meanwhile two years in 
 Columbus, O. He became pastor of the Frank- 
 lin Street Congregational Church of Manches- 
 ter, the same church, in which S. C. Bartlett, 
 D. D., his predecessor in the presidency of Dart- 
 mouth College was for five years the pastor. 
 Nine years later, Mr. Tucker was called to the 
 pastorate of the Madison Square Presbyterian 
 Church, New York City, at least the second in 
 importance of the metropolitan churches of that 
 denomination. 
 
 An urgent call in 1880 to the chair of homi- 
 letics in Andover persuaded him to leave the 
 pulpit for the somewhat wider field of influence, 
 open to one who trains men fpr the ministry. 
 The twelve years of his work in Andover have 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY 
 
 been marked by an effective restlessness in doc- 
 trinal discussions, and Prof. Tucker has taken 
 a decided stand from the first with those who 
 "seek to broaden and adjust the Christian 
 Church." As an influential editor of the "An- 
 dover Review," as a pulpit orator with few 
 equals, as the originator of the famous Andover 
 House in Boston, he has come to be a recogv 
 nized leader of the ethical forces of the day, and 
 Harvard's choice of a Phi Beta Kappa orator 
 in 1892 is only one of many indications of the 
 place he holds in public esteem. 
 
 For some years, Prof. Tucker has been a lec- 
 turer upon homiletics in Harvard, but his most 
 earnest efforts and ambitions have been cen- 
 tered in Andover. Hence his declination of the 
 presidency of Dartmouth, until it at length be- 
 came clear to him, as it had long been clear to 
 others, that no one else could so well lead the 
 institution, and join in harmonious activity the 
 trustees and faculty, the alumni, and the under- 
 graduates. Thus his responsibility as a trustee 
 required him to accept the situation, being in- 
 augurated June 28, 1893. The unqualified satis- 
 faction shown by all of the college elements 
 above mentioned is a proof of the wisdom of the 
 final decision. 
 
 EZRA B. ALDEN, an agriculturist of Graf- 
 ton County, whose farm is located on East 
 Street, near Bear Hill, in the town of Lyme, 
 lives in the house in which he was born, June 25, 
 1855. He is a son of Amos B. and Lydia M. 
 (Hall) Alden. 
 
 Ezra B. Alden is a lineal descendant of the 
 John and Priscilla Alden, of the early Pilgrim 
 Colony of Plymouth, Mass., who have been 
 made famous in Longfellow's incomparable 
 poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish." 
 Their son Joseph married Mary Simmons, and 
 among the children born to them was one they 
 named John ; John married Hannah White, and 
 their son David married Judith Paddleford. 
 Deacon David Alden, the son of David and 
 Judith Alden, married Rhoda Leach, who bore 
 him Caleb; Caleb married Susanna Dunbar. Of 
 the children born to them, Ezra married Clarissa 
 Beal, and their son, Amos B., was the father of 
 Ezra B. 
 
 Amos B. Alden was born in the eastern sec- 
 tion of Lyme, where he reached manhood, man 
 ried and farmed a few years, before purchasing 
 the farm, now owned by his son, a tract of some 
 190 acres. His wife, Lydia M. Hall, was born 
 in Newbury, Vt, of John and Polly (Moses) 
 Hall. A brother of Polly Moses Hall was a sol- 
 dier in the Revolution. Her mother was Lydia 
 Ballou of Warwick, Mass., a sister of the famous 
 Hosea Ballou, the originator of the Universalist 
 Doctrine. From this same Ballou family, Presi- 
 dent Garfield sprung. John Hall was a shoe- 
 maker, and plied his trade in Marchfield, Vt., 
 dying in the adjoining town of Cabot, Vt., at the 
 age of eighty. Our subject's parents reared a 
 family of three girls and two boys: Lydia Ann, 
 deceased; Ezra B., the first of that name, de- 
 ceased; Mary Isabel, deceased; Ezra B., our sub- 
 ject; and Anna A., the wife of Frank L. Camp, 
 a farmer at Lyme Center. Amos B. Alden was 
 a selectman of the town for some three or foui 
 years. He lived on what is now our subject's 
 farm until his death, Dec. 10, 1890; he was bom 
 March 13, 1819. His wife was born June 4, 
 1 82 1, and went to her long rest, April 2, 1867. 
 
 Our subject grew up on the farm, and has al- 
 ways lived there. Having a finely wrought 
 musical temperament, which, if rightly cultured, 
 might have brought him fame and success, he 
 was not naturally inclined toward farming, but 
 was thrown into it by circumstances, for he was 
 the only son, and felt it to be his duty to remain 
 on the farm with his father. His father man- 
 aged the farm during his life-time, and left it to 
 our subject at his death. His father was an ex- 
 pert sheep-raiser, and was among the best pro- 
 ducers of staple wool that took their product to 
 the Enfield mills. Our subject runs the farm, 
 principally as a dairy-farm, and makes his own 
 butter, having a complete outfit of the latest and 
 most improved machinery. 
 
 On the fifth of September, 1893, in Piermont, 
 Mr. Alden joined his fortunes with those of 
 Luella P. Ames, a daughter of Asa and Mary 
 (Runnels) Ames. Asa Ames was a member of 
 Mt. Cube Lodge, No. 10, F. & A. M., of Orford. 
 Mary Runnels was a daughter of Arthur and 
 Luella (Hall) Runnels, the latter of whom was 
 a daughter of Jesse and Abigail (Smith) Hall. 
 Jesse Hall was a brother of John Hall, a grand- 
 father of our subject on his mother's side. Mr. 
 
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 and Mrs. Alden are among the leading members 
 of the Baptist Church of Lyme. Mr. Alden is 
 a member of the Morning Star Grange, No. 62, 
 of Lyme. He is also a Mason, and belongs to 
 Mt. Cube Lodge, No. 10, F. & A. M., of Orford, 
 N. H. He is a Republican in his political views, 
 but will not have anything to do with practical 
 politics, or run for office. 
 
 OLIVER DAVIS EASTMAN, M. D.,a lead- 
 ing physician and surgeon of the village of 
 Woodsville, N. H, was born July 8, 1858, in 
 Senora, Cal., where his parents had removed 
 from Vermont some years previous. 
 
 His father died and left him alone in the 
 world when he was quite young, so our subject 
 came east in 1863, to make his home with his 
 grandfather in Newbury, Vt. He attended the 
 common schools in his boyhood days, and when 
 older prosecuted advanced studies in Newbury 
 Academy, preparing for Dartmouth College, 
 from which institution he graduated in 1882. 
 He read medicine and obtained practical ideas 
 in the healing art in the offices of Dr. H. P. 
 Watson of North Haverhill, and Dr. James A. 
 Davis of Lebanon. One year was then spent 
 in the Medical College of .Burlington, Vt., fin- 
 ishing his professional education in the Medical 
 Department of Dartmouth College. He began 
 the practice of medicine at Piermont, Vt., and 
 settled in Woodsville, N. H., in 1884. 
 
 In the same year Dr. Eastman married Miss 
 Addie B. Davis of Pike Station, N. H. She is 
 a daughter of Darius K. and Susanna (Howe) 
 Davis. The father was born Nov. 7, 1825, in 
 Northfield, N. H, and was for many years en- 
 gaged in the buying and selling of general mer- 
 chandise; he is 'now retired from active mercan- 
 tile business, and owns and supervises the culti- 
 vation of several large and productive farms. 
 He has been frequently appointed to settle es- 
 tates and transact other business of a similar 
 character. Darius K. Davis was a son of Na- 
 than B. and Abigail (Bachelder) Davis; the for- 
 mer was born in Loudon, N. H, and followed 
 the pursuit of agriculture. His wife was a 
 daughter of Moses Bachelder. Susanna Howe, 
 the mother of Mrs. Eastman, was a daughter 
 of Daniel and Phoebe (Eaton) Howe. Mrs. 
 
 Eastman was the only child born to her parents. 
 Five children have been born to our subject and 
 his wife: D. K., Oliver M., Burns R., Abel 
 Earl, deceased, and Milo Donald. 
 
 Dr. Eastman is a member of Moosehillock 
 Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F.; Mt. Gardner Lodge, 
 No. 25, Knights of Pythias; Kane Lodge, No. 
 4, F. & A. M., and Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of 
 the same order, and St. Girard Commandery of 
 Littleton. He intends taking the degrees of 
 the council and consistory, and also of the Tem- 
 ple of the Mystic Shrine in the near future. With 
 his brother practitioners he is associated in the 
 State Medical Society, and in the White Moun- 
 tain Medical Society. Dr. Eastman was one of 
 the originators of the St. Andrew's Benevolent 
 Society of Newbury, Vt., and is its treasurer, 
 and medical director. He allies himself with 
 the Democratic party in political contests, and 
 has for several years been an honored member 
 of the school board. His medical practice is of 
 large proportions and well-established. He is 
 held in high esteem by his townsmen, who place 
 the greatest confidence in his professional ability 
 and skill. 
 
 FRANK I. SPENCER, a dairy-farmer, who 
 is engaged in the prosecution of that branch of 
 agriculture on his stock-farm south of the vil- 
 lage of Hanover, was born in Norwich, Vt., 
 Dec. 10, 1857. He is a son of George and 
 Lydia (Pettigrew) Spencer, and grandson of 
 Joseph Gates and Persis (Fuller) Spencer. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was from the State 
 of Connecticut, and followed farming in Nor- 
 wich from the time of his settlement there until 
 his death. Our subject's mother was a daugh- 
 ter of Isaac and Betsey (Howe) Pettigrew, and 
 granddaughter on her father's side of Stephen 
 and Rehepha (Williams) Pettigrew, and on her 
 mother's side of James and Hannah (Phillips) 
 Howe of Sharon, Vt. To our subject's parents 
 were born five children, as follows: Ella Per- 
 sis, deceased; George A., deceased; Frank I., 
 the subject of this sketch, succeeded to the farm, 
 and Lenna B., deceased. 
 
 After the death of Mr. Spencer, his widow 
 married Joseph Tilden, a well-to-do farmer ot 
 Hanover, and native of Lebanon, who was like 
 
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 a father to the fatherless orphans, and is spoken 
 of affectionately, as only a father is spoken of. 
 On Mr. Tilden's death his widow and her son, 
 the subject of this sketch, succeeded to the farm. 
 Mr. Tilden was a member of the Congregational 
 Church, and a Republican in politics. His first 
 marriage to Elizabeth Virgin resulted in no off- 
 spring, as did his second marriage with Mrs. 
 Lydia E. Spencer. . 
 
 Frank I. Spencer was six years old when he 
 came to Hanover with his mother to live; he 
 attended the district schools of Hanover and 
 Norwich Academy until his twentieth year. He 
 married when he was twenty-two, and worked 
 on a farm two years, the first year for his step- 
 father, to whom his mother was married when 
 he was 10 years old, and the subsequent year for 
 his father-in-law. He then bought a farm in 
 the town of Lebanon, and began to do for him- 
 self, occupying that farm twelve years. In 1893 
 he bought his present farm of 100 acres just out- 
 side the village of Hanover; it is devoted to 
 dairy-farming, and supports upwards of thirty 
 cattle. 
 
 Mr. Spencer was married March 22, 1880, in 
 Lebanon, to Miss Sarah Mills Barstow, daughter 
 of M . H. Barstow of Lebanon, whose sketch may 
 be found on another page of this volume. One 
 daughter has been born to our subject and his 
 wife, Mabel B., a pupil in the schools of Han- 
 over. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are members of 
 the Congregational Church of Hanover, and also 
 of Grafton Star Grange, No. 60, of Hanover. 
 Mr. Spencer's preferences, politically, are Re- 
 publican. 
 
 BENJAMIN DARWIN HOWE, deceased, 
 who during his lifetime conducted a book-bind- 
 ery and printing establishment and also a book- 
 store in the village of Hanover, N. H., was the 
 son of Benjamin C. Howe. Our subject was 
 born in Pomfret, Vt, in 1814, and spent his boy- 
 hood days in Pomfret and Woodstock, learning 
 his trade of a book-binder at the latter place. 
 
 About 183 1 he went to Claremont, N. H., and 
 accepted a position as superintendent of a large 
 book-binding establishment, which position he 
 successfully and faithfully filled until he decided 
 to come to Hanover, in 1850. Upon his arrival 
 
 in Hanover he embarked in business for himself, 
 keeping a book-store, and conducting a book- 
 bindery establishment until his death in 1867. 
 He was a first-class business man, brimming 
 over with energy and life, and an enthusiastic 
 worker in anything that interested him. He was 
 a strong Republican, and although he never ac- 
 cepted public office, he was found in the front 
 ranks of its hard workers. Socially, he was an 
 active member of Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M. 
 of Lebanon. 
 
 He was joined in marriage in December, 1839, 
 to Eliza Hitchcock, daughter of John and Sarah 
 (Webster) Hitchcock of Claremont. Five chil- 
 dren were born to them, namely: Sarah M., 
 died at the age of seven; Caroline G., died at the 
 age of one; John R., died when two years old; 
 Emily H., who resides with her mother at Han- 
 over; and Charles H. W., who graduated at 
 Dartmouth with the Class of '78, and from the 
 Medical Department in the Class of '81; he died 
 in 1 88 1, aged twenty-three. 
 
 John Hitchcock, the father of Mrs. Howe, was 
 the son of John Hitchcock, Sr., who was born 
 in 1747 in New Haven, Conn., and became ons> 
 of the first settlers of Claremont, N. H., locating 
 in that place about 1768, and engaging in his 
 calling of a farmer. He was married in 1774 to 
 Phoebe Tyler, who was born in Wallingford, 
 Conn., the daughter of Col. Benjamin Tyler. 
 They reared a family of twelve sons and three 
 daughters; the father died in 1835. John Hitch- 
 cock, Jr., the fifth child, was born in Claremont, 
 N. H., in 1781. He was a millwright by trade, 
 and followed his chosen vocation until old age 
 prevented him from longer keeping up active 
 work. His last eight years were spent in Han- 
 over, where he died in 1858. He married Sarah 
 Webster, who bore him three children: Eliza, 
 widow of Benjamin D. Howe; John R. ; and 
 Thomas W. Mrs. Hitchcock passed away at the 
 age of seventy-seven. 
 
 Mrs. Howe resides in Hanover, occupying a 
 house, which was formerly the residence of the 
 first president of Dartmouth College. Although 
 it is over one hundred years old, it is still in a 
 wonderfully good state of preservation. The in- 
 side finishing has been left as it originally was, 
 and the few modern adjustments that have been 
 made have not interfered with the marked 
 beauty of the interior. 
 
REV. LORIN WEBSTER. 
 
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 43 
 
 REV. LORIN WEBSTER, rector of the 
 Holderness School for Boys, was born in Clare- 
 mont, N. H., and is a son of Lorin A. and 
 Sophronia N. (Pierce) Webster, and grandson of 
 Atkinson Webster, who was the son of Stephen 
 Webster. Stephen Webster was a captain in the 
 Revolutionary War, and was present at the bat- 
 tles of Saratoga, Stony Point, and Dimon's 
 Island. Atkinson Webster was born in Haver- 
 hill, Mass., but settled in Concord, N. H., where 
 he worked at his trade of a carpenter, and culti- 
 vated his farm. He lived to the good old age of 
 seventy-nine. His father's children were: Jona- 
 than, Stephen, Richard, Esther, David, Susan, 
 Atkinson, James, and Lorin A. 
 
 Lorin A. Webster learned the carpenter's and 
 builder's trade under his father, and followed it 
 until his sudden death, in Jan. 23, 1857, at the 
 age of twenty-eight. He was at a mill in Con- 
 cord for lumber, and, being startled by a sudden 
 noise, with others rushed to the engine and 
 boiler room to ascertain the cause. They found 
 the engineer engaged in drawing the fire, for 
 the boiler was empty. Mr. Webster at once 
 rendered his assistance, but while he was at 
 work the boiler exploded, killing him instantly 
 and leaving the engineer unscathed. Mr. Web- 
 ster's wife is still living; she is a daughter of 
 June and Sally (Joslyn) Pierce of Claremont, N. 
 H. Our subject's parents had three children, of 
 whom Lorin is the only one living. The other 
 two, Carroll A., and an infant unnamed, died 
 while young. 
 
 Rev. Lorin Webster finished the course of 
 education prescribed in the public schools, and 
 entered St. Paul's School, at Concord, from 
 which he was graduated in 1876. He then en- 
 tered Trinity College, from which he received 
 his diploma in 1880, and entered the Berkeley 
 Divinity School at Middletown, Conn. In 1883 
 he came to Holderness as master in the Holder- 
 ness school and held that post for one year, when 
 he was extended a call as rector of St. Mark's 
 Episcopal Church at Ashland, N. H. He ac- 
 cepted and officiated eight years to the entire 
 satisfaction and good of the parishioners; the 
 membership of the parish was built up very 
 much by his efforts. 
 
 In 1892 he was elected rector of the Holder- 
 ness School for Boys. It is a diocesan school of 
 the Episcopal Church, and was founded with the 
 
 design of giving New Hampshire boys, and 
 others who might choose to avail themselves of 
 the privilege, the maximum advantage in pre- 
 paring for college. The school also has a 
 science course and fits boys for the scientific 
 schools. It was opened, in 1879, with Rev. F. 
 M. Gray as rector and president; he did much 
 to establish it upon a solid and lasting founda- 
 tion. In 1886 Rev. Mr. Gray was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. E. C. Coolbough, who resigned 
 in 1892, when our subject was elected to the 
 place thus made vacant. 
 
 Mr. Webster has secured a corps of masters 
 of exceptional ability, and in their report to the 
 Diocesan Convention, the trustees declare that 
 the school was never in a more satisfactory con- 
 dition. Holderness School has numerous ad- 
 vantages in its unsurpassed location, in point of 
 healthfulness, and picturesque beauty. The fine 
 buildings arise from the midst of a beautiful 
 lawn, which does not lack for shade from the 
 burning rays of the summer sun. All the build- 
 ings are supplied with mountain spring water, 
 are heated by steam and lighted by electricity. 
 The building, in which the school was organized, 
 was once the well-known home of Chief Justice 
 Samuel Livermore; this structure was destroyed 
 by fire in 1882. The following summer wit- 
 nessed the erection of two substantial brick 
 buildings with superior accommodations, and 
 carefully planned to promote the health and 
 comfort of the pupils. Adjoining the school is 
 a picturesque little chapel, in which Sunday ser- 
 vices are held; the location is hardly with an 
 equal, being located upon a bluff 700 feet above 
 sea level, with a broad, open view of the valleys 
 of the Pemigewasset and Baker Rivers to Moos- 
 ilanke and its neighboring peaks, and to the 
 Franconia group of the White Mountains. The 
 view is characterized not only for its beauty, but 
 also for its grandeur. The school is one-half 
 mile from Plymouth Railway Station, making it 
 extremely convenient for those patrons of the 
 school that live at a distance. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Webster married Jennie J., daughter 
 of Hon. Daniel N. and Calista (Richardson) 
 Adams. Mr. Adams was one of Springfield's, 
 N. H., business men. He served as Senator in 
 1850. His death occurred July 2, 1886. Our 
 subject has three children: Harold A., born Aug. 
 12, 1885; Bertha L, born June 24, 1887; Jerome 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTOX COUNTY. 
 
 P., born Aug. 2, 1888. Rev. Air. Webster is a 
 member of Alt. Prospect Lodge, No. 69, F. & A. 
 AL, also of I'emigewasset Chapter, R. A. AT, and 
 Omega Council. He is Grand Chaplain of the 
 Grand Council of the State. He is also an active 
 member of the Grange, and is president of the 
 Agricultural Association, now known as the 
 Plymouth Association. He understands music 
 thoroughly, being a composer of no mean abil- 
 ity; he is president of the board of management 
 of the New Hampshire Alusic Teachers' Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 The portrait of Rev. Mr. Webster will be 
 found on another page in connection with this 
 sketch. 
 
 JOHN W. BUCKLEY, a rising young en- 
 gineer on the B. & M. R. R., who is on the way 
 to success, was born in Victor, Vt, Feb. 13, 
 1863, and resides at Woodsville. He is the eld- 
 est of ten children born to his parents, of whom 
 seven survive. His father, Michael Buckley, 
 was a native of Alillstreet, County Cork, Ireland; 
 he came to this country in i860, and took up 
 the pursuit of agriculture, rounding out a well- 
 spent life May 2, 1896. Michael's parents were 
 John and Mary (Mitchell) Buckley, both natives 
 of Ireland, the former of County Kerry, and 
 the latter of County Cork. Both died in the 
 old country. Our subject's mother, Mary Sul- 
 livan, was born in Ireland, County Waterford, 
 and came to this country when nine years of 
 age, about 1845. Her father, Michael Sullivan, 
 was a native of County Waterford; his wife was 
 Margaret Connell; both departed this life in the 
 land of their adoption. 
 
 While a boy, our subject attended school in 
 Wells River, Newbury, and in South Ryegate, 
 Vermont, whenever he had opportunity, up to 
 his 1 8th year. At ten years of age he took up 
 the task of self-support, working on the farm 
 of Robert Nelson, situated some two miles 
 above Well? River, and later for Moses Bucha- 
 nan, attending school in the winter months. In 
 1879 ne began his connection with the B. C. & 
 M. R. R., as a cleaner at Fabian's. During the 
 fall months he acted as emergency fireman, and 
 then returned to Mr. Gibson's home at South 
 Ryegate, District No. 3, Vermont, where he at- 
 
 tended school through the winter. At the close 
 of the school term he resumed his position on 
 the road as fireman, and on Feb. 1, 1882, in rec- 
 ognition of his steadiness and trusty character, 
 he was given charge of an engine, engaged in 
 shifting in the yards. From that time until 
 1895, he was spare engineer, except the years 
 1886-87, when he ran a freight between Concord 
 and Woodsville, and for the Boston & Lowell 
 Railroad. He has now a regular run. Mr. 
 Buckley has been in but one wreck, in which he 
 received any injury; the injuries on that single 
 occasion were caused by broken glass from the 
 cab windows, when running into a snowdrift 
 one winter. 
 
 Our subject was married Oct. 4, 1886, to Alice 
 G. Keeble, a native of Plymouth, N. H. She is 
 the eldest of two daughters born to James and 
 Amanda (Kilden) Keeble of Plymouth. Her 
 younger sister Edna married Frank Mer- 
 ritt of Concord. Mrs. Buckley is a mem- 
 ber of the M. E. Church of Woodsville. 
 Mr. Buckley is a member of the Brotherhood of 
 Locomotive Engineers, Concord Division, No. 
 335. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic 
 party. 1 
 
 GEORGE W. JOHNSON, a respected farm- 
 er of the town of Hanover, was born in Cam- 
 bridge, Vt., Aug. 11, 1834. He is a son of 
 Peter J. C. Johnson, who married Triphena 
 Elmore, a daughter of David Elmore, a farmer 
 by occupation, born in Queechey, Vt. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Norwich, 
 Vt., and took up the occupation of a farmer; 
 he lived in Underhill, Vt., twenty years, and 
 then returned to his native town, where he died 
 about 1882, aged sixty-five years; our subject's 
 mother died in 1886, also about aixty-five years 
 of age. 
 
 George W. Johnson was reared in Underhill, 
 Vt., until he was twenty years old, and then in 
 Norwich until 1868. In that year he went to 
 Winona, Minn., where he lived five years, re- 
 turning to Norwich and renting a farm for two 
 years. About 1875, he bought the farm he now 
 owns in the town of Hanover, the property con- 
 sisting of about 130 acres, of which 25 acres are 
 plow-land. 
 
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 45 
 
 Mr. Johnson married as his first wife Siloma 
 Moores, daughter of Benjamin Moores, who 
 married a Miss Campbell. Of our subject's first 
 union were born six children, five girls and one 
 boy, as follows: Ada, who married John Rand, 
 and is living in Minnesota; Emma, the wife of 
 John Raymond of Manchester, N. H.; Nellie 
 married Fred Tennev of Windsor, Vt, and has 
 one child f Nina married Joseph Gove of Bos- 
 ton, and has one child ; Edith is the wife of Harry 
 Temple of Boston; Lee, the only son, died 
 when five years old. Our subject's second 
 matrimonial union was made in Union Village, 
 \ t, to Julia Alzina Gibbs, daughter of Charles 
 and Mary (Bryant) Gibbs. Both of Mrs. John- 
 son's grandfathers, Samuel Gibbs and James 
 Bryant, were pensioners of the War of 1812. 
 Mr. Johnson's grandfather on his father's side 
 was a soldier of the Revolution. Our subject 
 and wife are attendants of the Baptist Church at 
 Hanover Center. Mr. Johnson is a stanch Dem- 
 ocrat, and has served as road surveyor a num- 
 ber of years. He is a valuable member of the 
 community in which he resides, and well 
 thought of as a just, honorable man, who would 
 scorn to do a wrong, or inflict an injury on 
 society. 
 
 HON. BENT. F. TRL'SSELL, a manufac- 
 turer of bobbins and lumber, with his plant lo- 
 cated in the town of Orford, N. H., was born in 
 the same town, Sept. 9, 1835. His parents were 
 Benjamin Trussell and Asenath (English) 
 French. 
 
 The Trussell family, of whom we are writing, 
 sprung from two brothers who came from Eng- 
 land in early Colonial days. Daniel Trussell, the 
 grandfather of our subject, lived most of his 
 life in Boscawen, N. H., where he cultivated a 
 farm. His brother Moses lost' an arm at the 
 Battle of Bunker Hill. There were several boys 
 in the family, and their father, a genuine patriot, 
 when he realized the impending conflict between 
 the English and the Colonists, took down the 
 old gun, the only fire-arm the family possessed, 
 and told his sons that one of them must take the 
 gun, and go and help in the fighting that was 
 to come. Moses went first, and served through 
 the Battle of Bunker Hill, but while carrying off 
 
 the wounded, a stray shot from the British fleet 
 tore away his arm. He brought back the old 
 gun, and another brother took it into the ser- 
 vice of the Patriot Army. Daniel Trussell 
 married Anna Knowlton Dec. 11, 1790; she 
 was from Boscawen, N. H., and died in 
 Orford. 
 
 Benjamin Trussell, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Boscawen, N. H., March 31, 1795. 
 and died Jan. 10, 1882. When a child, his 
 parents moved to Orford, and in that town he 
 spent his youthful years. When fourteen years 
 old, he went to Canaan to learn the millwright's 
 trade from an uncle, remaining there till he was 
 of age, living a part of the time in Franklin, 
 where his uncle had moved. When he attained 
 his majority he returned to Orford and made it 
 his home the rest of his life. Following his 
 trade, he built mills in all the surrounding 
 towns, being away from home on such work 
 nearly every summer. In 1846, he bought the 
 place, now owned by his son, and did not work 
 away from home much afterward. He bought 
 a shingle mill with his residence, and operated 
 that and a turning mill, and repair shop. Up 
 to the latest years of his life, he was always en- 
 gaged in work, the work necessarily being 
 lighter in his old age, for he could not bear to 
 remain idle. His first wife was Sophia Derby, 
 and by their marriage Mr. Trussell became the 
 father of three children, namely: Anna S., de- 
 ceased; Charlotte H., deceased; and Priscilla 
 N., who is married and living in the State of 
 New York. His second wife, the mother of oui 
 subject, was a daughter of Andrew and Mary 
 (Goodell) English, who were married May 2, 
 1797; Marv Goodell, who was born Aug. 30, 
 1776, and died at the age of 83, was a daughter 
 of John Goodell, who was one of the first set- 
 tlers of the town of Lyme, on Goodell Brook. 
 Andrew English was born in Lyme on the 
 River Road, Aug. 18, 1772, and died at the age 
 of 83; he was a farmer all his life. His father 
 was James English, a farmer by occupation, 
 coming, it is thought, to New Hampshire from 
 Connecticut; he saw a little service in the War 
 of the Revolution in the defense of Plattsburgh, 
 N. Y. Our subject's mother by her first mar- 
 riage with Mr. French had one child, a daugh- 
 ter, Sarah P. French, now deceased; she was the 
 wife of Stillman Richardson. Her union with 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 our subject's father resulted in the birth of five 
 children, as follows: Martha C, deceased; Lucy 
 B. and Lucia S., both deceased; Benj. F., our 
 subject; and Celinda C, the wife of George W. 
 Lamprey of Orfordville. 
 
 Benj. F. Trussell passed his youthful years 
 near Orfordville, attending the district schools 
 till he was twenty-one; at that age he went to 
 Lowell, Mass., remaining there through the win- 
 ter, engaged at the trade of a carpenter. He re- 
 turned home in the spring, and has lived in Or- 
 ford ever since, making it his home at first to 
 please his mother, who had been made lonely by 
 the death of a daughter. On his return from 
 Lowell in 1857, he went into partnership with 
 his father, and operated a shingle mill until 1866, 
 when our subject built a saw-mill, and in 1887 
 added a bobbin mill. Up to the year 1882, he 
 used water-power wholly ; since then he has had 
 steam power to rely upon, having introduced a 
 steam engine. 
 
 He was married Dec. 30, 1862, irr Orfordville, 
 to Emma A. Russell, daughter of Nathaniel and 
 Persis (Hancock) Russell; they have one child, 
 George F., born Aug. 17, 1873. They also 
 adopted a daughter, Mary E., who was born 
 Feb. 23, 1882; she is now in the High School in 
 Bristol. Our subject's wife is a member of the 
 Congregational Church of Orfordville. Mr. 
 Trussell is a Republican, and has held for a 
 greater or smaller period nearly every office in 
 the town. He was selectman four years; "town 
 clerk twenty-three years, and representative for 
 two terms. He is a member of the Masonic Or- 
 der, Mr. Cube Lodge, No. 10, of Orford. He 
 has been secretary and treasurer of the Orford 
 Creamery and Butter Manufacturing Co. since 
 its organization, also the Orford Mutual Fire 
 Insurance Co., and has been Justice of the 
 Peace thirty years. 
 
 George F. Trussell learned the dairy business, 
 at which he worked some three years at Orford- 
 ville and Bristol. For one summer he worked 
 for Moselev & Stoddard of Rutland, setting up 
 creamery machinery in various towns in several 
 of the neighboring states. He was joined in the 
 holy bonds of matrimony May 21, 1895, in Bris- 
 tol to Grace H. Tilton, daughter of Green L. 
 Tilton of Bristol, whose wife was Sarah Jane 
 Fellows. George F. Trussell is a member of 
 the Bristol Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 SAMUEL FULLER BALL, a dairy-farmer 
 of the town of Lyme, was born in Thetford, Vt, 
 May 1, 1833. He is a son of Elisha P. and 
 Lydia (Chamberlain) Ball, grandson of John 
 Ball, Jr., and great-grandson of John Ball, Sr. 
 
 John Ball, Sr., lived to a very old age, and 
 our subject remembers him, when he, himself, 
 was six or seven years old; he was an expert 
 stone-cutter, and his principal occupation was 
 carving grave-stones. He married Mary Cham- 
 berlain. His son, John Ball, Jr., was born in 
 Hollis, Vt., and was also a stone-cutter by trade. 
 His death took place unexpectedly at the age of 
 58; he was afflicted with heart - trouble, and 
 dropped dead in the road, after helping a man 
 to get his team and load up the hill. He en- 
 listed in the War of 181 2, but peace was declared 
 before he saw actual service; he had proceeded 
 to the front as far as Plattsburgh, N. Y. He 
 married Sophia Pomeroy. 
 
 Elisha P. Ball was born in Vershire, Vt., Aug. 
 10, 1810, and lived to be sixty-one years old; he 
 began farming in Thetford, Vt., and died at sub- 
 ject's home; he was also a stone-cutter, but he 
 broke his leg, and had to quit that trade; his 
 wife Lydia A. Chamberlain was born Sept. 18, 
 1808. Five children were born to our subject's 
 parents: Samuel F., our subject; William Mer- 
 rill, deceased; Lydia Lestina; Amelia R., de- 
 ceased ; and Charles Carroll, deceased. His wife 
 was a daughter of Samuel Chamberlain, who 
 married a Miss Dowse. Samuel Chamberlain 
 was the first male child born in Thetford, Vt. 
 The great-grandfather of our subject on his 
 mother's side of the house was named John 
 Chamberlain, but commonly went by the name 
 of "Quail John"; he was an earlv settler of 
 Lyme, and how well he improved his opportuni- 
 ties is shown by the following verses: 
 
 " Old Quail John, when he first came on, 
 Was as poor as a calf in the spring ; 
 And now he's as rich, as old Gov. Fitch, 
 And lives like a lord and a king." 
 
 The subject of this memoir was eleven years 
 old when the family came to the town of Lyme, 
 having lived in Hanover, Lebanon^ Hartford, 
 and Thetford. He remained at home under the 
 family roof until he was twenty-one, going to 
 the district schools, and assisting his father. He 
 then hired out for three or four years, after 
 which he was employed about five years in a 
 
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 47 
 
 lumber mill in Dorchester, N. H. When he was 
 thirty years old he farmed for himself two years, 
 and then for a year or two kept a boarding-house 
 for the hands at the saw-mill, where he had him- 
 self worked. He finally returned to the farm, 
 where he now resides, and has made it his home 
 ever since, except four years he spent as super- 
 intendent of a large farm in Massachusetts. His 
 farm consists of ioo acres, and under the old 
 tariff, protecting American wool, was devoted to 
 sheep-raising, supporting upwards of 125 sheep. 
 It is now a dairy-farm, and is stocked with from 
 ten to twelve cows. 
 
 Mr. Ball was married in Thetford, Yt, Jan. 4, 
 1863, to Laura A. Gordon, a daughter of Cyrus 
 and Olive (Jesseman) Gordon; a sketch of the 
 Gordon family. will be found in this book, incor- 
 porated into the biography of Hon. John H. 
 Derby. Mr. and Mrs. Ball are prominent and 
 leading members of the Congregational Church, 
 and are liberal in their support of all good 
 causes. Mr. Ball was a charter member of the 
 original Morning Star Grange, No. 62, of the 
 town of Lyme. He is a stanch Republican, and 
 was elected selectman in 1894; he has served 
 with efficiency as road surveyor and as a mem- 
 ber of the school committee. 
 
 . JOHN M. FULLER, a progressive and lead- 
 ing farmer of the town of Hanover, N. H., owns 
 and successfully manages the old State Agricul- 
 tural Farm, near the village of Hanover; the 
 land is intervale of the best quality that can be 
 found in New Hampshire, and is wonderfully 
 productive; the farm and the buildings are in 
 excellent condition, and are so arranged as to 
 be of the greatest ^service possible to our subject 
 in his special industry of dairy-farming. 
 
 Our subject is a son of Milo Marsh, although 
 bearing the name of his step-father, who adopted 
 him. Milo Marsh was born in 1789, and died in 
 1838, the same year in which his son was born; 
 he married Mary A. Hutchinson and to them 
 were given three children: Frances E. (Brad- 
 bury); Wealthy V. (Atwood), and John M., our 
 subject. Soon after the death of Milo Marsh, 
 his widow married James Fuller, who was born 
 in Yershire, Vt, and was a descendant of a fam- 
 ily that has been represented in this country 
 
 since the landing of the Mayflower, for one 
 James Fuller came over in that famous ship, and 
 the family settled in Weston, Mass. The ances- 
 tors of James Fuller moved to Vershire, Vt., 
 where he was born in 1793. He was reared and 
 educated to the vocation of a farmer. His first 
 marriage was to Sabra Tracy, who died and 
 left him two children; one died at the age of 
 eighteen, and Walter, who grew to manhood. 
 Mr. Fuller's second helpmate was Rachel 
 George ; at her death, she left one daughter, who 
 died at the age of thirteen. His third wife was 
 the mother of our subject, Mrs. Mary A. 
 (Hutchinson) Marsh; they were married in 1844. 
 
 John M. Fuller was born Sept. 2, 1838, in 
 Brashier, Franklin Co., N. Y. ; although born 
 in New York State, few of his years have been 
 spent there, for soon after his father's decease, 
 his mother returned to Vermont, her native 
 State, to the town of Norwich, in 1839; from 
 that time till her second marriage she supported 
 herself and children by teaching school. When 
 she married James Fuller, she removed to West 
 Fairlee, Vt., to make her home, and our subject 
 went with her, and in that town he passed the 
 greater part of his early life, and there he se- 
 cured a district school education. His father 
 died in i860 and his mother in 1865. 
 
 John M. Fuller at the death of his father suc- 
 ceeded to the ownership of the farm in West 
 Fairlee, Vt., and remained on it until the death 
 of his mother, he then sold it and purchased the 
 well-known "Grass Land Stock Farm" of Han- 
 over, N. H, settling upon it the same year. The 
 farm lay just north of the village, along the east 
 bank of the Connecticut River; on this fine piece 
 of farming property Mr. Fuller carried on a 
 dairy farm, and conducted a milk route in the 
 village until 1887, when he sold it. The follow- 
 ing year he took charge of the New Hampshire 
 State Farm of the Agricultural College at Han- 
 over, and managed the same most satisfactorily 
 for the State until the change in location of the 
 Agricultural College was made in 1892. He 
 then purchased the farm, which consists of 340 
 acres of the best land in New Hampshire, well- 
 equipped in the way of buildings. Mr. Fuller is 
 practical and uniformly successful in carrying 
 out his ideas of farming. The milk product 
 from the farm is taken to the Hanover Co-oper- 
 ative Creamery, of which he is president. Every- 
 
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 thing about the farm is carried on on a large 
 scale, and yield handsome profits to its very 
 capable owner. 
 
 Our subject's nuptials with Martha S. Driggs 
 were consummated Dec. 25 (Christmas), 1865; 
 Mrs. Fuller is a daughter of Hiram C. Driggs 
 of Fairlee, Yt. Two children have blessed their 
 union: Mary E., and Fred D. Mary E. married 
 Albert H. Wood, professor in the State Agricul- 
 tural College; they have one child, Kenneth F., 
 and make their home at Durham, N. H. Fred 
 D. is a graduate of the State Agricultural Col- 
 lege, Class of 1892. and spent one year in 
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Three years 
 were employed in the New Hampshire 
 Experiment Station; in 1895 he went to the 
 Experiment Station at Geneva, N. Y. 
 He married Abbie Chamberlin of Dur- 
 ham, N. H., and has one child, Mabel I. John 
 M. Fuller is a Democrat, and at the time of the 
 change of the school system, in 1887, he was 
 elected chairman of the town school board and 
 served efficiently in that capacity for two years. 
 He is a member and master of the Grafton Star 
 Grange. 
 
 HARRY E. WEEKS, who departed his life 
 Jan. 3, 1897, was a prosperous and prominent 
 agriculturist of Bath, was born in that town 
 Xov. 9, 1863, and was a son of John and Asenath 
 (Smith) Weeks, both natives of Bath. The 
 grandfather of our subject was a well-to-do 
 farmer of Bath, and was among the leading men, 
 being firmly placed in the affections and esteem 
 of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He 
 owned and tilled a large farm during the active 
 period of his life. He was the father of the fol- 
 lowing children: Moses, Jonathan, Alfred, 
 Dudley, Willard, John, Emily, and Eliza. Re- 
 ligiously, they were Congregationalists, and at- 
 tended the church of that denomination in Bath. 
 
 John C. Weeks, the father of Harry E. 
 Weeks, was born in Bath in 1800; his education 
 was confined to what he received in the district 
 schools of his native town. He lived under the 
 parental roof until he married, which was about 
 the year 1822, when he secured a farm, and 
 afterwards made it his home, cultivating his 
 land and engaging in general agriculture. He 
 was a very successful man and was universally 
 
 liked by all who knew and appreciated his 
 sterling worth. He married Maria Powers, a 
 native of Bath, and to them were given six chil- 
 dren, namely: Mary, Charles, Luella, David, 
 Luvia, and Maria. After the death of his first 
 wife he contracted a second matrimonial alliance 
 with Asenath Smith, a daughter of Reuben 
 Smith of Lyman, N. H., and to them were born 
 five children. The record is as follows: John F., 
 Isaac S., Ellen F., Moses A., Harry E. Mrs. 
 Weeks died in 1891; the father departed this life 
 of trouble in 1874. The family attended the Con- 
 i gregational Church of Bath. 
 
 Harry E. Weeks, the subject of this brief 
 sketch, after completing his education in the 
 district schools of Bath, at the age of fifteen took 
 upon himself the management of the home farm, 
 where he remained for three years. For four 
 years succeeding this he hired out as a farm 
 hand. He then purchased a farm of 125 acres 
 with his savings, which he tilled with flattering 
 success. He was a young man of marked ability 
 and was striving by honest means to obtain a 
 competence, and so acquire influence in a 
 world where money means so much. He was 
 Republican in his political views and enthusiasti- 
 cally supported the principles advocated by that 
 party. 
 
 Dec. 2, 1886, he joined his fortunes with those 
 of Nellie M., daughter of Alden E. and Emily 
 (Woodman) Martin, and into their home have 
 come three children: Alice M., born July 24, 
 1887; Ethel M., born Feb. 14, 1889; and Mabel 
 E., born Jan. 14, 1890, who is the only one that 
 has been spared by the grim destroyer, Death. 
 They are members of the Congregational 
 Church of Bath. 
 
 Alden E. Martin of Haverhill, N. H., the 
 father of Mrs. Harry E. Weeks, was born in the 
 town of his life-long residence, Julv 17, 1825; he 
 received his education in the schools of his 
 native town, and at an early age hired out as a 
 farm hand. He has followed farming all his 
 life, and has been quite successful. In politics, 
 he is a Democrat. He married Emily Woodman 
 of Woodstock, N. H., Nov. 24, 1853, and has be- 
 come the parent of seven children, who are as 
 follows: George W., Alice J., Harry E., Charles 
 E., Willie A., Nellie M., the wife of our subject, 
 and Orrin L. Mr. and Mrs. Martin arc Method- 
 ists in religious belief. 
 
HON. JOSEPH ALLEN DODGE. 
 
MRS. J. A. DODGE. 
 
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 49 
 
 HON. JOSEPH ALLEN DODGE, deceased, 
 was the son of John Dodge, and the grandson of 
 John Dodge, Sr. (See history of Dodge family.) 
 
 Joseph Allen Dodge was born in New Boston, 
 Hillsboro Co., N. H, May I, 1818. He received 
 his education in the schools of New Boston and 
 New London; his school days over, he set out 
 to earn his own livelihood by working on his 
 father's farm during the summers, and in the 
 long winter season teaching schools in and about 
 New Boston. 
 
 Being a man of lofty purpose, he became dis- 
 satisfied with this sort of a life. Leaving farming 
 and school teaching as occupations uncongenial 
 to his taste, he journeyed to Boston and entered 
 into the service of the Boston & Lowell R. R. as 
 shipping clerk in the city freight depot, under 
 the venerable R. Sherburn, who was at that time 
 master of transportation. When the Montreal 
 road was opened Mr. Sherburn was appointed 
 freight agent; he, remembering Mr. Dodge's 
 efficient work as shipping clerk, sent him to San- 
 bornton Bridge (now Tilton) to act as station 
 agent. When the road was completed to La- 
 conia he was transferred to that station; he also 
 "broke in'' agents at intermediate stations. Mr. 
 Dodge took charge of the station at Meredith 
 Village when the road was completed to that 
 point. In January. 1850, the rails were laid to 
 Plymouth, and Mr. Dodge came to represent the 
 road at this place, remaining here until his death. 
 
 He was appointed to the office of general 
 freight agent in the spring of 1852, became 
 superintendent in i860, and was finally chosen 
 to the office of general manager, an office left 
 vacant by the death of John E. Lyon. He held 
 this position till the year previous to his death, 
 when he resigned on account of failing health; 
 he still retained his directorship in the road, how- 
 ever. 
 
 It is largely owing to the untiring energies of 
 .Mr. Dodge, John E. Lyon, and Joseph P. Pitman 
 that the Boston, Concord & Montreal R. R. and 
 branches enjoy their present prosperity. 
 
 Mr. Dodge was no office-seeker, but at the 
 earnest solicitations of his many admirers in the 
 Democratic party, of which he was always an 
 active member, he consented to the use of his 
 name on the ticket and was elected to the State 
 Legislature in the three successive campaigns of 
 1868-69-70. Pie was a Presidential Elector from 
 
 this State on the Tilden ticket in 1876; he was 
 also appointed by Governor Weston a colonel on 
 his staff. In 1859 he became a Master Mason, 
 belonging to Olive Branch Lodge. Mr. Dodge 
 was an attendant of the Congregational Church. 
 
 A year previous to his death his health began 
 to fail, and he acordingly took a trip to Califor- 
 nia in the hope of obtaining" relief and new 
 strength. His hope was vain, and returning 
 home to his native place, he passed away to the 
 land of rest on Aug. 10, 1883. The community 
 sustained a great loss in his death. 
 
 Mr. Dodge was married in 1843 to Mary A., 
 daughter of David and Sally (Hogg) Tewksbury 
 of New Boston, N. H. The three children born 
 to them were: Mary Emeline, died, aged seven 
 months; Lizzie A.; and John Allen, the latter 
 dying in early youth. Lizzie A. married William 
 R. Park, a lumber merchant of Plymouth. They 
 have six children: Mary E., Joseph A., Richard, 
 Ruth A., Esther, Ketharene. 
 
 Mrs. Dodge still lives to enjoy the declining 
 years of a well-spent life in a Gothic cottage, the 
 beautiful home of her late husband. The por- 
 traits of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge, which accompany 
 this sketch, add a decided value to the biographi- 
 cal records of Grafton Co. 
 
 HON. EDWARD P. STORRS, the gen- 
 tleman whose name heads this brief personal 
 history, is a leading business man of the town 
 and village of Hanover, N. H. He is a pro- 
 prietor of the Dartmouth Book Store, and a 
 member of the firm of Storrs & Weston, dry 
 goods merchants and clothiers, with a store in 
 Hanover, and one in Olcott, Vt. Mr. Storrs is 
 a descendant of a family long represented in this 
 country. He was born in the town of Hanover, 
 N. H, May 18, 1842, and at the age of sixteen 
 began to clerk in a store in Lyme, remaining 
 there two years, and then returning to Hanover, 
 where he worked in a store for two years. The 
 next three years were spent in the west, where 
 he was employed on a railroad. When he again 
 took up his residence in Hanover he went into 
 business with Mr. Clough, and was associated 
 with him seven years. He then bought out the 
 Claremont Stationery Co., and conducted a 
 
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 very successful wholesale and retail business for 
 seven years. Returning to Hanover, he again 
 entered the commercial circles of that town, 
 and founded the book-store, which he still con- 
 ducts. He also became interested in the cloth- 
 ing business with Maj. H. J. Weston, who has 
 the sole management of their stores in Olcott, 
 Vt„ and Hanover. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather, Maj. Joseph 
 Storrs, as he was always styled, was the largest 
 landowner in North Mansfield, Conn., and a 
 man very active and influential in affairs. He 
 was one of the Mansfield proprietors of the new 
 town of Hanover, N. H., the first town meeting 
 for which place was held in Mansfield at his 
 house in 1761. 
 
 He was also among those of the Storrs family 
 who made gifts of land to Dartmouth College, 
 his contributions amounting to no acres. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, Augustus Storrs, 
 was born in Mansfield, Conn., and was one of 
 the early settlers of the town of Hanover, where 
 he had a large grant of land, a portion of which 
 he deeded to Dartmouth College. He was much 
 interested in the growth and welfare of the town, 
 and was an earnest advocate of any project 
 which would conspire to its benefit. 
 
 Augustus Storrs had been destined by his 
 father for Dartmouth College, but not caring 
 for this, he took the farm in Hanover, N. H, 
 and William went to Dartmouth in his place. 
 He spent his life in Hanover, and was one of 
 its prominent citizens, selectman, justice of the 
 peace, and for eleven years member of the New 
 Hampshire Legislature. He died Aug. 7, 1838. 
 He married Annie Forbes, who departed this life 
 at the age of seventy-four. They reared the fol- 
 lowing family of eight children: Augustus, Abias, 
 Daniel, Royal, Adna, Nancy, Polly, and Laura. 
 
 Adna Storrs was born in the town of Han- 
 over, where he was reared and educated to agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and proved by his notable 
 efforts in that direction to be a practical as well 
 as successful farmer. He died at the age of sev- 
 enty-nine. He married Miss Goodell, daughter 
 of Luther Goodell of Lyme, N. H; her death 
 occurred when she was seventy-eight years old. 
 Their children were four in number: Augustus 
 died at the age of thirty; Helen (Alden); Ed- 
 ward P., the subject of this sketch; and Laura 
 (Foster). 
 
 Edward P. Storrs was united in marriage, in 
 1869, to Julia Steele, daughter of David Steele 
 of Lyme, N. H., and they have reared six chil- 
 dren: May L., Carrie A., Adna D., Edward P., 
 Jr.; Hattie A., and Harry C. Socially, Mr. 
 Storrs is a member of the Franklin Lodge, F. 
 & A. M., No. 6; St. Andrews Chapter, and Sul- 
 livan Commandery. He is a Republican, and 
 fearless in the expression of his beliefs and con- 
 victions; he has served as selectman, and as pre- 
 cinct commissioner four years. He represented 
 the town of Hanover in the State Legislature 
 in 1893. Ever since the introduction of the 
 water works system he has been assistant and su- 
 perintendent. Mr. Storrs has met with continued 
 success in his business life; he attracts a large 
 and desirable class of patrons to his stores by 
 the attractive manner in which he is known to 
 display his goods, by his genial, good-natured 
 manners, and not least by his unvarying habits 
 of honor and probity. 
 
 CYRUS DOWNING, a leading farmer of 
 Wentworth, N. H, was born in 1850. He was 
 reared and educated in Ellsworth, N. H., by his 
 grandfather, Jonathan Downing, a farmer of 
 that town. His grandfather died at the age of 
 74, and left a family of six children. 
 
 Cyrus Downing came to Wentworth at an 
 early age, and has spent his life there, engaged 
 in the pursuit of agriculture. He has been quite 
 successful in his chosen profession, and is never 
 found behind the times in methods of farming. 
 He is a good citizen, and is much respected by 
 his neighbors. 
 
 In 1869, he was married to Susan, daughter of 
 Ira Ellsworth of Wentworth. They have been 
 blessed with a family of three children: Fred H.; 
 Eugene C, and Allen F. Mr. Downing lives on 
 a farm, about two miles southeast of Wentworth 
 village, consisting of 250 acres. He has served 
 as selectman of the town. He is a member of 
 the Wentworth Grange, No. 199, and is master 
 of the same. Both Mr. Downing and wife are 
 loyal supporters and regular attendants of the 
 Congregational Church. Mr. Downing has 
 served as superintendent of the Congregational 
 Sunday School for three years. 
 
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 51 
 
 SCOTT SLOANE, a member of the law 
 firm of Smith & Sloane, of Woodsville, was born 
 in Montreal, Canada, June 16, 1853. He is the 
 son of Thomas C. and Mary (Grant) Sloane, and 
 the grandson of David Sloane. David Sloane 
 was a native of Massachusetts; studying law as 
 his profession. He became a very able lawyer, 
 and was held in great respect by his associates 
 of the bar. He located for the practice of his 
 profession in Haverhill, N. H., where he lived 
 the remainder of his life. He was an active and 
 leading man in town and public affairs. He 
 married Miss Johnson, daughter of Col. Thomas 
 Johnson of Newbury, Vt. She died at the age 
 of seventy-five. Mr. Sloane departed this life 
 at the age of eighty. They reared seven chil- 
 dren, who were named as follows: Thomas C, 
 David, Scott, Charles, Edward, William, Henry, 
 and Elizabeth. 
 
 Thomas C. Sloane was born in Haverhill, N. 
 H., and was given a good education. He mar- 
 ried Mrs. Mary Grant of Montreal, Canada; a 
 few years after the marriage, the family moved 
 to New York City, where Mr. Sloane was in the 
 employ of Mason & Co. on Pearl Street. He re- 
 mained with the firm a number of years, until 
 his health began to fail him, when he retired to 
 Haverhill, living there the remainder of his life, 
 and dying there at the age of about sixty-six. 
 His wife also fell into that last blessed sleep that 
 knows no waking this side of the grave, at about 
 the same age. Three boys, who yet survive 
 them, composed their family. John D. Sloane 
 lives in St. Paul, Minn. He was First Assistant 
 Engineer in the United States Navy, previous to 
 his going west. He is now extensively engaged 
 in mining and manufacturing, and is Supervis- 
 ing Inspector of that district. Scott was the sec- 
 ond son and is the subject of this memoir. Wil- 
 liam H. is in the furniture business in New York 
 City. 
 
 Scott Sloane was about three years old when 
 his parents moved to New York, and accord- 
 ingly owes his primary education to the school 
 system of that city. He came to Haverhill with 
 his parents, and soon turned his attention to the 
 legal profession as a means for acquiring a live- 
 lihood, and a place in life. He studied law with 
 Mr. G. F Putnam, attorney at Haverhill, and 
 Mr. E. W. Smith, attorney at Wells River, Vt. 
 He was admitted to the bar in 1883, and imme- 
 
 diately began his practice in Woodsville, N. H, 
 where he still resides. He has been associated 
 with Mr. Smith since 1885. Mr. Sloane has 
 gained an enviable reputation as a prominent 
 and generally successful member of the bar of 
 Grafton County. His qualifications are such 
 that he is sure to become an ornament to the 
 profession of his choice. He is a strong Repub- 
 lican, and an indefatigable worker in the inter- 
 ests of his party. He married, in 1885, Annabel, 
 daughter of William H. Nelson of Haverhill, 
 N. H. 
 
 AUGUSTUS H. ROBERTS, a leading 
 grocer of the town and village of Hanover, N. 
 H, was born in Sharon, Vt., Feb. 8, 1853 ; he is a 
 son of Masel H. Roberts, and a grandson of Elip- 
 halet Roberts, a farmer, who spent most of his 
 life in Sharon, Vt., living to be over seventy 
 years of age. He reared five children: Lucian; 
 Willis; Emiline; Mashaline; and Masel H. 
 
 The latter was born in Sharon, Vt., and lived 
 there until 1891, engaged in pursuits of an agri- 
 cultural nature: in that year he moved to Nor- 
 wich, N. H, where he now lives at the age of 
 seventy. He married Sarah Richardson, daugh- 
 ter of Aurora Richardson of North Hampton, 
 Mass. ; she is sixty-six years old. Their union 
 was blessed with six children: Augustus, de- 
 ceased; Josephine (Howard); Catharine; Julia 
 A. (Carter) ; Gertrude (Hawkins) ; and Augustus 
 H. Our subject's parents favored the Free Will 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 Mr. Roberts spent his boyhood days in 
 Sharon; his first introduction to a business life 
 was as a clerk for H. H. Clough in Hanover, 
 with whom he remained four years and a half; 
 the following five years and a half were spent in 
 the store of Mr. Cobb of Hanover. He then be- 
 gan business on his own account, opening the 
 grocery store in Hanover, which he still con- 
 ducts. 
 
 Mr. Roberts was married, in 1874, to Mary 
 Richardson, daughter of Fred Richardson of 
 Goshen, Mass.; one daughter was born them, 
 who is attending Mt. Holyoke Seminary, being 
 a member of the Class of 1900. Our subject is 
 a Republican politically. He is a member of the 
 Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F., and 
 also Tumor O. U. A. M. 
 
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 HON. EDWARD WOODS, president of the 
 Lisbon Savings and Trust Co., and also a prac- 
 ticing attorney of the village of Bath, N. H., is 
 the son of Andrew S. and Eliza (Hutchins) 
 Woods, and grandson of Andrew Woods, who 
 was born and reared in Ireland. Soon after his 
 marriage he emigrated to America; from Boston 
 to Bath, he, his wife, and one child traveled 
 through the wilderness of forests by means of 
 the spotted trees. He settled in Bath, and re- 
 mained there until his death, and was a large 
 farmer of his day. He reared a family of four 
 children. 
 
 Andrew S. Woods was born in Bath, and re- 
 ceived a primary education in its district schools 
 and a college training at Dartmouth, from which 
 he graduated. He then took up the study of 
 law, and began his practice in Bath in 1828. He 
 was a prominent and successful lawyer, and 
 widely known for the depth of his legal learning; 
 in 1840, he was appointed District Judge of the 
 Supreme Court, and remained on the bench for 
 fifteen years. After leaving the bench, he fol- 
 lowed his profession until his death. He mar- 
 ried Eliza Hutchins, a daughter of James 
 Hutchins of Bath. She was over ninety years of 
 age at her decease. Judge Woods died at the age 
 of sixty. They reared the following children: 
 Eliza I. (Bingham); Rebecca N. (Smith); Cath- 
 erine J., died at the age of twenty; Harriet J. 
 died at the age of twenty ; and Edward, the sub- 
 ject of this personal sketch. Andrew S. Woods 
 was a thorough Democrat, and favored the doc- 
 trines of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Hon. Edward Woods was born in Bath, N. 
 H., Oct. 24, 1835; he attended school at Exeter 
 Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege with the class of '56. He studied law with 
 his father, and upon his admission to the bar of 
 Grafton County formed a partnership with his 
 father, Harry, and George A. Bingham of Little- 
 ton, N. H.; this partnership continued for three 
 vears, the firm having an office in Littleton and 
 one in Bath. From that time he was associated 
 with his father in legal practice till his parent's 
 death, since which time he has been alone in his 
 office at Bath and Lisbon. 
 
 In 1863, he was joined in the holy bonds of 
 matrimony with Mary H. Carleton, daughter of 
 John L. Carleton of Bath, and to them have 
 been born the following named children: Ed- 
 
 ward, died at the age of eighteen months; Cath- 
 erine (Blandin); Thomas S., who lives in Bos- 
 ton; and Andrew S., who also makes his home 
 in Boston. Mr. Woods is a believer in sound 
 Democratic principles. He served the town 
 over twenty years as treasurer, besides holding 
 other minor offices. He represented the town in 
 the State Legislature in 1873-74, ana was state 
 Senator in 1892. He is a Director and President 
 of the Bath Lumber Co., and although he lives 
 in Bath, he is interested in the Lisbon Savings 
 and Trust Co., and has served as its President 
 ever since its organization in 1890. 
 
 MAJ. HENRY J. WESTON, of the firm of 
 Storrs & Weston, dry goods merchants and 
 clothiers of Hanover, and Olcott, Vt, is the son 
 of Frank R. Weston and grandson of Jehu Wes- 
 ton. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was a native of 
 the State of Connecticut; his father came from 
 England, being the first representative of the 
 family in America. Jehu was reared in his na- 
 tive state, and when he started out to earn his 
 own living, he went to New York State, but 
 soon after located in Cambridge, Vt. He still 
 lives at the age of eighty-four. He married as 
 his first wife Barbara Case of Cambridge, Vt.; 
 she bore him three children: Laura (Smith); 
 Josephine, who died at the age of eighteen; and 
 Frank R. His second wife was Fidelia Fulling- 
 ton of Fletcher, Vt. 
 
 Frank R. Weston was born at Cambridge, 
 Vt., and was reared and educated there; he be- 
 came a farmer, and followed that pursuit until 
 his death at the age of forty-eight. He married 
 Jane Smith, daughter of John H. Smith of Cam- 
 bridge; she died at the age of forty-nine, and left 
 five children: Henry J., Carl A., Josephine 
 (Paige), Edwin R., and Nellie. 
 
 Our subject was born at Cambridge, Vt., Jan. 
 13, 1865, and commenced to deal with the stern 
 realities of life at the age of sixteen, following 
 railroading for two years. At the age of nine- 
 teen he went into a store to clerk at Newbury, 
 Vt., for one year; he then clerked at Hanover 
 three years, and in 1887 went into the dry goods 
 and clothing business with Hon. E. P. Storrs, 
 
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 under the firm name of Storrs & Weston. Mr. 
 Weston manages the business of the store at 
 Hanover, and also of a similar one, they run at 
 Olcott, Vt. Mr. Weston is a rising young busi- 
 ness man of great promise, and has shown him- 
 self capable of taking care of their large trade in 
 a most satisfactory manner; his strict integrity 
 and high ideas of business honor make his name 
 respected wherever heard. 
 
 In 1888, he was married to Myrtie Holmes, 
 daughter of Rodney Holmes of Cambridge, Vt. 
 One child has been born to them, Hazel C. So- 
 cially, Mr. Weston is member and P G. of the 
 Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F. ; 
 Golden Rod D. of R., No. 42; Morning Star En- 
 campment, No. 12; and Canton Hanover, No. 
 16. He is a member of the Dartmouth Savings 
 Bank Association, and is a notary public. He 
 is Assistant Commissary-General on the Staff 
 of Brigadier-General L. S. Richmond of the 
 First Reg., N. H. N. G. 
 
 HENRY C. CARBEE is one of the substan- 
 tial and well-to-do farmers of Bath, N. H.; he 
 was born in the above-named town Aug. 31, 
 1829. His parents were John H. Carbee and 
 Anna Powers, both natives of Newbury, Vt. 
 Joel Carbee, the grandfather of our subject, was 
 a veteran of the Revolution, and a very promi- 
 nent and influential man of his day. He settled 
 in Newbury, Vt., where he purchased a farm and 
 made it his home the rest of his life. He mar- 
 ried Lois Downer of Newbury, Vt., and to them 
 were born seven children whose names and dates 
 of birth are as follows: John H., June 1, 1791; 
 Moses P., May 18, 1793; Joel, April 24, 1795; 
 William P., Nov. 3, 1798; Andrew, Aug. 10, 
 1802; Thomas H, Dec. 3, 1804; and Sarah, 
 July 15, 1807. They were liberal in their religi- 
 ous views. 
 
 John H. Carbee was born in Newbury, on the 
 homestead of his father, and was educated in the 
 private schools of his native village. Upon the 
 completion of his education he entered upon 
 farm work, laboring in the fields in the summer 
 and cutting wood in the winter. From the 
 wood was made pearl ash and black salts, which 
 were condensed and made into potash and con- 
 centrated lye. He also worked on the Con- 
 
 necticut River as a boatman; later he rafted lum- 
 ber for a large lumber company, under the man- 
 agement of Ebenezer Carlton of Bath Village. 
 About the year 1819 he purchased a farm in 
 Bath, which is now the home of our subject, and 
 set to work to clear and prepare it for cultiva- 
 tion. His management of the same was attended 
 with success; he continued in the active work 
 until late in life. He was a Whig, and later a 
 Republican, serving as a representative of the 
 town of Bath several years; he was also select- 
 man, road surveyor, and justice of the peace foi 
 several years. In fraternal affiliations he was a 
 faithful Mason, belonging to Pulaski Lodge of 
 Newbury, Vt.; he subsequently joined Kane 
 Lodge, No. 64, of Lisbon, N. H. He was well 
 and most favorably known in and about the ad- 
 joining towns as a good, upright business man 
 and true, loyal citizen. His wife was Anna 
 Powers, and she bore him ten children, namely: 
 Lois, born Oct. 24, 1819; Sarah, April 5, 1821 ; 
 John P., May 3, 1823; William P., April 20, 
 1825; Sarah, April 22, 1827; Henry C, Aug. 31, 
 1829; Milo, Dec. 4, 1831; Mary, Dec. 23, 1833; 
 Samuel P., June 14, 1836; and Ann, March 0, 
 1840. Mr. Carbee departed this life June 25, 
 1877; n ' s w ^ e survived him till Dec. 20, 1884, 
 when she too left to join the host gathered upon 
 the other shore. They were Congregationalists 
 and attended the church of that denomination in 
 Wells River, Vt. 
 
 Henry C. Carbee, after the completion of his 
 mental training in the schools of Bath, began 
 the pursuit of agriculture on the paternal estate, 
 and has continued on the farm he now cultivates 
 since 1842. In politics he is a Republican, and 
 has served as selectman, as a member of the 
 school board, and as a road surveyor, and repre- 
 sented his town in the Legislature in 1897-8. 
 Like his father, he is likewise a Mason, being an 
 honored member of Kane Lodge, No. 64, of 
 Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 He married, April 21, 1858, Phidelia E., 
 daughter of Lyman G. and Minda (Clifford) 
 Clark, the former a native of Greenfield, Mass., 
 and the latter a resident of Wentworth, N. H. 
 Mrs. Carbee was born Oct. 25, 1832. They have 
 reared a family of six children, consisting of the 
 following named persons, of whom only the 
 youngest and the oldest survive. The record is : 
 Jennie, born May 8, 1859; Emma, May 25, i860; 
 
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 Gertrude L., Aug. 21, 1864; William H., July 
 18, 1867; John L., Dec. 12, 1869; and Ellen P., 
 May 28, 1872. In religious views they favor the 
 Congregational Church, and may be found 
 among the regular attendants and members of 
 the Congregational Church of Wells River, Vt. 
 Our subject is an esteemed and substantial citi- 
 zen whose integrity and fair dealing are without 
 question. He is always found in the front rank 
 in the fight for better conditions of life, and a 
 higher and more elevated type of morality. 
 
 SAMUEL W. COBB, a leading and prosper- 
 ous merchant of the town of Hanover, N. H., is 
 the son of Daniel Cobb, and the grandson of 
 Nathan Cobb, who was born in Massachusetts 
 near Cape Cod, and came to Hanover, when a 
 young man. He was a blacksmith by trade, and 
 deputy sheriff. He served in the War of Inde- 
 pendence. He married Lydia Bliss, who died 
 at the advanced age of eighty-one. They 
 reared five children, as follows: Daniel, Samuel, 
 Lydia, Nathan, and David W. 
 
 Daniel Cobb was born and passed his younger 
 years in Hanover, obtaining an education in its 
 district schools. He studied law for a profes- 
 sion, and after locating in Strafford, Vt., in 1855, 
 lived there the rest of his life, dying in 1868; he 
 became one of the best and most successful law- 
 yers of the State of Vermont. He ever evinced 
 an absorbing interest in politics, and never 
 failed to support by every means in his power 
 the nominees of the Democratic party. He rep- 
 resented the town in the State Legislature sev- 
 eral terms, and was Judge of the County Court 
 thirteen years. He was a man who was en- 
 dowed with a strong and a determined will. He 
 was lame in one foot, and it has been told, after 
 he had enlisted for service in the War of 1812, 
 and had gone to Plattsburgh, N. Y., a person 
 remarked that he was not a good soldier because 
 he could not run. Mr. Cobb made the instant 
 rejoinder, "I came to fight, and not to run." 
 He married Marinda Bryant, daughter of 
 Nathan Bryant of Templeton, Mass.; she was 
 seventy years and six months old at her death. 
 Six children were born to them: Daniel B. B., 
 Samuel \V„ Danforth, Mary M., Nathan B., and 
 Walter B. 
 
 The subject of this biography, Samuel W. 
 Cobb; was born in Strafford, Vt., March 2, 1822. 
 In 1844 he began life for himself by clerking two 
 years in a store in the village. He then opened 
 a store on his own account in Hanover, and has 
 followed the mercantile business ever since, hav- 
 ing been in business over half a century; he is 
 the oldest merchant in the village, and com- 
 mands a good trade; his store is one of the best- 
 stocked stores in town, and contains all lines of 
 goods pertaining to groceries. 
 
 In 1849 ne was married to Almira W. Ripley 
 of Barre, Vt. ; she died in 1868, at the age of 
 thirty-six years and seven months, and left three 
 children: Mary E. (Hatch), Laura M. (Hast- 
 ings), Julia M. (Quimby). Mr. Cobb married as 
 his second wife Caroline E. Davis of Cornish, 
 N. H.; she was called home to join those gone 
 before at the age of forty-five years and eight 
 months, and left one son, Walter D., who was 
 born in 1870, and now assists his father in the 
 grocery business. Mr. Cobb's third wife was 
 Luella C. Hutchinson of Norwich, Vt. Our 
 subject is a member of the Franklin Lodge, No. 
 6, F. & A. M., also being a R. A. M., and a 
 member of the Council at Lebanon. In his po- 
 litical affiliations he is a Democrat, and at pres- 
 ent is town agent, a position he has held for 
 twenty years. He was postmaster during Buch- 
 anan's administration, and Cleveland's first ad- 
 ministration. He was one of the charter mem- 
 bers of the Dartmouth Savings Bank and served 
 as its vice-president. 
 
 GEORGE W. RAND, the furniture dealer, 
 and one of the oldest and most firmly established 
 business men of the town of Hanover, N. H., 
 was born in Concord, N. H., Jan. 29, 1837. He 
 is the son of Stephen Rand, who was born in 
 Epsom, N. H. 
 
 Stephen Rand learned the chair-making trade 
 and furniture painting of Low & Damon ot 
 Concord, N. H. In 1846 he moved to Hanover, 
 where he followed his trade of furniture painting 
 the remainder of his life; he died in 1884, at the 
 age of seventy-four. He married Rebecca 
 Turner, daughter of Joshua Turner of Norwich, 
 Vt. She passed away two years after her hus- 
 band at the same age. They were members of 
 
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 the Congregational Church, and Mr. Rand was 
 a strong Republican. The record of their chil- 
 dren is as follows : Henry T. ; Hamilton L. ; Geo. 
 W., the subject of this personal history; Anna 
 (Heilge); Levi T. ; Stephen; Julia H. (Clough); 
 Lucy B. (Kempton); and Frances (Tabor). 
 
 George W. Rand came to Hanover with his 
 parents and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed 
 to the baker's trade, and followed it four years, 
 but finding it to be very detrimental to his 
 health and undermining it, he left the ovens and 
 took up the trade of his father, furniture paint- 
 ing, and continued in that line of work until 
 1865, when he opened a furniture store, and 
 still successfully conducts the business. The en* 
 tire store-room is devoted to furniture of first- 
 class make and of wide variety. 
 
 His nuptials with Sarah M. S. Brown, daugh- 
 ter of Seneca Brown of Hanover, N. H, were 
 celebrated in 1861. Their union has been 
 blessed with three children: Wilson F., who 
 clerks in Storrs & Weston's clothing store; 
 Richard B.; and Anna L. Mr. Rand is a firm 
 Republican in politics. Socially, he is a mem- 
 ber of the Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M., of Le- 
 banon*; and also of St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. 
 M. He is an Odd Fellow, being a member of 
 the Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F. 
 
 HON. JOHN NELSON MORSE, whose 
 portrait may be found on a preceding page, was 
 born on the farm in North Haverhill, where he 
 now resides, Oct. 24, 1818. His father was John 
 C. Morse of the town of Haverhill. The Morse 
 family are descendants of early pioneers of Mas- 
 sachusetts, who came from England. William 
 and Anthony Morse came from Marlboro', Wilt- 
 shire, England, and settled at Newbury, Essex 
 Co., Mass., in 1635. Anthony Morse sailed from 
 the port of Southampton, England, on the ship 
 James and arrived at Boston, June 3, 1635, and 
 was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay 
 Colony May 25, 1636; he located one-half a mile 
 south a most ancient cemetery at Newbury (Old 
 Town), on a slight eminence, a field which is still 
 known as Morse Field, and on it a trace of the 
 original house still remains. Anthony Morse 
 died there, Oct. 12, 1686. The line thus origi- 
 
 nating was continued through Lieut. Anthony 
 Morse, Ensign Anthony Morse, Deacon Stephen 
 Morse, Thomas Morse to the grandfather of our 
 subject, Stephen Morse, who was born Jan. 28, 
 1756, married Sallie Kay soon after attaining his 
 majority, and died June 14, 1843, aged eighty- 
 seven years. He served as a soldier in the Revo- 
 lutionary War, and after independence was 
 achieved came to North Haverhill from Brad- 
 ford, Mass., and resided on what is known as 
 Morse Hill, on the old Coventry Road from 
 North Haverhill to Coventry (now. Bentpn), and 
 was by occupation a blacksmith. The journey 
 through the woods from Massachusetts was 
 made on horseback, his wife with a baby in arms 
 riding on the pillion. Their union was blessed 
 with the birth of twelve sons, of whom ten lived 
 to manhood. Our subject remembers distinctly 
 a family reunion of the grandparents and their 
 ten sons. The eldest son, Rev. Bryan Morse, 
 preached a sermon, and the other eleven sat in 
 the choir seats and furnished the music. 
 
 John C, the father of John Nelson Morse, was 
 born in the town of Haverhill, at Horse Meadow, 
 next house to the one now occupied by our sub- 
 ject, April 7, 1784. He spent his years in varied 
 occupations, among them being farming, black- 
 smithing, manufacturing plows, wagons, sleighs. 
 He also kept hotel for some twenty-five years 
 in the house our subject occupies. His death 
 occurred Feb. &, 1853. His wife was Nancy 
 Wheelock, who was born in 1782, and died Sept. 
 io, 1865. Their children were: Sarah, who mar- 
 ried A. P. Niles; Louisa, married M. W. Burn- 
 ham; Mary Ann, married Windsor Cobleigh; 
 Isaac L. married a Miss Glynn; Martha M. mar- 
 ried L. T. Whitcomb; Alfred N.; and the twins, 
 John Nelson and Nancy B.; Nancy B. lives in 
 Savannah, Georgia; Harriet W., the youngest 
 child, married W. J. Fisher. 
 
 Our subject attended the country schools in 
 his youth, and had charge of his father's hotel 
 almost from boyhood. After his parents' death 
 he discontinued the hotel and interested himself 
 in the cattle business. He has been a drover 
 most of his life after twenty-five years of age, 
 and has made buying trips throughout Northern 
 New Hampshire to Canada, in connection with 
 J. P. Webster, under the firm name of Morse & 
 Webster. Their market has been invariably Bos- 
 ton; before the days of railroads thev sometimes 
 
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 drove from Canada to Boston, and there dis- 
 posed of their stock. 
 
 Mr. Morse married Kate Southard, who was 
 born June 29, 1829, and departed this life Feb. 
 25, 1894. She was a daughter of Aaron South- 
 ard of Ackworth or Charlestown, N. H.; he 
 owned and cultivated a large farm on Horse 
 Meadows. Mrs. Morse's mother was Jane Fin- 
 ley. To Mr. and Mrs. Morse have been born 
 two children: Katherine and John H. Kath- 
 erine is a graduate of Wellesley College, in the 
 Class of. 1890, after a four years' course, having 
 previously attended Haverhill Academy. Miss 
 Morse takes a lively interest in educational mat- 
 ters, and is a practical-minded woman in every 
 way ; she is a member of the school board of the 
 town of Haverhill. John H. lives on the farm 
 with his father; he attended St. Johnsbury Acad- 
 emy, and is a graduate of Lindenville Academy. 
 The home farm consists of a tract of 200 acres 
 of land, that part of it which is fitted for pastur- 
 age runs back among the hills. Mr. Morse has 
 been a Republican ever since the dissolution of 
 the old Whig party, and the organization of the 
 Republican; he has represented the town in the 
 State Legislature for one term. He was in his 
 younger days a member of an I. O. O. F. Lodge, 
 which has since broken up. 
 
 WILLIAM M. KELSEA, the subject of this 
 personal history, is one of Lisbon's most re- 
 spected citizens, and is at present officiating as 
 its town clerk. Born in the town of Landaff, he 
 was educated in Lisbon, and taught several 
 terms of school, at the same time following the 
 pursuit of agriculture; up to the age of forty 
 he was engaged in the latter calling, and proved 
 himself perfectly familiar with all the minutiae 
 and detail, the knowledge of which goes so far 
 in making the successful farmer. His next 
 pursuit was the manufacture of piano 
 sounding boards, bridges, bars, etc., for 
 the Parker- Young Company, of Lisbon, 
 X. H., continuing in that line of work 
 until 1895, since which time he has withdrawn 
 himself somewhat from the busy world of labor. 
 
 Mr. Kelsea was born March 3, 1826, and is a 
 son of William and Betsey (Kimball) Kelsea, 
 and a grandson of William Kelsea, Sr. The 
 
 first William Kelsea, whom we shall mention, the 
 grandfather of our subject, was a native of Lon- 
 donderry, N. H, thence moved to Center Har- 
 bor, later moving to Haverhill, N. H., where he 
 carried on a flourishing business as a manufac- 
 turer of spinning wheels. He then moved to 
 Landaff, about 1800, continuing his business, 
 and also owned and operated a large farm, and 
 in the latter part of his life relinquished his 
 manufacturing business to his sons, and devoted 
 his entire attention to the farm and agricultural 
 pursuits. His father was Hugh Kelsea, who 
 was of Scotch and Irish extraction, and came to 
 this country from the north of Scotland, settling 
 in Londonderry, N. H. William Kelsea mar- 
 ried Phebe Ladd of Piermont, N. H., and to 
 them were born ten children, who grew to ma- 
 turity, of whom but three now survive: John H.; 
 Benjamin F.; and Emily (Mrs. Jehiel Knapp). 
 Religiously, he favored the doctrines of the 
 Methodist Church. He was a Whig in politics, 
 and a very prominent man of his day; he served 
 his town as selectman, and as representative. 
 He was commonly known as Capt. William Kel- 
 sea, by reason of the commission he held in the 
 State militia. 
 
 William Kelsea, the father of the subject of 
 this sketch, was educated in the schools of Lis- 
 bon, and followed the pursuits of agriculture all 
 his life in Landaff; by his careful habits of in- 
 dustry, and by his superior management, he be- 
 came prosperous, and a leader in his circle of 
 acquaintances. He was a Republican, and held 
 the office of selectman two years in the town of 
 Landaff; in the old State militia, before its re- 
 organization, he was a drum-major. His wife, 
 who was a daughter of Jonathan Kimball of 
 Landaff, N. H., bore him six children, namely: 
 William M., the subject of this notice; Amanda 
 M., deceased; Jane E.; Jonathan K., deceased; 
 Martha P., deceased; Sarah M., deceased. He 
 was an attendant of the M. E. Church of Lisbon, 
 N. H, and gave liberally of his means to its sup- 
 port. 
 
 Our subject was married, in 185 1, Nov. 25, to 
 Martha Clough, daughter of Abner Clough of 
 Bath, N. H. Eight children have been born to 
 them, as follows: Lucia F. ; Fred H.; Martha J.; 
 Ellen M.; Nettie L; Willie A.; Frank S.; and 
 George M. Mr. Kelsea is an attendant of the 
 M. E. Church of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
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 Mrs. Kelsea died the 23d of Feb., 1891. 
 
 Mr. Kelsea is firm in his allegiance to the 
 Republican party; he was elected in the spring 
 of 1889 to the office of town clerk; he has also 
 served as collector of taxes since 1890, and has 
 held a commission as justice of the peace for the 
 same length of time; for several years he was 
 district clerk. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Golden Grange, No. y$, of Lisbon, N. H., in 
 which organization he holds the office of sec- 
 retary. 
 
 VAN B. GLAZIER, a veteran of the late war 
 and farmer of Landaff, Grafton Co., N. H., was 
 born in Haverhill, N. H., Feb. 9, 1842, and is a 
 son of Aaron P. and Hannah (Royce) Glazier, 
 the former of Troy, Yt., and the latter of Lan- 
 daff, N. H. 
 
 The history of our subject begins properly 
 with that of his great-grandfather, Aaron P. 
 Glazier, who came to this country with two of 
 his brothers from England a short time previous 
 to the War of the Revolution. He became a 
 soldier in the American army, serving in the ca- 
 pacity of a blacksmith, which was his trade. An 
 interesting relic still in the possession of the 
 Glazier family is the anvil on which he worked. 
 After the war he settled in Weathersfield, Vt. 
 He married Orphia Belknap, and to them were 
 born the following children: James, Ephraim, 
 Sophia, and Betsey. Aaron P. Glazier rounded 
 out his career with seventy-six years, dying May 
 5, 1833; his wife passed away six days later, 
 May 11, 1833, aged seventy-seven. 
 
 James Glazier, the eldest son of Aaron, and 
 grandfather of our subject, was born June 2j, 
 1784, in Weathersfield, Vt., and was educated in 
 the schools of his native town. He served in the 
 war of 1 81 2, working like his father at the trade 
 of a blacksmith, using the very same anvil that 
 had seen service in the Revolution. He was 
 present at the engagement between the Ameri- 
 cans and the English at Plattsburgh, on Lake 
 Champlain, lying between the States of New 
 York and Vermont. He married Sally Parker, 
 a native of Irasburgh, Yt.; their union was 
 blessed with eight children, who were as follows : 
 Zenas, born April 16, 1806; Orphia, Sept. 22, 
 1807; Aaron P., July 12, 1810; Nathaniel P., 
 
 Sept. 29, 1812; Sarah B., Nov. 22, 1815; Luke 
 C, Dec. 19, 1818; Janes, July 13, 1823; Mary C, 
 Aug. 19, 1827. The death of Mr. Glazier took 
 place June 16, i860; his wife died Dec. 5, 1856, 
 aged seventy-one years. 
 
 Aaron P. Glazier, our subject's father, was 
 born in Troy, Yt., July 12, 1810, and attended 
 school in that town in his boyhood days. About 
 the year 1833 he purchased a lumber mill in 
 North Haverhill, and in 1835 he went to Mobile, 
 Ala., where he was offered the position of super- 
 intendent of a saw-mill. He remained there 
 only about two years, and then, preferring New 
 Hampshire hills with bracing air and lovely 
 scenery to the cotton fields and bayous of the 
 South, he returned to the Granite State, where 
 he purchased a farm in Center Haverhill and 
 followed farming as long as his strength would 
 permit. Politically he was a Democrat, and held 
 the offices of tax collector and justice of the 
 peace. He was of a critical and judicial temper- 
 ament, and his decision not only in matters of 
 law, but also in regard to things that were not 
 brought into court, was much, sought after. He 
 married Aug. 19, 1832, Hannah Royce, and to 
 him and his good wife were born seven children : 
 Parker, Henry A., Sarah B., Van B., Ruth F., 
 Mary A., Lizzie S. The mother belonged to the 
 Baptist Church; the father died Oct. 6, 1878, and 
 the mother passed away to the lands of peace 
 and rest Nov. 1, 1873. 
 
 Our subject had just finished his education in 
 the district schools of Haverhill, when the war 
 broke out. He at once, animated by the ex- 
 ample of grandfather and great-grandfather, en- 
 listed for the preservation of the Union. He be- 
 came a member of Co. G, 2nd Reg. N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division of the 3rd 
 Army Corps. He served from April 24, 1861, 
 until lie was discharged Feb. 9, 1863, for dis- 
 abilities. He was engaged in all of the battles, 
 in which his company participated during that 
 time. Mr. Glazier has lived in Landaff ever 
 since 1870, when he bought a farm and settled 
 down to an agricultural life. Politically, he is a 
 Republican, and has served as selectman. 
 
 He married Lavinia Young, daughter of 
 Archimedes Young, Aug. 27, 1865, and to them 
 have been born three children. Julia E. is a 
 teacher of drawing in the school of Lisbon. 
 Hattie E. is assistant teacher of mathematics in 
 
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 Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 
 Murray R. graduated from the High School of 
 Lisbon in 1892 and is engaged in teaching. Mr. 
 Glazier and wife are Methodists, and also Hattie 
 E. Murray R. is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 He is also a prominent Mason, belonging to 
 Kane Lodge, No. 64, of Lisbon, N. H.; Franklin 
 Chapter, No. 5 of Lisbon ; he has held all the im- 
 portant chairs with the exception of master of 
 the lodge. He is also a member of St. Girard 
 Commandery of Littleton, N. H. In G. A. R. 
 circles Mr. Glazier is well and favorably known 
 as a hard worker in the interests of that order. 
 He is a member of Col. Emery Post, No. 23 of 
 Lisbon, and has held all the important offices. 
 He was a delegate to the National Encampment 
 of 1896, which was held in St. Paul, Minn., and 
 was honored with the position of aide-de-camp 
 on the staff of the National Commander. He 
 is also a justice of the peace, his commission dat- 
 ing from the year 1895. 
 
 NATHAN S. KNIGHT, a popular passenger 
 conductor in the employ of the B. & M. R. R., 
 with headquarters at Woodsville, N. H., was 
 born in Jefferson, N. H., April 20, 1849. He is 
 a son of Isaac and Hannah (Holmes) Knight of 
 Jefferson. 
 
 The great-grandfather of the subject of this 
 brief memoir was an Englishman; he came to 
 this country in that period of life when all things 
 wear the roseate hue of promise. He settled in 
 the State of New Hampshire, where he followed 
 agricultural pursuits throughout the active part 
 of his life, dying at an advanced age. 
 
 His son was born in Plainfield, N. H., and was 
 a farmer, as was his father; he was very promi- 
 nent among the men of his neighborhood. In 
 politics he was a Whig. He reared a family of 
 eight children, namely: Abraham, Cheever, 
 John, Lysander, Isaac, Abner, David, and a 
 daughter, who died in infancy. In his religious 
 affiliations the grandfather of our subject was a 
 Congregationalist. 
 
 Isaac Knight, the fifth child and the father of 
 Nathan S. Knight, was born in Plainfield, N. H., 
 and was educated in the common schools of his 
 
 native town, learning the carpenter's trade when 
 a young man; he followed this trade for a living 
 for a number of years, then turning his attention 
 to agriculture, he became one of the leading 
 farmers of his vicinity. He was a Republican in 
 politics, and although taking a keen, intelligent 
 interest of the political issues of the day, he 
 never sought public office. He married Hannah 
 Holmes, and to them were born eight children, 
 viz.: Isaac E., Hannah C, Nathan S., the sub- 
 ject of this notice, Charles W., William H., 
 Azero; and Nellie, and Mannassah, who are no 
 longer living. The tather of this fine family of 
 children died about the year 1870; his wife 
 passed away in 1868. They were Congregation- 
 alists in religious belief. 
 
 Nathan S. Knight, upon completing his edu- 
 cation at the age of eighteen, began work in a 
 mill, then operated by E. C. Garland of Lan- 
 caster, N. H., where he remained one year, 
 leaving to work in the same capacity for J. B. 
 Brown of Maidstone, Vt, the work being a 
 manufacture of lumber and laths. Later he re- 
 moved to Whitefield, N. H., there entering the 
 employ of Brown's Lumber Co., continuing in 
 their service for eight years, and was known as 
 one of the most faithful and efficient of em- 
 ployees. He then entered the service of the 
 Boston, Concord & Montreal R. R. as brake- 
 man; the road is now generally known as the 
 Boston & Maine. After "braking" for two years 
 he was advanced to the position of baggage 
 master, working in that capacity for about three 
 years. He was then promoted to a position as 
 conductor on a way freight, and soon after was 
 made a conductor on a passenger run, a position 
 he still retains. In all he has put in about six- 
 teen years of faithful service for the railroad 
 company. He received a painful accident when 
 on duty Nov. 20, 1890, from which he has never 
 fully recovered. He was passing from the con- 
 ductor's salon to the main train while the train 
 was in motion, and was caught and thrown to 
 the ground by a cattle-guard, injuring his 
 spine. In politics he is a stanch Republican. 
 
 He was married March 6, 1871, to Vina R., 
 daughter of Silas and Hannah (Ware) Hubbard, 
 natives of Whitefield, N. H. Their union has 
 been blessed by the birth of two children: Fred 
 M., born Nov. 20, 1878; and a child, that died 
 in infancy. Fred M. Knight is now in the em- 
 
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 ploy of Barton & Co. of Manchester, N. H. Our 
 subject belongs to the I. O. O. F., Moosehillock 
 Lodge, No. 25 of Woodsville, and Littleton En- 
 campment, No. 26, of Littleton, N. H., and to 
 Grand Canton Albion, No. 4, of Woodsville, 
 N. H. He is also a member of the Order of 
 Railway Conductors of Lyndonville, Vt. Re- 
 ligiously, both he and his wife are attendants of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodsville. 
 Mr. Knight is a man of standing in his com- 
 munity, whose opinions are regarded with re- 
 spect, and whose position in society is commen- 
 surate with his many acknowledged qualities. 
 His views are always decided and expressed with 
 the fearlessness of one who feels he is right and 
 is not afraid to maintain his position. 
 
 FRANK W. DAVISON, senior member of 
 the firm of Davison & Ward, leading clothiers 
 of the town of Hanover, N. H., is the son of 
 William H. Davison, and a grandson of William 
 Davison, who was born in the adjoining town 
 of Lyme, N. H., where he grew up and spent 
 his life at the vocation of farming. He married 
 Cynthia Bixby; they both died about the age of 
 seventy. Five children, as follows, composed 
 their family: William H., Lydia (Dimmick), 
 Eliza, Cynthia (Dimmick), and Chester. 
 
 William H. Davison was born on the old 
 homestead' in Lyme, and succeeded to the own- 
 ership of it after his father's death, and farmed 
 it until two years before his death, which he 
 spent in Hanover, dying at the age of fifty-six. 
 He married Almira Hurlbutt, daughter of Al- 
 pheus Hurlbutt of Hanover; she was born in 
 1819, and is still living in the town of Hanover. 
 But three children were born to them: Henry, 
 who died at the age of eighteen, and Frank W., 
 the subject of this personal history; and George 
 -R., who died in infancy. William H. Davison 
 was a strong Republican, and a hard worker for 
 its interests; he served as selectman for Lyme 
 several years, and represented the town in the 
 State Legislature. 
 
 Frank W. Davison was born in the town of 
 Lyme, Sept. 25; 1850; his education he obtained 
 in the district schools of Lyme and HanoVer, 
 and in Meriden Academy. At the age of sixteen 
 he began to support himself, and in 1872 
 
 opened up in business at Lebanon, N. H., 
 where he was associated in business with a part- 
 ner for a year in mercantile lines. After that he 
 embarked in the shoe business a short time, and 
 then ran a grocery store for three years. In 
 1877 Mr. Davison came to Hanover, and with 
 Mr. J. E. Lincoln opened a general store; this 
 arrangement continued undisturbed for four 
 years to the mutual benefit of both parties. 
 When they dissolved partnership Mr. Davison 
 conducted his business alone until 1896, when 
 he took in Mr. Ward as a partner. In addition 
 to his business interests in the store, our sub- 
 ject handles coal, and has been in that line of 
 trade since 1890; he also owns and oversees a 
 farm. He is a first-class, wide-awake business 
 man, and thoroughly conversant with the re- 
 quirements of his line of business; his store is 
 at all times well-stocked with a carefully se- 
 lected line of goods, that meet the approval of 
 the most fastidious. 
 
 Mr. Davison was joined in wedlock, in 1872, 
 to Emily Foster, daughter of Caleb Foster of 
 Hanover; they have one son, Frank F. Mr. 
 Davison is a Republican, and votes the straight 
 ticket. He is a member of the Good Samaritan 
 Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F. He is a director of 
 the Dartmouth National Bank, and a trustee ol 
 the Dartmouth Savings Bank. 
 
 KIMBALL F. WOODMAN, a respected 
 farmer and citizen of Bath, N. H., was born in 
 West Thornton, N. H., July 8, 1833, and is a son 
 of Nathaniel and Betsey (Kimball) Woodman, 
 grandson of Jacob Woodman. The grandfather 
 of our subject was an Englishman and came to 
 this country in search of his fortune in the broad 
 and inviting prospect of a virgin and unde- 
 veloped soil. He made the journey in the first 
 bloom of young manhood, and selected a resi- 
 dence in Durham, Mass., where he bought a 
 farm and busied himself in the cultivation of its 
 broad acres. He served as a soldier in the War 
 of 181 2 and received the title of colonel in recog- 
 nition of his valuable military services. In poli- 
 tics, by his sympathies he was originally a Tory; 
 when the great American parties had been 
 formed he became a Democrat, continuing till 
 the day of his death in the party, whose leaders 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 were Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew 
 Jackson; he would never accept any office of any 
 nature, no matter how great a pressure was 
 brought to bear and how many inducements 
 were offered. His wife bore him the following 
 children: Alexander, Ira, Joseph, Charles, Bet- 
 sey, Caroline, Mary Ann, and Nathaniel, the 
 father of our subject. In religious belief the 
 family were honored members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 Nathaniel Woodman was born on the home- 
 stead in Durham, Mass., in 1807, and was en- 
 abled to secure a quite liberal education for 
 those times in the common schools and the 
 Academy of Durham. He learned the trade of 
 a currier and shoemaker, and when about 
 twenty years of age moved with his parents to 
 West Thornton, N. H. He remained in that 
 place but a short time, removing from there to 
 Bath, where he purchased a farm, which he 
 operated in connection with his trade. He died 
 in 1882. He was actively connected with the 
 State of New Hampshire Militia and held a 
 commission as captain. He joined his fortunes 
 with those of Betsey, daughter of Isaac and Bet- 
 sey Jane Kimball, both natives of West Rumney. 
 As a result of this union there were born to them 
 the following children: Betsey J., Emily E., 
 Lyman W., Martha, an infant who died while a 
 babe, and Kimball F., the subject of this short 
 memoir. In his political views Nathaniel Wood- 
 man was a Democrat. The family attended the 
 M. E. Church. He died in 1880. Mrs. Kimball 
 died in 1876, aged sixty-five years. 
 
 Kimball F. Woodman, after the period of his 
 youth had passed, in which he obtained a good 
 education in the schools of Bath, hired out at the 
 age of nineteen as a farm hand. At a later' 
 period he went into business in company with 
 his father, being engaged in the manufacture of 
 spokes, hubs, and felloes, and other wagon and 
 sleigh stock. He continued in this industry 
 until 1880, when he found that indoor work was 
 making serious inroads on his constitution, and 
 accordingly purchased a farm, and has ever 
 since devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. 
 He is also a Democrat, like his father and grand- 
 father before him. In 1857 he married Susan 
 H, daughter of Benjamin and Ellen B. (Goey) 
 Hutchins, natives of Plattsburgh, N. Y. Three 
 children have blessed their union: Sarah L., 
 
 Frank K., and Charles B. Sarah L. married 
 Charles Kimball of Bath, and has four children: 
 Emma, Willis, Warren, and Lewis. Frank K. 
 Woodman's sketch appears on another page of 
 this volume. Charles B. is the proprietor of the 
 Parker House in the village of Woodsville, 
 N. H. The family are attendants of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
 JOHN KING, an agriculturist, who is en- 
 gaged at his vocation on his farm at the base of 
 Bear Hill, in the south part of the town of 
 Lyme, was born in the town of Euphratah, Ful- 
 lerton Co., N. Y., Nov. 12, 1849. 
 
 His father, John King, Sr., was born in Ire- 
 land, County Tyrone, of Scotch-Irish parentage; 
 he was married in his native place, a few years 
 before he emigrated to the United States, to 
 Mary Starr, who died in this country at their 
 home in Fullerton County, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1864, 
 aged forty-four years. Seven children were born 
 to them, as follows: Peter, living in Fullerton 
 County, N. Y.; Sarah (Caffrey), who lives in the 
 State of Iowa; John, Jr., the subject of this per- 
 sonal history; Susan, the wife of Mr. Ryan, a 
 wheelwright of Syracuse, N. Y. ; Mary, de- 
 ceased; Charles, who lives in his native county 
 in New York; and James, who also lives in Ful- 
 lerton County, N. Y. The two eldest children 
 were born in Ireland; John was born a short 
 time after the arrival of his parents in this coun- 
 try. 
 
 Our subject made his home in Fullerton 
 County till about 1878, attending the district 
 schools off and on until he was twenty years old. 
 From the time when he was sixteen he received 
 all the money he earned, and supported himself. 
 The first work he did on his own account away 
 from home was in the northern woods, peeling 
 hemlock bark at seventy-five cents a day; he 
 was gone but a week, and thought he had been 
 away from his mother and home for a month, so 
 slow did the time pass. He worked near home 
 a few years, and then returned to the northern 
 regions, where he peeled bark in the summer, 
 and worked in lumbering camps in the winter. 
 He raised a yoke of steers, and employed every 
 winter from September till the snow melted in 
 the spring in hauling logs. In the fall of 1878 
 
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 he came to New Hampshire, to work in the tim- 
 ber near Mt. Washington ; he was in that locality 
 for a year and a half, the last year of which 
 period he was working in a pulp mill of a paper 
 manufacturing company. He then went over to 
 the copper mines at Yershire, Yt., and worked 
 four years and a half; while living at Ely he was 
 married. In 1883 he came to the town of 
 Lyme, and purchased his present farm of 300 
 acres, where he makes dairying his principal 
 occupation and source of income. He is also 
 interested in poultry raising, and keeps a large 
 flock of well-selected strains. 
 
 Mr. King was married Nov. 13, 1880, at Ely, 
 Yt., to Matilda Suitor of Broughton, Province 
 of Quebec, a daughter of David and Mary (Mc- 
 Keage) Suitor; Mrs. King was the eldest of thir- 
 teen children born to her parents. Three chil- 
 dren, of whom only the youngest is living, have 
 been born to our subject and his wife; the record 
 is: John Allen, deceased; Matilda, deceased; 
 and Lucy Mabel, who was born Aug. 24, 1896. 
 Mr. and Mrs. King are both members of the 
 Baptist Church of Lyme Center. Mr. King is 
 a Mason, and holds a membership in Jackson 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 6, of Ely, Vt. He is a 
 Republican, and has been road surveyor one 
 year.- His older brother, Peter, was in the 153rd 
 Reg. N. Y. Yol. Inf. in the late war, and lost a 
 leg at the Battle of Winchester. An uncle, now 
 a pensioner of the English Crown, was twenty- 
 one years in the English army as sergeant, and 
 saw much service in the East Indies. 
 
 HON. TYLER WESTGATE, Judge of Pro- 
 bate, living in Haverhill, N. H., was born the 
 eldest son of his parents at Enfield, N. H., Dec. 
 2, 1843. He was educated at Haverhill Academy 
 and at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. 
 H., graduating from the latter institution in the 
 Class of 1864. He filled the office of assistant 
 clerk of the Supreme Court of Grafton Co. from 
 April 11, 1865, to April 1, 1871, and was Regis- 
 trar of the Court of Probate for Grafton Co. from 
 April 7, 1871, to July, 1874, and from Aug. 1, 
 1876, to June 30, 1879. He was also clerk of 
 the sessions of the New Hampshire Senate of 
 1876 and '77. He was appointed Postmaster at 
 Haverhill, April 1, 1881, and performed the 
 
 duties of that office until Oct. 1, 1885. He was 
 again made Registrar of the Court of Probate of 
 Grafton Co. in July, 1889, and held it until Feb. 
 20, 1890, when he was appointed Judge of the 
 Court of Probate, a position he now holds. He 
 is eminently fitted for his present position, for 
 his whole life has been a training for it, as he was 
 register in the Court, in which he now officiates 
 as the leading functionary, for about seven years, 
 besides holding many other official positions. 
 
 Mr. Westgate married, Aug. 30, 1881, Lucretia 
 M. Sawyer of Malone, N. Y.; she departed this 
 life Jan. 16, 1884, leaving no issue. Judge West- 
 gate married as his second wife Phoebe J. Bean 
 of Limington, Me., who passed away Jan. 28, 
 1894, leaving two daughters as a precious legacy 
 to her husband: Louise Bean, the elder, was 
 born July 17, 1890; Elsie May was born April 
 18, 1892.' 
 
 Judge Westgate is a son of Nathaniel W. 
 Westgate and Louisa Tyler. Nathaniel W. West- 
 gate was a grandson of John Westgate, who 
 came from Tiverton, Rhode Island, to Plainfield, 
 N. H., about the year 1778, and lived there, en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits till his death, 
 which occurred in his ninetieth year. He married 
 Grace Church, who was a lineal descendant of 
 Capt. Benjamin Church, distinguished in King 
 Philip's War; she died at Plainfield, N. H., at 
 the age of ninety-six. To them were born eleven 
 children, of whom our subject's grandfather, 
 Earl Westgate, was one. 
 
 Earl Westgate married Elizabeth Waite, of 
 Hubbardstown, Mass., a daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Anna (Suitzer) Waite; they gathered about 
 them a family of three children, of whom Nath- 
 aniel W. Westgate was the youngest. 
 
 The father of our subject received his educa- 
 tion at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. 
 H., and studied law under Charles Flanders, 
 Esq., at Plainfield, N. H. He was admitted to 
 the practice of the legal profession in Newport, 
 in the autumn of 1827, and immediately located 
 in Enfield, N. H., and for nearly thirty years 
 continued to reside there, enjoying a lucrative 
 practice before the courts of Grafton and Sulli- 
 van counties. He was appointed to the office of 
 Registrar of Probate for Grafton Co., in July, 
 1856, and thereupon took up his residence in 
 Haverhill in September of that year. From Reg- 
 istrar he advanced to Judge of the Probate 
 
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 Court, succeeding Judge Nathaniel P. Berry, 
 when that gentleman was elected Governor in 
 1861; Mr. Westgate retired from office in 1871 
 by reason of constitutional limitation of age. 
 During his residence in Enfield he filled various 
 offices of public trust, including such as superin- 
 tendent of the schools, town clerk, and post- 
 master for several years. He was chosen a 
 representative from Haverhill to the State Leg- 
 islature in 1861. At the time of his death his 
 sons, Tyler and William F., held the offices of 
 Judge and Registrar of the Probate Court of 
 Grafton Co., respectively. 
 
 Nov. 14, 1842, the father of our subject mar- 
 ried Louisa Tyler, and to them were born six 
 children: Tyler, Nathaniel W., Jr., deceased; 
 Jennie L. ; Frederick Austin, deceased; William 
 Francis ; and George Henry. Mr. Westgate was 
 the administrator of the Tyler estate. He was 
 born Jan. 26, 1801, and died Dec. 16, 1890, in 
 his ninetieth year. His wife died in Haverhill, 
 N. H., March 16, 1895. 
 
 The mother of our subject was a grand-daugh- 
 ter of Col. Benjamin Tyler, who was born at 
 Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 22, 1732, the same day 
 which is noted in American history as the natal 
 day of George Washington. Col. Tyler married 
 Mehitabel Andrews of Farington, Conn. 
 
 The former's son, Ephraim, was the second 
 in a family of eleven children that made up the 
 family: he was born at Wallingford, Conn., and 
 died at Claremont, N. H., Dec. 16, 1823. He 
 married Abigail Pardee, who preceded her hus- 
 band to the immortal fields March 18, 1814, at 
 an age of fifty-four years. 
 
 Austin Tyler, the fifth child in his father's 
 family of eleven children, was born at Clare- 
 mont. Jan. 6, 1790, was married March 6, 1814, 
 and died Aug. 12. 1844. His wife was Almira 
 Kingsbury, who was born at Keene, N. H., 
 March 6, 1799, and died at Claremont, Dec. 19, 
 1867; she assumed the marriage obligations on 
 her fifteenth birthday. She was the only child 
 of Daniel and Hannah (Bailey) Kingsburv, and 
 a granddaughter of Deacon Daniel Kingsbury of 
 Keene, N. H. Austin Tyler was one of the 
 foremost men of his vicinity and generation, and 
 held many of the most important public offices. 
 Tn 1819 he was deputy sheriff for Cheshire Co.; 
 was selectman for nine years, moderator for a 
 lung time, justice of the peace, and representa- 
 
 tive to the New Hampshire Legislature in 1827- 
 28-31-32-35-36-37-42, besides being State Sen- 
 ator in 1838. In 1822 he was paymaster of the 
 15th Reg., 5th Brigade, 3rd Division of the New 
 Hampshire militia. The Claremont Aqueduct 
 Association elected him its president, and he con- 
 tinued to hold the position and the esteem of his 
 supporters for a long term of years. Besides the 
 many public offices he held, he was appointed by 
 will as guardian of many minors, and as adminis- 
 trator of not a few estates. 
 
 Wait's History of Claremont says: "He was 
 one of the most active, enterprising, and public- 
 spirited men in the town at his time." In 1835 
 he published "Tyler's Tax-Maker's Book," a very 
 valuable work, which has been placed and used 
 in nearly every town in New Hampshire, and 
 has seen service throughout the States in the 
 Union. When suffering an affection of the lungs 
 he started on a short sea voyage, about three 
 weeks before his death, hoping that he might 
 be benefited by the trip. The short voyage hav- 
 ing seemingly benefited him, he was making 
 arrangements for a journey to the West Indies, 
 when death cut short his plans. 
 
 Louisa Tyler, the mother of Judge Tyler 
 Westgate, was the second in a family of seven 
 children, making up her parents' household; she 
 was born at Claremont* N. H., March 30, 1818. 
 In 1831 she attended Mrs. E. M. Hutchison's 
 school for young ladies at West Lebanon, N. H. 
 In 1832 she was a pupil at the Misses Stevens 
 and Thatcher's school at Claremont, and in 1834 
 went to Keene, N. H., to the Young Ladies' 
 Seminary at that place. She was instructed in 
 music in 1836 by Miss Pratt, arid in 1838 and 
 1839 by Prof. Long. 
 
 William Francis Westgate, next younger 
 brother living to Tyler Westgate, was born at 
 Enfield, N. H., July 5, 1852, and received his 
 education in the Haverhill, Meriden, and New 
 London Academies, graduating at length from 
 Dartmouth College, in 1875. He read law in his 
 father's office with Hon. George F. Putnam, and 
 was admitted to the New Flampshire bar in 1880. 
 He has ever taken an active interest in politics. 
 He was a member of the board of education, 
 acting as chairman and secretary for six vears. 
 He also served one term in the Legislature of 
 1883, as representative of the town of Haverhill. 
 For many years Mr. Westgate was a member of 
 
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 the Republican State Committee, and chairman 
 of the County Committee. In 1884 he was 
 elected Register of Probate for the county, and 
 re-elected in 1886, and in 1888 was appointed by 
 the Supreme Court to fill out a vacancy of two 
 years that occurred in the office. In 1895 he was 
 appointed justice of Haverhill Police Court, a 
 position he now holds. He is an expert surveyor 
 and civil engineer, and has done a large insur- 
 ance business in the village of Haverhill and its 
 vicinity. 
 
 George H. Westgate was born at Enfield, N. 
 H., May 9, 1854, and secured an education in 
 Haverhill Academy and in St. Johnsbury Acad- 
 emy. Mr. Westgate is engaged in pursuits of an 
 agricultural nature, and resides in Haverhill with 
 the remainder of the members of the family. He 
 is a member of the Haverhill Grange. 
 
 All three brothers are strong Republicans. 
 Judge Westgate is a member of Grafton Lodge, 
 No. 46, A. F. & A. M. William F. is a member 
 of the Grange, and is also a K. P. 
 
 The publishers of this Book of Biographies 
 take great pleasure in placing Judge Westgate's 
 portrait in this volume in connection with this 
 sketch, sure that it will meet with a worthy re- 
 ception, as the likeness of one who stands high 
 in the legal profession. 
 
 GEORGE F. MORRIS, attorney at law of 
 Lisbon, N. H., was born in Yershire, Vt, April 
 13. 1866. He is a son of Josiah S. and Lucina 
 C. (Merrill) Morris, and grandson of William 
 M. and Esther P. (Southworth) Morris. 
 
 In his pursuits the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was an agriculturist and was actively en- 
 gaged in overseeing his farm in Thetford, Vt., 
 throughout the whole of his active period. He 
 was born in Woodstock, Conn., Aug. 28, 1783, 
 and died in Yershire, Vt., Feb. 9, 1873. He was 
 a Democrat in politics, and was a veteran of the 
 War of 1812. His wife, a native of Fairlee, Vt., 
 presented him with the following children: Lo- 
 renzo G., now a merchant in Limestone, Me.; 
 Sally S.. who died in infancy; Ann Maria (Colton) 
 of Bradford, Vt.; Myra P". (Goodhue) of Brad- 
 ford, Vt. ; William H., a painter, Lebanon, N. 
 H.; George F., a mason, Bradford, Vt. ; Josiah 
 S., the father of our subject, died July 21, 1871; 
 
 and Cyrus M., a farmer in Limestone, Me. In 
 their religious views they favored the doctrines 
 of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Josiah S. Morris was educated in the schools 
 of Thetford, Vt, and upon completion of his 
 education worked in the Pemberton Mills in 
 Lawrence, Mass., where he. was soon advanced 
 to the position of overseer. At the time of that 
 terrible disaster, the falling of the mill, Jan. 10, 
 i860, he received injuries of so serious a char- 
 acter that he never fully recovered. After this 
 he went to Yershire, Vt., and followed the oc- 
 cupation of a farmer for the remainder of his 
 life. He was a Republican in his political af- 
 filiations. Aug. 28, 1864, he married his wife, 
 who was the daughter of Silas and Emeline 
 (Fellows) Merrill, both natives of Corinth, Vt. 
 To Josiah S. and Lucina C. Morris was born the 
 subject of this personal narration. 
 
 George F. Morris was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Corinth, Vt., 'and graduated 
 from the Corinth Academy, and from the State 
 Normal School at Randolph, Vt., in, the class 
 of January, 1885. He at once began teaching 
 in the common schools of Yershire and New- 
 bury, Vt. He was principal of the Graded 
 School at Wells River, Vt., in 1886, the Essex 
 County Grammar School for four years and the 
 Woodsville, N. H., High School in 1890-1. He 
 was also director and instructor of a summer 
 school established at Wells River for the instruc- 
 tion of teachers in methods for two seasons. He 
 studied law with the law firm of Smith & Sloane 
 at Wells River, Vt. His preparations for his 
 chosen profession were necessarily confined to 
 school vacations and evenings, as a large share 
 of his attention was devoted to earning the nec- 
 essary funds with which to pursue his studies 
 and establish himself in practice. Pie was ad- 
 mitted to the Vermont bar at Montpelier, Vt., in 
 October, 1891, and subsequently to the New 
 Hampshire bar. He at once commenced the 
 practice of law in Lisbon, N. H., and was asso- 
 ciated with Harry M. Morse under the firm 
 name of Morse & Morris from Nov. 17, 1891, 
 until July 20, 1892, when he bought out the in- 
 terest of Mr. Morse, since which time he has 
 practiced alone. Already he has established a 
 business which is not confined to his own town. 
 Although still young in legal experience, his 
 well-cultivated and progressive mind enables 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 him to reach quick solutions of knotty points; 
 he is considered by his townspeople to be a very 
 successful lawyer. In politics, he is a Republi- 
 can and is already thoroughly identified with his 
 party in town, county, and state affairs. For 
 four years he held the office of county examiner 
 of teachers in Orange County, Yt. He takes a 
 great interest in the welfare of the public 
 schools, and since 1893, has been chairman of 
 the board of education in Lisbon. He is a Ma- 
 son, and belongs to Kane Lodge, No. 64, Lis- 
 bon, N. H. 
 
 May 16, 1894, he was married to Lula J. Aid- 
 rich, daughter of Charles and Persis H. Aldrich 
 of Lisbon, N. H. Religiously, they are regular 
 attendants of the Congregational Church at Lis- 
 bon, N. H. 
 
 HON. LEBINA H. PARKER is a prosper- 
 ous and well-to-do farmer and lumberman of 
 the town of Benton, of which he is at present the 
 first selectman. He was born in the above-men- 
 tioned town Nov. 18, 1856, and is a son of 
 Prescott and Maria (Fitzpatrick) Parker, and a 
 grandson of Prescott and Hannah (Amy) 
 Parker. 
 
 Prescott Parker, Sr., the grandfather of our 
 subject, was a native of Lyman, N. H., and occu- 
 pied a prominent place in the solid agricultural 
 interests in that section of the State. His wife, 
 Hannah Amy, a native also of Lyman, bore him 
 the following children: Douglas, Elvira, Alan- 
 tha, Hannah, Purcis, Angelina, and Prescott. 
 In his political affiliations he was a Democrat. 
 The family were members of the M. E. Church 
 of Benton, and were counted as among the most 
 regular attendants. 
 
 Prescott Parker, Jr., was born in Lyman, 
 Nov. 30, 1821, and received his early mental 
 training in the common schools of Lyman, 
 X. H. As a farm hand he started in the battle 
 of life; his earnings were carefully saved, and 
 his resources husbanded until he had saved 
 a sufficient amount to purchase a farm in 
 Lyman. C )n his farm in Lyman he followed the 
 pursuit of agriculture until the year 1855, when 
 he came to Benton and bought some property, 
 but lived on it but a short time, trading it with 
 Daniel Whitcher for the farm he still owns and 
 operates, and where he has made his home 
 
 since 1858. He married Maria Fitzpatrick, a 
 native of the County of Cork, Ireland, and to 
 them have been born three children: Frank B., 
 Dora A., and Lebina H., the subject of this 
 notice. In political belief he is a Democrat of 
 a pronounced type, and has served the town as 
 selectman, and as representative in 1877-78. 
 Both he and his family favor the M. E. Church. 
 He is counted as one of its most liberal sup- 
 porters. 
 
 Lebina H. Parker, having passed the 
 years of his minority in acquiring an education 
 in the schools and in assisting his father in the 
 farm work, upon his reaching his majority hired 
 out as a farm hand at $15.00 a month. He has 
 always made his home with his parents, and at 
 the present time is employed by the Fall Moun- 
 tain Paper Co. of Bellows Falls, Vt., as an in- 
 spector of lumber and as pay clerk.* He is a 
 stanch Democrat, and takes a lively and intelli- 
 gent interest in town and local affairs. He has 
 been frequently honored with high positions of 
 trust, which he has filled with consummate ad- 
 dress and good results. He was elected third 
 selectman for four years, and then first select- 
 man for eight years, a position he now holds. 
 He was a member of the State Legislature one 
 term, representing the town of Benton. He is 
 very popular and well-liked by all of his fellow- 
 townsmen, who unite, regardless of party, in 
 praising his wise administrations. 
 
 CHAS. T. COLLINS, a prosperous agricul- 
 turist of Benton, Grafton Co., N. H., was born 
 in Southboro, Mass., Aug. 8, 1831, and is a son 
 of Temple and Sally (Flagg) Collins, both 
 natives of the State of Massachusetts. The 
 grandfather of Chas. T. was of Scotch extraction 
 and emigrated to this country when a young 
 man with the purpose of bettering his fortunes 
 in a new country. It is thought he settled first 
 in Massachusetts, 'living there the most of his 
 years spent in this country. 
 
 Temple Collins, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Massachusetts and owed whatever edu- 
 cation he received to the public school system 
 of that State. When not more than a boy in 
 years and size he worked by the month as a 
 
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 farm hand. His wages, although scanty, were 
 carefully hoarded, and he was at length able to 
 buy a small farm in Southboro, Mass. His entire 
 life was devoted to agricultural pursuits; among 
 the respected citizens of his community he occu- 
 pied a prominent place. In politics he was a 
 Democrat, and served his town as selectman. 
 He married Sally Flagg, a daughter of William 
 and Lydia Flagg, both natives of Southboro, 
 Mass., and to them were born eleven children: 
 Lowell T., Rebecca, Sophia, Ann, Jane, John, 
 Maria, Nancy, and a second John, and Charles 
 T., the subject of this sketch. The first John 
 and Jane are no longer living. The mother died 
 in January of i860, the father following her in 
 1863. In their religious views they were liberal. 
 
 Charles T. Collins passed the early years of 
 his life quietly in his native town, and when he 
 became of age learned the shoemaker's trade; 
 he followed this trade for twelve years, when he 
 removed to Benton, N. H., and turned his en- 
 tire attention to agricultural pursuits. The 
 steady industrial march of the free States in the 
 Union was broken by the opening up of hostili- 
 ties between North and South. Mr. Collins en- 
 listed as a private in Co. A., 9th Reg., N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., in the year 1862, and served one year and 
 eleven months. He participated in the battles 
 of Antietam, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, 
 Waterboro, and in several minor skirmishes and 
 engagements with the enemy, where only tht 
 point of numbers prevented them from being 
 styled battles. He contracted chills and fever 
 from which he has never fully recovered, and 
 which led to his discharge for disability. For 
 five months he was under medical care in the 
 United States General Hospital, which was 
 located at Concord, N. H. 
 
 He was married on July the 9th, 1857, to 
 Sarah, daughter of Eli and Mary Ann (Senot) 
 Pike. Eli Pike was a native of Plymouth, N. H. ; 
 his wife Mary Ann Senot was from Kennebunk- 
 port, Me. Their marriage was blessed by the 
 hirth of six children, three of whom survive: 
 Leander, Emma L., and Charley P. Those who" 
 have entered the ranks of the great majority are: 
 Mary, Alta, and Cora. Politically, he is a Re- 
 publican, but was never an aspirant for office. 
 He is a member of the Grand Army, belonging 
 to the Col. Emerv Post, No. 25 of Lisbon, 
 N. H. 
 
 MOODY C. MARSTON, a prosperous 
 farmer of the town of Bath, Grafton Co., N. H., 
 was born in Haverhill, N. H., Aug. 10, 1840; he 
 is a son of William Coolidge and Lucy (Frary) 
 Marston, and grandson of David and Susan 
 (Bronson) Marston. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was born in Con- 
 necticut, and so limited were the opportunities 
 and facilities for the acquiring of an education 
 that he could only secure the rudiments of an 
 education by studying at home in the evenings; 
 slates not being in common use, the children 
 were accustomed to cipher on birch bark. 
 When 25 years of age he moved to North Ben- 
 ton, where he purchased a farm in the Whitcher 
 neighborhood and followed the occupation of a 
 farmer in that locality for a considerable length 
 of time. Subsequently he changed his residence 
 to North Haverhill, N. H., buying a farm and 
 remaining there the rest of his life that he de- 
 voted to agricultural pursuits. He married 
 Susan Bronson, a native of his own State of 
 Connecticut, and their union was blessed with 
 three children, namely: Mehitabel, Lucy, and 
 William C, the father of our subject. Mr. 
 Marston was a stanch Democrat throughout his 
 life and never required the least urging to sup- 
 port with all his power the nominees and prin- 
 ciples of his party; in his younger days he was 
 actively interested in politics and served his town 
 as town clerk and as justice of the peace. In 
 his religious views he was a Free Will Baptist. 
 His death occurred in i860, when he was sev- 
 enty-six years old ; his wife departed this life for 
 the blessed scenes beyond the river with the 
 loved ones gone before, in 1870, at the age of 
 eighty-six. 
 
 William C. Marston, the youngest child of 
 David Marston, was born in the town of Benton, 
 N. H., July 28, 1815. He secured a limited 
 education in the schools of his native town, ana 
 at the early age of fourteen bought a farm, 
 which is now occupied by Amos Wilson of 
 Bath. After a few years spent in its cultivation 
 he sold the property and went to Haverhill, 
 where he purchased another farm and engaged 
 extensively in agricultural pursuits, becoming 
 one of the leading members of his community 
 and much respected by all who appreciated his 
 sterling worth. In 1866 he disposed of his 
 Haverhill property and removed to South New- 
 
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 bury, Vt., where he remained six years, return- 
 ing at the conclusion of that period to Haverhill 
 and purchasing another farm, which he culti- 
 vated with marked success; on account of his 
 declining years and rapidly failing health, 
 which precluded much active work, he sold his 
 farm in 1880 and bought a residence in the vil- 
 lage of North Haverhill, N. H., where both he 
 and his wife still live, enjoying the fruits of their 
 years of toil with no anxious thought of the mor- 
 row. Mr. Marston married in 1838 Lucy Frary, 
 daughter of Elisha and Mary (Stearns) Frary of 
 Bath, N. H.; their union has been productive of 
 five children: Ellen, Moody, Roselle, Ella, and a 
 child, William S., who died in infancy. Like his 
 father, Mr. Marston is an uncompromising 
 Democrat, holding several offices — selectman 
 for two terms and town representative for one 
 term of two years. He is a Universalist. There 
 are few residents of the town who are held in 
 more respect than is Mr. Marston, and all of 
 his large circle of acquaintances unite in their 
 eulogies of his well-spent life. 
 
 Moody C. Marston was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Haverhill, N. H., and in Bradford 
 Academy of Bradford, Vt. ; he lived under the 
 parental roof until he was twenty-four years old, 
 assisting his father in the management and care 
 of the farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the nth Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., the regiment forming a part of 
 the Second PJrigade of the gth Army Corps; his 
 captain was George Pingree. Although our 
 subject enlisted for three years, he served but 
 two months, contracting typhoid fever and 
 rheumatism, which necessitated hospital care. 
 He was taken to Armory Square Hospital and 
 was discharged in March 15, 1863. Soon after 
 his return home he went to Lynn, Mass., where 
 he learned the trade of a shoemaker. Later on 
 he bought a one-third interest in a shoe manu- 
 factory, which ran for a time under the style of 
 G. A. Willey & Co. Mr. Marston remained 
 with this company for two years, and then, sell- 
 ing his interest, he came back to Haverhill, 
 where he engaged in the manufacture of car- 
 riages and in the running of a saw-mill ; his lack 
 of experience in this branch of work proved 
 slightly disastrous to him, so he sold the busi- 
 ness before it had made serious inroads upon his 
 canital. and took up farming in the town of 
 Haverhill for a year. He then went to Woods- 
 
 ville, N. H., where he was at first employed by 
 the B. C. & M. R. R. as a watchman; he grad- 
 ually worked his way up through the different 
 grades of the service to the station of a con- 
 ductor, retaining that position till 1882, being 
 conductor on the stock train for seven years. 
 From the railroad life he turned his attention 
 and energies to farming again, remaining in 
 Center Haverhill for five years, busied in that 
 occupation. Upon selling his farm at the end of 
 the five years he came to Bath and bought his 
 present farm of 280 acres, which is utilized in 
 general farming of the most diversified char- 
 acter. 
 
 In 1863 he was joined in marriage to Clara 
 White, daughter of John and Susan (Sanborn) 
 White, the former parent from Lebanon and the 
 latter a native of Haverhill; four children were 
 the result of this union. Nellie W. married 
 Augustine Reed, and is the mother of six chil- 
 dren, three of whom are living: Millie, Ruth, 
 and Thomas. Our subject's second child, Willie 
 C, died in infancy. John G. is living at home 
 on the farm. Clara M. is attending the high 
 school at Woodsville, N. H. Our subject's 
 political views place him in the Democratic 
 party. He is a liberal in his religious sentiments. 
 
 ENOCH C. DEARTH, a conductor on the 
 B. & M. R. R., and making his home in Bath, 
 N. H., was born in that town Nov. 30, 1864, 
 and is the son of Samuel E. and Jane (Willey) 
 Dearth, and the grandson of Asa and Elizabeth 
 (Carr) Dearth. Asa Dearth, our subject's grand- 
 father, was a native of New Hampshire; he set- 
 tled in Bath, where he owned and cultivated a 
 farm. He removed to Stoneham, Mass., about 
 1876, and died there in 1878. His wife, Eliza- 
 beth Carr, also a native of the Granite State, 
 bore him five children whose names are: Ann, 
 Persis, Samuel E., Albert, and Enoch. Our sub- 
 ject's grandparents were Methodists in their 
 Veligious beliefs. 
 
 Samuel E. Dearth, after the years of his minor- 
 ity, spent in aiding his father and acquiring an 
 education, purchased a farm, which he cultivated 
 until 1867, when he sold his farm; after that he 
 rented a farm and raised the usual staple crops 
 the rest of his active life. He married in 1855 
 
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 Jane Willey, daughter of John and Jane (Stro- 
 bridge) Willey, and. to them were born the fol- 
 lowing children: Willie, Albert, Mina, Carrie, 
 Enoch, Jennie, Mary, and Cora. 
 
 Enoch C. Dearth at the age of eight years 
 hired out to Harvey Ross for twenty-five cents 
 a day; he followed the occupation of farming 
 until twenty-two years of age, when he obtained 
 a situation on the B. & M. R. R. as brakeman 
 on the run between Concord and Woodsville, 
 N. H. Later he was assigned to the position of 
 baggageman in the summer months; in the win- 
 ters he took his place as a brakeman. This con- 
 tinued for four years, and then he was appointed 
 conductor on one of the freight trains, a position 
 he still retains. 
 
 On Dec. 13, 1893, he led to the altar and made 
 his wife Flora Weeks, daughter of Charles A. 
 Weeks of Bath. One child was born to them, 
 Nov. 12, 1894, which they named Mary Isabel. 
 In politics Mr. Dearth is a Republican and 
 rarely misses a chance to support the candidates 
 of his party with his ballot. Both he and his 
 estimable wife are attendants of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 DR. CHAS. H. BOYNTON, a physician of 
 Lisbon, N. H., with a large and well-established 
 practice, is a descendant of a family of very great 
 antiquity, whose origin, as far as we may defi- 
 nitely know, was in Boynton, of Barmston, York- 
 shire, England. It was a family of note before 
 the Norman Conquest, as Bartholomew de 
 Boynton was lord of that manor in 1067. The 
 family had made Boynton their home many 
 years before William the Conqueror overthrew 
 the line of Anglo-Saxon kings, and set up his 
 own line; the Boyntons received, submitted to, 
 and welcomed the resistless duke, and being 
 themselves Normans, their estates were not con- 
 fiscated, but have remained in their possession 
 until the present time. Just before the English 
 Revolution, and during the time when Bishop 
 Laud led the persecution against the dissenters 
 to the established religion, a number of pious 
 Puritans, among whom were Oliver Cromwell, 
 Sir Matthew Boynton, and others of note, who 
 afterward figured in the bloody history of that 
 time, were on the point of embarking in a ship 
 
 for America, but were persuaded to return by 
 the influence of the persecuting high church 
 bishop. 
 
 In 1680, John Boynton was admitted as a 
 freeman of the town of Rowley, Mass., with the 
 honorable title of Mr. In the same year it is 
 recorded that William Boynton had a law case 
 with Richard Dummer, both of Rowley. In 
 1685 Jo'seph Boynton was chosen constable of 
 Rowley, and held the office for a number of 
 years. 
 
 John Boynton, the great-great-grandfather of 
 our subject, was born in Rowley, Mass. ; his 
 father was William Boynton, and his mother 
 Joanna Stevens. John Boynton had two other 
 brothers, who grew up : Richard and Joshua. 
 Richard Boynton had three wives, but- died 
 childless in the city of Boston soon after the 
 Revolution; he had two sisters, one of whom 
 married a Tilton, and the other a Batchelder. 
 Joshua Boynton had one son and a daughter: 
 William, his son, settled in Stanstead, Canada 
 East, and died there; the daughter married 
 Richard Batchelder. John Boynton married 
 Anna Smith, and reared four sons : David, Rich- 
 ard, William, and John, Jr.; and three daughters: 
 Molly, Betsey, and Anna. David Boynton, the 
 great-grandfather of our subject, married his 
 cousin, Anna Batchelder; Richard married 
 Eunice Sanborn; William married Molly Huck- 
 ins; John, Jr., married Lydia Dow; Molly mar- 
 ried William Davis; Betsey married Isaac Cum- 
 mings; and Anna married James Roby. The 
 aforesaid David Boynton reared a family of nine 
 children: Eben, William, John, David, Jr., 
 Mark, Dolly, Nancy, Betsey, and Sally. 
 
 William Boynton, the son of David, and 
 grandfather of Dr. Charles H., was born in Not- 
 tingham, N. H., Sept. 20, 1 761, and died July 
 26, 1814. His family circle was composed of 
 eight members: William, Jr., Joseph, Polly, 
 Nancy, Joanna Stevens, Eben, Charles Glidden, 
 Sarah Jane. 
 
 Our subject's father, Ebenezer Boynton, was 
 born Dec. 26, 1798, at New Hampton, N. H, 
 went with his parents in youth to Meredith, and 
 was reared and educated to agricultural pursuits. 
 In 1 841 he moved from the town of Meredith to 
 Plymouth, N. H, where he remained twelve 
 years, going from there to Canterbury, N. H., 
 moving finally, in 1866, to Lisbon, where he 
 
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 passed awav in 1881. In 1823 he married his 
 first wife, Betsey S. Hart of Meredith, N. H.; 
 she died at the age of thirty-three, after giving 
 birth to five children, as follows: Abigail H. 
 ( Meade) ; Dr. Charles H.; Mary E. (Meade); 
 Ann M., died in her youth; and Orrin 
 H. He married his second wife in 1836; 
 she was Susan R. Huckins; when she 
 died, in 1856, at the age of forty-five, she left 
 six children: James H., Nancy E., William E., 
 Arthur \V., Susan Luette, and Ann M. Susan 
 Luette, wife of A. D. James of Des Moines, la., 
 and Ann M., widow of Harry Engard of Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., are the only survivors. 
 
 He married for his third wife the widow 
 Cheney, who was soon after removed from his 
 side, and he then married in 1866 the widow 
 Kelsea of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 Dr. Charles H. Boyton was born in Meredith, 
 X. H., Sept. 20, 1826. He remained with his 
 father on the home farm for several years, attend- 
 ing the district schools a part of the time. When 
 about eighteen years of age he purchased his 
 time of his father for $100, and went to Brighton, 
 Mass., where he was employed for one season. 
 Returning to New Hampshire, he learned the 
 carpenter's trade, and for the following seven 
 years he worked at this trade, thereby earning 
 money to defray the expenses of his education. 
 As he has expressed himself, "I never had a 
 dollar until I earned it myself." 
 
 He attended the New Hampshire Conference 
 Seminary at Northfield (now Tilton) four terms, 
 and then began the study of medicine with Dr. 
 W. D. Buck of Manchester, N. H. Dr. Boynton 
 graduated from the Berkshire Medical College 
 at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1853 and spent the ensuing 
 winter of 1853-54 at Harvard Medical School, 
 where he was engaged in taking post graduate 
 work. 
 
 His practice was begun in Alexandria, N. H. 
 In 1858 he removed to Lisbon, N. H., and still 
 remains in that town, where by energy' and de- 
 termination he built up and still enjoys an exten- 
 sive practice. That keenness of insight into 
 the nature of disease, coolness and strong nerve, 
 which are invaluable qualities in a surgeon and 
 general practitioner, are possessed by Dr. Boyn- 
 ton to a remarkable degree and have led to his 
 skill being relied upon throughout Northern 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 In 1854 he was married to Mary H., daughter 
 of Joseph Cummings of Lisbon, N. H. She died 
 in 1876, aged forty-eight years. He has but one 
 child, Alice M., who married W. W. Oliver, 
 junior member of the firm of Cogswell & Oliver, 
 general merchants of Lisbon, N. H. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Oliver have two children: Mary B., born 
 June 7, 1890; and Charles E., born Feb. 11, 1895. 
 Mr. Oliver's sketch appears in full on another 
 page. 
 
 Dr. Boynton is a member of the White Moun- 
 tain Medical Society, and has twice been its 
 president. He is also a member of the New 
 Hampshire Medical Society. He belongs to the 
 following Masonic bodies : Kane Lodge, No. 64, 
 and Franklin Chapter, R. A. M., No. 5, of Lis- 
 bon. He has served seven consecutive years on 
 the board of education in Lisbon. In politics he 
 is a stanch Republican, and represented the town 
 in the State Legislature of 1868-69, and has 
 always been a strong and zealous worker in all 
 matters of public moment. 
 
 We present Dr. Boynton's portrait on a pre- 
 ceding page, and we are certain it will prove a 
 very interesting feature in this volume. 
 
 HORACE E. RANNO, foreman of the West- 
 ern Union Telegraph Co.'s line and a resident 
 of the village of Woodsville, N. H., was born in 
 Salisbury, Vt, Feb. 19, 1847. He is the son of 
 Samuel and Pernecia (Bump) Ranno of Ver- 
 mont. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather on his father's side, 
 was born in Vermont, and from choice and cir- 
 cumstances led the life of a farmer. He and his 
 good wife reared the following family of chil- 
 dren: John, Samuel, and Mary. In religious 
 belief they were partial to the doctrines of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Samuel Ranno, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Hancock, Vt., and received a limited edu- 
 cation in the schools of his native town, and 
 learned the carpenter's trade, which, in connec- 
 tion with farming, constituted his chief means 
 of support. Till the final dissolution and decay 
 of the old Whig party, Mr. Ranno remained true 
 to its principles; when the new Republican 
 party arose phoenix-like from the ashes of its 
 parent, to that party our subject's father trans- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 ferred his allegiance. He served in several of 
 the town offices. He married Pernecia Bump 
 of Salisbury, Vt, the daughter of Capt. Harry 
 and Sarah Bump, and to them were born six 
 children, namely: Frank, Edward C, Charlotte 
 M., Jessie G., Catherine M., and Horace E. The 
 Ranno family were Methodists. 
 
 Horace E. Ranno received the education of 
 his boyhood days in the schools of Salisbury, 
 Vt., and hired out to the old American Telegraph 
 Co. in his younger years as a builder. In the 
 spring of 1865 he went to Amboy, III, and 
 worked at the carpenter's trade, but remained 
 there but a short time. He then turned his at- 
 tention to the pursuit of agriculture, following 
 that occupation until 1869. However, farming 
 did not prove to be in his line, so he engaged 
 with the Illinois Central R. R. as a brakeman, a 
 position he held till 1873, when he accepted a 
 position with the Western Union Telegraph 
 Co. as foreman and still continues in the service. 
 He superintends and keeps in repair about 400 
 miles of line, with headquarters in Woodsville, 
 N. H. He is a stanch Republican, but has never 
 had the time to devote to an active participation 
 in politics. 
 
 March 20, 1868, he was joined in the bonds of 
 Hymen with Rosella Griffin, daughter of John 
 and Nancy Griffin, both natives of New York 
 City ; the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ranno has been 
 productive of the following six children : Edward 
 E., born March 4, 1872; Leon F., Oct. 5, 1874; 
 Emma P., Feb. 25, 1869; Mary A., Aug. 22, 
 1870; Rosie P., May 19, 1885; and Flossie M., 
 Jan. 2, 1891. Both sons are employed on the 
 B. & M. R. R., Edward as fireman and Leon as 
 a passenger brakeman. The family are attend- 
 ants of the Episcopal Church of Woodsville, 
 N. H. 
 
 Edward C. Ranno, an elder brother of our 
 subject, was also superintendent of construction 
 for the Western Union Telegraph Co.; he was 
 a man of exemplary and thorough business 
 habits and enjoyed the entire confidence of the 
 company. His connection with the Telegraph 
 Company extended over eighteen years, and his 
 death, which occurred May 13, 1878, at the age 
 of thirty-seven, was lamented by all who respect 
 the best qualities that go to make up a noble 
 manhood. His brother, Frank, followed farm- 
 ing and died in Leicester, Vt., in 1880. 
 
 ERI OAKES. As a highly respected citizen 
 of Grafton County, a well-to-do and successful 
 business man, though now retired from the 
 active walks of life, and as a gentleman, honored 
 for his sterling -worth and integrity, we take 
 great pleasure in presenting the name of the 
 subject of this personal history, who resides in 
 the town of Lisbon. He was born in Stewarts- 
 town, N. H., April 14, 1845, an d received his 
 early mental training in the town of Franconia, 
 whither his parents had moved. He is a son of 
 James H. and Anna B. (Poor) Oakes, and a 
 grandson of Simeon Oakes. 
 
 Among the early settlers of the town of Lis- 
 bon, N. H, we may find prominently mentioned 
 the name of Simeon Oakes. He came frqm 
 Massachusetts; he was a farmer, and his work 
 in his chosen calling contributed largely to the 
 growth of the important agricultural interests 
 of Lisbon township. In politics, he affiliated 
 with the Whig party. His wife, who was a 
 native of Franconia, bore him the following 
 children: Uriah; Eben; Hugh; Kelsea; James 
 H; Lucretia; Chester; and two girls. They 
 connected themselves as members of the Free 
 Will Baptist Church. 
 
 James H. Oakes engaged in the hotel business 
 for several years, after the completion of his edu- 
 cation, until 1848, when he turned his attention 
 to agricultural pursuits, following the same the 
 remainder of his life, dying at the age of 59 
 years. He was a man of superior business 
 ability, and was especially well known for his 
 special trait of push. He at first, with an utter 
 defiance of the threats of the friends of slavery, 
 openly supported the cause of the slave, by be- 
 coming an enthusiastic and hard-working mem- 
 ber of the Abolition party. Upon the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party, realizing that the 
 era of usefulness of the party to which he had 
 given his allegiance was gone, he joined that 
 party, which came to take its place in the battle 
 for the oppressed. He served in various town 
 offices, such as selectman, collector of taxes, etc. 
 By his first wife, the mother of our subject, who 
 was a daughter of Job Poor, he became the 
 proud parent of nine children, as follows: Isaac 
 I'.; Edgar A.; John N.; James A.; George A.; 
 Calvin; the twins, Eri and Ira; and one other, 
 the eldest, who died in infancy. His first wife 
 died April 14, 1845, an( l ne thereupon formed 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 a second matrimonial alliance with Eunice 
 Noyes of Lisbon, by whom he had two children : 
 Anna B. and Fred. Mr. Oakes died in August, 
 1868, and his wife survived him two years, pass- 
 ing away in 1870. In his religious attachments 
 he was a Free Will Baptist. 
 
 Eri Oakes, at the age of sixteen, enlisted in 
 Company H, 8th Regiment, N. H. Vol. Inf., 
 Nov. 4, 1 86 1, and served under Gen. Butler. 
 His term of enlistment read for three years; 
 after two years service, he re-enlisted in the field 
 for three more years. He was discharged as a 
 supernumerary non-commissioned officer, on ac- 
 count of consolidation of his regiment, he hav- 
 ing served as corporal and sergeant. He was 
 wounded at Baton Rouge, March 20, 1863, and 
 was taken to the Marine Hospital at New 
 Orleans, where he slowly became convalescent, 
 and ready for active duty again. His twin- 
 brother Ira, who enlisted with him, and whose 
 place in the ranks was next to him, was killed 
 in the battle of Labadieville, La., known as the 
 battle of George's Landing, being mortally 
 wounded, and living only four days. He was 
 a brave and fearless soldier and it is especially 
 worthy of note that his last message home was 
 "to tell father I died fighting for my country." 
 
 At the close of the war, our subject was en- 
 gaged in the ice business in the City of New 
 York, remaining there until 1874, when he came 
 to Lisbon, N. H., where, until 1888, he was 
 in the general mercantile business, finally selling 
 out. He (is a Republican, and on Oct. 9, 
 1889, his services for the party, as well as his 
 general fitness for the position was recognized, 
 by his being appointed postmaster of Lisbon by 
 President Harrison. He was elected chairman 
 of the board of selectmen in 1893, and has since 
 held that position. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1868, Mr. Oakes celebrated his nup- 
 tials with Ellen S. Cogswell, who was born in 
 Landaff, Sept. 16, 1842; an account of the Cogs- 
 well family appears between the covers of this 
 book, in the sketch of Carlos M. Cogswell. 
 There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oakes four 
 children, as follows: Ira, born June 8, 1871, 
 and lately deceased; Etta M., born Sept. 16, 
 1872; Eri C, born June 12, 1883; and Carl C, 
 born Nov. 22, 1884. Their religious sympathies 
 incline them toward the Congregational Church, 
 of which they are attendants. 
 
 Ira Oakes, the eldest son of our subject, and 
 whose recent death was mourned by so many 
 friends, was a rising young lawyer, whose life 
 gave promise of great success. He was born in 
 New York City, but his early education was ob- 
 tained in the public schools of Lisbon, after 
 which he graduated from the St. Johnsbury, Vt, 
 Academy. He entered upon the study of law 
 in the office of ex-Governor Dillingham of 
 Waterbury, Vt., remaining there a year or more. 
 He then went to Montpelier, and entered the 
 office of M. B. Smiley, Clerk of the Washington 
 County Court. While with Mr. Smiley, he held 
 the office of Deputy Sheriff, and executed the 
 duties of that position with a fidelity that met 
 the approval of all. From Montpelier he went 
 to New York City, and took a year's course in 
 the Columbian Law School, returning at the end 
 of the time, and entered a law office in Lisbon, 
 where he remained till his sudden and unex- 
 pected death. During the last session of the 
 Legislature Ira Oakes was Clerk of the Judiciary 
 Committee, which office he filled to the entire sat- 
 faction of the committee. For two years he 
 held a commission as Justice of the Peace of 
 Grafton County. 
 
 HON. CHARLES E. CLARK, deceased. In 
 the number of prominent citizens of Landaff, 
 Grafton Co., N. H, who have departed this life 
 in recent years and gone to their reward, few 
 have occupied a higher place in the estimation 
 of their fellow-men than has our subject. 
 Throughout his life he was engaged in that 
 most ancient and surely most honorable of call- 
 ings, agriculture. He was born in Lisbon, N. 
 H., Feb. 3, 1825, and was a son of James and 
 Lucinda (Eastman) Clark, both born and reared 
 in Landaff. 
 
 James E. Clark was born in Landaff and re- 
 ceived his education in the district schools of 
 that town, afterwards pursuing a higher and 
 more advanced course in Peacham Academy of 
 Peacham, Vt. Being naturally gifted with an 
 aptitude for study, he took a leading place in his 
 classes, and so became well fitted to impart 
 learning to others. For eleven years subsequent 
 to the completion of his education he taught 
 school in the district schools of Landaff and 
 Bath, working on the farm in the summer vaca- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 tion. He then bought a farm where he lived the 
 remainder of his life. Reading was* his favorite 
 recreation, and a book or article once read was 
 not soon forgotten by him. He was a man of 
 rare ability, and was especially interested in pub- 
 lic affairs relating in any way to the advance- 
 ment of education. His political views coincided 
 with those of the Democratic party during its 
 life, and upon the organization of the Republi- 
 can party he joined its ranks. He served as 
 selectman, and represented his town in the State 
 Legislature at Concord in the session of 1849. 
 In 1824 he united his fortunes with those of 
 Lucinda Eastman, daughter of Simeon and 
 Anna (Kimball) Eastman, descendants of the 
 first families to settle in Concord, N. H. Mrs. 
 Clark was born Sept. 21, 1800. Five children 
 blessed their marriage. The family were Meth- 
 odists in their' religious belief. 
 
 Charles E. Clark was educated in the schools 
 of Lisbon and at Newbury Seminary of New- 
 bury, At. Being the only son, he remained on 
 the old homestead and assisted his father in car- 
 ing for the farm, and after his parents' death he 
 succeeded to the inheritance. His death took 
 place there Oct. 18, 1896. In politics he was a 
 Democrat and ably represented his town in the 
 Legislative halls of Concord. Matters of public 
 interest and public welfare concerned him 
 greatly, believing that each man owed a duty to 
 the State in assisting in every way any movement 
 intended to promote the general good. Keen 
 in intellect and unbiased in his opinions he was 
 rarely at fault in his critical judgment, which was 
 partly due to his keeping well posted on all cur- 
 rent topics. In his dealings with his fellow-men 
 in a personal way he was generous-hearted and 
 ready to forgive any accidental or unintentional 
 injury. In October, 1854, he was married to Me- 
 hitabel Atwood, daughter of Joseph Atwood of 
 Landaff ; she died Dec. 3, 1876. A second union 
 was formed with a cousin of his first wife, Julia 
 Atwood, May 1, 1878; she was a daughter of 
 David Atwood of Landaff. Mrs. Clark departed 
 this mortal life 1893. One child was the result 
 of this second marriage, Luella K., who was 
 born Dec. 5, 1880, and died May 4, 1883. Mr. 
 Clark was a regular attendant of the Methodist 
 Church, of which he was a very liberal sup- 
 porter, giving largely from his means to aid in 
 its work of beneficence. 
 
 WILLIAM E. PIKE, a member of the firm 
 of Pike Bros. (Charles W. and William E. Pike), 
 is a prominent member of the trade circles of 
 Lisbon, N. H., and prominently identified in all 
 of its business interests. The firm deals in 
 meats, vegetables, poultry, canned goods, fruit, 
 etc., principally in the summer, and making a 
 specialty of native and Chicago dressed beef, 
 and also oysters in the winter. A large and im- 
 portant part of their trade is derived from the 
 hotels and summer resorts of all kinds, which 
 they supply with fruits, vegetables, and meats in 
 their season. 
 
 Our subject is the son of Samuel and Mary 
 (Jeffers) Pike, grandson of Moses and Mary 
 (Ball) Pike; William E. Pike was born in the 
 town of Haverhill, N. H.', April 27, i860. 
 Moses Pike was a native of Hebron, N. H., and 
 followed his trade of coopering in connection 
 with farming, as long as he felt able to continue 
 in active manual labor. His later years were 
 spent in Groton, N. H. He married Mary Ball, 
 who bore him the large family of fourteen 
 children: Daniel; Drury; Lucinda; Mary; 
 Lovisa; Ruth; Tama; Isaac; Daniel, the second 
 of that name; Arthur; Moses; Drury, the second 
 of that name; Samuel, the father of our subject, 
 and a child, who did not pass beyond the period 
 of infancy. 
 
 Samuel Pike was born June 10, 1814, and re- 
 ceived a beneficial school training in the com- 
 mon schools of Haverhill, N. H. Then, after 
 working as a farm-laborer for a time, he pur- 
 chased a farm, which he managed in an intelli- 
 gent and satisfactory manner, until he engaged 
 in the meat business in Haverhill, N. H, in 
 which he spent the remaining years of his life, 
 carrying on the business as long as his health 
 would permit, retiring from active labor in 1887. 
 In 1896 he moved to Lisbon, N. H, where he 
 could be with his sons; he is now eighty-two 
 years old. His first wife, who was Sarah B. 
 Roberts of Orford, N. H, and who died in 185 1, 
 bore him four children: Adin M.; Charles A.; 
 Laura A., and one, who died when a baby; they 
 are all deceased now. Mr. Pike contracted a sec- 
 ond alliance with Mary G. Jeffers, daughter of 
 John Jeffers, and to them were born five chil- 
 dren, as follows: Lizzie A.; Charles W.; Andrew 
 J.; John J.; and William E. They belonged to 
 the M. E. Church of Haverhill, N. H. 
 
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 William E. Pike received an elementary edu- 
 cation in the schools of Haverhill, N. H., and 
 was enabled to complete his education satis- 
 factorily by pursuing a higher course in New- 
 bury Academy of Newbury, Vt. He started in 
 the struggle for a competence and a living as a 
 dealer in meats in Haverhill, where he acquired 
 the good will and patronage of a large trade. 
 In 1890 he moved to Lisbon, N. H., and en- 
 gaged in nearly the same line of business with 
 his brother, Charles W. being still identified 
 with this venture, in which his brothers have 
 been very successful. They are honest, upright, 
 young men, whose great desire is that their 
 efforts to please and give satisfaction will meet 
 what is generally expected of them. 
 
 May 1, 1880, Mr. Pike was united in marriage 
 with Lizzie C. Sherman, daughter of Stephen 
 and Mary Sherman of Lisbon, N. H., and from 
 this union have resulted three children : George 
 W.; Herbert S.; and Charles R. Mrs. Pike is 
 a member in good standing of the M. E. Church 
 of Lisbon, N. H. Mr. Pike, in his political 
 views, is. a strong adherent of the Democratic 
 Party. 
 
 FRED J. MOORE, a member of the Moore 
 Peg Co. of Lisbon, N. H., was born in the town 
 of Franconia, N. H., March 10, 1865. He is a 
 son of Ovid D. and Harriet I. (Howland) Moore 
 of Lisbon, N. H., and grandson of Joseph W. 
 and Mary (Dolloff) Moore. Fred J. was edu- 
 cated in the schools of Franconia, Bristol, and in 
 New Hampton Commercial College, from which 
 he graduated June 28, 1883. After completing 
 his education he worked for his father in a pulp 
 mill until 1889, when he secured employment in 
 the peg mill of Wells & Woolson, where he re- 
 mained and learned the business until 1890 when 
 he was made a member of the Moore Peg Co., 
 and still remains a member of said company. 
 
 His grandfather was a native of Bristol, where 
 he farmed and carried on an extensive lumber 
 industry. He was a stanch Republican in poli- 
 tics and served his town in the capacity of select- 
 man and justice of the peace for several years. 
 He also represented the town of Bristol in the 
 State Legislature. His wife bore him eight chil- 
 dren, namely: Ovid D., James G., Joseph W., 
 
 Jane, Rachel, Mary, Josephine, and Sarah. Mr. 
 Moore died April 30, 1880; his wife was taken 
 to the mansions prepared above Feb. 15, 1887. 
 They were liberal in their religious views. 
 
 Ovid Moore, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Bristol, N. H., and at an early age en- 
 tered upon the pursuit of agriculture and 
 the incidental carrying on of a lumber 
 business. In the fall of 1874 he came 
 to Lisbon, N. H., and in company with 
 his brother engaged in the wood pulp busi- 
 ness, which continued to claim his attention and 
 to yield good returns, until 1889. In the fall of 
 1890 he took up the shoe peg industry, as one 
 of the Moore Peg Co., with their plant located 
 in Lisbon, N. H.; they do an especially fine and 
 extensive foreign trade, shipping from 3,000 to 
 4,000 barrels of pegs yearly. He is a loyal and 
 true Republican, but is a man who could never 
 be prevailed upon to accept public office of any 
 kind, having no desire to spread his name and 
 reputation in that manner. He married a daugh- 
 ter of Russell M. Howland of Franconia, and by 
 their union two children were born: Genevieve, 
 deceased, who married William S. Nelson, a 
 member of the Moore Peg Co., and whose per- 
 sonal history occurs on another page in this vol- 
 ume; and Fred J., the subject of this sketch. 
 Our subject's mother died March 20, 1871, and 
 Mr. Moore formed a second union with Hattie 
 Howland. They are liberal in their religious 
 views, and are not members of any church 
 organization, but support indiscriminately all 
 denominations. 
 
 Our subject is a Republican of an unyielding 
 fibre, and he has ever remained true to the party 
 of his choice. Socially, he is of the fraternity of 
 Masons, belonging to Kane Lodge, No. 64, of 
 Lisbon, N. H.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of Lis- 
 bon, N. H.; and St. Girard Commandery of Lit- 
 tleton, N. H. He is a also a member of the 
 Washington Council of Princes of Jerusalem of 
 Littleton, N. H.; Littleton Chapter of Rose 
 Croix. In 1886 he was joined in marriage with 
 Jennie E. Harris of Warren, daughter of Proctor 
 E. and Lucy W. (Taylor) Harris. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Moore have become the parents of one child, 
 Hattie I., born in 1889, who is now attending 
 the public schools of Lisbon, N. H. They are 
 attendants of the Congregational Church of Lis- 
 bon, N. H. 
 
CHARLES L. WALLACE. 
 
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 73 
 
 CHARLES L. WALLACE. Conspicuous 
 among the leading young men of Lisbon, N. H., 
 who are destined to make a prominent place for 
 themselves in the world, it gives us pleasure to 
 present the name of the principal and superin- 
 tendent of the Lisbon public schools, Charles L. 
 Wallace. His education and early employments 
 have been such as to eminently fit him for the 
 position he so faithfully fills. He was born in 
 Thornton, N. H., Nov. 7, i860, and obtained his 
 early education in the schools of Sandwich, N. 
 H.; at the age of sixteen he entered the New 
 Hampton Literary Institute, graduating in 1884. 
 He then entered Bates College at Lewiston, Me., 
 and completed his school education by gradu- 
 ating from that institution of learning in 1888. 
 Following his graduation, he went to Guilford, 
 Conn., where he accepted a position as the prin- 
 cipal of the Guilford Academy, and remained 
 there one year. He then went to Lisbon, N. H., 
 in the fall of 1889, an d accepted the position of 
 principal and superintendent of its public schools, 
 a position he still satisfactorily occupies. 
 
 His grandfather^Samuel Wallace, was a native 
 of Farmington, and completed his education in 
 the schools of the above-mentioned town. He 
 followed the pursuits of agriculture all his life 
 and was considered a very prominent man, being 
 esteemed very highly by all of his acquaintances. 
 In his political belief he was a Democrat. He 
 married Nancy Dukwine of Durham, N. H., and 
 to them were born ten children: George, An- 
 drew, William, Joseph, Nancy, Ira, Samuel, 
 Asahel, James, and Elizabeth. They were Free 
 Will Baptists in their religious belief and prefer- 
 ences. 
 
 Asahel Wallace, the father of our subject, was 
 born May 16, 1825, in Sandwich, N. H.-, and was 
 educated in the common schools of that place; 
 he became a farmer, and made it the chief means 
 of obtaining his livelihood, and of obtaining a 
 competence for old age. He was shrewd and 
 keen-sighted in business transactions; he had an 
 eye for the good points in cattle and horses, and 
 speculated much in them, doing a large and 
 flourishing business. He was a stanch Demo- 
 crat, politically. He married Caroline I. Tappan, 
 daughter of Jonathan and Dolly Tappan, both 
 natives of Sandwich, N. H., and to them were 
 born eleven children, namely: Charles L„ Chris- 
 topher T, Emma L., Marcellus C, Margery V.; 
 
 Dolly C, Mary H., Asahel H., Fred W., Alonzo 
 M., and Myra R. They were Free Will Baptists. 
 He died March 24, 1896; Mrs. Wallace still sur- 
 vives her husband. 
 
 Our subject is a Republican in respect to his 
 political sympathies. Socially, he is a Mason, 
 and belongs to Kane Lodge, No. 64, of Lisbon, 
 N. H.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of the same 
 place; he holds the office of Scribe in the Chap- 
 ter. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F., Con- 
 cordia Lodge, No. 64; Ammonoosuc Encamp- 
 ment, No. 34, and has filled all the offices in the 
 subordinate lodge. On Oct. 14, 1888, he was 
 joined in matrimony with Grace Montgomery of 
 Levant, Maine. They are members and regular 
 attendants of the Congregational Church of Lis- 
 bon, N. H. In 1896 he was elected president of 
 the New Hampshire State Teachers' Associa- 
 ation. He is secretary of the Board of Education 
 of the town of Lisbon; member of the executive 
 committee of the New Hampshire Sunday- 
 school Association; one of the board of mana- 
 gers of the New Hampshire Teachers' Reading 
 Circle; one of the State examiners for teachers' 
 certificates; and deacon of the First Congrega- 
 tional Church of Lisbon. His portrait appears 
 on another page. 
 
 HENRY DOWSE, a farmer of the town of 
 Landaff, N. H., now retired from active life, was 
 born in Newbury, Vt, Dec. 31, 1833; his parents 
 were John R. and Esther (Coburn) Dowse, both 
 of whom were born in Thetford, Vt. 
 
 In 1851, after living in his native town till he 
 was eighteen, and securing a good common 
 school education, Henry Dowse went to Dor- 
 chester, Mass., and worked for the firm of R. 
 Gleason & Sons Britannia Plating Co., with 
 whom he remained seven years, and then re- 
 turned to Newbury, Vt., to take up farm work. 
 In 1862, Aug. 15, he enlisted in Co. H., 12th 
 Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf. ; the regiment was then under 
 the command of Col. Asa P. Blunt. Their first 
 objective point was Washington, D. C, where 
 they went into camp at Capitol Hill, being at- 
 tached to the Second Brigade, Casey's Division 
 of the Reserve Army Corps for the defense of 
 Washington. The members of the regiment did 
 
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 guard duty and took turns on the picket line at 
 Alexandria, Fairfax Court House, and Wolf 
 Run Shoals, Va., and participated in the battles 
 of Fairfax Court House, Va., Dec. 28, 1862, and 
 Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Mr. Dowse was pro- 
 moted to the position of corporal Jan. 13, 1863, 
 and was honorably discharged from the service 
 at Brattleboro, Yt., at the expiration of his term 
 of enlistment. 
 
 When the war was over and business, which 
 had been at a stand-still, began to pick up, he 
 went to Northampton, Mass., where he became 
 interested in the lumber business; he remained 
 in that connection for three years, and then went 
 into the employ of the Connecticut River R. R. 
 handling freight at the station until 1875, re- 
 turning in that year to Newbury, Vt., where he 
 farmed untii 1878, when he moved to Landaff 
 and purchased the farm which he has since been 
 engaged in cultivating. 
 
 He was united in marriage to Harriet Clough, 
 daughter of Uzziel and Almira (Sawyer) Clough, 
 the former a native of the town of Lyman and 
 the latter from Bradford, Vt. Since 1888 there 
 has resided with them a daughter of Lyman 
 Bemis of Benton; Lula Bemis was born in Sep- 
 tember, 1882. Mr. Dowse is a Republican and 
 has served in many of the town offices, such as 
 selectman, etc. He belongs to Col. Emery Post, 
 No. 23, G. A. R., of Lisbon, and has filled nearly 
 all the chairs of that post. He is also enrolled 
 among the members of the Mount Hope 
 Grange, No. yy, of Landaff, N. H. Our sub- 
 ject's wife is a member of the M. E. Church of 
 Landaff. 
 
 HAROLD C. MARSTON, the leading drug- 
 gist of the village of Lisbon, Grafton County, 
 N. H., was born in Bangor, Me., Oct. 6, 1855. 
 His parents and grandparents lived in that place, 
 and there our subject passed his youth, and the 
 years in which he learned his present profession 
 of a pharmacist. He was a son of Arlington B. 
 and Caroline (Hurd) Marston, and grandson of 
 Gideon Marston, who was a descendant of two 
 brothers who came from England and settled 
 in the State of Massachusetts. The grandfather 
 of our subject came from that State, and fol- 
 lowed his trade of a sign painter during his later 
 years in Bangor, Me. He was a very skilled 
 
 artisan, even going so far as to execute several 
 portraits, that gave him a wide reputation. He 
 married Hannah Blaisdell, and their union was 
 blessed with the birth of two children: Arling- 
 ton; and Fanny, who died when a babe. He 
 was a Universalist in his religious views. So- 
 cially he was a member of St. Andrew's Masonic 
 Lodge, No. 83, of Bangor, Me., in which he 
 held all the chairs that were of any consequence ; 
 he was also a member of St. John Commandery. 
 
 When the father of our subject became a 
 young man he learned the trade of a sign 
 painter, and engaged in business with his father, 
 the firm being known as G. Marston & Son. 
 Later on he opened up an artists' supply store, 
 which has done a thriving business since under 
 the name of Marston & Gorham. It is one of 
 the oldest establishments of its kind in the city 
 of Bangor, and in the busy season requires the 
 services of from twenty to forty men to accom- 
 plish its contracts for outside work. Arlington 
 Marston has always been a stanch Republican. 
 He is a 33d degree Mason, and belongs to St. 
 Andrew's Lodge, No. 83, of Bangor, Me.; he 
 has been Past Grand Commander, Past Grand 
 High Priest, and Past Grand Senior Warden. 
 In 1854 he married Caroline Hurd, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Caroline Hurd of Bangor, Me.; 
 there were born to them three children : Ernest 
 B.; Cora E.; and Harold C, the subject of this 
 personal history. Our subject's parents favor 
 the Universalist Church, and are attendants of 
 the church of that organization in Bangor. 
 
 Harold C. Marston, after completing a very 
 good education in the district schools of Ban- 
 gor, Me., went into the drug-store of J. F. Pat- 
 ten of Bangor, to clerk and learn the business. 
 Being of an ambitious turn of mind, he pur- 
 sued the regular studies of a pharmaceutical 
 course while he was a clerk, and received finally 
 the diploma of the Maine State Pharmaceutical 
 Commission, having passed successfully the 
 examination given him. Nine years were spent 
 in the drug-store of J. F. Patten, and then, after 
 a short stay in Massachusetts, he came to Lis- 
 bon, in November, 1881. From then until 1887, 
 he clerked in a drug-store. Since 1887 he has 
 conducted a drug-store on his own account; he 
 has a large trade in all kinds of drugs, patent 
 medicines, and all other necessary stock and 
 adjuncts of a well-kept drug store. 
 
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 Socially, a Mason, he belongs to Kane Lodge, 
 No. 64, Franklin Chapter, No. 5; Omega Coun- 
 cil, No. 9; St. Gerard Commandery ; and to the 
 Edward A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua, N. 
 H. He has been through al the chairs of the 
 lodge, and also of the chapter; he is now Captain 
 of Hosts. 
 
 In December, 1877, ne celebrated his nuptials 
 with Mary E. Clark, daughter of D. L. and 
 Mary A. Clark, both natives of Maine. By this 
 union there has resulted one child: Blanche 
 E., born Feb. 28, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Marston 
 are members of the Congregational Church of 
 Lisbon, N. H. He is a Republican. 
 
 SULLIVAN H. GORDON, deceased, was a 
 prominent and influential farmer of the town of 
 Landaff, Grafton Co., N. H., and was born Feb. 
 5, 1 82 1; he was a son of Savory and Sarah 
 (Powers) Gordon, and a grandson of Phineas 
 Gordon. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of 
 New Hampshire, working at his trade of a black- 
 smith in the town of Bath all his life. His family 
 was composed of ten children, who were as fol- 
 lows: Phineas, Jr., John, Savory, George, Sylva- 
 nus, Hannah, Mary, Abbie, Rosa A., and Sybil. 
 He was devoted to the tenets and dogmas of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Our subject's father was born July 22, 1792, 
 in the town of Bath, N. H, and obtained a some- 
 what limited schooling in the educational insti- 
 tutions of that town. At an early age, when his 
 parents moved to Landaff, our subject went with 
 them, and there learned the trade of a stone- 
 mason. Savory Gordon spent the remainder of 
 his life in Landaff, where he toiled at his chosen 
 trade. His wife, Sarah Powers, also from the 
 town of Bath, bore him ten children, who re- 
 ceived the names of Savory, Jr., Joan, Sullivan 
 H., Frank, Francis, Russell T., Patience P., 
 Dan P., Sarah E., and Jane H. Mr. Gordon was 
 a Democrat, and a member of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Our subject, upon the completion of his edu- 
 cation in the district schools of Bath, N. H, 
 hired out as a farm hand, and in a few years was 
 enabled, by good management and habits of 
 economy, to buy a farm in the town of Landaff 
 with his savings. Later on he sold this farm and 
 
 with the money resulting from the sale invested 
 in another farm, where he remained about eight 
 years. In 1872 he took a trip west and located 
 in Manchester, la., where he engaged in the ice 
 business, remaining there for about four years. 
 In 1876 he returned to his native State to the 
 city of Manchester, and in 1878 moved to Han- 
 cock, N. H., where he bought a piece of farming 
 land and engaged in agricultural pursuits about 
 nine years. In 1887 he sold his farm and moved 
 back to Manchester, N. H., where he owned a 
 small farm till his death, which occurred Jan. 5, 
 1889. 1° politics he was a stanch and unyielding 
 Democrat, and most loyal in his hearty support 
 of that party. 
 
 In 1851 our subject was joined in wedlock to 
 Cynthia G. Wallace of New Hampton, N. H. 
 She was born March 15, 1829, and was a daugh- 
 ter of Samuel and Nancy (Sanborn) Wallace, 
 the former of Sanbornton, N. H., and the latter 
 of New Hampton, N. H. There having been no 
 children born to our subject and his wife, they 
 adopted a boy and a girl: Fred G. R. and Laura 
 E. Fred G R. Gordon married Evora Gardner 
 and lives in Manchester. Laura E. married E. 
 W. King of Newport, N. H., and has borne him 
 four children: Walter S., Frances W., Maud L., 
 and Cynthia. Mrs. Gordon still survives her 
 husband, and is living a retired life on the Gor- 
 don homestead at Landaff Center. She is liberal 
 in her religious views and attachments. Mr. 
 Gordon was a member of Kane Lodge, F. & A. 
 M. of Lisbon, and was buried bv that order. 
 
 JAMES GLYNN, deceased, a late resident of 
 Lisbon, N. H, was born in Tyngsboro, Mass., 
 Aug. 1, 1804. The first member of the Glynn 
 family in America of whom we have any definite 
 knowledge is John Glynn, the grandfather of our 
 subject. His parents were from Ireland, and he 
 was born nine days after their arrival in this 
 country, in Lynn, Mass., April 6, 1730. He mar- 
 ried Thankful Adams, who was born in 1729, 
 and to them were born the following children: 
 Joseph, James, William, Isaac, Phebe, Betsey, 
 Polly, and Sally. It is believed that they were 
 members of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Isaac Glynn, the father of James, our subject, 
 was born in Westford, Mass., and educated 
 
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 there; Jan. 16, 1775, at the age of fourteen, he 
 enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, serving 
 through the entire war, and served in several 
 battles as orderly sergeant, among which en- 
 gagements was the Battle of Bunker Hill. His 
 service in the army having ended, he learned 
 the cooper's trade, and later on in life moved to 
 Springfield, Yt., where he purchased a farm, 
 which he was occupied in cultivating the rest of 
 his life, dying Dec. 30, 1835. He married Sarah 
 Nutting, daughter of Thomas and Hannah 
 (Reed) Nutting, natives of Westford, Mass. 
 There were born to Isaac and Sarah Glynn 
 fifteen children, the record of whose births is as 
 follows: Benjamin, born Sept. 22, 1786, died 
 March 3, 1863; Lucinda, Jan. 17, 1791 ; Sally, 
 July 6, 1788; Polly, Nov. 26, 1793; Thomas, 
 April 5, 1795; Samuel, April 29, 1797; Joseph, 
 Jan. 24, 1799; Isaac, Nov. 24, 1800; Sophronia, 
 first of that name, July 17, 1803; James, Aug. 1, 
 1804; Sophronia, the second of that name, June 
 15, 1806; John, Nov. 9, 1810; and three, who 
 did not survive the period of their infancy. Mrs. 
 Glynn died Oct. 27, 1852, in North Haverhill, 
 N. H. They were Congregationalists in the mat- 
 ter of church membership, and were always 
 numbered among the church's warmest sup- 
 porters. 
 
 James Glynn was educated in the schools of 
 Springfield, Vt, and made a beginning in life's 
 struggle by learning the shoemaker's trade. Sub- 
 sequently he learned the blacksmith's trade and 
 followed it a number of years in the town of 
 Moriah, N. Y. He then moved to North Haver- 
 hill in 1835, and worked at his trade, later en- 
 gaging in the lumber business. His later years 
 were spent in agricultural pursuits, which he car- 
 ried on until 1873, when he moved to Lisbon, 
 N. H., and lived in retirement. He was a Re- 
 publican, and' was postmaster in North Haverhill 
 in 1849; ne was a ^ so a justice of the peace sev- 
 eral years, but was not generally considered an 
 aspirant for office. 
 
 In Springfield, Vt, Nov. 18, 1823, he was 
 joined in the holy bonds of matrimony with 
 Olive Bemis, daughter of Silas and Beulah 
 (Sartwell) Bemis, the former of Acton, Mass., 
 and the latter from Winchendon, Mass. Eight 
 children were born to our subject and his good 
 wife: Cordelia J., born Jan. 25, 1825, married 
 B. C. Durgin of Limerick, Me., and had one 
 
 child, Ruth C, deceased; Gratia A., born Aug. 
 31, 1827, has been twice married: her first hus- 
 band was O. A. Emerson of Thetford, Vt., her 
 second spouse was Daniel Morse of North Hav- 
 erhill, N. H. Horace H. was born March 16, 
 1829. Ellen P., born Jan. 8, 1832, married Cal- 
 vin Pennock of North Haverhill, and had one 
 child, Florence E., deceased. Ruth M. was born 
 June 17, 1834; Emily L., first of that name, was 
 born Sept. 5, 1836. Emily L., the second, was 
 born May 24, 1841. Verona A., born March 30, 
 1845, married George Pennock of North Haver- 
 hill, and has three children by the marriage, 
 namely: Myrtle G., James G., and G. Leslie. 
 The family are attendants of the M. E. Church of 
 Lisbon, N. H. James Glynn departed this life 
 March 9, 1891. The mother was called hence 
 June 12, 1890. 
 
 JAMES W. FOSTER, a manufacturer of 
 patent medicines and making a specialty of the 
 famous Lady Poor Ointment, residing in Bath, 
 N. H., was born in Dorchester, N. H., Jan. 23, 
 1852, and is a son of David G. A. and Caroline 
 A. (Davis) Foster of Dorchester, N. H. 
 
 David G. A. Foster's schooling was of the 
 common school variety and extended till he was 
 fifteen years of age, when he voluntarily went to 
 work to earn his own living. He went to work 
 in the service of the State militia, taking care of 
 the colonel's horse for nearly two years. He was 
 then employed as clerk in Blaisdell's store in 
 Wentworth, N. H., remaining there nearly six 
 years in the firm's employ. He left his clerkship 
 to embark in business for himself, building a 
 store in Dorchester, N. H., where he carried on 
 a thriving business for about six years, when 
 he sold out to Eaton N. Davis. From Dorches- 
 ter he removed to West Rumney, engaging 
 there in the mercantile business; about 1858 he 
 moved to Bath, N. H., where he carried on a 
 general store until 1888, selling out to his son, 
 James W. He then purchased a farm, and has 
 since given his attention to general agricultural 
 pursuits. About the year 1850 he was married 
 to Caroline A. Davis, whose parents were natives 
 of Dorchester, N. H., and to them have been 
 given the following children: Napoleon B., 
 Scott, Ada, Bessie E., Scott, who is no longer 
 
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 living, and James W., the subject of this memoir. 
 Politically, Mr. Foster is a firm Democrat, ad- 
 hering to the principles advocated by that party. 
 He is liberal in his religious views. 
 
 James W. Foster was educated in the public 
 schools of his native town and in the M. E. 
 Seminary of Montpelier, Vt. ; at the age of eigh- 
 teen he entered his father's store as a clerk and 
 remained with him about twenty years, at last 
 buying him out and carrying on a general store 
 until 1890. In that year he turned his attention 
 to the manufacture of patent medicines, which 
 have already acquired a wide reputation, al- 
 though the enterprise is yet in its infancy. In 
 May, 1896, a stock company was formed under 
 the State laws of New Hampshire for the manu- 
 facture of patent medicines; the business is car- 
 ried on under the name of the James W. Foster 
 Co. The company has already opened branch 
 offices in Boston, New York, and Chicago for 
 a ready distribution and advertising of their pro- 
 duct. 
 
 In the fall of 1876 he was married to Mary 
 Weeks, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Bart- 
 lett) Weeks of Bath, N. H., and they have been 
 blessed with the birth of two children: Blanche 
 and Grace, who are attending school. Mr. 
 Foster and his family are Unitarians in religious 
 affiliations. Our subject is one of the leading 
 Democrats of Bath, and was honored during 
 Cleveland's first administration by an appoint- 
 ment to the postmastership. He was appointed 
 again by the present administration, a position 
 he still retains. 
 
 DAVID W. SHAW, superintendent of the 
 Lisbon Peg & Bobbin Mill, is the son of Nath- 
 aniel M. Shaw and grandson of David Shaw, 
 who was born in Sanbornton, N. H., where he 
 was reared and engaged in business as a farmer 
 and a lumberman. He departed this life at the 
 age of sixty-six. He married Mary Morrill of 
 Sanbornton, who was over ninety years at her 
 death. There were born to them twelve chil- 
 dren, whose names are as follows: Polly (Bean), 
 Nathaniel M., John, David, Jr.; Charlotte (Sut- 
 ton), Susan, Sylvester, Watson, Eliza, Andrew, 
 and Sarah (Shaw). 
 
 Nathaniel M. Shaw, the eldest son and second 
 child in his father's family, was born and passed 
 his youthful years in Sanbornton, N. H.; soon 
 after marriage he went to Franklin and remained 
 there a few years, going thence to New Hamp- 
 ton, where he lived up to the three years preced- 
 ing his death; these last years were spent in 
 Ashland, Grafton Co. He was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, but like his father dealt considerably in 
 lumber. He married Jemima P. Hursey, daugh- 
 ter of William and Mary (Smart) Hursey of 
 Sanbornton. She died at the age of forty-two, 
 and left the following children: Winthrop D., 
 Nathaniel H., David W., the subject of this per- 
 sonal history; Herbert A., deceased; Martha 
 (Keyes) (Colby), Ai B., and Harriet L. (Graham). 
 The two oldest sons patented an automatic 
 light system, and are now associated in business 
 in Boston, devoting their time to the manufac- 
 ture and introduction of their system to the 
 public. The youngest son, Ai B., has lately in- 
 vented a bicycle tire, which is being manufac- 
 tured for the 1897 wheels by the great tire firm 
 of Morgan & Wright Mfg. Co. and will be placed 
 before the public ; it is a tire which has many 
 points of excellence, which will benefit the pub- 
 lic, and prove it to be a financial success to its 
 inventor. Nathaniel M. Shaw married as his 
 second wife Mary B. Hursey, a sister of his first 
 wife; she died at the age of seventy-nine. Mr. 
 Shaw was a pronounced Democrat in his politi- 
 cal attachments; he departed this life at the age 
 of seventy. They favored the Calvin Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 David W. Shaw was born June 24, 1834, in 
 Franklin, N. H., and when he was one year old 
 his parents moved to New Hampton, and there 
 it was that our subject was reared and educated. 
 When he attained his majority he went to 
 Tamouth, N. H., where he was married in 1856 
 to Sarah E., daughter of Samuel S. Beede. Mr. 
 Shaw has been associated in the peg and bobbin 
 business the most of his life, beginning when a 
 young man, and continuing till 1873, when he 
 began farming on the old homestead in 
 New Hampton; he was engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits till his wife died in 
 1879; sne was aged forty-one years. She 
 left behind her to his care two children: 
 Ralph, who died at the age of twenty-five; and 
 Marion A., who married B. C. Smith of Bartlett, 
 
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 Yt., and became the mother of two children, Mil- 
 dred, deceased, at the age of two, and Ralph H., 
 Jr. Upon his wife's death Mr. Shaw left the 
 farm and accepted a position as superintendent 
 of a peg mill at Bartlett, Vt., where he remained 
 twelve years. While a resident of that place, in 
 1887, he married Isabella M. Harris, by whom 
 he has one child, Bernice M. In 1891 Mr. 
 Shaw became superintendent of the Lisbon Peg 
 & Bobbin Mill, which position he still holds and 
 has entire charge of the business. He is a Dem- 
 ocrat, politically. He is a member of the North 
 Star Lodge, No. 8, F & A. M. Mr. Shaw is 
 thorough and painstaking in business, and with 
 his thorough knowledge of commercial methods 
 and details of his manufacturing business, he 
 has proved himself to be a valuable acquisition 
 to the company and to the town of Lisbon. His 
 genial good-humor and open-heartedness of 
 nature have won him many friends who unite 
 in his praise. 
 
 DR. CHARLES C. ROUNDS, late principal 
 of the State Normal School of New Hampshire, 
 is a native of the State of Maine. His father, 
 Nathaniel Rounds, was the son Joseph Rounds, 
 who was a soldier of the War of Independence, 
 as was also his father; he was among the first to 
 join the army at Cambridge, and marched thence 
 to Ticonderoga; he was in the first regiment 
 which entered Boston on its evacuation by the 
 British, and was in Gates' army at the surrender 
 of Burgoyne.. 
 
 Nathaniel Rounds was born in Buxton, Me., 
 in 1799. When a young man he moved to the 
 town of Waterford, Me., where he spent the rest 
 of his life. 
 
 He married Betsey, daughter of William 
 Brown of Waterford. Eight children were born 
 to them: Jane (Follett), deceased; Edwin, de- 
 ceased; Cyrus, deceased; Harriet, deceased; 
 Rowena, deceased; Harriet E., deceased; Chris- 
 tina, proprietor of "Miss Rounds's School for 
 Girls," in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and Charles C, the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Charles C. Rounds was born at Waterford, 
 Me., Aug. 15, 1831. His early education was 
 received in the common schools of Waterford, 
 in the North Bridgeton Academy, and in Oxford 
 
 Normal Institute. After attending the Academy 
 he served an apprenticeship as a printer, work- 
 ing at the trade about four years. He then pre- 
 pared himself for college at the Oxford Normal 
 Institute, eventually entering Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, from which he graduated in the Class of 
 
 1857- 
 
 Soon after his graduation he began teaching; 
 his experience as an instructor has been excep- 
 tional, having taught public schools in three 
 New England States, and also in the State of 
 Ohio, where he was principal of one of the city 
 schools in Cleveland for six years. He has 
 served as principal of two academies in Maine, 
 and was principal of the State Normal School at 
 Farmingtpn, Me., for fifteen years. He was prin- 
 cipal of the State Normal School of New Hamp- 
 shire thirteen years until the summer of 1896, 
 and is now residing in New York City. 
 
 His interest in school work has not been con- 
 fined. It was through his efforts as president of 
 the National Council of Education, in 1895, tnat 
 a committee of twelve was appointed from that 
 body, of which committee he is one, to investi- 
 gate the condition of the rural schools of the 
 United States, and to make a special report after 
 two years of investigation and inquiry. Prof. 
 Rounds has been a member of the National 
 Council of Education since its organization in 
 1882, and has served continuously as a member 
 of that organization by successive elections for 
 terms of six years each. He has been president 
 of the Maine State Teachers' Association. He 
 was twice president of the New England Normal 
 Association, and has twice held the office of 
 president of the National Normal Association. 
 He has been a member since 1869 of the Na- 
 tional Educational Association. 
 
 In 1857 Dr. Rounds married Kate Nixon 
 Stowell, daughter of Thomas Nixon Stowell of 
 Paris, Me., whose grandfather, Thomas Nixon 
 of Framingham, Mass., was a soldier in the 
 Colonial wars from 1755. He was in the battles 
 of Lexington and Bunker Hill, from the latter 
 battle to' the close of the Revolution commanded 
 a regiment, and was a charter member of the 
 Society of the Cincinnati. They have four chil- 
 dren. The eldest is Mrs. Agnes I. (Matthews), 
 now a resident of Illinois, her home being in 
 Chicago. She was educated in Miss Wessel- 
 holft's school in Boston, in the Maine State Nor- 
 
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 mal School, and in Welleslev College. She has 
 had a wide experience in teaching, having 
 taught in Normal schools in five different States, 
 and in Washington, D. C. Arthur C. is a mem- 
 ber of the law firm of Carter, Hughes & Dwight 
 of New York City, and is a professor in the 
 University Law School. He is a graduate of 
 Amherst College and of Harvard Law School. 
 Ralph S. is a graduate of Amherst College and 
 of Columbia University Law School. He is a 
 member of the law firm of Rounds & Dillingham 
 of New York City, and is also a professor in the 
 University Law School. Katharine, the young- 
 est, is a graduate of Smith College, and since 
 her graduation has taught in high and normal 
 schools, and in private schools in Brooklyn and 
 in New York City. 
 
 JONATHAN K. ATWOOD, a prominent 
 manufacturer of Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H, 
 whose portrait appears on the opposite page, was 
 born in the town of Landaff, N. H., Sept. 3, 1828. 
 He is a son of Moses K. and Mary A. (Hall) 
 Atwood, and grandson of Joseph Atwood and a 
 Miss Kimball. The subject of this sketch re- 
 ceived his education in the schools of Landaff 
 and Lisbon, and learned the jeweler's trade, 
 working at it one year in Littleton, and two years 
 in Lisbon, N. H. At the age .of twenty-three he 
 turned his attention to the manufacture of bob- 
 bins for use in cotton, silk, and woolen mills, for 
 which he has found a ready sale from the very 
 start. He started in with one lathe and has in- 
 creased the business with such sagacity and 
 prudence that he is now the largest rough bobbin 
 manufacturer in the United States, doing an 
 annual business of late of $40,000.00, and hand- 
 ling 2,000 cords of wood. He was prime mover 
 in the scheme to furnish electric light and power 
 to the people of Lisbon, and is at present the 
 president of the Lisbon Power Co. At this time 
 he is also erecting a plant, that he may be able 
 to furnish power and light to the neighboring 
 village of Sugar Hill, with its many beautiful 
 cottages, summer hotels, and streets. He is a 
 man brimful of energy, and ever alive to the 
 wants of the people, and quick to anticipate and 
 fulfill them. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, Joseph Atwood, 
 was born in Landaff, N. H., and followed the 
 occupation of farming all of his life. He was 
 considered a leader among the intelligent men 
 of his locality, 'and was held in the highest esteem 
 by his neighbors and friends. He was a stanch 
 Democrat, and represented the town in the Leg- 
 islature twenty-one years. He held all the im- 
 portant town offices to the entire satisfaction of 
 the most critical. He was three times united in 
 wedlock. His first wife, a daughter of Capt. 
 Jonathan Kimball of Lisbon, presented him with 
 two children: Moses K., the father of our sub- 
 ject, and David. On the taking away of his first 
 wife he formed a union with a Miss Chandler, 
 and three children resulted: Benjamin, Mehita- 
 bel, and John. His third wife was the widow 
 Simons. He departed this life in 1865. They 
 were Baptists in respect to their views on religion 
 and religious preferences. 
 
 Moses K. Atwood was born in Landaff, N. H, 
 and upon completing a common school education 
 in its schools, learned the wheelwright's trade, 
 which he followed through that part of life in 
 which he was actively engaged in work. He was 
 a stanch Democrat in his political attachments. 
 He married Mary Ann Hall, daughter of 
 Thomas Hall of Lisbon, and to them were born 
 the following children, nine in number: Jonathan 
 K, William M., Stephen W., Moses, James M., 
 Joseph L, George H., Benjamin F., and Mary 
 J. In their religion, they were Adventists. 
 Moses K. Atwood died at the age of forty-two, 
 in 1850; his wife survived him as the head of the 
 family for almost half a century, dying at the age 
 of eighty-eight, in May, 1895. 
 
 Jonathan K. Atwood has been married five 
 times. His first wife was Lydia A. Harris of 
 Whitefield, Coos Co., N. H, and by this union 
 he became the father, of one child, who died in 
 infancy. Mrs. Atwood died in 1840. His second 
 union was formed with Rebecca W. Pingree of 
 Littleton, N. H; Clara P., the sole child of this 
 union, married Walter Baker, now deceased, of 
 Laconia, N. H., and had one son, Charles, who 
 lives with his grandfather, the subject of this 
 sketch. The second Mrs. Atwood died in 1843. 
 He then formed a third alliance for better or for 
 worse with Sarah N. Hibbard of Lisbon, N. H, 
 and from this union resulted Henry H. and Mary 
 E. Henry H. is at present the electrician of the 
 
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 Lisbon Power Co. His first wife was a Miss 
 Welch of Barnet, Vt., and by their union there 
 was one child, Sarah M. His wife died in 1890. 
 He then formed a second union with Miss Mattie 
 Smalley of Lisbon, N. H. Mary E. married 
 Harry Metcalf, and lives in Orlando, Florida. 
 Mrs. J. K. Atwood died March 14, 1881. His 
 fourth union was with Elizabeth Parker, who 
 before marriage was Elizabeth F. Vance. She 
 passed away to fairer regions, Jan. 30, 1892. In 
 1894 he formed a fifth union with ,Clara O. 
 Morse, formerly Richardson; she was born in 
 Barnet, Yt. Mr. Atwood and his wife coincide 
 in their religious views, and are both members 
 of the Congregational Church of Lisbon, N. H. 
 Mr. Atwood is a Democrat, and holds the office 
 of justice of the peace, and has been the incum- 
 bent for several years. 
 
 HON. JOHN H. DERBY, whose large and 
 well-improved farm is situated in the southern 
 part of the town of Lyme, near Moose Mountain, 
 was introduced to this life, in Troy, Vt., March 
 28, 1832; our subject only lived about five 
 months in his native State, for in August of the 
 year in which he was born the family moved to 
 Lyme, N. H. His parents were William H. and 
 Hannah (Avery) Derby; our subject's mother 
 died at his home, Sept. 8, 1872, aged sixty-eight 
 years; she was a daughter of Deacon Avery of 
 Orford, N. H. Our subject's grandfather on his 
 father's side was Jedediah Derby, who married 
 a Miss Grant. He was a farmer by occupation 
 and a man of especially marked ingenuity, which 
 was exhibited both in and out of his regular call- 
 ing. In late life he manufactured whip lashes, 
 which he sold through the country. He was a 
 member of the Baptist Church of Lyme Center. 
 
 William H. Derby, the father of John H., was 
 born in the town of Lyme and lived there the 
 greater part of his life. At the age of forty, 
 when he was forced to work hard to support a 
 large family of quite small children, he was so 
 unfortunate as to have typhoid fever, which left 
 him blind and weak. When not enervated by 
 disease he was a man of unusual strength and 
 was unrivaled in that respect throughout the 
 town. So on the recovery of his aforetime 
 strength, with the aid of one of his sons, he fol- 
 
 lowed peddling, carrying a large trunk of goods 
 on his shoulders. His death occurred Feb. 16, 
 1859, at the age of fifty-six, at the home of his 
 son, Lewis S. Derby; he was engaged at his 
 work as peddler up to within two years of his 
 death; his death was attributed to heart disease. 
 Six children were born to him: John H.; David 
 L; Lewis S., whose sketch appears on another 
 page of this volume; Francis J., who died from 
 the effects of exposure in army life, March 10, 
 1863, aged twenty-four years; Amanda M., mar- 
 ried D. W. Chase of Bentonville, Ark.; and 
 Charles W., a resident of the town of Lebanon, 
 N. H. 
 
 Our subject has made the town of Lyme his 
 home, except for a few years spent in Hanover, 
 working as a farm hand. Because of his father's 
 affliction he with two other brothers were forced 
 at a very early age to support themselves. For 
 five years up to the time when he was eighteen 
 he received only his board, clothes, and school- 
 ing, and it was only when he had arrived at that 
 age that he began to receive wages. After work- 
 ing out some sixteen years, he married and 
 began to farm for himself. He rented his 
 brother's farm for a year, and then came to his 
 present farm, which belonged to his wife's father, 
 and worked the farm with his father-in-law until 
 the latter was compelled to retire from active 
 labor because of age. 
 
 He was married by the Rev. James C. Se- 
 graves at Wentworth, N. H., May 26, 1866, to 
 Ruhama E. Gordon, daughter of Cyrus and 
 Olive (Jesseman) Gordon. Mrs. Derby's mother 
 was born in Dorchester, N. H., and was a 
 daughter of George and Phebe (Jewell) Jesse- 
 man. George Jesseman, a farmer, was one of 
 the early residents of Lisbon, N. H., his father 
 being one of the original settlers; he was of 
 Scotch origin. 
 
 Cyrus Gordon, our subject's father-in-law, was 
 born in Henniker, N. H., March 4, 1810; he was 
 the eldest of twelve children born to his parents, 
 eleven of whom attained an age of maturity and 
 married. He was a son of David and Mary 
 (I-Ioyt) Gordon; David Gordon was a farmer of 
 Henniker, N. H.; his father, Jonathan, came 
 from England and is said to have been a Quaker. 
 The nextgeneration, however, were Methodists. 
 When ten years years old, Cyrus Gordon was 
 deprived by death of his father; a guardian was 
 
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 appointed, and Cyrus was bound out for six 
 years in the town of Deering to James Wilkins, 
 living in that town till he was twenty-one. He 
 then came to Dorchester, N. H., to visit the old- 
 est of his brothers, and remained one year work- 
 ing for him. Returning to Deering, he worked 
 six months with John Grimes, whose father was 
 the original of the well-known verses, beginning. 
 "Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, we ne'er 
 shall see him more," etc. Cyrus worked out till 
 he was twenty-six, and upon his marriage, Sept. 
 I, 1836, settled down to farming for himself. 
 The brother, for whom he had worked in Dor- 
 chester, had studied medicine, and in 1836 went 
 to Maine to practice; he sold Cyrus his farm, 
 which had already been paid for in this way. 
 When Cyrus was twenty-one he had $100.00, 
 which he loaned his brother; afterwards he 
 worked for him six years and let the money 
 coming to him accumulate, taking his brother's 
 note for the various amounts, and thus had 
 enough money coming to him to buy 
 the farm. He remained on the farm in 
 Dorchester and cultivated the land and 
 raised stock until 1869, when he came 
 to the present farm of 200 acres, which our sub- 
 ject, Mr. Derby, manages. They have a flock 
 of sheep, and operate a dairy, milking four to 
 six cows. There were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gordon four children: Laura A., who married 
 Samuel F. Ball, whose sketch is contained in 
 this volume; Ruhama E., the wife of our subject; 
 Asa F.. who died in the army at Brazer City, 
 La.; and Sarah A., who died in her nineteenth 
 year. ! ! 
 
 John H. Derby and two brothers were in the 
 Union Army in the late war. He enlisted Oct 7, 
 1862, in Co. A. 16th Reg., N. H. Vol. Inf., for nine 
 months and served over one year under Gen. 
 Banks at Port Hudson. He was in the first Red 
 River expedition. When his term of service was 
 finished he returned home by way of Cairo, and 
 Chicago, 111., Buffalo, N. Y., and Worcester, 
 Mass. He was discharged Aug. 20, 1863, with 
 the rank of a corporal. Mr. Derby was a mem- 
 ber of the Harriman Guards, in which he was 
 first lieutenant, his commission dating from Aug. 
 24, 1865, to Jan. 8, 1870. Mr. Derby has been 
 appointed bv the court as guardian for several 
 minor children, and has been most attentive and 
 careful of their interests. He is a member of 
 
 Morning Star Grange, No. 62, of Lyme. He 
 is a Republican, but the sole political office he 
 has held has been that of representative, being 
 elected for the term of 1893-94. Mr. Derby and 
 wife are members of the Baptist Church of Lyme 
 Center, in which church Mr. Derby is a deacon. 
 Three children make up their family: Sarah 
 Lillian, Ira H., and Arthur E. Our subject's 
 daughter has taught in the schools for twenty- 
 one terms, and is now attending Radcliffe Fe- 
 male Seminary, the annex of Harvard, having 
 entered in 1896. Ira H. is also a student at 
 Harvard, having entered in 1895. They are both 
 graduates of the New London High School. 
 The younger son, Arthur E., lives at home. 
 
 LEWIS S. DERBY, a farmer who owns and 
 operates a fine farm, mostly given up to dairy- 
 ing, at the foot of Bear Mountain, in the south 
 part of Lyme, N. H., was born in Lyme, Oct. 
 20, 1837. He is a son of William H. and Hannah 
 M. (Avery) Derby. 
 
 William H. Derby was a son of Jedediah 
 Derby and Hannah Grant ; he was born in Lyme 
 and made it his home through life. He was 
 occupied in farming principally; he also worked 
 some at his trade of a stone-mason, helping to 
 lay the piers for the bridge over the Connecticut 
 River at Thetford. His wife was a daughter of 
 Deacon Avery of Orford, a carpenter by trade. 
 William H. Derby and his wife were both mem- 
 bers of the Congregational Church. Their union 
 was blessed with five children: John H., who 
 lives in the town of Lyme; David L., a resident 
 of Bradford, Vt. ; Lewis S.; Frank J., died from 
 the effects of army life March 10, 1863; and 
 Amanda M., who married Web Chase of Ben- 
 tonville, Ark. 
 
 When our subject was but nine years old his 
 father was stricken with blindness, and the chil- 
 dren were forced to scatter and do for them- 
 selves; Lewis worked for his board, clothes, and 
 schooling for five years, and little of either did 
 he get ; only occasionally did he obtain an oppor- 
 tunity to visit home in all those years.- As soon 
 as the three older boys became old enough to 
 earn wages they provided for their parents. The 
 father died at our subject's home at the age of 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 fifty-six; the mother fell into that last calm 
 sleep which knows no waking this side of the 
 grave at the home of her eldest son, John, aged 
 sixty-eight. 
 
 After the age of fourteen, Lewis received 
 wages for his labor; two years were spent on 
 the farm of Amos Bailey, which adjoined the 
 one now owned by himself; through the winter 
 he went to school. The following summer he 
 worked for Dan Storrs, and attended school 
 from home in the winter; the next three seasons 
 he was employed by John Claflin, attending 
 school the first two winters from home and 
 working in a logging swamp in Canaan the last 
 winter. He then worked for Nathaniel Hurlbutt 
 in Hanover a season. His marriage occurred 
 at this time, and he came to his present farm, 
 where he has lived ever since with the exception 
 of three years, which he spent in Manchester, 
 N. H, where he was employed by the railroad 
 as freight accountant. The farm on which he 
 resides was left him by his first wife; it consists 
 of about 300 acres. He makes dairying the prin- 
 cipal industry, and milks on the average about 
 ten cows. Sheep raising used to be very profit- 
 able, and he kept as many as 150 at one time. 
 
 He was united to his first wife in 1858; 
 she was Mrs. Merriam S. (Pusher) Miller, a 
 daughter of David and Amy (Carpenter) 
 Pusher. His second marriage occurred in Lyme, 
 Sept. 27, 1887. to Miss Annie M. Smith, daugh- 
 ter of Alonzo A. and Julia A. (Heath) Smith, 
 the latter a daughter of David Heath. Alonzo 
 Smith was a son of Elias and Matilda (Styles) 
 Smith. Mrs. Derby's great-grandfather, Smith, 
 lived to the age of ninety-four, and his wife to 
 the age of eighty-seven ; her grandmother Styles 
 was nearly one hundred years old at the time of 
 her death. Elias Smith, Mrs. Derby's grand- 
 father, sailed in a privateer during the war of 
 1812, and used to amuse his grandchildren by 
 drawing for them pictures of ships. Alonzo 
 Smith served in the late Rebellion. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Derby's union has been blessed with two 
 children: Clinton H, born Nov. 22, 1888; and 
 Mary M., May 5, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Derby 
 are members of the Morning Star Grange, No. 
 62, of Lyme Plains. They are also members of 
 the Baptist Church of Lyme Center. Mr. Derby 
 is a Republican, and has served as road surveyor 
 many times, and also on the school com- 
 
 mittee; he has been town supervisor since 
 1890. He is spoken of as a man worthy of 
 the highest esteem and regard; his life has been 
 a hard struggle, especially in his younger years, 
 and he has come out of it endowed with those 
 qualities that compel men's admiration, pluck, 
 and perseverance. 
 
 FRED E. THORPE, superintendent of the 
 Parker-Young Co. of Lisbon, N. H, has been 
 a resident of that town for the past ten years. 
 He is a son of William Thorpe and a grandson 
 of Abraham Thorpe, who was the first represen- 
 tative of his branch of the family to settle in this 
 country. He was born in England, where he 
 was reared and educated, and learned the tailor's 
 trade; after coming to the United States he 
 located in New York, later in Ware, N. H, 
 where he became engaged in the manufacture of 
 clothing for Boston and New York parties. His 
 death took place in his eighty-fifth year. He 
 married, and reared three children, namely: 
 Isaac, William, and Joseph. 
 
 William Thorpe was born in England and 
 emigrated to this country with his parents; he 
 learned his father's trade, and was associated 
 with him in business until the war broke out, 
 and the call for volunteers was heard. Laying 
 aside his business with but one thought, to do 
 his duty for the country he loved, he enlisted in 
 Co. G., 1 6th Reg., N. H. Vol. He had served 
 his time and was on his way home from the 
 front when he was taken sick and died at Cairo, 
 111., aged forty-two years. His wife was Almira 
 Danforth, daughter of Jonathan Danforth of 
 Hillsboro, N. H. There were born to them five 
 children: Frank, Emma (Durrell), Ella (Kessler), 
 Clara (Wyatt), and Fred E., our subject. 
 
 Fred E. Thorpe was born in Boston, Mass., 
 April 5, 1852, and because of his father's death, 
 when our subject was a young boy, he was forced 
 to begin the struggle of life at an early age. 
 When eighteen years old he learned the trade of 
 a tinsmith, and followed it in Tilton, N. H, until 
 1884, when he became interested in the lumber 
 business at Warren, N. H, still retaining, how- 
 ever, his residence at Tilton. He was in business 
 in Warren three years, leaving there to accept 
 a position in Lisbon as superintendent of the 
 
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 Parker- Young Manufacturing Co.; he is still 
 that company's trusted and most efficient em- 
 ployee, a heavy stockholder in the company, and 
 is a much-respected citizen of the town. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Thorpe was joined in wedlock to 
 Adela Durrell, daughter of John Durrell of Gil- 
 manton, N. H., and has two children: J. Le Roy 
 and Burton D. He is a Republican, a member 
 of Harmony Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., Doric 
 Lodge, No. 78, F. & A. M:, of Tilton, N. H; 
 Franklin Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., of Lisbon, 
 N. H. He also belongs to the A. O. U. W. of 
 Laconia, N. H. 
 
 SIMON WARD, a respected farmer of the 
 town of Hanover, N. H, is engaged at his 
 vocation on his farm, which is situated in the 
 southeastern corner of the town, bordering on 
 four towns. He was born on an adjoining farm 
 Aug. 28, 1843, an d is a son of Simon and Han- 
 nah (Walker) Ward. 
 
 Simon Ward, Sr., was a farmer most of his 
 life; he was a soldier of the Revolution and lived 
 to the very advanced age of ninety-six years. 
 He was twice joined in wedlock; his first wife, 
 Mehitabel Foster, dying, leaving two children, 
 he married Chloe Thorp, who bore him a large 
 family of children, among whom was Simon 
 Ward, the father of the Simon Ward of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Hanover in 
 a house now demolished that was located on 
 Ruddsborough Road. His wife, Hannah 
 Walker, was born on the same farm as our sub- 
 ject, and was a daughter of Richard and Cath- 
 erine (Trickey) Walker, both of whom lived to 
 be eighty years of age. Catherine's father, 
 Samuel Trickey, was a soldier of the Revolu- 
 tion and lived through that struggle and reached 
 the age of ninety years. Richard Walker was 
 numbered among Hanover's superior farmers 
 most of his life. 
 
 Simon Ward, the subject of this personal his- 
 tory, was reared in the town of Lebanon, in 
 East Lebanon, from the time he was six years 
 until he was twenty-one, attending the schools 
 of East Lebanon until he was twenty. For a 
 time after the completion of his education he 
 worked in East Lebanon. At this time in his 
 
 life the Civil War was raging and the cry was 
 for more troops to put down the rebellion. In 
 September, 1864, in response to the oft-reiter- 
 ated call, Mr. Ward enlisted in Co. B., 18th Reg., 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., and was stationed at Fort Stead- 
 man; most of the service seen by the regiment 
 of which he was a member was in Virginia; our 
 subject participated in the last eight days fight- 
 ing at the siege of Petersburg. He was mus- 
 tered out and discharged June 27, 1865, at 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 Shortly after his return to East Lebanon he 
 purchased his present fine estate of 300 acres, 
 situated on the west slope of the southern ex- 
 tremity of Moose Mountain; from his door-yard 
 Mr. Ward enjoys a most charming view of 
 mountain scenery and a glimpse of Mascoma 
 Lake. Much of his time and attention is devoted 
 to the care of his dairy, which comprises about 
 twenty cows; the product is disposed of to the 
 creamery at East Lebanon. He has a very fine 
 orchard of 175 trees and a large sugar grove 
 high up on the mountain side. 
 
 Our subject was united in the bonds of Hymen 
 June 1, 1870, the bride being Emma Eliza Hoyt; 
 Mrs. Ward's parentage dates far back into 
 Colonial clays. She is a daughter of Horace F. 
 and Emily C. (Hardy) Hoyt, who were born in 
 Newport, Vt., and Hebron, N. H, respectively. 
 
 Mrs. Ward's mother was reared in Lebanon, 
 where her parents, Daniel and Betsey (Packard) 
 Hardy, moved when she was a small child. Bet- 
 sey was a daughter of Asil Packard, one of the 
 first pioneer settlers of Lebanon. Daniel Hardy 
 was from Hopkinton, N. H., and by his own 
 unaided efforts he raised himself from poverty 
 to affluence and wealth. When a boy, so eager 
 was he for learning and for taking advantage of 
 what small opportunities for schooling that came 
 his way, that he would employ the winter even- 
 ings studying by the light of the log fire in the 
 great fire-place, working his sums in arithmetic 
 on a board with a piece of charcoal. He was an 
 extensive dealer in live stock, and a landed pro- 
 prietor of many acres; at one time he kept a 
 store. He was the father of fifteen children, of 
 whom ten grew up to manhood and womanhood. 
 
 Mrs. Ward's father, Plorace F. Hoyt, was born 
 at Newport, N. H; his parents were Joseph and 
 Mary (Patterson) Hoyt. Mary Patterson was a 
 daughter of William Patterson, whose birth oc- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 curred Nov. u, 1799; he was a grandson of 
 Peter Patterson of Londonderry, Ireland, who 
 emigated to this country, settling in London- 
 derry, N. H., in 1637. Soon after his arrival he 
 married Grisey Wilson, whose grandfather had 
 taken part in the siege of Londonderry, Ireland ; 
 this occurrence in the life of Peter Patterson's 
 father-in-law probably gave the name of the 
 Irish city to their home in New Hampshire. 
 There were born to Peter and Grisey (Wilson) 
 Patterson three sons, the second of whom, 
 Thomas by name, married Elizabeth Wallace, 
 daughter of James and Mary (Wilson) Wallace. 
 Mary (Wilson) Wallace was born under roman- 
 tic circumstances on a ship in mid-ocean. The 
 vessel in which her parents came to this country 
 was captured by a pirate, and while a prisoner, 
 her mother prematurely gave birth to her. In 
 a capricious moment the pirate captain offered 
 to release both the crew and the passengers pro- 
 vided the child should be named Mary. The 
 parents assenting, he became her god-father and 
 presented her with jewelry, and a piece of bro- 
 caded silk, which afterwards was fashioned into 
 her wedding gown. It is also somewhat of a co- 
 incidence that the wife of William Patterson and 
 mother of Mary Patterson (Hoyt) was also born 
 on board a ship in the ocean. The great-great- 
 grandfather of Peter Patterson, John Patterson, 
 was a man of wealth and prominence ; he moved 
 from Scotland to County Antrim, Ireland, about 
 t6oo, and purchased a large landed estate (lease- 
 hold) of Lord Antrim, who became distinguished 
 in the War of the Stuarts. A cousin of Mrs. 
 Ward's father, Senator Patterson, rose to a 
 prominent position in the national life of our 
 country. 
 
 Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ward, as follows: Carrie Frances, the wife of 
 Allen G. Freeman of Lebanon; Mabel Florence, 
 the wife of Orra Herbert Hoyt of East Lebanon ; 
 and Josie May, who died in early childhood. 
 P>oth our subject and his wife are members of 
 the M. E. Church of Enfield. Mr. Ward is a 
 member of Farragut Post, No. 52, G. A. R., of 
 Enfield, and has filled all its official chairs and 
 has been for two years commander, and adjutant 
 for four years. Mrs. Ward is a member of the 
 Women's Relief Corps. In her young woman- 
 hood she was a school teacher and presided at 
 the desk for fifteen terms in various localities in 
 
 New Hampshire and Vermont. Mr. Ward is 
 also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, by 
 right of two grandfathers and a great-grand- 
 father on his mother's side. Our subject belongs 
 to the organization of Odd Fellows, being a 
 member of the Good Samaritan Lodge, I. O. O. 
 F., No. 75, of Hanover, N. H. ; he is also a mem- 
 ber of Grafton Star Grange, No. 60, of Hanover. 
 In politics, Mr. Ward is a Republican, and has 
 served as selectman seven consecutive years; he 
 has officiated in many other minor official capaci- 
 ties. Mr. Ward has never had any cause to 
 bemoan lack of friends, for his genial, good- 
 nature attracts all, who love to see a man make 
 the most of life, and his many excellent traits of 
 character that make him a loving husband, a 
 kind neighbor, and a high-minded, honorable 
 citizen, bind his admirers to him with adaman- 
 tine bonds. 
 
 WILLIAM S. NELSON, a member of the 
 Moore Peg Co. of Lisbon, N. H., was born in 
 the town of Monroe, N. H, June 6, 1861. He 
 is a son of Edwin and Phoebe (Gibson) Nelson, 
 and grandson of John and Harriet (Kelsea) Nel- 
 son. John Nelson, who was born in Lyman, 
 Oct. 16, 1801, was a grandson of the first bearer 
 of the Nelson name, who settled in America — 
 William Nelson, who came from Scotland in 
 1792 and settled in Ryegate, Vt. 
 
 John Nelson followed agricultural pursuits all 
 of his life in Lyman, now Monroe, where he 
 owned and managed a large farm. Jan. 15, 
 1823, he married Harriet Kelsea, who was born 
 Aug. 8, 1803, and to them were born the follow- 
 ing seven children: William C, born March 2, 
 1824; George, July 24, 1826; Eliza, Nov. 30, 
 1828; John M., June 5, 1833; Edwin, Sept. 1, 
 1836; Almon, July 7, 1840; and Henry C, Sept. 
 21, 1844. All have passed to the great beyond 
 with the exception of Edwin, the father of our 
 subject, and Henry C. John Nelson was a firm 
 Democrat and a member of the M. E. Church of 
 North Monroe. 
 
 Edwin Nelson was born in the town of 
 Lyman, now Monroe, and received his education 
 there, and has lived there and in Lyman proper 
 nearly all of his life, engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits. He owns a farm of about 100 acres, 
 
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 which he devotes to general farming. He is a 
 thorough Democrat in his political allegiance. 
 On Aug. 26, i860, he married Phoebe Gibson, 
 who was born Feb. 23, 1842; she was a daughter 
 of Samuel and Mercia (Hoskins) Gibson, both 
 natives of Lyman. As a result of their union our 
 subject's parents gathered about them the fol- 
 lowing family circle of four children: William 
 S., born June 6, 1861; Albert J., April 19, 1865, 
 now deceased; Frank K., Jan. 21, 1870; and 
 George E., Jan. 14, 1872, now deceased. Mrs. 
 Nelson died in 1877. 
 
 William S. Nelson was educated in the schools 
 of the town of Monroe, and also in the town of 
 Lisbon, N. H. His first employment was in a 
 peg factory, and in that connection in various 
 capacities he has continued to the present day. 
 He commenced work in 1879 at the bottom of 
 the ladder and became foreman of the mill in 
 1885; in 1890 he became one of the firm of the 
 Moore Peg Co.; and in 1896 he took an extended 
 business trip in the interest of the company to 
 Europe. It may well be mentioned here in this 
 connection that there are but four mills in 
 America where shoe pegs are manufactured for 
 the trade, and they are devoted almost exclu- 
 sively to the trade in foreign countries. Mr. 
 Nelson is a Republican in politics. 
 
 July 3, 1886, he was joined in marriage with 
 Genevieve Moore, who was born Nov. 10, 1856, 
 and was a daughter of Ovid D. and Harriet 
 (Howland) Moore of Lisbon, N. H. Mrs. Nel- 
 son died May 11, 1894. In his religious views 
 Mr. Nelson is inclined to be liberal. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM HUSE CUMMINGS, de- 
 ceased, whose portrait we show on the opposite 
 page, was born in New Hampton, N. H, Jan. 
 10, 1817. His father, Joseph Cummings, was a 
 member of the old Cummings family of Dun- 
 stable, and his mother, Mary Huse of Sanborn- 
 ton, was descended from Hannah Dustin, whose 
 heroism, when taken captive byapartyof Indians 
 in the early days of the colony, has been handed 
 down to the present day as a remarkable instance 
 of fortitude and presence of mind, under circum- 
 stances of great trial and danger. William was 
 the second son in a family of five boys and two 
 girls. His father was a farmer, and could give 
 
 his children only the advantages then afforded by 
 the district school in the way of an education. 
 But those advantages, such as they were, aided 
 by a habit of reading and study, cultivated and 
 exercised in all the after years of his life, sup- 
 plemented the activity of a mind, by nature keen 
 and comprehensive; a retentive memory added 
 to the store of information gathered in his long 
 and varied experience. 
 
 At the age of seventeen he left the shelter of 
 the paternal roof and entered the store of Major 
 Ebenezer Kimball in New Chester. Few young 
 men of the present day would consent to receive 
 so small a salary as thirty-five dollars and board 
 the first year; but to the habits of prudence, 
 economy, and thrift thus acquired, Mr. Cum- 
 mings could trace much of his subsequent suc- 
 cess. Little time was given him for dissipation 
 or waste of money and talents, and an incident in 
 his life at that time illustrates the practical com- 
 mon sense with which he regulated his conduct. 
 He was invited with other young men of his 
 acquaintance to attend a ball on a certain even- 
 ing. As a matter of curiosity he determined to 
 calculate the cost of attending the party at com- 
 pound interest from that day until his sixtieth 
 birthday. The amount was so large that he then 
 and there resolved to renounce this form of 
 amusement for himself, and throughout his life 
 his recreations continued to be always of a 
 simple and healthful character. 
 
 In 1837, Mr. Cummings purchased the busi- 
 ness, in which for three years he had assisted as 
 clerk, and at the youthful age of twenty started 
 in trade for himself. After two years he went 
 to Lisbon and remained a year in the employ of 
 the firm of Allen & Cummings, going from there 
 to Haverhill and entering into partnership with 
 John L. Rix, with whom he was associated for 
 five years. He then conducted the business alone 
 for three years, and in 1849 disposed of his in- 
 terests in Haverhill and returned to Lisbon, 
 where for over forty years he was prominently 
 identified with the business and public affairs of 
 the village. He became a member of the firm 
 of Allen, Cummings & Co., and engaged in mer- 
 chandising, lumbering, banking, and manufac- 
 turing until 1875, when he retired from active 
 business. 
 
 In 1843 Mr. Cummings was married to Miss 
 Harriet Sprague Rand, daughter of Hamlin 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Rand, who was a leading business man in the 
 early days of Lisbon and a large real estate 
 owner. Mr. Cummings purchased of the Rand 
 estate an extensive piece of property on the east- 
 ern side of the Ammonoosuc River, and upon 
 the hill overlooking the village built, in 1853, the 
 house he ever after occupied, developing from a 
 rough pasture, by liberal expenditure of time, 
 money, and labor, one of the most beautiful 
 home surroundings in the vicinity. Throughout 
 his life he dealt largely in real estate, and while 
 laying the foundation for his own financial suc- 
 cess, he aided many a hard-working man to gain 
 a home by selling him a house and land, and 
 allowing the purchase money to be paid in small 
 installments at stated intervals. From fifty to 
 sixty houses passed through his hands in this 
 way, and the growth of the town was greatly 
 helped by his efforts in this and other directions. 
 
 Mr. Cummings was ever an active political 
 force in Lisbon, representing the town in the 
 Legislature of 1856 and 1883, and serving as 
 Senator in 1877 and 1878, when he was mainly 
 instrumental in the passage of the present super- 
 visor law. Uncompromising in his allegiance to 
 Democratic principles, he was always prominent 
 in the councils of that party; as a legislator, he 
 ranked among the leaders and exerted a power- 
 ful influence among his associates in both 
 branches of the Legislature. He was a delegate 
 to the National Democratic Convention that met 
 in St. Louis in 1876, and nominated Samuel J. 
 Tilden of New York for the Presidency. 
 
 Until the later years of his life our subject was 
 interested in the Masonic fraternity. One of the 
 organizers, promoters, and charter members of 
 Kane Lodge, and for twenty-six years an active 
 member of the Franklin Chapter, he held all the 
 offices of these organizations. He was also one 
 of the original members of St Girard Command- 
 ery, Knights Templar, of Littleton. 
 
 For over eighteen years Mr. Cummings was 
 president of the Wells River, Vt., National Bank, 
 serving its interests with the utmost care and 
 fidelity. To his conservative action and skillful 
 financiering the bank owed much of its pros- 
 perity during the years in which he was con- 
 nected with its management. 
 
 No worthy public enterprise ever appealed to 
 him in vain for aid, and his liberal contributions 
 toward whatever would best develop the re- 
 
 sources and increase the growth of the town in 
 which he lived were an incentive to other men 
 to help in all measures for public improvement. 
 The fine school-house, erected in 1890, may be 
 regarded as a monument to his forethought and 
 far-reaching plans for the welfare of the village, 
 as it was his earnest advocacy of the measure in 
 the public meeting, called for the discussion of 
 the question, that formed the nucleus of the de- 
 cisive influence which induced the citizens of the 
 district to pass a satisfactory final vote. 
 
 No man in the community was ever made the 
 object of more appeals by all classes for material 
 assistance, advice, and encouragement than was 
 our subject. His office was always open to those 
 who sought his counsel, and many a burdened 
 man or woman, struggling with the problems of 
 debt and the support of a family, carried to him 
 their stories of want and anxiety, certain of a 
 kindly interest, a sympathetic word, and often- 
 times timely aid, which would render them his 
 grateful friends through life. Always quiet and 
 unostentatious in his beneficence, not until his 
 death was it revealed how many had looked upon 
 him as their best helper and strongest defender. 
 
 In 1878 the Congregational Church of Lisbon 
 was organized and Mr. Cummings was until his 
 death active in promoting the interests of the 
 society. He was treasurer and chairman of the 
 board of trustees for over twelve years ; always 
 chairman of the church business meetings, he 
 presided with such simple dignity that any de- 
 cision on his part carried with it so much sound 
 judgment and good sense, that it put an end to 
 all controversy. In the words of one of his pas- 
 tors, "His moral support of the church was 
 greater than his material support; his attendance 
 on the means of grace was constant and inspir- 
 ing." Two years and a half after his death his 
 family presented to the church a pipe organ as 
 a memorial to one who had been so closely iden- 
 tified with its formation and growth. 
 
 Mr. Cummings died on July 15, 1891, after a 
 year and a half of failing health, and is survived 
 by his wife and two daughters, Harriet Sprague 
 (Mrs. O. P. Newcomb) and Mary Rand. His 
 only son, William Edward, died in 1867, aged 
 twenty-one. Mr. Cummings's funeral was held 
 in the Congregational Church, and the large 
 throng who were present testified by their pres- 
 ence and evident sorrow the esteem in which he 
 
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 was held by the community. He was a man of 
 strong force of character, indomitable will, and 
 strength of purpose. Keen in his perceptions, he 
 was a good student of human nature, and rarely 
 deceived in his judgment of men. Always court- 
 eous and genial in his social intercourse, he won 
 many friends, while upon the town in which he 
 spent the greater part of his life he left an in- 
 delible impression of his business energy and 
 integrity. Mentally and morally, he was an ex- 
 cellent representative of the best elements of 
 New England character, and he has left the 
 precious heritage of a noble life, and that good 
 name which is "rather to be chosen than great 
 riches." 
 
 JOSIAH WHEET. Among the model and 
 progressive farmers of the town of Groton, N. 
 H., is none more worthy of an honorable place 
 than the gentleman whose name heads this 
 short memoir. He was born in the town of Gro- 
 ton, Grafton Co., N. H., Jan. 23, 1838, and is a 
 son of Col. Joshua R. and Huldah (Kidder) 
 Wheet, and a grandson of Josiah and Hannah 
 (Reed) Wheet. 
 
 Josiah Wheet was born in Hollis, in 1761, and 
 in 1794 came to the town of Groton, Grafton Co., 
 where he bought the farm, where Mr. Judd lives 
 at present; it is located in the very best farming 
 district, and its possession has always been a 
 matter of pride to its owners. A small portion 
 was already cleared, and Josiah Wheet very 
 nearly completed the clearing, putting the farm 
 under the best of cultivation. His first wife was 
 Sarah Hayes, who was stricken with a severe 
 sickness and died in the prime of her life, leav- 
 ing two sons and four daughters, as follows: 
 Sarah, Hannah, Ruth, Lois, Josiah, and Thomas. 
 He married as his second, wife, Hannah Reed ; 
 she was born in Hollis, and died at the age of 
 eighty-eight years. She presented Mr. Wheet 
 with four children: Capt. Joseph, Betsey, Lucy, 
 and Col. Joshua R. 
 
 Col. Joshua R. Wheet, whose military title was 
 derived from his position in State militia, our 
 subject's father, was born in Groton, N. H., 
 March 23, 1807, and married Aug. 25, 1830, Hul- 
 dah, daughter of John and Lois (Buell) Kidder. 
 He learned the carpenter's and cooper's trades 
 
 and followed those avocations in great part 
 throughout life. The homestead became his by 
 inheritance, and he accordingly devoted much 
 of his time to its proper cultivation and care. 
 He was a man of thrift and enterprise and highly 
 esteemed as one of the town's most valuable and 
 devoted citizens. In public affairs he held a 
 spirited interest, and never waited for anyone 
 else to take the lead. He was a Democrat and 
 held all the town offices: representative in the 
 State Legislature in 1850-51; several years as 
 moderator, as town clerk, and in other town 
 offices. In his religious views he was a Univer- 
 salist. He died at the age of seventy-three; his 
 wife, the patient companion in joy and in sor- 
 row, was called to her heavenly home at the age 
 of seventy-nine. 
 
 They reared and educated the following chil- 
 dren: Caroline B., born in 1832; Sarah A., 1834; 
 Sylvester, 1836; Josiah, the subject of this 
 sketch; John C, 1840, a practicing physician 
 and surgeon; H. Angeline, 1843; Alonzo W. 
 was taken back to the One on high, who gave 
 him, when an infant; and Mary A., 1854. 
 
 The subject of this sketch received a liberal 
 and broad education in the district schools, and 
 in the Franklin and Warren academies. After 
 completing his course in the academy he went 
 to North Andoyer, Mass., and worked in Davis 
 & Ferber's machine shop, where they produced 
 woolen looms and other allied machinery. He 
 remained in the shop for about thirteen years, 
 and was then interested in the drug business for 
 one year. The following two years were spent 
 in a Lowell machine shop, returning to Davis & 
 Ferber and working for them until 1875, when 
 he retired to farm life, caring for his wife's 
 parents and managing the farm; upon the death 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Southwick he came into full 
 possession of the property. 
 
 He married Hannah W. Southwick in 1863; 
 she was the daughter of Isaac D. Southwick. 
 After presenting her husband with the following 
 children Mrs. Wheet died at the age of thirty- 
 seven, in 1879. The children were: Frank E., 
 who died at the age of six months; Fred E., 
 born Nov. 11, 1868, married Hattie P. James, 
 by whom he has two children, Frances and Mil- 
 dred, and is a practicing physician and surgeon 
 at Stevens' Point, Wis.; Isaac N., died at the age 
 of sixteen months; Albert S. died at the age of 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY 
 
 four years; Harvey A., born Feb. 6, 1877, lives 
 at home. Our subject married as his second 
 wife Abbie A., daughter of Andrew J. and Abbie 
 C. (Heath) McClure, of Plymouth, N. H, and 
 has three children as the result of the second 
 union. The record is as follows: Ava H, born 
 July 19, 1882; Lee H, Sept. 1, 1890; and Verne 
 J., Jan. 15, 1895. Mr. Wheet has been a 
 thorough-going Democrat and has held various 
 of the minor offices of the town; he was four 
 years on the school board, two years of which he 
 was chairman of the same. Both our subject 
 and wife are staid and consistent members of the 
 Universalist Church. He is a member of the 
 Monadnock Lodge, No. 145, I. O. O. F., and 
 Kearsarge Encampment of Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 In his farming, a studied system and a careful 
 attention to details have done much to give him 
 his present high standing in the farming com- 
 munity. A choice dairy claims no small amount 
 of his time and attention, and' amply repays him 
 for all his trouble. A careful survey of his 
 premises reveal an exceptionally prosperous and 
 well-kept appearance, such as is only met with 
 at rare intervals. 
 
 In 1896 he was the Democratic candidate for 
 representative to the Legislature, but owing to 
 the Democrats being divided on the money ques- 
 tion he failed of an election by a few votes. 
 
 HARRY M. CHENEY, business manager 
 and associate editor of the Granite State Free 
 Press of Lebanon, N. H., was born in Newport, 
 N. H, March 8, i860, and is a son of Elias H. 
 and Susan W. (Youngman) Cheney, and a 
 grandson of Moses and Abigail (Morrison) 
 Cheney. 
 
 Elias H. Cheney was born in Ashland, then 
 Plolderness, Jan. 28, 1832, and was the fifth son 
 and the ninth of eleven children that composed 
 his father's family. His father was a paper- 
 maker by occupation ; he removed from Holder- 
 ness to Peterborough in 1835, going into part- 
 nership there with Abraham P. Morrison, his 
 wife's brother. Elias H. acquired a fair common 
 school education between the ages of eight and 
 thirteen, when not engaged in the mill "laying 
 off" paper. In 1845 his father removed to Hold- 
 erness, where Elias attended the spring and fall 
 
 terms of the high school; the intervals were 
 spent in his father's mill. As he grew older his 
 work in the mill became more and more varied 
 until there was no line of work in a paper mill 
 that he could not and did not do. Two terms at 
 New Hampton Academy and a year at Phillips 
 Exeter Academy completed his school days. 
 
 His first venture in the newspaper business 
 was in the Peterborough Transcript, which he 
 finally bought and operated at the age of twenty- 
 one. His zeal in the temperance cause soon 
 tempted him to leave a good business and to re- 
 move to Concord to undertake the publication 
 of the New Hampshire Phoenix, a temperance 
 organ. The venture resulted in a disastrous 
 financial embarrassment, which clouded his early 
 life and forced him to relinquish his paper in 
 1856 and to engage as job foreman of the New 
 Hampshire Sentinel at Keene. In 1859 he be- 
 came foreman and business manager of the 
 Sullivan Republican at Newport, of which the 
 late Judge W. H. H. Allen was editor. 
 
 In 1861, just after the battle of Bull Run, he 
 arrived in Lebanon to take charge of the Granite 
 State Free Press, which he had purchased of 
 Hon. George S. Towle. Through the long and 
 doubtful struggle of the war for the Union he 
 worked incessantly composing and setting up 
 editorials in type at the same time; by the hard- 
 est kind of work he managed to prolong the life 
 of his paper until better times came to his aid, 
 his being the only paper in Grafton Co. which 
 survived that trying period. For the past six 
 years his son, H. M. Cheney, the subject of this 
 sketch, has been associated with him. He rep- 
 resented Lebanon in the State Legislature of 
 1867 and 1868, and his district as Senator in 
 1885. In January, 1892, he was appointed 
 United States consul at Matanzas, Cuba; this 
 necessitated a knowledge of Spanish, which he 
 soon acquired, and is now quite a Spanish 
 student, having completed the reading of Don 
 Quixote in the original. 
 
 His wife was the daughter of Willard and 
 Jane (Little) Youngman of Peterborough, N. H. 
 Of the four children born to them, Fred W., 
 born May 19, 1853, is the eldest; he is at present 
 assistant secretary of the Capital Fire Insurance 
 Co. at Concord. He was engaged for quite a 
 period in newspaper work, graduated at Colby 
 Academy in 1874, had charge of the Granite 
 
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 State Free Press from 1876 to 1880, during 
 which time his father was recuperating his 
 health. He also established in 1881 and oper- 
 ated for seven years the Republican Champion, 
 a weekly paper of Newport; while a resident of 
 Newport he was captain in the State militia, and 
 chairman of the school board and represented 
 the town in the Legislature of 1889. He became 
 a master of military tactics, and in 1891 was ap- 
 pointed by Governor Tuttle Inspector-General 
 of the National Guard of New Hampshire, but 
 declined on account of ill health. He married 
 Cora M. Mead of Concord, and has one child, 
 Morton M. 
 
 Harry M., the second son, is the subject of 
 this sketch. Susan, born in 1864, died in infancy. 
 Helen G, born Nov. 5, 1865, married G. H. 
 Kelley of Lebanon and has two children, Robert 
 C. and Richard H. Elias H. Cheney is a Mason, 
 belonging to Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M., 
 since 1864, and holding a membership in Mas- 
 coma Lodge, I. O. O. F., since 1866. He is a 
 Baptist in religious belief. 
 
 Our subject was but one year and six months 
 of age when his father moved to Lebanon, and 
 accordingly received his early education in the 
 town of his present residence. When fifteen 
 years old he went into his father's office and 
 served a regular apprenticeship at the printer's 
 trade. In 1878 he entered Colby Academy, from 
 which he graduated in 1882; he then entered 
 Bates College, at Lewiston, Me., where he grad- 
 uated in 1886. He then assisted his brother in 
 Newport in the publication of the Republican 
 Champion for a short time till his father's failing 
 health brought him back to Lebanon to assist 
 him in the publication of the Free Press. He 
 has been manager and associate editor ever 
 since. He has been very active in advancing the 
 commercial interests of Lebanon and has been 
 one of the important factors in the recent de- 
 velopment of that town. In politics, he is a 
 stanch Republican and represented the town in 
 the Legislatures of 1893 and 1895, and was the 
 nominee in the election of 1896 for State Senator 
 and was triumphantly elected, as the district is 
 strongly Republican. He is also engaged in the 
 life, fire, and accidental insurance business. 
 
 Mr. Cheney is a member of Franklin Lodge, 
 No. 6, F. & A. M., serving as its Master 
 for four years. During this period the 
 
 lodge, in 1896, celebrated its 100th anniversary, 
 to the ceremonies of which Mr. Cheney con- 
 tributed a very fitting and appropriate address. 
 He is a member of St. Andrews Chapter, No. 1 ; 
 Washington Council, No. 10; Sullivan Com- 
 mandery, No. 6, K. T., of Claremont. He is also 
 a member of Mascoma Lodge, No. 20, I. O. O. 
 F. In religious belief he is a Unitarian. Our 
 subject married on the 19th of December, 1^93, 
 Miss Mary E., daughter of Hiram A. and Eme- 
 line (Gates) Vose. He has one child, Esther, 
 born April 3, 1896. 
 
 GEORGE S. ROGERS, prominent among 
 the leading business men of the county, and one 
 to whom many of the important manufacturing 
 interests owe their success, is the subject of this 
 sketch. Mr. Rogers is a member of the firm of 
 Carter & Rogers, woolen manufacturers of Le- 
 banon, N. H. He is skilled in all the technical 
 points that are of such value in the manufacture 
 of wool into its different products. He is a 
 stockholder, treasurer, 1 and manager of the 
 Everett Knitting Mills, and also treasurer and 
 manager of the Riverside Woolen Co., both con- 
 cerns of Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Rogers was born in Plymouth, N. H., 
 July 24, 1844, and is a son of Stephen G. and 
 Lavina (Tookby) Rogers. Our subject's father 
 was born in Plymouth, and was descended from 
 one of the early families of that part of the 
 county. Early in life he went to Thetford, Vt., 
 and entered upon the manufacture of paper, 
 varying in quality from straw-board to fine writ- 
 ing paper. After a long period spent in this 
 branch of the manufacturing arts he gave it up 
 and began the manufacture of woolen fabrics; 
 he was stricken down by typhoid fever in his 
 sixty-fourth year, while still engaged actively at 
 this industry. His wife died in 1854, at about 
 forty years of age, leaving two children to mourn 
 her loss: George S., the subject of this sketch, 
 and Alfred R., who resides at Thetford, Vt. 
 Stephen G. Rogers was a Whig and later on a 
 Republican in politics ; he always refused to hold 
 any office, because of lack of time to properly 
 attend to the duties that would have devolved 
 upon him. He always did whatever in his power 
 to advance the interests and aid in the progress 
 
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 and development of the town, and could never 
 be accused of selfish devotion to his own inter- 
 ests to the exclusion of matters of public interest. 
 
 George S. Rogers attended the public schools 
 of Thetford, Vt, and at the age of eighteen was 
 taken as a partner in his father's business, where 
 he was taught not only all the essential points 
 concerning the manufacture of woolens, but also 
 the careful, methodical habits and principles that 
 go so far to form a prosperous business man. 
 This training received lrom his father was of the 
 best and accomplished what was intended, by 
 making him a man of sound judgment and suc- 
 cessful in all the projects he has undertaken. 
 After his father's death A. D. Carter of Lowell, 
 Mass., bought an interest, and in 1883 the firm, 
 under the name of Carter & Rogers, moved its 
 plant to Ashland, N. H., and carried on the 
 manufacture of woolen cloth of various qualities 
 for five years. They then came to Lebanon and 
 bought out the mills of the Lebanon Woolen 
 Co.; all the buildings were burned in 1887. Our 
 subject and his partner at once rebuilt a large 
 factory, 170x50, of brick and wood, with two 
 stories and a basement, making it one of the 
 finest of the factories of Lebanon. The newest 
 and most improved of modern machinery was 
 introduced, so that the mill is now equipped in 
 the very best fashion; about 100 hands find a 
 profitable employment. The entire product is 
 shipped intact to the commission house in New 
 York City. 
 
 Our subject has taken more than an ordinary 
 interest in Lebanon since his residence there, 
 and many of the late improvements of the village 
 have been made possible by his enterprise and 
 hearty support. He is valued and respected in 
 the business circles as a man of push and energy 
 and of the strictest probity. He is one of the 
 trustees of the Lebanon Savings Bank. Al- 
 though a stanch Republican, he has until re- 
 cently refused to run for any office; in the last 
 campaign of 1896, he was elected representative. 
 He owns quite considerable real estate; in addi- 
 tion to his several tenements, which he rents, he 
 owns a beautiful home on Green Street; the 
 house is perhaps best known as the O. Mutch- 
 more place; he has enlarged and improved it in 
 the most artistic and beautiful fashion. His wife 
 is Mary Angeline, daughter of Nathaniel Davis 
 of Thetford, Vt. 
 
 NEWELL C. WRIGHT, traveling salesman 
 for the North Haverhill Granite Co., with home 
 in North Haverhill, was born in North Benton, 
 N. H., Nov. 22, 1852. He is a son of Gilbert P. 
 and Phoebe (Marston) Wright and grandson of 
 Abijah Wright, who was a son of the first doc- 
 tor that ever rode into Haverhill, coming by 
 means of horseback and blazing the trees as he 
 proceeded through the unbroken forests in order 
 that he might be able to retrace his way if he 
 lost his bearings. This doctor was one of three 
 brothers, who came from England, one of whom 
 settled in Massachusetts, one in the west, and 
 one in New Hampshire. 
 
 Gilbert P. Wright was born in Hebron, July 
 20, 181 5. He was a farmer by occupation and 
 owned several farms, aggregating 300 or 400 
 acres, besides about the same amount in timber 
 land. He was also interested in lumbering, 
 owning as he did so much timber and a saw- 
 mill for its preparation. He was a captain in the 
 State militia for a time. As selectman he served 
 his town for many years, at one period being 
 continued in office for seven successive elections; 
 a very flattering offer of a nomination as repre- 
 sentative met his steadfast refusal. He was a 
 member of the Free Will Baptist Church. His 
 wife, Phoebe Marston, was a daughter of Jona- 
 than and Phoebe (Howe) Marston. Jonathan 
 Marston was a farmer and one of the earliest 
 settlers in the town. Availing himself of the 
 splendid opportunities afforded by the abund- 
 ance of game he became a trapper and a bear 
 hunter with the unequaled reputation of having 
 killed more ursuline brutes than any other man 
 in the country. Reckless and with little fear of 
 wild animals, he had many narrow escapes; he 
 was kept in a tree by a bear one night and the 
 problem of how to extricate himself from his 
 unpleasant surroundings was only solved by the 
 timely arrival of a searching party, which had 
 formed because of his long absence from home 
 and had started out to find him dead or alive. 
 
 Our subject's youthful years were spent at 
 home, attending school in the winter season until 
 fourteen years of age, with two subsequent terms 
 at Bradford, Vt., and working on the farm in 
 the summer time. When nineteen years and five 
 months old he bought the remaining years of 
 his minority from his father for $200 and taught 
 school for the first winter; in the spring, having 
 
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 purchased ioo acres, he began farming, settling 
 down as a family man, for he married his wife 
 when twenty years old. After one year he sold 
 the farm and bought a farm in East Haverhill of 
 ioo acres and lived there eleven years. Because 
 of his ill health he sold his farm and went west 
 to Le Roy, Minn., and Hitchcock, Dakota. Mr. 
 Wright bought a wholesale produce and com- 
 mission business in Boston upon his return east, 
 benefited in health and conducted it with marked 
 success for two years. He then disposed of his 
 commission business and bought a mercantile 
 estate in North Haverhill, and after two years 
 took his brother into partnership. This arrange- 
 ment continued for six years until October, 1895, 
 when he sold his interest in the stock and leased 
 the building. He had previously bought stock 
 in the Granite Co. and is now on the road as its 
 traveling salesman; he assists in the manage- 
 ment of the company as one of its directors. 
 
 Mr. Wright married Dec. 25, 1872, at North 
 Haverhill, Miss Mary Jane Jeffers, daughter of 
 John and Mary (Heywood) Jeffers; to the 
 parents of Mr. Wright were born eight boys and 
 three girls, of whom our subject was the sixth 
 son. Both our subject and his wife are members 
 of the M. E. Church. Mr. Wright is a member 
 of the following secret orders: Moosehillock 
 Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F.; S. S. Davis Lodge, 
 No. 19, K. of P., of Haverhill; Rebecca Lodge, 
 No. 4; Canton Albin of the Uniformed Rank; 
 Camp of the Patriarchs Militant of Littleton; 
 and Pink Granite Grange, No. 210, of North 
 Haverhill. 
 
 In politics our subject is a prominent Demo- 
 crat and wields his wide influence in behalf of 
 the party of his choice. He took an active part 
 on the stump in the last National campaign, his 
 services being in great demand for rallies and 
 political gatherings where the liveliest enthu- 
 siasm was at a premium. He has held the ap- 
 pointive office of justice since 1881, when he re- 
 ceived his first commission as county justice, 
 July 8, from Governor Charles H. Bell, which 
 was renewed for five more years, July 
 8, 1886, by Governor Moody Currier. Gov- 
 ernor Hiram A. Tuttle appointed him State 
 justice June 22, 1891, and May 27, 1896, Gov- 
 ernor Charles A. Buriel appointed him for five 
 years more. The two latter appointments are 
 recorded in Washington, D. C, with the clerk 
 
 of the United States Circuit Court, and em- 
 power Mr. Wright to do pension business, in 
 which he has proved unusually successful. He 
 secured one pension with $3,300.00 back pay for 
 a widow and one of $3,700.00 for a man ninety- 
 seven years old, which pension had been pend- 
 ing for many years with what seemed little 
 chance of a successful termination until Mr. 
 Wright took it up. 
 
 DR. AI STEPHEN RUSSELL, the leading 
 physician of the village of Rumney, was born in 
 Lincoln, N. H., June 29, 1857, and is a son of 
 Stephen and Eunice C. (Hanson) Russell, and 
 a grandson of Stephen and Faithful (Jesseman) 
 Russell. 
 
 Stephen Russell's father was of English de- 
 scent, and served in the Revolution. Our sub- 
 ject's grandfather moved to Lincoln township 
 to help in the construction of a road from that 
 place to Franconia. In 1800 he was married to 
 Faithful Jesseman, who was of Scotch parentage, 
 and at once bought an extensive tract of unim- 
 proved land and erected on it a temporary 
 structure for the shelter of his family and a cow. 
 Much of the land he succeeded in clearing, and 
 as his circumstances improved, he was soon 
 enabled to build comfortable and roomy farm 
 buildings, and as taverns were scarce, he ran a 
 kind of primitive hotel for the accommodation 
 of the traveling public, and the new settlers as 
 they came into the new country. His farm was 
 large enough to divide among his sons at his 
 death, allowing each a good farm. Prominent, 
 and a leader in the settlement, he was often 
 chosen to places of trust, serving as representa- 
 tive a number of times, as a member of the school 
 board, surveyor, selectman, and as town clerk. 
 Eleven children were born to him and his wife, 
 all of whom grew to maturity and married. Their 
 names were: Roxanna, Thomas, Betsey, Sally, 
 Lucy, Simeon, Nathan, Stephen, Jr., Arthur L., 
 Mary S., and Lydia. 
 
 Stephen Russell, Jr., was born Feb. 9, 181 8, 
 in the town of Lincoln; he married Eunice Han- 
 son, daughter of Permian Hanson of Gilmanton, 
 N. H.; she was born in Gilmanton, Aug. 12, 
 1829. After marriage he settled on a tract of 
 land near the old homestead and cleared and 
 
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 cultivated it; he is still living there with his wife, 
 enjoying a beautiful old age. Because of in- 
 juries he received from a kick of a horse when 
 a youth he was never able to engage so exten- 
 sively in farming as his father. Eight children 
 were born to them, and all were christened with 
 names beginning with A. Following is the 
 family record: Alvira, born Oct. 20, 1849; Alice, 
 July 16, 1852; Addie, Oct. 22, 1854; Ai Stephen, 
 June 2lj, 1857; Affie, April 12, i860; Arbirtie, 
 May 19, 1863; Augustus, Nov. 25, 1868; and 
 Arthur, March 12, 1870. 
 
 Dr. Russell received his preliminary education 
 in the common schools of Lincoln; his training 
 for the medical profession was acquired at the 
 Eclectic Medical College, at Lewiston, Me., 
 from which he graduated March 11, 1^84, and 
 in June of the same year started in to secure a 
 practice in Rumney, N. H. Dr. Russell located 
 at his present residence, which was variously 
 known as the Dr. Woodman or Dr. Hall place, 
 and there has fitted up an office and reception 
 rooms. The house has been enlarged and made 
 over in many important features, and with the 
 fine lawns adjoining it is easily one of the most 
 desirable homes in Rumney. There are some 
 twenty acres of rich interval land that is con- 
 nected with his home; new barns and stables 
 with carriage house give all the accommodations 
 that could be desired for his horses and other 
 stock. He has built up an enviable general prac- 
 tice that extends widely through the adjoining 
 towns, and no physician holds any more respect 
 and confidence of his patrons than he. 
 
 Our subject married Celesta A. Elliott, daugh- 
 ter of Daniel and Dorcas (Baker) Elliott. Daniel 
 Elliott was a son of Daniel Elliott, Sr., who was 
 a leading business man of Enfield, N. H., where 
 he kept a hotel for a long term of years. He 
 also engaged largely in farming and owned ex- 
 tensive tracts of land, which he disposed of to a 
 great extent after his retirement at an early age; 
 he died at the age of sixty. He had one child 
 by his first wife, and thirteen by his second, 
 among whom was Mrs. Russell's father, Daniel 
 Elliott, Jr. The latter was born in Enfield, N. 
 H., in 1806, and came to Rumney in 1822, where 
 he bought an unimproved farm on the Stinson 
 Brook. He there erected a saw-mill, and for the 
 rest of his years took the lead in the lumber busi- 
 ness; he was very energetic, and loved hard 
 
 work; he wore out one saw-mill, and nearly wore 
 out the second one that he built to replace the 
 first. His plan was to buy large tracts of timber 
 land, clear it, and market the lumber that it pro- 
 duced; in this way he became the owner of 1,800 
 acres of land, 100 of which he cultivated as a 
 farm. Besides ordinary lumber, he also manu- 
 factured shingles in large quantities. He worked 
 to the very last of his years and died at the age 
 of eighty-one. He was a man of extremely good 
 judgment, and kind-hearted, and very proud of 
 his wife and the large family of children she bore 
 him, most of whom grew up to maturity. His 
 first wife died at the age of fifty-two of heart 
 failure after a severe attack of spotted fever. Of 
 the seventeen children born to him by his first 
 wife, our subject's wife was the youngest; her 
 birth took place Feb. 13, 1854. 
 
 In regard to his political principles Dr. Russell 
 is a Democrat and has been a member of the 
 school board for three years. He is most en- 
 thusiastic in his belief in the prosperous future 
 of the town and spares no pains in doing all in 
 his power to develop it and aid in its substantial 
 growth. He is a member of the Pemigewasset 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F. 
 
 The portrait of Dr. Russell on a preceding 
 page is presented by the publishers with a satis- 
 faction, which will meet with a corresponding 
 degree of appreciation wherever the subject is 
 known. 
 
 GEO. WOODWARD, deceased, son of Sam- 
 uel and Mary (Newton) Woodward, was born 
 in Springfield, Vt., Sept. 30, 1804, and devoted 
 his life to agricultural pursuits with particular 
 attention to the buying, selling, and raising of 
 sheep. Our subject's parents were both natives 
 of Massachusetts, the mother coming from the 
 town of Newton. Shortly after the War of the 
 Revolution they moved to Springfield, Vt., and 
 took up a large tract of land, living there until 
 their death, which occurred at an advanced age.. 
 
 In the spring of 1836 George Woodward pur- 
 chased a farm near North Haverhill, where his 
 son George J. now resides. In the April follow- 
 ing he moved from his native State to Grafton 
 Co., where he made his home until his death. 
 He added from time to time tracts of lands, 
 
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 fitted for the pasturage of sheep, to his original 
 purchase, until he at one time owned upwards 
 of 400 acres pastured with large flocks of sheep. 
 Jan. 30, 1833, he was married to Mary Ann 
 Lake, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Baird) 
 Lake of Springfield, Vt. Daniel Lake was a 
 native of Topsfield, Mass., whence he removed 
 to Grafton, Vt., where he labored in early life 
 at his trade of a brick mason; in later life he be- 
 came a farmer, .having purchased a tract of land 
 near West Springfield, Vt. His grandfather, 
 Daniel Lake, Esq., of Topsfield, Mass., and 
 Rindge, N. H., was a leading citizen of Rindge; 
 he was selectman and town clerk in 1771, was 
 appointed justice of the peace in 1777, and was 
 chairman of the Committee of Safety in 1778. 
 He took an active part in the Revolution and 
 twice enlisted in the service. His patriotic ex- 
 ample was followed by four of his sons, viz. : 
 Daniel Lake, Jr.; Enos Lake, Henry Lake, and 
 Jonathan Lake. The latter named, Jonathan 
 Lake, who was the grandfather of Mrs. Wood- 
 ward, was born in Topsfield, Mass., March 18, 
 1761, and was but seventeen years and two days 
 of age when he entered the service from Rindge, 
 N. H., and by two subsequent enlistments he re- 
 mained in the army until the close of the war 
 and was connected with the service for no less 
 than five years. He was one of the members of 
 the New Hampshire Brigade that participated 
 so nobly in the Battle of Monmouth, where he 
 was, wounded. He died in Springfield, Vt., May 
 18, 1846. Soon after the close of the war he 
 married, March 8, 1786, Hannah Hale, daughter 
 of the distinguished Col. Enoch Hale of Rindge, 
 X. H., and removed to Springfield, Vt. Her 
 death took place in the month of October, 1834. 
 Her father, Col. Enoch Hale, built the first 
 bridge across the Connecticut River at Bellows 
 Falls to Walpole; it was constructed in 1785 and 
 was 365 feet in length. When the frame was be- 
 ing prepared he told the men that thev should 
 not have any rum at its raising, as was ordinarily 
 the custom, and was told that he would never 
 get it raised. When everything was ready he 
 invited the women as well as the men to bring 
 some dinner with them, and made a nice social 
 gathering out of it; instead of the rum, they had 
 the best of dinners, and the bridge went up with- 
 out the slightest difficulty, every brace and pin 
 fitting exactly where they were wanted. When 
 
 he at last sold the bridge he reserved the privi- 
 lege that his family for three generations to 
 come could cross the bridge free. He was a 
 man of great enterprise and bravery and was 
 easily the leader in the town of Buckingham. 
 Jonathan Lake married a second wife, Lucy 
 (Hale) Weatherbee, widow of Hezekiah Weath- 
 erbee and a sister of his former wife. She died 
 Dec. 24, 1857. 
 
 Sarah Baird, the mother of our subject's wife, 
 was born near Billerica, Mass.; her father, 
 Josiah Baird, Jr., was a soldier of the Revolu- 
 tion and claimed Billerica, Mass., as his birth- 
 place; he was also a soldier of the French and 
 Indian War. Being of more than ordinary 
 height, standing six feet and two inches, he was 
 noticed at the camp at Cambridge, Mass., by the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Washington, who 
 offered him a place on his personal pay-roll. 
 He was one of the General's trusted guards and 
 couriers at his headquarters in Cambridge, and 
 his name appears on eleven different reports of 
 the war. Part of the time when he was not en- 
 gaged in scouting or guarding the General he 
 had the duty of preparing his meals. His grand- 
 daughter, Mrs. Woodward, still possesses a large 
 fork used in the manipulation of the meats and 
 one of the buckles worn on his shoes during the 
 war. He served until the close of the war and 
 then returned home and took up the occupation 
 of farming. He married Sarah Page, a native 
 of Massachusetts, and died in Grafton, Vt. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Woodward, the wife of our sub- 
 ject, who survives him, was one of the pioneers 
 of the town of Haverhill, N. H, and remembers 
 perfectly when there were but two or three 
 houses in Woodsville, and what is now built up 
 into the main part of the village was then a patch 
 of blueberries, where she one dav gathered over 
 40 quarts of the luscious fruit in a few hours; in 
 truth, they were so thick that she stripped them 
 off the bushes into her apron. 
 
 The mode of living in those days seems most 
 primitive to us of to-day. Ink was then of 
 domestic manufacture, being obtained from a de- 
 coction of maple or witch hazel bark and cop- 
 peras; quills were universally used in the absence 
 of steel pens. Having no lead pencils, a small 
 bar of lead pointed at one end was used to rule 
 their writing paper. Such customs certainly 
 seem strange and uncouth to the children who 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 are growing up in these modern times with 
 every convenience that could be desired at hand. 
 Mrs. Woodward has been a faithful member of 
 the Methodist Church for fifty years. As a re- 
 sult of her union with our subject eight children 
 were born, as follows: Mary J., widow of John 
 S. George of Newbury, Vt; Elizabeth Ann, de- 
 ceased; William George, deceased; Samuel, de- 
 ceased, who enlisted in the 2nd Reg. N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., and transferred to the nth N. H., was 
 wounded July 2, 1862, at the Battle of Gettys- 
 burg; Henry L., a farmer of North Haverhill; 
 George J., and Orvin and Oscar, the twins; the 
 former is interested in the drug store of Clinton 
 June, Wis., and the latter is a druggist of 
 Kenosha, Wis. 
 
 M( )SES WHITCHER, a prosperous farmer 
 and the first selectman of the town of Landaff, 
 X. H., was born in Landaff, Dec. 10, 1836; he is 
 a son of Winthrop and Mercy (Priest) Whitcher, 
 the former of Benton and the latter of Lisbon, 
 N. H. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, William 
 Whitcher, was born May 23, 1783, and settled in 
 Benton, N. H„ where he successfully engaged in 
 lumbering and agriculture. He married, Nov. 
 15, 1807, Mary Noyse, a daughter of Samuel 
 Noyse of Landaff, N. H., and to them were born 
 sixteen children: Moses, born Dec. 26, 1807; 
 William, Dec. 26, 1808; Amos, May 18, 1810; 
 Louisa, Dec. 22, 1811; Winthrop, Feb. 18, 1813; 
 Samuel, Aug. 24, 1814; Ira, Dec. 2, 1815; Sarah, 
 May 25, 1817; Hannah, April 4, 1819; Jane, Oct. 
 1, 1820; Chase, Jan. 20, 1822; Mary, Oct. 28, 
 1823; Susan, May 20, 1825; Daniel, Jan. 20, 
 1827; David, June 17, 1828; and Phebe, Feb. 24, 
 1831. They favored the religious doctrines up- 
 held by the Baptist Church. William Whitcher 
 was a stanch Democrat and was justice of the 
 peace for many years. 
 
 Winthrop C. Whitcher received his schooling 
 in the schools of Benton, and in that town began 
 his life as a farmer; in 1836 he moved to the 
 town of Landaff, N. H., where he passed the re- 
 maining years of his life on the farm now owned 
 by his son, the subject of this sketch. He was 
 also a Democrat, as his father. He married 
 Mercy Priest, Jan. 28, 1836; she was a daughter 
 
 o£ David Priest of Lisbon, N. H. Four children 
 resulted from their union, namely: Moses, Ward 
 P., Henry N., and Sarah H. The family were 
 Baptists. 
 
 Moses W. Whitcher was educated in the 
 schools of Landaff, N. H., and worked on the 
 home farm, subsequently buying it from his 
 father; with the sole exception of one year he 
 has made the homestead the scene of his labors 
 all his life. He is pronounced in his advocacy 
 of Democratic principles and has taken a very 
 lively interest in town affairs, serving the town 
 in the capacity of selectman for fourteen years, 
 and also officiating as town treasurer. He was 
 a member of the Constitutional Convention, 
 which was held in Concord, N. H., in 1888. In 
 his fulfillment of the duties of the positions of 
 member of school board and as road surveyor 
 he has been of marked service to his fellow-citi- 
 zens. 
 
 Mr. Whitcher has been married twice ; his first 
 wife was Julia E. Bronson, daughter of Orrin 
 Bronson of Landaff, N. H.; she bore him three 
 children, namely: Pheeb P., born Oct. 18, 1863; 
 Maud, deceased, born Dec. 21, 1866; and Jennie 
 N., born Jan. 27, 1871. His first wife died May 
 8, 1885, and on April 4, 1894, he contracted a 
 second matrimonial alliance with Miss Amanda 
 S. Atwood, daughter of John C. Atwood of Lan- 
 daff. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcher occupy a high 
 place in the esteem of a wide circle of friends and 
 acquaintances, who have none but the highest 
 words of commendation to speak of our subject 
 and wife. They are attendants of the M. E. 
 Church of Landaff, of which Mrs. Whitcher is 
 a valued member. 
 
 HON. WILLIS S. SMITH, a prosperous 
 farmer and selectman of the town of Monroe, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., was born in Lyman, now 
 Monroe, May 2, 1846, and is a son of Stebbin 
 and Orinda (Bullock) Smith, both natives of 
 Lyman, and grandson of Ethan and Mary (Cur- 
 rier) Smith. Ethan Smith, our subject's grand- 
 father, was born in the town of Lyman in 1784 
 and was educated in the schools of that place. 
 He was engaged in general agricultural opera- 
 tions throughout his life. He married Mary Cur- 
 rier, who presented him with nine children, who 
 
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 were named: Stebbin, Adna, Horace, Ethan Jr.; 
 Samuel, Johanna, Maria, Jane, and Hulda. 
 
 Stebbin Smith first saw the light of this world 
 in Lyman in 1808; his school education was 
 abruptly cut short at the age of eleven years by 
 the death of his father, being compelled by this 
 occurrence to support his mother and the young- 
 er children of the family. He worked as a farm 
 hand until twenty-eight years of age, when he 
 purchased a farm in Lyman, where he remained 
 four years, going from there to Wolcott, Vt, 
 where he purchased a piece of farming land and 
 tilled it for two years. At the end of that time 
 he returned to his native place, and engaged in 
 general farming until 1870, when he retired from 
 active labor. He was a stanch Republican in 
 politics, but with not an aspirant to office, so he 
 was content to pursue the even tenor of his 
 ways, voting for and supporting the candidate of 
 his party. He was twice joined in the bonds of 
 Hymen. His first wife was Orinda Bullock, who 
 was a daughter of Comer and Zelinda (Peck) 
 Bullock. Two children were born to him as a 
 result of this union, of whom our subject is the 
 only one surviving, the other dying in infancy. 
 His wife died April 28, 1865. Oct. 4 of the same 
 year he was joined in marriage to Lizzie Bige- 
 low, a daughter of Jabez Bigelow of Rygate, 
 Vt. Our subject's father died in the town of 
 Monroe, Oct. 23, 1888. 
 
 Hon. Willis S. Smith received a fair education 
 in a district school of Monroe and in Newbury 
 Academy of Newbury, Vt. He then worked on 
 the farm until twenty-four years of age, when he 
 purchased a farm in Monroe and made it his 
 home, and the scene of his agricultural labors 
 until 1888. In that year he sold the farm and 
 bought the present property of 300 acres, one 
 of the very finest pieces of land in the county, 
 and is splendidly adapted for diversified general 
 agriculture. His hay crop is large and very 
 heavy, frequently going over 100 tons a year; 
 besides this crop he raises a large amount of 
 grain, and pays a large amount of his 
 attention to live stock. He has a herd of 
 thirty cattle, thirty sheep, and six horses. In 
 Ills political views he is a Republican, and has 
 held some of the more important offices that are 
 at the disposal of his fellow-townsmen. In 1891 
 he was chosen selectman, a position he still re- 
 tains. In 1887 he was sent to Concord to repre- 
 
 sent the town of Monroe in the State Legislature 
 for a term of two years. He was one of the 
 members of the memorable railroad legislative 
 fight, the session of the Legislature lasting six 
 months. He has been justice of the peace for 
 Grafton County for five years; upon the expira- 
 tion of his commission he refused to have it re- 
 newed; he has, however, been notary public 
 since. He is also a veterinary surgeon in addi- 
 tion to his farm work and is commonly known 
 as Doctor Smith. He has an extensive practice 
 in the town of Monroe, in Littleton, Lyman, N. 
 H., and in Barnet, Vt., that takes a great deal 
 of his attention. 
 
 He married in 1870 Emma J. Way, a daughter 
 of Samuel S. and Margaret (Dickinson) Way, 
 both natives of Lyman, N. H. She was born 
 Oct. 6, 1851; they have one child as the fruit of 
 this union: Homer S., born June 16, 1872. 
 Homer S. Smith married Mary Paddleford, Feb. 
 21, 1894, and has one child, Norman P.; Mary 
 Paddleford Smith was born Oct. 31, 1869, and is 
 a daughter of Curtis and Ruth (Nelson) Paddle- 
 ford of Monroe. Our subject and family are at- 
 tendants of the M. E. Church of Monroe. 
 
 REV. JOHN M. WATHEN, pastor of the 
 Congregational Church of Lisbon, Grafton Co., 
 N. H., was born in Richibucto, New Brunswick, 
 Jan. 17, 1867. He is a son of William H. and 
 Sarah (Johnson) Wathen, and grandson of John 
 M. Wathen. Our subject's grandfather was a 
 native of England, born in 1781, and came to 
 this country in the early part of this century. 
 His great-grandfather was a noted physician of 
 his day; some of his valuable records are yet 
 preserved in Plarvard University. John M. 
 Wathen, the elder, was one of the secretaries of 
 the Governor-General of Canada for several 
 years. He was a delegate to meet the Governor 
 to be at New Brunswick, and met his death by 
 accident at that time. Pie married a Miss Trin- 
 der, born in London, 1781, and to them were 
 born the following children: John M., Elizabeth 
 A., Sarah C, Isabel M., Phoebe, Frances Ann, 
 William H., Almira, Sylvester, Catharine, Mary, 
 and Thomas. The father died in 1830, and the 
 mother passed away in 1872. They were Episco- 
 palians. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 William H., the father of our subject, was 
 born in Richibucto, in 1815, and attended the 
 common schools of his native town, completing 
 his education there. A few years after his 
 father's death he took charge of the harbor, 
 which became his by right of inheritance; this 
 harbor was a haven for fishing vessels, and a 
 center for large lumbering interests, located on 
 the coast of New Brunswick. Later on he took 
 up agricultural pursuits, which he has followed 
 all of his life. He owns about 700 acres of val- 
 uable farming property, and his time is now 
 occupied in the overseeing of all of his broad 
 acres. He belongs to the Liberal party, and has 
 held the office of sheriff. He married Sarah 
 Johnson, daughter of John and (Nich- 
 olson) Johnson, the former a native of England 
 and the latter of Scotland. To our subject's 
 parents were born eleven children: Moseley T., 
 Charles B., Mary B., deceased; Sarah, deceased; 
 Leslie T., William H., Tena J., Phoebe P., Susie 
 K, John M., and Alexander T. Mrs. Wathen 
 died in 1892: she was an Episcopalian in religious 
 belief; Mr. Wathen is a Methodist. 
 
 John M. Wathen was educated in the district 
 schools of Richibucto, N. B., and graduated 
 from the high school of that place in 1884. After 
 teaching school one year he entered the Uni- 
 versity of New Brunswick in 1885, and remained 
 two years under its roof as a student. In 1887 
 he entered the Theological Seminary, from 
 which he graduated in 1890, going from there to 
 Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Me., from which 
 institution he graduated in 1892. He then took 
 a post-graduate course at Harvard University 
 and received the degree of M. A. 
 
 Rev. Wathen then, came to Lisbon, N. H., and 
 accepted the charge of pastor of the First Con- 
 gregational Church of Lisbon, in 1893, and has 
 faithfully discharged the duties of a minister of 
 the gospel in his chosen field of labor. Mr. 
 Wathen is an unusually intelligent young man 
 with a bright future before him ; he is deeply in- 
 terested in the welfare of his people and is most 
 zealous in advancing the work of salvation. In 
 his political views he favors the Republican 
 party. He was joined in marriage Tune 28, 1893, 
 to Jennie E. French, daughter of Francis L. and 
 Mary L. (Goodwin") French, the former a native 
 of Stockton, and the latter a native of Prospect, 
 Maine. 
 
 HON. LUCIAN F. ASH, a prosperous 
 farmer and representative of the town of Lisbon, 
 N. H, in the State Legislature, was born in Lis- 
 bon on the farm he now cultivates, which was 
 the paternal estate and descended to him. His 
 birth took place March 20, 1847. He is a son 
 of David and Eliza (Whitcomb) Ash, and grand- 
 son of David and Olive (Sherman) Ash. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was born in Rhode 
 Island and settled in the town of Lisbon the 
 early part of this century-. He was a farmer by 
 occupation. He gathered about him eleven chil- 
 dren, whose name's were as follows: Nathaniel, 
 Edward, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Phineas, 
 Betsey, Sally, Reuben, and two girls whose 
 names can not be ascertained at this writing. 
 They were liberal in their views of religion. 
 
 David Ash, Jr., was born in Lisbon, N. H., 
 Aug. 22, 1806; his boyhood days were spent 
 profitably in the schools of his native town, and 
 in working around the farm. When he arrived 
 at man's estate he became a farmer and con- 
 tinued in that vocation all of his life. He was 
 looked up to as a very successful man, and was 
 honored in many ways. He was an active poli- 
 tical partisan for the Republican party and repre- 
 sented his town in the State Legislature of 1864; 
 he also served as selectman for several years. 
 Jan. 28, 1832, he was married to Eliza Whit- 
 comb, daughter of Josiah and Rebecca Whit- 
 comb, both natives of Lisbon. Ten children 
 were born to our subject's parents, namely: 
 Mary, born Oct. 20, 1832; David, Oct. 2, 1834; 
 Rebecca, Aug. 8, 1836; Reuben M., Jan. 16, 
 1838; Hiram N., Jan. 9, 1840; Henry C, April 
 28, 1842; Rebecca E., Nov. 17, 1844; the twins, 
 Lucian F. and Lucia F., born March 20, 1847; 
 and Florence L., Aug. 17, 1849. The father died 
 Nov. 19, 1879, and the mother May 6, 1873. 
 They were Universalists in their religious sym- 
 pathies. 
 
 Lucian F. Ash, after completing his education 
 in the district schools of Lisbon, N. H., turned 
 his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he 
 has followed with a large measure of success all 
 his life, so that he is now considered as one of 
 the most substantial men in the town. He is a 
 stanch Republican in his political views, and was 
 selected in the election of the fall of 1896 to 
 represent the town of Lisbon in the State Legis- 
 lature. Socially, he is a thirty-second degree 
 
EDGAR O. CROSSMAN, M. D. 
 
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 Mason, and has held all the important offices in 
 the blue lodge and chapter. He is a member of 
 Kane Lodge, No. 64, F. & A. M., of Lisbon; 
 Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of Lisbon, N. H.; St. 
 Gerard Commandery, Littleton, N. H.; and also 
 to the Mystic Shrine, Montpelier, Vt. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1870, he was united in marriage with 
 Lydia Hibbard, daughter of Aaron and Lydia 
 (Moss) Hibbard of Bath, N. H, and to them 
 have been born four children, namely: Lucian 
 S., born Sept. 21, 1870; Florence, April 26, 1872; 
 May F., Aug. 9, 1874; and Roscoe D., Dec. 16, 
 1878. Florence Ash is a teacher in the second 
 grammar department of the Lisbon Public 
 School of Lisbon, N. H. The family attend the 
 Congregational Church of Lisbon. 
 
 EDGAR O. CROSSMAN, M. D., of Lisbon, 
 Grafton Co., N. H, was born in Ludlow, Vt, 
 Dec. 15, 1864. He is a son of Ezra and Martha 
 (Spear) Crossman, and grandson of Ezra Cross- 
 man, who settled in Vermont; and while his 
 ancestors came from England to this country, 
 they were of German descent; the name signifies 
 a German derivation, and it was formerly spelled 
 Krossmann. The pursuit of agriculture was his 
 sole occupation in life, and he managed his busi- 
 ness so successfully that he became prosperous 
 and well-to-do. He reared a large family of chil- 
 dren, of whom his son, Ezra Crossman, Jr., was 
 the eldest. 
 
 The father of our subject was educated and 
 spent his life in the neighborhood of the place 
 of his birth. He gathered about him a family of 
 five children, as follows: Ida, Myron, Frank, 
 Mary, and Edgar O. 
 
 Dr. Crossman's elementary education was 
 obtained in the common schools of Plymouth, 
 Vt., advancing to higher studies in the prepara- 
 tory school in the same town, and finishing his 
 education in the New Hampshire Agricultural 
 College, at Hanover, N. H. He then took up 
 the study of medicine with Dr. S. E. Lawton of 
 Brattleboro, Vt., and with Dr. Ira Russell of 
 Winchendon, Mass. His degree of M. D. was 
 secured from the Medical Department of the Uni- 
 versity of Vermont, from which institution he 
 graduated in 1887. He added to his stock of 
 medical knowledge by taking a post-graduate 
 
 course in New York City. Dr. Crossman stands 
 high among the members of the medical frater- 
 nity, and is highly respected as a man of enter- 
 prise, a well-read man, a deep and profound 
 thinker, with good judgment, and keen, logical 
 common sense. Few, if any, complain of any 
 lack, either of knowledge or courtesy at the 
 hands of the Doctor, and he thus wins good 
 opinions from all quarters, from high and low, 
 by his uniform sympathy and kindness. These 
 qualities, united to fine social address, tend to 
 make him a popular and much-sought-after phy- 
 sician, and commands for him the confidence and 
 esteem of the entire community. He is a trustee 
 of the New Hampshire Insane Asylum at Con- 
 cord, N. H., and is president of the White Moun- 
 tain Medical Society, and also a member of the 
 school board of Lisbon, N. H. He has ever been 
 an unyielding Republican. 
 
 In June, 1888, he joined his fortunes for life 
 with those of Florence A. L. Gibson, daughter 
 of John M. Gibson, a native of Edinburgh, Scot- 
 land, and later a resident of Canada. Edgar G, 
 born April 26, 1895, is their only child. Dr. and 
 Mrs. Crossman are both devout and loyal mem- 
 bers of the Congregational Church of Lisb9n, 
 N. H. We are pleased to be able to present Dr. 
 Crossman's portrait on a preceding page, in con- 
 nection with this sketch, confident that it will be 
 a worthy addition to our large and interesting 
 collection of portraits of Grafton Co.'s prominent 
 and representative citizens. 
 
 JAMES E. RICHARDSON, justice of the 
 peace and a much-respected citizen of the village 
 of Lisbon, N. H, was born in Lyma'n, N. H, 
 April 1, 1830. John Richardson, his grandfather, 
 settled in the town of Lisbon, N. H, where he 
 bought a farm in the northern part of the town 
 and engaged in agricultural operations, besides 
 running a linseed oil mill. It is not known 
 where his last years were spent, nor where he 
 died, for he went west late in life as a surveyor 
 and was never heard from. He married a Miss 
 Olive Dailey, and to him and his wife were born 
 seventeen children, of whom our subject's father 
 was one of the eldest. They were Universalists. 
 Mrs. Richardson died Dec. 2, 1854. 
 
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 Jesse Richardson, the father of James E., was 
 born in Lisbon, N. H., and completed his edu- 
 cation in the schools of that place; he early 
 adopted the occupation of a farmer, and con- 
 tinued in that vocation all of his life. He was a 
 very prominent agriculturist of his day and pos- 
 sessed many good traits of character, which at- 
 tracted to his side many friends who thought 
 much of him. In politics, he was a Whig, join- 
 ing the Republican party upon its formation. 
 He married Electa Sherman, daughter of Reu- 
 ben Sherman of Lisbon, N. H., and of this union 
 were born five children, namely: Lydia, Mary, 
 Maria, Lucinda P., James E., and Deborah M. 
 His wife departing this life in 1833, he formed 
 a second union with Sophronia Webber of Lan- 
 daff, N. H., and they had one child, Jesse W. 
 His second wife did not remain long with him, 
 for she was called to enter into her reward about 
 the year 1840. Mr. Richardson died April 1, 
 1871. In their religious attachments they were 
 Universalists. 
 
 James E. Richardson, after acquiring an edu- 
 cation in the common schools of Lisbon, N. H., 
 learned the trade of a miller, and was employed 
 in that connection for nine years. He then took 
 up farming for several years, after which he 
 bought a saw and carding mill in Lyman, which 
 he operated for four years. Selling his mill 
 property, he bought a large farm in Lisbon, N. 
 H., where he remained until 1894, when he 
 threw up active labor and removed to the village 
 of Lisbon to enjoy his declining years. In poli- 
 tical belief he is a stanch Republican and takes a 
 lively interest in local politics, which interest has 
 been appreciated by his townsmen electing him 
 to various offices of trust. He held very accept- 
 ably the office of selectman for two years, as 
 supervisor six years, and as justice of the peace 
 ten years, a position he still retains, discharging 
 its duties with skill and address. In the town 
 of Lyman he acted as selectman, as overseer of 
 the poor, and as moderator. He is now direc- 
 tor of the Lisbon Savings Bank & Trust Co. 
 
 In 1853 he was joined in marriage with Sarah 
 A. Bennett, daughter of Ambrose Bennett of 
 Barton, Vt, and to them were given six children 
 to rear and care for, as follows: Lizzie, Emma, 
 deceased; Ellsworth, deceased; Harry, deceased; 
 Jennie, and James H. Lizzie married Freeman 
 Clough, now deceased, of Lisbon, N. H., and 
 
 bore him one child, Sadie. Her second husband 
 is David K. Noyes of Lisbon, N. H. Jennie 
 married Daniel H. Noyes of Lisbon, and has one 
 child, Clayton. James H. married Minnie B. 
 Page of Lisbon, N. H. Mrs. Richardson died 
 Oct. 12, 1874, and then our subject formed a 
 second union with Hattie V. Miner of Lyman, 
 N. H., May 20, 1876; their union has been 
 blessed with the birth of one child, Clarence B. 
 They are attendants of the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 HENRY W. BENTON, deceased, and late 
 of Lebanon, N. H., was born in Hebron, Conn., 
 June 28, 1820, and is a son of Luther and Eliza 
 Ann (Winchester) Benton, and a grandson of 
 William Benton of Tolland, Conn. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject removed early 
 in his life to Langdon, Vt., going from there 
 after a time to Hartford, Vt., remaining in that 
 town until 1809, when he came to Lebanon, N. 
 H. Upon taking up his residence in Lebanon 
 he bought the Thomas Hoyt hotel, in 1812, and 
 ever afterward conducted it; it remained in the 
 family for some fifty-seven years, and has been 
 for many years a prominent landmark of the 
 town. He gathered around him a family of ten 
 sons and two daughters, of whom eight sons and 
 one daughter grew up to manhood and woman- 
 hood. His son Luther settled in Hebron, Conn., 
 but being afflicted with rheumatism he was 
 forced to give up manual labor; in 1823 he came 
 to Lebanon, N. H., and assisted his father in the 
 light work about the hotel. He died when about 
 seventy years old; he lost his wife early in his 
 married life; she left him one child, Henry W. 
 Benton, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Henry W. Benton at the age of eighteen 
 months was brought to Lebanon on horseback 
 to live with his grandparents, for his mother had 
 died and left him without a woman's care. He 
 was given a good district school education, and 
 apprenticed to the trade of a moulder. He be- 
 came a very skilled moulder of iron and brass 
 and worked at it for fifty years ; the last few years 
 spent in connection with his trade was as over- 
 seer of the foundry. For his first home he 
 bought the house now known as the Lewis Bon- 
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 a three-story house, 30x46 feet, and ran a hotel 
 under the style of the Mascoma House for seven- 
 teen years, his wife taking full charge of the 
 house while he followed his trade. He finally sold 
 it and bought the Col. Churchill residence on 
 High Street, living there until his death in Janu- 
 ary, 1894. His wife was Frances A., daughter 
 of Moses and Catherine (Davis) Roberts; she 
 was born in Royalton, May 13, 1831, and sur- 
 vives her husband. Four children were born to 
 them: Georgiana B., Jennie M., H. W. Benton, 
 Jr., and Lilla F. Jennie M. married William N. 
 Buck of Brookfield, Vt, and now resides in 
 Salem, Mass. They have one son, Edwin C, a 
 reporter of the Beverly News and Citizen. Mrs. 
 Buck is engaged in the millinery business, Mr. 
 Buck assisting. Henry W., Jr., married Jennie 
 R. Heath of Tyringham, Mass. He had one 
 child by a former union with Lucina Chapman — 
 a son, Carlos H., a clerk in Boston. Henry W., 
 Jr., is a moulder and works in the foundry of S. 
 Cole & Son. Lilla is residing with her mother. 
 In his political views, he was a Whig and a Re- 
 publican. He favored the Universalist Church 
 in matters spiritual. He lead a quiet and unas- 
 suming life, never aspiring to public office or to 
 any place of distinction, but always content to 
 perform his part in the drama of life in a simple 
 and unostentatious manner; at the close of his 
 well-spent life he could look the world in the 
 face and die, as he had lived, without an enemy. 
 
 His daughter, Georgiana B., in 1869, married 
 Laurin F. Dillingham, who was born in Auburn, 
 Me., and settled in Lebanon, where he had 
 charge of the saws and other like tools in the 
 Lebanon mills. He was born in 1845 an d died 
 in 1 88 1. Two children were born them. The 
 elder, Walter B., born April 30, 1874, is a book- 
 keeper in the office of the Mascoma Manufactur- 
 ing Co. of Lebanon; he is a member of the K. of 
 P. Lodge, and is very popular among his asso- 
 ciates in the Republican party. Willard, the 
 younger son, died when an infant. 
 
 Mrs. Dillingham married as her second hus- 
 band Sylvester D. Jones, a son of David and 
 Louise (Merrill) Jones, both natives of Rumney, 
 Grafton Co., N. H. .Sylvester Jones for many 
 years was in the sewing machine business, but 
 later became superintendent of the sewing ma- 
 chines in the large overall factory of H. W. 
 Carter & Son. One daughter, Hazel J., born 
 
 June 23, 1884, is the sole issue of this marriage. 
 Mr. Jones, in 1885, bought the Mascoma Hotel, 
 and was forced to witness its destruction in the 
 great fire of Lebanon. He then bought the brick 
 house, known as the Gerrish house, where they 
 now reside. 
 
 Mr. S. D. Jones is a Democrat in politics. 
 Socially, he is a Mason of high standing. He 
 and his wife are members of the Order of the 
 Eastern Star, Ascutney Chapter, No. 3, of Wind- 
 sor, Vt. He is also a member of the Mascoma 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F.; and of the Mt. Lebanon Re- 
 becca Lodge, Morning Star Encampment, A. 
 O. U. W., and also of the Mt. Cardigan Lodge, 
 K. of P., of Canaan, N. H.; and is a member of 
 the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers. 
 
 LEONARD W. SMITH, dealer in horses, 
 carriages, and sleighs of Lebanon, N. H, was 
 born in Manchester, N. H., Sept. 5, 1842, and 
 is a son of Elijah and Hannah (Prisbey) Smith. 
 Elijah Smith was born in Henniker, N. H. 
 About the first work he did after leaving home 
 was to help to put in the machinery for some of 
 the Manchester mills; being a natural-born me- 
 chanic, he quickly picked up the trade, and 
 worked in those mills for a time, leaving there 
 to work in the mills of Lawrence, Mass. A few 
 years were spent in the west; he returned to work 
 for a Mr. Jones of Methuen, Mass., driving a 
 five-horse team transporting goods to Salem, 
 Mass. He followed this occupation for about 
 five years and then desiring country life so his 
 son could grow up to be a good farmer, he 
 moved to Canaan, N. H, and engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits until his children had grown 
 to be men and women. He then went to Man- 
 chester and kept a boarding-house until his wife 
 died of pneumonia at the age of sixty. From 
 that time until his own death, in his ninetieth 
 year, he lived in retirement at the homes of his 
 children. He was active and in the full posses- 
 sion of all of his senses to the last moment; his 
 final passing away resembled the running down 
 of a clock, which might run for years and years, 
 as the machinery was all in good repair, but it 
 needed winding, it needed new power instilled 
 into its otherwise useless mechanism. He pos- 
 
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 sessed a memory far beyond that of the ordinary 
 man, and although he never had the chances 
 offered by a good schooling, his memory served 
 him so well that he never forgot what he had 
 once heard; this peculiarity of his was often 
 called to good account in the recalling of dates 
 and facts that had slipped the memory of most 
 men; it also made him a very interesting man 
 to engage in conversation with. He was a stanch 
 Democrat and was well grounded in his views. 
 By his first marriage with Miss Colby he had six 
 children ; and by his second marriage with Han- 
 nah Prisbey five children were added to the 
 home circle. They were: Louise F., Leonard 
 W., Ella, Emma, and Thomas. 
 
 Leonard W. Smith dates his experience in his 
 present line of business to the time when, but 
 thirteen years of age, he accosted a man on 
 horseback as to how much he would take for 
 his horse. He received the reply, "What the 
 shoes are worth"; our subject immediately led 
 the horse to a blacksmith's shop and got the 
 smith's estimate as to the value of the shoes, 
 which was sixty-five cents ; he then paid the man 
 the price and led the horse home. This was the 
 start as a boy of a man who to-day has the larg- 
 est business in horses and wagons of any one 
 in the town, which rivals any similar business in 
 the county. When a young man he spent some 
 three years as a watchman in the Manchester 
 mills, at the same time never letting the chance 
 of a bargain in a horse to escape him. 
 
 His first venture in his chosen line of business 
 was in Canaan, N. H, where he purchased a 
 livery and ran it successfully for five years. The 
 following two years were spent in Franklin, N. 
 H, dealing in carriages; he then took the agency 
 of the Amesbury Wagon Manufactory and sold 
 their goods in Lincoln, Neb., for one year. In 
 1875 ne came to Lebanon, N. H., and opened up 
 a horse and carriage business, at first renting the 
 buildings necessary to the trade; in 1882 he 
 bought the Z. Cook property, on Hanover 
 Street, and built there a large finely fitted barn 
 and carriage repository. Since that time he has 
 shipped in many hundred horses from Canada 
 and elsewhere; he has a record of buying and 
 selling as many as 350 horses in a year. He not 
 only keeps in stock many elegant carriages and 
 cutters, but he has brought in the town and sold 
 some of the finest turnouts in the town. 
 
 Mr. Smith married Miss Lucy J. Youngman 
 of Canaan, who has borne him two children: 
 Joseph C, born Feb. 6, 1877, is a shoe salesman; 
 Arthur, died in infancy. Our subject has always 
 been a stanch Republican; during the late Re- 
 bellion he felt it his duty to go to the front, and 
 acordingly enlisted in the 15th Reg., N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., but he was not called into actual service. 
 Early in life he became a member of the social 
 lodge, F. & A. M., at Enfield, and has since 
 most faithfully supported his much-honored 
 order. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. 
 Mr. Smith's business enterprise is not confined 
 to dealing in horses and carriages, but branches 
 out in every legitimate direction; one of his im- 
 portant ventures is a retail trade in wood and 
 shingles. 
 
 FREDERICK H. EMERSON is a member 
 of the firm of Richardson & Emerson, who have 
 a large and well-appointed store, employing 
 three clerks; the store is located on the corner 
 of Hanover and Church Streets. The sales- 
 rooms receive an abundance of light from the 
 large plate glass front, which is as imposing as 
 any in the county; besides their ground floor 
 rooms they have a department in the basement. 
 Their stock consists of a full and well-assorted 
 line of dry goods and fancy goods of all descrip- 
 tions, ladies' ready made coats, capes, and suits, 
 and gents' ready-made clothing and furnishing 
 goods. That nothing but the best and latest 
 goods are for sale is evinced by the large and 
 constantly increasing patronage they receive 
 from the town of Lebanon and from the sur- 
 rounding country. 
 
 Frederick H. Emerson was born in Lebanon, 
 N. H., Feb. 2, 1857, and is a son of Hiram and 
 Lydia (Nettleton) Emerson, and a grandson of 
 Jonathan and Polly (Collins) Emerson. The 
 parents of our subject's grandfather were James 
 and Lydia (Hoyt) Emerson, and his grandfather 
 was Stephen Emerson. 
 
 Stephen Emerson came from Hampstead to 
 Weare, N. H, in 1762, and was among the early 
 settlers of that place; he followed the pursuit of 
 agriculture and became a large land owner of his 
 day. His son James was also a farmer, but his 
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 with consumption. His children were as fol- 
 lows : Jonathan, Lydia, Stephen, and James. His 
 wife married as her second husband Aaron Ping- 
 ley and bore him one child — Polly. 
 
 Jonathan Emerson was born in Weare, N. H, 
 and moved to Grantham when a young man; he 
 leased a farm there and entered upon a success- 
 ful career as a farmer, being soon able to own a 
 farm of his own and to accumulate considerable 
 wealth. He finally sold his farm and followed 
 the milling industry for a few years at Bradford, 
 N. H., going from there to Newbury and buying 
 a farm. By this time he was in the possession of 
 a comfortable fortune, and he made a practice of 
 buying a farm and after making important im- 
 provements selling it at an advanced price, al- 
 always realizing a good amount by these specu- 
 tions. His field of operations was quite ex- 
 tended, including New London and many other 
 places in that vicinity; he finally came to Le- 
 banon and settled down for good, buying a 
 pleasant home on Mascoma Street; but very 
 soon receiving a good offer for the property he 
 sold it and bought land in Newport, where he 
 was bereaved of the cheering presence of his 
 wife at the age of seventy-nine. He then sold 
 and came to Lebanon and died there in his 
 eightieth year. He was a Democrat and very 
 liberal in his religious views. He reared a large 
 family, all of whom grew up to maturity and 
 made happy marriages; they were as follows: 
 Hiram, Susan, Jonathan, Arvilla; James, who 
 was distinguished as an inventor; Moses, Albro 
 V., Cyrus, and Lucinda and Lucina, twins. 
 
 Hiram Emerson, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Weare, N. H, May 17, 1813, and at the 
 age of nineteen entered the blacksmith's ranks, 
 working three years as a journeyman, afterwards 
 engaging in business for himself in Newport, 
 Sullivan Co., N. H. He then entered the em- 
 ploy of the Littleton Scythe Manufacturing Co., 
 where he worked for sixteen years; he also 
 worked for the St. Johnsbury Hoe and Fork 
 Manufacturing Co., where he took charge of the 
 several departments. In 1856 and up to i860 
 he was employed in the Lebanon Scythe Factory. 
 While working in the Lebanon factory he was 
 offered and accepted a position under the St. 
 Johnsbury Co. as its traveling salesman and gen- 
 eral agent, and traveled for twenty-seven seasons 
 in their interests. In 1869 he bought a tract of 
 
 land, which was a part of the old Peck farm, for 
 the sum of $1,890.00; in the same year he built 
 the house he still lives in and set about the plac- 
 ing of his property on the market as town lots. 
 Since that time he has sold from the original 
 piece of property lots that have brought him the 
 sum of $2,030.00, and he still has a considerable 
 amount left yet, including his home. He was 
 married, in 1837, to Lydia, daughter of Hon. 
 Jeremiah D. and Zelphina (Bowman) Nettleton. 
 Jeremiah Nettleton was a farmer by occupation 
 and was descended from ancestors who figured 
 in the Revolution; he lived in Newport, N. H. 
 Our subject's mother was born May 5, 1817. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, both blessed with strong 
 and vigorous constitutions, are hale and hearty 
 to-day, and bid fair to enjoy many more happy 
 years together; the community in which they 
 reside are united in their praises and admiration 
 of this worthy couple, who are now in the beauti- 
 ful sunset of a blessed married life. Their union 
 was blessed with the following children: Zylphia 
 E., who died in infancy; Fanny married Edwin 
 Harris of St. Johnsbury, Vt, and has two chil- 
 dren — Frank and Lizzie; Willie was taken to his 
 heavenly home when an infant; Elizabeth de- 
 parted this life at the age of twenty-five; Ella B. 
 and Edwin B. were twins, the former died at the 
 age of twenty-six; the latter married Mary S. 
 Parsons, and is a merchant of Northampton, 
 Mass., they have two children, Edwin N. and 
 Ella M.; Frederick H. is the subject of this 
 sketch. Our subject's father is a Democrat, and 
 is liberal in his religious views, being no regular 
 communicant of any church organization. 
 
 Frederick H. Emerson received his schooling 
 in Lebanon, N. H., and at the age of nineteen 
 entered the employ of F. L. Simmons as clerk; 
 he clerked successively for that firm, for C. E. 
 Delano, and for J. E. Lincoln, with whom he re- 
 mained for seven years. In 1888, in company 
 with C. J. Richardson, he bought the stock of 
 goods of G. C. Whipple and entered upon a suc- 
 cessful career of business in the Whipple block. 
 In 1893 the firm was burned out, but soon re- 
 stocked the store, and has now one of the finest 
 stores in the county, fitted up in the most sub- 
 stantial and elegant fashion. 
 
 Mr. Emerson resides on Elm Street. Feb. 2, 
 1887, he married Fannie G., daughter of Alpheus 
 W. and Parthenia (Peck) Baker, whose sketch 
 
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 appears on another page of this Book of 
 Biographies. Three children have been born to 
 our subject and his devoted wife: Stuart was 
 born Aug. 27, 1891 ; Dorris, born Feb. 3, 1893; 
 and Lloyd, born Feb. 8, 1895. 
 
 Mr. Emerson is a Republican. In his religious 
 views he is a Unitarian. He is a member of the 
 Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M.; St. Andrews 
 Chapter, No. I; Washington Council, No. 10; 
 Mt. Horeb Commandery of Concord; and of the 
 Mystic Shrine, Mt. Sinai Temple, Montpelier, 
 Vt. He is past master of the Blue Lodge, and 
 is past high priest of St. Andrews Chapter. He 
 is also affiliated with the A. O. U. W. 
 
 JOHN S. FREEMAN is a member of the 
 firm of Moulton & Freeman, who are doing an 
 extensive grocery business in Lebanon, N. H. 
 Mr. Freeman was born in Lebanon township, 
 Feb. 12, 1849, an d * s a son °f Silas H. and Sarah 
 J. (Greeley) Freeman, grandson of Nathaniel 
 and Polly (Hall) Freeman, and a great-grand- 
 son of Col. Edmund Freeman. 
 
 Col. Freeman was a resident of Mansfield, 
 Conn.; in June, 1764, he led a party of nine 
 north into New Hampshire, where they settled 
 the town of Hanover. They laid out 100 acre 
 lots for the members of the prospective settle- 
 ment, and in October of the same year roads 
 were cleared by a force of twenty-two men, led 
 by Col. Edward's ' son, Edmund. This action 
 was taken under a grant of the town of Hanover, 
 Grafton Co., N. H, which was made July 4, 
 1761, by Governor Benning Wentworth to Col. 
 Edmund Freeman and Joseph Storrs, with two 
 hundred and forty other petitioners. As has 
 been narrated, Col. Freeman helped survey the 
 grant into 100 acre lots and settled there with 
 his family in 1764, he being the first to settle in 
 that town. Col. Freeman cleared his farm and 
 made considerable improvement in his surround- 
 ings; as promoter of the scheme, he laid aside 
 lands for a college, now Dartmouth, which has 
 enjoyed a memorable and proud existence. He 
 was captain of militia in the Revolution. In 
 1780 he sold his property in Hanover and settled 
 in the town of Lebanon, where his descendants 
 still live. His death took place about the age of 
 seventy. 
 
 His son, Nathaniel, succeeded him on the 
 Lebanon farm, living in peace and enjoying the 
 good-will and friendship of his neighbors to the 
 time of his death, which occurred about in his 
 eightieth year. His death was sincerely re- 
 gretted by all to whom the name of Lebanon was 
 dear. His children were: Luther, Silas H., 
 Nathaniel, Albert, Sarah, and Mary. Of the 
 children, Nathaniel is the only one living. 
 
 Silas H. Freeman was born in the town of 
 Lebanon and resided there all his life on a farm 
 in the eastern part of the town ; his attention was 
 devoted to farming, except for a saw-mill, which 
 he owned, and where he did custom sawing and 
 what little lumbering came his way. He died 
 at the age of seventy-three. His wife, who was 
 the daughter of John Greeley, and. own cousin 
 of Horace Greeley, was afflicted with rheu- 
 matism, and died at the age of forty-seven. Two 
 sons are the only surviving children; they are: 
 John S. and George Allen. Mary and Abbie 
 died in youth. 
 
 After our subject had finished his education 
 he took charge of the homestead, and early in 
 life began to deal in cattle and stock of all kinds. 
 With the valuable instruction he received as a 
 boy from his father he was enabled to become 
 a model, prosperous farmer, on whom were 
 bestowed many of the good things of life. Many 
 improvements in the appearance and general 
 utility of the farm were made, among which was 
 a remodeling of the buildings on better plans. 
 In 1894 he rented the farm and moved to the 
 village of Lebanon; there he bought the interest 
 of F. L. Simmons in the firm of Simmons Bros, 
 and has since been one of the firm. In the spring 
 of 1897 Mr. Moulton bought the interest of the 
 Simmons, the firm now being Moulton '& Free- 
 man. They have probably the largest grocery 
 business in the county. 
 
 Mr. Freeman married Emma F., daughter of 
 David M. Ross of Hanover, grand-daughter of 
 Nathan Ross and great-grand-daughter of 
 Thomas Ross. Thomas Ross joined the Con- 
 tinental army at the age of fourteen and saw 
 much of the hardships that were undergone. He 
 was among the early settlers of Hanover, N. H., 
 coming from Billerica, Mass.; he cleared a farm 
 and spent his days in farming. His son Nathan 
 built the house, now standing, where our sub- 
 ject's wife was born. Three children have been 
 
WILLIAM W. OLIVER. 
 
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 born to our subject and his wife, namely: an 
 infant daughter, who was removed from their 
 presence to the blessed regions; Bessie V., born 
 Feb. i, 1878; and Ross M., born Dec. 22, 1880. 
 In politics, Mr. Freeman is and has always been 
 a stanch Republican. He served as representa- 
 tive in the Legislature in 1883-84; in 1879-82- 
 93-94 he acted as selectman. He also served on 
 the school board seven years. He was one of 
 the organizers of the Grange in Lebanon and 
 served four years as its master, raising the mem- 
 bership during that time over the hundred mark. 
 He is a member of the Franklin Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., No. 6. He has served as Governor of the 
 Lodge of Pilgrim Fathers. He is a Methodist 
 in his religious belief. 
 
 W. W. OLIVER, junior member of the gen- 
 eral mercantile firm of Cogswell & Oliver, of 
 Lisbon, N. H., was born in the Province of Que- 
 bec, Oliver's Corner, town of Magog, March 
 7, 1858. He is a son of Edward B. and Mary 
 O. (Foss) Oliver, grandson of Capt. William 
 Oliver and Polly (Remick) Oliver, and great- 
 grandson of Dr. William Oliver, who was born 
 in England in the year 1766, and settled in 
 Boston, Mass., after his immigration to ,this 
 country. His wife was Elizabeth Chatterton, 
 born Nov. 10, 1751. Dr. Oliver moved from 
 Boston to Acworth, N. H., and from there to 
 Oliver's Corner, Magog, P. Q. 
 
 Capt. William Oliver was born in Acworth, 
 N. H., July 20, 1793, and in early life settled 
 at Oliver's Corner, town of Magog, Can. He 
 reared three children, namely: Edward B.; 
 Mary B. (Perry); and William W. He was a 
 Conservative in his political affiliations. In the 
 War of 1812 he held a commission of Lieuten- 
 ant; later on he was a Captain of the Militia. 
 In religious matters he favored the Congrega- 
 tional Church. His death took place March 
 12, 1881. His wife died Aug. 16, 1848. 
 
 Edward B. Oliver was born in Hatley, Can- 
 ada East, May 22, 1818, and completed his edu- 
 cation in his native town. He adopted the trade 
 of a carpenter as a life-calling, and followed it 
 during the active period of his career at Oliver's 
 Corner, Can. Like his father, he was a Con- 
 servative in politics. His wife was born in 
 
 Stanstead, Canada East, Jan. 22, 1818. They 
 were married Feb. 14, 1839, and to them were 
 given six children to cherish and rear, as fol- 
 lows: Aza A., born July 19, 1843, and died 
 at the age of 10; James B., July 6, 1845; Ida M. 
 (Remick), Sept. 9, 1847; Marion B. (Rexford), 
 May 16, 1850; Adams P., Jan. 18, 1852; and the 
 subject of this sketch, William W., who was 
 born March 7, 1858. The father departed this 
 life Sept. i, 1896; his wife having died ten years 
 earlier, Aug. 20, 1886. They were Congrega- 
 tionalists, Mr. Oliver being a deacon of that de- 
 nomination at Fitch Bay, Province of Que- 
 bec, Can. 
 
 Our subject, after acquiring an education in 
 the district schools of Oliver's Corner, town of 
 Magog, and the Academy at Magog, went to 
 Fitch Bay to clerk for T. B. and H. M. Ryder; 
 he remained with that firm one year, going from 
 there to Sherbrooke, where he was engaged 
 nine months in the mercantile business. He 
 then removed to Newport, Vt, where he worked 
 two years as clerk and as expressman for H. S. 
 Root. 
 
 In the month of January, 1883, Mr. Oliver 
 moved to Lisbon, N. H., and entered the employ 
 of the firm of Oakes & Bennett, and worked for 
 them for two years. The firm then underwent a 
 change in its constituents, Mr. Bennett selling 
 his interest to Carlos M. Cogswell; M r - Oliver 
 clerked for the new firm, which did business 
 under the style of J. N. Oakes & Co., until March 
 1889, when he purchased the Oakes interest, 
 and formed a new partnership with Mr. Cogs- 
 well. This last company, known as the firm of 
 Cogswell & Oliver, has been engaged in a gen- 
 eral mercantile business, which has been in every 
 respect successful and lucrative. Messrs. Cogs- 
 well & Oliver, with their wide experience in 
 their line of work, have been able to command 
 a great part of the patronage of the citizens of 
 the town of Lisbon; enterprising and energetic, 
 they have achieved their -present success by only 
 the most honorable means. Mr. Oliver is a Re- 
 publican, but takes no more than a passive in- 
 terest in political matters. 
 
 On Sept. 15, 1887, he married Alice M. Boyn- 
 ton, daughter of Dr. Charles H. and Mary Huse 
 (Cummings) Boynton; this union has resulted 
 in the birth of two children: Mary B., born 
 June 7, 1890; and Charles E., born Feb. 11, 
 
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 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are members of the 
 Congregational Church of Lisbon, N. H. Mr. 
 Oliver is a wide-awake, progressive business 
 man, and alive to all that pertains to the best 
 interests of the town. He is a thirty-second de- 
 gree Mason; a member of Kane Lodge, No. 64; 
 and of Franklin Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., of 
 Lisbon. He has held all of the important offices 
 in Kane Lodge, and is at present Worshipful 
 Master. He has also filled the principal offices 
 in the Chapter, having been High Priest in 1890- 
 1891-1892, and at the present time holds some 
 of the minor offices in the Grand Lodge ana 
 Grand Chapter of the State of New Hampshire. 
 In connection with his personal history, we are 
 pleased to be able to present Mr. Oliver's por- 
 trait, which appears on a preceding page. 
 
 WILLIAM B. WEEKS, a practicing attor- 
 ney-at-law of Lebanon, N. H., was born in the 
 town of Canaan, Grafton Co., N. H., May 14, 
 1839, and is a son of William Pickering and Mary 
 E. (Doe) Weeks, and a grandson of Brackett and 
 Sarah (Pickering) Weeks, who were prominent 
 members of the farming community of the town 
 of Greenland, Rockingham Co., N. H. 
 
 William Pickering Weeks was born in Green- 
 land, Feb. 22, 1803, and was graduated from 
 Dartmouth College in 1826. He turned his at- 
 tention to the legal profession and read law 
 under Hon. William H. Hayes and Charles N. 
 Coggswell of South Berwick, Me., being ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1829. He located in 
 Canaan in November of the same year and 
 shortly after became the partner of Mr. Blaisdell, 
 with whom he was associated for three years. 
 He then associated himself with Judge Sargent, 
 and that firm existed until 1845. From then to 
 the end of his professional career he was content 
 to practice alone. His practice was extensive 
 and lucrative, being included chiefly in those 
 branches of law relating to debt and credit, and 
 to the validity of titles, in which he made him- 
 self a recognized authority among his fellow- 
 members of the bar. He was very painstaking 
 in business and wanted matters done in a meth- 
 odical manner to leave small room for a mistake ; 
 every matter of however great or slight import- 
 ance received its due notice. He was a man who 
 
 took a real interest in the welfare of town, 
 county, and state, and served his town as repre- 
 sentative in 1839-40-50-54, and was elected to 
 the Senate in 1848-49, being the president of that 
 organization during the last year of his term. 
 He was also in the Constitutional Convention of 
 1850. He was a very lenient and honorable 
 creditor in his dealings with those whom he had 
 given financial assistance, for he loaned large 
 amounts of capital. He owned no small amount 
 of land; being very fond of sheep and cattle, he 
 kept numbers of the choicest he could obtain, 
 besides many good horses. His much-lamented 
 death took place Jan. 8, 1870, at the age of 
 sixty-six. He married on July, 1833, Mary E., 
 daughter of Joseph Doe of Derry, N. H., and be- 
 came the parent of five children: Joseph D., 
 William B., Marshall H., Mary E. D., and 
 Susan H. 
 
 William B. Weeks received a liberal education 
 in the academy at Canaan, and in Dartmouth 
 College, from which he graduated in 1861. It 
 had long been his aim and desire to follow the 
 profession of his father, and accordingly after 
 his graduation from college, he entered nis 
 father's law office and entered upon the study of 
 his future profession; he also read law under 
 Judge Charles Doe of Portsmouth, and Foster 
 & Sanborn of Concord. He was admitted to the 
 bar of New Hampshire in 1864, and hung out 
 his shingle for his first client in Canaan. He was 
 then associated for a time with Judge Isaac 
 Blodgett, and then alone until he went to Mon- 
 roe Co., West Virginia, where he intended to 
 make his permanent home, but because of the 
 hostile feeling prevalent there at that time to all 
 of Northern birth, he returned after a year's ab- 
 sence to scenes more congenial, and settled in 
 Lebanon. He has received the confidence and 
 esteem of the business men by his ability and 
 sound integrity; he numbers his clients by the 
 score. He is a well-read man in his profession, 
 which means much, considering the number of 
 decisions a lawyer must keep posted on; he 
 bears the reputation of being very correct in his 
 legal knowledge. 
 
 In 1866, he married Henrietta M., daughter of 
 John and Augusta (Chandler) Bridgeman of 
 Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks have never been 
 made happy by the birth of any children to them ; 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 void in their hearts and lives, adopted Mrs. 
 Weeks' little nephew and niece: Ethan Allen 
 Bridgeman and Amy M. Bridgeman. Amy died 
 at the age of thirteen years. Ethan Allen 
 Bridgeman has grown up to a noble man, who 
 is the pride of his parents; he is superintendent 
 and manager of a publishing house of Seattle, 
 Washington. He married Annie McClellan; 
 they have had four children, the eldest, a son, 
 died while an infant in arms. The remaining 
 three are: Leland M., Alma M.; and Ethan 
 Allen, Jr. Our subject's son is devoted to his 
 parents. 
 
 Our subject's home is on Bank Street, and is 
 the residence, earlier known as Senator Aaron 
 H. Cragin's place. Mr. Weeks is a large pro- 
 prietor in real estate in the shape of farms about 
 Canaan; he has besides the Lucerne Hotel. He 
 is a stanch Republican, and although destitute of 
 political ambition, has held the office of justice 
 of the peace for a number of years. He is liberal 
 in his views of religious matters. 
 
 HARRY N. MARSTON, a manufacturer of 
 rakes of Lebanon, N. H, was born in the above 
 town, April 9, 1862; he is a son of Nathaniel B. 
 and Emma J. (Kendrick) Marston, and grand- 
 son of David C. and Elizabeth (Badger) Marston. 
 Our subject is descended from an old Puritan 
 family, which had its origin in this country from 
 a Thomas Marston, who was born in England 
 in 1617, and came to Salem, Mass., in 1634; 
 later in life he settled in Hampton, N. H. From 
 our subject's grandfather the line runs back 
 through Nathaniel and Patience (Knowlton) 
 Marston, Robey and Hannah (Drake) Marston, 
 Daniel and Sarah (Clough) Marston, Simeon 
 and Hannah (Carr) Marston, Ephraim and Abi- 
 gail (Sanburn) Marston, Thomas and Mary 
 (Estow) Marston, and William, who was the 
 eldest son of Thomas, the founder of the family. 
 Ephraim Marston, born Aug. 8, 1654, was a 
 farmer, and a distinguished citizen of his town, 
 for whose interests he worked assiduously and 
 unremittingly. His son, Simeon, born in 1683, 
 was a farmer; Simeon's son,, Daniel, born Sept. 
 13, 1708, was a captain of Colonial troops in the 
 French and Indian War. His son, Robey, born 
 in 1747, settled in New Hampshire, where he be- 
 
 came a large land-owner and an active, public- 
 spirited citizen, prominent in the affairs of his 
 town. 
 
 Nathaniel Marston, our subject's great-grand- 
 father, was born Nov. 23, 1773, and became pos- 
 sessed of the homestead by inheritance, but 
 disposed of it in 1806 and moved to Monmouth, 
 Me., later to Alexandria, N. H., and last to 
 Deerfield, N. H, where he died at the age of 
 seventy-one. 
 
 David C. Marston, the grandfather of Harry 
 M., was born Dec. 22, 1799; he moved to West 
 Lebanon, and later to Northwood, N. H., where 
 he spent the remainder of his days as an agricul- 
 turist, dying at the age of seventy-nine. There 
 were seven children born to him, six by his first 
 marriage, as follows: Samuel B., Mary E., Mary 
 E., the second; David William, Nathaniel B., and 
 Thomas B. David C. Marston married as his 
 second wife Sarah Barry, who bore him one 
 child, Sarah J. 
 
 Nathaniel B. Marston was born in Alexandria, 
 N. H, Dec. 2, 1829, and attended the district 
 schools of that place. When eighteen years old 
 he went to Concord and learned the carpenter's 
 trade and then came to Lebanon and worked 
 for William "S. Ela and Austin Hurlbutt a few 
 years, after which he lived for a time in Quincy 
 and Lawrence, Mass. He then went to Alex- 
 andria, N. H, built a saw-mill, and operated it 
 two years, coming to Lebanon at the end of that 
 time. Upon his arrival in Lebanon he built a 
 saw-mill, where he is now located and ran it until 
 1869, when he sold it and went into the business 
 of contracting and building houses, which voca- 
 tion he followed a few years. His next venture 
 was in the manufacture of drag rakes, where 
 the Key Manufactory is now, later moving to 
 Lyman Whipple's building, continuing in that 
 branch of industry until he was burned out in 
 1887. After he was burned out he bought the 
 site of his saw-mill, which he had before oper- 
 ated, rebuilt the mill, and made drag and hand 
 rakes until 1894, when he sold it to his son, 
 Harry N. Marston. Since then he has carried 
 on the manufacture of snow shovels and of a 
 patent weighing pitchfork, which is his own in- 
 vention; it is a fine and useful article for ascer- 
 taining the exact weight of a fork full of hay. 
 He also manufactures a car-pusher, his own in- 
 vention, by which a sixty-ton car on the railroad 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 track can be moved with ease by a mere boy. 
 It is not only very practicable, but so exceed- 
 ingly simple that it has been a success from the 
 start. He also manufactures largely a machine 
 used to lay matched flooring, an invention of his 
 own, which gives entire satisfaction, and finds a 
 ready sale. During his residence in Lebanon 
 he has dealt considerably in real estate, and has 
 built and sold a number of dwellings. 
 
 Mr. Marston married JEmma J., daughter of 
 Egbert B. Kendrick, who was born in Lebanon, 
 a son of Stephen Kendrick, a native of Ames- 
 bury, Mass. Stephen Kendrick was one of the 
 early merchants of Lebanon and built the brick 
 house where F. B. Kendrick lives, besides many 
 other dwellings now the homes of many of Le- 
 banon's citizens. He was a leader in every good 
 work and very active in building the Congrega- 
 tional Church at Lebanon. His descendants are 
 numbered among the best and most well-to-do 
 people of the town; he was the father of nine 
 children, all of whom have been instrumental in 
 the development and growth of the town of Le- 
 banon. Egbert Kendrick, his son, was a promi- 
 nent and influential citizen of Lebanon in his 
 early years; he was a painter by trade, but re- 
 tired not very late in life to live on the com- 
 petency he had acquired by the work of his 
 earlier years. Four children were born to our 
 subject's father, as follows: Harry N.; George 
 F., born Sept. 22, 1864, married Jennie Simmons; 
 and has lost one daughter, Grace; Willie, born 
 May, 1867, died in his youth; and Ina Belle, 
 born Jan. 14, 1870, and married D. L. Fifield. 
 Our subject's father is a Republican in respect 
 to his politics and a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. He is a member of Mascoma 
 Lodge, No. 20, I. O. O. F., and is past grand, 
 and is a member of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Harry N. Marston, with his brother George, 
 has carried on the manufacture of drag and hand 
 rakes for a number of years past; their factory 
 has an average output of from 500 to 700 dozen 
 rakes annually. Their goods have a ready sale 
 in Boston, Mass., and in Portland. Our subject 
 married Belle Putnam, and has one child by this 
 union, Harold. Mr. Marston is a pushing, 
 energetic young business man with hosts of 
 friends, who are pleased to see his honest efforts 
 in building up and maintaining a fine trade go 
 with such success. 
 
 NED G. ENGLISH, a general merchant of 
 Lisbon, N. H, was born in Lisbon, Sept. 29, 
 i860, and is a son of Lewis and Emily C. (Page) 
 English, and a grandson of Andrew English. 
 The grandfather of our subject was a native of 
 Lyme, N. H., where he followed the vocation 
 of a farmer throughout his life. His education 
 was obtained in the common schools of that 
 place. He was a stanch supporter of the Demo- 
 cratic party, and lost no available opportunity 
 in showing his steadfast loyalty. In the State 
 militia he held the commission of Lieutenant. 
 On religious subjects he was a liberal. He mar-' 
 ried Mary Goodell, and to them were born the 
 following children: Asenath; Eunice; Louis; 
 Mary; David; John; Andrew; Lewis; and 
 Rebecca. 
 
 Lewis English was also educated in the schools 
 of Lyme, and followed the same calling of farm- 
 ing as his father; the scene of his agricultural la- 
 bors, since 1849, nas been in Lisbon, where he is 
 now living in retirement at the advanced age of 
 eighty-two years. Like his father, he is also a 
 good Democrat, and has served as selectman, 
 and as collector of taxes. He married Emily 
 C. Page, daughter of William Page of White- 
 field, N. H.; three children were born, who were 
 named Van, Ned, and Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Eng- 
 lish are Methodists in their religious belief. 
 
 Ned Goodell English, upon the completion 01 
 his education, in the schools of Lisbon, finishing 
 in the High School, clerked for J. Burton, who 
 conducted a country store in Woodsville, N. 
 H.; he remained there one year. In 1880 he 
 worked in the Sunset Hill House in Lisbon for 
 one season, and in the fall of the same year en- 
 tered the employ of S. S. Peach & Co., of Wells 
 River, Vt, as a clerk in the firm's general store. 
 In the spring of 1885 he severed his connection 
 with the firm, and in May of the same 
 year purchased a half interest in the firm 
 of L. A. Young & Co. of Lisbon, N. H., 
 which continued under the style of Young 
 & English until December, 1886, when our 
 subject became sole owner, and since that time 
 has conducted the constantly growing business 
 under the style of N. G. English. He deals in 
 general merchandise, and has built up a thriving 
 trade. His business ability and substantial 
 worth are appreciated by his townspeople, who 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 107 
 
 toward him. In April, 1895, he branched out 
 in business, and purchased the grist mill, for- 
 merly owned and operated by Hon. W. H. Cum- 
 mings, and has since done a very creditable busi- 
 ness, doing custom grinding, in addition to deal- 
 ing in all kinds of grain. 
 
 In 1887 he married A. Annie Clark, daugh- 
 ter of Moses and Martha P. (Rowell) Clark, the 
 former of Newbury, Vt, and the latter of Bath, 
 N. H. One child, Harold Lewis, was born 
 June 16, 1887. They are Congregationalists, 
 and attend the church of that denomination in 
 Lisbon. Mr. English is a Democrat, and was 
 postmaster under Cleveland's first administra- 
 tion for three wears. He is a Mason of the 32d 
 degree, and belongs to Kane Lodge, No. 64, of 
 Lisbon, N. H.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of the 
 same place; St. Girard Commandery, K. T., Lit- 
 tleton, N. H.; and Edward A. Raymond Con- 
 sistory, Nashua, N. H. ; also a member of the 
 New Hampshire Society of Sons of the Amer- 
 ican Revolution. 
 
 JASON DENSMORE, the subject of this 
 sketch, is the sole proprietor of the noted and 
 mammoth steam brick works of Lebanon, where 
 the best quality of bricks in the State are manu- 
 factured, including the specialty of the diamond 
 and round-cornered bricks for cornice work. 
 The products of his brick yard find a ready de- 
 mand among the prominent builders of the 
 State. 
 
 Mr. Densmore was born in Chelsea, Vt., Oct. 
 10, 1843, an d i s a son or William and Lydia M. 
 (Davis) Densmore, and a grandson of Joel and 
 Sally (Bixby) Densmore. Joel Densmore was 
 born in Vershire, Vt., Dec. 2, 1788, and was a 
 practical farmer of his day; late in life he con- 
 ducted a farm in Brookfield, Vt., and after his 
 retirement passed his last days of exemption 
 from the toil of his former years in Corinth, 
 where he died Jan. 3, 1870, at the age of eighty- 
 two. His wife, Sally Bixby, was born Sept. 1, 
 1770, and departed this life Sept. 24, 1846; she 
 bore our subject's grandfather the following 
 large family: Lydia, born Feb. 25, 181 3; Will- 
 iam, Dec. 19, 1814; Fanny, Dec. 12, 1816; Polly, 
 Oct. 13, 1818; Charles, Oct. 26, 1820; Azio, Feb. 
 20, 1823; Alma H., Feb. 21, 1825; George W., 
 
 Nov. , 1826; Joel H., Nov. 29, 1828; Jane L., 
 July 18, 1831; John S., July 3, 1834; and Caro- 
 line, Nov. 2, 1836. Joel Densmore married, as 
 his second wife, Sally Matoon, but no children 
 resulted from their union. 
 
 William Densmore, the father of Jason, was 
 born in Brookfield, Vt., and upon arriving at 
 man's estate bought a farm in Chelsea, Vt., 
 where he made his home until 1853, when he 
 sold his property and went to Pittsfield, N. H., 
 at which place he ran a hotel, and was there 
 stricken by a mortal attack of typhoid fever and 
 died Oct. 24, 1854. His first wife, Lydia M. 
 Davis, daughter of Wyman Davis, died at the 
 age of thirty -nine, leaving three small children: 
 Milton, Jason, and Edison (deceased). William 
 Densmore married again, the bride being Jane 
 Howe; upon her death soon after, he was joined 
 in marriage to Caroline Percival, who bore him 
 one son, Willie. 
 
 Upon the death of our subject's parents he 
 was left to the guardianship of an uncle, who 
 sent him to live with N. H. Caswell of Washing- 
 ton, Vt., whom he assisted during his years of 
 minority in the farm work, and improved what- 
 ever opportunities he could of attending school. 
 At the age of nineteen he enlisted in Co. G., 
 10th Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf., and served through the 
 remainder of the war, being mustered out of the 
 service June 18, 1865. He held the position of 
 corporal; the only serious wound that he re- 
 ceived was from a minie ball, during the Battle 
 of the Wilderness, which lodged in his thigh. 
 When he returned home he worked at farming 
 for a number of years, running the town farm of 
 Hanover, N. H., for two years of that period. 
 He then bought a home on Hanover Street in 
 Lebanon, and carried on a successful business 
 in trucking for thirteen years, keeping three 
 teams at work. In 1883 he purchased the 
 Greeley farm and brick yard, which at that time 
 had not been developed to the full extent that 
 the excellent nature of the clay made possible; 
 the only brick made was of a very ordinary sort, 
 which of course was not in great demand. Our 
 subject, knowing that the raw material at hand 
 warranted the expenditure of capital, at once 
 began putting in entirely modern machinery, in- 
 cluding steam engine and boilers. The result has 
 fully come up to his expectations, for his pro- 
 duct has gained a wide-spread reputation for 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 fineness of quality and great durability, and is 
 universally conceded by builders to be second to 
 none in the State. Many car loads of brick are 
 annually shipped to the city, as the average out- 
 put of the yard is twenty-six hundred thousand 
 per annum. His shipping list includes the prom- 
 inent cities of both New Hampshire and Ver- 
 mont; he has furnished the brick for the promi- 
 nent buildings and stores of Lebanon that have 
 been erected since his ownership of the brick- 
 yard. He has long since arrived at the point 
 where he has orders for all he can make. 
 
 Our subject married, on the 18th of Febru- 
 ary, 1869, Maria E., daughter of Alfred B. and 
 Lydia H. (Davison) Dimick of Lyme. Mr. 
 Dimick was among the prominent and thor- 
 oughly progressive farmers of his day; he is still 
 living at the advanced age of eighty-five. His 
 wife was taken to her promised home at the age 
 of fifty-two. Their children were: William H, 
 Lucinda D., and Maria E. Our subject and his 
 wife have been blessed in their 'union by the 
 birth of two sons: Alfred J., born July 5, 1885; 
 and George A., Nov. 4, 1886. 
 
 Mr. Densmore is a Republican in his allegi- 
 ance to party. He is a member of the George 
 Washington Lodge, No. 51, F. & A. M., of 
 Chelsea, Vt. Later on in life he joined the 
 Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M., of Lebanon, 
 N. H. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W., 
 and of the local Grange. He is commander of 
 the G. A. R. Post of Lebanon. In religious 
 attachments he is a Congregationalist. 
 
 WILLIAM W. EASTMAN, a well-to-do 
 farmer and town clerk of Benton, N. H, was 
 born in Jay, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1850. He is the son 
 of Sylvester and Louise (Whitcher) Eastman of 
 Benton, N. H, grandson of James and Polly 
 (Boynton) Eastman, and great-grandson of 
 Obadiah Eastman. 
 
 Obadiah Eastman, it is thought, was of Eng- 
 lish descent, and settled in Coventry (now Ben- 
 ton), making that his home for the rest of his 
 days. He was one of the prominent and suc- 
 cessful farmers of that time and locality and took 
 a great interest in town affairs. It is not known 
 what his politics were, but it is believed that he 
 
 favored the Democratic party. He was the first 
 town clerk of Coventry. He also served as se- 
 lectman. 
 
 James Eastman, son of Obadiah, was born in 
 Coventry, March 12, 1774. He was reared and 
 educated to the vocation of a farmer and fol- 
 lowed it through life. He married Betsey Boyn- 
 ton Aug. 28, 1798, by whom he had four chil- 
 dren: Jesse, Rosilla, Louisa, and Nancy. His 
 wife died about the year 1812. He then formed 
 a second matrimonial alliance, his partner being 
 Polly Boynton, a sister of his first wife. She 
 presented him with five children: Sylvester, Bet- 
 sey, Moses, Philema, and James. In -his political 
 belief Mr. Eastman was a stanch Democrat and 
 served his town as selectman. He was fully 
 qualified to fill satisfactorily other and more im- 
 portant offices, but never aspired toward them. 
 
 Sylvester Eastman was born in Benton Aug. 
 3, 1814. His schooling he secured in the neigh- 
 boring schools. Upon reaching his majority he 
 took a journey to Alabama, and while there re- 
 ceived an injury by the falling of a tree, which 
 made him more or less of an invalid through 
 his life. He returned home about 1840. Soon 
 after he had settled down in his old home he was 
 joined in marriage to Louisa, daughter of Will- 
 iam and Mary (Noyes) Whitcher. They were 
 blessed with three children : George E., Ruth J., 
 and William W., the subject of our sketch. In 
 politics Mr. Eastman worked and associated 
 himself with the Democratic party, but never 
 accepted a public office. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Eastman were faithful members of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
 William W. Eastman attended the schools of 
 Benton for his educational training. At the age 
 of twenty-one he started to work for his uncle, 
 Daniel Whitcher, and remained with him three 
 years. He then purchased a farm and made it 
 his home. In 1879 ne was joined in marriage to 
 Georgia, daughter of George and Elizabeth 
 (Stickney) Aldrich of Benton, N. H. They have 
 no children. Mr. Eastman adheres strictly to 
 the principles advocated by the Democratic 
 party. He has served his town in various official 
 capacities, as selectman, as a member of the 
 school board, and as a member of the Constitu- 
 tional Convention in 1879. Recently he was 
 elected to fill the office of town clerk, and is at 
 this time (1896) still serving in that capacity. In 
 
HON. HIRAM HODGDON. 
 
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 all his relations with others, political, business, or 
 social; he has won the respect of all who have 
 had the good fortune to be associated with him. 
 Temperate in word and deed, and lenient to a 
 fault, he has ever been a friend and helper to 
 those in trouble and distress. 
 
 His first wife died April 19, 1893, and in Feb., 
 1894, he formed a second union, the bride being 
 Mrs. Edna A. Eastman, widow of Josiah East- 
 man, and daughter of Wilton and Laura A. 
 (Townsend) Morse of Easton, N. H. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Eastman are supporters of the M. E. 
 Church, and may be found in every good cause 
 advanced by that organization. 
 
 HON. HIRAM HODGDON, general mana- 
 ger of the Ashland Knitting Mills of Ashland, 
 N. H, was born at Northville, N. H, Oct. 21, 
 1832. He was the son of John L. and Sally 
 (Thurston) Hodgdon, and grandson of Israel and 
 Comfort (Sanborn) Hodgdon. 
 
 Israel Hodgdon was born in Canterbury. In 
 early manhood he moved to what is now North- 
 ville and settled there. The country at that time 
 was still a wilderness of forest; Mr. Hodgdon 
 bravely set to work to fell the trees and prepare 
 the land for cultivation. He soon made a clear- 
 ing large enough for his first humble needs, and 
 there built his house and reared his family. The 
 town being afterwards settled with other thrifty 
 farmers, Mr. Hodgdon became one of the most 
 progressive and well-to-do. Starting with no 
 capital but what nature had furnished him, he 
 was enabled by hard, unceasing toil to leave his 
 family a comfortable home when he died at the 
 age of seventy-three. His wife lived to the age 
 of eighty-five. They were both blessed with 
 strong robust constitutions, and up to their last 
 sickness hardly knew what it was to experience 
 a day's sickness. Their children were: Cyrus, 
 Isaiah, John L., Charlotte, Susan, Deliverance, 
 and Nancy. 
 
 John L. Hodgdon received a fair education in 
 the schools of Northville district. He assisted 
 his father in the care of the homestead during the 
 lattef's life, and at his death inherited it. The 
 property improved very much under his able 
 management; the buildings were remodeled and 
 
 new ones erected. His death was owing to rheu- 
 matism, from which he had been a great sufferer. 
 He was relieved of his pain and trouble in his 
 sixty-eighth year. His wife is still living in her 
 ninetieth year. 
 
 Hon. Hiram Hodgdon, subject of this notice 
 and son of John L. Hodgdon, was born and 
 educated in his native town of Northville. When 
 twenty-one years of age he left home to seek his 
 fortune; he made his way to Boston with a 
 strong determination to make a good beginning 
 and found employment there as a dry goods 
 clerk. He remained there one year, and having 
 proved himself capable of filling a more respon- 
 sible position, he came to Ashland and took full 
 charge of the old Brick Store, owned by Mr. 
 Follansby. The arrangement was such that Mr. 
 Hodgdon received one-half of the proceeds in 
 return for his services and management. In 
 1862 he entered into full partnership with his 
 aforetime employer, under the firm name of Fol- 
 lansby & Hodgdon. He was active in this busi- 
 ness for twenty-seven years, with the exception 
 of two years that he served with the 12th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., in the late Rebellion. 
 
 About 1880 he became interested in real estate 
 and retains an interest in the firm of Hodgdon 
 & Pollard. He spent seven years in the west, 
 speculating in land, buying lots in promising 
 localities, erecting houses thereon, and disposing 
 of them at a profit. He owns to-day several fine 
 pieces of property in Chicago. Of the seven 
 years in the west, three were passed In the State 
 of Nebraska, one in Wyoming; the remainder 
 were spent in Chicago. 
 
 In 1886 a company was formed, composed of 
 Thomas P. Cheney, George E: Scribner, N. P. 
 Batchelder, and Hiram Hodgdon; the company 
 purchased the Baker Mill water privilege and 
 built a building 110x54, and three stories high. 
 Seven sets of cards were put in, and the factory 
 turns out at present 600 dozen of ladies' woolen 
 hose per day, and employs at times as many as 
 250 hands. The business soon gained a wide 
 reputation, and has not been idle, except when 
 necessary repairs were being made, or an inven- 
 tory of the stock was being taken. 
 
 Mr. Hodgdon married Martha, daughter of 
 Nathaniel Webster of Danville, N. H. She de- 
 parted this life in 1880, at the age of forty-six 
 years. He has a fine home on Main Street. He 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 is a stanch Republican, and although desiring no 
 office, and indeed, refusing to accept any, he was 
 prevailed upon to serve as town clerk one year, 
 and as Senator in 1879. He is a liberal supporter 
 of the Free Will Baptist Church. Socially, he is 
 a member of the Mt. Prospect Lodge, No. 68, 
 F. & A. M. 
 
 As a representative man and leading citizen 
 of the county, the publishers of this work take 
 great pleasure in presenting Mr. Hodgdon's por- 
 trait on another page. 
 
 REV. SOLOMON COLE is the senior mem- 
 ber of the firm of S. Cole & Son, founders and 
 expert machinists, and also dealers in lumber, of 
 the town of Lebanon, N. H. He was born in 
 Whitefield, N. H., July 8, 1821, and is a son of 
 Solomon and Sally (Howland) Cole, and a 
 grandson of Solomon Cole, who was born in 
 Boxford, Mass., about the year 1740. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject performed 
 valiant service in the Revolutionary War, taking 
 part in the decisive battles of Bunker Hill, Ti- 
 conderoga, and Saratoga. About the year 1796, 
 with his children and grandchildren, he emi- 
 grated from his home in Massachusetts to make 
 a settlement in the new and unclaimed land of 
 New Hampshire; their journey was taken along 
 the Connecticut Valley, with slight quantity of 
 provisions, and what few household effects that 
 could be transported by their two yoke of oxen, 
 drawing sleds. The trip of 100 miles was ac- 
 complished in fourteen days of hard work for 
 both beasts and men; their settlement was made 
 in the midst of the wilderness, in the town of 
 Landaff. Shortly previous to Mr. Cole's settle- 
 ment there had been formed a little gathering of 
 pioneers at Sugar Hill, and being desirous of 
 adding to their number, they induced Mr. Cole 
 to become a member of their colony. He was 
 further persuaded by the condition of his wife, 
 who had become very homesick for the want of 
 female company, and he accordingly accepted 
 the offer, and made his permanent settlement 
 there, clearing the land and building house and 
 barns. He was proud of his record as a soldier 
 and never failed to take a great interest in things 
 military. He was blessed with an exceedingly 
 
 rugged constitution, and was engaged in active 
 labor until the ten years immediately preceding 
 his decease; he died at the advanced age of 
 ninety-five. His children were: Timothy, John, 
 Benjamin, Isaac, Solomon, Kimball, Samuel, 
 and Asa. 
 
 Our subject's father, also named Solomon Cole, 
 was born in Boxford, Mass., November, 1775, 
 and adopted the carpenter's trade as the means 
 for a livelihood. His early work was done in 
 Sugar Hill, and his later work at Whitefield; he 
 followed his trade the greater part of his life. In 
 1800, he married Sally Howland, who was born 
 in 1783. She was the daughter of George How- 
 land of Situate, R. I., who was a very successful 
 whaler of his time. In the days of his retirement 
 from the pursuit of leviathan, he delighted to 
 recount to his delighted grandchildren the ad- 
 ventures that he had met with on his voyages. 
 Mr. Cole died at the age of eighty-one; he was 
 a Democrat, and later a Republican. He held 
 a commission as captain of cavalry in the State 
 militia of Lisbon, N. H. Mrs. Cole departed to 
 her home on high at the age of seventy-three. 
 The children born to them were as follows: 
 Samuel, Havens, Stephen, Mary, Sally, Asa, 
 Mehitabel, and Solomon. Three children died 
 when infants and unnamed. 
 
 Rev. Solomon Cole attended the district 
 schools at such times as he might be spared in 
 his work assisting his father and, therefore, his 
 school education was somewhat limited. By 
 hunting and trapping foxes, he had by the age 
 of twenty-one, sold enough skins to net him 
 $50.00; this amount he gave his father, and 
 started out in life to win his own way with only 
 a shilling in his pocket. After reaching Man- 
 chester by a tedious journey afoot, he set about 
 looking for work. He made an offer to a man 
 to saw his wood for $1.25 a cord, but having no 
 saw, nor the ability of being trusted for the price 
 of one, as he was an utter stranger, he was forced 
 to borrow one. His last cent was paid out in 
 getting it filed; with the first money earned he 
 procured a new saw and sawed wood until he 
 got a chance to work in the foundry to learn the 
 trade at the wage of fifty-eight cents a day, and 
 boarded himself. At nights he sawed wood to 
 pay for his board; this he continued for one year, 
 laying up his entire earnings until his employer, 
 Seth Williams, moved to Nashua, and took on 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY 
 
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 our subject, giving him $1.00 a day. Later on 
 he took jobs in the foundry, making good wages 
 by working hard and putting in long hours. He 
 was next employed by B. J. Cole & Co. of Lake- 
 port, N. H., as foreman, having entire charge of 
 the iron works. For twelve years he was thus 
 connected, during which time he represented 
 Lakeport in the State Legislature for two years. 
 
 In 1866 he came to Lebanon and bought out 
 the Purmort foundry and machinery in company 
 with Mr. Bugbee, and did business under the 
 style of Cole & Bugbee. The personnel of this 
 firm has been changed from Cole & Bugbee to 
 Cole & Leavitt, to Cole & Tilden, and to S. Cole 
 & Son, under which name the large foundry bus- 
 iness is now conducted, which has grown under 
 his able management and supervision until it is 
 one of the important industries of Lebanon, hav- 
 ing a capacity for the employment of fifty men. 
 In the great fire of 1887, our subject suffered a 
 severe loss, amounting to $50,000.00; he was, 
 however, the first man to rebuild, and by his ex- 
 ample to infuse new courage in many a dis- 
 heartened financial sufferer. He has been 
 warmly interested in the progress of the town 
 as one of its leading promoters and has at many 
 times benefited the town by his firm belief in its 
 future development. He owns a fine residence 
 on Green Street, besides other Lebanon real es- 
 tate, and three summer cottages at York Beach, 
 Me., where he has dealt extensively in real 
 estate. 
 
 Rev. Cole married, on Nov. 5, 1846, Caroline 
 Peaslee, daughter of Micajah and Judith 
 (Choate) Peaslee; her father was a blacksmith 
 of Goshen, Sullivan Co., and there Mrs. Cole was 
 born Sept. 20, 1823. Their union has been pro- 
 lific of five children. Viola married J. Clinton 
 Paine of Boston, Mass., and has three children: 
 Florence A., Helen M., and Raymond E. Will- 
 iam B., the junior member of the firm of S. Cole 
 & Son, married Annie Spencer, and occupies an 
 elegant home on Green Street. Two children 
 have been born to them: S. Blanche and Bertha 
 M. Mary Belle married William P. Spencer of 
 Lebanon, N. H, and they also have an elegant 
 home on Green Street; she is the mother of two 
 children, namely: Millard C, and Marjorie M. 
 Willie C. and Elmer E. died at an early age. 
 
 Our subject was originally a Democrat, but 
 has been associated with the Republican party 
 
 since its organization; he represented Lebanon 
 in the Legislature of 1875-76 with distinction and 
 credit to himself and the town. 
 
 From the days of early manhood Rev. Cole 
 has been a profound student of Nature and the 
 works of God; in 1836 he was converted, and 
 four years later was baptized by Rev. Beniah 
 Bean of Whitefield, and immediately the system- 
 atic study of the Scriptures was commenced; he 
 was filled with devout zeal to impart the good 
 tidings to others, and at various times and places 
 held revivals that resulted permanently for the 
 good. In 1870 he received license from the 
 church to preach, and in 1876 was ordained a 
 minister of the Baptist faith in Canaan, N. H., 
 by Rev. C. N. Nelson and others. Although 
 never neglecting his business, he has preached 
 in Hanover, Canaan, Dorchester, and South 
 Wentworth, and to this day supplies vacancies 
 and fills pulpits wherever he can do the most 
 good. His name will be ever held in reverence 
 as a teacher of the Bible, and an instructor in its 
 blessed teachings. He has traveled over 25,000 
 miles, preaching the Gospel in the outlying dis- 
 tricts where they were too poor to pay for the 
 services, and the contributions not enough to 
 pay for the shoeing of his horses. 
 
 MOSES S. PERLEY, one of Lebanon's busi- 
 ness men, and a descendant of one of Grafton 
 Co.'s early settlers, was born in the town of En- 
 field, this county, March 31, 1842; he is a son 
 of Uri and Fanny (Sawyer) Perley, and grandson 
 of John and Susanna (Goodhue) Perley. 
 
 John Perley was born in the town of Sanborn- 
 ton, Belknap Co., N. H., and early in life went 
 to Boston, and drove a team of oxen and horses 
 together from there up through this part of New 
 Hampshire and into the State of Vermont, 
 bringing articles of merchandise to the early set- 
 tlers and taking back to the metropolis farm pro- 
 ducts. The trip used to consume many days, 
 amounting to a number of weeks, for the roads 
 were not much more than trails cut through the 
 heavy timber, and to proceed faster than a walk 
 was well-nigh impossible much of the way. 
 Nightfall was looked forward to with much 
 pleasure, for in the country inns could be found 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 companionship, and to sit around the wide, open 
 fireplace recompensed much for the weary jour- 
 ney of the day before; the provisions found in 
 such inns was plentiful and palatable, consisting 
 chiefly of wild game. Later in life John Perley 
 came to the town of Enfield, Grafton Co., and 
 bought some 200 acres of land, mostly unim- 
 proved, and in its natural state of forest. This 
 farm he cleared in a great measure, and followed 
 general farming until his death. Both he and 
 his wife were of strong and sturdy constitutions 
 and knew rarely a day's sickness previous to 
 what preceded their death, at the age of ninety- 
 one. Their children were named as follows: 
 Abigail, Uri, Mary, John, Hannah, Joseph G., 
 David G., Moses P., William G, and Edwin A. 
 
 Our subject's father, Uri Perley, was born in 
 the town of Enfield, Sept. 27, 1803, and worked 
 at agricultural pursuits until he had accumulated 
 sufficient money to make a payment on a farm; 
 this farm which he bought was located in the 
 eastern part of the town of Enfield, and is the 
 one now owned by Henry Nichols. Uri Perley 
 lived there until 1870, when he sold it to his son, 
 Moses S., and removed to East Village, now 
 called Lockhaven, and retired from active farm- 
 ing life. His last days were spent with our sub- 
 ject at Lebanon, where he died, aged eighty- 
 three. He was strong and active to the last, 
 going down to the store the day before he died. 
 His wife, Fanny, a daughter of Isaac Sawyer, 
 born May 1, 1803, died May 22, 1896, at the age 
 of ninety-three. Uri Perley was a Whig and 
 then a Republican, and served his town as se- 
 lectman and in other positions of a minor char- 
 acter. Four children were born to him: John 
 Q., Rebecca S., Isaac N., and Moses S., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. John Q. Perley, a graduate 
 of Meriden Academy, was in the hotel business 
 in Ottawa, Canada; he was also a merchant at 
 Canaan, N. H., and then went west, where he be- 
 came interested in land and manufacturing, 
 proving himself a very successful business man. 
 His home is in Monmouth, 111.; he spends his 
 winters in California, where he has a large 
 orange orchard. Rebecca S. married L. C. Pat- 
 tee. Isaac N. is a druggist of Lebanon. 
 
 Moses S. Perley, the youngest son in his 
 father's family, attended the Canaan Academy, 
 and stayed with his father until 1870, when he 
 bought the homestead of 272 acres and carried 
 
 on general farming for two years. He then sold 
 the property and purchased a farm on Shaker 
 Hill, where he lived until 1882, when he sold 
 and came to Lebanon, where he worked for his 
 brother-in-law, L. C. Pattee, in the lumber busi- 
 ness for six years. 
 
 In 1888 he bought a one-half interest in the 
 store of Calvin Strong, and under the firm name 
 of Strong & Perley ran a meat and canned goods 
 market two years, when he sold his interest in 
 the business to G O. Abbott, and for a short 
 time has assisted him. On Shaw Street Mr. Per- 
 ley bought the Prof. Westgate residence and 
 makes it his home, having remodeled and en- 
 larged it and introduced modern conveniences. 
 
 Mr. Perley married Sarah J. Harris, daughter 
 of William L. and Sarah (Pierce) Harris. Mrs. 
 Harris was born in Yarmouth, Me., and died at 
 the age of seventy-six. Mr. Harris is living with 
 our subject and is retired from farming, at 
 which he was very successful, at the age of 
 eighty-two. He owns a fine farm which he looks 
 after now. His children were as follows: Oc- 
 tavius, Octavia, Georgianna; Sarah J., our sub- 
 ject's wife; Emma; William, deceased; and 
 Willie, also deceased. Our subject has one 
 child, Fanny S., born March 13, 1870, who is a 
 teacher of the French, German, and Latin lan- 
 guages. Mr. Perley is a Republican and has 
 served two years in the town of Lebanon as se- 
 lectman. He is a member of the Social Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., No. 50, of Enfield. 
 
 ABIEL CHAMBERLAIN, JR., a prominent 
 farmer of the town of Bath, Grafton Co., N. H., 
 was born on the homestead, where he still makes 
 his residence, May 16, 1858. His parents were 
 Abiel and Jennette (Dick) Chamberlain, the 
 former of Bath, and the latter a native of Barnet, 
 Vt. Our subject's grandfather was Phineas 
 Chamberlain; he settled in Bath, bought a farm, 
 and made it his home the rest of his life. In his 
 political views he was a Whig, and served his 
 town in the capacity of selectman in 1851-52. 
 Home and family were his first care, and so he 
 would accept of no office that would call him 
 away from his chosen life. He married Betsey 
 Downs, and their union was blessed by the birth 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 of seven children, namely: Abbie, Mary A., 
 Elinor, Betsey, Abiel, Isaac, and George. The 
 family were regular attendants and supporters of 
 the Congregational Church of Bath. 
 
 Abiel Chamberlain was born in Bath, June 
 12, 1809, and completed his education in the 
 schools of his native town. He then took up the 
 vocation of an agriculturist, and lived on one 
 farm all his life, engaged in farming, his death 
 taking place fifty rods away from his birth- 
 place. He was an active, hard-working man, 
 and was brought up to toil from the extreme 
 days of youth ; he used to tell of driving oxen to 
 haul logs off the mountain when only eight 
 years old; he always raised wheat, and never 
 bought a barrel of flour in his life. In politics, 
 he was a Whig} and on the formation of the Re- 
 publican party in 1856 joined the ranks of the 
 new organization and was ever afterward loyal 
 to its principles. He was twice united in mar- 
 riage. His first wife was Jennette Dick of Bar- 
 net, Vt, daughter of Mary A. (Gaulton) Dick, 
 who was 'born in London, and came to this 
 country with her husband, making the trip from 
 Boston to Barnet, Vt., on horseback through the 
 woods, being guided by spotted trees. Of his 
 first union, our subject's father was blessed with 
 the birth of eleven children, only five of whom 
 now survive, whose names are as follows: Bet- 
 sey, Mary, Abbie, Herbert, and Abiel, Jr., the 
 subject of this brief memoir. Jennette Chamber- 
 lain died May 16, 1858, and our subject's father 
 formed a second union with Mrs. Mary A. San- 
 born, sister of his first wife; she resides at present 
 with our subject. Mr. Chamberlain died Aug. 
 21, 1889. They were Congregationalists in their 
 religious preferences. 
 
 Abiel Chamberlain, Jr., after the completion of 
 his common school education, under the school 
 system of Bath, took up work in earnest on the 
 home farm, and is still living on the paternal es- 
 tate. One year previous to his father's death, he 
 took full management, and has proved himself 
 of a sound judgment, and more than ordinary 
 executive ability. He held steadfastly to the 
 principles advocated by the Republican party 
 and is quite actively engaged in the local political 
 life. He has been town school district treasurer 
 and a member of the school committee. Our 
 subject and Ailene M. Jackson were joined in 
 the bonds of marriage in 1887. Mrs. Chamber- 
 
 lain's father was John Jackson, and was a resi- 
 dent of Rumford; her mother was Florentine 
 Griffith of Dixfield, Me. Five children have be- 
 come members of the Chamberlain household. 
 The record reads as follows: Walter E., Ruby 
 F„ Abiel H., and Bernice M., and Max H., who 
 are no longer living. They have allied them- 
 selves with the Universalist Society of Woods- 
 ville, N. H. 
 
 DR. GEO. W. SHATTUCK, the subject of 
 this personal history, whose name heads this 
 notice, is engaged at present in the town of Lis- 
 bon, Grafton Co., in the practice of the medical 
 profession and possesses a large and growing 
 patronage. He is well-read, a deep and pro- 
 found thinker, with good judgment and keen 
 logical common-sense. These qualities, united 
 to fine social address, tend to make him popular 
 and command for him the confidence and esteem 
 of the entire community. ' Possessing a strong 
 ambition, and a high standard of professional 
 excellence, with the aid and sympathy of a noble 
 and womanly life-companion, he is well fitted 
 to attain a front rank in his chosen profession 
 and to secure in good time the permanent re- 
 wards of a successful and honorable career. He 
 was born in Bethlehem, N. H, Feb. 24, 1861, 
 and is a son of Chas. C. and Ursula (Wesley) 
 Shattuck, and grandson of Stephen and Rachel 
 (Nurse) Shattuck. Our subject was educated 
 in the schools of his native town in Tilton Semi- 
 nary at Tilton, N. H, and was a student in the 
 Montpelier M. E. Seminary of Montpelier, Vt., 
 for two years. He graduated from the latter 
 institution in the Class of 1885, and then entered 
 the medical department of the University of Ver- 
 mont, located at Burlington, from which he 
 graduated in 1888. In 1889 he located in Lis- 
 bon, N. FL, where he has built up a large prac- 
 tice by his own efforts. 
 
 Stephen Shattuck, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born Aug. 27, 1788, and departed this 
 life Oct. 9, 1859. He reared the following chil- 
 dren: Abigail, born Sept. 8, 1816; Persis, Sept. 
 3, 1818; Peter R., June 8, 1820: Amanda M., 
 Aug. 20, 1822; John N., (deceased), bom July 2, 
 1824; Frances (deceased), born March 14, 1827; 
 Charles C, Feb. 6, 1829; Susannah H., Sept. 1, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 1831; Milo F., Sept. 11, 1834; Sabrina H., April 
 14, 1837; and William S., Feb. 15, 1840. The 
 mother passed away Sept. 9, 1869. They were 
 Methodists in their religious views. 
 
 Charles C. Shattuck completed his education 
 in the common schools of Bethlehem and then 
 turned his attention to the pursuits of agricul- 
 ture. He owns and operates a large farm, and 
 is accounted one of the prosperous and leading 
 agriculturists of the town of Bethlehem, N. H., 
 where he has lived and labored thus far in life. 
 Politically, he acts with the Democratic party. 
 He has served as selectman several times and 
 has also done much work of a responsible 
 nature, such as acting as administrator of estates. 
 His wife, Ursula Wesley, was a daughter of 
 John Wesley, a native of England and a de- 
 scendant of the great Wesleys of Evangelistic 
 fame. There were born to our subject's parents 
 the following children: Charles H., who married 
 Lillian Remmick, a native of New Hampshire; 
 and George H., the subject of this sketch. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Shattuck are members of the M. E. 
 Church of Bethlehem, N. H. 
 
 In politics, Dr. Shattuck is a Democrat, and 
 is a member of the school board. In 1885 he 
 joined his fortunes with those of Nell O. Ban- 
 croft of Plainfield, Vt, the daughter of Moses 
 Bancroft of the same place. To Dr. and Mrs. 
 Shattuck have been born two children, of whom 
 only the younger, Gladys M., born in 1890, sur- 
 vives. Milo M. was the name of the elder. The 
 Doctor and his wife are prominent members of 
 the Congregational Church of Lisbon,. N. H. 
 
 HENRY C. DEARBORN is the superintend- 
 ent of the G. Z. Collins's Leather Board, Veneer- 
 ing, and Heeling Factory, and also the general 
 manager of the H. C. Dearborn & Co. Leather 
 Board Mills ; all of Ashland. N. H. He was born 
 in Woodstock, N H., June 12, 1837, and is the 
 son of Washington and Abigail (Cook) Dear- 
 born. I 1 
 
 Washington Dearborn was born in Lincoln, 
 N. H. ; early in life he mastered the blacksmith's 
 trade, and worked at that as an occupation. He 
 passed most of his days in Campton, where he 
 purchased a farm in advanced life, and made it 
 his home till death called him at the age of 
 
 eighty-three. His wife was the daughter of 
 Samuel Cook of Campton, N. H. She was torn 
 from her loved ones at the age of sixty-nine, the 
 victim of consumption, after giving birth to the 
 following children: Henry C, Amanda, Emily, 
 and Rufus. Mr. Dearborn was a Whig adherent, 
 becoming a Republican upon the organization 
 of that party. Religiously, he was a member of 
 the M. E. Church. His wife was a Free Will 
 Baptist. 
 
 Henry C. Dearborn was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools and in Newbury Academy. He 
 came to Ashland at the age of twenty-four to 
 work in the manufacture of leather board. For 
 a time he was engineer in the paper mill of J. 
 F. Keyes. Later he was employed in E. F. 
 Bailey's Straw and Leather Board Factory, hav- 
 ing entire charge of the mills most of the time. 
 He then became superintendent of G. Z. Collins's 
 mills, which are now under his personal super- 
 vision, and give employment to several hands. 
 They are doing a large and profitable business. 
 
 In 1893, he rented the Bailey Mills, and in 
 partnership with G. Z. Collins and M. N. Good- 
 rich of Lynn, Mass., under the firm name of H. 
 
 C. Dearborn & Co., put in new and improved 
 machinery, and has succeeded in building up a 
 very successful trade. Mr. Dearborn has dis- 
 tinguished himself by his push and perseverance 
 in business; his concentration on one line of in- 
 dustry has made him very proficient and has 
 enabled him to make a comfortable competence 
 out of his business. He has been very much in- 
 terested in the growth of Ashland, and there is 
 no more loyal citizen within her borders than our 
 subject. 
 
 Mr. Dearborn owns a fine home in Ashland, 
 and twenty acres adjoining, which he takes pride 
 in referring to as his little farm. It was formerly 
 known as the Reuben Whitten place. Fie has 
 made many improvements in and around his 
 home that add much to its beauty and attractive- 
 ness. 
 
 He married Frances Marv, daughter of Dar- 
 win Sheoard of Ashland. Thev have three chil- 
 dren. Adelle married C. R. Pease of Laconia, 
 N. H.. and has borne him two children: Arthur 
 
 D. and Alice M. Georg-e H. is a carpenter, and 
 resides in Ashland. Alice M. married F. P. 
 Campbell of Alcott. Vt. Their union has re- 
 sulted in one child, Mariam. 
 
HON. JOSEPH W. CAMPBELL. 
 
MRS. HANNAH D. CAMPBELL. 
 
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 Our subject is identified with the Republican 
 party, and represented the town in the Legisla- 
 ture in 1883. He has also served as selectman, 
 and has held the office of moderator for several 
 years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn are members of the ■ 
 Episcopal Church of Ashland. They also belong- 
 to the Mt. Hope Eastern Star; he has served as 
 its first Worthy Patron. He is a member of the 
 Mt. Prospect Lodge, No. 68, F. & A. M., and 
 served as Master of it for ten years; he belongs 
 to Pemigewasset Chapter and Omega Council, 
 in which he has served as High Priest. He is 
 also a member of Grafton Lodge, I. O. O. F., and 
 has been Past Master of the same ; and is a mem- 
 ber of Rebekah Lodge. 
 
 HON. JOSEPH W. CAMPBELL, a retired 
 tanner of Woodstock, N. H., is the son of Calvin 
 Campbell, and grandson of David Campbell. 
 
 David Campbell lived the most of his short 
 life in Henniker, N. H., where he was engaged 
 in the pursuit of agriculture. His son, Calvin 
 Campbell, was born in Henniker. Calvin's father 
 died when he was a lad of four years, and conse- 
 quently he was placed in a family at Hopkinton, 
 N. H., where he was reared and educated. In 
 his younger years and for a short time after his 
 marriage he supported himself by teaching 
 school. He then learned the tanner's trade and 
 followed it in Hopkinton. At about the age of 
 forty he removed to Salisbury, where he made 
 his home for four years. He then went to An- 
 dover, N. H., and remained there four years. 
 From Andover he moved to Hill, N. H., spend- 
 ing the remainder of his life in that town. He 
 married Abigail, daughter of Isaac Blaisdell of 
 Salisbury. Calvin Campbell died at the age of 
 fifty-six; his wife survived him many years, 
 finally departing this life at the age of eighty- 
 three. The ten children, resulting from this 
 union were: the first-born, Abbie, died aged 
 about two years; Joseph W., Maria C. (Hersey), 
 Isaac B., Abbie P (Greeley), Horace J., George 
 M., Calvin, Trueworthy B., and Martha L. 
 (Hunt). 
 
 Hon. Joseph W. Campbell, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born May n, 1825, in Hopkinton, 
 
 N. H. He received his primary education in the 
 common schools, and showed himself to be an 
 apt student and most eager in his search for 
 knowledge. He took an advanced course at 
 Boscawen Academy. After he attained his ma- 
 jority he learned the trade of a tanner at Dan- 
 bury, and worked at it a few years in that town. 
 Leaving Danbury, he went to Hebron, where he 
 had charge of Gov. Berry's tannery for five years. 
 
 In 1855 he moved to Woodstock, where he 
 now resides, and became engaged in the tanning 
 business on a large scale, continuing in that line 
 until 1888, when his plant was destroyed by fire. 
 In this business venture he succeeded from the 
 start and possessed a very profitable and grow- 
 ing trade, when he was forced to retire by the 
 all-devouring element. The buildings were large 
 and roomy to accommodate the requirements of 
 so prosperous a business. The main building 
 was 120 feet long and forty feet wide, and to it 
 were joined two wings, one 40x20 and the other 
 33x20. The receipts from the sale of product 
 varied from $60,000.00 to $100,000.00 per year. 
 Mr. Campbell's push and enterprise makes such 
 a magnificent showing possible. He started in 
 life with hardly a cent he could call his own, and 
 by economy and by taking advantage of oppor- 
 tunities that offered themselves, has risen to his 
 present place of independence and comfortable 
 circumstances. 
 
 In 1850 he was married to Hannah D., daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin Emmons, Esq., of Hill, N. H. 
 They have reared two children: Laura E. and 
 George A. Laura E. married George R. Pattee 
 of Barton, Vt. They have one child, Edith L. 
 George A. married Mary Baird, and they live 
 now in Laramie City, Wyoming. One child, a 
 little son, died at four weeks of age. 
 
 Mr. Campbell has been an able and energetic 
 man in all his social, political, and business rela- 
 tions. His general popularity is shown by his 
 re-election time after time to important offices 
 in town and State. It also speaks volumes for 
 his ability to perform successfully the duties of 
 those offices. He has served on the board of 
 selectmen for about seventeen years, and as 
 town treasurer about fourteen years. He has 
 been a member of the State Legislature in seven 
 sessions, having been elected three times without 
 the slightest opposition. His political principles 
 are Democratic. He was appointed in 1871 as 
 
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 one of three commissioners to reimburse the 
 towns of this State for municipal war expenses. 
 
 Socially, he is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, Xq. 16, F. & A. M.; and Pemigewasset 
 Chapter, No. 12, R. A. M. 
 
 Mr. Campbell was one of the organizers of the 
 P. V. R. R- He was one of a committee of three 
 on the Construction Company; he has been a 
 director in the company ever since the road was 
 built. 
 
 The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell appear 
 on preceding pages of this book. Their value 
 to the biographical records of Grafton Co. is 
 manifest without any elaboration of statement. 
 
 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JEWELL is the 
 proprietor of the Mt. Livermore House, Hall 
 and Club, which are first-class pleasure resorts, 
 beautifully located on the shore of Squam Lake. 
 He was born in the town of Holderness, Grafton 
 Co., N. H., Oct. 21, 1849, an d i s the son of John 
 and Lydia (Currier) Jewell, and grandson of 
 John Jewell, Sr., who came from England and 
 settled in the town of Sandwich, Carrol Co., N. 
 H. There he lived the calm and peaceful life of 
 a farmer. Fortune dealt kindly with him, for 
 both he and his excellent wife lived to a good 
 old age, and were very successful in their efforts 
 to wrest a livelihood from the soil. 
 
 The father of the subject of this sketch was 
 born Feb. 8, 1812, and learned the carpenter's 
 trade, working both as a journeyman and as a 
 contractor. He built many of the most promi- 
 nent buildings now standing in Grafton Co. The 
 Ashland Town Hall, the Episcopal Church of 
 the same town, and many other large buildings 
 in the neighboring towns of Plymouth and 
 Lovell, Maine, where he lived for a time, were 
 erected under his supervision. After leaving 
 Lovell he came to Holderness and lived where 
 Mr. Whitten now resides ; later he purchased the 
 Boynton farm, where he carried on his business. 
 He is still enjoying good health. Mr. Jewell was 
 a Democrat, and liberal in his religious views. 
 His wife was a member of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church; she died at the age of eighty-one. She 
 was the daughter of Capt. John Currier, and was 
 born in Chester, N. H. 
 
 Capt. Currier served in the Revolutionary War 
 v as a captain. He was a cooper by trade, and 
 made bushel and half-bushel measures. After a 
 number of years spent at that work he bought 
 a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits. 
 While working at this occupation he became 
 acquainted with an Englishman, who informed 
 him of the trained elephant, "Betty," owned in 
 England, that was being exhibited about that 
 country. Being of a venturesome turn of mind, 
 Capt. Currier went to England, purchased 
 "Betty," and brought her to America, where she 
 attracted much attention, for she was the first 
 one ever seen on this continent. He journeyed 
 overland on foot, with his walking show, making 
 tours through the States; he followed this occu- 
 pation till "Betty" died, when he returned to 
 farming, and departed this life while engaged in 
 that pursuit, aged seventy-six. Without doubt 
 he was the pioneer showman of the United 
 States. 
 
 Mr. Jewell's children were: John C. ; Huldah. 
 H.; Henry B.; Daniel H.; Mark F.; Benjamin 
 F. ; George E. ; and Zella, who died in youth. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Jewell was educated in the 
 district schools; his start in life was made by 
 peddling yankee notions afoot from house to 
 house, carrying his own pack of goods. This 
 he kept up for a year, when he was able from his 
 savings to buy a horse and wagon, still carrying 
 on the same retail business with these aids. 
 Later on he became a wholesale dealer in confec- 
 tionery and cigars, making his headquarters at 
 Manchester, N. H. At length he deserted the 
 wholesale business and settled in Lakeport, N. 
 H., where he engaged in a dry goods and gro- 
 cery trade, until he took up the profession of 
 auctioneer. This profession he has followed 
 more or less since, and to show that he has been 
 one of the best in the State, it needs only to be 
 said that he has acted as the master of cere- 
 monies in 1,087 acution sales, either on his own 
 account or for others. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Jewell bought his father's farm, 
 early known as the William Merrill place, of 125 
 acres. It has a beautiful location on the west 
 side of Squam Lake, with a broad, open view. 
 The house, that stood on the property, he re- 
 modeled into a pretty cottage, and as the loca- 
 tion was very desirable, he began to take a few 
 boarders. He soon found that he was forced to 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 turn many away, because of lack of room; so he 
 determined to enlarge his facilities and erect a 
 larger building. Accordingly he purchased 175 
 more acres of land. 
 
 In 1887-88 he built the Mt. Livermore House, 
 adjoining his cottage, to accommodate forty 
 more. This soon proved to be inadequate to the 
 demand, and he was forced to build an addition 
 to the house of twelve more rooms. He also 
 erected a fine office. Then finding stables were 
 needed, he built two, one 68x40, and the other 
 40x45; carriage houses were also put up; 300,000 
 feet of shingles were used to cover barns and 
 carriage houses and other buildings. In this 
 gradual fashion did a small undertaking develop 
 into a successful and prosperous business. 
 
 As Mr. Jewell owned about one mile and a 
 half of water front on the lake and also Potato 
 Island, he began to improve it in 1888. He built 
 a cottage on the island and one on a point of 
 the land called Lake View — both cottages were 
 for rent. The lake beach is very suitable for 
 bathing, for it is of a clear white sand. Feeling 
 that he might fill a long-felt want, or at least 
 create a new one, Mr. Jewell built on the shore 
 twenty-one bath-houses; to further improve the 
 grounds, he cleared and trimmed the grove that 
 fronted on the lake and made the whole into a 
 lovely park. There are boat-houses, docks, 
 boats, etc., for the accommodation of those 
 aquatically inclined. Tennis courts near the 
 beach invite the devotees of that popular recrea- 
 tion. West of the main building are golf 
 grounds, croquet grounds, etc.; swings, ham- 
 mocks, and inviting seats are scattered through- 
 out the different groves. The most favorite local- 
 ity is what is called "Lovers' Lane," which is 
 lined on either side with white birch and oak; 
 their branches, meeting in loving embrace over- 
 head, afford a cool retreat on a hot day. This 
 lane leads to Mt. Livermore, where one can see 
 the whole lake spread out in all its beauty, and 
 miles of the country-side; even the States of 
 Maine and Massachusetts, with many villages 
 and fine summer houses, make, themselves, a 
 part of the pleasant landscape. 
 
 In 1895 Mr. Jewell, being encouraged by the 
 handsome patronage he was receiving, deter- 
 mined to make certain improvements and alter- 
 ations that would increase the pleasure and the 
 comfort of his guests^ and make his summer 
 
 hotel a still more popular resort. Accordingly, 
 he built, adjoining the Mt. Livermore House, a 
 large and spacious hall with a richly-designed 
 brick and tile fire-place, polished hard-wood 
 floors, and finely furnished throughout for the 
 pleasure of his boarders. There is also a large 
 and modern laundry connected with it. 
 
 In 1896 the enterprising proprietor of Holder- 
 ness's popular summer resort built a handsome 
 house, two stories high, 126x36; the rooms are 
 all large and all face the front, each having a 
 door opening on a broad veranda, from which 
 one may obtain a broad, open view of the lake 
 with its islands, with all kinds of water-craft, 
 steamers, sail-boats, and row-boats dotting its 
 glassy surface here and there. The house is fur- 
 nished in a most tasteful fashion; it is finished 
 in natural hard wood with fine polished floors, 
 spacious halls, closets, etc. This notable addi- 
 tion to the accommodations of the place is con- 
 nected with the other house by protected walks, 
 and is furnished, as are all the rest, with abund- 
 ance of sparkling, mountain water. Two acres 
 of lawn in front serve to enhance its appearance. 
 
 All these improvements have been made by 
 Mr. Jewell, and have been elaborated from ideas 
 originating with him. When he first entered 
 upon his possessions, what are now among the 
 loveliest spots in the park then wore an unin- 
 viting aspect with tumbled masses of rocks and 
 boulders. It. would have taken a man with a rare 
 gift of prophecy to have predicted the present 
 appearance. The growth has been slow and 
 gradual, like the blowing of a rosebud, unfolding 
 its loveliness from day to day and giving increas- 
 ing promise with every passing hour. We would 
 not say that the improvements on the 
 estate have already advanced to comple- 
 tion; we would say, rather, that we have 
 only seen the beginning, and that greater 
 results are to follow in due time. We 
 have no doubt that the success of the past will 
 be far eclipsed by those of the seasons to come. 
 Mr. Jewell is to be congratulated for evolving so 
 pleasant and grateful a resort for the pleasure of 
 lovers of the natural beauties of New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 Our subject also owns a large maple grove, 
 from which he obtains his own syrup and maple 
 sugar. His herd of choice Jerseys and Devon- 
 shires supply his table with rich, pure milk and 
 
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 cream. His garden and orchard of grafted fruit 
 furnish many good things for the refreshment of 
 his guests. 
 
 Mr. Jewell was married on Feb. 5, 1873, to 
 Annie, daughter of Capt. Alonzo Lane of Frank- 
 fort, Me.; Capt. Lane lost his life at sea. Mr. 
 Jewell and wife have two children: Abbie F., 
 born Sept. 4, 1875; and Georgie E., born Aug. 
 5, 1879. Our subject is a Democrat, and has 
 served as selectman as well as in other town 
 offices of trust and responsibility. 
 
 ORA A. BROWN, of the firm of Hughes & 
 Brown, largest general store in Ashland, and also 
 town clerk and town treasurer, was born in 
 Bridgewater, N. H., March 4, 1864. He is the 
 son of Horace and Mary A. (Fletcher) Brown, 
 grandson of Samuel and Susanna (Dolloff) 
 Brown, and great-grandson of Stephen and 
 Anna (Davis) Brown. 
 
 Stephen Brown was born in Plymouth, N. H., 
 and was the second male child born in the town 
 of Plymouth. He was a progressive farmer, and 
 aided much in the development of this section 
 of New Hampshire. He settled in Bristol, which 
 was then a wilderness and uninhabited; he en- 
 dured all the privation of a pioneer life. He died 
 at the age of seventy-two ; his wife survived him a 
 few years, departing this life aged eighty-five. 
 They had a family of twelve children, eleven of 
 whom grew to maturity. 
 
 Samuel was the second son, and was born in 
 1793. He settled in Bridgewater, and took up 
 the occupation of farming and became very suc- 
 cessful. He was one of the original members 
 of the M. E. Church of Bristol, where to-day a 
 memorial window keeps his memory alive. He 
 passed away in 1868. He was a firm Republi- 
 can. His wife was born in 1800, and died in 
 1879. Four children were born to them: Solo- 
 mon, Horace, Levi D., and Warren S. 
 
 Horace Brown was born Aug. 15, 1825. He 
 finished his education at Hebron Academy. At 
 the age of twenty-one he left the parental roof 
 and went to Collinsville, Conn., where he worked 
 at the manufacture of axes, and became a skilled 
 workman in all the branches. The dust from the 
 steel, however, seriously affected his throat, so 
 
 after working there several years he was forced 
 to give up, and accordingly returned to the old 
 homestead, where he died at the age of forty- 
 nine years and eleven months, of bronchial 
 trouble. 
 
 He married Mary A., daughter of Jesse and 
 Patience (Hobart) Fletcher of Westford, Mass. 
 Jesse was a son of Amos Fletcher, a minuteman 
 of the Revolution. His occupation was farming. 
 Jesse Fletcher was a cooper by trade, but after 
 laboring at his trade for several years, he pur- 
 chased a farm in Groton, N. H., in 1826, and 
 made it his home for thirty-five years, when he 
 disposed of his property, and moved to Rumney ; 
 there he carried on his old trade as a cooper, until 
 he died at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. 
 He was an active member of the M. E. Church 
 for sixty-five years, and took much pleasure dur- 
 ing his last hours in singing his favorite hymns. 
 His wife died in 1878, aged ninety-two years. 
 They were both held in the highest esteem by a 
 large circle of acquaintances. Their children 
 were: Thomas J., Sarah, Daniel, Eliza, Re- 
 becca, Clifton, Alden, and Mary A. 
 
 Horace Brown and wife, Mary A. Fletcher, 
 became the parents of four children. Burdette 
 H., a carpenter by trade, married Anna 
 R. Cass, who has borne him two children: Lil- 
 lian J. and Grace B. Wilfred F., a drug clerk, 
 married Minnie E. Reed. They have two chil- 
 dren: Ethel M. and Mary L. Ora A. is the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Sarah A. died, aged one year 
 and five months. Our subject's father was a Re- 
 publican, and served as selectman of the town. 
 Ora A. Brown's mother was of old Puritan 
 stock, she being a descendant of Robert 
 Fletcher, who came from England and settled in 
 Concord, Mass., in 1630. 
 
 Ora A. Brown received a good common 
 school education in his youth in the town of 
 Bridgewater. At the age of eighteen he left 
 home to clerk for Hughes & Huckins, general 
 merchants of Ashland, N. H., with whom he re- 
 mained seven years, during which time he took 
 a business course at Bryant & Stratton's Busi- 
 ness College at Boston. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1889, ne bought a half interest in the 
 store, and it has been conducted since under the 
 firm name of Hughes & Brown. They carry a 
 very large line of dry goods, boots and shoes, 
 groceries, hardware, building materials, etc. — in 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 short they have the largest and best equipped 
 store in the county. Mr. Brown is one of the 
 solid young business men of the town, and owes 
 his present position to his own efforts. He is a 
 thorough business man, honorable and upright 
 in his transactions, wide-awake and energetic, 
 and as a neighbor and as a citizen he is held in 
 high esteem by his townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Brown bought the J. Baker home on 
 Highland Street, and has remodeled and en- 
 larged it, fitting it with all the modern conven- 
 iences. On June I, 1893, he joined his fortunes 
 with those of Addie S. Cheney, daughter of Col. 
 T. P. Cheney, whose sketch appears elsewhere. 
 They have one child, Ruth C, born April 26, 
 1894. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a Republican, and has served as 
 town clerk since 1888, and as. town treasurer 
 since 1890. He is a liberal supporter of the M. 
 E. Church. Socially, he is a member of the Mt. 
 Prospect Lodge, No. 69, F. & A. M.; Pemige- 
 wasset Chapter. He served two years as Master 
 in the Lodge. 
 
 JONATHAN F. KEYES, one of Ashland's 
 highly honored and esteemed citizens and re- 
 tired business men, was born in the town of Han- 
 cock, Hillsboro Co., N. H., Aug. 23, 181 1. He 
 is a son of Abner and Susan (Barton) Keyes, 
 and is descended from Solomon Keyes, who emi- 
 grated from England, in 1650, and settled in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Abner Keyes came from Brumly, Mass., with 
 two brothers, and made a settlement in the town 
 of Hollis, Hillsboro Co., N. H. Later on he 
 removed to the adjoining county, selected a place 
 of residence, and made it his home for the rest 
 of his life. He married Susan Barton. This 
 worthy couple lived to a good old age, and raised 
 a fine family of ten children: Abner, Jr., Ruth, 
 Jonathan F., Veranes, Horace, Ephraim, Cory- 
 don, Hazen R., Alfred, and Albert B. 
 
 Jonathan F. Keyes passed the years of his 
 boyhood much the same as boys of to-day who 
 live on the farm. His serious life-work began 
 when he was apprenticed to the art of paper- 
 making; he served until his time expired at the 
 age of twenty years, when he bought a mill at 
 Bennington, N. H., where he carried on 1 a flour- 
 
 ishing business until 1848, when he removed his 
 plant to the site of the present Knitting Mills of 
 Ashland, and operated his mill in that place for 
 a number of years. 
 
 In 1861 he failed in business, and his assets 
 were only sufficient to pay the creditors fifty 
 cents on the dollar; but he had many friends who 
 wished him well and. assisted him in opening and 
 carrying on a general store in Ashland. By this 
 means he succeeded in paying his creditors their 
 claims in full, and presented his financial backer 
 with a check for $1,000. Mr. Keyes's conduct 
 in this affair discloses the reason for his great 
 popularity. Through his whole long business 
 career he has maintained a reputation for strict 
 integrity, enterprise, and fair dealing, that have 
 won him the confidence and esteem of a wide 
 circle of acquaintances. It may be justly said 
 that there can scarcely be found a finer example 
 of honorable, noble manhood than what is pos- 
 sessed by our subject. 
 
 After the settlement of his business affairs he 
 bought twenty acres, situated on the edge of 
 the village, and built himself a home there. He 
 has since sold off many lots from the original 
 plat, and they are now covered by a number of 
 fine dwelling-houses. He still owns four acres 
 of the property; he has also some tenement 
 houses, and an elegant block on Main Street, 
 containing stores and offices. 
 
 His fellow-citizens, recognizing his many ex- 
 cellent qualities, have elevated him a number of 
 times to stations of trust and honor. He has 
 served as selectman, town treasurer, county com- 
 missioner, and president of the Agricultural 
 Association. He was instrumental in getting 
 Ashland set off from the town of Holderness. 
 His name is familiar in all parts of the State as 
 a zealous worker in the cause of temperance. 
 He has not spared himself in the least in the ad- 
 vancing of this noble cause. 
 
 In 1872 he retired from active business, but 
 has been able to attend to all his property and 
 other necessary business, even at his advanced 
 age. He is now enjoying life after its many 
 years of toil. He is a finely proportioned and 
 well-built man, with clear-cut, noble features, 
 which go well with the high esteem in which he 
 is held. 
 
 In his later years he has been connected with 
 a venture that has had extraordinary success. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 In 1880 he agitated the question of a savings 
 bank, and was one of its most enthusiastic pro- 
 jectors at the time of its organization. For a 
 time the bank's home was in one of Air. Keyes's 
 buildings. He held the office of treasurer for a 
 number of years, and when he left the bank had 
 deposits amounting to $100,000.00 
 
 His first wife was Mary Woods, and they were 
 blessed with ten children: Orlando, Mary, Lucy, 
 Susanna E., Henry F., Alice J., Fanny M., 
 Josephine W., Joseph, and Alary. Having lost 
 his wife he married again, the lady of his choice 
 being Susan Kelly Roberson. He also lamented 
 her loss, and accordingly married his third wife, 
 Mrs. Abbie R. Kimball, widow of Harrison G. 
 Kimball, and daughter of Huse and Sarah 
 (Rines) Richards. 
 
 CORYDON WALLIS COOK, a retired 
 merchant of Campton, N. H., was born in Camp- 
 ton, X. H., Aug. 6, 1820, and is a son of Coffin 
 and Rebecca (Baker) Cook, grandson of Eph- 
 raim and Sally (Merrill) Cook, and great-grand- 
 son of Samuel Cook, who came from Newbury- 
 port, Mass. He settled in the town of Plymouth, 
 Grafton Co.., and was one of the first settlers of 
 that town, where his descendant, Alfred Cook, 
 now lives. He cleared a good farm, and de- 
 parted this life there at a good old age. 
 
 Ephraim Cook settled at first in the northeast 
 part of the town of Campton, and did some work 
 in clearing his farm, but later moved back to 
 Plymouth and finished his life there at the age of 
 sixty. His wife passed away at about fifty years 
 of age.- Their children were: Edmund, Moses, 
 Daniel, Ephraim, Sally, Jacob, Coffin, Lois, Gill- 
 man, Charles, and George. His second wife was 
 Mrs. Russell, and by her he had two children: 
 Walter and Almira. 
 
 Coffin Cook, son of the foregoing, was born in 
 Plymouth, and at an early age entered the mill- 
 ing business. He built the first permanent mills 
 that were ever built in the town of Campton. 
 They have been since destroyed by fire. In this 
 business he was very successful, and acquired a 
 comfortable competence. He built a house, but 
 sold it later, and built the house now occupied 
 by our subject. He also owned some land, 
 
 which he took much pride in working. He was 
 a Whig, and was one of the first fifteen in Camp- 
 ton that voted against slavery. From the organ- 
 ization of the Republican party till his death he 
 was a Republican. His death occurred May 4, 
 1865, in Tamworth, N. H., at the age of sixty- 
 six; it was caused by accident in Meredith, by 
 the falling in of the town hall floor some ten 
 years previous. His wife died at the age of 
 thirty-four; she was the daughter of Col. Moses 
 Baker, who was one of the prominent, leading 
 men of Campton. He was elected to many 
 offices of trust and responsibility, among which 
 are the following: town representative, sena- 
 tor, justice of the peace, and as a surveyor. 
 The family of Coffin Cook was composed of 
 three children: Corydon W., Louisa, and Han- 
 nah B. 
 
 Corydon Wallis Cook passed his happy boy- 
 hood days in much the same way as the boy of 
 to-day; he received his education in the public 
 school, and also private lessons from the Rev. 
 Benjamin P. Stone, who was a very well-edu- 
 cated man, and gave Corydon the best of in- 
 struction. At the age of nineteen he went into 
 a store as a clerk. Desiring to set up in an in- 
 dependent business, our subject was helped by 
 a friend to purchase a horse and cart, and 
 peddled yankee notions and tin for a number of 
 years. At length he entered the store of Albert 
 G. Folsom at Meredith Bridge, as clerk, and 
 remained with him in that capacity for sixteen 
 years, giving the best of satisfaction by his hon- 
 est efforts to please. He became head clerk and 
 had full charge of the establishment. In 1859 he 
 came to Campton and bought the Blaisdell store 
 and carried on a general business for thirty years 
 and seven months, being connected with one 
 store longer than any other man in this part of 
 the county. Our subject then sold to E. H. Ken- 
 iston and retired from the trouble and care of 
 active business life. His retirement has been 
 well earned, and he bears the greatest respect of 
 his townsmen, who appreciate sterling worth. 
 He has always been a firm, uncompromising Re- 
 publican, and has served as town clerk, but has 
 refused all other offices which have been urged 
 upon him many times. 
 
 ( hi Nov. 30, 1844, he was joined in marriage 
 to Miss Sarah J., daughter of James Garman of 
 Gilmanton; she has been his close companion 
 
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 through life till separated from him by death. 
 She proved herself a most devoted wife and a 
 tender, loving mother. She died Aug. n, 1889, 
 at the age of sixty-six, of consumption. One 
 child was born to them, Charlie B., who departed 
 this life, in 1882, aged twenty-nine years. He 
 was a clerk in his father's store, and was a bright 
 young man of many excellent qualities, with a 
 splendid future before him. His death has 
 proved a severe blow to his devoted parents and 
 to his host of friends.'-' Our subject is a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational Society, and could 
 always be counted upon when assistance was 
 needed in any worthy cause. Mr. Cook is a 
 member and Past Grand of the Winnipiseogee 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 7, of Laconia, N. H. He 
 has been a member in good standing since 1848. 
 
 HON. JOHN L. SPRING, a prominent 
 member of the legal profession, practicing in 
 Lebanon, and one of the most popular attorneys 
 of Grafton Co., was born in Newport, N. H, 
 Jan. 14, 1830. He is a son of John C. and Lorena 
 A. (Jaquith) Spring, grandson of Josiah C. and 
 Betsey (Clark) Spring, and a great-grandson of 
 Converse and Mary Spring. 
 
 Converse Spring was a native of Watertown, 
 Mass.; in 1780 he moved to Peterboro, N. H, 
 where he bought a farm and cultivated it till his 
 death, April 13, 1812, at the age of seventy- 
 seven. Two children survived him and perpetu- 
 ated his virtues and excellencies of body and 
 mind. They were: Josiah C, born in Peter- 
 boro, N. H., June 29, 1764; and Silas, born Aug. 
 30, 1766, who married Mary C. Stuart. 
 
 Josiah C. Spring succeeded his father on the 
 homestead, working it for a time and then going 
 to Newport, N. H., where he bought a farm and 
 rounded out his years. He married, in 1784, 
 Betsey Clark, who was born Aug. 10, 1764; both 
 were of very strong and hearty constitutions, and 
 lived to a good old age. They reared a large 
 family of children, most of whom lived to ex- 
 ceptional ages, and were noted for their fine 
 bearing and physique. This is the record: Lib- 
 bie G., born April 17, 1785, died in 1870; 
 Betsey, born June 8, 1787, died at the age of 
 ninety-five; Alpheus, born Sept. 12, 1789, lived 
 
 to an old age; Converse, born Sept. 11, 1791 ; 
 Sarah G, born July 6, 1796, lived to be over 
 ninety years of age at her decease; Mary Ann, 
 born June 9, 1799, died at the age of seventy; 
 Horace B., born Sept. 14, 1802, died at the age 
 of eighty-four; John C, born July 16, 1804, died 
 Feb. 6, 1854; and Amelia M., born in 1809. 
 The grandfather of our subject was very success- 
 ful in life, and at the time of his decease owned 
 a large farm. 
 
 The father of our subject adopted farming as 
 his chosen calling, and prosecuted it with a fair 
 degree of success in various localities of New 
 Hampshire. He was located first in Peterboro, 
 then in Washington, and next in Newport; from 
 the last named place, after selling his property, 
 he went to Utica, N. Y., and ran the Mansion 
 House of that place for a number of years. His 
 health at last failing him, he disposed of his 
 property and came to Wilton, N. H, where he 
 retired from active labor and spent his last days 
 in seclusion and quiet. He was a large man of 
 powerful build and was noted for the many feats 
 of strength he indulged in, for he was always 
 sure to be the strongest man in whatever locality 
 he made his home. His health was broken by 
 such trials of strength, and by over-work. He 
 has transmitted his fine presence and bearing to 
 our subject, who if not given to performing feats 
 of strength, has certainly the constitution and 
 build requisite. His wife, who was a daughter 
 of Ebenezer Jaquith, was born Jan. 24, 1810, 
 and was called away to the blessed abodes to re- 
 join her husband Jan. 25, 1891. Three children 
 made up their family: John L., Charles H, and 
 Emma J. 
 
 John L. Spring attended the district schools, 
 and at an early age began the study of law under 
 Hon. C. W. Woodman arid Hon. Thomas J. 
 Wentworth, both of Dover, N. H, and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar at Manchester, N. H, in i860. 
 He opened an office for the practice of his pro- 
 fession in Wilton, N. H, and spent about one 
 year in that place, removing thence to Milford, 
 N. H, where he had nine very successful years 
 of practice to show for his residence. In 
 January, 1870, he came to Lebanon, where he 
 was by no means a stranger, and where his repu- 
 tation for legal ability was already firmly estab- 
 lished. The care and sagacity which has marked 
 the conduct of his private affairs and made them 
 
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 successful, has made his advice and counsel 
 highly valued and has made them much sought 
 after in connection with other business matters. 
 His legal arguments are constructed very much 
 after the manner an imposing building is erected : 
 first and most essential is the solid foundation of 
 facts, upon which rests an exquisitely wrought 
 out and conceived logical superstructure, which 
 impresses one with an idea of grace and solidity, 
 without in the least appearing heavy or wrongly 
 proportioned. 
 
 On March 5, 1856, he married Ellen M., 
 daughter of William Fountain of Moriah, N. Y., 
 and has had four children born to him. Arthur 
 L.,.born Feb. 25, 1857, was educated at Lebanon 
 High School, Kimball Union Academy, and 
 Dartmouth College, graduating from the latter 
 institution in 1880. He studied law in his father's 
 office, and graduated from Boston University 
 Law School in 1883, returning to his father's 
 office as a partner, under the style of Spring & 
 Spring. He was associated with his father for 
 four years, cutting loose at the end of that time 
 and practicing alone in Boston. He ably sus- 
 tains a fine reputation as a versatile writer and 
 fluent speaker. The second son, Clarence W., 
 born April 15, 1859, is a graduate of Dartmouth 
 College, and Harvard Medical School, and is 
 now enjoying a successful practice as a physician 
 and surgeon of Fitchburg, Mass. Carrie M., 
 born Oct. 28, i860, married Charles S, Clark, 
 and lives at Lowell, Mass., although at present 
 a resident of Washington, D. C. John R., born 
 Dec. 16, 1875, is attending Dartmouth College. 
 
 The subject of this short biography was a 
 Whig originally, but has been a Republican ever 
 since the formation of that party. He has served 
 the town as selectman, as moderator, supervisor, 
 and as member of the school committee. He 
 represented the town in the Legislature during 
 the sessions of 1891-93-95. He is vice-president 
 of the American Bar Association for New Hamp- 
 shire. Mr. Spring is prominently connected in 
 Masonic and Odd Fellow circles; he joined the 
 I. O. O. F., Nov. 22, 1854, and is now a member 
 of the Mascoma Lodge, and has been Grand 
 Master, and Grand Patriarch of the State for 
 four years. He has been a member of the Sov- 
 ereign Grand Lodge for several years, and is also 
 a member of the Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M„ 
 and also of the Blazing Star Chapter of Nashua. 
 
 Our subject owns a fine residence on Bank 
 Street, Lebanon, which he built in 1871 ; a num- 
 ber of tenements are also counted among his 
 possessions in the way of real estate. He is a 
 stockholder in the Riverside Mills and Everett 
 Knitting Works, and is attorney for both the 
 Savings and National Banks of Lebanon. 
 
 FREDERICK VON TOBEL, M. D., the 
 gentleman whose name heads this sketch, is one 
 of Lebanon's young but tried physicians and 
 surgeons, of whom we are proud to say that he 
 has gained a very lucrative and profitable prac- 
 tice since his location in that beautiful New 
 Hampshire village. His office is situated at the 
 corner of School and Park Streets, and is one 
 that has been used by men of the medical pro- 
 fession for the past thirty -five years; Dr. Von 
 Tobel's predecessor was Dr. Raynes, who in 
 turn followed Dr. Davis; so even our subject's 
 surroundings are of the best and may have some 
 occult influence over his generally successful 
 work. 
 
 Dr. Von Tobel was born in Torrington, 
 Conn., Feb. 1, 1867, and is a son of John Henry 
 and Appolonia (Hitz) Von Tobel, who were both 
 born in Zurich, Switzerland, and of German ex- 
 traction. 
 
 Our subject's father at the age of twenty-two 
 came to America, landing at New York in 1847; 
 shoemaking was his trade, and he worked at it 
 until his health showed signs of giving away, 
 and he was forced to take to open-air work as 
 the only means of prolonging his life. With the 
 earnings he had saved he bought a farm in War- 
 ren, Conn., later going to Harwinton, but 
 finally settling at Torrington, Conn., where he 
 lived till he was called home in 1875 at the age 
 of fifty. He was a splendid type of the self- 
 made man, acquiring a home and a good com- 
 petence, besides raising eight sons and furnish- 
 ing them all with good educations. In politics 
 he was a Republican. He worshipped at the 
 Congregational Churchy His wife still lives on 
 the old homestead at Torrington. Their chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living and enjoying good 
 health, are as follows: Henry, Joseph, Charles, 
 William, Edward, George, Frederick, Albert. 
 
 Dr. Von Tobel was educated at Torrington 
 
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 High School and in Wesleyan Academy of Wil- 
 braham, Mass., and graduated in 1892, at 
 Baltimore from the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons that is located there. He at once com- 
 menced his practice at Meriden, N. H., where 
 he succeeded Dr. F. W. Edwards; he continued 
 there four years, gaining many warm friends and 
 warm admirers by his skillful and zealous work. 
 But desiring a larger field andbeing fully able to 
 fill a more responsible position, he came to Leb- 
 anon, in 1896, and succeeded Dr. Raynes, who 
 in the days of his active practice was one of 
 Lebanon's most famed physicians, but is since 
 deceased. From the start our subject won the 
 confidence of his predecessor's patrons and has 
 been extraordinarily successful in building up a 
 practice. His known ability and prompt atten- 
 tion and unflagging zeal given to each call are 
 no doubt the greatest factors in his success. 
 
 Our subject married Rose B., daughter of Ed- 
 win R. Miller of Meriden, N. H., and has been 
 made a happy parent of one child, which was 
 born July 26, 1896, and named Julian M. Dr. 
 Von Tobel is a stanch Republican and never 
 willingly lets slip an opportunity to aid the party 
 of his adoption. He was a member of the 
 board of health while a resident of Meriden. 
 He is a Congregationalist. 
 
 ALMOND H. COOK, one of the leading citi- 
 zens and farmers of the town of Campton, was 
 born in that town July 17, 1831, and is a son of 
 Col. Moody and Lucy (Eaton) Cook, and grand- 
 son of Lieut. Moody Cook. 
 
 Lieut. Moody Cook was born in Newburyport, 
 Mass., and was among the first settlers of Camp- 
 ton. He bought the farm, now owned by 
 Stephen Avery, and was engaged in clearing it, 
 preparatory to its cultivation, when the Battle 
 of Bunker Hill took place. He at once sold his 
 farm, enlisted in the Continental Army, and 
 served meritoriously three years, when he came 
 back and bought 1,000 acres in this town, known 
 as the bog district. He erected a log-house, and 
 set about clearing the land of the heavy growth 
 of timber. He eventually cleared and put under 
 cultivation 100 acres, and later built a small 
 frame building. He held the office of lieutenant 
 in the State militia. In his religious views he 
 
 favored the Congregational Church, and 
 throughout life he remained a consistent and 
 worthy member of that organization. In addi- 
 tion to his work in farming, he also followed the 
 trade of a cooper to some extent. To his three 
 sons he left three farms, all of good fertile land, 
 and susceptible of great cultivation. He died at 
 the age of eighty-nine. His children were: 
 Thomas, Edmund, Moody, Amanda (Mrs. Ells- 
 worth), and Abigail (Mrs. Tolman), and seven 
 others, names not given. 
 
 Col. Moody Cook, the second son of the fore- 
 going, remained with his parents till their death, 
 and inherited the homestead, consisting of 300 
 acres, and later owned about 200 acres in addi- 
 tion, adjoining the homestead. The homestead 
 is owned at present by Mr. Hill, and the house 
 and barns, that are still standing, are the work 
 of Moody Cook, Jr. He died there at the age of 
 sixty-nine. His wife passed away at the age of 
 seventy-seven; she was the daughter of Daniel 
 Eaton. In politics he was a Whig, and later be- 
 came a Republican. He was the colonel of the 
 14th Regiment of State militia. He served in the 
 different town offices, and was selectman for a 
 period. The Congregational Church was the 
 church of his choice. His children were: Sarah 
 Ann; Daniel, who did not reach maturity; Han- 
 nah, who also died while in her youth; Joseph; 
 Samantha; Lucy; Hannah P.; A. Hastings; 
 Daniel E. ; and Arthur B. 
 
 Almond H. Cook received his education in the 
 district schools, and although he was not able 
 to attend very regularly, yet because of his hard 
 work while there, and his determination to make 
 his little schooling of some practical benefit, he 
 obtained a good business education. His early 
 life was spent at home; he remained with his 
 parents on the homestead until his parents died, 
 when he was given the homestead. Soon after 
 he sold the farm and purchased the Glines place, 
 which is a river farm of 200 acres, where he has 
 since resided. He has enlarged the house and 
 made many other valuable improvements. He 
 pays special attention to the breeding and raising 
 of fine, blooded stock. He has a very choice 
 dairy. Some of the best horses ever raised in 
 Grafton Co. have been the products of his farm ; 
 one span sold for $1,000.00. 
 
 On Sept. 11, 1855, his fortunes were united in 
 marriage with those of Sarah M. Merrill, who 
 
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 was born in the town of Campton, June 8, 1836. 
 She was the daughter of Hardy and Myra 
 (Noyes) Merrill, who pursued the trade of a car- 
 penter, and late in life settled down to the calm 
 life of a farmer. He became one of the leading 
 and most influential farmers in the town of 
 Campton; he lived to the age of eighty-six, as 
 did his wife also, there being a difference in their 
 ages of seven days. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill's chil- 
 dren were nine in number, and were as follows: 
 Henry was born Dec. 12, 1830. Alfred was born 
 June 5, 1833. When the war broke out he en- 
 listed in Co. I., 5th N. Y. Vol. Inf. He served 
 fourteen months, and then was taken sick, and 
 in consequence of his illness, discharged. Later 
 in the war he enlisted in the United States Artil- 
 lery, and served five years as a bugler. Sarah M. 
 is our subject's wife. Mary E. was born April 
 16, 1838. Edward P. was born Dec. 16, 1839. 
 Nathan L. was born Feb. 16, 1842. In 1862 he 
 enlisted in Co. I., 12th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf. He 
 served four years; he was taken prisoner at 
 Chancellorsville, and was honorably discharged 
 at the close of the war. Benjamin N. was born 
 March 24, 1844. George F. was born May 18, 
 1846. Elmira J. was born Nov. 10, 1848. 
 
 Our subject's wife, Sarah M., was a grand- 
 daughter of Enoch and Sally (Wells) Merrill, 
 who was the son of Enoch Merrill, Sr., who 
 came from Newburyport, Mass., and settled on 
 Beech Hill; the old homestead is now owned by 
 Miss Cathie Smith of Boston, and is used as a 
 summer boarding establishment. 
 
 Our subject has been made the proud parent 
 of eight children, all of whom are living with the 
 exception of one. Herman B. was born Aug. 16, 
 1856, and married Luella Holmes. She has 
 borne him one child, Myra C. He carries on a 
 large business in the hack and boarding stable 
 line at Roxbury, Mass. Alfred M., born May 
 1, 1858, married Isabelle J. Hill, and has two 
 children: Hardy M. and Mildred. They lost one 
 child, who was named Miriam. He has a large 
 market and produce store in Roxbury, Mass. 
 Nellie, born July 31, i860, is at home with her 
 parents. Jennie L., born Nov. 22, 1862, is a 
 dressmaker in Boston. Edward H., born Sept. 
 13, 1865, is with his father^n general farming 
 and horse raising. He is a selectman of the town 
 of Campton, and is very prominent in the town 
 as an efficient business man. His integrity and 
 
 energetic qualities have given him a high place 
 in the estimation of his fellow-townsmen. Clar- 
 ence K., born Oct. 25, 1868, is a bookkeeper in 
 Boston. Lucy E., born Sept. 25, 1871, is by 
 occupation a teacher and stenographer. Myra 
 N., born April 5, 1876, died at the age of seven. 
 Our subject has always supported the Republi- 
 can ticket, and although capable to fill any office, 
 he has repeatedly refused to have his name used 
 in connection with any office. The family are 
 warm supporters of the Congregational Church. 
 He belongs to the Grange, and there are few 
 members more active in Grange interests 
 than he. - 1 
 
 HON. WILLIAM S. ELA, ex-president of 
 the Lebanon Savings Bank, is one of the oldest 
 of the retired carpenters and builers of Grafton 
 Co.; he possesses the highest esteem of his 
 townspeople of Lebanon, and is counted as one 
 of its most solid and substantial citizens. He 
 was born in West Lebanon, N. H., June 19, 
 1807, and is a son of Benjamin and Abigail 
 (Emerson) Ela. 
 
 Our subject's father was of a sturdy line of 
 Scotch-Irish, noted for their longevity and 
 hardy endurance. The Ela family in America 
 dates back to the time of the first settlements. 
 Benjamin Ela, who is supposed to have been 
 born in Haverhill, Mass., came from that place 
 with a capital of a skilled knowledge of cabinet- 
 making and settled in Hartford, Vt, where he 
 lived and worked at his trade for a time. How- 
 ever, not finding much demand for the products 
 of his handiwork, he was forced to relinquish 
 it and find a more profitable business. Being 
 of a very ambitious nature and fertile in re- 
 source, he soon found a way in which to court 
 the smilles of dame Fortune. He removed to 
 West Lebanon, and in company with a Mr. 
 Moulton went into the business of preparing 
 corned beef. They bought the fat cattle, con- 
 verted it into corned beef, barreled it, and took 
 it to different points to dispose of it. The busi- 
 ness soon developed great possibilities, and they 
 accordingly built scow boats and freighted them 
 with produce, bought from the country round 
 about, and took the loads thus made up down 
 the river, selling the boats when the cargoes had 
 
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 been discharged. They carried this on for sev- 
 eral years and found their efforts crowned with 
 success; the next step of Mr. Ela was to move 
 to Concord, and there to build boats and make 
 similar trips on the Merrimac River. In 1817 
 he bought some thirty acres of land, where our 
 subject now lives, and in 1818 moved there; he 
 also bought another farm in the town of Le- 
 banon, where William H. Ela resides, and car- 
 ried on farming operations until he retired from 
 active labor. He died at the age of seventy- 
 three ; although he was born a poor boy, vet he 
 was enabled by an indomitable will and a strict 
 attention to business to amass a good fortune. 
 His wife departed this life at the age of fifty- 
 seven. Their children were as follows: Susan, 
 Abigail, John, George, William S., Benjamin, 
 and Richard. In politics he affiliated with the 
 Whigs, and with the Republicans for the last few 
 years of his life. He was one of the first men of 
 his time and place, and was sent to the Legisla- 
 ture on several different occasions to represent 
 the town. He was often made the administrator 
 of estates, so great was the confidence reposed 
 in his honesty and good judgment. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, at the age of seven- 
 teen years, commenced his apprenticeship to the 
 carpenter's and joiner's trade; previous to this 
 he had managed to acquire a good education by 
 improving his time in the public schools and in 
 Lebanon Academy. For a number of years he 
 worked at his trade as a journeyman; finally, at 
 the age of twenty-three, he undertook contract 
 work, and many good, substantial buildings of 
 Lebanon to-day show his workmanship and 
 good judgment in the selection of the best ma- 
 terials. His work was invariably clone m the 
 neatest and most substantial manner. Many 
 residents of the town to-day are proud in being 
 able to point to their house and say that it was 
 built by William S. Ela. 
 
 Mr. Ela inherited his father's homestead on 
 Hanover Street; the house underwent a change 
 under his skillful hands, emerging much im- 
 proved and beautified and fitted up in a modern 
 manner. He then laid out the land into village 
 building lots, which found a ready sale; it has 
 proved to be one of the prettiest of the streets 
 in the village. In addition to his own fine resi- 
 dence, he owns tenements, which he keeps in 
 the best of repair. He is without fail found 
 
 among the leaders to agitate and to support 
 needed improvements essential to the true pro- 
 gress of the town. Being a stanch Republican, 
 he has served the town some seventeen years as 
 selectman, for twelve successive years of that 
 time he was first selectman. He represented the 
 town in four sessions of the Legislature, in 1854- 
 55-56, and in a special session. He was also 
 town treasurer for a number of years. 
 
 In 1857 he retired from contracting and build- 
 ing and gave his aid and influence toward the 
 organizing of the Lebanon Savings Bank and 
 was elected its first president and chairman of 
 the board of directors, which office he held until 
 a few years ago. He was also president of the 
 National Bank of Lebanon for twenty odd years. 
 Each year he spends several months in the west 
 looking after his extensive landed interests. 
 
 In 1832 he united his fortunes with those of 
 Louise R. Greenough, daughter of Brackett 
 Greenough of Lebanon; she died in 1868 at the 
 age of fifty-seven. Two children were the fruit 
 of this union: Richard, who died at the age of 
 twenty, in 1855; and an infant son. In 1871 our 
 subject married Elizabeth Kendrick, daughter 
 of George Kendrick of Lebanon. 
 
 In his younger days he was a member of the 
 Mascoma Lodge, I. O. O. F., but in later years, 
 because of the extensive interests demanding so 
 much of his time, he allowed his membership 
 to lapse. 
 
 At his advanced age Mr. Ela is still able to at- 
 tend to all of his business; he can hear nicely 
 and reads without the aid of glasses. He still 
 retains much of his youthful suppleness and 
 vigor and finds no trouble to get around a good 
 deal. He has never known any severe sickness, 
 perhaps due in great part to the important fact 
 that he has always been very temperate in his 
 habits. 
 
 FRANK A. SMITH, M. U., a native of Graf- 
 ton Co. and one of the leading physicians and 
 surgeons of Lebanon, Ts T . H., was born in Haver- 
 ' hill of this county Sept. 16, 1855, and is a son 
 of Henry A. and Sarah M. (Pike) and a grand- 
 son of Anson A. and Mary (Rice) Smith. 
 
 Our subject's grandparents were both born 
 in Cavendish, Vt. The father of Anson A. 
 
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 Smith came from Hartford, Conn., and was 
 among the early settlers of Cavendish, Vt. His 
 occupation was that of a farmer; he served in 
 the War of Independence. Anson A., the grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, after his 
 marriage settled in Haverhill, N. H., near the 
 center of the town, where he followed farming 
 for man)* years; he is now retired at the age of 
 eighty-nine years, and resides at Piermont, N. 
 H. He was deprived of the cheering presence 
 of his wife in middle age. In politics, he was a 
 Whig, and is now a Republican. Four children 
 were born to him: Henry A., George, Harvey, 
 and Melissa. 
 
 Henry A. Smith learned the painter's trade, in 
 which he became a skilled workman; the fumes 
 from the paint, however, induced Bright's dis- 
 ease, and his life was cut off at the early age of 
 thirty years, in -1863. His wife, the daughter of 
 Isaac Pike of Haverhill, died in 1886 at the age 
 of fifty-four. Three children were born of their 
 union, who were named as follows: Henry I., 
 who is superintendent of the Pike Manufactur- 
 ing Co. of Evansville, Vt. ; Frank A., the subject 
 of this brief memoir; and Fanny M., who mar- 
 ried L. M. Locke of Lebanon. 
 
 Our subject, being left a poor boy at the age 
 of eight years, without father or money, went to 
 Wells River to live with Mr. Abiel Chamberlain. 
 He assisted him five years in the farm work in 
 return for his board and keep, obtaining a little 
 schooling at intervals. Then for a number of 
 years, until he took up the study of medicine, he 
 was engaged in the mercantile business; his first 
 employment in this line was at Biddeford, Me., 
 as clerk for Andrews & Co., dealers in general 
 merchandise; after four years of faithful service 
 with them, during which time our subject care- 
 fully saved his wages, the firm started a branch 
 store and took in Mr. Smith as a partner. After 
 one year he disposed of his interest, and with 
 J. H. Cutting, under the firm name of Cutting 
 & Smith, opened and conducted successfully for 
 a year a general merchandise store at Woods- 
 ville, N. H. At the end of the year Mr. Smith 
 disposed of his interest and entered the New 
 Hampton Literary Institute, from which he 
 graduated in 1881. He then entered upon the 
 study of his profession in the College of Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons of New York City: in 1884 
 he graduated and went to Felchville, Vt., and 
 
 succeeded to the practice of Dr. C. W. Lock. 
 He soon developed a nice practice and spent 
 five years of pleasant service, which were invalu- 
 able to him in later practice. Desiring a larger 
 field, he moved to Springfield, Vt., where he 
 remained three years, removing thence to Le- 
 banon, one of the thriftiest towns in the State, 
 where he at once entered upon a practice which 
 has steadily grown with every year of his resi- 
 dence. His experience and ability have won 
 him the confidence and admiration of the people 
 in general. He has made an excellent start in 
 the world and has himself to congratulate for his 
 present high standing in the community and 
 among the members of his profession. He is in 
 every respect a self-made man, and is indebted 
 to no one for his education, having earned every 
 cent of the sum he utilized for entering the ranks 
 of one of the most honorable of professions. He 
 affiliates with a number of influential medical 
 societies, belonging to the following organiza- 
 tions: New Hampshire Medical Society, Ver- 
 mont Medical Society, White River Medical 
 Society, and Connecticut River Valley Medical 
 Society. 
 
 Soon after his practice became established in 
 Lebanon he purchased the Colby Benton estate, 
 comprising a large house and extensive lawns 
 on Bank Street, near the Park. The house has 
 been remodeled to suit a doctor's requirements 
 and fitted up with modern conveniences; his fine 
 office and reception room are located in the 
 same. He married Alice M. Warren of Spring- 
 field, Vt., the daughter of Charles P. and Mary 
 (Elliott) Warren. 
 
 Charles P. Warren was born in Haverhill and 
 is a son of Luther and Martha (Niles) Warren, 
 who was a wide-awake, progressive man, owning 
 a large farm and mills on the Connecticut River. 
 He carried on the business of rafting lumber 
 down the river on a large scale, until he caught 
 cold and died at the' age of forty-two with lung 
 fever. His children were: Martha, Luther P., 
 and Charles P. Charles P., Mrs. F. A. Smith's 
 father, carried on farming and lumbering at 
 Haverhill and Bristol, N. H., and Weatherfield 
 and Springfield, Vt. He died in 1895 ; his wife 
 preceded him. All their children, who numbered 
 six, were born in Haverhill. This is the record: 
 Roxie L., John, Mary, Alice, Harriet, and Lu- 
 cretia. 
 
GEORGE H. TURNER. 
 
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 Dr. Smith has been presented by his wife with 
 four as fine children as one would care to see; 
 they are: Mark A., born Sept. 10, 1886; Paul C, 
 born May 12, 1892; Martha R., born Nov. 14, 
 1894; and Wade Warren, born Jan. 18, 1897. 
 Dr. Smith is a Republican. He was a charter 
 member of the Springfield, Vt., Lodge, No. 45, 
 I. O. O. F., and is a Past Grand of it. He took 
 a demit from it and joined the Mascoma Lodge 
 of Lebanon, No. 6. He is also a member of the 
 Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M., of Lebanon ; of the 
 A. O. U. W.; of the Pilgrim Fathers; and of the 
 Langdon Club. 
 
 JAMES N. TURNER, a retired farmer of 
 Bethlehem, N. H., was born in the above town, 
 April 18, 1824, and is a son of Timothy P. and 
 Priscilla Ballou (Bullock) Turner, the former of 
 Bethlehem, N. H„ and the latter of Westminster, 
 Yt. He is a grandson of James Turner and 
 great-grandson of Samuel Turner. Samuel 
 Turner was a soldier of the French and Indian 
 War and later of the Revolutionary War. He 
 eventually left his home in Bernardstori and came 
 to Bethlehem, where he died in 1800. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, named James 
 Turner, was born Nov. 24, 1762, in Bernard- 
 ston, Mass.; he came to Bethlehem, N. H., in 
 1789, and was the third person to settle in that 
 town. He was a farmer by occupation, and car- 
 ried on that pursuit all of his life ; he settled on 
 a farm, which has descended through his son to 
 his grandson, the subject of this personal his- 
 tory. He married Mercy (Smith) Parker of 
 Hanover, N. H., and to him and his wife were 
 born three children, namely: Esther, Mary, and 
 Timothy. James Turner died in 1835, and his 
 wife in 1842. They were Congregationalists in 
 religious belief. 
 
 Timothy P. Turner taught school a few terms 
 after the completion of his own education and 
 then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
 which he followed all his life in the town of Beth- 
 lehem on his parents' farm. He was a leading 
 man both in business and in politics. He was a 
 Democrat, and served the town some twelve or 
 fifteen years as town clerk ; represented the town 
 in the State Legislature at Concord; and was 
 
 justice of the peace several years. He was mar- 
 ried, Feb. 9, 1818, to Priscilla Ballou Bullock, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Bullock, a native of New 
 Hampshire. There were born to our subject's 
 parents nine children, as follows: Lodema L, 
 Esther Ann, James- N., Charles S., Hiram 
 N., Harriet N, Timothy N., William PL, 
 and Hiram N. Mr. Turner's death occurred in 
 1872; his wife preceded him ten years, passing 
 away in 1862. They were members of the Con- 
 gregational Church. 
 
 Our subject, having received an education in 
 the schools of Bethlehem, N. PL, turned his at- 
 tention to the pursuit of agriculture, farming at 
 first in the summer and teaching school in the 
 winter. Upon his father's death he inherited the 
 paternal estate, which had been in the possession 
 of the family since 1789, when James Turner, the 
 grandfather of the present occupant, settled upon 
 it. In 1864 Mr. Turner opened his spacious 
 farm-house to summer boarders; the facilities 
 have been much enlarged since that time, and 
 they can now accommodate seventy-five people. 
 It is nicely located in the eastern part of Bethle- 
 hem Street and commands an excellent view of 
 Ihe White Mountains. Mr. Turner is a Republi- 
 can and has served as justice of the peace several 
 years, besides holding other minor town offices; 
 he is not of the ambitious type of men who aspire 
 after and long for public offices, but is content 
 to do what is asked of him. 
 
 He was married in 1857 to Mary Ann Hall, 
 daughter of Enoch Hall, a native of the Green 
 Mountain State. Three children have been born 
 to them, namely: George H., Fannie B., and 
 William H. George H. Turner married Susan 
 R. White, and they have four children: Mary 
 E., Helen E., James A., and Gertrude W. 
 Fannie married Hiram Q. Ward of Danville, Vt. ; 
 they have two children, Robert T. and Henry H. 
 William H. is single and resides at home. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Turner are members of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 George PL, the eldest son of our subject, is 
 engaged with his father in business. Lie is at 
 present county treasurer, being his own suc- 
 cessor, having been elected in 1894 and again in 
 T896. He has also served in minor offices, hav- 
 ing been justice of the peace for ten years, and 
 its present incumbent. He served on the board 
 of selectmen, was a member of the board of edu- 
 
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 cation several years, and is serving as road 
 commissioner, a position he has held for three 
 years. Mr. Turner and wife are Congregation- 
 ists. 
 
 The publishers of this volume take great 
 pleasure in presenting the portrait of George 
 H. Turner, as a prominent politician, and as a 
 young man who has by his efficient work risen 
 from one position of trust to another, until he 
 now holds one of the most important county 
 offices. 
 
 _ NATHAN HAMMOND BATCHELDER, 
 at present actively engaged in representing first- 
 class insurance companies in the village of Hav- 
 erhill, N. H., was born in Bridgewater, N. H., 
 April 20, 1833. His parents were Deacon David 
 Batchelder and Sally Thompson Willard, and his 
 grandparents on his father's side were Simeon 
 Batchelder and Mary Marston. The following 
 children made up the family of Simeon Batch- 
 elder: Polly, Benjamin, Caleb, Simeon, David, 
 Betsey, Jemima, Phoebe, Martha, and Nancy. 
 Most of them settled on farms in the vicinity of 
 the place of their birth. 
 
 David Batchelder was born Sept. 12, 1798, in 
 Bridgewater, N. H, and devoted his life to agri- 
 cultural pursuits. He was married to Sally 
 Thompson Willard in 1821, and there were born 
 to them these children: Louisa L. ; David W., 
 who died at two years of age ; Charles W. ; David ; 
 Lucinda T.; and Nathan H. Sally T. Willard 
 was born in Bow, N. H., Feb. 21, 1802. Her 
 father, Moses Thompson Willard, was a soldier 
 in Col. Carter's regiment of Concord, and was 
 killed in the battle of Pittsburgh, Sept. 11, 1814. 
 On March 19, 1801, Mr. Willard married Mehit- 
 abel Robertson, and five children resulted from 
 the union, as follows: Sally T., Eliza L., Moses 
 T, Roxana, and Nancy. Mrs. Willard was a sis- 
 ter of John Robertson, who, when sixteen years 
 of age, was a drummer-boy at the Battle of 
 Bunker Hill, serving thereafter constantly until 
 the cessation of hostilities, meeting his death at 
 length in 1809 by drowning at Garvin's Falls. 
 A railroad station near the city of Concord still 
 bears his name in that of "Robertson's Ferry" 
 Mrs. Willard died Nov. 28, 181 4, less than three 
 months after her husband had fallen, never to 
 
 rise, in the defense of vital principles of Ameri- 
 can liberty, leaving five children orphans, all 
 under thirteen years of age. Roxana and Nancy, 
 the two youngest, died in youth. Eliza L. mar- 
 ried John Hammond, and settled in Sanbornton, 
 N. H. Moses T., thrown largely on his own re- 
 sources when a mere lad, managed to acquire a 
 liberal education, graduating from Dartmouth 
 Medical College in 1833, and immediately be- 
 ginning the practice of dentistry in Concord. He 
 ranked high in his profession and gained distinc- 
 tion as an ardent advocate of temperance and 
 similar reforms, receiving excellent proofs of the 
 esteem in which he was held in the frequent elec- 
 tions that were given him to places of trust and 
 honor. Among a number of offices he held those 
 of Postmaster, Alderman, and Mayor of the city 
 of Concord, where he resided until the close of 
 his life, in 1883. 
 
 Deacon David Batchelder died in his native 
 town July 12, 1833, the cause of his death being 
 a druggist's fatal mistake in giving him a deadly 
 poison when only a harmless medicine was 
 ordered. Thus early in her married life was a 
 family of children left to the care of our subject's 
 mother, who scarce twenty years before had been 
 left the eldest of a group of orphan children. 
 She subsequently married Paul Perkins, a de- 
 voted Free Will Baptist preacher, who died in 
 Hebron, April 3, 1843. One child, Ruth, who is 
 deceased, was the sole issue of this union. Fol- 
 lowing is the record of the brothers and sisters of 
 our subject: Louisa L., who married Orrin Gor- 
 don, and after his death married Joseph Kidder, 
 died in Concord, October, 1891 ; Charles W. died 
 in Concord," April, 1890; David, Jr., died in 
 Florida, June, 1890; Lucinda T., who married 
 Levi Nelson, Jr., died in Bristol, April, 1895. 
 The mother died in Concord, February, 1883. 
 
 Nathan H. Batchelder, very soon after the 
 death of his step-father, began in a large measure 
 to "make his own way." Until seventeen or 
 eighteen years of age he worked on farms in 
 various localities, and attended school in winter. 
 In this way he attended school in Hebron, Ply- 
 mouth, Bristol, Franklin, and Concord, at the 
 latter place pursuing a course of studies in the 
 high school. When in Franklin he learned the 
 carriage-maker's trade, and worked at it until he 
 was twenty years old, when he went to Concord, 
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 Moses T. Willard, but gave it up after two years 
 on account of failing health. In February, 1856, 
 he came to Haverhill, where, with the exception 
 of a few years in Bristol, he has since resided, 
 carrying on in his own interest for a term of 
 years a prosperous business in the manufacture 
 of carriages and sleighs. From 1865 to 1872, he 
 made life insurance his principal business, repre- 
 senting the Continental Insurance Co., of Hart- 
 ford, Conn., as its special agent for the entire 
 State. From 1872 to 1875 ne was m tne lumber 
 business in Bristol, where he built a mill, and 
 also devoted some of his attention to carriage- 
 building. In 1875 he returned to Haverhill and 
 engaged in the manufacture of carriages and 
 sleighs. Since 1890 he has been interested in 
 life insurance, being the special representative of 
 the Provident Mutual Relief Association, of Con- 
 cord, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Batchelder was married in Bradford, Vt, 
 Dec. 21, 1856, to Isabella B. Hovey, who was 
 born in that place Aug. 1, 1836. Her father was 
 Dudley Hovey, a miller by trade, who was born 
 at Strafford, Vt., of Abner and Lois (Tucker) 
 Hovey. Mrs. Batchelder's mother was Ruby 
 Allen, the daughter of Pelatiah and Lettuce 
 (Knapp) Allen. The other children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Dudley Hovey made the following record: 
 Simeon A. was a soldier in the Mexican War; 
 Eber D. became a sea captain, and lost his life at 
 sea in attempting to rescue others from drown- 
 ing; Alvin S. served in the Mexican War, and 
 afterward died in Texas ; Joseph M. died in Glen- 
 wood, Iowa ; Mary L. married Hiram F. Herbert 
 of Haverhill, in which place she still lives; John 
 N. resides in. Nebraska; Lewis S. lives in Iowa; 
 George I. died in infancy at Bradford, Vt.; and 
 William B., who lives in New London, Conn. 
 
 Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Batchelder: Fred Perkins, born Dec. 17, 1864; 
 and Mary Hovey, who was born Sept. 13, 1869, 
 and died Oct. 26, 1869. Our subject and his 
 wife are both members of the M. E. Church. 
 Mr. Batchelder is a Free Mason, a member of 
 Grafton Lodge, No. 46. In politics, he is a Dem- 
 ocrat in national issues, and a firm advocate of 
 prohibition. Good men and sound principles re- 
 ceive his support, no matter what the party. 
 
 Fred P. Batchelder was educated at Newbury 
 Seminary, and Haverhill Academy, graduating 
 from the latter institution as class valedictorian. 
 
 In 1886 he was graduated in the classical course 
 with the degree of B. A. from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege. While in college he was an ardent "fra- 
 ternity man," and in him Theta Delta Chi ever 
 found a loyal supporter. Both class and frater- 
 nity gave him all the honors within their powers. 
 At graduation he was class poet, and his poem 
 was said to have been the finest given at Dart- 
 mouth for many years. He pursued a post- 
 graduate course under the direction of Andover 
 Seminary, and Boston University, earning the 
 advanced degree of Master of Arts in 1889. He 
 taught school first in Junction City, Kansas, and 
 has since been connected with the educational 
 systems of Nantucket, South Hadley, and Flor- 
 ence, Mass. In politics he is a Democrat, and 
 when in Kansas took an active part in Populist 
 politics; he stumped the county for the party, 
 and was its nominee for county solicitor, but 
 came home just previous to election, owing to 
 his father's illness. While principal of the Nan- 
 tucket High School he was admitted to the 
 Massachusetts bar as a practicing attorney in 
 1 891, but has devoted himself chiefly to educa- 
 tional work, both as principal and superintend- 
 ent, in which capacity he has met with marked 
 success; he is now at the head of the school sys- 
 tem of Florence, Mass. He has been a contribu- 
 tor to several magazines, and has appeared in 
 the lecture field. 
 
 He was married at the Church of the Cove- 
 nant, Junction City, Kansas, Aug. 31, 1892, to 
 Zadie Ethel, eldest daughter of Col. and Mrs. C. 
 H. Purinton. Mr. Batchelder is a member of 
 a number of secret orders, among them being 
 the Knights of Honor, the Orientals, the Grange, 
 the Woodmen, and the Masons. 
 
 CHAS. S. WOODMAN, D. D. S., of Ash- 
 land, N. H, born Feb. 6, 1854. He is the son 
 of Charles and Jemima (Avery) Woodman, and 
 grandson of Isaac and Mary (Locke) Woodman. 
 Isaac Woodman was born in Barrington, N. H., 
 and passed most of his years on a farm in Wood- 
 stock, N. H, dying there at the age of sixty. 
 His wife, who was born at West Campton, N. 
 H., made him the parent of five boys and a girl. 
 
 Charles, one of the sons of Isaac Woodman, 
 was born in Woodstock, received his education, 
 
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 and afterwards taught several terms of winter 
 school there. He was engaged in the grocery 
 business in West Thornton for nineteen years, 
 until his health began to fail, when he bought a 
 farm in Bridgewater, where he lives at the age of 
 seventy-four. His wife was Jennie Avery of 
 Campton; she has passed her sixty-eighth birth- 
 day. The children that have been born to them 
 are: Jacob A., Addie C, Charles S., Lyman B., 
 Corydon E., and Austin E. Mr. Woodman is an 
 ardent Republican, and has served in various 
 town offices. 
 
 Charles S. Woodman, D. D. S., was educated 
 in West Thornton. When fifteen years old he 
 went west with his uncle, Joseph Woodman, and 
 assisted him on a stock farm for five years, after 
 which he returned east to Ashland, where he 
 worked as a dyer in a woolen mill for four years. 
 Then after completing a business course at New- 
 hampton, N. H., he went to Chicago, 111., where 
 he studied dentistry, and graduated from the 
 University of Chicago in 1879. 
 
 He began the practice of his profession in 
 Elburn, 111., where he met with gratifying success 
 for three years, when he removed to Ashland. 
 There he started on a modest scale, for the only 
 accommodations for an office that he could 
 obtain was one small room, that he uses now for 
 receiving patients. In such cramped surround- 
 ings did he begin his practice, a practice that 
 has enabled him to fit up the finest working 
 laboratory in the county. His wife's health, 
 which had failed while west, had now recovered 
 and proved a source of much encouragement. 
 His success has been gratifying to all who know 
 him ; he has not only been very successful in gen- 
 eral dental work, but he has, by his careful and 
 thorough workmanship, acquired an enviable 
 reputation as an expert in artificial teeth, mak- 
 ing an average of 125 sets per year. 
 
 Our subject is the proud owner of a fine estate 
 in Ashland, which he purchased from Esther 
 Shepard. His orchard contains a very choice 
 selection of plums. He is a lover of fancy poul- 
 try, and has a yard of pure-blooded Wyandottes, 
 thoroughbreds, with all the fancy points, which 
 are so significant to the poultry judge, and 
 obtains from $1.50 to $3.00 a dozen for the eggs, 
 for breeding purposes. He is also exceedingly 
 fond of fine horses. One of the finest in his 
 stables is of Hambletonian and Wilkes blood 
 
 with a good pedigree. A two-year-old and also 
 a four-year-old that he has raised, are not only 
 beauties in form, but are also among the most 
 promising of the best steppers in the county. 
 
 Dr. Woodman was joined in marriage with 
 Rosa P., daughter of John Hill of Ellsworth, N. 
 H., July 4, 1878. They have a family of two chil- 
 dren : Hallie L. and Joseph E. 
 
 Dr. Woodman is a Republican, and has served 
 several years as supervisor. He is a' liberal sup- 
 porter of the Free Will Baptist Church. He is 
 a member of Mt. Prospect Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 No. 68. He belongs to Grafton Lodge, No. 16, 
 I. O. O. F., and is Past Grand Master of the 
 same, and a member of the Encampment. He is 
 also a member of the A. O. U. W., and has 
 served through the chairs. 
 
 ALFRED WEBSTER, one of Campton's 
 prosperous and well-to-do farmers, was born in 
 Campton Village, N. H., Nov. 24, 1837. He is 
 a son of David and Phebe F. (Clark) Webster, 
 and a grandson of Eliphalet Webster. Little is 
 known of our subject's grandfather, except that 
 he was engaged in the pursuit of agriculture all 
 or most of his life. 
 
 David Webster was born in Holderness, Sept. l 
 1, 1794, and settled in the town of Campton. His 
 most successful venture was transporting freight 
 to and from Boston by horse teams and wagons. 
 The journey took up ten days, five days to Bos- 
 ton and the same time back; his freight to ' 
 Boston consisted of farm produce, which he ex- 
 changed for merchandise for the several mer- 
 chants in this vicinity. In this work he was very 
 successful, and carried on a large trade; one of 
 his loads he had weighed by the city weigher of 
 Boston, and it tipped the scale at seven tons and 
 776 pounds. He finally retired from this busi- 
 ness and bought a small farm of J. Keniston ; he 
 built a house and barns, and made it his home 
 till his death, which occurred Feb. 28, 1861. He 
 married as his first wife Olive H. Smith, who was 
 born Feb. 22, 1799, and died May 17, 1825. Her 
 children were: William R., born Feb. 19, 1820; 
 Annette G., born May 14, 1821; Erastus, born 
 April 2, 1823. His second wife was Phebe F. 
 Clark, whom he married Nov. 29, 1827; she was 
 
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 born April 21, 1806, and departed this life July 
 16, 1871. Her children were as follows: Olive 
 Jane, born Oct. 19, 1828; Charles G., born Aug. 
 16, 1830; Jason, born Jan. 10, 1833, and met his 
 death in the late war; David, born April 14, 1835; 
 Alfred, born Nov. 24, 1837; and Emily A., born 
 Nov. 26, 1839. Mr. Webster was a Whig and 
 later a Republican, and took an intelligent inter- 
 est in all matters that pertained to the good of 
 the community. He served as tax collector, and 
 in other of the minor offices of the town. 
 
 Alfred Webster received his educational train- 
 ing in the public schools of Campton, and at 
 the age of fifteen began to work at agricultural 
 pursuits. Aug. 15, 1862', he enlisted in Co. C, 
 13th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf. He served three years, 
 and was discharged in 1865. Immediately after 
 his enlistment his regiment was sent to the front 
 before Fredericksburg, and was present in the 
 campaign around Suffolk, Richmond and Peters- 
 burg. While helping to unload cannon he re- 
 ceived his only injury, a broken leg, that incapac- 
 itated him from active work for a time. When 
 he returned home from the war he began work- 
 ing in the Mad River Woolen Mills, commenc- 
 ing at the very bottom and working his way 
 to the top. For the past twenty-nine years 
 he has worked more or less at the trade, 
 and for the last fifteen years he has assorted wool 
 for the factory, becoming a very proficient ex- 
 pert at that important branch of the work. He 
 cared for his parents in their old age, and bought 
 the old homestead, remodeling the house and 
 erecting new barns. He bought fifty acres of 
 arable land adjoining, and also 200 acres of tim- 
 ber and pasture land on Hodgman's Hill. His 
 wife owns the old Nason farm of 100 acres of 
 good valley land, where our subject built a new 
 barn, and has otherwise improved. With the 
 assistance of his two sons he cultivates both 
 farms. 
 
 Mr. Webster married, in 1866, Elsie Kendall, 
 daughter of Jesse Kendall of Campton. She died 
 about the age of thirty-six, after giving birth to 
 one child, Nettie E., who was born June 29, 1867, 
 and married William Biglow, and has one child, 
 Olive, as the issue. Our subject's second wife 
 was Lydia M., daughter of George and Maria 
 (Durgin) Wallace; he married her June 24, 1870. 
 Mr. Wallace was born in Sandwich, but settled 
 in Thornton, where he made a decided success 
 
 of farming after commencing with practically 
 nothing. He used only the latest and most im- 
 proved methods of soil cultivation. He died at 
 the age of sixty-one; his wife passed away at 
 the age of seventy-three. They were blessed with 
 three children: Marcellus, George H, and Lydia 
 M. He was a Democrat politically. He favored 
 the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 
 The union of our subject with Lydia M. Wal- 
 lace has been blessed with the following children: 
 Julia M., born April 18, 1872, and married B. F. 
 Carter, and resides in Haverhill, N. H; Jason, 
 born July 21, 1874, assists his father in the farm 
 work; George W., born Oct. 7, 1875, also assists 
 on the farm; Phebe L., born. Sept. 6, 1880, lives 
 at home with her parents. Mr. Webster is a firm 
 Republican, and is well informed in all matters 
 of public interest. He is a member of the G. A. 
 R. Post. 
 
 MRS. MARY J. MITCHELL is the widow 
 of the late Timothy W. Mitchell. He was born 
 in the town of Thornton, June 7, 1821, and was 
 a son of Elijah and Eliza (Webster) Mitchell, and 
 grandson of Isaac Mitchell. Isaac Mitchell was 
 born in Hartford, Conn., and came to Grafton 
 Co., settling in Thornton; he afterwards moved 
 to Canada, and died there at a good old age. He 
 was devoted to the pursuit of agriculture all his 
 life. 
 
 His son, Elijah Mitchell, bought a farm in 
 Thornton and engaged in farming to a consid- 
 erable extent. He built a carriage shop, and 
 entered upon the manufacture of carriages, being 
 one of the first to engage in this line of industry 
 in Campton Village. He died of heart trouble 
 when sixty-seven years of age. His wife lived 
 to be over eighty-seven years old. The follow- 
 ing children were born to them: Timothy W., 
 Eliza A., Phoebe P., Frederick A., Emily, Elijah, 
 Jr., Sarah, Clara, Marcia, and Harlan P. In 
 politics Mr. Mitchell was a Whig, and later in 
 life, after the dissolution of the Whig party, he 
 was a Republican. He was a colonel in the 14th 
 Regiment of the State militia. In his religious 
 views he was a Baptist. 
 
 Timothy W. Mitchell early in his life learned 
 the wheelwright's trade, and worked at it a num- 
 ber of years. Mr. Mitchell had been named after 
 
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 Mr. T. W. Webster, and Mr. Webster being in 
 feeble health, and also his wife, they asked Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mitchell to come and live with them. 
 Mr. Webster's home is known as the Sunset Hill 
 House, where he kept traveling men; he also 
 owned a large quantity of land where the beauti- 
 ful village of Campton is now located. Mr. 
 Mitchell and wife took the best of care of the 
 aged couple till death put an end to their labors. 
 It was found after their death that all the prop- 
 erty was given to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell. From 
 that time our subject's husband carried on farm- 
 ing, and owning the grist-milJ operated that 
 profitably. He was one of the most enterprising 
 business men that have ever cast their lot in 
 with that of the village of Campton. He was 
 very active in the improvement of his property, 
 and seemed to have a secret insight and to know 
 instinctively what plan was the best. He was 
 extremely popular with everyone, and gained 
 their good-will in an unassuming, unpretentious 
 way. In politics he was a Republican. He was 
 one of the most active and earnest members of 
 the Baptist Church, and played the bass viol in 
 the church for fifty years. He died July 27, 1879. 
 
 He married Mary J., daughter of Luther and 
 Mary (Dickey) Tucker. Luther Tucker was 
 born in Concord and was a son of Eliphalet and 
 Anna (Foss) Tucker. Eliphalet Tucker was a 
 teacher, and very skilled he was at his profession ; 
 he was highly educated, and was a man of 
 marked ability and government. Late in life he 
 settled in the town of Thornton, but died in New 
 York City. His children were: Arthur; John; 
 Delia, who died young; and Luther. 
 
 Luther Tucker, our subject's father, bought a 
 farm in Thornton, and followed farming and 
 working at his trade of shoemaker. His two 
 farms were located on Mad River Street; they 
 are now owned by Alva Morrison and Wesley 
 Dearborn. Luther Tucker died at the age of 
 forty-five from overwork, which wrecked his 
 constitution. His wife was called to join the 
 loved ones gone before at the age of eighty-six; 
 she was very agile and nimble up to a short 
 time before her death. The following children 
 were born to them: Arthur, an infant that died; 
 Elizabeth; Mary J., the subject of this notice; 
 and Jerusha R. 
 
 Mrs. Mitchell is the mother of the following 
 children: Luther T, born Jan. 19, 1843, enlisted 
 
 in August, 1862, in Co. D., 9th N. H. Vol. Inf. 
 He was taken prisoner in the Battle of the Wild- 
 erness and confined in Andersonville Prison, and 
 in being transferred to Florence he became ex- 
 hausted, and died Dec. 15, 1864. George H. was 
 born Sept. 13, 1844, and died Jan. 9, 1862. Col- 
 lonna H. was born July 11, 1847, and died Aug. 
 26, 1870; he married Lovina Glover. Mary E., 
 born Dec. 22, 1850, married Charles A. Walker, 
 an artist of Chelsea, Mass. They have been 
 blessed with two children, Gertrude M. and M. 
 Leon. Garryt D., born Jan. 15, 1854, married 
 Hannah Howard, and has one son, Howard D. 
 Mr. Mitchell is a contractor and architect of 
 Chelsea, Mass. Charles F., born Feb. 7, i860, 
 is a steel engraver of Boston, Mass. 
 
 In 1890 our subject erected a handsome cot- 
 tage in the old home locality of Campton Village, 
 where she has lived since, with the exception 
 that she spends some winters in Boston; in sum- 
 mer her children come to visit her. She is blessed 
 with a strong and vigorous constitution, and 
 bids fair to live many years yet. She is held in 
 the very highest esteem by a large circle of 
 friends, and is found to favor every worthy 
 cause, and is ever ready to proffer her valuable 
 assistance. She is very popular among all classes 
 of people, and her many nobilities of character 
 are frequently extolled. 
 
 JONATHAN M. CHENEY, M. D., of Ash- 
 land, one of the most successful physicians and 
 surgeons in the county, was born at Ashland, 
 N. H., in 1863. He is the son of Hon. Col. T. 
 P. Cheney, whose sketch appears elsewhere in 
 this book. 
 
 Our subject has received a very liberal educa- 
 tion. His primary education was obtained in 
 the schools of Ashland; he then attended New 
 Hampton and Tilton academies and prepared 
 for college. He selected the University of Ver- 
 mont, and graduated from the Medical Depart- 
 ment in 1887, and entered upon the practice of 
 his profession in the same year at Rochester, N. 
 H. In 1888 he came to his native town and 
 opened an office; from the very start he won the 
 confidence and support of his fellow-townsmen. 
 In addition to his local practice, he has country 
 calls from all directions. He is much in J demand 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 among his brother physicians and surgeons as a 
 consultant. He is a graduate of the New York 
 Post Graduate School and Hospital, and Boston 
 Polyclinic. He gives special attention to surgery 
 and is a careful and skillful operator. 
 
 . He bought for his home the house formerly 
 owned by Dr. Dana, on the corner of Highland 
 and School Streets. This he has remodeled and 
 fitted with modern appliances; his office is at his 
 house. 
 
 Dr. Cheney joined his fortunes with those of 
 Miss Lucy Ashland Hughes, on Dec. 25, 1887. 
 She was the first child born in the town of Ash- 
 land after its division from Holderness, hence 
 her name. She is the daughter of Barnet 
 Hughes of Ashland. Three children have been 
 born to them: Mary E., born Oct. 25, 1888; 
 Thomas P., born Aug. 17, 1891 ; and Lucy M., 
 born April 6, 1893, and who died May 10, 1893. 
 
 Dr. Cheney is a Republican, and has been 
 United States pension examining surgeon seven 
 years, and consulting surgeon at the Soldiers' 
 Home Hospital at Tilton, N. H, for several 
 years. He is a member of the State Medical 
 Society; he is a member of Mt. Prospect Lodge, 
 F. & A. M.; and of Pemigewasset Chapter, R. 
 A. M. 
 
 HENRY C. PHILLIPS of Woodsville, N. 
 H, superintendent of the county farm, was born 
 in Alexandria, N. H, Jan. 19, 1865; he is a son 
 of John F. and Sarah A. (Pattee) Phillips, and 
 a grandson of Alva and Ruth (Sleeper) Phillips. 
 Alva Phillips was born in England and adopted 
 this country as his home and followed the occu- 
 pation of farming here. His wife's father was 
 Peter Sleeper. John F. Phillips was born in 
 Alexandria and followed agricultural pursuits 
 until 1885, when he opened up a store for gen- 
 eral merchandise in the village of Alexandria; 
 he retired from business in 1895, selling his store 
 to his son, W. A. Phillips. John F. Phillips has 
 been a man conspicuously active in local poli- 
 tics. He is a Democrat. He has held all the 
 important offices of the town; he was selectman 
 for several terms, representative for two sessions, 
 moderator at nearly every town meeting, and is 
 at present a member of the school board. He 
 is a Mason and has taken the thirty-second de- 
 
 gree. Mr. Phillips is a member of the M. E. 
 Church. His wife was a daughter of William 
 Pattee and Miss Laurie. Nine children were 
 born to our subject's parents; they are as fol- 
 lows: Allie, who died in infancy; Ella R., de- 
 ceased; Flenry C, the subject of this sketch; 
 Arthur, deceased; William A., a merchant of 
 Alexandria; May, deceased; Herbert L., who is 
 making his home with his father; Christy, de- 
 ceased; and Lou Belle, a stenographer and type- 
 writer of Ashland, N. H. Mr. Phillips is a vet- 
 eran of the late war. 
 
 Henry C. Phillips attended the common 
 schools of his native place until his fourteenth 
 year, when he put a year to good account in the 
 Commercial College of New Hampton. When 
 fifteen years old his mother died and our subject 
 went away to work on a farm in summer and in 
 the lumber woods cutting timber in the winter. 
 Then for about eighteen months Mr. Phillips 
 \\as employed in Mason & Perkins paper mill 
 at Bristol, finally returning to agricultural life 
 and operating a farm, which he purchased, until 
 he came to Woodsville, April 1, 1893, to take 
 charge of the county farm, succeeding H. R. 
 Morris. 
 
 He found the farm very much run down and in 
 serious need of a radical change in its manage- 
 ment. Upon the recommendation of the county 
 delegation of water works commissioners of 
 1893-94, consisting of Messrs. E. W. Herbert, 
 W. F. Parker, and Henry F. Greene, appro- 
 priated the sum of $4,000.00 to be used in im- 
 proving the water supply. The improvements, 
 made under our subject's direction, were such 
 that the water obtained from a river well is 
 stored in a reservoir situated on the hill, with a 
 capacity of 50,000 gallons. Four hydrants, sup- 
 plied with six-inch cast iron pipes, were put in, 
 thus giving the county buildings adequate pro- 
 tection from fire. 
 
 Previous to Mr. Phillips's taking charge of the 
 farm the hay crop had been sold from the farm 
 each season with the false economic idea that 
 by so doing the cost of the maintenence of the 
 institution would be lessened. Mr. Phillips has 
 changed this system by keeping seventy-five 
 head of cows, and producing a monthly income 
 of $200.00 by the sale of the milk to the cream- 
 ery. The hay and the fodder crops of the farm 
 had not been worked to the greatest advantage 
 
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 under the former management, and the land had 
 not been kept in a good state of cultivation by 
 frequent fertilizing. In 1893 only eighty-five 
 tons of hay and five tons of corn fodder were 
 produced. In 1894 the yield had been raised to 
 150 tons of hay and twenty tons of fodder. In 
 1895, which was a poor year, more stock was 
 pastured than in previous years, and even then 
 the yield was good, there being 129 1-2 tons of 
 hay, seventy tons of ensilage (having built a 
 silo in the meantime), and ten tons of corn fod- 
 der. The record for 1896 is one of which our 
 subject may well be proud: 200 tons of hay 
 stored in the barns, 300 tons of ensilage (more 
 silos having been added to the original one, 
 making altogether three silos, each with a ca- 
 pacity of 100 ton), and eight acres of corn still 
 unhusked at the time of this writing. 
 
 Not alone were the fields in poor condition; 
 the buildings were in sad want of repair, steam 
 pipes were tied up with rags, roofs were leaking, 
 and a general state of disorder and chaos pre- 
 vailed. Everything has now been placed in ship- 
 shape condition, buildings have been re-roofed 
 and repaired wherever needed; full records are 
 now kept of all business transactions connected 
 with a proper management of the farm. Al- 
 though the cost has been considerable in placing 
 the farm in its present condition, yet the future 
 expenses will be diminished in large part. In 
 1893 the average cost per inmate per week was 
 $1.14 1-3; in 1894 it had risen because of exten- 
 sive repairs to $1.60; in 1895 it about held its 
 own, still owing to the many improvements not 
 completed in the previous year, amounting to 
 $1.57; in 1896 a considerable diminution will be 
 noticed, for the average cost per inmate per 
 week will only approximate $1.10. The county 
 commissioners, by whom the work was author- 
 ized, during 1895-96, have been Messrs. Henry 
 F. Green, James F. Huckins and Horace F. 
 Hoyt. 
 
 Mr. Phillips was married Oct. 10, 1885, at 
 Alexandria to Hattie M. Clark, who was born 
 in Alexandria, and was a daughter of Aaron 
 Clark, a farmer of Alexandria, and Mary Maston 
 of Epsom, N. H. Aaron Clark was a son of 
 Samuel Clark of Dorchester, N. H., a member of 
 a family of strongly-marked Scotch descent. 
 Samuel Clark's wife was Mary (Swain). Mrs. 
 Phillips is the third child of Aaron and Mary 
 
 (Maston) Clark. The record is as follows: 
 Emma married Laurence Goudie, a carpenter 
 of Lisbon; Cynthia married Japeth Gray, a 
 farmer of Alexandria; Mattie M. is the wife of 
 our subject; Samuel is living at home with his 
 parents; and Jennie, who married Charles Gray 
 of Alexandria. Mrs. Phillips is a faithful and 
 devoted member of the M. E. Church of Alex- 
 andria. Our subject is a member of Grafton 
 Lodge, No. 46, F. & A. M. He is a Democrat 
 in politics, and has served as tax collector one 
 year and as selectman for the town of Alexandria 
 two years. 
 
 The publishers of this Book of Biographies 
 have inserted Mr. Phillips's portrait in this work 
 in connection with his biography, as a fitting 
 representative of that rising class of young men 
 who at their chosen vocation of farming have 
 met with the most flattering success. 
 
 ISAAC H. SMITH, a prominent farmer and 
 the proprietor of a large summer boarding-house 
 of the town of Holderness, was born in Sanborn- 
 ton, Belknap Co., N. H, Dec. 27, 1831. He is 
 a son of Capt. Elisha and Abigail (Clark) 
 Smith, and grandson of Elisha and Mary (Hoit) 
 Smith. 
 
 Elisha Smith, Sr., settled in Sanbornton, N. 
 H., where he followed the worthy occupation of 
 farming. There he cleared a new farm, and be- 
 came a well-to-do man. He was killed in a 
 runaway accident when at the age of sixty-four. 
 His wife lived to be eighty-two years old. 
 Twelve children were born to them: Elisha, 
 Samuel, Benjamin, Betsey, Lydia, Nancy, Bar- 
 nard, Langdon, Polly, Charlotte, Charles, Benja- 
 min. 
 
 The eldest son, also named Elisha, learned to 
 make clocks, serving a seven years' apprentice- 
 ship at Concord, N. H.; he worked several years 
 subsequently at his trade. Later he manufac- 
 tured them under his own name; many of the 
 high, old corner clocks of that part of the State 
 that are running to-day are of his make, and 
 bear his name on their faces. This business he 
 followed until the demand for them became too 
 feeble, owing to the introduction of clocks of a 
 more modern style. He then sought employ- 
 
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 ment in various machine shops, and readily found 
 it, for he was a skilled workman. He worked 
 in the shops of Dover, Manchester, and Lowell. 
 He died at the latter place of typhoid fever when 
 fifty-two years old. His wife, who was the 
 daughter of John Clark, joined those gathered 
 on the golden shore when seventy-seven years 
 of age. Their family consisted of: Catherine T., 
 Sarah C, Mary O., Isaac H, John C, Van 
 Buren, George E., and an infant. 
 
 Isaac H. Smith received a good common 
 school education, and made a start in life by 
 peddling milk in the city of Lowell. He kept at 
 this for seventeen years, when he engaged in the 
 meat business in Winchester, Mass., for twelve 
 years. He then sold his interests and retired 
 from business. Coming to Holderness, he 
 bought the Deacon Andrew Smith place. The 
 house on this property was built on a beautiful 
 elevation and commanded an excellent view of 
 Squam Lake, and the mountains beyond. Just 
 back of the house is a small hill, on which is the 
 pinery, where stands the Lone Pine, a monarch 
 of past days. It is 106 feet high, and four feet 
 through at the base; it may be seen for many 
 miles as a landmark. The side of the hill being 
 cleared, and the summit crowned with pines, the 
 whole makes a perfect picture with no further 
 embellishments. It is simple, but nevertheless 
 eloquent of beauty. The house has two stories 
 and accommodates twenty-five boarders. The 
 lawns are kept in the best shape. There are the 
 requisite barns, stables, carriage houses; all of 
 ample proportions. 
 
 Mr. Smith owns 250 acres of land, and keeps 
 a selected herd of blooded cattle; he has a fine 
 orchard of grafted fruit, and many other like im- 
 provements, for which he is responsible, that 
 make his farm one of the finest in the town. 
 
 Our subject married Josephine M., daughter 
 of Martin Mclntyre, a leading agriculturist of 
 Stoddard, N. H; he died at the age of seventy- 
 four. Mr. Mclntyre's children were: Mary A., 
 Abigail, George W., Laura A., Josephine M., 
 and Horatio. 
 
 Mr. Smith and his excellent wife have been 
 blessed with four children, of whom two are now 
 living. Benjamin M., a plumber, married Ella 
 Olin of Jewett City, Conn.; they have two chil- 
 dren, Edward O. and Laurence H. H. Cora A. 
 died when three years old. Abbie J. died at the 
 
 age of two. Mabel T., being the youngest and 
 the pride of her parents' hearts, has remained 
 with them at home. She certainly deserves the 
 love and affection lavished upon her, for not only 
 does she excel in beauty of form and face, but 
 she has also those noble traits of character that 
 alone would endear her to her friends. Of a 
 cheerful and sunny disposition, she is the central 
 figure wherever she goes. 
 
 Mr. Smith in his political affiliations is a Dem- 
 ocrat; he is liberal in his religious views. 
 
 HARRY A. CHENEY, M. D., is the leading 
 physician of Campton, and as such enjoys the 
 confidence and esteem of a large number of 
 patrons scattered throughout the county. He 
 is a son of Col. Thomas P. Cheney of Ashland, 
 and was born in Ashland, N. H, in the year 
 1870. The Doctor's grandfather and great- 
 grandfather were both natives of Thornton, 
 N. H. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Ashland, and 
 has made that place his home. His early life was 
 full of hardship and unremitting toil, beginning 
 the struggle for a subsistence and an education at 
 the age of ten, working in woolen and paper 
 mills for six years, and receiving at the most 
 $1.50 a week. Even with this miserable pittance 
 he managed to board and clothe himself, and to 
 save up money, with which he attended the Til- 
 ton, N. H, Seminary, finishing the education so 
 rudely interrupted in his youth. When he be- 
 came of age he married Mary Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of Jonathan F. Keyes, a highly respected citi- 
 zen of Ashland. From that time till the war 
 broke out he was chiefly engaged in mercantile 
 business. Early in the civil struggle he enlisted 
 and served until 1863 in Co. A., 6th N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., when he was discharged for disability, with 
 the rank of first lieutenant. From that time to 
 this he has been almost continually engaged in 
 political service. He has held the office of Post- 
 master of Ashland, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms at 
 Washington, from 1864-69; Superintendent of 
 the Railway Service of the New England States 
 from 1869-84; Pension Agent from 1884-86, and 
 again from 1888-92. He served in the State Sen- 
 ate during the session of 1889-90. He has also 
 
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 represented the town in the State Legislature 
 for two sessions, 1865-66 and 1887-88. In 1894 
 he was elected on the staff of the Governor's 
 Council, with the rank of Colonel, a position he 
 still retains. He was also a delegate to the Re- 
 publican National Convention of 1868, which 
 placed in nomination for the Presidency of the 
 United States Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Col. 
 Cheney resides on Highland Street, in Ashland, 
 in an elegant brick house, fitted with every 
 modern convenience one could desire. Seven 
 children were born to our subject's father and his 
 inestimable wife. Olney S. died at the age of 
 about two years. Rodney W. holds a situation 
 as bookkeeper in Boston. Jonathan M. is a phy- 
 sician; his sketch in full appears elsewhere in this 
 volume. Alice Maud married J. W. Gilman of 
 "The Dalles," Oregon, the owner of a large cat- 
 tle ranch. Harry A. Cheney is the subject of 
 this notice. Sarah Addie married Ora A. Brown 
 of Ashland, whose sketch appears elsewhere. 
 Anne P. resides at home. 
 
 Dr. Harry A. Cheney attended the schools of 
 Ashland, and there received a primary education. 
 He was then enrolled as a student in New Hamp- 
 ton Literary Institution, going from there to the 
 State University of Vermont, graduating from 
 the Medical Department in 1894. He then en- 
 tered the Emergency Hospital of Boston, and 
 there obtained excellent practice in the success- 
 ful treatment of the various forms of disease. 
 After three and a half profitable months at the 
 hospital, he came to Campton, and succeeded to 
 the practice of Dr. W. R. Garland. Dr. Cheney 
 bought the house and barns of his predecessor 
 in the medical profession; the home is finely 
 located, with telephone connections, and every 
 other conveninence for the systematic and 
 thorough practice of medicine. During his short 
 residence he has built up a large and nourishing 
 practice, most commendable to his enterprise 
 and professional skill. His services are in wide 
 demand, both as a physician and as a surgeon. 
 His practice is not confined to his immediate 
 vicinity, but is general and extends to several 
 towns in this vicinity. 
 
 Dr. Cheney sought and won the hand of Miss 
 Sarah A. Brooks in marriage. She is a daugh- 
 ter of P. and Rosa (Deos) Brooks of Lyndon, 
 Vt. Dr. and Mrs. Cheney are very popular in 
 the social circles of the town and number un- 
 
 counted friends. They are the parents of one 
 child, Sterle Armstrong, born Nov. 2, 1896. Our 
 subject has always been an unyielding Republi- 
 can in his politics. He is liberal in his religious 
 views. He is a member of the Mt. Prospect 
 Lodge, No. 69, F. & A. M., of Ashland; also 
 holds a membership in the Pemigewasset Lodge, 
 No. 91, I. O. O. F. 
 
 EDWIN J. SLEEPER, of the town of Hold- 
 erness, Grafton Co., N. H., was born in Alton, 
 N. H., April 12, 1861.' He is the son of Nathan 
 B. and Almira (Rollins) Sleeper, grandson of 
 Joseph and Susan (Longee) Sleeper, and great- 
 grandson of Benjamin and Ruth (Bean) 
 Sleeper. 
 
 Benjamin Sleeper and wife were natives of 
 Brentwood, N. H. They were born in that town 
 and passed their lives there, occupying a high 
 place in the esteem of their neighbors. Mr. 
 Sleeper was a soldier of the Revolution, and 
 drew a pension for his services, till the date of 
 his death. Their children were: Joseph, Elisha, 
 Jonathan, Lydia, and George. 
 
 Joseph Sleeper was born in Brentwood, and 
 being educated to agricultural pursuits, con- 
 tinued in that line of operations through life. 
 Rather late in life he settled in Alton, where he 
 became one of the progressive men of that town. 
 He died at the age of sixty-four; his wife passed 
 away earlier in life. She was the daughter of 
 Simeon Longee. The children born to them 
 were: Waity (deceased), Nathan B., Emily B. 
 (deceased), James (deceased), Charles S., Mary 
 (deceased), R. Caroline, Sarah (deceased), Joseph 
 (deceased), Susan, Lydia, Henry (deceased). 
 
 Our subject's father, Nathan B. Sleeper, was 
 born in Alton, Oct. 12, 1816. He learned the 
 carpenter's trade early in life, and labored at it 
 steadily until 1873, when he bought the Benja- 
 min Burley farm of 140 acres, and carried on 
 general farming operations, at the same time 
 making many improvements and enlarging the 
 house. In 1885, he sold the property to his son, 
 Edwin J. Sleeper, and moved to the town of 
 New Hampton, where he purchased a farm, and 
 has since carried on farming; he is one of the 
 leading, successful men of the town. His wife 
 
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 was born April, 1817, and is the daughter of 
 Capt. John Rollins. Their family consisted of 
 six children, of whom three are now living: 
 John V. B., Charles E. (deceased), Joseph F. (de- 
 ceased), Ellen M., Sarah F. (deceased), and 
 Edwin J. 
 
 Edwin J. Sleeper, as has been stated before in 
 this sketch, bought his father's farm, in 1885, and 
 carried on general agricultural operations, and 
 also developed a gardening business, supplying 
 the many camps in the vicinity with vegetables 
 and other kindred supplies. By reason of the 
 fine location of his home, surrounded by its wide 
 stretches of lawn, and commanding from its ele- 
 vation an extensive view, he was induced to take 
 a few boarders during the summer months. He 
 was forced to enlarge his house, and since 1890 
 has had all the guests he could possibly accom- 
 modate. 
 
 The location, which is easy of access, is a 
 promising one for a hotel; it is on a high rise 
 of ground overlooking every island in Squam 
 Lake. From the front of the house one may 
 view the noted Sandwich Dome, Chocorua, 
 White-face, Paugus, Cardigan, Ossipee, and 
 Belknap Mountains. 
 
 The scene is indeed a charming one and holds 
 the attention of even the most careless and in- 
 different. Below is the broad, shimmering 
 oosom of Squam Lake that reflects on its mirror- 
 like surface the mountains with their rugged 
 sides clothed in a verdant dress of many hues, 
 varying from the lightest shade to the dark 
 somber shades of a dense thicket of evergreens. 
 When the sun is shining everything is bright 
 with gladsome life; everything reflects the good- 
 ness of its Maker; under the moon's pale and 
 wavering effulgence the scene is replete with 
 mystery and awe. 
 
 The rear view embraces Mt. Prospect and Mt. 
 Livermore ; the latter is not at all difficult to sur- 
 mount, and one is well paid for the effort, for it 
 commands the finest and most extensive view to 
 be obtained in Grafton Co. 
 
 Mr. Sleeper has an abundant supply of the 
 purest mountain water, that most invigorating 
 and health-giving of all tonics. The grounds 
 surrounding the house are in keeping with the 
 beauty of the locality. The lawn is extensive and 
 is broken here and there by the groves and 
 walks. There are tennis courts and croquet 
 
 grounds for those who take pleasure in them. 
 The surroundings of this charmed spot might 
 well be the dream as well as the despair of an 
 artist, so perfectly adapted are the various 
 beauties to one symmetrical whole. 
 
 Mr. Sleeper has not relinquished his early busi- 
 ness of gardening, but continues to supply his 
 guests and the campers in the vicinity with choice 
 fruit and vegetables in season, and the best of 
 milk from his large dairy. He also runs a "bus" 
 to and from trains for the accommodation of his 
 guests and campers. Attractions of a strictly 
 out-of-door character, such as hunting, fishing, 
 etc., serve to bring many to this place for their 
 summer vacation. Mr. Sleeper has shown great 
 enterprise and spirit in the prosecution of this 
 venture, and certainly deserves praise for his suc- 
 cess, and for the honest, obliging efforts he puts 
 forth for the comfort of his boarders. Those who 
 have visited him once are anxious to reserve a 
 place for the next season. 
 
 Our subject united his fortunes in marriage 
 with those of Lucia E., daughter of Stephen W. 
 Howe, a farmer of the town of Holderness, and 
 descended from one of the earliest settlers. Mrs. 
 Sleeper has borne her husband two children: 
 Willie E., born March 7, 1884; and Bessie, born 
 Dec. 30, 1893. In politics Mr. Sleeper is a Re- 
 publican; he has served as collector two years. 
 He is liberal in his religious views. 
 
 WILLIS F. HARDY, Postmaster of Ashland, 
 N. H, was born in Warner, N. H., Jan. 1, 1858, 
 and is a son of John A. and Susan (Morey) 
 Hardy, and a grandson of John and Mary (Buell) 
 Hardy. 
 
 John Hardy was by occupation a drover and 
 a farmer. He settled in Warner, and there be- 
 came the owner of a fine, large stock-farm. In 
 business he was remarkably successful, aided, no 
 doubt, by his wonderfully good judgment. Both 
 he and his wife had very strong constitutions, 
 and both lived to a good old age; Mr. Hardy 
 passing away at eighty-eight, and his wife falling 
 asleep at ninety-two years. He was a Democrat 
 and very active in political affairs. The children 
 born to this excellent couple were: Joseph, 
 Maria, Lucy, Darius, John A., and Adaline. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Our subject's father, John A. Hardy, attended 
 the district schools in his youth, and stayed on 
 the farm with his parents until their death, when 
 he inherited the homestead. There he carried on 
 general farming operations until i860, when he 
 sold the farm and bought another farm in Wil- 
 mot, N. H., where he was also associated with 
 his son in business. He died in Wilmot at the 
 age of sixty-eight, caused by an accident. His 
 wife passed away at the age of seventy-two 
 years of old-fashioned consumption. He was 
 a stanch Democrat, and served as selectman for 
 a number of years. He also represented the 
 town in the Legislature two years. Their chil- 
 dren were : Annie, Josephine M., Adelaide, and 
 Willis F. 
 
 Willis F. Hardy was educated in the district 
 schools, and in the New Hampton Academy. At 
 the age of sixteen he went into the store with his 
 father and remained there for six years, carrying 
 on a general trade under the firm name of J. A. 
 Hardy & Son. He sold out then, and, in 1880, 
 came to Ashland, and secured employment as 
 clerk in the large and well-known general store 
 of Hodgdon & Pollard. At the expiration of 
 two years the firm became Pollard, Hardy & 
 Smyth; this arrangement lasted till 1889, when 
 the firm was changed to Pollard, Hardy & 
 Brown. Our subject was associated with the 
 firm until Jan. 1, 1896, when he sold his interest, 
 much to the regret of many of the customers, 
 for he was well liked and put life into the firm. 
 They were the largest traders in the town or in 
 the county. 
 
 Feb. 7, 1896, he was appointed by the admin- 
 istration Postmaster of Ashland. In 1891 he was 
 nominated and elected on the Democrat ticket 
 as representative of the town in the Legislature, 
 being the first Democrat to be sent from Ash- 
 land. Mr. Hardy married Jennie E., daughter 
 of Andrew Wilson of Lancaster, N. H. They 
 have one child, Jessie, born Feb. 14, 1890. He 
 owns a fine brick house, formerly the home of 
 Governor Cheney, and there lives a peaceful, 
 contented, domestic life. He is liberal in his re- 
 ligious views, and favors the Universalist 
 Church. He is a member of the Mt. Prospect 
 Lodge, No. 68, F. & A. M.; and has been Master 
 of it in 1890-91-95-96. He is also a member of 
 Pemigewasset Chapter, R. A. M. Mr. Hardy 
 and wife belong to the Eastern Star Lodge. 
 
 ARTHUR H. ALDRICH, a successful 
 farmer of the town of Lyman, Grafton Co., N. 
 H, was born July 1, 1861, in the above-named 
 town, and is a son of Horace and Eliza J. 
 (Weatherbee) Aldrich. 
 
 Jared Aldrich, the great-grandfather of our 
 subject, was a native of Scotland, and came to 
 this country when a young man to grow up with 
 the new country, settling in the town of Lisbon, 
 N. H; he is remembered by many of the older 
 residents of that town as one of its pioneers. He 
 married a Miss Young, who bore him the fol- 
 lowing children: Hiram, Damon, Mason W., 
 Stephen, George, and Jane. 
 
 Stephen Aldrich was born in Lisbon, N. H, 
 and there received his education. From his 
 early manhood he was interested in the lumber 
 business; he would shave shingles and then float 
 them down the Ammonoosuc River to the Con- 
 necticut River, and thence on rafts they were 
 taken to market sometimes as far as Hartford, 
 Conn. He married Olive Richardson, and to 
 them were born these children : Horace M., Jane, 
 Evaline, Albert H., and Maria. In religion, they 
 held to the principles advocated by the Univer- 
 salist Church. 
 
 Horace M. Aldrich, the father of our subject, 
 was born Sept. 25, 1832, in Lisbon, N. H, and 
 after he attained the years of manhood he fol- 
 lowed the occupation of farming, in addition to 
 prosecuting his lumbering business, all of the 
 years of his active life. He was a Republican, 
 but would never accept any of the offices almost 
 thrust upon him, although he was a man of ex- 
 cellent judgment, and in every way fitted to fill 
 any, because he preferred to devote his time and 
 attention to .his lumber business, which had 
 grown in a few years to very large proportions. 
 It consisted chiefly in getting out masts for the 
 United States navy yards, Mr. Aldrich shipping 
 them to Portsmouth. In 1856 he was married to 
 Eliza J. Weatherbee, daughter of Smith and Sally 
 (Jesseman) Weatherbee, the former a native of 
 Massachusetts and the latter of Lisbon, N. H. 
 Three children were born of this union : William 
 E., born Nov. 27, 1858, married Edna Sherman 
 of Lisbon, N. H., and has two children: Eva A. 
 and Grace E. Alice J., born Jan. 10, 1863, mar- 
 ried M. D. Cobleigh of Littleton, N. H., and has 
 one child, Gerald F. Arthur H, the subject of 
 this memoir, was the second of these three. The 
 
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 father is liberal in his religion, while the mother 
 attends the M. E. Church. 
 
 Arthur H. Aldrich obtained his education in 
 the district schools of Lyman, N. H., and when 
 a young- man learned the glove-maker's trade, 
 working at Littleton, N. H., at this trade from 
 1880 to 1893. He then turned his attention to 
 agriculture, and has every reason to be proud 
 of the results. He is a stanch Republican, but 
 never sought office. 
 
 On Jan. 7, 1889, he married Harriet E. Hurd, 
 daughter of William B. and Harriet E. (Kener- 
 son) Hurd of Lyman, whose sketch appears in 
 this volume. One child has been born our sub- 
 ject and his wife: Ervill H. In their religious 
 views, thev favor the M. E. doctrines. 
 
 HON. CHARLES E. WOOLSON. Among 
 the prominent men of Grafton Co., and a leader 
 among those agriculturists who will use none but 
 the most recent and approved methods in farm- 
 ing, we take great pleasure in presenting the 
 name of Mr. Woolson. ,He was born in Lisbon, 
 N. H., Dec. 5, 1836, and is a son of Amos and 
 Hannah (Temple) Woolson. Hannah Temple 
 was a daughter of Enos Temple, a Revolutionary 
 soldier. 
 
 It is a tradition in the Woolson family, not fully 
 established by any direct proof, that the ances- 
 tors of all the Woolsons in America were three 
 Welsh brothers, who came to Massachusetts at 
 an early date; no trace of their life after they 
 reached this country has been found, but the 
 name occurs among the names of the founders 
 of Lunenburgh, and the list of the graduates of 
 Harvard College mentions Ephraim Woolson as 
 a member of the Class of 1760, and as deceased 
 in 1802. 
 
 One of the early residents of Lunenburgh was 
 Elijah Woolson, the grandfather of our subject, 
 who was born in that town Dec. 1, 1767; he 
 learned the trade of a cooper, and when a young 
 man settled in Bethlehem, N. H., soon after mov- 
 ing to Lisbon, where he resided many years. He 
 married Rebecca Batchelder while a resident of 
 Bethlehem, and had a large family of eight sons 
 and one daughter, of whom but one now sur- 
 vives. Following is the list of the names : John, 
 Elijah, Amos, James, Ira K., ^heron, Ezra, 
 
 Silas B., and Mary, who married John Magowan, 
 and lived at Massena, . N. Y. Elijah Woolson 
 died at the home of his daughter in Massena, 
 N. Y., in 1836. 
 
 Amos Woolson, the father of our subject, was 
 educated in Lisbon a*id learned the trade of a 
 cooper, afterwards becoming a shoemaker, and 
 then a tailor. He was known and respected as 
 a man of the strictest integrity and honor, and 
 endowed with more common sense and intel- 
 ligence than the ordinary person. He was one 
 of the charter members of the old Free Soil 
 Party, and later in life a prominent Republican, 
 but his native modesty and self-depreciation kept 
 him from aspiring to or holding office. He mar- 
 ried Hannah D. Temple, who bore him the fol- 
 lowing children: a son, born in the month of 
 July, 1831, who lived but a few hours; John, born 
 Dec. 19, 1832; Augustus A., born June 15, 1835; 
 Charles E., born Dec. 5, 1836; Mary R., born 
 Dec. 30, 1838; and Jennie L., born July 31, 1841. 
 
 Charles E. Woolson, the subject of this short 
 biography, secured a good, practical education 
 in the district schools and the high school of Lis- 
 bon, N. H., and then took up the profession of 
 a surveyor; that in connection with farming has 
 been his chief occupation since. In 1869 he 
 moved to his present farm of 150 acres, and at 
 once began improvements, which, added to from 
 time to time, have made his farm a very valuable 
 piece of property; he has mainly devoted his at- 
 tention to dairying. In connection with this it 
 might be said right here that he erected the first 
 silo in Grafton Co. Scientific principles form 
 the base of all his operations; in his home he has 
 an excellent library on chemical science, such as 
 applies to farming, with such illustrious names 
 as Nash, Johnson, and Liebig occupying a prom- 
 inent place. He is also a ready debater and con- 
 vincing speaker. 
 
 In political belief, Mr. Woolson is a firm Re- 
 publican, and has been closely identified with 
 that party since its formation. He is a man of 
 most excellent judgment, and has been sought 
 on several occasions as the most available man 
 to be found as the candidate for various offices 
 of trust and honor. He was superintendent of 
 schools, both under the old and new laws. On 
 Nov. 3, 1896, he was elected to represent the ' 
 town of Lyman in the New Hampshire State 
 Legislature for a period of two years, extending 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 over the years 1897 and '98. He is a member of 
 the Golden Grange, No. 73, of Lisbon, N. H., 
 and held the office of lecturer for several years 
 under the old charter; since the re-organization 
 of the Grange and the adoption of a new charter 
 the office has been capably filled by his wife, 
 Mrs. Woolson, who is a woman of unusual ability 
 in many lines, and is a writer of considerable 
 local reputation. 
 
 Mr. Woolson has been twice united in mar- 
 riage. His first wife, whom he married Nov. 1, 
 1859, was Emily E. Corey, daughter of James 
 and Sarah (Merrill) Corey, and from their union 
 four children resulted. John married Sarah 
 Trevena of Lyman; they live in New York City 
 and have three children: Flossie M., Leland S., 
 and Raymond T. Elmer E. married Mrs. Lau- 
 retta Newman of Long Island. Nellie and 
 William A. reside at home with their father. He 
 was married to his present wife, April 3, 1867; 
 her maiden name was Alzina A. Bishop,. and she 
 was a daughter of Leonard N. Bishop of Lisbon, 
 N. H., a soldier of the Civil War in 1861-65. 
 Five children were added to the family from this 
 union. Emily R. married John A. Fuller, whose 
 sketch appears in this book; they have two chil- 
 dren: John A. and Howard. Charles L. mar- 
 ried Mary Ahl, and they have one child, Clifford. 
 Lula Belle married John A. Casey of Pawtucket, 
 R. I., and has one child, Olive M. Augustus A. 
 and Cora J. live at home. The Woolson family 
 are liberal in their ideas of religion. 
 
 Mr. Woolson is a justice of the peace and 
 quorum. We have ever enforced the point that 
 our portrait subjects should stand among the 
 first in their several callings and professions, and 
 so it is with considerable pride we present Mr. 
 Woolson's portrait, an excellent likeness of one 
 who excels in his chosen vocation. 
 
 JAMES B. HOLMES, a farmer of the towns 
 of Campton and Plymouth, was born in the town 
 of Campton, Aug. 7, 1853, and is a son of Joseph 
 and Hannah (Bump) Holmes, and a grandson of 
 Samuel Holmes. Samuel was a native of Con- 
 necticut, and settled in Campton and became one 
 of the most prominent men in Campton. He 
 acquired a good deal of property in the shape of 
 
 land; in the town and in the county he held a 
 high place and aided in their development. The 
 Campton Centennial speaks very well of him, 
 as doing more for the real progress of the town 
 in many ways than the average citizen and set- 
 tler. He died Jan. 1, 1823, leaving seven children 
 to perpetuate his virtues and keep his memory 
 green. The record is: Joseph, Hosea, Eliza, 
 Caroline, Thirza, Alvira, and Drury. 
 
 Joseph Holmes, father of the subject of this 
 notice, was born in 1806, and passed his early 
 life in Campton. Arriving at manhood years he 
 bought a farm in that town and carried on gen- 
 eral farming there for some time. He then sold 
 his property and purchased a farm near Laconia, 
 N. H., where he lived a few years, when he dis- 
 posed of his farm and returned to Campton and 
 bought the farm which is now the property of 
 our subject. It is located near Livermore Falls, 
 and is composed of 175 acres, part of which is 
 in Campton and part in Plymouth. The house 
 is one of the largest in the town, and was built 
 by Josiah Little, in 1757, for his son; it was later 
 bought and occupied by the late Judge Liver- 
 more. The grounds are shaded by gigantic 
 elms, and carpeted with a beautiful lawn ; within 
 a few minutes' walk is the lovely Livermore 
 Falls, which is spanned with an iron bridge 100 
 feet from the water. These features, together 
 with nicely trimmed spruce hedges, make the 
 surroundings all that can be desired for a pleas- 
 ant home. Our subject's father died at the age 
 of sixty-four of Bright's disease; his wife was 
 called away when thirty-seven years old. Their 
 children were: John, Orlando, Drury, Alphonso, 
 Benjamin, James B., Samuel, and Lucy and 
 Luella (twins). Joseph Holmes was a Republi- 
 can, politically; in his religious views he was a 
 supporter of the M. E. Church. 
 
 James B. Holmes was educated in the town 
 schools until he reached the age of twelve, when 
 he was sent to Nora Jo, Davis Co., 111., to live 
 with his aunt, Caroline. There he was educated 
 to the pursuit of farming and made it his occupa- 
 tion until 1876, when he came back to New 
 Hampshire and bought his father's farm. The 
 roof of the house he changed to the prevailing 
 style, the mansard roof; he also built verandas to 
 the house, erected a large barn, and made many 
 other important improvements. He keeps a 
 small dairy. He was married, May 29, 1883, to 
 
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 Miss Nellie, daughter of Francis and Alvira 
 (Heath) Wilson; she was born at Bedford, Mass. 
 Her father was a farmer and miller by occupa- 
 tion. Both of her parents died at the age of 
 fifty-three with consumption. Mr. Holmes is a 
 stanch Republican, and never loses a chance to 
 give his support to the party of his choice. He 
 is liberal in his religious views. He has been 
 comfortably successful in life, and enjoys the re- 
 spect and good will of all his circle of acquaint- 
 ances. He is a hard worker and has secured his 
 present fortune by unremitting and honest 
 efforts. 
 
 GEORGE BERT ABBOTT, one of the larg- 
 est crutch manufacturers of the New England 
 States, is located in Rumney, N. H, where he 
 was born Oct. 17, 1863. He is a son of Daniel 
 and Carrie M. (Phillips) Abbott, grandson of 
 Moses C. and Sarah (Bliss) Abbott, and great- 
 grandson of Joseph and Effie (Brainard) Ab- 
 bott. Joseph Abbott was a son of Nathaniel and 
 Sally (Chandler) Abbott, who came from Con- 
 cord, N. H. He was born about 1765, and was 
 one of the first settlers in this part of the county, 
 settling on what is now known as Abbott Hill. 
 There he carried on farming all his life, and 
 cleared and prepared for cultivation a large 
 farm. He and his wife lived beyond the allotted 
 age of man. Their children were: Catherine, 
 Susan, Mary, Abigail, Joseph, and Chandler. 
 
 Joseph Abbott was born on the Abbott Hill 
 farm, and learned the trade of a blacksmith, re- 
 moving late in life to Thetford, Vt, where he 
 died about middle age; his wife passed away at 
 the age of sixty-six. They were blessed with the 
 following children: Rhoda, Hazen, Harriet, 
 Moses C, and Caroline. 
 
 Moses C. Abbott was born in Rumney, Oct. 
 19, 1804, and learned the blacksmith's trade at 
 his father's forge ; he settled in Haverhill Corners, 
 where he labored at his trade. He then bought 
 land and built a shop and a house at Oliverian 
 Brook, and carried on his business for three 
 years. Desiring a change, he sold his shop and 
 property to Paul White, his son-in-law, and went 
 to the Summit, where he built a tavern and ran 
 it for four years; it has since been known as 
 Little's Tavern. . He then went back to his trade 
 
 at the Brook a short time, then went into busi- 
 ness in Warren. Later he was at West Rumney 
 in trade, then at Dorchester, finally settling in 
 Rumney, where he was engaged in running a 
 general store; he died there Sept. 17, 1881; his 
 wife died Jan. 2, 1876. In politics he was a 
 Whig and a Republican, but never aspired to 
 any office. He was a member of the Free Will 
 Baptist Church at Rumney. The following chil- 
 dren were born to him: Caroline S., born June 
 19, 1827; Harriet, born Nov. 17, 1828; Joseph, 
 born April 11, 1831; Daniel, born May, 19, 1834; 
 Hannah B., born May 28, 1837; Sylvester, born 
 Sept. 20, 1838; and Thomas H, born June 9, 
 1841. 
 
 Daniel Abbott, our subject's father, was born 
 in 1834, and at the age of twenty-one went to 
 Lowell, Mass., and worked in the cotton mills 
 there, later removing to Bedford, Me., where he 
 worked in the same business until he came to 
 Rumney and bought a mill and the water power 
 at Rumney, and carried on the manufacture of 
 wooden rakes for some three years; he then 
 turned his attention to the manufacture of truss 
 pads. He built a new shop, and in 1881 built a 
 new dam, and began to enlarge his business by 
 adding the manufacture of crutches. As his 
 crutches grew in popularity and the demand in- 
 creased, he dropped the manufacture of pads and 
 centered his attention on the manufacture of 
 crutches. The business having grown and pros- 
 pered, he felt warranted in taking in as partners 
 his two sons, Charles W. and George Bert, under 
 the firm name of D. Abbott & Sons. They 
 shipped the goods in large quantities, in addition 
 to the special orders; when the business had 
 gained a good and solid reputation Daniel Ab- 
 bott was stricken down with cancerous tumor, 
 dying in 1891, at the age of fifty-three. Mr. 
 Abbott owned a nice residence, which he built 
 in Rumney, and twenty acres of land adjoining 
 the house. In politics he was a Republican, and 
 was supervisor of the town several years. He 
 worshipped in the M. E. Church. He was a 
 member of the Olive Branch Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 of Plymouth. In the history of the town of 
 Rumney, no one ever enjoyed more popularity 
 or counted so many friends; he was a public- 
 spirited man, and was wide-awake to the needs 
 of the town, and ever ready to fill those needs, if 
 in his power. His wife still survives him. Four 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 children came to bless their home : Charles W., 
 born Dec. 14, i860, married Clara L. Stevens, 
 and is a manufacturer of crutches, and a resident 
 of Rumney; George Bert, the second son, is the 
 subject of our sketch; Carrie E., born in 1868, 
 married George C. Craig, whose sketch appears 
 elsewhere in this volume; Elizabeth A., born in 
 1874, is a teacher. 
 
 George Bert Abbott, after he finished his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Rumney, entered his 
 father's factory as a workman, and after he had 
 mastered the business was taken into the firm. 
 After his father's death the business was carried 
 on by C. W. and G. B. Abbott; the buildings 
 were enlarged and the business was extended. 
 In the spring of 1895 our subject bought his 
 brother's interest, and has since carried on the 
 business alone. He is manufacturing 100 dozen 
 pairs of crutches per month; the trade has been 
 worked up mainly in the Western States, and 
 there Mr. Abbott always finds a ready sale for 
 his product. He manufactures several different 
 varieties, to suit different tastes, from maple- 
 wood, lance-wood, and from rose-wood. They 
 range from the very plainest to those with spring 
 tops and rubber bottoms, and nickel trimmings. 
 As for the important points of durability and 
 strength, his wide reputation for honest and care- 
 fully made goods attests they are well taken care 
 of. Our subject has a large residence, which is 
 occupied by his mother. In politics he has 
 always supported the Republican ticket and 
 nominees. He attends the' Baptist Church. 
 
 FRED H. ENGLISH, of the firm of English 
 & Bond, proprietors of one of the largest grocery 
 and provision stores of Grafton Co., was born at 
 Hartland, Vt, Jan. 8, 1857. He is a son of John 
 W. and Melissa (Hubbard) English; the line on 
 his father's side runs back through John and 
 Mary (Cary) English, John and Christiana 
 (Cogswell) English, John and Abigail (New- 
 comb) English, Richard and Mary (Hinksman) 
 English to David English of the County of 
 Essex, England. Only the bare facts of David 
 English's life are known. At the age of twenty- 
 seven he married Elizabeth, May 27, 1688; he 
 died Sept. 6, 1704. The following were his chil- 
 
 dren: Richard, born June 6, 1690, and died 
 March, 1776; Elizabeth, born April 24, 1693; 
 Solomon, born May 21, 1695; Reuben, born Dec. 
 3, 1699; and Sophia, born Nov. 23, 1701. 
 
 Richard English, the eldest son, emigrated to 
 America, in 1710, on board the brig Swallow, 
 and landed at Newport, R. I., Feb. 17, 1712. He 
 was married to Mary Hinksman of Newport, R. 
 I., and one child came to bless their household, 
 John, born Aug. 8, 1713. 
 
 John English was married to Abagail New- 
 comb, Nov. 9, 1737; she was born Nov. 17, 1750, 
 and died Jan. 28, 1785. Mr. English was gath- 
 ered unto his fathers Oct. 18, 1758. Their chil- 
 dren were: Alice, born Oct. 2, 1738; John, Jan. 
 1, 1740; Richard, Sept. 12, 1741; Alice, the sec- 
 ond of that name, April 8, 1743; John, also the 
 second of that name, March 22, 1745; Abigail, 
 July 27, 1747; Mary, July 10, 1749; Abigail, the 
 second of that name, May 1, 1751; Abel, July 4, 
 1753; Zephaniah, Dec. 9, 1755; and Joel, March 
 25, 1758. 
 
 John English, the next in the line, was born 
 in 1745, and married as his first wife Hannah 
 Longfellow; she bore him no children, and upon 
 her death he married, Oct. 31, 1771, Christiana 
 Cogswell. His second wife died April 3, 1796. 
 Their children were as follows: Hannah, born 
 Sept. 23, 1772; Abigail, Sept. 18, 1773; Ann . July 
 8 > 1775; Olive, April 2, 1777; Mary, Oct. 13, 
 l 779', John, Feb. 4, 1781; Zephaniah, Sept. 17, 
 1782; Olive, the second of that name, June 2, 
 1784; Charles, Sept. 9, 1786; John, the second of 
 that name, Dec. 17, 1789; Abel, March 16, 1791; 
 and Sophia, April 8, 1792. 
 
 John English, our subject's grandfather, was 
 next to the youngest of the children, and, as 
 stated in the record, was born in 1789, but the. 
 place is not known. He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, and made his home in Waitsfield, Vt, where 
 he died at the age of seventy. His wife, Mary 
 Cary, passed away at the age of eighty years. 
 Their children were: an infant son, who died; 
 Melvina; Varona; and John W. 
 
 John W. English, our suBject's, father, was 
 born in Waitsfield, Vt, June 13, 1824 He 
 assisted his father on the farm until manhood, 
 and then worked at agricultural pursuits till he 
 was enabled to buy an improved farm in the 
 town of Hartland, where he made his first home. 
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 after a time, and removing to South Woodstock, 
 Vt, where he carried on general farming, until 
 he came to Littleton, about 1866, and bought 
 the Amos Hubbard farm in the northern part of 
 the town. After having lived on his new farm 
 for a number of years, he sold the property, and 
 bought a smaller place near the Glenwood Ceme- 
 tery, where he carried on farming on a small 
 scale, and held the post of sexton of the cemetery 
 for about fourteen years. His death, which 
 occurred May 27, 1891, was occasioned by 
 pneumonia. He was a Democrat in politics, and 
 was selectman for several years, besides holding 
 other responsible positions. He married Me- 
 lissa, daughter of Amos and Abigail (Smith) 
 Hubbard, who were both born in Chesterfield, 
 N. H. Amos Hubbard bought a tract of timber 
 land in the early times, and settled on it; he felled 
 the first tree ever removed by white man on his 
 farm, and continued removing the natural 
 growth until he had cleared the most of the 
 farm, and had a splendid rich farm under culti- 
 vation, with comfortable and well-furnished farm 
 houses and other buildings. He started in life 
 with no assistance, raised a large family, and 
 managed to accumulate a good fortune to leave 
 to his heirs; he lived to the age of ninety-two 
 years, esteemed and respected by a large num- 
 ber of friends of several generations. His wife 
 departed this life at 'the age of sixty-six. Their 
 children were: An infant son, deceased; Lauar; 
 Clarissa; Sally; Alvira; Abigail; Philena; Ange- 
 line; Amos; and Melissa. Our subject's parents 
 had three children: Frank C, died at the age 
 of six years and four months; Fred H., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Eugene G., born Dec. 10, 
 1865, married Fanny Wilson, and lives in 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 
 Our subject attended the public and high 
 schools of Littleton to secure his education, after 
 which he went to Tilton, N. H., where he worked 
 for C. E. Tilton as general overseer and assistant 
 for three years. He then entered into business 
 under the firm name of Thorp & English for one 
 year. Having sold his business in Tilton, he 
 came to Littleton and bought the interest of 
 Charles Taylor, in the firm of South Lovejoy & 
 Taylor, and carried on business four years under 
 the firm name of South Lovejoy & English; they 
 kept a stock of general merchandise, and re- 
 tained the best custom in the town. Mr. English 
 
 then sold his interests and bought the interest of 
 H. F. Green of the firm of Eaton & Green, re- 
 maining in this connection for three years; Mr. 
 Eaton being away most of the time, our subject 
 took full charge of the store most of the time. 
 F. P. Bond, Mr. English's present partner, 
 bought out Mr. Eaton's interests about 1886, and 
 for the past ten years the large and commodious 
 grocery and provision store, under the guidance 
 of Messrs. English and Bond, has prospered in 
 its home in the Calhoun Block, on Main Street, 
 Littleton, and is known for miles in all direc- 
 tions as headquarters for goods in the line of 
 eatables. Mr. English has well sustained his 
 reputation for a keen business man, in whom his 
 patrons may trust; wide-awake to the needs of 
 his business, and ready to oblige his customers 
 in anything reasonable in his power, he well 
 merits the good-will of the citizens of Littleton 
 and the surrounding country. Mr. English in- 
 herited the homestead, and having increased its 
 value by added improvements, he sold it and 
 bought a residence on High Street. 
 
 He married Clara Bell Richardson, daughter 
 of Edward and Verona (Dailey) Richardson. Mr. 
 English's political views are in harmony with 
 those of the Democratic party; he has served on 
 the school board six years, and has evinced an 
 abiding and lively interest in the cause of educa- 
 tion. He has also been a member of the board 
 of health, and a secretary of the Littleton Driv- 
 ing Park Association for two years. He is pub- 
 lic-spirited and alive to the best interests of the 
 town; he was chairman of the committee on 
 building the Kilburn school, and was interested 
 in the improvement of Littletdn and the bring- 
 ing her up to a standard unusual in villages of 
 her size, as a member of the committee, who 
 raised the money, amounting to $30,000, which 
 was laid out in 1894 in paving the streets and 
 sidewalks of Littleton. He is a member of the 
 Burns Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., and served 
 as secretary of the same for five years; Franklin 
 Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M.; Omega Council, No. 
 9, R. & S. M. ; St. Girard Commandery of 
 Knights Templar; and Scottish Rite of Nashua. 
 He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and 
 takes no trifling interest in things Masonic. 
 
 Edward B. Richardson of Lisbon, N. H., the 
 father of Mrs. Fred H. English, was born in Lis- 
 bon, N. H, Nov. 14, 1835, and is a son of David 
 
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 and Priscilla (Albee) Richardson, the former of 
 Lisbon and the latter a native of Littleton, N. 
 H. John Richardson, the grandfather of Ed- 
 ward B., was a native of Rhode Island, settling 
 in Lisbon, N. H., in the early part of this cen- 
 tury. There he devoted his time to the milling 
 business # and to the manufacture of linseed oil, 
 in addition to owning and operating a large and 
 valuable farm. In party allegiance he was a Re- 
 publican. He married Olive Dailey, a native of 
 Rhode Island, and to them were born a large 
 family of children, all of whom are now de- 
 ceased. John Richardson and his family were 
 members of the M. E. Church of Lisbon, 
 N. H. 
 
 David Richardson, the father of Edward B., 
 was educated in the district schools of Lisbon 
 and Littleton, N. H., and upon the completion 
 of his education turned his attention to the pur- 
 suits of agriculture. Farming and milling 
 formed his principal occupations. He was a 
 stanch Democrat. His wife was Priscilla Albee, 
 a daughter of Alex. Albee of Littleton, N. H. 
 Eight children came into 'the Richardson family 
 as a result of this union, namely : Hannah mar- 
 ried R. K. Stevens of Littleton, N. H; Charles 
 married Nancy Brown of Manchester, N. H. ; 
 Eliza married Moses Eastman of Whitefield, N. 
 H. ; Caroline married Myron Eastman of White- 
 field, N. H; Albee married Olive Jesseman of 
 Lisbon, N. H. ; Byron married Amanda Young 
 of Lisbon, N. H; and Edward B., the father of 
 Mrs. Fred H. English. 
 
 Edward B. Richardson obtained his schooling 
 in his youthful years in the educational institu- 
 tions of Lisbon, N. H., and learned the ma- 
 chinist's trade as his support in life; his work in 
 this branch of industry has forced him at various 
 times to take up his home in different localities. 
 He is a Democrat. In 1858 he married Verona 
 Dailey of Lisbon, N. H., a daughter of Russell 
 and Betsey Dailey, and to them have been born 
 four children: Clara B. married Fred H. Eng- 
 lish, the subject of this sketch; Clarence E. mar- 
 ried Anna B. Southerland of California; Marshall 
 D. married Mattie Pike of Waterford, Vt. ; Angie 
 M. married Joseph Moore of California. The 
 family are Methodists in their adherence to re- 
 ligious principles and dogmas. Sociallv, Mr. 
 Richardson belongs to Kane Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 No. 64, of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 JOHN R. STEVENS, one of the leading, 
 progressive farmers of the town of Ashland, was 
 born in Campton, N. H, Feb. 5, 1853. He is 
 the son of Peter R. and Sarah B. (Rollins) 
 Stevens, and grandson of John and Lucy Ann 
 (Buzzell) Stevens. 
 
 John Stevens came from England when a 
 young man and purchased a farm in Ellsworth, 
 N. H. He followed the pursuit of agriculture 
 during his life, but did not remain a resident of 
 Ellsworth all the time, for he owned several dif- 
 ferent farms at successive periods. He died at 
 the age of eighty-four, in the town of Rumney, 
 of this county, where he owned a farm at the 
 time. His wife lived to be sixty-nine years old. 
 They had twelve children, qf whom the following 
 reached maturity: Peter R., John, Lyman, 
 Lucy, Nancy, Lucinda, and George. 
 
 Peter R., the father of our subject, married 
 and settled in Ellsworth, but later moved to 
 Campton. In 1858 he was seized with the gold 
 fever and went to California, following mining 
 in the gold region. He died in California. He 
 was a spiritualist and a medium, and was a de- 
 vout believer in his religion. After his decease 
 his wife married Hiram Cole, and after his death 
 she married S. A. Newton and resides in the town 
 of Holderness, Grafton Co. The children of 
 Peter R. Stevens were: Sarah L., John R., and 
 Frank P. 
 
 John R. Stevens was educated in the public 
 schools, and commenced his life as a man as a 
 farm hand; but at an early age he left the farm 
 and went to Plymouth, N. H., working in the 
 manufacture of gloves until 1879. In that year 
 he bought the James Cox property of 150 acres, 
 which is located two miles from the village of 
 Plymouth in the river valley; forty acres is inter- 
 vale land of the best quality. He has made many 
 valuable improvements on the buildings and the 
 land. He interests himself in stock-raising ex- 
 tensively; he has a fine dairy of Jersey cows, a 
 well-selected flock of sheep, and a large yard of 
 choice poultry. 
 
 He married Lillian E., daughter of Henry J. 
 Mosely. Mr. Mosely was a native of England 
 and came to America early in life. He was a 
 skilled painter and decorator, having served 
 seven years in London, where he was born. He 
 lived and worked in the States of New 
 York and Vermont, and late in life pur- 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 chased a farm in New Hampshire, where 
 he enjoyed his last years. Two children 
 survive him: Oscar; and Lillian E., the wife of 
 our subject. Mr. Stevens is the parent of five 
 children by his wife Lillian: Anna L. M., 
 George H. H., Sarah E., Harry O., and Lucy M. 
 He is a Republican, and has filled very accept- 
 ably some of the minor town offices. He is at 
 present chairman of the school board. He has 
 often been asked to fill higher offices, but has 
 always steadily refused. He favors the M. E. 
 Church, and is a member of the Knights of 
 Honor. 
 
 HENRY A. H1LDRETH, M. D., a promi- 
 nent physician and throat and lung specialist of 
 Bethlehem, N. H, was born July 13, 1850, in 
 Boston, Mass., and is a son of Chauncey and 
 Keziah (Edmonds) Hildreth. 
 
 Levi Hildreth, the grandfather of Dr. Hild- 
 reth, was born in Chesterfield, N. H, April 2, 
 1775; he became well known through the win- 
 nowing machines for grain, which he manufac- 
 tured. He was a drum-major in the State 
 militia, and in the latter portion of his life he 
 manufactured drums and taught the art of 
 drumming. He married, Jan. 24, 1798, Mary 
 Farr, who was born March 15, 1782; she was a 
 daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Farr of Chester- 
 field, N. H. After their marriage Mr. Hildreth 
 and his wife moved to Littleton, N. H, where 
 eight children were born to them. This is the 
 record: Mary, born Aug. 12, 1798, died March 
 12, 1849; Sally, born July 15, 1800, died Oct. 
 14, 1857; Levi J., born Nov. 26, 1801, died Dec. 
 25, 1833; Chauncey, born Sept. 18, 1803, died 
 Dec. 15, 1891; Lucinda, born January, 1806, 
 died Feb. 18, 1886; Chelsea, born Nov. 3, 1807, 
 died March 13, 1892; Berenice, born October, 
 1814, died June 12, 1874: and William M., born 
 in October, 1819, who started on a sea voyage 
 and was never after heard from. 
 
 Chauncey Hildreth was educated in the 
 schools of Littleton, N. H., and learned the car- 
 penter's and joiner's trade, which he followed 
 until 1845. 1° that y ear he moved to Boston, 
 Mass., where he was superintendent for a con- 
 tractor in the day time and a member of the 
 police force at night, working until 12 o'clock. 
 
 He managed to fill both of these positions for 
 eleven years, and then moved to Thetford Hill 
 in Vermont, where he lived one year, going from 
 there to Fairlee in the same State, and purchas- 
 ing a farm, where he lived for a time. He sold 
 his property there at last and removed to Dalton, 
 N. H., where he purchased his wife's home- 
 stead. About 1875 he moved to Newbury, Vt, 
 where he spent his last days with his daughter, 
 Mrs. William Lowd; he died Dec. 15, 1891. Nov. 
 25, 1830, he was married by the Rev. Mr. Brooks 
 to Keziah Edmonds, daughter of Aaron Ed- 
 monds, a noted educator in the early history of 
 this country. To Mr. and Mrs. Hildreth were 
 born seven children: Eliza, Maria, Diadema, 
 Aaron, Louise, Rhoda, Henry A. They were 
 Congregationalists. 
 
 Dr. Hildreth received his elementary educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Boston and at Lan- 
 caster Academy at Lancaster, N. H. He then 
 went west and entered the Cincinnati Medical 
 College of Ohio and graduated in the Class of 
 1873. After his graduation he matriculated and 
 attended the medical clvnic of Bellevue Hospital 
 of New York City. Having completed his 
 course, he took a year's extended trip to the 
 medical colleges of Europe, visiting the hospitals 
 of Dublin, Edinburgh, London, and of France, 
 Germany, and Italy, making a special study of 
 the diseases of the blood and of the microscopic 
 studies of bacteriology and tuberculosis. When 
 he had returned from his foreign trip he located 
 in Lisbon, N. H, where he remained about four 
 years. He then moved to Bethlehem, N. H, and 
 has spent most of his time in the latter place, 
 where he gets an extensive summer practice, 
 making a specialty of throat and lung diseases. 
 He has been a very successful man in that line, 
 and is reputed to have made some really 
 wonderful cures in the above-mentioned diseases. 
 He is a very conscientious man in his practice 
 and retains the confidence of his patients from 
 the fitst by his thoroughly professional manner. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1877, he was joined in marriage with 
 Lilla A. Kelsea, daughter of Charles J. and 
 Mary Kelsea of Lisbon, N. H. This union has 
 been blessed with the birth of three children, as 
 follows: Charles H, born Nov. 28, 1877, died 
 Oct. 27, 1892; George K., born March 7, 1880; 
 and Mary E., born Feb. 28, 1896. George K. is 
 attending Dartmouth College at Hanover, N. H. 
 
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 Socially, Dr. Hilclreth is a Mason, and belongs 
 to Kane Lodge, No. 64; Franklin Chapter, No. 
 5, of Lisbon, N. H.; St. Girard Commandery of 
 Littleton, N. H. He is also a member of the 
 Rose Croix, being a thirty-second degree Mason. 
 He is a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of 
 the Mystic Shrine ot Montpelier, Vt. He is a 
 member of the Roxbury Club of Boston, Mass. 
 The medical societies of which he is a member 
 are the Massachusetts Medical Society ; the New 
 Hampshire Medical Society; the White Moun- 
 tain Medical Society; and the Boston District 
 Medical Society. 
 
 Dr. Hildreth's portrait appears on another 
 page in this volume. 
 
 JAMES W. MERRILL, one of the success- 
 ful and well-to-do agriculturists of the town of 
 Littleton, and an honored veteran of the late Re- 
 bellion, was born in North Conway, N. H., May 
 7, 1817; he is a son of Samuel and Dorcas H. 
 (Eastman) Merrill, grandson of Samuel Merrill, 
 who served in the Revolutionary War. Upon 
 the cessation of hostilities with the mother coun- 
 try, Samuel Merrill retired to Brownfield, Me., 
 where he took up a tract of new land, and lived 
 there the remainder of his life, taking a promi- 
 nent part in the development of that section of 
 the country. He reared the following children: 
 Enoch, Isaac, Samuel, John, James, Ambrose, 
 Lydia, Betsey, Ruth, Dolly, and Sarah. 
 
 Our subject's father was born at Brownfield, 
 Maine, Dec. 19, 1780, and learned the black- 
 smith's trade, settling down for the practice of 
 his trade in North Conway, N. H.\ where our 
 subject was born. After a number of years resi- 
 dence in North Conway he moved to Bartlett, 
 where he bought a farm and lived until he died, 
 Sept. 8, 1824. His first wife was Phebe A. 
 Goodenow: for only a short time was she per- 
 mitted to live with him, and left a vacant place, 
 which was filled by his second wife, Dorcas H. 
 Eastman; she was born Jan. 4, 1786, and died 
 Nov. 7, 1873. She presented him with the fol- 
 lowing children: Lewis L., John, Phebe A. G., 
 Harriet E., Mary C, Susan, James W., Samuel 
 N„ Elmira C, and Nathaniel. 
 
 James W. Merrill was twenty years old when 
 he came to the town of Littleton and engaged in 
 
 the wheelwright's trade; he did not work always 
 as a journeyman wheelwright, but soon had 
 acquired experience and capital to carry on a 
 business in his own interests, which he did for 
 twenty years, until 1861' when he sold his busi- 
 ness and bought the Higgins's farm and ran it 
 for two years, and then buying the N. Lewis 
 farm of 100 acres. On Aug. 30, 1864, he enlisted 
 in the service for the preservation of the Union, 
 and was honorably discharged June 15, 1865. 
 He was wounded at Fort Reno from the ex- 
 plosion of a cannon, and nearly destroyed his 
 hearing, for which disability he has drawn a pen- 
 sion since. In 1865 he erected the present resi- 
 dence; he has also built barns, and made many 
 other improvements of a like character. There 
 is a very good-bearing orchard of fruit, and a 
 large maple grove, where he makes a consider- 
 able amount of sugar annually. 
 
 Mr. Merrill, Feb. 20, 1844, married Miss Grace 
 Whiting; she was born July 28, 1825, and is a 
 daughter of Stephen H. and Martha (Dailey) 
 Whiting. Stephen Whiting was a son of Capt. 
 Leonard Whiting, who was one of the pioneers 
 of the town of Lisbon, and built the first saw- 
 mill there. Tradition says that Capt. Leonard 
 Whiting and his son, Stephen H., were granted 
 land in the town of Lisbon for their gallant ser- 
 vices during the Revolutionary War, in which 
 Leonard served as a captain, and his son as pri- 
 vate. When our subject was called to the front 
 with his comrades to fight for his country his 
 wife was left with a large family of children ; with 
 the dreadful uncertainty of what might be his 
 fate, whether she should ever see him again or 
 not, with a heavy heart, yet with true mother's 
 love and fortitude, that bears up the frailest 
 woman in the hour of extremity, she managed 
 the farm and cared for the children till their 
 father's safe return home. The eldest child was 
 Edna J., born Jan. 30, 1845; sne married H. 
 Somers, and bore him two children before he was 
 removed from her side by death. The children by 
 her first marriage were: Gertrude and Belle. 
 The latter is the only one living. Her second 
 husband was L. J. Miner of Whitefield, N. H. 
 Martha Ellen, born Aug. 16, 1846, married H. 
 G. Towne of Littleton, and has five children : Ida, 
 Luther, Grace, George, and Charles (deceased). 
 George A., born March iq, 1849, married Phebe 
 Pollock, and has one child, Arthur D., in addi- 
 
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 tion to the one lost in infancy. Mr. Merrill has 
 charge of his father's farm. Charles N., born 
 April 10, 1851, lived to be two and a half years 
 old. Mary L., born Jan. 16, 1854, died in 1879; 
 she was the wife of A. Clark. Harry L., born 
 April 30, i860, is a broker and real estate dealer 
 of Fair Haven, Washington. Alice E., born 
 May 1, 1863, married H. Miller of Bethlehem, 
 and has four children: Grace, Edith, Edward, 
 and Lizzie. Fred H., born March 23, 1868, is a 
 farmer of Littleton; he married Cassie Bishop, 
 and has one child, Henry H. Our subject is a 
 Democrat, and has held many of the minor 
 offices of the town. 
 
 WILLIAM H. ADAMS, proprietor of the 
 largest general store in the village of Campton, 
 N. H., was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1851. 
 He is a son of Hon. Francis M. and Susan H. 
 (Nye) Adams. Our subject's paternal ancestor 
 was born in Boston, and educated there, being 
 a graduate of the old Latin School. Early in life 
 he, became a messenger for the Governor's Coun- 
 cil, and served continuously through the terms 
 of three successive Governors. He then filled a 
 similar office under the Supreme Court. He 
 served as Sheriff of Suffolk Co. for over forty 
 vears. He possessed a fine education, and took 
 great pride in teaching his children, and was in 
 turn cherished by them as a kind and loving 
 parent. He was the master of several languages, 
 besides being acquainted to a greater or less de- 
 gree with others. He was commanding in pres- 
 ence, powerfully built, yet with a natural grace 
 rarely seen. His many noble characteristics 
 endeared him to a large circle of friends; his 
 fearlessness and upright character won him the 
 respect of all classes. His last two years were 
 spent in great suffering, occasioned by fatal in- 
 juries he received in his side, when he fell from 
 a car step. His death occurred at the age of 
 sixty-eight. His wife was Susan, daughter of 
 Capt. Nathan and Sarah H. (Hinkley) Nye. The 
 Captain was lost at sea while making a voyage 
 from New York to Rochelle, France, on a packet 
 ship. Capt. Nathan Nye's wife was a native of 
 Barnstable, Mass., and was a great worker in 
 propagating the blessed principles of Chris- 
 
 tianity. She was a descendant of Gov. Thomas 
 Hinkley, the first Governor, of Barnstable, Mass., 
 and one of the early magistrates of the Pilgrims. 
 
 Our subject's parents had six children, namely: 
 Mary E.; William H, the subject of this sketch; 
 Helen M.; Annie C. ; Eliza; and Frederick G. 
 Our subject was educated in Boston, but his 
 schooling was cut short abruptly in 1863, when 
 at the age of thirteen, he entered the United 
 States Navy, and for three years saw service in 
 the Atlantic Squadron, and also in the Pacific 
 Squadron. He then entered the merchant ma- 
 rine, and remained there until 1879; during that 
 time he was with the expedition that took pos- 
 session of Russian America; he was stationed 
 on board the Ossipee, and is supposed to be the 
 only one living at this time that took part in that 
 important event. During his connection with 
 the merchant marine he circumnavigated the 
 globe three times, and was only wrecked once, 
 that being off Cape Cod. After his retirement 
 from the navy, he settled in Grand Rapids, Mich., 
 and worked at the manufacture of furniture for a 
 while, but eventually came to Campton Village 
 and bought a one-half interest of the store of 
 G. W. Robinson, and with him as a partner con- 
 ducted a general store for a period of eight 
 months. Then Joseph Cook bought out Mr. 
 Robinson, and the business was then carried on 
 under the firm name of Cook & Adams until 
 Mr. Cook died, June 12, 1891; since that time 
 our subject has managed the business alone. 
 
 In 1891 Mr. Adams bought the site of the old 
 Morrison store, that had burned down, and built 
 a handsome store, 72x32, with basement, sheds, 
 and store-house. He makes use of the base- 
 ment, first and part of the second floor. In such 
 commodious quarters he has one of the most 
 complete general stores in the town of Campton ; 
 the store is finished in natural wood, with excel- 
 lent lighting facilities from the large front win- 
 dows, and is well stocked with a very carefully 
 selected line of goods. There is a fine office fitted 
 up in the store that corresponds with the general 
 appearance of the rest of the store. The towns- 
 people are justly proud of this splendid structure 
 that adds so much to the good appearance of 
 Campton Village. The second floor and the 
 attic are used by the I. O. O. F. as their lodge 
 and banquet rooms. Our subject has served as 
 postmaster of the village for four years, and has 
 
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 been secretary of the Republican Club for eight 
 years. He is a liberal and open-handed sup- 
 porter of the Congregational Church. He is a 
 member of the Olive Branch Lodge, F. & A. M. ; 
 and also of the Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13, 
 R. A. M., of Plymouth, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Adams married Sarah F., daughter of 
 Joseph and Eliza (Kenrick) Cook. Joseph Cook 
 was a son of Moody Cook, and was born in 
 Campton, making his home on the homestead 
 with his parents until the years of manhood. He 
 then bought a farm near by, at the head of the 
 Bog Valley, which he conducted with profit until 
 the year 1847, when he came to Campton Village 
 and entered the mercantile business. He was 
 associated, as we have noted above, with our 
 subject; he also built a shop and manufactured 
 clothing. In that business he was twice burned 
 out, but rebuilt each time. He also ran the 
 Hillside Boarding House for a few seasons. He 
 married Sally P., daughter of Gen. Moses Cook; 
 she died in February, 1847, leaving him two chil- 
 dren: Perkins T. and Luella F. He was again 
 joined in marriage, the lady of his choice being 
 Eliza, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (Barker) 
 Kenrick. Eliza was born Oct. 23, 1822; her 
 father was a sea-faring man. Joseph Cook by 
 his second marriage had the following children: 
 an infant daughter, who died while a babe; Ella 
 F. ; Sarah F. ; Lucy E. ; and Alice K. 
 
 Mr. Adams is the father of the following chil- 
 dren: Helen Eliza, born at Grand Rapids, 
 Mich., Feb 15, 1880; Lucy Cook was born 
 March 20, 1882, and died Aug. 12. 1884; Marion 
 Frances, born in Campton, May 8, 1885; Ida 
 Elizabeth, born in Campton, June 9, 1887. 
 
 DARIUS MOULTON, one of the leading 
 citizens of West Campton, N. H., and proprietor 
 of one of the largest general stores in that part 
 of the county, was born in Ellsworth, Feb. 7, 
 1842, and is the adopted son of Edmund and 
 Betsey (Hill) Moulton. Edmund Moulton was 
 one of the pioneer farmers of Ellsworth, and after 
 clearing and improving his farm, he moved to 
 the town of Campton and purchased a farm, 
 where he followed the pursuit of agriculture, and 
 was one of the leading and substantial men of 
 
 his community. He and his wife died about the 
 age of seventy. 
 
 Darius Moulton early in life learned the car- 
 penter's trade, which he labored at until he en- 
 listed for the war. He enrolled his name to fight 
 under the Stars and Stripes, August, 1862, and 
 became a member of Co. A., 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. 
 Inf. He joined the army at Antietam, and 
 served two years and nine months, being dis- 
 charged in May, 1865. At Spottsylvania he re- 
 ceived a wound in the left shoulder, and was 
 taken prisoner at Chapin's Farm, Va. He was 
 first taken to Libby Prison, and later transferred 
 to Salisbury, N. C. Altogether he suffered the 
 torments and cruelties of five months of Confed- 
 erate prison life. 
 
 After the war he bought the D. M. Rowe place 
 at West Campton, improved the property, and 
 followed his trade until 1884, when he bought 
 the E. H. Sanborn store, and has since carried 
 on a general store stocked with a well-selected 
 line of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, 
 etc. He has one of the largest and best-kept 
 stores in that section of the county, and has 
 patrons from many localities. His uniform rule 
 has been to please everyone, and to see that no 
 one goes away from the store dissatisfied because 
 of lack of attention or of courtesy. He has shown 
 exceptional business tact and skill in his manage- 
 ment, and deserves credit for the straight-for- 
 ward method of dealing with everyone, that wins 
 the confidence and good wishes of many patrons. 
 His integrity is as unquestioned as his business 
 ability. 
 
 He married Julia A., daughter of Stephen 
 Ordway of Constableville, N. Y. Two children 
 have come to brighten the household and to be 
 a comfort in their declining years. Jennie 
 Eudora, born in 1870, is a professional nurse. 
 Alice May, born in 1874, married D. M. Young, 
 and lives at West Campton. She has presented 
 her husband with two children: Julia Blanche 
 and Carl Darius. In his religious views our sub- 
 ject has favored the M. E. Church, and is closely 
 identified with the good work of that organiza- 
 tion. He is generous and liberal in all his gifts, 
 and a good friend to the unfortunate one. He 
 is an unyielding supporter of the Republican 
 ticket, and served in 1895 as selectman of the 
 town. His able and careful work in office won 
 him the thanks of manv of his fellow-citizens. 
 
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 GEORGE W. FULLER, a farmer of the 
 town of Littleton, and a veteran of the late war 
 for the Union, was born in Littleton, N. H., Oct. 
 23, 1832; he is a son of Thomas and Lydia (Clay) 
 Fuller. Thomas Fuller was born in Bristol, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., May 13, 1787; when a young- 
 man he went to Lancaster and bought a farm 
 and made it his home for a few years, working at 
 his occupation of a farmer; at length selling his 
 property, he went to Dalton, N. H., and pur- 
 chased a 100-acre tract of timber land, and set 
 about to clear it. After having put the greater 
 part of it under cultivation, and having erected 
 farm buildings, he sold the farm and removed to 
 the town of Littleton, where he bought the farm 
 now owned by B. W. Kilburn of Littleton, and 
 there he opened up a brick-yard, the first in the 
 town, and carried on the manufacture of bricks 
 after the old style ; the supply of bricks being ex- 
 ceedingly limited in that part of the county, he 
 found a ready demand for his product, and he 
 was able to realize very largely on his plant when 
 he sold it and moved to North Littleton. In 
 North Littleton he carried on general farming 
 a few years, and then sold and bought the 
 Brooks's stand at Dalton, N. H., and kept the 
 village hotel there for fifteen years. Upon his 
 retirement from the hotel business he bought a 
 farm near by, and was actively engaged in farm- 
 ing up to a very short time before his death, 
 March 11, 1878, at the age of ninety-one years. 
 He married as his first wife Mary Clay; by her 
 early death our subject's father was left a wid- 
 ower with the following six children: Luther 
 W., Edgar R., Chase C, Robie C, Lydia I., and 
 Lovina G. His second wife, the mother of our 
 subject, was Lydia, daughter of Samuel and 
 Elizabeth Clay. She was born July 15, 1793, and 
 died April 11, 1880; her children were: Mary 
 Jane and George W. Mr. Fuller was a Whig 
 and later a Republican in politics. In religious 
 belief he was a Universalist, while his wife was a 
 member of the M. E. Church. 
 
 George W. Fuller, after acquiring a district 
 school education, took up the occupation of 
 stage driving, having the route from Lancaster, 
 N. H., to St. Johnsbury, Vt.; he also accom- 
 panied touring parties through the mountains as 
 a guide, becoming very skilled in this line and 
 much sought after by the sight-seeing public. 
 » In 1864 he enlisted in Co. I., N. H. Heavy Artil- 
 
 lery, and served eleven months for his country. 
 Returning to New Hampshire, he determined to 
 settle - down permanently, and for this purpose 
 in 1865 purchased the Moses Dow farm in North 
 Littleton, where he has resided since. His farm 
 gives abundant evidence of thrift and enterprise; 
 the buildings have been built over, and now are 
 fully adequate to their owner's needs; his live 
 stock includes a choice herd of cows. He is a 
 member of Sanders Post, No. 48, G. A. R. 
 
 Mr. Fuller married Miss Lucy A. Fisk, daugh- 
 ter of William and Adaline (Dyke) Fisk. Their 
 only child, Charles E., born Aug. 2, 1859, mar- 
 ried Miss Minnie Fuller, and has one child, J. 
 Mabel. Charles E. Fuller owns a farm adjoining 
 that of his father's, and is a saddlemaker by 
 trade. 
 
 DAVID P. FOSS, is a leading citizen of 
 Campton Village, and proprietor of the Hotel 
 Foss. He was born in the town of Thornton, 
 Grafton Co., May 18, 1840, and is a son of Car- 
 ter and Mahala (Whitney) Foss, and grandson 
 of Ebenezer and a Miss Hoyt. Ebenezer Foss 
 came from Concord, N. H., among the very first 
 settlers, and located a farm on the Mad River, 
 town of Thornton, Grafton Co. The farm was 
 chiefly of forest land, and Mr. Foss cleared and 
 cultivated it, making it very productive. He was 
 a wide-awake, progressive man, and not afraid 
 of hard labor. Both he and his good wife lived 
 to an advanced age. Their children were: 
 Ebenezer, John H., Carter, Langdon, Stephen, 
 Milton, Ruth, Sally, Betsey, and Jacob. 
 
 Carter Foss, our subject's father, learned the 
 trade of a carpenter early in life, and worked at 
 it several years, also engaging in the business 
 of moving houses, and of general contracting. 
 He bought a large unimproved farm in the town 
 of Thornton, on the Mad River, and cleared the 
 land, remodeled the farm buildings, and sold it 
 about the year 1840, realizing a good profit. He 
 then bought another farm, where his son's family 
 now reside, and on it built a work-shop and car- 
 ried on the manufacture and repairs of wagons; 
 many of his wagons are in active service yet, and 
 show his good and conscientious workmanship. 
 Carter Foss was in vigorous health up to a year 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 preceding his death. His death occurred in his 
 ninety-fourth year. His wife died at the age of 
 eighty-nine. They were both of strong, hearty 
 constitutions. The children born to them were: 
 John; Stephen; Julia; Walter; and Stillman; and 
 our subject, David P. 
 
 David P. Foss made his start in life by buying 
 a farm in the town of Thornton; in 1870, how- 
 ever, he went to Hillsboro, Wis., and purchased 
 a 120-acre tract of new land, and set about its 
 improvement, by erecting buildings, clearing the 
 land of its timber. He soon was esteemed as 
 one of the leading farmers of that section, but 
 he was not permitted to remain in the west, for 
 his services were required at home to care for 
 his aged parents. Accordingly, he sold his prop- 
 erty in Wisconsin, in 1882, returned east and 
 took charge of the homestead till the death of 
 his parents. He then bought the 'bus line run- 
 ning between the village and the railroad depot, 
 and also engaged in carrying guests to the many 
 mountain homes and hotels. He carried on this 
 line of business for five years, and sold out, and 
 has since been practically retired from active 
 business, except such work as was necessary in 
 looking after his property. His commodious and 
 well-appointed home is located in the center of 
 the village, at the junction of the two streets, and 
 is undoubtedly the pleasantest home in the vil- 
 lage. For some years he has furnished accom- 
 modations to the traveling public at his home; 
 it is not advertised as a hotel, nor does Mr. Foss 
 claim it to be one. The generous hospitality of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Foss is enjoyed by a large circle 
 of warm acquaintances. No social gathering is 
 complete without their enlivening presence; 
 genial' and warm-hearted, they win the love and 
 respect of everyone. Their home is surrounded 
 by neat and well-kept grounds, which they nat- 
 urally take great pride in. Our subject is con- 
 tinually making improvements, and beautifying 
 the premises. He is a lover of good horses, and 
 always keeps some of the best in his large and 
 well-arranged stables. 
 
 Mr. Foss married Ida M., daughter of William 
 and Sarah (Whitney) Merrill. He is a stanch 
 Republican in his political sympathies, and, 
 although very active in the interests of the party 
 of his choice, he has never accepted any office 
 which his friends and admirers would have be- 
 stowed upon him. 
 
 REUBEN H. AVERY, a retired carpenter 
 and farmer of the town of Campton, Grafton Co., 
 was born in Ellsworth, N. H, Feb. 17, 1826. 
 He is a son of Samuel and Temperance (Avery) 
 Avery, and a grandson of David Avery and a 
 Miss Willey. David Avery's birth-place is 
 not positively known; he was a farmer and 
 owned farms in Rumney and Campton. He and 
 his wife possessed strong and robust constitu- 
 tions, and lived to a good old age. They reared 
 a large family of children, among whom were 
 David, Jr., Ezra, and Samuel. 
 
 Samuel Avery, the father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in the town of Campton and 
 settled in Ellsworth. There he bought a farm 
 and occupied himself in tilling the soil and in 
 laboring at his trade of a carpenter. Later on he 
 moved to Campton, where he died at the age of 
 seventy; his wife was also about that age at her 
 death. Samuel Avery was a Whig. His chil- 
 dren were: Mary S., William, Oliver, Harris, 
 Betsey, Reuben H, Riley, Ezra, and Moses H. 
 
 Reuben H. Avery learned the trade of a car- 
 penter early in life and followed it to a great 
 extent through life. In 1877 he bought the 
 Joseph Smith farm in the town of Campton, on 
 the banks of the Pemigewasset River, and built 
 a new house and barns, and in many other ways 
 improved the property. He was very active in 
 business until 1893, when he retired from active 
 life. He has been a remarkably successful man 
 and has accumulated a comfortable fortune; he 
 enjoys the respect and friendship of all those who 
 have had the good fortune to meet him. 
 
 In 1849 ne married Lucinda N., daughter of 
 John Stevens of Ellsworth. She was born Sept. 
 21, 1825, and died May 19, 1857. He married 
 as his second wife Almira A. (Hunt) Wiggins, 
 daughter of James Hunt. She died Oct. 29, 
 1874, at the age of forty-four.. She left her hus- 
 band four children as a precious legacy: Fred- 
 erick A., born May 4, i860, and died in 1863; 
 Albert E., born Oct. 30, 1862, married Gertrude 
 Calley, and has one child, Lester A.; he is a 
 merchant of Lancaster, N. H.; Reuben L., born 
 March 22, 1867, married Addie Carr, who died, 
 leaving him one child, Addie; he is a lumber 
 ^dealer; George E., born Nov. 6, 1869, has 
 charge of his father's farm, and looks after all 
 the interests of the various properties of his 
 father; he lives at home. Mr. Avery was again 
 
HON. HENRY C. LIBBEY. 
 
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 151 
 
 joined in marriage, the lady of his choice being 
 Betsey R., daughter of John and Hannah (Ram- 
 sey) Homans. He was a Democrat in his early 
 days, but has always supported the Republican 
 party since its organization. He is a strong advo- 
 cate in the cause of temperance, and would like 
 to see temperance laws in force throughout the 
 State. 
 
 HON. HENRY C. LIBBEY. Our list of the 
 leading citizens of the town of Lisbon would be 
 decidedly incomplete without the addition of the 
 name that heads this personal sketch. He is in- 
 terested in many enterprises that have built up 
 and benefited the town in many ways, and his 
 concern for the welfare of the town is never 
 abated. He was born in Bethlehem, N. H, Aug. 
 2, 1839; he is a son of Nathaniel and Tirza 
 (Lord) Libbey, and grandson of Charles and 
 Sarah (Pray) Libbey. Our subject's education 
 was received in the common schools of White- 
 field, Coos Co., N. H.; when he had finished his 
 schooling, he turned his attention to lumbering, 
 which has remained his principal occupation, 
 with very profitable results. He is a member of 
 a stock company, and also its treasurer and gen- 
 eral manager with office at Lisbon, N. H., which 
 owns and operates mills for the dressing of lum- 
 ber in Rimouski, Canada. He is also a stock- 
 holder and president of the Saranac Glove Co. 
 of Littleton, N. H. He is president and mana- 
 ger of the Lisbon Edison Electric Light Co. of ' 
 Lisbon, N. H. In the Lisbon Bank and Trust 
 Co. he is also a stockholder. 
 
 Charles Libbey, the grandfather of Henry C. 
 Libbey, was born in Berwick, Me., Dec. 16, 
 1749, and followed the occupation of a farmer all 
 his life. His wife bore him six children, namely: 
 Abigail, Experience, John, Jeremiah, Joshua, 
 and Nathaniel. 
 
 Nathaniel Libbey was born in Berwick, Me., 
 Dec. 22, 1790, and in his early manhood took up 
 a sea-faring life, but after a few years' trial of its 
 dangers, he turned his attention to the milling 
 business. He bought mills at Ossipee, N. H, 
 and remained there for about twenty years, mov- 
 ing from there to Bethlehem, N. H, where he 
 turned his attention to lumbering several years. 
 
 He eventually settled on a farm in Bethlehem, 
 where he passed his declining years in peace and 
 quiet. He represented the town of Bethlehem 
 in the State Legislature. His wife was a daugh- 
 ter of Nathan Lord of Lebanon, Me. There 
 were born to them eleven children: Mercy A., 
 Charles, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth R., Daniel L., 
 Jeremiah, Hannah M., John Q., George W., 
 Nathaniel W., and Henry C, the subject of this 
 sketch. Our subject's father died July 18, 1840; 
 and his mother finished her career and joined the 
 great throng on the other shore Oct. 24, 1846. 
 
 Our subject is strongly Republican in his 
 political views, but has not taken a very active 
 interest in politics; he represented the town of 
 Lisbon in the State Legislature in 1894. So- 
 cially, he is a member of Whitefield Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., of Whitefield, N. H. On Nov. 22, 1865, 
 he married Ellen M., daughter of Henry and 
 Evelyn Thomas of Littleton, N. H; by this 
 union they have become the fond parents of four 
 children: Blanche T, born Sept. 7, 1866; Her- 
 man T, July 6, 1868; Grace E., June 13, 1878; 
 and Ethel M, Aug. 24, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Libbey are faithful attenandts of the M. E. 
 Church of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 The portrait of Mr. Libbey appears on another 
 page of this work. 
 
 IRVIN W. SMITH, who is well known 
 among the leading agriculturists of the town, is 
 located in the Connecticut Valley at North Lit- 
 tleton. He was born March 25, 1862, and is a 
 son of Rufus and Lusella M. (Town) Smith, 
 grandson of Josiah and Margaret (Sanborn) 
 Smith, and great-grandson of Zebulon and Eliza- 
 beth (Folscom) Smith. Zebulon Smith, who was 
 a son of Benjamin Smith, and grandson of 
 Joseph Smith of old Puritan stock, was born 
 April 1, 1767, and followed the occupation of 
 farming, holding by no means an unimportant 
 place in the esteem and respect of his neighbors. 
 He lived in Stratham, N. H., and died at the age 
 of fifty. 
 
 Josiah Smith was born in Sanbornton, where 
 his parents were living, Nov. 28, 1800; he learned 
 the stone-cutter's trade, and removed to North 
 Littleton, where he bought 100 acres of timber 
 
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 land, and started in to clear and cultivate it. In 
 addition to his regular occupation of farming, he 
 followed his trade of stone-cutting. Later he 
 bought the farm, where our subject resides, and 
 while living there was appointed postmaster of 
 North Littleton, and filled the office very accept- 
 ably through his term. That was the first post- 
 office ever established in the town of North Lit- 
 tleton, and the only one for miles, and people 
 even from Bethlehem used to come to North 
 Littleton for their mail. Air. Smith was popular 
 and well liked. In politics he was a stanch Dem- 
 ocrat and took great pride in witnessing the evo- 
 lutions of the militia on the general training days. 
 He died Oct. 21, 1864. His wife lived to the age 
 of seventy-two, departing this life April 23, 1873. 
 Their children were as follows: Samuel; Rufus; 
 Wellington ; and the twins, Elizabeth and Judith. 
 Rufus Smith, our subject's father, was born in 
 Littleton, Aug. 16, 1830, and attended the public 
 and select schools. Like his father, ■ he also 
 learned the trade of stone-cutting, and worked at 
 it for his support when only eighteen years old. 
 His first home was the B. F. Elliott farm, where 
 he farmed and worked at his trade, remaining 
 there for about ten years, selling so as to realize 
 a good profit for the many improvements he had 
 made that added much real value to the prop- 
 erty. He then bought his father's farm, and has 
 made it his home since; he has built himself a 
 shop, where he has fitted stone for monumental 
 and building purposes. Mr. Smith was ever 
 wide-awake in adopting improved methods, and 
 in improving the grade of his live stock ; he owns 
 a very nice herd of cows, and derives a comfort- 
 able income from them. He has always sup- 
 ported the Republican ticket, but has never 
 brought forward his name in urging his nomi- 
 nation. He is liberal in his religious views, and 
 a member of the Burns Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 
 66, of Littleton. He married Miss Lusella M. 
 Town, daughter of James W. Town of the town 
 of Littleton. The children in our subject's 
 parents' family were as follows: Addie E., who 
 died at the age of twenty-seven, was the wife of 
 Edward Barry, and left at her death one child, 
 Martha B., who resides on the old homestead 
 with her grandfather; Minnie E. died at the age 
 of fifteen; Irvin W. is the subject of this short 
 sketch; Erwin J., born July 13, 1864, married 
 Mary Gary, and resides in Apthorp, X. H., 
 
 where he has charge of the granite works; he is 
 a member of the I. O. O. F., and is also a 
 Mason; George W., born May 6, 1873, is a stone- 
 cutter in North Littleton, and is a member of the 
 I. O. O. F. Lodge. 
 
 Irvin W. Smith has always stayed at home 
 with his father, and is now associated as a part-' 
 ner in farming. In 1896, he made several needed 
 and beneficial improvements in the home, and 
 by his excellent work in managing the farm has 
 proved that he is entitled to a high rank among 
 the intelligent, progressive farmers of Grafton 
 Co. He married Miss Stella S. Lang, daughter 
 of Jonathan Lang. In his political views our 
 subject is a Republican, and is a chairman of 
 the school board, and has taken an extraordi- 
 narily keen interest in the town schools. 
 
 JONATHAN P. MASON, a well-known rep- 
 resentative farmer of the town of Campton, N. 
 H., was born in the town of Thornton, June 16, 
 1830, and is a son of James and Mary (Pearson) 
 Mason. Our subject's father was born in Chi- 
 chester, N. H., and entered upon the stern reali- 
 ties of life as a farmer. He went to the town of 
 Thornton, Grafton Co., where he bought 100 
 acres of practically new and uncultivated land; 
 he cleared the land, erected a house and neces- 
 sary out-buildings. There he reared his family. 
 He was not very strong, physically, nor blessed 
 with the best of health, yet by perseverance and 
 good judgment he so improved his farm and its 
 surroundings as to place him among the most 
 successful farmers of the town. In politics he 
 was a Democrat, but never aspired to any office. 
 He belonged to the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 He died at the age of seventy-six, and his wife 
 also was called to a better land at about the same 
 age. They were blessed with sixteen children, 
 fourteen of whom grew up to noble manhood 
 and womanhood. They were: John, who died 
 young; an infant son, unnamed; Caleb; Andrew; 
 Samuel; James; Thomas, killed in the late war; 
 Jonathan P.; and Charles were the boys; and the 
 girls were: Rhoda, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Ru- 
 hamah, Mehitabel, and Almaretta. 
 
 Our subject and his brother Charles stayed 
 with their parents and cared for them in their 
 old age, inheriting the homestead at their death. 
 
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 The homestead is now owned by William Wil- 
 ley; our subject, after the division of the farm, 
 cultivated his portion till 1866, when he sold it. 
 The following eighteen years were spent farming 
 in summers, and during falls he engaged in mak- 
 ing starch. In 1884 he bought the Christopher 
 Smith place of 200 acres of land in the town of 
 Campton, on Cook's Hill, one of the best upland 
 farms in the town. The land is valuable and 
 under an advanced state of cultivation, and 
 everything about the place seems to indicate not 
 only that the proprietor has a thorough and 
 complete knowledge of his vocation, but that he 
 has put that knowledge to practical use; there is 
 a large orchard of the best of fruit, and the build- 
 ings are in excellent repair. The location is un- 
 excelled for fine views of the natural beauties of 
 New Hampshire; it is on the west side of the 
 town and commands an extensive, open view of 
 the Pemigewasset Valley, and Mad River Valley, 
 and the many summer hotels and resorts border- 
 ing their streams. An excellent view of Mt. 
 Lafayette and the Haystacks may also be 
 obtained, and of the Franconia Mountains, and 
 the Notch, which opens to Mt. Washington. 
 Among his farming interests is a large and well- 
 conducted dairy. 
 
 He married Mrs. Rebecca Jane Smith, relict 
 of the late Rev. David Smith. Rev. Smith was 
 born on the farm that our subject now owns, and 
 was a son of Christopher Smith. Rev. Smith 
 was ordained a minister of the Christian Church, 
 and followed that sacred calling till he was 
 stricken down in the very prime of life, at the 
 age of thirty-five, by hemorrhage of the lungs. 
 He left five children: Reuben, born in 1863, is 
 an assistant at the Rhode Island State Alms 
 House, and when at home a ready helper of our 
 subject; Mary, born in 1865, married Dr. F. C. 
 Suiter of La Crosse, Wis.; Frances is a teacher, 
 and is at home most of the time; John, born in 
 1868, married Delma Wilson, and has one child, 
 Richard; David, born in 1869, is a farmer of 
 Waverly, Mass. There were two other children, 
 Maggie L. and Jennie W., who died while in- 
 fants. Our subject's wife was born in Bath, N. 
 Y., and is a daughter of Garrett and Margaret 
 (Coleman) Stout. Garrett Stout began life as 
 a farmer, but later moved to Waterloo, Iowa, 
 bought and operated a grist-mill besides his ordi- 
 nary farming duties. He still lives in Towa, aged 
 
 eighty years. His wife died, aged seventy-one 
 years. Their children were: Rebecca Jane, 
 Sarah Helen, John Coleman, and Frances Eliza- 
 beth. 
 
 Mr. Mason has always been a stanch Demo- 
 crat, but has refused to fill any office since he 
 came to Camptor.; he is fully able to perform the 
 work of any office at the gift of his fellow-towns- 
 men with fidelity and credit, for he bears a good 
 record from the town of Thornton, where he 
 served as selectman. He is a member in good 
 standing in the local Christian Church of Thorn- 
 ton. Mrs. Mason is also a member. Mr. Mason 
 was a firm Union man, and furnished a man to 
 serve in his place during the war. 
 
 EDMUND HARVEY ELLIOTT, the larg- 
 est ladder manufacturer of New England, was 
 born in the town of Rumney, May 8, 1834, and 
 is a son of Daniel and Dorcas (Baker) Elliott, 
 and a grandson of Daniel Elliott, whose earliest 
 occupation, that we have any creditable informa- 
 tion concerning, was keeping hotel at Enfield, 
 N. H. He was also a large land-owner, and car- 
 ried on a large farm, being one of the leading 
 business men of his town. He retired rather 
 early in life and sold his property, dying about 
 the age of sixty. He was united twice in the 
 matrimonial bond. By his first wife he had one 
 child, Sally. The children by his second wife 
 were: Jotham, Harvey, Paulina, Daniel, Arnold, 
 Wheelock, Alden, Obadiah, Hiram, Louise, Al- 
 mira, Maria, and Laura. 
 
 Daniel Elliott, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Enfield, N. H., in 1806, and came to 
 Rumney in 1822, and bought an unimproved 
 farm by the Stinson Brook, built a dwelling- 
 house, and set to work to clear the land. There 
 were no saw-mills in that locality at that time, 
 and so Daniel Elliott built a saw-mill on the 
 brook, realizing that it would add great value to 
 his timber lands. He at once began lumbering 
 to a large extent, and bought much timber land, 
 especially such as was fit to be used by the lum- 
 berman. He became very active in his lumber- 
 ing and sawing industry, clearing large tracts of 
 land, sawing the logs and marketing the same. 
 He wore out his first saw-mill, and al- 
 
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 most wore out the second one. He was 
 the largest lumberman of this section, 
 and owned 1,800 acres of land, of which he 
 cleared ioo acres as a farm; he also made 
 shingles of the pine logs. He was a very strong 
 man physically, and possessed an extremely 
 good and discriminating judgment; he was a 
 hard worker, and was able to accomplish what 
 two men would ordinarily do. He was kind- 
 hearted, and proud of his large family, and his 
 loving companion of so many years, who reared 
 them to be noble men and women. To the very 
 last he was engaged in his usual hearty work; 
 his death took place at the age of eighty-one; his 
 wife was taken from the midst of a sorrowing 
 family at the age of fifty-two, by heart failure, 
 following a severe case of spotted fever. Daniel 
 and Dorcas Elliott reared the following children : 
 Horatio B., born June 23, 1829; Dorcas M., born 
 Sept. 29, 1830; Phoebe E., born July 12, 1832; 
 Edmund H, born May 8, 1834; Hester M., born 
 Jan. 29, 1836; James B., born Sept. 30, 1837; 
 Clorinda A.', born Sept. 5, 1839; Henry B., born 
 Feb. 23, 1841; Perley C, born Dec. 26, 1842; 
 Jerusha A., born Feb. 13, 1845; Helen M., born 
 July 26, 1846; Ruby A., born Sept. 11, 1848; 
 Augustus W., born Oct. 5, 1849; Eugene S., 
 born Jan. 14, 185 1; Roxanna J., born Dec. 29, 
 1851; Lemuel S., born Dec. 6, 1852; Celestia A., 
 born Feb. 13, 1854; Thomas O., who died in 
 childhood. In all there were eighteen children 
 in the first family, of whom fifteen grew to ma- 
 turity and twelve are living now. Mr. Elliott's 
 second wife was Sarah Buzzell; one child was 
 born to them, but it died young. He was a 
 Democrat in his politics, and served in office as 
 selectman, and in minor positions of trust. Re- 
 ligiously he was a Universalist. 
 
 Edmund Harvey Elliott was educated in the 
 public schools of Rumney, and assisted his father 
 till he finished the years of his minority, when 
 he worked a few years in the saw-mills and in the 
 manufacture of wooden pegs at Ashland, N. H. 
 Later he was employed in the ladder factory at 
 Rumney ; then he bought the Cotton Smart farm 
 of 150 acres, bordering on Stinson Lake, and 
 built a dam and saw-mill opposite the house, and 
 carried on general sawing for about five years. 
 At length he enlarged his business and began 
 the manufacture of the pole ladder of spruce, 
 with oak rounds. This ladder has been on the 
 
 market for fifteen years, and has to-day a wide- 
 spread reputation. He manufactures 140,000 
 feet of ladders annually, and ships ladders by the 
 car-load lots to various points in Massachusetts, 
 Connecticut, New York, besides supplying and 
 controlling the home market. In order to obtain 
 timber he has purchased tract after tract of 
 wooded land, until now he owns 1,400 acres in 
 this and adjoining towns. The fine river farm, 
 known as the Davis farm, is owned by him, and 
 is used principally for hay for his splendid teams 
 of horses and oxen. He also owns a large pas- 
 ture lot, bordering on the brook. He is a large 
 employer of labor, both in the mills and in the 
 woods. His residence and other buildings have 
 been altered and enlarged, new barns and car- 
 riage houses erected, so that his home presents 
 a very prosperous appearance. He is one of the 
 largest, as well as most favorably known, of the 
 business men of this portion of the county; like 
 his father, a finer man is rarely to be met; not 
 only in business life is he worthy of emulation, 
 but also in his family and neighborly relations. 
 
 He has been married twice; his first wife was 
 Ellen, daughter of Ezekiel and Orissa (Blanch- 
 ard) Cheever of Fort Covington, N. Y. She died 
 at the age of fifty- four. The children were: 
 Wilbur H, born Oct. 26, 1861, married Carrie 
 Page, they lost one son, Wilbur H. Wilbur H. 
 assists his father in the ladder business. Lizzie, 
 born April 12, 1863, died October, 1873. Henry 
 A., born July 27, 1867, married Hattie Smart, 
 and has one child by the marriage, Howard N. 
 He is a physician and surgeon of Barnet, Vt. 
 Frederick H., born June 14, 1876, is head clerk 
 at Craig's general store, at Rumney depot. Our 
 subject married' as his second wife Ada N., 
 daughter of Samuel and Mary (Jones) Cheever. 
 Samuel Cheevers was born in Danvers, Mass.,' 
 and is a son of Nathan and Mehitabel (Porter) 
 Cheevers, who were among the early and suc- 
 cessful tillers of the soil of Dorchester, Grafton 
 Co. Nathan Cheevers died about the age of 
 sixty; his wife lived to be ninety-three years of 
 age before the invisible summons came. They 
 had nine children, all blessed with strong consti- 
 tutions, and living to a good old age; a period of 
 sixty years passed without a death occurring in 
 the family. Their son Samuel was one of the 
 intelligent, wide-awake farmers of the town of 
 Dorchester, and owned a large farm, near where 
 
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 the postoffice of Cheevers is now located. 
 Samuel died in 1894, at the age of eighty-seven, 
 and his wife died in 1880, aged fifty-five. Their 
 children were: Ada N., Nathan S., Mary E., 
 George Vernon, and Edson J. The eldest and 
 the youngest children are the only ones surviv- 
 ing to-day. 
 
 Mr. Elliott is a strong Democrat, and has the 
 conviction of his beliefs, and is fearless in the ex- 
 pression of his opinions. His business life has 
 given him no opportunity to hold office; time 
 has been too valuable. In his religious views he 
 is a Universalist. 
 
 JOHN N. KINNE, a practical machinist and 
 farmer of the town of Groton, was born in Jeffer- 
 son, Coos Co., June 7, 1842; his parents were: 
 Rev'. Sewall G. and Henrietta R. (Stevens) 
 Kinne, and his grandparents were Luther and 
 Pasha (Miller) Kinne. 
 
 The representative of the Kinne family, who 
 first made his home in this country, settled in 
 Pomfret, Conn., and there the grandfather of our 
 subject was born, or else in Hanover, N. H; it 
 is not definitely known which place may claim 
 the distinction. He was born Dec. 15, 1799, and 
 owned a farm in Hanover, N. H., but later in 
 life sold his property there and bought a piece 
 of farming property in Canaan, N. H., where he 
 lived till his death, Dec. 7, 1849. His wife de- 
 parted this life Jan. 14, 1850. Their family con- 
 sisted of the following children: Esther, born 
 June 15, 1803; Eunice, Nov. 13, 1804; Amos, 
 June 2, 1807; Sewall G., Nov. 2, 1809; Luther, 
 Jr., May 30, 1812; John M., April 15, 1814; 
 Lovica, Aug. 11, 1816; Esther (second), Jan. 3, 
 1820; and Horace, March 24, 1823. 
 
 Rev. Sewall G. Kinne received the best of a 
 comon school education, and finished his theo- 
 logical course at New Hampton, and was or- 
 dained a minister of the Baptist faith. His active 
 work in the ministry spanned a period of thirty- 
 four years, twenty years of which was spent in 
 North Groton as pastor of the Baptist Church, 
 at the same time supplying other pulpits. He 
 built him a house in North Groton, where he 
 resided for many years; the house is now owned 
 by L. R. Brown. Rev. Kinne lived to enjoy 
 sixty-two years of useful work before he was 
 
 called home to render his account to his Master. 
 His wife, who was born June 30, 1820, is still 
 living, and is making her home with her son; 
 she was a daughter of Moses and Susan (Clark) 
 Stevens. They were blessed with three children : 
 Esther E., born Sept. 16, 1840; John N., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; and Baron, born March 1, 
 1853. Our subject's father was a Democrat in 
 his early years, until the election of Franklin 
 Pierce to the Presidency, when lie joined the 
 Whig party, and ever afterward supported the 
 Whig and Republican organizations. An inter- 
 esting fact worthy of being noted is that he was 
 the first Postmaster that North Groton had, and 
 the first man to mail a letter was R. H. McClure. 
 
 John N. Kinne attended the schools regularly 
 until his seventeenth year, when he learned the 
 trade of machinist, serving one year in Groton 
 and two years in Enfield, when he went to the 
 Manchester Locomotive Works, and worked 
 there eight years. He was married, Dec. 24, 
 1863, to Miss Tamson B. Mathews, daughter of 
 James and Betsey (Bachelder) Mathews. Our 
 subject's wife was born Oct. 11, 1839; her father 
 was a native of Dorchester, N. H., but when a 
 young man came to Groton and bought the Mer- 
 rill farm of seventy acres, and carried on general 
 farming for the remainder of his life, which came 
 to an end at the advanced age of eighty-four. 
 His wife responded to the invisible summons at 
 the age of seventy-four. Their children were: 
 Mary J., John D., Harriet M., Eliza A., Sarah 
 A., Charles B., and Tamson B. 
 
 When Mr. Kinne came to Groton he pur- 
 chased a farm adjoining that of his wife's 
 parents; as his father and mother were getting 
 along in years and wished to retire to a peaceful 
 country life, he let them have the farm he 
 bought and he then purchased the farm of his 
 wife's parents and lived there, taking care of the 
 old folks. He made many improvements of a 
 permanent nature, that have increased the value 
 of the property to a large degree; more farm 
 buildings have been erected, and the old ones 
 repaired and remodeled to suit greater needs. 
 Besides his general farming, he is interested in 
 mining of mica; he has opened a mine on his 
 farm, which is rich in promise and assures him 
 of large future returns. He has also superin- 
 tended other mines, such as the Meriden Mica 
 Mining Co., the Bay State Mining Co., and the 
 
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 D. W. Lyman Mining Co., of Providence, the 
 mines being located in the town of Groton. Mr. 
 Kinne has a choice dairy of cows in which he 
 takes a great interest. He is a great lover of 
 fine horses, and has bred and raised some of the 
 best horses ever raised in the town ; he still owns 
 some very fine animals. 
 
 The children that have been born to our sub- 
 ject and his wife are as follows: Sewall M., born 
 Jan. 3, 1870; and Josie A., born Aug. 23, 1873. 
 Sewall M. married Lizzie Campbell, and owns 
 and operates a farm of 100 acres adjoining his 
 father's property. Josie A. married James Giff, 
 and has borne him two children: Cora, born 
 Sept. 30, 1891; and Rosie, born Sept. 20, 1895. 
 Mr. Kinne is a Republican in respect of his poli- 
 tical views, and has served four terms as select- 
 man, seven years as collector of taxes, besides 
 positions on the school board, as moderator, etc. 
 The entire family are Baptists. 
 
 CHARLES G. WEBSTER, one of the lead- 
 ing farmers and citizens of the town of Campton, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., was born in Campton, N. H., 
 Aug. 16, 1830, and is a son of David and Phebe 
 (Clark) Webster, and a grandson of Eliphalet 
 Webster. Our subject's grandfather was a far- 
 mer, and was engaged in that vocation nearly 
 all his life. 
 
 David Webster's birth-place was Holderness, 
 and he first saw the light of day there, on Sept. 
 1, 1794. He settled in the town of Campton. 
 He engaged in a very successful venture, which 
 he pursued for a large portion of his life, of 
 transferring freight from his native town to Bos- 
 ton and back. The journey consumed ten days, 
 five days each way; his load to Boston would 
 consist of farm produce, which he would ex- 
 change there for merchandise for the merchants 
 in this vicinity. He carried on a large trade in 
 this line of work; one of his loads of merchandise 
 was weighed by the city weigher of Boston and 
 found to weigh seven tons and 776 pounds. He 
 finally retired from this business and bought a 
 small farm of J. Keniston; he built a house and 
 bams, and made it his home till his death, which 
 occurred Feb. 28, 1861. He married as his first 
 wife Olive H. Smith, who was born Feb. 22, 
 
 1799, and died May 17, 1825. Her children 
 were: William R., born Feb. 19, 1820; Annette 
 G., born May 14, 1821; Erastus, born April 2, 
 1823. His second wife was Phebe F. Clark, 
 whom he married Nov. 29, 1827; she was born 
 April 21, 1806, and departed this life July 16, 
 1 871. Her children were as follows: Olive 
 Jane, born Oct. 19, 1828; Charles G., born Aug. 
 16, 1830; Jason, born Jan. 10, 1833, and met his 
 death in the late war; David, born April 14, 1835; 
 Alfred, born Nov. 24, 1837; and Emily G., born 
 Nov. 26, 1839. Mr. Webster was a Whig, and 
 later a Republican, and took an intelligent inter- 
 est in all matters concerning the welfare of the 
 community. He served as tax collector, and in 
 other of the minor offices of the town. 
 
 Charles G. Webster attended the public 
 schools with a boyish determination to acquire 
 an education. He improved every opportunity, 
 but circumstances forced him at the early age of 
 ten years to work for Gardner Spencer, and to 
 begin the life of a farmer. He stayed with Mr. 
 Spencer six years, and then followed agriculture 
 with others for four years, when he tried working 
 on the river for a time. He was then engaged 
 in the Lawrence Mills, then the Three Rivers, 
 Canada, and in the mills at Lowell, Mass., work- 
 ing in these mills ten years. Desiring to settle 
 down to a peaceful, undisturbed life, he adopted 
 the calling of his youth, and made a remarkable 
 success. He purchased a part of the Deacon 
 Goodhue farm of 100 acres, vvhere he has since 
 resided; he has added fifty acres to his original 
 purchase. As a part of his farm he has a tract 
 of forty acres of the best interval land; he has 
 in fact one of the choicest and most desirable 
 farms in Campton. The buildings have been re- 
 modeled and enlarged to suit his practical ideas; 
 he has now a beautiful home, surrounded by 
 splendid shade trees, and with a grand view of 
 the Pemigewasset Valley and the surrounding 
 mountains. For some years he kept city 
 boarders during the summer, as he was urged 
 so hard that he could hardly refuse, but since 
 the noted Maplewood has become a noted sum- 
 mer hotel on the adjoining property, our subject 
 has only roomed a few. 
 
 Mr. Webster married Mary B., daughter of 
 Moses K. and Nancy F. (Plumer) Cawley, 
 natives of Sanbornton, N. H. He has two chil- 
 dren, who not only are the pride and the delight 
 
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 of their parents, but are also objects of the high- 
 est esteem of their neighbors and acquaintances. 
 The elder is Clarendon P., born Oct. 14, 1857, 
 and is the leading dentist of Franklin Falls, and 
 enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He mar- 
 ried Miss Ellen E. Hardy. The younger child 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Webster is Alary E., born June 
 18, 1875. She is a teacher, and resides at home 
 with her parents. Mr. Webster is a Democrat, 
 and has served the town two years as selectman. 
 The family are active and prominent members 
 of the Baptist Church. 
 
 DR. EZRA C. CHASE, a regular medical 
 practitioner of the town of Orford, and a special- 
 ist in rectal diseases, is the son of Daniel Chase, 
 and grandson of William Chase, who was de- 
 scended from William Chase, one of three 
 brothers, William, David, and Aquilla Chase, 
 who came from England. The wife of our sub- 
 ject's grandfather, Mercy Leavitt, was a daugh- 
 ter of Amos Leavitt, who was a pensioner of the 
 Revolutionary War, having served seven years 
 in that struggle. Years after the Revolution, 
 when pensions were first granted, he was paid 
 in Spanish dollars, receiving a hat full of them. 
 Our subject's mother was Lavina Clement, a 
 daughter of Jonathan and Prudence (Wil- 
 loughby) Clement. Daniel Chase came from 
 Meredith, N. H., and was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion; the last forty years of his life were spent 
 in Piermont. 
 
 Dr. Chase was born in Piermont, Oct. 10, 
 1857, and was the youngest of a family of nine 
 children, of whom but three are now living. Up 
 to the age of eighteen he had received only the 
 educational advantages afforded by the district 
 school, and there his father thought his educa- 
 tion might as well end. But our subject was 
 ambitious and determined to enter the profession 
 of medicine; so he began a course of self-instruc- 
 tion, which he constantly pursued with a zeal 
 that would have dismayed a less earnest or 
 plucky student. A pocket leather-bound medical 
 dictionary, which he secured and studied at this 
 time, is affectionately regarded by the Doctor 
 as the first step in his professional life prepara- 
 tion. The regular study of medicine he com- 
 menced in 1880, and graduated from the medical 
 
 college in March, 1884. He passed with credit 
 the examination of the board of censors, re- 
 ceived his license to practice, and immediately 
 located in Orford/where he has built up an ex- 
 tensive and lucrative practice; his professional 
 calls are not confined to the eastern side of the 
 river, but extend along both sides, and afford 
 him all the work that he can attend to. In 1884 
 he joined the New Hampshire Eclectic Medical 
 Society, and in the ensuing year was elected its 
 vice-president; in 1891 he became a member of 
 the Vermont Medical Society. He was elected a 
 member of the board of censors in 1886, and 
 still retains that position. 
 
 In 1876 he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Margaret E. Brooks, and their union has been 
 blessed with three children: Daniel R., who has 
 attended Kimball Union Academy three years, 
 and is now at the Vermont Academy, Saxon's 
 River, Vt., expecting to enter the medical col- 
 lege in 1897; Eda May; and Bernard Bradley. 
 The father of Mrs. Dr. Chase, Stephen Brooks, 
 was a soldier in the late war, and was drowned 
 in one of the vessels, sunk by the rebel ram Mer- 
 rimac. Mrs. Chase was nine months old when 
 her father was killed. Her mother was Sarah 
 McGowan, who came from Canada; her brother 
 is a piano-maker of Montreal. 
 
 Dr. Chase is a very public-spirited citizen, and 
 active in any movement calculated to benefit the 
 town in its growth and development. He was 
 very influential in organizing the Orford Cheese 
 and Butter Manufactory, which has contributed 
 no small amount to the general prosperity of the 
 town; he was also interested in the movement 
 for removing the toll from the bridge across the 
 Connecticut River to Fairlee, and in the exten- 
 sion of the telephone system of connection he 
 has given his active and most efficient support. 
 In addition to his professional practice he is 
 financially interested in the drug firm of F. W. 
 Abbott & Co. of Fairlee, Vt. Dr. Chase is a 
 member in good standing of Mt. Cube Lodge, 
 No. 10. F. & A. M., of Orford, in which he has 
 presided four times as W. M.; he is also a mem- 
 ber of St. Gerard Commandery of K. T. of Little- 
 ton, and is a thirty-second degree member of 
 Edward A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua, N. 
 H. The Doctor belongs to seven different and 
 distinct Masonic bodies, and is a representative 
 to the Grand Lodere. 
 
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 Dr. Ezra C. Chase is a splendid example of 
 what a man may do to advance himself in life; 
 he is a self-made man, so far as that term is com- 
 monly accepted, and has made a lasting impres- 
 sion on the life of the town; he is highly 
 esteemed on all sides as a valuable citizen of the 
 town of Orford, whose energy has done much 
 to give him his present prestige, and to further 
 the interests of his townspeople. We feel rea- 
 sonably certain that the excellent likeness of Dr. 
 Chase, which adorns another page, will add 
 much to the interest that will be taken in this 
 volume. 
 
 HON. ISAAC CALHOUN, a leading busi- 
 ness man of the town of Littleton, N. H., was 
 born in Lyman, May 10, 1832; he is a son of 
 James and Philena (Robbins) Calhoun, and a 
 grandson of James and Sarah (Streeter) Calhoun. 
 
 James Calhoun, Sr., was of Scotch-Irish de- 
 scent, and carried on a business as a linen mer- 
 chant before his emigration to this country. 
 Upon his arrival in the United States he settled 
 in Lyman, N. H., bought a farm, and devoted 
 the remainder of his life to agricultural labors, 
 becoming prosperous and well-to-do, and very 
 much respected by his fellow-townsmen. His 
 death occurred when about fifty years of age; 
 his wife was called home to her well-earned rest 
 at the age of seventy-four. Their children were 
 as follows: Solomon, Rebecca, James, Isaac, 
 Sally, Mary, and David. 
 
 James Calhoun, Jr., was born in Lyman, in 
 1799, and after the death of his father carried on 
 general farming a few years on the homestead, 
 which he had inherited. When he removed to 
 the west part of the town of Littleton and bought 
 a new farm, he sold the homestead and made his 
 home in Littleton until 1861, when he went to 
 Lisbon, and retired from active life, dying at the 
 age of eighty. His wife passed away when 
 seventy-seven years of age, being born in 1801 ; 
 she was a daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Farr) 
 Robbins. Mr. Robbins was one of the earliest 
 settlers of Littleton ; when he came to the town 
 there was but one house, made of logs, standing 
 on the present location of the village of Littleton. 
 Mr. Calhoun in his years of early manhood 
 taught many winter terms of school. He was a 
 
 Whig and took a great interest in the cause of 
 anti-slavery. He reared the following children: 
 Isaac, Sarah J., Lydia, Clementine, Mary R., 
 Luella, and Elizabeth. 
 
 Isaac Calhoun was the eldest child in his 
 father's family; in his boyhood days he attended 
 the public schools and Newbury Academy to 
 secure an education to better fit him to cope with 
 the duties of life. As a farmer he started out to 
 make his way in life ; later on he went to Lisbon 
 and went into the lumber business, adding after 
 a time the produce and butcher business, carry- 
 ing on a very extensive and profitable trade, 
 which soon placed him in a state of entire inde- 
 pendence. He also owned a large farm in 
 Lisbon, but sold it when he disposed of his other 
 business and came to Littleton. He bought the 
 stand now known as N. Flanders's place in 1868, 
 and for a few years carried on a successful busi- 
 ness in Littleton as a butcher and produce mer- 
 chant. As he had accumulated property of 
 various sorts that demanded his time and atten- 
 tion, consisting chiefly of farming land, both at 
 Lisbon and at Littleton, he disposed of the 
 butcher and produce business. He was at one 
 time a part owner of the South Littleton Mills, 
 which had a good run of business while timber 
 was plenty. He was also financially interested 
 in a starch manufactory in Maine, and owned 
 several tenement houses in the town of Littleton. 
 His own residence has one of the prettiest loca- 
 tions in Littleton, with beautiful grounds, car- 
 peted with soft green verdure in the summer; the 
 place was formerly known as the Whittaker resi- 
 dence. Mr. Calhoun has made many useful 
 improvements in the arrangement and the fitting 
 of the house, and has built a large barn and car- 
 riage-house. In 1884 he built the H. Libby 
 house on Main Street, and disposed of it at a 
 good price subsequently. Mr. Calhoun has 
 always taken a deep interest in the welfare of 
 Littleton, and has ever been ready to do what- 
 ever lay in his power to advance its best inter- 
 ests. 
 
 Mr. Calhoun married Miss Lydiaett Hildrith, 
 daughter of Leonard and Hannah Hildreth of 
 Lisbon, N. H. ; he was called upon to mourn her 
 sudden taking away at the age of thirty-seven, 
 when in the very prime of womanhood; she left 
 no children. His second wife was Flora Young, 
 daughter of Prescott and Lucy Young of Lisbon, 
 
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 anil have an adopted daughter, Alice M., age 
 fifteen. In political struggles Mr. Calhoun has 
 always supported the Republican party with his 
 vote and all his wide influence; he has served as 
 selectman three terms, and represented the town 
 in the State Legislature of 1889-90. He is a Con- 
 gregationalist. He is a member of the Masonic 
 Order, being made a Mason in Lisbon, but is 
 now a member of the Burns Lodge, No. 66, F. 
 & A. M., of Littleton, N. H. 
 
 JOHN BURGIN, Postmaster at Pattenville, 
 town of Littleton, N. H., was born at Lancaster, 
 N. H., Jan. 17, 1820, and is a son of Samuel and 
 Annie (Dunlap) Burgin, and a grandson of John 
 Bur gin. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was one of the early 
 pioneers of Lancester, N. H., where he entered 
 upon the clearing of a large tract of rich timber 
 land; he made many permanent improvements 
 on his farm, erecting substantial buildings, and 
 in other ways demonstrating his progressive and 
 wide-awake nature, ever alive to the real needs 
 of the hour. He was a veteran of the Revolu- 
 tion, and after his death at an advanced age his 
 wife drew a pension from the Government. Their 
 family consisted of the following children : John, 
 Samuel, Abigail, and Tryphena. Mr. Burgin and 
 his wife were both popular members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Samuel Burgin bought a farm and located in 
 East Lancaster, where he engaged in agricul- 
 tural work and carpentry; the farm was located 
 in the bottom lands of the river, and was inter- 
 val of the best quality. He was a Republican 
 and a regular attendant of the M. E, Church. 
 He lived to be fifty-five years old; his wife was 
 called home at the age of sixty-three. Following 
 is the list of their children, fourteen in number: 
 Rhoda, Samuel S., William, Mary Ann, Levi, 
 John, Persis, David, Louise, Emily, Louisa, Abi- 
 gail, Rebecca, and W. Bryant. 
 
 John Burgin started out in life as a farmer, 
 but soon turned his attention also to stone work, 
 consisting chiefly of dressing and moving large 
 stones. He married Cordelia A., daughter of 
 Albert and Harriet (Eastman) Millen; Albert 
 Millen was a prominent farmer of Littleton, and 
 a soldier during the Civil War. Their children 
 
 were: Cordelia A.; George F., died at the age 
 of eight years; John W., died at the age of twen- 
 •ty-four. After our subject's marriage he took 
 charge of his father-in-law's farm, and took care 
 of the old folks till death relieved him; Mr. 
 Millen died in his seventy-ninth year; his wife 
 responded to the last summons at the age of 
 seventy. In 1871 Mr. Burgin came to Patten- 
 ville, his present residence, and bought the 
 home he now owns. In 1891, upon the estab- 
 lishment of a postoffice in Pattenville, Mr. Bur- 
 gin was appointed the first Postmaster, and is 
 still the popular incumbent of that office. 
 
 In the fall of the year of 1862, in response to 
 a call for more troops, Mr. Burgin enlisted in 
 Co. G, nth Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and served 
 three years, receiving an honorable discharge at 
 the end of the war, June 10, 1865. He was called 
 to the front at Fredericksburg, and received a 
 wound in the hand while fighting before Peters- 
 burg. Our subject draws a pension of $16 per 
 month for disability. Both Mr. Burgin and his 
 wife are blessed with strong constitutions and 
 excellent health; their many warm friends join 
 in wishing them a continued state of joy, health, 
 and prosperity. They reared a large family, and 
 have lived to see them make good beginnings in 
 life's struggle. Their first-born, George, died at 
 the age of eleven years and six months. John 
 E., born Dec. 6, 1855, married Mrs. F. Swett, 
 and lives at Lisbon, N. H., where he is engaged 
 in carpentry work ; they have one child, Percic 
 Edward. Edward S., born Oct. 9, 1857, is a pros- 
 perous farmer of Cohasset, Minn. Hattie was 
 born Dec. 7, 1863. Samuel A. was accidently 
 killed by the railroad cars at the age of twenty- 
 four, on May 10, 1892. William A., born Oct. 
 1, 1868, married Catherine McRavia, who has 
 borne him two children, Myrtle and James E. 
 He is a farmer by occupation, and resides at 
 Waterford, Vt. Andrew G., born March 25, 
 1870, is also a farmer. Annie E., born Dec. 19, 
 1874, married Edward Gates of Littleton. In his 
 political attachments Mr. Burgin is a stanch Re- 
 publican, but with the exception of his present 
 position, has never held office. During the vears 
 of his active life he was a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post of Littleton, but when his agre and infirmity 
 would not permit him to attend the meetings so 
 far away he took a demit. Reliedouslv, he is a 
 Universalist, and his wife a Free Will Baptist. 
 
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 GE( )RGE E. WALKER. Among the repre- 
 sentative farmers of the town of Littleton there 
 is no one more worthy of mention in this Book 
 of Biographies than Air. Walker. He was born 
 at Apthorp, Grafton Co., N. H., Feb. 21, 1864; 
 our subject is a son of Franklin and Martha D. 
 ((Hie) Walker, grandson of Simeon and Clarissa 
 (Bacon) Walker, and a great-grandson of 
 Simeon Walker. 
 
 Simeon Walker was among the early settlers 
 of Peacham, Yt, coming from Middletown, 
 Conn., with an ox team; he took up a tract of 
 forest land, cleared it, raised crops, built himself 
 farm buildings, and took a prominent place in 
 the affairs of the new settlement, being selected 
 on many occasions to fill positions of trust and 
 honor, serving in 1 most of the town offices. 
 
 His son, Simeon, was born in Peacham; he 
 served in the War of 1812, and was taken a pris- 
 oner by the British at Ticonderoga; with other 
 prisoners of war he was transported to Nova 
 Scotia, and there released upon the termination 
 of hostilities. After his return to Peacham, he 
 turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, and 
 worked at it all his active years, either in his 
 native town or in Cabot, Vt. He was the victim 
 of a stroke of lightning seventeen years previous 
 to his death, and thereafter could perform no 
 manual work. He died at the home of our sub- 
 ject's father at the age of eighty-one, in 1867. 
 His wife lived to the very exceptional age of 
 ninety-nine; she was a slight little woman, and 
 never sick until the night before her death. Mr. 
 Walker was a Whig in politics, and a Congrega- 
 tionalist in religious belief and attachments. The 
 following children made up the family: Frank- 
 lin, Hiram, Emily, Caroline, Clarissa, David, and 
 Philena. 
 
 Franklin Walker was born in Peacham, Vt., 
 Sent. 3, 1816, and obtained his education in the 
 public schools of his native village; his occupa- 
 tion through life was that of a farmer and a lum- 
 berman. At twenty-one years of age he went 
 to Littleton and worked in the lumber mills of 
 that place until 1837, when he took charge of 
 and ran the mills of Squire Brackett. He built 
 himself a house at Apthorp, and afterwards 
 owned several others in the same village. In 
 t86c; he bought the J. Jones farm on Mann's 
 Hill of uo acres, running in debt for the pur- 
 chase money to an amount approximating 
 
 $1,200.00. There was quite a quantity of lumber 
 on the farm of very fine quality, but the fields 
 were in a very poor state of cultivation. He cut 
 off some of the timber and brought the arable 
 land up to a better standard; in 1877 ne built a 
 new house, tearing down the old structure, that 
 was too far gone to attempt to repair it. The 
 barn was remodeled to suit his ideas of what he 
 desired, and the whole establishment soon took 
 on an appearance of prosperity and thrift it had 
 been totally foreign to ; at the last, by very hard 
 work, combined with upright, honest dealings, 
 he had cleared the farm of all debt, laid up a 
 good bank account and owned some twenty head 
 of cattle and other stock. He died Jan. 23, 1895, 
 of a mortal attack of pertinitus. His wife is still 
 living and makes her home with our subject; she 
 was a daughter of Noah and Elizabeth (Farr) 
 Gile of Littleton. Mr. Gile was one of the lead- 
 ing and most prosperous agriculturists of that 
 town ; early in life he moved to Burke, Vt., where 
 he died, aged forty-two years, of typhus fever. 
 Four children were born to them : Martha, Den- 
 nis, Noah, and Elizabeth. Mr. Walker's first 
 wife was Caroline Colton; she died in early 
 womanhood, leaving three children: Henry F., 
 Emma J., and Clara, all of whom are living. By 
 his second marriage with Martha Gile, the fol- 
 lowing children were the issue: George E., the 
 subject of this sketch; Frank D., born June 30, 
 1868, and died July 11, 1869; Winfred N., born 
 April 9, 1874, and died April 8, 1875. Our sub- 
 ject's father was a very active member of the 
 White Mountain Grange. 
 
 Our subject obtained his early education in 
 the public schools of his native town, after which 
 he attended the Hanover Agricultural College, 
 graduating from it in 1888. For four winters he 
 taught school, returning to farm labors in the 
 summer. Since his father's death, with the co- 
 operation of his mother, he has taken care of 
 the farm in the most satisfactory manner. His 
 education that he received in the Agricultural 
 College has made him a leader in introducing 
 better and more scientific methods of farming. 
 He was the first in his neighborhood to build a 
 silo, an example that has been widely followed 
 since. A fine herd of graded Jerseys furnish his 
 dairy with the richest of milk, and have proved 
 a most profitable source of income; and has 
 raised a number of fine horses. The question so 
 
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 often raised, "Can farming be made successful?" 
 finds a convincing answer in the results he has 
 brought about. 
 
 Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss 
 Inez E. Herbert, daughter of Charles and Mary 
 E. (White) Herbert of Bethlehem. One child, 
 Herbert George, born Sept. 21, 1896, is the re- 
 sult of this union. Our subject's father was an 
 earnest worker in the cause of temperance, and 
 so our subject espouses the cause of Prohibition. 
 He was auditor of the school board in 1892-93- 
 94, and was elected a member of the school 
 board in 1895. He is a Congregationalist in re- 
 ligious belief, as all the family have been. He 
 is a member of the White Mountain Grange, and 
 has served as secretary and overseer of the same, 
 and is now lecturer. He also served as secretary 
 of the Pomona Grange for four years, having 
 been elected December, 1889. He is a member 
 of the Order of Foresters, and holds the office 
 of treasurer and secretary at present. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM HENRY KENISTON 
 is the senor member of the firm of William H. 
 Keniston & Son, millers and manufacturers of 
 square stock for bobbin and chairs, of the town 
 of Rumney; it is the largest business firm in the 
 town. Our subject was born in Northbridge, 
 Mass., Nov. 23, 1833, and is a son of Jacob M. 
 and Sylvia Ann (Croney) Keniston, and grand- 
 son of William and Sarah (Morrison) Keniston. 
 
 William Keniston was born Oct. 10, 1760, and 
 died Oct. 30, 1853. His wife was born March 
 25, 1770, and departed this life on the 6th of 
 December, 1839. Their children were: Sally, 
 William H, Agnes, Ebenezer, John, Samuel, 
 David D., Lydia D., Abigail, Jacob, and George 
 W. Mr. Keniston was a leading and influential 
 farmer, and resided in Northbridge, Mass., and 
 Sanbornton, N. H. 
 
 Our subject's father, Jacob M. Keniston, was 
 born June 25, 1808, in Sanbornton, N. H, and 
 assisted his father till the years of his majority, 
 when he learned the stone-cutter's trade, and be- 
 came a very skilled workman. He went to 
 Northbridge, where he labored at his chosen 
 trade, and married there his wife, who was Sylvia 
 Ann, daughter of Henry Croney of Northbridge ; 
 
 the ceremony took place Sept. 4, 1832. She was 
 born in 1812, and is living in Rumney; she still 
 is blessed with good hearing, and reads without 
 the assistance of any glasses. She helps with 
 many of the light household duties; she is a good 
 conversationalist, and is able to entertain her 
 ready auditors with stories of the early days 
 with its many hardships; she is very much 
 thought of by all of her large circle of acquaint- 
 ances. After Jacob M. Keniston married, he 
 bought a small farm, in Northbridge, but resided 
 there but a short time, going from that place to 
 Leicester, Mass., where he bought about 300 
 acres and carried on farming, and worked at his 
 trade for eighteen years. He then came to Rum- 
 ney, purchased a small farm on the south side 
 of Baker River, where he lived until he retired, 
 when he sold his farm property, and bought a 
 home in Rumney Village. His political views 
 were strongly Democratic; he held many minor 
 offices in the various places of his residence. 
 While living in Leicester, Mass., he had charge 
 of the town farm for four years. He was a Uni- 
 tarian in his religious belief. He died Oct. 23, 
 1889. His children were: William H., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch ; Abigail, who died at the age 
 of four years; and Annie C, who married C. D. 
 Kellv of Rumney. 
 
 William Henry Keniston was educated in the 
 district schools, and in Leicester Academy. He 
 then worked at Worcester, Mass., for A. G. 
 Mann, at granite work for seventeen years. At 
 the end of that time he came to Rumney, bougbt 
 a water privilege, and the Kelly place, and also 
 the grist-mill of Mr. Colburn. He remodeled 
 and enlarged the srist-mill, fitting- it up through- 
 out with new and modern machinery, and has 
 since done a large milling business, besides cus- 
 tom work. Previous to this he built a mill where 
 he manufactures bobbin stock and shingles in 
 large quantities. He purchased 250 acres of 
 timber land on Rattlesnake Hill,' where he 
 opened a granite quarry; he also built a mill, ad- 
 joining the grist-mill, where he finishes the 
 granite for market — a business he carried on 
 very extensively. The Henry Annis place, on 
 which the house was burned down, he bought, 
 and built a fine new house and barn, and has 
 without doubt one of the very finest residences in 
 town, with a beautiful lawn, well protected with 
 many handsome shade trees; the property con- 
 
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 sists of some forty acres, adjoining the village 
 property. Mr. Keniston has made a brilliant 
 success of all his business ventures, and when 
 his son grew to manhood he took him into part- 
 nership; his son now ranks with his father as 
 being among the foremost business men of the 
 town. Energy and enterprise, with clear-headed 
 business sagacity, have been the means of Mr. 
 Keniston's flattering success. Our subject mar- 
 ried Nancy M., daughter of Andrew March of 
 Worcester, Mass. She passed away, in 1891, al 
 the age of fifty-one, leaving one child to survive 
 her, George H. They lost one daughter, Etta 
 M., at the age of nine. George H. married Rosa 
 M. Elliott, and has one child, Gladys May; he is 
 a partner in the firm. Mr. Keniston is in his 
 political views a Democrat, and served in the 
 Legislature as a representative from the town. 
 He is a member of the Mooselanck Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., of Wentworth, N. H. He is also a mem- 
 ber of K. of H. Lodge. 
 
 HON. JOSEPH W. BURLEY is a merchant 
 of North Groton, and was born in the town of 
 Dorchester, Grafton Co., N. H, Sept. 11, 1851. 
 He is a son of Gilman and Sarah W. (Foster) 
 Burley, grandson of Joseph and Louise (Dow) 
 Burley, and a great-grandson of Joseph Burley, 
 Sr., who was one of the earliest settlers of the 
 town of Dorchester. His son Joseph was born 
 in that town, and educated himself for the life of 
 a surveyor. He bought a farm and was engaged 
 in the pursuit of agriculture, in addition to his 
 chosen profession; many of the adjoining towns 
 and farms have had their lines established 
 by our subject's grandfather. He mar- 
 ried as his first wife Miss Runlett, who 
 died early in life, leaving these children: Joseph 
 B., John, and Lois. The children by his second 
 wife were: Benjamin, Noah, and Gilman. 
 Joseph Burley died at the age of eighty-two; his 
 wife was taken to her promised home in man- 
 sions fair at the age of sixty-five. 
 
 Gilman Burley was born on the homestead in 
 Dorchester and received a good public school 
 education, and studied surveying and taught 
 school for a number of years. He eventually 
 learned the surveyor's art, and practiced it to 
 
 some extent. He inherited the homestead and 
 bought a wooded tract near by, and carried on 
 the lumber business. He was a very active man, 
 and, to use a popular expression, "never let the 
 grass grow under his feet;" he took a keen inter- 
 est in all matters relating to the public welfare 
 and good. He died at the age of forty-eight, 
 from typhoid fever, brought on by overwork and 
 exposure. In his political views he was a Demo- 
 crat of the unflinching type; he served as repre- 
 sentative in the Legislature for three terms; he 
 was chairman of th board of selectmen for several 
 years, and was also justice of the peace for a 
 term extending over a period of several years. 
 Religiously he was a Universalist. His wife was 
 taken away to happier scenes at the age of sixty- 
 three; she was a victim of pneumonia. Her 
 father was James Foster. Two children were 
 born to our subject's father: Joseph W., and 
 Scott, who owns and resides on the homestead 
 in Dorchester. 
 
 Hon. Joseph W. Burley, after attending the 
 district schools, finished his education in the 
 High School at Bath, N. H. His first start in 
 life as an owner of real estate, was to buy a farm 
 in Dorchester, which he sold in 1881. In that 
 year he bought a store at North Groton and car- 
 ried on a general store trade for eleven years, 
 when the building was struck by lightning dur- 
 ing a severe thunder-storm, and burned to the 
 ground. He then bought the Kidder house, 
 located at the Corners, which had formerly been 
 a store in the early days, and rebuilt it, remodel- 
 ing and enlarging it into a store and a residence. 
 He has the largest store in the town, and has 
 won a large patronage by his courteous manner 
 and fair and honest dealing. He has purchased 
 some 700 acres of land in the town, 100 0/ it 
 being a nice farm near the village; the entire 
 farm is given over to cultivation. The remainder 
 of his estate is in forest, bought principally for 
 its valuable deposits of mica. In company with 
 G. W. Bailey he opened, in 1896, a very valuable 
 mica mine, known as Tugg's Hill Mine, which 
 produces some of the finest and largest leaves of 
 mica in Grafton Co. His investment will prove 
 exceedingly profitable some day, when the mines 
 shall have been developed. 
 
 Mr. Burley married Georgia A., daughter of 
 Albert and Roxanna Leavitt of Dorchester. Mr. 
 Leavitt is a leading farmer and mill-owner; in 
 
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 early life he was financially interested in the 
 manufacture of brick. Our subject is a Demo- 
 crat, and has represented the town in the Legis- 
 lature of 1889-90. He has been selectman for 
 four years, and chairman of the board two years. 
 He also served as selectman three different terms 
 in the town of Dorchester, and collector of taxes 
 one year; he is at present justice of the peace and 
 town clerk. He is a member of the Moosilanke 
 Lodge, F. & A. M.; and Pemigewasset Chapter, 
 R. A. M. In his religious beliefs he is inclined 
 to be partial towards the Universalist Church. 
 
 SAMUEL R. MORRISON, who is a resident 
 of the town of Orford, N. H, where he is en- 
 gaged in farming and lumbering, was born in 
 Fairlee, Vt, Oct. 6, 1833; the first thirteen years 
 of his life were spent in Fairlee, and then his 
 parents removed to Orford, where our subject 
 attended the district schools and Orford Acad- 
 emy until he was twenty-one years of age, teach- 
 ing one winter term of school after he had 
 completed his own education. He then became 
 bookkeeper for a Mr. Tillotson, a large specula- 
 tor in lumber and other timber products, and 
 continued in this capacity for four years. Upon 
 leaving his employer at the end of that time he 
 became traveling salesman for the North Ameri- 
 can Lightning Rod Co., remaining with them 
 eight years; during that period he traveled over 
 New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con- 
 necticut, Rhode Island, New York, and over 
 large areas of Canada. He was located two 
 years at Montreal, one year at Quebec, and one 
 year at Three Rivers. Two years before he dis- 
 continued his connection with the Lightning 
 Rod Co., he bought the Mt. Cube farm at the 
 base of the mountain of that name, in the town 
 of Orford; this farm, consisting of 150 acres of 
 valuable farming land, he still owns. After farm- 
 ing there a while he went into the lumber trade 
 in partnership with Mr. Tillotson, dealing in lum- 
 ber and bark; their business became large and 
 yielded most satisfactory returns to the investors ; 
 in one year they sold the Passumpsic R. R. 7,000 
 cords of wood. Mr. Morrison was in this busi- 
 ness some ten or fifteen years before the death 
 of Mr. Tillotson, since which time he has car- 
 ried it on alone. 
 
 The farm on which our subject and his son 
 reside is a tract, comprising some seven or eight 
 hundred acres of fine land, suitable for farming 
 purposes; it is known as the old Marston home- 
 stead, and is situated not far from Mt. Cube. 
 Mr. Morrison joined his partner, Mr. Tillotson, 
 in its purchase in 1875, subsequently acquiring 
 the entire interest. It is one of the best con- 
 ducted and best equipped farms in the county, 
 the present owners having spent many thousand 
 dollars in improving the place; in 1896 they built 
 an unusually large and commodious barn, and it 
 is their intention to erect another in 1897. 
 ' The Morrison family is of Scotch origin; their 
 family-seat has been the Island of Lewis for 
 more than a thousand years. Tradition affirms 
 that they originated from a descendant of a Nor- 
 wegian king, Moyres by name. One of the 
 earliest Morrisons in America, and an ancestor 
 of our subject, was Samuel Morrison, who was 
 commonly known as Charter Samuel, because he 
 was one of the grantees of the charter of the town 
 of Londonderry, N. H. His wife was Marguerite 
 Henry. John Morrison, his son, married Eliza- 
 beth Alexander, and one of their children, 
 Samuel Morrison, was the great-grandfather of 
 our subject. Samuel Morrison married Mary 
 Roach, and the next in the direct line of descent 
 was their son, Samuel Morrison, Jr. This latter 
 gentleman, the grandfather of our subject, mar- 
 ried, in the year 1802, Elizabeth Rowe, who was 
 from Pembroke, N. H, or some adjoining town. 
 Daniel W. Morrison, our subject's father, was 
 born in Fairlee, Vt., 1805, and died in 1864, in 
 the town of Lyme, where he was making his 
 home with one of his sons; he was a farmer all 
 his life. In politics, he was a Whig, but very 
 modest in accepting office. His wife, the mother 
 of Samuel R. Morrison, was Bersha Gage, a 
 daughter of Richard Gage, a farmer of Pelham, 
 N. H., who came to Orford in 1803, when his 
 daughter was three years old. His death took 
 place in 1862. 
 
 On Feb. 18, i860, in the village of Orford, N. 
 H, our subject's nuptials with Adeliza Merrill 
 were consummated; she was a daughter of 
 Stephen and Adaline (Towe) Merrill. Three 
 children have been born to our subject and his 
 wife, as follows: Albert Edwin, who died in in- 
 fancy; Harry Edgar, born May 4, 1868; and 
 Lettie Adaline. Lettie A., the only daughter, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 was completing her fourth year in N. E. Con- 
 servatory at Boston, Mass., and within a few 
 months of her graduation, when she was taken 
 ill, and yielded up her young life to Him, who 
 gave it, Feb. 15, 1895, in her twenty-first year. 
 She was a remarkably beautiful girl, and an ac- 
 complished vocalist and musician. Her death 
 was a sad blow to her devoted parents and to 
 scores of friends outside the immediate family 
 circle. Harry E. Morrison was married, March, 
 1889, to Nellie J. Danforth, who died March 11, 
 1895; she bore her husband one son, Samuel R. 
 Morrison, Jr., who takes after his grandfather 
 in many respects. Harry E. Morrison formed a 
 second matrimonial union, Nov. 25, 1896, with 
 Frances Buzzell of Haverhill, N. H. Harry is a 
 Mason, being a member of Mt. Cube Lodge, No. 
 10, of Orford; he and his wife are members of 
 Mt. Cube Grange of the town of Orford. He has 
 been a selectman since March, 1896. Samuel R. 
 Morrison has been a prominent man in the town, 
 and has held the following offices: Selectman 
 for four years; tax collector for ten years; and 
 supervisor for a long period. 
 
 The publishers of this Book of Biographies of 
 Grafton Co. take pleasure in presenting, in con- 
 nection with this sketch of his life, Mr. Morri- 
 son's portrait, which will be found on a preced- 
 ing page. 
 
 GEORGE F. ABBOTT, M. D., a prominent 
 physician and surgeon of Littleton, N. H., and 
 until of late years the leading druggist of the 
 village, was born in Littleton, June 7, 1849; ne 
 is a son of George and Esther Ann (Parker) 
 Abbott, grandson of Ezra and Marian (Lang) 
 Abbott, and great-grandson of Ezra Abbott, Sr. 
 Our subject is a direct descendant of George 
 Abbott, an early emigrant from England, and 
 among the early settlers of New England. 
 
 Ezra Abbott, Sr., was a farmer of Newbury, 
 Vt, removing late in life to Bath, N. H., where 
 he died about eighty years old ; his wife was also 
 an octogenerian. The children, who grew up to 
 maturity, were: Reuben, Ezra, and Hannah. 
 
 Ezra Abbott, Jr., was born in Newbury, Vt., 
 and served in the War of 1812. He owned and 
 operated a farm in the town of Bath, Grafton Co., 
 until 1820, when he changed his residence to Lit- 
 
 tleton, and purchased a farm on Mann's Hill, 
 dying there at the advanced age of eighty-one. 
 His wife passed away to the other shore at the 
 age of sixty-five. Their family consisted of the 
 following children : Sarah, George, Jacob, Mary 
 Ann, and Nancy M., besides several they lost by 
 death when infants. 
 
 George Abbott, our subject's father, when he 
 had attained his majority, by his work on the 
 farm had saved enough money to buy his father's 
 farm, and from the start exhibited the character- 
 istic traits of a practical, progressive farmer. He 
 continued buying land until he owned some 400 
 acres, which he kept in the best state of cultiva- 
 tion, and making a success of his farming until 
 i860, when he sold his property, which included 
 a farm-house and two capacious barns. After 
 disposing of his farm he purchased a farm of 
 lesser extent, known to-day as the Willard farm, 
 where he resided a few years, making many val- 
 uable improvements, among which was the re- 
 building of the house and the erection of new 
 barns. He then sold the Willard farm and 
 bought the Phillip place on Cottage Street, and 
 then became a partner of the firm of Hale, Edi- 
 son & Abbott, proprietors of a general store, 
 doing a large and profitable business. After two 
 years Mr. Abbott bought out his partners and 
 carried on the trade for a number of years alone, 
 also including in his work a produce business, 
 shipping potatoes and other agricultural pro- 
 ducts to Boston in car-load lots. His health 
 having become impaired by close in-door work, 
 he disposed of the store and returned to farm 
 life, but later on became interested with his son, 
 the subject of this sketch, in the drug business 
 for a few years. The past ten years of his life 
 have been spent in retirement from business. 
 His wife was Esther Ann Parker, daughter of 
 Evan Parker of Lyman, N. H. ; she died at the 
 age of thirty-five, leaving four children, as fol- 
 lows: William E., a farmer, whose home is in 
 Kansas; George F., the subject of this sketch; 
 Henry C, a farmer of Kansas; and Ella J., who 
 died at the age of eighteen. Mr. Abbott mar- 
 ried as his second wife Miss Emeline Applebee, 
 daughter of Nathan Applebee of Littleton, and 
 by her he had two more children: Belle E., who 
 married H. D. Stevens; and Anna B., who died 
 at the age of ten. Mr. Abbott was originally a 
 Whig, but later in life transferred his political 
 
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 allegiance to the Democratic party, and has filled 
 the following offices of trust and responsibility: 
 justice of the peace, selectman for twelve years, 
 and representative in the State Legislature for 
 the session of 1867-68. He is a member of the 
 M. E. Church. He belongs to Burns Lodge, No. 
 66, F. & A. M.; Franklin Chapter; St. Girard 
 Commandery; he was a charter member of the 
 latter organization and held many of the offices 
 in it. He was also a member of the La Fayette 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., and was Past Grand of it, 
 and of the Encampment. 
 
 Dr. George F. Abbott attended the schools of 
 Littleton, and then entered the H. L. Tilton dry 
 goods store as a clerk, remaining there in that 
 capacity for eighteen months ; for three years fol- 
 lowing he was clerk in F. Hodgman's drug store. 
 He then launched out in business for himself, 
 and, with his father, bought the drug store of P. 
 Parker & Son, and. conducted it with profitable 
 returns for five years; at the end of that time his 
 father sold his interest to Charles Colburn. Later 
 our subject bought out his partner, and a few 
 years later took in J. B. Coburn as a partner, and 
 started a branch store in Bethlehem, being the 
 first store of that description in that village. This 
 arrangement continued unaltered for two years, 
 when Dr. Abbott sold the Littleton store to W. 
 F. Robbins & Co., and kept the Bethlehem es- 
 tablishment himself, continuing to run it until 
 1881, serving as Postmaster there from 1875 to 
 1880. Selling his business, he bought out the 
 Lord Bros, drug store at Tilton, which he con- 
 ducted with a fair measure of success for five 
 years, and then entered the Medical Department 
 of Dartmouth College, from which he graduated 
 in 1890, and then took one course for the 
 diploma of physician and surgeon at the Balti- 
 more Medical Institute. He opened up his office 
 at No. 5 Main Street, Littleton, N. H, and en- 
 tered upon a general practice extending fifteen 
 miles in each direction; he has made a specialty 
 of diseases of the eye. In 1896, having made 
 rapid progress in his profession, he took a post- 
 graduate course at the "Post Graduate" of New 
 York City in some of the branches of medicine 
 in order to perfect the knowledge and skill in 
 the healing art that he already possessed. 
 
 Dr. Abbott married Miss Carrie M. Parker, 
 daughter of James and Betsey (Blakesley) 
 Parker of Dalton, and later of Littleton; Mr. 
 
 Parker is now a retired tanner. Our subject has 
 one child, Ruth, born Aug. 14, 1889. Dr. Abbott 
 is a Republican and served as town treasurer of 
 Bethlehem. He is a member of the Burns 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 66; Franklin Chapter; 
 St. Girard Commandery. He is also a member 
 of the Foresters and the Order of the Golden 
 Cross, in both of which he is examining physi- 
 cian; also examining physician of the New York 
 Mutual Life Insurance Co. He is a member of 
 the M. E. Church. 
 
 JOHN R. FOSS, a retired merchant of Camp- 
 ton Village, N. H, was born in the town of 
 Campton, Grafton Co., N. H, Feb. 22, 1823. He 
 is a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Chase) Foss, 
 and grandson of Ebenezer and a Miss (Hoyt) 
 Foss. Ebenezer Foss came from Concord, N. 
 H, and settled on the Mad River, in the town 
 of Thornton, Grafton Co.; he was one of the 
 first-comers, and cleared and cultivated a farm 
 of his own choosing. He and his wife lived to a 
 hale old age. Their children were: Ebenezer, 
 John H, Carter, Stephen, Milton, Ruth, Sally, 
 Betsey, Jacob, and Langdon. 
 
 Our subject's father, John H. Foss, was born 
 in Concord, N. H, and learned the blacksmith's 
 trade; he worked at this trade in Thornton, and 
 later in Campton. He also owned a pleasant 
 home, and a small tract of land, which he culti- 
 vated in his leisure moments. He worked at his 
 trade until about seventy years of age, and de- 
 parted this life at the age of eighty-four. His 
 wife was over the age of seventy at the time of 
 her decease. Eleven children were born to them, 
 namely: Greenleaf; Sarah, who was not per- 
 mitted by an all-wise Providence to reach an age 
 of maturity; Louisa; Judith; Ann; Sarah; Perry; 
 Jacob; William; John R., the subject of this 
 sketch; Wellington. Mr. Foss was a Democrat 
 all through his life, and liberal in his religious 
 i views. 
 
 John R. Foss received a good education of its 
 kind in the district schools of his native town, 
 and worked with his father at the trade of a 
 blacksmith twenty-five years until his health 
 failed him, when he left the forge and sought 
 lighter employment, and entered upon a mer- 
 
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 cantile career, and carried on a large general 
 store. In 1896 he sold his interest in the store 
 to his son-in-law, Henry Fifield, and retired from 
 active business. He was quite successful in trade 
 and enjoyed the good-will of many patrons. He 
 is respected by all for his strict integrity and 
 methodical business habits. He has always been 
 among the first in any project to aid in the devel- 
 oping of the town and increasing its prosperity. 
 He has very acceptably filled the office of Post- 
 master for eight years. He has also served four 
 years as selectman, and six years as town clerk. 
 In all his public work he has viewed the inter- 
 ests of the town as he would his own private 
 interests, and acted accordingly. Mr. Foss owns 
 a fine residence, which he built in Campton. 
 
 Our subject married Nancy Richards; after 
 her death he was married again to Mary Wilkins ; 
 she died in 1857, leaving one child, Emma, who 
 married William J. Chase, and lives in Ashland, 
 N. H. Mr. Foss's third wife was Laura Emer- 
 son, by whom he has three children: Lucia, 
 born in 1859, married Henry Fifield; Edwin B. 
 was drowned at the age of twenty-seven; Laura 
 is the assistant postmistress of Campton Village. 
 
 CHARLES A. HOLDEN, of the firm of M. 
 Holden & Sons, camphor refiners of Rumney, 
 N. H., and also one of the model farmers of the 
 town, was born in North Groton, Nov. 28, 1840. 
 He is a son of Milton and Jane (Fairbanks) 
 Holden. Milton Holden was born in North 
 Groton, July 11, 1804, and was descended from 
 Richard Holden, who was born in England, and 
 was the first representative of the family to set- 
 tle in the New World. Richard's father was a 
 resident of Suffolk Co., and very wealthy, owning 
 thirteen brick houses at the time of his death. 
 Richard, like other young men of his time, was 
 obliged to learn a trade, and accordingly became 
 a glazier. He determined to come to America 
 and grow up with the new country. He came 
 in 1634, and we find him among the Pilgrims at 
 Ipswich, living later at Cambridge, Watertown, 
 and Groton, dying in the latter place a land- 
 owner. He married Martha Fosdick. Their son 
 Stephen, next in line of descent to our subject, 
 was born in Groton, Mass., and married Hannah 
 
 Lawrence; he was engaged in the pursuit of 
 agriculture. John Holden, next in line of 
 descent, was born in Groton, Mass., and married 
 Sarah Davis, settling in the town of Townsend, 
 Mass.; like his father, he was also a farmer. 
 Their son, David, was born in Townsend, Mass., 
 and died in Hollis, Mass.; he married Sarah 
 Hemingway. David Holden, Jr., Our subject's 
 grandfather, was born in Townsend, Mass., July 
 31, 1769; we find deeds recorded of his pur- 
 chase of 100 acres of land in the town of Groton, 
 Grafton Co., N. H. He settled in what was then 
 styled the wilderness, and built a small log cabin; 
 later he erected a more pretentious house and 
 necessary farm buildings, cleared the land, and 
 purchased additional acreage, at length owning 
 over 150 acres. He also bought and sold several 
 pieces of property. In his younger days he 
 learned the cooper's trade, and was always more 
 or less engaged in that pursuit. He was a pro- 
 gressive man in all the ideas that that term im- 
 plies. He died about fifty years of age. His wife 
 was Bridget Atwell, who was born May 24, 1770, 
 and died about 1842. This union was blessed 
 with fourteen children. The record is as follows: 
 David, William C, Phineas H., Bridget, Josiah 
 R., Myra A., David, Milton, Adams M., Sarah, 
 Lucetta, Charles C. P., and Mary Ann. 
 
 Milton Holden, our subject's father, was born 
 in Groton, N. H., July 11, 1804. As he was one 
 of a large family, it was necessary that some of 
 its members take up other occupations than that 
 of farming; with this end in view he set out for 
 Boston, where he worked one year at boating on 
 the Middlesex Canal, from Boston to Lowell. 
 He then went to work for Mr. Henshaw, who 
 carried on a manufacture of saltpeter and glass, 
 and refined the camphor gum. Mr. Holden de- 
 voted most of his attention to the camphor refin- 
 ing, and after thoroughly learning the process 
 he took in his brother, Adams M. Holden, and 
 taught him also. They then went into business 
 in Boston, and a little later bought out all other 
 parties there that were interested in the refining 
 of camphor. In this way they rid themselves of 
 competition, and did a large and successful busi- 
 ness. About the year 1833, Milton Holden sold 
 his interest to his brother and came to Groton, 
 N. H., buying the old homestead and carrying 
 on farming until 1844. In that year he returned 
 to Boston to assist his brother as foreman, leav- 
 
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 ing the farm in charge of a man he hired, to fill 
 the wants of his wife and children. In 185 1 the 
 railroad was built to Rumney, and Adams M. 
 Holden brought his stock to Rumney, where he 
 could carry on his refining more profitably, for 
 fuel was much cheaper. The two brothers again 
 formed a partnership, built a plant east of Rum- 
 ney Depot on the line of the railroad, and com- 
 menced operations, doing a small business at 
 first. In 1862 our subject's uncle, Adam, died, 
 and our subject's father carried on an exception- 
 ally large business through the war, refining as 
 high as 100 tons of camphor in a year. Milton 
 Holden died in 1888. He was a very active, en- 
 terprising man, and eminently the architect of 
 his own fortunes. He was never at a loss to de- 
 termine the right course in his business; if an 
 opportunity presented itself for the advancement 
 of his fortunes, he was always prepared to grasp 
 the situation and take what was offered. He was 
 a self-made man and worthy of imitation ; he was 
 universally admired for his keen business per- 
 ception. In politics he was a Republican, and 
 filled several positions high in honor. He was 
 selectman of the town of Groton, and repre- 
 sented that town in the Legislature. In Rumney 
 he served three years as selectman. He owned 
 a small home near the refinery. Since 1865 his 
 two sons have been associated with him in busi- 
 ness as partners, under the firm name of M. 
 Holden & Sons; all the business since that time 
 to this has been conducted under this name. He 
 married Jane Fairbanks. She died at the age of 
 thirty-eight. The union was blessed with nine 
 children: Angenette, Frances, John M., Will- 
 iam, Charles A., James, Lucy, Sarah A., and an 
 infant. • 
 
 Charles A. Holden was educated in Groton 
 and Rumney, and assisted his father until he was 
 nineteen years old, when he went to Natick, 
 Mass., and worked at shoemaking until the war 
 broke out. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. C, 32nd 
 Reg. Mass. Vol. Inf., and was discharged in 1865. 
 He was severely wounded in the left side when 
 before Petersburg; he served in all the principal 
 battles in which the Army of the Potomac par- 
 ticipated. After the Rebellion was crushed to 
 earth he returned to Natick, Mass., and followed 
 his trade until November, 1865, when his father 
 offered him an interest in the refining industry. 
 He thereupon came home to Rumney, and has 
 
 since been one of the firm. They were doing a 
 good business until the tariff cut down the profits 
 and let in foreign competition. Our subject 
 bought the Otis Blanchard farm of about forty 
 acres, adjoining the plant, where he has enlarged 
 and improved the plant. He inherited the home- 
 stead, and carried that on too, until he rented it 
 lately. He has a fine mica mine that promises 
 well, which he intends to work. 
 
 Charles A. Holden married Lucy, daughter of 
 William and Mehitabel (Hills) Greenough of 
 Rumney, N. H. Four children were born to 
 them, of whom two are living. Following is the 
 record : Carrie, died at the age of five and a half 
 months; Willie, died when aged three years; 
 Georgianna married B. B. Weeks, Jr., the station 
 agent of Rumney. She is the mother of one 
 child, Mabel Alline. Alline is at home with her 
 parent. 
 
 Our subject is a stanch Republican, and has 
 always been active in town affairs. He was a 
 member of the board of selectmen for two years. 
 He was tax collector two years; member of the 
 school board two years; and moderator for sev- 
 eral years. His religious views are those upheld 
 by the Universalist Church. He is a member of 
 the Olive Branch Lodge, F. & A. M., of Ply- 
 mouth; Knights of Honor; G. A. R. Post, No. 
 75, of Rumney, and is Past Commander of the 
 same, and has served in all the chairs. He was 
 a delegate-at-large to the National G. A. R. Con- 
 vention of 1894, at Pittsburg. He is a member 
 of the Patrons of Husbandry, No. 188, of Rum- 
 ney, and served as its first Master. 
 
 GUY E. GREELEY, a retired glove manu- 
 facturer of Rumney, N. H, was born at Leb- 
 anon, N. H, April 10, 1817, and is a son of 
 Shubal and Lydia (Whitney) Greeley, and a 
 grandson of Matthew and Abigail (Dow) Gree- 
 ley. Matthew Greeley was born in Salisbury, of 
 Scotch-Irish descent; he was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War, participating in the Battle 
 of White Plains as a private. After the war he 
 married and moved to Salisbury, N. H, where 
 he bought a farm and resided there a few years 
 engaged in the vocation of an agriculturist. He 
 then sold out and purchased a saw-mill in 
 Canaan, N. H., but later disposed of it and se- 
 
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 cured a farm in Enfield, where he was living 
 when he retired from active labor, and went to- 
 live with his son, in the State of New York. He 
 soon became homesick and returned to his home 
 in Enfield, N. H., where he lived till his death, 
 which took place after he had passed the age of 
 eighty years. His wife was also blessed with a 
 rugged constitution, and lived to an advanced 
 age. In religious belief they inclined toward the 
 Congregational Church. The children born to 
 them were: Shubal; Ephraim; an infant, un- 
 named; John; Matthew; Sally; Hannah; Achsah; 
 and Lydia. 
 
 Our subject's father learned the carpenter's 
 trade, and held to it during his active years as a 
 means of livelihood. His lot was necessarily cast 
 in different towns wherever there was a call for 
 his services; he worked at boat-building for the 
 Government during the War of 1812. His last 
 days were spent on a farm in Rumney, now the 
 residence of his son, Charles, departing this life 
 at the age of eighty-six. His wife also died at 
 the same age, and they were buried on the same 
 day. They surrounded themselves with the fol- 
 lowing children: Ira, Guy, Charles, Peltiah, 
 Nancy, Susanna, Lucia, Lydia, and Abigail. 
 
 Our subject was only seven years of age when 
 his father settled in Rumney, and, therefore, re- 
 ceived his education in the town of his present 
 residence. At the age of eighteen he took up 
 the trade of stone-cutting; but after one year's 
 trial he took a dislike to it and went to Hanover 
 to work in a hotel; he was engaged in the livery 
 business for four years as a journeyman. He 
 then began driving a stage from Hanover up 
 through the mountain valleys, and continued at 
 this occupation for twenty years, becoming a 
 very expert driver. In 1857 he went to the State 
 of Georgia and drove a team there until i860, 
 when he returned to Rumney and bought the old 
 tannery of Shepard & Nichols, and under the 
 firm name of Whitney & Greeley began the 
 manufacture of Plymouth Buck Gloves. After 
 three years he bought out his partner and ran 
 the business alone for three years; he then en- 
 tered into partnership again with Mr. Whitney, 
 and the business was conducted under their com- 
 bined capital and management until Mr. 
 Whitney's death. Since then our subject was 
 the sole proprietor, and remained so until his 
 health failed him, in 1882, and forced his retire- 
 
 ment from business life. He has a fine home on 
 Main Street on what is known as the Hadley 
 place; Mr. Greeley had the former building re- 
 moved, making of it a tenement house, and 
 erected a new house in its stead. 
 
 Mr. Greeley married Lydia J., daughter of 
 Dearborn Crawford, and granddaughter of Abel 
 Crawford of White Mountains fame. He was 
 bereaved of her presence in her twenty-ninth 
 year; she was a victim of consumption. His 
 second wife was Abi, daughter of Otis and 
 Mercy (Piper) Whitney. Otis Whitney was born 
 in Hope, Me., March 16, 1802, and is a son of 
 Silas and Susan (Sargent) Whitney. Silas Whit- 
 ney was born in Thornton, N. H., and removed 
 to Maine, where he spent his life engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. Silas Whitney and wife both 
 died between the ages of forty-five and fifty. 
 Their children were: Otis, Sarah, Mary, Jacob 
 S., Susan, Hopestill, and Hannah. Otis Whit- 
 ney served seven years apprentice as a carpenter, 
 and worked all his life as a carpenter and as a 
 cabinet-maker, having a reputation of being a 
 very skilled workman. He settled in Rumney, 
 N. H., and built a large house, about the year 
 1846, where his daughter Sarah now lives. The 
 house was built by his own labor; the lumber 
 was all planed, doors and other articles of fine 
 carpentry were all made by him. He died March 
 20, 1 881; his wife was born March 7, 1794, and 
 was called to fairer scenes Jan. 13, 1880. Fol- 
 lowing is the family record: Mary, born June 1, 
 1824; Maria, born Oct. 14, 1825; Abi, born June 
 24, 1827; Sophia, born July 29, 1829; and Sarah, 
 born July 16, 1831. 
 
 Mr. Greeley's children by his last marriage 
 are: Otis Warren and Mary Maria. Otis War- 
 ren was born Dec. 7, i860, and is general bag- 
 gage master in the Union depot at Boston, Mass. 
 Mary Maria, born July 16, 1864, married Albert 
 M. Spaulding, a camphor refiner of Rumney, 
 N. H. Their union has been blessed with two 
 children: Joseph, born March 17, 1892; and 
 Guy, born July 16, 1894. 
 
 Mr. Greeley is one of the substantial men of 
 Rumney, and has always aimed to advance its in- 
 terests whenever an opportunity offered. Politi- 
 cally, he is an earnest advocate of the principles 
 of the Republican party, but has been too busy 
 to give time or attention to the holding of any 
 office. Both he and his wife are Universalists. 
 
HON. GEORGE W. MANN. 
 
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 IRA CUMMINGS, a farmer of the town of 
 Groton, N. H., was born in the same town, 
 March i, 1855, and is a son of Edward' and 
 Martha (Clark) Cummings, and a grandson of 
 Ira and Betsey (Hardy) Cummings. Ira Cum- 
 mings, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in the town of Groton, on the farm 
 which Daniel Kidder now owns; he lived the 
 calm and honorable life of a farmer. He died 
 with the dropsy at the age of fifty-four. His 
 wife was Betsey Hardy. The children born to 
 them were: Ira, Mary, Emma, Charles, and 
 Edward. In politics he supported Whig prin- 
 ciples. 
 
 Edward Cummings was born in Groton, and 
 inherited the homestead, and lived there until 
 after his marriage to Martha, daughter of John 
 and Elizabeth (Neal) Clark, when he removed 
 to the home of his wife's parents, and took care 
 of them in their last days. His father-in-law left 
 him the homestead of 125 acres, which is finely 
 located near the village of North Groton; there 
 he made his home until his death. He built a 
 new set of farm buildings, and was just fairly 
 started in life, when he succumbed to an attack 
 of typhoid fever, due principally to overwork, at 
 the early age of twenty-eight. His wife died at 
 the age of fifty-two of a stroke of paralysis. Two 
 children made up the family: Ira, the subject of 
 this sketch; and Mary, who died at the age of 
 thirty years; she was the wife of Horatio Bryar. 
 Mr. Cummings was a Republican in his political 
 attachments. 
 
 Ira Cummings was educated in the public 
 schools, and remained at home with his mother 
 till he reached the age of twenty-two, when he 
 went to Boston and worked three years at the 
 ice business. In 1886 he returned to Groton and 
 bought his mother's farm, and besides carrying 
 on general farming operations, he worked at 
 mica mining; he has superintended several 
 mines. For a period of eight years he ran the 
 stage and mail line from North Groton to Rum- 
 ney. In 1892 our subject sold his farm to F. E. 
 Belden of Boston, who has since organized a 
 mining company, and is developing the mica in- 
 dustry; the mine is one of the best in the town, 
 and is proving very profitable to its owners. Mr. 
 Cummings carries on his farm in a systematic 
 and intelligent manner; he is town librarian, and 
 keeps the library in his home. 
 
 He married Eme A., daughter of Abel Bailey 
 of Groton, and has six children: C. Edward, 
 Perley A., Bertha M., Albert E., Cora M., and 
 Theodora. Politically he is a strong Republican 
 and takes a keen interest in the political affairs 
 of the town. 
 
 HON. GEO. W. MANN, a retired contractor 
 and builder of Benton, N. H., was born Feb. 20, 
 1 82 1, in the town of Landaff, Grafton Co., N. 
 H. He is a son of Samuel Mann of Landaff. 
 The great-grandfather of the subject of this 
 sketch was of Scotch extraction, and came to 
 this country when quite young, settling in Hart- 
 ford, Conn. His son, Solomon Mann, was born 
 in Hartford. His active days were spent in the 
 pursuit of agriculture. He was a very prominent 
 man in his community, respected and admired 
 for his many excellent qualities. In politics, he 
 was a Whig, but took no very active part. 
 
 Samuel Mann, our subject's father, was born 
 in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 20, 1773, and re- 
 ceived his education in the private schools of his 
 native town, which were all the educational ad- 
 vantages afforded at that time. 
 
 When about sixteen years of age he removed 
 to the town of Landaff, Grafton Co., N. H, 
 where he worked on a farm for the small pit- 
 tance of eight dollars a month. When about 
 twenty-two years of age he purchased a farm, 
 which he operated until 1835, when he sold out 
 and came to the town of Benton, buying the 
 farm now owned by his son, George W., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. He married Mary, daughter 
 of Peter and Phoebe (Noyce) Howe. They be- 
 came the parents of eight children, of whom 
 George W. is the only one now living. The de- 
 ceased are: Amos, Moody, Jesse, Peter, Samuel, 
 James, and Edward. 
 
 Hon. George W. Mann received his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of his native place. 
 At the age of fourteen he moved with his parents 
 to the town of Coventry (now Benton). He then 
 completed his education in Newbury Seminary, 
 located in the State of Vermont. Returning to 
 his home, he engaged in farming for a short 
 period; but having learned the carpenter's trade, 
 he finally devoted his whole time and attention 
 
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 to the latter occupation. He has been eminently 
 successful at his calling; his work as a contractor 
 and builder has taken him to every part of Graf- 
 ton Co. In Woodsville there are some very val- 
 uable buildings that were erected under his 
 supervision and management. He was very con- 
 scientious in his work; no one has ever had 
 reason to complain of faulty work done by him. 
 The best material that could be obtained, and 
 the most skilled labor were used in all the build- 
 ings, whose erection he has superintended. 
 
 He is a Democrat, and very prominent in local 
 and county politics. He has served his town in 
 many different positions with skill and general 
 good results. He has been collector of taxes, 
 superintendent of the school committee, and a 
 member of the highway commission. He has 
 occupied the position of justice of the peace for 
 fifty years, and is still the incumbent of that 
 office; he is also a notary public for Grafton Co. 
 He has been a member of the State Board of 
 Agriculture. He was a delegate to the Consti- 
 tutional Convention of 1876. In county conven- 
 tions Mr. Mann is invariably found as one of the 
 most active delegates. He has represented the 
 town in the Legislature for eight years. 
 
 On April 13, 1843, ne was joined in the holy 
 bond of matrimony to Susan M., daughter of 
 William and Mary Whitcher of Benton. Five 
 children resulted from this union: Ezra B., Ed- 
 ward F (deceased), George H., Osman C. 
 (deceased), and Orman F.. (deceased). The 
 mother died Oct. 6, 1854. 
 
 He was again united in marriage, March 4, 
 1855, the bride being Sarah T., daughter of Gad 
 and Lilla Bisbee of Haverhill. By this second 
 union Mr. Mann became the parent of five chil- 
 dren: Melvin J., Hosea B., Susan M., Minnie J., 
 and Moses B. 
 
 Ezra B. and Edward Mann have served as 
 members of the State Legislature. Edward was 
 in the Senate four years. He held the position 
 of superintendent of the B. & M. R. R. at the 
 time of his death. In religious belief George W. 
 Mann and family are Universalists, and support 
 the church of that denomination in Benton. The 
 publishers of this Book of Biographies of Graf- 
 ton Co. take pleasure in presenting Mr. Mann's 
 portrait, and thus include him in the number of 
 " the county's most prominent and representative 
 citizens. 
 
 WILLIE H. GOODELL, manufacturer of 
 heavy wagons and sleighs at Pattenville, N. H., 
 was born at Bamet, Vt, Jan. 13, 1862; he is a 
 son of Marshall and Cynthia (Bruce) Goodell, 
 and a grandson of Timothy Goodell. 
 
 Timothy Goodell was of English descent, and 
 lived at Waterford, Vt., where he was engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits, and was accounted a 
 man of considerable means; he died about mid- 
 dle age, leaving the following children : Austin, 
 Madeline, Emily, Martina, and Marshall. Mar- 
 shall Goodell was born in Waterford, Vt, and 
 while still a boy went into the mills to work, 
 learning the millwright's trade there. After a 
 period spent in the Waterford mills, he went to 
 Barnet, Vt., and purchased the lumber mills of 
 that place, and also a farm, and carried on a very 
 successful business until he was stricken down 
 with dropsy of the heart. His wife bore him two 
 children: Willie H., our subject; and Austin M., 
 who died at the age of twenty-five. Mrs. Goodell 
 was of Scotch parentage. She married as her 
 second husband F. Boutwell, and became the 
 mother of two more children: Frank and Chas. 
 J.; she survived her husband, and is still living. 
 
 Our subject attended the public schools, and 
 finished his education in Mclndoes Academy; he 
 started out in life for himself at the occupation 
 of farming. After a while he bought the William 
 Moffett farm, and worked it for three years, and 
 then bought the J. Bowman farm, and conducted 
 it for four years. His next business venture was 
 in his present employment; he bought the J. 
 Moffett house and the large shop of L. R. Bag- 
 ley; new machinery of special design was intro- 
 duced into the shop, and a fair beginning was 
 made in the manufacture of heavy wagons and 
 sleighs. The Concord wagon has received some 
 of his best work, and some remarkably fine jobs 
 have been turned out. 
 
 Mr. Goodell married Miss Lorena H. Car- 
 penter, daughter of Charles and Philena (Hurl- 
 butt) Carpenter, the former a prominent farmer 
 of the town. Their union has been blessed with 
 the following children: Effie L., born Oct. 6, 
 1889; Ernest and Edith E., twins, July 2, 1893; 
 and Harry, July 8, 1895. Mr. Goodell is a Re- 
 publican, and as such has held some of the minor' 
 offices of the town, serving as state justice of 
 the peace for five years. In respect of his re- 
 ligious views, he is a Universal! st- 
 
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 171 
 
 IRA M. ABBOTT, proprietor of the largest 
 general store in the town of Rumney, was born 
 in that town March 21, 1859, and is a son of 
 Joseph and Mary A. (Barnum) Abbott, and a 
 grandson of Moses C. and Sarah (Bliss) Abbott. 
 Moses C. Abbott's grandfather was Nathaniel 
 Abbott, born about 1765. He came from Con- 
 cord as one of the first settlers of this part of the 
 county, and settled on what is known as Abbott 
 Hill. He was of a strong and rugged constitu- 
 tion, and lived with his wife to a good old age; 
 his occupation was farming. His children were: 
 Catherine, Susan, Mary, Abigail, Joseph, and 
 Chandler. His son Joseph was born on the Ab- 
 bott Hill farm, and learned the trade of a black- 
 smith, removing late in life to Thetford, Vt., 
 where he finished his years about middle age. 
 His wife was called to her rest at the age of sixty- 
 six. Their union resulted in the following chil- 
 dren: Rhoda, Hazen, Harriet, Moses C, and 
 Caroline. 
 
 Moses C. Abbott, our subject's grandfather, 
 was born in Rumney, Oct. 19, 1804, and learned 
 the trade of a blacksmith at his father's forge ; he 
 settled in Haverhill Corners, where he labored at 
 his trade. He then bought land and built a shop 
 and house at Oliverian Brook, and carried on 
 his business there for three years. At last desir- 
 ing a change he removed to the Summit, where 
 he built a tavern and ran it for four years; it is 
 now known as Little's Tavern. He then went 
 back to his trade at the Brook for a short time, 
 from there going into business at Warren; later 
 he sold out to his son-in-law; Paul White, and 
 located at Haverhill, where he sold again to his 
 son-in-law, finally settling in Rumney, where he 
 was engaged in conducting a general store; he 
 die"d there Sept. 17, 1881 ; his wife died Jan. 2, 
 1876. In politics he was an ardent Whig and a 
 Republican, but never cared to aspire to any 
 office. He was a member of the Free Will 
 Baptist Church at Haverhill. The following 
 children were born to him: Caroline S., born 
 June 19, 1827; Harriet, born Nov. 17, 1828; 
 Joseph, born April 11, 1831; Daniel, born May 
 19, 1834; Hannah B., born May 28, 1837; Sylves- 
 ter, born Sept. 20., 1838; and Thomas H., born 
 June 9, 1 841. 
 
 Joseph Abbott, father of our subject, was born 
 on the date above mentioned, in the town of 
 Haverhill, and obtained a good, practical educa- 
 
 tion in the Haverhill schools. He then assisted 
 his father in the store until 1852, when he went 
 to the gold fields of California, and worked suc- 
 cessfully for two years at mining. He then came 
 home and was associated with his brother, 
 Daniel, in the manufacture of rakes for a short 
 time. In company with Daniel French, under 
 the firm name of Abbott & French, he entered 
 into mercantile trade in the building where Dr. 
 Sprague's office is now located. A few years 
 later they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Abbott 
 bought the old Abbott blacksmith shop and 
 altered it into a store, carrying a stock of general 
 merchandise. From time to time he has enlarged 
 his store from a single room to one of the larg- 
 est stores in this section of the county. His 
 business was large and well-established; he car- 
 ried a stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and 
 shoes, drugs, hardware and crockery, paints, oils, 
 etc. The stock was not only large and well- 
 selected, but was also tastefully arranged. In 
 1888 he took in his son, the subject of this 
 sketch, as a full partner, and a year later sold his 
 interest in the store to his son-in-law, C. A. 
 Chase, and retired from active business life. In 
 1891 he moved to Franklin, Mass., but soon 
 longing for his old home, with its many old 
 acquaintances and friends, he returned in 1896. 
 Mr. Abbott occupies an enviable position in the 
 esteem and respect of the community; his busi- 
 ness life was characterized by the most upright 
 dealing. He is a man of marked ability, and 
 seemed destined from the first to make his mark 
 in life. His first wife, our subject's mother, died 
 at about the age of twenty-five. She left two 
 children: Ida M. married C. A. Chase, de- 
 ceased; Ira M. is our subject. Mr. Abbott was 
 joined in marriage again to Miss Sarah M. Clark, 
 and was presented with two children: Lee C, a 
 teacher; and Julia A., who married W. C. Byrant 
 of New York. 
 
 Ira M. Abbott was educated in the public 
 schools of Rumney, and at the age of fifteen he 
 began clerking in his father's store; at seventeen 
 he left school and became head clerk. In 1888 
 he became partner, and as his brother-in-law, 
 Mr. Chase, to whom his father had sold his one- 
 half interest in the store, did not live but only 
 six months after his entry into the firm, our sub- 
 ject has conducted the business alone ever since 
 as sole proprietor. He holds the respect and 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 confidence of his large patronage, as did his 
 father by taking pride in not only having a well- 
 stocked store, but also by being always ready to 
 meet the calls of the people by a stock of up-to- 
 date goods. He married Achsah O. Smart, 
 daughter of C. C. Smart, of Rumney Depot. 
 His wife has presented him with the following 
 children: Julia S., born Oct. 14, 1887; Mary 
 Belle, born Dec. 19, 1889; and Achsah Blanch, 
 born Sept. 19, 1896. Mr. Abbott is a Democrat, 
 and has served as Postmaster three years. He 
 has been town treasurer, and has also been hon- 
 ored with other offices of trust and responsibility. 
 He is treasurer of the town library. Religiously 
 he is a faithful member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 GEORGE C. CRAIG, Postmaster and a mer- 
 chant of Rumney Depot, N. H., was born Aug. 
 18, 1865. He is a son of Byron M. and Lydia 
 A. (Ramsey) Craig, grandson of Tappan W. and 
 Harriet (Piper) Craig, and a great-grandson of 
 David and Elizabeth Craig. David Craig was a 
 farmer, and, to the best of our knowledge, was 
 born in the town of Warren, where he passed his 
 life. He was a large powerful man, with strong 
 constitution, and lived to be over eighty years 
 old. His wife almost became a centenarian, 
 dying at the extraordinary age of ninety-nine 
 years and seven months. She was strong and 
 active, and in possession of all her faculties up 
 to the last. Their children were : Anna, Stephen, 
 David, Purcis, and Tappan W. 
 
 Tappan W. Craig was born in Warren, and 
 when he arrived at manhood's estate was a large 
 strong man ; being an expert in the use of the ax, 
 he would go into the woods alone, cut down 
 large pine trees, saw them up, split them, and 
 fashion out of them shingles. The shingles were 
 of superior quality, and always found a ready 
 sale. Later in life he came to Rumney and took 
 charge of the Quincy farm, managing it with 
 skill and judgment for a period of twenty years. 
 Afterwards he bought a small farm, where he 
 died at the age of eighty-two; his wife left mor- 
 tal scenes and labors at the age of sixty-three. 
 They were both members of the Baptist Church. 
 His first wife was Sally Piper; she died at an 
 early age, leaving two children: Betsey and 
 
 Mary. His second wife, Harriet Piper, a sister 
 of his first wife, bore him the following children : 
 Rufus, David, Samuel, Emiline, Daniel, Harriet, 
 Bryon M., father of our subject; Caroline; 
 Simeon; and Abbie. Tappan W. Craig was a 
 Democrat in politics. 
 
 Byron M. Craig was born in Rumney, May 19, 
 1833, and was educated in the old Brick School- 
 House. At the age of twenty-one years he went 
 to Dedham, Mass., where he secured a position 
 at driving a team in the transportation of furni- 
 ture from Dedham to Boston; he kept at this 
 work for three years, when he gave it up and 
 returned home, and with his earnings that he had 
 saved he bought a farm, now known as the Per- 
 kins place. After two years he sold it, so as to 
 be able to take care of his wife's parents, James 
 and Lydia Ramsey. After their death he was 
 given the Merrill homestead for his faithful and 
 almost filial services. The Merrill homestead is 
 a valley farm with a large portion of it interval 
 on the bank of the Baker River. The house was 
 at once enlarged and remodeled, and the land 
 improved in various ways. He is a resident on 
 this property at the present time, and it suffices 
 to say that there is no more model farmer than 
 he in that neighborhood; he is one of the highly 
 respected and well-thought-of citizens of the 
 town. He married Lydia A., daughter of James 
 and Lydia (Merrill) Ramsey, who were among 
 the early settlers of the town. This worthy 
 couple had four children : Nellie G., died at the 
 age of fourteen; Mary C, born Feb. 26, 1862, 
 married Luther E. Pierce of Plymouth; George 
 C. is the subject of this sketch; Lizzie A., died 
 at the age of twenty- two, in 1890, was a teacher 
 in the public schools for a number of years. She 
 is sadly missed in the home circle. Our subject's 
 father has always been a stanch Democrat; he 
 served three years in the town as selectman, and 
 also as overseer of the poor. He is an active 
 member of the Baptist denomination, in which 
 he is deacon. 
 
 George C. Craig is one of the distinctively self- 
 made men of the town of Rumney, as he only 
 had the advantage of a public school education, 
 and his only start in life was a pair of oxen his 
 father allowed him to raise and break. After he 
 had trained them he sold the oxen for $80.00; 
 this sum of money has served as a nucleus around 
 which to gather a comfortable fortune, which has 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 173 
 
 placed him among the leading business men of 
 the county. After he reached the age of twenty- 
 one he found employment on the carpentry work 
 of railroad bridges. The savings of three sea- 
 sons of this work he added to his former savings, 
 and purchased a horse power, and followed 
 threshing and sawing wood for two years, sell- 
 ing out at the end of that time, and, in company 
 with Ralph E. Olney, opened" a meat and pro- 
 vision store at Rumney. After six months he 
 bought out his partner and conducted the busi- 
 ness successfully for two years alone. He then 
 accepted an offer made him, and bought out E. 
 A. Sawyer, owner of the old and well-known 
 Quincy & Ward store, at Rumney Depot. He 
 closed the sale Jan. 15, 1892, and commenced 
 business with a small stock of goods to run a 
 country store of a general nature. He gradually 
 built up the business, until to-day he is second 
 to none in this section of the county. He has a 
 select stock of every sort of merchandise to be 
 found in a country store. Some of the leading 
 lines which he handles arei as follows : groceries, 
 dry goods, crockery, hardware, ready-made 
 clothing, patent medicines, paints, oils, etc.; feed 
 and flour — in short everything that can be kept 
 in a general country store is kept by our sub- 
 ject. 
 
 In 1894 he was appointed Postmaster by the 
 Democratic administration. Mr. Craig owns a 
 small piece of meadow land and a building lot 
 at Rumney Depot; also a 150-acre farm in the 
 town of Groton. He is a strict business man in 
 every sense; his probity and business capacity 
 go unquestioned; he is always ready to assist a 
 neighbor in trouble. He occupies an enviable 
 position in the esteem of his fellow-citizens as an 
 upright, conscientious business man. He mar- 
 ried Carrie E. Abbott, daughter of Daniel and 
 Carrie M. (Phillips) Abbott. Daniel Abbott was 
 a son of Moses C. and Sarah Bliss Abbott, and 
 was born in the town of Rumney in 1834. After 
 several years employment in the cotton mills of 
 Lowell, Mass., and Bedford, Me., he returned 
 and bought a mill and water power at Rumney 
 and entered upon the manufacture of wooden 
 rakes. After three years he turned his attention 
 to truss pads. He built a new shop, built a new 
 dam, and began to enlarge his business by add- 
 ing the manufacture of crutches. His crutches 
 grew in popularity, the truss pads were dropped, 
 
 and the whole business was centered in the pro- 
 duction of crutches in wholesale lots, and in 
 special orders, from maple-wood, lance-wood, 
 and from rose-wood, in styles ranging from the 
 plainest to the ones with patent spring tops, 
 rubber bottoms, and nickel trimmings. The bus- 
 iness having grown to such an extent, he took in 
 partnership his two sons, Charles W. and George 
 Bert, who after his death in 1891, of cancerous 
 tumor of the stomach, continued the business 
 under the firm name of D. Abbott & Sons. The 
 business was finally bought by George Bert Ab- 
 bott, whose sketch appears on another page of 
 this volume. The articles made by this firm 
 brought them a national reputation. Daniel Ab- 
 bott was a Republican, and served as supervisor 
 of the town for several years. He was a Method- 
 ist in politics. His wife was Carrie M. Phillips. 
 She still survives her husband, and is the mother 
 of four children. Charles W. and George Bert 
 are manufacturer of crutches, and residents of 
 Rumney. Carrie E. is the wife of our subject. 
 Elizabeth A. is a teacher. 
 
 Mr. Craig has been presented with one child, 
 Lizzie May, born Aug. 16, 1893. Mr. Craig is a 
 Democrat, and has served as town clerk. He is 
 a Baptist in his religious views. 
 
 ELI D. SAWYER, proprietor of the Moun- 
 tain Home House of Littleton, N. H, was born 
 in the town of Bethlehem, Grafton Co., N. H, 
 June 4, 181 5; he is a son of William and Dolly 
 (Burt) Sawyer. 
 
 William Sawyer was born in Roxbury, Mass., 
 and learned the cooper's trade; when a young 
 man he moved to Bethlehem, purchased a farm, 
 and carried on his trade in connection with farm- 
 ing; the farm was originally timber land, and 
 Mr. Sawyer was forced to clear it before he could 
 prepare it for crops. In his later years he moved 
 to Littleton, and died there at the age of eighty- 
 seven; his wife was sixty-three years old at the 
 time of her death. Mr. Sawyer was a Federalist 
 in politics, and then a Republican. He was lib- 
 eral in his religious views. His wife bore him 
 eight children, who were as follows: William 
 H, Dolly, Sarah, Eliza, Eli D., Alpheus, Mary 
 C, and Lydia Ann. 
 
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 The subject of this sketch attended the public 
 schools when a boy, and at the age of twenty 
 bought the homestead of 140 acres, an'd made 
 many valuable improvements thereon. Later on 
 he came to Littleton and bought a home on 
 South Street, where he resided five years; the 
 next five years were spent on a farm in the north 
 part of the town, where he carried on general 
 farming; after a series of changes in the arrange- 
 ment of the buildings and other alterations he 
 sold it; it is now owned by Mr. George. His 
 next residence was on the Bowman estate of 
 forty acres, situated at the west end of the village 
 of Littleton; that place is still his home, although 
 it has not much of the same appearance it had 
 when he bought it. Mr. Sawyer remodeled the 
 house and enlarged it to two and one-half stories 
 with large, wide verandas qn three sides. In 
 1878 he commenced to take city boarders, and 
 with a capacity for the accommodation of twenty- 
 five boarders has had all he could desire since. 
 The immediate surroundings of the home, with 
 its green lawns and splendid maple trees has 
 been beautified in many ways so as to present a 
 very attractive appearance. The view from the 
 house includes many of the prominent mountains 
 of the White Mountain range, and the valley of 
 the Ammonoosuc River; this beautiful home is 
 highly appreciated by those who are fortunate 
 to be included among. the number of Mr. Saw- 
 yer's guests. 
 
 Mr. Sawyer married Miss Sarah O. Pierce, 
 daughter of John Pierce of Bethlehem. She has 
 not only been a kind and loving wife and mother, 
 but has lavished a generous hospitality upon her 
 boarders, that makes them feel thoroughly at 
 home and united in praising her many excellent 
 qualities. Six children have been born to them, 
 namely: Elmer G., who died when an infant, 
 aged eleven months; John P., who lives in the 
 State of Texas; Frank, who died at the age of 
 five months; Hattie G. married F. Tilton, and 
 upon his death married Mr. Lindsley of Spo- 
 kane, Wash.; Charles M. C, is an attorney and 
 also interested in insurance in Alabama; William 
 H. is a lawyer of Concord, N. H. Mr. Sawyer 
 has always been active in his support of the Qem- 
 ocratic party, and served as selectman of the 
 towns of Bethlehem and Littleton. In his re- 
 ligious views he is liberal. 
 
 ALFRED STANLEY, one of the proprie- 
 tors of the Pulp Manufactory at Livermore Falls, 
 N. H., was born at Barnet, Vt., Jan. 2, 1857, and 
 is a son of Lyman and Laura (Way) Stanley, 
 and a grandson of John and Lois (Currier) Stan- 
 ley. 
 
 John Stanley was born in Lyme, Conn., and 
 when a young man came to the town of Lyman, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., where he bought a large 
 farm. He was a surveyor by occupation, and 
 laid out many of the town lines in the northern 
 part of Grafton Co. His farm was largely cov- 
 ered with timber; he cleared it and put it under 
 cultivation. He held many of the town offices, 
 and enjoyed the good- will of nearly everyone in 
 that part of the county. He died when about 
 seventy-eight years old. His wife was called to 
 her rest at the age of seventy. Their children 
 were: Lois, John, Lyman, James, Henry, Lav- 
 ina, and Nancy. 
 
 Lyman Stanley, father of our subject, when a 
 young man became the foreman of the water 
 works for bringing water from Brookline, Mass., 
 to Boston. He then ran a hotel at Barnet, Vt, 
 until his health failed and he went to California 
 in 1855. There he rapidly regained his health 
 under the different climate and surroundings, 
 and went to work in the mines, working claims. 
 He did fairly well and returned to Vermont to 
 manage a grain business and grist-mill at Bar- 
 net, Vt. He remained in the grist-mill six years, 
 and then bought a farm in the same town, and 
 retired from active business. He is eighty-two 
 years of age, while his wife is seventy-five years 
 old; both hale and hearty. They celebrated their 
 golden wedding, Nov. 24, 1892, when their chil- 
 dren, grandchildren, and friends, of whom there 
 were several who attended the wedding fifty 
 years previous, were there to congratulate them 
 and remember them with many valuable and use- 
 ful presents. Our subject's mother was the 
 daughter of Amos and Sally Way of Lyman, N. 
 H. They gathered about them the following 
 family: John and James, twins, died at an early 
 age; Edgar L; Jennie; Charles; Alfred; Albert, 
 who did not reach maturity; Herbert; Laura, 
 who died in infancy. Lyman Stanley is a loyal 
 Republican, and is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 Alfred Stanley attended the St. Johnsbury 
 Academy, where he graduated in 1878. He en- 
 
DAVID BARTLETT PULSIFER. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 175 
 
 gaged in the manufacture of wood pulp at Bar- 
 net, \< r t, in 1885, and remained there in that busi- 
 ness for four years. He then sold his interest 
 and became superintendent of the Fiber-wood 
 Co. at Livermore Falls, continuing in that 
 capacity until the mill burned in 1894. There- 
 upon, in partnership with James N. McCoy, he 
 leased the water power, rebuilt the mill, and put 
 in new and improved machinery. This mill they 
 have continued to operate, employing twelve 
 men; the work is the manufacture of first-class 
 pulp for paper makers, principally of spruce. 
 They have one of the best water powers on the 
 river or in Northern New Hampshire. 
 
 Mr. Stanley married Mary R., daughter of 
 Rev. Joseph Boardman of Barnet, Vt, and has 
 five children: Robert R., born March 3, 1889; 
 Herbert W., born Dec. 11, 1890; Agnes, born 
 Sept. 27, 1892; Richard B., born May 5, 1894; 
 Mary, born Dec. 28, 1895. Mr. Stanley is a Re- 
 publican. Socially he is a member of the Pas- 
 sumpsic Lodge, F. & A. M., of St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt. 
 
 DAVID BARTLETT PULSIFER of the 
 town of Campton, Grafton Co., N. H, is the 
 son of Moses and Mary (Bartlett) Puisuer, 
 grandson of Joseph and Mary (Brown) Pulsifer, 
 and great-grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Lov- 
 ell) Pulsifer. Joseph Pulsifer, Sr., was born in 
 Ipswich, Mass., in 1705, and was married to 
 Sarah Lovell, in 1744. Their children settled in 
 Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, and 
 Maine. 
 
 Joseph Pulsifer, Jr., was born in Ipswich, 1745, 
 and learned the cabinet-maker's trade and 
 worked at it until the times became hard and the 
 people about Ipswich were pretty well supplied. 
 The demand for such articles as he made was not 
 so strong in those days as it is now; we are liv- 
 ing in an age when every family has an oppor- 
 tunity of furnishing the house with good furni- 
 ture. But it was not so in those days, and 
 accordingly Joseph Pulsifer longed for a farm 
 he could call his own and a place where he could 
 turn his trade to some practical use. With this 
 object in view he set out with his wife, on horse- 
 back, for the new lands., which could then be 
 
 found as near as New Hampshire. They settled 
 in Campton, N. H.', still the home of their de- 
 scendants. The river farms being pretty well 
 taken when he came, he took up a farm near the 
 center of the town, where he lived a few years, 
 but finding the soil sandy and not strong enough 
 to raise heavy crops, he, in company with Chiliub 
 Brainard, started out to look for a better loca- 
 tion. Climbing tall trees to survey the country 
 they finally decided upon the hill, where David 
 B. and Thomas S. Pulsifer now live, as the best 
 spot to be found.* Brainard cleared the farm 
 where our subject now lives, and Joseph Pulsifer 
 cleared the one owned by Thomas S. Pulsifer. 
 Joseph built himself a small frame house, and 
 the nails being exceedingly scarce, and very ex- 
 pensive, he fastened the boards and even the 
 shingles with wooden pegs. Besides clearing 
 the land of the heavy timber,, he supplied the 
 neighbors with furniture. There being no saw- 
 mills he would cut down large, straight-grained 
 maples, split them up into boards and with the 
 assistance of an adz and plane, prepare them for 
 desks, tables, stands, etc. With the help of his 
 sons, who were large strong men, the shortest 
 being five feet eleven inches in height, he cleared 
 the 100 acres, which has since proved to be one 
 of the best farms in town. Joseph Pulsifer died . 
 in 1832, and his wife in 1830. Their children 
 were: Mary, married Darius Willey; Joseph, 
 married Abigail Willey; Sally, married Joshua 
 Fletcher; Annie, married Samuel Elliott; Han- 
 nah, married Tristram Bartlett; John, married 
 Polly Palmer; Moses, married Mary Bartlett; 
 Elizabeth, married Jacob Gidding; Charles, mar- 
 ried Nancy Webster; Ruth, married James Bur- 
 beck. 
 
 Moses Pulsifer was born in the town of Camp- 
 ton, N. H, in 1784, and married Mary, daughter 
 of Deacon David Bartlett, a resident of New- 
 buryport, Mass. Moses bought the C. Brainard 
 lot of 100 acres, where he built his house and 
 proceeded to improve the land. A short time 
 later he bought 100 acres more, which included 
 Mt. Prospect, with its elevation of 2,963 feet 
 above sea level, which has become one of the 
 most noted peaks in this section of the State. A 
 wagon road has since been laid out to the top, 
 many hundred people ascend each year, as it 
 overlooks the surrounding mountains; valleys, 
 with their rivers, Squam Lake, Winnipiseogee, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 with its many summer resorts. Near the peak of 
 the mountain are two cold springs, and the noted 
 Miser's Cave. He built the house and barns 
 now owned by our subject about the year 1817. 
 In his political affiliations, he was a Whig, and 
 later a Republican; he held some of the minor 
 offices of the town. Both he and his wife were 
 active members of the Congregational Church. 
 Moses Pulsifer departed this life at the age of 
 seventy-one; his wife rounded out eighty-two 
 years before she was called to join her friends 
 and loved ones gathered on the golden shore. 
 Their children were as follows: Mary Ann, 
 Louise, Rebecca, who died Nov. 5, 1848, aged 
 thirty-two years; Hannah; Joanna; David B.; 
 Catherine B., died at the age of three years; and 
 Sarah L. 
 
 David Bartlett Pulsifer, the subject of this 
 notice, attended the district and high schools of 
 his native town, and being the only son, he re- 
 mained at home with his parents and cared for 
 them in their, last days. He has since carried on 
 general farming on the old homestead under 
 methods which are worthy of imitation. His 
 motto has been to do well whatever he did, and 
 thereby has succeeded through life. He bought 
 the Huckins farm adjoining, and with the assist- 
 ance of his son, J. Warren, he built a fine set of 
 buildings and then presented farm and buildings 
 to his son, who has since proved himself a model 
 young farmer. J. Warren Pulsifer has taken a 
 few summer boarders, for the scenery is very 
 beautiful from his place, but he has mainly con- 
 fined himself to general farming operations. 
 Our subject has bought other pieces of out- 
 lying land, making altogether a farm of over 300 
 acres. He has also remodeled the buildings and 
 made a great many improvements on the land 
 that add to its value and appearance. He keeps 
 a choice dairy and sheep, in which stock his 
 second son, George Edwin, is a partner. The 
 highest of his ambitions is to teach his two sons 
 to succeed, and show them by their father's suc- 
 cess that what man has done man can do. 
 
 Mr. Pulsifer married Isabella W., daughter of 
 Reuben and Sally (Johnson) Draper. She was 
 born in Plymouth, Mav 6, 1825, and has proved 
 herself a faithful wife and a loving mother. 
 Three children were born to them: Flora L., 
 Toseph Warren, George Edwin. Flora L. was 
 born Oct. 18, 1859, and married Henry C. 
 
 Smith, a farmer of the town of Holderness. 
 They have two children: Ralph W. and Edith 
 I. Joseph Warren was born Oct. 13, 1861, and 
 married Marietta Merrill of Rumney. George 
 Edwin was born March 21, 1864, and married 
 Lizzie G. Pulsifer. Our subject is a Republican, 
 and has held office as selectman for five years, 
 and other minor offices as well; in 1896 he was 
 elected to represent his town in the State Legis- 
 lature. The family are active members of the 
 Congregational Church. 
 
 As a leading farmer of Grafton Co. and worthy 
 citizen, it affords us much pleasure in being able 
 to present to the readers of this book the por- 
 trait of Mr. Pulsifer, which is shown in connec- 
 tion with this personal history on another page. 
 
 WILLIAM KENNEY, a prominent member 
 of the farming community of Littleton, N. H, 
 was born on the place that is still his home, 
 Dec. 20, 1 867; and is a son of John and Kath- 
 erine (Dooley) Kenney, and a grandson of James 
 and Ellen (Donohue) Kenney. James Kenney 
 was a farmer, and lived in Ireland. Our subject's 
 father was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, 
 and learned the trade of a carpenter as his means 
 of support ; he came to New York when a young 
 man and worked on the railroad at his trade, 
 being at one time boss on building the railroad 
 from Nashua to Wells River, and to St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt. His wife, Katherine Dooley, was born 
 in the same county, and came to Boston, Mass., 
 when a young woman; she was a daughter of 
 John Dooley. Our subject's father and this 
 young lady, although from the same county, had 
 never met before coming to this country, one of 
 the strange pranks of fortune bringing them 
 together. Having been married and having ac- 
 cumulated enough means to purchase a farm, 
 they bought the I. Goodall farm of 200 acres in 
 the town of Littleton, and settled down to a com- 
 fortable rural existence. Mr. Kenney was not 
 satisfied until he had made his farm one of the 
 best in his part of the town by many needed im- 
 provements. In 1868 he built himself a nice 
 house and barns; his interests in live stock is 
 extensive, owning twenty head of cattle and a 
 flock of fifty sheep. He died Jan. 28, 1891. His 
 
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 wife still resides on the homestead with the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Their children were : James, 
 born Oct. 20, 1851, an engineer at Newport, Vt. 
 He married Mary A. Londergon, and has one 
 child, Charlie. The next child was Michael, born 
 July 20, 1853, who is a plumber by trade and 
 lives in Minneapolis, Minn.; he married Mary 
 Stack. Ellen, born July 6, 1855, is living at 
 home. Katherine, born March 9, 1857, married 
 James Callahan, and has borne him five chil- 
 dren: Mary, Katie, Annie, Daniel J., and John 
 H. John, born May 12, 1858, is in the lumber 
 business at Mt. Sunapee, N. H. Edward, born 
 Oct. 9, 1859, married Lula White, and runs a 
 restaurant. William, the next child, is the sub- 
 ject of this short biography. Henry, born Jan. 
 9, 1869, married Lizzie Holland, and is clerking 
 in Boston. Mary died young. Our subject's 
 parents have always been devout members of the 
 Catholic Church. 
 
 William Kenney attended the public schools 
 for his education, and has always remained at 
 home on the farm, and at the death of his 1 father 
 succeeded to its full management. He has 
 proved himself a model, young farmer, thanks 
 to the excellent instruction accorded him by his 
 late father; the farm has steadily increased in 
 value and utility, and is a source of considerable 
 income to Mr. Kenney. It is located at Mann's 
 Hill. Mr. Kenney is a Democrat in his political 
 attachments. 
 
 ARTHUR W. EMERSON, editor of the 
 Republic-Journal of Littleton, N. H, was born 
 in Sunapee Harbor, N. H, Jan. 28, i860, and is 
 a son of Joseph and Cecelia (Simpkins) Emer- 
 son. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Methuen, 
 Mass., in 1819, and was left an orphan when a 
 very young lad. He learned cabinet-making as 
 his trade, and having very little opportunity of 
 obtaining a fair education, he devoted the spare 
 moments and chances that he could obtain to 
 making up for what he had lost in his youth. He 
 was a great lover of books, and very early in life 
 fixed his ambition on being a minister. He 
 finally became a circuit-rider, and later on en- 
 tered the Methodist Conference of New Hamp- 
 
 1 
 
 shire, and was appointed pastor of the M. E. 
 Church at Penacook, then called Fisherville, 
 where he was located until the outbreak of the 
 late Rebellion. Feeling that he could do more 
 by his example and service in upholding the 
 Union, he enlisted in the 7th Reg. N. H. Vol. 
 Inf., and served as chaplain and postmaster of 
 the regiment; he was captured at Newmarket 
 Heights, Va., Sept. 29, 1863, and was exchanged 
 and returned to his regiment Jan. 14, 1864, 
 broken down in health through his confinement 
 in the terrible Confederate prisons. After the 
 close of the war, he settled in Fernandina, Fla., 
 and was presiding elder of East Florida; while 
 crossing the St. Johns River in a small boat the 
 craft capsized, and he was drowned in 1875. His 
 wife died in Jacksonville, in 1888. Five children 
 were born to them, as follows: two children, who 
 died when infants; Hattie E., who is superintend- 
 ent of the Boylan Industrial Home for Colored 
 Girls; Francena, who married D. B. Plumer of 
 Lakewood, N. J., now and for many years a suc- 
 cessful manager of resort hotels; and Arthur W., 
 the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Our subject at the age of fourteen years en- 
 tered a local printing office in Fernandina, Fla., 
 and there served his apprenticeship as a printer, 
 but being desirous of an education, he left the 
 printing office, and with his sisters came to New 
 Hampshire. He worked at farming and in an 
 iron foundry to earn the necessary money for a 
 good education. He then entered the Man- 
 chester Union office of Manchester, N. H, where 
 he worked for three years, after that putting in 
 one year in the Mirror office of the same city, 
 and also working in the printing offices of Con- 
 cord. For three summers he had charge of the 
 Pig-eon Cove Hotel at Pigeon Cove, Mass. In 
 1887 he was the editor and manager of the 
 Times and Journal at Lakewood, N. J., but re- 
 turned to Pittsfield, in his native State, as one 
 of the proprietors of the Suncook Valley Times. 
 He sold out his interest there about one year 
 later, and for about five years following he was 
 editor and part proprietor of the Bellows Falls 
 Times at Bellows Falls, Vt. 
 
 In 1894 Mr. Emerson came to Littleton as 
 manager for the Plumer Publishing Co., and has 
 since been editor of the Republic- Journal, a 
 paper established by Chester Carey and H. H. 
 Metcalf about j86^; to-day it has a circulation 
 
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 of 2,700 copies per week, the largest circulation 
 of any paper in the State north of Concord. Mr. 
 Emerson is a man of splendid executive ability, 
 and most versatile in the use of the pen; he 
 thoroughly understands all branches of the pub- 
 lishing business, from the duties of compositor 
 to those of the editor. He is firmly established in 
 the good-will of the many patrons of the paper, 
 and is much respected by all who have the pleas- 
 ure of knowing him. 
 
 He married Miss Mabel Cross Day, daughter 
 of William F. Day of Bradford, Mass., a retired 
 shoe manufacturer, and they have four children, 
 who are named Paul A., Cecelia D., Dorothy, 
 and Kenneth W. J. Mr. Emerson and family 
 make their home in a fine residence on High 
 Street. 
 
 DR. VALENTINE MANAHAN, a retired 
 eminent physician and surgeon of Enfield, N. 
 H., was born in Sutton, N. H., Nov. 17, 1825, 
 and is a son of John and Lucintha (Filch) Mana- 
 han, and grandson of Adam and Ruth (Gutter- 
 son) Manahan. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was born in the 
 north part of Ireland, and like most 
 natives of that part of the Emerald Isle was of 
 Scotch descent. As early as 1789 we find a 
 record of him at Methuen, Mass., subsequent 
 to which time, and following his marriage, he 
 settled in Deering, N. H., where he died at the 
 age of seventy-four. His first wife, Dr. Mana- 
 han's grandmother, was a descendant from one 
 of the early families, being a daughter of Will- 
 iam Gutterson, and granddaughter of Deacon 
 William Gutterson. She died in the prime of 
 her young womanhood, and left four children: 
 John, Richard, William, and Joseph. By a sec- 
 ond union, Adam Manahan became the parent of 
 six children, as follows: Stephen, Valentine, 
 Samuel T., Ruth, Polly, and Elvira. 
 
 When a young man, John Manahan settled in 
 Sutton, N. H., where he followed the occupation 
 of farming until 1826, in which year he moved 
 to New London; he was born May 1, 1792, in 
 Methuen, Mass., and died in New London at the 
 age of seventy. He was a Whig politically, and 
 stood the draft of the War of 1812. His wife, 
 
 Lucintha, a daughter of Benjamin Filch, was 
 born in 1800, and at the age of eighty-two obeyed 
 the invisible summons to lay down life's weary 
 burden and come to Him who giveth eternal 
 life. There were born to our subject's parents 
 the following eight children: Emily, Lucinda, 
 Mary, Valentine, Abby A., Newton, Frances A., 
 and William H. 
 
 Dr. Manahan's private school education was 
 supplemented by an attendance at New London 
 and Pembroke Academies, after which, in 1846, 
 he became a student of medicine under the direc- 
 tion of Dr. H. C. Bickford of New London, later 
 on studying in the offices of Dr. Thomas Chad- 
 bourne and Dr. E. G. Moore of Concord, N. H., 
 and then took a course of lectures at Dartmouth 
 College. He then continued his medical course 
 under Prof. E. E. Phelps of Windsor, Vt, one 
 year. He received his degrees and diploma as a 
 physician from the Jefferson Medical College of 
 Philadelphia, Penn., which he attended, and from 
 which he graduated March 9, 1850. For a short 
 time he practiced in Antrim, N. H., and then 
 moved to Springfield, N. H., where he followed 
 his profession from 1851 to 1866, removing from 
 the latter place in 1866 to Enfield, where he suc- 
 ceeded Dr. Currie. For twenty-two years he 
 faithfully and successfully performed the duties 
 of his calling and established a reputation second 
 to none in his vicinity, enjoying a wide-spread 
 and lucrative practice, enabling him to retire, in 
 1888, from medical practice, relinquishing at that 
 time his office to Dr. J. A. Leet, and since giving 
 his attention only to such critical cases that his 
 patrons are unwilling to trust to less-experienced 
 hands. Few men have proved themselves better 
 adapted to the avocation of their choice; ever 
 ready with a cordial greeting, a kind word, and a 
 pleasant smile, his cheerful presence in the sick- 
 room has been a tonic in itself, and to all classes, 
 whether poor or rich, high or low, his services 
 have been uniformly extended. Dr. Manahan is 
 a member of the New Hampshire Medical 
 Society, and of the American Medical Society. 
 Socially he is a member of the Social Lodge, F. 
 & A. M., of Enfield; and St. Andrews Chapter, 
 R. A. M., of Lebanon. He was a member of the 
 board of education of Springfield, N. H., from 
 1852 to 1856, and has been state justice of the 
 peace since 1852. He has traveled extensively 
 in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 
 
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 Dr. Manahan was joined in marriage, Oct. 21, 
 1852, to Miss Abby E. Porter, daughter of Hon. 
 Reuben Porter of Sutton, X. H., and later of 
 Warner, N. H. Mrs. Manahan died Jan. 5, 1856, 
 leaving no issue. As Dr. Manahan has never 
 been blessed with children of his own, being of 
 a free and liberal disposition, he took great in- 
 terest in rearing and educating a niece and 
 nephew, and now has a young lady attending 
 Radcliff College. 
 
 HON. WYMAN PATTEE. The gentleman, 
 whose name heads this sketch, stands among the 
 first business men of the county, and of the town 
 of Enfield, where he makes his home. Of late 
 years he has withdrawn himself from many for- 
 mer fields of activity and usefulness, and is lead- 
 ing a retired life for the most part, although a 
 director and stockholder in the Enfield Mills 
 Co. still. He was born in the town of Canaan, 
 N. H., Aug. 28, 1826; he is a son of James and 
 Rebecca (Currier) Pattee, grandson of Daniel 
 and Judith (Barnard) Pattee, and a great-grand- 
 son of Capt. Asa Pattee. Capt. Asa Pattee died 
 in 1825, aged ninety-one years. He was a vol- 
 unteer in the Revolutionary War, and a captain 
 of State militia. His name is included among 
 those of the pioneers of Canaan, settling on the 
 south roads at an early date. He secured some 
 200 acres of land by purchase. 
 
 His son, Col. Daniel Pattee, inherited the 
 homestead, and became one of the leading and 
 representative farmers of that town, occupying a 
 prominent place in the official records of his 
 time, serving as selectman, and in many minor 
 offices of the town. He was born March 8, 1764, 
 and died March 2, 1850; his wife's birth is given 
 as May 17, 1766, and her death Oct. 23, 1820. 
 Their children were as follows: Judith, born 
 Jan. 24, 1787; Betsey, Nov. 5, 1788; Dorothy, 
 Sept. 10, 1777; Marian, April 21, 1793; Mehita- 
 bel, Feb. 10, 1795; Sylvester B., Nov. 19, 1797; 
 Daniel, Jr., Jan. 12, 1799; James, Jan. 25, 1802; 
 Moses D., Feb. 6, 1804; John, April 8, 1806; 
 Hannah D., Feb. 27, 1808; and Lewis M., Jan. 
 25, 1814. Col. Daniel married again after the de- 
 cease of his first wife, the bride being Dorcas 
 Floyd, who was born March 21, 1785, and died 
 
 June 18, 1868; this union resulted in one child, 
 Jessie, who was born Feb. 10, 1823. 
 
 James Pattee, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in the town of Canaan, and in- 
 herited the homestead, having cared for his 
 parents in their last days. In the State militia 
 he held a commission as colonel. About the 
 year 1868 he retired from active farm labor, and 
 removed to Enfield and bought the residence 
 where his daughter now lives; his most pleasant 
 employment was in watching the progress of his 
 sons, who followed the example of thrift and in- 
 dustry he set for them. He served as selectman 
 in his native town, and was for many years an 
 acknowledged leader. His death occurred Sept. 
 28, 1872. His first wife was Rebecca, daughter 
 of Nathan Currier; she was born April 6, 1803, 
 and departed this life for the one promised to 
 Christians, March 12, 1841. The following chil- 
 dren were born of this union: Wyman, our sub- 
 ject; George W., born May 9, 1829; James F., 
 June 19, 1831 ; Ann R., Feb. 25, 1835; Burns W., 
 Jan. 16, 1837; and Angelina, Sept. 26, 1840. Mr. 
 Pattee married as his second wife Rosamond H. 
 Jones, who was born March 10, 181 2, and died 
 February, 1896. Two children were the issue of 
 this second union: Ella M., Nov. 20, 1846; and 
 George W., Feb. 8, 1850. Of all this family, the 
 only ones living to-day are Wyman, Ann R., and 
 Ella M. 
 
 For an education our subject attended the dis- 
 trict school, and Canaan Union Academy, from 
 which latter institution he graduated in 1841. He 
 then went to Cambridge, Mass., and worked in 
 a bakery for two years and a half, returning to 
 Canaan, where, with Mr. Perley, under the firm 
 name of Pattee & Perley, he carried on a general 
 store, and conducted a lumber business; they 
 owned their own mills, and bought the timber 
 land, cleared it, and marketed the product. After 
 ten years at this business in Canaan he sold out 
 and removed to Ottawa, Canada, with his part- 
 ner in 1859 and carried on a large lumber busi- 
 ness, supplying the trade from their large saw- 
 mills. Three years marked the length of his 
 stay in Ottawa, Canada; he then came to Enfield, 
 and was elected Sheriff of Grafton Co;, and 
 served in that capacity about four years; during 
 this time he was appointed to settle the estate of 
 Caleb Dyer, and it consumed so large an amount 
 of time — in fact his whole time — that he resigned 
 
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 from the position of Sheriff. About the same 
 time he leased the Shaker Mill, and from then 
 until Nov. 15, 1894, he was an extensive manu- 
 facturer, dealer, and shipper of flour, grain, and 
 feed; on the above date the mills were sold, and 
 our subject retired to enjoy the fruits of his years 
 of toil. But he was not permitted to lead a life 
 of inactivity, for in 1895 the Enfield Mill Co. 
 was incorporated, and our subject, as one of its 
 large stockholders, is interested in the manufac- 
 ture of yarns, which go to meet the demands of 
 the Baltic Mills and others of the same char- 
 acter. The new mill is 112 feet long by 60 feet 
 broad, and is carried up three stories, and will 
 employ fifty hands. It is bruit on the site of the 
 old bedstead factory, which was formerly owned 
 and conducted by the community of Shakers. 
 Our subject's business experience and financial 
 ability have caused him to be sought by various 
 corporations to fill important offices in their ser- 
 vice. For thirty years he served as auditor of 
 the Northern R. R., and is a director of the 
 Peterboro & Hillsboro R. R. During the life of 
 the Mascoma Fire Insurance Co., he was one of 
 its directors. Upon the organization of the Na- 
 tional Bank of White River Junction, Vt., Feb. 
 6, 1886, he was elected a director, and has since 
 filled that position. 
 
 Mr. Pattee purchased the house formerly 
 known as Dr. Currier's residence, and has made 
 of it a handsome structure, both within and with- 
 out, renovating it throughout and altering and 
 remodeling it wherever his good judgment dic- 
 tated it would be best, so that now it is essen- 
 tially a modern house, and is fitted with the latest 
 appliances for comfort and convenience. Mr. 
 Pattee is a strong Republican, and in i860 was 
 appointed by the Governor and Council to the 
 office of Sheriff of Grafton Co. In 1875 ar >d 
 1876 he represented the town ably in the legisla- 
 tive halls of Concord. In 1855 and 1856 he rep- 
 resented the town of Canaan at Concord. As 
 town treasurer he served thirteen years, and as 
 moderator sixteen years. In his religious views 
 he is decidedly liberal; he attends the Univer- 
 salist Church, and is a generous contributor for 
 its support. 
 
 Our subject's nuptials with Mary Jane Burley 
 were consummated May 13, 1857; sne is a daugh- 
 ter of Joshua and Mary ("Holt) Burley. Joshua 
 Burley was born in the town of Lyme, and was 
 
 a stone-mason by trade and a contractor for 
 heavy stone work. He built all the abutments 
 of the railroad bridges from Canada to White 
 River Junction. Many had attempted and failed- 
 to make the rock cut on the Boston & Lowell R. 
 R., near Lowell, Mass., but Mr. Burley took the 
 contract, and completed the work, per the speci- 
 fications. In 1854 he moved to Iowa City; then 
 the capital of the State of Iowa, and bought a 
 large farm, where he spent the remaining days 
 of his life. He belonged to the famous "Gray- 
 beard" Regiment during the late Rebellion; his 
 health broke down while in the service, and he 
 died in the hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1865, 
 being over sixty years old, his birth occurring in 
 1803. His wife was born in 1807, and was taken 
 to her long home at the age of eighty-four. 
 There were born to them the following children : 
 Mary Jane, John D., Elizabeth A., Gordon, 
 Charles H., William F., Georgette, Mary J., 
 Wyman H, Elizabeth A., Harriet E., Emma, 
 Ella M., and George I. 
 
 Three sons have been born to our subject. 
 The eldest, Edward B., born Feb. 26, i860, died 
 Feb. 23, 1863. James Wyman, born July 27, 
 1864, married Miss Marie Valentine Rutter, and 
 is bookkeeper and paymaster of the Baltic Mills, 
 and also a member of the Enfield Mill Co. John 
 Holt, born Dec. 23, 1867, is a graduate of Tufts 
 College. He married Gertrude A. Way, and re- 
 sides in Melrose, Mass., with his wife and child, 
 Madeline Emily. He is assistant receiving teller 
 of the Bank of Redemption of Boston, Mass. 
 
 CAPT. BENJAMIN COLBURN, a leading 
 farmer and respected citizen of the town of Leb- 
 anon, was born in the above town, Feb. 25, 1824. 
 He is a son of Benjamin W. Colburn and Betsey 
 Wood, daughter of Ephraim Wood, and grand- 
 son of Stephen Colburn and Mariam Wood, 
 daughter of Joseph Wood. 
 
 Stephen Colburn was among the first settlers 
 of the town, and was always engaged in farming. 
 While a young man he served in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, for which his wife received a pen- 
 sion after his death. He was a sturdy, hard- 
 working man, with little time to spend in a social 
 way, but yet he won the hearty friendship of his 
 pioneer neighbors by his cheerful and liberal dis- 
 
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 position. He died at the age of sixty-six; Mrs. 
 Colburn lived to the good old age of ninety-four. 
 Their children were: Henrietta, Orrin, Amos, 
 Austin, Melinthia, Afhe, Sally, Emma, Alpheus, 
 and Benjamin W. 
 
 Our subject's father cared for his parents, and 
 upon his mother's death inherited the home- 
 stead: he did not remain there very long after 
 his mother died, but sold the property and 
 bought ioo acres of George Wood, where he 
 made his home ever afterward, carrying on gen- 
 eral farming, dying there at the extreme age of 
 ninety-two years. The last few years of his life 
 were spent without the comforting presence of 
 his wife, who preceded him to the "fields beyond 
 the swelling flood" at the age of seventy-six. Mr. 
 Colburn was a Whig and later a Republican, and 
 an attendant of the Congregational Church. 
 During his occupancy of the farm he rebuilt the 
 old buildings and added some new ones, besides 
 making other general improvements. There 
 were born to him eight children, named as fol- 
 lows: Cynthia, Maria, Benjamin, Albert, Martha 
 ]., G. Henry, M. Elizabeth, and Frances. 
 
 Our subject, after attending the district school, 
 finished his education at Pembroke Academy. 
 Returning to his father's home from the acad- 
 emy, he assisted him and cared for his parents, 
 and in due time inherited the property. He has 
 since built a new barn and made other improve- 
 ments that have added real value to the farm, to 
 which he has added 150 acres by purchase, mak- 
 ing 250 acres in all in the farm. For many years 
 he made a specialty of sheep raising, but now de- 
 votes his time to dairying, owning some twenty 
 head of fine cattle. In 1896 Mr. Colburn, in com- 
 pany with George H. Billings, built an under- 
 ground brick building, 11 feet wide by 200 feet 
 long, steam-heated, which is for the purpose of 
 cultivating mushrooms, in which branch of agri- 
 culture Mr. Billings has had a wide experience. 
 This building is the only one of its kind in the 
 United States, and it is the object of the owners 
 to supply the city markets in the winter with this 
 delicate edible. 
 
 Mr. Colburn married Susan A., daughter of 
 George and Harriet (Harley) Wood. Our sub- 
 ject has three children. Charles E., born Feb. I, 
 1849, married Emma Harris, and lives in Everett, 
 Mass. He is a conductor on the electric railway 
 of that place and owns considerable real estate. 
 
 Frank E., born July 7, 1852, married Ella More- 
 house, and lives in Applegate, Cal. He owns 
 and superintends a mine, and also owns a large 
 ranch. He has four children: Ernest, Myrtle, 
 Jessie, and Mattie. Both our subject's sons are 
 well advanced in the degrees of Masonry. Mr. 
 Colburn's only daughter, Inez E., born Dec. 27, 
 1857, married George H. Billings, and has three 
 children: Ellen F., born Dec. 22, 1886; Oscar 
 H., April 23, 1890; and Edna B., Dec. 14, 1893. 
 Our subject, although a stanch Republican, has 
 never held office. He and his wife attend the 
 Congregational Church, of which they are con- 
 sistent members. He is a member of Franklin 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 6; St. Andrews Chapter, 
 R. A. M.; and Washington Council. He was a 
 captain in the State militia. 
 
 ASA A. BROWN, a prominent lumberman of 
 Wentworth, N. H, whose portrait appears on 
 the opposite page, is the son of Josiah P. Brown, 
 and grandson of Benjamin Brown. Benjamin 
 Brown was born in Old Hampton, Mass., and 
 passed the years of his youth. there, removing 
 soon after marriage to Tilton, N. H., where he 
 remained until his death. He was a farmer by 
 occupation. He married Miss Philbrook of San- 
 bornton, N. H. Five children resulted from this 
 union: Josiah P., Hannah, Stacy, Joseph, and 
 Benjamin. 
 
 Josiah P. Brown was' born in Old Hampton, 
 but was reared and received his education in Til- 
 ton, where his father moved in the early part of 
 Josiah's life. He was a man of strong personal 
 character, eager in the acquisition of knowledge, 
 and strong to overcome obstacles. His educa- 
 tion was not confined to the limited schooling he 
 received, but was extended by the large amount 
 of reading he did. He had strong, sensible 
 opinions of his own on most subjects, and his 
 judgment in matters of doubt was much in de- 
 mand. He was a natural mechanic, but followed 
 farming most of his life. He was a good musi- 
 cian, and the best mathematician of his town. 
 His position in life was of his own making, and 
 he was respected by all for his noble, honest 
 efforts in gaining an education and in making a 
 way in life. The greater part of his days were 
 spent in the town of Wentworth. 
 
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 He married Nancy Brown; she lived to the 
 age of seventy-seven. Her husband was a 
 sojourner on this earth almost the same length 
 of time, for he died when seventy-eight years 
 old. Their children were: Bradbury T., Ben- 
 jamin, Sarah J. (Cross), Joseph (deceased), John 
 G. (deceased), Dorinda A. (Webster), Hannah 
 E. (Blood), Byron W., Alonzo, who ended life's 
 pilgrimage in his sixth year; Asa A., Marshall J. 
 (deceased), Mary A. (Conant) (deceased), Martha 
 A. (Waldron) (deceased), and Alfonzo. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Brown were attendants of the Free Will 
 Baptist Church. He was a Democrat, and served 
 as selectman a few years. 
 
 Asa A. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born March 31, 1837, in Wentworth. He was 
 educated in the schools of his native town. At 
 an early age he began to follow the milling busi- 
 ness as his occupation. He was engaged in Gov- 
 ernment work at Watertown, Mass., for four 
 years. He then went to Vershire, Vt, where he 
 worked at his trade for fourteen years. In 1882 
 he returned to Wentworth and bought his 
 brother's mill, located in the southwestern por- 
 tion of the town, where he has been actively 
 engaged in lumbering ever since. He owns a 
 good farm and 3,000 acres of timber land. His 
 average production of lumber at his mill is about 
 1,000,000 feet per year. 
 
 In 1866 he joined his fortunes in marriage with 
 those of Viola B., daughter of John Philbrook 
 of Tilton, N. H. They have a family of five chil- 
 dren: Evarts P. married Addie Whicher of 
 Wentworth; Lester R., Hubert L., Harold C, 
 Clyde C. Mr. Brown is a Democrat and has a 
 keen interest in public affairs. He served as 
 selectman of Vershire, Vt., during his residence 
 there. He is well liked by all his neighbors and 
 friends; his integrity in business is unquestioned, 
 and his social and private life is blameless. 
 
 LEWIS R. BROWN, superintendent of the 
 Palermo Mica Mine, and a resident of North 
 Groton, N. H, was born in the town of Warren, 
 N. H., Nov. 3, 1853, and is a son of John and 
 Mary (Robinson) Brown. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Hebron, N. 
 H, and was engaged early in life in contract 
 work on the construction of the railroad from 
 
 Concord to Warren.. Upon his retirement from 
 contracting he bought the Paul Chase farm in 
 the town of Groton, where he carried on general 
 farming until his death, at the age of seventy 
 years. His wife preceded him to that country 
 from which no traveler returns. He was a Re- 
 publican in politics, but never held any office, as 
 he had no aspirations in that direction. Six chil- 
 dren were born to him: Mary A. and Myra A., 
 twins ; John R. ; Abbie E. ; Frank R. ; and 
 Lewis R. 
 
 The subject of this memoir was educated in 
 the public schools and entered the lumber busi- 
 ness as a starter in his struggle for a livelihood 
 and a comfortable competence. In 1876 he pur- 
 chased the Rev. Kinne place in North Groton, 
 and began work in the Fletcher Mica Mine. 
 PVom 1878 to 1882 he was foreman in the Val- 
 encia Mica Mines, where he proved his excellent 
 judgment and expert knowledge of mica mines 
 by predicting for it a large degree of success. 
 He then took charge of the Palermo Mica Mine, 
 and for nine years was its efficient superintend- 
 ent, and most instrumental in developing what 
 has shown itself to be the largest producing mine 
 in the New England States, with a product of 
 the very finest quality; the first prize was taken 
 by this mine at the World's Fair in 1893. For 
 the first four years the mine turned out an aver- 
 age of three tons of mica in a day, and at times 
 when running at its full capacity the output has 
 reached as high a figure as seven tons per day 
 in the rough. While engaged in this line of 
 work Mr. Brown has taken out of the mine some 
 of the finest specimens of crystal quartz, chryso- 
 beryle and chrysolite, rubellite and tourmaline, 
 and has built up a collection that is unrivaled 
 for beauty and value by any in this section of the 
 State, at least. 
 
 Mr. Brown married Miss Annie M. Bryar, 
 daughter of Jonathan K. and Lydia P. (Fellows) 
 Bryar of Groton; one child was the result of this 
 union: Annie Eva, born Jan. 30, 1892. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and although 
 fully capable of filling any office at the gift of his 
 fellow-townsmen, he has been forced to refuse 
 all offers of political advancement, because of 
 the confining nature of his work, which does not 
 allow him much spare time to devote to matters 
 extraneous to his business. In his religious 
 views he is liberal. 
 
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 183 
 
 HON. EUGENE A. WELLS, of the firm of 
 Wells & Flanders, owners of large cider-mill and 
 saw-mills of Enfield, N. H., was born in the town 
 of Canaan, N. H., Aug. 15, 185 1. He is a son of 
 Peter S. and Arvilla (Kimball) Wells, grandson 
 of Ezekiel and Polly (Colby) Wells, and- great- 
 grandson of Ezekiel, Sr., and Phebe (Meacham) 
 Wells. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather, born in the 
 State of Connecticut, was one of the first settlers 
 of the town of Canaan, taking Up his residence 
 on the farm where E. W. Dow now lives. He 
 later moved to Canaan Street and built the large 
 house, now the home of Mrs. Wallace, being one 
 of the best houses in the town at that time. He 
 owned large tracts of land, improved and other- 
 wise, and was an extremely popular and well- 
 liked man among his fellow-townsmen. He 
 served as high sheriff of the county, and was 
 an officer of the Revolutionary War. His death 
 occurred at the age of seventy-two ; his wife lived 
 onto the advanced age of ninety-four, when she 
 too obeyed the invisible summons. Of sixteen 
 children born to them, the following grew up to 
 manhood and womanhood: Ezekiel, Jr., Caleb, 
 Enos, La Fayette, Phebe, Hannah,, Mahala, 
 Polly, and Sally. 
 
 Ezekiel Wells, Jr., inherited the homestead and 
 followed farming and the trade of a carpenter; 
 he was also skilled in brick-laying. He died at 
 the age of eighty-four, and his wife at the age of 
 ninety-four. He was a colonel in the State 
 militia, and a Democrat in his political prefer- 
 ences. The children born to them were: Peter 
 S.; Ezekiel, Jr.; Louisa; Polly; and four who 
 died in their youth. 
 
 Peter S. Wells was born in the town of Canaan 
 and lived on the homestead, which was his by in- 
 heritance, until 1876, and was a very dutiful son 
 to his parents, and cared for them most tenderly 
 in their last feeble years. In 1876 he sold the 
 farm to S. J. and E. W. Dow, and bought an in- 
 terest in the very mills which our subject and 
 Mr. Flanders now operate, and, under the firm 
 name of Blake & Wells, ran it some four years, 
 when he sold his interest to his son, Eugene A., 
 and Mr. Blake sold his share to H. Flanders. 
 Then our subject's father retired from active 
 business. During the management of himself 
 and Mr. Blake, shingles and building timbers, 
 both in the rough and planed, were manufac- 
 
 tured. He owned a nice home in Enfield Vil- 
 lage, and lived to enjoy eighty years of life, and 
 was sick only the six months preceding his de- 
 cease. He was always a strong, sturdy, hard- 
 working man, who seemed to take a delight in 
 work, and to have a corresponding dislike to 
 being idle. He was a Democrat, and served the 
 town of Canaan in the capacity of representative 
 and selectman; in his religious affiliations he was 
 a Universalis! His first wife, Elmira, daughter 
 of Asa Paddleford, died at the age of twenty- 
 seven, and left two children. The elder, Francis 
 H, was a railroad section boss for some twenty- 
 five years, and then bought a mill in Enfield, and 
 ran it for twelve years, after which he retired at 
 the age of fifty-eight. His wife, Sarah Webster, 
 bore him one child, Katie, who married L. S. 
 Nelson. George F., the younger son, lives in the 
 town of Canaan, N. H. His second wife, our 
 subject's mother, was a daughter of Abraham 
 Kimball, and lived to the age of seventy-six. The 
 children by the second marriage were Fred B. 
 and Eugene A., our subject. Fred B. Wells re- 
 sides at Montreal, Canada, where he is president 
 of a railroad, and a very successful business 
 man. 
 
 Eugene A. Wells, after finishing his studies in 
 the district school, began a business life as a 
 clerk in a store; when his father moved to En- 
 field and began milling, our subject worked with 
 him a short time, and then in company with H. 
 Flanders he rented a part of the mill and power, 
 and manufactured butter tubs and sap pails, until 
 the whole property was deeded to him and his 
 partner. Since they have had complete control 
 of the mill Wells & Flanders have enlarged it, 
 putting in a new water wheel and introduced the 
 ,very latest and most approved types of machin- 
 ery for planing, shingle-making, pressing cider, 
 etc. ; the cider business is very extensive, and has 
 made as high as 1,496 barrels of the liquor in 
 one season; they have both custom work and a 
 large wholesale and retail business. The mills 
 do the largest business of their kind in this sec- 
 tion of the county. Mr. Wells also carries on a 
 coal and wood business, of which he is sole pro- 
 prietor, and owns a choice farm in Enfield, where 
 he has a granite quarry. During his business 
 life in Enfield, he has also been interested in the 
 meat and produce business, and has dealt con- 
 siderable in real estate, owning at the present 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 time a single tenement, a double tenement, and 
 one dwelling intended for three families. In 1895 
 Mr. Wells built for his own use the fine home on 
 Wells Street, which is fitted with all the modern 
 appliances for ease and comfort, and is a notable 
 addition to the number of handsome structures 
 which adorn the streets of Enfield. From the 
 time of his first residence in the town he has 
 taken a lively interest in its development and 
 growth, and has been among the foremost of the 
 promoters of its welfare. He is an uncompro- 
 mising Democrat, and votes the straight ticket; 
 he represented the town of Enfield in the Legis- 
 lature in 1877-78; was selectman in 1889; was 
 town treasurer one year, besides being a member 
 of the school committee, and holding other 
 offices of somewhat lesser importance. 
 
 Mr. Wells married Kate E. Nichols, daughter 
 of Benjamin Nichols of Canaan, N. H., and has 
 three children: Lona A., born May 8, 1880; Ned 
 E., Aug. 29, 1882; and Robert B., Feb. 4, 1887. 
 
 COL. JEWETT D. HOSLEY (deceased) of 
 West Lebanon was the son of Luke G. and Polly 
 (Niles) Hosley, and was born in Hillsboro in 
 1820. Luke G. Hosley was a native of Gill, 
 Mass.; he was a noted teacher of his day, and 
 a \ery talented musician, composing numerous 
 pieces of great merit, that are sung to-day. His 
 career was cut short in the prime of his life, not 
 being permitted to pass the half-century mark. 
 His wife departed this life about .the age of 
 seventy-three. They reared a fine family of 
 seven children; the record is as follows: Jane, 
 Minerva, Jewett D., Abigail, Jeannette, and John 
 and Joseph, twins. 
 
 Col. Jewett D. Hosley secured his education in 
 the common schools of Hillsboro and in Han- 
 cock Academy, an institution which was in high 
 favor in those days, but has since given way to 
 other schools with larger endowments. He was 
 also fortunate in securing instruction under the 
 celebrated educator, Rev. Mr. Canning, in his 
 private school at Gill, Mass. For four years fol- 
 lowing his school days he was a member of the 
 household of ex-Governor Pierce, the father of 
 our ex-President, Franklin Pierce. In this way 
 he became closely associated with the ex-Presi- 
 
 dent and was a warm personal admirer. He 
 early evinced splendid business talent, and iden- 
 tified himself in the lumber business of his native 
 town; he continued in this connection till 1847,' 
 when he became associated in the building of the 
 Northern R. R. He served as superintendent of 
 laying track one year, until 1848, when the road 
 was completed, when he received the appoint- 
 ment of superintendent of the Western terminus 
 of that line, having charge of all the road's in- 
 terests and the dispatching of trains at White 
 River Junction and West Lebanon, where he 
 located. He discharged the duties of his office 
 with great credit to himself and to the acceptance 
 of the traveling public ; he was remarkably faith- 
 ful to the interests of the railroad, very rarely 
 absenting himself during the thirty-five yCars of 
 his service. 
 
 Col. Hosley was a Democrat of the old school 
 and was ever true to the principles of his party 
 in every detail; however, he believed in a fair 
 battle, and could never be accused of intolerance. 
 His political career was remarkably free from 
 any of the enmities and heart-burnings so com- 
 mon to American politics. He has often been a 
 candidate for office, but owing to the normal 
 heavy Republican majority, he has almost in- 
 variably been on the losing side, although at 
 several times pushing his opponent very closely. 
 Since 1853 he has been a candidate of his party 
 for one or other of the branches of the Legisla- 
 ture ten times, but party lines were too closely 
 drawn to allow the breaking down of party bar- 
 riers to honor one in an opposing party of how- 
 ever great merit. He was once successful in his 
 fight, being elected a selectman in the town when 
 it was Republican more than two to one. He 
 was three times the unsuccessful candidate in the 
 old Eleventh District for State Senator, once a 
 candidate for councillor in 1886, and twice a can- 
 didate for Congress, in 1881 and in 1883. Under 
 Pierce's administration he was appointed Post- 
 master of West Lebanon, and again under Presi- 
 dent Buchanan did he fill the office. He was a 
 trustee of Tilden Ladies' Seminary since about 
 1856, and was for a time chairman of its execu- 
 tive committee. His title of colonel was won 
 originally as a member of the staff of Governor 
 Henry Churchill when he was only twenty-two 
 years of age. He was afterwards colonel of the 
 26th Reg. of New Hampshire Militia. Socially, 
 
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 he was a member of Blazing Star Lodge of Con- 
 cord. He was a supporter of the church located 
 in his section of the town, although not a mem- 
 ber. He was at all times and under every cir- 
 cumstance connected with any movement that 
 he thought would tend to improve and benefit 
 the town. 
 
 In 1844 Col. Hosley entered into the marriage 
 compact with Mary S. Moore of Hillsboro; five 
 children resulted from this union. Three of 
 them are now living: Anna A. (White); Jennie, 
 who resides at West Lebanon, ana is postmistress 
 at that place, being appointed by President 
 Cleveland; she is extremely well-liked in society 
 and is very popular among her associates; she is 
 an attendant of the Congregational Church. 
 Harry H., the only son, graduated from the 
 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 
 1875, and is now attached as lieutenant to the 
 new cruiser Indiana. Mrs. Hosley died Nov. I, 
 1874, aged fifty-three years. Two daughters, 
 Jessie (Mrs. Wdliam S. Stearns), Josette (Mrs. 
 Arthur Barney) have also died. Our subject de- 
 parted this life Dec. 8, 1895, and was mourned 
 by many friends. Of his father's family of five 
 children, only one survives, Mrs. William Conn 
 of Portsmouth, a twin sister of the late J. J. Hos- 
 ley of Danbury. 
 
 FRANK J. WOOD, an energetic and enter- 
 prising agriculturist of the town of Lebanon, was 
 born in the above town Jan. n, 1856. He is a 
 son of Jeremiah and Martha Ellen (Dickenson) 
 Wood, grandson of Henry G. and Betsey (Ger- 
 rish) Wood, great-grandson of Capt. Joseph, Jr., 
 and Sarah (Gerrish) Wood, and great-great- 
 grandson of Joseph and Anna (Palmer) Wood. 
 
 Joseph Wood, Sr., father of Capt. Joseph 
 Wood, the centenarian, was born in Mansfield, 
 Conn., in 1728. He was one of the proprietors 
 of Lebanon, and came to his new home with his 
 wife and the children that were then born, about 
 1765 or 1766. His good judgment and clear 
 foresight as to the future of this part of the 
 country secured for him a large portion of those 
 beautiful interval lands lying on the east side of 
 the Connecticut River and south of the Mascoma 
 River, extending easterly back among the hills, 
 
 thus including a fair portion of the uplands. He 
 erected his first dwelling on the south side of the 
 King's Highway (so-called), which was laid out 
 by the proprietors of the town, and ran in an 
 easterly direction from the interval land, through 
 Lebanon, passing by the Porter place, the Aspin- 
 wall hill, the Abel Storrs and, the Col. Constant 
 Storrs farms to the Enfield line; the house was 
 located about seventy rods east of the present 
 residence of Oliver L. Stearns. It was in this, 
 part of his large possessions that he began to 
 clear the land and prepare a home for the family, 
 and here it was that the youngest children were 
 born. Mr. Wood was blessed with a strong con- 
 stitution and was imbued with a large amount of 
 perseverance and the principles of industry, so 
 he was enabled to work with a will and the strong 
 power of his arm to fell the forest trees and clear 
 a farm. He was assisted in this work by such 
 of his sons who were old enough to help him. 
 After a few years he succeeded in his purpose 
 and was gratified in seeing wide fields under cul- 
 tivation and barns filled to overflowing. It soon 
 became apparent to him that with the increase of 
 his worldly goods and additions to his family it 
 was necessary to build larger barns and provide 
 a new house for the family that would be more 
 adequate to their wants. Choosing for a site a 
 place near the intersection of the King's High- 
 way, he built a large dwelling-house, with the 
 end in view of making it answer the double pur- 
 pose of farm-house and tavern. This was prob- 
 ably the first tavern in the town, and like all 
 country taverns of that time was rude in its con- 
 veniences and unceremonious in its management; 
 but, neverthless, it was truly a travelers' home, 
 where the landlord was pleased to welcome and 
 attend to the wants of the weary traveler, who in 
 turn was grateful to find a resting place. Mr. 
 Wood continued in his farming and tavern- 
 keeping until 1789, from which time until his 
 death, Nov. 2, 1798, at the age of seventy-three, 
 his son Joseph Wood, Jr., was associated with 
 him. He was active in town and county affairs 
 during the vigorous years of manhood. He was 
 also actively engaged in furthering the religious 
 interests of the community, and was one of a 
 committee appointed to procure a minister for 
 the first church society, and was one of the first 
 who united with the Congregational Church 
 under the pastorate of Rev. Isaiah Potter. He 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 excelled in his discriminating judgment as to the 
 value of land and other property, and so was uni- 
 formly successful in all transactions of that 
 nature. His wife was one of the strong women 
 of the day, and possessed an independent mind; 
 she was almost as much entitled to credit for 
 their success in life as her husband, as her judg- 
 ment and prudence were exceptional. She died 
 March n, 1813, aged eighty-five years. Their 
 children were as follows: Rev. Samuel, born in 
 1753; Mariam, 1755; Jane, 1757; Capt. Joseph, 
 1759; Capt. Ephraim, 1761; Anna, 1764; Capt. 
 Roger, 1766; Capt. John, 1768; Rev. Benjamin, 
 1770; and Rev. Luther, 1772. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Wood, Jr., was born in Mans- 
 field, Conn., in 1759, and was seven or eight 
 years old when he came with his parents to .Leb- 
 anon. He received a fair education, and taught 
 school in his younger days. In 1782, he married 
 Sarah, daughter of Henry Gerrish of Boscawen, 
 N. H., and bought a small farm and carried on 
 farming. Later he bought a farm adjoining that 
 of Deacon Stearns, where he carried on general 
 farming, dealt in lumber, and speculated in cattle 
 until he became associated with his father in the 
 management of the homestead and in keeping 
 the tavern. Selling his own farm, he went to live 
 with his father, and on the latter's death he in- 
 herited a large portion of his father's estate, in- 
 cluding the homestead, to which possessions he 
 afterwards added many acres and became one of 
 the largest land-owners and farmers of the town. 
 Before his death he gave each of his sons a farm 
 valued at $3,000.00, and each of his daughters 
 $1,000.00 in cash, and by his will each received 
 nearly $1,000.00 more. He offered as a premium 
 a yoke of steers or a colt to every grandson 
 named Joseph Wood ; his wife not to be outdone 
 in this particular by her husband, offered as a 
 premium a string of gold beads to every grand- 
 daughter who should be named after her, Sarah 
 Wood. Thus their children were encouraged to 
 obey the Scriptural injunction: "To go forth and 
 multiply." Consequently among the eleven 
 branches of their family it is not strange to find 
 that there were eleven Josephs and ten Sarahs; 
 each Joseph preferred a colt, and each Sarah re- 
 ceived her gold beads. 
 
 During the Revolution he was attached to the 
 army and was stationed at Stillwater. He was a 
 pillar of the Congregational Church, and was a 
 
 liberal supporter in the building of four 
 churches; toward the establishing of the Tilden 
 Ladies' Seminary he gave $1,000.00, and was 
 always generous in his contributions to worthy 
 purposes. His centennial was celebrated at his 
 favorite church, near his home in West Lebanon, 
 where but a few weeks later his funeral obsequies 
 took place amid a large concourse of relatives 
 and friends. Following is the record of the 
 names of the children born to him and their 
 births: Sarah, born Aug. 24, 1784; Martha, 
 June 16, 1786; Joseph, April 20, 1788; Polly, 
 Aug. 16, 1789; Henry G., July 4, 1791; Hannah, 
 Aug. 13, 1794; Olive, April 16, 1796; Susan, 
 March 29, 1798; Jeremiah, 1803; Emma, Octo- 
 ber, 1806; and Samuel, September, 1807. 
 
 Henry G. Wood, our subject's grandfather, 
 settled on the farm now owned by our subject, 
 and later on built a house where his son Jere- 
 miah, our subject's father, was born. He was not 
 only a good farmer who thoroughly understood 
 his business, but also very successful in his 
 efforts, and left a handsome property to his heirs. 
 He was more retired in disposition than his 
 father, but withal very active in town affairs. He 
 died in January, 1873. His wife, Betsey Gerrish 
 Wood, passed away to that far land from which 
 no traveler ever returns in 1859, aged sixty-two 
 years. Their children were: Betsey, Sarah, 
 Joseph, Moses, Henry G., Jr., Mary A., and Jere- 
 miah. 
 
 Jeremiah Wood attended the Thetford Acad- 
 emy, and then made his start in the task of sup- 
 porting himself by clerking in a general store; 
 he then bought Joseph Wood's farm, also buying 
 and selling several other places. Later on he 
 bought his father's homestead, where he now re- 
 sides. He is both a model farmer and a leader 
 among the farmers of the town, being very suc- 
 cessful in his chosen occupation. He keeps a 
 large and choice dairy, and has dealt in cattle and 
 produce extensively. He married Ellen Dicken- 
 son, daughter of Dwight and Martha (Jennison) 
 Dickenson; she died Jan. 29, 1892. Their chil- 
 dren were: Frank J.; Annie; William, who died 
 at the age of twelve; George A.; Ella G. (de- 
 ceased); Lizzie (deceased); Daniel; Nellie; Sadie; 
 Mabel (deceased); Fanny (deceased); Josie; 
 Joseph; and Ross. 
 
 Frank J. attended the State Normal School, 
 and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits 
 
THOMAS SCOTT PULSIFER. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 187 
 
 for two years, then spending five years in Boston, 
 Mass., after which he bought his grandfather 
 Wood's homestead of 125 acres. He enlarged 
 some of the buildings to suit his needs and has 
 since followed general farming, devoting much 
 of his attention to his fine dairy of twenty-one 
 head of grade Jerseys. 
 
 Mr. Wood was married, April 30, 1893, to Miss 
 Minnie F Cochrane, daughter of Robert and 
 Janette (Melrose) Cochrane of Leeds, Province 
 of Quebec. Our subject's marriage has been 
 blessed with two children: Sarah Ellen, born 
 Feb. 17, 1894; and Samuel Ashley, born June 17, 
 1896. Mr. Wood is a Republican, and a mem- 
 ber of the Mascoma Lodge, I. (). O. F., Xo. 20. 
 
 THOMAS SCOTT PULSIFER, one of the 
 leading men of the town of Campton, and by 
 occupation a farmer and real estate dealer, was 
 born on the place he now occupies and owns, 
 April 5, 1825. He is a son of Major John and 
 Polly (Palmer) Pulsifer, a grandson of Joseph 
 and Mary (Brown) Pulsifer, and a great-grand- 
 son of Joseph and Sarah (Lovell) Pulsifer. 
 
 Joseph Pulsifer, Sr., was born in Ipswich, 
 Mass., 1705, and was married to Sarah Lovell 
 in 1744. Their children settled in Connecticut, 
 New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. Their 
 son, Joseph, born in 1745, at Ipswich, learned 
 the cabinet maker's trade, and followed that line 
 of work for some time, until the times became 
 hard, and the people in the vicinity of Ipswich 
 pretty well supplied (the demand for articles, 
 such as were produced by his trade, was not very 
 large in those days). At that juncture he deter- 
 mined to turn to the pursuit of agriculture, and 
 accordingly came on horseback, in company with 
 his wife, both on one horse, to the town of 
 Campton, Grafton Co. Finding that all the de- 
 sirable river farms had been already settled, he 
 took up a farm in the center of the town, near 
 the present Congregational Church, where they 
 lived a few years ; but the soil was sandy and not 
 as productive as he desired, so he, with Chiliub 
 Brainard, started out to look for a better loca- 
 tion. By climbing the tall trees they managed 
 to obtain a fair view of the lay of the land, and 
 decided upon the hill, where David T». and 
 
 Thomas S. Pulsifer now live. They then set to 
 work to remove the heavy growth of timber in 
 order to put the land in cultivation, Mr. Brain- 
 ard clearing the land where David B. Pulsifer 
 now carries on his farming operations, and 
 Joseph Pulsifer clearing the farm that now be- 
 longs to our subject, Thomas Scott Pulsifer. 
 Joseph built a small frame house, and nails at 
 that time being very expensive, he secured all 
 the boards and even the shingles with wooden 
 pegs. Besides clearing the land of the heavy 
 timber, he also utilized some in working a little 
 at his old trade of cabinet-maker. There being 
 no saw-mills in that region, he was forced to 
 split the large straight-grain maples that he cut 
 down* into boards and then with the assistance of 
 an adz and a plane he made them into desks, 
 tables, stands, etc., with which he supplied many 
 of the new settlers. With the help of his stalwart 
 sons, the shortest of whom was five feet and 
 eleven inches, he cleared 100 acres, which has 
 proved to be one of the best farms in the town. 
 Joseph passed away in 1832; his wife was called 
 to her reward in the mansions prepared above 
 in 1830. Their family consisted of four boys 
 and six girls: Mary married Darius Willey; 
 Joseph married Abigail Willey; Sally married 
 Joshua Fletcher; Annie married Samuel Elliott; 
 Hannah married Tristram Bartlett; John mar- 
 ried Polly Palmer; Moses married Mary Bart- 
 lett; Elizabeth married Joseph Gidding; Charles 
 married Nancy Webster; Ruth married James 
 Burbeck. 
 
 Major John Pulsifer, the father of our subject, 
 remained on the farm with his parents and cared 
 for them in their last days. His occupation was 
 farming, and he was a farmer in every sense of 
 the term, most thorough and painstaking in 
 every detail that goes toward making success. 
 His success was such that he was enabled to buy 
 land adjoining the original farm that had be- 
 longed to his father until he owned 300 acres of 
 land; about 1812 he built the house, which is 
 still standing, and made many improvements 
 that added to the value of the land. He pos- 
 sessed a splendid judgment, and was a very 
 active man in matters that concerned the town's 
 welfare; he was the kindest and most obliging of 
 neighbors. He served as captain and major in 
 the State militia. He was born Feb. 13, 1781, 
 and died at the age of ninety-three years, six 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 months and six days. He was endowed with a 
 strong constitution, and would probably have 
 lived to enjoy life longer than he did if it had not 
 been for an accident that caused the fracture of 
 his hip. At his advanced age the bones refused 
 to knit, and the continual drain told on him, 
 forcing him at last to resign himself to the stern 
 decree. He had eleven children: George, 
 Martha, Sarah, Phebe, Joseph, Walter, John M ., 
 Elizabeth, Lydia, Thomas S., and Charles W. 
 His first wife was Polly Palmer, who was born in 
 1784, and died 1839. -H^ married as his second 
 wife Martha Foss, and she lived to pass her 
 ninetieth birthday successfully. He was an active 
 and liberal supporter of the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 Thomas Scott Pulsifer attended the district 
 schools to obtain his schooling and was kept at 
 home to assist his parents in the management of 
 the farm. He remained with them dutifully till 
 death released them from earthly cares, and in- 
 herited the farm at last. He was married on 
 Jan. 1, 1852, to Hannah P., daughter of Colonel 
 Moody and Lucy (Eaton) Cook. Col. Cook 
 was born in Campton, and was a son of Lieut. 
 Moody Cook, who was one of the early settlers 
 of Campton. He was engaged in clearing his 
 farm, now known as the Stephen Avery farm 
 when the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought; 
 being a lieutenant in the State militia, he en- 
 listed in the war and was three years fighting for 
 Independence. He sold his farm when he left 
 for the scenes of battles and when he returned 
 he settled in the western part of the town known 
 as Campton Bog, on the farm now known as the 
 Hill farm, where he owned a large tract of land. 
 He did a good deal of clearing, removing the 
 native growth from as much as 100 acres of 
 valuable timber land. He died at the age of 
 eighty-nine. His son, Moody, inherited the 
 homestead of 300 acres and built four barns and 
 a house, which is still standing. He carried on 
 large general farming operations and was 
 counted as one of the solid men of the com- 
 munity. His death occurred when he was sixty- 
 nine years of age. His wife passed away when 
 seventy-nine years old. She was the daughter of 
 Daniel Eaton. Moody Cook's children were as 
 follows: Sarah A., Daniel, Hannah, Joseph, 
 Samantha, Lucy, Hannah P., A. Hastings, 
 Daniel E., and Arthur B. In his political affilia- 
 
 tions he was a Whig. He served the town as 
 selectman and in minor offices, and was colonel 
 of the 14th Reg. of New Hampshire State Militia. 
 
 Our subject's wife, Hannah P. Cook, was born 
 May 14, 1828, and has borne Mr. Pulsifer three 
 children: Almon S., John M., and Allie C. Al- 
 mon S. died at the age of twenty-four. John M. 
 is associated with his father in general agricul- 
 tural operations, and has charge and supervision 
 of all the work. He married Laura S. Worthen, 
 and has one child living, Alice Cook; they lost 
 one child, Scott W. Allie C. was taken home in 
 infancy at the age of two years. 
 
 Mr. Pulsifer is a stanch Republican and has 
 served in the town as selectman two terms, and 
 as chairman of the board of selectmen. He has 
 been town treasurer three years; collector five 
 years; superintendent of the poor four years. 
 He has been a member of the school board and 
 represented the town in the Legislature of 1865- 
 66. He has been a justice of the peace since 
 1857. He is a loyal member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, and takes a willing part in all the 
 good causes it supports. He is a member of the 
 Grange, and has been Master for ten years, and 
 is now treasurer of the Grange Mutual Fire In- 
 surance Co. of New Hampshire. He is also a 
 member of the State Grange, and has been a 
 director of the Pemigewasset National Bank of 
 Plymouth since its organization. 
 
 In connection with this biography of Mr. Pul- 
 sifer we also present his portrait on another page 
 of this work. 
 
 DR. MILTON S. WOODMAN of West 
 Lebanon, one of the leading physicians and sur- 
 geons of the town, was born at Hatley, Province 
 of Quebec, June 4, 1850. He is a son of Albert 
 A. and Mary J. (Sanborn) Woodman, grandson 
 of Joshua S. and Polly (Sturtevant) Woodman, 
 and great-grandson of Benjamin Woodman, who 
 came from Newbury, Mass., to Barton, Vt, and 
 there rounded out his years as a farmer. 
 
 Joshua Woodman was born at Barton, Vt., 
 and served an apprenticeship as clothier; having 
 learned his trade, he went to Quebec, and settled 
 in Hatley, where he carried on the clothier busi- 
 ness, taking the wool as it came after being 
 
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 shorn from the sheep, carding it, weaving it, 
 fulling, dyeing, and dressing it. This was done 
 after the old process, and a great deal of it was 
 done by hand. He was a successful man in busi- 
 ness, and was a well-to-do manufacturer in 1863 
 when he retired from his trade. He died in 1866, 
 aged seventy-five years. His first wife died when 
 about fifty years old. Their children were: 
 Joshua S., Jr., Mary M., Eliza J., Caleb T, Albert 
 A., and Priscilla. His second wife was Arethusa 
 Bicknell. 
 
 Albert A. went into the factory and worked 
 with his father, but he tired of the confinement, 
 and so bought a farm in Compton, P. Q., where 
 he carried on general farming until his death in 
 September, 1895, at the age of seventy years. 
 His wife, who was a daughter of Levi and Lucy 
 (Plumley) Sanborn, died in 1888 at the age of 
 sixty-eight. Her birthplace was Barnston, P. Q., 
 but when she was young she lived in New York 
 City, and was a milliner by trade before her mar- 
 riage. There were born to our subject's parents 
 the following children: Milton S., S. Orcelia, 
 Jennie E., and Albert A., Jr. They were mem- 
 bers of the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 
 Our subject attended the district school and 
 Compton Academy, and fitted for college at the 
 Green Mountain Seminary. In 1872 he entered 
 Bates College at Lewiston, Me., but did not 
 pursue his course there very long-, because he 
 desired to be fitted to teach. He, accordingly, 
 entered Bishop College at Lenoxville, P. Q., 
 where he took a special course to enable him to 
 assume the duties of a pedagogue with grace. 
 After his graduation he was principal of the 
 Charleston Academy at Charleston, P. Q., in 
 1872 and 1873; principal of Danville Academy 
 from 1873 to 1875; and principal of the Essex 
 Classical Institute at Essex Center, Vt, one year. 
 He then came to West Lebanon, N. H., and 
 bought J. Brown's interest in the firm of Drake 
 & Brown, druggists, carrying on that business 
 thereafter under the name of Drake & Woodman 
 for three years. He then bought out Mr. Drake's 
 interest, and conducted the business himself 
 until 1894 under the firm name of M. S. Wood- 
 man & Co. 
 
 From the time when he first became a drug- 
 gist he has been engaged in the study and then 
 the practice of medicine. He entered Dartmouth 
 College, the medical department, from which he 
 
 graduated in 1888, and immediately entered upon 
 the practice of the profession. Thus he fitted 
 himself according to the best light possible, and 
 to-day in ability and patronage he stands among 
 the leading physicians and surgeons of the 
 county. His finely appointed office is located at 
 his residence at No. 14 Maple Street. In his 
 political views he is a stanch Republican. He 
 has served on the school board eleven years, and 
 was chairman of the board during the building of 
 West Lebanon's beautiful new brick school- 
 house, one of the best in the Connecticut Valley. 
 He served as supervisor of the check list of the 
 town of Lebanon several years; in the election 
 of Nov. 3, 1896, he was elected a representative 
 to the legislative halls of the Capitol at Concord. 
 He is a member of the Franklin Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., No. 6; St. Andrews Chapter, No. 1. He 
 also belongs to Myrtle Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 
 27 ; and the Morning Star Encampment ; with his 
 wife he also is a member of Rebecca Lodge 
 (Fidelity), No. 28; in addition he is a member 
 of Olcott Commandery of the Golden Cross at 
 Olcott, Vt. The Medical Order, A. K. K., in- 
 cludes him among its members, he being the first 
 president of Chapter A. He belongs to the fol- 
 lowing societies that have to do with his pro- 
 fession: White River Medical Association, New 
 Hampshire Medical Association, and America 
 Medical Association. 
 
 Dr. Woodman married Miss Mary E. Morey, 
 daughter of Reuben and Rosetta M. (Brown) 
 Morey. Mr. Morey was a native of Vershire, 
 Vt., from which town he moved with his parents 
 to Strafford, Vt. Until about 1854 he was a far- 
 mer. From that time till his death (1868) he was 
 in mercantile business in South Royalton, Vt., 
 and West Lebanon, N. H. He died at the age 
 of fifty-nine. His first wife was Mary Blaisdell, 
 who died in young womanhood, leaving the fol- 
 lowing children: Joanna, Harriet S., and Charles 
 C, who was killed in the late war while serving 
 as captain of a company of the 2nd Reg. Vt. Vol. 
 Inf. By his second marriage with Mrs. Wood- 
 man's mother, he became the father of two chil- 
 dren: Wilbur R., who died young; and Mary 
 E. (Woodman). To our subject and wife have 
 been born two children : Mary Milton, born July 
 8, 1876, is a student at Mt.~ Holyoke College; 
 James Brown, born Jan. 12, 1879, is attending 
 Dartmouth College. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 MISS LAURA DURKEE, one of the most 
 esteemed ladies of the town of Lebanon, is a 
 descendant of an early and noble family of this 
 town. Her parents were John and Lydia (Heb- 
 bard) Durkee, and her grandparents were 
 Nathan and Phebe (Bliss) Durkee. 
 
 Nathan Durkee was born in Norwich, Conn., 
 in 1755; he was left an orphan at the age of four, 
 and when sixteen years old came to Lebanon 
 with his uncle, Levi Hyde, working for him dur- 
 ing his minority, for his uncle was his guardian. 
 After that time until he was twenty-five he 
 worked for sundry persons in the town, and then 
 began to think seriously of marrying and set- 
 tling down. He accordingly became the pur- 
 chaser of a lot of 100 acres in the south part of 
 the town. He immediately set to work, cleared 
 a portion of it and prepared a rude house, to 
 which he brought his wife, Miss Phebe Bliss, 
 whom he married in March, 1787. She was born 
 in Lebanon, Conn., March 9, 1762, and was a 
 daughter of David and Sarah (Porter) Bliss, and 
 a niece of Daniel and Isaiah Bliss, who settled 
 in Lebanon, this county. Mr. Durkee was in- 
 dustrious a,nd energetic, and labored with much 
 success in bringing his farm into a good state 
 of cultivation. After a number of years of gen- 
 eral prosperity and the accumulation of property 
 by farm improvements and otherwise, he added 
 to the comforts of the place by erecting a good 
 frame house on or near the spot where the old 
 one stood. It was the same house in which he 
 lived during his life, in which all or nearly all of 
 his children were born, and where his oldest son, 
 John, lived and raised his family until 1863, 
 when he sold the farm to Egbert Heath and re- 
 moved to the village. ' It was destroyed by fire 
 in January, 1873. The widow of Nathan Durkee 
 lived on with her son John in the old homestead 
 until her decease at the advanced age of ninetv- 
 five years. During all her long life she was in 
 delicate health, and for a considerable portion of 
 the time she was unable to render any assistance 
 in the family. Nathan Durkee lived until 1807, 
 and died at the age of fifty-two. He was a man, 
 who though not large in size, was very strong; 
 priding himself on this feature, he occasionally 
 had trials with others in which he was generally 
 successful. He was tough and hardy and capable 
 of enduring great hardships. At the time of the 
 Indian troubles he went to Royalton, Vt., and 
 
 during the Revolutionary War he was engaged 
 in one of the Canada expeditions, and was also 
 in Gen. Gates's army at the taking of Gen. Bur- 
 goyne, after the battle of Saratoga. His widow 
 received a pension from the Government in 
 recognition of his services. 
 
 John Durkee, the oldest son of his parents, 
 was born April 5, 1788, and married Lydia, 
 daughter of James Hebbard, June 6, 1813. She 
 was born Oct. 4, 1786. John lived and labored 
 on the homestead with his father until the latter's 
 decease, in 1807, and then succeeded him in the 
 possession of the homestead and carried on the 
 farm with all its responsibilities and cares for 
 about seven years, at the end of which time he 
 established his young wife as head of the house- 
 hold. It was the beginning of a long journey 
 with a fair prospect of a pleasant one. They 
 labored and traveled together, hand in hand, 
 life's path, with its varying fortunes, in the en- 
 joyment of all those comforts and that happiness 
 which are so generally realized in a farmer's life. 
 Mr. Durkee lived upon this farm seventy-five 
 years, lacking two days, and in all that time he 
 never knew a day's sickness. At length the 
 weakness of age began to show itself, and the ' 
 once strong and willing hands to lose their 
 power, and Mr. Durkee and his family concluded 
 that a change in the situation would be desirable 
 as giving relief from labor. Having worked out 
 a fair remuneration for a life's labor, he con- 
 cluded to dispose of his farm and remove to the 
 village, where, with his family, they could all 
 lead an easier life and enjoy the privileges of a 
 town and the comforts of a more agreeable 
 home. Having contracted a severe cold, he was 
 confined to his bed soon after moving. How- 
 ever, his constitution, so well established, gained 
 the victory, and he enjoyed excellent health 
 thereafter until his death in 1875, following after 
 that of his beloved wife six days. 
 
 In his early years he was honored with a com- 
 mission in the New Hampshire militia, and with 
 due respect for that office, he purchased a silver- 
 hilted sword and carried it in triumph' through 
 a peaceful campaign in Lebanon. In the War 
 of 1812, when the call was made for troops to go 
 to Portsmouth, he lent it to Samuel Shelden, 
 Esq., one of the volunteers, who brought it back 
 in safety and returned it unstained by blood of 
 friend or foe. With a gun he was more success- 
 
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 ful. In the forest, near his house, he shot a gray 
 eagle, measuring seven feet ten inches from tip 
 to tip of the wings, the largest ever seen in this 
 part of the country. 
 
 Mr. Durkee had always been a careful, me- 
 thodical man in business, and managed his inter- 
 ests with great judgment. In regard to raising 
 fruit and improving his fruit orchard, he worked 
 on scientific lines, which had been tried and 
 known to be successful in their results. In his 
 labor on the farm he united a little mechanical 
 work with work purely agricultural, claiming 
 that he could make a better ox-yoke than a pro- 
 fessional workman. 
 
 During the early years of his life he taught 
 school, and in after years was occasionally one of 
 the committee for the examination of prospective 
 teachers, being well qualified by experience. In 
 regard to his politics, he was a Federalist and 
 then a Republican. Both he and his wife were 
 members of the Congregational Church, the 
 former for forty and the latter for nearly fifty 
 years ; for twenty years he was the efficient 
 church clerk. His patriotism, besides being ex- 
 hibited in his loyal citizenship, often burst forth 
 as it did after the news of the surrender of Rich- 
 mond became known, when he took his gun out 
 on the village common and indulged in a little 
 private celebration. Although a man of positive 
 convictions upon all the questions of his day and 
 earnest and able in his advocacy in what he 
 thought was right, and though possessing quali- 
 ties of mind and heart which might have made 
 him a successful leader in society, his tastes led 
 him to prefer retirement; not, however, without 
 making his influence felt where important issues 
 seemed to be at stake. 
 
 Their only daughter, Laura, the subject of this 
 sketch, always lived with them, and was a com- 
 fort and mainstay to them in their old age. She 
 was the moving spirit in the household, and sig- 
 nally honored the "commandment. with a prom- 
 ise" in the patient and faithful care of her parents 
 in their declining years. Her home, left her by 
 her parents, is located on Elm Street, and has 
 been fitted up with those improvements and con- 
 veniences that go toward making a comfortable 
 home. She is a prominent member of the Con- 
 gregational Church, and is much given to ex- 
 tending help and sympathy to those in need. 
 
 Hiram H., the oldest son of John and Phebe 
 
 Durkee, was born Nov. 4, 1814, and worked on 
 the farm during his minority, receiving the bene- 
 fits of the district school and Meriden Academy. 
 Having well prepared himself for an active life, 
 he commenced a business career in New York- 
 City many years ago and realized a prosperous 
 trade ever since. He married Mrs. Miller, a 
 widow with three children; their union was 
 blessed with one more child. Mr. Durkee died 
 Nov. 22, 1894. 
 
 Julius Augustus, the younger son, was born 
 Feb. 4, 1820, and had the same educational ad- 
 vantages as his brother. He also went to New 
 York City, where he spent the first four years 
 in teaching, and then established himself in the 
 mercantile business and accumulated a hand- 
 some fortune, and, what is more, he won an hon- 
 orable name and secured the esteem of all who 
 knew him. His generosity to the Congrega- 
 tional Society in Lebanon will long be remem- 
 bered by its members, and so will his memory 
 be revered for many other acts of kindness and 
 generosity exhibited in various ways. His first 
 wife was Miss Delight Wilber Champlin of 
 Rhinebeck, N. Y., whom he married April 20, 
 1852, settling then in the city of Brooklyn. They 
 lived together till June 29, 1865, when his wife 
 died, leaving two little girls. His second wife 
 was Miss Julia Grant of Kenosha, Wis. Mr. 
 Durkee died in Brooklyn at his residence, Feb. 
 18, 1869, aged forty-nine years. 
 
 Nathan Durkee's family was composed of 
 John, Benjamin, Phebe, Nathan, Jr., Bela, and 
 Horace. Benjamin, the second son, and uncle 
 of our subject, was born July 1, 1780; being 
 desirous of obtaining a liberal education, he en- 
 tered Middlebury College of Middlebury, Vt, 
 and almost finished the course when ill health 
 compelled him to stop. The faculty were so kind 
 as to present him with a diploma. Phebe, born 
 Aug. 26, 1792, married Zuar Eldridge, April 16, 
 1833, th e nearest neighbor on the hill; she was 
 his second wife, and died without issue. Mr. 
 Eldridge was killed in 1873 while walking along 
 the railroad track by the train that came upon 
 him unawares. Nathan Durkee, Jr., born June 
 21, 1795, engaged in sundry lines of business, 
 being located at one time in Albany, Vt. He 
 married Lucy, daughter of Arad Simons of Leb- 
 anon, Feb. 20, 1825. They finally settled in New 
 York City, where he died in 1844, leaving his 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 widow with a son and daughter, both of whom 
 are married. The mother lived with her daugh- 
 ter in Jersey City, N. J., until her death. Bela, 
 born July 8, 1798, married Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Oliver Baker of Plainfield, and finally settled 
 in Royalton, Vt. They had six children. 
 Horace, the youngest son, born Oct. 25, 1802, 
 married Mary Baker, a sister of his brother's 
 wife; they lived some time in Albany, Vt., and 
 finally removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where they 
 both died. 
 
 WILLIAM P. BURTON, a resident of West 
 Lebanon, and one of the town's selectman, was 
 born in Norwich, Vt, Dec. 2, 1828. He is a son 
 of Harvey and Salome (Burton) Burton, grand- 
 son of Elisha Burton, and great-grandson of 
 Jacob Burton. 
 
 Jacob Burton came from the State of Con- 
 necticut in 1764 on a prospecting tour to locate 
 a suitable place for a home, returning to Con- 
 necticut the same year. In 1766 he came back 
 and took up a large tract of land, cleared the 
 timber off, and practically founded a settlement, 
 as one-half of the village of Norwich, Vt., is 
 located where he cut the timber and cleared the 
 land. He became the first town clerk, and was 
 one of the committee on rules and regulations of 
 the new town government. He was also County 
 Judge. Not only highly successful in his man- 
 agement of his private property, but also promi- 
 nent and influential in the carrying on of the 
 early town affairs. He was born in 171 5 and died 
 in 1798. 
 
 Elisha Burton was born in 1779, and rounded 
 out his career at the age of forty, in 1819. He 
 was a large land-owner, and like his father be- 
 came one of the leading men of the town and 
 county. 
 
 Harvey Burton, our subject's father, built a 
 set of buildings on a portion of his father's farm, 
 but never followed the pursuits of agriculture, 
 as he was engaged in the practice of law. He 
 was elected to the State Senate from his county. 
 In the Congregational Church, of which he was 
 a member, he was an earnest and indefatigable 
 worker. He was born in 1793 and died in 1868. 
 
 His wife was born in 1800 and passed away in 
 1830. She was a daughter of Pierce Burton, and, 
 like her husband, was born in Norwich, Vt., 
 where they always lived. The children born to 
 our subject's father by this, his first marriage, 
 were: Sarah J. and William P. He married as 
 his second wife Harriet Brooks, born in 1804, 
 and still living. Her children were: Charles H., 
 Louis E., and Frederick J. 
 
 Our subject, after finishing his education, 
 taught school in the South for two years and 
 then came to West Lebanon and went into the 
 mercantile business, which he followed some 
 twenty years. He served as postmaster twenty- 
 one years until Cleveland's first administration; 
 was a member of the Constitutional Convention 
 of 1885; served in the State Legislature in 1891- 
 93-95; and has been auditor of the county for 
 the past four years. Mr. Burton built the house 
 where he lives ; the location is very desirable, one 
 of the chief beauties being the broad, open view 
 that may be obtained of the Connecticut Valley. 
 He also owns considerable tenement property. 
 Although he is practically retired from business, 
 yet he manages to find something to employ 
 himself at, for he dislikes a life of entire idleness 
 and prefers something to do, for he is naturally of 
 a very active disposition. 
 
 Mr. Burton was married in 1854 to Miss Re- 
 becca Blood, daughter of Levi Blood of Man- 
 chester, N. H.; she was born in 1834 and died 
 in i860. One child was born to them, William 
 Harvey, born in 1856. He married Miss Flor- 
 ence K. Armstrong, and lives in Chicago, 111., 
 where he is associated with the Gorham Manu- 
 facturing Co. William P. Burton married as his 
 second wife Emily E. Craft, daughter of Samuel 
 Craft of Lebanon, and has two children by this 
 union. Samuel C, born in 1861, lives in San 
 Francisco, where he. is interested in the railroad 
 business. Anna Maud, born in 1863, is a tal- 
 ented music teacher, and resides at home with 
 her parents. Our subject cast his first vote in 
 support of the Whig party, and has been a Re- 
 publican since the formation of the latter party. 
 He takes an active interest in town and village 
 affairs, and is a leading member of the Congre- 
 gational Church. As a neighbor and citizen he 
 has always been known as a man of strict in- 
 tegrity, loftiness of spirit, and patriotism, whose 
 influence has been ever exerted for the good. 
 
HON. ALONZO D. MUCHMORE, M. D. 
 
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 193 
 
 HON. ALONZO D. MUCHMORE, M. D., 
 of Campton village, Grafton Co., was born in Or- 
 ford, N. H., April 4, 1840. He is a son of James 
 and Sarah J. (Buntin) Muchmore, a grandson of 
 James and Sally (Sherman) Muchmore, and a 
 great-grandson of James Muchmore, who was 
 Born on the Isle of Shoals. 
 
 James Muchmore, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born at Northfield, N. H, where his 
 father was one of the early settlers, and made 
 farming his occupation. James Muchmore, the 
 second, also adopted that vocation. He obtained 
 an unimproved farm in Orford and set about to 
 clear the timber from the fertile soil and then 
 cultivated it with splendid results in the way of 
 crops. He was a progressive man and very 
 active in the interests of the community in which 
 he had cast his lot. 
 
 He died in Orford at the age of eighty-eight, 
 and his wife at the age of eighty-seven. His 
 wife, Sally, was a daughter of John Sherman, a 
 soldier of the Revolution, serving seven years in 
 the cause of liberty. Her brother, Jacob Sher- 
 man, served in the War of 1812; he also has the 
 distinction of commanding the first steamboat 
 that disturbed the blue waters of Lake Cham- 
 plain. He commanded a privateer during the' 
 War of 1812. Mrs. Sally (Sherman) Muchmore 
 was an aunt of General William T. and Senator 
 Sherman. 
 
 James Muchmore, son of the foregoing and 
 father of our subject, was born in Orford, N. H, 
 Aug. 4, 1810, and was a farmer and a rrfanufac- 
 turer of lumber. He was a Republican in his 
 politics. He passed a calm, peaceful life, not 
 full of any striking incidents, and died at the age 
 of sixty-six from a fatal attack of pneumonia. 
 His wife was stricken down at the age of fifty- 
 nine, also by pneumonia. Their children were: 
 Henry, Alonzo D., Sarah J., and John. 
 ■ Our subject spent- his early life in the saw- 
 mills and on the farm; however, he began the 
 study of medicine very early, spending his leis"ure 
 time in that manner. On Nov. 30, 1861, he en- 
 listed in the 6th N. H. Vol. Inf. and served sev- 
 eral months till he received his discharge papers 
 April 9, 1862. His discharge was due to disease 
 of the lungs, rendering him unfit for hard work. 
 He returned home and persevered in his studies, 
 (loing as much as his health would permit; in 
 £879 he was examined by the State censors of the 
 
 New Hampshire Eclectric Medical Society and 
 granted a certificate. He at once commenced 
 the practice of medicine at Campton, and at this 
 time enjoys a large and lucrative practice, which 
 he takes pains to retain by doing his best work on 
 every case. Since he received his certificate he 
 has attended two courses of lectures in the 
 Eclectic Medical College of Maine, where he 
 graduated Feb. 8, 1883, receiving a diploma 
 from that institution and took a post graduate 
 course in 1889 at Burlington, Vt. He is a mem- 
 ber of the New Hampshire Eclectic Medical 
 Society and is one of its board of censors. He 
 is a member of the Campton Village' Baptist 
 Church, and is one of its wardens. He is a 
 member of the Penniman Post, G. A. R., and is 
 also one of the Sons of Temperance. Socially, 
 he is a member of the Olive Branch Lodge, No. 
 16, F. & A. M., and also of the A. U. O. of 
 Druids. In politics he is a Republican, and rep- 
 resented the town in the Legislature of 1889-90. 
 
 On June 16, 1870, he married Effie L., daugh- 
 ter of David D. and Lydia (Hill) Cross. Mr. 
 Cross was a farmer and resided in Piermont; he 
 died at about the age of seventy. His wife sur- 
 vived him eight years, making her home with 
 our subject's family until her death, Jan. 15, 
 1897. Dr. Muchmore has one son by this mar- 
 riage, James Christopher, who was born April 
 4, 1871, and married Fannie G., daughter of 
 Arthur Cook. Mr. Christopher Muchmore owns 
 and operates a general store in Campton village, 
 and is very popular among the village people. 
 He and his wife are both members of the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 A portrait of our subject accompanies this 
 sketch. 
 
 GEORGE FLETCHER ANDREWS, a 
 dealer in marble in Enfield, and one of that 
 town's most highly esteemed citizens, was born 
 there June 19, 1838. He is a son of Jonathan 
 and Sarah (Hoyt) Andrews, and grandson of 
 Mark and Polly (Ross) Andrews. 
 
 Mark Andrews was born in Jabacco, Mass., 
 and was a fisherman during his younger days; 
 about the year 1800 he relinquished that occu- 
 pation, and, after removing to Enfield, engaged 
 in farming, having purchased a tract of land in 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 the town near the east end of East Pond, where 
 a small amount of land was cleared, and a log- 
 house standing. With horses and wagons he 
 transported his wife and all of the children but 
 the youngest, which he left with its grandparents. 
 On this farm, which he had selected, Mark An- 
 drews cleared the land and lived to a good old 
 age; when he retired from active work he went 
 to W'ilmot, X. H., to live with his daughter, and 
 there his end came at the age of eighty. His 
 wife departed this life at the age of seventy-eight. 
 Their sons numbered eight in all, as follows: 
 Amos, who died young; Mark; John; Jonathan; 
 Timothy; Hezekiah; George; and Randall. 
 There were five girls: Mary, Martha, Lucy, 
 Nancy, and Prudence. 
 
 Jonathan Andrews early in life learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, and became a very skilled 
 workman in handwork. He lived at Marl- 
 borough, Mass., six years, and then returned to 
 Enfield, and, buying a farm on George Hill, car- 
 ried on farming and shoemaking. He settled 
 there about 1853, and after a few years sold the 
 property and came to Enfield Center, going still 
 later to Claremont, N. H., where he died at the 
 age of eighty-seven. He was very active up to 
 the last years of his life, looking much younger 
 than he really was, and for all his work at the 
 bench he was as straight as an arrow. He was 
 a Democrat, and later a Republican in politics, 
 and a member of the M. E. Church. His wife, 
 who was a daughter of Moses Hoyt, died at the 
 age of eighty-two, leaving three children, all of 
 whom are living to-day: Arminda, George 
 Eletcher, and Minerva S. 
 
 George Fletcher Andrews was educated in the 
 district schools of Enfield and worked with his 
 father at shoemaking until he was eighteen years 
 old, when he went to Concord, N. H., and 
 labored at cutting, polishing and marking marble 
 two years. In 1862 he came to Enfield and set 
 up his present business, being the only marble 
 dealer in his section of the county. He has done 
 a very good business since and handles a large 
 variety of marbles, but at the present time deals 
 in the product of the Sutherland Falls quarries 
 most extensively. On Nov. 7, 1865, he married 
 Miss Sarah N. Hartford, daughter of Benjamin 
 and Calista (Cochran) Hartford. 
 
 Benjamin Hartford was born in Somersworth, 
 X. PL, Jan. 1, 1803, and was a son of Moses and 
 
 Hannah (Furber) Hartford, and grandson of 
 Nicholas Hartford, who came from Hartford 
 Co., England, to this country, and settled in 
 Dover, N. H. His son Moses was a merchant 
 and a farmer of Somersworth, N. H. Benjamin 
 Hartford lost his father when a boy by the hand 
 of death. His mother took some of the smaller 
 of her children and joined the Shaker Com- 
 munity at Enfield; Benjamin learned the me- 
 chanic's trade, and happening to come to Enfield 
 to visit his sister he took a fancy to the mode of 
 life, and was enrolled as a member for nineteen 
 years. While there he devoted much of his time 
 to the invention of various articles of usefulness. 
 He invented the first friction match, in 1832, and 
 manufactured them; also the noted turned pails 
 and tubs, revolving gun, a tin harness to weave 
 broadcloth, and a water-wheel; all of these arti- 
 cles are in use to-day. When he had left the 
 Shakers, and married, he built a house and shop 
 at Enfield Center, and ran a turning lathe for 
 six years and a half; he then settled where our 
 subject lives now, and died at the age of sixty- 
 three. He married Calista, daughter of Robert 
 and Sarah (Nichols) Cochran; Mrs. Hartford 
 died at the age of sixty-nine, having borne her 
 husband two children: Lucinda, who died at 
 the age of twelve years; and Sarah, the wife of 
 our subject. 
 
 Robert Cochran was born in Enfield and was 
 a son of Jacob and Margaret (Webster) Cochran. 
 Jacob Cochran was born on the ocean when his 
 parents were coming to America, about the year 
 1 75 1. He settled in Pembroke, Mass., and later 
 in Salisbury; about 1774 or 1776 he came to En- 
 field and settled on George Hill, farming there 
 until his sixty-fifth year, and died at his son 
 Robert's at the age of ninety. His son built in 
 1806, where our subject now lives, and ground 
 flaxseed and manufactured linseed oil; he was 
 also a farmer and had extensive land interests. 
 He was born in 1776, and died in 1858; his first 
 wife, Abigail Currier, was born in 1785, and 
 passed away to the scenes beyond the river of 
 death in 1820. She left two children: Albert 
 and Emily. His second wife was Sarah Nichols ; 
 her children were: Calista, Sarah, and Augusta. 
 
 Our subject's union has been blessed with two 
 children. Leon J., born May 15, 1867, married 
 Elva Woodward, and lives at Claremont, N. H., 
 where he is a dealer in marble; they have one 
 
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 child, Harold. Carrie M., born Aug. 31, 1875, 
 lives at home with her parents. After Mr. An- 
 drews married he came to his wife's home and 
 cared for her parents during the last years of 
 their life; it is a matter of record that in the 
 house where he lives twenty-six of the members 
 of the families of his wife's ancestors died, most 
 of them advanced in age. Mr. Andrews has 
 lately put the house in excellent repair, and owns 
 a finely cared-for farm of ninety acres. He is a 
 Republican, and has taken a prominent and lead- 
 ing part in the affairs of the town, serving three 
 years as overseer of the poor, besides acting in 
 other official capacities. He is liberal in his 
 religious views. He is a member of the Grange, 
 and of the Social Lodge, No. 50, F & A. M. 
 
 WALDO W. WOOD, a descendant of one 
 of the pioneer families of the town of Lebanon, 
 and a standard and leading farmer of the same 
 town, was born in the above town, Sept. 24, 
 1865. He is a son of Roger and Emily (Will- 
 ard) Wood, grandson of Capt. Roger and 
 Achsah (Tilden) Wood, and great-grandson of 
 Joseph and Anna (Palmer) Wood. 
 
 Joseph Wood was born in Mansfield, Conn., 
 in 1725; his wife was born in 1728. He was one 
 of the proprietors of Lebanon, and emigrated 
 with his wife and children from his native place 
 about 1765 or 1766, and took up a new residence 
 at his adopted home. His good judgment and 
 clear foresight secured for him and his heirs a 
 large proportion of those beautiful interval lands 
 lying on the east side of the Connecticut River 
 and south of the Mascoma River, extending east- 
 erly far back among the hills, including a fair 
 portion of the uplands. His first house he 
 erected on the south side of the King's Highway 
 (so called), which was laid out by the proprietors 
 of the town, and which ran easterly from the in- 
 terval land through Lebanon, passing by the 
 Porter place, the Aspinwall hill, the Abel Storrs 
 and the Col. Constant Storrs farms to the Enfield 
 line; the house was about seventy rods east of 
 the present residence of Oliver L. Stearns. It 
 was on this section of his possessions that he be- 
 gan to clear the land, and to prepare a new home 
 for his family, where his younger children were 
 
 afterwards born. Joseph Wood possessed a 
 strong constitution, was industrious and per- 
 severing, and labored with a will and the power 
 of a strong arm that rarely wearied, to fell the 
 monarchs of the forest and clear a farm; he suc- 
 ceeded in a few years in the accomplishment of 
 his purpose, with the assistance of some of his 
 boys, who were old enough to help him. Addi- 
 tions to his farm were made from year to year, 
 which, with the increase in his own family, neces- 
 sitated the making larger barns and the building 
 . of a new house. Coming to the conclusion that 
 a site near the intersection of the King's High- 
 way would be most desirable, he built a house 
 there with the end in view to make it serve the 
 double purpose of a tavern and a farm-house. 
 This was probably the first tavern in the town, 
 and, like other wayside inns of that day, was rude 
 in its conveniences and unceremonious in its man- 
 agement, but, nevertheless, it was the travelers' 
 home, where the landlord was glad to welcome a 
 customer and the foot-sore traveler was happy 
 to find a resting place where he might recuper- 
 ate his strength. Mr. Wood continued his farm- 
 ing and tavern-keeping until 1789 when his son, 
 Joseph, Jr., became associated with him until 
 the former's death, Nov. 2, 1798, aged seventy- 
 three years. He was active in town and county 
 affairs. He was active in his promoting the re- 
 ligious interests of the settlement. In 1769 he 
 was appointed as a member of a committee to 
 procure a minister, and was one of the first to 
 join the Congregational Church under the pas- 
 torate of Rev. Isaiah Potter. His wife, who 
 possessed a strong, independent mind, was as 
 much entitled to credit for her superior judgment 
 and prudence in acquiring property as her hus- 
 band. She died March 11, 1813, aged eighty- 
 five years. Their children were: Rev. Samuel, 
 born 1753; Marian, 1755; Jane, 1757; Capt. 
 Joseph, born in 1759, who lived to celebrate his 
 passing the century mark; Capt. Ephraim, 1761 ; 
 Anna, 1764; Capt Roger, 1766; Capt. John, 
 1768; Rev. Benjamin, 1770; and Rev. Luther, 
 1772. 
 
 Capt. Roger Wood, our subject's grandfather, 
 was born in Mansfield, Conn., and was taken 
 when a child to the family's new home at Leb- 
 anon; on arriving a t manhood he settled near 
 where our subject now lives, and became a large 
 land-owner and a prominent man in the town. 
 
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 He was commissioned a captain in the State 
 militia and thereafter known by that title. The 
 children born to him and his wife were named: 
 Achsah, Samuel, Rosamond, Luther, Hannah, 
 and Roger. 
 
 Roger Wood, Jr., the youngest child of the 
 foregoing family, was born in the house which 
 our subject now owns, Sept. 4, 181 1. He inher- 
 ited the homestead, and later bought more land. 
 lie was a practical man and performed his work 
 and duties with judicious carefulness, confident 
 that "haste makes waste". His good judgment 
 served him in good stead when called upon by his 
 fellow-citizens to fill offices of trust in his native 
 town. He was eighty years old at his death. 
 His wife was born March 14, 1821, passed away 
 to the realms of peace at the age of fifty-two. 
 Their children were as follows : Roger B., born 
 March 14, 1844; Samitel P., April 24, 1846; 
 Achsah E., Feb. 12, 1849; Rosamond A., Sept. 
 9, 1852; Luther W., May 7, 1 857; Dana S., born 
 May 2, 1858; Hannah M., May 10, i860; and 
 Waldo W., the subject of this personal history. 
 
 Our subject being the youngest son of his 
 parents, assisted and cared for them in their last 
 days, and inherited the farm, on which he has 
 since made many valuable improvements, both 
 on the land and buildings, remodeling the house 
 to suit his needs and desires. The farm com- 
 prises some 300 acres, and supports twenty-five 
 head of choice milch cattle and eighty fine sheep. 
 He is both practical and enterprising in his 
 methods of farming and has original ideas of his 
 own how farming should be done. He deserves 
 to rank among the first farmers of the town and 
 county. 
 
 On Jan. 10, 1891, Mr. Wood was married to 
 Miss Lizzie F. French, daughter of Russell B. 
 and Helen A. (Smith) French. Russell B. 
 French was born in Plainfield, N. H., and is a 
 son of John and Harriet (Berry) French, and a 
 grandson of Nathaniel and Alice (Back) French, 
 who were among the early settlers of Plainfield, 
 and lived to a good old age to enjoy the fruits of 
 their toil. Six children were born to them, 
 namely: Hezekiah, Lyman, Lucinda, Betsey, 
 John, and Susan. John French succeeded his 
 father on the farm and always lived in Plainfield 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, dying at the 
 age of eighty-three. His wife lived to the age of 
 seventy-six. Their children were: Almond, 
 
 John H., Melissa, Russell B., Charles, George, 
 and Francis. When a young man Russell B. 
 French, the father of Mrs. Wood, bought the 
 Slack farm in the northern part of Plainfield, 
 where he has carried on farming since and is 
 pleasantly located at the present writing. He 
 married Helen A., daughter of Benjamin and 
 Calista B. (Stone) Smith. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Russell B. French were born eight children, as 
 follows: Luther J., .Walter H., Bert E., Lizzie 
 F., John W., Albert D., Herman E., and Leon C. 
 Mr. French enlisted in 1862 in Co. E., nth Reg. 
 Vt. Vol. Inf., serving thirty-three months as a 
 private. He was taken prisoner at Petersburg, 
 and was held a prisoner in Danville Prison seven 
 months and ten days; while thus confined his 
 health suffered and was impaired to such an ex- 
 tent that he has never fully recovered, and now 
 draws a small pension from the Government. 
 
 Mr. Wood and his wife have had one child, 
 Waldo Wendell, who was born June 17, 1894, 
 and died Sept. 21 of the same year. Our subject 
 is a Republican in politics. He and his wife are 
 members of the Congregational Church. 
 
 LEWIS T. COLBY, not only one of the larg- 
 est farmers of the town of Enfield, but also a 
 descendant of one of the town's early settlers, 
 was born in the house where he now makes his 
 home, Nov. 26, 1834. He is a son of Thomas 
 J. and Melinda (Jackman) Colby, grandson of 
 Rowel and Lydia (Pettengill) Colby, and a great- 
 grandson of Zacheas Colby. Zacheas descended 
 from one of three brothers, William, Roger, and 
 Rowel, who came from England to Salem, 
 Mass., at an early date. 
 
 Rowel Colby was born in Salisbury, Mass., 
 Nov. 22, 1758, and married Lydia Pettengill, 
 whose father had settled in Salisbury and taken 
 up a large tract of land in Enfield, and gave his 
 daughter Lydia a farm, which was then a com- 
 plete wilderness. About the year 1780 Rowel 
 Colby and wife Lydia came to Enfield and made 
 a permanent settlement on this property. The 
 year before Mr. Colby brought his wife he made 
 his way to their new possessions by means of 
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 the trees, built a small log-house, dug a well, 
 cleared a small field for cultivation, and planted 
 winter rye. After four years of residence in the 
 log-house, in 1784, he built a small frame house, 
 used now by our subject as a granary, which 
 sufficed for their wants until 1800, when he built 
 the house, now the home of the subject of this 
 sketch. It was at that time the largest and by 
 far the best house in the town, and it was often 
 remarked that Mr. Colby would be bankrupted, 
 and his fine beginning end in complete failure. 
 No such ending came, for he was a hard worker 
 and exercised his judgment so well that he suc- 
 ceeded in everything he undertook. To this new 
 home he brought the first brass clock in the 
 town, a standard instrument, costing $75.00, 
 which is keeping good time to-day for our sub- 
 ject. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and 
 was one of Gen. Stark's soldiers at the battle of 
 Bennington; he seemed to be devoid of anything 
 like fear, and, single-handed, made a capture of a 
 noted Indian, and turned him over to the author- 
 ities; he preserved his powder-horn, which may 
 be seen adorning the old brass clock. He 
 brought 100 small apple trees on his back from 
 Salisbury, N. H., and set them out, and thus 
 came to have one of the first and best orchards 
 in the town; some of these trees are living and 
 bearing to-day. Later on he set out more trees, 
 and his improvements are visible in all direc- 
 tions, for before his death he had become owner 
 of over 1,000 acres of land, extending through 
 Enfield Center, and including farms in the ad- 
 joining towns. He was a man of prominence in 
 the town, and served as selectman and in other 
 town offices. He was religiously inclined, and 
 a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He 
 departed this life Jan. 22, 1832. His wife was 
 born March 13, 1760, and passed away in 1854. 
 Their children were: David, born March 13, 
 1782; Betsey, Dec. 27, 1783; Hannah, Oct. 19, 
 1785; Mary, March 12, 1788; Lydia, July 22, 
 1790; Sally, Oct. 12, 1792; Rowel, Nov. 23, 
 1795; Zacheas, March 26, 1798. Lucretia, April 
 20, 1803; and Thomas J., May 24, 1805. 
 
 Thomas J. Colby, being the youngest of the 
 family, remained at home and cared ' for his 
 parents, inheriting the homestead of 275 acres at 
 their death. He kept a large dairy and worked 
 an extensive sugar bush. Faithfully taking to 
 heart the teachings and principles of a success- 
 
 ful farmer, and applying them in his work, he 
 became a model farmer; he died in his seventy- 
 seventh year. His wife, who was a daughter of 
 Samuel Jackman, was born Feb. 27, 1807, and 
 died Sept. 9, 1889. Their children were: Lewis 
 T., the subject of this short biography; Mary C, 
 who was born Oct. 8, 1839, married J. J. French, 
 and lives in Everett, Mass., the mother of three 
 children: Willie W., Lou F., and Rosamond. 
 Our subject's father was a Democrat, and served 
 as selectman, and as representative. He was a 
 member of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Lewis T. Colby attended the Canaan Acad- 
 emy, and then spent some two years at painting, 
 after which he returned home and took charge 
 of his father's farm, and has remained there ever 
 since, easing and making happy his parents' last 
 hours. He formerly kept a large dairy and 
 raised a quantity of sheep, but now he only keeps 
 a small dairy, and is interested very much in 
 poultry. He has one of the largest yards of 
 poultry in the town, keeping upwards of 600 
 choice hens and raises some 600 to 1,200 fowls 
 a year. He has a standard and special trade in 
 eggs at the Boston markets. He is a Democrat 
 and a loyal supporter of Democratic principles. 
 He is a member of the M. E. Church, and of the 
 Grange. 
 
 July 3, i860, he married Mary Hardy, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas J. Hardy of Enfield; she died Oct. 
 15, 1870, aged thirty-three years, leaving one 
 son, Thomas J., who was born Aug. 16, 1861. 
 He is a machinist of Franklin, N. H; and mar- 
 ried Lilly Vose, and has had four children, all 
 now deceased. Our subject was again married 
 March 1, 1873, to Miss Jane L. Colby, daughter 
 of Rowel, Jr., and Lydia (Dinsmore) Colby. 
 Rowel Colby was a farmer of the town of En- 
 field, and owned and ran the grist and saw-mill 
 at Fish Market, which our subject later on oper- 
 ated. He died at the age of eighty-three, and his 
 wife at the age of seventy-seven. Their children 
 were: Wyman P., born March 18, 1839; Ann 
 M., born Jan. 10, 1841 ; and Jane L., our subject's 
 wife. Our subject's second union was blessed 
 with one son, Forest L., born June 17, 1876, who 
 is associated with his father in farming and poul- 
 try raising. Mr. Colby is a very popular man 
 among his associates, because of his many ster- 
 ling qualities, and is respected wherever he is 
 known. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 HON. JUSTUS SARGENT, chairman of 
 the board of selectmen, a large farmer and prom- 
 inent citizen of Lebanon, was born in Lebanon, 
 Grafton Co., N. H, March 27, 1838, and is a son 
 of Orlando and Sarah (Gerrish) Sargent. 
 
 Orlando Sargent was born in Amesbury, 
 Mass., and learned the wheelwright's trade, and 
 early settled in Woodstock, Vt, where he car- 
 ried on his trade some years. He then removed 
 to Lebanon, where he became a butcher and ran 
 a market until his death by fever at the age of 
 fifty-five ; his wife was taken away from the midst 
 of her family at the same age by reason of a 
 cancer. She was a Congregationalist, while her 
 husband was loyal to the M. E. Church. Mr. 
 Sargent was a Democrat in his political views. 
 The children born to them were: Mary, a 
 maiden lady, who resides at Lebanon, N. H.; 
 Orlando of Hillsboro, N. H.; and Justus, the sub- 
 ject of this brief personal narration. 
 
 Justus Sargent, after attending the schools of 
 his district in Lebanon, entered into partnership 
 with J. W. Gerrish and went to Chateaugay, 
 N. Y., and there engaged in the bark and lumber 
 business for some years. He then in company 
 with Mr. Gerrish purchased the Billings farm of 
 300 acres, situated near the village of Lebanon, 
 and carried on farming there; later he sold his 
 interests in the property to his partner, but soon 
 bought back the whole farm, and has been 
 largely interested in general farming ever since. 
 He has a very large, modernized house and barn, 
 one of the best sets of farming buildings of any 
 farmer in the town; his orchards include the best 
 varieties of fruit and yield him a handsome in- 
 come. For many years he ran a milk route 
 through the village, keeping a large dairy of 
 thirty choice Jerseys. His poultry yards contain 
 some 500 fancy-bred fowls; this is a work in 
 which Mr. Sargent excels, for he is a master of 
 the details necessary for success. In addition to 
 other lines of work he deals extensively in cattle. 
 He is a man of truth and integrity, and honors 
 his business dealings with strictly honorable 
 business principles. If there are any that are 
 entitled to the unlimited confidence of their 
 friends and fellow-citizens, we must surely place 
 Air. Sargent among that number. He stands 
 among the leading farmers of the town and 
 county, and is dependent on no one for his 
 bounty. He lias always been a stanch Republi- 
 
 can, and represented the town in the Legislature 
 in 1891-92, and has been chairman of the board 
 of selectmen since 1893, serving on the boara 
 five years previous to his being elevated to the 
 head. In the Civil War he served eight months 
 in the 5th Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf., as musician, play- 
 ing the tenor horn. 
 
 Mr. Sargent was married to Charlotte Beman, 
 daughter of Theodore Beman of Chateaugay, N. 
 Y. ; she died at the age of twenty-six. His sec- 
 ond marriage was consummated with Miss 
 Helen M. Felton, daughter of Moses H. and 
 Almeda (Bromley) Felton of Schuyler Falls, 
 N. Y.; Mr. Felton was later an iron worker of 
 Chateaugay, N. Y. By our subject's last mar- 
 riage he was blessed with two children: Frank 
 Orlando, who died in 1881 at the age of nine 
 years; and Sarah Josephine, born Jan. 6, 1873, 
 who married F. G. Carter of Lebanon, a mem- 
 ber of the firm of H. W. Carter & Sons, manu- 
 facturers of overalls and shirts. 
 
 AMOS M. BRYAXT, a resident of the town 
 of Enfield, living in Enfield Center, and leading 
 in most respects a retired life, was born in the 
 above town, March 21, 1832, and is a son of 
 Matthew and Lucinda M. (Morse) Bryant, and 
 grandson of William Bryant. 
 
 William Bryant was born in Haverhill, Mass. 
 His father came to America with his parents 
 when he was six weeks old from Maghera, near 
 Derry, Ireland. Tradition states that the remote 
 ancestors of this family were in Derry when it 
 was besieged. William Bryant came to Enfield 
 from Cornish, N. H., and later in life moved out 
 west, making his home in Ohio a great part of 
 the time, and living to be almost 100 years old. 
 He was married three times and became the 
 father of seventeen children. His first wife died 
 several years after the consummation of their 
 nuptials, leaving one child, who did not long sur- 
 vive its mother. His second wife, a member of 
 the Webster family and grandmother of our sub- 
 ject, bore her husband seven children, who were 
 as follows: James, who lived in Western New 
 York; William, who lived in Central New York; 
 Matthew, the father of our subject; Moses, a 
 resident of Massachusetts; Henry, who lived in 
 
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 Cornish, N. H. ; Mary, who made her home with 
 Henry; and Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Har- 
 rington of Windsor, Vt. The children by Mr. 
 Bryant's third wife, numbering nine in all, settled 
 in the west chiefly, several living in Joliet, 111., 
 and its vicinity. 
 
 Matthew Bryant was born in Cornish, N. H., 
 Feb. 10, 1801, and when a young man went to 
 live with his uncle, Jonathan Johnson of Enfield, 
 who had married Anna Bryant. Mr. Johnson 
 was a large and prosperous farmer, so that at his 
 death his nephew inherited a very valuable prop- 
 erty. Matthew Bryant lived on his uncle's estate 
 for many years and built a new house, but in 
 1852 traded the property for a place at Enfield 
 Center, where he died Feb. 18, 1866. His wife, 
 who was a daughter of William and Mary 
 (Young) Morse, was born March 29, 1829, and 
 departed this life Feb. 8, 1890. There were born 
 to our subject's parents the following five chil- 
 dren: George W., James F., Betsey H, Amos 
 M., and Matthew. Our subject's father was 
 originally a Democrat, but became a Republican 
 when that part)- was organized on the basis of 
 Anti-Slavery; he served the town as selectman, 
 as county commissioner, and in other offices of 
 trust of like character. He was a Methodist in 
 his religious views. 
 
 Amos M. Bryant at the age of eighteen began 
 life in earnest as a clerk for A. & G. W. Conant, 
 remaining with them ten years until 1861, when 
 he was the first man who enlisted from the town 
 of Enfield. He was enrolled for three months' 
 service in Co. K., 1st Reg. N. H. Vol. Int., and 
 at the expiration of his term of service and upon 
 his return home assisted in recruiting the nth 
 Regiment. He then went to Tilton, where he 
 was in the dry goods business three years with 
 his brother, Matthew. Upon giving up the busi- 
 ness he went west and ran as express messenger 
 from Chicago to St. Louis for a number of years. 
 Returning to Enfield he went into general trade 
 with his brother, James F., until 1884, when he 
 sold out, and has since spent most of his time in 
 the retirement of private life in his own home, 
 except for a little painting he does now and then. 
 
 Mr. Bryant married Miss Lizzie F. Little, 
 daughter of Ebenezer and Almira (Tailor) Little. 
 Ebenezer Little was born in Enfield and was a 
 son of Ebenezer, Sr., and Elizabeth (Emerson) 
 Little. Ebenezer Little, Sr., was born in Atkin- 
 
 son, Mass., March 5, 1777, and in 1798 settled 
 in Enfield on George hill, where he entered upon 
 farming operations, a neighbor of the early pion- 
 eers of this region; he was a man of unusual 
 energy, cleared a large farm, and became a very 
 well-to-do man. Our subject had had three chil- 
 dren by his union with Miss Little: Lula M., 
 born June 1, 1868, fitted at Plymouth Normal 
 School, and is now a teacher in the schools; 
 Edith M., born Sept. 15, 1871, is also a teacher; 
 and L. Gertrude, born Aug. 18, 1873, at home. 
 Mr. Bryant has done much to advance the inter- 
 ests of the Enfield schools; he has been long a 
 member of the school board and was very in- 
 strumental in having the school-house rebuilt. 
 He is a Republican politically, and has served 
 as overseer of the poor four years, as town clerk 
 one year, and as tax collector. Socially, he is a 
 member of the following organizations: Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M.; G. A. R. Post, No. 52, of 
 Enfield; and the Grange. He was appointed 
 Postmaster of Enfield Center under Harrison, 
 serving four years. 
 
 JOHN P. EATON, a retired farmer of Went- 
 worth, N. H., whose portrait appears on the op- 
 posite page, is the son of Jesse, and the grandson 
 of Moses Eaton. , 
 
 Moses came from Hampstead, N. H., to Went- 
 worth, N. H, in his young manhood. He car- 
 ried on farming very extensively, and was able 
 to make many improvements of a permanent 
 nature on the homestead. He married Hannah 
 Currier. She departed this life some years 
 previous to her husband. Mr. Eaton passed 
 away when sixty-five years old. They reared 
 two children : Jesse, and a sister, who married a 
 Wolcutt. 
 
 Jesse Eaton was born in Wentworth on the 
 old homestead, and was educated in 'his native 
 town. He engaged himself in the pursuit of 
 agriculture on the homestead, and remained on 
 it all his life. He married Elinor, daughter of 
 John Page of Wentworth. Jesse Eaton was 
 called to fairer scenes at the age of seventy- 
 seven; his wife survived him a number of years, 
 at last joining those gathered on the golden 
 shore in her eighty-fifth year. The children born 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 to them were: Abigail H. (Bailey), Susan M. 
 (Wright), John P., the subject of this sketch; 
 Hannah P. (Goodell), Louisa J. (Wright), 
 Martha J. (Carr), and Moses C. Jesse Eaton was 
 a Democrat until the election of Franklin Pierce ; 
 after that he supported and voted the Republican 
 ticket. He served as selectman, and represented 
 the town in the State Legislature. He was also 
 town collector for many years. 
 
 John P. Eaton was born in Wentworth, Sept. 
 y, 1829. The district schools furnished him with 
 a good common school education. He has 
 always been engaged in farming up to 1894, 
 when he removed to the village. 
 
 In 1859 he was married to Harriet C, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas and Eliza Burroughs of Newbury, 
 Yt. Clarence A., the only child, married Emma 
 L., daughter of Peter Hobbs of Wentworth. 
 They have two children : Lewis C. and Maud L. 
 
 Mr. Eaton regularly votes with the Republican 
 party, endorsing its candidates, and, although 
 he has a keen interest in town affairs, he has 
 never accepted any public office. 
 
 JOSEPH W. JEWETT, a retired farmer of 
 the town of Lebanon, and a descendant of a 
 pioneer family of Grafton Co., was born in Hart- 
 ford, Vt., F^b. 8, 1818, and is a son of Haynes 
 and Hannah (Wood) Jewett, arid a grandson of 
 James Jewett, who came to New Hampshire 
 from Rowley, Mass., and settled in Enfield. 
 
 Haynes Jewett was born in the town of En- 
 field, Grafton Co.; his father being a Shaker and 
 a member of a Shaker community, Haynes was 
 educated according to Shaker ideas. He learned 
 the blacksmith's trade, and at the age of twenty- 
 six left the Shaker village to make his own way; 
 he built a shop on Capt. Joseph Wood's farm, 
 since known as Butmanville, and at that place 
 he married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Wood, 
 who was a prominent citizen of Lebanon. After 
 a few years he went to White River Junction, 
 Yt., in the town of Hartford, bought a farm, and 
 both operated it and prosecuted his trade until 
 1828, when he returned to Butmanville and 
 bought back his former blacksmith shop and 
 also a small farm near by, living there until 1837, 
 when he sold that proper!)' and bought a farm in 
 
 Canaan. In 1839 he returned to Lebanon and 
 bought the Deacon Post place of no acres, 
 which is now the home of our subject, where he 
 carries on his farming. Haynes Jewett, besides 
 being engaged in agricultural pursuits, was also 
 in trade. His death occurred at the age of 
 seventy-six, and that of his wife at the age of 
 eighty-eight. Their children were: Sarah; 
 Joseph Wood, our subject; Haynes, Jr.; and 
 Calvin. 
 
 Our subject attended the district and high 
 schools, and Capt. Partridge's Military School 
 of Norwich, Vt. He then became clerk in the 
 Union House at Norwich, Vt, for three years, 
 returning to his father's farm at the end of that 
 time and assisting his parent in general farming 
 work for some two years. He then entered the 
 Washington Coffee House at Boston as clerk; he 
 was later connected with the Elm Street House, 
 where he remained three years, and finally at the 
 Broomfield Street House for three years and a 
 half. Then in company with Daniel Chamberlain 
 he conducted a hotel at Fall River, R. I.; selling 
 his interest at length and returning to Boston, he 
 bought an interest in the Pearl Street House, and 
 after one and one-half years he sold and became 
 steward at the Adams House. He was a great 
 advocate of temperance, and during his four 
 years with this hotel he was the means of running 
 it as a temperance hostelry. A great aim in his 
 life was to advance the cause of temperance by 
 the doing away with bars where liquor might be 
 sold in the various hotels in which he worked. 
 The Broomfield Street House he reorganized on 
 a temperance basis. He was in other hotels for 
 short periods, the last work of this kind was per- 
 formed for the Marlborough House, which was 
 conducted strictly on religious and tem- 
 perance principles. He then came to the 
 old homestead and bought out his brother 
 in 1857, his brother having made many 
 improvements a couple of years before. 
 Our subject has since carried on farming, taking 
 his son, John H., into partnership with him. 
 They own to-day 265 acres of land, operate a fine 
 dairy, and have a flock of 100 of the finest coarse 
 wool sheep in the county. They have also sev- 
 eral yards of fancy-bred poultry. They have 
 built new barns of large dimensions, and conduct 
 the whole farm in a model manner. In the 
 esteem of their fellow-townsmen and neighbors 
 
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 they have secured a high and worthy place, by 
 reason of their honorable dealings at every time 
 and place. 
 
 Mr. Jewett married Miss Cynthia A. Ela, 
 daughter of John and Julia (Demary) Ela; our 
 subject's wife was born Jan. 5, 1828. John Ela 
 was born in the town of Lebanon, and is a son 
 of Benjamin and Abigail (Emerson) Ela. John 
 Ela was one of the progressive farmers of the 
 town; he lived and died on the farm that his 
 father settled, departing this life, aged seventy- 
 six ; his wife reached the venerable age of eighty. 
 Their children were: Cynthia A, John, Jr., Geo. 
 W., Abbie E., Charles N., Benjamin F., Richard 
 H., Albert B., and William H. 
 
 Our subject had three children born to him, 
 one of whom, a son, was lost in infancy. John 
 H., born July 1, 1861, married Maud J., daugh- 
 ter of George L. Stearns. Edna A. married 
 Charles Hutchins, and died at the age of twenty- 
 four, leaving one child, Mildred J. Our subject 
 and wife are faithful members and zealous 
 workers of the Congregational Church. Mr. 
 Jewett supported the Whig and then the Repub- 
 lican party. 
 
 LEVI C. WOODS, general agent of the West 
 Lebanon terminus of the Concord Division of 
 the Boston & Maine R. R-, and a very influential 
 and popular citizen of the town of Lebanon, was 
 born in Woodstock, Vt, March 22, 1840. He 
 is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Bugbee) Woods, 
 and grandson of Thomas and Polly Woods. 
 
 Thomas Woods came from the State of Con- 
 necticut to Vermont, and was occupied in farm- 
 ing all his life. Both he and his wife lived to 
 enjoy a good old age. Their children were: 
 William, Stillman, and Benjamin. 
 
 Our subject's father worked at agricultural 
 pursuits and in the factory until 1844, when he 
 went to Hooksett, Merrimac Co., N. H., and 
 purchased a farm, but later sold and bought some 
 property in Canaan, N. H., where he died at the 
 age of seventy. His wife was born in 1807, and 
 died in i860. There were born to them the fol- 
 lowing children: Lyndon B., Susan M., Levi 
 C, and Alba. Our subject's two brothers served 
 during the late war. 
 
 Levi C. Woods's early education was limited 
 to what he received before the age of eight in the 
 district and private schools. At the age named 
 above he entered the cotton manufacturing mills 
 as bobbin boy and worked there considerably 
 until he was eighteen years of age. He then en- 
 tered the railroad shops at Canaan, and worked 
 at blacksmithing, welding rails, for at that day, 
 when rails were broken, so costly were they, that 
 the railroads always used to weld them and use 
 them again. He worked there until 1862; in July 
 of that year he began firing on a locomotive, and 
 so well did he do and so faithful was he to the 
 interests of the company, that in January, 1865, 
 he was given an engine with a run on the line 
 that was first known as the Northern R. R. of 
 New Hampshire, now a part of the Boston & 
 Maine system. 
 
 On Nov. 28, 1887, he was asked by General 
 Superintendent Todd to go to West Lebanon to 
 assist Col. Jewett D. Hosley, whose health was 
 failing. Our subject did not like the idea of giv- 
 ing up his engine, but he appreciated the nature 
 of the request, for it required a man with not 
 only good judgment, but one in whom the rail- 
 road company could place implicit confidence to 
 handle the Western Terminus of the Concord 
 Division of the B. & M. R. R. Accordingly, Mr. 
 Woods consented, and acted as assistant until 
 1891, when he was appointed Mr. Hosley's suc- 
 cessor and general agent of the Western Termi- 
 nus of the Concord Division of the B. & M. R. 
 R. Since that time Mr. Woods has discharged 
 his duties with a fidelity and zeal, which has 
 been entirely satisfactory both to the company 
 and to its patrons. 
 
 In all his connection with the railroad Mr. 
 Woods has never lost any time, and has never 
 had any serious accident. He has always lent a 
 helping hand to his fellow-workers on the rail- 
 road, and when his fireman by some careless 
 oversight left a switch open, causing a slight 
 accident, Mr. Woods shouldered all the blame 
 to shield his subordinate, who, on finding it out, 
 openly declared that Mr. Woods had nothing to 
 do with it, that it was his own fault. This is only 
 one. of many acts of sympathy and kindness that 
 might be related of him. The name of Levi C. 
 Woods is not only honored by all railroad men, 
 but by all who know him to appreciate his many 
 superior qualities. Although strict in business 
 
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 and prompt with orders, he is whole-hearted and 
 ready to forgive a fault in another and to assist 
 him in retrieving his error. 
 
 In i860 he married Miss Belinda D. Colby, 
 daughter of John C. Colby of Henniker, N. H. 
 They have one adopted daughter, Etta B., born 
 in May, 1877. Mr. Woods first settled at West 
 Lebanon, but when he was an engineer he found 
 it more convenient to live at Concord, so he pur- 
 chased a handsome house at Nos. 13 and 17 
 Chaple Street, and remodeled it throughout to 
 suit his needs. After his appointment as super- 
 intendent he came to West Lebanon and resides 
 on the old Barron homestead, now owned by the 
 railroad company. His house in Concord he has 
 divided into three suites and rents them. He 
 was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
 Engineers, and always had an active part in its 
 management until coming to West Lebanon. 
 He is also a member of the Franklin Lodge, No. 
 6, F & A. M.; and. St. Andrews Chapter. 
 
 ELMER E. EMERSON, a retired mechanic 
 of East Lebanon, Grafton Co., N. H., was born 
 in the above town Sept. 22, 1858, and is a son of 
 Albro V. and Josephine B. (Kempton) Emerson, 
 and grandson of Jonathan and Polly (Collins) 
 Emerson. The parents of our subject's grand- 
 father were James and Lydia (Hoyt) Emerson, 
 and his grandfather was Stephen Emerson. 
 
 Stephen Emerson was a native of Hampstead, 
 and came to Weare, N. H., in 1762, being among 
 the early settlers and farmers of that place and 
 owning large tracts of land. James Emerson, his 
 son, followed the pursuit of agriculture, but was 
 laid low by consumption when forty years old. 
 His children were as follows: Jonathan, Lydia, 
 Stephen, and James. His widow married as her 
 second husband Aaron Pingley, and had by this 
 second marriage one child, Polly. 
 
 When a young man Jonathan Emerson left 
 the' homestead at Weare to seek his fortune, and 
 moved to Grantham, N. H, where he leased a 
 farm and entered upon a successful career as a 
 farmer, being soon by judicious management 
 able to own a farm of his own and to lay up con- 
 siderable wealth for use when an occasion might 
 call for it. After a few years' residence in Gran- 
 
 tham he sold his farm and followed the business 
 of milling several years at Bradford, N. H., go- 
 ing from there to Newbury and buying a farm. 
 By this time he was in the possession of a com- 
 fortable fortune, and thereafter he adopted the 
 practice of buying farms which were in a run- 
 down condition, occupying them a few years 
 while bringing them into shape and then selling 
 them at an advance in value, invariably realizing 
 a good amount of money by these speculations. 
 His field of operations was quite extended, in- 
 cluding New London and many other places in 
 that vicinity; he finally came to Lebanon where 
 he had determined to settle for good, buying a 
 pleasant home on Mascoma Street; but very soon 
 he received a good offer for the property, so he 
 sold it and bought land in Newport, where he 
 was bereaved of the cheering presence of his 
 partner in life, who died at the age of seventy- 
 nine. He then sold his Newport property and 
 moved to Lebanon, dying in the above town in 
 his eightieth year. He was a Democrat, and 
 very liberal in his religious views. He reared a 
 large family, all of whom grew up to maturity 
 and were happily married. The family consisted 
 of the following members : Hiram ; Susan ; Jona- 
 than; Arvilla; James, who was distinguished as 
 an inventor; Moses; Albro V.; Cyrus; and 
 Lucinda and Lucina, twins. 
 
 Albro V. Emerson, the father of the subject 
 of this brief memoir, was born in Sutton, N. H., 
 and after finishing his education, which chanced 
 to be quite limited, he went to Newport, N. H., 
 and served an apprenticeship to the trade of 
 making edge tools, to which he ever afterwards 
 devoted all his energies. In 1856 he came to the 
 town of Lebanon and bought the Leonard 
 Stearns place at Scytheville, and carried on his 
 chosen business under the firm name of A. V. 
 Emerson & Co., which after two years was 
 changed to Emerson & Cummings, running 
 under that style two years, when Mr. Emerson 
 sold his interest to his partner and accepted a 
 position as foreman for J. Cummings & Co., 
 manufacturers. After four years Mr. Emerson 
 bought back the plant and operated it for one 
 year, when the firm became Emerson & Kendall 
 for two years, Mr. Kendall being then succeeded 
 by M. W. Emerson, the firm being known as 
 Emerson & Co. for three years. The Emersons 
 then sold the plant to Cummings & Purport, who 
 
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 ran it under the style of the Mascoma Edge 
 Tool Co. 
 
 In 1 87 1 our subject's father went to Littleton 
 and started a like factory, and then weni to Hol- 
 yoke, Mass.,, where he was engaged with his 
 brother in testing water wheels. In 1875 he 
 went to Taftsville, Vt, where he organized the 
 Emerson Edge Tool Co., running it nine years. 
 The members of the company were A. V. Emer- 
 son, Enos Dole, and A. G. Dewey. In 1882 Mr. 
 Emerson came to East Lebanon and ran the 
 same business alone under the same style — the 
 Emerson Edge Tool Co. — using the old State 
 factory, which he remodeled and adapted to his 
 wants. His specialties were the Emerson, Col- 
 gate, and Diamond Axes, and the Emerson 
 Standard Scythe. He was born in 1827, and his 
 death occurred in 1893; his wife was born in the 
 same year as he, but died one year earlier. She 
 was a daughter of Silas Kempton. The follow- 
 ing children were born to our subject's parents: 
 Mary A.; L. Isabelle; Frank V.; Helen J.; and 
 Elmer E., the subject of this personal history. 
 Our subject's father was a Democrat in his politi- 
 cal antecedents, a Baptist in his religious prefer- 
 ences, and socially a member of Franklin Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., No. 6. 
 
 Elmer E. Emerson finished his education in 
 the Lebanon High School, and at seventeen 
 years of age entered his father's factory as pack- 
 ing and shipping agent, in which department he 
 remained four years. He then entered the tem- 
 pering and hardening department, where he re- 
 mained until 1895, when his father died, and he 
 retired from active work. Mr. Emerson bought 
 the Willis place, a three-story building formerly 
 conducted as a hotel, in East Lebanon, pleasantly 
 located on the corner of the streets and over- 
 looking Mascoma Lake with its many changing 
 scenic views. He has taken pff the third story 
 and made many noticeable improvements about 
 the building and the grounds. 
 
 Mr. Emerson married Mary W. Tracy, daugh- 
 ter of James H. Tracy of Hartland, Vt., a farmer 
 of that town, who has made a success of his 
 calling through many years work and labor. 
 Our subject has two children: Josephine B., 
 born Dec. 24, 1883; and Charles Tracy, born 
 Dec. 30, 1885. Mr. Emerson is a Democrat, and 
 a member of the Helping Hand Lodge, I. O. 
 O. F. 
 
 EDMOND EASTMAN, a highly successful 
 and well-to-do farmer of the town of Lebanon, 
 was born in the same town March 25, 1832. He 
 is a son of Isaac and Hannah (Baker) Eastman, 
 and grandson of Parson and Mittie (Sweet) East- 
 man, who were among the pioneer families of 
 the town of Boscawen, N. H., and prominent 
 members of the farming community of that 
 town. Parsons Eastman and his wife both lived 
 to be about eighty years old. Their children 
 were: Edmond, George, Enoch, Isaac, and 
 Sally. 
 
 Isaac Eastman, the youngest son, was born in 
 Boscawen, but early in life removed to the town 
 of Lebanon, taking up the farm, where his son 
 Gideon now lives, and dying there at the age of 
 ninety-two, after a prosperous career at his call- 
 ing. He married Hannah, daughter of Andrew 
 Baker; Mrs. Eastman our subject's mother 
 passed away to those gone before at the age of 
 seventy-five. There were born to them the fol- 
 lowing children: Gideon, Jeanette, Edmond, 
 Mary, William, Hiram, and Hannah. 
 
 Our subject received a limited education in 
 the district schools of Lebanon, and soon after 
 was apprenticed to the trade of brick mason. 
 When twenty years of age, he entered the service 
 of the Northern R. R., now a part of the great 
 Boston & Maine system, and by faithful attention 
 to his duties was soon promoted to the position 
 of conductor of a freight train. He was in the 
 employ of this railroad a number of years, then 
 worked for the Great Western, and still later for 
 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. His last 
 railroad work was performed on the Central Pa- 
 cific in California, resigning from the employ of 
 that railroad in 1870. On each road he worked 
 several years, and gave entire satisfaction to both 
 the public and his employers. Although his rail- 
 road experience was broad and covered quite a 
 period of time, he escaped any serious accident 
 or personal injury by always running on time 
 and by exercising his best judgment in cases 
 where any doubt existed about the orders given 
 him. This record for a man, who was engaged 
 in railroad work as long as he, was quite remark- 
 able and has not often been equaled or sur- 
 passed. 
 
 After his resignation from the employ of the 
 Central Pacific and return to the New England 
 States he took a good rest and then took up the 
 
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 business of contracting for brick masonry, the 
 scene of his operations in this line being chiefly 
 in Boston, Mass., and Concord, N. H. But at 
 length, arriving at that age when country calm 
 and retirement offer such an allurement to one 
 who has become tired of the bustle and excite- 
 ment of city life, he returned to his native county 
 and town in New Hampshire and took up his 
 residence in East Lebanon, following farming 
 ever since. His farm, which is one of the finest 
 and best-kept in the town or county, is located 
 at the foot of Mascoma Lake, with a fine view 
 of the lake, surrounded by its beautiful scenery 
 of hill and forest, of East Lebanon and the 
 Shaker Village. 
 
 Our subject married Hannah Plastridge, 
 daughter of Dr. Caleb and Zeruah (Ticknor) 
 Plastridge. Dr. Caleb Plastridge, was a son of 
 Caleb Plastridge, Sr., of Cornish, N. H., to whom 
 the following children were born: John, Asa. 
 Charles, Amesey, Hannah, Mariam, and Caleb. 
 Dr. Plastridge served as a boy as fife major in 
 the War of 1812; his early years were taken up 
 in farming, an occupation he never tired of. He 
 studied medicine under Dr. Martin of Plainfield, 
 N. H, and when competent to practice came to 
 East Lebanon, where he bought the Paine farm 
 and left at his death some 300 acres to his heirs. 
 He built up a large, successful, and lucrative 
 practice, and his memory is held dear by many 
 of the present generation, through the grateful 
 remembrance their parents had of him as a skill- 
 ful physician and surgeon. With his beautiful 
 home he took great pains, dotting the lawns with 
 maples, which to-day mark in the best possible 
 manner his industry; he also had large fruit 
 orchards. Two large groves of mulberry trees 
 he set out to supply food for the 10,000 silk 
 worms which he imported. His wife and daugh- 
 ter spun the silk from the cocoons, and besides 
 knitting it into stockings, they colored and sold 
 it in the skein; this was a very fine and delicate 
 work, as it required from 150 to 200 little silk 
 fibres to make one thread. Some of the stock- 
 ings knit in those days and handsomely em- 
 broidered are still in the family's possession. Dr. 
 Plastridge was active until three weeks of his 
 death, which occurred at the age of eighty-three. 
 His wife, who was of nearly the same age, fol- 
 lowed him two years later. Politically, he was 
 a Democrat; religiously, a liberal; and socially, 
 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity. His chil- 
 dren were: Darwin, Arabelle, Don Carlos, 
 Janette, Zeruah, Emma, Byron, Ellen, and Han- 
 nah. Byron Plastridge, the brother of Mrs. 
 Eastman, succeeded his father on the farm, and 
 carried on general agricultural operations until 
 his death, making many valuable additions to 
 the real property of the place, including the erec- 
 tion of a large and well-equipped barn. Since 
 Byron Plastridge's death our subject has more 
 than kept the farm up to its previous standard 
 of excellence, and has proved himself a model 
 farmer in many respects. The only children born 
 our subject were twin daughters, born July 4, 
 1873; one of them died as an infant; the other, 
 Zeruah P., lives with her parents. Mr. Eastman 
 is a Democrat, and a liberal in religion. 
 
 JOSEPH S. PILLSBURY, a contractor and 
 builder of the town of Enfield, N. H., was born 
 in the town of Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H, 
 Dec. 15, 1850. He is a son of Thomas J. and 
 Charlotte C. (Eastman) Pillsbury, and a grand- 
 son of Major Moses and Hepsibeth (Greenough) 
 Pillsbury. 
 
 Major Moses Pillsbury, who obtained his 
 title from being a drum-major in the War of 
 1812, was born and lived in Springfield, N. H; 
 where his farm was located was afterwards set off 
 from the town of Springfield and became a part 
 of Grantham. He was a leading man in his 
 town, as well as having an excellent reputation 
 as a good farmer. He was a Democrat, and was 
 the first selectman ever elected in the town of 
 Grantham, and continued to serve in that ca- 
 pacity for many years. He was a Baptist in 
 religious belief. He died at the age of eighty- 
 nine, and his wife at about the same age. His 
 children were: Martha, Ezra, Greenough, 
 Thomas J., Lewis, Charles, Moses, Phebe, and 
 Betsey. The six boys were all large and power- 
 ful men, and their total height' was just thirty-six 
 feet, making an average of six feet for each. 
 
 Thomas J. Pillsbury, our subject's father, was 
 born in Corydon, N. H., and upon becoming a 
 man bought a farm in that town, where he re- 
 mained a few years. He then disposed of his 
 property and bought a farm at Sunapee Harbor, 
 lived a little later on in Grantham, and was still 
 
HARRISON B. MARDEN. 
 
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 later a resident of Plainfield for six years, until 
 he settled in the eastern part of the town of En- 
 field, where L. S. Hastings's beautiful summer 
 home is now. Mr. Pillsbury lived there thirty- 
 two years. He was a Democrat, and throughout 
 his long and useful life he missed but one elec- 
 tion, and that was caused by a fever, which was 
 the only sickness he ever had. He served as 
 selectman of the town of Grantham, and in some 
 of the offices of minor importance. He was born 
 July 8, 1802, and died May 10, 1891. By his 
 first marriage he had the following children: 
 Rosilla, Abbie, and Dudley. His second wife, 
 who was born Aug. 26, 1816, was a daughter of 
 Jeremiah and Betsey (Leverett) Eastman. Five 
 children were the result of the second union: 
 Addie, Clarence, Marcellus, Joseph S., Alice. 
 Mrs. Pillsbury is still enjoying the best of health 
 and makes her home with our subject; she is ex- 
 tremely active, and does not look even sixty 
 years old. Time, that ruthless destroyer of 
 beauty, has been very kind to her, and exceed- 
 ing gentle in placing the burden of years on her 
 brow. 
 
 ■Joseph S. Pillsbury spent his boyhood days 
 almost the same as most boys who are brought 
 up on the farm do ; he assisted in the work when- 
 ever he was able and attended the neighboring 
 district schools until he was of age, when he en- 
 gaged in the carpenter's business. After a while 
 he began contracting, and has been engaged in 
 contracting, building, and in farming ever since. 
 He was given the home farm and made many 
 improvements, which suggested themselves to 
 his practical eye; after his father's death, in 1891, 
 he sold the homestead and bought at North End 
 the Lowe estate, consisting of a small farm. In 
 connection with his general contracting business, 
 which nets him a good income, he has dealt con- 
 siderably in farming tools. 
 
 Tune 23, 1875, he married Miss Ella J. Burn- 
 ham, daughter of Mark P. and Ruhama (Stevens) 
 Burnham, and grand-daughter of Jeremiah K. 
 and Polly (Pettingill) Burnham. The two latter 
 were among the early settlers of the town and 
 members of its respected farming community; 
 the husband died at the age of thirty-three, and 
 the wife at the age of seventy. Their children 
 were: Mark P., Mehitabel, Henry, and Mary. 
 Mark P. Burnham was born in Enfield, Aug. 25, 
 1820, and after an active life at farming and con- 
 
 tracting, is tasting the delights of a retired life 
 on his small farm at Lock Haven, town of En- 
 field. His wife, Ruhama Stevens, died in 1867, 
 aged forty-four years, leaving two children : Ella 
 J„ born Sept. 15, 1851, now Mrs. Joseph S. Pills- 
 bury; and Mary A., who was born Sept. 26, 1857. 
 Mr. Burnham's second wife was Betsey A. John- 
 son, and his third helpmate was Mrs. Dolly C. 
 Gove. Our subject has one child, Lora M., born 
 July 8, 1876, a teacher in the school. Mr. Pills- 
 bury is a Democrat, and served as selectman in 
 1878-79-80. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Social Lodge, No. 50, F. & A. M. 
 
 HARRISON B. MARDEN, deceased, an old 
 and highly respected citizen of Plymouth, N. 
 H., is the son of Israel Marden, and grandson of 
 George Marden. George Marden was a farmer. 
 He came from Rye to Allenstown, N. PL, where 
 he died in middle age. He married Sarah 
 Dowst. Five children blessed this union: I'etsey 
 (Brown), Sally (Brackett), Israel, John, and 
 Jonathan. 
 
 Israel Marden was born in Rye, N. II., and 
 went to Allenstown with his parents and lived 
 and died on the farm that he inherited. He mar- 
 ried Rachel, daughter of George Ham of Pem- 
 brook, N. H. She died at the age of eighty-three ; 
 her husband preceded her by a number of 
 years, relinquishing his hold on life when he was 
 sixty-five years old. They reared a family of 
 seven children: Harrison B., the subject of this 
 sketch; William D., Israel G., John, James C., 
 Sally N. (Kenison), and Betsey (Batchelder). 
 They were attendants of the Christian Church. 
 Israel Marden was a strong Democrat, and took 
 much interest in town affairs. He served as se- 
 lectman and in other public offices. He was 
 elected twice as the representative from the town 
 to the State Legislature. 
 
 Harrison B. Marden, the subject of. this 
 sketch, was born in Allenstown, N. H, Aug. 9, 
 1820. He received his education in the town of 
 his boyhood years. At the age of fifteen he 
 started to work in a stable, and in 1839 ne was 
 given the task of driving the stage between 
 Dover and Concord, later from Concord to Ply- 
 mouth. When the railroad was completed to 
 Plymouth Mr. Marden drove between the rail- 
 
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 road and towns not yet reached by it, thus bring- 
 ing them in touch with the railroad system. 
 When the road reached the Fabian House he 
 discontinued staging in that section, transferring 
 his base of operations to the Pemigewasset Val- 
 ley, where he staged for the ensuing thirty-four 
 years. Since then he was not engaged in any 
 active business. He made Plymouth his home 
 for thirty-five years. 
 
 Mr. Marden married, in 1847, Dollie Annette, 
 daughter of Winthrop and Nancy (Hains) Gove 
 of Wentworth, N. H. They have reared one 
 child named Charles Henry, who married Annie 
 P>., daughter of Charles H. Fansworth and his 
 wife, Ann Eliza ^Cushing Webster, of Lowell, 
 Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Marden have 
 a family of three children: Paul F., Pauline, and 
 Phyllis. Charles H. Marden is engaged in the 
 hotel business. 
 
 Mr. Harrison B. Marden was a man well 
 known throughout the county and was one of 
 the few men who was familiar with the old stage 
 routes, that were once the lines of travel through 
 the State of New Hampshire. Mr. Marden was 
 a member of the Universalist Church. In poli- 
 tics he was a firm Democrat. He died at his 
 home, Nov. 3, 1896, after a severe illness of sev- 
 eral months' duration. We are pleased to be 
 able to present Mr. Marden' s portrait in connec- 
 tion with this sketch. 
 
 LORENZO D. DUNBAR, a retired mer- 
 chant and highly esteemed citizen of the town; 
 of Enfield, was born in Grantham, N. H., Feb. 
 5, 1833. He is a son of Ancel and Betsey 
 (Nichols) Dunbar, and grandson of John Dun- 
 bar, who came from Bridgewater, Mass., to 
 Grantham, N. H., where he bought 640 acres of 
 new land, covered in the most part with timber. 
 He set to work with great energy and vim to fell 
 the trees, and succeeded in clearing the greater 
 portion of it. At first he built a small house for 
 temporary use, and when his work was crowned 
 with success, and he became endowed with a 
 goodly share of the desirable things of this 
 world, he built a more commodious and comfort- 
 able one. He gave each of his six sons a farm 
 and assisted them in building their farm build- 
 ings and in getting their property into first-class 
 
 shape. He lived to a good old age, leaving a 
 memory behind him that was much cherished by 
 his children. The following children were born 
 to him: Ancel, Azel, Apollos, John, Calvin, 
 Keziah, Susan, Lucy, and Polly. 
 
 Ancel Dunbar was born in Bridgewater, Mass., 
 and received a farm from his father, on which he 
 erected a substantial set of buildings. He had 
 in his early days learned to make nails, and so 
 made by hand all the nails that were used in 
 the construction of the barns and house. The 
 farm, with all the appurtenances, is now owned 
 by C. Walker, and the excellence of its arrange- 
 ments is unsurpassed by that of any other farm 
 in its vicinity. The homestead of Ancel's father 
 is owned by Attorney-General Eastman; it is 
 known as Dunbar Hill, and as a summer resi- 
 dence is a charming place. When Ancel Dunbar 
 sold his farm he moved to Ludlow, Vt, where he 
 bought a farm and lived a few years, and then 
 returned to the town of Grantham, where, hav- 
 ing passed the age of eighty years, he breathed 
 his last, surrounded by children and grand- 
 children. His first wife was Miss McKinstry, 
 who died in middle age, leaving the following 
 children: Ancel, Jr., Dolly, Frederick, Anna, 
 Samuel, Metcalf, Cynthia, William, and Austin. 
 His second marriage was with our subject's 
 mother, Betsey, daughter of Jonathan Nichols; 
 she died at the age of fifty-four of pneumonia. 
 The children by this marriage were: Lorenzo 
 D. ; Mehitabel, who died at the age of thirteen; 
 Ancel, who was called home when five years old ; 
 and George W., who lives in Grantham, N. H. 
 Our subject's father was a volunteer of the War 
 of 181 2, a Whig and Free-Soiler in politics, and 
 a member of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Lorenzo D. Dunbar attended the district 
 school and Meriden Academy, and accepted at 
 the age of seventeen the position of teacher in 
 a district school where the former preceptor 
 had had trouble and did not finish the term. Our 
 subject took hold of the school with his custom- 
 ary energy, and, in addition to finishing the term 
 to the entire satisfaction of trustees and scholars, 
 continued for three terms to wield the rod and 
 to impart instruction to sixty-four scholars. 
 Upon leaving the school he clerked six years in 
 Horace Ford's general store at Grantham, and 
 when the store changed hands and became the 
 property of Dodge & Hall, he remained with the 
 
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 new firm six more years. He then bought the 
 interest of Mr. Dodge, and with Mr. Hall, under 
 the firm name of Hall & Dunbar, ran the store 
 for six years, after which he became sole pro- 
 prietor and conducted the establishment until 
 1887, doing a large and lucrative business which 
 forced him to enlarge the store to meet the re- 
 quirements of his ever-increasing trade. He also 
 owned a small farm, and devoted some of his 
 time to the management of that. Mr. Dunbar 
 served as postmaster from 1866 to 1885, with the 
 exception of one year, and was assistant post- 
 master before 1866. He was a member of the 
 school committee three years, and represented 
 the town in the Legislature in 1874 and 1875; ne 
 was also selectman from 1878 to 1886, a period 
 of eight years. 
 
 In 1886 Mr. Dunbar removed to the town of 
 Enfield and built the home where he now re- 
 sides, a fine residence on Pleasant Street. He 
 owns a number of tenements. His efforts in 
 accumulating a fortune during the years of his 
 business activity were very successful, and he has 
 always had money to loan on good security. He 
 is a stockholder in the Dodge, Davis & Co. 
 Wool Factory. He was one of the district com- 
 missioners to build the walks through the village 
 of Enfield, there being over two miles in the 
 aggregate, and was one to advance the funds for 
 the same. He has been town auditor for five 
 years, and has settled many estates, such is the 
 confidence reposed in his business ability and 
 strict integrity. In politics he is a stanch Repub- 
 lican,. 
 
 March 9, 1859, ^ r - Dunbar married Miss 
 Ellen Huse, daughter of John and Lucinda 
 (Davis) Huse, and granddaughter of William 
 Huse, the son of James Huse who served in the 
 Revolution and in 1794 settled in the town of 
 Enfield on Shaker Hill. John Huse was born 
 Feb. 23, 1810, and died Oct. 11, 1862; he was 
 interested in the milling industry, and was later 
 on a farmer. He served in the late war in Co. 
 1!., 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and while a mem- 
 ber of that company in Washington, D. C, died 
 of heart diease. His wife was born Jan. 24, 1813, 
 and died Oct. 20, 1882. Their children num- 
 bered two: Ellen, born Jan. 23, 1835; and Ed- 
 win E., born Dec. 26, 1838. Mr. Dunbar is a 
 liberal supporter of the Congregational Church, 
 to which he is greatly attached. 
 
 LEWIS COGSWELL, a retired engineer of 
 the Concord Division of the Boston & Maine 
 R. R., and now a citizen of Enfield, N. H., was 
 born Aug. 8, 1833, in the same town of which 
 he is an honored resident. Pie is a son of Joseph 
 and Laura (Clifford) Cogswell, grandson of 
 Joseph, Sr., and Hannah (Burnham) Cogswell, 
 and great-grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 Cogswell. 
 
 Samuel Cogswell was aged ninety-three years 
 when he died in 1834; his wife passed away in 
 1814, at the age of seventy. Those of their chil- 
 dren, who grew to maturity were: Jones, Sam- 
 uel, Joseph, and Lucy. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather wtis born in Essex 
 Co., Mass., Jan. 8, 1765, and followed the occu- 
 pation of a farmer in his early days; when he 
 came to New Hampshire he settled in the north- 
 eastern part of the town of Enfield, where he 
 bought 100 acres, on which was a small log- 
 house in a small clearing. Outside of such small 
 improvements as we have mentioned the farm 
 was, to all purposes, untouched by the ruthless 
 hand of civilization. Joseph set to work with a 
 will and energy that were unconquerable, and in 
 a comparatively brief space of time had cleared 
 and put the farm into shape, and built the neces- 
 sary farm buildings. On this farm he died Jan. 
 19, 1847. He was twice married. His first wife, 
 Hannah Burnham, born Nov. 25, 1770, died Feb. 
 12, 181 1, at the age of forty-one. She was a de- 
 scendant of the Thomas Burnham who emi- 
 grated to America in 1635 in the ship Angel 
 Gabriel and settled at Cape Ann. The children 
 born to our subject's grandfather by his first mar- 
 riage are as follows: Sally, born Dec. 26, 1791; 
 Betsey, May 26, 1793; Lucy, Dec. 29, 1795; 
 Joseph, April 13, 1798; James, Nov. 12, 1800; 
 Hannah, Oct. 29, 1802; and Lois, June 9, 1805. 
 By his second marriage, with Hannah Johnson, 
 there was no issue. 
 
 Joseph Cogswell, Jr., father of Lewis, was 
 born in the town of Enfield, and with his brother 
 James bought the homestead, where he lived a 
 calm peaceful life until his death, Feb. 3, 1866; 
 he was a Democrat and an attendant of the Con- 
 gregational Church. His wife, who was the 
 daughter of Isaac Clifford of Wentworth, Graf- 
 ton Co., N. H, died March 1, 1895, aged ninety- 
 three years, one month, and nine clays; she was 
 a Universalist. Their children were: Maria, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 born Nov. 6, 1829; Lewis, Aug. 8, 1833; Adaline, 
 (Jet. 13, 1835; Milo, June 6, 1839; and Chester, 
 June 18, 1844. 
 
 Lewis Cogswell attended the district school 
 and assisted his father and worked out until he 
 had attained the years of his majority, when he 
 tried farming for a short time, but soori relin- 
 quished it to engage in sawing wood for the 
 Northern R. R., in which work he was employed 
 two years. He then entered the railroad shops 
 at West Lebanon, where he was made use of in 
 various departments for some four years, when 
 he began firing. Being naturally very careful 
 and reliable, he soon proved himself capable and 
 thoroughly competent to occupy a more ad- 
 vanced position, and he was accordingly given 
 charge of an engine. After two years as engi- 
 neer on the old Northern R. R. he ran an engine 
 on the Jersey Central for four years, and then 
 returned to the old Northern, and ran an engine 
 from Concord to White River Junction until 
 1887, when his health compelled him to resign 
 his position and take up less trying work. It is 
 worthy of note that in this long period of his 
 connection with railroad life, he never had an 
 accident of a serious or fatal consequence, and 
 never received more than a trifling injury. Upon 
 his retirement from the railroad he bought a 
 small farm in Enfield; he never returned to his 
 seat in the cab, for rheumatism had taken hold 
 of him, and he thought it would be better to en- 
 gage in farm work during his declining years. 
 His original farm being not large enough to suit 
 him, he sold it, and bought the Alfred Huse 
 estate in the village of Enfield, and the old Cur- 
 rier farm, and has since been engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits, retiring as much from active 
 business life as his disposition will permit. From 
 the Currier farm, a title to which he secured, he 
 has sold quite a number of building 'lots ; the re- 
 mainder he cares for. 
 
 Mr. Cogswell married Miss Melinda J. Cur- 
 rier, daughter of William and Betsey (Jones) 
 Currier. William Currier, a son of Richard and 
 Betsey (Huse) Currier, was born in Enfield, May 
 2, 1802. Richard settled in Enfield, in 1794, and 
 became an extensive land-owner, and reared a 
 large family. His son William settled on the 
 farm now owned by our subject, and followed 
 the pursuit of agriculture. He was also a stone- 
 mason, making a specialty of constructing heavy 
 
 work, such as abutments and piers for bridges. 
 He lived to the age of seventy-five. His first 
 wife, the mother of our subject's wife, died 
 young, leaving two children: Melinda and Bet- 
 sey. Mr. Currier married as his second wife 
 Tirzah Alexander, and had two children : George 
 W. and Lewis D. Our subject's union has never 
 been blessed with children. He is a Democrat, 
 and has served the town of Enfield four years as 
 supervisor. He is a Universalist in his religious 
 attachments, and a member of the Franklin 
 Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M., of Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 HON. JOHN K. BUTMAN, one of the 
 largest general traders and merchants of Graf- 
 ton Co., is located at Butmanville, town of Leb- 
 anon; he was born in Vershire, Vt, Dec. 3, 1826. 
 He was a son of Paul and Mary (Kenney) But- 
 man, and grandson of Thomas and Ann (Hunt) 
 Butman. Our subject's grandfather served in 
 the Revolutionary War, and in an engagement at 
 Fort Constitution had his leg broken, for which 
 he received a pension; he settled at Kingston, 
 N. H., where he followed farming a few years. 
 Then he moved to Enfield, N. H., bought a saw- 
 mill and farm and went into business until his 
 death in 1843, aged eighty-four years; his wife 
 followed him five years later, aged seventy-seven ; 
 she was a very strong woman, and it is said she 
 could lift more pounds than the ordinary man; 
 their children were also strong, and most of them 
 lived to a good old age, many passing seventy 
 years. The names of their children are as fol- 
 lows: Amos, born May 28, 1787; John W'., May 
 7, 1789; Mariam, Nov. 24, 1791; Nancy, Dec. 
 J l< I 793'< Stephen, Oct. 12, 1796; Mary P., 
 March 10, 1799; Paul 0., May 21, 1801 ; Stephen, 
 July 16, 1803; Thomas, July 29, 1805; and Cyn- 
 thia, Sept. 2, 1807. 
 
 Paul Butman, our subject's father, was born 
 in Kingston, N. H. In his early days he com- 
 menced in the grist-milling business. In this 
 business he became very proficient and followed 
 it for some years, working in the Post mills, 
 Thetford, Vt. ; Claremont, N. H. ; West Lebanon, 
 N. H.; Vershire, Vt.; Washington, Vt.; Chelsea, 
 Vt. ; Corinth, Vt. ; and White River Village, Vt. 
 His last work was done in running the grist-mill 
 
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 at Canaan, N. H. He then retired, and died at 
 the age of seventy-five. His wife preceded him 
 to the blessed home-land at the age of forty-five. 
 Their children were: Franklin S., died Aug. 14, 
 1896; John K.; Laura A.; Harriet, who died at 
 the age of two; James was also not permitted to 
 reach maturity; Henry Dexter; Mary Etta, died 
 Aug. 21, 1896; Charles H., who died young; 
 Charles M. Butman; and Ella. John K., our 
 subject, had very few chances for an education, 
 attending the district school when he could and 
 improving his time with home study to the best 
 possible advantage. May 1, 1845, ne went from 
 Hartford, Vt., to West Lebanon, N. H., to make 
 a start in life, and arrived in the village with only 
 twenty-five cents in his pocket, which he had 
 found on the way. In West Lebanon, N. H, he 
 found employment in the grist-mill, which was 
 owned by William Osgood, and proved himself 
 a capable and worthy workman; he remained in 
 the service of his employer ten years, and by 
 good habits and excellent work he contrived to 
 save nearly all his earnings, in this manner ac- 
 cumulating enough to buy, in 1871, the grist-mill 
 owned by William Osgood, and did a large cus- 
 tom work and flouring in company with others ; 
 he owned a saw-mill also, and carried on a large 
 lumber business. 
 
 In 1872 he built a large house near by, and in 
 the following year, on the same lot, he built a 
 store, having sold out his mill property. From 
 that time on he devoted his entire time and at- 
 tention to his store, and greatly increased his 
 business until to-day he is doing a good thriv- 
 ing business. On the first floor is a general 
 store, the basement being well stocked with pro- 
 visions; the second floor is devoted to gents' 
 furnishings, ready-made clothing, crockery, glass 
 and tinware, etc. On the same lot he has also 
 erected a warehouse, where he deals in grain, 
 grass seed, feed, and hay; all these products be- 
 ing bought by the carload and kept in large 
 quantities on hand in order to meet the village 
 and country needs; he not only carries a good 
 stock in all lines of his goods, but the quality is 
 also shown to be of the best by the large patron- 
 age he derives from the vicinity. 
 
 He has been twice married; first, to Mrs. 
 Martha P. Smith; she died at the age of twenty- 
 nine, leaving one son, Richard P., who has from 
 an early age assisted his father in the store and 
 
 in his other lines of business. Mr. Butman mar- 
 ried as his second wife Ellen M. Colby, daughter 
 of William D. and Sabrina (Smith) Colby of 
 Plainfield, N. H; by this second marriage he had 
 one child, Mary, who married G. A. Wood. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Wood have one child, Paul G. Our 
 subject was a supporter of the Whig party, and 
 later became a Republican; he served as select- 
 man four years, was representative in 1885, audi- 
 tor a number of years, besides holding several 
 minor offices of the town. He has been a mem- 
 ber of Mascoma Lodge, I. O. O. F., since 1849, 
 and is also a member of the Hanover Canton 
 and Morning Star Encampment, No. 12, of Leb- 
 anon. Both he and his highly respected and 
 esteemed wife are among the first workers and 
 supporters of the Congregational Church. Since 
 Mr. Butman started his store that part of the 
 town in which he is located has increased in 
 population so as to form a small settlement 
 which is known as Butmanville. 
 
 FRANK T. CURRIER, the subject of this 
 memoir, is Postmaster and leading merchant of 
 the village of Enfield Center, and a descendant of 
 one of the first families to settle in this town. 
 He was born in Enfield, N. H, Sept. 6, 1857, and 
 is a s®n of Lorenzo and Elsie R. (Smith) Currier, 
 grandson of Nathan and Rachel (Webster) Cur- 
 rier, and a great-grandson of Daniel and Sarah 
 (French) Currier. The Currier line runs back 
 from Nathan Currier through the following gen- 
 erations to the founder of the American 
 branch, Richard Currier: Nathan and Mariam 
 Currier; Richard and Sarah (Merrill) Currier; 
 Richard, Sr., and Dorothy (Barnard) Currier; 
 Thomas and Mary (Osgood) Currier; Richard, 
 the first of the Curriers to come to America, who 
 was a son of James Currier. 
 
 Richard Currier was born in 1617 in Straw- 
 berry Bank, near Glasgow, Scotland; in 1640 he 
 came from his native land to America, and set- 
 tled in Salisbury, Mass. By his first marriage 
 
 with Ann he had several children. 
 
 He married as his second wife Joanna Rowell, 
 widow of William Sargent; this union was 
 blessed with two children: Hannah and 
 Thomas. 
 
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 Thomas Currier and his wife, Mary Osgood, 
 had twelve children, namely : Hannah, Thomas, 
 Richard, Samuel, William, John, Joseph, Ben- 
 jamin, Ebenezer, Daniel, Mary, and Ann. 
 
 Richard Currier, Sr., was born April 12, 1673, 
 in Amesbury, Mass., and married Dorothy Barn- 
 ard; their union resulted in the birth of eleven 
 children: David, Jonathan, Hannah, John, 
 Dorothy, Richard, Mariam, Aaron, Bemis, Mary, 
 and Moses. 
 
 Richard Currier, Jr., was born Feb. 12, .1708, 
 in Amesbury, Mass.; his wife bore him twelve 
 children, six being born at Amesbury and six at 
 South Hampton, N. H.; their names were: 
 Sarah, Richard, Judith, Nathan, Hannah, Rich- 
 ard, James, Hannah, Ruth, Barnard, John, and 
 Richard. 
 
 Nathan Currier, the next in the direct line of 
 descent, was born Sept. 16, 1737, and had five 
 children by his wife, Mariam: Sarah, Daniel, 
 Nathan, Ezekiel, and Mariam. 
 
 Daniel Currier, the great-grandfather of our 
 subject, was born March, 1765, married Sarah 
 French. 
 
 Nathan Currier, Frank T. Currier's grand- 
 father, was born in Enfield, Nov. 2, 1798; early 
 in life he learned the blacksmith's trade and 
 worked in a shop near his father's home on 
 Shaker Hill, where the old Currier homestead is 
 now. In later life he devoted more of his time 
 to farming and less to his trade; he died Jan. 30, 
 1864. In the War of 1812 he served as a private. 
 His first wife, the grandmother of our subject, 
 was born Jan. 1, 1799, and died Oct. 3, 1838; 
 their children were: Christina, born Dec. 12, 
 1821; Lorenzo, March 14, 1824; Sarah, Feb. 14, 
 1827; Thomas, Oct. 31, 1828; and J. Byron, Oct. 
 15, 1834. Adaline Fogg, Mr. Currier's second 
 wife, was born March 29, 1812, and is living at 
 this date, having borne her husband two chil- 
 dren: Frances, born Nov. 29, 1839; and Samuel, 
 born May 17, 1843. 
 
 Lorenzo Currier devoted much of his early life 
 to working in the saw-mill; after his marriage 
 he bought a farm on East Hill, where he carried 
 on farming until 1882, when he sold it and 
 bought a smaller farm at Enfield Center, where 
 he has resided since. He has always enjoyed the 
 best of health till within the past few years, when 
 his age has begun to tell on him, and confine him 
 more and more to the arm-chair and the fire- 
 
 side. He has been a sturdy, hard-working man, 
 and generally successful, owning considerable 
 real estate to-day. He is a life-long Democrat, 
 and a Universalist in religious matters. He mar- 
 ried Elsie R. Smith, daughter of Israel Smith of 
 the town of Grafton. She was born Nov. 17, 
 1828, and is all that could be desired as a help- 
 mate, a mother, and a friend. Three children 
 have been born to them, of whom our subject 
 only is living. The record is as follows: M. , 
 Addie, born June 10, 1852, died April 2, 1867; 
 Frank T.; and Georgie C, born Feb. 5, 1864, and 
 died Sept. 8, 1864. 
 
 Frank T. Currier, after attending the district 
 schools, and finishing the course of studies there 
 laid down, entered Bryant & Stratton's Business 
 College of Boston, where he graduated in June, 
 1875. Returning to the farm, he assisted his 
 father five years until 1880, when he bought the 
 vacant store, then a part of the Mark Permort 
 estate, and stocked it with a general line of mer- 
 chandise. This structure was burnt down in Sep- 
 tember, 1889, and very little of the stock was 
 saved. Mr. Currier had built up a large trade 
 that relied on him for their supplies, so after the 
 fire he supplied his customers as best he could 
 from his store an a rented room until November, 
 when he got his new store into such a condition 
 that he could move into it and transact business. 
 It is the best-equipped store in the town, 54 feet 
 long by 24 wide, with an L 42 feet by 34 in the 
 rear; the second floor is fitted up into a fine 
 suite of rooms ; the building is heated throughout 
 with steam, and all the rooms are supplied with 
 hot and cold water. Besides using his own very 
 good basement, he is obliged by the magnitude 
 of his business to rent the basement of the 
 church, where he carries on hand a large stock 
 of flour and provisions, besides a surplus of gen- 
 eral mercantile articles. He also does a large 
 fire insurance business, and has been justice of 
 the peace since 1880. He is a Democrat in poli- 
 tics. Socially, he is a member of the Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. 
 
 Sept. 11, 1883, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Ella J. Jones, a daughter of Emory Jones 
 of Williamstown, Vt. She died March 18, 1892, 
 leaving one child, Myrl, born Feb. 16, 1892. Mr. 
 Currier married again, March 21, 1893, his pres- 
 ent helpmate, Carrie E. Morse;, they have one 
 child, Paul Lang, born April 17, 1896. 
 
ALEXANDER WARDEN. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 211 
 
 ALEXANDER WARDEN, a retired mer- 
 chant and at present a farmer of Monroe, is the 
 son of David and Christian (Backop) Warden, 
 and grandson of Andrew Warden, a native of 
 Scotland. Soon after our subject's grandfather 
 became united in marriage with Miss Harvey 
 he came to this country and settled in Ryegate, 
 Vt. There he built a large tavern of brick and 
 ran it in connection with a small farm to the day 
 of his death. He was actively interested in the 
 welfare of the town, and took a prominent part in 
 all its affairs. He was very much attached to the 
 State militia, and held a commission as major 
 in that organization. He also served in the War 
 of 1812. The children born to him and his excel- 
 lent wife were as follows: William, David, Har- 
 vey, Isabella, and Margaret. Both father and 
 mother had passed seventy years at the time of 
 their death. 
 
 David Warden, the second son, was born in 
 Ryegate, Vt., and whiled away many happy 
 hours of his youth in that place; after complet- 
 ing his somewhat limited education he ventured 
 into the mercantile business, following it for 
 several years. He then bought a farm in Bath, 
 N. H., and was an agriculturist for the rest of 
 his days. He married Christian, daughter of 
 John Backop of Barnet, Vt. The father of our 
 subject died at the age of fifty-eight, and his wife 
 at the age of fifty-two. They were Presbyterians 
 in religious belief. Mr. Warden was a Republi- 
 can. Eleven children were gathered about the 
 fireside; the)' were: John B., Andrew, Alex- 
 ander, Mary J. (Nelson), Julia (Smith), Christie 
 Ann (Sherburne), David, Jr., William H., Oscar, 
 Carlos, and James. 
 
 Alexander Warden was born in Bath, March 
 30, 1834, and received his primary education in 
 the schools of his native town; Mclndoe and 
 Newbury academies were the scenes of his 
 further labors in the search for an education. In 
 1858, after having taught three seasons in, a 
 school, he went to California, where he spent 
 three years, mostly engaged in the busi- 
 ness of supplying water for the city of 
 San Francisco. Upon his return to Bath 
 he made it his home for five years, go- 
 ing from there to Monroe, where he has 
 lived since. In 1876, when he first came to Mon- 
 roe, he was engaged in the butcher business; he 
 finally went into the mercantile business with 
 
 Mr. I. F. Page and continued in the same until 
 1892, when he sold his interest to his partner. 
 Mr. Warden has the personal oversight of three 
 farms, and since 1892 he has devoted his time to 
 looking after his valuable agricultural interests. 
 During the late war Mr. Warden was a recruit- 
 ing officer for the State of New Hampshire and 
 recruited many men for the army, and has been 
 a justice of the peace for the past thirty years. 
 He has been a great traveler, and has seen much 
 of the most interesting spots in the United States. 
 He has made six trips from New Hampshire to 
 the Pacific Coast, returning each time by differ- 
 ent routes and visiting on the way all the largest 
 cities and stopping at various points of special 
 interest, such as gold, silver, copper, and coal 
 mines. He has crossed the Cascade, Rockies, 
 Sierra Nevada, Sysene, and Colorado Moun- 
 tains, and has gone to an elevation of fourteen 
 thousand one hundred and forty-seven feet above 
 sea level. While engaged in making the jour- 
 neys referred to above Mr. Warden has traveled 
 by rail and water over thirty-two thousand 
 miles, or much more than enough to girdle 
 the earth. 
 
 He was married, in 1864, to Lucy A., daugh- 
 ter of Oliver Flint of Bath. She died in 1890 at 
 the age of forty-six, leaving one son, Oliver S., 
 who is associated with the "Leader" and "Tri- 
 bune" at Great Falls, Montana. He is a gradu- 
 ate of Dartmouth College, in the Class of 1889. 
 He married Etta E., daughter of Dr. Scott of 
 Lawrence, Mass.; they have one child, 
 Alexander Warden, Jr. In 1892 our sub- 
 ject married as his second wife Susie J., daughter 
 of Ransom Fairbanks of New York State. Two 
 children have blessed this marriage: Henry F 
 and Hazel A. Mr. Warden is a Republican. 
 During the war he was selectman of Bath for 
 four years. He was elected as county commis- 
 sioner in 1863 and served one term of three 
 years. He served as selectman of Monroe seven 
 years, and superintendent of schools one year, 
 and represented his town in the Legislature three 
 terms. He has also been deputy sheriff of Graf- 
 ton Co. for eight years. He is a member of 
 Kane Lodge, No. 64, F. & A. M. 
 
 Among the prominent and representative citi- 
 zens of the county, whose portraits we present 
 in this book, we take pleasure in giving that of 
 Mr. Warden. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 T. DWIGHT SIMMONS, formerly a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Simmons & Freeman, a gro- 
 cery and crockery house of Lebanon, N. H., and 
 one of the largest of its kind in the county, 
 was bora in the town of Hanover, this county, 
 April 18, 1842; his parents were Lewis and 
 Lucinda (Goodrich) Simmons, and his grand- 
 parents were John and Susan (Hughes) Sim- 
 
 mons. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject came to this 
 State from Connecticut when a young man, and 
 met and married his life partner in this county. 
 He purchased a lot in the town of Lyme, of the 
 best farming land, practically new and unim- 
 proved. He cleared the farm and was nicely 
 started in life, when his days were ended by an 
 attack of fever, and he died at about the age of 
 forty. He left to the care of his good wife, who 
 survived him, the education of a large family of 
 children; this sacred trust she nobly acquitted 
 herself with, and lived to the age of ninety years 
 to receive the blessings of her sons and daugh- 
 ters who had grown up to manhood and 
 womanhood. Among those of her children who 
 grew up to maturity are the following: John, a 
 successful tiller of the soil; George A., who 
 worked his way through college unassisted, grad- 
 uating from Dartmouth College and settling in 
 Keysville, N. Y., where he became a noted law- 
 yer, and was elected to Congress; when he died 
 a large monument was erected to his memory. 
 He never married. The remainder of the family, 
 who grew up were: Lewis, our subject's father; 
 Susan; Abigail; Amy; Mrs. Sawyer; and Mrs. 
 Richardson. The others departed this life during 
 their youth. John Simmons, our subject's grand- 
 father, lived in Lyme; at the time of his death, 
 there being no wagon in the town, his remains 
 were carried by four men to Lyme Plains, where 
 his interment took place; many of the women, 
 who attended the obsequies, rode on horseback. 
 
 Lewis Simmons was born in the town of 
 Lyme, and after arriving at the age of manhood 
 bought a farm in Lyme, where he started keep- 
 ing house and made it his home for a few years, 
 when he transferred his residence to Canaan, and 
 resided in that town for two years. He then pur- 
 chased a farm in Lyme, and lived there for 
 twelve years, selling at the end of that period and 
 moving to Hanover, where he bought a farm 
 and spent most of the last thirty-six years of his 
 
 life engaged in the cultivation of his farm ; the last 
 few years of his life, however, were passed with 
 his children in Lebanon. He started in the strug- 
 gle of life with no capital, but by hard work and a 
 frugal mode of living he was able to accumu- 
 late a comfortable competency, dying at the age 
 of eighty-seven, in 1883. In politics he was a 
 Whig and later a Republican, but never a seeker 
 after office. He served in the State militia as 
 orderly, and later on commissioned lieutenant. 
 His wife, who was seven years his junior, de- 
 parted this life in 1890, at the age of eighty- 
 seven. She was a daughter of David Goodrich, 
 and a grand-niece of Daniel Webster on her 
 mother's side. David Goodrich was born in 
 Orange, Vt, and was a resident for a time of 
 Hanover, N. H., giving 100 acres of land to Dart- 
 mouth College, when he left for Smithfield, N. 
 Y. His last residence was in Manlius, New York 
 State, where he settled among the Indians, who 
 were very friendly to him and his family; he be- 
 came a very prominent man in that new country, 
 and was successful in his struggle for a good 
 living. The children born to our subject's 
 parents were as follows: Newton, David, Laura, 
 Annette, Mirinda, Charles, Frank, T. Dwight, 
 Carlos, and Fred. Of all the family only T. 
 Dwight and his brother Frank are living to-day. 
 Our subject pursued his education in the 
 schools of Hanover and in Meriden Academy 
 until his eyes began to fail him because of over- 
 work; he was then obliged to refrain from further 
 study, and accordingly entered Maj. I. O. 
 Dewey's dry goods store at Hanover, where he 
 clerked for two years; at the end of that time, 
 in company with N. S. Huntington, he bought 
 the store and carried on the business some two 
 years under the firm name of Huntington & 
 Simmons, both members of the firm selling their 
 interests and retiring from business in Hanover. 
 Shortly after this our subject formed a partner- 
 ship with D. P. Quimby, under the firm name 
 of Quimby & Simmons, and engaged in the dry 
 goods and grocery business in Newport, N. H., 
 for three years, at the expiration of which time 
 Mr. Simmons sold out and removed to Lebanon 
 in 1872. Upon his arrival in the last-named 
 place he bought the boot and shoe store of B. T. 
 Tilden, selling at the end of five years a success- 
 ful trade to G. S. Joslin, who is the present pro- 
 prietor. Then after assisting his brother, Frank 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 213 
 
 L. Simmons, in his grocery business for one 
 year he bought a one-half interest, and the firm 
 of Simmons Bros, continued until 1894, when 
 his brother sold his interest to Mr. Freeman, 
 with whom our subject has since been associated 
 in business under the style of Simmons & Free- 
 man; they possess a very fine trade in all lines 
 of groceries and crockery. 
 
 Mr. Simmons married Collina Frances, daugh- 
 ter of Deacon Daniel and Harmony (Downer) 
 Bridgman, who were among the prominent agri- 
 culturists of Hanover. The sister of Mrs. Sim- 
 mons was Laura Dewey Bridgman, who was the 
 first deaf and blind mute to be educated, and her 
 life is familiar to many, by reason of the educa- 
 tion she received, and afterwards imparted to 
 other unfortunates of her class. Mr. Simmons 
 has two children: Blanche Frances, born April 
 I 9> I 875; and Marion Goodrich, born Sept. 2, 
 1878. Mr. Simmons is a liberal supporter of the 
 Congregational Church, and may be found 
 among its regular worshippers. He is a firm 
 Republican in his political views. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M.; 
 St. Andrews Chapter, No. 1; and Mt. Horeb 
 Commandery of Concord, N. H. Our subject is 
 also associated with the A. O. U. W. 
 
 FRED W. JONES, a farmer of Enfield, and 
 a descendant of one of the very early settlers of 
 the town, was born in the house he now occupies, 
 Aug. 15, 1864. He is a son of Harvey B. and 
 Ruth K. (Cole) Jones, grandson of Jonathan and 
 Margaret K. (Sawyer) Jones, and great-grandson 
 of Moses and Mariam (Currier) Jones. 
 
 Moses Jones, who for many years was a dea- 
 con in the Free Will Baptist Church, was born 
 in Amesbury, Mass., May 21, 1737. He was one 
 of the Colonial soldiers in the French and Indian 
 War, and was taken prisoner and held captive in 
 Canada for many years, being guarded by the 
 Indians. By obtaining the confidence and good- 
 will of his captors he gained considerable free- 
 dom of movement, and so one day, when out 
 hunting, he started through the forest in an at- 
 tempt to reach an American settlement, and from 
 there to arrive at his home. When almost ex- 
 hausted by fatigue and ready to give up he came 
 
 to the log-house of a Canadian settler, who, tak- 
 ing pity on his distress, gave him food and kept 
 him hid from his pursuers. By a rare chance he 
 was so fortunate as to sight an English vessel, 
 which in response to his signals took him on 
 board and kept him there until the excitement 
 attendant upon his escape had subsided. He 
 then recommenced his journey home, and when 
 he presented himself before his family was not at 
 first recognized by them, for they had supposed 
 him dead for years. He settled at first in his 
 native town of Amesbury, Mass., but later went 
 to Hopkinton, N. H., where he lost his first wife, 
 Mary Fitts; she bore him the following children: 
 Richard, Mehitabel, Sally, Isaac, Moses, and 
 Mary. After her death he married again, and 
 with Ezekiel Stephen came to Enfield, N. H., 
 and bought a large tract of land where the 
 Shaker Village is now located, in 1792, but soon 
 after traded the farm with the Shakers for the 
 farm where his descendant, F. W. Jones, the 
 subject of this sketch, now resides; the house, 
 with few alterations, is as the Shakers built it ; the 
 location of the farm has ever since been known 
 as Jones Hill. Moses Jones lived to be eighty- 
 eight years old, dying Dec. 26, 1824. His second 
 wife, Mariam Currier, the great-grandmother of 
 the subject of this sketch, was born in South 
 Hampton in 1747, and died in 1823; the issue of 
 this second marriage were the children named 
 below: Dorothy, Mariam, Hannah, Rhoda, 
 Nancy, Jonathan, Lucy, and John. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Jones was born in Hopkinton, 
 N. H, Jan. 1, 1778; he settled in Enfield with 
 his parents, and owned the farm which his father 
 traded with the Shakers, in 1792, and lived there 
 all of his days, being not only a thrifty farmer, 
 but a very generous, kind-hearted neighbor, a 
 loving husband, and a tender parent. He died 
 at the age of sixty-seven, Aug. 18, 1845. He was 
 a Democrat in the matter of political allegiance, 
 and liberal in his religious views. He was a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, and served as 
 a captain of the State militia. His wife, a daugh- 
 ter of Jonathan Sawyer, was born July 20, 1785, 
 and died Jan. 13, 1862. This is a record of their 
 children: Polly C, born Feb. 24, 1803; Betsey 
 M., Aug. 27, 1806; Rebecca, Sept. 20, 1808; Al- 
 vira, June 29, 181 1; Moses W., April 8, 1813; 
 Alvira, July 11, 181 5; Mariam P., Sept. 16, 1817; 
 Melinda and Matilda, twins, Nov. 24, 1820; 
 
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 Harvey B., April 12, 1823; Horace M., Sept. 4, 
 1825; James Frank, March 19, 1830; and Mar- 
 garet F., Dec. 22, 1832. 
 
 Harvey B. Jones, our subject's father, was 
 born in the house where he lives, and always 
 stayed with his parents. With his brother, 
 Horace, he took care of the homestead and 
 bought 150 acres more of land, on which they 
 have made many permanent improvements, that 
 have greatly augmented the market value of the 
 property. They have not only been progressive 
 and energetic men, but have enjoyed the highest 
 esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. Each 
 year they receive many a friend, who delights to 
 visit them in their hospitable home, which is 
 located on a rise of land called Jones Hill, com- 
 manding one of the finest views in this section, 
 overlooking the valley, Mascoma Lake, and the 
 village of Enfield. Horace M. Jones married 
 Julia M. Gates, daughter of' Thomas J. Gates. 
 Our subject's father married Ruth K. Cole, 
 daughter of Nathaniel W. Cole of Newbury 
 Point, Mass., and has one child, Fred W., the 
 subject of this sketch. Harvey B. Jones is a Re- 
 publican, and a member of the Grange, and of 
 the M. E. Church. His wife is a Congregation- 
 alist. 
 
 Fred W. Jones was born in the old Shaker 
 house where he lives, and has always remained 
 at home, being the only child. For a number 
 of years past he has carried on the farm for his 
 father and uncle. He married Ella M. Duncklee, 
 and has two children: Ernest B., born July 28,- 
 1890; and Harold C, born June 27, 1894. He 
 identifies himself with the best interests of the 
 town by his hearty co-operation in any public 
 work that has good for its end. He is a member 
 of Alascoma Grange, No. 68, and present Master. 
 
 MAJOR STEPHEN R. SW'ETT of Canaan, 
 N. H., probably the most active and best-pre- 
 served man in this county of his age, was born 
 in Salisbury, N. H., June 18, 1819, and is a son 
 of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Swett, and grand- 
 son of John B. and Mary (Hoyt) Swett. 
 
 The Swett family spring from three of the 
 early settlers of America; in early Colonial times, 
 when only the seaboard was populated, John, 
 
 Timothy, and Darling came from England and 
 took up homes in as many different colonies, one 
 going to Massachusetts, another to New Hamp- 
 shire, and the third to Maine. Our subject is 
 descended from John Swett, who took up his 
 residence in Massachusetts, in which State, at 
 Kingston, our subject's grandfather, John, was 
 born. When John became able to care for him- 
 self and the home appeared too crowded, he 
 came to New Hampshire, and settled in Salis- 
 bury, being an early pioneer and farmer of that 
 locality. He served under General Prescott in 
 the Revolution, and lived to be seventy years old. 
 His wife died at the age of eighty. Their union 
 was blessed with these children, namely: Tim- 
 othy, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, and Mary. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Kingston, 
 and inherited the homestead in Salisbury, but 
 lived later in Andover, and finally made his 
 home in Wilmot, where he died, having passed the 
 age of ninety; he followed the pursuits of agri- 
 culture, and was extremely active up to the very 
 last. He was a very patriotic man, and upon the 
 outbreak of the War of 1812 at once offered his 
 services, and served through it, but was never 
 wounded. His wife did not live as long as he 
 did, but preceded him to the better land. She 
 was a daughter of Wiggins Evans, who fought 
 in the Revolution, and was twice taken prisoner 
 and transported to England; each time he man- 
 aged to return, and was at the front with the 
 Continental Army when the last battle was 
 fought. The following children were born to 
 our subject's parents: John, Eliza, Peter, Mary, 
 Lorinda, Stephen R., and Marietta. 
 
 Stephen R. Swett removed with his parents to 
 Andover, and was educated in its district schools 
 and in Franklin Academy; much against his 
 parents' wishes and earnest desire, he left home 
 to learn the trade of cloth-dressing, but not lik- 
 ing that well enough to follow it as a life-work, 
 he went to Western New York and taught 
 school, after taking an extended trip down the 
 Mississippi, the "Father of Waters." Then after 
 spending one year in the United States service 
 surveying in the State of Wisconsin, he returned 
 to New Hampshire to Wilmot, where he busied 
 himself some twelve years in the manufacture of 
 shoes, and then lived in Andover Center two 
 years, up to the breaking out of the war. In 
 1861 he entered the service of the United States 
 
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 as captain, and raised the first cavalry company 
 ever raised in the State, and as captain of Co. I., 
 with his own and four other companies, went to 
 Rhode Island, where they joined eight others, 
 called the New England Cavalry, and formed the 
 ist Reg. R. I. Vol. Cav. In 1862 he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of major, and was honorably 
 discharged in 1864 on account of wounds re- 
 ceived in the left leg at the Battle of Kelley's 
 Ford. 
 
 The war being ended, as far as it concerned 
 him at least, he returned to New Hampshire, 
 and having some property in the town of Canaan 
 he at once took up his residence there. He has 
 been one of the most successful of auctioneers, 
 is a surveyor, conveyancer of land, and has had 
 many estates placed in his hands for settlement. 
 In town affairs he has taken a very active part, 
 and held many important offices, such as deputy 
 sheriff for ten years, superintendent of schools 
 for eight years, overseer of the poor, and repre- 
 sentative to the State Legislature in 1885. He 
 took the census in Canaan in 1870-80-90. He 
 resides on Mechanic Street, where he bought a 
 home, which it has been a pleasure for him to 
 ornament and fit up in the most attractive and 
 pleasing manner; he superintends the cultivation 
 of a large farm of 900 acres. 
 
 Major Swett has been a Mason since 1850, 
 when he was raised in King Solomon's Lodge 
 of Wilmot, and is now a member of Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., of Enfield; and Trinity Chap- 
 ter, R. A. M., of Concord; and has served as 
 Master of the former lodge. He was commander 
 of the old G. A. R. Post, Phil Kearney, which is 
 now extinct. 
 
 Our subject has been twice married. His first 
 wife, Sarah H, daughter of Isaac Cheney of 
 Sutton, N. H., died at about the age of forty. 
 She bore him four children. Francis, who died 
 at the age of forty-six, married Miss Ruth Emma 
 Stone, and left at his death one child, Wilbur M., 
 who is a very successful physician and surgeon 
 of San Francisco, Cal. Rosa died at the age of 
 fourteen. Charles H. is a commission merchant 
 of Fresno, Cal. ; he married, and has one daugh- 
 ter, Winifred. Herbert B. is a manufactuer and 
 dealer in stoves and tinware of New London, N. 
 H.; he married Grace Rowell, and has one child, 
 Rosa. Our subject's second wife was Mrs. Sarah 
 A. Clough, a daughter of Elijah Whittier. 
 
 EDWIN A. CLOUGH, a retired citizen of 
 the town of Enfield, N. H., was born in Tarn- 
 worth, N. H., Aug. 14, 1828, and is a son of 
 Theophilus C. and Hannah G. (Boynton) 
 Clough, grandson of Henry and Betsey Ann 
 (Colcord) Clough, and great-grandson of The- 
 ophilus and Elizabeth (Currier) Clough. 
 
 Theophilus Clough was born in Candia, N. 
 H., and was among the first pioneers of the town 
 of Enfield, settling in the western part of the 
 town, and owning a large hill farm; afterwards 
 he cleared a farm at the head of Mascoma Lake, 
 since known as north end, and built a small 
 house, replacing it with a larger one in 1812, on 
 the site of Mr. Perley's present residence. Mr. 
 Clough died there of consumption at the age of 
 sixty; his wife lived to be eighty-four. Of eight 
 children born to them, there were but two sons, 
 Henry and Theophilus. 
 
 Henry, the elder son, built a tavern near his 
 father's place, and took care of a small farm; he 
 was stricken down with lung fever at the age of 
 thirty-three, leaving the following children: 
 John C, Theophilus C, Helen M., and Betsey 
 Ann. Henry Clough's wife lived to a good old 
 age, and enjoyed many pleasant years with her 
 children and grandchildren. 
 
 Our subject's father, being left when a small 
 lad without a father, had very meager chances 
 to secure an education in the schools ; but he was 
 blessed with a good mother, and under her tute- 
 lage and instruction did fairly well. When a 
 young man he entered the carding and cloth- 
 making mills, which were operated on the old 
 style, and got a fair start in life. After a while 
 he went to Tamworth, N. H., was in business 
 there for a short time, and then came to Enfield, 
 N. H., and established a woolen manufacturing 
 business at Enfield Center, where the F. B. 
 Morse saw-mills are now, and prospered exceed- 
 ingly well, until 1849, when he caught the gold 
 fever. Leaving his business with his brother he 
 started for California via Panama; in crossing 
 the Isthmus, he with others hired mules and 
 transported the cargo overland to the Pacific 
 Coast; while engaged in this he was taken ill 
 from overwork and died at Panama, April 23, 
 1849; ne was born Jan. 1, 1803. His wife, who 
 was born Oct. 2, 1803, died Aug. 30, 1839, the 
 victim of consumption; she was a daughter of 
 Joseph W. and Jane (Gilman) Boynton. Her 
 
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 children were: Edwin A., born Aug. 14, 1828; 
 Angeline B., May 17, 1830; and Mary J., born 
 January, 1832, and died November, 1832. Ed- 
 win A. Clough's father married as his second 
 wife Relief Welch, who died at the age of seven- 
 ty-four, leaving Emily A.; and Warren C, a mer- 
 chant of Enfield, N. H. In politics Mr. Clough 
 was a Whig, and later a Democrat; in the mat- 
 ter of religion he was a Universalist. He was a 
 strong advocate of temperance, and was often 
 called upon to lecture or speak on that subject. 
 
 Edwin A. Clough assisted his father until he 
 was twenty-one, at which time his father started 
 for California; he then went to Cambridge, 
 Mass., and worked for his uncle, John L. Boyn- 
 ton, and was later a clerk for Merrill Bros. He 
 became cashier and bookkeeper, and remained 
 with the same house for twenty years, through 
 all its changes of management and personnel of 
 the firm. He was a trusted employee, and high 
 in the estimation of the members of the firm; in 
 1886 he retired from his work, having accumu- 
 lated by economical habits a comfortable com- 
 petence to support him in the remaining years 
 of his life. He was kindly received by the citi- 
 zens of his native town on his return there; he 
 now makes his home with his sister Angeline, 
 who married, May 15, 1855, Joseph G. Spencer, 
 the son of Joseph G. Spencer, Sr. 
 
 Joseph G. Spencer, Jr., was born in Norwich, 
 Vt., July 8, 1828, and was a mechanic by trade 
 in early life. He afterwards came to Enfield and 
 worked in the Shaker grist and flouring-mills, 
 and was later employed in the bedstead factory 
 and the sash and blind factory. In 1862 he en- 
 listed in Co. C, 15th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and 
 served eleven months; while in the army he lost 
 his health, and was never strong again; he died 
 March 28, 1892, leaving his wife and one child 
 to survive him. There were two children born 
 to them: the elder, Mabel E., was born July 8, 
 i860, and died Oct. 15, i860; Fred A. Spencer, 
 the younger, was born May 25, 1862, and is one 
 of the stockholders and directors of Dodge, 
 Davis & Co., of Bristol, N. H., one of the largest 
 manufacturing companies of finest grade of flan- 
 nel and woolen goods in New Hampshire. Mr. 
 Spencer is one of the directors, an overseer, and 
 a salesman. He married Miss Grace L. Stanley, 
 daughter of Horace B. Stanley of Enfield, whose 
 sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. They 
 
 have one child, Stanley A. Joseph G. Spencer, 
 our subject's brother-in-law, was a Democrat, 
 and prominent in the political circles of the town; 
 in 1870 he was chairman of the board of select- 
 men; in 1890-91 he was collector of taxes; and 
 in 1892 was moderator. Coming to this town at 
 the age of seventeen, he formed many friend- 
 ships, which continued unbroken to the last; he 
 was a loyal, useful citizen, whose memory will 
 be revered for scores of years to come. He was 
 a member of Admiral Farragut Post, G. A. R., 
 No. 52. 
 
 DANIEL EASTMAN, a dealer in stoves, tin- 
 ware, and crockery, of Canaan, N. H., was born 
 in the town of Orange, Grafton Co., April 26, 
 1834, and is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Chase) 
 Eastman, and grandson of Joseph and Betsey 
 (Clough) Eastman. Our subject's grandfather 
 was an agriculturist of the town of Hopkinton, 
 and died at about the age of forty-five; he had 
 six children: Darius, Joseph, Stephen, Ruth, 
 Phebe, and Mary A. 
 
 Joseph Eastman was born in Hopkinton, N. 
 H, and came to the town of Orange, when that 
 part of the county was very sparsely settled, and 
 bought 200 acres of forest land. Energetic and 
 determined, he felled the trees, burning the old 
 native spruce growth to clear the land so that 
 it could be cultivated, and built himself a home. 
 He became a very successful man, and was self- 
 made in every respect; he was one of the hard- 
 est working men ever known in his vicinity. 
 When about sixty-five years old he sold the farm 
 to his son, and moved to 'Spring Creek, War- 
 ren Co., Pa., where he bought a farm, and. died. 
 His first wife, a daughter of Enoch Chase, a 
 trader, fell into that last sleep, which is a balm 
 to every mortal pain and sorrow, at the age of 
 fifty-nine. The children by his first marriage 
 were: Betsey; Ruth; Fanny; Enoch; Joseph; 
 Daniel; Randall; Emeline, who died young; 
 Emeline; Polly; Edna A.; and Henry. Mr. East- 
 man married as his second wife Louise Bowen, 
 who bore him two more children. 
 
 Daniel Eastman, the subject of this personal 
 history, helped his father in clearing the farm, 
 and there learned the lessons taught by a hardy 
 
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 pioneer to work till the stars appeared, and be- 
 gin another day's work while the stars still 
 twinkled in the sky. At the age of twenty he 
 went to Concord, and worked on the Shaker 
 farm a few years, and then he went to Pennsyl- 
 vania, and assisted his brother-in-law in building 
 a new house on his farm there, after which he 
 worked as assistant in building mills for a period, 
 at last settling down and buying a farm in the 
 town of Orange, where he remained three years. 
 In 1885 he came to Canaan, and in company 
 with Mr. Barns, under the firm name of Barns 
 & Eastman, ran a stove, tin, and crockery store 
 for a year and a half; the partnership was then 
 dissolved, and our subject has been in the busi- 
 ness alone ever since. He owns, besides other 
 real estate, a store and house combined on Me- 
 chanic Street, where he shows a fine line of 
 goods. His undoubted integrity and generous 
 conduct to his patrons has resulted in his build- 
 ing up what is considered a very good trade in 
 that line of business. 
 
 At the age of twenty-three he became con- 
 verted in the Adventist faith, and when twenty- 
 six years old began preaching, having been or- 
 dained a minister, and has ever since devoted 
 much of his time to his creed. He has served 
 as a member of the quarterly conference com- 
 mittee, and is one of the councillors at the Alton 
 Bay Camp Grounds; he officiates also at funerals 
 and weddings. 
 
 Mr. Eastman's first wife was Hannah A. East- 
 man, daughter of Stephen Eastman; she died at 
 the age of twenty-five, leaving two small chil- 
 dren: Edgar S.; and Adaline G., both of whom 
 did not live to reach maturity. His second wife 
 was Martha Ford, daughter of Kimball Ford; 
 she also died at the age of twenty-five, leaving 
 one child, Edgar, who died young. Mr. East- 
 man married as his third wife, Mrs. Martha Bux- 
 ton, daughter of Joseph Blodgett. His fourth 
 wife was Persis, widow of Samuel H. Clark, and 
 after her death he married Airs. Lucy L. Mc- 
 Keen, who also is sweetly sleeping. His sixth 
 wife was Mrs. Elsina H., daughter of Aaron Bar- 
 ney. Mr. Eastman in his early days was a Dem- 
 ocrat, but is now a Republican, and has been a 
 very active and popular man, and is a member 
 of the board of health. He is blessed with ex- 
 cellent health, is well-preserved, and has the gen- 
 eral appearance of a man ten years his junior. 
 
 ABNER WESTON LYMAN, the miller of 
 Oliverian Brook Village, and dealer in flour, 
 grain, feed, and coal, whose portrait appears on 
 the opposite page, was born in West Randolph, 
 Vt., Oct. 27, 1830. He is a son of Ziba and 
 Lavinia (Weston) Lyman, grandson of Josiah 
 and Eunice (Tiffany) Lyman. 
 
 Josiah Lyman was born in Lebanon, Conn., 
 Aug. 11, 1760, and died in Randolph, Vt., Feb. 
 3, 1 83 1. A farmer by occupation, he was one of 
 the first settlers of Williamstown, Vt., and his 
 wife was one of the first three women to live 
 there. They went there with their belongings on 
 a hand-sled; the goods, including a jug of rum, 
 were packed securely on, and then Mrs. Lyman 
 sat on top, while her husband pulled the sled, 
 and a Frenchman, who accompanied them, was 
 to push. It so happened that it would have been 
 far better for one of the party, at least, if the 
 rum had not been along. At the start the 
 Frenchman worked faithfully, but gradually he 
 pushed less and less, which Mr. Lyman found 
 was -caused by his frequent surreptitious pulls at 
 the jug. He finally gave out, and, unnoticed by 
 the rest of the party, laid down in the snow. Mr. 
 Lyman, upon reaching a neighbor's, hurried 
 back with succor, but the poor Frenchman had 
 closed his earthly career in a drunken sleep, re- 
 sulting in being frozen to death. With his three 
 neighbors at Williamstown, Mr. Lyman felled 
 a few acres of the forest, and in the clearing thus 
 made they rolled the logs up into a house for 
 each family; the cabins were covered with hem- 
 lock bark. The house within was furnished in 
 the most primitive manner; for tables, split logs, 
 smoothed on both sides, did very good service, 
 and for chairs benches were constructed in the 
 same manner. Mr. Lyman married his wife in 
 Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 22, 1782; she was born 
 in that town Sept. 19, 1762, and passed to the 
 bright world beyond the skies in Randolph, Vt., 
 Oct. 18, 1843. Their daughter Lois was the 
 first child born in Williamstown. Mrs. Lyman 
 was a typical housewife of the frontier of those 
 times, and was noted for her industrious habits. 
 She carded, spun, wove, and made all the cloth- 
 ing, both flaxen and wool, of the family. Besides 
 her own cooking, she provided bread and other 
 products of the oven for a bachelor settler, who 
 lived five miles away. During her spare hours 
 she even helped to clear the land. Bean por- 
 
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 ridge was the staple article of diet, and served 
 its purpose nobly in providing its users with the 
 hardiest of constitutions. 
 
 The bark roof on the cabin becoming decayed, 
 Mr. Lyman, in 1792, built the first frame house 
 in the town; it was small, only 16x24, with two 
 rooms, and a stone chimney in the center of the 
 structure. This house was used as a tavern for 
 many years, the sleeping apartments being in 
 the attic and reached by a ladder. The house is 
 still standing, and was occupied until very recent 
 years. On moving into the new house Mr. 
 Lyman purchased half a dozen splint bottom 
 chairs for the best room, which was a great 
 luxury in those days. During fair weather the 
 abandoned log-cabin served as a school-house, 
 adjourning when that structure was untenable to 
 Mr. Lyman"s new home; the only school books 
 belonging to the school, which were the property 
 of the teacher, were a spelling-book, psalter, and 
 a testament. 
 
 In February, 1793, when Prince Edward of 
 England was on his way from Quebec to Boston, 
 he remained over njght in Williamstown. He 
 took up his quarters in the unfinished mansion 
 of Judge Paine, while the remainder of his suite 
 stayed at the house of Mr. Lyman. Thirteen 
 carryalls and sleighs were needed to convey the 
 royal party. 
 
 Ziba Lyman was born in Williamstown, Vt, 
 April 9, 1790, was married to Lavinia T. Wes- 
 ton, at Randolph, Vt., Dec. 3, 1818, and died in 
 Hartford, Vt, Jan. 13, 1864. In his early years 
 he was a farmer, in middle life a harness and 
 saddle-maker, and in his declining years a farmer 
 again. He lived in Williamstown, Randolph, 
 Strafford, Sharon, Bethel, and Hartford. In pol- 
 itics, he was a Whig and a Republican. He was 
 a deacon in the Congregational Church. His 
 wife was a daughter of Abner and Hulda (Wash- 
 burn) Weston, who were married at Middleboro', 
 Mass., August, 1786. Abner Weston, a soldier 
 in the Revolution, was a son of Edmund Weston, 
 Jr., grandson of Edmund Weston (2), and great- 
 grandson of Edmund Weston (1), who emigrated 
 to this country from England and settled in 
 Middleboro', Mass., where he married Rebecca 
 Soule. His son, Edmund, married Susanna 
 Jackson as his first wife, and Elizabeth Smith as 
 his second. Edmund, the third of that name, 
 married Mary Tinkham, granddaughter of Isaac 
 
 Howland on her mother's side. Isaac Howland 
 was a son of John Howland, an emigrant on the 
 Mayflower in her memorable voyage of the year 
 1620. John Howland was a son of John How- 
 land, and a grandson of John Howland, who 
 was a citizen and soldier of London, and was 
 born about 1500. To our subject's parents were 
 born the following children: Lavinia, deceased, 
 who married a Mr. Hitchcock; Asa Tiffany, de- 
 ceased, who married Sarah Davis; Abner Wes- 
 ton, the subject of this biography; Charles 
 Josiah; and Mary Weston, the wife of Alonzo 
 Lane. 
 
 Our subject's parents moved to Strafford when 
 he was a babe, and there he lived for thirteen 
 years, going from there to Norwich and Sharon; 
 up to the age of eighteen he attended the district 
 schools of Strafford, Norwich, and Sharon, and 
 then spent one year in the academy at West 
 Randolph. When twenty-one he started out 
 from the town of Sharon to face the world for 
 himself and achieve what success he might. 
 Farm work and other hard manual labor formed 
 his principal means of support at first. He then 
 worked on the railroad and in lumber mills. 
 
 In 1858 he began milling at Barton Landing, 
 Vt.; then one year in Irisburgh, Vt., and four 
 more in Hartford, Vt., returning at the end of 
 that time to Barton Landing. In 1872 he came 
 to Haverhill and ran a mill for Louis Barter till 
 the mill was sold and threw him out of employ- 
 ment; for a year he was in the mountains lum- 
 bering, not being able to obtain satisfactory 
 work at his trade. The mill, under the manage- 
 ment at that time had not done well and was 
 proving a very sorry investment for its owners, 
 so they asked Mr. Lyman to return to Haver- 
 hill and take charge of his old job. Accordingly 
 he bought the property, and has conducted it 
 successfully ever since. 
 
 Mr. Lyman was married July 26, 1853, to 
 Mary Chilson, daughter of Daniel Chilson, and 
 to them as a result of this union was born one 
 child, Nellie F., who married Richard Gerish, a 
 pattern-maker of Lynn, Mass. After the death 
 of his first wife Mr. Lyman contracted a second 
 matrimonial union with Mrs. Susan D. Williams, 
 the ceremony taking place April 13, 1870, at 
 Barton Landing. Mrs. Lyman is a daughter of 
 John Stimson, Jr., and Susan R. Brown. John 
 Stimson was a son of Capt. John, Sr., and Debo- 
 
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 rah (Winch) Stimson. Capt. John Stimson was 
 one of the first settlers of Melbourne, Canada; 
 his title was derived from his position in com- 
 mand of an old militia company. He moved 
 into Canada from Weathersfield, Vt., when his 
 son John was a babe in arms. He penetrated 
 seven miles into the dense forest, drawing a few 
 possessions on a hand-sled. His log-cabin, 
 which he erected, was covered with bear skins to 
 keep out the wind; it was located on the bank 
 of the St. Francis River, the windows overlook- 
 ing the stream. For two years, while they lived 
 there, his wife saw only one woman, and that 
 was an Indian squaw, who passed in a canoe. 
 Susan R. Brown, the mother of our subject's 
 wife, was a daughter of Ensign James Brown, 
 who married Polly Greenleaf; they moved from 
 Peacham, Vt., to Shipton (now Danville), 
 Canada. Mrs. Lyman was born at Melbourne, 
 Canada; her parents came to Vermont when she 
 was a girl in her teens. She was engaged to Mr. 
 Williams, her first husband, when a resident of 
 Vermont, but returned to Canada, and there 
 married him. They lived at Ascott, where he 
 conducted his business of clothier. He enlisted 
 in the late war, Oct. 15, 1861, at Barton, Vt., in 
 Co. D. 6th Vermont Vol. Inf., and was killed in 
 the first day's fight at the Battle of the Wilder- 
 ness. Mrs. Lyman became the mother of four 
 children by her first husband, of whom one sur- 
 vives, Melbourne S. Williams, who is engaged in 
 farming in Haverhill, and makes his home with 
 Mr. Lyman; he has seen much of the United 
 States, having traveled from the Atlantic to the 
 Pacific, and seeing nearly every State. Mr. 
 Lyman is a strong Republican, but would nevef 
 accept any proffer of office. 
 
 SIDNEY D. TILTON, an extensive contrac- 
 tor in concrete work and lumber, of the village 
 of Woodsville, was born in New Hampton, X. 
 H., Dec. 24, 1866. He is a son of Daniel L. and 
 Laura L. (Pike) Tilton of New Hampton. Laura 
 L. Pike is a daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah 
 (Huckins) Pike of Hebron, N. H. Daniel L. 
 Tilton was a farmer throughout his life ; six chil- 
 dren were born to him: Albert and Arthur were 
 by a former marriage; Sidney D., our subject; 
 Charles L, of Plymouth; Sarah, the widow of 
 
 Edward Knowlton of Laconia; and Hubert, a 
 resident of New Hampton. Our subject's father 
 changed his residence to Sanbornton, N. H, 
 from New Hampton, when S. D. was an infant 
 of one and a half years. They resided in San- 
 bornton some eight or nine years, when S. D. 
 Tilton returned to New Hampton to make his 
 home with his uncle, S. A. Howard, until he 
 reached his majority. His schooling was 
 obtained in the common schools of Sanbornton 
 and New Hampton, finishing with three terms 
 at the New Hampton Institute. 
 
 While living with his uncle he learned the busi- 
 ness of concrete laying, and was able to figure 
 on any kind of a contract, having had experience 
 in that line from his fourteenth year. On reach- 
 ing the age that made him his own master he 
 naturally took up a line of work with which he 
 was perfectly familiar, and soon had work in 
 various parts of the States of Vermont and New 
 Hampshire. His first contract was at Plymouth, 
 followed by work in Woodsville, Lisbon, Welles 
 River, Lancaster, etc. His largest contracts 
 were in Littleton, with St. Johnsbury a good sec- 
 ond. Other important contracts were accom- 
 plished at Bradford, Butler, Haverhill, North 
 Haverhill, Newport, Lindenville, and other 
 places of prominence. Besides a saw-mill at 
 Lyme, and a tract of timber land of some 400 or 
 500 acres, back of Lyme, he owns a new busi- 
 ness block, constructed in the fall and winter of 
 1896, which is one of the finest in the village of 
 Woodsville, and reflects great credit upon its 
 owner. It is three stories in height, with plate- 
 glass front, and fitted throughout with all the 
 modern improvements. In 1890 he first made his 
 permanent home in Woodsville. 
 
 Mr. Tilton was joined in marriage June 30, 
 1891, to Mary Williamine George, a native of 
 Alexandria, N. H., and a daughter of Isaac K. 
 and Belle A. (Simonds) George, Jr.; her father 
 was born in Sutton, N. H, and her mother in 
 Carlyle, Mass. Isaac K. George, Sr., the grand- 
 father of our subject's wife, was the son of Levi 
 and Eunice (Walworth) George. Levi was born 
 in Canaan, and was the son of one of three 
 brothers who came from England and settled 
 in Taunton, Mass. Eunice Walworth was born 
 in Hillsboro, N. H. The mother of Mrs. S. D. 
 Tilton, Belle A. Simonds, was the daughter of 
 William and Mary (Pattee) Simonds. William 
 
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 Simonds was born in Alexandria, N. H., May 4, 
 1794, and died in 1840, near Carlyle, Mass., 
 where he followed farming many years. He was 
 the son of John and Isabel (McMurphy) 
 Simonds; John Simonds was the son of Ebenezer 
 Simonds, a farmer, who, with his three brothers, 
 was one of the early settlers of Alexandria, N. H. 
 He married Mary Greene of Concord, N. H. 
 Isabel McMurphy, mentioned above, was the 
 daughter of John McMurphy, a farmer. Mary 
 Pattee, the wife of William Simonds, was born 
 Jan. 2, 1804, and is a daughter of William and 
 Judith (Worthen) Pattee, Jr. William Pattee, 
 Jr., is a son of William Pattee, Sr., a native of 
 England, dying in Alexandria, N. H; he mar- 
 ried Nancy Hyde of Londonderry, Mass.; she 
 died in Alexandria. His son, William Pattee, 
 Jr., was born in Alexandria about 1775, and died 
 in 1821. Judith Worthen was born in Bristol, 
 and is a daughter of Samuel Worthen, who mar- 
 ried a Miss Inglis. 
 
 Mrs. Simonds, now in her ninety-third year, is 
 hale and hearty, and active in her habits; her 
 mind is clear and sound as one forty years her 
 junior. She is of a cheerful disposition, and 
 thoroughly enjoys life in her old age. Her mem- 
 ory is of the best; she remembers distinctly the 
 War of 1812; recollects very clearly the scenes 
 attending the recruiting of the soldiers. She is 
 one of nine children born to her parents, eight 
 of them living to maturity;' at the present time 
 the only survivor is a sister, who is in her eighty- 
 fourth year. Three children have been born to 
 Mrs. Simonds, of whom Mrs. Tilton, our sub- 
 ject's wife, is the second. The record is: Charles 
 E., an attorney; Mary W. (Tilton); Lewis E., 
 who is in business with his father in Woodsville. 
 Airs. Tilton was reared near Bristol, attending in 
 her youthful days the common schools of Bris- 
 tol. Later on she took a two years' course in the 
 State Normal School at Plymouth, and a three 
 years' course in Newbury Academy. Having 
 finished her education she taught in the schools 
 of Grafton Co. To Mr. and Mrs. Tilton have 
 been born two children: George Dana and 
 Blanche Laura. Mrs. Tilton is an attendant of 
 the Episcopal Church. Mr. Tilton is a member 
 of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F.; and 
 Cheswick Lodge, No. 66, K. of P. In politics 
 Mr. Tilton is a Republican, and never loses an 
 opportunity to endorse any action of the party. 
 
 DR. EDWARD M. TUCKER, of Canaan, 
 N. H., well known among the leading physicians 
 and surgeons of the county, was born in Spring- 
 vale, town of Sanford, York Co., Me., April 22, 
 1840. He is a son of John and Eliza (Hussey) 
 Tucker, grandson of Ezra and Judith (Burbank) 
 Tucker, and great-grandson of Nathan Tucker, 
 who was born in Salisbury, N. H, a farmer by 
 occupation, and the parent of sixteen children. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was born in Salis- 
 bury, N. H, and early in life settled in the town 
 of Grafton, Grafton Co., N. H, taking up a farm 
 near the center of the town, where he followed 
 farming all his days, and died at the age of 
 eighty-eight. He was an inveterate hunter and 
 trapper, and there seemed to him to be no sport 
 like fox hunting; many a fox hunter was wel- 
 comed to his cheer and hospitality. He was a 
 Democrat in politics. His wife, who was a 
 daughter of Jonathan Burbank, a Revolutionary 
 soldier, of Boscawen, lived to be eighty-seven 
 years old. They had twelve children, namely: 
 John, Lydia, George, Daniel, Martha, Oliver, 
 Nathan, Alice, Elsie, Sophronia, Mary, and 
 Judith. 
 
 John Tucker was born in the town of Salis- 
 bury, and married Eliza Hussey in Dover, N. H.. 
 daughter of John Hussey, a sea captain. Early 
 in life Mr. Tucker entered the employ of the 
 Cocheco Manufacturing Co.; beginning at the 
 very bottom, he worked up to the top by patient 
 endeavor and faithful service, becoming super- 
 intendent of the finishing room; he was still in 
 the employ of this firm when his days were 
 abruptly cut short at the age of forty-two, by a 
 "fatal stroke of apoplexy. His wife lived to be 
 seventy-five years and one day old; she was a 
 woman of many noble qualities, with a word of 
 good cheer, and with a smile of a heart tender 
 toward suffering and wrong, she accomplished 
 well the work given her to do, and reared her 
 children in the nurture and admonition of the 
 Lord to live useful, honorable lives. The chil- 
 dren were named as follows: Mary E., George 
 H., Edward M., Sarah J., John, and Mary E. 
 
 Edward M., the subject of this sketch, after 
 attending the district schools, became a student 
 under Dr. L. G. Hill of Dover until the outbreak 
 of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Battery C, 
 Massachusetts Light Artillery, and was wounded 
 Sept. 20, 1862, in the engagement at Shepards- 
 
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 town, Va., after escaping all injury in several 
 other severe battles. He was taken to the hos- 
 pital at Philadelphia, Penn., where after a partial 
 recovery, sufficient for him to be able to get 
 around, he was discharged from the service for 
 disability. When fully recovered so as to be able 
 to pass the examination of the surgeons, he re- 
 enlisted in 1864, and was assigned to the 24th 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, being appointed hospital 
 steward, and serving in that capacity until 1865. 
 In December of that year he was appointed by 
 Gen. U. S. Grant hospital steward in the regular 
 army, and served until December, 1871, during 
 which time he had taken two courses of lectures 
 at the Medical University of Georgetown, D. C. 
 In 1872 he entered the Medical Department of 
 Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 
 July, 1872, and decided upon Canaan as a fit 
 place to open up a practice. This decision was 
 taken, because he wished to locate in as healthy 
 a climate as possible; and as nothing pleased him 
 more than to be able to see each day the beauti- 
 ful scenery of mountains, valleys, lakes, and 
 streams, that make the mountainous portions of 
 Grafton Co. so entrancing, he came to Canaan 
 and opened an office and waited for the patients 
 to come. Because of his long, varied, and valu- 
 able experience in army life, he was better quali- 
 fied for his chosen profession than the average 
 physician and surgeon, and in a very short time 
 built up a very extensive practice, and responded 
 to calls from the country for miles in every 
 direction. Much of his professional success and 
 health in life is due to the fact that he is a very 
 temperate man, and has never used liquor or 
 tobacco. He is an influential and leading mem- 
 ber of the Sons of Temperance, and does all he 
 can to advance the cause. Both he and his wife 
 are Congregationalists, and are members of the 
 Congregational Society of Canaan. 
 
 Dr. Tucker is living in the third home which 
 he has built in Canaan, a fine residence, fitted 
 with modern improvements and surrounded by 
 beautiful lawns, through which winds the drive. 
 It is a choice location on the corner of High and 
 Turnpike Streets, and is the site of the old 
 Worth Tavern, which flourished in stage times. 
 
 He married Mary Albina Kimball, daughter 
 of Peter and Nancy A. (Adams) Kimball of 
 Grafton, N. H., who is the great-granddaughter 
 of Capt. Peter Kimball, a Revolutionary soldier 
 
 of Boscawen, N. PL; she was born in Salisbury, 
 N. H., June 6, 1852.' Their only child, Luie 
 Albina, was born April 28, 1884. Dr. Tucker is 
 a Republican, and has been a member of the 
 school board, board of health, and a justice of 
 the peace for many years. Pie is a member of 
 Social Lodge, No. 50, F. & A. M., of Enfield, 
 having first joined Strafford Lodge of that Order 
 in Dover, N. H., in 1865; he has also been a 
 member of Belknap Chapter, No. 8, since 1870. 
 He has been a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias more than thirty years ; and is at present 
 connected with Mt. Cardigan Lodge, No. 31, K. 
 of P. He is also a member of Helping Hand 
 Lodge, No. 95, I. O. O. P.; Admiral Farragut 
 Post, No. 52, G. A. R., of Enfield; and also past 
 medical director of the Department of New 
 Hampshire; also a member of the Society of the 
 Sons of the Revolution. He is a member of 
 both the New Hampshire and White River Med- 
 ical Societies. 
 
 CAPT. THOMAS J. CARLTON, of the town 
 of Enfield, N. H., was born in the town of Ca- 
 naan, this county, Nov. 9, 1837, and is a son of 
 Jonathan and Eliza (Shattuck) Carlton, and a 
 grandson of Jonathan and Polly (Chase) Carl- 
 ton. 
 
 Jonathan Carlton served in the Revolutionary 
 War at Bunker Hill, and about the year 1777 
 came from Amesbury, Mass., to Canaan, and 
 took up an extensive tract of land and built a 
 saw-mill at factory village, and ran it a number 
 of years. He raised a large family, who were 
 content at first to dwell in a log-house, but in- 
 creasing prosperity brought them new wants, so 
 he built a frame house, into which the family 
 moved, relinquishing the old home where they 
 were born. He bought and sold land to a great 
 extent, and did all in his power to induce new 
 families to come to Canaan, and settle in the • 
 town. Both he and his wife lived to a good old 
 age and were able to see the country grow up, 
 become populated, and prosperous. Their chil- 
 dren were as follows: Daniel, born April 21, 
 1783; Moses, Sept. 8, 1785; Francis, Aug. 15, 
 1787; Hannah, Nov. 4, 1789; Sally, May 6, 1792; 
 Betsey, Jan. 29, 1794; Polly, Feb. 12, 1798; Jona- 
 than, Oct. 23, 1800; and Thomas, Aug. 5, 1803. 
 
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 Our subject's father learned the stone-cutting 
 and masonry trade, but remained at home most 
 of the time during his father's life, assisting his 
 parents; he inherited the homestead, which he 
 sold, after a few years of occupancy, and built 
 a house on Canaan Street, where he followed his 
 trade, dying Dec. 6, 1878. He was a Democrat 
 until the formation of the Republican party, 
 when he changed his politics, like so many other 
 Northern Democrats. His wife, Eliza, was born 
 Nov. 25, 1798, and died March 26, 1852. 
 
 There were born to them the following chil- 
 dren: Samuel, born Sept. 4, 1826; Henry, Oct. 
 6, 1828; Abel S., Sept. 15, 1830; Abigail, April 
 19, 1832; an infant son, deceased; Daniel, April 
 11, 1835; Thomas J., our subject; Sarah E., 
 Sept. 14, 1839; and Mary J., April 10, 1842. 
 
 Capt. Thomas J. Carlton attended the Canaan 
 Academy, finishing his studies under Prof. C. C. 
 Webster, and at the age of twenty went to En- 
 field and worked in the saw-mills a short time, 
 and then entered the bedstead factory, where he 
 was employed until 1861. At the breaking out 
 of the war he enlisted as a private in Co. B., 6th 
 Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., but as he was a man of 
 iron nerve and good judgment, he was promoted 
 to the position of corporal, and then became a 
 commissioned officer as second lieutenant, then 
 first lieutenant, finally assuming the insignia of 
 captain. In 1865 he was commissioned captain 
 of Co. F. ; in 1864 he had been in command of 
 four companies — B., F., G., and H. — and had 
 charge of the last detachment of men to leave 
 Cold Harbor, said detachment consisting of 
 some 300 men; these he led safely to join the 9th 
 Army Corps. He took part in twenty-seven gen- 
 eral engagements, not to speak of numerous 
 skirmishes, and was never wounded in the ser- 
 vice; after his discharge, when returning home, 
 he received, a slight injury. 
 
 Capt. Carlton, after the close of the war, re- 
 sumed his work in the factory, remaining there 
 until 1875. Since that time he has devoted his 
 time to good advantage in trucking, teaming, 
 and in contracting for such kind of work. He 
 is a man of the most spotless integrity, and has 
 fairly won his reputation of being one of the 
 most honorable men of the town. He bought 
 the mill house, and small farm, on which he has 
 spent no little labor and money to bring it into 
 its present excellent condition; he has rebuilt 
 
 both house and barns, and has shown himself to 
 be a model farmer in more ways than one. In 
 1893 he was appointed road agent, and has not 
 only built new roads, where required, but has 
 also put the old ones into such fine condition 
 that they are able to afford much pleasure as 
 beautiful drives. He is a stanch Republican, but 
 has never sought office. 
 
 He married Nancy Bithrow, a daughter of 
 Lewis Bithrow of Lebanon, N. H.; she died at 
 the age of twenty-one, leaving no issue. He 
 married as his second wife Ella Chapman, 
 daughter of John B. and Lavina (Pierce) Chap- 
 man of Haverhill, N.' H. Mr. Chapman, who 
 died at the age of seventy-five, was a very suc- 
 cessful tanner of his day; his wife lived to be 
 eighty years old. Their children were: Henry, 
 who died in the late war; Amelia J.; Hannah L. ; 
 Ella; Amos; John; and Julia. This second union 
 of our subject was blessed with the following 
 children: Frank, who died at the age of seven; 
 Lena May, who lives at home with her parents; 
 Eugene L., a clerk in a store, and a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias; and Harry W., a finisher 
 at the Baltic Mills. Capt. Carlton is a member 
 of the Farragut Post, G. A. R. ; and he and his 
 wife are members of the Women's Relief Corps. 
 
 OLIVER B. CHILDS, a business man of the 
 town of Canaan, at present engaged in attending 
 to a small farm, and plying his trade of shoe- 
 maker, was born in Thetford, Yt., May 26, 1836, 
 and is a son of Abraham and Tryphena (Burr) 
 Childs, and a grandson of Samuel and Susan 
 (Aldrich) Childs. 
 
 Samuel Childs was born in Salem, Mass., and 
 when a young man went to Vershire, Vt., where 
 he settled as one of its pioneers; the locality, 
 however, was never pleasing to him, so he finally 
 returned to his native town, and died there at 
 the age of fifty-three. His wife Susan lived to be 
 about eighty years old. The home circle was 
 composed of the following children: Joel, 
 Lorenzo, Lewis, Abraham A., Relief, Lavina, 
 Emma, and Susan. 
 
 Abraham A. Childs, the only one of his 
 parents' family still living, was born in Vershire, 
 Vt., April 22, 1813, and when ten years of age 
 
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 was put out to live with T. Haskell, a farmer of 
 Greenwich, Mass. At the age of fourteen he 
 went to Ware, Mass., and followed farming until 
 his removal to Thetford, except for five years, 
 when he worked at ship carpentering. After his 
 marriage in Thetford, Vt, with Tryphena Burr, 
 daughter of Oliver Burr, a farmer of that town, 
 he followed coopering until 1848, when he 
 bought a farm in the town of Dorchester, this 
 county, where he followed farming and cooper- 
 ing until about 1875, when he practically retired. 
 He has since that time lived on his farm in Dor- 
 chester, except a part of each year, which he 
 spends with his son, the subject of this sketch. 
 Even at his advanced age he thinks nothing of 
 walking ten miles at a time; both his eyesight 
 and hearing are as yet very little impaired by 
 the effects of age. His wife died in 1881, at the 
 age of seventy-three. Their children were: 
 Oliver Burr; Samuel A., born Dec. 10, 1838; 
 Truman, Oct. 12, 1839; Amanda M., June 5, 
 1842; Almina T., Dec. 9, 1844; and Samuel, Oct. 
 12, 1847. 
 
 Our subject worked with his father until he 
 was sixteen, and then went to Xatick, Mass., 
 where he spent seven years at shoe-making; in 
 1859 he came to Canaan, N. H., and worked at 
 his trade until 1862, Sept. 9, when he enlisted in 
 Co. H., nth Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and was dis- 
 charged June 4, 1865. During this time he 
 served on detached service as hospital nurse one 
 year, and then as steward for the Colored Hos- 
 pital at City Point, Va.; while stationed at 
 Knoxville, Tenn., before he became steward, he 
 was injured by a tree falling on the tent, break- 
 ing his shoulders and ribs, from which injuries 
 he has never fully recovered. At the close of the 
 war he came home, and lived in the town of En- 
 field, N. H., one year making shoes, and then in 
 Canaan for five years, when his health failed and 
 forced him to seek employment where he could 
 be more in the open air. So he traded his prop- 
 erty for a farm in the town of Grafton, where he 
 followed farming twelve years, and then sold 
 and bought his present home on Mechanic 
 Street, Canaan, where he has since lived and 
 followed his trade, besides caring for a small 
 farm attached to his residence. He delights in 
 being out of doors and working his farm ; he has 
 a great love of order, and desiring to have his 
 property to put on its best possible appearance, 
 
 he has made not a few valuable improvements, 
 both to the structures on the land and to the 
 farm itself. He is a Republican, and is serving 
 his second term as overseer of the poor, and has 
 served in several other town offices. In religious 
 matters he is inclined to be liberal. In the Phil 
 Kearney Post, G. A. R., which is now extinct, he 
 was commander. 
 
 Oct. 2, i860, he married Mary S. Stone, daugh- 
 ter of Elbridge G. and Harriet N. (Bradbury) 
 Stone. Elbridge G. Stone, born Dec. 19, 1810, 
 died Sept. 15, 1847, was a prominent farmer of 
 the town of Hanover, this county. His wife 
 Harriet was born Sept. 5, 1823, and departed this 
 life March 16, 1896. Three children were born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Stone, as follows: Mary S., our 
 subject's wife, born Feb. 5, 1844; Lucy A., born 
 Feb. 21, 1845; and Cynthia, who was born July 
 9, 1847, all d died when young in years. The 
 union of our subject and his estimable wife has 
 been blessed with two children: M. Ella, born 
 Oct. 21, 1 86 1, who married F. B. Wilson of 
 Canaan, and has one child, Alzina M.; and Al- 
 zina J., who was born April 27, 1866, and died 
 aged twenty years and nine months. 
 
 HON. JOHN W. DODGE, deceased. There 
 are a number of Grafton Co.'s most substantial 
 business men, who have risen from humble posi- 
 tions in the lower walks of life to eminent posi- 
 tions in the commercial world; it is this kind of 
 man whom the world calls self-made. We place 
 our subject, the gentleman whose name heads 
 this sketch and whose excellent portrait adorns 
 the preceding page, among this number, confi- 
 dent that few have merited their success and the 
 estimation shown them, as he. He was a leading 
 business man of the town of Enfield, and presi- 
 dent of the Dodge, Davis & Co. woolen manu- 
 facturers. Mr. Dodge was born in the town of 
 Hanover, N. H, Sept. 4, 1815, and died Feb. 13, 
 1897; he was a son of Daniel and Sally (Wright) 
 Dodge. 
 
 Mr. Dodge's father was born in Windham, 
 Conn., and came to the town of Hanover, Graf- 
 ton Co., where he bought a small tract of wood- 
 land, from which he cut the first stick, following 
 it up by clearing the farm, building a small house 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 for the shelter of his family and the cultivation 
 of his fields. In this little house on Moose Mt. 
 he reared ten children, and later on built a larger 
 house and barns, which are standing to-day. 
 Those of his children who grew up became very 
 successful in life, remarkably so in fact, and all 
 were well known for their brightness of intel- 
 lects. Mr. Dodge was a very hard worker and 
 expended his energies in proper channels be- 
 cause of his good judgment. He was a member 
 of the Baptist Church for forty years, and was 
 then excommunicated for his belief in the Uni- 
 versalist doctrine of the unity of God, instead of 
 the Baptist creed of the Trinity of God; there- 
 after Mr. Dodge was a Universalist in belief. 
 He was very well posted in the Scriptures and 
 delighted in arguments concerning the interpre- 
 tation of such and such a paragraph or verse. 
 He died at the age of seventy, and his wife at 
 the age of eighty-six. She was a daughter of 
 Deacon John Wright, who came from Lebanon, 
 Conn., to Hanover to assist in the location of 
 Dartmouth College. The children born to our 
 subject's parents were as follows: Ormie, a doc- 
 tor by profession; Daniel, also a practicing 
 physician ; Nabby ; Harvey, a minister of the Gos- 
 pel; Orford, who died at the age of about 
 seventy-one years; Sally; Cyrus; Minus; Isaac, 
 who died when a student at college; and John 
 W., the subject of this sketch. 
 
 John W. Dodge remained on the homestead 
 assisting his father until he was thirty-one years 
 old, securing his education in the district schools 
 when a boy. Upon leaving the farm he went to 
 the village of Hanover to act as clerk for Conant, 
 becoming one of the firm after two years and a 
 half, and carrying on the business under the 
 firm name of Morgan & Dodge. In one year's 
 time Mr. Conant withdrew, and Morgan & 
 Dodge ran the business until 1857, when it be- 
 came Dodge & Huntington. The firm through 
 its different formations built up a large trade, 
 ■which increased steadily from year to year. In 
 1862 Mr. Dodge bought out his partner and 
 managed it until about 1865. In 1863, while still 
 managing the store in Hanover, he came to En- 
 field to superintend the manufacture of Shaker 
 flannels for Alpheus Conant. After the death 
 of Caleb Dyer, Mr. Dodge became one of the 
 firm of Dodge, Davis & Williams, the latter a 
 successor of Mr. Conant. In 1873 Mr - Williams 
 
 retired, and the firm became what it is known at 
 present, Dodge, Davis & Co. As the mills, 
 which they were using, were out of repair and 
 needed rebuilding to suit their increased needs 
 and could not be purchased at a reasonable 
 figure, they bought the Holden Mills of Bristol; 
 in 1885 they removed their machinery from En- 
 field to Bristol and set it up in their present quar- 
 ters. In 1887 the company was incorporated 
 with a capital stock of $150,000.00, with the fol- 
 lowing officers: John W. Dodge, president; C. 
 W. Fling, secretary; and H. C. Whipple, treas- 
 urer. They have built an entire new mill, 72 feet 
 by 52, three stories in height, thus giving them 
 a store-house, dye-house, and picking-house. 
 Only the best and most modern machinery has 
 been introduced, and the finest grades of flan- 
 nels are manufactured. The mills have eleven 
 sets of cards, and sixty-two broad and four nar- 
 row looms, employing 100 hands, and not stop- 
 ping, except for repair when any of the machin- 
 ery gets out of order. While many factories over 
 the land have put out the fires under the boilers 
 and are no longer running because of the tariff, 
 this factory has always had a large call for their 
 goods and has always been able to run at a 
 profit; it is self-sustaining, as Mr. Dodge claimed 
 every factory should be, and asks only to be let 
 alone in order to prosper. 
 
 On July 1, 1855, Mr. Dodge was married to 
 Mrs. Clementine Whipple, daughter of Harry H. 
 Chandler; she died March 6, 1893, at the age of 
 seventy-four, leaving two children .by her first 
 marriage with Mr. Whipple : Henry C. and Mar- 
 garet P., and one child by her marriage with 
 our subject: Fanny Louise. The latter was born 
 April 30, 1859, an d married Rev. Walter Dole, a 
 minister of the Universalist Church, bearing him 
 two children: John Walter and Mary Clemen- 
 tine. Mr. Dodge was married the second time, 
 April 3, 1895, to Mrs. Helen A. Morgan, daugh- 
 ter of John Bridgeman of Hanover. Mr. Dodge 
 owned a beautiful residence on the corner of 
 North and East Streets, which he had built and 
 furnished with all the modern conveniences and 
 appliances. 
 
 Mr. Dodge was always a thorough-going 
 Democrat and represented the town of Enfield in 
 the New Hampshire Legislature . in 1878-79-80. 
 He was fearless and outspoken in his advocacy 
 of free trade principles, and a moment's conver- 
 
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 sation with him on this subject showed to a 
 candid and impartial listener that his convictions 
 were based on very substantial reasons. He 
 claimed that protection was not needed to give 
 American factories a chance to compete with 
 foreign products, that with the superior skill of 
 American workmen and greater improvements 
 in our machinery, our factories could be self- 
 sustaining, and did not need any sops thrown to 
 them in the way of a restrictive tariff. Protec- 
 tion enthusiasts shout for protection to American 
 industries and to American workmen. How well 
 our infant industries have been protected under 
 Republican rule with its false ideas of political 
 economy is showji by the many gigantic trusts 
 and combines that have sprung up, grown and 
 thrived under the fostering care of protection, 
 which even now threaten the good of the body 
 politic. One of the greatest curses to our coun- 
 try is this hydra-headed monster, monopoly, 
 which drives out of business all who do not 
 unite under its standard, and fixes exorbitant 
 prices for its products and allowing competition 
 no chance to secure for the consumer reasonable 
 prices for the articles he needs. Remove all 
 tariff from wool and our manufacturers will be 
 able to compete with foreigners, with no chance 
 for monopoly to stifle production and secure for 
 itself the benefits of such a course. Protection- 
 ists would have us believe that foreign labor 
 could compete with that of our own workmen. 
 Supposing the American workman is paid more, 
 is it not a well-established fact that well-paid, 
 and consequently well-nourished, men will be 
 able to perform more and do better work than 
 those who starve on a mere pittance? The be- 
 lievers in protection seem averse to allowing any 
 but Americans have the benefits of American 
 markets, but how can they reconcile this with 
 their desire to increase our foreign markets? Is 
 not international commerce — or all commerce 
 for that matter — an exchange of commodities, 
 benefiting both parties? While we knock for ad- 
 mission to the markets of other nations, we close 
 our own markets by a high-board tariff, which 
 excludes all chance for cheap living and cheap 
 production in this country. How has England 
 secured so prominent a place in the markets of 
 the world? It is without much doubt caused by 
 her system of free trade and by her splendid 
 fleets of merchantmen that carry on her foreign 
 
 commerce. Let the United States wake up 1o 
 the advantage of having a creditable merchant 
 marine, increase it if necessary by reasonable 
 subsidies, and then our manufacturers can secure 
 their raw materials at a better figure, manufac- 
 ture their products at such a figure so as to be 
 more in the reach of all classes, and markets not 
 only in this country, but throughout the world 
 will open to us that were shut to us before. 
 
 BARNEY BROTHERS, Albert E. and 
 Arthur J., proprietors of the Mascoma Shirt and 
 Overall Manufactory of Canaan, and also of the 
 largest general store in the town, and rivaling 
 the largest and best in the county, are sons of 
 Eleazer and Emeline A. (Durrell) Barney, and 
 grandsons of John and Nancy (Martin) Barney. 
 The family came from Massachusetts to Canaan, 
 and from the Bay State they may be traced back 
 to Rhode Island, where the first emigrant of that 
 name settled in America. 
 
 John Barney was a son of Jabez and a grand- 
 son of Aaron Barney, who moved from Reho- 
 both, Mass.,, to New Hampshire, and took up a 
 large timbered tract of land; he got rid of the 
 timber by burning it off, and then sowed grain. 
 He cleared a good farm, and became a promi- 
 nent man of his day, and well-endowed with real 
 estate, owning about a quarter of, the town of 
 Grafton, and 3,000 acres in towns adjoining, at 
 one time. He was a pioneer in those days, when 
 only bridle-paths were used to travel from home 
 to market or to the homes of the neighbors. 
 Jabez succeeded his father in the management 
 and care of the farm, and married a Miss Bar- 
 ney, by whom he had eight children, of which 
 family John, our subject's grandfather, was one 
 of the eldest. John Barney started out in life as 
 a farmer, and rapidly rose to affluence and wealth, 
 for he was one of those hard-working men who 
 seem to know by instinct bow to get the best 
 results from the pursuit of agriculture. His wife, 
 Nancy, was a daughter of Judge Martin, and, 
 like her husband, was blessed with a strong, 
 rugged constitution, and was permitted to live 
 to a good old age. Mr. Barney was a Whig, 
 politically, and an active man in all town affairs, 
 viewing with interest and pleasure its growth and 
 
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 development. He gathered about him six chil- 
 dren, namely: Alary, Finett, Eleazer, Jesse, Al- 
 fred, and Horace. 
 
 Eleazer Barney was born in the town of Graf- 
 ton, Grafton Co., and early in life entered into 
 the mercantile life of the town of Grafton, where 
 he conducted a store; but after a short period 
 there, he came to Canaan and bought out Currier 
 & Wallace, and for a number of years carried on 
 a large general store where the Cardigan Hotel 
 is now located. When he at last disposed of his 
 business there he bought the Barnard Block, a 
 fine brick store on the corner of Main and Me- 
 chanic Streets, where he was in trade until 1870, 
 when he retired; during the last two years his 
 son, Albert E., was associated with him under 
 the firm name of E. Barney & Son. He bought 
 and sold considerable land during his life, and 
 was possessed of no small amount of property 
 at his death, which occurred in 1884, aged sixty- 
 five years. His wife, a daughter of David Dur- 
 rell, is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Barney reared 
 three children, as follows: Albert E., born Sept. 
 8, 1843; Arthur J., born Nov. 14, 1848; and 
 Bertha E., born May 24, 1857. 
 
 Albert E. Barney, of the firm of Barney Bros., 
 began his commercial and business life as a clerk 
 in his father's establishment, remaining with his 
 parent until he became a partner of the firm of 
 H. S. Worth & Co., who conducted a general 
 store. Mr. Barney sold his interest after two 
 years, and bought a one-half interest in his 
 father's store, and until 1870 ran the business 
 with him. In that year his father retired, and 
 Albert took in as a partner his brother, Arthur 
 J. Barney. Two years later the block was 
 burned down, entailing considerable loss on 
 them; not disheartened in the least by this re- 
 verse of fortune, they rebuilt the block in the fol- 
 lowing year, and their latter end has been abund- 
 antly blessed. 
 
 They have worked up by careful attention to 
 business, and giving everyone satisfaction, one 
 of the largest wholesale and retail trades in the 
 southern portion of the county, and employ in 
 their factory, which is run by water power, as 
 high as fifty hands in the manufacture of the 
 Mascoma shirts and overalls. Albert E. Barney 
 is a Republican, and has served as town clerk 
 one year, and represented the town in the State 
 Legislature at Concord in 1877-78. He married 
 
 Miss Abbie A. Hutchinson, daughter of Rich- 
 ard Hutchinson; she was born Oct. 29, 1846. 
 They have two children by this marriage: Ernest 
 A., born July 11, 1869; and John E., born March 
 15, 1876. 
 
 Arthur J. Barney of the firm of Barney Bros., 
 after assisting his father in the store as clerk, en- 
 tered into the present arrangement in 1870, buy- 
 ing his father's interest, and, like his father, has 
 won a warm friendship with a large circle of 
 patrons. He is a Republican, and a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias Lodge. Like his elder 
 brother he owns a handsome residence, which is 
 an ornament to the town, besides other valuable 
 property, principally real estate. He married 
 Miss Josie Hosley, a daughter of J. D. Hosley of 
 West Lebanon, whose sketch appears elsewhere 
 in this volume. She died at the age of twenty- 
 seven, leaving two children: Harry A., born 
 Jan. 28, 1874; and Clarence F., born Feb. 26, 
 1877. Mr. Barney married as his second wife 
 Miss Lillian A. Smith, daughter of F. R. Smith 
 of Grafton, N. H. 
 
 CYRUS A. KIMBALL, proprietor of the 
 Cardigan House of Canaan, N. H., and a lead- 
 ing business man of that town, was born in the 
 town of Grafton, this county, April 6, 1861. He 
 is -a son of Peter and Nancy Albina (Adams) 
 Kimball, and grandson of Benjamin Kimball 
 and Miss Kilburn. Our subject's grandfather 
 was among the most successful and well-to-do 
 farmers of Boscawen, N. H. 
 
 Peter Kimball was born in Boscawen, and 
 when a young man entered into mercantile life at 
 Salisbury, N. H., and in 1855 h e went to tnc 
 town of Grafton, where, after a period of activity 
 in the commercial circles of the town, he bought 
 a fine farm, to which he added land from time 
 to time, as opportunity offered, until, at his 
 death, he owned 1,000 acres. Fie dealt very ex- 
 tensively in horses and cattle, and kept a very 
 choice dairy; during the active period of his life 
 he ranked among the very first business men of 
 the town; he was born in 1817, and died in 1880. 
 He was not at all backward in improving the 
 large property he secured for himself; he built 
 an entirely new set of barns, and reconstructed 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 the house to suit his requirements. His wife 
 survives him, and resides at the homestead in the 
 town of Grafton. Their children were: Mary 
 A.; Cyrus A., who died at the age of eighteen 
 months; Carrie A.; Cyrus A.; George B.; and 
 Harry C, who was taken to a better world at 
 the age of three years. 
 
 Our subject attended the Penacook Academy, 
 and then finished at Wilmot Academy under 
 Prof. Leary. As his father's health was failing, 
 and the management of the farm became onerous 
 for one of his years, Cyrus took charge of the 
 farm and superintended it for eight years, when 
 he left and came to Canaan and bought the Car- 
 digan House; he has put both the house and the 
 barns into first-class shape. His hotel is the only 
 standard hotel in the town, which is open for 
 guests the year around. He keeps a fine livery 
 of fifteen horses, and the attendant turn-outs ; he 
 deals in carriages, and has dealt very extensively 
 in horses and other kinds of stock. Like his 
 father, he is a very energetic, progressive man, 
 and improves every opportunity to turn an hon- 
 est penny. 
 
 Mr. Kimball married Miss Roxanna Frances 
 Beckford, daughter of Benjamin P. Beckford, 
 lately a resident of Grafton township, but for- 
 merly a citizen of the town of Bristol, where for 
 many years he was a large woolen manufacturer. 
 
 JAMES FRANK JONES, a carpenter and 
 mechanic of the town of Enfield, was born in the 
 above town, March 19, 1831, and is a son of 
 Jonathan and Margaret K. (Sawyer) Jones, and a 
 grandson of Moses and Mariam (Currier) Jones. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was born in 
 Amesbury, Mass., May 21, 1737. He was one of 
 the Colonial soldiers in the French and Indian 
 War, and was taken prisoner and held captive in 
 Canada for many years, being guarded by the 
 Indians. By obtaining the confidence and good- 
 will of his captors he gained considerable free- 
 dom of movement, and so one day, when out 
 hunting, he started through the forest in an at- 
 tempt to reach an American settlement. When 
 almost exhausted by fatigue and ready to give 
 up he came to the log-house of a Canadian set- 
 
 tler, who, taking pity on his distress, gave him 
 food and kept him hid from his pursuers. By a 
 rare chance he was fortunate enough to sight 
 an English vessel, which in response to his sig- 
 nals took him on board and kept him there until 
 the excitement following upon his escape had 
 subsided. He then recommenced his journey 
 home, and when he presented himself before his 
 family was not at first recognized by them, for 
 they had supposed him dead for years. He set- 
 tled at first in his native town of Amesbury, 
 Mass., but later went to Hopkinton, N. H., 
 where he lost his first wife, Mary Fitts; she bore 
 him the following children: Richard, Mehitabel, 
 Sally, Isaac, Moses, and Mary. He married 
 again, and with Ezekiel Stephen came to En- 
 field, N. H., and bought a large tract of land, 
 where the Shaker Village is now located, in 1792, 
 but soon after traded the farm with the Shakers 
 for the farm where his descendant, F. W. Jones, 
 now resides; the house, with few improvements 
 and alterations is as the Shakers built it; the loca- 
 tion of the farm has ever since been known as 
 Jones Hill. Moses Jones lived to be eighty- 
 eight years old, dying Dec. 26, 1824. His second 
 wife, Mariam Currier, the grandmother of our 
 subject, was born in South Hampton, May 24, 
 1747, and died in 1823; the issue of this second 
 marriage were the children named below: 
 Dorothy, Mariam, Hannah, Rhoda, Nancy, Jon- 
 athan, Lucy, and John. Moses Jones was for 
 many years a deacon in the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Jones was born in Hopkinton, 
 N. H., Jan. 1, 1778; he settled in Enfield with 
 his parents, and owned the farm which his father 
 traded with the Shakers in 1792, and lived there 
 all of his days, being not only a thrifty farmer, 
 but a very generous, kind-hearted neighbor, a 
 loving husband, and a tender parent. He died 
 at the age of sixty-seven, Aug. 18, 1845. He 
 was a Democrat in the matter of political allegi- 
 ance, and liberal in his religious views. He was 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity, and served 
 as a captain of the State militia. His wife, a 
 daughter of Jonathan Sawyer, a Revolutionary 
 soldier, was born July 20, 1785, and died Jan. 
 13, 1862. This is a record of their children: 
 Polly C, born Feb. 24, 1803; Betsey M., Aug. 
 27, 1806; Rebecca, Sept. 20, 1808; Alvira, Jan. 
 29, 181 1 ; Moses W., April 8, 1813; Alvira, July 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 ii, 1815; Mariam P., Sept. 16, 1817; Melinda 
 and Matilda, twins, Nov. 24, 1820; Harvey B., 
 April 12, 1823; Horace M., Sept. 4, 1825; James 
 Frank, the subject of this biography, March 19, 
 1831; and Margaret F., Dec. 22, 1832. 
 
 Our subject worked with his father, and at- 
 tended the district and high school until 1846, 
 when he learned the carpenter's trade, and 
 worked at it a few years as a journeyman. He 
 then formed a partnership styled Plummer & 
 Jones, and manufactured sashes and blinds some 
 two years, then selling out his interest, he 
 worked a short time as an employee of the firm. 
 He next entered the bedstead factory as a ma- 
 chinist, and remained there until the factory 
 shut down for several years, when he returned 
 to his trade, and has followed it industriously 
 ever since. In 1870 he bought a lot on the cor- 
 ner of Well and South Main Streets, and built a 
 fine home and barn. 
 
 Mr. Jones was married, March 31, 1859, to 
 Miss Emily E. Goodhue, a daughter of Theophi- 
 lus and Eliza (Conant) Goodhue, and grand- 
 daughter of George Conant, born in Concord, 
 Mass., April 7, 1771. Eunice, his wife, was born 
 in Bolton, Mass., March 16, 1772. Theophilus 
 Goodhue was born in Enfield, March 21, 1801, 
 and during his early years taught school, in 
 which profession he became very proficient and 
 successful, and taught many years. He then 
 bought his father's farm, and settled down to 
 farming; he retired from active labor when his 
 years began to weigh upon him, and died at our 
 subject's home, Dec. 6, 1885. Eliza Conant, his 
 wife, was born Nov. 23, 1807. His children were: 
 Emily E., our subject's wife, who was born April 
 18, 1832; and Catherine W., who was born Dec. 
 12, 1835, and died April 4, 1861. Mr. Goodhue's 
 wife was a daughter of George and Eunice 
 Conant; she died Sept. 6, 1871, aged sixty-three 
 years. 
 
 Our subject cast his first vote for Pierce, but 
 since then has been a loyal Republican; he was 
 state justice many years, served as selectman 
 one year, and as tax collector four years. He is 
 a very liberal supporter of the Congregational 
 Church, and has been a leader in the choir for 
 over thirty years. At the age of sixteen he began 
 singing in the choir, and has been a member of 
 it ever since, and could be able to count the 
 times he has sung at funerals by the hundreds. 
 
 ALBERT L. HAD LEY, prominent among 
 the younger of Canaan's business men, was born 
 in the above town, March 30, 1858. He is a son 
 of George W. and Mary A. (Leavitt) Hadley, 
 grandson of Moses and Almira (Proctor) Had- 
 ley, and great-grandson of Moses and Mary 
 (Martin) Hadley. 
 
 Moses Hadley, Sr., was born May 1, 1769; his 
 wife was born April 10, 1772; they were en- 
 gaged throughout life in pursuits of an agricul- 
 tural nature. Their children were: Relief, 
 Sophia, Amos, Moses, Norman, and Lyman. 
 
 Moses Hadley, Jr., was born March 22, 1806, 
 and died Dec. 3, 1872; his wife was born April 
 S, r 1805. Their only son was George W., our 
 subject's father, who was born in 1830, and died 
 in 1893; he was for many years a prominent far- 
 mer of the town of Canaan, and a stanch Repub- 
 lican politically. He and his wife were devoted 
 and faithful members of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. His wife is still living, and makes her 
 home in Canaan; she was a daughter of Joseph 
 and Mary (Austin) Leavitt of Northfield, N. H. 
 Our subject's parents were blessed with two chil- 
 dren: Albert L., the subject of this sketch; and 
 Edwin S., who was born March 30, 1868. 
 
 Albert L. Hadley received his education at 
 New Hampton Academy, and graduated from 
 the Commercial Department in 1876, becoming 
 associated with R. G. Chase & Co., of Geneva, 
 N. Y., after leaving the. academy. He was later 
 in the employ of the Model Crayon Co. of Ca- 
 naan, until 1892, when he took the agency for 
 Swift & Co. of Chicago for two years. 
 
 Our subject married Mrs. Bertha E. Dow, 
 widow of the late Harvey S. Dow, who died in 
 Canaan at the age of forty-one, leaving as a 
 legacy a beautiful home and three children; 
 Edith, born June 27, 1878; Pearl E., Jan. 29, 
 1880; and Florence B., April 28, 1883. Our sub- 
 ject's wife was a daughter of Eleazer and Erne- 
 line A. (Durrell) Barney, and was born May 24, 
 1857. Mr. Barney was born in the town of Graf- 
 ton, this county, and was engaged in mercantile 
 trade throughout his life until his retirement, 
 first in Grafton, and then in Canaan, where he 
 bought out the firm of Currier & Wallace, and 
 for a number of years carried on a flourishing 
 business, where the Cardigan House is now 
 located. His last business before his retirement 
 was done in the handsome Barnard Block, which 
 
WILBUR F. SMITH. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 229 
 
 he bought, on the corner of Mechanic and Main 
 Streets; he retired in 1870, and was succeeded by 
 his two sons, Albert E. and Arthur J., under the 
 firm name of Barney Bros. Mr. Barney owned 
 a large quantity of real estate at his death, which 
 occurred at the age of sixty-five. He was de- 
 scended from Aaron Barney, the first of the 
 family to come to New Hampshire, where he 
 became the owner of as much as 3,000 acres of 
 land, including a quarter of the town of Grafton, 
 and farms in adjoining towns. Our subject has 
 one son by a former marriage: George A., who 
 was born Dec. 4, 1884. Mr. Hadley is a Repub- 
 lican, and a member of the Mt. Cardigan Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 WILBUR F. SMITH, a retired farmer of 
 Lebanon, N. H., was born in the town of En- 
 field, N. H., Sept. 27, 1844, and is a son of 
 Daniel L. and Sophronia (Eastman) Smith, 
 grandson of John and Betsey (Burnham) Smith, 
 and great-grandson of John and Sarah Smith. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather was a fisher- 
 man of Essex, Mass. His son John was reared 
 to the same calling and followed it for many 
 years; he was a practical boat-builder, building 
 boats and using them for a time, then selling 
 them and making more. In 1806, becoming 
 tired of life by the water with its perils and 
 dangers and desiring a quiet country life on a 
 farm, he- came to Enfield, N. H., and purchased 
 the farm now owned by Eben R. Dustin, where 
 he ever afterward followed the calling of. a 
 farmer, except for the carpentry work that he 
 performed in the neighborhood. Both he and 
 his wife lived to an advanced age to enjoy the 
 fruits of their early years. Their children were: 
 Lucy, who died in her youth; Betsey A.; Daniel 
 L.; Ziba, who died at the age of twenty-one; 
 John B.; George W.; Lucy W.; and Joshua P. 
 
 Our subject's father, Daniel L. Smith, was 
 born in Essex and came to Enfield when a child 
 two years old with his father. Upon reaching 
 manhood's years he married Miss Mary Flan- 
 ders, daughter of Moses and Annie (Currier) 
 Flanders; he bought the Flanders farm, which 
 was located on Methodist Hill, and carried on 
 general farming there. With the profits of his 
 
 work he bought one piece of land after another, 
 until he was a landed proprietor of some 600 
 acres. He died at the age of seventy-eight years 
 after a long life of hard work; he could never 
 remain inactive, was continually on the move, 
 and so was able to become well-fixed in this 
 world's possessions. In politics he was a Demo- 
 crat and served as representative in 1852-53, and 
 as selectman. He was a member in good stand- 
 ing of the M. E. Church. His wife died at an 
 early age, leaving two children to survive her: 
 Ann C. married L. F. Webster, and resides in 
 Canaan, N. H. ; Mary F. died at the age of forty- 
 four. Two other children were born to them, 
 but died when infants. Mr. Smith married as 
 his second wife Sophronia, daughter of James 
 Eastman of Canaan; she died at the age of sixty- 
 two. She bore our subject's father two children: 
 Wilbur F., and Moses F. E., who died at the age 
 of seven. 
 
 Wilbur F. Smith attended the district schools 
 and Newbury Seminary, and, being the only son 
 living, at his father's request remained on the 
 homestead and carried on farming operations. 
 He has dealt considerably in real estate, having 
 bought and sold several farms; the home sur- 
 roundings have been improved and made to take 
 on a prosperous and well-to-do appearance; the 
 buildings have been altered to meet the require- , 
 ments of improved methods in farming. Our 
 subject gave his parents the best of care and 
 attention in their last days, as a slight payment 
 of the fostering care bestowed upon him when 
 he was too young to care for himself. He has 
 been called upon to settle many estates, and has 
 done considerable business in the probate line. 
 He has always been a Democrat, giving his sup- 
 port to the regular nominees of his party. He 
 has held many offices of trust; he served the 
 town six years as selectman, and was superin- 
 tendent of the school board for two years; was 
 county commissioner in 1891-92, and was regis- 
 trar of deeds of Grafton Co. in 1894. 
 
 Mr. Smith married Marie A., daughter of 
 Winthrop Sargent of Claremont, and she has 
 borne him three children. The eldest, Daniel L., 
 was born Sept. 13, 1867; graduated from Dart- 
 mouth College in 1891, and entered the Harvard 
 Law School, from which he received his diploma 
 in 1894, being admitted to the bar for the prac- 
 tice of his profession in the same year. In 1895 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 he was admitted to the bar of New York and is 
 in practice in New York City, being connected 
 with the law firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman, 
 at the same time having an office of his own. He 
 married Miss Virginia Scott Yates of Washing- 
 ton, D. C, daughter of the late Hon. Jesse 
 Yates, member of Congress from North Caro- 
 lina, and has one child, Marie V. The second 
 child of our subject was Wilfred O., born April 
 25, 1869; he is the proprietor of a book and 
 news store in Lebanon. He married Lottie 
 Bishop, daughter of H. D. Bishop of Littleton. 
 The youngest child, Harold E., born May 2, 
 1882, resides with his parents and is attending 
 school. 
 
 In 1890 Mr. Smith retired from active business 
 and moved to Lebanon, where he bought the 
 George Billings house, No. 26 School Street; he 
 lives in Lebanon, but has not given up the per- 
 sonal supervision of his farm. He is a member 
 and Past Master of Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. 
 & A. M, He is Past High Priest of St. Andrews 
 Chapter, No. 1, and has held offices in Washing- 
 ton Council, No. 10; he is also a member of 
 Sullivan Commandery, No. 6, of Claremont, N. 
 H, and of E. A. Raymond Consistory of 
 Nashua, and a member of the Council of High 
 Priesthood. 
 
 He and wife are active members of the Meth- 
 odist Church, Mr. Smith having been an officer 
 in the church for thirty years. 
 
 As a representative farmer of the town of Leb- 
 anon and as one who has made a success out of 
 his chosen vocation and risen to a high place in 
 the estimation of his fellow-townsmen, it affords 
 us great pleasure in presenting his portrait, 
 which appears on a page near at hand. 
 
 GEORGE F. SMITH, passenger conductor 
 on the Boston & Maine R. R., is the Only living 
 child of Charles B. and Mary B. (Foss) Smith, 
 natives of the State of Maine. Charles B. Smith 
 was the son of Samuel Smith, Sr., who was a 
 farmer; his wife was a Miss Bixby, who was of 
 English descent. 
 
 Charles B. Smith, the third child in a family of 
 twelve, was born in Belgrade, Me., Dec. 19, 1814, 
 and died in Woodsville, N. H., Aug. 27, 1880. 
 
 He resided in his native State until 1854, when 
 he removed to Union Village, Vt, living there 
 ten years. His life was devoted to the manufac- 
 ture of shovel handles; in 1864 he came to 
 Woodsville, then a hamlet of four or five houses, 
 and established a saw and grist-mill, entering 
 upon the manufacture of shovel handles, which 
 was the special feature of his work, and also axe- 
 handles; he built a box-factory in addition to his 
 other industries. The entire plant was destroyed 
 by freshet on the 10th of December, 1878. He 
 was preparing to rebuild, when he died. He will 
 long be remembered for his benevolences in 
 worthy causes, and for his open-handed liberal- 
 ity; the Episcopal Church, the first church edifice 
 erected in Woodsville, was indebted to him for 
 the site and the foundation. What is now the 
 new part of the village of Woodsville was for- 
 merly owned and controlled by him. He served 
 as postmaster from 1870 to the time of his death; 
 he did not attend personally to the duties in- 
 cumbent on that office, but employed competent 
 deputies, assuming all the responsibility himself. 
 While a resident of Maine he was quarter-master 
 of militia on the Governor's staff; his sword and 
 saddle-bags are now owned by our subject, who 
 takes great pride in them. 
 
 Charles B. Smith was married May 1, 1842, at 
 St. Albans, Me., to Mary B. Foss, a native of 
 Buxton, Me. She was the daughter of Moses 
 and Hannah (Goggins) Foss, both natives of 
 Maine. Moses Foss was a son of Moses and 
 Betsey (Bradley) Foss. Hannah Goggins was 
 the granddaughter of Patrick Goggins, a native 
 of Ireland. Moses Foss, Jr., was a fifer in the 
 militia service, and was called out in the War of 
 1812, but not sent to the front. His daughter, 
 Mary B. Foss, our subject's mother, at the age 
 of eighty, was the youngest of five living sisters. 
 
 George F. Smith, the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Milo, Me., May 1, 1848. At the age 
 of six, he went with his parents to Union Village, 
 Vt., where he first attended school. In 1864, 
 when his parents moved to Woodsville, he at- 
 tended Thetford Academy for two years, and 
 spent a short time at Newbury Academy. When 
 the halcyon days of school life were over, he 
 worked two years in his father's mills and shops; 
 he then became selling agent for Lewis, Bartor 
 & Co., wholesale flour and grain dealers of Con- 
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 In 1872 he began railroading, as a brakeman, 
 and after two years, he accepted a position as 
 baggage-master, in which capacity he was en- 
 gaged for eight years. For the past fifteen years 
 he has been a passenger conductor on the B. & 
 M. R. R., making Woodsville his home. During 
 the years Mr. Smith has been connected with the 
 railroad he has witnessed the following changes 
 in the mangament of the road. When he first 
 began, twenty-five years ago, the road was styled 
 the Boston, Concord & Montreal, which soon 
 leased its lines to the Boston & Lowell Co., 
 which, in turn, sub-leased its privileges to the 
 Boston & Maine Co. The next step was that the 
 Concord line bought the road, and later trans- 
 ferred it to the Boston & Maine, which now 
 operates nearly every mile of railroad in the 
 State. 
 
 Our subject was married in Woodsville, July 
 16, 1867, to Miss Harriet F. White, a native of 
 Wells River, Vt. She was the daughter of John 
 G. and Susan (Sanborn) White, both natives of 
 New Hampshire. Susan Sanborn was the daugh- 
 ter of John Sanborn, a shoemaker of Grafton 
 Co. John G. White was' born in Lebanon, and 
 was a drover and a farmer; he was a son of 
 Jacob White, who was born at Old Haverhill, or 
 Newburyport, Mass., whence he came to 
 Grafton Co., with his parents through the 
 woods, in 1774 or 1775, being carried on 
 horseback by his mother. The family re- 
 sided a few years in Lebanon, and then 
 his father built a house and a mill in the coun- 
 try, in 1779. The house is still standing, and the 
 old hall clock, now in the possession of Charles 
 Griswold of Woodsville, which was brought to 
 the house soon after the house was built, is still 
 ticking off the hours as well as if its age was not 
 over one hundred years. Jacob White married 
 Fannie, daughter of Jesse Cook, one of the early 
 settlers of Lebanon. 
 
 To our subject and his wife have been born six 
 children: Philip C, an engineer on the B. & M. 
 R. R., married Jane Stevens of Woodsville, and 
 has one child, Henry Foss Smith; George A., is 
 a civil engineer in the employ of the B. & M. R. 
 R.; Charles O. is bookkeeper and stenographer 
 for the Burton Stock Car Co., of Chicago, 111.; 
 Mary E. and Harry S. are at home; Marguerite 
 T. died Feb. 9, 1892; Phillip C. early developed 
 a marked taste for art, in which he gave every 
 
 promise of making a success, had he not turned 
 his attention to mechanical engineering. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith are attendants at the Episcopal 
 Church. He is a member of Kane Lodge, No. 
 4, A. F. & A. M.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5; St. 
 Girard Commandery, K. T.; Edward A. Ray- 
 mond Consistory of Nashua; and Mt. Sinai 
 Shrine of the Eastern Star Chapter; and mem- 
 ber of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F. 
 He is also a member of the Order of Railway 
 Conductors, No. 157, of Boston. With his wife 
 he is a member of the Mary A. Glidden Lodge, 
 No. 45, of Daughter of Rebecca. In politics he 
 is a Republican. 
 
 JOHN CURRIER, one of the leading farmers 
 and business men of the town of Canaan, was 
 born in the house he now owns, and where he 
 resides, Jan. 8, 1841. He is a son of James and 
 Louisa (Wier) Currier, and a grandson of John 
 and Lois (Morse) Currier. John Currier was a 
 son of Deacon John and Sarah (Clark) Currier 
 of Hopkinton, N. H., the former of whom was 
 a son of Nathan and Mehitabel (Silver) Currier; 
 Nathan Currier was a son of Joseph and Sarah 
 (Brown) Currier, the former of whom was a son 
 of Deacon Thomas Currier, and a grandson of 
 Richard Currier, the first Currier to come to the 
 New World. 
 
 Richard Currier, a son of James Currier of 
 Strawberry Bank, near Glasgow, Scotland, was 
 born in 1617, and came to America some time 
 prior to 1640. His first wife Ann- left him 
 several children at her death; his second 
 wife, Joanna Rowell, widow of William Sargent, 
 bore him two children : Hannah and Thomas. 
 
 Deacon Thomas Currier was born in this coun- 
 try, March 8, 1646, and married Mary Osgood, 
 Dec. 3, 1668, and was blessed with twelve chil- 
 dren, as follows: Hannah, Thomas, Richard, 
 Samuel, William, John, Benjamin, Joseph, Eben^ 
 ezer, Daniel, Mary, and Ann. They lived in 
 Amesbury, Mass., where Deacon Thomas set- 
 tled in early life. He died in 17 12. 
 
 Joseph Currier was born in Amesbury, Mass., 
 in 1674; married Sarah Brown Dec. 9, 1708, and 
 reared the following children: Nathan, Joseph, 
 Ephraim, Abner, Sarah, Hannah, Anna, Mary, 
 and Mariam. 
 
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 The next in the line of descent was Nathan, 
 who was born in Amesbury, Mass., Nov. 16, 
 1710; his children were: John, Seth, John, 
 Sarah, Anne, Daniel, Hannah, and Nathan. 
 
 Deacon John Currier, a son of Nathan, and 
 great-grandfather of our subject, was next in the 
 line of descent. He was born in Amesbury, 
 Mass., May 1, 1737, and in 1766 moved to Hop- 
 kinton, N. H, where he followed farming till his 
 death, which took place Dec. 23, 1804. His chil- 
 dren were: John, Clark, Seth, Anna, Amos, 
 Sarah, Hannah, Stephen, Priscilla, and James. 
 
 John Currier, our subject's grandfather, was 
 born in Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 6, 1762, and set- 
 tled in the town of Canaan at what is known to- 
 day as the west farms, in the spring of 
 1783, and was married in the following 
 September; in 1804 he traded for the 
 Jonathan Tucker farm, the one where our subject 
 lives ; on his farm he built for a residence a large 
 two-story house, finely furnished with spacious 
 halls. In addition to his work as a farmer, he 
 was also a lawyer, and held court in his large 
 front rooms, and was always known and ad- 
 dressed as Squire Currier. In his time he settled 
 many of the estates of the early settlers. He was 
 a prominent man, and served as selectman sev- 
 eral years, and did considerable town and county 
 business. He died May 10, 1826; his wife pre- 
 ceded him to the better world Oct. 17, 1816, aged 
 fifty-five years. Their children were: Anna, 
 Sarah, Hannah, James, Lois, Permelia, and 
 Clarissa. 
 
 Our subject's father, James Currier, was born 
 in the town of Canaan, Nov. 2, 1791, and was 
 married Jan. 4, 1837; being the only son, he 
 bought out his sister's interests in the homestead, 
 and always lived there, being a very successful 
 agriculturist, keeping a large dairy and a flock of 
 sheep. He died May 22, 1846. His wife mar- 
 ried as her second husband Isaac W. Perkins, 
 and died Sept. 22, 1855. Our subject's parents 
 had only two children: Mary, born Nov. 20, 
 1838, married William Allen Wallace, now de- 
 ceased, who was one of the leading business men 
 of Canaan; his wife now resides on Canaan 
 Street. 
 
 John Currier, the other child, and the only son, 
 at thirteen years of age took charge of the farm, 
 and has always lived there, and cared for his 
 parents. He keeps a fine dairy, and owns a resi- 
 
 dence in the village, and other property; during 
 his life he has bought and sold considerable real 
 estate, and has been most active in business. He 
 served in 1877-78-79 as third selectman, in 1886 
 and 1892 as second selectman, and in 1894-95-96 
 as first selectman, and was elected again in 1897. 
 He married Mrs. Mary Puffer, widow of the 
 late C. H. Puffer, who died leaving three chil- 
 dren to the care of his wife, namely : Jennie M., 
 Minnie B., and Elmer S. Mrs. Currier was a 
 daughter of Daniel and Charlotte Richardson, 
 both of whom died young; Daniel Richardson 
 was a farmer by occupation. Our subject has 
 taken a great interest in schools and churches, 
 and although not a professor of religion, he is a 
 liberal supporter of each of the churches in the 
 town, being clerk of the Congregational Society, 
 and is trustee of the M. E. Church. 
 
 JOSEPH WILLIS, a contractor and builder 
 of Woodsville, N. H., was born at Briar Hill, 
 town of Haverhill, Aug. 9, 1841, and is a son of 
 Jabez Rockwell and Louise A. (Ward) Willis, 
 and a grandson of Jetholeal Willis, a native of 
 the bonny land of Scotland. Our subject's 
 grandfather was very short and stout, yet was an 
 active man up to the age of eighty; his calling 
 was that of a farmer. He died at the age of 
 ninety-five, in 1862. 
 
 Jabez Rockwell Willis was born in the town 
 of Haverhill, Grafton Co., Aug. 15, 1810, and 
 died March, 1895. He was a carpenter and 
 builder, and, as was the custom before the com- 
 mon use of planing-mills throughout the coun- 
 try, made his own doors, sashes, blinds, etc., dur- 
 ing the winter months, in preparation for the 
 next summer's work. About the year 1835 he 
 was married to Louisa A., daughter of Simon 
 Ward, whose first wife, our subject's grand- 
 mother, died at an early age, Mr. Ward marry- 
 ing a second time. Mr. Ward was of Irish de- 
 scent; he was a minuteman in the Revolution, 
 for which he drew a pension in his old age; he 
 died at the age of ninety-seven, being a very 
 active man to the very last. His daughter, 
 Louisa A., was born in 1813, and departed this 
 life in 1883. 
 
 Joseph Willis enlisted in the service Aug. 14, 
 1862, in Co. G., nth N. H. Vol. Inf., five days 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 233 
 
 before his majority, and was mustered into the 
 service Sept. 2, 1862, serving until June 4, 1865. 
 He was mustered out of the service at Annapo- 
 lis, Md., and received his discharge at Concord, 
 N. H., a few weeks later. He enlisted as a 
 private, but after about six weeks it was found 
 out that he was a musician, and there being a 
 dearth of good musicians he was transferred to 
 the Brigade Band. During the various cam- 
 paigns through which he served, he traversed 
 nineteen States. In the siege of Knoxville, he 
 was nearly starved to death; for a time a handful 
 of coarse cornmeal was their daily ration, and 
 for two days they were not fortunate enough to 
 receive even that; the fast was broken with two 
 small ears of raw corn. He received one flesh 
 wound, which was not serious, but very painful; 
 at the time he was shot, he was within 100 feet 
 of the rebel picket line. 
 
 After his service in the army he returned to 
 Haverhill, and for the two ensuing years worked 
 on his father's farm. In 1867 and 1868, he 
 worked in Warren, at logging. He learned the 
 carpenter's trade of his father, and in 1876 he 
 came to Woodsville, which he has since made 
 his home; his trade has given him the oppor- 
 tunity of building many of the fine homes of 
 Woodsville and the surrounding country. He 
 was married Oct. 24, 1866, to Abbie F., daugh- 
 ter of Isaac and Jane (Kimball) Stevens of Hav- 
 erhill. Isaac Stevens was a son of Isaac Stevens, 
 Sr., who lived to a good old age. Jane Kimball 
 was a daughter of Francis Kimball, of Irish de- 
 scent. 
 
 As the result of this union, our subject and 
 his wife have been made the parents of five chil- 
 dren: Lizzie Belle is the wife of Nelson J. Miller, 
 an engineer living in Woodsville; they have 
 three children, Linn W., Harold R., and Pearl 
 F. ; Charles Simon is a brakeman on the B. & M. 
 R. R.; Lena J. is the wife of Robert Park; they 
 have one child, Mona M., a clerk in E. B. Miller's 
 store; Louise A. married George Kendall, re- 
 gistrar of deeds, whose sketch appears in full on 
 another page of this volume; Ethelyn B. is at 
 home with her parents. Mr. Willis is an attend- 
 ant of. the Universalist Church, while the rest 
 of the family frequent the Methodist Church. In 
 politics he is a Republican. He is a member of 
 the G. A. R., Nathaniel Westgate Post, No. 50, 
 of North Haverhill. 
 
 GEORGE H. GORDON, of Canaan, repre- 
 sentative to the State Legislature, now serving 
 his second term, and also station agent of the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad, at Canaan, N. H., was 
 born in the above town Sept. 27, 1859. He is a 
 son of Capt. William and Augusta (Sleeper) Gor- 
 don, and grandson of Simeon L. and Ruth 
 (Cheney) Gordon. Our subject's grandfather 
 early in life carried on the manufacture of paper 
 and straw board, at Ashland, N. H. He was a 
 very progressive man, and full of business to his 
 very finger tips, retiring from active business at 
 the age of seventy years, and leading a life not 
 entirely devoid of activity for twenty-two years 
 thereafter, dying at the age of ninety-two. He 
 was held in the highest esteem by his many 
 acquaintances, and was a kind neighbor to the 
 poor, and not at all a harsh or exacting man to 
 his employees in the factory, especially those who 
 were learning the business. His wife died at the 
 age of seventy-five. Their children were: Henry 
 L., William, Mary L., Hannah, Sally, Emma, 
 Ann, and Clemmie. 
 
 Capt. William Gordon was born in Ashland, 
 N. H, which at that time was known as Holder- 
 ness township, and upon arriving at a suitable 
 age assisted his father in the management of the 
 factory. He moved to Canaan and engaged in 
 the manufacture of straw board; then at a sub- 
 sequent period he went to Potter Place, Merri- 
 mac Co., N. H, where he manufactured straw 
 wrapping-paper two years, and then ran thehotel, 
 <md was postmaster for four years. He is now re- 
 tired. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. F., 15th N. 
 H. Vol. Inf., as its captain, and served thirteen 
 months; at the end of that time he was dis- 
 charged for disability, having been wounded. 
 He married Augusta, daughter of David 
 Sleeper of Augusta, Me., and eight children were 
 born to them: Charles; Frank; Will; Clemmie 
 A.; Frank L. (2nd); Ella; Mary E.; and George 
 Henry, the subject of this sketch. All of them 
 are living to-day with the exception of Frank, 
 Mary E., and Ella. 
 
 George H. Gordon received his education at 
 Proctor's Academy, Andover, N. H., and at six- 
 teen years of age became assistant to the station 
 agent at Danbury, N. H., and in 1877, was ap- 
 pointed station agent of that place, and remained 
 there until 1886, when he came to Canaan to suc- 
 ceed A. M. Shackford, and has since filled his 
 
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 position with entire satisfaction to the B. & M. 
 Co., and to the citizens of Canaan. So well has 
 he won the respect of his fellow-citizens that in 
 1893 he was sent to the Legislature to represent 
 the town of Canaan, and was re-elected in 1894 
 and 1895. Being a stanch Republican he was 
 also a member of the school b.oard, to which he 
 has been a valued member, and is now serving 
 his ninth term as town clerk. Socially he is a 
 member of the Kearsarge Lodge, F. & A. M.; 
 St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. M.; and also to the 
 Mt. Cardigan Lodge, No. 31, K. of P. 
 
 Mr. Gordon married Miss Emma F. Noyes, 
 daughter of Enoch Noyes of Canaan, and has 
 had six children, namely: Ralph W., born Feb. 
 25, 1882; Leila M., born Dec. 15, 1883, died at 
 the age of ten; Earl C, born Dec. 12, 1887; 
 Harold, born Dec. 21, 1889; A^aughan, born May 
 7, 1892; and Mamie, born Oct. 7, 1893. 
 
 GEORGE H. KENDALL, a citizen of 
 Woodsville, and registrar of deeds of Grafton 
 Co., was born in Bristol, N. H., June 23, 1865; 
 he attended school until he was thirteen years 
 old; ever since that period in his life he has been 
 practically self-sustaining. 
 
 At that age he ventured into business cir.cles 
 on a capital of six cents, which he invested in 
 lemons, and conducted a lemonade stand in his 
 father's front yard. This brought him profitable 
 returns, and the next season he enlarged his 
 facilities by erecting a booth, 5x7 feet, where the 
 tent had formerly stood, and adding to his stock 
 a line of candy, nuts, fruit, etc., and other such 
 delicacies, that appeal especially to youthful 
 fancies; for five or six seasons, he carried on his 
 business in these small quarters. About 1886 he 
 had prospered sufficiently to build a large store, 
 and to do business on a very much larger scale, 
 that amounted to such respectable proportions, 
 that in 1894, when Mr. Kendall was elected to 
 his present office, the business reached the sum 
 of $5,000 a year. On assuming the duties of his 
 office he sold the business and leased the build- 
 ing. 
 
 Mr. Kendall's fight in the convention for his 
 nomination exhibited more forcibly those ener- 
 getic and forceful traits of character that have 
 secured his present success in life, and made him 
 
 respected in all the trade circles of the town. 
 Going into the convention as a man unknown to 
 the political managers, and to most of the dele- 
 gates, he received twenty-seven votes on the first 
 ballot, and on the eighth came out ahead with 
 flying colors, with votes to spare, receiving forty- 
 nine. Since his election Mr. Kendall has made 
 his home in Woodsville. 
 
 Our subject is a son of Hiram W. and Lucy 
 A. (Hinman) Kendall, natives of Bristol, N. H., 
 and Dorset, Vt, respectively. Lucy A. Hinman 
 was born in Dorset, Vt., and resides at Bristol, 
 on the old homestead. George Kendall's father 
 was born June 21, 1828, and died Feb. 29, 1896; 
 he conducted a tin business until his health 
 failed him, when he disposed of it, and took an 
 interest in a bedstead factory. He was a son of 
 Ebenezer and Nancy (Allen) Kendall. The for- 
 mer was a millwright by trade, and also an owner 
 of mills. He built the first grist and saw-mill in 
 what was known as Slab Village, bringing the 
 brick, with which he built the chimney, seven 
 miles across the lake in a row-boat, laying a 
 boat-load each day, and returning at night to 
 bring over a fresh supply in the morning. He 
 also built and owned three-fourths of all the 
 houses in the village, his own being the first 
 house there. This Ebenezer Kendall, grand- 
 father of our subject, was the third of that name 
 in direct descent. The second Ebenezer was a 
 cooper by trade, and made his home at Hebron. 
 The first Ebenezer was a landed proprietor of 
 early Colonial days; he was not a tradesman or 
 craftsman, as evidenced by deeds, in which he is 
 denominated Ebenezer Kendall, Gent. The 
 family is of English descent, and settled first in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 George H. Kendall was married the first time, 
 in the fall of 1886, to Miss Kate I. Hadley, a 
 native of White River Junction, Vt. Her death 
 occurred in Bristol, N. H., Nov. 1, 1894. To 
 them were born three children: Nellie A., 
 Georgia I., and Rupert H. On May 16, 1896, 
 he was married to Louise A. Willis, Rev. Wal- 
 cott officiating; Mrs. Kendall is a daughter of 
 Joseph Willis, whose sketch appears on another 
 page of this work. Mr. Kendall is a member of 
 the Union Lodge, No. 79, I. O. O. F., in which 
 he has filled all the official chairs. He is also at- 
 tached to the Masonic Order, holding. a member- 
 ship in the lodge at Bristol. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 position with entire satisfaction to the B. & M. 
 Co., and to the citizens of Canaan. So well has 
 he won the respect of his fellow-citizens that in 
 1893 he was sent to the Legislature to represent 
 the town of Canaan, and was re-elected in J 894 
 and 1895. Being a stanch Republican he was 
 also a member of the school b.oard, to which he 
 has been a valued member, and is now serving 
 his ninth term as town clerk. Socially he is a 
 member of the Kearsarge Lodge, F. & A. M.; 
 St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. M.; and also to the 
 Alt. Cardigan Lodge, No. 31, K. of P. 
 
 Mr. Gordon married Miss Emma F. Noyes, 
 daughter of Enoch Xoyes of Canaan, and has 
 had six children, namely: Ralph W., born Feb. 
 25, 1882; Leila M., born Dec. 15, 1883, died at 
 the age of ten; Earl C, born Dec. 12, 1887; 
 Harold, born Dec. 21, 1889; Vaughan, born May 
 7, 1892; and Mamie, born Oct. 7, 1893. 
 
 GEORGE H. KENDALL, a citizen of 
 Woodsville, and registrar of deeds of Grafton 
 Co., was born in Bristol, N. H., June 23, 1865; 
 he attended school until he was thirteen years 
 old; ever since that period in his life he has been 
 practically self-sustaining. 
 
 At that age he ventured into business circles 
 on a capital of six cents, which he invested in 
 lemons, and conducted a lemonade stand in his 
 father's front yard. This brought him profitable 
 returns, and the next season he enlarged his 
 facilities by erecting a booth, 5x7 feet, where the 
 tent had formerly stood, and adding to his stock 
 a line of candy, nuts, fruit, etc., and other such 
 delicacies, that appeal especially to youthful 
 fancies; for five or six seasons, he carried on his 
 business in these small quarters. About 1886 he 
 had prospered sufficiently to build a large store, 
 and to do business on a very much larger scale, 
 that amounted to such respectable proportions, 
 that in 1894, when Mr. Kendall was elected to 
 his present office, the business reached the sum 
 of $5,000 a year. On assuming the duties of his 
 office he sold the business and leased the build- 
 ing. 
 
 Mr. Kendall's fight in the convention for his 
 nomination exhibited more forcibly those ener- 
 getic and forceful traits of character that have 
 secured his present success in life, and made him 
 
 respected in all the trade circles of the town. 
 Going into the convention as a man unknown to 
 the political managers, and to most of the dele- 
 gates, he received twenty-seven votes on the first 
 ballot, and on the eighth came out ahead with 
 flying colors, with votes to spare, receiving forty- 
 nine. Since his election Mr. Kendall has made 
 his home in Woodsville. 
 
 Our subject is a son of Hiram W. and Lucy 
 A. (Hinman) Kendall, natives of Bristol, N. H., 
 and Dorset, Vt, respectively. Lucy A. Hinman 
 was born in Dorset, Vt., and resides at Bristol, 
 on the old homestead. George Kendall's father 
 was born June 21, 1828, and died Feb. 29, 1896; 
 he conducted a tin business until his health 
 failed him, when he disposed of it, and took an 
 interest in a bedstead factory. He was a son of 
 Ebenezer and Nancy (Allen) Kendall. The for- 
 mer was a millwright by trade, and also an owner 
 of mills. He built the first grist and saw-mill in 
 what was known as Slab Village, bringing the 
 brick, with which he built the chimney, seven 
 miles across the lake in a row-boat, laying a 
 boat-load each day, and returning at night to 
 bring over a fresh supply in the morning. He 
 also built and owned three-fourths of all the 
 houses in the village, his own being the first 
 house there. This Ebenezer Kendall, grand- 
 father of our subject, was the third of that name 
 in direct descent. The second Ebenezer was a 
 cooper by trade, and made his home at Hebron. 
 The first Ebenezer was a landed proprietor of 
 early Colonial days; he was not a tradesman or 
 craftsman, as evidenced by deeds, in which he is 
 denominated Ebenezer Kendall, Gent. The 
 family is of English descent, and settled first in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 George H. Kendall was married the first time, 
 in the fall of 1886, to Miss Kate I. Hadley, a 
 native of White River Junction, Vt. Her death 
 occurred in Bristol, N. H., Nov. 1, 1894. To 
 them were born three children: Nellie A., 
 Georgia I., and Rupert H. On May 16, 1896, 
 he was married to Louise A. Willis, Rev. Wal- 
 cott officiating; Mrs. Kendall is a daughter of 
 Joseph Willis, whose sketch appears on another 
 page of this work. Mr. Kendall is a member of 
 the Union Lodge, No. 79, I. O. O. F., in which 
 he has filled all the official chairs. He is also at- 
 tached to the Masonic Order, holding.a member- 
 ship in the lodge at Bristol. 
 
CHARLES M. HILDRETH. 
 
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 235 
 
 CHARLES M. HILDRETH, president of the 
 National Bank of Lebanon, N. H., and senior 
 member of the firm of C. M. Hildreth & Son, 
 dealers in hardware, was born in the town of 
 Plainfield, Sullivan Co., N. H., April 12, 1831. 
 He is a son of Salmon and Lois (Robinson) 
 Hildreth, and a grandson of Samuel and Zylphia 
 (Gilbert) Hildreth. 
 
 Samuel Hildreth's native place was Ipswich, 
 Mass., from which he came to Cornish, Sullivan 
 Co., when a young man and took up some 300 
 acres of timber land, heavily wooded. He at 
 once set about the laborious task of clearing it, 
 and being a very hard worker and very indus- 
 trious, he soon had a goodly portion cleared and 
 ready for cultivation. In later life, after fortune 
 had dealt kindly with him, he erected a fine set of 
 buildings; one of his barns was 100 feet long, 
 and the sills and the ridge-pole were hewn from 
 one log; it is still standing as the best representa- 
 tive of the pioneer carpentry. Having learned 
 the millwright's and carpenter's trade, he did 
 considerable work in that line for his neighbors; 
 be became a leading man of his community, 
 especially well known for his ability in making 
 money and accumulating property. His energy 
 and perseverance knew no insurmountable 
 obstacle; whatever he set out to do, that he was 
 sure to do, and perform it well. He died in 1840 
 at the age of seventy-six; his wife had passed the 
 octogenarian mark when the invisible summons 
 came to her. Seven children were born to them, 
 of whom the last five grew up to maturity, the 
 others dying young. The record reads as fol- 
 lows: Betsey, Salmon, James, Chloe, Manning. 
 Samuel Hildreth was a Democrat in politics. 
 He held a commission as captain of a company 
 in the State militia, and took his men in the War 
 of 1812 as minutemen to Portsmouth to protect 
 that seaport from attack. 
 
 Salmon Hildreth was born in the town of 
 Cornish, and there spent his boyhood days; he 
 remained under the paternal roof till he had 
 reached the years of manhood, when he went to 
 Plainfield and carried on a small foundry for a 
 while. Following this venture, he took up the 
 manufacture of small woodwork, and was en- 
 gaged at it at the time of his death at the age of 
 sixty-six; death resulted from a tumor in his 
 side. His wife, who was the daughter of James 
 R. Robinson of Reading, Vt., died at the age of 
 
 eighty-five. Her father was a soldier in the War 
 of 1 81 2, his native place being Lexington, Mass. 
 Mr. Hildreth was a public-spirited man and held 
 some of the town offices, being elected on the 
 Democratic ticket. He was a Universalist in his 
 religious views. The following children were 
 born of his union with Lois Robinson: James 
 H., Samuel, Rosella, Charles M., Oscar D., and 
 Eliza A. 
 
 Charles M. Hildreth obtained his schooling in 
 the public schools of his neighborhood, and in 
 Claremont Academy. After completing his edu- 
 cation he went to Windsor, Vt., and entered the 
 service of the armory, being engaged in making 
 guns. He did not continue long in his labors at 
 that place, but soon gave up his job there and 
 removed to Hartford, Conn., to work for the 
 Colts, manufacturers of pistols and guns. In 
 1856 he came to Lebanon, N. H., and purchased 
 the Ingham interest in the firm of Ingham & 
 Hildreth, our subject's brother being the other 
 partner. Until 1862 the firm was composed of 
 J. H. and C. M. Hildreth; the business was 
 wholesale and retail dealing in hardware, the 
 stock being mainly made up of agricultural im- 
 plements. In 1862 J. H. Hildreth enlisted as 
 lieutenant in the United States service as a sharp- 
 shooter; later on he was on Gen. Gibbon's staff. 
 Soon after he entered the army he disposed of 
 his interest in the store, and his brother, C. M. 
 Hildreth, continued in the business until 1878, 
 when he took his son, Charles E. Hildreth, as 
 partner under the firm name of C. M. Hildreth 
 & Son. The firm of Hildreth & Son have built 
 up one of the largest hardware business in the 
 county, and are to be congratulated on their fine 
 showing. Mr. Hildreth is well known in busi- 
 ness circles as a man whose word is as good as 
 gold, who was never known to shirk any obliga- 
 tion, no matter how much it cost him. 
 
 Our subject became one of the directors of the 
 National Bank in Jan. 8, 1884, and Jan. 14, 1890, 
 was elected its president, and has held the same 
 position ever since; he is also vice-president and 
 trustee of the Lebanon Savings Bank. He has 
 a fine residence pn Bank Street, No. 31; the 
 house was bought of Z. Huntington, and has 
 been greatly improved by Mr. Hildreth. He also 
 owns a summer cottage at Mascoma Lake, 
 which makes a pleasant summer resort during 
 the heated spell of the summer. Our subject 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 may be always relied on to be a member of any 
 movement looking toward the improvement of 
 the town and village of Lebanon. In 1874 and 
 1875 he represented the town in the Legislature, 
 and created a very favorable impression among 
 other legislators as to his fitness for legislative 
 halls. He is a Republican. He is a liberal sup- 
 porter of the Congregational Church, of which 
 his wife was a devout member. He married Miss 
 Dorcas White, daughter of Josiah White of 
 Williamstown, Vt. She was born in 1831 and 
 departed this life in 1889. Of the four children 
 born to them, the eldest, Charles E., is a partner 
 in the hardware business with his father; he mar- 
 ried Miss Carrie M. Spencer, who has presented 
 him with two children, of whom Florence B. is 
 living. Helen M. died when an infant. Annie 
 B. lives at home. Harry M. was born in 1858 
 and died in 1879. C. Frances has made a special 
 study of music, and is now very accomplished 
 in her art; she also lives at home. 
 
 The portrait of Mr. Hildreth, accompanying 
 this sketch, will doubtless be welcomed by many 
 of the people of Grafton Co., and especially of 
 his town of Lebanon, and accordingly it is with 
 pleasure that we present it. 
 
 SIMEON CURRIER, who is engaged in 
 farming on his farm on the South Road, near the 
 village of West Canaan, N. H., was born in Nor- 
 wich, Vt., Feb. 23, 1839, and is a son of Samuel 
 Quimby and Mahala (Blaisdell) Currier, and 
 grandson of Abel Currier, the son of Simeon, 
 the son of Gideon, the son of Benjamin, the son 
 of Thomas, the son of Richard Currier. 
 
 Capt. Richard Currier, who was a son of 
 James Currier of Strawberry Bank, near Glas- 
 gow, Scotland, was born in 1617, and came to 
 America some time prior to 1640, the exact date 
 is now known. He had several children by his 
 first wife, Ann. His second wife, Joanna Rowell, 
 widow of William Sargent, bore him two chil- 
 dren : Hannah and Thomas. 
 
 Deacon Thomas Currier was born in America, 
 March 8, 1646, and married Mary Osgood, and 
 was blessed with twelve children, as follows: 
 Hannah, Thomas, Richard, Samuel, William, 
 John, I'.enjamin, Joseph, Ebenezer, Daniel, 
 
 Mary, and Ann. They lived in Amesbury, Mass., 
 where Deacon Thomas settled in early life. 
 
 The seventh son of the former, Benjamin, was 
 next in the line of descent; he was born March 
 27, 1688, and lived in Amesbury, Mass., where 
 he was engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his 
 life, and reared a large family. 
 
 Gideon Currier, the former's son, was born in 
 Amesbury, Mass., in 1712, and lived and died 
 there. 
 
 Simeon Currier, the great-grandfather of our 
 subject, was born on the homestead in Ames- 
 bury, in 1745, and settled in Chester, N. H., 
 where he reared a large family of children; he 
 was a farmer by occupation. 
 
 Abel Currier, our subject's grandfather, was 
 born in Chester, N. H., Feb. 14, 1782, and mar- 
 ried Miss Quimby, by whom he had seven chil- 
 dren: John, Samuel, Quimby, Abigail, Ann, 
 Mary, Betsey, and James. Our subject's grand- 
 father later settled in Dunbarton, N. H., where 
 he died, and where many of his children were 
 born. He followed blacksmithing all of his days, 
 and owned a home and other property in Ches- 
 ter; both he and his wife lived to a good old age. 
 
 Samuel Quimby Currier, our subject's father, 
 was born in Dunbarton, N. H., Oct. 15, 1805, and 
 after serving an apprenticeship at the trade of a 
 blacksmith, he went to Norwich, Vt., where he 
 lit his forge, and followed his trade throughout 
 his life, and being a natural mechanic, he was 
 noted far and wide as a very skilled workman. 
 He died at the age of sixty-seven, and his wife 
 about the age of sixty. She was a daughter of 
 Levi Blaisdell. Our subject's parents' children 
 were: Abel; Samuel H.; Simeon, our subject; 
 George; Henry; Lewis; Henry, 2nd; and Ellen. 
 Mr. Currier was a Democrat, but never an 
 aspirant for any office. 
 
 Our subject attended the district schools, 
 worked at farming, and at twenty years of age or 
 thereabouts, enlisted in Co. H., 7th Reg. Vt. Vol. 
 Inf.; the enlistment was dated in 1862, and read 
 for three years' service, but Mr. Currier was 
 taken sick, was sent to a hospital, and from there 
 honorably discharged. In 1863 he entered the 
 employ of Pattee & Perley in their saw-mills in 
 Canaan, where he worked as sawyer until his fail- 
 ing health compelled him to retire from that kind 
 of work in 1893, having been in the employ of 
 this firm thirty years. He purchased for his 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 home on the South Road, town of Canaan, the 
 Daniel Pattee farm, handsomely located, and 
 embracing in its extent some very fertile land. 
 In his few years residence, he has brought the 
 farm up to a high point of excellence, making 
 many improvements, which will last and give 
 real value to the property. Our subject's only 
 child and son, Samuel W. Currier, has charge of 
 the farm, and keeps a choice dairy, and a flock of 
 fancy-bred sheep. Our subject married Miss 
 Clymena. Johnson, daughter of Wayne Johnson 
 of Norwich, Vt. Samuel W., our subject's son, 
 was born Oct. 29, 1858, and married Etta M. 
 Hadley, a daughter of Norman Hadley, a farmer 
 of Canaan, and has two children: Eva L., born 
 April 21, 1879; an d Samuel H., born Sept. 17, 
 1888. He is a Democrat in his political affilia- 
 tions. Our subject is a Democrat, and a member 
 of the Social Lodge, F. & A. M. ; and also of the 
 G. A. R. Post. 
 
 HON. CHARLES H. WEBSTER, the genial 
 and popular proprietor of the Webster House of 
 Enfield, N. PL, was born in the same town 
 where he now lives, March 1, 1845, an d is a son 
 of Clifton C. Webster and Mahala M. Huse. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Enfield, N. 
 H, and learned, when a young man, the shoe- 
 maker's trade, following it more or less through- 
 out his life. He also owned a farm, now the 
 property of our subject, and was occupied in 
 farming in his last days. He had six children, 
 namely: William C, Angeline F., Sarah H., 
 Clifton C, Emma E., and Charles H. 
 
 Our subject assisted his father till he reached 
 his majority, when he went into the meat busi- 
 ness as clerk, and was thus engaged for some 
 years. Upon his father's death, he bought the 
 farm and stayed with his mother there, carrying 
 on general farming; during his stay on the farm 
 he made many improvements, and rebuilt the 
 structures thereon, so that the value of the prop- 
 erty has greatly increased. 
 
 In 1888 Mr. Webster bought the hotel, now 
 familiar as the Webster House, but then well 
 known as the Kenyon House; he has been for- 
 ward in making all the improvements that will 
 add to the comfort of his guests, and it is the 
 
 testimony, voluntarily given, of many, who have 
 had occasion to stop at his hostelry, that he sets 
 the best table in New Hampshire. He has won 
 many friends by his courteous and pleasant man- 
 ner, and makes his house a home with home 
 comforts to the traveling public; outside of the 
 transients, who visit him for a night or for sev- 
 eral days, he has quite a number of resident 
 boarders. Mr. Webster is not only very popular, 
 but highly thought of, as is evidenced by his 
 holding the various offices of selectman, town 
 treasurer, and as representative in the State Leg- 
 islature in 1893. He is a member of the Helping 
 Hand Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 95. 
 
 Mr. Webster married Alice, daughter of 
 Thomas J. and Charlotte C. (Eastman) Pills- 
 bury, and has two children: Val M. and Ethel 
 C. Mrs. Webster is a granddaughter of Major 
 Moses Pillsbury, who was born and lived in 
 Springfield, N. H; that portion of the town 
 where he lived was during his life made a part 
 of the town of Grantham. He was the first se- 
 lectman ever elected in the town of Grantham, 
 and continued to serve in that capacity for many 
 years. He was a Baptist in religious belief; he 
 was a leading man in the town, and bore an ex- 
 cellent reputation as a first-class farmer. He and 
 his wife died about the age of eighty-nine. Their 
 children • were: Martha, Ezra, Greenough, 
 Thomas J., Lewis, Charles, Moses, Phebe, and 
 Betsey. Thomas J. Pillsbury, Mrs. Webster's 
 father, was born in Corydon, and adopted the 
 occupation of a farmer, owning and operating at 
 different times farms in Corydon, Sunapee Har- 
 bor, Grantham, Plainfield, and Enfield, living in 
 the latter place thirty-two years, and dying there 
 May ro, 1891, aged almost eighty-eight years. 
 His first marriage resulted in four children: 
 Eliza C, who died at the age of thirty-one; Ro- 
 silla ; Abbie ; and Dudley. His second wife, born 
 Aug. 26, 1816, was a daughter of Jeremiah and 
 Betsey (Leverett) Eastman, and is still enjoying 
 the best of health, making her home with her 
 son, Joseph S. Pillsbury; she is extremely active, 
 and does not look even sixty years old. Time, 
 that ruthless destroyer of beauty, has been very 
 kind to her, and exceedingly gentle in placing 
 the burden of years on her brow. Mr. Pillshury's 
 second marriage was blessed with five children: 
 Addie; Clarence; Marcellus; Joseph S.; and 
 Alice, now Mrs. Webster. 
 
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 FERNANDO C. GALE, an engineer on the 
 R. & M. R. R, was born in Haverhill, N. H., 
 May 26, 1858, and is a son of Frank Blood and 
 Susan M. (Carter) Gale. Frank Blood Gale was 
 born in Alexandria, N. H., Oct. 10, 1819, and 
 was the eleventh in a family of twelve children. 
 On Jan. 7, 1845, ne was married to Abigail 
 Carleton, who was born March 23, 1827, and 
 died Sept. 9, 1853. To them were born six chil- 
 dren, of whom three survive: George, who lives 
 at Brier Hill; Abbie, the wife of William Shat- 
 tuck of Wellesley, Mass.; and Charles, who re- 
 sides in North Flaverhill Village. On the sec- 
 ond occasion of our subject's father's marriage, 
 June 13, 1855, the bride was Susan M., daughter 
 of Jeremiah and Emeline (Morrill) Carter. Jere- 
 miah Carter was born in Lindon, Vt, and 
 adopted the occupation of a farmer; he removed 
 to Arkansas a short time before the war. Dur- 
 ing the turbulent times of the Civil War, he was 
 captured by a rebel press-gang, who were en- 
 deavoring to force his sons into the Confederate 
 Army, and, upon his firm refusal to disclose their 
 hiding-place, was taken to Little Rock, Ark., 
 and wore out his life in a rebel prison. His 
 daughter, Susan M., was born in the State of 
 New York, May 22, 1828, the second child in 
 a family of eleven children. Her mother was 
 Emeline, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey (Cle- 
 ment) Morrill. From the time of his second 
 marriage till his death in North Haverhill, May 
 31, 1877, he was occupied in the trade of a black- 
 smith; before his marriage he was engaged in 
 farming, also overseeing at a later period a small 
 farm in connection with his blacksmithing. His 
 second union was blessed with six children, of 
 whom three are now living: Fernando C, our 
 subject; and the two youngest, Ora E., wife of 
 Will S. Clough, who farms the old homestead, 
 and operates a creamery near North Haverhill; 
 and Emma J., the wife of Arthur S. Farnham of 
 North Haverhill. Mr. and Mrs. Gale were mem- 
 bers of the M. E. Church. Mr. Gale was a 
 Mason, and belonged to the A. F. & A. M. 
 Lodge at Haverhill Corners. Mrs. Gale, since 
 her husband's death, has been a very constant 
 resident on the old homestead, living with her 
 son-in-law, Will S. Clough, at present. 
 
 Fernando C. Gale attended the village schools, 
 and finished his education at Newbury Academy 
 at the age of eighteen. He then worked in his 
 
 father's blacksmith shop until he became of age, 
 when he bought a small farm, which he worked 
 in connection with his trade. In 1880 he went 
 into the railroad shops, at Woodsville, where he 
 worked one year, then becoming a fireman. He 
 fired on the engine four years, when he received 
 orders to take charge of an engine, and has had 
 his hand on the throttle ever since. He has been 
 in one serious wreck, which occurred in Tilton 
 yard, but escaped without an injury.' 
 
 Nov. 25, 1880, he was married in North Hav- 
 erhill, to Mary M. Carr, who was born on Brier 
 Hill, and is a daughter of C. F. and Kate M. 
 (Mason) Carr, an interesting account of whom 
 will be found in full on another page in this 
 work. The family was of English origin, dating 
 back in its American ancestry to George Carr, 
 who was born in London, and came to Plymouth 
 in the Mayflower, in 1620, settling in Massachu- 
 setts. Mrs. F. C. Gale is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Gale is a member 
 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 
 Division No. 335. In his political attachments 
 he is a Republican. To the subject of this notice 
 and his wife has been given one son, Leroy E., 
 born Nov. 12, 1882. 
 
 ISAAC N. EASTMAN, M. D., a prominent 
 physician of Woodsville, N. H., is a native of 
 Topsham, Vt., where he was born July 25, 1866. 
 He is the son of Alexander W. and Lucy A. 
 (Caldwell) Eastman, grandson of Isaac and 
 Sophrona (Smith) Eastman, and great-grandson 
 of Samuel Eastman. 
 
 Samuel Eastman was generally known as 
 "Black Sam," because of his swarthy complex- 
 ion; he was short of stature, but fully made up 
 for that defect by being uncommonly wiry and 
 hardy. 
 
 Our subject's grandparents have reached the 
 advanced ages of eighty- six and eighty-five 
 years. They were born on the line between New 
 Hampshire and Massachusetts. Sophrona 
 Smith was a daughter of Dr. Alonzo Smith, an 
 old-style doctor, well versed in the medicinal 
 properties of roots and herbs. 
 
 Alexander W. Eastman was born in 1841 and 
 is a leading agriculturist and fruit-grower of 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 239 
 
 Newbury, Yt. His apple orchard is probably 
 the largest in that State; the aggregate product 
 in 1896 amounted to 1,000 barrels, and was 
 gathered from trees which had just commenced 
 to bear. His wife, Lucy A. Caldwell, born in 
 1843, was a daughter of David and Sallie 
 (Brewster) Caldwell, both of whom were natives 
 of Topsham, \ T t. The former, a farmer by occu- 
 pation, lived to be seventy-nine years of age. 
 Sallie Brewster, who departed this life in June, 
 1876, aged seventy-eight, was one of fourteen 
 children born to her parents. She was a very 
 industrious housewife, and, in addition to the 
 customary duties, wove and spun the clothing 
 for the entire family. 
 
 Our subject's attendance at the common 
 schools of Topsham, Vt, was followed by three 
 years in the Academy at Peacham, of the same 
 State. He graduated from the Insane Hospital 
 at Summerville, Mass., as a trained nurse, after 
 which he attended the Baltimore College of Phy- 
 sicians and Surgeons two years. In 1893 he 
 graduated from the Kentucky School of Medi- 
 cine at Louisville, Ky., after taking a two years 
 course in one. Immediately upon being given 
 his diploma, entitling him to practice medicine, 
 he came direct to Woodsville, where he opened 
 an office in 1893. 
 
 On Nov. 25, 1895, he linked his fortunes for 
 life with those of Miss Fannie White, daughter, 
 of David and Sophrona (Abbott) White of Top- 
 sham, Vt. David White was a son of Jesse and 
 Fannie (Corliss) White. Sophrona Abbott was 
 a daughter of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Brock) 
 Abbott, and was a granddaughter of Ebenezer 
 Abbott, Sr., a Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Dr. Eastman is a sound money Republican, 
 although his ancestors were Democrats. He is a 
 member of Mooshillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. 
 F. ; and with his wife enjoys a membership in 
 the Woodsville Daughters of Rebecca Lodge. 
 In religious faith and attachments he is a Con- 
 gregationalist, and is prominently identified with 
 the Woodsville organization of that religious 
 society. Our subject has met with the most 
 flattering success, during his short residence in 
 Woodsville, and has won golden opinions from 
 all fair-minded men for his honorable and. highly 
 professional method of treating all applications 
 for his assistance. He is at present physician at 
 the County Almshouse. 
 
 CHARLES NELSON DAVISON, an engi- 
 neer on the B. & M. R. R., making his home in 
 Woodsville, N. H., was born at Sutton, Brome 
 Co., Province of Quebec, Aug. 25, 1861. 
 
 Andrew Davison, the father of Charles Nel- 
 son, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 
 29, 1825, and was six months old when his 
 parents immigrated to America. His father, 
 John Davison of Scottish descent, was a linen 
 merchant; he died in Canada when Andrew was 
 six months old. Andrew's mother was Martha 
 Matthews; upon the death of her husband she 
 married again, and Andrew lived in his step- 
 father's home till he was about fourteen years 
 of age, when he left to learn the tailor's trade, 
 at which he worked for some fifteen years. He 
 then farmed for forty years in Canada, just 
 across the border, and has made his home in 
 Woodsville for three years. He married 
 Charlotte M. Sager, the daughter of Ensign 
 George and Corrina (Durkee) Sager; Corrina 
 Durkee was a daughter of Ransford Durkee, a 
 major in the War of 181 2. Andrew Davison 
 when he took up agricultural pursuits in Sutton, 
 Canada, cleared a farm of seventy-five acres, 
 which was later augmented with twenty-five 
 acres left him by his wife's father at his death. 
 Mr. Davison was a captain in the Canadian Vol- 
 unteer Militia, 52nd Battalion, and took part in 
 the suppression of the Fenian raid which went 
 up from S wanton, Vt. The children born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Andrew Davison were as follows: 
 Fannie M. married James McNeil of Sutton, 
 Canada; George A., born March 3, 1852, died 
 Feb 23, 1887, married Lizzie G. Bailey, daughter 
 of Langdon Bailey of Woodsville; at the time 
 of his death he was filling out thirteen years of 
 service for the railroad as station agent at 
 Woodsville, having attained that position by 
 steady promotion, succeeding and rewarding 
 years of faithful service: Edgar is the station 
 agent at Lisbon; Edwin, the former's twin 
 brother, is deceased; William is deceased; Chas. 
 Nelson is the subject of this memoir; John is de- 
 ceased; Louis is the assistant freight agent and 
 operator at Wells River, Vt. ; DeForest is a 
 brakeman on the run from Boston to Concord, 
 and makes his home in Boston. 
 
 Charles Nelson Davison was brought up on 
 the farm and attended school at Sutton, Province 
 of Quebec. In the month of February, 1880, he 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 came to Woodsville and commenced firing for 
 the B. & M. R. R. Feb. 20, 1880, took charge of 
 an engine Oct. 12, 1882, and has since run a pas- 
 senger train in the summer and a freight in the 
 winter months from Woodsville to Fabian's. 
 
 Sept. 5, 1885, he was joined in wedlock with 
 Lizzie M. Lyons of Bath, daughter of John N. 
 Lyons, a painter of the same town. He was a 
 son of John Lyons, a veteran of the War of 
 1812; he married Mary E. Reed, daughter of 
 Samuel Reed. To our subject and his wife have 
 been born three children: Lottie May, Floyd 
 George, and Harry Charles. Both our subject 
 and his wife are members of the Episcopal 
 Church, and also of the Rebecca Lodge, I. O. 
 O. F., of Woodsville. Mr. Davison is a member 
 of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F.; and 
 of the B. of L. E., Concord Division, No. 335. 
 In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 DANIEL W. MEADER, a prominent busi- 
 ness man of North Haverhill, N. H., was born in 
 the town of Warren, June 13, 1832; his parents 
 were Elisha and Mrs. Abigail Webster (nee Foss) 
 Meader, and his grandparents were Paul Meader 
 and Miss Deborah Knight. The father of Paul 
 Meader was one of two brothers who came from 
 England and landed at Portsmouth, N. H. 
 There the brothers separated, one coming to 
 New Hampshire and the other being lost sight 
 of in the years. 
 
 Paul Meader and his wife were markedly dif- 
 ferent in their physical build, for he was a small 
 man, hardly up to the average height, while she 
 was tall and muscular, and easily the match for 
 any man in her neighborhood in feats of strength. 
 Mr. Meader was a teamster by occupation and 
 got out ship timbers ffom the forest, and re- 
 moved them to the shipyards on the coast; all 
 the while he was moving back farther and farther 
 into the country as the select timber became 
 scarce. Their habitations would be log-houses, 
 easily set up, and as easily deserted. While her 
 husband was away on his trips Mrs. Meader 
 would take entire charge of the farm, perform- 
 ing all the work usually considered to be solely 
 in man's sphere, in addition to being a model 
 housewife. All the flax that was required in the 
 family she swendled, trackle'd, and spun. Her 
 
 great strength and. fearless nature made her re- 
 spected in a pioneer community where too often 
 the weak and unassuming are at the mercy of 
 the strong, unscrupulous, and brutal. As a sam- 
 ple of her prowess it is related that on a certain 
 occasion a man by the name of Herrick, evil- 
 principled and overbearing, had some sheep that 
 got mixed with the Meader flock. He came to 
 separate them, and in doing so attempted to take 
 more than his share. Upon his effort to effect 
 . his ends by force Mrs. Meader caught him by 
 the collar and trowsers and dashed him with 
 great force to the ground, nearly killing the poor 
 man. Upon a somewhat similar occasion she 
 nearly inflicted serious injuries on a sheriff, who 
 was dealing with her unjustly. Elisha Meader, 
 the son of Paul Meader, was the eldest of eight 
 children, and was a native of New Hampshire. 
 Arriving at a suitable age he would often ac- 
 company his father into the timber and assist in 
 the work. One day they went as usual to the 
 mountains ; the dump beside the stream was piled 
 high with logs, and when for some reason they 
 began to roll Paul Meader tried to save the 
 team and was himself caught. A log rolled over 
 him from end to end, crushing all of his body, 
 with tlie exception of the head, which was saved 
 from mutilation by a stone which lay beside it. 
 
 Elisha Meader settled down at Warren Sum- 
 mit and engaged in pursuits of an agricultural 
 nature. Subsequently he lived in Bath two years, 
 in Benton on a farm on the side of the mountain 
 for the same length of time, in Benton on the 
 Benton poor farm for a year, in Haverhill Cen- 
 ter for three or four years, and finally in North 
 Haverhill. His first wife bore him the following 
 children: Samuel, who was formerly an exten- 
 sive railroad contractor; Joseph went to Califor- 
 nia, and nothing has since been heard of him; 
 Betsey, deceased; Mahala, deceased; Paul N, 
 whose biography is found on another page of this 
 volume; Debora, deceased; and Elisha, de- 
 ceased. 
 
 His second wife, Mrs. Abigail Webster, bore 
 him three children: Daniel Webster; Elisha, 
 who was of roving disposition and went to Cal- 
 ifornia; and Moses, who resides in North Haver- 
 hill. The widow Webster was a daughter of 
 Thomas Foss. 
 
 Daniel W. Meader passed the years of his 
 youth under the parental roof, wherever that was 
 
CARLOS D. SMITH. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 241 
 
 pitched, living most of the time in Haverhill, 
 where he grew to manhood. When about six- 
 teen years of age he went to Connecticut to work 
 during the summers, as there was a demand for 
 farm laborers there, and in the winters returned 
 home to go to school. When twenty-one he 
 went to New York, where he worked on the 
 Harlem Railroad for three months, when he 
 traveled to Schuylkill Co., Penn., and worked on 
 the railroad for six months. He made his home 
 in Montour Co., Penn., till the following summer, 
 when he went to Catawissa Co., working on the 
 railroad. There he was laid up from August till 
 winter by a severe injury he received from the 
 kick of a horse on his head; in repairing the in- 
 jury, fourteen pieces of skull came out. Having 
 recovered, he took charge of a section gang, 
 January 1st following, and followed railroading 
 for two years in Pennsylvania. During this time 
 he met the girl now his wife. Giving up rail- 
 roading, he lived at Pittston, Luzerne Co., for 
 two years. He then returned home to North 
 Haverhill for a visit, and then was married in 
 Pennsylvania, and kept a hotel there in Old 
 Forge for three years. Then after ten months 
 sojourn in Haverhill he determined to go to Cal- 
 ifornia. 
 
 From New York City to Aspimvall.he took 
 the steamer North Star, arriving at Aspinwall 
 and there re-embarked for San Francisco, going 
 from there to San Jose. He then went across 
 the mountains to a 5,000-acre ranch, owned by 
 his uncle. When out of other work he always 
 had employment on his uncle's ranch. A part 
 of the time he worked for a powder-mill com- 
 pany; as the mill was run by water-power, and 
 there was not sufficient water on the mountain- 
 side to run the mill, a tunnel was driven through 
 the mountain to get the water, and in that kind 
 of work Mr. Meader was engaged. Our subject 
 came back to New Hampshire via the Nicaragua 
 route, and joined his wife at Scranton, Penn., 
 coming home from there ; he has been home ever 
 since. On a farm of 150 acres at Haverhill Cen- 
 ter, he lived for nineteen years, and then bought 
 a small tract in North Haverhill, in 1882, where 
 he lives now. 
 
 Mr. Meader married, Jan. 9, 1858, in Old 
 Forge, Luzerne Co., Penn., Miss Lydia A. 
 Swartz, daughter of Elias and Zuba (Millen) 
 Swartz, a hotel-keeper. Mr. Swartz, while rid- 
 
 ing on an engine, was killed with four others, by 
 the explosion of the boiler. To our subject and 
 his wife have been born two children: Herman 
 Edgar died in infancy; Edwin Herbert is also 
 deceased. Mrs. Meader departed this life July 3, 
 1895. She was a leading member of the M. E. 
 Church and much beloved. Mr. Meader is a 
 Democrat, and has served as selectman two 
 years and as supervisor for ten years. He holds 
 stock in the creamery, and is a director in the 
 North Haverhill Granite Co. He is a member 
 of the Mooshillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F., 
 of Woodsville. He is also a member of Pink 
 Granite Grange, No. 210, of North Haverhill. 
 
 CARLOS D. SMITH, a dealer in coal, wood, 
 and ice, of the village of Lebanon, N. H., was 
 born in Hanover, N. H, June 14, 1840, and is 
 a son of Benjamin and Percis (Tenney) Smith, 
 who were both born in Hanover. 
 
 Not very much is known of Benjamin Smith's 
 father, except that he was an early settler and 
 pioneer of Hanover, where he secured a tract of 
 land, which he cleared and cultivated; he" came 
 from the State of Connecticut. Benjamin Smith, 
 his son, owned a good farm in the northeast 
 part of the town, where he carried on general 
 agricultural operations until 1855, when he sold 
 and came to the town of Lebanon and bought 
 a piece of farming land, comprising 200 acres, 
 adjoining the village of Lebanon, the land being 
 situated on the north side of the village and on 
 both sides of the river. This he farmed until his 
 death at the age of seventy-seven. He was pre- 
 eminently successful in business and could with 
 justice lay claim to being a self-made man; he 
 left considerable property to his son, Carlos D. 
 His wife, Percis Tenney, died at the age of 
 eighty-four; she bore her husband three chil- 
 dren, as follows: Samantha F., who married J. 
 A. Miller — both are deceased; Henry M., who is 
 also deceased; and Carlos D., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Carlos D. Smith is the only living representa- 
 tive of the original Smith family bearing the 
 name of Smith. Our subject stayed with his 
 father and cared for his parents during their last 
 days, inheriting the homestead at their decease. 
 After he was left alone in the world, he en- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits for several years; 
 the growth of the village made his land more 
 valuable for building lots, than it could ever be 
 for farming purposes, and he accordingly 
 divided it up into lots for sale; on quite a num- 
 ber of the lots he built houses and sold them at 
 a profit. In 1895 he sold the last remaining lot, 
 which consisted of the home with a small farm 
 attached. 
 
 In 1873 he was joined in marriage with Ellen 
 P. Emerson, daughter of Daniel B. and Fanny 
 T. (Kingsbury) Emerson; soon after marriage 
 he entered into business with his father-in-law in 
 buying wool. Mr. Smith traveled for seven 
 years over a large territory, engaged in the buy- 
 ing of large amounts of wool for manufacturers 
 of Lebanon and Boston. He made his home 
 after marriage in Lebanon. 
 
 His next enterprise was in the retailing of 
 coal, wood and ice ; he has large yards opposite 
 the B. & M. depot, and employs a numerous 
 force of men. His ice harvest is gathered from 
 Mascoma Lake, and is of the best quality; be- 
 sides putting up many hundred tons for other 
 parties, he annually stores 2,500 tons for his 
 retail customers. Besides his own home in Leb- 
 anon, he owns and rents six tenements, which 
 are occupied by some thirteen families. Mr. 
 Smith has a firm belief in the future prosperity 
 of Lebanon, and has always been very active in 
 promoting its progress. 
 
 In Masonic rites he is a member of the Frank- 
 lin Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 6; St. Andrews 
 Chapter, Xo. 1; Washington Council, No. 10; 
 Mt. Horeb Commandery; and the Mystic Shrine 
 of Montpelier. In his religious views he is a 
 Unitarian. We take pleasure in presenting his 
 portrait on a preceding page. 
 
 LAWRENCE K. FORD, conductor on the 
 11 & M. R. R., residing in Woodsville, X. H, 
 was born May 19, 1857, in Lyman, X. H., where 
 he attended school until about eight years of age, 
 and worked as brakeman on the railroad dur- 
 ing the summer vacations till he was fifteen. 
 His efficient and capable service in the employ 
 of the railroad soon advanced him to the posi- 
 tion of freight conductor, and then" to that of 
 
 baggage master. An intermission in his rail- 
 roading of two and a half years was utilized in 
 farming; in 1880 he resumed his work on the 
 railroad, and acted as brakeman for one year, 
 and as freight conductor for five years; since 
 1886 he has been a passenger conductor. 
 
 Mr. Ford is a son of Samuel P. and Jane E. 
 (Kelsea) Ford, grandson of Robert and Zelinda 
 (Snow) Ford, and a great-grandson of John 
 Ford. A son of John Ford was a captain in the 
 Revolution. ' When conducting his company of 
 minutemen to the Battle of Bunker Hill, he 
 passed with his men a church, where services 
 were being held, and was invited to enter by the 
 dominie; "No, thank you," rejoined the captain, 
 "we have more important business on hand." 
 Zelinda Snow, the wife of Robert Ford, was a 
 daughter of James Snow. The mother of our 
 subject was a daughter of William, Jr., and Bet- 
 sey (Kimball) Kelsea, the former a son of Will- 
 iam, Sr., and Phoebe (Ladd) Kelsea, and the 
 latter a daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Noyes) 
 Kimball, and a granddaughter on her father's 
 side of Benjamin Kimball. There were born to 
 Lawrence K. Ford's parents three children, as 
 follows: Lawrence K. ; George Edward, of 
 Ellensburgh, Wash.; Mary A., the widow of Gen. 
 Samuel C. Armstrong, the promoter of the 
 Hampton School for the industrial and literary 
 training of negroes and Indians at Hampton, 
 Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Ford was married May 24, 1885, at 
 Woodsville, to Myra Weare, who was born in 
 Dalton, N. H., of Daniel C. and Rebecca (Hub- 
 bard) Weare. Daniel C. Weare was a son of 
 Nathaniel and Alice Weare, and was born in 
 Whitefield, N. H, May 8, 1834. Rebecca Hub- 
 bard is a daughter of Betsey (Messer) Hubbard. 
 The children composing the family of Daniel C. 
 Weare were: Ellera L., born to him by his first 
 wife; Mary, the wife of our subject; and Daniel 
 F., who lives in Whitefield, N. H. 
 
 Mrs. Ford is an attendant of the M. E. Church, 
 and actively interested in its beneficent work. 
 Mr. Ford is a member of the Kane Lodge, F. & 
 A. M., No. 64; Franklin Chapter, No. 5; Omega 
 Council, No. 9; St. Girard Commandery of K. 
 T. ; Edw. A. Raymond Consistory. He is also a 
 member of the Order of Railway Conductors at 
 Lindenville, Vt. He is a steadfast Democrat in 
 his political affiliations. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 2-13 
 
 GEORGE A. DIMOND of Woodsville, N. 
 H., locomotive engineer on the B. & M. R. R., 
 was born in Dorchester, N. H., Aug. 5, 1857; he 
 is a son of John Q. A. and Lavina (Merrill) 
 Dimond, and a grandson of John Dimond. John 
 Dimond was a farmer by occupation, and died 
 in the neighborhood of the year i860, at about 
 seventy years of age. He came from the town 
 of Loudon, and married Mehitabel Dimond. His 
 son, John 0. A. Dimond, was born in Loudon 
 and adopted the trade of a carpenter in connec- 
 tion with his occupation of a farmer. He lived 
 the latter portion of his life in Dorchester, and 
 died there in 1866. His wife, who was born in 
 Dorchester, and died in Gratton in 1892, was a 
 daughter of John Merrill and Sarah Matthews. 
 The former was born in Dorchester and was en- 
 gaged throughout life in the pursuit of agricul- 
 ture, dying at seventy-five years of age in 1867. 
 The latter was born in Dorchester, and was a 
 daughter of John and Sallie Matthews. Four 
 children were born to our subject's parents, as 
 follows : Charles A. ; George A. ; Lorine M. died 
 in infancy; and Clara L., who married Louis Hall 
 of West Rumney, N. H. 
 
 George A. Dimond lived at Dorchester until 
 ten years of age, attending school quite regu- 
 larly. After his father's death his mother moved 
 to West Rumney, where our subject went to 
 school every winter till he attained his majority; 
 in the summer he worked on the farm, and drove 
 a milk wagon. After becoming of age he worked 
 three years on a farm and then secured a position 
 on the railroad as fireman ; he fired for five years 
 till 1886, when he was given an engine. He was 
 on a passenger run for one season, but much pre- 
 fers the freight service. He has never been hurt, 
 although he has been mixed up in two collisions. 
 
 Mr. Dimond married, July 29, 1888, at Woods- 
 ville, Nancy (Caldon) Ordway, a native of Camp- 
 ton, N. H. Her father was Thomas Caldon; he 
 was born in Meredith, N. H, and died in 1876. 
 Her mother was Sarah Bailey, a native of Camp- 
 ton. Mrs. Dimond attends the M. E. Church. 
 Our subject is a Mason, and is a member of 
 Moosehillock Lodge, No. 63, F. & A. M.; Pemi- 
 gewasset Chapter, No. 13; Omega Council, No. 
 9; and St. Gerard Commandery of Knights Tem- 
 plar. He is a member of the Brotherhood of 
 Locomotive Engineers, Tahanto Division, No. 
 335. He is a Democrat. 
 
 MAURICE E. KIMBALL, a prominent mer- 
 chant of North Haverhill, was born in North 
 Haverhill, Oct. 24, 1843; he is a son of Charles 
 and Hannah (Morris) Kimball, grandson of 
 Caleb and Sallie (Hall) Kimball, and great- 
 grandson of Thomas and Mary (Willoughby) 
 Kimball. 
 
 Thomas Kimball was a manufacturer by occu- 
 pation, and spent most of his time engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits ; he was also a manufacturer 
 of the old mould-board ploughs. He died about 
 1826 or 1827. 
 
 Caleb Kimball was born in Rumney, probably, 
 where his father died. He was in the habit of 
 going with the neighbors to the neighborhood of 
 Providence, R. I., each summer, as work was 
 more remunerative there, and returning each fall. 
 The summer that his son Charles was ten years 
 old he departed as usual, but never returned, nor 
 was there anything ever heard of him, so it is 
 supposed he met with foul play. He married 
 Sallie Hall, who was also probably a native of 
 Rumney; her father was Henry Hall, who died 
 at the age of ninety-four or ninety-five. He was 
 born about the year 1730; his wife lived to a very 
 advanced age, and is distinctly remembered by 
 Charles C. Kimball. To Caleb Kimball and his 
 wife were born two boys and two girls : Russell, 
 deceased; Miranda resides in Tewksbury, Mass.; 
 Matilda, deceased; and Charles C, the father of 
 our subject. 
 
 Charles C. Kimball was born at Rumney, N. 
 H, Aug. 31, 1817. Upon his father's mysterious 
 disappearance, the family became broken up ; the 
 mother took the three youngest children and 
 sought work in the cotton factories of Lowell, 
 Mass. Our subject made his home with an uncle 
 for a short time, and then lived with Washington 
 Simpson for three years, working for his keep. 
 For the ensuing year and a half he worked on a 
 farm in Oxford in the summers, and attending 
 school in the winters. Then he worked at Lis- 
 bon in a brick-yard, and on the farm for five 
 years, and going from there to North Haverhill 
 about 1836, which has since been his home. He 
 had worked at shoe-making in Bath a short time 
 before coming to North Haverhill, and followed 
 that trade for a number of years in his new 
 home. In the meantime he purchased land, and 
 gradually gave his attention to farming, giving 
 up shoe-making at last. His first farm consisted 
 
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 of about eighty acres; later on he bought 120 
 acres additional, and since sold the land in par- 
 cels to his sons. About 1876 he bought his pres- 
 ent home in North Haverhill, and has been prac- 
 tically retired for the past twenty years; he is still 
 hale and hearty, and fully capable of doing a 
 good day's work yet. He was married Sept. 27, 
 1841, in Rumney by an uncle of his bride, who 
 was a justice of the peace, to Hannah Morris, 
 who was born in Lisbon, N. H., Dec. 22 ,1817; 
 she was a daughter of Ebenezer and Alice 
 (Swan) Morris. To our subject's parents were 
 born five children, as follows: Charles M. lives 
 in North Haverhill; M. E. is the subject of this 
 sketch; John is a farmer living in North Haver- 
 hill; George F. is also engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits in North Haverhill; Albert F. clerks in 
 his brother's store; a full account of his life will 
 be found further on. Mr. Kimball is a Repub- 
 lican in politics. 
 
 M. E. Kimball attended school until he was 
 nineteen years of age, and began life for himself 
 when he attained his majority, working on his 
 father's farm until that time. He drove a team 
 in Boston one summer, and then began clerking 
 in the village of North Haverhill in the spring 
 of 1864 for Mr. Cotton; the store passed success- 
 ively through the hands of Mr. Cotton, Messrs. 
 Child & Morse, and William Nelson, from whom 
 our subject purchased the stock on Sept. 10, 
 1872; our subject has been engaged in the mer- 
 cantile business ever since said transfer. Mr. 
 Kimball bought the old building and lot where 
 his store now stands, and in 1877 he built his 
 present commodious store building, with the 
 upper floor devoted to his residence. He served 
 as postmaster from March 28, 1873, to Cleve- 
 land's first election, and again during Harrison's 
 administration, in all seventeen years. 
 
 Mr. Kimball was joined in the holy bonds of 
 matrimony March 3, 1867, in Derby, Vt, to 
 Gazilda C. Moran, who was born and reared in 
 that place; she was a daughter of Lawrence and 
 Harriet (Brooks) Moran. Lawrence Moran 
 served aboard an English man-of-war; he left it 
 at Montreal and came to Derby, Vt., where he 
 made his home afterward. To our subject and 
 his wife have been born five children: J. Claire, 
 deceased; Addie; a child, unnamed, who died in 
 infancy; Louis is attending school at St. Johns- 
 bury, and is finishing his fourth year there at 
 
 the time of this writing; Roy is attending school 
 in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball are attend- 
 ants of the M. E. Church, and are both members 
 of Pink Granite Grange, No. 210, of North Hav- 
 erhill. He is Republican in politics, and served 
 for many years as clerk of the town school board. 
 He is treasurer of the creamery company. 
 
 Albert F. Kimball, the youngest brother of M. 
 E., and a son of Charles C. Kimball, is town 
 clerk of Haverhill; he was born Sept. 13, 1855. 
 He obtained his education in the district schools, 
 finishing with one term at Newbury Seminary, 
 and at the age of fifteen worked in a saw-mill for 
 three seasons, working on the farm in the sum- 
 mer. He also taught school through the winter 
 tor twenty terms, his first school was taught 
 when he was but sixteen years old. He began 
 farming when twenty- two years of age; he 
 bought a farm of 120 acres five miles east of the 
 village of North Haverhill and operated it until 
 May, 1892, when he leased it and came to North 
 Haverhill to care for his parents, and is now 
 clerking in his brother's store. 
 
 He was married March 10, 1876, in Greenville, 
 111., to Miss Caroline Crocker, who was born in 
 that town. She was a daughter of Samuel and 
 Harriet J. (Ferguson) Crocker, the former born 
 in Paulett, Vt., and the latter in Greenville, 111. 
 When a young man Mr. Crocker left his home in 
 Vermont and went down the Mississippi River 
 to the State of Mississippi, and came very near 
 having the yellow fever. The firm in Buckley, 
 Miss., for whom he worked sent him to Green- 
 ville, 111., and there he met and married his wife, 
 settling down to make his home in that town. 
 He became very prominent in politics of his 
 county, and served as sheriff for years, and also 
 as tax collector. His first wife having left him 
 a widower with children to care for, he married 
 again, the bride being a New Hampshire lady, 
 who was teaching school there. He returned to 
 New Hampshire the same year Lincoln was 
 assassinated, with his family, in order that his 
 wife might be near her parents during their fail- 
 ing health. Previous to coming east he had been 
 engaged in the milling business ; while a resident 
 of Vermont he served three years as selectman. 
 He finally rturned to Greenville, 111., and died 
 there Dec. 28, 1876. Our subject's wife was born 
 in 1856, and lived in New Hampshire from the 
 time she was nine years old till she was sixteen, 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 245 
 
 •when she returned to Greenville. Mr. Kimball 
 met her when she lived in New Hampshire and 
 kept up his acquaintance and correspondence 
 with her till he went to Illinois and secured her 
 as his wife. She was one of ten children born to 
 her parents, five of whom survive, namely: Geo. 
 M. Crocker, who lives at Mt. Clemens, Mich.; 
 Mary L. Crocker; Caroline Crocker, our sub- 
 ject's wife; and Flavius Morse Crocker, and Her- 
 bert Samuel Crocker, both civil engineers, the 
 former living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter 
 in Denver, Col. Mrs. Kimball is an Episcopalian 
 in religious attachments. Her husband is a 
 member of Pink Granite Grange, No. 210, as she 
 is also. Mr. Kimball is a Republican, and has 
 been town clerk since March, 1896; he has also 
 served as town auditor for two years, and as 
 police officer for one year. 
 
 PAUL N. MEADER was born in Warren, 
 Grafton Co., N. H, June 27, 1824. He is a son 
 of Elisha and Susan (Smith) Meader, and a 
 grandson on his father's side of Paul Meader, 
 whose father was one of two brothers who came 
 from England, landing at Portsmouth, N. H. 
 The brothers separated there, the one coming to 
 New Hampshire and the other one being lost 
 sight\of, nothing being known at present where 
 he made his home. 
 
 Paul Meader, the grandfather of our subject, 
 married a Miss Knight, thus making a strong 
 contrast, for he was a small man, not up to the 
 average height, and she was large and robust. 
 Mr. Meader was by occupation a teamster, and 
 got out ship timbers from the forest and removed 
 them to the shipyards, all the while moving back 
 farther and farther into the country as the timber 
 became scarcer near the coast. Their habitation 
 was a log-house, easily set up, and deserted with 
 very few pangs of regret. While Mr. Meader 
 would be absent on his trips his wife would take 
 entire charge of the farm, performing all the 
 work usually considered as too severe for the less 
 strongly knit frame of a woman, besides being a 
 model housekeeper. Our subject remembers 
 well seeing her yoke up the steers to the wagon, 
 going into the timber, and cutting a load of fire- 
 wood, and hauling it home for use. She 
 
 swendled, trackled, and spun all the flax that was 
 required in the family. Her great strength and 
 fearless nature made her respected in the pioneer 
 community. As a sample of her prowess it is re- 
 lated that on a certain occasion one by the name 
 of Herrick, an unscrupulous and overbearing 
 man, had some sheep that got mixed with the 
 Meader flock. He came to separate them, and 
 in doing so attempted to take more than his 
 own. Pie was going to take the sheep by force 
 had not Mrs. Meader grabbed him by the collar 
 and trowsers and dashed him with great force to 
 the ground, nearly killing the poor man. She 
 also gave a sheriff somewhat similar treatment 
 once for driving off their cow, and would have 
 very probably killed him had she not been pre- 
 vented. Elisha Meader, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was the eldest of the family, and was born 
 in New Hampshire. Arriving at a suitable age, 
 he would often accompany his father into the 
 timber and assist in the work. One day they 
 went as usual to the mountains; the dump be- 
 side the stream was piled high with logs, and 
 when for some reason they began to roll, Paul 
 Meader tried to save the team, and was himself 
 caught. A log rolled over him from end to end, 
 crushing all of his body, with the exception of 
 the head, which was saved from mutilation by a 
 stone which lay beside it. 
 
 Elisha Meader followed farming at Warren 
 Summit, and married there and settled down. 
 When our subject was eleven years old his father 
 moved to Bath, N. H., bought a farm, and left 
 him a mere lad at the Summit to care for the 
 sheep for a month before coming back for him. 
 In Bath he remained two years, going from there 
 to Benton and taking up a farm on the mountain- 
 side, living there for two years. He then kept 
 the Benton poor farm for a year, going from 
 there to Haverhill Center, where he built a house 
 and lived three or four years. The last property 
 he owned was a farm five miles from the village 
 of North Haverhill. There were born to Elisha 
 Meader by his first wife the following seven chil- 
 dren: Samuel, formerly an extensive railroad 
 contractor, now makes his home with our sub- 
 ject; Joseph went to California, and may have 
 died there, for nothing is known of him; Betsey, 
 deceased; Mahala, deceased; Paul N., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch; Debora, deceased; and Elisha, 
 deceased. Elisha Meader married as his second 
 
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 wife widow Webster, who has borne him three 
 children: Webster, who lives in North Haver- 
 hill; Elisha, who was of a roving disposition, and 
 went to California; and Moses, who resides in 
 North Haverhill. 
 
 Paul N. Meader up to the age of eleven years 
 had had no educational advantages in school. 
 Times were so hard and it was so difficult to pro- 
 vide for a large family that he was often obliged 
 to go to school through the snow barefoot. The 
 school-house was built of logs, with a great stone 
 chimney taking up most of one side; the back- 
 log would be dragged in on a hand-sled and a 
 fire built around it. Although the room might 
 have a freezing temperature, the fire-place was 
 always a good place to warm cold feet. 
 
 His first venture on his own account was to 
 buy 150 acres of land, paying $50.00 cash and 
 giving his note for the rest; later on he added 
 150 more acres and erected a $1,500.00 house. 
 This property he sold and bought a small place 
 of some fifty or sixty acres for $2,500.00, where 
 he farmed for one year. He then disposed of it 
 and bought fifty acres for $3,700.00, and also an 
 adjoining two-acre tract, and went into the lum- 
 bering business. He owned 200 acres of timber 
 land on the mountain side, and to utilize it to the 
 best advantage, he bought a saw-mill and put in 
 a circular saw. He ran this saw-mill in partner- 
 ship with J. G. Blood for three years, selling at 
 the end of that time to his partner, and bought 
 with the proceeds a forty-acre tract adjoining 
 his fifty-acre farm, and bought fifty acres more, 
 paying for it $5,000.00. He still owns fifty acres, 
 after having sold a forty-one-acre tract to one 
 son. Keeping eleven acres of the fifty-two he 
 sold fifty-one to Prescott. During all of this 
 time he was also interested in a starch manufac- 
 turing company, which made him the agent; he 
 conducted the business for nine years. Mr. 
 Meader bought his village residence in 1889; the 
 farm is a very valuable piece of property and 
 gives large returns, fifty tons of hay being the 
 usual yearly crop. 
 
 Mr. Meader married, Dec. 5, 1848, Elizabeth 
 Carlton, to whom were born four children : Mar- 
 lin S., who is farming on the river meadows; 
 Moses A., who has acquired a good education, 
 clerked in a store in North Haverhill, then in a 
 store at Lisbon, and was for a time foreman of 
 the creamery at East Haverhill, and is now en- 
 
 gaged at Wells River in the same capacity; 
 Arthur, deceased; and Abbie, who is teaching in 
 Peterboro, N. H. Mr. Meader's second wife was 
 Mrs. Luthria Wilmott, who died of lung fever, 
 leaving no children. His third wife was Phoebe 
 A. Howe, a sister to his second wife. Mrs. 
 Meader is a member of the M. E. Church, and 
 her husband is a member of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist Church. Mr. Meader's father was a Demo- 
 crat, but as our subject was opposed to slavery 
 in the South, he could not consistently follow the 
 lead of the party whose principles his father had 
 espoused. Before the time of the Republican 
 party Mr. Meader was an Abolitionist and Free- 
 Soiler. In 1856 he voted for the first time the 
 Republican ticket, and has been a steadfast sup- 
 porter of that party since. He is a member of 
 Pink Granite Lodge, No. 210. 
 
 WESLEY M. CROWN, of the firm of Crown 
 Bros., leading merchants of Woodsville, is a 
 native of Ryegate, in the Green Movintain State, 
 and has been in business in Woodsville since 
 December, 1895. Our subject was born Sept. 
 20, 1872. 
 
 His father, Wesson M. Crown, is still living, 
 and is engaged in caring for his 200-acre farm, 
 situated a few miles north of Wells River, Yt; 
 he is one of the most prosperous farmers in his 
 vicinity, with land in a high state of cultivation 
 and good, substantial farm buildings. His first 
 wife was Margaret Whitehill; she bore him five 
 children, as follows: Nettie, James, Jennie, 
 Willie, and John. He married as his second 
 wife the widow of David Whitehill; she was a 
 daughter of James and Margaret (Harvey) Orr, 
 and was christened Mary. By her first marriage 
 with David Whitehill she became the mother of 
 seven children: Harvey; Maggie; Lizzie; Nel- 
 son, professor of the schools at Randolph, Vt; 
 George; Lizzie; and Jane. By her marriage with 
 Mr. Crown she has one child, Wesley M., the 
 junior member of the firm of Crown Bros. 
 
 Wesley M. Crown attended the common 
 schools and the academy at Peacham, Vt, until 
 he was 17. At that age he secured a position as 
 attendant in the asylum at Taunton, Mass., 
 where he remained six months. From there he 
 went to Laconia, where he clerked in the store 
 
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 of Logee Bros, for a time, and then came to 
 Woodsville, where he clerked in the stores of 
 Q. A. Scott and F. P. Pray until he went into 
 partnership with his brother in 1895. After a 
 year in the grocery business the brothers opened 
 a store in the new Tilton Block, and added to 
 their fine stock of staple and fancy groceries a 
 full line of ladies' and gents' boots and shoes. 
 
 Wesley M. Crown married Rosa Ricker, the 
 only daughter of William and Lodema (Taisy) 
 Ricker. William Ricker was a son of Orson and 
 Lydia (Tacy) Ricker, and grandson of Joseph 
 Ricker, who came from Maine, and was a cattle 
 broker and general merchant. Lydia Tacy was 
 a daughter of William Tacy, who came with his 
 father, William Tacy, Sr., to the United States 
 about 1799. Lodema Taisy, Mrs. Crown's 
 mother, was a daughter of John and Phoebe 
 (Heath) Taisy, the former a son of Robert Taisy, 
 who came from Paisley, Scotland, when John 
 was five years old. To Mr. and Mrs. Crown was 
 born, in August, 1896, a daughter, Calista L. 
 Mr. Crown is a member of Mooshillock Lodge, 
 No. 25, I. O. O. F., of Woodsville, in which he 
 fills the office of vice grand. He is a Republican. 
 
 HON. SOLON A. PECK, president of the 
 Savings Bank of Lebanon, N. H., and largely 
 identified with all the commercial interests of the 
 village, was born in the house he still lives in 
 Jan. 7, 1826, and is a son of John W. and Fanny 
 (Huntington) Peck, and grandson of Eliel and 
 Parthenia (Waters) Peck. His great-grandfather 
 was Simeon Peck, who was the son of Joseph 
 and Hannah Peck, who resided in the State of 
 Connecticut. 
 
 Simeon Peck was born Jan. 2, 1732; he mar- 
 ried Ruth Willis, and in 1778 came to New 
 Hampshire from Norwich, Conn., and bought 
 about 400 acres of wild and uncultivated land, 
 located in the town of Lebanon, Grafton Co., be- 
 tween the Staple bridge and the village. One of 
 his first duties was to erect a log-house for the 
 shelter of his family; the house still stands in the 
 yard of our subject. He then set about the 
 laborious task of felling the trees and cultivating 
 the land; he also built a saw-mill, where the mills 
 are located now, and carried on quite a business 
 
 sawing lumber for his neighbors and the new 
 settlers; the farm was covered with a splendid 
 growth of pine, which he was not slow to utilize 
 as lumber. A mill for the separation of clover 
 seed was also built and enjoyed a successful run. 
 Mr. Peck and his wife both lived to a good old 
 age to see their children well settled and pros- 
 perous in life. Their children were Rose H, 
 Walter, Ebbe, Jabez, Jaheel, Simeon, Jr., Eliel, 
 Ruth, Lydia, Joseph, and Hannah. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, Eliel Peck, was 
 born in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 9, 1768, and was 
 ten years old when his father settled in Lebanon. 
 He made himself useful in the work about the 
 farm and in clearing the land of the timber; he 
 remained under the parental roof and cared for 
 his parents, when they needed him, at last in- 
 heriting the homestead. He spent his life in 
 farming and in lumbering. He would make up 
 rafts of logs and take them to Hartford, where 
 he found a ready sale for them; he often shipped 
 provisions to market on these rafts. In 1780 he 
 erected a large two-storied house, which was 
 constructed with a heavy oak frame; the house 
 has since been remodeled by our subject, and the 
 frames were found to be as apparently sound as 
 they were the day they were put in; it is probably 
 the oldest house in the town, and is in a very 
 good state of preservation. Eliel Peck and his 
 wife both died in 1847 at an advanced age. Their 
 children were: John W., Sophia, Azel, Nancy, 
 Eliel, Jr., Cynthia, Parthenia, and Hannah. 
 
 John W. Peck succeeded his father in the man- 
 agement of the homestead and has devoted his 
 time principally to farming. He was a model 
 farmer of his day; the farm was cleared and all 
 the available ground put under cultivation ; large 
 and substantial barns were built for the accom- 
 modation of the choice herds of cattle and sheep 
 which he always kept. He sold the mill, and it 
 has long since been supplanted by modern mills 
 at Scytheville. He was a very active man and 
 worked up to the last few moments before his 
 final breaking down occurred; his death was 
 caused by over-work, and took place when he 
 was sixty-eight years old, in 1863. His wife sur- 
 vived him a few years. In his early manhood he 
 supported the Democratic party; afterwards he 
 allied himself with the Free Soil party, finally 
 voting with the Republicans. He was among 
 those worthy citizens to whom public office 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 offers no allurements; he served one term as 
 selectman. The following children benefited 
 from his home- training: Eliel; Solon Alonzo, 
 the subject of this sketch; Sela F.; John W.; and 
 Parthenia. 
 
 Our subject, after the years of his youth spent 
 in assisting his father and in attending the 
 schools of his neighborhood, taught school for 
 ten winters, working on the farm in the summer. 
 He remained on the farm throughout his parents' 
 lives, and was ever a kind and thoughtful son. 
 After their decease he sold off the greater por- 
 tion of the farm, and it is now bmlt upon by 
 beautiful and tasty residences; it forms one of 
 the prettiest additions to the village, and borders 
 on Mascoma Street. Mr. Peck has for several 
 years been identified with the well-known insur- 
 ance firm of Dewey, Peck & Co., whose office is 
 located in the Whipple Block. Mr. Peck has 
 been president of the Savings Bank of Lebanon 
 for the past ten years, serving as a trustee 
 previous to that time. 
 
 He is a stanch and uncompromising Repub- 
 lican and served as selectman from 1859 to !866; 
 as representative in the State Legislature in 1866 
 and 1867; as collector in 1869, and again as se- 
 lectman from 1870 to 1887. He joined the Mas- 
 coma Lodge, I. O. O. F., in 1848, and is at pres- 
 ent the oldest living member. 
 
 He married Sarah W. Hubbard, daughter of 
 Orrin and Catherine Hubbard of West Lebanon ; 
 she was born in 1828. Mrs. Peck has presented 
 her husband with two children : Eliel, born Feb. 
 26, 1856, married Emma McLane, and is a 
 wealthy farmer and merchant of Kimball, Minn. ; 
 Alice H., born Sept. 7, i860, married Henry M. 
 Day, who is interested in the insurance firm of 
 Dewey, Peck & Co. He resides with his father- 
 in-law; he is one of the best of the young busi- 
 ness men of the town, and is never behind the 
 times in matters of business. Our subject has 
 retired from much of the active business life of 
 the town, because of his growing years; he is ex- 
 tremely popular among all classes and counts his 
 friends by the score. His portrait, which is 
 shown on another page, is a correct delineation 
 executed from a photograph of those features 
 which are so familiar to the residents of the 
 town of Lebanon, and will be of great ser- 
 vice in keeping his memory alive for future gen- 
 erations. 
 
 CHARLES F. CARR, a carpenter residing in 
 Woodsville, who is employed in the bridge and 
 building department of the B. & M. R. R., was 
 bom on Briar Hill, in the town of Haverhill, 
 Grafton Co., Jan. 10, 1831, in the same house in 
 which his father before him first saw mortal light. 
 He is a son of Deacon Daniel and Rhoda (Bag- 
 ley) Carr. 
 
 The Carr family is not only of long continu- 
 ance in America, the ancestor of the American 
 branch having come over in the Mayflower, but 
 also dates its origin as an English family from 
 the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 
 1066. Among the company of William the Con- 
 queror's followers was one named Karre; he set- 
 tled in the north of England, whence his de- 
 scendants spread over into Scotland as well as 
 into different parts of England and Ireland. 
 
 Although the English and Irish modified the 
 Norman spelling Karre to Carr, while the Scotch 
 have it Kerr, yet in all the ten modes of spelling 
 the original pronunciation has been retained. 
 
 As the spelling of the names has varied in 
 divers localities, so have the colors of the coat 
 of arms; but the original arms — three mullets or 
 etoiles on a cheveron — have remained the same 
 from the olden times to the present. The crest, 
 also, (a hart's head) has been subjected to vari- 
 ous changes. 
 
 The first known ancestor of Charles F. Carr, 
 the subject of this sketch, was George Carr, who 
 was born in London, England, about 1599, the 
 youngest of four brothers. He married Lucinda 
 Davenport, and came to America in 1620 on the 
 good ship Mayflower, as the ship carpenter, 
 bringing his young wife with him. The young 
 pioneer located with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, 
 where his wife died in the terrible winter that 
 followed. A few years later Mr. Carr removed 
 to Ipswich, and from there to Colchester (now 
 Salisbury), Mass., with the first settler. He was 
 granted an island in the Merrimac River for use 
 as a home, and also as a shipyard. The island 
 was known as Carr's Island, and was the home 
 of the family for several generations; the posses- 
 sion of the'island gave them the exclusive privi- 
 lege and monopoly of the ferry business at that 
 point in the river. This ferry, at the death of 
 George Carr, was considered to be worth £400. 
 Two members of the family met their death by 
 drowning while attending the ferry. The large 
 
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 house on Carr's Island, which had sheltered 
 many generations, was destroyed by fire May 9, 
 1797. George Carr, the founder of the family, 
 died in Colchester (now Salisbury), April 4, 1682. 
 His second wife, Elizabeth, passed away at the 
 same place May 6, 1691. 
 
 The birth of James Carr, fifth in a family of 
 ten children born to his parents, took place in 
 Salisbury, Mass., April 28, 1650. He married 
 Mary Sans in Newbury, Mass., Nov. II, 1677, 
 and was made a freeman in 1690; he passed his 
 life and died on Carr's Island, Aug. 5, 1726. 
 
 John Carr, fourth in a family of eight, was born 
 in Newbury, Mass., Aug. 26, 1684, and married 
 Elizabeth Chase in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 14, 
 1708. 
 
 Daniel Carr (one of twins, who were the 
 youngest children in a family of eleven) was born 
 in Newbury, Mass., July 13, 1734. He married 
 as his first wife Betsey Chase. He was united 
 to his second wife, Elizabeth Chase, Oct. 19, 
 1772, and died in Haverhill, N. H., April 12, 
 1822. Elizabeth Chase was born in 1741, and 
 departed this life in Haverhill, Jan. 24, 1819. 
 
 Capt. Daniel Carr, the fifth child in a family of 
 eight born to his parents, was the eldest child 
 by his father's second wife, and was born in New- 
 bury, Mass., July 28, 1773. He married Eliza- 
 beth Worth in Newbury, Nov. 19, 1795, and set- 
 tled in North Haverhill, N. H, soon after mar- 
 riage. Elizabeth Worth was born in Newbury, 
 Nov. 2, 1768, and died in North Haverhill, Sept. 
 18, 1836. Capt. Carr died in the same place, 
 Nov. 10, 1852. 
 
 Deacon Daniel Carr, who was for many years 
 a deacon in the Baptist Church, was second in 
 a family of eight children; he was born in North 
 Haverhill, Jan. 31, 1798, and died in the same 
 place April 13, 1879. He married Rhoda Bagley 
 Eeb. 9, 1823; she was a daughter of Nathan and 
 Hannah (Ford) Bagley of Topsham, Vt; she 
 was born in that town Aug. 7, 1799, and died 
 Jan. 20, 1843. To her were born nine children, 
 of whom Charles F. Carr, the subject of this 
 sketch, was the fifth. By a subsequent marriage 
 our subject's father added four more children to 
 the home circle, making thirteen children in all. 
 
 Charles F. Carr attended the common schools 
 until he was fourteen years of age. His mother 
 having died when he was twelve years old, he 
 made his home . with his father's cousin, John 
 
 Carr, Jr., under whose instruction he learned the 
 carpenter's trade. After four years of faithful 
 service as apprentice he became a journeyman 
 carpenter at the age of eighteen, and has followed 
 that trade ever since. For many years he has 
 been employed at his trade as house carpenter, 
 and for the past two years has been employed 
 on the B. & M. R. R., and is now connected with 
 the bridge and building department. 
 
 Mr. Carr was married Nov. 25, 1855, to Kate 
 M. Mason, who was born in New Hampton, N. 
 H., Oct. 13, 1835. Her parents were Ward and 
 Mary (Sleeper) Mason. The latter was a daugh- 
 ter of Nathaniel Sleeper, a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution, whose wife was a Miss Levitt. To Mr. 
 Carr and his wife five children have been born, 
 who are as follows: Emma R., deceased; Mary 
 M., the wife of F. C. Gale, an engineer on the 
 B. & M. R. R., residing in Woodsville; Elmer E.; 
 Lewis; and Orville G, who lives in Woodsville, 
 and is associated with his father in the service of 
 the B. & M. R. R. Both our subject and his wife 
 are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Re- 
 publican in. politics. During the existence of the 
 orders of Good Templars and Sons of Tem- 
 perance, Mr. Carr was identified with them. He 
 enlisted in the army at the period of the Civil 
 War as a musician, but owing to disabilities was 
 never sent to the front. He is a member of the 
 G A. R. 
 
 In the old cemetery of North Haverhill lie 
 three generations of Daniel Carr: Daniel Carr, 
 the great-grandfather of our subject; Capt. 
 Daniel Carr, our subject's grandfather; and Dea- 
 con Daniel Carr, Charles F. Carr's father. 
 
 GEORGE E. MUZZEY, proprietor of the 
 Fair View House, of Canaan, one of the most 
 pleasantly located summer boarding-houses in 
 this county, was born in Newport, N. H, July 
 8, 1836. He is the son of Nehemiah and Sarah 
 (Chase) Muzzey, and grandson of Benjamin 
 Muzzey. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was born in Croy- 
 don, N. H., and followed for a livelihood black- 
 smithing, stone-cutting, and abutment laying. 
 He settled in Sunapee, N. H, but later in life 
 moved to Newport, where he died at the age of 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 eighty-four. His children were: John, Lydia, 
 Hannah, Kehemiah, Benjamin, Daniel, Charles, 
 and George. Xehemiah Muzzey was born in 
 Sunapee, N. H., and learned the trade of stone- 
 cutting under his father, and worked with him 
 at that trade for several years. He moved to 
 Newport; dying at the age of forty-eight. His 
 death was caused by consumption, which was 
 contracted in the following manner: He was a 
 member of the fire department of Newport, and 
 when running with his company to aid the town 
 of Claremont, he caught a severe cold, which set- 
 tled on his lungs, and resulted in his death, as 
 above stated. His wife died at the age of fifty- 
 eight of cancer. He was in religious views a Bap- 
 tist. Only two children were born to him: 
 George E., the subject of this sketch; and John, 
 who lives at Braintree, Mass., and has charge 
 of the carpentry work on the railroad. Our sub- 
 ject's mother was married after her husband's 
 death to T. S. Lathrop, and had two children: 
 Henry and Ella. 
 
 George E. Muzzey came to Canaan when four- 
 teen years of age, with his mother and step- 
 father, and in that town finished his education. 
 At the age of twenty-one he was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth D. Preston, daughter of Alpheus Pres- 
 ton, a farmer and speculator of the town of 
 Canaan. Shortly after his marriage, our subject 
 bought a farm in the northern part of this town 
 known as the Goss place, and after carrying on 
 agricultural operations there for six years, dis- 
 posed of it and built a home in the village of East 
 Canaan, and followed teaming there for ten years 
 and built the structure known to-day as the 
 "Canaan Inn," where his wife carried on milli- 
 nery twenty-five years, turning over the business 
 at last to her daughter. When Mr. Muzzey had 
 finished teaming he bought the Dalton farm, and 
 in 1 89 1 built a cottage, situated only a short dis- 
 tance from the depot, on the rise of ground which 
 overlooks the village and valley, and also com- 
 mands a broad open view of Mt. Cardigan, while 
 in the west at a distance of sixty miles the Green 
 Mountains of Vermont are plainly in view. 
 
 In 1895, Mrs. Muzzey added to the cottage, 
 already located on the property, barns and a sum- 
 mer house, known as the Fair Mew House, 
 which is fitted out with all the modern conven- 
 iences, and with a broad piazza. The verdant 
 lawns surrounding the place abound in beautiful 
 
 walks, through groves of various timber, and 
 fine wide drives. There is also a secluded spot, 
 rich in rustic beauty, which is called the Lovers' 
 Lane. The first season finished with forty 
 boarders, which speaks well for the attractions of 
 the place, and for Mr. artd Mrs. Muzzey's careful 
 attention to the wants of their guests. It is no 
 exaggeration to say that more hospitable people 
 can not be found than our hosts of the Fair View 
 House. 
 
 Mr. Muzzey is a stanch Republican and served 
 thirteen years as surveyor, and twelve years as 
 contable in the town. He is a member of Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. The marriage of our subject 
 resulted in two children: Nellie, who died at the 
 age of two years; and Charles, who died at the 
 age of eighteen months. An adopted daughter, 
 Lillie B., whom they have reared, educated, and 
 given the care and love they would have ex- 
 tended to their own children had they lived, mar- 
 ried O. B. Sargent, and resides in Canaan. 
 
 JOSEPH NELSON CHESMAN, an engi- 
 neer on the B. & M. R. R., residing in Woods- 
 ville, was born in Coos Co., N. H, Jan. 25, 1872, 
 and is a son of Roswell W. and Malancy F. 
 (Pierson) Chesman, and a grandson of Joseph 
 M. Chesman. Roswell W. Chesman, a far- 
 mer and a surveyor, died in 1884, at the age of 
 fifty-five. Malancy F. Chesman, who was born in 
 Lisbon, is now aged sixty-five. Six children 
 were born to our subject's parents: George W-, 
 who lives at Pawtucket, R. I.; William E., who 
 lives at Burling Falls; Clara M., the wife of J. G. 
 Hicks of Chicago, 111.; Marietta, who married C. 
 W. Brown of Lancester, N. H.; Flora, deceased; 
 and Joseph Nelson, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Our subject was reared at Lancaster, N. H., 
 securing his schooling in that village. He was 
 thrown upon his own resources at the age of six- 
 teen, and at the age of eighteen he began firing 
 on the B. & M. R. R. After six years experience 
 on the road he was given an engine, June 29, 
 1896, and has held the throttle since. June 5, 
 1894, he was joined in the bond of matrimony 
 with Maud A. Coburn of North Haverhill. She 
 is the daughter of Daniel and Fannie (Bisby) 
 Coburn; Daniel Coburn is a son of Jonathan 
 Coburn; and Fannie Bisby is a daughter of 
 
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 James and Martha (Heywood) Bisby. Our sub- 
 ject has been presented with one child, Ralph 
 W., born Oct. 12, 1894. Mr. Chesman is a free 
 silver Democrat, and was an ardent supporter of 
 W. J. Bryan for President in the campaign of 
 1896. Mr. Chesman is well liked by all of his 
 acquaintances. 
 
 ARTHUR E. DAVIS, the liveryman of 
 Woodsville, was born in Marshfield, Vt, June 6, 
 1859; he is a son of Solomon W. and Lucy A. 
 (Luther) Davis, and grandson of Joseph E. and 
 Polly (Kimball) Davis. Joseph E. Davis was 
 born, reared, passed his life, and died on the 
 farm which was cleared in the pioneer days by 
 his father, John Davis. 
 
 Solomon A. Davis and his wife lived in Marsh- 
 field until our subject was seven years old, when 
 they removed to Corinth, Vt, which was his 
 home until he attained his majority, and there he 
 attended the district schools until about seven- 
 teen years old, finishing with a term at Barre 
 Academy of Barre, Vt. The summer he was 
 seventeen he worked in a brick-yard, and from 
 that time till he was twenty-one he lived on the 
 farm engaged in assisting in the usual farm 
 work. He then went into the business of manu- 
 facturing brick, -and was interested in that in- 
 dustry for six years. For the three ensuing 
 years he was a resident of Groton, N. H., carry- 
 ing on a profitable business in lumber. From 
 there he came to Woodsville, Nov. 23, 1887, and 
 at once set about establishing a first-class livery; 
 the result is all that could be wished, and the ex- 
 cellent patronage he received yields him abund- 
 ant returns for his pains. 
 
 He is a Republican in his politics, and has 
 been honored with several positions of trust, hav- 
 ing served six years as deputy sheriff, a number 
 of times as selectman, and as special justice of 
 the police court. 
 
 On Feb. 24, 1892, occurred the solemnization 
 of the marriage between Mr. Davis and his bride, 
 Miss Hattie Thomas Swift, daughter of Solon 
 and Theodora (Hurlbutt) Swift. Mr. Swift is a 
 farmer of Cavendish, Vt., his native place. Mrs. 
 Davis's mother was a native of Haverhill, where 
 her father, Elijah Hurlbutt, was a very early 
 settler. 
 
 ELISHA L. ANDREWS, a leading carpen- 
 ter, contractor, and builder of the village of 
 Woodsville, N. H, was born in the town of War- 
 wick, Athahaca Co., Province of Quebec. He is 
 a son of Elisha E. and Mary (Armstrong) An- 
 drews, grandson of Elisha Lyman and Betsey 
 (McLean) Andrews, and great-grandson of 
 Elisha Edwards Andrews. 
 
 Both the grandfather and the great-grand- 
 father of our subject were born in Claremont, N. 
 H, and removed to Canada at an early date. 
 The father of our subject was born in the Domin- 
 ion of Canada, Jan. 11, 1819; he was united in 
 marriage with Mary Armstrong, April 14, 1846. 
 She was born in England, April 18, 181 8, and 
 died May 3, 1895. The following children were 
 born to them: Mary Elizabeth; Sarah Adelaide; 
 Margaret Elmyra; William Edgar; Mary Jane; 
 Lucy Ann, deceased; Cordelia Garnette; and 
 Elisha L. 
 
 When Elisha L. Andrews was four years old 
 his father moved to the town of Shipton, Wolfe 
 Co., Quebec, where our subject attended school 
 till he was fourteen years of age. Two years 
 later he began working for a company that was 
 constructing a saw-mill, and this was the first 
 building he ever assisted in framing and was 
 only seventeen years of age when it was finished. 
 After working in the mill a short time, subse- 
 quent to its completion, he served a three years' 
 apprenticeship at carriage-making. He then 
 went home and worked and lived on the farm for 
 two years. His next employment was at car- 
 riage-making in Danville, Province of Quebec, 
 for three years. He then worked for a school 
 slate company, erecting their factory at Slating- 
 ton, Quebec. 
 
 In 1887 Mr. Andrews removed to Woodsville, 
 and did his first work as a carpenter in that place 
 on the Central Hotel. About the year 1891 he 
 commenced contracting and building on his 
 own account, and has since been busily 
 employed with all the work that he cares 
 to undertake. In October, 1895, he bought 
 the grist and moulding-mill in the south part of 
 Woodsville, where he makes mouldings and 
 other inside furnishings for buildings. In the 
 summer of 1896 our subject built himself an ele- 
 gant residence adjoining his mill property. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was joined in marriage Nov. 11, 
 1877, at Danville, Canada, to Louise Morrill. 
 
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 Her parents, who were originally from this side 
 of the Canadian border, were Christopher and 
 Catherine (Alger) Morrill. Chistopher Morrill 
 was the son of Joseph and Jane (Robinson) Mor- 
 rill ; Catherine Alger was the daughter of Lyman 
 Alger, who married a Miss Wier. To the parents 
 of Mrs. Andrews were born nine children, who 
 were named as follows: Nelson; Christy; a girl, 
 unnamed; Louise; Mattie; Minnie; Emeline; 
 Lyman, and Edward. Our subject and his wife 
 have reared five children: Chester Darwin; Iva 
 Rosetta; an infant, deceased; Frank Elisha, de- 
 ceased; and Pearl Louise. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are both members in 
 good standing of the M. E. Church of Woods- 
 ville. Mr. Andrews is a Republican, politically; 
 socially, he is a member of Moosehillock Lodge, 
 No. 25, 1. O. O. F. His brother was a member 
 of one of the volunteer companies called out 
 during the Fenian raids. Mr. Andrews, himself, 
 was a member of the volunteer militia for seven 
 years in Quebec, and was called out for service 
 in the quieting of the Orangemen troubles at 
 Montreal; the troops were not needed, happily, 
 for the troubles were settled peaceably. He has 
 been a member of the Fire King Hose Co., of 
 Woodsville for many years, and was foreman for 
 the year 1896. Our subject received his full 
 naturalization papers in 1892 entitling him to the 
 full privileges of a citizen of the United States. 
 
 HIBBARD S. SLEEPER, a dealer in farm 
 implements, living in North Haverhill, was born 
 March 12, 1836, and is a son of Hiram and Sarah 
 S. (Mason) Sleeper, and a grandson of Nathaniel 
 and Susan (Levit) Sleeper. The father of Nath- 
 aniel Sleeper was a Quaker, who emigrated from 
 England. Nathaniel Sleeper spent his years in 
 agricultural occupations, and was held in high 
 respect by his acquaintances for his sterling 
 worth. 
 
 Hiram Sleeper, our subject's father, was born 
 in Meredith, N. H; Nov. 24, 1808, and departed 
 this life in North Haverhill, July 31, 1895. He 
 was a carpenter and plied his trade in Lowell, 
 Mass., many years, also engaging in work in 
 Concord and Franklin for some time. His re- 
 tirement took place when he was seventy-five 
 
 years of age, making his home afterwards for the 
 remainder of his days with his son in North Hav- 
 erhill. He was a member of the M. E. Church, 
 becoming a communicant at the age of fifteen 
 years. In politics he was one of the first Free- 
 Soilers in the State, and was very prominent in 
 the Free Soil organization in the town of Mere- 
 dith. Upon the birth of the Republican party 
 Mr. Sleeper became an earnest advocate of its 
 principles. He married Sarah S. Mason, daugh- 
 ter of Francis and Comfort Mason, the 
 former of Stratton and the latter of Ports- 
 mouth, N. H. Mrs. Sleeper was born in Mere- 
 dith, Sept. 18, 1809, and is still living in North 
 Haverhill with her son, Hibbard S. Sleeper. She 
 reared three children: Francis S., born March 
 13, 1833; Hibbard S.; and William H., born Aug. 
 18, 1841, and died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 
 
 1857; 
 
 Hibbard S. Sleeper attended the schools of 
 New Harhpton and North Haverhill, N. H, and 
 the Academy of Newbury, Vt, until his eigh- 
 teenth year. At that time his parents were resi- 
 dents of Lowell, Mass., so he took advantage of 
 the splendid opportunity to learn the machinist's 
 trade in the factories of that town, and worked 
 at his trade for five years. Subsequently he 
 worked for the Boston & Lowell R. R. in the 
 shops and on the road for two or three years. 
 His next employment was as a dealer in produce, 
 buying and shipping to Boston, Lawrence, and 
 Lowell, Mass., Manchester, N. H., and occasion- 
 ally to the cities of Rhode Island. For the last 
 ten years Mr. Sleeper has sold farm implements 
 through the towns of Bath, Haverhill, Piermont, 
 and Benton. 
 
 His first marriage took place in i860, when he 
 was united to Ellen M. Kelsey, daughter of Or- 
 lando and Miranda Kelsey of Lisbon, Grafton 
 Co., N. H. One daughter, Nellie B., was the 
 issue of this union; she married Thomas E. Blif- 
 fin, a teacher of a class in drafting in Boston. 
 On Christmas day, 1867, at Wells River, Mr. 
 Sleeper was again united in marriage, this time 
 to Elizabeth E. Watson, daughter of John H. 
 and Caroline A. (Smith) Watson. Mrs. Sleeper 
 is a member of the Baptist Church of Franklin, 
 N. H. Our subject is a member of Grafton 
 Lodge, No. 46, F. & A. M., of Haverhill. He is 
 a Republican in national politics, and has served 
 as tax collector of the town. 
 
GEORGE F. PETTENGILL. 
 
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 253 
 
 GEORGE F. PETTENGILL, superintend- 
 end of schools of the town of Enfield, and a 
 farmer and teacher, was born in the above town 
 Sept. 10, 1849. He is a son of Frederick and 
 Nancy (Burnham) Pettengill, grandson of Zach- 
 eus and Judith (Sanborn) Pettengill, and great- 
 grandson of Matthew and Mary (Hall) Petten- 
 gill. 
 
 Matthew Pettengill came from England with 
 two brothers when about eighteen years old and 
 settled at Salisbury, N. H., where he married 
 and began life ; after a number of years' residence 
 there he came up to the southeast comer of the 
 town of Enfield and took up 600 acres of land, 
 which were granted him by King George. With 
 his sons he began a clearing, felled the trees and 
 cleared the land and sowed the field with grain; 
 returning in the fall, they followed farming sev- 
 eral seasons before he brought all of his family 
 there and made a permanent home, being shel- 
 tered at first in a rude structure built of logs, 
 but later they lived in a house, which was very 
 pretentious for those times and that locality. In 
 his part of the county he laid out the roads 
 which took the place of paths, whose location 
 and direction were located by cuts on the sides 
 of the trees. The barn on the farm, where our 
 subject resides, was built by Matthew Pettengill 
 over 100 years ago and is still doing excellently. 
 To each of his sons he . gave a good farm and 
 helped them to build their farm buildings. He 
 died about seventy years old, having been pre- 
 ceded by his wife at an earlier date. His sons 
 were: Zacheus, Carlton, Matthew, and Jonathan. 
 
 Zacheus Pettengill was born in Salisbury, N. 
 H., and helped his father clear their new farm 
 in Enfield; he received 200 acres from his father, 
 and built his farm-buildings near where A. J. 
 Buswell lives, dying at the age of thirty-six of 
 consumption; his wife lived to be eighty-two 
 years old. Their children were: Benjamin S., 
 Frederick, Eliza, Cynthia, Judith, and Hannah. 
 
 Frederick, our subject's father, was born in 
 Enfield and received from his father the farm 
 which George F. Pettengill now owns; the 
 buildings were built by Matthew and Zacheus 
 Pettengill. Frederick cleared more of the land, 
 and like his ancestors became a very progressive 
 farmer, living to the good old age of eighty-six. 
 He held a commission as captain in the State 
 militia. He was a Congregationalist in his 
 
 views on religion. His wife passed away to the 
 scenes beyond the river at the age of seventy- 
 eight. Their children were : Mary Jane; Horace 
 G, who served in the late war; George F. ; and 
 Warren L. 
 
 George F. Pettengill attended the district 
 school and Canaan and Meriden academies, and 
 at the age of seventeen began teaching, which 
 he has followed quite constantly ever since along 
 with his farming. He has taught sixty terms of 
 school, and is now the teacher of his district; for 
 the past fifteen years he has been superintendent 
 of the schools of the town, and a member of the 
 school board. He is a Democrat politically, and 
 was selectman in 1876. Our subject owns the old 
 homestead of 150 acres and carries on farming 
 there. Aug. 31, 1887, he married Mary E. Hall, 
 daughter of Frank and Eliza (Kimball) Hall of 
 Canaan. Mr. and Mrs. Pettengill have one son, 
 Laurence A., born Aug. 20, 1892. 
 
 We are pleased to be able to present Mr. Pet- 
 tengill's portrait, which appears on a page in 
 proximity, as he is a fitting representative of the 
 educators and school teachers of the county and 
 worthy a prominent place. 
 
 AUSTIN G. OLNEY, a locomotive engineer 
 in the employ of the B. & M. R. R., living in 
 Woodsville, was born in Danville, Province of 
 Quebec, Canada, April 13, 1845. He is a son of 
 Joel L. and Hannah (McGoon) Olney; the for- 
 mer was born in Danville, P. Q., a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and an attendant of the Methodist 
 Church. He was a son of Stephen and Rachel 
 (Leet) Olney. Stephen Olney was a farmer, and 
 died, when our subject was a boy, at the age of 
 eighty-eight. His wife lived to be over ninety- 
 eight years old. Our subject's mother was a 
 daughter of Jacob and Hannah McGoon. 
 To Austin G. Olney's parents were born the fol- 
 lowing six children: George lives at Groton, 
 Vt. ; Horatio, deceased; Austin G. ; Stephen lives 
 at Nicollette, P. Q.; William lives at Kingsey, 
 P. Q. ; and John, who lives at Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Olney passed his boyhood at Danville, 
 and received a good education in the schools of 
 that town until he was twelve years of age, when 
 he worked on a farm till 1871. In that year he 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 began railroading as watchman for nine months, 
 and then as fireman for seven years. In 1879 ne 
 became an engineer, and has been one ever 
 since. On Nov. 30, 1896, he was one of the vic- 
 tims in a head-end collision, where he jumped 
 and saved himself, but lost a foot. 
 
 Our subject married as his first wife, in 1868, 
 Julia H. Smith, who presented him with three 
 children: Ralph E. married Vina P. Moulton; 
 Roscoe G. married Hattie M. (now deceased), 
 the daughter of Silas and Melva (Bean) Howland 
 of Jericho, Vt; there was born to them one 
 child, Hattie Ethel; and Roy. His second wife 
 was Viola J. Glover. His first wife was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational Church; the present 
 Mrs. Olney and her husband are members of the 
 M. E. Church. He is a member of Moosehillock 
 Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F. ; and has been a Dem- 
 ocrat all his life. 
 
 JAMES WOODWARD, a retired farmer, liv- 
 ing in Haverhill, was, born in the same town, 
 June 21, 1818. He is a son of Joshua and Susan 
 (Pool) Woodward, and grandson of Judge James 
 and Hannah (Clark) Woodward. 
 
 Judge James Woodward came to Haverhill 
 and purchased a meadow farm in 1763; two 
 years later he married his first wife, Hannah 
 Clark, with which occurrence is connected a very 
 pretty romance. Judge Ladd came to Haverhill 
 very soon after James Woodward and brought in 
 his family a bright girl of fifteen summers, 
 named Hannah Clark, intending her to be the 
 wife of a brother of his, when she came to a suit- 
 able age. It so happened that James Woodward, 
 when calling at the house, took a fancy to the 
 girl, and soon found the feeling reciprocated, and 
 at that juncture of course called more frequently 
 than before. When this highly interesting state 
 of affairs was discovered by Judge Ladd, James 
 was forbidden the house, but managed occasion- 
 ally to have clandestine meetings with his lady- 
 love. Finally he thought of a plan to outwit his 
 adversaries, and achieve a complete victory, but 
 it was necessary that his sweetheart be informed 
 of the plan, and how to get word to her was 
 something hard to do, so closely was she 
 watched. Confiding in his friend, Ephraim 
 Bailey, he enlisted his interest, and he in turn 
 
 drew his lady-love, Hannah Fellows, into the 
 plot. On a certain day Hannah Fellows called 
 at Judge Ladd's home for a visit with Hannah 
 Clark, and purposely remained late, in the mean- 
 time disclosing to Miss Clark the plan. When 
 it had grown dark she started to go home and 
 asked the latter to accompany her a part of the 
 way home. As they crossed the meadow they 
 were met opposite the cabin of James Wood- 
 ward by Ephraim Bailey and Rev. Powers, who 
 conducted them into the cabin, and there the 
 knot was soon tied in a good substantial fashion, 
 Mr. Woodward having procured a special license 
 which dispensed with the necessity of "crying 
 the bans in meeting." After the ceremony Han- 
 nah Clark returned to her home at Judge Ladd's, 
 and was gone so short a time that no one could 
 suspicion anything out of the ordinary had taken 
 place. Mrs. Ladd was in complete ignorance of 
 the occurrence until a friend from Newbury, Vt., 
 where the minister, who performed the cere- 
 mony, resided, called one day, and in the course 
 of the conversation told her that the affair was 
 the gossip of the town over in Vermont. Mrs. 
 Ladd could not believe it, but said she would 
 soon know. Calling Hannah into the room she 
 asked if the report was true, and was told that 
 it was ; like a true, noble-hearted woman, she then 
 and there forgave the girl, telling her to go to 
 her husband, remarking that she would never 
 stand between husband and wife. The couple, 
 thus happily joined together, sailed the matri- 
 monial seas together for forty years, till Death, 
 that great wrecker, separated them. Hannah 
 Clark Woodward died Oct. 21, 1805. Judge 
 Woodward in later years, after the death of his 
 first wife, married Elizabeth, widow of Dr. Sam- 
 uel Pool, and died in 1821. No children were 
 born of the second marriage. 
 
 Joshua Woodward was born in Haverhill, and 
 devoted his greatest attention through life to the 
 pursuit of agriculture. He was also a surveyor 
 and a conveyancer, writing in his time many 
 deeds, wills, leases, etc. He was a very promi- 
 nent man in the town, and was one of the first 
 Abolitionists, being a colleague of William 
 Lloyd Garrison, iParker Pillsbury, and others 
 bold in the fight for right. He made the pre- 
 diction that he would live to see slavery abol- 
 ished, and he did, for he lived to hear Lincoln's 
 proclamation of January, 1863. In the Congre- 
 
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 gational Church, in which he was a valued 
 worker, his services were usually estimated to be 
 very desirable, but at one time Joshua Wood- 
 ward actually excommunicated the church. He 
 introduced resolutions in the church meeting, 
 condemning slavery, which some very conserva- 
 tive and shrinking souls would not allow to be 
 passed. Thereupon, Mr. Woodward would have 
 nothing more to do with the members, until they 
 changed their' minds. As he had been a leading 
 member in their councils, they missed his pres- 
 ence, and finally agreed to pass the resolutions 
 if he would work once more with them. In the 
 town he held various offices, combining respon- 
 sibility and honor to the entire satisfaction of the 
 citizens. His wife, Susan Pool, was a daughter 
 of Dr. Samuel Pool and Elizabeth Hale. The 
 latter was a daughter of Dr. John Hale, a sur- 
 geon in the Revolutionary army; Dr. Samuel 
 Pool being his assistant surgeon; Elizabeth re- 
 ceived his pension till her death. Dr. John Hale 
 married a Miss Hall, a cousin of Prescott, the 
 historian. Dr. Samuel Pool was at one time a 
 very wealthy man, but owing to injudicious in- 
 vestments, most of his large property was dissi- 
 pated. He died at an early age, and his widow, 
 as has already been noted, married Judge 
 James Woodward, after the death of his first 
 wife. To our subject's parents were born the 
 following children: Elizabeth, who died young; 
 Susan, who also died in her youth; James, the 
 subject of this sketch; and Henry, deceased. 
 
 James Woodward was born on the old home 
 place, about one mile north of Haverhill; he grew 
 up on the farm, now owned by Mr. Jewett. At 
 the age of twelve he returned with his parents to 
 the home, where he was born. He attended the 
 district schools and academy at Haverhill Cor- 
 ners, which was at that time a very fine school. 
 When nineteen years of age he rented the farm 
 of his father for two years, and then bought his 
 present farm, adjoining the house, in which his 
 father was then living. There was a cloud on his 
 title, and our subject fought a legal contest of 
 twenty-six years, winning at last. In the course 
 of the vears the "lawing" over the property re- 
 quired so much expense that the value of the 
 property was lost sight of; in the end Mr. Wood- 
 ward was a poorer man, but satisfied that he 
 won the case. Later on he bought the farm 
 which had been the home of his father for a 
 
 number of years. He sold it afterwards to Mr. 
 Bailey. He still owns the old home place' where 
 both he and his father before him were born; he 
 owns some 175 acres in all. He is a Republican 
 in his politics, and an occasional attendant of the 
 Congregational Church of Haverhill-, of which 
 Mrs. Woodward is a member. 
 
 James Woodward was married Jan. 14, 1849, 
 in Haverhill, to Miss Louisa Hunt, who was 
 born in Bath. She was a daughter of Caleb S. 
 and Rebecca (Pool) Hunt, to which couple were 
 born eleven children, of whom nine lived to 
 acquire homes of their own. Caleb Hunt was 
 born in Bath, N. H, and lived to be seventy- 
 seven years old; he was a clothier, and had a 
 factory in Bath; he was a Universalist in re- 
 ligious belief, and a Whig in his politics. Re- 
 becca Pool, who was born in Hollis, N. H, and 
 lived to be seventy-one years old, was a daugh- 
 ter of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hale) Pool. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Woodward were born five chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living: Horace Hunt, 
 who is in Forbes's lithographing establishment 
 in New York City, married Fannie Spear, and has 
 five children: Pearletta Crosby, Louisa Kather- 
 ine, James Oscar, Robert Bruce, and Walter; 
 Susan Emily; Ellen Hunt; Sarah Reed; and 
 Harry, who was taken away at the age of seven- 
 teen. 
 
 HENRY S. BAILEY, a well-to-do agricul- 
 turist, living on his farm, near Haverhill Village, 
 was born in Newbury, Vt, Aug. 31, 1844. He 
 is a son of Azro and Hannah (Lang) Bailey, to 
 whom were born the following ten children: 
 Henry'S., the subject of this short sketch; Albert 
 E., who lives in Newry, Me.; Clara M., deceased; 
 Xelson, who lives in Chelsea, Mass. ; Hazen H, 
 deceased ; Edwin, who lives near Helena, Mont. ; 
 Charles I 7 ., who resides in Lawrence, Mass. ; 
 Hazen H., who makes his home in Yocoma, 
 Tex.; Herbert F., who lives with Edwin in 
 Helena, Mont.; Mary W., who married Alonzo 
 Prescott, of Helena, Mont., Feb. 7, 1893. 
 
 Azro Bailey was born in Newbury, Yt, June 
 30, 1 814, and died July 10, 1884; he finished his 
 education in Newbury Seminary, and took up 
 the vocation of a farmer as a means of livelihood. 
 
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 He was a Republican, but never sought political 
 advancement. His wife, Hannah Lang, was born 
 in the town of Bath, N. H, Oct. 31, 1820, and 
 died Aug. 14, 1889. She was a daughter of 
 Sherburn and Mehitabel (Ricker) Lang. Sher- 
 burn was of Scotch extraction, and was engaged 
 in agriculture. He was a captain in the militia 
 and held the office of selectman and other politi- 
 cal offices of his town. Mehitabel Ricker was a 
 daughter of Eben Ricker, who teamed between 
 Bath and Boston before the introduction of the 
 railroads. Azro Bailey was a son of Abner and 
 Betsey (Hibbard) Bailey; the former born in 
 Newbury, April 30, 1778, and died May 9, 1852; 
 the latter born Oct. 11, 1790, and died Nov. 17, 
 1857. Mr. Bailey's death was sudden, resulting 
 from an attack of paralysis, which came upon 
 him unawares while holding a post for his son in 
 building a fence. His first wife was a Miss Mer- 
 rill, who died a few days after the birth of her 
 first child, which survived her but a short time. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Newbury, and at- 
 tended the common schools of that place, and 
 Bath Academy until eighteen years of age, going 
 to school in the winter season and engaging in 
 farm work in the summer. When eighteen years 
 old he enlisted in Co. C, 15th Reg. N. H. 
 Vol. Inf., at Bath, and served one year, see- 
 ing active army service in the Mississippi Val- 
 ley under General Banks at Port Hudson; he 
 also did guard duty at Carrollton, six miles 
 above New Orleans. When his time had expired 
 he came up the river to Cairo, 111., thence by rail 
 to Chicago, and from there home. Mr. Bailey 
 was sick and in poor health for a year after his 
 return from the front. For several years he 
 worked out on farms, and in 1868 made his home 
 on his present farm with his father and mother; 
 he bought the farm from his father, and has been 
 in charge of it ever since. 
 
 He was joined in the bonds of matrimony Feb. 
 20, 1877, at Haverhill, to Ellen A. Swan, who 
 was born in Suncook, X. H. She is a daughter 
 of Henry Swan, whose wife, Sarah Gerald, was 
 born March 25, 1818, and married to him May 
 7, 1838; Mrs. Swan is still living with her son 
 near Haverhill at the age of seventy-eight. 
 Henry Swan, a mechanic in a cotton mill, was 
 born Sept. 1, 1814, and died July 22, 1895. His 
 parents were Benjamin and Grace (Carr) Swan. 
 The Carr family was from Corinth, Vt. Ben- 
 
 jamin, who was a farmer by occupation, came 
 from Haverhill, N. H., and kept a tavern for 
 many years in the early days in a brick house, 
 near the brook, a mile north of Oliverian Brook 
 Village. He was a son of Phineas and Tryphena 
 Swan; the former died Jan. 16, 1829, aged seven- 
 ty-seven years; the latter departed this life April 
 22, 1843, at the age of ninety. 
 
 There was born to our subject and wife, Sept. 
 6, 1884, a child named Fred M. Mr. Bailey is a 
 member of the G. A. R., Nathaniel Westgate 
 Post, No. So, of North Haverhill. In politics he 
 is a Republican. 
 
 CHARLES L. CUMMINGS, an engineer on 
 the B. & M. R. R., living in Woodsville, was born 
 in that village Sept. 22, 1858, and is a son of 
 George S. and Marietta (Vinton) Cummings. 
 Our subject's father was born in New Hampton, 
 N. H., in 1829, and there passed his early years, 
 securing a good common school education. 
 When he became of age he began railroading, 
 continuing in that service for fifteen years. He 
 became a resident of Woodsville, upon the ad- 
 vent of the railroad in 1854. The firm of C. B. 
 Drake, proprietors of the large drug store of 
 Woodsville, was founded by him, and he re- 
 tained an active interest until 1890. His death 
 took place in 1894. His first wife was Marietta 
 Vinton of Greenfield, Vt. ; she died at the age of 
 thirty-nine, leaving three children: George E., 
 superintendent of the White Mountain Division 
 of the B. & M. R. R.; Charles L., the subject of 
 this sketch; and Wesley B., who lives in Liriclen- 
 ville, Vt. By a second alliance with Mary Har- 
 rington of Littleton, he was presented with one 
 daughter, Mary H. (Noble). Mrs. Cummings 
 still survives her husband, and makes her home 
 in Woodsville. In business circles his word was 
 as good as gold; he was highly respected for his 
 many excellent traits of character. 
 
 Charles L. Cummings spent his early years, 
 until the age of fourteen, in the schools of 
 Woodsville. At the age of fifteen, when he made 
 his first trip as a fireman on an engine, he had 
 already worked a year in the round-house, famil- 
 iarizing himself with machinery. He served as 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 his present position of engineer. Although 
 rather young for so important a position, he had 
 shown by his steady, careful work that he was 
 fully capable of filling the position. 
 
 Oct. 28, 1886, at Woodsville, he was united in 
 marriage with Jennie L. Moore, who was born 
 at Lancaster, N. H. Mrs. Cummings and one 
 brother, Fred H. Moore of Livermore, N. H., 
 were the only children of Orville and Caroline 
 (Blood) Moore. Orville Moore was born in Lan- 
 caster in 1836, departing this life in 1892, and 
 was a son of Joseph B. and Eunice (Mclntyre) 
 Moore. Caroline Blood, who is making her ' 
 home with our subject, was born in Littleton, 
 N. H., and is a daughter of Varnum and Lydia 
 (Kinney) Blood. Lydia Kinney's parents were 
 Enoch and Jane Kinney. Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
 L. Cummings have been blessed with one child, 
 Hazel C, born Feb. 3, 1892. Mrs. Cummings is 
 a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Cum- 
 mings is a member of the Mooshillock Lodge, 
 No. 25, I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat. 
 
 FRANK L. WILMOT, a farmer living near 
 North Haverhill, was born on the farm where 
 he resides, May 12, 1850; he is a son of Haran 
 and Lydia S. (Martin) Wilmot, and a grandson 
 of Timothy Wilmot. 
 
 Haran Wilmot was born in Thetford, Vt, and 
 was six months old when his father came to 
 Haverhill, in 181 5. Timothy Wilmot, who was 
 a farmer, and also a shingle-maker by trade, sold 
 this farm, on which he first settled, in 1824, and 
 cleared another farm later in life. Haran Wil- 
 mot was the eldest of a family of twelve children, 
 four boys and eight girls; his youngest brother, 
 Harvey B., was a noted clothier of Boston. 
 Haran was reared in Haverhill, and there se- 
 cured a common school education. He worked 
 at home till he attained his majority, and then 
 was employed in the summers by the Pike 
 Brick Co., working in the woods in the winter 
 time for six years at the wage of $13.00 per 
 month, and only lost fourteen days in all that 
 time; his entire savings of that time he invested 
 in a mechanics store, and lost all in its failure. 
 He then bought a farm of seventy acres, on 
 which our subject lives. When he first became 
 
 owner the land was rough and covered with 
 pine stumps, and would not produce enough 
 hay for two cows, but the property became val- 
 uable and very productive under his able man- 
 agement, and proved a very good investment. 
 He was a carpenter and builder in addition to 
 farming, and besides his own house and barns, 
 built many others in the neighborhood. He re- 
 tired about 1880 and turned over the farm to 
 Frank L., his eldest son, the subject of this 
 sketch; Haran Wilmot's death took place June 
 11, 1896. His wife, Lydia S. Martin, was a 
 daughter of Benjamin Martin, a farmer, who 
 died in the 70's, aged seventy-four. She bore 
 Mr. Wilmot the following children: Frank L.; 
 George E. of Boston, chief clerk for the B. & M. 
 R. R., now traveling in the south for his health; 
 and Nellie B. (Crook). 
 
 Our subject attended the schools in his neigh- 
 borhood until he was twenty years old, and upon 
 the attaining of his majority took the manage- 
 ment of the farm in partnership with his father, 
 and for the past year, since the death of his 
 father, has conducted the farm alone. Most of 
 his attention is devoted to dairy farming, for the 
 farm embraces much valuable grazing ground; 
 he has about twenty cows, and a small flock of 
 sheep. 
 
 He was married March 8, 1871, at Center Hav- 
 erhill to Ellen A. Hutchins, who was born in 
 Benton, and is a daughter of Joseph and Susan 
 (Brown) Hutchins, to whom was born the fol- 
 lowing family of children: Marynette (Flan- 
 ders); Ellen; Betsey Jane, deceased; Sallie Ann, 
 deceased; and Charles, who is working at 
 Woodsville for the B. & M. R. R. Joseph 
 Hutchins, a farmer by occupation, was a son of 
 Benjamin and Philena (Kith) Hutchins. Ben- 
 jamin was a farmer and a cooper by trade. Susan 
 Brown was a daughter of John and Olive 
 (Colby) Brown. 
 
 To our subject and his wife one child has been 
 born, Maude L. Mr. Wilmot is a member of 
 Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F., of 
 Woodsville; and of Pink Granite Grange, No. 
 210. He is an attendant of the M. E. Church. 
 Since coming of age he has never failed to vote 
 the Republican ticket and support the party of 
 his choice in every honorable way in his power. 
 He is a road surveyor, and one of the town po- 
 
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 EZRA B. WILLOUGHBY, a prominent 
 agriculturist, pursuing his vocation near the vil- 
 lage of North Haverhill, was born in East War- 
 ren, N. H., Feb. 18, 1852; his parents were 
 Horatio and Sarah (French) Willoughby. 
 
 Horatio Willoughby was born on Briar Hill, 
 and lived in the towns of Haverhill and Warren 
 all his life, where he was engaged in farming. 
 In politics he was a Democrat, but with no taste 
 for active partisan work. He was a son of Josiah 
 Willoughby. Sarah French was born on Brier 
 Hill, March 10, 181 6, of Richardson and Sallie 
 (Whitcher) French. Richardson, or Dick French, 
 as he was popularly known among his acquaint- 
 ances, was a renowned bear hunter, and holds 
 the proud record of having killed more bears 
 than any other man in the county. His father, 
 Barzilla French, great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Epping, N. H., March 
 I 5» 1 775- His wife, Sallie Whitcher, was 
 born in Warren, N. H. A stirring ad- 
 venture is related of her when in the 
 extreme years of her youth. One day, when she 
 was only three years old, her parents went to 
 Warren Summit, leaving her in the care of her 
 older brothers. The little girl wandered away 
 after her parents, was lost, and for three days the 
 country thereabout was searched in vain. 
 Strange to tell, a man in an adjoining town, who 
 had heard of her disappearance, dreamed each 
 night that she was in a certain locality; the con- 
 stant repetition of the dream so impressed him 
 that he sought out the place, and found her 
 there unharmed, but very hungry and worn. 
 The family of our subject's parents were the fol- 
 lowing five children: Burton F., who died in 
 infancy ; Mahala F. married Carlos A. Cummings 
 in Bath, and lives there now; Josiah R. lives in 
 Haverhill township; Ezra B. is the subject of this 
 sketch; and Cyrus I., who is numbered among 
 those who have gone before. 
 
 Ezra B. Willoughby passed the first eight 
 years of his life in the town of Warren, going 
 from there to Haverhill. Both of his parents 
 died when he was a young lad, and he accord- 
 ingly went to live with his sister, Mrs. Cum- 
 mings, until he was sixteen, when he struck out 
 to support himself. He worked on farms as a 
 hired hand until he was twenty-one, attending 
 school in the winters and whenever opportunity 
 offered; in this way, he was enabled to secure a 
 
 few terms schooling in the high school of Lis- 
 bon. He then went into partnership in the lum- 
 bering business in Bath with his brother-in-law, 
 Carlos A. Cummings, for two years. 'He bought 
 the timber land, cut down the trees, and drew 
 the logs to the mill, where he hired them sawed 
 and then disposed of the lumber. Upon his re- 
 tirement from this business he sold his timber 
 lands and came to North Haverhill, where he 
 clerked in a store for a year, afterwards buying 
 the store and operating it on his own account 
 for another year. He then settled on his present 
 farm, which then belonged to his wife's father, 
 with whom he managed the farm until 1890, 
 since which time he has conducted it himself. 
 Mr. Willoughby has added to the original plot 
 120 acres, making a farm of 280 acres in all. The 
 farm is composed of timber, meadow, and plow 
 land; the most is in meadow and pasture land, 
 with only about sixty acres under cultivation, 
 although 100 acres of rich land could be turned 
 by the plow if necessity demanded it. At pres- 
 ent Mr. Willoughby is making use of the great- 
 est resources of the farm by conducting a dairy. 
 He is known as a man who is ever on the alert 
 for advanced ideas in the successful pursuit of 
 agriculture, and has embodied many practical 
 thoughts in his administration of the farm. His 
 stock is of good, standard strains that have been 
 tested for their money-making qualities. 
 
 Our subject was married May 1, 1874, in 
 North Haverhill, to Florence A. Rideout, who 
 was born in Haverhill of Nathan P. and Rumina 
 D. (French) Rideout, both of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
 Nathan P. Rideout was born in Plymouth, N. 
 IL, April 5, 1824, and lived in that village till 
 1840, when he went to Woodbury, Vt., and 
 passed the remaining years of his minority. He 
 then spent three years in St. Johnsbury, during 
 the last year of which he worked as a carpenter, 
 and three years in Chelsea, Mass., as a house 
 painter. In 1851 he moved to St. Johnsbury, 
 then to North Haverhill, and made his home in 
 the very same house that still furnishes him shel- 
 ter. As his wife wished him to take up farming, 
 in 1855 he bought forty acres of land, and at sub- 
 sequent periods added 210 more acres. Since 
 1890 Mr. Rideout has been living in a retired 
 fashion at home. Fie married, March 14, 1851, 
 Rumina French, daughter of Samuel and Hulda 
 (Iiaskell) French. Samuel French was from the 
 
GEN. CHARLES O. HURLBUTT. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 259 
 
 State of Connecticut, and kept a tavern at St. 
 Johnsbury Center. He also owned a freight 
 wagon, and hauled goods from Boston, and later 
 from Concord, when the railroad had been fin- 
 ished to that point. About fourteen horses were 
 kept at different points on the road to serve as 
 successive relays. Mr. Rideout used to drive for 
 him. Nathan P. Rideout was a son of Willard 
 and Irena (Penniman) Rideout, and grandson of 
 John Rideout. Irena Penniman was the daugh- 
 ter of Nathan Penniman, was born in Plymouth, 
 and died in Woodbury, Vt. Willard Rideout was 
 born in Plymouth, and died in East Calais, Vt. 
 Our subject's wife, Florence Rideout, was the 
 only child born to her parents. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby are members of the 
 M. E. Church. In politics our subject is uni- 
 formly a Republican; in the spring of 1896, 
 despite his protestations, the office of selectman 
 was forced upon him by his devoted admirers. 
 Three children have come to bless the union of 
 our subject and his wife: Earl C, Leon LeRoy, 
 and Harold R. 
 
 GEN. CHARLES O. HURLBUTT, High 
 Sheriff of Grafton Co. and a resident of the town 
 of Lebanon, was born Sept. 22, 1844, in the 
 town of Hanover, this county. He is a son of 
 Elihu and Emeline L. (Goodell) Hurlbutt, the 
 former of Hanover and the latter of Lyme, 
 N. H. 
 
 Elihu Hurlbutt, our subject's father, who is 
 still living, is a member of the seventh genera- 
 tion from Thomas Hurlbutt, the first member of 
 the family in America. 
 
 Thomas Hurlbutt, the first, arrived about 
 1635, and was a soldier under Lion Gardiner, 
 who built and commanded a fort at Saybrook, 
 Conn., which was the beginning of the colony 
 planted there. Gardiner is supposed to have em- 
 barked in London in the month of August, 1635, 
 arriving at Saybrook in November with his 
 wife, a female servant, and eleven male pas- 
 sengers; it is thought that our subject's ancestor 
 was one of this band of eleven. Nothing is 
 known of Thomas Hurlbutt's ancestory, nor of 
 his connections prior to his coming to the col- 
 onies, although he was probably of Scotch 
 origin. In establishing and maintaining the 
 
 colony at Saybrook the men had frequent 
 brushes with the Indians, and in one of these en- 
 counters with the Pequots Mr. Hurlbutt was 
 wounded with an arrow, in 1637, but not very 
 seriously. He was a blacksmith, and after the 
 war with the Indians he established himself in 
 the infant settlement of Wethersfield, Conn., as 
 one of its pioneer inhabitants and the first black- 
 smith of the place. He was a good workman and 
 charged good prices, which brought him into 
 disfavor at one time with the town authorities 
 and he "was fined forty shillings for encouraging 
 others in taking excessive rates for work and 
 ware"; the fine was remitted later on. Our sub- 
 ject's ancestor was a man of unblemished char- 
 acter and of good standing in the community; 
 he was clerk of the "Train Band" in 1640, deputy 
 of the General Court, grand juror, and also con- 
 stable in 1644. He received grants for numerous 
 tracts of land in return for his services; one of 
 120 acres was for his work in the Indian War. 
 His wife, Sarah, whose surname is not known, 
 bore him six children, the five youngest of whom 
 were sons. 
 
 Of these five sons, Thomas Hurlbutt, Jr., was 
 the eldest; he was probably born in Wethersfield, 
 Conn., where he learned his father's trade of 
 blacksmithing, and succeeded him in business. 
 His first wife's name was Lydia, and the second's 
 Elizabeth. Of four sons born to Thomas Hurl- 
 butt, Jr., Thomas Hurlbutt, the third, was the 
 eldest, and probably a son of the first wife. 
 
 Thomas Hurlbutt, the third, was born, it is 
 most likely, in Wethersfield, Conn., about 1660. 
 Of a family of four sons born to him, Gideon was 
 the youngest. 
 
 Gideon Hurlbutt was born in Woodbury, 
 Conn., baptized in 1688, and removed to the 
 town of Westport, where his thread of life was 
 severed in his seventieth year, dying March 9, 
 1757. His wife Margaret died Feb. 28, 1754, in 
 her fifty-fourth year. 
 
 Nathaniel Hurlbutt, the great-grandfather of 
 our subject, second in a family of four sons born 
 to Gideon Hurlbutt, was born in the month of 
 March, 1736, in Westport, Conn., it is supposed. 
 He settled first in Washington, Conn., coming 1 
 from there about the year 1782 to the town of 
 Hanover, Grafton Co., locating on Road Four. 
 This farm in Hanover remained his home until 
 his death, Sept. 6, 1817, aged 81; the farm was 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 owned in 1861 by his grandson, David. He 
 married Betty Taylor, born March 7, 1736, a 
 daughter of Capt. John and Hannah (Stewart) 
 Taylor; she survived her husband about ten 
 vears, departing this life Sept. 13, 1827. Of a 
 family of seven boys and one daughter born to 
 Nathaniel and Betty (Taylor) Hurlbutt, David 
 Hurlbutt, grandfather of Charles O. Hurlbutt, 
 was the youngest. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, born in Danbury, 
 Conn., March 11, 1772, came to Hanover with 
 his parents when eleven years old, and lived there 
 most of his life, inheriting his father's farm, 
 dying there July 14, 1852. He was married in 
 Hanover, Jan. 10, 1797, to Gratia Taylor, who 
 was born in Fairfield, Conn., June 17, 1777, a 
 daughter of Rev. James Taylor; she died Aug. 
 19, 1819. He was again joined in the bonds of 
 Hymen, Jan. 3, 1820, to Ruth Freeman, born 
 Nov. 25, 1785, a daughter of Otis and Mary 
 Freeman of the town of Hanover. Of a family 
 of seventeen born to David by his two wives, 
 Elihu, our subject's father, was next to the 
 youngest. 
 
 Elihu Hurlbutt was born in Hanover on the 
 homestead in the northern part of the town, June 
 2, 1814, and lived there until he was twenty- 
 seven years old, at which period in his life he 
 bought his present farm in Hanover, on which 
 he has lived fifty-five years. He attended the 
 district schools when a boy until eighteen years 
 of age, -and then with his brother operated his 
 father's farm two or three years; his brother 
 bought the farm, and Elihu worked for him a 
 few years until he bought his present home. 
 His farm comprises 160 acres. 
 
 He was married in Lyme, June 8, 1842, to 
 Lucy Emeline Goodell, born April 28, 1821, a 
 daughter of John and Lucy Goodell of Lyme, 
 N. H. Of nine children born to Elihu Hurlbutt 
 and his wife, six survive: Charles O., the subject 
 of this sketch, sheriff of the county, lives in Leb- 
 anon; Lucy Roselle married Prof. Sherman of 
 Dartmouth College, and resides in Hanover; 
 Willard Goodell is engaged in farming with his 
 father; Fanny Grace married George C. Med- 
 bury, a real estate man of Kansas City, Missouri; 
 Harriet Augusta married Prof. John B. Hazen 
 of Dartmouth College; Ida married Charles 
 Melvin, a commercial traveler, with headquar- 
 ters at Kansas City. Mr. Hurlbutt is a member 
 
 of the Congregational Church of Hanover Cen- 
 ter. In politics, he is a Republican, and has not 
 missed a single Presidential election since 1836, 
 when he was a Whig. He was postmaster of 
 Hanover Center for about thirty years, a State 
 justice of the peace since 1856, and a selectman 
 for two years. He is still prominently identified 
 with the business interests of Hanover, being a 
 large land owner and a merchant. 
 
 Gen. Charles O. Hurlbutt obtained his educa- 
 tion in the district schools of his native town, and 
 at the Newbury, Vt, and Meriden academies. At 
 the age of sixteen he enlisted in Co. E., 9th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., and followed its fortunes until 
 the close of the war. At the battle of South 
 Mountain, though a mere lad, he took single- 
 handed the first prisoner ever taken by his regi- 
 ment. He was at the battles of Antietam, and 
 the Wilderness campaign at Vicksburg, Jackson, 
 and many other engagements of lesser import- 
 ance. 
 
 On his return from the war Gen. Hurlbutt en- 
 gaged in the lumber business at Lyme, and when 
 his mill was destroyed by fire he took charge of 
 important milling interests in Deerfield, Mass. 
 About 1870 he removed to the town of Lebanon, 
 and has since resided there, for thirteen years 
 being engaged in the lumber business. Our sub- 
 ject has for many years been considered the 
 finest instructor of horses in the State, and has 
 devoted a great deal of time to handling, break- 
 ing, and training vicious horses ; he has had some 
 very bad horses that were thought well-nigh im- 
 possible to make docile and tractable, but he has 
 never failed to subdue them. He has a boarding 
 stable, and owns some of the finest roadsters in 
 New Hampshire, or any other State, for that 
 matter. Black Sam, who has been owned and 
 taught by him from the time he was a colt, is 
 one of the finest built stallions ever raised; Black 
 Sam's fame has spread over this and adjoining 
 States as a most intelligent horse, whose equal 
 does not exist He seems to understand the 
 English language, for he willingly complies to 
 all expressed wishes without any signal what- 
 ever. His horses are all of the bluest blood, and 
 have long pedigrees of their dams and sires. 
 His colts, wherever exhibited, invariably carry 
 off the first honors. 
 
 Gen. Hurlbutt married Miss Emily L. Parker, 
 daughter of Enos Parker of Hanover ; they have 
 
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 no children. Our subject has been very promi- 
 nent in the political circles of the State and 
 county. He represented the town of Lebanon 
 in the Legislature of 1878 and 1879, serving in 
 both upon the railroad committee, proving him- 
 self a practical, working member. He was 
 deputy sheriff from 1884 to 1888, and was quar- 
 ter-master-general upon the staff of Governor 
 Goodell. Under Harrison's administration he 
 was internal revenue collector. In 1890 he was 
 elected high sheriff, re-elected in 1892, and again 
 elected in 1894. He has performed his duties 
 in all his official positions at all times economi- 
 cally, quietly, promptly, and wisely, so as to re- 
 ceive the commendations of men of all parties. 
 Personally, Gen. Hurlbutt is a very geniai and 
 companionable gentleman, whose unfailing kind- 
 ness of heart and ever-ready hand make hosts 
 of friends for him. As a representative citizen 
 and as a man prominent in business and politics, 
 we are sure that a portrait of Gen. Hurlbutt 
 would be much appreciated, and so it is with 
 genuine pleasure we add it to swell the many in- 
 teresting features of this work. 
 
 PARDON W. ALLEN, a prominent farmer 
 of Center Haverhill, was born in Craftsbury, Vt., 
 April 26, 1848. He is a son of George W. and 
 Lytlia (Hoyt) Allen, grandson of Josiah and 
 Charlotte (Whitney) Allen, and great-grandson 
 of Ira H. Allen. The last named was a brother 
 of Ethan Allen, of Green Mountain Boy fame, 
 and the first Secretary of War in Washington's 
 Cabinet. He came from England with his father 
 in the early Colonial days. Josiah Allen, who 
 was from Iresby, Vt., lived to be ninety-six years 
 old; at the age of ninety-four, in showing his 
 grandson, the subject of this sketch, over the 
 farm, he was as spry as a young man, climbing 
 walls and fences as nimbly and with as little 
 effort as one would expect from a young man 
 in his twenties. He died about the year 1875. 
 In early life he was a tanner and shoe-maker, and 
 later carried on a farm, becoming one of the 
 wealthiest men in the town. He was a leading 
 member of the M. E. Church, and one of the 
 main supporters of the church; after his death a 
 fine memorial window was put in, in memory of 
 
 his useful career and his frequent deeds of good. 
 He could never be prevailed upon to accept any 
 official position at the hands of his friends and 
 warm admirers. 
 
 George W. Allen was one of a family of eight 
 children, four boys and four girls. His occupa- 
 tion was that of a farmer, coupled with dealing 
 in cattle. His death occurred in 1856, when 
 forty-one years old, by a strange and unusual 
 accident; he was fishing from a log, and by some 
 mischance he fell from it to a limb, which pierced 
 his vital parts. He was a devout member of the 
 M. E. Church, and a Whig in politics. His wife 
 was born in Craftsbury, and was a daughter of 
 Wyman and Diana (Pennock) Hoyt, and grand- 
 daughter of Willard Hoyt. Willard Hoyt was a 
 wealthy weaver from Paisley, Scotland, and was 
 an old man when he came to this country and 
 settled in Craftsbury, where he became a promi- 
 nent farmer. He died and was buried in that 
 town, and in the M. E. Church is a memorial 
 window to his honor. His son, Wyman Hoyt, 
 was born in Craftsbury, and died there in 1858 
 or 1859 at the age of seventy-three. He was a 
 farmer by occupation, and at one time owned 
 about one-half of the town of Craftsbury, he and 
 his brother having received from their father 
 1,500 acres of land in one solid tract. His wife, 
 Diana Pennock, was one of nine children; there 
 were born to them six sons, and each received 
 a large farm. There were born to our subject's 
 parents five children: Wyman H., Pardon W., 
 Frederick, Eliza C, and Agnes. 
 
 Pardon W. lived in Craftsbury till he was thir- 
 teen years old, and at that age became the first 
 recruit in Co. E., 8th Reg. Vt. Vol. InL, enlist- 
 ing Aug. 16, 1861; his fourteenth birthday took 
 place when he was in the army. He served four 
 years, and was mustered out of the service July 
 30, 1865. He was wounded at Spottsylvania 
 Court House, and was consequently laid up for 
 ten months, and afterward was put on detached 
 duty in the commanding general's office; he was 
 wounded May 12, 1864. It was his misfortune 
 and unpleasant fate to experience capture three 
 different times, and to thus become acquainted 
 with Confederate prison life. He was first taken 
 prisoner at Bayou La Fouche, La., July, 1862, 
 and was taken with his comrades in distress into 
 the swamps to Ship Island on parole and were 
 then exchanged. He was captured again in the 
 
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 early spring of 1863 while serving on the Rapi- 
 dan at a ford, near Kelley's Ford. Three pris- 
 oners, including himself, were thrust into a cabin 
 which had a large window high up in the wall, in 
 juxtaposition to a large chimney. Their captors, 
 having found some very mellow applejack in 
 the cellar, imbibed too frequently and long at the 
 intoxicating liquor and became very drunk, and 
 so our subject and one companion took 
 advantage of the foe's weakness and es- 
 caped to the Union lines, reaching there 
 safely the next night. He was captured the third 
 and last time in the fall of 1863, near Appomat- 
 tox Court House, and was sent to Andersonville 
 Prison, where he suffered the most inhuman 
 treatment and barbarities for three months, 
 weighing only ninety-six pounds when released; 
 the processes or projections on the vertebrae of 
 his backbone even protruded through the skin. 
 When exchanged he came home for a sixty days' 
 furlough, which was increased because of his 
 weakened condition to ninety days; on his return 
 to the army he joined it when fighting in the 
 Wilderness. His wound occurred to him after 
 this, and from that time to the close of the war 
 he was on detached service as first lieutenant of 
 Co. F., 17th Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf. 
 
 On Oct. 25, 1865, he joined his fortunes for 
 good or bad with those of Dorcas Howe, in 
 Bath, N. H; Miss Howe was a daughter of 
 Samuel and Mary (Royce) Howe. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Allen were born five children : Guy L. died 
 at the age of two years; Lenwood H. died at the 
 age of twenty-two; Effie E. married George M. 
 Gale, deceased. Mr. Gale was born at North 
 Haverhill, N. H, May 15, 1863, and died Oct. 
 12, 1896, his death being caused by a railroad 
 accident. He began the railroad life as brake- 
 man in June, 1887, was promoted to baggage- 
 master, and served in that capacity for some six 
 years; since 1893 he was in charge of a train on 
 a regular run as its conductor. He was a mem- 
 ber of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F 
 He held to the good old Democratic principles 
 in his politics. Ward W., the fourth child of our 
 subject, attended school at Craftsbury, Vt., and 
 is now in a training school for medical students 
 in Waverly, Mass. Frank, the youngest, is de- 
 ceased. 
 
 After the war was over Mr. Allen lived one 
 year in Danville, Vt., four years in Haverhill, 
 
 then nine years in^ Benton, two years in Crafts- 
 bury, Vt., and since 1886 has been a resident of 
 Haverhill, with the exception of two years spent 
 in Craftsbury to take care of his old mother in 
 her declining years. He bought his present 
 farm in Haverhill in September, 1896. Mr. Allen 
 is a member of the Advent Church, and his wife 
 is a member of the M. E. Church of North Hav- 
 erhill. In politics he is a Republican, and has 
 been frequently honored with positions of trust 
 and responsibility. He was town clerk in Ben- 
 ton seven years, postmaster nine years, superin- 
 tendent of the school committee seven years, tax 
 collector two years, chairman of ,the board of 
 supervisors for four years, and justice of the 
 peace for twenty years. He is a member of Pink 
 Granite Grange, No. 210, of North Haverhill; 
 and also a member of Grafton Lodge, No. 46, 
 F. & A. M., of Haverhill; Franklin Chapter, No. 
 5, of Lisbon. He belongs to the G A. R., Nat. 
 Westgate Post, No. 50, of North Haverhill. 
 
 GEORGE E. WHITE, a leading dairy farmer 
 and wealthy land-owner of the town of Haver- 
 hill, N. H., was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 Aug. 20, 1845. He is a son of Charles and Lo- 
 raina (Thorn) White, and a grandson of Ben- 
 jamin White, whose wife was a Miss Giggie. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a resident of 
 the city of New York, at the outbreak of the War 
 of 1812, and was given the choice by the military 
 authorities of swearing allegiance' to the United 
 States or of leaving the country. He accord- 
 ingly went to New Brunswick, and upon the voy- 
 age between his point of departure and his des- 
 tination Feb. 15, 181 1, our subject's father, 
 Charles White, was born. Benjamin White set- 
 tled in New Brunswick, near the St. John's 
 River, where he cultivated a farm during the 
 most of the remaining portion of his life. He 
 also kept a tavern at Long Leach, N. B.; his 
 death took place at the age of ninety-six from 
 the injuries sustained in a severe fall. He was 
 the father of eleven children, all of whom are 
 dead but Charles, who, at the age of eighty-six, 
 still lives at Wilmot, N. S. Our subject's father 
 was a master of several trades, and able to sup- 
 port himself by means of any one of them; he 
 
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 was a tinsmith, shoemaker, and a farmer. His 
 wife, Loraina Thorn, was of an English family 
 of noble origin; she was born in Wilmot, N. S., 
 and was a daughter of Dr. Philip Thorn, a far- 
 mer, and a Miss Woodward, being the eldest of 
 nine children; she died March 8, 1848, after 
 presenting her husband with the five following 
 children: Caroline; Maria F.; John P.; Char- 
 lotte E.; and George E. By a subsequent mar- 
 riage with Ann Hogan, Charles White added 
 nine more children to the family. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Annapolis Valley, 
 N. S., till he was seventeen, attending the com- 
 mon schools up to the age of sixteen. On April 
 12, after he was seventeen, he came to 'Boston, 
 where he had to pay $1.00 capital tax for entering 
 the country. For two months he worked for 
 Calvin Fisher, whose residence was in North 
 Renthrom Bank, and spent the Fourth of July 
 with a sister, who lived at Lowell, Mass.; in- 
 stead of returning to his former place, he stayed 
 in Lowell and worked for Capt. Fox one month, 
 and in the machine shop of Jere Clark for two 
 months. 
 
 He then enlisted in Co. M., 3rd Reg. of Mass. 
 Vol. Cav., and participated in the battles of 
 Pleasant Valley, Maryland Falls Church, a battle 
 near Winchester, and in the campaign on the 
 Red River. He was at Pleasant Valley when he 
 heard of Lincoln's assassination. After the war 
 he was sent to Ft. Leavenworth, and thence by 
 horse to Ft. Kearney to quell an Indian out- 
 break. On his return to Leavenworth he was 
 mustered out of the service, and returned by 
 way of Canada to Boston, where he was given an 
 honorable discharge. From Boston he went :o 
 visit the old folks, and let his father have $400.00 
 of his army money to invest in a tin-shop, where 
 it still remains. On his return to Lowell he 
 worked at making harness for looms for two 
 years, and entered the matrimonial state. He 
 also learned the carpenter's trade and followed it 
 some time. For six months he ran a fancy goods 
 store, then sold it, and went to peddling for a 
 time. Being bothered a good deal in his various 
 avocations by his continued state of poor health, 
 he went to California via Panama and Aspinwall, 
 arriving at "Frisco" with only $5.00 in his pocket. 
 He at once sought out his wife's cousin at Gold 
 Hill, Nev., and after making his way there, 
 worked five months for a dairyman for $200.00 
 
 in gold, and with that capital opened a tin-shop 
 at Geneva, Nev. Ill-luck seemed to pursue his 
 footsteps, for his store was soon destroyed by fire, 
 and he was forced to return to Lowell, Mass., to 
 begin anew; even the ship that transported him 
 from New York to Fall River, R. I., seemed ill- 
 fated, for it was strruck by another boat, and all 
 but lost. 
 
 During the next few months he worked at 
 various occupations, such as carpentry work, 
 plumbing, and as an engineer, at Lowell, Hav- 
 erhill, Kinsford, and a number of other places, 
 wherever work and a chance of advancement was 
 offered. The first winter after his return from 
 the Pacific Coast he bought a farm in the town 
 of Benton, Grafton Co., N. H., without ever hav- 
 ing viewed it, and made it his home and the 
 scene of his labors for eleven years, farming in 
 the summer and working in the timber in the 
 winter season; he also bought another farm, and 
 then sold all his property in Benton, came to 
 Haverhill, where he rented a farm for two years. 
 In 1889 he bought 310 acres of his present farm, 
 to which he has added from time to time until 
 his possessions amount to almost 500 acres. He 
 follows dairy farming principally, and milks up- 
 wards of thirty cows, disposing of his milk to the 
 North Haverhill Creamery, of which he is presi- 
 dent. He has improved the property to a large 
 extent by the addition of a large barn, and other 
 necessary farm buildings; a 120-ton silo enables 
 him to feed his cattle green fodder through the 
 winter, thus ensuring a good supply of milk. He 
 speculates to a great extent in live stock, and 
 turns many an honest penny by his shrewd trad- 
 ing. His farm exhibits an appearance of thrift 
 and industry not usually met with. 
 
 Mr. White was married Oct. 10, 1868, at 
 Lowell, Mass., to Debora Hilt, who was born in 
 Hope, Me., and is a daughter of Joseph and 
 Mariam (Lampson) Hilt. Joseph Hilt, a son of 
 William and Betsey Hilt, was a ship carpenter 
 by trade, and lived to be seventy-one years of 
 age; his wife died at the age of sixty-five. Mrs. 
 White is the eldest of seven girls born to her 
 parents. She has borne her husband seven chil- 
 dren, namely: Loraina, who married Noris 
 Wright of Milford, N. H, and has one child, 
 named Gardener; Cora married Samuel Howe of 
 Benton, and has presented him with four chil- 
 dren, Edith, Olive, Susie, and Frank E.; Wesley; 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 William; Charles; Lula; and John. Mr. and Mrs. 
 White both attend the Second Adventist Church. 
 Mr. White is a member of the G. A. R, Nat. 
 Westgate Post, No. 50, of North Haverhill. He 
 is a Republican in his politics, but was not nat- 
 uralized as a citizen until so recent a date as 
 June, 1888, although his army service entitled 
 him to a franchise long ago, had he only gone 
 before the court and sworn to his connection 
 with the United States Army, and his service in 
 that organization. From the date of his enfran- 
 chisement he has taken a very active interest in 
 politics, both local and national, and bids fair at 
 no very distant date to take a leading place in 
 the town politics, as he is a man who is much re- 
 spected for his sterling worth and integrity. 
 
 DANIEL AUSTIN SHAW, M. D., now en- 
 gaged in farming with his son, Edwin W. Shaw, 
 near North Haverhill, but formerly a practicing 
 physician in the town of Haverhill, was born in 
 the town of Holderness, N. H., Oct. 5, 1820. He 
 is a son of Asa and Diedama (York) Shaw. 
 
 Asa Shaw was born in Holderness about 1795, 
 and lived to be seventy-four years old, dying in 
 the town of Campton. He was a carpenter and 
 builder by trade, and was actively engaged in 
 building until he was seventy years old; he lived 
 for a time in Lowell, where he took and fulfilled 
 many contracts. He built the farm buildings of 
 Dr. Shaw, his son. He also owned a small 
 farm, where he lived and made his home. His 
 wife was born in Merrimac Co., N. H., and was 
 a daughter of Benjamin and Kisiah (Coffin) 
 York. Benjamin York was a minister of the 
 Free Will Baptist denomination, and owned a 
 farm in Holderness, where he lived. He came 
 there in the pioneer times when the surrounding 
 country was little better than a wilderness; at 
 that period he used to carry grist to the mill on 
 his own back through the forest by a spotted 
 path, going clear to Concord, and returning 
 home in the same manner with the flour on his 
 back. Nine children composed the family that 
 was born to Dr. Shaw's parents; they were 
 named as follows: Alanson, deceased; Daniel 
 Austin; Simeon W., deceased; Lorenzo L. lives 
 in Yarmouth, Ale.; Charlotte Mary (Levitt) lives 
 
 in Ashland; Elias Hutchins is a resident of Ca- 
 naan, N. H.; William H. makes his home in 
 Holderness, N. H.; Harriet (Smith), deceased; 
 Corilla A. (Watson) lives in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Shaw was reared in Holderness and 
 Campton, and attended the district schools of 
 both towns until he was twenty years old. Upon 
 arriving at his majority he married and bought 
 a small farm in Holderness, and remained there 
 one season, when he sold his property and rented 
 farms in Holderness and Campton for some two 
 or three years; after that he lived in Holderness 
 until March, 1856, when he moved to his present 
 farm, consisting of several tracts of land amount- 
 ing in all to 150 acres, and has made this his 
 home ever since. The proceeds of the farm, 
 which he sold in Holderness, he loaned on poor 
 security, and lost all of it. He studied medicine 
 and practiced in Haverhill a number of years 
 till his health suffered from a severe attack of 
 typhoid fever in 1864, and has since confined his 
 attention to agricultural labors. 
 
 He was married Nov. 25, 1841, in Holderness 
 to Esther S. Abbott, a daughter of Thomas 
 and Hannah (Smith) Abbott. Thomas Abbott 
 was born in Hillsborough, N. H., and was a sou 
 of Paul and Naomi (Carr) Abbott; the former a 
 son of Darius Abbott, who used to keep a tav- 
 ern in Andover, Mass., and Mary Holt; the lat- 
 ter, Naomi Carr, was a daughter of Thomas and 
 Hannah Carr. Hannah Smith, a native of New 
 Hampton, N. H., was a daughter of Benjamin 
 and Judith (Pottle) Smith; Benjamin Smith was 
 a soldier of the Revolution; Judith Pottle was a 
 daughter of Samuel Pottle. Mrs. Shaw was the 
 eldest of three children born to her parents, as 
 follows: Esther S.; Thomas P., who died in in- 
 fancy; and Anna. Dr. Shaw and wife attend the 
 Advent Church. In politics he is a Democrat, 
 and has served the town as its road surveyor, but 
 is not known as an office-seeker. He is the 
 father of two children ; the record/ reads as fol- 
 lows: Wesley A., who is unmarried, and lives 
 with his parents; and Edwin W. 
 
 Edwin W. Shaw is engaged in farming on a 
 portion of his father's farm; he was born in Hav- 
 erhill, Oct. 27, 1863, and attended the district 
 schools of North Haverhill till he was fourteen 
 years of age, and then went west to see what he 
 could of the world. He reached Wyoming Ter- 
 ritory, and remained there a year and a half 
 
MICHAEL H. BARSTOW. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 265 
 
 herding on a large cattle ranch; after a year's 
 residence at home in New Hampshire, he again 
 went west and herded cattle for two years. Then 
 upon his return home, and a year's stay, he 
 went to Holland, Mich., working in a hotel there 
 for eight months; he came home and remained 
 through the winter, and again went to Michigan, 
 working nine months on a railroad. Ever since 
 coming home the last time he has been engaged 
 in farming with his father. He married Louise 
 H. Brooks, daughter of Otis and Sallie (Drury) 
 Brooks, who lived in Eston when their daughter 
 was married. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks now make 
 their home in Franconia. Edwin Shaw is a 
 Democrat. He is a member of Pink Granite 
 Grange, No. 210, of North Haverhill. Both he 
 and his father are genial and good-natured men, 
 and have hosts of friends. 
 
 MICHAEL H. BARSTOW, a breeder of fine 
 road horses, and general farmer of the town of 
 Lebanon, was born in Melburn, Canada, Jan. 
 29, 1824. He is a son of Thomas and Sarah 
 (Hale) Barstow, and grandson of Michael and 
 Ruth (Abbott) Barstow. 
 
 Michael Barstow's parents came from Eng- 
 land, and he served six years in the Revolution- 
 ary War; afterwards he kept one of the first 
 public houses ever kept in Thetford, Vt, but 
 later ir. life he moved to Campton, and then to 
 Haverhill, N. H., where he died in 1837, at tlle 
 age of eighty-five; his wife reached the age of 
 ninety-two. It is worthy of mention in this con- 
 nection that Michael Barstow at the age of 
 seventy would stand on the ground and jump 
 from there to the back of his young horse, and 
 at the age of seventy-four mowed hay all day with 
 a scythe by the side of his son. His children 
 were: William, Henry, Charles, Thomas, Nancy, 
 and Ruth. 
 
 Thomas Barstow was born at Campton, N. H., 
 and when a young man went to Welles River, 
 Vt., to accept a situation in a general store ; after 
 a few years employment there he went to Rum- 
 ney, N. H., and carried on a general store him- 
 self. After this, having inherited some money 
 from his mother, he entered into the business of 
 buying cattle, driving to market, and there dis- 
 
 posing of them, and did very nicely until the 
 close of the War of 1812, when he found him- 
 self in the market with a very large drove of cat- 
 tle, and no demand for them, and the conse- 
 quence was he suffered a severe loss; he then 
 took his family to Melburn, Canada, and entered 
 into the lumber business; succeeding in this he 
 enlarged the business, and again entered into 
 cattle buying, finding a market for his droves 
 in the city of Quebec. After a number of years 
 engaged in this kind of work he went to North- 
 field, Vt.; he at length retired from his position, 
 and died in Norwich, Vt., at the age of eighty- 
 seven. His wife also departed this life at the 
 same age. There were born to them the follow- 
 ing children : Sarah A. ; Harriet M. ; Michael H., 
 the subject of this sketch; Thomas, who resides 
 in California; Arthur, whose home is in Boston; 
 Louise; Ruth A.; and William H., who lives in 
 Boston. 
 
 Michael H. Barstow attended the district 
 schools, and at the age of seventeen years went 
 to the town of Hanover to learn the mason's 
 trade; having served his apprenticeship and be- 
 come a skillful workman, he moved to Boston, 
 where he became foreman for Greenleaf & 
 Adams, contractors of masonry work; later on 
 he became partner to Nathan Adams, carrying 
 on masonry work under the firm name of Adams 
 & Barstow, until 1876, in which year he pur- 
 chased the Cheney farm, in the western part of 
 the town of Lebanon, bordering on the Connecti- 
 cut River; he chose this location in order that 
 he might be near his aged parents, who lived 
 across the river, in Vermont. He has one of the 
 finest farms in the town, and owns 470 acres, 100 
 acres of which is in the State of Vermont. Being 
 a great lover of fine horses he has, since his resi- 
 dence in the country, turned his attention to the 
 raising and breeding of fine Hambletonians, and 
 some of the best horses ever raised in the State 
 have come from his stables and have been broken 
 by himself. 
 
 He has also a very fine dairy of grade Jerseys, 
 twenty-five in number; he is not only a model 
 farmer in every particular, but also a very suc- 
 cessful one. The farm is in the best of condition; 
 the buildings have been remodeled and enlarged, 
 and a new carriage house has been built. 
 
 Mr. Barstow married Miss Diana Walker, of 
 Franklin Co., N. Y., and, as their union did not 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 result in any issue, their love for children and 
 charitable disposition prompted them to adopt 
 the following children: Sarah Mills, who mar- 
 ried Franklin I. Spencer; and Jane Austin, who 
 married Fred Walters. He has always supported 
 the Republican party, although refusing all 
 office. While a resident of Boston he was a 
 member of the I. O. O. F. Both Mr. Barstow 
 and his wife are leading members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mr. Barstow's portrait is shown in connection 
 with this sketch on a foregoing page. 
 
 ELMER E. JONES, a prominent citizen of 
 Enlield, who carries on an extensive business in 
 bicycles, guns, and farming tools, was born in 
 the above town, Sept. 6, 1861, and is a son ot 
 Alba C. and Huldah (Currier) Jones, grandson 
 of Isaac and Hannah (Noyce) Jones, and great- 
 grandson of Moses and Mary (Htts) Jones. 
 
 Moses Jones, who was for a long term 01 years 
 a deacon 111 the Free Will Baptist Church, was 
 born in Amesbury, Mass., May 21, 1737. He 
 served in the French and Indian War, in which 
 he was taken prisoner, and taken to Canada, 
 where he was held captive. By obtaining the 
 confidence of his captors he gained a little free- 
 dom of movement, and so one day, when out 
 hunting, he started through the forest in an at- 
 tempt to reach an American settlement. When 
 almost worn out by fatigue he came to a Cana- 
 dian settler, who, taking pity on him, gave him 
 food, and kept him hid for a time from the In- 
 dians, who upon his departure gave chase. By 
 a rare chance he was fortunate enough to sight 
 an English vessel, which in response to his sig- 
 nals took him on board, and kept him there 
 until the excitement, following upon his escape, 
 had somewhat abated. * Fie then started across 
 the country on foot, and when he presented him- 
 self before his family was not at first resognized 
 by them, for they had supposed him dead for 
 years. He settled at first in South Hampton, N. 
 H, but later went to Hopkinton, N. H., where 
 he lost his first wife, the great-grandmother of 
 our subject. He married again, and with Ezekiel 
 Stevens came to Enfield, N. FT., and bought a 
 large tract of land, where the Shaker Village is 
 
 now located, in 1792, but soon after traded the 
 farm with the Shakers tor the tarm where 
 his descendant, F. W. Jones, now resides; the 
 house, with few improvements and alterations, is 
 as the Shakers built it; the location of tne tarm 
 has ever since been known as Jones Hill. He 
 lived to be eighty-eight years old, dying Dec. 26, 
 1824. By his first wife, he had the following chil- 
 dren: Richard, Mehitabel, Sally, Isaac, Moses, 
 and Mary. Fie married as his second wile 
 Mariam Currier, who was born in South Hamp- 
 ton, in 1747, and died in 1823; the issue of this 
 second marriage were the following children: 
 Dorothy, Mariam, Hannah, Rhoda, Nancy, Jon- 
 athan, Ducy, and John. 
 
 Isaac. Jones was born in South Hampton, and 
 settled on Jones Hill, buying a farm adjoining 
 his father's property, and always followed his 
 vocation of farming, dying at the age of eighty- 
 four. His wife lived to be seventy-two years old, 
 and bore him these children, namely : Mary, Re- 
 lief, Rosamond, Sylvester, Alba C, and Tracy 
 H. Isaac Jones was a Democrat, politically, auu 
 a member and deacon of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Alba C. Jones, our subject's father, was born 
 in Enfield, March 6, 1817, and began life as a 
 farmer. Early in life, however, he entered the 
 Shaker Mills, and worked twenty-five years, 
 principally in the store-room. Fie then retired, 
 and for his home purchased the W. C. Smith 
 property, with a small farm attached, the cultiva- 
 tion of which he has since superintended. He 
 married Huldah, daughter of Henry and Huldah 
 (l'addleford) Currier; they are both enjoying the 
 best of health, and have had two children : Elmer 
 E.; and Lizzie May, who was a graduate from 
 the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and 
 Female College (at Tilton, N. H.) in the class of 
 1890, afterward engaged in teaching, but died at 
 the age of twenty-seven. Alba C. Jones and his 
 wife are members of the M. E. Church. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Jones was a Democrat, and has been 
 a Republican since the formation of that party. 
 
 Elmer E. Jones attended the Enfield schools, 
 and in 1883 graduated from the Poughkeepsie 
 Business College of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Re- 
 turning to Enfield he has since been interested 
 in farming, in which he has achieved a large de- 
 gree of success, has worked in the factories of 
 Enfield, was then a bookkeeper in the Greenback 
 Woolen Mills, until he bought the Pattec & Cur- 
 
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 rier general store, which he conducted four years 
 and a half, working up a fine patronage, and sell- 
 ing to an advantage to Smith & Dorothy. Mr. 
 Jones, besides caring for his parents and their 
 property, deals very much in bicycles, guns, and 
 all kinds of farming and agricultural tools. Mr. 
 Jones is a man who possesses frank and manly 
 attributes of character, and gives to all branches 
 of his work an interest which wins him a wide 
 circle of patrons. His affable manner and his 
 upright and straightforward dealing cause him 
 to be generally liked and respected, and he is re- 
 garded as a prominent man of the town, standing 
 upon a solid financial basis, and may be consid- 
 ered one of the representative citizens of his sec- 
 tion of Grafton Co. He has served the town 
 two years as selectman. 
 
 GEORGE WELLS, a large land-owner and 
 representative farmer of the town of Haverhill, 
 was born in Benton, N. H., March 18, 1828; he 
 is a son of Enos and Sallie (Clark) Wells, and 
 grandson of Ephraim and Phoebe (Meecham) 
 Wells. Our subject's grandfather died compara- 
 tively young; he was the father of sixteen chil- 
 dren; our subject's grandmother lived to be 
 nearly ninety years old. 
 
 Enos Wells was born and reared in Canaan, 
 N. H, where he lived to be seventy-two years 
 old, engaged in farming. He was one of the 
 older children in his father's family, and was 
 always looked up to and called Mr. Wells while 
 the rest of his brothers and sisters were called 
 by their first name. He was a Democrat, and 
 served as selectman, town clerk, representative 
 in the Legislature, and as justice of the peace 
 for many years preceding his death. He was 
 fond of hunting, and killed many deer and other 
 like game in his day. Few men were more popu- 
 lar than he in his neighborhood and throughout 
 the town, and his presence was deemed a neces- 
 sity at the "raisings," which constituted the 
 special social gatherings of that period. In the 
 State militia he held a commission as captain. 
 His second wife, mother of our subject, was born 
 in Landaff and lived to be ninety-four years old ; 
 she was the daughter of Jacob and Polly (Mer- 
 rill) Clark. Jacob Clark combined the occupa- 
 
 tion of a farmer with the trade of a joiner and 
 carpenter. There were born to our subject's 
 parents the following four boys : Caleb ; George ; 
 Enos C, living in Lynn, Mass.; and Chester, who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 George Wells passed his youthful years and 
 attended the district schools in Benton, and took 
 one term at Newbury, Vt., Seminary, when he 
 was eighteen. He remained at home until he 
 was twenty-one, giving the time of his minority 
 to his father. When he attained his majority he 
 began to work on the old home farm for himself, 
 and continued in this way until 1859, when he 
 went to Stoneham, Mass., where he worked a 
 year and a half at shoemaking. In i860 he re- 
 turned to the farm and made it his home and the 
 scene of his labors until March, 1867, when he 
 bought his present farm of 120 acres, to which 
 he has added at different times two adjoining 
 farms; he also owns the home farm and three or 
 four other farms in Benton township; in all, he 
 is the owner of some 500 acres of valuable land. 
 
 He was joined in marriage Oct. 14, 1849, at 
 Haverhill Center to Caroline Morse, who was a 
 native of that town. She was a daughter of 
 Jacob and Hannah (Jovejoy) Morse; the latter a 
 daughter of Jacob Lovejoy, and the for- 
 mer a son of Jonathan Morse. Our sub- 
 ject's wife was the third of six children 
 born to her parents, of whom five lived 
 to maturity. The union of Mr. Wells and 
 his wife has been blessed with the following six 
 children: Albinus M., a conductor on the V. & 
 C. R. R., lives at St. Albans, Vt; Stella E. mar- 
 ried Solomon Newell, and lives on a farm near 
 our subject; Flavius M.' is engaged in farming in 
 our subject's neighborhood; Frank E. has been 
 city marshal of Lynn, Mass., for six years; 
 Arthur G. is an inspector of police at Lynn, 
 Mass.; Fred P. is at White River Junction, and 
 is shipping clerk for George W. Smith of that 
 place. Mrs. Wells's grandfather was in the War 
 of the Revolution, and died in 1838, at the age 
 of seventy-eight. Mr. and Mrs. Wells are the 
 grandparents of the following children: Flora 
 G. and Ernest R., children of Albinus M. Wells; 
 Carrie G. and Eva M., children of Flavius M. 
 Wells; Mabel H., Earl E., and Flazel, children 
 of Frank E. Wells; Frank F. and Marion, chil- 
 dren of Arthur G. Wells; and Madeline E., 
 daughter of Fred P. Wells. 
 
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 Both our subject and his beloved wife are 
 members of the M. E. Church. In politics he is 
 a Democrat, and served as selectman of Benton, 
 town clerk of the same town two years, and se- 
 lectman in Haverhill; for the past twenty years 
 he has been a justice of the peace. In the old 
 training days of the militia he held all the offices 
 from orderly to major. For the past twenty-five 
 years he has dealt quite extensively in live stock. 
 
 SIMEON A. FOSTER, deceased, was born 
 in Bath, N. H., July 7, 1843, and departed this 
 life March 14, 1895. He resided in Bath till he 
 was twenty-one, and then hired out as a farm- 
 hand for a few years. In 1871 he bought a farm, 
 where his widow and sons now live. He was a 
 Democrat in his political affiliations. Through- 
 out his life he continued a hard worker; ener- 
 getic and forceful, he usually accomplished what 
 he set out to do; he led a frugal, peaceful life, 
 and was much respected by all who had the 
 pleasure of knowing him intimately. He was 
 always a man of few words, but what he said had 
 no double meaning, but was to be taken literally ; 
 his pledge was never broken, nor did he change 
 in his conduct to his associates without strong 
 provocation. He was a son of John F. and Re- 
 becca (Pearson) Foster; our subject's father was 
 born in Bath, and lived there the most of his life. 
 Mr. Foster's grandfather was known the country 
 round as Uncle Edward. 
 
 Simeon A. Foster was married in Swiftwater 
 Village, town of Haverhill, Jan. 26, 1871, to 
 Abbie J. Johnson, who was born in Ryegate, and 
 was a daughter of Archibald D. and Lydia P. 
 Johnson. To our subject and wife were born 
 two sons: John F., born Aug. 10, 1873; and 
 Herbert A., April 4, 1877. The boys have in- 
 herited much of their father's thrifty nature, and 
 remain on the farm of 150 acres with their 
 mother in preference to seeking employment in 
 village or city. They are fond of hunting in 
 their spare hours, and find excellent opportuni- 
 ties for the indulgence in that sport in the sur- 
 rounding hills. They, like their father, are firm 
 Democrats, and may be found in the front ranks 
 at election time. Mrs. Foster is an attendant of 
 the M. E. Church. 
 
 JOSEPH E. BURKETT, an engineer on the 
 B. & M. R. R., living at Woodsville, N. H., was 
 born in Durham (now Ulverton), Province of 
 Quebec, Nov. 3, 1858; he is a son of John and 
 Ellen (Brown) Burkett, to whom were born two 
 children: Joseph Edward, the subject of this 
 sketch; and Winnie, who died in infancy. 
 
 John Burkett was a farmer by occupation, and 
 departed this life in Canada, when our subject 
 was a very small child. Upon the father's death 
 our subject's mother removed with him to Lan- 
 caster, N. H., where Joseph grew to manhood, 
 attending the common schools until fourteen or 
 fifteen years of age. His mother died Sept. 29, 
 1884, at about the age of fifty. She was of 
 Scotch descent, while her husband was of Eng- 
 lish parentage. 
 
 Joseph E. Burkett was a sickly child, and did 
 not leave home to support himself till he was 
 about eighteen years of age, when he secured a 
 position as watchman at the round-house at Lan- 
 caster, remaining there for a year and a half. He 
 was then a brakeman on the road until he took 
 to firing in 1881. In 1883 he became an engi- 
 neer, and has been kept at the throttle ever since 
 with the exception of two' winters, when he 
 fired. 
 
 Mr. Burkett was married Sept. 3, 1884, in Lan- 
 caster, to Gertrude Danforth, daughter of Edward 
 King and Matilda S. (Heath) Danforth. Mr. 
 Danforth was a son of Samuel and Lucy (Stev- 
 ens) Danforth; the former was born in Canter- 
 bury, N. H., Sept. 22, 1782, and died April 25, 
 1824; the latter was born in Pepperhill, Mass., 
 June 26, 1785, and died about 1864. Edward 
 King Danforth was born in Haverhill, Dec. 6, 
 1 816, married Matilda S. Heath Feb. 4, 1841, and 
 died Dec. 27, 1886. MatiPda S. Heath was born 
 Aug. 3, 1816, at Groton (now Hebron), and died 
 Feb. 28, 1895. She was a daughter of Daniel 
 and Mrs. Tryphena Goodwin (nee Ladd) Heath. 
 Daniel Heath was a soldier of the War of 1812, 
 and drew a pension for his services. To the 
 parents of our subject's wife were born the fol- 
 lowing children, eight in number: Samuel, a 
 railroad man, living in the State of Wyoming; 
 Josephine J., deceased; George L. of Concord, 
 a traveling man for a Concord publication; Ellen, 
 deceased ; Melissa married H. M. Austin of Wells 
 River, Vt. ; Charles also lives in the same town; 
 Alfred lives in South Newbury, Vt.; and Ger- 
 
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 trade, the wife of our subject. Samuel and 
 George L., the two older brothers of Mrs. 
 Burkett, were both enlisted soldiers in the War 
 of the Rebellion; the latter enlisted when only 
 sixteen years of age, and acted as waiter at the 
 captain's table. Mrs. Burkett is a member of the 
 Universalist Church. Mr. Burkett is a Demo- 
 crat in politics. 
 
 COL. THOMAS P. CHENEY. The gentle- 
 man, whose name heads this sketch, is one of the 
 prominent and leading citizens of the town of 
 Ashland, and is influential in its political, busi- 
 ness, and social circles; his many virtues of hand 
 and heart are appreciated by his fellow-towns- 
 men, who hold him in the highest esteem. Col. 
 Cheney was born in that part of the town of 
 Holderness which is now included within the 
 bounds of the town of Ashland, Feb. 24, 1833, 
 and is a son of Elias and Mary (Plummer) 
 Cheney, and grandson of Elias, Sr., and Ruth 
 (Jackman) Cheney. 
 
 Elias Cheney, Sr., a lineal descendant of Han- 
 nah Dustin, was born in Newbury, Mass., and 
 followed the occupation of a farmer. Quite early 
 in life he bought a large tract of land in the town 
 of Thornton, this county, when it was but 
 sparsely settled, and cleared the land and built a 
 house, 30x40, with gable roof; this house, al- 
 though upwards of one hundred and twenty-five 
 years old, is standing in good repair to-day, and 
 is the residence of Mrs. Wallace. On this farm 
 of new land our subject's grandfather lived and 
 labored until his death at over eighty years of 
 age; his wife accompanying him throughout the 
 greater part of the journey of life; they were both 
 blessed with strong constitutions, and rarely 
 knew a day of sickness. 
 
 Our subject's father, Elias Cheney, Jr., at 
 twelve years of age moved to Ashland with his 
 brother Moses and uncle Patty, and built the 
 first paper-mill in the town, and there they man- 
 ufactured the first paper; the mill stood on the 
 present site of the Ashland Knitting Mills, in 
 which our subject is largely interested. Elias 
 Cheney, Jr., stayed with his uncle till he reached 
 the age of eighteen, when he wrapped up his 
 small possessions of clothes and money in a ban- 
 dana handkerchief, and, like many others am- 
 
 bitious as he, set out afoot for Boston, Mass., 
 where he assisted his half-brother, Mr. Prescott, 
 as clerk in a coal and wood business, and after 
 several years residence was appointed by the 
 Mayor of the city inspector of lumber. After his 
 marriage he returned to Ashland and went into 
 trade, bought a store and remained in business 
 for several years. After a period spent in Ash- 
 land, he went back to Boston, and carried on a 
 mercantile business until his health failed him, 
 when he came back once more to Ashland, where 
 he lived until his death at the age of eighty-three. 
 He was a Baptist in religious belief, and a very 
 well-read man, knowing the Bible almost by 
 heart. Politically he was a Whig and a Repub- 
 lican. His wife, who died at the age of seventy- 
 nine, was a daughter of Jonathan and Esther 
 Jane (Perkins) Plummer of Sanbornton, N. H. 
 Mr. Plummer was a captain in the Continental 
 army, and served throughout the Revolutionary 
 War. The following children were born to our 
 subject's parents: Eliza Ann, the wife of J. H. 
 Applebee; John T., who, starting out in business 
 in Ashland, went to Illinois in 1857, and in 1861 
 raised a company of troops, which formed a part 
 of the Frank P. Blair Corps, of Sherman's Army, 
 in which organization Mr. Cheney became a 
 major; since the war he has been engaged in 
 dealing in real estate, and running a hotel in 
 Sioux City, Iowa; Person, the third child, farms 
 and conducts a hotel at Dixon, 111., of which 
 town he is also Mayor; the next of the 
 sons in order of birth is Col. Thomas 
 P., the subject of this sketch; Samuel 
 T., who served as orderly sergeant in Co. E., 
 1 2th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., was killed in the san- 
 guinary engagement at Cold Harbor, dying June 
 8, 1864; Mary T. married Charles Wright, late a 
 prominent citizen of Ashland, dying Sept. 21, 
 1894, from severe injuries received in a railroad 
 accident at Ashland; Daniel P. is interested in 
 the hotel business at Sioux City, Iowa; in the 
 late war he served in the same company and reg- 
 iment as his brother, Samuel T. 
 
 Our subject's school education was limited to 
 what he received in the schools of his native town 
 and in the Conference Seminary. At the age of 
 ten years he entered the woolen mill's employ, 
 and for a year and a half picked black wool for 
 $1.25 a week, the hours of work extending from 
 5 o'clock in the morning till 8 o'clock in the 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 evening, and out of this munificent sum he 
 boarded himself. He then went into the paper- 
 mill for $1.50 a week until he was sixteen years 
 old, when he became clerk in the country store 
 of Col. Jesse Ladd, and assistant postmaster, and 
 later clerked for his brother. After our subject 
 had saved a little money he attended the Semi- 
 nary at Tilton, N. H., paying his own way and 
 supporting himself. 
 
 At the age of twenty-one, Col. Cheney married 
 Miss Mary Elizabeth Keyes, daughter of Jona- 
 than F. Keyes, a well-known resident of Ash- 
 land, whose sketch appears on another page of 
 this work. Our subject then moved to Ames- 
 bury, Mass., and was in the dry goods business 
 two years, until 1857, when he returned home 
 and clerked for his father-in-law, and was assist- 
 ant postmaster. At a later period he went into 
 trade on his own account in a small way, and also 
 acted as the first telegraph operator in Ashland, 
 and was deputy sheriff in 1859-60-61. In 1861 
 he enlisted in Co. A., 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., 
 and having been appointed by the Governor as 
 enlisting officer, he gathered together the first 
 soldiers of the company, and served in the 
 capacity of first lieutenant; after the enlistment 
 was complete he went to Concord, and there 
 joined Col. Church's company, in which he re- 
 ceived the appointment of second lieutenant, and 
 was advanced to the first lieutenancy in the May 
 following. Col. Cheney served until November, 
 1863, when he was taken sick, removed to the 
 hospital, and discharged therefrom for dis- 
 ability. 
 
 Prior to enlisting in the service and going to 
 the front, he was appointed by President Lin- 
 coln as postmaster at Ashland, and during his 
 absence his wife took charge of the office, turn- 
 ing it over to him on his return in excellent 
 shape. In 1864 he was appointed deputy ser- 
 geant-at-arms at Washington during the session 
 of Congress in 1864-69, and in 1868, was one oi 
 the eight delegates to the National Convention 
 who nominated Gen. U. S. Grant for the Presi- 
 dency. On July 1, 1869, under President 
 Grant's administration, he was appointed super- 
 intendent of the railroad service of the New Eng- 
 land States, and served for fifteen years and 
 thirty days, making his headquarters at Boston. 
 He severed his connection with the railroad ser- 
 vice to accept an appointment, Aug. 1, 1884, by 
 
 President Arthur, as pension agent to pay out 
 the dues, and continued in that branch of the 
 government service until 1886, when he was re- 
 moved by President Cleveland. In 1886, in 
 company with Hiram Hodgdon, N. P. Batch- 
 , elder, and George Scribner, he built the Ashland 
 Knitting Mills, one of the foremost industries of 
 that progressive town, and has served as one of 
 the directors since. Early in life he served the 
 town as town, clerk, later in 1865-66, he repre- 
 sented it in the State Legislature, and again in 
 1887-88; in 1889-90 he served in the Upper 
 House. He was appointed again under Harri- 
 son's administration as pension agent, and served 
 four years. In 1894 he was nominated and 
 elected a colonel on the staff of the Governor's 
 Council and still holds the position. 
 
 In 1866 Col. Cheney built a home, where his 
 present fine residence stands, and had it finely 
 furnished and embellished with treasures he had 
 brought from far and near; this beautiful dwell- 
 ing was burned to the ground Feb. 25, 1894, the 
 family barely escaping with their lives, and los- 
 ing nearly every article of value in the house. In 
 1895 he rebuilt on the same spot, erecting an 
 elegant brick residence with all the modern con- 
 veniences, designed, completed, and furnished in 
 the most modern and artistic manner, and beau- 
 tifully located on Highland Street, overlooking 
 the village of Ashland. The walk, which leads to 
 the house, is bordered by a remarkably fine row 
 of elms, which he himself set out in 1870; adjoin- 
 ing the residence is a valuable plot of land, 
 where are about 200 thriving grafted trees, which 
 were also planted by him. At Squam Lake he 
 owns a park and a cottage, having built the lat- 
 ter in 1892. 
 
 Seven children have been born to our subject, 
 as follows: Olney S., who died at the age of 
 about two years; Rodney W., a bookkeeper of 
 Boston; Dr. Jonathan M., a physician of Ash- 
 land, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this 
 work; Alice Maud married J. N. Gilman of "The 
 Dalles," Oregon, who is a member of the firm 
 of Gilman-French Cattle Co., owners of a large 
 cattle ranch, and has four children, Grace C, 
 Lena M., Elizabeth L., and Mead F. ; Harry A., 
 the leading doctor of Campton, is the subject of 
 a personal sketch, which appears elsewhere in 
 this book; Sarah Addie married Ora A. Brown 
 of the firm of Hughes & Brown of Ashland, 
 
CARLOS M. COGSWELL. 
 
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 whose sketch appears in this volume, and has 
 one child, Ruth; Anne P. lives at home. Col. 
 Cheney is a charter member of O. W. Keyes 
 Post, No. 30, G. A. R. He is a member of Mt. 
 Prospect Lodge, No. 68, F. & A. M.; and Pem- 
 igewasset Chapter, and was made a Knight 
 Templar in Washington, D. C. 
 
 CARLOS M. COGSWELL, senior member 
 of the firm of Cogswell & Oliver, general mer- 
 chants of Lisbon, N. H., was born in Landafif, 
 N. H., Nov. 20, 1854; his parents were the Rev. 
 George W. and Harriet (Taylor) Cogswell, the 
 father a native of Landaff and the mother of 
 Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 Nathaniel Cogswell, the grandfather of our 
 subject, was a native of Winchester, Mass., and 
 became one of the pioneer settlers of Landaff, 
 N. H. The pursuit of agriculture was his chosen 
 life calling. He was a Whig in his political 
 views. In the State militia he served as captain, 
 and was accordingly known as Capt. Cogswell 
 among his acquaintances. He married Sally 
 Snow of Landaff, N. PL, who bore him the fol- 
 lowing children: George W., John, Ross, James, 
 Moody, Mary, Ruth, and Betsey. They were 
 Free Will Baptists in their religious belief. 
 
 Rev. George W. Cogswell, the father of our 
 subject, was educated in the common schools of 
 Landaff, N. H., and took up theological studies. 
 He was an earnest and untiring student and was 
 blessed with a retentive memory, which enabled 
 him to keep in his possession large stores of val- 
 uable knowledge. When about twenty-four 
 vears of age he enlisted in the army of Christ for 
 service in God's work of redeeming souls. Cir- 
 cuit preacher was the term then applied to him. 
 As the salary was insufficient to support a family 
 on, he was forced to learn the carpenter's trade 
 to keep the grim wolf from the pastor's door. 
 In his political views he was a firm Democrat, 
 and held the various offices of town clerk, select- 
 man, collector of taxes, justice of the peace, 
 administering the duties of the latter office for 
 nearly forty years; in his later days his services 
 were much in demand in the settlement of 
 estates. He married Harriet Taylor, daughter 
 ( of Timothy and Betsey (Lovell) Taylor. To 
 
 Rev. and Mrs. Cogswell were born seven chil- 
 dren: Francis G., John R., Ellen S., Nathaniel 
 O., Martha E., Etta M., and Carlos M., the sub- 
 ject of this short memoir. Rev. Mr. Cogswell 
 was a Free Will Baptist. He died Sept. 21, 1887, 
 aged eighty-one years. The mother still sur- 
 vives, being eighty-seven years old, and makes 
 her home with our subject. 
 
 Carlos M. Cogswell was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Landaff, N. H., and in the New 
 Hampton Institute of New Plampton, N. H. 
 His life, until the age of thirty, was spent on the 
 farm caring for his parents in their failing health. 
 Upon the father's decease he came to Lisbon, 
 N. H., where he engaged as clerk for Oakes & 
 Bennett for six months. Thereupon he pur- 
 chased Mr. Bennett's interest, and the business 
 for four years was carried on under the style of 
 J. N. Oakes & Co. At the end of that time W. 
 W. Oliver, whose name appears on the pages of 
 this book as the subject of a sketch, secured the 
 Oakes interest, and the firm is now constituted 
 of the two partners, Carlos M. Cogswell and W. 
 W. Oliver, and transacts business under the firm 
 name of Cogswell & Oliver. Their names are 
 synonyms of business enterprise and integrity, 
 and their general mercantile business is con- 
 ducted in a manner that reflects credit on their 
 characters as men keen in their insight into the 
 details of a successful business. Politically, Mr. 
 Cogswell is a Democrat, and has served his town 
 as supervisor of the check list, and superintendent 
 of the school committee. In his social relations 
 with other men he is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, and belongs to Kane Lodge, No. 64, of 
 Lisbon, and also of Franklin Chapter, No. 5, of 
 the same place, of which he is at present High 
 Priest. 
 
 In 1879 he was joined in marriage to Nellie O. 
 Drew, daughter of Joseph G. Drew of Easton, 
 N. H., and to them were born three children: 
 Etta M., Francis O, and Martha I. In religious 
 matters the family are attendants of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Cogswell is 
 chorister, and in which he and his wife and old- 
 est daughter are members. 
 
 As a representative business man of the 
 county, and as a man, who has signally practiced 
 *he Christian virtues, it affords us the greatest 
 pleasure to add Mr. Cogswell's portrait to the 
 already large galaxy of pictures of leading men. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 THOMAS E. TAYLOR, a carpenter, em- 
 ployed in the bridge and building department of 
 the B. & M. R. R., was born in Lowell, Mass., 
 Nov. 23, 1843. He is a son of William and Mary 
 (Exley) Taylor, and grandson of William Ross 
 and Alary (Reid) Taylor, both of whom lived and 
 died in Scotland. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Paisley, 
 Scotland, about the year 1812, and died in 1889, 
 aged seventy-seven years. He worked his pas- 
 sage to this country when eighteen years of age, 
 having previously worked in the woolen mills of 
 his native place in Scotland. After coming to 
 this country he was employed for many years in 
 the carpet mills of Lowell, Mass.; when about 
 thirty-five or forty years old he moved to West- 
 ford, where he passed the rest of his years in 
 agricultural labors. Mary Exley was born in 
 England, and was a young girl when her parents 
 immigrated to this country; she died when our 
 subject was three months old. She bore her hus- 
 band the following children: John, who died in 
 the army hospital at Annapolis, Md., in 1861, 
 having served in the 17th Reg. Mass. Vol. Inf. ; 
 William R. died from exposures incident to army 
 life, he served four years, three years in the nth 
 Mass. Vol. Inf. and one year in the 15th 
 Reg. Mass. Battery; Thomas E. (1), de- 
 ceased; Mary A., deceased; Sarah Jane; Thomas 
 E., the subject of this sketch. By a subsequent 
 marriage to Susan Law, Mr. Taylor became the 
 parent of four more children: Samuel L. ; an in- 
 fant, who died unnamed; and the twins, James 
 and Susan, who died in infancy. 
 
 Thomas E. Taylor was reared in Westford, 
 Mass., where he went to school and attended the 
 Westford Academy until his nineteenth year, 
 working out in the summer from the age of four- 
 teen. In 1863 he was apprenticed to the car- 
 penter's trade, but the following year, March 30, 
 enlisted in the armv for the preservation of the 
 Union ; being small in size, he was assigned to 
 the signal corps, and in that branch of the ser- 
 vice he continued till lie was discharged Nov. 10, 
 1865, in Washington, D. C. He saw fighting in 
 the Gulf States, being engaged in the capture of 
 the forts around Mobile; while at New Orleans 
 he suffered from a severe siege of malarial fever. 
 
 Upon his discharge he returned to Westford 
 direct, and went from there to Lowell, Mass., 
 where he took up his trade; he was also in Sun- 
 
 cook in the repair shop of the China Mills. In 
 April, 1878, he came to Haverhill, where he 
 farmed some four years. In 1882 he went into 
 the bridge and building department of the B. & 
 M. R. R., and in 1894 came to his present home 
 in Woodsville. 
 
 Mr. Taylor was married Nov. 28, 1866, at" 
 Lowell, Mass., to Alice M. Glazier, who was 
 born in Haverhill, N. H. ; two children have come 
 to their household to bless and cement their nup- 
 tials: Janes W., who was drowned at the age of 
 thirteen; and Carrie M., who married Fred A. 
 Carr, a conductor on the B. & M. R. R., and has 
 presented him with one child, Hazel G. Subject 
 and wife are member of the Baptist Church. Mr. 
 Taylor is a member of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 
 25, I. O. O. F.; and Rebecca Lodge, No. 45, of 
 Woodsville. He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Nat. WestgatePost, No. 50, of North Haverhill. 
 Till 1884 he was a Republican, but since that 
 time has been a Democrat, although he voted 
 for sound money and McKinley in 1896. 
 
 DR. HARRY H. BOYNTON, a physician of 
 Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H., was born in the 
 above town Nov. 12, 1869, and is a son of Dr. 
 Orrin H. and Alice (Hollister) Boynton, the for- 
 mer of Plymouth, and the latter of Lisbon. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Meredith, N. 
 H., Aug. 20, 1834, and received an education in 
 the Plymouth schools and in New Hampton 
 Academy. He learned the trade of a carpenter 
 and joiner, and followed it for a few years, and 
 in 1857 began the study of medicine, and gradu- 
 ated from the Medical Department of Dartmouth 
 College "with the Class of i860, and since his 
 graduation has practicedmedicine in Lisbon, ex- 
 cept for four years in Bath. In 1861 he was mar- 
 ried to Alice E. Hollister, a daughter of Orrin 
 S. Hollister of Lisbon, and had two children: 
 Dr. Perry S. ; and Dr. Harry H., the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 Our subject finished his public school educa- 
 tion in the schools of Lisbon in 1887, and then 
 for two years studied medicine with his father, 
 Dr. Orrin H. Bovnton. Subsequently he entered 
 Dartmouth Medical College, and completed his 
 medical course in the Medical University of Bal- 
 
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 timore, Md., in 1893. He then took up the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Lisbon, N. H., in which 
 he has been very successful, gradually taking up 
 the practice of his father, who gave up active 
 work in the medical line, because of failing 
 health. 
 
 In August, 1895, he was joined in holy matri- 
 mony with Anita Bradford, daughter of William 
 Bradford of Westerly, R. I.; she died Feb. 18, 
 1896. In his religious attachments he favors the 
 doctrines of the M. E. Church, and unites with 
 the church of that denomination in Lisbon. So- 
 cially he is a Mason, and belongs to Kane 
 Lodge, No. 64, of Lisbon, N. H., and Franklin 
 Chapter, No. 5, of the same place. He is also 
 a member of the Perseverance Lodge, I. O. O. 
 F., of Baltimore, Md. 
 
 DANIEL B. WEYMOUTH. Among those 
 who of very recent years have taken up their 
 residence in the town of Bristol, and are now 
 numbered among its most honored and respected 
 citizens, is Mr. Weymouth, who is engaged in 
 a general mercantile business. He was born in 
 Andover, X. H., Aug. 25, 1848, and is a son of 
 Henry A. and Louise (Young) Weymouth, and 
 a grandson of Daniel and Honor (Hall) Wey- 
 mouth. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, a native of Gilman- 
 ton, N. H, was a farmer by occupation, and fol- 
 lowed that oldest of callings all the days of his 
 active life in his native town, later removing to 
 Andover, N. H., where his declining years were 
 spent, and where his death took place. He pos- 
 sessed a discriminating judgment, and a saving 
 disposition, and consequently became very well- 
 to-do for those times. His wife, who was born 
 in Gilmanton, N. H, bore him two children, one 
 of whom died in infancy. 
 
 Henry A. Weymouth, the only child spared to 
 his parents, was born in 1820, and was educated 
 in the schools of Gilmanton, and at Gilmanton 
 Academy. His general education having been 
 completed, he studied medicine under the super- 
 vision and direction of Dr. Wight of Gilmanton 
 for about three years. He then entered the 
 Woodstock Medical University, which was then 
 knpwn as the Vermont Medical University, and 
 
 which was later removed to Burlington, Vt, be- 
 coming a part of the State University there. 
 After graduating from the above institution, he 
 located in Andover, N. H., where he has been 
 in active practice since 1843, ar >d is one of the 
 oldest practicing physicians in the State of New 
 Hampshire, and is considered a very successful 
 man in the performance of such duties as fall to 
 his profession. In social life he is a Mason, and 
 belongs to Kearsarge Lodge, No. 81, of An- 
 dover, N. H. Politically he is a stanch Demo- 
 crat, and has held the office of moderator of An- 
 dover for a great many years. He has also been 
 town clerk, superintendent of schools, and a 
 representative to the General Court. In the line 
 of his profession, he is a member of the New 
 Hampshire Medical Society, and was a delegate 
 of that organization to the meeting of the United 
 States Medical Society, which was held in Balti- 
 more, Md. Jan. 1, 1844, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Louisa Young, daughter of Bailey 
 and Polly (Randall) Young of Gilmanton (now 
 Belmont), N. H, and to them were given three 
 children: Harriet E., deceased, who was born 
 Jan. 18, 1845, an d married William A. Walker of 
 Danbury, N. H., and had one child, Alma L., 
 who survives her; Daniel B., the subject of this 
 sketch: and George W., born Aug. 24, 1856, who 
 married Minnie Morgan of Frieburg, Me., and 
 has two children : Louise M. and Henry W. In 
 religious belief Mr. and Mrs. Weymouth were 
 Unitarians. 
 
 George W. Weymouth, younger brother of 
 our subject, after taking a course in a New Lon- 
 don Preparatory School, entered Dartmouth 
 College at Hanover, this county, and graduated. 
 He then studied medicine in his father's office, 
 and then became a student in the Medical De- 
 partment of Dartmouth, from which he gradu- 
 ated and received his diploma, entitling him to 
 practice, and is now a physician of Lyme, N. H. ; 
 he meeting with the most nattering success. So- 
 cially he is a Mason, and also a member of the 
 New Hampshire Medical Society. 
 
 Daniel B. Weymouth was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools of Andover, in the public schools 
 of New London, N. H, and in the High School 
 of Andover. After completing his education, he 
 worked for the Studevant Manufacturing Co. of 
 Lebanon, N. H, as bookkeeper ten years. He 
 then returned to Andover and entered into part- 
 
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 nership with Warren S. Quimby in a general 
 store, where he remained about ten years. The 
 three following years were spent in trade in Pen- 
 nacook, N. H. He then moved to Bristol, N. H., 
 in December, 1895, and in company with C. H. 
 Fowler purchased the stock of Kemp & Johnson, 
 and is now doing an excellent business in general 
 merchandise. The store, of which they are now 
 the proprietors, is an old landmark ; several men, 
 now quite prominent in public life, have clerked 
 there, among which number is the present Mayor 
 of Concord, N. H. 
 
 In his political belief, he is a stanch Democrat, 
 adhering to the principles advocated by that 
 party, and was town treasurer of Andover, N. 
 H., ten years in succession. He is a Mason, and 
 belongs to the Franklin Lodge, No. 6, of Leb- 
 anon, N. H. 
 
 April 20, 1882, Mr. Weymouth was joined in 
 matrimony with Ida A. Edmunds, the daughter 
 of William H. and Sarah J. (Tucker) Edmunds 
 of Andover, N. H. In religious belief they are 
 Unitarians. 
 
 HERBERT CLINTON GALE, a conductor 
 on the B. & M. R. R., was born in North Haver- 
 hill, N. H, Nov. 22, 1858; he is a son of Charles 
 Albert and Laura G. (Wetherbee) Gale, and 
 grandson of Daniel, Jr., and Abigail (Robinson) 
 Gale. Daniel Gale, Jr., was a son of Daniel Gale, 
 Sr., who was an expert blacksmith, and served 
 in that capacity in the War of the Revolution ; it 
 is said of him that he once shod Gen. Washing- 
 ton's horse ; whenever the matter was brought up 
 he would never fail to remark jocosely that he 
 put a silver nail into one of the shoes. 
 
 Charles A. Gale was born in what is now Bel- 
 mont, N. H, Dec. 4, 1818, and died Dec. 3, 1888; 
 his schooling was limited to a few terms in the 
 district schools of Belmont. At the extremely 
 early age of seven years he worked out for his 
 board and schooling, and from the age of nine 
 was self-supporting; in early life he clerked in a 
 store, and then was interested in trading of live 
 stock and in the meat business; the last forty 
 years of his life were spent in North Haverhill, 
 where he was engaged in farming. A Democrat 
 in politics, he was a prominent figure in what- 
 
 ever pertained to election campaigns; he served 
 two terms in the State Legislature. In his relig- 
 ious faith he was a Baptist, although never a 
 church member. He was a Mason, and belonged 
 to Grafton Lodge, No. 50, of Haverhill. His 
 wife was the daughter of Charles and Abigail 
 (Woodward) Wetherbee, and was born in East 
 Haverhill. Abigail Woodward was a daughter 
 of William and Lydia (Cross) Woodward; the 
 Cross family were of English origin. Charles 
 Wetherbee was a farmer. The following children 
 composed our subject's parents' family: Charles 
 Albion, living in North Haverhill; Herbert Clin- 
 ton, the subject of this sketch; George M., killed 
 by the cars in October, 1896; the latter's twin 
 brother, Frank P., is a conductor on the rail- 
 road; and is as yet unmarried. 
 
 Herbert C. Gale lived all the years of his mi- 
 nority in North Haverhill, leaving there in 1880 
 for Grand Rapids, Mich., where he took a posi- 
 tion on the Chicago & West Michigan R. R., 
 running from Grand Rapids to La Crosse, Ind. 
 After four years in the west, in which time he be- 
 came thoroughly acquainted with railroad work, 
 he returned to Haverhill, and secured a position 
 on the Boston, Concord & Montreal R. R. (now 
 the Boston & Maine) as brakeman for fourteen 
 months ; he was then yardmaster for one year, 
 and has been conductor ever since, running 
 mostly between Woodsville and Concord. Since 
 his connection with the B. & M. R. R. his home 
 has been in the village of Woodsville. 
 
 He was married June 23, 1886, at East Haver- 
 hill, to Minnie M. Merrill, daughter of Simeon 
 T. and Mary (Richardson) Merrill, who live on a 
 farm in East Haverhill. Simeon T. Merrill was 
 a son of Calvin and Hannah (Thurston) Merrill, 
 and grandson of Benjamin Merrill; Mary Rich- 
 ardson was a daughter of Jonathan and Lucy 
 (Rollins) Richardson. Our subject's wife has 
 one brother, Darius K. Their union has so far 
 been blessed with three children, as follows: 
 Morris M., Lynn A., and Errol C. Mrs. Gale is 
 a member of the M. E. Church. Our subject be- 
 longs to the Order of Railway Conductors, Con- 
 cord Division, Xo. 335. He is a member of 
 Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, 1. O. O. F.; and has 
 served in all the chairs of the local lodge, and 
 was a delegate to the Grand Lodge. He has 
 always been a Democrat, firm in his convictions, 
 and most loyal in his support. 
 
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 275 
 
 HON. AUGUSTUS A. WOOLSON, a 
 prominent citizen of the town of Lisbon, Graf- 
 ton Co., N. H., was born June 16, 1835, in Lis- 
 bon. He is a son of Amos and Hannah D. 
 (Temple) Woolson, and a grandson of Elijah 
 and Rebecca (Batchellor) Woolson. The Wool- 
 son family in America trace their origin to three 
 Welsh brothers, who are supposed to have set- 
 tled in Massachusetts at an early date. The first 
 of the name concerning whom we have any defi- 
 nite knowledge was Thomas, born about 1626. 
 He lived on the south side of the river in Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., until 1666, when he removed to 
 Watertown, where he died April 5, 1713. As 
 second in the direct line from Thomas to Augus- 
 tus A. we have Joseph, born Nov. 16, 1677; then 
 another Joseph, born Dec. 13, 1699; Asa, born 
 Aug. 2, 1727, at Weston, Mass,, died at Lunen- 
 burg April 18, 1789; Elijah, also born at Lunen- 
 burg, Dec. 1, 1769, and Amos born in Bethle- 
 hem, N. H., July 4, 1803. 
 
 An old Harvard catalogue mentions an Eph- 
 raim Woolson as a graduate of that institution 
 in the class of 1760, and as deceased in 1802. 
 
 Elijah Woolson, grandfather of Augustus A., 
 learned the cooper's trade, and when a compara- 
 tively young man settled in Bethlehem, N. H., 
 removing soon after to Lisbon as one of its early 
 settlers, making it his home for many years, and 
 where he introduced the first cooking stove ever 
 brought into the town, dying at length in 1836, 
 at the home of his daughter in Massena, N. Y. 
 He married Rebecca Batchellor, who bore him 
 a family of eight sons and one daughter, of which 
 family but one member, Silas B. Woolson of 
 Newark, Ohio, survives. Following are the 
 names of his children: John; Elijah S.; Amos; 
 Ira K. ; Theron W.; Ezra; Silas B.; and Mary, 
 who married John Magowan,, and made her 
 home in Massena, N. Y. 
 
 Amos Woolson, after receiving a limited edu- 
 cation in the schools of his adopted town, 
 learned the trade of a cooper, afterwards becom- 
 ing a shoemaker, and later on a tailor. He was 
 a man of unswerving honesty and probity, the 
 very soul of honor, and endowed with more than 
 ordinary intelligence, common sense, and good 
 assistant L T nited States assessor of inter- 
 Soilers, and later a Republican, but his native 
 modesty was such that he never aspired to pub- 
 lic, office. He died May 5, 1888, at the age of 
 
 eighty-five years; his wife died April 6, 1891, at 
 the age of eighty-seven. There were born to 
 them the following six children: the eldest, a 
 son, was born in July, 1831, but died the day of 
 its birth; John, Dec. 19, 1832, died April 3, i860; 
 Augustus A.; Charles E., Dec. 5, 1836; Mary R, 
 Sept. 30, 1838; and Jennie L., July 31, 1841, died 
 April 12, 1874. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the dis- 
 trict schools of his native town until he was six- 
 teen years of age, and afterwards the Seminary 
 at Newbury, Vt., and Kimball Union Academy 
 at Meriden, N. H. Shortly after leaving school 
 he went to Minnesota, while it was yet a terri- 
 tory, where he remained for a year and a half, 
 and where he was engaged in various employ- 
 ments. When he returned to New Hampshire 
 he settled in the town of Lisbon, .where he has 
 since continued to reside, and where he has long 
 been an acknowledged leader in every work 
 which concerns the welfare of the public, and is 
 considered the town's benefactor by its grateful 
 citizens. 
 
 Among the various enterprises and institutions 
 for the good of the town which have been organ- 
 ized and promoted largely through Mr. Wool- 
 son's influence and persistent efforts and with 
 which his name will ever be inseparably con- 
 nected, may be mentioned the Lisbon Village 
 Library of over 2,000 volumes, founded in 1864; 
 the Village Hotel, built in 1883; the Lisbon 
 Water Works, established in i886;the Gulf Road, 
 one of the most beautiful summer drives in New 
 Hampshire, built in 1889-90; the Lisbon Savings 
 Bank & Trust Co., organized in 1889, and 
 started Jan. 1, 1890; and the Lisbon High 
 School, now one of the most flourishing institu- 
 tions of the kind in the State. 
 
 Politically Mr. Woolson is a Republican. He 
 has filled with credit numerous town and State 
 offices, among which are the following: notary 
 public; deputy sheriff; justice of the peace; 
 assistant United States assessor of inter- 
 nal revenue from 1865 to 1873; deputy 
 United States marshal for taking the cen- 
 sus of 1870; town clerk for several years; and 
 moderator of the annual town meetings from 
 1866 to the present time, with the exception of 
 the period included between the years 1878 and 
 1886, when the Democrats had control of the 
 town government. He has been chairman of the 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Grafton Co. Republican Committee, and for 
 many years served on the Republican State 
 Committee. In 1880 he went as a delegate to 
 the National Republican Convention at Chicago, 
 111., which nominated General Garfield for Pres- 
 ident. Mr. Woolson was elected to the Lower 
 House of the Legislature in 1875, and re-elected 
 for three successive years. During his first and 
 second terms, he served as chairman of the com- 
 mittee on claims, and proved himself an able and 
 efficient legislator. He was often called to the 
 chair, where he displayed marked tact and readi- 
 ness as a presiding officer. In recognition of his 
 ability, he was, in 1877, elected Speaker of the 
 House, and re-elected the following session, 
 which was the last held under the old Constitu- 
 tion. In 1892 Mr. Woolson headed the Repub- 
 lican State ticket as one of the Presidential elec- 
 tors. He is now president of the Lisbon Village 
 Library Association, was for many years a mem- 
 ber of the school board, and is a director of the 
 Lisbon Savings Bank & Trust Co., and a mem- 
 ber of its investment committee, chairman of the 
 Board of Supervisors, and treasurer of the town. 
 In 1872 Mr. Woolson, in company with A. C. 
 Wells, established what afterwards became the 
 well known mercantile house of Wells & Wool- 
 son; this firm, in addition to a flourishing busi- 
 ness as dealers in merchandise, engaged in vari- 
 ous manufacturing enterprises at different times. 
 The subject of this sketch has never married, al- 
 though a general favorite in society. He is pleas- 
 ant and genial in his intercourse with his fellow- 
 man, and most kind and open-hearted to all 
 those who are in distress and need. 
 
 CHARLES C. RINEHART, a prosperous 
 and leading farmer of the town of Haverhill, was 
 ushered upon the stage of life in Du Page Co., 
 111., Oct. 13, 1837. His parents were John and 
 Susan C. (Larvers) Rinehart; the former was a 
 son of John Rinehart, Sr., a native of Germany, 
 coming to this country and engaging in the pur- 
 suit of. agriculture in the latter part of the last 
 century. The father of our subject was born in 
 Pennsylivania in 1800, and died in 1883; in 1835 
 he moved from New York City, where he was 
 then residing, to Illinois. He was a carpenter 
 and joiner by trade and followed it in Du Page 
 
 Co. till he retired to the comfort of his large 
 farm, spending his remaining years near to 
 nature's heart. He was a Democrat through life, 
 and served as supervisor of the township. 
 
 Charles C. Rinehart was reared in Winfield 
 and attended the district schools till he was 
 fifteen. When sixteen years of age he started 
 out to support himself, and worked out by the 
 month on the neighboring farms till his enlist- 
 ment at the age of twenty-three, August, 1861, 
 in Co. H, 1st 111. Vol. Cav. He served four years 
 and seven months in the Department of the 
 West, and was present at the engagements of 
 Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Chickasaw 
 Bayou, Duvall's Bluff, Little Rock, Helena, and 
 Pen Ridge. He was injured by a fall of his 
 horse, and was laid up in the hospital for three 
 months; he returned home Jan. 7, 1866. For 
 three years he cultivated a farm in Du Page Co. 
 on shares, and then was elected sheriff of the 
 county in the fall of 1868, and held the office for 
 two years, after which he resumed farm life until 
 1873, when he came to "Francestown, N. H, re- 
 maining at that place through the winter. Until 
 1887 he worked on two farms near North Haver- 
 hill, and then bought his present farm of no 
 acres, on which he carries on dairy farming prin- 
 cipally, milking as many as ten cows. 
 
 April 7, 1863, his nuptials with Ada Wright 
 were consummated in Du Page Co., 111.; Mrs. 
 Rinehart was born in Grafton, Vt, and is a 
 daughter of Jehial and Fannie (Smith) Wright. 
 The latter was born in Rhode Island, and was a 
 daughter of George and Urania (Steers) Smith; 
 the father of George Smith was a native of Ire- 
 land. Jehial Wright was a quarryman in his 
 native State of Vermont, but upon going west in 
 1853, he took up the occupation of farming; of 
 his children, who numbered thirteen, Mrs. Rine- 
 hart is the tenth in number. The union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Rinehart has been blessed with four 
 children, namely: Carrol C, chief clerk in the 
 railroad offices in Woodsville; George F. ; Sid- 
 ney S.; and Belle F., who is at home with her 
 parents. They are Universalists in their religious 
 belief. Mr. Rinehart is a member of the G. A. 
 R., Nat. Westgate Post, No. 50. Our subject, 
 wife, and daughter belong to Pink Granite 
 Grange, No. 210, of North Haverhill. Mr. 
 Rinehart is a Democrat, and has served as a road 
 surveyor, but is nothing of a partisan. 
 
W. H. MERRILL. 
 
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 277 
 
 W. H. MERRILL, a prosperous druggist of 
 Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H., whose portrait we 
 present on the foregoing page, was born in Lan- 
 daff, N. H., July 26, 1861. He is a son of 
 Luther C. and Elmira (Taylor) Merrill, and 
 grandson of Jeremiah and Annie (Carter) Mer- 
 rill. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of New 
 Hampshire and followed his occupation of a 
 farmer during his life, until feeble health com- 
 pelled the abandonment of active exercise, in the 
 town of Landaff, N. H. He was a stanch Demo- 
 crat. His wife bore him the following children: 
 Jeremiah W., Lorenzo D., George N., Moses H., 
 Fletcher D., Martha, Sarah A., Emily A., Julia 
 A., and Luther C. They were loyal and consist- 
 ent members of the M. E. Church of Landaff 
 Center, N. H. 
 
 Luther C. Merrill, upon the attainment of a 
 requisite age, learned the shoemaker's trade at 
 Newbury, Vt, and followed it several years. He 
 then turned his attention to his present pursuit 
 of agriculture, and has been identified with the 
 farming interests of Landaff from that time until 
 now. He is a Democrat in his political views. 
 His wife was a daughter of Lovell Taylor of 
 Landaff, N. H; their union was blessed with 
 the birth of one child, the subject of this memoir, 
 Willie H. They were members of the M. E. 
 Church of Landaff, N. H. 
 
 W. H. Merrill obtained his education in the 
 district schools of Landaff, N. H., and worked 
 on his father's farm until he was nineteen years 
 of age, when he engaged with J. S. Jewett of 
 Warren, N. H., in a general store and post- 
 office; Mr. Merrill remained with his employer 
 in the store for three years. He then went to 
 Boston, Mass., and entered the employ of Shep- 
 pard, Norwell & Co., on Winter Street; the firm 
 was engaged in the wholesale and retail dry 
 goods business. After one year in their employ 
 he removed to New York City in the spring of 
 1884 and became the shipping and receiving 
 clerk in the establishment of S. M. Bixby & Co., 
 continuing in that capacity for five years, and as 
 their traveling salesman for another year. In 
 the summer of 1892 he engaged in the Saratoga 
 mineral water business at Asbury Park, N. J. 
 He then returned to Landaff, N. H, and in Feb- 
 ruary, 1893, took up the drug business, succeed- 
 ing W. P. Whitcher & Co. of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 Our subject has been ever since located in Lis- 
 bon, where he carries a complete assortment of 
 drugs, patent medicines, toilet articles, and all 
 like accessories of a well-conducted drug store; 
 the business has throve and grown apace and 
 repays its owner well for his conscientious efforts 
 in building it up. 
 
 In January, 1890, he was joined in matrimony 
 with Jennie L. Bass of Newbury, Vt, daughter 
 of Lafayette Bass, a native of Piermont, N. H. 
 Walter L. and Ruth Lillian are the names of 
 their two children. In religious matters they 
 are liberally inclined. Mr. Merrill is a member 
 of the I. O. O. F., Concordia Lodge, No. 64, of 
 Lisbon, N. H. He also belongs to the Independ- 
 ent Order .of Foresters, Court Parker, No. 3074, 
 of Lisbon, N. H. He is uncompromising in his 
 advocacy of Democratic principles and theories. 
 
 CLARENCE L. BAILEY, a practical black- 
 smith of Woodsville, N. H, was born in Lyman, 
 Nov. 23, 1869; he is a son of John W. and 
 Eleanor H. (Locke) Bailey. The former was 
 born in Alexandria, and has followed the trade 
 of a blacksmith through life, having learned it 
 at Lyman; he makes his home with our subject; 
 he is a Republican in his politics. John W. 
 Bailey was a son of John W. Bailey, Sr. Eleanor 
 Locke, Mr. Bailey's mother, was a daughter of 
 Simeon L. and Harriet (Bailey) Locke, both 
 natives of Lyman, N. H. Simeon's father was 
 a soldier of the Revolution, and came to Lyman 
 from Rye, Vt., and built a log-hut in the same 
 locality where his son's house now stands. 
 Simeon L. Locke was a farmer by occupation. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, during his first 
 five years of life, lived consecutively in the towns 
 of Lyman, Bath, and Haverhill, moving to the 
 later place in 1874, and attended the Haverhill 
 Academy there, when he had finished the course 
 in the district school, until he was eighteen years 
 of age. From boyhood he had worked in his 
 father's shop, doing odd jobs here and there, and 
 thus gradually picking up the trade. When 
 nineteen years old he went to Littleton where 
 he worked for three months, then to Lisbon for 
 two months, and from there to Haverhill, where 
 he worked until Oct. 5, 1891, when he came to 
 his present place at Woodsville. For two 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 months he worked for L. C. George, and then 
 bought him out, and has been in business for 
 himself ever since. His lease on the property ex- 
 pired Oct. 5, 1896, so he built a new shop, 30X 
 40 feet, and two and one-half stories high, and 
 moved in about that time; the second story is 
 used as a paint shop. 
 
 Mr. Bailey was married Feb. I, 1893, at Hav- 
 erhill, to Mary A. Spooner, who was born in 
 the town of Benton; she is a daughter of Alonzo 
 and Mary (Bennet) Spooner, to whom were born 
 in all seven children, namely: Nettie (Mcln- 
 tyre); Horace, who is farming at North Haver- 
 hill; Clarence; Mary (Bailey), the wife of out- 
 subject; Daniel; Delia (Whitman); and Oscar. 
 
 Mr. Bailey was the eldest of four children born 
 to his parents; they were: Clarence L. ; Roy, 
 who died in infancy; Hattie A. (Keyser); and F. 
 Blanche. Our subject and his highly estimable 
 wife are attendants of the M. E. Church. Mr. 
 Bailey is a member of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 
 25, I. O. O. F. He is a Republican, and acted 
 as supervisor of elections for Haverhill in the 
 national election of Nov. 3, 1896. 
 
 JOSIAH E. LINCOLN, proprietor of one of 
 the largest department stores in Grafton Co., 
 located at Lebanon, N. H., was born in Brock- 
 ton, Mass., and is a son of Josiah S. and Han- 
 nah (Hoyt) Lincoln, and grandson of Charles 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Charles Lincoln was one of the first manufac- 
 turers of pegging awls in the United States, and 
 did at that early date a very extensive business, 
 and made his name familiar to dealers in shoes 
 and shoemakers in the far west. His son Josiah, 
 being brought up in the trade, continued the busi- 
 ness, so well begun by his father, in Brockton, 
 Mass., except a few years spent in Canaan, N. 
 Ii., engaged at the same business. At the age 
 of sixty-five, he retired from active life, after ac- 
 cumulating a handsome competency, thus enab- 
 ling him to live in independence. He was ever 
 popular in his town as a business man and as an 
 earnest worker for the best interests of Brock- 
 ton. He is now enjoying the sunset of life at 
 an age of seventy-five years in his native town; 
 his wife is sixty-seven years of age. For many 
 years he has been a member of the Masonic fra- 
 
 ternity. Three children, two of whom are living, 
 were born to our subject's parents. They were: 
 Agnes S., who married Henry French; Josiah 
 E. ; and Willie V., who died at the age of twenty- 
 one. 
 
 Josiah E. Lincoln attended the Brockton 
 schools, finishing his education at Canaan Acad- 
 emy; a short period following the completion of 
 his education he spent as a clerk in a grocery 
 store. In 1870 he came to Lebanon, as clerk for 
 G. C. Whipple, a dry goods merchant. He re- 
 mained with his employer seven years, acquiring 
 useful knowledge and business methods, which 
 have so much aided him in business on his own 
 account. In 1877, with F. W. Davison, he went 
 to Hanover, and bought out the general store of 
 H. FI. Clough; in 1882, having disposed of his 
 interest to his partner, he returned to Lebanon, 
 and purchased the dry goods store of C. D. De- 
 lano. In Lebanon's great fire he was burned out. 
 He thereupon rented the large double store of 
 G. W. Worthen, and stocked it with a fine variety 
 of dry goods, fancy goods, etc., including ladies' 
 garments, ready-made clothing, and gents' fur- 
 nishing goods. In 1895 he purchased the build- 
 ing, and immediately rebuilt it and changed it 
 into a department store, putting in a handsome 
 plate-glass front, and introducing steam heat. 
 The first floor and basement are given up to the 
 needs of the store, and the second and third are 
 used as offices, while the fourth floor .is used ex- 
 clusively for secret society halls. Our subject 
 also bought the William Moses house, on the 
 corner of Kimball and Elm Streets, and remod- 
 eled it, putting in modern conveniences; he also 
 owns a double tenement on Elm Street. 
 
 Mr. Lincoln is a Republican in his political 
 views. Outside of his own private interests he 
 has found time and opportunity to be of large 
 service in the progress and development of the 
 town of Lebanon. He is a director of the Na- 
 tional Bank, trustee of the Savings Bank, a 
 stockholder in the Riverside Manufacturing Co. 
 and a stockholder and director in the Lebanon 
 Electric Light & Power Co. In his religious 
 views he is a Unitarian. 
 
 Our subject married Jennie E., daughter of 
 James H. Kelley of Canaan. Two children have 
 been born of this union: William H., born 
 April 9, 1881 ; and James Percival, born Julv 20, 
 1883. 
 
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 279 
 
 DARIUS K. DAVIS. The subject of this 
 memoir is a retired merchant, and lives on his 
 farm near Pike Station, in the town of Haver- 
 hill. He was born in Northfield, N. H., Nov. 7, 
 1825; he is a son of Nathan B. and Abigail S. 
 (Batchelder) Davis, and a grandson of Jonathan 
 and Madam (Bartlett) Davis. Jonathan Davis 
 was a native of Massachusetts, and came to Graf- 
 ton Co. fifteen or twenty years before his death, 
 which occurred when he was about sixty-four 
 years old; he was a farmer by occupation. His 
 father was John Davis. Nathan B. Davis was 
 born in Andover, Merrimac Co., and received his 
 education in the schools of his native village and 
 surrounding places. He began farming in Mer- 
 rimac Co., and located in Grafton Co., March, 
 12, 1827, living first in the town of Benton, then 
 Coventry. His wife was born in Louden, N. 
 H., and was a daughter of Abel and Sarah (San- 
 born) Batchelder of Louden; the former was a 
 carpenter, and lived to the age of eighty-five 
 years; he was a Baptist in religion, and a Demo- 
 crat in respect of politics. His wife lived to at- 
 tain the age of seventy years. Six children were 
 born to our subject's parents, of whom three 
 died in youth; the names of those who survive 
 are: Darius K.; Abel E.; and Abigail S.; the 
 two latter live in Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 Darius K. Davis secured his education in the 
 district schools of his native place and in Bath 
 Academy and Newbury Seminary. When he at- 
 tained his majority he occupied himself in farm- 
 ing for a while, but shortly opened a store in 
 East Haverhill, and was in mercantile business 
 at different places almost continually from that 
 time until he disposed of his store and retired to 
 the calm and quiet of farm life, in 1891, to en- 
 joy the sunset years of his life, free from the care 
 and worry incident to a business life. In 1865 
 he went to Indianapolis, Ind., and opened a store 
 in partnership with his brother, Abel E. Davis, 
 but as the climate there did not agree with him 
 he returned to East Haverhill. He was in busi- 
 ness successively in Tilton and Warren Summit, 
 where he also was station agent for the railroad 
 for seven years, and finally reopened his store 
 in East Haverhill. He served as deputy post- 
 master some thirty years. 
 
 He was joined in marriage May 12, 1854, in 
 Landaff, N. H., to Susannah E. Howe, who was 
 born in the town of Benton, and was the daugh- 
 
 ter of Daniel and Phoebe (Eaton) Howe; the 
 latter was the daughter of Samuel Eaton, who 
 married a Miss Noyes. Daniel H°we was a son 
 of Peter Howe, who was a soldier in the Revo- 
 lution. 'Our subject's only child, Addie D., mar- 
 ried Dr. O. D. Eastman, a prominent young 
 physician and surgeon of the village of Woods- 
 ville, whose sketch appears on another page of 
 this volume of biographies; she has borne her 
 husband five children : D. K. ; Oliver M. ; Burns 
 R. ; Abel Earl, deceased; and Milo Donald. Mrs. 
 Davis is a Methodist in her religious affiliations. 
 Mr. Davis is a Republican, and served as select- 
 man two terms; he was also appointed justice of 
 the peace, but refused to qualify for the office. 
 For over forty years he served on the school 
 board. 
 
 ALMON G. WEBSTER, an engineer on the 
 B. & M. R. R., living at Woodsville, N. H., was 
 born in Franklin, N. H., Aug. 6, 1863. His 
 father, Orris D. Webster, was born at Sandwich, 
 N. PL, Jan. 22, 1841; he has been a lumberman 
 for many years. He is an attendant of the Con- 
 gregational Church. He is a member of Rum- 
 ford Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Concord, and also 
 of the Order of American Mechanics. Politically 
 he is a Democrat, and served as selectman in 
 Franklin in 1893, and has been on the school 
 committee also. He is a son of Dudley and 
 Fidora (Hatch) Webster, who were both Con- 
 gregationalists in religious belief; Dudley Web- 
 ster was an old-time Democrat. Our subject's 
 mother was Mary M. Keyser, who was born in 
 Northfield (now Franklin), June 22, 1843; ner 
 parents were Nathaniel and Mehitabel (Dan- 
 forth) Keyser ; . Nathaniel Keyser was a farmer, 
 and died about the year 1870, at the age of 
 sixty-seven. 
 
 Almon G. Webster was reared in Franklin and 
 secured a good education there in the common 
 schools and in the high school; when he was six- 
 teen he clerked in a store for one year. At the 
 age of seventeen, he began his connection with 
 the railroad company, becoming fireman on the 
 B. & M. R. R.; for five years he faithfully dis- 
 charged the duties of his position and was re- 
 warded for his general good conduct and effi- 
 
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 cient work by being promoted to the office of 
 engineer in June, 1885, and now has a run from 
 Woodsville to Concord. 
 
 Air. Webster was united in wedlock Dec. 21, 
 1884, at Rumney, to Emma Stevens, a daugh- 
 ter of John Stevens and Adeline M. Rogers. 
 John Stevens is a prosperous farmer, and now 
 lives in Wells River, A t; he was born Oct. 4, 
 1842; in politics he was a Democrat. John 
 Stevens was a son of John Stevens, Sr., and Lucy 
 Buzzell. John Stevens, Sr., was born in Barn- 
 stead, N. H., and his wife in Loudon, N. H. 
 Adeline M. (Rogers) Stevens, the mother of Mrs. 
 Webster, is a daughter of Thewell and Roe 
 (Hathaway) Rogers. Subject and wife attend 
 the M. E. Church. Mr. Webster is a member 
 of Moosehillock Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Littleton 
 Encampment, No. 24; and Canton Albin, No. 4, 
 of Woodsville; he and his wife are members of 
 the Rebecca degree. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat, but devotes very little of his time to it, not 
 having the inclination. 
 
 CAPTAIN OLIVER H. P. CRAIG, a farmer 
 of the town of Holderness, Grafton Co., was 
 born in the town of Rumney, of this county, 
 Aug. 1, 1813, and is a son of Amos and Abigail 
 (Keyes) Craig. 
 
 Amos Craig was born in Plymouth, or at least 
 lived there in his youthful days, for as far back 
 as we can remember he was a resident of that 
 town. He was a shoemaker by trade, and lived 
 in Plymouth and Rumney all his life. He lived 
 to be about seventy-two years old, when the 
 Angel of Death called him. His wife passed away 
 at about the same age. Their children were: 
 Prisbee, Orphia, Amos, Abbie, Oliver H. P., 
 Jacob, Mary, Jacob, Isaac. Mr. Craig was a 
 Jackson Democrat, and was a Universalist in his 
 religious views. His wife was a Baptist. 
 
 Oliver H. P. Craig attended the public schools 
 in his younger years, and at sixteen years of age 
 he started out in life with his little grip. He 
 found employment first at Cambridge, where he 
 learned the shoemaker's trade; he went to work 
 making boots, doing factory work principally. 
 He followed this trade for about forty years, 
 when he retired from active work, except to look 
 after his farm of forty acres, which he bought of 
 
 John Sheppard, in 1852. There he makes Ins 
 nome; it is a very fine little river farm, with some 
 choice interval land. In years gone by he set out 
 fruit trees, and they are now rewarding him for 
 his care and labor; also the shade trees which 
 he carried there on his back, have prospered and 
 give abundant shade to his beautnul lawn. 1 lie 
 house and barns owe their origin to him. 
 
 When the war broke out he and Col. T. P. 
 Cheney and another Grafton Co. citizen formed 
 Co. A. of the 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and our 
 subject was commissioned its first lieutenant; ar- 
 riving at Washington, D. C, they were ordered 
 to Hatteras, where they were very soon on duty. 
 In April, 1862, Mr. Craig was commissioned cap- 
 tain of the same company of the same regiment; 
 in the fall of 1862 he resigned his office, came 
 home, and followed his trade a few years. Now 
 at his advanced age he is enjoying good health, 
 and manages to get around very much for one 
 of his years. 
 
 He married Miss Ann Dilson; she died at the 
 age of thirty-one, after giving birth to four chil- 
 dren: Mary and Eliza died early in life; Oliver 
 lives in Ashland, and works at the manufacture 
 of paper board; George was killed in the Battle 
 of Bull Run. Subject's second wife was Mary 
 Jane, daughter of John Ellison, a farmer of the 
 town of Holderness. Capt. Craig by his second 
 marriage was made the parent of four children, 
 one of whom is living. Abbie, Alvin, and Emma 
 died while in their youth. Martha married Ed- 
 ward Lincoln, a baker of Providence, R. I. 
 
 Capt. Craig has always given the Democratic 
 ticket his earnest support. He is an active and 
 consistent member of the Episcopal Church. He 
 was one of the organizers of the G. A. R. Post, 
 and was its first commander. 
 
 ALPHEUS WOOSTER BAKER. At the 
 close of the Revolutionary War, about 1780-81, 
 Gideon Baker came from Montville, Conn., to 
 Lebanon, N. H. He had been in the army act- 
 ing as armorer. He was then about forty-three 
 years of age. He immediately became proprie- 
 tor of several tracts of land, and of titles to un- 
 divided land "which numbered him among the 
 proprietors." He possessed certain qualities 01 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 him the confidence of his associates, and he was 
 constantly employed by them in laying out land 
 yet undivided, and finding the boundaries of 
 "lots" already "layed out," and settling disputes. 
 Finally he was employed to copy the records of 
 the proprietors from the beginning. The various 
 "field-books" were also placed in his hands to re- 
 duce to a single record. This was a difficult task 
 which none but a man having special aptness for 
 details and order could well accomplish. The 
 work was finished Feb. 22, 1806. The writing 
 is unusually legible, with few corrections or in- 
 terlineations, and the spelling correct far beyond 
 the standard of the time. 
 
 He died at Lebanon, Dec. 10, 1830, aged 
 ninety-two. His wife died Jan. 4, 181 5, aged 
 seventy-one. 
 
 Early in the settlement of Lebanon, Maj. John 
 Slapp appears. He came from Durham, Conn. 
 He had been in the French and Indian Wars, and 
 commanded a Company of Connecticut at the 
 Battle of Crown Point in 1757. He was of great 
 service to the early settlers from his previous ex- 
 perience in military matters, and was often called 
 upon to superintend the building of fortifications. 
 He built the first corn-mill in the town. He was 
 prominent in all town affairs, and was among 
 the six original members of the Congregational 
 Church. He died Dec. 5, 1790, aged seventy-five 
 years. Upon the stone erected to his memory 
 are the words: "Man is mortal; God is eternal." 
 
 Alpheus Baker, son of Gideon, was born in 
 Lebanon. He was a brick-mason, and a promi- 
 nent contractor. He had a reputation as a 
 thorough and intelligent workman. Buildings 
 erected by him remain to this day to testify to 
 his skill; among them is a house standing on 
 School Street, built for his own home. He was 
 greatly appreciated by his townsmen, and fre- 
 quently honored by office — selectman and repre- 
 sentative. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1816, Alpheus Baker married Miss 
 Nancy Slapp, daughter of Simon Peter Slapp, 
 and granddaughter of Major John Slapp. 
 
 The fruit of the union was three sons 
 and two daughters, of whom Alpheus Wooster 
 is the only survivor. The name Wooster, 
 by which he is most generally known, is 
 not a family name, but was given him 
 in honor of General David Wooster of 
 Connecticut, who was a Colonial officer, and 
 
 in the Revolutionary Army. He was at the siege 
 of Louisburg, was sent to England in command 
 of a cartel ship, and they were so well pleased 
 with him that they gave him a commission in 
 the English Army. At the commencement of 
 the Revolution he resigned his command to en- 
 ter the service of his country. The death of 
 Montgomery left him in command for a time. 
 He was mortally wounded at the head of his 
 troops in the raid which Governor Tryon made 
 to seize some stores in Danbury, Conn. Gideon 
 Baker undoubtedly served under his command, 
 and as a token of his respect for the man the 
 name Wooster was bestowed upon his grandson. 
 
 Alpheus Wooster was born in Lebanon, May 
 22, 1834, and received his education in the dis- 
 trict schools and the Lebanon Liberal Institute. 
 In early life he was a clerk in New York. In 
 1856 he went to Wisconsin, first as a 
 farmer, later as a builder. In August, 
 1862, he enlisted in Co. H., 23rd Wis. 
 Vol., receiving a commission as lieutenant. He 
 was present at the siege of Vicksburg. In the 
 fall of 1864 his health compelled his resignation, 
 and he returned to Lebanon. His health im- 
 proving, he resumed his business as contractor 
 and builder, continuing in it for about twenty 
 years. In 1873-74, he represented the town in the 
 Legislature; was assistant clerk of the House in 
 1876-77; and assistant secretary of the Constitu- 
 tional Convention in 1876; clerk of the House in 
 1878 and 1879. From 1881 to 1886 he was post- 
 master of Lebanon; member of the Constitu- 
 tional Convention in 1889; twelve years moder- 
 ator of the town; State auditor for two years. 
 In 1890 he was appointed State bank commis- 
 sioner, which office he continues to hold. In all 
 these places he has displayed the unusual 
 capacity of his ancestor in his grasp of perplex- 
 ing details. 
 
 Mr. Baker became a member of Lodi Valley 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., of Lodi, Wis., in 1858. Upon 
 his return to Lebanon he became a member of 
 Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M., and served 
 as Worshipful Master four years. He has held 
 all the offices of the Grand Lodge in New Hamp- 
 shire, becoming Grand Master in 1882 and 
 Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter in 
 1884-85. He is also a member of the Mt. Horeb 
 Commandery, Knights Templar, Concord, N. 
 H; and of Edward A. Raymond Consistory, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Nashua, N. H. He is a member of the G. A. R., 
 and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
 
 Upon the organization of the Mascoma 
 Mutual Fire Insurance Co., he was chosen its 
 secretary. All this shows the confidence reposed 
 in him by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 In Oct. 31, 1855, Mr. Baker married Parthenia 
 W. Peck, daughter of John W. Peck and Fanny 
 Huntington Peck, whose ancestors were of the 
 best blood of Connecticut. Four children were 
 born to them, of whom only two survive: Fan- 
 nie G., who married F H. Emerson, a merchant 
 of Lebanon; and Alpheus W., Jr., who is cashier 
 of the Lisbon Savings Bank & Trust Co., of Lis- 
 bon, N. H., who married Teny Steel. 
 
 In politics Mr. Baker has been from the begin- 
 ning an earnest Republican; in religious opinions 
 he is a Universalist. 
 
 ANDREW J. GRAHAM, a machinist, work- 
 ing in the railroad shops of the B. & M. R. R. 
 at Woodsville, was born in Barnet, Vt, Jan. 23, 
 1834; he is a son of Andrew and Helen (Max- 
 well) Graham. Andrew Graham was born in 
 Paisley, Scotland, and came to America in 1800, 
 settling in Barnet, Vt., where he farmed until his 
 death, at which time he owned 100 acres more 
 or less of valuable land. His wife was born in 
 Barnet, and was a daughter of William and Mar- 
 guerite (McConnell) Maxwell; the .latter was 
 born in the 'north of Ireland, where her father 
 was a game-keeper for a nobleman. William 
 Maxwell was born in Scotland, near Edinburgh, 
 and took up the calling of a farmer upon his ar- 
 rival at East Barnet, where he settled and lived 
 to be nearly ninety years old; he was a soldier 
 of the War of 1812. To our subject's parents 
 were born five boys and two girls, of which fam- 
 ily Andrew J. is the sole survivor. They were 
 named: William, James, John M., Henry B., 
 Margaret, Andrew J., and Mary. 
 
 Andrew J. Graham was reared in his native 
 town and attended the district schools there till 
 he was sixteen years of age, when he learned the 
 mill carpenter's trade and repair work, and 
 worked at it until he was nineteen, when he at- 
 tended two terms at Peacham Academy. In De- 
 
 cember, 1853, with a desire to see the new gold 
 country, that was then opening up on the Pacific 
 coast, he set sail on board the famous Star of the 
 West for Greytown, Nicaragua; from there, by 
 way of the Nicaragua River, he journeyed to 
 Lake Nicaragua, and from there on a balky 
 mule to San Juan Del Norte on the Pacific coast. 
 A steamer conveyed him and his fellow-pas- 
 sengers to San Francisco, from which place he 
 went to El Dorado Co., Cal, where he made his 
 home for five years, engaged in prospecting 
 through the mountains, partly in his own inter- 
 ests and partly for others. The last two years 
 were spent on the coast in Marine Co., on a dairy 
 and sheep ranch. On May 5, i860, he started 
 for home from San Francisco to Aspinwall, 
 crossing the Isthmus in four hours by rail; he ar- 
 rived in New "York June 3, and reached home 
 June 5, i860, having been exactly one month to 
 the day on the retrirn trip. 
 
 Upon his return he did a little mill work, but 
 in November, i860, started in to learn the ma- 
 chinist's trade at W est Concord, Vt., with J. D. 
 Chase & Son, remaining with them there four 
 years, and in St. Johnsbury also a short time for 
 the same firm, when they changed their location. 
 Fie was two years in Lowell, Mass., and in 1867 
 went to Lancaster, N. H., where he put in a year 
 and a half; the following twenty-two years were 
 spent in Gorham, N. H., at his trade of a ma- 
 chinist. In August, 1890, Mr. Graham came to 
 Woodsville, and has been working in the rail- 
 road shops there since. 
 
 Mr. Graham was married Jan. 9, 1862, at West 
 Concord, to Adaline J. Reed, born in Kerby, Vt., 
 daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Joslyn) Reed. 
 Their union has been blessed with the following 
 six children : Andrew, a machinist of Worcester, 
 Mass.; Mark, deceased; Margaret, deceased; 
 Charles Sumner, deceased; Irwin W., a fireman 
 on the railroad, living at home with his parents; 
 Sherman R., a watchman on the railroad, also at 
 home. Our subject and his wife are attendants 
 of the Universalist Church. He is a member of 
 Gorham Lodge, No. 73, A. F. & A. M, of Gor- 
 ham, N. H. He is also a member of Glen Lodge, 
 No. 54, I. O. O. F., of Gorham; he and his wife 
 are members of the Rebecca Lodge, No. 45, of 
 Woodsville, N. H. He is a Democrat in his 
 political affiliations, and from 1874 to 1886 was 
 a deputy-sheriff of Coos Co. 
 
HENRY WOOD CARTER. 
 
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 283 
 
 HENRY WOOD CARTER, deceased, the 
 founder of the firm of H. W. Carter & Sons, 
 manufacturers of overalls and shirts, in the vil- 
 lage of Lebanon, was born in Concord, N. H., 
 March n, 1822, and is a son of William and 
 Persis (Wood) Carter, and grandson of Joel and 
 Sarah Carter. 
 
 Joel Carter was born May 9, 1749, and mar- 
 ried Sarah Carter, who was born April 10, 1753; 
 they had eleven children, of whom the seventh 
 child was William Carter, our subject's father. 
 
 William Carter was born April 18, 1787, and 
 passed away Nov. 11, 1875. His first wife, Jane 
 Scott, born March, 1791, died May 1, 1818, bore 
 him one child, William, Jr., born Feb. 11, 1816, 
 and died May 8, 185 1. By his second wife, 
 Persis Wood, born July 20, 1791, died May 29, 
 1863, he was made the parent of three children: 
 Henry W., born March 11, 1822; Mary Ann, 
 born April 8, 1827, died Sept. 6, 1894; and 
 James H, born Jan. 18, 183 1. William settled 
 in 1824, at Bradford, N. H., where he kept the 
 Raymond tavern at Bradford Corners for several 
 years. He then moved to Warner and bought 
 the Peters's stand, with farm connected with it, 
 and lived there until 1833, when he moved to 
 Concord, N. H, and kept a boarding-house in 
 Call's Block; later he moved to Chelsea, \"t., and 
 thence with his son, Henry W., to Lebanon, 
 where he died in 1875. 
 
 Our subject, at the age of eight years, had be- 
 gun to develop a talent for business, and was 
 continually hampering his father in his work for 
 some plan by which he could act the part of a 
 business man; he was at length granted permis- 
 sion to invest a small amount of capital in candy 
 and to sell it from the shelves he fitted up behind 
 his father's bar in the tavern. This seemed to 
 delight him very much and he evinced a great 
 deal of healthy interest in his work; he was very 
 faithful, and his efforts meeting with success, he 
 often replaced his stock. When fifteen years 
 old, aided by a little friendly assistance, he se- 
 cured a horse and wagon and a small stock of- 
 books, stationery, and candy, and started out in 
 the country to dispose of his goods. His first 
 call met with a very chilling reception and the 
 door was slammed in his face, but being of that 
 kind of material that makes successful merchants 
 and men of business, he made a second call and 
 sold a pocket Bible and hymnal. The encour- 
 
 agement which he met with there followed him 
 ever after in his travels of over fifty years, for 
 various firms, his line of goods being principally 
 notions. He settled in Lebanon, N. H, and 
 bought the Cragin property, building a store on 
 it, in which he wholesaled yankee notions. At 
 first he was his only salesman, but later on put 
 men on the road, running several four-horse 
 teams, the wagons being especially built for his 
 business and handsomely decorated on the sides 
 with beautiful oil paintings. In 1883 he built the 
 present store and began manufacturing on a 
 small scale shirts and overalls. Later on he 
 dropped the business of selling notions and de- 
 voted his whole time to the manufacturing, em- 
 ploying over 100 hands. As his sons grew up 
 he taught them the business and took them in as 
 partners. He has been one of the hardest-work- 
 ing men in the county, and if there was ever a 
 self-made man, worthy of example, he is one. 
 His health failed from overwork, and in 1889 he 
 retired from the business, leaving it to his sons, 
 a handsome legacy in itself, in addition to a com- 
 fortable fortune, independent of it. He has 
 always been a stanch Republican, and a liberal 
 supporter of the Congregational Church. His 
 name will always be a reminder of one who the 
 citizens of Lebanon delighted to honor and one 
 in whom were associated feelings of the deepest 
 respect. Mr. Carter died Feb. 25, 1897. 
 
 Mr. Carter married his first wife, Caroline A. 
 Leavitt, May 2, 1843; srie was born Oct. 31, 
 1823, and died Nov. 27, 1846. She left one child 
 at her decease, Henrietta C, who was born May 
 21, 1845, an( i died July 24, 1875. His second 
 wife, Julia E. Wilson, whom he married May 1, 
 1848, was born Sept. 24, 1828, and died Feb. 26, 
 1859. He was the third time united in marriage, 
 Aug. 7, 1859, to Marion A. Rice, daughter of 
 Emery and Laura (Fairbanks) Rice; she was 
 born April 13, 1839, and died March 7, 1892. 
 Two sons were the result of this marriage: 
 Augustus H, born Feb. 11, 1862, married Aug. 
 3, 1886, A. May Jackson; Frederick G., born 
 Aug. 9, 1865, married May 16, 1892, Sarah J. 
 Sargent, daughter of Justus Sargent, whose 
 sketch will be found between the covers of this 
 volume. 
 
 Augustus H. Carter, the elder son, was edu- 
 cated in the Lebanon High School, and was 
 salesman for his father for eighteen years, first 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 with a team through the country and then on 
 the railroad. Upon his father's retirement he 
 took charge of the business, and has proved him- 
 self a worthy object of his father's lessons. He 
 is a member of the Masonic Order. 
 
 Fred G. was educated m St. Johnsbury Acad- 
 emy, and was clerk in the White River iNational 
 Bank one year. In 1892 he became a partner oi 
 the firm, and has since combined his skill with 
 his brother's, and has won distinction among the 
 business men of Lebanon. He is a member of 
 the Masonic Order, and has taken the degrees 
 of F. & A. M., R. A. M., Mt. Horeb Command- 
 ery, K. T., and Mt. Sinai Shrine. He is also a 
 member of the Lebanon Lodge of the I. O. O. b. 
 He is a first lieutenant and quartermaster of the 
 3rd Reg. Inf., N. H. N. G. 
 
 The portrait of Henry Wood Carter, which 
 adorns a preceding page, is a decided addition 
 to the collated biographical records 01 Grafton 
 Co., and derives especial value from his high 
 position in the community, of which he was a 
 late member, and from the example his lite 
 affords to those in search of commercial success. 
 
 LANGDON BAILEY, an elderly retired bus- 
 iness man of Woodsville, and one of the best 
 known and most highly respected citizens of that 
 place, was born in .Lyman, N. H, Oct. 27, 1821, 
 and is a son of Moses and Ruth (Chase) Bailey. 
 
 Our subject's father was born Jan. 7, 1795, at 
 Goffstown, N. H, and while a tender infant was 
 carried by his mother on horseback through the 
 woods to Lyman, where his father settled and 
 cleared a farm, in the midst of the surrounding 
 timber, ending his days on the farm he thus pro- 
 vided for himself. Our subject's grandfather 
 was Benjamin Bailey; he married Lettie Little, 
 also from his native town of Goffstown. The 
 mother of Lettie Little lived to be ninety-nine 
 years of age. She is well remembered by our 
 subject, who frequently saw her in his child- 
 hood. 
 
 Our subject's mother, Ruth Chase, was born 
 March 5, 1796, and was a daughter of Robert 
 Chase, whose wife died when Ruth was a small 
 child. To the parents of our subject were born 
 eight children, namely: Diantha; Langdon; Ben- 
 jamin, deceased; Austin, who is engaged in farm- 
 
 ing in the town of Bath; Harriet L., who is liv- 
 ing in Lyman; Ruth Ann, who married Henry 
 Titus; Lthelynda, who married as her hrst hus- 
 band Mr. Wheelock, and forming a second alli- 
 ance with E. F. Stickney of Woodsville; and 
 George W., a carpenter of Bath. 
 
 Our subject remained under the parental roof 
 until he attained his majority, attending the com- 
 mon schools until his fourteenth year. Soon 
 after reaching manhood he purchased a stock of 
 tinware, cloths, and yankee notions, and a 
 wagon; he then traveled through the country for 
 two years disposing of his wares; and in 1843 or 
 1844 he leased a tavern at Bath, which he con- 
 ducted for two years, and then leased another 
 tavern and mill, south of where Woodsville now 
 stands, where he remained in business for some 
 four years, when he opened a wagon, carriage, 
 and sleigh factory and repair shop in North Hav- 
 erhill and learned to perform all the woodwork- 
 ing necessary, and hired the iron work done by 
 a blacksmith; at times he employed as many as 
 five or six hands, and did a business that yielded 
 no small returns. In 1879 he discontinued the 
 manufacture and repair of vehicles, and moved 
 10 Woodsville, where he opened a flour and feed 
 store, continuing for some six years until he re- 
 tired from active life. He is now taking life easy 
 at an age when most men are feeble and de- 
 crepit; Mr. Bailey is hale and hearty, and ap- 
 pears fully twenty years younger than he really is. 
 
 Mr. Bailey was married in the town of Bath, 
 March 14, 1850, to Mary W. Hibbard, a native 
 of North Haverhill, and daughter of Samuel and 
 Mary (Bayley) Hibbard, being the youngest in 
 a family of four boys and three girls born to her 
 parents. Samuel Hibbard was a son of Thomas 
 Hibbard, a native of England, who came to 
 America as a soldier in the service of the Eng- 
 lish crown, during the Revolutionary War, and 
 remained here at the close of hostilities, becom- 
 ing a school teacher in the country he had pre- 
 viously fought against. He died somewhere in 
 the State of New York. Samuel Hibbard mar- 
 ried Mary Bayley, who lived to reach her ninety- 
 sixth year; she was a daughter of Webster and 
 Mary Bayley, who were from Newburyport, 
 Mass. Shortly after Samuel Hibbard married his 
 wife, the marriage occurring Feb. 28, 1804, he 
 removed to Canada to live for a time, in order 
 the more easily to secure a legacy from a dis- 
 
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 tantly related aunt of Mr. Hibbard's in England, 
 inheriting through his father, which fact makes 
 it strongly probable that his father was the oldest 
 son. Their home in Canada was in a log-cabin, 
 where their first daughter was born ; the Indians, 
 although very friendly, were a constant source of 
 fear to Mrs. Hibbard, and it was with a feeling 
 of great relief that they removed to Hardwick, 
 Vt. From there they came to North Haverhill 
 about the year 1826. Samuel Hibbard was born 
 Oct. 28, 1778, and his wife Oct. 3, 1783. 
 
 To Langdon Bailey and his good wife have 
 been born two children: Lizzie G. and William 
 A. The son went to California some eighteen 
 years ago, and nothing is now known of him. 
 As no word has been received from him during 
 the last ten years, it is supposed that he is dead. 
 Lizzie G. was married to George A. Davison, 
 who was born in Sutton, Canada, March 3, 1852. 
 At the age of eighteen he began to support him- 
 self as a telegraph operator. At length 
 desiring a more active out-door life, he became 
 a brakeman on the road between Sutton and 
 Newport, Vt. After a thorough trial of that 
 branch of the railway service, he secured em- 
 ployment in a box factory at Nashua. While en- 
 gaged in his work in the box factory he was 
 offered a position in the general superintendent's 
 office of the B. & M. R. R., under the adminis- 
 tration of Joseph A. Dodge, and accepted it. 
 About 1874 he took charge of the station at 
 Woodsville, and filled the duties of that position 
 with ability and tmexcelled thoroughness, and 
 -making many friends in the village by his care- 
 ful administration. He held the position until 
 his death, Feb. 23, 1887. He was a man of fine 
 appearance, and withal a most genial and com- 
 panionable friend and acquaintance. He was a 
 prominent member in the I. O. O. F., being ad- 
 jutant-general of the Patriarchs Militant. 
 
 Mrs. Bailey attends the Episcopal Church, 
 while Mr. Bailey is of the Universalist faith. Mr. 
 Bailey was formerly a member of the Masonic 
 Order; in politics he is a Democrat. He served 
 for two years as selectman for North Haverhill, 
 and was elected to the Legislature, but was 
 counted out in the ensuing contest. Two of his 
 uncles did valiant service in the War of 1812. A 
 brother of Mrs. Bailey crossed the plains as a 
 forty-niner, when it took six months to make the 
 trip by means of ox teams. 
 
 DEXTER DOUGLAS DOW, clerk of court 
 for Grafton Co., is one of the rising young mem- 
 bers of the bar, and is destined to make his mark 
 in the profession of his choice. He is a son of 
 William Kinsley and Hulda M. (Farnsworth) 
 Dow. William Dow was born at Greensbor- 
 ough, Vt., in 1830, and died in Lincoln, Neb., 
 May 17, 1877; his wife was born at Danville, Vt., 
 in 1828, and passed away to the blessed scenes 
 beyond on the 7th of November, 1875. Our sub- 
 ject's father was for many years a traveling sales- 
 man for wholesale firms in Buffalo and in Chi- 
 cago, moving from the former city to the latter 
 location sometime in 1863. About the year 1866 
 he moved to Clinton, Wis., where he opened a 
 grocery store, conducting it for eight or nine 
 years, when he removed to Lincoln, Neb. In 
 that city he entered upon the manufacture of 
 cigars, and was engaged in that occupation at 
 the time of his death, in the spring of 1877. Of 
 the five children born in this family, three sur- 
 vive, the two youngest having died in infancy. 
 Of the three living, William H. and Jennie A. 
 (wife of John Henry), the eldest and the young- 
 est children, reside in Littleton of this county. 
 
 Dexter Douglas Dow was born in the city of 
 Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1863, and three months 
 later was taken with his older brother to Chicago, 
 where his father made his headquarters for a 
 time. From there the family went to Clinton, 
 Wis., remaining there about nine years, and there 
 our subject received his common school educa- 
 tion. In 1876, when his father moved to Lin- 
 coln, Neb., Dexter D. went with him and assisted 
 him in the manufacture of cigars. After his 
 father's death, his mother having preceded her 
 husband, our subject with his brother and sister 
 came back east, and for four and a half years 
 clerked in a store at Glover, Vt., earning money 
 to take him through school and prepare him for 
 a professional career. He spent three years in 
 St. Johnsbury Academy, preparing for college. 
 He entered Dartmouth College in 1885, and 
 graduated in the Class of '89, in the full classical 
 course. 
 
 After his college course was finished he read 
 law in the office of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchel- 
 lor, at Littleton, N. H. He was admitted to the 
 bar in August of 1892. After his admission to 
 the bar, he remained with his preceptors in the 
 profession until January, 1893, when he was ap- 
 
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 pointed clerk of the Supreme Court of Grafton 
 County. 
 
 In his political affiliations Mr. Dow is an un- 
 yielding Democrat, as was his father before him. 
 He is trustee of the public library of Woodsville, 
 and a director of the Woodsville Loan & Bank- 
 ing Co. Socially he is a member of several in- 
 fluential organizations. He belongs to the 
 Burns Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 66; Franklin 
 Chapter, No. 5; Omega Council, No. 9; St. 
 Girard Commandery, K. T.; Edw. A. Raymond 
 Consistory of Nashua. He is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, Mt. Gardner Lodge, No. 55. 
 In his college days he became a member of the 
 Greek Letter Fraternity, Psi Upsilon, Zeta Chap- 
 ter; and also a member of the Sphinx, a society 
 of the Senior Classes. 
 
 CHARLES NEWCOMB, M. D., a physician 
 of high repute in North Haverhill, with an ex- 
 tended practice in Haverhill, Benton, Piermont, 
 Warren, and as far as Orford, was born in the 
 Green Mountain State, at Montpelier, April 16, 
 1858. He is a son of Luther Newcomb, and a 
 grandson of Dr. Luther Newcomb, the first phy- 
 sician of Northern Vermont. 
 
 The family history properly begins with Capt. 
 Andrew Newcomb, Sr., who came to America 
 from England prior to 1663, at which time he 
 married Grace, the widow of William Rix of 
 Boston. Capt. Newcomb was a sea captain. 
 The unbroken Newcomb line was continued 
 from this early settler through Andrew New- 
 comb, Jr., Simon Newcomb, Hezekiah New- 
 comb, Silas Newcomb, Daniel Newcomb, to the 
 grandfather of our subject, Dr. Luther New- 
 comb, who was born in Leyden (then Bernards- 
 town), Mass., April 12, 1770. Dr. Newcomb 
 studied medicine and located in Derby, Yt, 
 where he became eminent in his profession as a 
 pioneer in that part of the State. In the church 
 circles he was a prominent figure, and held offices 
 in his chosen church. He married, April 9, 1800, 
 in Derby, Millicent Conant of Brownington, Vt. ; 
 she was born Jan. 29, 1791, and died March 6, 
 1 814. Dr. Luther married as his second wife, 
 July 19, 1815, Lucretia Martin of Peacham, Vt., 
 who became our subject's grandmother. She 
 
 was born in 1790, and passed away to her reward 
 in Derby, Feb. 27, 1841. Dr. Newcomb died in 
 the same town, Feb. 16, 1831. 
 
 Luther Newcomb, the tenth child of Dr. New- 
 comb, was born in Derby, Vt., April 10, 1826; 
 bereaved of his parents at an early age, he went 
 to Montpelier, Vt., and made his home with 
 Judge Wheeler until he was nineteen years of 
 age, when he became a revenue officer on Lake 
 Champlain for two years. He then returned to 
 the home of Judge Wheeler, and studied law 
 under him, O. H. Smith, and Judge Redfield; 
 during this time he was a fellow-student with 
 Redfield Proctor, ex-Secretary of War, and an 
 inmate of the same house. Judge Wheeler was 
 county clerk, and Mr. Newcomb was appointed 
 his deputy. When Judge Wheeler retired his 
 deputy was appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. 
 Newcomb was clerk of Washington Co., Vt., and 
 clerk of the Supreme Court; he held the clerk- 
 ship for twenty-four years, dying in office. His 
 schooling was received in the public schools of 
 Montpelier. Shortly before his death he united 
 with the New Unitarian Church. He was a great 
 sportsman and was considered the most skillful 
 fisherman in Washington Co. Of a genial and 
 jovial nature, he made a most pleasant com- 
 panion, and was enabled to gain many friends; 
 his abundant good nature found vent in the many 
 practical jokes which he practiced on the unsus- 
 pecting. Skilled in the management of horses, 
 there were few who enjoyed the genuine pleasure 
 afforded by such knowledge and appreciation of 
 good equine points. At the request of the en- 
 tire bar of Washington Co. the funeral services 
 over his remains were held in the old Court 
 House, the scene of his many labors. Hon. C. 
 W. Willard, member of Congress, made an ad- 
 dress at the obsequies, in which he stated that 
 there was not a hill or stream in the county that 
 Mr. Newcomb and himself had not explored in 
 their fishing and hunting excursions together. 
 He was married June 25, 1857, to Amanda V., 
 daughter of Gen. Stephen and Anna (Peabody) 
 Thomas, who was born in West Fairlee, Vt., Oct. 
 21, 1834. Gen. Stephen Thomas, who was 
 of Welsh stock on his father's side, was 
 an officer in the late war, going out as 
 colonel of the 8th Reg. Vt. A'ol. Inf. His grand- 
 father, Joseph Thomas, born in New Hampshire, 
 was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. His 
 
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 father, John Thomas, was born in Amherst, N. 
 H., and died on the battlefield in the War of 
 1812. Gen. Thomas's mother was Rebecca 
 Batchelder, a native of Brookfield, Mass., and a 
 member of an old Colonial family, whose ances- 
 tors emigrated to America in 1630. Gen. 
 Stephen Thomas was the third child in his pa- 
 rents' family, and was born in Bethel, Vt, Dec. 
 6, 1809. He attended the common schools of 
 Thetford, Vt., and at the age of eighteen was ap- 
 prenticed to a wool manufacturer; having 
 learned the trade, he followed it for several years 
 at Thetford, Strafford, and Fairlee. He then 
 went to Hartland and started a factory of his 
 own, which was destroyed by fire after a number 
 of years of successful work; he resumed busi- 
 ness at Thetford, and finally was established in 
 West Fairlee. In 1830 he was married to Ann 
 Peabody of Reading; the result of this union 
 was a son and 'daughter, who both grew to ma- 
 turity. From his early years he gave much 
 attention to politics, supporting the Democratic 
 nominees before the rupture that led to the Civil 
 War. He was a member of the Legislatures of 
 1838-39-40-46. In i860 and 1861 he was Demo- 
 cratic nominee for Lieutenant-Governor. He 
 had no friendly feeling with the slave-owners of 
 the South, and was opposed to the entire institu- 
 tion from root to branch. In the events immedi- 
 ately preceding secession he was an interested 
 observer — yes, more than an observer, for he lent 
 all the weight of his influence to aid in upholding 
 the Union. In 1867 and 1868 he served as Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor of Vermont. He was a dele- 
 gate to the Charleston Convention, the proceed- 
 ings of which changed his politics. From 1870 
 to 1878 he was pension agent for the State of 
 Vermont. He was a delegate to the convention 
 that nominated Grant for the Presidency. He 
 has been commander of the G. A. R. organiza- 
 tion of the State of Vermont. 
 
 Dr. Charles Newcomb was reared at Mont- 
 pelier, Vt., attended the district schools, and 
 graduated from the academy in his seventeenth 
 year. He served as deputy for his father from 
 Tune to October, 1875, and then began the study 
 of his profession in the office of Dr. C. M. Chand- 
 ler. He attended lectures of six courses in the 
 Medical Department of the University of Ver- 
 mont, at Burlington, Vt., and one course in the 
 Medical Department of Dartmouth College, 
 
 seven courses in all. As he was under the legal 
 age for admission to practice he was forced to 
 wait until he had attained the requisite age. He 
 began the practice of medicine in filling an ap- 
 pointment as mine surgeon at the Ely mines near 
 Bradford, Vt.; he remained there until 1883, then 
 practiced in Washington Co., Vt., and removed 
 to North Haverhill. He has met with splendid 
 success in his practice and is recognized as one 
 of the leaders in his department. 
 
 Dr. Newcomb was married Feb. 25, 1883, at 
 Washington, Vt., to Elmina Hunt, a native of 
 Wolcott, Vt. She is a daughter of Wilber M. 
 and Eunice (Nichols) Hunt of Post Mills, Thet- 
 ford, Vt. Mr. Hunt is a carpenter by trade, and 
 is a son of Justus Hunt. To Dr. and Mrs. New- 
 comb were born two children: Annie Laurie, 
 born Nov. 26, 1883; and Ashton W., who died 
 in infancy. Dr. Newcomb is a member of the 
 Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order. He is 
 Master of Pink Granite Grange, No. 210; his 
 wife is also a member. He is also member- 
 at-large of the K. A. E. O. He has been health 
 officer for nine years, member of the school 
 board for three years. He has also been a sur- 
 geon for the United States Pension Examiners 
 under Harrison's administration. He is a Re- 
 publican in politics. 
 
 JOHN M. GETCHELL, a carpenter, builder, 
 and contractor of the village of North Haverhill, 
 was born in the same village Aug. 28, 1841 ; he 
 is a son of Silas P. and Abigail Q. (McConnell) 
 Getchell, to whom four children were born, as 
 follows: Elvira married David E. Blifhn, a far- 
 mer of North Haverhill; George, deceased; John 
 M., the subject of this memoir; Emma, deceased. 
 Abigail Q. McConnell was a daughter of John 
 and Abigail (Carter) McConnell, the former a 
 farmer by occupation, also engaging in the hew- 
 ing of timber for heavy bridge work. 
 
 When Mr. Getchell was sixteen years of age 
 he took two years at Newbury Academy in Ver- 
 mont, to finish his education that was begun at 
 Haverhill, in the common schools of that place. 
 He then remained with his father until he at- 
 tained his majority, and learned the carriage- 
 maker's trade. He started in business in North 
 Haverhill, where he opened a shop and worked 
 
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 for twenty years, selling out at the end of the 
 time and devoting his attention to carpentry and 
 machinery ever since. Mr. Getchell is of an in- 
 genious and practical turn of mind, and has 
 taken out two valuable patents, which show great 
 originality and simplicity of design. The first 
 was a corn-planter, and the other was a bicycle 
 support made in two different styles ; it is light in 
 construction, and no complications to get out of 
 order; it will hold a wheel upright and steady 
 even on a hillside. 
 
 Mr. Getchell was married Dec. 31, 1865, at 
 North Haverhill to Roselle E. Marston, daugh- 
 ter of William C. and Lucy S. (Frary) Marston, 
 who were born in Benton, and North Haverhill 
 respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Marston reared the 
 following two boys and three girls: Ellen E., 
 the widow of Walter B. Davis of Madison, Wis. ; 
 Moody C, of Bath, N. H; Wilder died in in- 
 fancy; Roselle, our subject's wife; and Mary Ella, 
 who married Edward Branard of Piermont, N. 
 H. Mr. and Mrs. Getchell are attendants of the 
 Methodist Church. One child, Milan W., was 
 born to them, but he has been taken back to the 
 heavenly fold. In politics Mr. Getchell is a Dem- 
 ocrat. An Odd Fellow socially, he belongs to 
 Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. Q. F. Mr. 
 Getchell is regarded with the highest esteem by 
 his fellow- townsmen, who are ever ready to ap- 
 preciate real worth. 
 
 JANES GLAZIER, a retired farmer of the 
 town of Haverhill, was born in Weathersfield, 
 Vt, July 13, 1823. He is a son of James and 
 Sallie (Foster) Glazier, who were the parents of 
 eight children, namely: Zenas, deceased; 
 Orpha, deceased; Nathaniel, who lives at the 
 age of eighty-four in Cleveland, Ohio; Luke, de- 
 ceased; Aaron, deceased; Sarah (Bisby), who is 
 living in Woodsville; Janes, the subject of this 
 sketch; and Mary, deceased. His grandparents 
 were Aaron and Hannah (Ross) Glazier. Aaron 
 Glazier lived in Weathersfield Bow; he was a 
 blacksmith in the Revolutionary army, and his 
 anvil, which was made in England in 1714, is still 
 owned by his grandson. He was with Gen. Put- 
 nam, when the latter made his famous ride down 
 the steps and turned on the pursuers when they 
 
 attempted to cautiously feel their way down the 
 treacherous way. James Glazier, Aaron's son, 
 performed the same service on the anvil during 
 the War of 1812. He was born in Weathers- 
 field, Vt., and was a blacksmith by trade. He 
 came to Center Haverhill, when his son Janes 
 was two years old; his first purchase was of 160 
 acres, where he built himself a house and lived 
 to be seventy-six years old. 
 
 Janes Glazier was reared on the farm where he 
 now makes his home and learned the black- 
 smith's trade in his father's shop, also learning 
 the trade of a carpenter and a carriage-maker. 
 He was married June 3, 1845, m Benton, to Al- 
 mira Elliott, who was born in Haverhill of David 
 and Mary (Mead) Elliott; Mrs. Glazier's grand- 
 father on her father's side was a soldier of the 
 War of 181 2. After his marriage our subject 
 lived nine years on the farm, and then for six 
 years was a carriage-maker and carpenter at 
 North Benton. One year was spent in a car- 
 riage shop in Concord, six years in Warren, and 
 in Lowell, Mass., for fourteen years, in which 
 he was a boss carpenter over sixty to eighty 
 workmen in two big factories. He returned to 
 the farm in 1873, remaining there six years, en- 
 gaged in agricultural labors, and then lived in 
 Suncook, N. H., from 1879 to ^85, and since 
 that time has lived on the old home farm. Mr. 
 Glazier has been a man of wonderful energy and 
 adaptability, having been a very busy man all 
 his life, and accomplishing much in a short time 
 in any. of the trades which he has mastered and 
 worked at. His union with Miss Elliott was 
 blesed with the birth of the following four chil- 
 dren: Alma J. married Ira C. Swain, Sept. 16, 
 1865; he died May 25, 1876, and she 
 was married Feb. 26, 1879, t0 Charles 
 Clark; Alice M. married Thomas E. Tay- 
 lor, a boss carpenter on the B. & M. R. R.; 
 Winnie B. married Fred Aldrich, who lives in 
 this town; Burke J. is the pastor of the Advent 
 Church in Franconia. In June, 1895, Mr. 
 Glazier and his good wife celebrated their golden 
 wedding, and in the family gathering there were 
 four generations represented, being four chil- 
 dren, seven grand-children, and one great- 
 grandchild present. Mr. Glazier is a member of 
 the M. E. Church ; his wife is a Second Adventist 
 in her religious faith. Our subject was born and 
 reared a Democrat; his grandfather voted for 
 
GEORGE W. JOHNSON. 
 
MRS. ARMINDA A. JOHNSON. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson. In 1845 
 Mr. Glazier was postmaster under Polk's admin- 
 istration for a term of four years at Center Hav- 
 erhill, and again for another four years under 
 Franklin Pierce. He has also been town clerk. 
 It is a matter of history that Mr. Glazier's 
 mother's grandfather cut the fuse to a torpedo 
 in a naval battle during the French and Indian 
 War, saving the ship on which he was stationed. 
 He was sent to England, feted, and loaded down 
 with presents on his return home. A silk dress, 
 which was given to him for his wife, was later 
 cut up into small pieces and made into pin- 
 cushions for his descendants, and Mr. Glazier's 
 sister in Woodsville is the proud possessor of 
 one of those little articles. 
 
 GEORGE W. JOHNSON, a retired manu- 
 facturer of Enfield Center, now residing in that 
 village and enjoying the rest that comes after a 
 long life of toil and anxiety, was born in 
 Peacham, Vt, May 12, 1817, and is a son of Cal- 
 vin and Mary (Carter) Johnson. 
 
 Calvin Johnson was born in Canterbury, N. 
 H., Dec. 17, 1787, and was a shoemaker by 
 trade; his lot was cast in various places, but his 
 last years were spent in Peacham, Vt., where he- 
 died Dec. 15, 1824. Flis wife was born in Pem- 
 brook, N. H., Nov. 10, 1783, and died in 1865; 
 she married as her second husband a Mr. Patter- 
 son, and after his decease, married Mr. Jackson. 
 The children born to our subject's parents were 
 as follows : William, born in Belfast, Me., March 
 13, 1807, became a noted circus rider and per- 
 former of his day; Jacob, born in Belfast, Me., 
 May 13, 1808; Calvin, born in Barnet, Vt., July 
 23, 1 8 10; and George W., the subject of this 
 sketch, whose birth occurred at the date given 
 at the beginning of this personal sketch. 
 
 Our subject's mother being left without the 
 necessary means to bring up the children as she 
 wished, George W. at the age of seven was sent 
 to live with Capt. Cyrus Smith of Marshfield, 
 Vt., where he was given excellent instruction in 
 farming and in general business until he was 
 twenty-one rears old ; at the same time his school 
 education was not slighted in the least. His 
 bright and prosperous career gives evidence 
 
 what good instruction he received and how well 
 he profited by it. 
 
 At the age of twenty-one he came to Enfield 
 Center, and soon after his arrival bought an in- 
 terest in the tin or metallic harness for weaving 
 broadcloth, an invention of Enfield's distin- 
 guished inventors, Benjamin Hartford & Tilton; 
 the company that was formed to manufacture 
 the article at once put it on the market and met 
 with splendid success. He also bought the Mt. 
 Calm Hotel, which he used as a home and also 
 opened it to the public. In addition to these 
 projects, he became interested with G. Thurston 
 in the manufacture of fork and rake handles. 
 The business being light in 1861, our subject 
 went to South Royalton and bought a fine stock 
 farm, which he ran four years, and then business 
 in manufacturing picking up again, he sold the 
 farm and returned to Enfield Center and bought 
 for a home the I. Heath place. In 1871 he sold 
 out his interest in the factory and went to Clare- 
 mont, N. H., and carried on painting one year, 
 returning home then and retired from active 
 work, and has nothing to occupy him but the 
 looking after his various business interests, and 
 extensive property. He has been very successful 
 in life, and is a general favorite in town; he is the 
 happiest and most active man in his vicinity and 
 believes in making the most of life; he enjoys a 
 good joke and joins in the laughter with a hearti- 
 ness that is refreshing to witness. 
 
 Aug. 17, 1853, he married Arminda Andrews, 
 daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Hoyt) An- 
 drews, whose sketch appears in connection with 
 our subject's brother-in-law, George Fletcher 
 Andrews. The union of our subject and his wife 
 having been blessed with no children, they 
 adopted Emma F. Banks at the age of four 
 years; she was born Aug. 6, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Johnson reared and educated her, and she be- 
 came a skilled artist. She married as her first 
 husband R. R. Phillips, a noted detective, who 
 died, leaving her with one child, Mary A., who 
 died young. Emma F. married as her second 
 husband D. T. Church, and resides at St. Albans, 
 Vt. Mr. Church is a conductor on the passenger 
 train running between Windsor, Vt., to St. 
 Albans. 
 
 Our subject has always supported the Repub- 
 lican party, and has served in the town as over- 
 seer of the poor, as town clerk, and in several 
 
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 minor offices. He is a member of the Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M.; of the I. O. O. F.; and of 
 the Sons of Temperance. He has always taken 
 a very active interest in the temperance cause, 
 and as he has kept a full and complete writing of 
 his life since 1851, he can refer to the exact day 
 of many interesting incidents that have occurred 
 in his own business life and in the town. 
 
 The accompanying portraits of Mr. and Mrs. 
 George W. Johnson will be appreciated by a 
 large circle of friends. 
 
 CHARLES H. WATERMAN, a dairy far- 
 mer, engaged in the prosecution of his calling in 
 Aetna Village, town of Hanover, was born in 
 Hanover Center, April 8, 1848. He is a son of 
 Lathrop and Susan B. (Muzzey) Waterman, the 
 latter of whom was born in Charlestown; Mass., 
 and was a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Bart- 
 lett) Muzzey. Joseph Muzzey was a blacksmith, 
 and lived to be ninety years old; his wife pre- 
 ceded him to that unknown land beyond at the 
 age of sixty-six. 
 
 Lathrop Waterman was born in Aurelius, in 
 the northern part of New York State, in 1810, 
 the eldest of twelve children born to his parents, 
 Seth and Susan (Miller) Waterman. Seth Water- 
 man was a son of Zephaniah Waterman, a sol- 
 dier of the Revolution and of the War of 1812. 
 Seth Waterman lived to the age of seventy, and 
 his wife was over ninety years old at her death. 
 Lathrop Waterman came to Haverhill when 
 quite young with his parents. He was married 
 in Boscawen, N. H., where he worked for a time 
 teaming from Hanover to Boston, and from 
 Haverhill to Boston. He came to Hanover and 
 began farming before our subject was born. In 
 1861 he moved to Enfield, where he lived the re- 
 mainder of his life, dying there Sept. 5, 1875; 
 while a resident of that town, in addition to car- 
 rying on farming, he kept a hotel at Enfield Cen- 
 ter. He was twice married; by his first wife he 
 was made the parent of two children: the 
 younger, John Waterman, lives in Augusta, Me., 
 the elder died young. His second wife bore him 
 three children : Susanna (Hayes) ; Mary Ann 
 (Hill); and Charles H., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Charles H. Waterman and his mother con- 
 tinued to live in Enfield after the death of his 
 father, and until 1884, when they came to the 
 town of Hanover and bought the Smith farm of 
 fifty acres, adding to it later on by purchase of 
 the Wright place of five or six acres in extent. 
 In March, 1889, Mr. Waterman bought his pres- 
 ent farm of 100 acres and sold the other two. He 
 has a fine dairy and keeps as high as twenty 
 choice cows. His orchard of over 100 trees 
 yields him each year a fine crop of fruit. 
 
 Mr. Waterman contracted his first matrimon- 
 ial alliance in 1876; the bride was Abbie A. Har- 
 vey of the town of Grafton, and daughter of 
 Warren Harvey. She died Feb. 23, 1880. His 
 second marriage occurred in 1882 to Flora Ab- 
 bott. He was the third time united in marriage, 
 March 27, 1889, to Emma H. Bridgman, 
 daughter of John L. Bridgman, who married 
 Hortense A. Wood. The latter was a daughter 
 of Augustus and Sophrona (Smith) Wood. John 
 Ladd Bridgman was born in Hanover, Nov. 16, 
 1817, and was a son of Abel and Ruth (Ladd) 
 Bridgman. Ruth Ladd was a daughter of Will- 
 iam Ladd, who married a Miss Eastman. Abel 
 Bridgman was born in the town of Hanover 
 about 1803, and died at the age of eighty-three. 
 As his father, Abel Bridgman, Sr., died when 
 he was a small boy, he was bound out, and en- 
 dured a hard life until he was able and old 
 enough to do for himself. John L. Bridgman 
 has been especially trusted and honored by his 
 employers and his fellow-citizens. For ten years 
 he was in the freight office of the Boston & 
 Lowell R. R., and ten years in the ticket office of 
 East Cambridge, Mass.; it was while a resident 
 of that town that his daughter, Mrs. Waterman, 
 was born. He has served the town of Hanover 
 twenty-six years as selectman, twenty-four years 
 of which time he was chairman; he was deputy 
 sheriff fifteen years; county commissioner three 
 years; and is at present a member of the Legis- 
 lature. He is an officer or director of each of 
 Hanover's banks. 
 
 Both our subject and his wife are attendants 
 of the Baptist Church of Aetna Village, and 
 members of the Grafton Star Grange, No. 60, 
 of Hanover. Mr. Waterman's politics are Re- 
 publican, although he was formerly an adherent 
 of the Democratic party. He has been road sur- 
 veyor many years, a position his father held also. 
 
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 291 
 
 HON. JAMES K. P. YOUNG, a prosperous 
 agriculturist and prominent citizen of Landaff, 
 N. H., was born in Lyman, N. H., Nov. 20, 1846, 
 and is a son of Archimedes and Betsey N. 
 (Eaton) Young of the town of Landaff, N. H. 
 
 Our subject's father obtained his education in 
 the common schools of his native town, and 
 Haverhill Academy, and taught school winters 
 and worked on the farm summers with his father. 
 Then he purchased a farm and tilled the soil for 
 the rest of his life. In politics he was a leader 
 among his towns-people, and filled a number of 
 offices of prominence, notably selectman, repre- 
 sentative to the State Legislature, justice of the 
 peace, in all of which positions he did credit to 
 himself and to his constituents. He married 
 Betsey N. Eaton, daughter of Timothy Eaton of 
 Landaff, and to them were born four children: 
 Julia; Lavinia; James K. P., the subject of this 
 sketch; and one, who died in infancy. Archi- 
 medes Young and family were regular worship- 
 pers in the M. E. Church of Landaff. 
 
 Our subject's educational advantages were 
 limited to those that usually obtain in a country 
 town, and two years in the village school of Lis- 
 bon, but by improving his natural abilities in 
 nature's school of experience, in which a lesson 
 learned is never forgotten, he managed to make 
 up for any deficiency, and to be thought of as a 
 very well-educated man. After the completion of 
 his course in school, he settled down on a farm. 
 About the year 1878 the farm was deeded to him 
 by his father, and there our subject has lived 
 ever since. Like his father, he is enthusiastic in 
 upholding the principles of the Democratic 
 party; he has proved himself of great service to 
 the town by his efficient work he has accom- 
 plished in the various offices he has held. He 
 has been selectman, and was elected, in 1890, to 
 a seat in the State House of Representatives; in 
 appreciation of his services in behalf of the town 
 he was again selected by his towns-people to 
 again represent them in the Legislature. Honest 
 and straight to the point in every action and 
 word, he is a man who can be thoroughly relied 
 upon in all matters. His farming has been very 
 successful, and has been done on the most ap- 
 proved methods known to agriculture. His free 
 and open nature have won him hosts of friends 
 who have nothing but words of praise to speak 
 of him. 
 
 HON. HENRY H. PALMER. There have 
 been few citizens of the town of Piermont more 
 instrumental in molding its growth and material 
 development than the gentleman whose name 
 appears at the head of this biography. He has 
 been retired from active work for some time, and 
 at present lives on a small farm near the village. 
 He was born in the town of Orford, Aug. I, 1823, 
 and was reared to manhood and educated there 
 in its district schools. At the age of seventeen, 
 having completed his education, he went to work 
 in the woods one winter driving a team for a 
 lumbering camp. The following winter he went 
 to the city of Nashua, N. H, and worked in a 
 brass factory, beginning at fifty cents a day, and 
 boarding himself. While thus engaged he heard 
 of his mother's illness, but was not able to reach 
 her in time to receive her last words, for she had 
 died and the funeral had occurred when he ar- 
 rived at horned H e did not return to the foundry 
 at Nashua, but went to farming on the old home 
 farm with his father, in order to buy it back, for 
 on account of financial straits it had passed out 
 of his father's hands. They kept sheep during 
 the summer, and followed lumbering in the win- 
 ter, having erected a saw-mill on the farm. In 
 a few years the old place was bought back. 
 When our subject was twenty-eight he sold the 
 farm and bought another piece of property, 
 mostly timber land, which he worked for the 
 lumber for four years. At the age of thirty-two 
 Mr. Palmer moved to the town of Piermont, and 
 bought a farm on the plains, near the river, about 
 two miles north of the village; for fifteen years 
 he made that place his home, and was exten- 
 sively engaged in the sheep business, keeping as 
 many as 650 a year. He finally sold the river 
 farm and bought his present farm, to which he 
 added 200 acres near the village of Piermont, 
 which he improved; on his retirement to his 
 present abode he sold it. 
 
 Our subject is the son of Elijah Palmer, and 
 the grandson of Nathaniel Palmer. The latter 
 was one of the early pioneers of Orford; in the 
 first year of his residence the food was so scarce 
 the family was forced to subsist almost entirely 
 on greens, and when they wanted meal he used 
 to go to Charlestown, sixty miles away. He was 
 a millwright, and built a mill soon after coming 
 to New Hampshire, at Strafford, Vt. ; this mill 
 became a great help to him and his neighbors, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 as it enabled them to obtain their supplies nearer 
 home. His sons built several bridges across the 
 Connecticut River at different points in the sum- 
 mer months of their first years of residence there. 
 
 Elijah Palmer, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Warren, Conn., and came to Orford with 
 his father; he was a carpenter and wheelwright 
 as well as a farmer, and made ploughs, cart- 
 wheels, etc., during the winter months. He lived 
 to be eighty-five years old, and died in Piermont 
 at the residence of his son, Henry H. Palmer; his 
 wife passed away at their home in Orford at the 
 age of fifty-eight. Her maiden name was Olive 
 Niles; she was a daughter of Deacon John S. 
 and Olive (Wales) Niles. The latter lived to be 
 about ninety years old. Deacon John S. Niles 
 was a soldier in the Revolution, and received a 
 pension in his late years; he lived to be about 
 eighty-five years old; he was a farmer. The 
 Niles family came from Braintree, Mass., when 
 our subject's mother was a small child. 
 
 Hon. Henry H. Palmer solemnized his mar- 
 riage with Rosetta Quint, Dec. 17, 1844; she was 
 a daughter of Samuel Quint, whose father, 
 Thomas Quint, was a Revolutionary soldier and 
 drew a pension, and was a pioneer settler of the 
 town of Orford, a part of which is still commonly 
 known as Quint-town. To Mr. and Mrs.^Palmer 
 were born two children: Lucy A. and Addie. 
 Lucy A., now deceased, married Horace Under- 
 bill, and bore him six children, namely: Dora 
 M., Leon H., Ernest S., Louena, Sarah A., and > 
 Rosetta. Addie Palmer is a recognized teacher 
 of art in Boston. She began her life as an artist 
 by retouching photographs for a firm in Con- 
 cord. Then she went to Boston, where she took 
 private lessons in art, and after due preparation 
 opened a studio for work and pupils. For three 
 years she was a teacher of art in Merril & Dart's 
 School, in Baltimore, Md. ; she gave up that 
 position on the death of her mother. When she 
 resumed her work she opened a studio and 
 organized classes in Boston. 
 
 Mr. Palmer is a member of the Congregational 
 Church, as was his wife during her life. In 
 political matters he has ever been actively asso- 
 ciated with the Republican party ; four years after 
 coming to Piermont he was elected selectman, 
 and has served twenty-five years in that capacity, 
 including one term of eight years. He served as 
 representative in 1868-1869, and in 1889 in the 
 
 Lower House in the State Legislature. In 1894- 
 95 he was State Senator for the Third District of 
 Grafton Co. Mr. Palmer was instrumental in 
 forming the Town Insurance Co., which in 
 twenty years has sustained but $500.00 loss by 
 fire. He is one of the only three charter mem- 
 bers of the company living, and has been a di- 
 rector for twenty-seven years. 
 
 Mr. Palmer's first wife died Aug. 22, 1888, 
 and he then married, Nov. 26, 1892, Mrs. Sabrin 
 Bowler of Hillsboro, N. H., for his second wife. 
 
 WESLEY H. IRWIN. Among the most 
 proficient and capable engineers on the pas- 
 senger runs of the B. & M. R. R., is the one 
 whose name heads this sketch. He was born in 
 North Haverhill, N. H., Sept. 21, 1865, and is a 
 son of Archibald and Mary (Hall) Irwin, to 
 whom were born eight children: Flora is mar- 
 ried and is living at Laconia; the second child 
 died in infancy; Thomas is a stone-mason at 
 North Haverhill; Annie is deceased; Wesley H., 
 the subject of this sketch; Abraham, deceased; 
 Arthur, a stone-mason; and one, who died in in- 
 fancy. Archibald Irwin was born in Ireland. 
 He was a shoe-maker by trade. From Ireland 
 he came to Canada, where he met and married 
 his wife, and then came to North Haverhill about 
 the year 1864. Mary Hall was born in Mel- 
 bourne, Canada. 
 
 Our subject attended school and passed his 
 boyhood years to the age of eleven in Haverhill 
 and then began life for himself, taking up farm 
 work at first. He then tried clerking, but did 
 not like the confined in-door work, so went back 
 to an agricultural life till he was twenty years 
 old, when he was employed as watchman at the 
 round-house at Woodsville for one year, and 
 then fired for five years. On May 4, 1890, he be- 
 came an engineer, being passed over eight or 
 ten men, who were his seniors, and has now one 
 of the very best passenger runs on the road. 
 
 Mr. Irwin was married July 29, 1891, at North 
 Haverhill to Mattie A. Wetherbee, who was born 
 in the town of Haverhill of William and Martha 
 J. (George) Wetherbee. Mrs. Martha J. Weth- 
 erbee married as her second husband Elijah Clif- 
 ford; she was a daughter of Hiram and Martha 
 
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 (Whitman) George. William Wetherbee was a 
 son of Charles Hiram and Martha Abigail 
 (Woodward) Wetherbee. William Wetherbee 
 was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and 
 his children drew his pension after his death. To 
 Mrs. Irwin's parents were born the following 
 children: Charles H. lives at North Haverhill, 
 where he is postmaster; William G. is a quarry- 
 man at North Haverhill; Mattie A. is the wife of 
 our subject; and Mina, who is deceased. Roscoe 
 Wesley is the only child that has blessed the 
 union of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin; he was born June 
 26, 1892. Our subject and his wife are regular 
 attendants of the M. E. Church. Mr. Irwin is a 
 member of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. 
 O. F. In politics he is a firm Democrat. 
 
 LYMAN M. SOUTHARD, deceased, for- 
 merly engaged in farming in the town of Haver- 
 hill, N. H., was born in Walpole, N. H, Nov. 1, 
 1817, and departed this life July 30, 1895. His 
 parents moved to Horse Meadow when he was 
 four years of age, and there he received a dis- 
 trict school education, finishing with a course in 
 the academy at Peacham, Vt. He lived at home 
 as long as his father lived, and then purchased 
 the farm, on which he lived the rest of his life, 
 which farm consisted of sixty acres of farming 
 land, situated near the old home place, and 100 
 acres of back pasture some six miles away. He 
 was a Republican, and gave his services to the 
 town in the capacity of a member of the school 
 committee for many years, as road surveyor and 
 in divers other offices. 
 
 Our subject was a son of Moses and Nancy 
 (King) Southard, and grandson of Thomas and 
 Rachel Southard. Thomas Southard was born 
 April 11, 1750, and his wife May 17, 1750. To 
 them were born six children, as follows : Welthy, 
 born March 11, 1779, died in 1783; James, born' 
 Aug. 20, 1780, married Hannah Wilcox, and 
 died Feb. 25, 1864, his wife following him Oct. 
 24th of the same year; Aaron, born Oct. 23, 
 1784, married Jane Finley, died Sept. 20, 1857, 
 his wife passed away in 1876; Moses, born Oct. 
 23, 1784, married Nancy King, and died April 
 16, 1852, his wife died in 1845; Eliza, born June 
 10, 1787, married Samuel Putnam; Lucinda, 
 
 born July 16, 1789, married Mr. Nesmith, Mr. 
 Parker, and Mr. Kenedy. 
 
 Moses Southard was born in Ackworth, N. 
 H., and died at the age of sixty-three years; he 
 was about thirty-two years ff age when he sold 
 out his mercantile business in Walpole and came 
 to the town of Haverhill, where he spent his re- 
 maining days on a farm. His wife was also born 
 in Ackworth, N. H, and died in 1845; sne was 
 a daughter of Samuel King, who was also a 
 native of that place, where as a prominent agri- 
 culturist he lived to a good old age. There were 
 born to our subject's parents five children, four 
 boys and one girl, as follows : Solon, born May 
 28, 1813, married Berintha Merrill, Dec. 22, 
 1841, married Melissa Eastman Sept. 14, 1854, 
 and died Oct. 21, 1870, his first wife died Jan. 17, 
 1854; Caroline, born in 1815, died in 1816; Ly- 
 man, the subject of this sketch, whose birth and 
 death has already been stated; Franklin, born in 
 1819, and died in 1833; and George, born in 
 1 82 1, and died in 1833. 
 
 Lyman M. Southard was first joined in mar- 
 riage to Jane Bachop, in 1846, and was pre- 
 sented with one child, Mary Ellen (Merrill), who 
 lives in the State of Tennessee. His second mat- 
 rimonial alliance was contracted Dec. 16, 1857, at 
 Horse Meadow, the bride being Hetta Kimball, 
 daughter of Dudley C. and Sallie (Putnam) Kim- 
 ball, to whom four children were born: Daniel 
 Putnam, deceased; Joseph Porter; Charles Fox, 
 deceased; and Hetta Carleton, the widow of our 
 subject. The last named is descended from Rich- 
 ard Kimball, one of two brothers who came from 
 England in 1634; he was born in 1595, and set- 
 tled in Ipswich in 1637. He married Ursula 
 Scott, and died in 1675. Benjamin Kimball, the 
 son of the foregoing, was born in 1637, and mar- 
 ried Mercy Hazeltine. Their son, Ebenezer 
 Kimball, was born June 20, 1684, and married 
 Ruth Eaton. Abraham Kimball, son of Eben- 
 ezer, was born Jan. 3, 1714, and married Han- 
 nah Hazeltine. Amos Kimball, the son of Abra- 
 ham, was born Aug. 31, 1750, in Bradford, Mass., 
 married Abigail Corliss, Feb. 20, 1774. John 
 Kimball, the son of the foregoing, was born Jan. 
 4, 1775, married Mehitabel Carleton, daughter 
 of Dudley Carleton, and died in May, 1868. 
 Dudley Carleton Kimball, Mrs. Southard's 
 father, and son of John and Mehitabel (Carleton) 
 Kimball, was born Nov. 21, 1800, married Sally 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Putnam in 1823, and died Sept. 12, 1887. Sally 
 Putnam, Mrs. Southard's mother, was a daugh- 
 ter of Daniel and Sally (Porter) Putnam. The 
 Putnam family is descended from two brothers, 
 who came from Eqgland and settled near Dan- 
 vers, Mass. Mrs. Southard bore our subject the 
 following children: Martha Putnam, Charles 
 Fox, and Anabel Margaret. Martha P. married 
 Frank E. Wells, the city marshal of Lynn, Mass., 
 and has presented him with three children: 
 Mabel Hetta, Earl Eugene, and Hazel Fern. 
 Charles F. married Mary J. Lang of Orford, N. 
 H., and lives in North Haverhill, where he has 
 extensive mercantile interests in a store. Mrs. 
 Hetta Southard is a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church at Wells River, Vt. 
 
 JOHN FRANK ELLIOT, a farmer of Lyme, 
 whose farm is located in the southern part of 
 that town in the valley of Fairfield Brook, was 
 born in the town of Campton, N. H., Aug. 22, 
 1850. He is a son of John and Julia A. (South- 
 mayd) Elliot, and a grandson of Thomas and 
 Ruth A. (Burbank) Elliot. 
 
 Thomas Elliot was a native of the United 
 States, but was living in Canada when his chil- 
 dren were born, seven in number. He after- 
 wards returned to the United States and settled 
 in Campton, N. H, where he operated a saw and 
 grist-mill with his son John, our subject's father. 
 John Elliot was born in Shipton township, near 
 Danville, Province of Quebec, Oct. 23, 1809, and 
 lived in Canada until he was twenty-eight, when 
 he came to Lowell, Mass., where he worked in a 
 factory six years. He then came to Campton, 
 and, having bought a saw-mill, engeged in lum- 
 bering with his father a number of years. About 
 the year 1850 he bought land, built a house, and 
 cleared a farm, and followed farming the rest of 
 his life, dying Jan. 16, 1885. He was a member 
 of the Baptist Society, and was always a church- 
 going man, upright and conscientious in his re- 
 lations with his fellow-men, and very much es- 
 teemed by them. He served his town a term in 
 the capacity of representative. His wife bore 
 him five children: one, that died unnamed; John 
 F., the subject of this sketch; Flora A.; Martha 
 G.; and Henry C. ; all living in Campton on the 
 homestead. 
 
 Our subject's mother, born in the town of 
 Campton, was the daughter of William and 
 Susan (Knight) Southmayd, and granddaughter 
 of "Squire" John Southmayd. William South- 
 mayd and his father were very prominent in the 
 early settlement of the town of Campton. Squire 
 John Southmayd came from Hadlyme, Conn., 
 to the town of Campton as early as 1773, with 
 $500 in his possession, which was more than any 
 previous settler had brought. By reason of his 
 superior education he took a leading part in the 
 town affairs of his time, and was justice of the 
 peace and town clerk for many years; he was 
 the only surveyor the town could boast of, and, 
 iu addition to his other superior qualifications, 
 he was a good carpenter. He was a leading poli- 
 tician, and was at one time the only Democrat 
 in the town. He was married in Campton to 
 Providence Willey, daughter of Abel Willey, in 
 1774; this was about the first wedding to be sol- 
 emnized in the town. She died in less than two 
 years after the marriage, and left one child to 
 her husband as the result of the union. Squire 
 Southmayd formed a second matrimonial alli- 
 ance with a daughter of Deacon Baker. 
 
 John Frank Elliot lived in the town of Camp- 
 ton through the years of his minority, and se- 
 cured an education in the district schools and in 
 New Hampton Institute. When twenty-one 
 years of age he went west, remaining there two 
 years. One winter was spent in Chicago, and a 
 summer in Nora, 111.; he then went to Nebraska, 
 near the town of Tecumseh, and in March trav- 
 eled through Central Kansas with a team,, re- 
 turning in the fall to Tecumseh, where he 
 weathered a spell of typhoid fever. As soon as 
 he was able to travel he returned to New Hamp- 
 shire and worked two years for A. L. and W. G. 
 Brown of Wentworth, in the lumber business. In 
 1876 he was married and came to his present 
 farm of 120 acres, and has made it his home ever 
 since. 
 
 His marriage with Kate Hewes was celebrated 
 Jan. 11, 1876, at Wentworth; she is a daughter 
 of John R. and Dolly (Stark) Hewes, the former 
 a son of John F. and Elizabeth (Richardson) 
 Flewes, and the latter a daughter of Capt. Albert 
 and Elsa (Dodge) Stark. The union of our sub- 
 ject and his wife has resulted in the birth of nine 
 children, namely: Fred H, who married, Nov. 
 25, 1896, Lena Kempton of Cornish, N. H., 
 
SAVORY GORDON, JR. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 295 
 
 where he manages a creamery; Addie M.; Cora 
 F.; Harry A.; Freeman H.; Julia R.; an infant, 
 who died before it was christened; John F., Jr.; 
 and Leslie C. Mr. and Mrs. Elliot are members 
 of Morning Star Grange, No. 62, of Lyme. . Mr. 
 Elliot is a Mason, and belongs to Mt. Cube 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 10, of Orford, N. H. 
 He is a Republican, and has served as road sur- 
 veyor, and was three years a member of the 
 school board. Our subject is a man of wide ex- 
 perience in the practical details of farming, and 
 despite the general depression, which has se- 
 verely injured the agricultural interests of the 
 land, he is making a success of his farming, and 
 leading a contented life. 
 
 SAVORY GORDON, JR., deceased, a lately 
 lamented citizen and farmer of the town of Lan- 
 daff, Grafton Co., N. H., was born in the same 
 town Sept. 7, 1815; he is a son of Savory and 
 Sarah (Powers) Gordon, Sr., and a grandson of 
 Phineas Gordon. 
 
 Phineas Gordon was a native of the Granite 
 State, making his home in Bath, where he 
 worked at his trade of blacksmithing all his life. 
 He reared eleven children, who were as follows: 
 Phineas, Jr., John, Savory, Nancy, George, 
 Sylvester, Hannah, Mary, Abigail, Rose A., and 
 Sybil. Religiously, he united with the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Savory Gordon, Sr., was born July 22, 1795, 
 in the town of Bath, N. H., and was educated in 
 the schools of that town. At an early age he 
 went to Landaff with his parents, and there 
 learned the trade of a stone-mason; during the 
 remainder of his life he was engaged at his trade. 
 His wife, Sarah Powers, bore him ten children: 
 Savory, Jr., Joan, Sullivan H., Frank, Francis, 
 Russell T., Dan P., Patience P., Sarah E., and 
 Jane H. He was a Democrat in his political 
 affiliations, and a communicant of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
 Subsequent to an elementary education 
 obtained in the schools of Bath and Landaff, 
 Savory Gordon, Jr., worked with his father at 
 the stone-mason's trade, but did not continue 
 long in that line of work, for he preferred farm- 
 ing as an occupation. So, turning his attention 
 
 to agricultural pursuits, he purchased a farm in 
 the town of Landaff, where he tilled the soil with 
 good success all of the years spent in active 
 work. He died in July, 1893. In politics, he 
 was a Democrat, and held the various offices of 
 tax collector, selectman, overseer of the poor, 
 and justice of the peace for several years; in 
 short, he wa s a prominent man and much 
 esteemed for his splendid judgment. 
 
 He was married April 14, 1846, to Margaret 
 A. Cobleigh of Lisbon; upon her death Oct. 14, 
 1867, Mr. Savory was left a father of three chil- 
 dren, viz.: Ann L., Carrie B.; Ina, the third 
 child, preceded the mother in death; and Fannie 
 S. In August, 1870, he married his second wife, 
 Mary Eastman, who was born in Landaff, N. H., 
 June 7, 1838, and was a daughter of Jesse and 
 Priscilla (Page) Eastman. ' This union was 
 blessed with three children, who were named: 
 Henry E., Jesse H., and Dan W. Mrs. Gordon 
 has been assistant postmaster of the village since 
 1878, and is a woman of noble parts, and com- 
 mands the respect of all who know her. She 
 owns a farm of 120 acres, which is devoted to 
 general agriculture, and since her husband's 
 death is managed by her eldest son, Henry E. 
 Savory. 
 
 We present Mr. Gordon's portrait on another 
 page of this book. 
 
 EDWIN J. NORWAY, now employed as the 
 superintendent of I. A. Willoughby's farm in 
 Bath, N. H., was born in Newport, Vt, March 
 16, 1869. He is a son of William and Betsy 
 (Skinner) Norway, the former a native of Ver- 
 gennes, and the latter from Newport, Vt. 
 
 John Norway, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was of English birth and parentage, settling upon 
 his arrival in this country, in Vergennes, Vt., 
 where he owned and successfully conducted a 
 farm, until about 1866, when he sold his prop- 
 erty in the States and removed across the border 
 to Canada, living the rest of his life on British 
 soil. He married a Miss Brown, who was of 
 Irish and Scotch parentage. They reared a 
 family of seven children, who were named : Will- 
 iam, inartha, Maggie^ Mary, Lizzie, John, and 
 
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 James. In their religious attachments they were 
 Methodists. 
 
 William W. Norway, the eldest son of the fore- 
 going and the father of the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Ferrisburg, Vt, in 1842; the district 
 schools of his neighborhood furnished him a 
 good, practical education. As a man he com- 
 menced work on the C. P. R. R. and B. & M. 
 R. R. as a foreman of a steel laying gang, at 
 which he worked about one year. He then pur- 
 chased a farm in Patton, Province of Quebec, 
 and remained there about four years, engaged in 
 general agricultural pursuits. About the year 
 1868 he moved to Newport, Vt., purchased an- 
 other farm, and has followed his chosen vocation 
 ever since. As a voter he gives his support to 
 the Republican party, but has never had any 
 desire to take more than a passive interest in 
 politics. He married Betsy A., daughter of 
 Samuel and Sarah Skinner, who were from the 
 Province of Quebec. Three boys and two girls 
 compose the family. They are as follows: Min- 
 nie, who is the wife of E. W. Durkee of Rich- 
 ford, Vt.; Edwin J., the subject of this sketch; 
 Blanche, who married Evaid Powers of Troy, 
 Vt, and has presented him with one child, Vera; 
 Willie O. and Earl V. are attending school. In 
 their religious views the family favor the M. E. 
 Church of Newport, Vt. 
 
 Edwin J. Norway hired out as a farm hand, 
 upon the completion of a common school edu- 
 cation in the schools of his native town. He was 
 first engaged in his chosen vocation in Monroe, 
 where he remained two years; he then secured a 
 situation as clerk in a wholesale and retail .com- 
 mission house of Manchester, N. H., which did 
 business under the style of Walker Gardyne, No. 
 267 Pine Street. About five years was spent in 
 the commission house, after which he returned 
 to Newport, Vt., where he followed agricultural 
 pursuits until September of 1896, when he came 
 to Bath to take charge of the farm owned by A. 
 I. Willoughby of Bath, N. H. Mr. Norway is a 
 very capable and intelligent young man, and has 
 a thorough and enlightened knowledge of the 
 best methods of agriculture. He is a Republican 
 in his political attachments. On Sept. 21, 1891, 
 he was joined in marriage to Cora E., daughter 
 of George G. and Lydia E. (Brailey) May of 
 Newport, Vt. They are Baptists in respect of 
 their religious faith. 
 
 FRED O. STEARNS, a descendant of one 
 of the early families of the town of Lebanon 
 and one of the largest and most prominent agn~ 
 culturists in the town, was born in the house 
 where he resides, Jan. 11, 1859. He * s a man °f 
 much public spirit, identifying himself with what- 
 ever furthers the interest of his town. He has 
 for eight years been connected with its educa- 
 tional interests, being a member of the school 
 board. Pie is a son of Deacon Nathan B. and 
 justina (Chapin) Stearns, grandson of Oliver and 
 Melinda (Barrows) Stearns, and great-grandson 
 of Shepard and Olive (Hall) Stearns. 
 
 Shepard Stearns was born in Mansfield, Conn., 
 and was a son of Boaz Stearns, grand- 
 son of Samuel Stearns, and great-grand- 
 son of Nathaniel Stearns, who was born 
 in England and in 1649 came to Ded- 
 ham, Mass., being admitted as freeman. 
 Nathaniel was a prominent man of his 
 day, and was a representative to the General 
 Court. He married Mary Raine, and the Stearns 
 family since have made themselves valued and 
 prominent members of society, no matter where 
 they were located. 
 
 Our subject's great-grandfather made his 
 home in Mansfield, where he owned a fine farm, 
 but died at an early age, leaving a young wife 
 and one son, Oliver. His widow married Nathan- 
 iel Porter, who came to the town of Lebanon 
 in 1782, among the early settlers, and bought a 
 large tract of land, where our subject now re- 
 sides. He built a small house, near the founda- 
 tion of the present one, and there accumulated a 
 fine fortune and home. Later on, in 1792, with 
 the aid of his step-son, Oliver, he built a very 
 large two-story house with commodious rooms 
 and open fire-places. There both he and his 
 wife died. 
 
 Oliver Stearns was only six years old when 
 his mother and step-father came to Lebanon; 
 at the age of twenty-one he returned to his native 
 town, Mansfield, Conn., to his father's estate, 
 which he had inherited. He married and reared 
 a family, and when he fell heir to the farm in Leb- 
 anon he left the Mansfield farm to his oldest sons 
 and with the remainder of the family came to 
 Lebanon and passed the remainder of his days 
 on the Porter homestead. He was gladly re- 
 ceived among the citizens of Lebanon as one of 
 their own number. He was born Feb. 5, 1776, 
 
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 and returned to Lebanon in 1835, dying there in 
 1862. His wife, Melinda Barrows, dieu July 14, 
 1824. His children by his first wife, Lois Lath- 
 rop, who died in 1814, were: Sarah, born in 
 1801; Elias L, 1803; Nathaniel, 1805; Mary L., 
 1806; Sophia, 1808; Experience, 1811; and Sam- 
 uel, 1814. He then married Melinda Barrows, 
 who bore him the following children: Oliver L., 
 born in 1816; Nathan B., 1819; and Melinda, 
 1824. He then married Lydia Hyde in 1825. 
 She died in 1841. 
 
 Deacon Nathan B. Stearns was born in Mans- 
 field, Conn., Oct. 22, 1819, and attended the dis- 
 trict schools of his native town, and Meriden 
 Academy. He stayed with his parents and careu 
 for them in their last days; he so conscientiously 
 adopted and followed the principles that con- 
 tributed to his father's success, that he became 
 a leader and a man of great influence in the town. 
 He altered the interior arrangement of the old 
 home, modernizing it in nearly every particular; 
 he has added barns and made not a few other 
 important improvements. He keeps thirty Head 
 of choice grade Jerseys, and has always had a 
 flock of fine sheep. His stables contain some 
 very valuable horses. He may well be proud of 
 his fine farm of 250 acres; it is mostly upland, 
 and overlooks the beautiful Connecticut Valley, 
 the situation rendering most applicable the 
 name of the home — "Hill Crest." Deacon 
 Nathan B. Stearns married Louisa Gerrish, 
 daughter of Capt. Joseph Gerrish, March 19, 
 1845. She died Dec. 30, 1848. May 20, 1850, he 
 married Justina, daughter of Moses and Lydia 
 (Hurd) Chapin, of Newport, N. H, and through 
 her, children were born to him. She died March 
 10, 1869. He married Sophronia Chapin, sister 
 of justina, Feb. 2, 1870. She died April 8, 1871. 
 He then married Jane, daughter of Orrin and 
 Catherine (Weld) Hubbard, April 17, 1872. Mr. 
 Stearns has been deacon of the Congregational 
 Church of West Lebanon since, its organization, 
 which covers a period of over forty years. He 
 has also been a member of the Legislature, and 
 of the board of selectmen. 
 
 Four children have been born to our subject's 
 parents, namely: Sophia, who married Dr. C. 
 A. Allen, and died Dec. 19, 1888, at the age of 
 thirty-five, leaving four children: Walter, Fred, 
 Raymond, and Sophia; Hattie A., the second 
 daughter, married Dr. Henry Powers of Hop- 
 
 kinton, N. H.; Fred O., our subject, who is 
 associated with his father in managing the farm; 
 and Arlington C, a druggist in Melrose, Mass., 
 who married Julia Mclntyre, and has two chil- 
 dren, twins, Fred and Carleton. 
 
 Fred O. Stearns, our subject, married, June 
 30, 1886, Clara Smith, daughter of David and 
 Susan (Goodwin) Smith of Stetson, Maine. She 
 was a teacher of much success and experience. 
 Two children have been born to them to gladden 
 the ancestral home: Susan Gladys, born May 
 22, 1887; and Nathan Frederic, who perpetuates 
 the names of grandfather and father, born Dec. 
 1, 1890. 
 
 ALMUS B. SAWYER, a leading farmer and 
 prominent citizen of Woodstock, N. H., is the 
 son of Symmes Sawyer, and grandson of Dr. 
 Symmes Sawyer. Dr. Symmes Sawyer lived the 
 earlier part of his life in the town of Dunbarton, 
 N. H; from there he went to Carroll, remaining 
 there a few years, after which he came to Wood- 
 stock, where he spent the remainder of his days 
 in peace and comfort. He received his educa- 
 tion and professional training at Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, Hanover, N. H. He was engaged in the 
 active practice of his chosen profession through- 
 out his life. He departed this life at the age of 
 sixty-eight. His wife was Elizabeth Hoyt; she 
 was called to her rest when seventy years old. 
 They gathered about them in their declining 
 years a large family. 
 
 Their son Symmes was born in Dunbarton, 
 and received his education in the schools of that 
 town. He remained under the parental roof 
 until his parents died. He was reared for agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and practiced it for his life- 
 work. He was joined in marriage to Martha P., 
 daughter of Jonathan Fifield of Thornton. She 
 died at the age of seventy-two. Mr. Sawyer 
 passed away when sixty-nine years old. Their 
 children were: William H.; Sylvester G.; Mary 
 A. (Cross); Charles A.; Daniel H.; Almus B.; 
 Martha E. (Gray). They were consistent mem- 
 bers of the Baptist Church. He was a Demo- 
 crat, and never lost interest in municipal affairs. 
 
 Almus B. Sawyer was born in Woodstock, 
 Sept. 13, 1850. He obtained a practical common 
 
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 school education in his native town. He has 
 been engaged in farming on the homestead, and 
 has been very successful. He is ranked among 
 the most progressive and intelligent farmers of 
 the county. He is strictly honest in all his deal- 
 ings and is respected for his native worth. 
 
 In 1882 he was joined in the matrimonial bond 
 with Sarah J., daughter of Hugh Lunnin of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. They have a family of four children : 
 Isabella M., Annie L., Frank A., and Edward D. 
 Mr. Sawyer supports the Democratic party zeal- 
 ously with his influence and able service. He 
 has been town collector, and has held office as 
 selectman for several years. 
 
 MIRON JAMES HAZELTINE of Thorn- 
 ton, the chess editor of the New York Clipper, 
 is the son of James Hazeltine, and grandson of 
 Deacon John Hazeltine. 
 
 Deacon John Hazeltine was born in Concord, 
 N. H. He was the son of James Hazeltine, and 
 grandson of Richard Hazeltine, who came from 
 Bradford, Mass., to Concord, and there reared 
 his family and passed his declining years. James, 
 his son, was born and brought up in Concord. 
 His residence was in Rumney, N. H, when he 
 died. Deacon John Hazeltine, the son of the 
 preceding and grandfather of our subject, went 
 to Rumney with his parents, and there he was 
 educated and spent the remainder of his life. He 
 was an agriculturist, and managed a large, finely 
 improved farm. He was a devout Christian, and 
 served as deacon of the Baptist Church for over 
 fifty years. He was a thoroughly good citizen, 
 and made his influence felt in town affairs. He 
 married Hannah Ayer. Both lived to a good 
 old age,, Mr. Hazeltine being ninety-three years 
 old at the time of his death, his wife passing 
 away a few years his junior. Their family was 
 made up of: Amos, James, John, Priscilla (Har- 
 ris), Nancy (Ramsey), Mary (Harris), and 
 Martha. 
 
 Martha, youngest daughter of Deacon John 
 Hazeltine, was a learned and accomplished lady, 
 for several years principal of the celebrated Fe- 
 male Seminary at New Hampton, N. H. She 
 married a Prof. Smith of Brown University, R. 
 I., surviving that event but a short time. In the 
 
 rosters of the military expeditions, during the 
 troublulous times of the French and Indian War, 
 the names of the members of this family con- 
 stantly appear. 
 
 James Hazeltine, the second son, and father of 
 the subject of this notice, was born in Rumney. 
 James was reared and educated to the pursuit of 
 agriculture. He married Lydia, daughter of 
 Thomas Stevens of Rumney. They were the 
 parents of two children: Miron J.; and Lydia 
 A., who married David P. Walker of North Dun- 
 barton, N. H., and has borne him a family of 
 three children, consisting of: Miron D. (de- 
 ceased) ; Walter C. ; and Milton J. Mr. Hazeltine 
 died at the age of twenty-six. Flis widow mar- 
 ried as her second husband Morrill Currier, Esq., 
 of Wilmot, N. H; she departed this life at the 
 age of seventy-two. Mr. Currier lived to the ripe 
 old age of ninety-three. 
 
 Miron J. Hazeltine was born in Rumney, Nov. 
 13, 1824. After his father's death his mother 
 moved to Lowell, Mass. At that place Mirqn 
 received his rudimental education and fitted for 
 college, entering Amherst in 1847. Unfortu- 
 nately he was not permitted to enjoy the benefits 
 of a complete college education, for he met with 
 a serious accident in his sophomore year that 
 compelled him to leave school. 
 
 After having sufficiently recovered so as to be 
 able to stand mental strain, he took up the 
 study of law, and followed it as closely as his 
 health would permit for four years,, in the city 
 of Lowell. After that he went to New York 
 City as principal of a select classical school. In 
 1862, after about ten years of service, he closed 
 the school, and came to Thornton, where he pur- 
 chased a small farm, now known as "The 
 Larches." He has made this place his home ever 
 since. 
 
 He was married, in 1853, to Hannah M., 
 daughter of Asa Bryant, who was a second 
 cousin of the great American poet, William Cul- 
 len Bryant. She was born in New Boston, N. 
 H. Her mother was Mehitabel Snow of Easton, 
 Mass. Mrs. Hazeltine's father died at the age 
 of sixty-nine; her mother fell into that last sleep 
 that knows no mortal waking at the age of sev- 
 enty-two. There were seven children in the 
 Bryant family: James C; Caroline C. (Drake); 
 Cyrus P.; Mary T. (Packard); Deborah G. 
 (Foss); George N.; and Hannah M. (Hazeltine). 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 i Mrs. Hazeltine is a graceful and accomplished 
 poetess. Her preserved pieces would fill two 
 octavo volumes, most of which have been widely 
 copied here with flattering praise, and several in 
 England. "The Triumph of Prometheus," the 
 joint production of herself and husband, occu- 
 pies one and one-half hours in reading. In 1876 
 she won a $25.00 prize in gold, given by the 
 Hartford Times for a chess poem, Having twelve 
 competitors; subject "The Final 'Mate." 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Miron J. Hazeltine have become 
 the parents of seven children: Miron W., who 
 married Annie Ferrin, and has a family of two 
 girls, Fanny G. and Esther; James B., died at 
 the age of eight; Fanny only lived two years; 
 Robert E. L.; Theodora E.; Alice M. married M. 
 J. Oilman of Franconia, N. H.; and Louis P. 
 
 Mr. Hazeltine has been a hard student 
 throughout his whole life, and is a finished 
 scholar in the dead languages. He has trans- 
 lated into a new metrical version the entire 
 Anacreon. He is also well-grounded in the 
 science of astronomy. He has an exceptionally 
 good memory, which is shown by his knowledge 
 of the relative positions of all the visible stars, 
 and by his ability to call each star by its proper 
 name. 
 
 While at Amherst College he became inter- 
 ested in the game of Chess and, finding it worthy 
 of study as a most scientific game, has devoted 
 especial attention to it. His reputation as a 
 chess expert, as one versed in all the intricacies 
 of the game, is more than national; it is world- 
 wide. He has been chess editor of the New York 
 Clipper since August, 1856. His editorials are 
 read in all parts of the globe, and are translated 
 into a variety of languages. He is an apt scholar, 
 and an author of no mean ability. His poems, 
 when printed, will fill a volume worthy a place 
 in any library. 
 
 Mr. Hazeltine has the distinguished honor of 
 continuing in the capacity of chess editor longer 
 than any other man. He is the oldest editor of 
 his special line in the world. An interesting fact, 
 which shows his faithfulness throughout his life, 
 is that he has never failed to perform his work, 
 even for a single week, during the whole of that 
 protracted period. 
 
 If Mr. Hazeltine lives to October, 1897, he can 
 celebrate his semi-centennial as a member of the 
 College Greek Fraternity, Delta Upsilon. 
 
 Upon the publication, in January, 1894, of the 
 initial number of Volume XIV. of the British 
 Chess Magazine, Mr. Hazeltine's likeness ap- 
 peared as the frontispiece, accompanied by a 
 neatly written personal sketch. 
 
 He has a private library, which contains 650 
 volumes treating upon the subject of chess, 100 
 classical books, and about 1,000 books of a mis- 
 cellaneous nature, many of them rare and valu- 
 able. 
 
 He has an extensive correspondence, and his 
 word, upon subjects which he treats, is law. 
 
 He is a Democrat in his political principles, 
 and holds commissions as justice of the peace 
 and notary public for the State of New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 The first wife of the celebrated Adoniram Jud- 
 son, D. D., was Ann, daughter of Mr. John Has- 
 seltine (sic), born in Bradford, Mass., Dec. 22, 
 1782; married Feb. 5, 1812, and immediately 
 sailed for Burmah, where she died in October, 
 1826. A full account of her "Life" was pub- 
 lished in 1853. 
 
 WILLIAM KENDALL, a highly respected 
 and prosperous farmer and retired lumber dealer 
 of Benton, N. H, was born April 16, 1835, * n 
 the town of Winchester, N. H. 
 
 His great-grandfather was of English origin, 
 and came to this country early in the history of 
 the New England Colonies. Isaac Kendall, 
 grandfather of William, was born in Massachu- 
 setts, and was a soldier in the Continental Army 
 in the War for Independence. He reared a 
 family of eight children. 
 
 George W. Kendall, son of the preceding, was 
 born in North Brattleboro, Vt., Nov. 22, 1799; 
 he died in Martin Co., Minn., Nov. 14, 1871, 
 aged seventy-two years. He was a successful 
 farmer, and followed that vocation throughout 
 his life. He was united in marriage to Electa 
 Cowin, a native of Chesterfield, Mass. Fifteen 
 children were the fruit of this union, of whom 
 twelve reached maturity : Dwight ; Charles ; Geo. 
 S. ; James; Lucy; William, the subject of this 
 sketch; Isaac; Cynthia M.; Elvira; Mary; 
 Arthur; and Job. The devoted wife and mother 
 went to her rest May 29, 1861, aged sixty years. 
 
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 George VV. Kendall was an enthusiastic admirer 
 of Andrew Jackson, and Jackson's Democratic 
 principles; although quite active in politics, he 
 never sought for nor held office. Both he and 
 his wife were consistent members of the Baptist 
 Churcn. 
 
 William Kendall obtained his early educa- 
 tional training in the public schools of his dis- 
 trict. At the age of fifteen he learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade. Then for five years he worked 
 on a farm in Franconia, N. H. As might be ex- 
 pected of any ambitious youth, Mr. Kendall did 
 not find his work profitable enough to suit him. 
 So he removed to New York City, where he 
 worked for the firm of Winch & Spooner in the 
 ice business for six years. At the end of that 
 period he embarked in the ice business on his 
 own account, and found it very profitable. At 
 length the war broke out, and, tearing its effects 
 on his business, he sold out and went to New 
 Orleans, where he took the management of a 
 plantation. He remained in charge during the 
 war, and superintended the entire business of 
 raising sugar-cane and cotton, and also the get- 
 ting out lumber from the primeval forests. 
 
 When he returned north he engaged in the 
 mercantile business at Beverly, Mass., but not 
 liking that line of work, he resumed his former 
 occupation as a dealer in lumber in East Lan- 
 daff (now Easton), where he remained twenty- 
 two years in partnership with D. J. Whitcher. 
 The business was done under the name of 
 Whitcher & Kendall. During that time they did 
 a thriving business; they sold out in 1893 to the 
 Fall River Paper Co. at a handsome figure. Our 
 subject at once purchased his present well-im- 
 proved and valuable farm of thirty-five acres 
 where he has lived since. He is an unyielding 
 Republican, and has occupied posts of honor at 
 the disposal of his fellow-citizens; he has served 
 as selectman and as road agent; and in 1897 was 
 elected to the Legislature from the town of Ben- 
 ton, but he does not aspire to public office. How- 
 ever, he believes that a person should faithfully 
 perform whatever duties the people trust to 
 them. 
 
 Mr. Kendall has the happy faculty of making 
 things succeed to which he puts his attention and 
 energy. His business life has been marked by 
 numerous successful ventures that were due to 
 his own superior qualifications. He has made 
 
 many friends, and they unite in praising his 
 methodical business habits and his strict in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 On Feb. 10, 1869, he was joined in wedlock 
 to Betsy S., daughter of Samuel and Emily 
 (Quimby) Whitcher of East Landaff (now 
 Easton). They have no children. Mr. Kendall 
 and wife are regular attendants of the M. E. 
 Church, of which his wife is an active member. 
 He is a Mason, and belongs to Kane Lodge, 
 No. 64, of Lisbon, N. H, and of Franklin Chap- 
 ter of the same town. 
 
 HENRY G. BILLINGS of Lebanon, N. H, 
 is a dealer in marble and granite monumental 
 work, and the proprietor of a livery and board- 
 ing-stable; he was born in Windsor, Vt, May 7, 
 1840. His parents were Darwin G. and Orphia 
 (Smith) Billings. The father having thoroughly 
 mastered the trade of polishing and marking 
 tombstones, settled down in business for him- 
 self at Windsor, Vt, where he built up a large 
 and successful trade, becoming well known over 
 an extensive territory for the superiority of ma- 
 terial used and excellency of workmanship. He 
 accumulated a comfortable fortune, and was hon- 
 ored by his .townsmen with public office. In 
 1890, at the age of eighty years, having been in 
 active business until within four years of his 
 death, he passed away, leaving a widow and five 
 children, the fourth of whom, Henry G., is the 
 subject of this sketch. Henry finished his edu- 
 cation in the High School of Windsor, Vt., and 
 at the age of twenty entered the Armory to 
 work. During the Civil War he was appointed 
 inspector of arms. At the close of the war he 
 engaged in the livery business at Windsor for 
 a short time, but gave it up to enter the service 
 of the Sixth Avenue Street R. R. of New York 
 City. Later he made his home in Union Village, 
 Vt., and for several years carried on a flourish- 
 ing lumber and marble business. 
 
 On May 1, 1876, Mr. Billings made a start in 
 the livery and marble business at Lebanon, N. 
 H, where he met with misfortune in the great 
 fire of 1887. But rallying with pluck and energy 
 he purchased what was known as the Blodgett 
 property, and set out once more in the livery 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 business. The marble trade has grown and pros- 
 pered. In 1896 he built a two-story building, 
 the lower story of which he utilizes for sample 
 rooms, and for the working of marble ; the upper 
 story he rents to the Granite State Free Press 
 and the H. E. Waite Printing Co. He owns a 
 pleasant home on Elm Street, which he has re- 
 modeled and provided with modern conven- 
 iences. 
 
 Mr. Billings is a steadfast Republican, and has 
 served his town as tax collector for eleven vears. 
 He is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. 
 & A. M. 
 
 Mr. Billings married Miss Belle M. Russell, 
 daughter of Eben H. Russell of Windsor, Vt. 
 In 1890 Mrs. Billings died at the age of forty- 
 seven. Six children were born to them : Grade ; 
 Fanny (Mrs. Samuel Bean) ; George, who died at 
 an early age; Atherton, .who is a traveling sales- 
 man for the McCormick Harvesting Co. of In- 
 dianapolis, Ind. ; Helen, who graduated from the 
 Lebanon High School in 1896; and Harry, who 
 is a student in Phillips' Academy at Andover, 
 Mass. 
 
 COL. F. C. CHURCHILL. A group of the 
 prominent men of Lebanon would be decidedly 
 incomplete without the addition of the gentle- 
 man whose name heads this sketch and whose 
 portrait is shown on the opposite page. He is 
 the treasurer of the Carter & Churchill Co., ex- 
 tensive manufacturers of shirts, coats, overalls, 
 and other goods of a kindred nature. Outside 
 of his business he has taken a very active and 
 intelligent interest in the material progress of 
 Lebanon, and this has made him most popular 
 in all the trade circles. He is one of the direc- 
 tors of the Lebanon National Bank, and is trus- 
 tee of the Lebanon Savings Bank. He is also 
 one of the directors of the Lebanon Electric 
 Light & Power Co. 
 
 He was born at West Fairlee, Vt., Aug. 2, 
 1850, and is a son of Benjamin P. and Susanna 
 (Thompson) Churchill, grandson of Capt. Will- 
 iam L. and Eliza (Lanphear) Churchill, and a 
 great-grandson of Francis and Phoebe (Leather) 
 Churchill. Francis Churchill was born in Ply- 
 mouth, Mass., June I, 1762, and was a descend- 
 
 ant of a long line of Puritan ancestors. The line 
 runs back through Jonathan, Eleazar, Eleazar, 
 St., to John Churchill, the first representative of 
 the family in the New World ; he came from Eng- 
 land and settled in Plymouth, Mass., in 1644. 
 B'rancis Churchill, the great-grandparent of our 
 subject, was a carpenter by occupation and 
 served in the War of the Revolution by assisting 
 in the coast defense of Plymouth. 
 
 The former's son, William L., was born 
 March 22, 1787, and emigrated from his native 
 place to West Fairlee, Vt., where he made a set- 
 tlement as one of the pioneers of that region. 
 He had learned the carpenter's trade and fol- 
 lowed it all his life in connection with the work 
 incident to tlie occupation and cultivation of a 
 farm. The house, which he built at that time 
 on his property, is still in good condition and is 
 owned by Francis V. Churchill at the present 
 time. He served in the State militia, holding a 
 commission as captain. His death took place 
 at about the age of seventy; his wife also de- 
 parted this life at about the same age; she was 
 born in Norwich, Conn. The home circle was 
 made up of the following children: William L., 
 Jr.," Austin F., Chauncey C, Eliza J., Benjamin 
 P., and Francis V.. who is the only one sur- 
 viving to-day. 
 
 Our subject's father, Benjamin P. Churchill, 
 was reared on the farm and. attended the district 
 school of his neighborhood; being naturally 
 bright and studious, he made a good record, and 
 after the completion of his education taught 
 school several terms. He later on learned the 
 carpenter's trade, making his home on a farm 
 adjoining the old homestead, dying there at the 
 age of forty-two; he was born Sept. 2, 1822. 
 Like his father before him, he was a strong 
 Abolitionist and Republican ; he was well known 
 in the State, and was very popular. Many es- 
 tates were settled by him, such was his reputa- 
 tion for strict probity and conscientiousness. He 
 was a leading member of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church. His wife was a daughter of Alex- 
 ander and Matilda R. Thompson; she still 
 survives him. Three children were born to 
 them, as follows: Frank C, William A., and 
 Edward, who died when an infant. 
 
 Col. Frank C Churchill obtained his school- 
 ing in the public schools of West Fairlee and in 
 Thetford Academy, Vt., afterwards teaching 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 school for a time as an excellent discipline of his 
 powers that would stand him in good stead in 
 business life. His first step into the world of 
 trade was as a clerk at Lyme for D. C. Churchill 
 & Co., for a period of two years; this was the 
 training he had in the role of a salesman. In 
 1870 he came to Lebanon as bookkeeper and 
 general manager for the H. W. Carter Wholesale 
 House of Notions. In 1877, under the firm name 
 of Carter & Churchill, they enlarged the busi- 
 ness by entering upon the manufacture of gar- 
 ments in their factory on Mascoma Street; this 
 enterprise continued for two years, Col. Churchill 
 acting the while as salesman. They then pur- 
 chased the old Catholic Church on Parkhurst 
 Street and remodeled and enlarged it into a 
 factory for the manufacture of shirts, coats, over- 
 alls, etc., both in work and in sporting garments. 
 In 1886, finding themselves cramped for lack 
 of room, they bought the Gerrish warehouse, 
 altered it in plan considerably, put in new 
 machinery, introduced steam power, and trans- 
 ferred their manufacturing interests to it, using 
 the old factory for storage. To-day they have 
 one of the largest and finest plants of its kind in 
 the State, running some seventy-five machines 
 and employing over 100 hands. Their product 
 find a ready sale, both in the State and abroad 
 throughout the t nation, having a reputation of 
 being made on honor; orders are received from 
 California and Florida, and from all the popu- 
 lous States lying between. 
 
 In his political views Col. Churchill is a Re- 
 publican and an active worker in the interests 
 of that party; he served two years as chairman 
 of the State Republican Committee; he was a 
 member of the Executive Council of Gov. D. H. 
 Goodell in 1890 and 1891 ; he was a delegate to 
 Minneapolis in the convention which nominated 
 for the Presidency ex-President Benjamin Har- 
 rison. He was a member of Gov. Nathaniel 
 Head's staff in 1878-79. 
 
 Socially, he is president of the Langdon Club; 
 a member of the Franklin Lodge, No. 6, F. & 
 A. M.; St. Andrews Chapter, No. \o; Washing- 
 ton Council; and Mt. Horeb Commandery, K. 
 T. ; and of the Scottish Rite. He is also a mem- 
 ber of the executive committee of the Franklin 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. He belongs to the Amos 
 Keag Veterans; New Hampshire Veterans' As- 
 sociation ; and was secretary of the commission to 
 
 build the John Stark monument- in the State 
 House Park, Concord, N. H, 
 
 Col. Churchill married Clara G. Turner, 
 daughter of Francis H. and Sarah (Perkins) 
 Corser, and adopted daughter of George and 
 Abbie Turner, in 1874. In 1892 he built a hand- 
 some home near the park; he also owns several 
 houses which he rents. He was chairman of the 
 building committee to erect the Memorial Hall; 
 in 1892 he presented a handsome statue, which 
 has graced the lawn adjoining the hall since. 
 
 HERBERT W. LITTLE, yard conductor of 
 the B. & M. R. R., residing in Woodsville, N. 
 H, was born in Bath, N. H, June 7, 1871; he is. 
 a son of Warren and Luella Elizabeth (Little) 
 Little, who, though of the same name, were not 
 related. His grandfather was David Little, a 
 farmer, who was born and reared in Lyman, the 
 son of David Little, Sr. Clarissa Amy was a 
 daughter of Herman Amy, who married a Miss 
 Amy, a daughter of Abraham Amy. Elizabeth 
 Little, the mother of our subject, was born in 
 Lisbon, and is a daughter of John Little. War- 
 ren Little is a trackman in the service of the 
 railroad; to him and his wife were born two 
 children: Herbert W. and Mabel Inez. 
 
 Our subject went to the Bath, Lisbon, and 
 Woodsville schools until he was fifteen years 
 old, and since the age of sixteen years has sup- 
 ported himself. He first worked with the track- 
 men of the railroad for a short time ; in the early 
 spring of 1887 he began work in the coal shed 
 of the railroad company, and on April 2, became 
 a brakeman, which position he held for four 
 years and a half. In October, 1892, he was pro- 
 moted to the post of conductor, with his work 
 mostly confined to the Woodsville yards. 
 
 He was married, Dec. 21, 1887, in North Hav- 
 erhill to Mattie M. Morse, who was born in Lan- 
 caster, N. H., daughter of Horace F. and Mattie 
 (Perkins) Morse. Horace F. Morse, a veteran 
 of the late war, serving in the 2nd Reg. of Sharp- 
 shooters, was born in Lisbon in 1838, and died 
 Jan. 27, 1896; he was engaged in lumbering most 
 of his life. Horace F. Morse was a son of Leon- 
 ard oMrse, and a grandson of Obadiah Morse; 
 Leonard Morse, who was killed at the age of 
 
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 sixty, had a brother Elisha, who lived to be 104 
 years old, dying in California, and leaving a for- 
 tune of $4,000,000.00. Leonard Morse's wife 
 was Lydia Walker, who was a daughter of Leon- 
 ard Walker, who married Sallie Corey, who was 
 a daughter of Ephraim and Sallie (Stevens) 
 Corey. Mattie Perkins, the wife of Horace F. 
 Morse, was a daughter of Thomas Perkins, born 
 Nov. 25, 1804, and died July 20, 1871, and 
 Martha Spaulding, born Sept. 30, 1808, and died 
 Nov. 14, 1886. The latter was a daughter of 
 Daniel and Martha (Curtis) Spaulding, who were 
 among the first settlers of Lancaster. Martha 
 Spaulding was born in Northumberland, a 
 direct descendant of the once famous Hannah 
 Dustin; her father's parents were the first to set- 
 tile in Northumberland. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are regular attend- 
 ants of the M. E. Church, in the charitable work 
 of which Mrs. Little takes a prominent part. 
 Mr. Little belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Mt. 
 Gardener Lodge, No. 55. He is also a member 
 of I. O. F Court, Woodsville, No. 692; 
 and is senior woodard of the lodge. Politically 
 he is a Democrat in every respect, and never 
 fails to express his preference in the elections. 
 
 CHARLES H. HARDY, a farmer and lum- 
 berman of the town of Haverhill, was born in the 
 same town the 29th day of October, 1850. Pie 
 is a son of Abraham and Nancy (Bailey) Hardy, 
 and grandson of Joseph and Lucy (Jeffers) 
 Hardy. Joseph Hardy was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion. His son, Abraham Hardy, was born in 
 Haverhill, and resides now in Plymouth; he was 
 sixty-nine years at his birthday in February, 
 1897. He followed farming and lumbering, and 
 was for twelve years a boss in the bridge and 
 building department of the railroad. In politics 
 he ever associated himself with the Democratic 
 party, and served in various positions of the 
 town, such as selectman, road surveyor, etc. His 
 wife, a daughter of John and Ann (Ladd) Bailey, 
 was born in Alexandria ; her father was a farmer, 
 and a veteran of the Revolution. Three girls 
 and one boy were born to Abraham Hardy and 
 his good wife; they were as follows: Charles H. ; 
 Lucy A., who married Albert Kenniston of Ply- 
 mouth; Anna D., deceased; and Ida J., whose 
 
 first husband was Will Jesseman, the second 
 Dudley D. Poiting, and the third Joseph San- 
 burn, with whom she lives at present in Ply- 
 mouth. By a second marriage, one more son, 
 Forest A., who lives at Plymouth, was born to 
 our subject's father. 
 
 Charles H. Hardy managed to acquire a fair 
 education in the district schools of Warren, West 
 Rumney, Plymouth, and Dorchester, in which 
 places his father resided at various periods in our 
 subject's boyhood. He began life for himself at 
 the age of sixteen, working on farms and driving 
 a four-ox team at that time ; whenever an oppor- 
 tunity offered of going to school, he never failed 
 to grasp it, and in this way prolonged his school 
 days to the age of nineteen. At the time of his 
 marriage, in 1872, he bought a farm in Dorches- 
 ter, where he remained two years, selling his 
 property at the end of that period and removing 
 thence to Warren Summit, where he made his 
 home for five years, two of which years were 
 spent in tilling a farm he hired, one year in work- 
 ing on the railroad, and two in the woods lum- 
 bering. From the Summit he went to Landaff, 
 where he worked in a saw-mill and as a lumber- 
 man for a year and a half. His next residence 
 was in Benton, where he lived two years, renting 
 and cultivating a farm in the summer time and 
 lumbering and driving a team at Wildwood in 
 the winter. His present farm he bought in De- 
 cember, 1885; it consists of 160 acres, all of 
 which is in a very good state of cultivation, and 
 demonstrates a thrifty and progressive owner. 
 Each winter he runs from three to four teams in 
 his lumbering business. 
 
 In Dorchester, Sept. 27, 1872, he linked his 
 fortunes in marriage with those of Ellen M. 
 Hobbs, who was born in Wentworth; she is a 
 daughter of Carey and Sarah (Crockett) Hobbs, 
 and granddaughter on her father's side of Joshua 
 and Lois (Putney) Hobbs, and granddaughter 
 on her mother's side of Chase and Hannah 
 (Towle) Crockett. Carey Hobbs, a farmer, in 
 the late war was a private of Co. K., 12th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., and lost his life in the great 
 struggle between the blue and the gray at Get- 
 tysburg, Pa. One son, Harvey Almando, born 
 Dec. 20, 1873, is the s °l e issue of the union of 
 our subject and his wife. He is a Democrat in 
 politics, and has served the town in the capacity 
 of road surveyor. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 HON. NORMAN G. SMITH, a prosperous 
 farmer of the town of Alexandria, and one of the 
 leading citizens of the town and county, was born 
 in Brunswick, Vt, Oct. 25, 1829, and is a son of 
 Daniel and Nancy (Smith) Smith, and grandson 
 of Gideon and Elizabeth (Amy) Smith. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, a native of the 
 Granite State, followed the occupation of a far- 
 mer in Stratford, N. H., all his life. He had eight 
 children: Daniel, Arnold, Thomas, Gideon, 
 Isaac, Phebe, Eliza, and Nancy. They were 
 Methodists in religious belief. 
 
 Daniel Smith was educated in the district 
 schools of his native town, and learned the trade 
 of framing buildings, and was then commonly 
 known as a framer, and did nothing but frame 
 and put together large buildings. He was an ex- 
 cellent mechanic, and was among the best work- 
 men of his craft. He was a Democrat in politics 
 and held the office of selectman, and represented 
 the town of Brunswick in the Vermont State 
 Legislature; he was also town clerk and treas- 
 urer several years; and justice of the peace, and 
 held a very prominent and important place in 
 the town, where he lived. His wife, Nancy, a 
 daughter of Jonathan Smith of Stratford, N. H., 
 bore him five children: Damon J., Daniel M., 
 Judith A., Norman G., and Julia A. The family 
 were attendants of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Norman G. Smith for three years of his early 
 life worked in a whalebone factory, and there 
 learned the trade of hoop-skirt making. He 
 then edited the Coos Democrat and Northern 
 Press, a paper printed in North Stratford, N. H., 
 which venture did not prove very successful. 
 After leaving the paper, he moved to Littleton, 
 N. H, and there engaged in the general mercan- 
 tile business, and remained about eighteen years, 
 being highly successful in that branch of indus- 
 try. He then purchased a farm in Alexandria, 
 N. H., and about 1887 moved to his present 
 home, a beautiful farm of 200 acres, with 'good, 
 substantial out-buildings, which he has placed in 
 excellent condition and order; the farm is sup- 
 plied with the best of water. It is adapted to 
 general farming operations, and admirably sit- 
 uated, being about one mile and a half from 
 Alexandria village, and about three miles and a 
 half from Bristol. Our subject is a Democrat, 
 and when a resident of Coos Co. was deputy 
 sheriff for three years; in Littleton he held the 
 
 office of road surveyor for the village district five 
 years, spending during that period on the high- 
 ways $20,000.00. He was selectman, tax col- 
 lector, and the occupant of several other offices 
 when a resident of Brunswick, Yt. In Grafton 
 Co. he has held the office of justice of the peace 
 twenty years, and still holds the office, and repre- 
 sented the town of Alexandria in 1895-96 in the 
 legislative halls of Concord, N. H. He has also 
 been a member of the Democratic State Commit- 
 tee four years. He is well-read, possessed of a 
 good judgment, and altogether a man of more 
 than ordinary intelligence and ability. 
 
 In 1884 he married Mrs. C. E. Pond of Natick, 
 Mass. In religious belief he favors the Meth- 
 odist doctrines. 
 
 GEORGE H. FOWLER, who is engaged in 
 carrying on a highly remunerative and success- 
 ful drug business in Bristol, N. H, was born in 
 that town, March 5, 1846. He is a son of Dr. 
 Hadley B. and Caroline (Smith) Fowler, and 
 grandson of Blake and Rith (Sleeper) Fowler. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of New 
 Hampshire, and was engaged in farming all bis 
 life in the town of Bristol. He was a Republi- 
 can, but never aspired to an office of any kind. 
 In the late Civil War he was commissioned cap- 
 tain, and, with his son, Dr. Hadley B., who was 
 surgeon, and George H., the subject of this 
 sketch, who was assistant surgeon for his father, 
 served in the same regiment at one time, mak- 
 ing the rather exceptional record of three gener- 
 ations in the service. Three children were born 
 to him: David, Hadley, and Hial. They were 
 Methodists in religious belief. Socially he was 
 a member of the I. O. O. F., Cardigan Lodge, 
 No. 38, of Bristol. 
 
 Dr. Hadley B. Fowler was educated in the dis- 
 trict school and academy of his native town, and 
 after completing his education taught several 
 years of school in New Hampshire, during which 
 time he also studied medicine, and later entered 
 the Medical Department of Dartmouth College 
 at Hanover, and graduated from that institution. 
 He first located at Alexandria, N. H., where he 
 remained six years, and then moved to Bristol, 
 where he practiced his profession until the com- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 mencement of the late war, when he received the 
 commission of surgeon, and was the only sur- 
 geon that enlisted in the service who remained 
 until the close of the war, this being the only 
 case on record. After returning home he re- 
 sumed his practice in Bristol, where he remained 
 the rest of his life, engaged in his professional 
 duties, and was considered a very skillful sur- 
 geon, and his services, because of his wide ex- 
 perience in army life, were much in demand 
 throughout the country. In politics he was a 
 Democrat. Socially he was a member of the 
 Cardigan Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F., of Bristol, 
 N. H. He married Caroline Smith; and to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Fowler were born three chil- 
 dren: George H., subject of this sketch; Charles 
 E., deceased; and Edgar O., deceased, who like 
 his father was also a physician and surgeon, be- 
 sides practicing dentistry. They were members 
 of the Congregational Church. 
 
 George H. Fowler, when a young man, en- 
 gaged in the drug business in Bristol, which he 
 carried on all his life there, with the exception of 
 two years, when he was assisting his father as 
 surgeon in the late war. He is a Republican, 
 and has held the office of deputy sheriff. He be- 
 longs to the Knights of Pythias organization, 
 Bristol Lodge, No. 64, and is also a member of 
 the I. O. O. F.. Cardigan Lodge, No. 38. 
 
 In 1872 he married Ora Rollins, daughter of 
 Samuel H. Rollins of Bristol. George E, their 
 only child, was born Oct. 19, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fowler are both members and active workers of 
 the Baptist Church of Bristol, N. H. 
 
 HON. THOMAS HAMMOND, who is en- 
 gaged in farming near New Found Lake in the 
 town of Bridgewater, was born in Dunbarton, 
 N. H., Sept. 6, 1814. The family in America 
 originated from three brothers, who came from 
 England. One of these, the grandfather of 
 Thomas Hammond the first, received a grant 
 for the entire town of Rowley, Mass., and left 
 it to his eldest son at his death. 
 
 Thomas Hammond (1) was born in Rowley, 
 Mass., in 1744, and died in 1827, aged eighty- 
 three years. When a young man he worked at 
 pump-making, at which he became an experi- 
 
 enced workman, but in later life followed the 
 pursuits of agriculture. He enlisted in the Rev- 
 olutionary Army for a short term of service, but 
 was taken ill and his brother, David, filled out 
 the balance of his term. He married Esther 
 Dole of Rowley. After her husband died she re- 
 ceived a pension for his services to the Govern- 
 ment. They were married by Judge Wingate, 
 who at the age of ninety-eight was able to testify 
 to their marriage and secure for her the pension. 
 
 Thomas Hammond (2), our subject's father, 
 was born in Dunbarton, N. H., Feb. 22, 1780, 
 and died March 8, 1843. When he was seven 
 years old he witnessed his father's house and 
 barn destroyed by a cyclone. The barn contain- 
 ing their entire crop of rye, all they had for food, 
 was carried away with its contents. Until an- 
 other crop could be harvested, the family were 
 parceled out among the neighbors and supported 
 by them. The father burned the flesh off his 
 fingers digging out the hot bricks from the 
 chimney, which had fallen and buried one of the 
 children. The child was saved alive and un- 
 harmed. Our subject's father was a farmer 
 throughout the greater part of his life. He also 
 learned the trade of pump-making from his 
 father. He was a member of the Congregational 
 Church. In politics he was a Federalist, later 
 a Free-Soiler, and finally a Whig. He married 
 Hannah Burnham, who was born in 1785, and to 
 them were born seven children: Annie, who 
 died young; Eliza; Thomas; Burnham; Henry, 
 who died in infancy; Mary; and Henry G. 
 
 Our subject passed his earlier years in Dun- 
 barton, N. H., his native place, until his mar- 
 riage, Dec. 24, 1839, t0 Esther Hammond, 
 daughter of Nathan and Mary (Noyce) Ham- 
 mond. Two children were born to them: Me- 
 lissa; and Nathan, both now deceased. He was 
 married a second time April 16, 1846, to Sarah 
 Hammond, sister of his first wife. He was mar- 
 ried a third time at Bristol, Jan. 23, 1894, to Mrs. 
 Helen S. Martindale, widow of Chester W. Mar- 
 tindale, and daughter of Stephen and Polly 
 (Towle) Abbott. Of her first marriage, Mrs. 
 Hammond had one son, Merrill G. Martindale, 
 a clothing merchant and also a notary public of 
 Spokane, Washington. He married Grace 
 Campbell of Miles Citv, Mont. Mrs. Hammond 
 prior to her last marriage crossed the continent 
 three times. Our subject and wife attend the 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Congregational Church. In his politics he is a 
 Republican. He represented the town in 1861- 
 62, was a selectman in 1857-58-59-76-77, and 
 held the office of moderator a number of times. 
 Mr. Hammond bought his present farm the 
 time of his first marriage. The farm consists of 
 260 acres, with seventy-five acres additional in 
 back pasture. He carried on general farming, 
 and makes large quantities of butter and cheese. 
 Among the agriculturists of the town he occupies 
 an eminent position, and has been of good ser- 
 vice in the advancement and growth of Bridge- 
 water. 
 
 FRANK L. MOORE, manager for the 
 Northern Supply Co., at Woodsville, N. H., was 
 born at Alexandria, Grafton Co., N. H., May 1, 
 1856. He is a son of Russell and Abigail (Jen- 
 ness) Moore, and grandson of Nathan and Sally 
 (Crosby) Moore. Nathan Moore was a veteran 
 of the War of 1812, and a patriot in the War of 
 the Revolution. He died at Canterbury, N. H., 
 at the advanced age of ninety years. 
 
 Our subject's father was born at Hebron, N. 
 H., Sept. 22, 1827; after reaching his majority 
 he went to Bristol, and w'orked on a farm in that 
 town a short time, and then went to Groton, N. 
 H., where he continued in farm labor for some 
 time. From there he, went to Natick, Mass., 
 where he worked in a shoe factory ten years and 
 then moved to Alexandria and engaged in the 
 manufacture of carriages and sleighs; he carried 
 on this business very successfully for fifteen 
 years, and then sold out, and changed his resi- 
 dence to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he worked ten 
 years in the Fairbanks Scale Works. His next 
 business venture was at Wells River, Vt., where 
 he bought the Wells River Mill, and conducted 
 it six years. He then sold the mill and opened 
 a store for the sale of flour, feed, lime, hair, 
 cement, coal, wood, and ice; after continuing in 
 that business for nine years he sold out to the 
 Northern Supply Co. his whole trade, except the 
 ice business, in which he is still engaged. Mr. 
 Moore served in the late war as a member Of the 
 1 2th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf. 
 
 Frank L. Moore attended the common schools 
 of Alexandria until seventeen years of age, and 
 then spent three years in St. Johnsbury Acad- 
 
 emy. From there he went to -Manchester, N. 
 H., and took a six months' course in Bryant & 
 Stratton's Business College at that place, finish- 
 ing his education when he was twenty-one. His 
 first employment was in a mill his father had 
 bought at Wells River; the mill was sold after 
 six years of operation by our subject and his 
 father. Mr. Moore then went to Concord and 
 clerked for A. P. Woodworth six months; the 
 stock consisted of grain, flour, and groceries. In 
 December of 1885 he bought the flour and feed 
 business of Langdon Bailey and the building of 
 George Clough of Concord, and conducted the 
 same until he sold out to the Northern Supply 
 Co., in which he was retained as resident man- 
 ager of the Woodsville store. 
 
 Mr. Moore was married Oct. 20, 1880, at 
 Wells River to Miss Kate J. Buchanan, a daugh- 
 ter of William G. and Helen (White) Buchanan. 
 Mrs. Moore died June 14, 1886, mourned by a 
 large circle of friends, who had learned to ap- 
 preciate her excellent qualities. Mr. Moore is 
 a member of the Temple Lodge, No. 10, I. O. 
 O. F., of Wells River. In politics he is a firm 
 Republican. He adheres to the doctrines and 
 church government of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 GEORGE E. NUTTING, deceased, a car- 
 penter and builder of Woodsville, Grafton Co., 
 N. H., was born Feb. 21, 1826, in Groton, Mass., 
 and is a son of Joel and Esther (Lawrence) Nut- 
 ting. Our subject's grandfather was of English 
 extraction, and settled in Groton; securing land, 
 he passed his days in tilling the soil. 
 
 Joel Nutting, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Groton, in 1803, and received his edu- 
 cation in the private schools of his native town, 
 which were all the educational facilities offered 
 there at that period. After reaching maturity 
 he learned the wheelwright's trade, which he fol- 
 lowed steadily and with profit during the active 
 period of his life. In politics he was a Republi- 
 can, but never cared for a prominent place in 
 public life. In such matters as did not require so 
 much self-assertiveness, he took an active inter- 
 est. He was retiring in his manners, seeming re- 
 served to those but slightly acquainted with 
 him, but to his friends he was ever a pleasant 
 
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 companion and wise counselor. He married, in 
 1825, Esther Lawrence, who bore him nine chil- 
 dren, of whom but two now survive: Keziah 
 (Carr) of Hudson, Mass., and Joel of Ware, 
 Mass. The other children, now deceased, were: 
 William S.; Emeline; Augustus; Sophia; Julia; 
 Mary; and George E., the subject of this sketch. 
 The father died in June, 1854, the mother surviv- 
 ing till October of 1884. In point of religious 
 sympathies they were Unitarians. 
 
 (jeorge E." Nutting was educated in his native 
 town of Groton, and at the age of twenty he se- 
 cured employment as a helper on the Passumpsic 
 River and Boston & Maine railroads. He was 
 also employed on the Central Vermont R. R. 
 He finally left that position and learned the car- 
 penter's trade, which he followed the rest of his 
 years. Like his father before him, he was an ad- 
 herent of the principles advocated by the Repub- 
 lican party. 
 
 On May 8, 1850, he was married to Nancy B. 
 Burnham, a daughter of Asa and Betsey (Wil- 
 son) Burnham of Waterford, Vt. Asa Burnham 
 was a carpenter and builder, and was very prom- 
 inent in all public affairs of his community. He 
 moved from Waterford, Vt, in 1869, to Woods- 
 ville, N. H., where he remained till his death, 
 which took place in 1887. His wife died in 1877. 
 Of the nine children born to them, but three re- 
 main: Nancy, Tryphena, and George. Those 
 deceased are: Justus, Isabel, Silas, Abner M., 
 David, and Jonathan. Both parents were hon- 
 ored members of the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 Our subject and his wife have been blessed with 
 five children, four of whom have been spared 
 them: Charles G, S. Eugene, William S., and 
 David B. Mary Isabel is no longer living. Mr. 
 George E. Nutting passed to the bright world 
 beyond, promised to those of exemplary life, on 
 the 2nd of April, 1891, aged sixty-five years. In 
 his religious views he was liberal. 
 
 MOSES P. BEMIS, who is successfully en- 
 gaged in dairy farming in the town of Haver- 
 hill, was born in the neighboring town of Lisbon, 
 Aug. 30, 1 841. He is a son of Lyman and Ann 
 (Coon) Bemis, and a grandson of Reuben Bemis, 
 a soldier of the Revolution. The first represen- 
 tatives of the Bemis family in America came to 
 
 this country in the latter part of the 17th Cen- 
 tury, about the year 1680; two of them settled 
 in Vermont and the other took up his residence 
 in Massachusetts. 
 
 Lyman Bemis was born in Springfield, Vt., 
 March 13, 1803, and received his education in 
 his native place. When twenty years old he 
 came to Haverhill, and a few years later went to 
 Lisbon, where he was married. In 1846 or '47 
 he moved to Littleton, where he engaged in the 
 honorable pursuits of agriculture until 1864, 
 when he lost his second wife, and from that time 
 to the date of his death in 1878 he made his 
 home with Moses P. Bemis and his brother in 
 Benton. He enlisted in the War of 1812. His 
 second wife was Betsey Little of the town of 
 Lyman. His first wife, the mother of our sub- 
 ject, Ann Coon, was a daughter of George and 
 Polly (Belknap) Coon, the former from France 
 and the latter from Scotland. George Coon, a 
 farmer in later life, was a machinist by trade 
 when he came to the United States at the age of 
 eighteen. Lyman Bemis reared the following 
 family of children, born to him by his first wife: 
 Reuben, John, George, Martha, Lyman, Jr., who 
 served in the 10th Reg. Vt. Vol Inf. in the late 
 Rebellion ; and Moses P. All of the family have 
 gone to their long home with the exception of 
 our subject. 
 
 Moses P. Bemis lived the first six years of his 
 life in Lisbon, and the rest of his youth up to 
 the outbreak of the war in Littleton ; he attended 
 the district schools of West Littleton, and took 
 one winter term's schooling in both Concord, 
 Vt., and in Benton, N. H., finishing his educa- 
 tion at the age of seventeen. When twelve years 
 of age he began earning his own living, working 
 first for Clark Hastings for two years, being em- 
 ployed chiefly in the saw-mill. After that time 
 up to the date of his enlistment, his lot was cast 
 in various parts of Vermont and New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B., 6th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., and served throughout the entire 
 four years of the war, being mustered out at 
 Alexandria, Va., July 17, 1865, and receiving his 
 honorable discharge at Concord, N. H., Aug. 1, 
 1865. He served one year as private, then as 
 corporal a few months, and as second sergeant 
 until June I, 1865, when he was commissioned 
 second lieutenant of Co. G, 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Inf. In all he took part in twenty-two engage- 
 ments, as follows: Camden, N. C; Second Bull 
 Run, Va.; Chantilly, Va.; South Mountain, Md.; 
 Antietam, Md.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Vicksburg, 
 Miss.; Jackson, Miss.; Wilderness, Va.; the two 
 battles at Spottsylvania Court House; North 
 Anna; Tolopotomy, Va.; Bethesda Church, Va.; 
 Cold Harbor, Va.; the three engagements at 
 Petersburg and the Mine; Weldon River, Va.; 
 Poplar Springs Church, Va. ; Hatcher's Run, Va. ; 
 and Petersburg, Va. He was wounded in the 
 head at Petersburg at the explosion of the mine 
 by a piece of a shell and was laid up in the hos- 
 pital for two months. 
 
 On his return from the front he went into the 
 lumbering business in Benton with his brother, 
 and owned several hundred acres of timber land 
 and a saw-mill. In 1868 he sold his interest in 
 the concern to his brother and moved to North 
 Haverhill, where he rented a small farm for three 
 years. He then bought a 125-acre farm near 
 Black Mountain and lived there four years, hav- 
 ing rented it to a tenant the year previous to his 
 own occupancy; having' sold this property, he 
 bought a seventy-five-acre farm near East Hav- 
 erhill and lived there four years. In 1886 he 
 sold the farm near East Haverhill and bought his 
 present farm of 230 acres, of which sixty acres 
 are under cultivation, twenty-five acres in woods, 
 and the remainder in pasture. The milk product 
 from his selected herd of twenty-five cows he 
 sells to the North Haverhill Creamery. 
 
 On Nov. 26, 1865, at Benton, he led to the 
 altar of Hymen Miss Ann Hutchins, and there 
 they took upon themselves the sacred obliga- 
 tions of the marriage bond. Mrs. Bemis was 
 born Oct. 22, 1848, and died July 29, 1891 ; she 
 was the daughter of Joseph and Susan (Brown) 
 Hutchins. Two children were born to our sub-' 
 ject and his wife: Eugene W. and Lillian B. 
 Eugene W. married Susan Blake of Mackand'oo 
 Falls, Vt, the daughter of Lucien Blake of that 
 town. Three children have been born to them: 
 Holan M., Josie B., and one who died unnamed. 
 Lillian B. Bemis married Albert C. Hall of 
 North Haverhill, engaged in cutting stone in the 
 stone sheds of that place. To them were born 
 three children: Earl C, Claude E., deceased; 
 and Darroll. Our subject and his wife are both 
 regular attendants of the Universalist Church of 
 Center Haverhill. He is a member of Moose- 
 
 hillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F., of Woods- 
 ville; Canton Albin of Woodsville; also En- 
 campment No. 34 of Lisbon; and Rebecca 
 Lodge, No. 45, of Woodsville. He belongs to 
 the G. A. R., Nat. Westgate Post, No. 50, of 
 North Haverhill. He is also a member of Pink 
 Granite Grange, No. 210, and also belongs to the 
 organization of the Knights of Honor. He is a 
 Republican and has held the office of road sur- 
 veyor several terms. 
 
 As a representative farmer of the County of 
 Grafton, and as a man in every way worthy of 
 the respect and admiration of his fellow-towns- 
 men, the portrait of Mr. Bemis appears on a 
 preceding page, and will be viewed with interest 
 by all his large circle of acquaintances. 
 
 JOHN E. HALL, postmaster and justice of 
 the peace of Landaff, Grafton Co., N. H, was 
 born in the above-mentioned town May 17, 1840; 
 he is a son of Isaac W. and Lois (English) Hall, 
 the former of Francestown, N. H, and the latter 
 of Orford, N. H. 
 
 Isaac Hall, the father of our subject, was edu- 
 cated in his native town, and upon attaining 
 man's estate came to Orford, N. H, where he 
 worked out as a farm hand. When he had saved 
 out of his earnings sufficient to engage in busi- 
 ness for himself, he bought a farm in Landaff, 
 sometime between the years 1833 and 1835, and 
 there he spent his active years, busied in the pur- 
 suits of agriculture. He died March 15, 1877, in 
 Haverhill, where he went to live with his son in 
 his declining years. His wife was Lois English, 
 the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Goodell) 
 English; she departed this life Sept. 22, 1877. 
 Eleven children were born to them, of whom 
 two died in infancy; those reaching an age of 
 maturity were: Damon B., Lorenzo D., Enos 
 K., Lois W., Abram A., Emma, John E., David 
 IT., and Amos F. In politics Mr. Hall was a 
 Democrat originally, but upon the formation of 
 the Whig party, he joined its ranks; in town 
 affairs he always took a lively and abiding inter- 
 est, but could never be prevailed upon to accept 
 any office. He was a man that took great con- 
 cern in religious work, being a member of the 
 Methodist Church, in which he held the offices 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 of steward and trustee, and for many years was 
 an honored class leader. 
 
 The district schools of Landaff and Lisbon, X. 
 H., furnished our subject with the means for an 
 education. Upon the outbreak of the late Civil 
 War, John E. Hall enlisted, June 26, 1861, in Co. 
 C, 12th Reg. Mass. Vol. Inf., 3rd Division of the 
 5th Army Corps. His term of enlistment read 
 for three years, but he only served two years, be- 
 ing discharged on account of disability, April 25, 
 1863, after having been in the hospital for quite 
 a time under treatment. During the period of 
 his connection with the army he took part in 
 every battle in which his regiment had any part, 
 with the exception of the battle of Antietam, 
 which was fought while he was detailed as re- 
 cruiting officer at Boston. 
 
 Returning from the army, he purchased the 
 homestead in Landaff, and shortly after another 
 farm, where he remained about twelve years, liv- 
 ing a retired life as a tiller of the soil. He then 
 sold his farm and moved to his present home, in 
 1880, where he is actively engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. From the time of attaining his 
 majority he has been a steady supporter of Re- 
 publican principles, and, although a resident of 
 a town which never fails to heartily endorse 
 Democratic candidates, has been, nevertheless, 
 the recipient of numerous offices, combining 
 both honor and responsibility, so general is the 
 appreciation of his services. He has been post- 
 master ever since his first commission was given 
 him, Jan. 22, 1868; justice of the peace since 
 June 14, 1867, besides holding the office of se- 
 lectman and a position on the school board for 
 several years, and serving as moderator for a 
 number of terms. At jsresent he is moderator, 
 chairman of the board of selectmen, a member 
 of the school board, and one of the library trus- 
 tees. He belongs to Mount Hope Grange of 
 Landaff, of which he is Master. He is a member 
 of Col. Emery Post, No. 23, G. A. R., of Lisbon, 
 in which he has held all the important chairs. He 
 has held in the past the commission of lieutenant 
 and also that of captain in the State militia. 
 
 He was married Nov. 13, 1869, to Mrs. 
 Patience P. Noyes, widow of Rufus H. Noyes of 
 Landaff; she was a daughter of Savory Gordon. 
 Their union resulting in no children, our subject 
 and his wife adopted the daughter of his brother, 
 Lorenzo D., Carrie E. Hall. Miss Hall was born 
 
 in April, 1869, and married Charley C. Whitcher 
 of Landaff, and has presented him with one 
 child, Mark H., born Dec. 6, 1894, who is very 
 bright and intelligent for one of his years, and is 
 the delight and comfort of both his parents and 
 grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Hall favor the M. 
 E. Church. Mrs. Hall by her first marriage with 
 Rufus Noyes had two children: Mary E.; and 
 Frank P. Mary E. married Col. Edward P. Farr 
 of Thetford, Vt, and is now living in Pierre, the 
 capital of South Dakota. Harry H. Hall, the 
 son of L. D. Hall, is also a member of the house- 
 hold, since his father's death. He is at present 
 town treasurer of Bath; he was born in 1867, and 
 is the youngest treasurer, though by no means 
 the least capable, of all that have filled the duties 
 of that office in the town of Bath. 
 
 WILLARD F. CHASE, a well known and 
 prosperous member of the agricultural com- 
 munity of the town of Lyman, was born in the 
 town of Bath, N. H., March 6, 1848. His parents 
 were David and Sarah (Stevens) Chase. , 
 
 The grandfather of our subject, Robert Chase, 
 was a native of Bath, and one of the first resi- 
 dents of that place; he owned and operated a 
 farm there, and made it his home throughout his 
 life. His wife, Marggrit, bore him these chil- 
 dren: Horace, Moses, Samuel, Louisa, Polly, 
 Cyrena, and David. They were Methodists in 
 religious belief. 
 
 David Chase was born in the Chase home- 
 stead in Bath, and received his education in the 
 schools of his native town. He lived the last 
 few years in retirement, having been a hard- 
 working agriculturist all his life. He died Jan. 
 31, 1897. He was a Democrat and had ever been 
 a faithful supporter of his chosen party. He 
 married Sarah Stevens of Haverhill, N. H., and 
 to them were given eleven children, namely: 
 Adelaide; Edward, deceased; Iva; Julia; and Kil- 
 burn, deceased; Willard F. ; Eliza; Laura; Alice; 
 Fred; Josephine, deceased. Mrs. Chase passed 
 away to the realms of bliss and peace May 21, 
 1884. They were members of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 Willard F. Chase completed his education in 
 the schools of Bath, and worked on farms, 
 
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 usually being hired by the month, until li 
 when he moved to Lyman, N. H., and then pur- 
 chased a tract of farming property, on which he 
 remained two years and then sold and bought 
 his. present farm, then consisting of 165 acres, to 
 which he has since added thirty-seven acres 
 more; the land is admirably adapted to general 
 farming, dairying, and poultry raising; Mrs. 
 Chase devoting much time to her poultry which 
 yields a handsome income. In political matters 
 he always throws his influence with the Demo- 
 cratic party. 
 
 Nov. 14, 1877, he was united in wedlock with 
 Lucy Santy, daughter of Gray, Jr., and Lucy 
 (Laddbush) Santy; our subject's marriage has 
 resulted in the birth of one child, Clarence A., 
 born Sept. 2, 1879, in Bath > N - H - Both Mr - 
 and Mrs. Chase are attendants of the M. E. 
 Church of Lyman, N. H., of which she is a mem- 
 ber. 
 
 DAVID M. CALLEY, town clerk of Bristol, 
 N. H., and a leading grocer, was born in that 
 part of Holderness, N. H., which is now called 
 Ashland, March 12, 1850, and is a son of the Rev. 
 David and Mary M. (Smith) Calley, and a grand- 
 son of David Calley, Sr. 
 
 David Calley, Sr., was born in Stratham, N. 
 H., Nov. 15, 1774, and when a young man moved 
 from there to Sanbornton, N. H., and later to 
 New Hampton, N. PL, where he remained several 
 years, finally locating in Holderness, N. H., 
 where he spent nearly all of his life in the pur- 
 suits of agriculture, dying in the town of Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., April, "1847. He was twice mar- 
 ried. His first wife was a Miss Folsom of New 
 Hampton, who bore him two children: Sally, 
 born Feb. 2, 1803, married Joseph Bennett of 
 Holderness, N. H.; and Hannah, who married 
 Leavitt Smith of New Hampton, N. H. After 
 the death of his first wife, Mr. Calley married 
 Martha Marston, daughter of Jeremiah Marston 
 of New Hampton, and had nine children. 
 Almira, born Feb. 22, 1803, married Russell Cox 
 of Holderness, and had one son, David R. Nath- 
 aniel, born July 29, 1808, married Louise Cox 
 of Holderness, and became the father of one 
 child, Henry. Jeremiah M., born July 30, 1812, 
 married Mary P. Sheppard of Holderness, and 
 
 had four children: Maria A., David P., Mary, and 
 Willie. David, the father of our subject, was born 
 Nov. 8, 181 5. John, born Sept. 22, 1818, was 
 married three times: first to a Miss Shaw, second 
 to a Miss Smart, and third to a Miss Pillsbury; 
 he has one child living by his first wife, George, 
 and by his third marriage three, Edwin, Ger- 
 trude, and Georgia. Betsey, born Aug. 10, 1831, 
 married Josiah Shaw of New Hampton, and 
 moved out west; they had one son, Edgar. 
 Chase W., born Aug. 13, 1823, married a Miss 
 Keyes of Rumney, N. H, and was blessed with 
 three children: Frank, Epps J., and Clarence. 
 Joseph S., born Feb. 22, 1826, married Sarah 
 Wright of Holderness, N. H.; of this union 
 Joseph is the only one of the children living. 
 Martha, born July 14, 1828, married John 
 Mason of New Hampton, N. H, and lives in 
 Boston, Mass.; they have one child, Martha G. 
 Mrs. Calley, our subject's grandmother, was a 
 Free Will Baptist, but her husband was liberal 
 in his religious views. He died April, 1847. 
 
 Rev. David Calley was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his native town of Holderness, 
 N. H., and then until he was twenty-four years 
 of age worked on the farm; from then until 1842 
 he held religious meetings as an exhorter. In 
 that year he was ordained a minister of the Free 
 Will Baptist Church, and performed his pastoral 
 duties in North Tunb ridge, Vt, until 1847, an d 
 in Bristol from then until 1849. From then until 
 1853 his ill-health did not permit him to do any 
 preaching. In 1853 ne again took up preaching, 
 and followed it seven years until i860, and then 
 went to North Tunbridge, where he labored in 
 the church until 1863, when he returned to Bris- 
 tol, where he remained until 1870, and from that 
 year till 1872 was in Alexandria, N. H; from 
 1872 until 1874 was in North Sandwich, N. H.; 
 from 1874 to 1880 in Center Sandwich; and from 
 then until 1892 in Alexandria, Sandwich, Center 
 Sandwich, Farnsworth, and Center Meredith, M. 
 H. Since 1892 he has lived in retirement in 
 Bristol, N. H. He has been zealous and untiring 
 in his efforts to win souls for his Master, and has 
 labored to "press forward toward the prize of 
 the mark of the high calling, which is in Christ 
 Jesus our Lord." He has been married twice. 
 He led his first wife, Dorcas D. Sheppard, to the 
 altar Sept. 4, 1845. She was taken to the heav- 
 enly home prepared on high. He then married 
 
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 Mary M. Smith, daughter of Obadiah and Eliza 
 Smith, March 23, 1848. Six children were born 
 of this last union. Dorcas, born Jan. 28, 1848, 
 married Charles Gordon of Alexandria, and has 
 two children, Helen and Carl. David M., the 
 second child of Rev. David Calley, is the subject 
 of this sketch. E. Belle, born April 4, 1853, nas 
 been a teacher in the schools of the town of Bris- 
 tol for the past twenty years. Dr. George H., 
 born Dec. 11, 1854, married Mrs. Addie (Buck- 
 lyn) Fowler, widow of the late Dr. Edgar Fow- 
 ler of Bristol, N. H. By her first marriage she 
 had one child, Maud, who is now attending 
 school at Bristol, N. H. Charles H., born May 
 5, 1859, chose as his helpmate Ella Hammond, 
 and now lives in Denver, Col. Martha J., born 
 Dec. 21, 1861, married Anson B. Pray of Bristol, 
 N. H., and has one child, Francis M. The 
 mother of our subject died Oct. 26, 1896. 
 
 David M. Calley, after completing his district 
 school education, took a commercial course at 
 New Hampton, N. H., in the New Hampton In- 
 stitute. Until 1 87 1 he worked in a paper-mill, 
 and then entered the employ of the Fairbanks 
 Scale Co. at St. Johnsbury, Vt, with whom he 
 remained until 1883. In that year he com- 
 menced to clerk for Charles Boardman, who ran 
 a general mercantile store in Bristol two years 
 and a half. He then engaged in the grocery and 
 provision business on his own account, and has 
 continued in that line ever since, winning for 
 himself the esteem and confidence of a large cir- 
 cle of patrons. He is a firm Republican, has 
 been justice of the peace several years, and town 
 clerk since 1891. Socially he is a member of the 
 I. O. O. F., Cardigan Lodge, No. 38, of Bristol, 
 of which lodge he has been secretary and treas- 
 urer. 
 
 In 1874 he led to the altar of Hymen, Ida A. 
 Moore, daughter of Russell Moore of St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt., and was united with her in the indis- 
 soluble bonds of marriage. They have been 
 blessed by the birth of six children: Elfreeda 
 M., born Jan. 22, 1875; George F., May 8, 1880; 
 Mary A., Feb. 14, 1882; Marguerite P., Dec. 29, 
 1893; Edgar M., June 29, 1892; and Russell D., 
 July 1, 1890. Elfreeda M. married E. E. Pike of 
 Braintree, Vt., and has one child, Mildred E., 
 born Dec. 26, 1895. David M. Calley and wife 
 belong to the Free Will Baptist Church of Bris- 
 tol, N. H. 
 
 CHARLES W. HOLMES, the leading 
 machinist of Bristol, and repairer of all descrip- 
 tions of artisan's tools, was born in Sharon, 
 Mass., Jan. 9, 1841, and is a son of Charles and 
 Caroline E. (Smith) Holmes, both natives of 
 Sharon, the latter a daughter of Israel Smith of 
 that town. 
 
 Our subject's father was one of the most ex- 
 tensive boot manufacturers in the State of Mas- 
 sachusetts in his time, and because of the magni- 
 tude of his business and the successful methods 
 with which he conducted it, he was enabled to 
 lay up a comfortable fortune, and was consid- 
 ered a very prominent man. He reared three 
 children, who were named as follows: Caroline 
 L. ; Mary J.; and Charles, the subject of this 
 sketch. In religious belief, he and his wife ad- 
 hered to the doctrines of the Calvinist Baptist 
 Church. The mother is still living. 
 
 Our subject attended and graduated from the 
 High School of Canton, Mass., and learned the 
 trade of a machinist, finishing his apprenticeship 
 with the Ruggles Printing Press Co. of Canton, 
 Mass. He was then employed in the Springfield 
 Armory of Springfield, Mass., after which he 
 worked for the Remington Arms Co. as tool- 
 maker, later being employed in the same capacity 
 by the same company in Utica, N. Y. Follow- 
 ing this, he turned his attention to agricultural 
 pursuits, and also ran a steam carding shop, and 
 gun manufactory in Colton, N. Y. Coming to 
 New Hampshire to the town of Canaan, he kept 
 a regular repair shop, remaining there about 
 three years. In 1890 he moved to his present 
 home and place of business at Bristol and pur- 
 chased the George Robie machine shop and 
 trade, and has since then carried on a general 
 machine and repair shop. He also manufactures 
 vises, jackscrews, shaftings, pulleys, and general 
 mill work, and deals in automatic machines, 
 water feeders, lead pipe couplings, safety split 
 collars and couplings, and many other articles of 
 a similar character. In his political views he is 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
 On June 10, 1863, he was married to Sarah 
 Douglass, daughter of James Douglass of Col- 
 ton, N. Y., and was blessed with the birth of one 
 child, Elizabeth, who married A. Burton Howe, 
 
 and has two children, Reginald and . 
 
 Mrs. Holmes died in 1887, and after the lapse of 
 several years our subject formed a second union 
 
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 with Henrietta Drew, daughter of Alfred Drew 
 of Boston, Mass. His second marriage resulted 
 in one child, Helen D. Socially he is a Mason, 
 and belongs to Union Lodge, No. 79, of Bristol, 
 N. H.; and Franklin Chapter of Franklin, N. H. 
 He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Cardi- 
 gan Lodge, No. 38, of which he is Noble Grand. 
 In the matter of their religious preference Mr. 
 and Mrs. Holmes are members of the M. E. 
 Church of Bristol, N. H. 
 
 LEWIS W. FLING, a prominent lawyer and 
 highly esteemed citizen of the town of Bristol, N. 
 H., was born in Windsor, Vt, Dec. 6, 1824, and 
 is a son of Abel and Hopestill (Harlow) Fling, 
 both natives of Springfield, Vt, and a grandson 
 of Abel Fling, Sr. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of Con- 
 necticut, and served three years in the Revolu- 
 tionary War, for which he afterwards drew a 
 pension. He was an agriculturist by occupa- 
 tion, and owned and cultivated a farm of about 
 100 acres ; in his early years he learned the trade 
 of a carpenter and builder, and carried on that 
 business in connection with his farming in Wind- .. 
 sor, Vt. He married Susanna Alvord, a native 
 of the Green Mountain State, and to them were 
 given two children: Abel, our subject's father; 
 and Amelia, who married William Harlow ot 
 Springfield, Vt. In religious belief they favored 
 the Universalist Church. 
 
 Abel Fling, Jr., after completing a district 
 school education in the schools of Springfield, 
 Vt., which was very limited even for that day, 
 learned the trade of a carpenter and builder, and 
 worked at it until his» father's death, when he 
 bought the homestead and carried on general 
 farming until his death, Aug. 8. 1880. He ranked 
 among the foremost men of his town, and was 
 considered a very prosperous and successful 
 man; he acquired considerable property by 
 straightforward, square dealings, and was honest 
 as the day is long. He was an old-line Whig 
 until the birth of the Republican party, when he 
 enlisted his sympathies and influence under its 
 banner, but never aspired to do more than to 
 perform the simple duties of a plain citizen. He 
 
 married Hopestill Harlow, daughter of Levi 
 Harlow of launton, Mass., and later a resident 
 of Springfield, Vt.; she was his second wife, and 
 the mother of our subject, Lewis W. Fling, the 
 only child born to them. His first wife, Abigail 
 Harlow, a niece of Hopestill, bore him one child, 
 Abbie, who married Stephen Hastings of Wind- 
 sor, Vt; Mrs. Hastings is now deceased. Our 
 subject's mother was called to her account July 
 19, 1865, to receive the reward promised to such 
 as live the right kind of life here below. Our 
 subject's father belonged to the Calvmistic Bap- 
 tist Church, and the mother was a member of 
 the M. E. Church. 
 
 Lewis W. Fling attended the district schools 
 of his native town until eighteen years of age, 
 when he became a student at the New England 
 Seminary, located at Windsor, Vt., and taught 
 by Professors Jackman and Sweet; among his 
 schoolmates at that institution were S. M. 
 Wheeler, who afterwards courted Fortune with 
 gratifying success in the legal profession, and Dr. 
 Clark, a man of exceptional talents, who became 
 a leading physician of Windsor, Vt. After leav- 
 ing the above-mentioned seminary our subject 
 went three terms to the academy at Lebanon, N. 
 H., and then attended the academy at Claremont, 
 N. H. His general education was completed in 
 the Norwich University of Norwich, Vt., of 
 which Gen. Ransom was at that time dean. He 
 then taught district and select school, both in 
 New Hampshire and Vermont, eight terms, after 
 which he entered the law office of J. E. Sargent 
 of Canaan, N. H., remaining there six years, and 
 was admitted to the bar of New Hampshire at 
 Plymouth, this county, at the November term of 
 court, 1851, and became a partner of Mr. Sar- 
 gent The law firm carried on its legal business, 
 under the style of Sargent & Fling at Went- 
 worth, N. H., until 1853. In that year Mr. Fling 
 moved to the town of Bristol, Feb. 23, and in 
 that town has developed a lucrative and highly 
 satisfactory legal practice. In political belief he 
 is a stanch and uncompromising Democrat, and 
 served as State Senator from the Eleventh Sena- 
 torial District in 1871-72; and has also held the 
 office of superintendent of the town schools, and 
 has been a member of the school committee. He 
 has always worked for the advancement of the 
 educational interests of Bristol, and in any other 
 way that was open has done his best to help the 
 
MOSES M. WEEKS. 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 318 
 
 growth and symmetrical development of town 
 institutions, but was never considered to be a 
 man who labored thus for political notoriety. 
 He is a Mason, and belongs to Union Lodge, 
 No. 79, and is one of its charter members. 
 
 April 26, 1853, he was joined in the holy bonds 
 of matrimony with Maria Currier of Wentworth, 
 N. H. She died one year later, Aug. 19, 1854, 
 and on Dec. 18, 1855, he formed a second alli- 
 ance with Margaret H. Sleeper, of Bristol, N. 
 H., who was a daughter of Rev. Walter Sleeper, 
 one of the pioneer preachers of this section of 
 the State. Of this second union there resulted 
 the following children: Charles W., born Aug. 
 27, 1856; Harry S., who died in infancy; Eva 
 M.; and Anna S., deceased. Eva M., who was 
 born in 1863, married Oscar F. Fellows of Bris- 
 tol, N. H., now a leading lawyer of Bucksport, 
 Me.j they have two children: Raymond and 
 Frank. Anna S., who was a talented musician, 
 graduated from the Boston Conservatory of 
 Music, and taught music in the Southern Female 
 College at La Orange, Ca. She married James 
 A. Pitman of that place, and left at her death 
 two children to his care: Jim Fling Pitman and 
 Anna A. Pitman. 
 
 Charles W. Fling, the oldest son of our sub- 
 ject, was educated in the High School of Bristol, 
 N. H., and at New Hampton Institute, and on 
 completing his education accepted a position 
 with the Bristol Savings Institution. He after- 
 wards engaged in the carpentering and building 
 business in company with B. L. and A. Welles, 
 and continued to be interested in that branch of 
 industry until Jan. 1, 1895, when he sold out to 
 his partner and opened an office at No. 3 Cen- 
 tral Square, Bristol, N. H, where he is occupied 
 in a general insurance business, the collection of 
 debts, the making of deeds, mortgages, and the 
 like; he is also a notary public and a justice of 
 the peace. He is a Democrat, and has held the 
 office of town clerk, and has been a member of 
 the school board for three years. He is a mem- 
 ber of the same Masonic Lodge as his father, 
 Union No. 79, and is at present Past Master. 
 He is also a member of Pemigewasset Chapter, 
 No. 13, of Plymouth. In 1878 he was joined in 
 wedlock with Etta A. Seavey of Alexander, N. 
 H., and has two children: Lewis S., born March. 
 8, 1880; and Eva, born Feb. 10, 1888. The 
 family favor the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 ELB RIDGE WEEKS, who is engaged in 
 the pursuits of agriculture in the town of Haver- 
 hill, was born in Bath, Feb. 4, 1851; he is a son 
 of Moses M. and Sallie (Minor) Weeks, grand- 
 son of David and Matilda (Childs) Weeks, and 
 great-grandson of David and Ruth (Page) 
 Weeks. David Weeks, Sr., was born in Green- 
 land, Vt, in 1745, and was a carpenter by trade; 
 in 1802 he moved to the town of Bath, where he 
 died in 1827. He fought in the War of the Revo- 
 lution. David Weeks, Jr., was a farmer and the 
 father of eleven children, of whom but two sur- 
 vive. 
 
 Moses M. Weeks was born in the town of 
 Bath, Feb. 4, 181 1, and died in Haverhill, March 
 12, 1896. He was reared in Bath, and attended 
 the schools there until he was perhaps twenty 
 years old. He then bought a farm, next to the 
 one on which he was born, and there he made 
 his home until 1877, when he bought the farm 
 in Haverhill, where our subject now lives; he 
 turned the farm over to his two sons and lived 
 with them till death released him from further 
 mortal cares. The farm consists of 150 acres of 
 land, of which ninety are in cultivation. Moses 
 Weeks was a life-long Democrat of the unyield- 
 ing type, and served on the school committee of 
 Bath. Dec. 29, 1840, he married Sallie Minot, 
 daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Stone) Minot; 
 Mrs. Weeks was born Sept. 18, 1809, in the town 
 of Bath and died May 15, 1889, in the town of 
 Haverhill. Samuel Minot, a farrner, came from 
 Concord, Mass., to Bath, in 1802, where he soon 
 attained a place as one of the town's most highly 
 respected citizens, serving as selectman and in 
 other official capacities. Our subject owns a 
 rare old portrait of his wife's father, which shows 
 him to have been a very fine-appearing gentle- 
 man. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared in his 
 native town of Bath, and attended the district 
 schools during the years of his minority; up to 
 the year 1877, when the family moved to Haver- 
 hill, Mr. Weeks worked alternately on the home 
 farm and on the adjoining farms of the neigh- 
 bors. When the family had settled in Haverhill, 
 Elbridge and his brother took upon themselves 
 the active management of the farm and allowed 
 their parents to take a well-earned rest. 
 
 Mr. Weeks was married May 26, 1894, in Lis- 
 bon, to Mrs. Ada Howland, widow of Enoch M. 
 
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 Howland, and daughter of Adam and Mary 
 (Morris) Streeter; Adam Streeter was a son of 
 Joel and Lydia (Dailey) Streeter; Mary Morris 
 was a daughter of Samuel and Ann Maria (Whit- 
 comb) Morris. Mrs. Weeks by her first mar- 
 riage has one daughter, Julia Howland; her 
 union with our subject resulted in one daughter: 
 Sallie Morris Weeks. Mrs. Weeks is a member 
 of the Congregational Church. Both husband 
 and wife are members of the Grange, No. 212, 
 at Haverhill. In his politics he is independent, 
 voting for the best man, regardless of party 
 lines; in State and National elections, however, 
 he generally votes the Democratic ticket. 
 
 The portraits of Mr. Weeks's father and 
 mother appear on another page in this work. 
 
 CLARENCE N. MERRILL, miller and 
 dealer in flour, grain and feed, lumber, drain 
 pipe, coal, baled hay, lime, cement, and fertil- 
 izers, residing in the town of Bristol, N. H, was 
 born in Hill, N. H., Dec. 31, 1850. He is a son 
 of Clark and Elizabeth (Crowell) Merrill, grand- 
 son of John and Betsey (Darling) Merrill, ana 
 great-grandson of Jonathan and Mary (Earnum) 
 Merrill. 
 
 Jonathan Merrill was born Feb. 10, 1733, and 
 settled in Alexandria, this county, and it is said 
 that he was the first man in that town to own a 
 cow. He bought a new farm, which for many 
 years he was occupied in clearing and improv- 
 ing in other ways; he remained in his chosen 
 vocation through life, and was considered a very 
 successful and prosperous man of his time. His 
 wife bore him one son, John. 
 
 John Merrill was born March 9, 1769, and died 
 May, 1830. He was born in Bristol, and that 
 continued to be his home through life, which 
 was spent at his trade of tanning and in farming. 
 Strict integrity of conduct characterized his 
 whole life, and few men ever existed in whom 
 one could place greater reliance. He was mar- 
 ried Nov. 12, 1794, to Betsey Darling, who was 
 born April 22, 1771, and died Oct. 8, 1834. Their 
 union was blessed with six children, who were 
 as follows: Jonathan, born Dec. 5, 1795, died 
 February, 1868; Susan, Dec. 24, 1797, died 
 March 25, 1869; Mary, born Jan. 23, 1800, mar- 
 
 ried Joseph Chadwick, April 20, 1851; John, 
 April 10, 1802; Clark, Dec. 16, 1804, died April 
 2, 1887; and Moses, April 13, 1807, died March 
 4, 1868. 
 
 Clark Merrill, our subject's father, was edu- 
 cated in his native town, and turned his atten- 
 tion to agricultural pursuits, which he followed 
 all of the active period of his life in the town of 
 Hill, N. H. He was an active and energetic man, 
 who delighted in being occupied at work. He 
 was a stanch Republican in politics, and took a 
 lively interest in the town affairs, doing all in his 
 power to promote the general growth and de- 
 velopment. In 1827, his nuptials with Elizabeth 
 Crowell were consummated; she was a daugh- 
 ter of Newman Crowell of Andover, N. H, and 
 was born May 31, 1808. Our subject's parents 
 reared nine children: Hannah C, born Oct. 23, 
 1827, married Benjamin Southmayd of Camptou, 
 N. H; Mary E., born Oct. 19, 1831, married 
 Merrill Greeley of Waterville, N. H; Rose W., 
 born April 13, 1834, married Eben K. Blodgett 
 of Bristol, N. H, now a resident of Groton, 
 Mass.; Moses W., born Oct. 19, 1837, married 
 Almyra Southmayd of Campton, N. H; George 
 S., born Nov. 28, 1839, married Agnes Sleeper 
 of Bristol, N. H, now of. Clear Lake, Iowa; Ed- 
 win C, born March 27, 1842, married as his first 
 wife Sophronia Abbott of Hill, N. H, and as 
 his second wife Lydia Davis of Grafton, N. H., 
 and now lives at Alexandria, N. H. ; Ruth A., 
 born July 9, 1844, married William C. Kelley of 
 Hill, N. H; Albert L., born Jan. 17, 1847, mar - 
 ried Mary Webster of Bristol, and now lives in 
 West Plymouth, N. H; and Clarence N, the 
 subject of this sketch. Our subject's parents 
 favored the M. E. Church. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the district 
 schools of Bristol, and when he started out for 
 himself, went west, and was brakeman for the 
 Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. for one year, when 
 he returned to his native place. After working 
 on the farm one year he moved to Bristol and 
 worked about one year in a cabinet-shop. He 
 then engaged with Messrs, Taylor and Shaw in 
 the grain and milling business, running the mill 
 for about twelve years. In July, 1884, he pur- 
 chased Mr. Shaw's interest, and the business was 
 then continued until May, 1896, under the firm 
 name of Taylor & Merrill; since then he has been 
 in the business alone. He owns and operates a 
 
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 saw-mill at Groton, N. H., and also owns about 
 1,000 acres of valuable timber land at the same 
 place. At Bristol, N. H., he handles fertilizers 
 and all kinds and descriptions of farming tools 
 and implements, making a specialty of the 
 Worcester Buckeye Mowing Machine, and sell- 
 ing more of them than any other man in the 
 State except one, John B. Verrick of Manches- 
 ter. He is a Democrat, and may always be found 
 among the foremost of his party in the town. 
 Socially he is a Mason and belongs to Union 
 Lodge, No. 79; and St. Omer Chapter of Frank- 
 lin, N. H. 
 
 In March, 1872, he was joined in marriage 
 with Ann M. Foster, who was born Nov. 5, 1851, 
 and is a daughter of Wilson Foster of Hill, N. 
 H. They have one child, Everett C, born Nov. 
 11, 1876, who is now attending school at the 
 New Hampton Institute, New Hampton, N. H. 
 In religious belief, they are Methodists, and be- 
 long to the church of that denomination at Bris- 
 tol. 
 
 ALBRO WELLS, junior member of the firm 
 of B. L. & A. Wells, contractors and builders of 
 the town of Bristol, was born July 26, i860, and 
 is a son of Benjamin L. and Mary B. (Sleeper) 
 Wells. 
 
 The first member of the Wells family, of whom 
 we have any definite information, is one Henry 
 Wells, the great-great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, who was a native of New Hampshire, and 
 died about 1779 by exposure to the cold. He 
 was a shoemaker by trade, and in the year above 
 y , mentioned he went to the mill with a grist of 
 corn, which he loaded on the back of his saddle- 
 horse; when returning from Hill, N. H, with his 
 grist he was caught in a snow-storm. It is sup- 
 posed he dismounted from his horse and lost his 
 way; he was found the next morning all stiff and 
 cold in death. 
 
 Peter Wells, son of the foregoing, and great- 
 grandfather of our subject, was born March 24, 
 1771, in New Hampton. He was a farmer by 
 occupation and followed his chosen calling all 
 the years of his life. He married Hannah Blake, 
 May 13, 1790, and their union was blessed by the 
 birth of ten children: Betsey, born Jan. 5, 1791, 
 died Oct. 29, 1864; Mary, March 13, 1793, died 
 
 Feb. 22, 1867; Hannah, June 30, 1795, died April 
 14, 1862; Affa, Aug. 31, 1797, died Feb. 4, 1843; 
 Deborah, Dec. 4, 1799, died Nov. 18, 1893; 
 Henry, June 28, 1802, died April 26, 1883; Peter, 
 Sept. 29, 1804, died March 1, 1825; Sally, Sept. 
 24, 1807, died Sept. 7, 1890; Kiah, May 24, 1810, 
 died May 31, 1888; and Emily, Feb. 29, 1816, 
 died Aug. 31, 1835. It is believed that they were 
 Methodists in their religious belief. 
 
 Henry Wells, our subject's grandfather, was 
 born in New Hampton, N. H., and was educated 
 in the schools of that place, after which he 
 learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and 
 was considered a very good workman; this trade 
 he followed all the active period of his life. Po- 
 litically he was first a Free-Soiler, and later 
 joined the ranks of the Republican party. He 
 held the office of selectman of the town of Bris- 
 tol, and in all public enterprises was sure to be 
 found at the front, ready to take the leadership 
 of the enterprise and direct the work. He mar- 
 ried Lavina Locke, Sept. 16, 1824, and to them 
 were given two children: Peter, born Dec. 20, 
 1826, died in 1845; an< l Benjamin L., born Dec. 
 21, 1832. He was a Methodist in religious be- 
 lief and attachments. Mrs. Wells was born in 
 Bristol, Jan. 28, 1805, and died April 16, 1884. 
 
 Benjamin Wells, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Bristol, N. H, and after completing 
 his education in the schools of his native place 
 learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, in 
 which he has been engaged all his life in the 
 town of Bristol. In that town he established a 
 shop for the manufacture of house builders' lum- 
 ber and wood supplies, and with the exception of 
 one or two years has continued in that line of 
 work. In 1885 he took his son, Albro, the sub- 
 ject of this biography, into the firm, which was 
 run under the style of B. L. & A. Wells until 
 1890, when they took in as a partner Charles W. 
 Fling, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this 
 volume, and the firm was known as Wells & 
 Fling, and did a very large and flourishing busi- 
 ness. In 1895 Mr. Wells and his son bought Mr. 
 Fling's interest, and since that time the firm has 
 done business as B. L. & A. Wells. The busi- 
 ness has grown and prospered under the joint 
 management of father and son, and yields them 
 a handsome income annually. They have built 
 some very fine residences in the town of Bris- 
 tol, and also a shoe factory, four stories high, 
 
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 with ground dimensions 32x75. Mr. Wells may 
 be found at election time supporting the candi- 
 dates of the Republican party at the polls. In 
 1857 he was joined in the bonds of matrimony 
 with Mary Sleeper, daughter of Leavitt Sleeper; 
 one child, Albro, the subject of this notice, was 
 born to them. After Mrs. Wells's death, June 2.2, 
 1 861, her husband formed a second union with 
 Hannah Rollins, daughter of Uriah Rollins of 
 Andover, N. H., which resulted in one child, 
 Ellen C, who married Charles A. George of Bris- 
 tol, N. H., and has one child, Marguerite, who 
 was born in 1896. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wells are 
 members of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Albro Wells was educated in the schools of 
 Bristol, and learned the carpenter's and joiner's 
 trade from his father, and has followed it stead- 
 ily since 1877, and is now in company with his 
 parent, as has been before mentioned. He is a 
 Republican of no uncertain or wavering type, 
 and is now a member of the school board. So- 
 cially he is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Bris- 
 tol, Merrill Lodge, No. 23. 
 
 On Sept. 15, 1885, he was joined in matrimony 
 with Harriet A. Robie, daughter of George A. 
 Robie of Bristol, and they have been blessed 
 with the birth of three children: Mary, born 
 July 17, 1886; Harry D., April 6, 1888; and 
 Sarah E., Jan. 21, 1895. He is a Methodist in 
 religious belief. 
 
 TIMOTHY B. SOUTHARD, a prosperous 
 farmer and lumber dealer of Upper Bath Vil- 
 lage, is the son of William Southard, and was 
 born in Bath, N. H., May 24, 1851. The grand- 
 father of our subject was named Lemuel South- 
 ard, and was of Irish extraction; he was born in 
 Falley, Vt., and received his limited schooling 
 in the common schools of his native town. He 
 was a very enterprising and energetic man, and 
 besides owning and operating a farm of large 
 extent, was a bridge-builder of note in that sec- 
 tion of the State. His untimely death occurred 
 while working at his trade ; he fell from a bridge 
 he was constructing at White River Junction 
 and was drowned, at the age of twenty-eight 
 years. His widow, Jennie Moore, a native of 
 Falley, Vt., and two children, were left to mourn 
 
 his loss; the children were named: Nancy J.; 
 and William, the father of our subject. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Southard was a Whig, but in his short 
 career never found time to engage in office-seek- 
 ing. Both he and his family were attendants of 
 the Congregational Church. 
 
 William Southard, the father of Timothy B., 
 was born in Falley, Vt, Oct. 16, 1807; the 
 schools of his native place furnished mm with 
 the means for his early mental training. At the 
 age of fifteen he started out in life to support 
 himself, the first dollar he earned being given to 
 him for breaking a colt. He hired out as a farm 
 hand, receiving the small stipend of seven dollars 
 a month. By a careful husbanding of his in- 
 come he was at length enabled to go to Haver- 
 hill, N. H, where he purchased a farm with his 
 savings; he remained in that locality for seven 
 years, tilling the soil with excellent results. He 
 then moved to Swiftwater, a small village in the 
 eastern part of the town of Bath, N. H., where 
 he bought another piece of farming property, 
 and made it his home, and the scene of the re- 
 mainder of his active years of toil. His death 
 occurred Oct. 28, 1891. 
 
 On Feb. 4, 1833, he was married to Ann W., 
 daughter of Timothy and Susan W. (White) Bar- 
 ron, the former parent a native of Bath, and the 
 latter of Haverhill, N. H. Eleven chnuren were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Southard, as follows: 
 William B.; Ruth A.; Nancy J.; Charley B.; 
 Mary E. ; Timothy, deceased; Lemuel J.; Ellen 
 E.; Susan W. ; Fannie K. ; and Timothy B., the 
 subject of this sketch. They also reared a grand- 
 child, Barron D., who remained with them until 
 he was twenty years of age. William B., the eld- 
 est child, married Eliza Haney of Michigan; 
 Ruth married Ira Kimball of Bath ; Nancy J. be- 
 came the life-partner of L. E. Noyes of Bath; 
 Charley married Carrie Chisholm of Chicago, 
 111.; Lemuel married Hannah Drury of Bath; 
 Ellen was joined in marriage to E. B. DeForest 
 of Michigan ; Fannie married John H. Cutting of 
 Haverhill, N. H. Regarding our subject's 
 father's political attachments he was a Democrat, 
 but was never a seeker after public office. In 
 his religious views he was most liberal. 
 
 Timothy B. Southard received the fundamen- 
 tal elements of a good education in the schools 
 of Bath, and at the age of twenty sought work 
 as a farm hand. He saved his earnings, and, in 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 connection with his father, was soon in a posi- 
 tin to purchase the starch factory, then owned 
 by General Bedell of Bath, N. H. Under their 
 joint control they did a good business in the 
 manufacture of starch for four years, when they 
 sold the plant, and our subject assumed control 
 of the home farm, which he has cultivated since 
 1880. In addition to his farming interests, which 
 are extensive of themselves, he carries on a large 
 lumber business, owning and operating a saw- 
 mill, located at Swiftwater, with a sawing ca- 
 pacity of one million feet per annum. In 1894 
 he purchased the present home and farm of 275 
 acres, which is splendidly adapted to general 
 farming. His first wife was Lois W. Partridge 
 of Haverhill, N. H. After her decease he formed 
 a second matrimonial alliance with Arabella 
 Noyes of Bath, and they have been blessed by 
 the birth of four children, who are: Annie B.; 
 James Noyes; Agnes F. ; and Frances L., who 
 are all attending school. Mr. Southard is a Dem- 
 ocrat. The family is liberal in its religious 
 views. 
 
 FRANK P. MOULTON, an honored resi- 
 dent of the village of Bath, and locomotive engi- 
 neer for the Bath Lumber Co., is a son of Albert 
 G. and Elizabeth (Tyler) Moulton, and grandson 
 of David and Martha (Knapp) Moulton. Our 
 subject's grandfather was born in Lyman, and 
 was reared to agricultural pursuits. His father, 
 who was a native of England, was one of the 
 first settlers of the town. David Moulton proved 
 a very successful farmer, and owned a large and 
 productive tract of land, and was very well fur- 
 nished with the means of comfort and ease. He 
 died at the age of eighty. His wife was Martha 
 Knapp; she bore him a family of nine children, 
 departing this life at the advanced age of eighty- 
 eight years. Their children were : Daniel, David, 
 Albert G, George, Benjamin, Joan, Elmira, 
 Martha, and Ellen. 
 
 Albert G. Moulton, the father of our subject, 
 was born in the town of Lyman, and passed his 
 early years there, engaged in much the same 
 duties as most boys that live on farms are en- 
 gaged in. His first important employment was 
 as a carpenter and bridge builder for Stone & 
 
 Harris, contractors for the construction of the 
 Connecticut River R. R. Afterwards he was 
 connected with the Boston & Providence R. R., 
 Hoosatonic Valley R. R., and New Jersey Cen- 
 tral R. R., in the same capacity. During the lat- 
 ter years of his life he held the responsible posi- 
 tion of superintendent of bridges and buildings 
 for the Fitchburg R. R., on the Vermont and 
 Massachusetts Division; he held this position 
 until his death, at the age of seventy-six. He 
 married Elizabeth Tyler of Hinsdale, N. H.; she 
 was taken to her heavenly home at the age of 
 eighty-seven. They reared the following chil- 
 dren: Frank P., the subject of this memoir; 
 Elizabeth (Amsden), now deceased; Arthur 
 W., deceased; and James T., who resides 
 in Bath, N. H. The father of our sub- 
 ject was a Democrat in politics, but never ac- 
 cepted any nomination at the hands of his party, 
 although frequently urged to accept. He was a 
 Master Mason, and a member of the Unitarian 
 Church. 
 
 Frank P. Moulton was born April 13, 1853, 
 at Athol, Mass., where he received his education. 
 Having a strong desire to follow railroading, he 
 became baggageman between Boston and the 
 Hoosac Tunnel; after six months faithful and 
 meritorious service he was promoted to the posi- 
 tion of conductor on the same road, in which 
 capacity he remained with them for eleven years ; 
 however, not all of the eleven years was spent 
 as conductor, the last few years he acted as loco- 
 motive engineer. Our subject's father was de- 
 sirous of his son's leaving railroad life, and, ac- 
 cordingly bought for him a beautiful $12,000.00 
 farm in the town of Bath. Mr. Moulton at once 
 moved to the farm and engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits; he still makes it his home. The most 
 of his life has been associated with the railroad, 
 except four years, in which he was actively en- 
 gaged in farming, and the last few years, since 
 1892, in which he has been locomotive engineer 
 for the Bath Lumber Co. 
 
 Mr. Moulton was married in 1878 to Marshie 
 E. Atwood of Lisbon, N. H. Five children have 
 blessed their union, namely: Marion; Imogene; 
 Albert, who died at the age of three years ; Shir- 
 lie L.; and Helen. Mr. Moulton is a member 
 of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F. He 
 is a Democrat in his political attachments, and 
 has been justice of the peace since 1882. 
 
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 HON. DAVID MASON, a member of the 
 firm of the Mason, Perkins Paper Co., manufac- 
 turers of wood pulp and white paper, of the town 
 of Bristol, N. H., was born June 27, 1820, and is 
 a son of David and Esther (Moore) Mason, the 
 former of the town of Sanbornton, and the latter 
 a native of Goffstown, N. H. 
 
 David Mason, Sr., our subject's father, was 
 educated in the schools of Sanbornton, and when 
 a young man came to Bristol, and has followed 
 pursuits of agriculture all his life in that town. 
 His wife Esther, was a daughter of Robert 
 Moore of Goffstown, N. H., and to them were 
 born the following children: Daniel, David, 
 Robert, Joseph M., Mary J., Hetta, Jerusha, and 
 one who died in infancy. Mr. Mason was liberal 
 in religious belief and a Republican in his politi- 
 cal allegiance. 
 
 Our subject, after completing his education in 
 Bristol, first engaged in lumbering business and 
 later on entered upon the manufacture of straw- 
 board and paper, and since 1855 ne has devoted 
 his entire attention to the wood pulp and white 
 paper business, in which, in company with B. F. 
 Perkins, of Bristol, N. H., under the firm name 
 of Mason, Perkins & Co., he is extensively en- 
 gaged in that town. The company have control- 
 ling stock in the New Found Lake Power Co. of 
 Bristol, N. H., which has one of the best water 
 privileges in the entire State. He is also one of 
 the heaviest stockholders in the Bristol Aque- 
 duct Co. He is a member of the finance commit- 
 tee of the Bristol Savings Bank. In his political 
 belief and affiliations he is an uncompromising 
 Republican, and has held the office of selectman 
 and also represented the town of Bristol in the 
 State Legislature for three terms. He married 
 Elvira Gurdy, daughter of Elisha Gurdy, 
 of Bristol, N. H. As our subject's union 
 did not result in any issue, he and his 
 wife adopted a girl, Addie, whom they 
 reared and educated as one of their own flesh and 
 blood. Addie married Charles E. Mason, a 
 nephew of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Mason are 
 members of the Methodist Episcopalian Church 
 of Bristol, N. H. He has at all times been un- 
 tiring in his efforts to further the interests of 
 Bristol, and is held in high esteem as one of its 
 solid and substantial business men, who have 
 contributed so much to its present prosperity 
 and success. 
 
 FRANK P. FIELDS, head clerk and book- 
 keeper for the Mason, Perkins Paper Co. of Bris- 
 tol, N. H., was born in the town of Merrimack, of 
 this State, Nov. 5, 1852. He is a son of Smith 
 and Mary (Moses) Fields, and a grandson of 
 Joshua Fields. 
 
 Joshua Fields was a native of New Hampshire 
 and farmer by occupation, following that calling 
 throughout the active period of his life, and was 
 very successful in his efforts to secure a liveli- 
 hood and also to obtain a competence with which 
 to support himself in his declining years. In his 
 political belief he was a stanch Jacksonian Dem- 
 ocrat, being an ardent partisan of the great Dem- 
 ocratic leader, Andrew Jackson. He married a 
 Miss Emerson, and to them were born four chil- 
 dren: Hannah, Smith, Sally, and Joshua. Han- 
 nah married Charles Sherwin, a native of Ver- 
 mont, and had two children, Ora A., who mar- 
 ried C. B. Gardner of Lowell, Mass., and 
 Charles, who died at the age of twenty-one years; 
 Sally married Peter Carlton of Amherst, N. H, 
 and was blessed with two children, Hannah died 
 at the age of sixteen years, and Sarah, who mar- 
 ried John Hadlock of New Hampshire, and had 
 two sons, Albert and John. 
 
 Smith Fields, our subject's father, carried on 
 a prosperous farming and lumber business all his 
 life in Merrimack, N. H., and held a leading place 
 in the business circles of that town. He was a 
 Democrat and held the office of selectman sev- 
 eral years. His wife Mary was a daughter of 
 Eben Moses, and to them were born six chil- 
 dren: Sarah, deceased; Charles, deceased; 
 Joshua, deceased, who married Fidelia Field of 
 Hollis, N. H., and has one child living, Fred E. ; 
 Mary A., married Robert M. M. Gordon of New 
 Hampton, and has one child, Adelbert M. ; Scott 
 married Susan F. Hill of Merrimack, N. H., and 
 has three children, Warren, Elmer, and Charles; 
 Frank P., the youngest child in the parental 
 family, is the subject of this sketch. In religious 
 belief our subject's parents were Methodists. 
 The mother died July 6, 1874, and the father 
 July 6, 1876. 
 
 Frank P. Fields was educated in the schools 
 and New Hampton Institute of New Hampton, 
 N. H., and engaged in the meat business for two 
 years with Weeks & Flanders in Plymouth, N. 
 H., he then came to Bristol in 1876, and entered 
 the employ of the Mason, Perkins Paper Co. as 
 
FAYETTE ' BACON. 
 
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 paper maker and was later advanced to the posi- 
 tion of bookkeeper and head clerk, which posi- 
 tion he still holds and has held for fourteen years. 
 He is a Democrat, but has never filled any office 
 at the gift of his towns-people, having no great 
 desire for fame in that direction. Nov. 24, 1877, 
 he was joined in matrimony with Clara J. Weeks 
 of Plymouth, daughter of N. H. Weeks, and to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fields have been born two chil- 
 dren: Mary E., born Sept. 24, 1880; and Chas. 
 W., Dec. 14, 1883. Mr. Fields is a Mason and 
 belongs to Union Lodge, No. 79, of Bristol, and 
 in religious belief he favors the M. E. Church. 
 
 FAYETTE BACON, of Haverhill, a manu- 
 facturer of bent stock for sleighs, sleds, carriages, 
 etc., owning and operating a shingle mill, in ad- 
 dition to a planing and saw-mill, was born in 
 Haverhill on the farm that adjoins the one he 
 now occupies, Oct. 24, 1835. He is a son of 
 Asa and Roxana Matilda (Perry) Bacon, and 
 grandson of Abner and Catherine (Reed) Bacon. 
 The grandfather of our subject, it is most likely, 
 came from Connecticut; he settled in Putney in 
 1798, where he pursued his trade of a tailor and 
 clothier; he was born Aug. 15, 1768, and died 
 May 16, 1864, at the advanced age of ninety- 
 six. 
 
 Asa Bacon was born in Connecticut, and was 
 taken by his parents to Putney, Vt., when two 
 years old; he was married on Sunday, Feb. 29, 
 1824, when he was twenty-eight, and came to 
 Haverhill and settled on the farm, where his son, 
 Fayette, was born, and died there at the age of 
 eighty-six, Aug. 15, 1882. He pursued the vari- 
 ous avocations of farmer, cobbler, and shoe- 
 maker through life. He was a member of the 
 militia when a mere boy of sixteen, being large 
 for his age. The company, of which he was a 
 member, was notified to be in readiness to take 
 the field during the War of 1812, but they were 
 never actually called into service. His wife was 
 born in Putney, Vt., and was a daughter of Will- 
 iam and Eleanor (Jones) Perry, and grand- 
 daughter of William Perry, Sr. ; Eleanor Jones's 
 father was a sea captain. The family, which our 
 subject's parents raised consisted of the follow- 
 ing members: Catherine, deceased; George, de- 
 
 ceased; William, deceased; Fayette; Caroline M., 
 who makes her home with her brother Fayette. 
 
 Our subject passed the bright and careless 
 years of boyhood and youth on his father's farm 
 at Center Haverhill, going to the district schools 
 till he was twenty years old, at which age he left 
 home to learn the wheelwright's trade at North 
 Haverhill. In 1857 he erected a shop in North 
 Haverhill, where he remained, and carried on a 
 good business until 1863, when he bought his 
 present farm of 100 acres, built a shop, and trans- 
 ferred his entire business; in his work he used 
 horse-power until 1882, and since that time has 
 made use of a ten-horse power steam engine. 
 His product was at first in the line of light car- 
 riages, but later branched out and embraced 
 heavy wagons, carts, etc., of all descriptions. His 
 work is now mainly confined to the manufactur- 
 ing of bent stock for sleighs, sleds, and carriages, 
 also hubs and shingles ; a planing and saw-mill 
 and shingle-mill enable him to do a large and 
 flourishing business. The shingle-mill is run by 
 our subject's nephew, E. Henry Lewis, a bright, 
 energetic young man, who has a decided turn 
 tor machinery, and will probably follow his in- 
 clinations and natural bent, and learn the ma- 
 chinist's trade. 
 
 Mr. Bacon consummated his nuptials with 
 Susanna C. Wright at Newbury, Vt., Oct. 11, 
 1859; Mrs. Bacon was born in Warrenj N. H., of 
 Russell and Hannah (Cilley) Wright. She de- 
 parted this life April 15, 1887, for the blessed 
 regions, promised to those of blameless life. Our 
 subject's sister, Caroline M. Bacon, was mar- 
 ried Jan. 31, 1874, in North Haverhill, to Will- 
 iam H. Lewis, and to them was born one son, 
 E. Henry Lewis, April 17, 1878. Mr. Bacon was 
 a charter member of the old grange years ago, 
 when it was first organized. He has always 
 voted the straight Republican ticket ever since 
 attaining his majority, casting his first vote for 
 John C. Fremont, in 1856. Mr. Bacon takes a 
 deep interest in politics, but office has no attrac- 
 tion for him, and he has steadily and repeatedly 
 refused all offers of political advancement ; in the 
 campaign of 1896, he was especially interested in 
 and did all in his power to pile up a large ma- 
 jority for McKinley. 
 
 Mr. Bacon's portrait, appearing on a page in 
 proximity to this, will be, we are very certain, a 
 valuable addition to this work. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 GREEN L. TILTON, a selectman and lead- 
 ing citizen of Bristol, N. H., where he is en- 
 gaged in teaming, was born in New Hampton, 
 N. H., Feb. 13, 1840, and is a son of Salmon H. 
 and Johanna (Hight) Tilton, both natives of New 
 Hampton. 
 
 Josiah Tilton, grandfather of our subject, was 
 born in New Hampton, N. H., and was engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits all his life in the above 
 town. He married Sally Keniston of Aliens- 
 town, and to them were born these children: 
 Clarissa, Salmon H, Daniel, Betsey, Rachel, 
 Eunice, and David. They were Free Will Bap- 
 tists in religious belief. Mrs. Tilton died in 1882, 
 aged 101 years, and her husband passed away in 
 1865, at the age of eighty. 
 
 Our subject's father, Salmon H. Tilton, was 
 educated in the schools of New Hampton, and 
 was engaged in farming all his life in that town. 
 In early life he was a Whig and later a sup- 
 porter of the Republican principles. His wife 
 Johanna was the daughter of James Hight of 
 New Hampton; she bore him five children, as 
 follows: John F.; Green L., the subject of this 
 sketch; Emily L. ; George H.; and Sarah A. 
 They favored the doctrines of the Free Will Bap- 
 tist Church. Mr. Tilton died Oct. 7, 1893, and 
 his wife Jan. 28, 1896. 
 
 Green L. Tilton received his education in the 
 schools of New Hampton, and then learned the 
 currier's and tanner's trade, which he followed 
 ten years in the town of Bristol, N. H, for the 
 firm of Bartlett & White, later for Mr. White 
 alone. He then engaged in the manufacture of 
 boots and shoes, wholesale and retail, in com- 
 pany with Elijah Sanborn, under the style of 
 Sanborn & Tilton. After carrying on this busi- 
 ness five years he sold his interest and engaged 
 in the job teaming business, which he has car- 
 ried on ever since. He also owns and operates 
 about 150 acres of land, which is devoted to gen- 
 eral farming. In political belief he is a stanch 
 Republican, and has been prominent in the coun- 
 cils of that party in the town of Bristol. He has 
 held the office of selectman five years, road 
 agent sixteen years; has also been a member of 
 the school committee, and justice of the peace, 
 a position he now holds. Socially he belongs to 
 Cardigan Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F., of Bristol, 
 N. H., and is also a member of New Found 
 Grange. 
 
 March 21, 1864, he was joined in matrimony 
 with Sarah J. Fellows, daughter of Benjamin Q. 
 Fellows of Bristol, N. H, and to them were 
 given four children, as follows: Willie, born 
 April 22, 1866, died aged four months; Ardilla, 
 now deceased, born June 21, 1867; Eva E., born 
 March 17, 1870, married Wesley A. Dicy of 
 Alexandria, N. H, and has three children, Maud 
 E., Bernice D., and Mildred J.; Grace H., born 
 Oct. 11, 1877, married George F. Trussell of the 
 town of Orford, this county. In religious belief 
 they favor the doctrines of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 WILLIS B. BLANDIN, a prominent farmer 
 and deputy sheriff, of the town of Bath, is the 
 son of Slyvanus and Harriet (Greenwood) Blan- 
 din, and grandson of Jonathan Blandin. Jona- 
 than Blandin was a farmer, and devoted his life 
 to the pursuit of agriculture; he lived the most 
 of his life in Bethlehem. He was a man of great 
 physical strength and endurance, and lived to 
 the advanced age of 105 years, retaining an al- 
 most youthful activity to the last. He served as 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Sylvanus Blandin, the oldest child in a large 
 family, born to the preceding, was born in Beth- 
 lehem, and there passed his school-boy days. 
 There being no railroad facilities at that period 
 for the rapid transportation of freight and mer- 
 chandise, horses furnished the power for the 
 transmission of goods; our subject's father was 
 engaged in this business, teaming between Beth- 
 lehem and Boston. No matter what his work, 
 he always operated a farm in connection with it. 
 About eleven years of his active life was spent in 
 Brownington, Vt., returning to pass the sunset 
 period of his life on the old homestead in Beth- 
 lehem. He married Harriet Greenwood of Roy- 
 alston, Mass., and reared a family of six chil- 
 dren: Almira G. (McGregory); George W. of 
 Roylston, Mass. ; Charles K. of Meredith, N. H; 
 John S. of Bethlehem, N. H.; Willis B., the sub- 
 ject of this memoir; and Maria (Gordon) of Beth- 
 lehem, N. H. Sylvanus and his wife both passed 
 away at about the age of eighty years. In, poli- 
 tics he was a Democrat. He was a man of 
 energy, with the invaluable adjuncts of push and 
 great executive ability. Liberal and free-hearted, 
 
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 he was always ready with a kind word, and sub 
 stantial assistance to the unfortunate one. 
 
 Willis B. Blandin, the subject of this short 
 sketch, was born Oct. 29, 1832, in the town of 
 Bethlehem, N. H., and received his somewhat 
 limited education in the public schools of his 
 native town. At the age of eighteen he faced the 
 problems of life; his first employment was with 
 J. G. Sinclair of Bethlehem, N. H., where he re- 
 mained for a period of five years. In this con- 
 nection he made himself almost invaluable to his 
 employer, and it was with genuine regret that 
 Mr. Sinclair bade him good-bye when our sub- 
 ject left to take up the vocation of farming in 
 the town of Bath, N. H. The farm that he 
 bought at that time he still owns. He remained 
 on the same until 1886, when he purchased a 
 place in what is called the upper village, and 
 moved there, making it his home at the present 
 time. He has been very successful in his chosen 
 vocation, and is now in the possession of a well- 
 earned competence, the result of his own skill, 
 industry, and perseverance, and can look back 
 upon a well-spent life, conscious of never hav- 
 ing done an intentional wrong to anyone. He 
 was married in i860 to Jane C, daughter of 
 Rufus Noyes of Landaff, N. H. The beloved 
 wife and mother passed away at the age of sixty- 
 three, in 1896. Two children were born to them: 
 Charles, who died at the age of twenty-three ; 
 and Amos N., who is now manager of the Bath 
 Lumber Co. of Bath, N. H. Mr. Blandin is a 
 firm Democrat, but does not pose as an office- 
 seeker; however, he has been honored by the 
 office of deputy sheriff, which he has held for 
 eighteen years, and is still the incumbent. 
 
 Amos N. Blandin, the only living son and 
 child of Willis B. Blandin, was born in East 
 Landaff ("now Easton), Sept. 6, 1864, and re^ 
 ceived his preliminary education in the -public 
 schools of Bath, and in the academy of the same 
 place. He also attended Phillips Exeter Acad- 
 emy of Exeter, N. H., where he fitted for Dart- 
 mouth College, but did not pursue his college 
 education as he first intended. Beginning at the 
 age of fifteen years, he taught five terms in the 
 Bath and Landaff public schools. Completing his 
 education at the £ge of seventeen, he started out 
 to support himself, working on a farm until he 
 had saved a sufficient amount to buy a team of 
 Jiorses. He then bought a wood lot, and carried 
 
 on a lumbering business, at which he was re- 
 markably successful. The field promised so well 
 for a larger outlay of capital than he possessed 
 that he conceived the idea of forming a stock 
 company. It was accordingly formed, and the 
 shares sold; it was known as the Bath Lumber 
 Co., with Edward Woods as president, and our 
 subject as treasurer and manager, a position he 
 now holds. He has characterized his life in the 
 business world by the strictest integrity and hon- 
 esty; his natural aptitude for business has made 
 it possible for him to have attained his present 
 conspicuous position in the community. 
 
 He married Catherine E., daughter of Edward 
 and Mary (Carlton) Woods of Bath; this union 
 has been blessed with one child, Catherine E., 
 who was born Dec. 11, 1892. In politics Mr. 
 Blandin has taken a prominent and noteworthy 
 part; he supports the Democratic party, and has 
 served his town in the capacity of selectman and 
 representative. He was sent as a delegate to the 
 Chicago Convention of 1896, which resulted in 
 the nomination of William J. Bryan of Nebraska. 
 
 EDMUND W. LOCKE, deceased, late a 
 prosperous and leading agriculturist of the town 
 of Alexandria, N. H., was born in the above 
 town, where he passed his whole life, Feb. 13, 
 1843. He is a son of George and Elizabeth 
 (Cheney) Locke, and a grandson of Elijah 
 Locke, a native of Rye, N. H. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was by occupation 
 a farmer, and followed that vocation a greater 
 part of his life in Alexandria. He married Han- 
 nah Sanders, a native of Rye, and to them were 
 born the following children: Betsey, Nancy, 
 Samuel, Benjamin, and George. They were Free 
 Will Baptists in religious belief. 
 
 George Locke, the youngest son of the 
 parental family and the father of our subject, 
 was educated in the schools of Alexandria, and, 
 like his father, also engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits-all his life. He was a leading man in his 
 community and did much to advance the inter- 
 ests of the town and to further its growth. He 
 was a stanch Democrat. His wife, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of David and Anna Cheney of Bristol, 
 N. H., bore him the following named children: 
 
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 David; Nancy; Abigail; Mary; Elizabeth; Sarah; 
 Leonard; and Edmund W., who is the only one 
 now living. They were members and attendants 
 of the Congregational Church. The father died 
 Nov. 20, 1882, and the mother Jan. 30, 1890. 
 
 Edmund W. Locke after completing his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Alexandria, his native 
 town, turned his whole and undivided attention 
 to farming life and was considered a very pros- 
 perous man. He was kind-hearted and very 
 obliging to his neighbors, who sorely felt the 
 loss of such a man. He was a stanch Demo- 
 crat, and served as road surveyor for a number 
 of years, and was also a member of the school 
 board. 
 
 March 3, 1870, he married Susan Smith, 
 daughter of Ransom R. and Mary (Colburn) 
 Smith, whose sketch appears in this book under 
 the title of Clarence A. Smith. His death took 
 place Dec. 30,-1891. His widow still survives, 
 and is living at Bristol, N. H., and is a member 
 of the Baptist Church, as was her husband when 
 living:. 
 
 HON. CHARLES E. DRURY, superintend- 
 ent of the Bath Lumber Co., is the son of Moses 
 W. and Caroline (Merrill) Drury, grandson of 
 Windsor and Clara (Kendall) Drury, and great- 
 grandson of Maj. Buckminister Drury. The lat- 
 ter received his military title from his official 
 connection with the State militia, in which he 
 was always actively interested. He also served 
 in the Revolution. 
 
 Windsor Drury was born in Landaff, N. H., 
 where he was reared and educated; he bought a 
 farm near the old homestead, where he carried 
 on farming operations thoughout his life. His 
 wife, Clara Kendall, bore him a family of four 
 children: Windsor, Jr., Sarah (Brooks), Louisa, 
 and Moses W. 
 
 Moses Webster Drury, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Landaff, and passed the years 
 of his minority there. He learned the trade of a 
 millwright, and at the age of twenty-one went to 
 Northfield, Mass., prosecuting his chosen trade. 
 He always followed his trade, and was not turned 
 aside by glittering prospects in other lines. After 
 a four years' residence in Northfield he changed 
 
 his residence to Turner Falls, where he lived till 
 he died at the age of forty. His partner though 
 life's joys and sorrows was Caroline Merrill, who 
 departed this life and rejoined her husband in 
 the world beyond at the age of sixty-three. They 
 reared four children, who were as follows: Alice 
 (Shattuck) of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charles E., the 
 subject of this sketch; Josie of Keene, N. H. ; 
 Flavia (Splan) of Bellows Falls, Vt. 
 
 Hon. Charles E. Drury was born in that part 
 of Landaff that is now known as Easton, April 
 4, 1859. His education was very limited, being 
 thrown upon his own resources at the age of 
 eleven years. At that tender age he hired out 
 on a farm for two years, at the expiration of 
 which period he began to follow the milling busi- 
 ness, working in the mills near home for a time ; 
 after a few years spent in Massachusetts he re- 
 turned to his native town, and in 1878 began 
 milling on his own account. He necessarily 
 started in on a small scale, but gradually in- 
 creased his facilities, until he had built up a large 
 and prosperous business, which he disposed of 
 in 1890, and came to Bath, where he soon after, 
 with A. N. Blandin, built the mills of the Bath 
 Lumber Co., with which he has since been asso- 
 ciated as superintendent, besides owning consid- 
 erable stock. 
 
 Mr. Drury was joined in the holy bond of mar- 
 riage in 1878 with Julia A., daughter of Lindsey 
 Whitcomb of Bethlehem, N. H. This union has 
 been blessed with four children, namely: Vera, 
 Mabel, Ray, and Flora. Our subject's political 
 attachments are found in the National party; 
 previous to the time when he supported the cause 
 of temperance with his vote, as well as with his 
 influence, he was a Democrat in his principles. 
 In his native town of Landaff he served on the 
 school board at two different times in the ca- 
 pacity of chairman of that body. He was elected 
 to that position on the Democratic ticket. In 
 1889-90 he represented his town on the Prohibi- 
 tion ticket in the State Legislature; he is now 
 chairman of the school board of Bath, elected 
 on the Independent ticket. He has also been an 
 efficient highway surveyor and a surveyor of 
 lumber. 
 
 In 1894 a campaign paper was started in the 
 town of Bath for local purposes; the editor and 
 the printer- of the same remained but a few 
 months. In order to maintain the public enter- 
 
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 prise Mr. Drury bought the plant, and has con- 
 tinued the publication of the sheet, acting as 
 manager and editor. The paper is known as the 
 Bath Contest, and is devoted to forwarding the 
 good cause of temperance. Our subject is a 
 member in good standing of the M. E. Church, 
 and is interested in all of its good work. Al- 
 though not having had the advantages usually 
 afforded the youth of this country, he has ob- 
 tained a good general education by his system- 
 atic habits of reading. He is well posted on all 
 subjects that form the theme in educated circles. 
 His record is worth)' of emulation as a self-made 
 man; he is admired by all for his clear-headed 
 business ability, and strict and unflinching in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 GILBERT A. BULLOCK, deceased, late a 
 prominent leading merchant of Alexandria, N. 
 H, was born in the above town, Dec. 26, 1846. 
 He is a son of Ariel K. and Orpha (Simonds) 
 Bullock, and grandson of Hezekiah and Mary 
 (Martin) Locke. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of the 
 town of Grafton, N. H., and followed farming all 
 his life in that town. His wife bore him six chil- 
 dren, as follows: Ariel, Gilbert, Martin, Lydia, 
 Sabra, and Pluma. They were Methodists in 
 their religious belief. 
 
 Ariel Bullock, the eldest son, was educated in 
 the schools of Grafton, and then turned his at- 
 tention to pursuits of agriculture, which he fol- 
 lowed all his life in Grafton and Alexandria, 
 where he died about the year 1882. He was a 
 stanch supporter of the principles advocated by 
 the Republican party. His wife, Orpha, was a 
 daughter of Timothy and Abigail Simonds of 
 Alexandria, and to them were born five chil- 
 dren: Kendrick, George, Mary E., Gilbert, and 
 Hezekiah. They were members of the M. E. 
 Church. Our subject's mother died in the year 
 1877. Gilbert A. Bullock, the subject of this 
 sketch, was educated in the schools of Alex- 
 andria and of Manchester, N. H., and after com- 
 pleting his education clerked several years in 
 Concord, N. H, and then went to Holyokc, 
 Mass., in the same capacity, remaining there 
 four years, after which he came to Alexandria, 
 N. H., and for ten years, until 1883, was farming 
 
 in that town. In that year he entered upon gen- 
 eral mercantile business, and was engaged in 
 that branch of industry for about three years, 
 selling out at last to J. F. Phillips, and retiring 
 on account of his failing health, and still retain- 
 ing the farm. He was a very prominent man, 
 prosperous and successful in business and uni- 
 versally liked by all who had the pleasure of his 
 acquaintance, for his honest and charitable deal- 
 ings in whatever work he was engaged. Politi- 
 cally he was a firm Republican, and held the 
 office of town treasurer for several years. In the 
 M. E. Church of Alexandria he was a trustee 
 for many years and a leader in all the good work 
 done by that organization. His much-lamented 
 death took place Nov. 11, 1886. 
 
 In 1 87 1 he contracted a marriage with Clara 
 A. Gale, daughter of Luke and Louisa (Perkins) 
 Gale, and of this union the sole issue was a 
 daughter, Eva L., born Aug. 10, 1874. The 
 mother and daughter are prominently connected 
 in the Methodist Church of Alexandria. In 1888 
 Mrs. Bullock was elected librarian by the trus- 
 tees of the Haynes Free Public Library, and has 
 since held that position. 
 
 EBEN T. BAILEY, a leading agriculturist of 
 the town of Alexandria, was born in the above 
 town, March 28, 1827, and is a son of John and 
 Rachel (Haines) Bailey, and a grandson of 
 George Bailey. The grandfather of our subject, 
 a native of the Granite State, was a cooper by 
 trade and followed that in connection with farm- 
 ing all his life. He is an adherent of the Demo- 
 cratic party, and was liberal in his religious be- 
 lief. He reared four children: George, Rebecca, 
 William, and John. 
 
 John Bailey was educated in the schools of 
 Newbury, Vt, and followed the same calling as 
 his father, in Alexandria, being a cooper and far- 
 mer. His wife, Rachel, is a daughter of James 
 Haines of Sanbornton, N. H. To them were 
 born five children: Warren, Lydia, Rufus, Re- 
 becca, and Eben T. 
 
 Eben T. Bailey was educated in the schools of 
 Alexandria, and when a young man learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, and supported himself five 
 years at that calling. He then turned to agricul- 
 tural pursuits and purchased a farm of 160 acres 
 
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 in 1850, and has ever since engaged in farming; 
 he is a stanch Democrat and has held the office 
 of collector of taxes one year. 
 
 In 1849 he was J ome d m matrimony with 
 Louise Ackerman, daughter of Joseph and Sarah 
 Ackerman of Farmington, N- H., and to them 
 were born two children: Frank L., who mar- 
 ried Mary A. Darling of Malone, N. Y., and has 
 one child, Mary F.; and Emma R., who married 
 Orrin S. Gale of Alexandria, N. H., and has two 
 children: Shirley and Angie L. The family at- 
 tend the Union Church of Alexandria, N. H. 
 
 MOSES F WILBUR. Among the hotels 
 located north of Concord in New Hampshire, 
 there are few that equal in appointments and ser- 
 vice the Hotel Bristol, of the town of that name; 
 and great credit is due to Mr. Wilbur, the subject 
 of this sketch, for the splendid manner in which 
 he conducts it, and for its high place in the esti- 
 mation of the traveling public. It is commodious 
 and roomy, and will accommodate 100 guests; 
 it is fitted with all the modern improvements, 
 such as steam heat, electric lights, and bells, and 
 has a first-class livery and laundry in connection 
 with it. It is situated twelve miles north of 
 Franklin, N. H, and is only about a five min- 
 utes' walk from the Boston & Maine R. R. Sta- 
 tion, while about two miles to the north is one 
 of the finest summer resorts in New Hampshire, 
 New Found Lake. 
 
 Moses F. Wilbur was born in Fremont, Rock- 
 ingham Co., N. H, May 15, 1854, and is a son 
 of Warren and Sarah (Sanborn) Wilbur, and 
 grandson of Rev. Warren Wilbur. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather was a native of New 
 Hampshire, and after completing his education, 
 which was obtained in the district schools of v his 
 native town, engaged in pastoral work, as a min- 
 ister of the Methodist faith. After several years, 
 he relinquished that line of work and followed 
 the trade of a shoemaker for a short time, and 
 later engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he 
 followed as long as his years and health would 
 permit in the town of Fremont, N. H. He was 
 twice married. By his first marriage he became 
 the parent of four children: Mary; Betsey; 
 Louise; and Warren, Jr., the father of the sub- 
 
 ject of this sketch. His second union resulted in 
 the birth of three children: Sylvester, Benson, 
 and Angeline. 
 
 Warren Wilbur was born in Fremont, N. H, 
 March 25, 1826, and secured a district school 
 education in the schools of that place, and then 
 turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
 which he followed all of the active period of his 
 life, living his last years in Bristol, N. H. He 
 was a Democrat politically. He married Sarah, 
 daughter of John S. Sanborn of Fremont, N. H, 
 and to them were given eight children: Huldah 
 S. married Daniel B. Burley of Fremont, N. H., 
 and has one child, Fred; John W. married Tavia 
 Moulton of Bristol, N. H., and has one child, 
 Harry J.; Moses, the subject of this sketch; Os- 
 man S. married Vira Norris of Hill, N. H; Frank 
 W. married Mamie Emerson; Charles E. mar- 
 ried Jennie Nickerson of Cape Cod, Mass., and 
 has two children, Pearl and Hattie; George M. 
 married Jennie Clement of East Hiram, N. H. ; 
 and Hattie B., the youngest of the family. They 
 favored the M. E. Church. Warren Wilbur died 
 March, 1895. 
 
 Our subject received his education in the dis- 
 trict and high schools of Bristol, and then 
 learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, which 
 he followed three years, when he engaged in job 
 teaming for ten years. Fie then engaged in the 
 livery business in Bristol, which he still con- 
 tinues. In 1889 he purchased the Hotel Bristol 
 of Bristol, N. H., and has given his best efforts 
 to give it a prominent place among the hostel- 
 ries of the State, and has met with abundant suc- 
 cess, which is measured by the large patronage 
 he has from the traveling public, who like to 
 stop there, sure of obtaining the very best of 
 accommodations. He is a Democrat, and has 
 held the office of sheriff four years, road agent 
 five years. Socially he is a Mason, and belongs 
 to Bristol Lodge, No. 79, of Bristol, N. H.; St. 
 Omer Chapter of Franklin, N. H. He is also a 
 member of the I. O. O. F.. Cardigan Lodge, No. 
 38, of Bristol. 
 
 Jan. 17, 1874, he was joined in the bonds <>f 
 matrimony with Kate E. Sanborn, daughter of 
 James T. and Sarah (Moulton) Sanborn of Bris- 
 tol, a. H. To our subject and his wife has been 
 born one child, Mabel L., born Sept. 16, 1881. 
 The family are regular attendants of the Congre- 
 gational Church of Bristol, N. H. 
 
IRVING B. ANDREWS. 
 
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 IRVING B. ANDREWS, a well-to-do citizen 
 of Lisbon, N. H., who has been very successful 
 in his business of lumber manufacturing, was 
 born in Orange, N. H., Nov. 29, 1857. He is a 
 son of Benjamin F. and Abbie (Sanborn) An- 
 drews, and grandson of Samuel Andrews. 
 
 Samuel Andrews was born in Sutton, N. H., 
 and was engaged in farming during the active 
 period of his life in the town of Orange, N. H.; 
 he was a leader in town affairs in his time. He 
 was a firm Republican, and represented the town 
 of Orange in the New Hampshire Legislature; 
 he was also selectman and justice of the peace. 
 He married a Miss Fowler, who ,was born in 
 Sutton, N. H., and to them were born a large 
 family of children, of whom Mrs. Tenny and 
 Benjamin F. Andrews, the father of our subject, 
 are the only ones living. 
 
 Benjamin F. Andrews was born in Sutton, 
 X. H., March, 1827, and was educated in the 
 schools of his neighborhood. When a young 
 man he moved to Orange, N. H., where he en- 
 gaged in the lumber business; later on he was 
 in Canaan, N. H., in the same work. About 
 1890 he came to Lisbon, where he is now living 
 in retirement. His wife was a daughter of Jona- 
 than Sanborn of Canaan, N. H.; she bore him 
 four children: Delbert O. married Ida Whittier 
 pf Enfield, N. H., and has one child, Ernest; 
 Ralza E., a Congregational minister of Ban- 
 gor, N. Y., married Clara Fernald of Canaan, 
 N. H., and has three children, Lela, Ethel, and 
 B. Fay; Ella D. married L. W. Cheney of Man- 
 chester, N. H., and has one child, Lera. The 
 fourth child is Irving B., the subject of this 
 sketch. Mrs. Andrews died in 1892. They were 
 Congregationalists in matters of church attend- 
 ance. Benjamin F. Andrews represented the 
 town of Orange in the Legislature and served in 
 other town offices; served several years as select- 
 man. 
 
 Irving B. Andrews was educated in the district 
 schools of Orange, N. H., and took a higher 
 course at the academy of Canaan Street. Later 
 on he went through New Hampton Institute, 
 and graduated in 1875. After his graduation he 
 spent a short time in Colorado, returning east 
 to go into the lumber business with his father 
 in Canaan, N. H. In 1890 he came to Lisbon, 
 N. H., where he is engaged in manufacturing 
 lumber for the wholesale trade, shipping to the 
 
 eastern markets — Boston, Springfield, and Low- 
 ell, Mass., and other New England points. He 
 owns and operates two saw and dressing mills, 
 one in Franconia and one in Easton, N. H. He 
 is also one of the directors of the Parker & 
 Young Manufacturing Co. of Lisbon. He is a 
 stanch Republican, and is at present a member 
 of the school board of Lisbon. Mr. Andrews 
 was married April, 1880, to C. Ella Knowlton, a 
 daughter of Col. James S. Knowlton of Dan- 
 bury, N. H. They had one child, Lyle S. J., born 
 Feb. 27, 1881. 
 
 in 1891 he was united in the bonds of matri- 
 mony with Miss Lilla Davis, daughter of George 
 W. Davis of Canaan, N. H. Mrs. Andrews is a 
 graduate of Tilton Seminary, in the Class- of 
 1889. Our subject's nuptials have been blessed 
 with the birth of three children: Neal D., born 
 May 15, 1892; Laurence, Nov. 23, 1893; and 
 George I., Dec. 20, 1895. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Andrews are members of the Congregational 
 Church; Mr. Andrews is a trustee of the Con- 
 gregational Society. 
 
 As a prominent citizen, and largely interested 
 in manufacturing, we present Mr. Andrews's 
 portrait on a preceding page. 
 
 JAMES GORDON, a prosperous farmer and 
 carpenter of Woodsville, N. H., was born in 
 Shipton, Province of Quebec, Dec. 24, 1844, and 
 is a son of John and Rhoda (Pope) Gordon, the 
 former a farmer of Scotland, and the latter a 
 native of Wheelock, Vt. 
 
 John Gordon came to this country from Scot- 
 land, when a young man, with all the push and 
 energy of his native land, with the bright pros- 
 pect of a promising future to lure him on. He 
 was educated in the schools of his native coun- 
 try, and learned the trade of a baker, which he 
 followed until forty years of age, when he turned 
 his attention to the pursuit of agriculture, which 
 he followed the remainder of the active period of 
 his life. He served in the British Army. His 
 wife, Rhoda Pope, bore him ten children, five of 
 whom are now living: Theodora, Lorin, Fred- 
 erick, Mary Ann; and James, the subject of this 
 memoir. In his religious views he sided with 
 the Established Church of England. He died 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 about the year 1876. His wife, the beloved 
 mother of his children,, preceded him in 1872. 
 
 James Gordon was educated under the 
 Queen's Government in the schools of Shipton, 
 Province of Quebec, removing to this country 
 at the age of eighteen, and ever afterwards mak- 
 ing the United States his home. At first he 
 worked in several different localities, but finally 
 settled down in Woodsville, N. H., where he 
 bought a farm, working at his trade of carpen- 
 tering in the fall and winter, and cultivating his 
 farm the rest of the year. He devotes his ex- 
 cellent farm of about fifty acres principally to the 
 raising of hay. In politics he is a Democrat, and 
 is a hard worker in the interests of that party, 
 but has never sought an office at its disposal. 
 He has been united in marriage twice. His first 
 wife he married in 1873; her name was Eva 
 Burt of Wells River; she died in 1876. In 1877 
 he formed a second union with Jennie, daughter 
 of Samuel and Gracia (Eames) Hancock of 
 Woodsville, N. H, and by this second union 
 have been born three children: Leslie J., Nina 
 J., and Harold. They are regular attendants- of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Z. N. HUTCHINS, the efficient and popular 
 bookkeeper of the Bath Lumber Co., is a son of 
 William V. and Martha (Newell) Hutchins, and 
 grandson of James and Jane (Reed) Hutchins. 
 James Hutchins spent the most of his life in the 
 town of Bath, in what is called the Upper Vil- 
 lage, where he carried on a general mercantile 
 business. He was a leading man of the town, 
 and served officially in various capacities; he 
 was endowed with an uncommonly good intellect 
 and common sense, and was often sought for 'ad- 
 vice. He married Jane Reed, who died at the 
 age of eighty-nine. They ' reared a family of 
 eight children. The eldest child, William V., the 
 father of our subject, was born in Bath, where he 
 was also reared and educated. Being of a busi- 
 ness turn of mind, like his father, he also en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business. He was quite 
 fortunate in his enterprises, and was enabled to 
 build the old brick store, and the stone resi- 
 dence now known as the Old Stone House, built 
 in 1836, that still grace the streets of Bath. The 
 mercantile business claimed his attention until 
 
 1848; from that time until his death he was not 
 engaged in any particular business of an estab- 
 lished nature. His wife, Martha Newell, bore 
 him five children: Martha N.; James R. ; Will- 
 iam W.; Jane; and Zebina N., the subject of this 
 sketch. They were orthodox in their religious 
 views. William V. Hutchins was an old line 
 Whig, and served as town clerk for twenty-five 
 years to the general satisfaction of everyone. 
 
 Zebina N. Hutchins was born Nov. 6, 183 1, in 
 the town of Bath, N. H. His education was con- 
 fined to what the public schools of his native 
 town could furnish him. When nineteen years 
 of age he began life's struggles; the first three 
 years, when he depended on his own labor for 
 daily bread, were spent in Boston at work. Re- 
 turning to Bath, he lived there until 1856, when 
 he went west, remaining in the new countries un- 
 til i86i,when he again returned toBath, where he 
 has made his residence ever since. The few years 
 previous to 1892 he was engaged with the Easton 
 Lumber Co.; since that time he has been asso- 
 ciated with the Bath Lumber Co., in the capacity 
 of bookkeeper. Our subject is very well liked; 
 his genial, warm-hearted nature cannot help but 
 win him friends. 
 
 He was married, in 1863, to Emily P. Hibbard 
 of Bath, who has borne him six children, five of 
 whom are living; the record is as follows: Helen 
 (deceased), Emily R., Martha, Grace E., Lena, 
 and Annabel H. Mr. Hutchins is proud of his 
 family and has good reason to be so, for the 
 equals of his daughters in intellectual abilities are 
 not often found. He is a Republican, and has 
 served the town as its treasurer. 
 
 HORACE F. DEMING, the leading general 
 merchant of the village of Swiftwater, town of 
 Bath, was born in Landaff, N. H., Jan. 8, 1857; 
 his parents were Harvey Deming of Bath and 
 Mary F. Elliott of Landaff, N. H. Baxter Dem- 
 ing, the grandfather of our subject, was a native 
 of the town of Bath, receiving his education in 
 the schools of that locality. He was an agricul- 
 turist, and followed his vocation all his life, util- 
 izing the otherwise dull winter season in a profit- 
 able manner by engaging in the lumbering busi- 
 ness, whenever his farm duties would permit.. 
 He was a loyal supporter of the Whig party, and 
 
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 later on became a Republican; in his day there 
 were few men in his vicinity who were considered 
 as prominent and respected. He married Elenor 
 Chamberlain, who was born in Bath, and to them 
 was born a large family of children, among 
 whom, Harvey, the father of Horace F., was one 
 of the oldest. In religious views, our subject's 
 grandparents were Congregationalists. 
 
 Harvey Deming was born on the farm, located 
 in the western part of the town of Bath, which is 
 now owned by his son, Ira E., an older brother 
 of our subject. Born June 13, 1829, his youthful 
 years were spent in much the same way as those 
 of any boy, in going to the district school, and 
 in helping in the "chores." Upon arriving at 
 manhood's estate he seriously turned his atten- 
 tion to the pursuit of agriculture, which he as- 
 siduously followed until 1870. He then went to 
 Concord, N. H., and engaged in the meat busi- 
 ness, retraining in the Granite State capital for 
 ten years. He then sold out and returned to 
 Bath, buying the farm, where he was born, and 
 which still remains in the Deming family. In 
 1889 he went to Lisbon, where he purchased a 
 house and lot, and resided until the day of his 
 death, which occurred in the month of January, 
 1892. In early manhood he was joined in mat- 
 rimony with Mary F. Elliott of Landaff, N. H, 
 and to them were born the following children to 
 cheer their declining years: Ira E. ; Horace F. ; 
 Nellie J., deceased; William H.; and Nellie G. 
 They were liberal in their religious views. He 
 was a Republican, but was not an aspirant for 
 popular favor and offices. 
 
 Horace F. Deming received his education in 
 the schools of Landaff and of Concord, and 
 drove the meat wagon for his father in his 
 younger years, while his father kept a meat shop 
 in Concord. In 1876 he returned to Bath, N. H, 
 and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture for six 
 years. He then went to Landaff, N. H., and in 
 1886 moved to Lisbon, N. H, where he worked 
 for the Parker & Young Co., remaining in the 
 employ of that firm until 1891. His next busi- 
 ness venture was in the lumber business in part- 
 nership with his brother; this continued only for 
 a short time, our subject entering the employ of 
 J. K. Atwood of Lisbon, working in a bobbin 
 mill until 1895. He then moved to Swiftwater, 
 N. H, purchased the store and stock of G. B. 
 Noyes's estate, where he has since been success- 
 
 fully engaged in a general mercantile business. 
 His strict integrity and courteous dealings with 
 his patrons have built up for him more than any- 
 thing else an enviable country trade. Although 
 he is a stanch Republican, yet his marked busi- 
 ness ability and prominence in the community 
 caused his appointment by a Democratic admin- 
 istration, July 20, 1895, to the Federal office of 
 postmaster, a position he still retains. 
 
 March 15, 1882, he was joined in the bonds of 
 matrimony to Ella Williams, daughter of Lo- 
 renzo D. and Susan (Scales) Williams of Lan- 
 daff, N. H, and their nuptials have been blessed 
 by the birth of three children, namely : Florence 
 M., born Feb. 11, 1883; Mabel Marjorie, June 
 30, 1885; and Maud S., Sept. 19, 1888. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Deming are faithful attendants of the M. E. 
 Church of Swiftwater, N. H. 
 
 JOHN A. FAVOR, proprietor of a first-class 
 livery of Bristol, N. H., was born in Weare, this 
 State, March 15, 1862, and is'a son of Almon M., 
 and Mary (Beede) Favor, and grandson of Will- 
 iam Favor. 
 
 William Favor was a native of Weare and a 
 farmer by occupation. In his political belief he 
 is a stanch Democrat. He married Betsey 
 Worthley of the town of Weare, and to them 
 were born the following children: Almon M.; 
 Nathan; Orrin C; Asa; John B.; and one who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Almon M. Favor secured his education in the 
 schools of his native town of Weare, and fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits all the active years 
 of his life in that town. Like his father he was 
 a Democrat. He married Mary R. Beede, 
 daughter of Taylor Beede of Hebron, N. H., and 
 became the parent of six children: John A.; 
 Oreste G. ; Anson L.; Lucy M.; Sylvia A.; and 
 Willie B., deceased. Our subject's parents were 
 members of the M. E. Church. 
 
 John A. Favor, the subject of this sketch, was 
 educated in the schools of Hebron, N. H, and at 
 New Hampton Institute of New Hampton, and 
 after completing his education worked as a ma- 
 chine hand in a paper-mill for ten years; he then 
 located in Bristol, N. H, buying out the livery 
 business of La Forest Ballou, and has since con- 
 
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 tinued in that line of business, which he has 
 found very profitable. He has a fine assortment 
 of horses and carriages, and has both night and 
 day employees for the accommodation of his 
 numerous patrons. His business is conducted in 
 a thoroughly systematic manner, and he is very 
 popular with those who have occasion to deal 
 with him. 
 
 In 1890 he married Nora V. Griffith of Bristol, 
 N. H, and their union has been blessed with one 
 child, Corinne, born Oct. 31, 1895. He is a Re- 
 publican in politics, and he and his wife are at- 
 tendants and loyal supporters of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 JOHN F. MORSE, a leading member of the 
 . agricultural calling of the town of Bath, N. H, is 
 the son of Moses N. Morse, grandson of Stephen 
 Morse, and great-grandson of James Morse. 
 
 Stephen Morse was born in Old Haverhill, 
 Mass., in 1750, and came to Haverhill, N. H, in 
 1796. He was an expert carpenter and joiner 
 by trade, recognizing few members of that trade 
 as his superiors. He made carpentry work the 
 main source of his income throughout his life, 
 although owning and operating a farm, after his 
 removal to Haverhill. His death occurred in 
 1836. He married Sarah Bayley, who was 
 ushered into this world in 1750, departing it in 
 1825. They were both conscientious members 
 of >the Congregational Church, and were ever 
 ready with the best of their means in aiding a 
 worthy cause. Mr. Morse was a deacon for a 
 number of years. He served the town officially 
 for many years as the town collector. Seven chil- 
 dren owe their being to this union: Elizabeth 
 N., Stephen B., Sally, Moses N., Joseph, Clar- 
 issa, and Sophia. 
 
 The second son of Stephen Morse, Moses N., 
 was born in 1784, in Newbury port, and came to 
 Haverhill, N. H, with his parents. The first 
 few years of his school life were spent in the 
 schools of Newburyport; he finished his educa- 
 tion in the educational institutions of Haver- 
 hill. At an early age he adopted his 
 father's trade, and followed it steadily during 
 his younger days. He succeeded to the owner- 
 ship of the homestead, and lived on it, engaged 
 in pursuits of an agricultural nature for the most 
 
 part until his death, in 1859. In politics he was 
 an old line Whig, and supported its candidates 
 and tenets with hearty enthusiasm. He married 
 Hannah G., daughter of John Sanborn of Haver- 
 hill, N. H. She was born in 1786, and passed 
 away to the blissful realms beyond the grave in 
 1861. They were Congregationalists in religious 
 belief. Their children numbered ten, and were 
 as follows: Alden E.; Mary; Hazen S.; Sophia 
 (Barron); Mary A. (Smith); Moses B.; Susan 
 K. (Carleton); Hannah S.; Stephen S.; and John 
 F., the subject of this brief memoir, 
 
 John F. Morse was born June 8, 1828, on the 
 old homestead in the town of Haverhill, N. H, 
 and received his mental training in his native 
 town. A short period after the completion of 
 his education was spent in Hopkinton, Mass., 
 where he received word of his parents' failing 
 health, and with true filial piety returned to ease 
 their last moments. 
 
 He was married, in 1850, to Ruby, daughter of 
 Carleton Johnson of Bath, N. H. She was taken 
 from him three years after, in 1853, at the age of 
 twenty-two. In 1854 he was again joined in mar- 
 riage, the bride being Susan W. Johnson, a sister 
 of his former spouse. He was engaged wholly in 
 agricultural pursuits until 1869, when he moved 
 to Lisbon, N. H., and followed trading for fifteen 
 years. In 1882 he changed his residence to a 
 fine farm in Bath, which he has since cultivated 
 with the greatest degree of success. 
 
 He is a Republican and takes a personal inter- 
 est in local affairs; he has never chosen to run 
 for any office in the gift of his towns-people. 
 
 Two children have been born to him, both of 
 them boys. Harry M. was reared and educated in 
 Lisbon, and studied law under Judge Rand; his 
 residence is in Littleton, N. H. He married 
 Helen Oaks. Frank O. also passed his youthful 
 days in Lisbon, and is now engaged as clerk in 
 the Bay State National Bank of Lawrence, Mass. 
 He married Mary E. Stearns, and has two chil- 
 dren by this marriage: Susan and Stearns. 
 
 Fortune has treated Mr. Morse very kindly; 
 he has a large farm of excellent quality, and well 
 adapted for general farming. He is a good, up- 
 right citizen, and always has the welfare of 
 the town at heart. He has won golden opinions 
 of all men for his almost faultless bearing in all 
 matters, whether private, social, religious, or 
 political. 
 
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 329 
 
 JOHN A. FULLER, postmaster and a lead- 
 ing general merchant of Lyman, N. H., was born 
 in Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865; he is a son 
 of George and Angenette (Ruggles) Fuller, and 
 a grandson of John Puller. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather married Eleanor 
 Hartshorn, and to them were born five children : 
 John L., George, Henry A., Charles, and Albert. 
 They were Congregationalists in religious be- 
 lief. 
 
 George Fuller, after the completion of a com- 
 mon school education in the schools of West 
 Dedham, engaged in the manufacture of furni- 
 ture, but later transferred his attention to under- 
 taking, which he worked at the greater portion 
 of his period of active work. Both Dedham and 
 Franklin, Mass., were places of his residence at 
 different portions of his career. He was a strong 
 Republican politically. His wife was a daugh- 
 ter of Oliver and Lucinda Jilson (Cobb) Rug- 
 gles, both natives of Wrentham, Mass. In 
 George Fuller's family there were the following 
 children: George O.; Charles H; Ida A.; Bertha 
 M.; Nelson ].; Emma R.; Mary, deceased; Liz- 
 zie; and two, who died in infancy. They were 
 faithful attendants of the Congregational Church. 
 
 John A. Fuller completed his education in the 
 High School of Wrentham, and then worked in 
 the furniture and undertaking business in Frank- 
 lin for two years, after which he was employed 
 by the O. M. Bassett Co. of Franklin, Mass., in 
 their straw hat factory for two years. Next, in 
 company with his brother, Charles H. Fuller, 
 he started an express business in Pawtucket, R. 
 L, and ran it for one year, selling out to Aldrich 
 & Lathem, for whom he managed the business 
 for three years. He was then employed by the 
 H. G. Aldrich Express Co. for one year, and 
 worked for the Pawtucket Street R. R. as one 
 of its conductors for three years and a half. In 
 1892 he moved to the town of Lyman, N. H., 
 where he engaged in the mercantile business, 
 which he has managed to make quite profitable. 
 In 1893 he was appointed by President Cleveland 
 postmaster of Lyman, a position he has held with 
 the greatest credit to himself and to the general 
 public. He has ever made it a point to be ac- 
 commodating in all his dealings with his patrons 
 and the public, and in this way we may account 
 for his great popularity and the esteem in which 
 he is held. He is a Republican, but such is the 
 
 measure of respect in which he is held, that he 
 was helped to the position by some of the lead- 
 ing Democrats of the town. He is a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias organization of Paw- 
 tucket, R. I., and also belongs to Lyman 
 Grange, No. 237. 
 
 On Oct. 5, 1886, his nuptials with Emilie R. 
 Woolson of Lyman were consummated. She is 
 a daughter of Charles and Alzina (Bishop) Wool- 
 son, both of whom were born in the town of Lis- 
 bon, N. H. Two children have blessed our sub- 
 ject's marriage: John A., Jr., born Nov. 14, 
 1887; and Howard E., July 12, 1892. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fuller attend the Union Church of Lyman, 
 N. H. 
 
 FRANK K. WOODMAN, now in the em- 
 ploy of A. N. Blandin of Bath, N. H, was born 
 in the above-mentioned town, Aug. 24, 1863, 
 and is a son of Kimball F. and Susan H. 
 (Hutchins) Woodman, whose sketch may be 
 found on another page, grandson of Nathaniel 
 and Betsey (Kimball) Woodman, and great- 
 grandson of Jacob Woodman, who was an Eng- 
 lish emigrant. He made his home in Durham, 
 Mass., where he cultivated a large farm; he re- 
 ceived the rank and commission of colonel for 
 services in the War of 181 2. Nathaniel Wood- 
 man, his son, was a currier and a shoemaker by- 
 trade, also operating a farm. He finally became 
 a resident of Bath, after living a time at West 
 Thornton. Kimball F. Woodman, our subject's 
 father, has been engaged the most of his active 
 life in the manufacture of wagon and sleigh 
 stock, such as spokes, hubs, felloes, and similar 
 articles. Of late, however, because of failing 
 health, he has devoted his attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the public schools 
 of Bath, N. H, going from there to assume a 
 position as clerk in a hotel at Wells River, Vt, 
 He remained there three years in that capacity, 
 and then went to Woodsville, N. H, where he 
 accepted a iiKe position in the hotel. This posi- 
 tion he held down with satisfaction for four years 
 when he went to the Upper Village of the town 
 of Bath, in 1886, and has since, been in the em- 
 ploy of A. N. Blandin of the Bath Lumber Co. 
 He has been engaged in general farm work. He 
 
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 married Catherine M., daughter of Simon and 
 Catherine (McMorin) Beattie. Mrs. Woodman's 
 parents were both natives of Scotland. Arthur 
 B. Woodman is the only child of our subject; he 
 was born Aug. 19, 1889, and is now attending 
 school. In his political preferences Mr. Wood- 
 man is a pronounced Democrat, and never loses 
 any legitimate opportunity to benefit the party 
 of his choice. In their religious views Mr. Wood- 
 man and wife have leanings toward the Congre- 
 gational Church, and may be found among its 
 regular attendants and stanch supporters. So- 
 cially Mr. Woodman belongs to Concordia 
 Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., of Lisbon; and Court 
 Parker Lodge, Independent Order of Foresters, 
 also of Lisbon, N. H. Both he and his wife are 
 members of the Gertrude Belle Lyman Lodge, 
 Xo. 36, Rebeccas. Mr. Woodman has also taken 
 the Encampment degrees, I. O. O. F. 
 
 DANIEL J. WHITCHER, an extensive lum- 
 ber dealer of Easton, N. H., was born in the 
 town of Landaff, N. H., Feb. 2, 1849; ne is a son 
 of Samuel and Emily (Quimby) Whitcher, and 
 grandson of William and Mary (Noyes) 
 Whitcher. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was born May 
 2 3> l 7%2» and settled in Benton, N. H., when he 
 took upon himself the responsibility of his own 
 support; he engaged in farming and lumbering, 
 and followed those occupations all his life. His 
 wife, with whom he was joined in marriage Feb. 
 15, 1807, was a daughter of Samuel Noyes of 
 Landaff, N. H. ; she bore him the large family of 
 sixteen children: Moses, born Dec. 26, 1807 
 William, Dec. 26, 1808; Amos, May 18, 1810 
 Louisa, Dec. 22, 181 1; Winthrop C, Feb. 18 
 1813; Samuel, Aug. 24, 1814; Ira, Dec. 2, 181 5 
 Sarah, May 25, i8r7; Hannah, April 4, 1819 
 James, Oct. 1, 1820; Chase, Jan. 20, 1822; Mary 
 Oct. 28, 1823; Susan, May 20, 1825; Daniel, Jan 
 20, 1827; David, June 17, 1828; and Phebe, Feb 
 24, 1831. He was a Baptist in religion, a Dem- 
 ocrat in politics, and held the office of justice of 
 the peace for a number of years. 
 
 Samuel Whitcher was born in Benton, N. H., 
 Aug. 24, 1814, received his education in the 
 schools of his native place, and when he took up 
 
 business for himself, dropped into the same lines 
 in which his father was operating, becoming a 
 farmer and a lumberman, making the town of 
 Landaff his place of residence through the active 
 portion of his life. His wife was a daughter of 
 Joshua and Lydia (Jesseman) Quimby, who 
 were prominent and well known in the town of 
 Lisbon, N. H. Six children were born to our 
 subject's parents, as follows: Lydia E., born 
 June 22,-1841; Betsey S., Feb. 5, 1844; David S., 
 Nov. 30, 1846; Daniel J., the subject of this 
 sketch, born Feb. 2, 1849; Charles O., Nov. 21, 
 1852; and Susan, April 20, 1859. Lydia E. mar- 
 ried W. H. Polley of Quebec, Canada; they had 
 one child, which is now in the regions above; he 
 was named Willie F. Betsey S. married William 
 Kendall of Benton. Charles O. married Josie E. 
 Kimball of Franklin, N. H, and has one child, 
 Kate D. Susan married George H. Clark ot 
 Benton. The father of our subject passed to his 
 reward Oct. 8, 1879. Samuel Whitcher was a 
 Democrat, and a Universalist in his religious 
 views; her death took place May 5, 1888. 
 
 Daniel J. Whitcher was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Landaff and Sanbornton Bridge 
 (now Tilton), finishing in New Hampton Insti- 
 tute, and then worked in the lumbering business 
 for his father for one year. In company with his 
 brother-in-law, William Kendall, whose sketch 
 appears elsewhere in this volume, he started out 
 in business for himself in the town of Landaff, 
 engaging in the lumber business. After dispos- 
 ing of his trade, in 1892, to the Fall Mountain 
 Paper Co., he moved to his present home in 1894. 
 Since that year, in. connection with his farming, 
 he has been engaged in developing a large lum- 
 bering business, which has already rewarded his 
 efforts handsomely. He owns and operates a 
 saw-mill and shingle-mill. His product is sold to 
 the Parker & Young Co., of Lisbon, N. H, be- 
 sides what is sold to the local trade and to Man- 
 chester and Concord. He is a Democrat, and 
 has represented the towns of Landaff and Easton 
 in the legislative halls of Concord, N. H., in 
 1878. He has also served with efficiency as town 
 clerk and treasurer. 
 
 In the month of February, 1894, he was joined 
 in the holy bonds of matrimony to Pheeb P. 
 Whitcher, daughter of Moses and Julia E. (Bran- 
 son) Whitcher. They are liberal in their relig- 
 ious views. 
 
ELBERT HEWITT. 
 
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 331 
 
 ELBERT HEWITT, now a resident of Leb- 
 anon, but until recently a much-respected citizen 
 and farmer of the town of Hanover, N. H., 
 where his farm was located on Prospect Hill, is 
 the son of Lucian and Lucy M. (Bartholomew) 
 Hewitt. 
 
 The first prominent member of the Hewitt 
 family in the Colonies was Col. Henry Hewitt, 
 who was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1705; he 
 married Mercy Graham, granddaughter of John 
 Howland of the Mayflower, whose line runs back 
 to John Denison of County Herts, England, who 
 was born about 1550. 
 
 Increase Hewitt, son of Col. Henry and Mercy 
 (Graham) Hewitt, was the father of Henry 
 Hewitt, who is the grandfather of our subject. 
 Henry Hewitt was born May 25, 1782, and died 
 Oct. 23, 1847. He came from Connecticut as 
 one of the pioneers of the Green Mountain 
 State. He was a powerful man, physically, and 
 was six feet four inches in height. He married 
 Hannah Bugbee, daughter of Abial Bugbee; she 
 was born Sept. 8, 1783, and died Nov. 22, 1858. 
 
 Lucian Hewitt, son of Henry, was a tall, mus- 
 cular man, like his father. He was born in Pom- 
 fret, Vt., Feb. 25, 1814, and died in his sixty-first 
 year in his native town, having lived there all his 
 life, mainly engaged in farming. He was a 
 teacher many years of his life, as were all of his 
 brothers and sisters except one; he was self- 
 taught, and acquired a fine knowledge of algebra 
 all by himself with no instruction; he was reputed 
 to be one of the best mathematicians of the State 
 of Vermont. His teaching extended over a 
 period of forty school terms. He was a Univer- 
 salist in religious belief. His wife, Lucy M. 
 Bartholomew, was the second of seven children 
 born to Luther and Fannie (Fox) Bartholomew. 
 Luther Bartholomew was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion and lived in Barnet, Vt., where he died; he 
 was a member of the M. E. Church; held many 
 offices; was selectman, overseer of the poor, 
 lister, constable, and tax collector. 
 
 Our subject's boyhood days were spent in 
 Pomfret, Vt., where he was born July 30, 1843; 
 he attended the district schools until the out- 
 break of the war, and after his return attended 
 one term at Royalton Academy at Royalton, 
 Vt. April 7, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F., after- 
 wards transferred to Co. A., 17th Reg. U. S. Inf., 
 at West Lebanon, N. H., serving until May 15, 
 
 1864. He was wounded in the left breast at the 
 Second Battle of Bull Run, but would not leave 
 his company until they reached South Mountain 
 and Antietam, in which engagements he partici- 
 pated. He then had typhoid fever, and when he 
 was sickest the army moved, and he was sent to 
 the hospital at Frederick City, and when con- 
 valescent was sent to the convalescent camp 
 near by. When he was strong enough to travel 
 he came home, but was exposed to measles on 
 the way and very nearly died with them. Upon 
 his recovery he was dispatched to Fort Preble, 
 Me., where he received his discharge and came 
 home in May, 1864. Under the influence of 
 home and home comforts he grew so much 
 stronger that in August, 1864, he re-enlisted in 
 Co. C, 6th Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf., and was gone from 
 the State only twenty-four days when he received 
 a wound. He was struck in the face by a piece 
 of a shell, which killed his next comrade and 
 wounded seven others; he was left on the field 
 for dead, but he finally returned to conscious- 
 ness and recovered enough strength to get up 
 and make for the rear. His lower jaw was 
 broken in three places, half of his upper jaw 
 split off, and all the teeth shot out. By the most 
 skillful surgery the flesh from his face was drawn 
 together, making new lips, and the once dreadful- 
 appearing wound is now scarcely noticeable. 
 Three operations were performed on his jaw in 
 the hospital to bring about the desired end. He 
 was mustered out in June, 1865, and came home. 
 By special act of Congress he now receives $40 
 per month as part compensation for his suffer- 
 ings. 
 
 Mr. Hewitt was married Jan. 1, 1867, at Leb- 
 anon, N. H., to Augusta A. Merrill, daughter of 
 Alvin I. and Augusta A. (Wright) Merrill. Two 
 children were born to our subject and his wife. 
 May Augusta married Edwin P. Merrill, and 
 has four children: Alice M., who died in in- 
 fancy; Leland Stanford; Lester Edwin; and 
 Frances A. Charles Elbert married Frances L. 
 Warden; he is in business in Newburgh, N. Y., 
 as an electrical engineer; he is a graduate of 
 Dartmouth College and a post-graduate of Cor- 
 nell University of Ithaca, N. Y. His wife is a 
 daughter of Andrew and Frances L. (Flint) 
 Warden. 
 
 After the war was over our subject lived in 
 Hanover two years, and in Lebanon seven years. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 He is an expert cabinet-maker, and worked one 
 year in Brattleboro in the Estey Organ Shops. 
 In 1875 ne came to Aetna, town of Hanover, 
 and lived there four years. In 1879 he moved to 
 his farm of 100 acres, which he sold, and pur- 
 chased a home on Summer Street, village of 
 Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 On a preceding page will be found a finely 
 finished portrait of Mr. Hewitt. 
 
 JOSHUA NUTTER, a prosperous black- 
 smith and wheelwright, engaged in the manu- 
 facture of heavy wagons, sleighs, etc., in Swift- 
 water, town of Bath, was born in Bath, Nov. 7, 
 1861. His father was Joshua M. Nutter of Ports- 
 mouth, and his mother Sarah Heath of Haver- 
 hill. The Nutter family is of English origin, and 
 is able to trace the line through eight genera- 
 tions, beginning with Elder Hatevil Nutter, who 
 was born in England in 1603, and married Annie 
 
 . The second in the line of descent, Lieut. 
 
 Anthony Nutter, was born in 1630, and married 
 Sarah Langstaff. Hatevil Nutter married Sarah 
 Thurber. John Nutter, born in 1721, married 
 Annie Sims, who was born in 1727; they were 
 married in 1747. John Nutter, Jr., born in 1757, 
 married Elizabeth Dam, who was born in 1758. 
 Joseph Nutter, born in 1787, married Phebe 
 Hoyt, who was born in 1789. The seventh gen- 
 eration is represented in the father of our sub- 
 ject, Joshua M. Nutter, who was born in 1818, 
 and married Sarah Heath, who was born in 1828. 
 Joshua Nutter, the subject of this sketch, and 
 the son of the foregoing couple, is a member 
 of the eighth generation. 
 
 Joseph S. Nutter, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, born in Barnstead, N. H., moved to Ports- 
 mouth, upon the completion of his education in 
 his native town. In New Hampshire's seaport 
 he entered upon a lime, lumber, and wood busi- 
 ness; in the prosecution of his work and in the 
 enlarging of his facilities he purchased and util- 
 ized a wharf. Among the business men of the 
 city he was counted as one of the leaders; he re- 
 tained his prominent place in the world of trade 
 to the very last of his years of activity. His wife, 
 Phebe Hoyt, bore him the following children: 
 Lucy A., Joseph S., Charlotte E., Joshua M., and 
 
 Mary R. They were Universalists in their relig- 
 ious belief. 
 
 Joshua M. Nutter owed his education to the 
 public schools of Portsmouth, N. H.; upon leav- 
 ing school, he clerked in a general merchandise 
 store in his native town. He then went to Bos- 
 ton, Mass., and clerked in a grocery store there, 
 and afterwards in Cambridge of the same State. 
 About 1848 our subject's father moved to New- 
 ington, N. H., bought a farm, and spent the re- 
 mainder of his years in tilling the soil. He affili- 
 ated politically with the Democratic party. He 
 married Sarah Heath, daughter of Isaac and 
 Harriet (Willis) Heath of Haverhill, N. H., and 
 to them were born twelve children, among whom 
 those living to-day are: Joseph M., William S., 
 Sarah H., Joshua, Corinne H., Nathan H., 
 James H. Those deceased number the following 
 five persons: Phebe S., Isaac H., Nathan, Char- 
 lotte P., and McClellan. The family were Uni- 
 tarians in religious belief. 
 
 Joshua Nutter, the subject of this memoir, 
 was furnished with a limited education, acquired 
 in the district schools of Bath, N. H., and 
 learned the blacksmith's trade at an early date of 
 G. W. Libby of Haverhill, but only remained 
 with Mr. Libby four months, and then engaged 
 with Harry Libby of Orford for the following 
 five months. He then, with the experience thus 
 obtained, opened a shop on the site of his pres- 
 ent factory, and there did a thriving business 
 from the first, and never lacked custom. For the 
 first year his work netted him the very comfort- 
 able sum of $700.00, which was considered very 
 good at that time for a country shop. His yearly 
 earnings vary now from $3,500.00 to $4,000.00. 
 His work consists in the manufacture of heavy 
 wagons, sleds, etc., besides what he does in the 
 way of repairs and general blacksmithing; his 
 wagons and sleds have acquired a wide repu- 
 tation for excellence in Grafton Co. and through- 
 out the States of New Hampshire and Vermont. 
 He is a young man of exceptional push and busi- 
 ness enterprise, and a well-merited success has 
 crowned his efforts. 
 
 In August, 1885, he married Mina Prescott, 
 daughter of Asa P. and Ann (Ball) Prescott of 
 Bath, N. H., and to them have been given four 
 children to train and rear; they are: Hortense 
 C; Charlotte G.; Asa P.; and an infant daughter 
 as yet unnamed. The family are Unitarians. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 333 
 
 H( )N. ELKANAH H. GOODNOW, former 
 proprietor and manager of what is now the Fran- 
 conia Inn at Sugar Hill, Lisbon township, N. H., 
 but now retired to the seclusion and quiet of his 
 farm, was born in the town of Lisbon, N. H., 
 May 9, 1840. He is a son of Elliott F. and Per- 
 sis (Morse) Goodnow. 
 
 Abel Goodnow, the grandfather of Elkanah 
 H., was born and lived in the State of Vermont, 
 where he followed the pursuit of agriculture all 
 his life. They raised a large family of children, 
 of whom we are able to state nothing except that 
 Elliott F., the father of our subject, was the 
 youngest of the sons; he was born May 6, 1812, 
 in Windham Co., Vt. 
 
 This son, Elliott F., was educated in the 
 schools of his native town, and was engaged in 
 farming all of his life. He owned and operated 
 a large farm in the town of Lisbon on what is 
 now known as Sugar Hill; among his neighbors 
 he held a high place, and was held in universal 
 esteem. He was a stanch Democrat, but never 
 aspired to any political office, of whatever char- 
 acter. His wife, Persis, was a daughter of Farn- 
 ham Morse of Methuen, Mass.; there were born 
 to them seven children: Maria, Lucetta, Elka- 
 nah H., Abel, Freeman, John, Mvron, and Har- 
 riet. Mr. Goodnow departed this life Dec. 24, 
 1871; his wife survived him about fifteen years, 
 dying Sept. 1, 1886. They were members of the 
 Free Will Baptist Church of Sugar Hill, Lisbon. 
 
 Our subject, after attending the schools of Lis- 
 bon in his boyhood, was engaged in farming un- 
 til 1868, when he commenced keeping summer 
 boarders. The business gradually increased, and 
 in 1874, Mrs. Messenger of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 and her friends became interested in it, because 
 of the location and the surrounding scenery ; they 
 boarded at the Goodnow farm-house, which was 
 owned bv our subject; the house accommodated 
 about twenty guests, but they soon became 
 cramped for want of room, for the business had 
 taken on a very prosperous appearance. Through 
 Mr. T. W. Peckett, the idea of building a Sugar 
 Hill hotel was conceived; this was the first step 
 in making Sugar Hill the popular summer resort 
 it has become. The new hotel, the parent of all 
 subsequent hotels at Sugar Hill, was built in the 
 fall of 1874, and christened the Goodnow House. 
 It at once sprung into the favor of those seeking 
 pleasure, rest, and recreation among the granite 
 
 hills of New Flampshire, and took its place 
 among the longer established White Mountain 
 resorts. On the change of management, in 1892, 
 the name was changed from Goodnow House to 
 Franconia Inn. Those who had known Mr. 
 Goodnow as a model host for so many years, re- 
 gretted very much his retirement, on account of 
 failing health; he was very well known among 
 the hotel men of the State, and was much 
 thought of as one of the pioneers in the matter 
 of keeping pleasant and profitable summer 
 hotels. 
 
 In October, 1863, he was joined in matrimony 
 with Mira Knight, daughter of James and Ellen 
 (Howard) Knight of Franconia, N. H. They 
 are liberal in their religious views, and although 
 members of no church, they contribute to the 
 support of churches of any and every denomina- 
 tion. Mr. Goodnow is a Democrat, and repre- 
 sented the town of Lisbon in the Legislature of 
 the State of New Hampshire in 1885-86. He 
 was also a member of the board of supervisors 
 two terms. 
 
 HIRAM S. UOWLES, a prominent citizen 
 and leading blacksmith of the town of Easton, 
 Grafton Co., X. H, was born in East Landaff 
 (now Easton), N. H, Oct. 20. 1856. He is a son 
 of Alonzo B. and Evaline (Stewart) Bowles, and 
 grandson of Elijah Bowles, who followed the 
 calling of a farmer throughout his life in his 
 native town of Easton, N. FI. 
 
 Alonzo Bowles, the father of the subject of this 
 sketch, after securing a common school educa- 
 tion, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
 and held to his calling during all the years of his 
 active life. Being a man of marked ability and 
 strongly marked characteristics, he became very 
 successful in his business, and accumulated a 
 comfortable competence; among his associates 
 he was well liked, and deservedly popular. He 
 was an unyielding Democrat, but did not seek 
 nor desire office. His wife bore him the follow- 
 ing eight children : Merick, Georgiana, Louvan- 
 nah, Hiram S., Myron C, Martha, Orin G, and 
 Fred FI. They were earnest supporters of the 
 Advent Church. 
 
 Hiram S. Bowles obtained his schooling in the 
 district schools of Landaff, and at early age 
 
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 worked in a hotel at Sugar Hill, known -as the 
 Sunset Hill House, owned and operated by 
 Bowles & Hoskins, for ten years. He then 
 moved to his present home in Easton, N. H., 
 where he does expert construction and repair 
 work in blacksmithing and in work pertaining to 
 the wheelwright's trade. He is a Democrat, and 
 administers the law in civil cases as a justice of 
 the peace. 
 
 Oct. 13, 1881, he was joined in wedlock with 
 Florence Bowles, daughter of Kirk and Marrilla 
 (Cooley) Bowles, the former of Franconia, and 
 the latter from Benton, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bowles have been blessed with the birth of one 
 child, Gladys M., born Oct. 14, 1891. Our sub- 
 ject and his wife are liberal in their religious 
 views, and are not bound to any church in par- 
 ticular. 
 
 CHARLES A. YOUNG, a prosperous lum- 
 berman of Easton, N. H., who, although quite 
 young, has built up a remarkably large and 
 flourishing business in lumber, was born in East 
 Landaff (now Easton), N. H., March 7, 1858. 
 He is a son of Timothy B. and Mary M. (Keyes) 
 Young, the latter of Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Caleb Young, the grandfather of Charles A., 
 was born in the Province of Quebec ; he was a 
 farmer by occupation, and came to Landaff when 
 a young man, settling on the farm, now owned 
 by the father of our subject, and leading an en- 
 tirely rural life the remainder of his days. He 
 was a Democrat in respect to his political views. 
 He married Athildred Bowles, daughter of Tim- 
 othy Bowles of Lisbon, N. H., and to them were 
 born thirteen children, as follows: Maria; Bet- 
 sey; Walter; Timothy; George; William; Celia; 
 Ellen; Flora; Rufus; Warren; Elvira; and one, 
 who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Young were 
 consistent members and liberal supporters of the 
 M. E. Church. 
 
 Timothy Young, the second son of Caleb 
 Young, was born Nov. 13, 1832, and was edu- 
 cated in the district schools of that part of Lan- 
 daff township now known as Easton; his educa- 
 tion completed, he worked for a number of years 
 as a farm hand, and then learned the carpenter's 
 and joiner's trade, which he has made the chief 
 
 means of support during the rest of his life. He 
 is a Democrat, and has served as selectman for a 
 number of years, holding that office as late as 
 1894; he has also been a justice of the peace. 
 On Jan. 10, 1856, he was united with Mary M. 
 Keyes, daughter of Amasa and Sarah (Favor) 
 Keyes, and to them were born six children, 
 namely: Charles A., born March 7, 1858; Edson 
 M., Jan. 21, i860; Alice M., Dec. 10, 1861; Hat- 
 tie A., Oct. 6, 1864; Frank W., April 16, 1867; 
 and Alfred T., Nov. 5, 1870. Edson M. married 
 Mary Page of Lisbon, and they have one child, 
 Millard P. Alice M. married Joel W. Brown of 
 Melrose, Mass.; she died at Colorado Springs, 
 Sept. 21, 1894. Frank W. married Nellie Pease 
 of Franconia, N. H., and has one child, Harold. 
 Alfred T. married Mary L. Poor of Landaff, N. 
 H.; they have one child, Roscoe A. 
 
 Charles A. Young was educated in the district 
 schools of Landaff and Easton, and took a one 
 year's course in the New Hampton Institute. 
 His first venture in the business world was to 
 make a contract with the Parker-Young Co. of 
 Lisbon, N. H., agreeing to saw one million feet 
 of lumber; after satisfactorily fulfilling the con- 
 tract, Mr. Young engaged in the lumber busi- 
 ness on his own account. He now owns and 
 operates a steam saw-mill, which has a capacity 
 of cutting two million feet of lumber annually; 
 he also owns about 1,000 ,acres of timber and 
 pasture land. The finished product of his mill he 
 disposes of to local and eastern markets. In poli- 
 tics he is a local leader in the Democratic party, 
 and has served as town clerk ; he was postmaster 
 under both of Cleveland's administrations, and 
 also Harrison's: during that time he was also 
 carrying on a general mercantile business in his 
 store in Easton, and there he kept the post- 
 office. When he sold out, in 1894, to Mr. Lynch, 
 that gentleman assumed the duties of the post- 
 mastership, and is still the incumbent. 
 
 June 26, 1888, Mr. Young married Hattie C. 
 Poor, daughter of Adams M. and Jane (Clough) 
 Poor of Landaff, and to them was born one 
 child, Harry K., born March 2, 1893. Mrs. 
 Young succumbed to the dread power of the 
 Angel of Death a few days after the birth of the 
 child, on March 11, 1893. Mr. Young is liberal 
 in his religious views. 
 
 It is quite noticeable that Mr. Young and each 
 of his brothers have a child, each being a son. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 335 
 
 HON. NATHANIEL W. CHENEY, post- 
 master of the town of Franconia, N. H., and one 
 of its prominent citizens, was born in Sutton, N. 
 H., Jan. 23, 1824. He is a son of Thomas and 
 Mehitabel (Wadleigh) Cheney, and grandson of 
 Nathaniel Cheney, who was a native of Hamp- 
 stead, N. H., where he spent his life engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits. He was widely known as 
 one who was always strictly honest in all his 
 dealings, a reputation that is surely worth hav- 
 ing. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 in which he fought for three years. He married 
 Alary Stevens of Hampstead, N. H., and to them 
 were born the following children: Daniel, 
 Waite, Nathaniel, Timothy, Thomas, Silas, 
 Caleb, Mary, and Polly. Mary Cheney married 
 Asa King of Whitefield, N. H.; and Polly mar- 
 ried a Mr. Morrill. The family were liberal in 
 their religious belief. 
 
 Thomas Cheney, the father of our subject, was 
 educated in the common schools of Sutton, N. 
 H., and learned the carpenter's and joiner's 
 trade, which remained his vocation throughout 
 the active period of his life ; in his later years he 
 was a contractor. In his political affiliations, he 
 was first a Democrat, and then a Whig. When 
 the call for volunteers was issued in the War of 
 1812 he responded and enlisted; in the campaign 
 following he received such injuries as to procure 
 him a discharge. His wife, Mehitabel, was a 
 daughter of Thomas Wadleigh, who was one of 
 four brothers, who came from England and set- 
 tled in Sutton, N. H. ; these brothers became very 
 prominent in their respective communities, one 
 becoming a judge and State representative. Two 
 children were born to Mr. Cheney by this, his 
 first marriage: Miriam, deceased; and Nathaniel 
 W., the subiect of this sketch. After his first 
 wife's death he formed a second union with Sally 
 Rowell of Sutton, N. H.; this was productive of 
 five children: Charles, Mary, Abram, Sarah, 
 and Ralph A. In respect to their religious be- 
 lief they were Adventists. 
 
 Nathaniel W. Cheney began his education in 
 the district schools of Sutton, and finished by 
 taking a higher course of instruction at Hancock 
 Academy, and also at Unity Scientific Institution 
 of Unity, N. H. He then became a school 
 teacher, and up to the year 1873 he was engaged 
 in his profession in various towns of New Hamp- 
 shire. In 1869 and 1870 he represented the 
 
 town of Franconia in the legislative halls of Con- 
 cord, and proved himself to be a man who was 
 thoroughly capable of holding that position. In 
 1873 he was elected registrar of deeds, and held 
 that position two years. In his political belief he 
 is a stanch Democrat; he was appointed post- 
 master by the Democratic administration, Oct. 
 14, 1893, and is still the incumbent. He has also 
 served the town as selectman. 
 
 He has twice entered the state of matrimony. 
 In 1846 he was joined at the altar with Rebecca 
 Wilson of Benton, N. H., and from this union 
 two children, Emma and Flora, were the result; 
 the latter married Harry W. Priest of Fran- 
 conia, N. H. Mrs. Cheney died in August, 1863. 
 He then took for his wife Mrs. Agnes M. 
 (Spurr) Hopkins of Chelsea, Mass. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Cheney are inclined toward the Universal- 
 ist Church. 
 
 WILLIAM B. HURD, a prosperous and in- 
 fluential farmer of the town of Lyman, N. H., 
 was born in Littleton, N. H., Sept. 27, 1834; he 
 is a son of Timothy B. and Eliza G. (Partridge) 
 Hurd, the former of Bath, and the latter a native 
 of Littleton, N. H. The father of our subject, 
 who was born in 1797, learned the trade of a 
 clothier, and carded wool and dressed cloth in 
 Lyman, N. H., until 1846, when he purchased 
 the farm now owned by his son, William B., and 
 thereafter led an agricultural life. He was a Re- 
 publican, and was elected to the office of select- 
 man on several different occasions, fulfilling the 
 duties of said office in a very creditable and sat- 
 isfactory manner. In 1829 he married Eliza G. 
 Partridge, a daughter of Nathaniel and Persis 
 (Goodall) Partridge of Littleton, N. H., and to 
 them were given three children. The eldest, 
 Eliza, married Russell Underwood of St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt., and has four children: Timothy H., 
 Edgar R., Lizzie, and Ines. Persis A. married 
 Warren McTntire of Littleton, N. H., and has 
 reared a family of four children : Harry PL, Har- 
 vey H., Anna, and Ardell. Mrs. Hurd was a 
 member of the M. E. Church; her husband was 
 liberal in his religious views, and did not be- 
 long to any church organization. 
 
 William B. Hurd, the youngest child of his 
 parents, was educated in the common schools of 
 
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 Lyman, and worked on the home farm, where he 
 has spent his life in the' pursuits of agriculture. 
 He is thoroughly acquainted with the best 
 methods of farming, ready to discard an old and 
 worn-out theory for one that is up-to-date and 
 practical. He has been honored with an election 
 to the board of selectman for two years. By his 
 first wife, Harriet E. Kenerson of Peacham, Vt., 
 whom he married in 1856, he had six children: 
 Harriet E. married Arthur Aldrich, and has one 
 child, Ervill; Nellie C. ; Myra F. married Harvey 
 Lewis, whom she has presented with six chil- 
 dren; Cyrus, Royal, Alice, Grace, Nellie, and 
 Bell; Eliza E. married Ervin Prescott, and has 
 one child, Ervin, Jr.; Tina B.; and Willie E., now 
 deceased. Mrs. Hurd died Jan. 23, 1894. April 
 J 7> X 89S, he formed a second union with Julia 
 O. Jackson of Littleton, N. H. Mr. Hurd is lib- 
 eral in his religious views; his wife is a member 
 of the M. E. Church of Littleton, N. H. 
 
 REV. JOHN F. OLIN, town clerk of Lyman, 
 N. H., and a prosperous, farmer of that place, 
 was born in Moultonboro, N. H. He is a son 
 of Rev. Charles and Betsey B. (Mann) Olin. The 
 ancestors of our subject were of Welch origin, 
 and the name was originally spelled Llewellyn. 
 The great-grandfather of our subject came from 
 Rhode Island, and settled in Vermont. Reuben 
 Olin, the grandfather of John F., was born in 
 Guilford, Vt., where he identified himself with 
 the farming community of that place, and was 
 regarded as a very able man. He married Han- 
 nah Nichols, and to them were born the follow- 
 ing children: John, Rachel, Nancy, Charles, 
 Ruth, George, Sarah, Calvin, and Lucinda. They 
 were somewhat liberal in their religious belief, 
 and did not unite with any church. 
 
 Rev. Charles Olin was born June 11, 1809, and 
 received a common school education in the 
 schools of Guilford, Vt.; having fitted himself for 
 the ministry, he became what was termed a cir- 
 cuit preacher, holding services in several towns 
 of Vermont. He was a member of the Vermont 
 M. E. Conference, and afterwards of the New 
 Hampshire Conference. After twenty years of 
 circuit work he settled down to local preaching. 
 
 At the age of fifty-two, in 1861, such was his 
 patriotism and love of country and right, he' en- 
 listed for the preservation of the Union, in Co. 
 I, 7th N. H, Vol. Inf., and served until the spring 
 of 1863. While in the army he contracted yellow 
 fever, from the effects of which he never fully re- 
 covered; he died in 1884. He was joined in mar- 
 riage with Betsey Mann, daughter of Obadiah 
 Mann of Raymond, Me., Oct. 3, 1837; their 
 union resulted in the birth of the following chil- 
 dren: Hester A.; Charles W. ; John F.; Thomas 
 C. ; Celia; and a child, who died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Olin still survives her husband, and lives with 
 her son, John F. Olin. 
 
 Rev. John F. Olin, upon the completion of his 
 education in the schools of Moultonboro, N. H., 
 applied himself to box-making and to learning 
 the carpenter's trade. He also worked in an iron 
 furnace, having charge of the cupola iron fur- 
 nace at Lakeport, N. H., where he remained 
 about three years. He then moved to Stamstead, 
 Province of Quebec, and learned the tinsmith's 
 trade, and carried on a highly prosperous busi- 
 ness for about eight years. At this time he gave 
 up business life and entered the ministry to 
 preach the Gospel. He took charge of his first 
 pastorate in 1884, at South Columbia, N. H., 
 achieving good success, allying himself with the 
 Methodist denomination. In 1888 he moved to 
 Lyman, N. H., and preached the blessed news of 
 salvation to all until 1894. He characterized his 
 ministry with a simple and convincing earnest- 
 ness, that was the means of bringing souls to re- 
 pentance, and to believe on the Lamb who was 
 slain that we might live. His private life, noble 
 and almost without fault, has been useful as an 
 example and a guide to the erring; one who has 
 been trying to lead a better life. Since his retire- 
 ment from the ministry he has been engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits, which he has found to be 
 quite profitable. He is a Prohibitionist in politi- 
 cal belief, and has served in the past as a mem- 
 ber of the school board, and as a trustee of the 
 public library; at present he is filling out his 
 term as town clerk of Lyman. 
 
 In 1872 he was joined in the holy bonds of 
 matrimony with Orpha E. Alexander, daughter 
 of Arba Alexander of Farnham, Province of 
 Quebec. Their union has been blessed with the 
 birth of two children: Clayton P., born June 14, 
 1873; and Myrtle P., born April 24, 1892. 
 
HON. JOEL SPOONER. 
 
MRS. LAURA SPOONER. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 337 
 
 HON. JOEL SPOONER, deceased, a former 
 prominent citizen of the town of Franconia, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., was born in the above-men- 
 tioned town May 8, 1821. He was a son of 
 Jonathan and Abigail (Archer) Spooner, and 
 grandson of Thomas Spooner. Thomas Spooner 
 worked all his life at farming, and was well 
 known and influential among the members of his 
 farming district. He gathered about him the fol- 
 lowing family of children: Elijah, Jefferson, 
 Madison, Jonathan, Priscilla, and Polly. They 
 were Free Will Baptists. 
 
 Jonathan Spooner, after competing his educa- 
 tion, which was obtained in the common schools 
 of his native town, learned the trade of a ham- 
 mersman and worked in a forge at St. Johnsbury, 
 Vt, and later in Franconia, N. H. He was a 
 stanch Democrat in his political beliefs and con- 
 victions. His wife, Abigail Archer, bore him five 
 children, as follows: Joel, Charlotte, Annis, 
 Solon, and Almeda. Their religious views placed 
 them in the fold of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Joel Spooner secured his education in the 
 schools of Franconia, and turning his attention 
 to farming was engaged in the pursuits of agri- 
 culture the greater part of his active life. He 
 was at last forced to abandon farming because of 
 his failing health and enter into mercantile busi- 
 ness, buying out E. B. Parker of Franconia, N. 
 H, and conducting the affairs of his store for ten 
 years, when he sold out and retired from active 
 business. He was much liked by his patrons and 
 his business associates, for his straight-forward 
 methods of transacting business met popular ap- 
 proval and contributed largely to his financial 
 success. In politics, he was a Democrat, and 
 was honored with high offices of trust by his 
 townsmen on several different occasions. He 
 served as selectman a number of years, and rep- 
 resented the town of Franconia in the legislative 
 halls of Concord, N. H. ; he was collector of taxes 
 for a period spanning twenty years. He was en- 
 dowed with more than ordinary intelligence, 
 which received a thorough training in the severe 
 school of experience ; generous and kind-hearted, 
 he made many friends, and was very fortunate 
 in retaining their friendship. 
 
 In 1847 ne married Laura Eastman, daughter 
 of Simeon and Judith (Quimby) Eastman, the 
 former of Lisbon, N. H, and the latter a native 
 of Franconia, N. H. The union of our subject 
 
 and his wife has been blessed with the birth of 
 three children: Isaac E., who married Alice 
 Wells of Franconia, N. H, died in 1879, aged 
 thirty-one years; Abbie J., who married Charles 
 S. Morgan of Littleton, N. H; and James G., 
 deceased. Mr. Spooner died Sept. 10, 1895. He 
 was a member of the Baptist Church of Fran- 
 conia, N. PL, as is his wife, who survives him. 
 
 As being among the leading citizens and rep- 
 resentative men of Grafton Co., the accompany- 
 ing portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Spooner will be 
 viewed with a large degree of interest. 
 
 HUGH NELSON, the subject of this sketch, 
 is one of the representative and leading agricul- 
 turists of the town of Monroe, Grafton Co., N.H.; 
 he was born on the estate, which is still his home, 
 Nov. 2, 1858, and is a son of Nathan and Mary 
 Ann (Paddleford) Nelson, grandson of Robert 
 and Agnes (Gray) Nelson, and great-grandson 
 of William Nelson, who came from Scotland and 
 settled in Ryegate, Vt., in December, 1775. 
 
 Robert Nelson, his son, was born in In Shan- 
 non, Scotland, and came with his father to this 
 country; he spent the active period of his well- 
 spent life on a farm in Lyman, now Monroe, N. 
 H, that he cleared and cultivated. Plis wife, a 
 Miss Agnes Gray, bore him fourteen children, 
 eleven of whom lived to rear large families; the 
 other three died in infancy. The names of those 
 that reached maturity are as follows: Robert, 
 David, Nathan, Hannah, Margaret, Mary, Eliza, 
 Nancy, Isabel, Alice, and Ruth. Their religious 
 faith was that held by the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Nathan Nelson, the father of Hugh Nelson, 
 was educated in the schools of Lyman, now Mon- 
 roe, N. H, and since the time he was fifteen 
 years old has lived on the paternal estate, with 
 the exception of two years spent in the west, 
 where he was in the employ of a large pork pack- 
 ing house in St. Louis, Missouri. When he re- 
 turned he bought the farm, that our subject now 
 owns, of his grandfather; he is still living on the 
 farm with his son Hugh, and is very active for a 
 man of eighty-two summers. In politics he is a 
 stanch Republican, and has served as selectman, 
 surveyor of highways, and as a member of the 
 school committee. He married Mary Ann, 
 daughter of Philip and Abigail Paddleford, and 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 to them were born the following family : Philip 
 P.; Abbie and Louise, twins; Herbert; Fred; 
 Hugh, the subject of this brief memoir; and 
 Annie M. 
 
 Hugh Nelson obtained his first mental train- 
 ing in the schools of his native town ; from them 
 he was advanced to Newbury Academy, at New- 
 bury, Vt, and Peacham Academy of Peacham, 
 Yt. After the completion of his education he 
 worked in a store in Newbury, Yt., for E. A. 
 Day, and afterwards was employed by Day & 
 Oakes at Lisbon, N. H., where he remained two 
 years and a half as a clerk, leaving at length ; he 
 returned to Monroe and turned his attention to 
 the pursuits of agriculture, and has prospered in 
 his labors in that direction ever since. He cul- 
 tivates a farm of 600 acres, which is devoted to 
 hay, grain, and stock raising. His live stock is 
 valuable, and shows the result of good breeding 
 and careful selection. He has sixty head of cat- 
 tle, forty-five sheep, ten horses, and thirty hogs. 
 He has also a flock of about 100 Narragansett 
 turkeys, which is about as fine a collection of 
 those birds as may be found. His sugar industry 
 is not the least of his enterprises. He has 1,500 
 sugar maples, and makes on an average two tons 
 of sugar annually. The best methods and the 
 latest improved evaporators are used; the evap- 
 orators are those manufactured by the G. H. 
 Grimm Co. of Rutland, Vt. His farm shows the 
 mark of a cultivated and intelligent man, who is 
 ever on the lookout for better and more scientific 
 methods of farming; he believes that only in the 
 latest methods may farming be made practical 
 and successful. 
 
 Our subject and Eliza Bolton were joined in 
 the sacred bonds of matrimony on the 1st of Feb- 
 ruary, 1887. Mrs. Nelson is a daughter of 
 Nathan T. and Agnes (Paddleford) Bolton of 
 Monroe, N. H. As a result of this union four 
 children have been born, of whom one died in in- 
 fancy. The names of the remaining children are 
 as follows: Ruth A., Philip E., and Dorothy A. 
 The family are devout members of the M. E. 
 Church of Monroe. N. H.. and mav be found en- 
 listed in any of the blessed work initiated by that 
 organization. Tn politics be is a Republican; 
 has been chairman of the school board four years 
 and was town treasurer one vear, and taught 
 and has served as moderator for several years, 
 three terms of school in Monroe. 
 
 HAMLIN R. PRIEST, a prominent mer- 
 chant, and highly-esteemed citizen of the town 
 of Franconia, N. H., was born in Lisbon, N. H., 
 Aug. 30, 1842. He secured his education in the 
 schools of Lisbon, and started out in life as a 
 clerk in a general store. He also worked in a 
 bobbin mill several years, and later on opened 
 a boot and shoe store in Franconia, N. H., which 
 he carried on for about four years. His next 
 venture was to open a summer boarding house 
 at Franconia, and then managed a hotel in 
 Whitefield, N. H., about twelve months. He 
 then returned to Franconia, reopened- the sum- 
 mer boarding house, and remained there two 
 years, moving from there to Littleton, N. H., 
 where he engaged in the same line of business. 
 About 1884 Mr. Priest returned to Franconia, 
 N. H., and opened a grocery store, where he 
 handles all kinds of staple and fancy groceries, 
 canned goods, and other articles of like nature. 
 
 He is a son of John and Sally A. (Hayward) 
 Priest, and grandson of Thomas Priest, who was 
 a native of Lisbon, and one of its earliest inhabi- 
 tants. His occupation was that of a farmer, com- 
 bined with occasional work as a blacksmith. He 
 was well known and prominent, and respected 
 for his honest and upright character, scorning to 
 take advantage of any weak point in those with 
 whom he had dealings. He was an Abolitionist, 
 later becoming a Republican. He married Dolly 
 Quimby of Lisbon, N. H., and to them were 
 born four children, namely; John, Moody, 
 David, and Kimball. They were Baptists. 
 
 John Priest was born in Lisbon, in 181 1, and 
 attended school during his boyhood days in the 
 neighboring schools. His first venture in life 
 was to peddle tinware about the country for sev- 
 eral years. After a few years he started up a 
 small manufacture of wagon spokes and bobbins, 
 which grew under his watchful care into a very 
 prosperous business. He invented the Priest 
 Swing Cattle Stanchion. He was a stout Repub- 
 lican in politics. His wife, Sally A., whom he 
 married Nov. 27, 1834. was a daughter of Deacon 
 Lewis Havward of Lisbon, N. H.; their union 
 was blessed with four children, as follows : Han- 
 nah, born April 22, 1836, married Stephen Eaton 
 of Sutton. Yt.; Thomas J., born June 3. 1840, 
 married Lucv Grimes of Franconia, N. H.; 
 Hamlin R.. our subject; and Susan A., born 
 Sept. 15, 1846, who died in infancy. Our sub- 
 
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 ject's parents were members of the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 Hamlin R. Priest is a thorough-going Repub- 
 lican, and holds the office of overseer of the poor 
 of Franconia, N. H. During the last three years 
 of President Harrison's administration our sub- 
 ject was assistant postmaster of Franconia. Nov. 
 30, 1871, he married Betsey E. Blake, daughter 
 of James H. and Lucinda C. (Noyes) Blake, both 
 natives of Lisbon, N. H. Two children have 
 come to the Priest household to bless it: Law- 
 rence H., born Jan. 26, 1878; and Leslie D., Oct. 
 12, 1883. Mr. Priest personally has a leaning 
 toward the Advent doctrine; his wife is a mem- 
 ber of the Franconia Congregational Church. 
 
 GEORGE H. BURT, a retail dealer in boots, 
 shoes, and groceries of Franconia, N. H., was 
 born in the above town, May 20, 1849. He is a 
 son of Simeon L. and Adaline F. (Young) Burt, 
 and grandson of Daniel Burt, who was a native 
 of the Granite State, and came to Franconia 
 when quite young, later moving to Littleton, N. 
 H., where he lived several years, finally settling 
 in the town of Bethlehem. He was a farmer, and 
 worked unceasingly at his occupation through- 
 out his life. He married a Miss Lovejoy, who 
 bore him the following children: Almira, Louis, 
 Mary, Melina, Martha, Simeon, Clark, and Mar- 
 tin. Their religious views were the same as 
 those advocated and supported by the Baptists. 
 
 Simeon L. Burt, the father of George H., car- 
 ried on agricultural operations the greater por- 
 tion of his life, especially the younger and more 
 vigorous years were spent in that vocation. 
 About 1866 he commenced to carry on a gen- 
 eral mercantile business in Franconia, N. H., in 
 the store now owned by his son, the subject of 
 this sketch. Only about two years were spent 
 in this business; he then purchased a summer 
 boarding house, which he ran successfully for 
 five vears. He then changed his residence to 
 Whitefield, N. H., where he hired a hotel, and 
 managed it a short time; he died in 1876. He 
 was a prominent Democrat, and held the offices 
 of selectman, representative, collector of the 
 taxes for one term, and also justice of the peace. 
 He married Adaline F. Young, daughter of 
 
 Priest Young of Franconia, N. H., and to them 
 were born two children: George H.; and Mary 
 F., who married Edwin N. Parker of Lisbon, N. 
 H., and has one child, Addie M. They were 
 Baptists in their religious faith. 
 
 George H. Burt was educated in the public 
 schools of Franconia, and completed it with 
 three terms in New Hampton Institute; he then 
 clerked four years in the general store of O. & 
 W. F. Parker of Franconia. At the end of that 
 time he purchased the store he now owns and 
 occupies with a fine line of goods. It was the 
 only, and is still the only, shoe store in the town, 
 and accordingly Mr. Burt does a very successful 
 business. He is a Democrat, and is now town 
 clerk. He has been selectman four terms, post- 
 master four years, and justice of the peace since 
 1890. 
 
 In 1879 he was joined in the holy bonds of 
 matrimony with Julia A. Knights, daughter of 
 Roswell Knights of Franconia, N. H. They 
 have been blessed with the birth of one child, 
 Harold K., born April 26, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Burt are leading members of the Congregational 
 Church of Franconia, N. H. Both he and his 
 wife are members of Lafayette Grange, No. 208, 
 of Franconia, N. H. 
 
 HON. HIRAM NOYES. To residents of 
 Grafton Co., and its vicinity, the charming little 
 village of Sugar Hill, Lisbon township, needs no 
 words to sound its praise. Splendidly located, 
 well laid out, with beautiful residences, pleasure 
 resorts, parks, and shady streets, it can hold its 
 own among villages of its character. It is espe- 
 cially well known as a summer resort, and there 
 are numerous hotels and superior boarding- 
 places which offer the best of accommodations 
 for rest and enjoyment to those in seek of it. 
 Among these summer hotels, Hotel Lookoff 
 takes a prominent place. This institution, which 
 is owned by a stock company, the principal 
 stockholders of which are our subject and his 
 only son, William H., has been in operation 
 since 1887, when it was built by our subject. It 
 is one of the handsomest summer hotels in Graf- 
 ton Co., and is located on the side of Lookoff 
 Mountain, overlooking Franconia, White Moun- 
 
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 tains, and other near ranges; the view is hardly 
 with an equal, and forms one of its chief attrac- 
 tions. There is a bountiful mineral spring on the 
 property whose water has a wide and deserving 
 reputation, although its good properties have 
 been known but a short time. 
 
 Mr. Noyes's grandfather, Timothy Noyes, was 
 a native of Richmond, N. H., who came to Lis- 
 bon, N. H., when a young man and followed 
 farming there the remainder of his life; he was 
 well known and prominent in his day, and, being 
 successful in his business ventures, was able to 
 accumulate considerable property. He married 
 Sally Jewett, who was born in Richmond, N. H., 
 and to them were born the following seven chil- 
 dren: Rebecca, Phebe, Eunice, Ruth, Mehita- 
 bel, John, and Hiram. Timothy Noyes and his 
 family were Free Will Baptists. 
 
 John Noyes, the father of our subject, obtained 
 his schooling in Lisbon, N. H, and became a 
 farmer like his father before him; although the 
 most of his time was spent in Lisbon, he a]so 
 did some farming in Landaff and Bethlehem. 
 He voted the straight Republican ticket ever 
 since the organization of that party. He was 
 united in marriage with Mary Spooner, in 1829; 
 she was a daughter of Simeon and Priscilla 
 (Priest) Spooner, who were natives of Richmond, 
 N. H., and among the first settlers of Lisbon. 
 Three children were born to our subject's 
 parents: ' Hiram, Curtis C, and Mary H. Curtis 
 C. married Julia Brown of Lisbon, and had a 
 family of four children, all of whom are living; 
 they are: Frank, Charles, Hattie, and Lena R. 
 Mr. Noyes died in 1873. Mary H. was twice 
 married; her first husband was John Durgin of 
 Bath, Me., who was killed by a fall from a vessel. 
 She then married D. S. Young of Colebrook, N. 
 H., and bv this union there has come one child, 
 Ned R. 
 
 Hon. Hiram Noyes was born in Lisbon, N. 
 H, Nov. 22, 18^1, and received an education in 
 the schools of his native town. For about eleven 
 years of his early manhood he followed the voca- 
 tion of a farmer. He then bought a share in two 
 starch mills, and was actively interested in the 
 manufacture of starch for about seven years. 
 Selling his stock in the mills, with the proceeds 
 he purchased a one-half interest in the mercan- 
 tile business of Wells & Young, Mr. Young re- 
 tiring; the business was conducted for five years 
 
 under the style of Wells & Noyes, and for about 
 three years in his own name, having secured the 
 entire interest. The store burned down, and our 
 subject rebuilt it and ran it for nine more years, 
 selling out about 1887 to J. H. Wells, and build- 
 ing the Hotel Lookoff, before mentioned. 
 
 In politics he is a strong Republican, and was 
 given a commission as postmaster under Presi- 
 dent Rutherford B. Hayes, holding the office 
 until Cleveland's election. He served as select- 
 man, and as justice of the peace several years, 
 and represented the town in the State Legislature 
 at Concord, N. H, in 1868-69-71. 
 
 In 1853 ne married S. Maria Quimby, daugh- 
 ter of Levi and Phebe (Parker) Quimby, the for- 
 mer of Franconia, and the latter of Whitefield, 
 N. H. Levi Quimby was killed while participat- 
 ing in a sham battle at Lisbon, N. H, Oct. 6, 
 1836. Two children have resulted from the 
 union of our subject and his wife: Mae L., born 
 March 26, 1855, married Charles J. Jepperson 
 of Lisbon, N. H. ; William H., born Jan. 28, 
 1867, is assistant manager of the Hotel Lookoff. 
 
 WILLIAM H. LYNCH, postmaster, and the 
 leading general merchant of Easton, N. H, was 
 born in Derby, Vt, Oct. 6, 1853. He is a son of 
 John and Margaret (Mitchell) Lynch. 
 
 John Lynch came to this country from Lim- 
 erick, County Cork, Ireland, with his wife and 
 settled in Derby, Vt., where he engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and rose to a prominent place 
 in the business and social life of that town. Nine 
 children were born to him and his wife, namely : 
 Ellen; John; Daniel; Andrew; William H. ; Julia; 
 Edward; George; and one, who died when an 
 infant. Politically he attached himself to the 
 Democratic party, and was active in furthering 
 its interests, but never aspired for any office. He 
 was a regular communicant of the Catholic 
 Church. 
 
 William H. Lynch secured a good common 
 school education in the district schools of Derby, 
 Vt., and, upon the attainment of years of man- 
 hood, went to Boston, Mass., where he became 
 interested in the milk business, having the entire 
 charge of a large milk route for about four years. 
 He then returned to Derby, Vt., and remained 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 341 
 
 there for two years, going from there at the end 
 of that time to Littleton, N. H., where he en- 
 gaged in the livery business, which was run in 
 connection with the Thayer House. Disposing 
 of his hotel and livery business at the expiration 
 of several years successful work, he engaged 
 with Charles F. Eastman as coachman, and 
 stayed with him in that connection eight years. 
 Upon leaving the service of his employer, Mr. 
 Lynch went to Pasadena, California, and made a 
 short stay, but returned in 1894 to Easton, N. H., 
 and purchased the store, which he conducts at 
 present. All kinds of groceries and supplies of 
 a kindred nature are kept in stock; the business 
 has grown and prospered under his careful man- 
 agement, and reflects great creuit upon him. 
 Energetic and forceful, he is one of the most 
 promising young business men in his section of 
 the county. He is a stanch Democrat, and is at 
 present holding the office of postmaster of Eas- 
 ton, holding the appointment from Cleveland's 
 administration. 
 
 On Nov. 1, 1893, he was joined in marriage 
 with Mary Lunnie, daughter of William and 
 Margaret Lunnie of the Province of Quebec, 
 Dominion of Canada. Their union has been 
 blessed with the birth of one child, Edward B., 
 born July 3, 1896. Mr. Lynch is liberal in his 
 religious views. 
 
 THE HAYNES FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 of the town of Alexandria, N. H., lately estab- 
 lished in that town, owes its origin and mainten- 
 ance chiefly to the gifts and bequests of three 
 men, who have given liberally of their means to 
 found what will prove to be a blessing to the 
 community. The library trustees elected the 
 present librarian, Mrs. Clara Gale Bullock, 
 widow of the late Gilbert A. Bullock, in 1888, 
 and she has diligently and efficiently discharged 
 the duties pertaining to that position in such a 
 manner as to meet the entire satisfaction of all 
 those interested. To Mrs. Bullock we are greatly 
 indebted for the few facts which we present of 
 the lives of the library's benefactors. 
 
 Timothy Haynes, who made the original be- 
 quest, and after whom the library was named, 
 was born Sept. 5, 1808, in the town of Alexan- 
 dria, and was a son of David Haynes, who was 
 
 born in 1785. David Haynes married Rebecca 
 Bailey, who was born in 1790, and had four chil- 
 dren: Timothy, born Sept. 5, 1808; Clark, born 
 in 1810; Rebecca, born heb. 27, 1813; and David, 
 born Feb. 10, 1817. Timothy Haynes married 
 Laura Brackett, daughter of Willie Brackett of 
 Littleton, N. H., Sept. 21, 1842; their union was 
 blessed with four children: Alrie R., born Jan. 
 25, 1844; William B., Nov. 14, 1846; Nellie S., 
 Oct. 8, 1847; and Elizabeth B., Sept. 15, 1850. 
 Timothy Haynes graduated from the New 
 Hampton Institute, and went to Hanover, and 
 attended the Medical Department of Dartmouth 
 College, from which he graduated a full-fledged 
 physician; he practiced medicine all his life in 
 Concord, N. H., and upon his death, in 1885, 
 willed $1,000.00 to the town of Alexandria to es- 
 tablish a free library, provided the town would 
 raise an equal amount, and in consequence of. his 
 thoughtful and philanthropic act, the library was 
 called the Haynes Free Public Library. 
 
 Clark Haynes, the younger brother of the 
 foregoing, was the next liberal-minded man to 
 give of his means in the support of this worthy 
 cause. He was born in Alexandria in 1810, and 
 attended the schools of his native town until 
 seventeen years of age, when he started out to 
 earn a living for himself. He walked to Boston 
 to an uncle of his, without a dollar in his pocket; 
 there he found employment in an ink factory 
 and earned enough to pay his expenses at New 
 Hampton Institute, which he then attended, and 
 graduated in 1834. In his own neighborhood, 
 and in New Hampton, he taught several terms of 
 school. He was a strong Free Will Baptist, and 
 studied for the ministry, and preached quite a 
 good deal, but on account of his health, he gave 
 it up and went to farming. He lived (in Alex- 
 andria) alone, did his own work in the house 
 and on the farm, and in winter walked several 
 miles to teach school. Later he took care of his 
 aged grandparents, after which he went to San- 
 bornton (now Tilton), and taught school, and 
 there married Mary A. Clark, daughter of David 
 H. and Charlotte (Burleigh) Clark. Three chil- 
 dren were born to them: Erving W., born Jan. 
 4, 1845; Laura A., born Dec. 22, 1849; Clara J., 
 born May 14, 1851. Clara J. lives in Franklin, 
 where her father died, Jan. 1, 1895, believing in 
 Him who doeth all things well; he was taken 
 care of in his last years by his daughter Clara. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 He lived in Tilton twenty-five years, where his 
 wife died at the age of fifty-seven; after that sad 
 occurrence he bought a residence in Franklin 
 on Pearl Street, where he lived at the time of his 
 death. Clark Haynes acquired a handsome 
 property, and enjoyed a serene old age, and was 
 laid away to await the last trump in Franklin 
 Cemetery. In 1893 he gave to the Free Public 
 Library in his native town of Alexandria the sum 
 of $1,000.00, provided the trustees would agree 
 to pay him a low rate of interest for the use of 
 it during his lifetime; it was accepted on those 
 conditions, and the interest was paid until his 
 death. His son Erving lives in Franklin. Laura 
 married C. A. Williams, and now lives in Oregon 
 City. 
 
 The last benefactor of the library, whom we 
 will mention in this connection, is E. A. Perkins, 
 who, in 1894, donated to the Haynes Free Pub- 
 lic Library the sum of $2,000.00, provided the 
 trustees pay him a low rate of interest during his 
 lifetime. They accepted the offer, and the library 
 building was then erected. His English ances- 
 tor, John Perkins, came to Boston in 1631, and 
 a few years later settled in Essex Co., where he 
 engaged in farming; his descendants are now 
 found in nearly every State in the Union, and in 
 the Dominion of Canada. Our subject's grand- 
 father, Jacob Perkins, settled in Hebron, N. H., 
 where his son, Elias, our subject's father, was 
 born. Elias Perkins bought a farm in the town 
 of Alexandria in 1818, and died in 1863. Our 
 subject was born July 28, 1822, in Alexandria; 
 he spent his boyhood days working on the farm, 
 getting what education he could in the public 
 schools of that time. In 1844 he went to Bos- 
 ton and learned the trade of a carpenter, which 
 he followed till he retired in 1892. Mr. Perkins 
 had of course rather uphill work, having no one 
 to help him, but by untiring industry and perse- 
 verance he succeeded fairly well. He lived in 
 Cambridge, Mass., three years, in Dorchester, 
 Mass., sixteen years, and since then has made 
 Quincy of the same State his home. He was 
 quite prominently identified with the local build- 
 ing trade in Dorchester and Quincy, and also in 
 town affairs and in various business corporations. 
 For four successive years he was a member of 
 the board of selectmen of the town of Quincy, 
 and after the adoption of a city charter has been 
 on the board of assessors, holding the position 
 
 of principal assessor. For twenty-five years he 
 has been one of the directors of the Dorchester 
 Mutual Life Insurance Co., and a member of the 
 executive committee of that organization, and 
 also one of the trustees of the Quincy Savings 
 Bank. His record is clean and open to the clos- 
 est inspection; he has won the confidence of the 
 community where he has done business a larger 
 part of his busy life. In his views on religion he 
 is very liberal, and is a constant attendant 
 of the Unitarian Church. In 1865 he married 
 Mary F. Hills of Hudson, N. H., but has never 
 had any children. 
 
 DAVID K. PRIEST, a prosperous agricul- 
 turist and leading citizen of the town of Fran- 
 conia, N. H., was born in the above town, March 
 23, 1846. He is a son of Moody and Persis 
 (Aldrich) Priest, and grandson of Thomas 
 Priest, who was a native of Lisbon, and one of 
 the early inhabitants of that town. He was a far- 
 mer and blacksmith, and followed his trade 
 through life with a large degree of success. He 
 was well known throughout Lisbon and that 
 section of the county as a man who would scorn 
 to do any under-handed or dishonest work; he 
 could be always relied on to do the fair thing by 
 his customer, or with whomsoever he had to 
 deal. He was originally an Abolitionist, and 
 strong in his advocacy of the cause of the slaves; 
 when the Republican party was organized and 
 took upon itself the championship of the down- 
 trodden race, he joined its ranks and was ever 
 after a firm and loyal Republican. He married 
 Dolly Quimby of Lisbon, N, H., and to them 
 were born four children: John, Moody, David, 
 and Kimball. They were members of the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 Moody Priest, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Lisbon, N. H., Dec. 17, 1813, received 
 his education in his native town, and followed 
 the pursuits of agriculture all his life, both in 
 Lisbon and in Franconia. He was also the 
 owner of starch mills, which he operated in Lis- 
 bon, and Franconia, N. H. He was a Democrat 
 in respect to his political principles, and held a 
 prominent place in the councils of his party. He 
 represented the town of Franconia in the New 
 Hampshire State Legislature in two terms of one 
 
ALONZO COOLEY. 
 
MRS. EMELINE COOLEY. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 343 
 
 year each; he also held other town offices of a 
 minor character. His wife, Persis, was a daugh- 
 ter of David Aldrich of Franconia, N. H.; she 
 bore him the following children: Dolly Q.,< Mercy 
 A., David K., Moody B., and Harry W. Our 
 subject's father died Aug. 26, 1887; the mother 
 passed away April 20, 1888. In their religious 
 belief and affiliations they were Adventists. 
 
 David K. Priest was educated in the schools of 
 his native town, and there turned his attention 
 to the pursuits of agriculture, and has been in- 
 terested in farming all his life in the town of 
 Franconia, N. H. He is a Democrat, and has 
 only held the office of road agent, preferring to 
 devote his time to his honored calling rather 
 than to waste it in the uncertain field of politics. 
 
 In 1866 he was joined in the holy bonds of 
 matrimony with Eliza J. Wells, daughter of John 
 M. Wells of Franconia, N. H.; Mrs. Priest bore 
 our subject one child, who died in infancy. They 
 are members of the Advent Church of Franconia, 
 N. H. 
 
 ALONZO COOLEY, a retired farmer of the 
 town of Easton, N. H., was born in Lisbon, N. 
 H., July 1, 1815; his parents were Ephraim 
 Cooley of Northfield, Mass., and Rebecca Whit- 
 comb of Lisbon. 
 
 Aaron Cooley, grandfather of our subject on 
 his father's side, was a native of Massachusetts, 
 and settled in Vermont, removing later in life to 
 Landaff, N. H., where he died in 1834. By his 
 first wife four children were born: Ephraim, 
 Benjamin, Aaron, and Achsah. The family was 
 augmented by his second matrimonial union to 
 the extent of seven children, namely: Seneca, 
 Hiram, Alvin, Moses, Eli, Persis, and Eliza. 
 They were attendants of the Methodist Church. 
 
 Ephraim Cooley, the eldest child, was born 
 in Northfield, and completed his education in 
 the schools of that town; when his father came 
 to Vermont he accompanied him. Ephraim first 
 moved to Lisbon, and later to Landaff and there 
 he passed the rest of his active years in carpentry 
 and in tilling the soil, and was successful in his 
 efforts. He was a Democrat, politically, and 
 held several town offices. He was joined in 
 Hymen's bonds three successive times. His first 
 wife, ; Hannah Hall of Boston, bore him three 
 
 children, of whom only Seraph grew up to ma- 
 turity. His second marriage, with Rebecca 
 Whitcomb, daughter of Josiah Whitcomb, re- 
 sulted in the birth of two children: Alonzo and 
 Ephraim, Jr. He was married the third time to 
 Electa Young, daughter of Caleb Young of Lis- 
 bon, N. H., and their union was blessed with one 
 child, Alden (now deceased). Mr. Cooley was a 
 Methodist in his religious attachments, and be- 
 longed to the church of that denomination. 
 
 The subject of this sketch secured his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of Landaff, and 
 worked on his father's farm until he was twenty- 
 five years old, in 1840, when he bought 160 
 acres, the nucleus of his present farm; this has 
 been increased by purchases from time to time 
 till he owns at present about 280 acres, devoted 
 to general agriculture and stock raising. He is 
 an earnest and uncompromising Democrat, and 
 has held many of the important town offices to 
 the general satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. 
 He has officiated as selectman, town treasurer, 
 collector of taxes, surveyor of highways, mem- 
 ber of the" school committee. 
 
 On July 6, 1840, he married Emeline Wallace, 
 daughter of John and Vashti (Brooks) Wallace, 
 the former of Cold Range, Mass., and the latter 
 a native of Richmond, N. H. Ten children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cooley, nine of whom 
 survive, and several have families and children 
 of their own. The record reads as follows: 
 Laura L., born June 3, 1841 ; John F. (deceased),' 
 May 8, 1843; Dennis W., Dec. 2, 1844, a dentist 
 of Antrim, N. H. ; Sarah E., Nov. 20, 1846; Per- 
 sis E., Jul)- 8, 1849; Hiram K., July 11, 1851; 
 Edwin W., March 17, 1854, a physician of 
 Blooming Prairie, Minn.; Orissa M., Jan. 3, 
 1856; Alice M., Feb. 9, 1859; and Elra M., July 
 21, 1863. Laura L. married Charles Colby of 
 Whitefield, N. H., and bore him one child, Dora; 
 after her husband's death she formed a second 
 union with Z. Thayer of Waverly, Mich. John 
 F. married Julia E. Baker of Whitefield, N. H.; 
 they have two children, Arthur A. and Ward F. 
 The union of Dennis W. Cooley and Emma J. 
 Langley of Montpelier, Vt., resulted in the birth 
 of three children: Myrtie B., Blanche, and Wal- 
 lace D. Sarah E. married Henry Thayer of 
 Landaff, and has six children: Elmer H., Etta 
 M., Lizzie E., Cora B., Bernie, and Lee. Persis 
 E. married Woodman W. Thayer .of Landaff, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 now Lancaster, and has presented him with two 
 children, Lillie B. and Willard I. Hiram K. 
 married Julia D. Foster of Landaff, and to them 
 were born three children: Ray, Scott, and Earl. 
 Orissa M. married Ransom D. Quimby of Beth- 
 lehem, N. H., and their union has been blessed 
 with three children: Bertha A., Smith A., and 
 Gertrude Mabel. The family are attendants of 
 the Free Will Baptist Church of Sugar Hill, in 
 the town of Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 As a truly representative citizen of this county, 
 a portrait of Mr. Cooley is given a place in this 
 volume, and as fitting companion picture to his, 
 we also present that of his estimable wife. 
 
 JAMES F. WENTWORTH, who is farming 
 near Grafton Pond, in the town of Grafton, this 
 county, was born in Jamaica Plains, near the city 
 of Boston, June 10, 1837. 
 
 Our subject is a son of James Madison Went- 
 worth, a native of Ossipee, N. H., who was a 
 cousin of Long John Wentworth, late of Chi- 
 cago, 111., the famous leader of the Republican 
 party of the Prairie State. Our subject's father 
 followed farming most of his life, and was also 
 engaged at times in the meat business. He died 
 April 15, 1869, at the age of fifty-seven, from 
 the effects of exposure and wounds received in 
 the service of the Federal Government during 
 the Civil War. His body rests in Forest Hill 
 Cemetery, in Boston. When his son, our sub- 
 ject, enlisted in defense of his country, he did 
 also, so as to be with his son. On his first attempt 
 to pass the examination he was refused because . 
 of his age, having passed the required years of 
 service ; not discouraged or giving up in the least 
 in his labor of love he applied again, and this 
 time was shrewd enough to place his age lower 
 than it really was ; he was accordingly enlisted in 
 due form, and was assigned to Co. K., 47th Reg. 
 Mass. Vol. Inf. He served under Gen. Benjamin 
 F. Butler around New Orleans, and at the close 
 of his nine months' service suffered sunstroke at 
 Cairo, 111. He was a Democrat in politics prior 
 to i860, and from that time until his death voted 
 the Republican ticket at every opportunity. He 
 married Elizabeth P. Humphrey, a daughter of 
 William and Elizabeth (Dickerman) Humphrey. 
 
 There were born to our subject's parents ten 
 children, of whom the first two died in infancy. 
 Our subject is the third child. George A., the 
 next child in order of birth, is a Boston artist, liv- 
 ing at Jamaica Plains with his aged mother, who 
 has passed the age of eighty-three ; she is a mem- 
 ber of the M. E. Church, and is held in high re- 
 gard by her fellow-church members. George A. 
 Wentworth enlisted three times in the United 
 States Army in the late war, serving in the 32nd 
 and 44th Regiments Mass. Vol. Inf., and in the 
 2nd Reg. Mass. Vol. Cav. William Henry lives 
 at Port Henry, New York State. Lydia E. and 
 Frederick, the twins, are both deceased. Julia 
 M. is the wife of James B. Gutridge of Roslin- 
 dale, Mass. Dexter B. is a resident of Somer- 
 ville, Mass. Lula, the youngest, is deceased. 
 
 James F. Wentworth, in whose behalf this 
 sketch is written, was reared at Jamaica Plains, 
 Mass., and attended the primary and grammar 
 schools of that town. When thirteen years of 
 age he began to support himself, driving a truck 
 wagon to the Boston market for a gardener of 
 Jamaica Plains for two or three seasons. When 
 nineteen he became driver of an express wagon 
 between Jamaica Plains and Boston for Levi 
 Champion, who afterwards became his father-in- 
 law. He was so occupied for a period of four- 
 teen years, extending from in the fifties until 
 1870, except for the time he was fighting for the 
 Union. 
 
 On Sept. 12, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 44th 
 Reg. Mass. Vol. Inf., and served in North Caro- 
 lina, under Gen. Foster, being present at the 
 battles of Kingston, Rawles's Mills; Goldsbor- 
 ough; Whitehall; and at the siege of Little 
 Washington. Two days after his enlistment, on 
 the 14th of September, 1862, he was married at 
 Jamaica Plains by the Rev. Dr. Cushing to Mary 
 A. Champion, daughter of Levi and Mary (Doe) 
 Champion, the former a son of Jeremiah and 
 Elizabeth (Nudd) Champion. There were born 
 to our subject's wife's parents five children: the 
 first two died in infancy, unnamed; Mary A. 
 (Wentworth); Sarah J.; and Susan L. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Wentworth purchased his present 
 farm of 260 acres, situated on Riddle Hill, com- 
 manding one of the finest views in the State; the 
 farm overlooks the town of Grafton, Canaan, En- 
 field, and Alexandria, as well as several towns in 
 the adjoining county. He carries on general 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 farming operations, and for the last few seasons 
 cultivated the summer boarder with signal suc- 
 cess. 
 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth has 
 been blessed with two children: Levi F., who is 
 farming with his father; and Annie M., the wife 
 of Lyman A. Ford, who is engaged in the ex- 
 press office at- Manchester, N. H.; Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ford have one child, Lela Ellen. Our subject 
 and his wife are members of Eureka Grange, No. 
 69, of Grafton Center. In politics Mr. Went- 
 worth is a Republican, and has taken a promi- 
 nent part in the politics of his chosen town, and 
 is serving his eighth term as selectman. 
 
 HON. WILMER LANGWAY, a prosperous 
 farmer and first selectman of the town of Ly- 
 man, N. H., was born in the town of Whitefield, 
 Coos Co., N. H., July 31, 1852. He is a son of 
 Peter and Azubah (Judd) Langway. 
 
 Peter Langway was born and reared in the 
 town of Three Rivers, P. Q., and at the age of 
 eighteen years came to Littleton, N. H., and up 
 to the year 1863 was interested in the lumbering 
 business. In that year he purchased a farm in 
 Lisbon, which he operated with flattering suc- 
 cess for three years till. 1866, when he 
 bought the farm now owned and oper- 
 ated by his son. He is a Democrat in 
 politics. He married Azubah Judd, Dec. 23, 
 1848; she was a daughter of Benjamin and Polly 
 (Judd) Judd, both natives of Landaff, N. H. To 
 Mr. Langway and his wife two children were 
 born, Myron E., and Wilmer, the subject of this 
 sketch. Myron E. married, Nov. 24, 1870, Han- 
 nah J. Parker of Lyman, N. H., who has pre- 
 sented him with three children: Leon B., born 
 Jan. 3, 1873; Cecil, May 1, 1889; and Mabel, now 
 deceased. They were Methodists in religious at- 
 tachments. Mrs. Langway died in the month 
 of January, 1875. The father survives and lives 
 with his son. 
 
 Hon. Wilmer Langway passed the bright and 
 careless hours of youth in the several towns of 
 Whitefield, Lisbon, and Lyman, N. H, in each 
 of which he attended the district schools, and 
 made the most of his opportunities to obtain an 
 education. When he had completed his course 
 
 at school, he taught school 'for one term in the 
 town of Lyman. He then turned his attention 
 to farming, and has been engaged in that most 
 ancient and honorable of callings ever since. He 
 is a stanch Democrat, and represented his town 
 in the legislative halls of Concord during two 
 sessions, the first term being in 1885, and the 
 second being in 1895. Since 1882 he has been 
 serving most of the time as selectman, being 
 elected first as third selectman, then as second, 
 and is now the first selectman of the town, and is 
 chairman of the board. He has been a member 
 of the school board, trustee of the Free Public 
 Library of Lyman, and overseer of the poor, be- 
 sides officiating as justice of the peace, and set- 
 tling many estates. Socially he is a member of 
 Lyman Grange, No. 237, he and his wife being 
 charter members. 
 
 May 6, 1879, he was married to Bertie I. 
 Bowers, daughter of Isaac and Emiline (John- ' 
 son) Bowers, the former of Hebron, N. H., and 
 the latter a native of Fairlee, Vt. The following 
 children have been born to our subject and his 
 wife: Howard C, born June 4, 1880; Alta Zora, 
 Jan. 9, 1883; Don B., July 7, 1884; Charles W., 
 Nov. 10, 1891; and Paul Wilmer, born Jan. 7, 
 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Langway are Methodists. 
 
 HON. JONATHAN BOWLES, a prosper- 
 ous general merchant and postmaster of the 
 village of Sugar Hill, Lisbon, N. H., was born 
 in Lisbon, April 21, 1841. His grandfather, also 
 named Jonathan Bowles, was a native of Rich- 
 mond, N. H., and followed the vocation of a far- 
 mer all of his life. He married Phoebe Parker, 
 who was born in Reading, Mass., and to them 
 were born thirteen children, all of whom lived to 
 mature ages. This is the record: Benjamin, 
 Polly, Leonard, Amasa, Chandler, Phoebe, Abi- 
 gail, John, Lavina, George, Esther, Sally, and 
 Simeon. They are attendants upon the Free 
 Will Baptist Church. 
 
 Leonard Bowles, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Lisbon, N. H, Aug. 8, 1801, and received 
 an education in the schools of his neighborhood. 
 He took up the pursuit of agriculture as a voca- 
 tion in life, and was identified with the farming 
 interests of Lisbon throughout his life. He was 
 
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 a stanch Democrat, and held the office of select- 
 man, and road surveyor for several years. He 
 married Vienna Gove, daughter of John M. and 
 Anna (Montgomery) Gove, natives of Ack- 
 worth, N. H. The family, which our subject's 
 parents reared, comprised seven members, as fol- 
 lows: Almond, Phoebe A., John, Jonathan, Gil- 
 man, Vienna, and Ella. Mr. Bowles died Feb. 
 14, 1880. The family were Free Will Baptists. 
 
 Jonathan Bowles was educated in the district 
 schools of Lisbon, N. H., and turned his atten- 
 tion when a young man to the pursuits of agri- 
 culture; he was interested in farming until 1885, 
 when on account of failing health he entered upon 
 a general mercantile business at the village of 
 Sugar Hill; his efforts have met with good, sub- 
 stantial success, and he is respected as a man of 
 rare business qualifications and of the strictest 
 integrity. He is an uncompromising Democrat, 
 true to his party in the least matter; he is at 
 present postmaster, a position he has held off and 
 on for the last seven years. In 1881 he repre- 
 sented Lisbon in the New Hampshire Legisla- 
 ture, and won golden opinions of his fellow- 
 members in the house by the intelligent interest 
 he took in all matter brought up for action. He 
 has been justice of the peace for many years, and 
 was highway surveyor in 1865. 
 
 He married Julia Knight, daughter of Samuel 
 and Betsey (Keniston) Knight, who were 
 natives of Parsonsfield, Me. One child, Kate 
 H., born Aug. 31, 1875, is the sole issue of our 
 subject's marriage; she resides at home with her 
 parents. Mrs. Bowles was taken ffom the loving 
 embrace of her husband and daughter by the 
 cruel hand of death, Oct. 15, 1896. Mr. Bowles 
 and his daughter attend the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 BENJAMIN TUCKER, notary public and 
 justice of the peace of Bethlehem, N. H., was 
 born Nov. 20, 1836, in New Bedford, Mass., and 
 is a son of Charles R. and Dorcas F. (Fry) 
 Tucker, both natives of the "Bay State." 
 
 Benjamin Tucker, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Dartmouth, Mass., and was en- 
 gaged throughout the active period of his life in 
 pursuits of an agricultural nature. He was a 
 
 member of the fifth generation that had been 
 born on the family estate. Because of his own 
 merits, and from his belonging to one of the 
 earliest and best families of that section, he be- 
 came a very prominent man, and succeeded in a 
 financial way. He was a Whig in politics. His 
 wife, Lucretia Russell by name, bore him three 
 children: John; Rhoda; and Charles R., the 
 father of our subject. He was a member of the 
 Quaker sect. 
 
 Charles R. Tucker was born in Dartmouth, 
 Mass., on the homestead, which for more than 
 240 years has remained in the unbroken posses- 
 sion of the Tucker family; his birth took place 
 March 5, 1809. He belonged to the sixth gen- 
 eration of Tuckers, who have claimed Dart- 
 mouth as their birthplace. After leaving the 
 Friends' School at Providence, R. 1., about the 
 year 1825, the young man became a teacher, and 
 discharged the duties of a pedagogue in his na- 
 tive town and in Westport, Mass., tor about four 
 years. In the year 1830, he went to New Bed- 
 ford, Mass., and entered the counting-room of 
 Isaac Howland, Jr., & Co. Six years later he 
 started out in business for himself, and in 1844 
 entered into partnership with Edward D. Man- 
 dall, and thus the distinguished and successful 
 business house of Charles R. Tucker & Co. was 
 established. He early took a high position 
 among the merchants of New Bedford. His con- 
 nection with the Merchants' National Bank con- 
 tinued for a period of more than a quarter of a 
 century, and for the twenty-three years preced- 
 ing his death he was president of the institution. 
 There was another and more'important sphere of 
 activity and usefulness, in which Mr. Tucker held 
 a place quite as conspicuous and in which as 
 great a reliance was felt and reposed in the 
 soundness of his judgment and fidelity to the 
 right. This was as a member of the Church of 
 Christ, as a leading member and official of the 
 Society of Friends; in such associations was the 
 light of his character and the influence of his 
 judicious activity most widely felt. There was 
 no place in the society that he did not at some 
 time occupy. His much-lamented death took 
 place on the 21st of December, 1876. Sept. 19, 
 1833, he married Dorcas Fry of Weare, N. H., 
 who was born in Bolton, Mass.; she died one 
 year previous to him. Their children numbered 
 eight, as follows: Benjamin R., born March 14, 
 
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 1835, died March 11, 1836; Benjamin, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, born Nov. 20, 1836; John F., 
 born Aug. 13, 1839, died June 14, 1886; Henry 
 R., born April 18, 1842, died Aug. 9, 1872; 
 Charles R., Jr., born Aug. 19, 1844, died Feb. 
 11, 1891; Robert E., born Aug. 30, 1846, died 
 Feb. 22, 1873; Edward T., born Sept. 29, 1849; 
 and George F., born Jan. 19, 1852. 
 
 Our subject was the recipient of a good educa- 
 tion in his youth; he first attended the academy 
 at New Bedford, arid then the Boarding School 
 of Friends, at Providence, R. I. He finished 
 with a higher course, pursued in Haverford Col- 
 lege at Philadelphia, Pa. After the completion 
 of his education he clerked two years in the 
 Merchants Bank, New Bedford, of which his 
 father was president. He then worked about 
 three years for Charles R. Tucker & Co., ship 
 agents and owners in whale fishery. In 1858 he 
 entered into partnership with George F. Wilson 
 and Prof. Eben N. Horsford and organized the 
 Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I., 
 and was connected with that company two years, 
 selling out to Mr. Wilson. 
 
 At this time he went west and engaged in the 
 wood, coal and grain business in Milwaukee, 
 Wis., where he remained a member of the com- 
 mercial circles for two years. In 1862 he sold 
 out his business and removed to Mammoth City, 
 Colorado, where he became interested in the 
 mining business, and was a member of the first 
 stock company which was organized for gold 
 mining in that State. His stay in Colorado was 
 cut short at the end of two years, and he re- 
 turned to Dartmouth, Mass., and farmed on the 
 ancestral estate for eight years. In 1875 he 
 moved to Bethlehem, N. H., on account of fail- 
 ing health, and finding that the climate agreed 
 with him, he settled down and has made it his 
 home since. He is a Republican, and has held 
 the office of school comtnissioner, auditor, select- 
 man, of which he is a present member, and all 
 minor offices. He is a member of the Bethlehem 
 Grange, No. 203. 
 
 In 1876 he married Maria McKeage of 
 Broughton, Canada, and to them have been born 
 the following children: Edith, born Nov. 25, 
 1877; George E., born Dec. 7, 1885. Religiously 
 he belongs to the Church of Friends, or Quakers. 
 Mrs. Tucker is a member of the Episcopal 
 Church of Bethlehem, N. H. 
 
 WARREN W. McGREGOR, postmaster of 
 the village of Bethlehem, N. H., was born in the 
 same town, where he now makes his home, June 
 15, 1858. He is a son of Willard A. and Almira 
 G. (Blandin) McGregor, and grandson of Gaius 
 McGregor. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject spent his years 
 in agricultural operations, and in lumbering in 
 the town of Bethlehem. He married Miss Bet- 
 sey Hoyt of New Hampshire, and to them were 
 born six children, who are as follows : Sophronia, 
 Nancy, Maria, Willard A., Gaius B., and Mary. 
 They favored the religious doctrines which form 
 the basis of the Presbyterian form of belief. 
 
 Willard A. McGregor, after securing an edu- 
 cation in the schools of Bethlehem, became in- 
 terested in lumbering, and also in farming; he 
 owned a saw-mill, and did a very good business. 
 He was a Democrat, and represented the town 
 in the legislative halls of Concord; he was also 
 selectman, justice of the peace, and the incum- 
 bent at various times of various minor offices. 
 His wife, Almira, was a daughter of Sylvanus 
 Blandin of Bethlehem, N. H. There were born 
 to them three children: John; George; and 
 Warren, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Mc- 
 Gregor died Jan. 25, 1881. In their religious at- 
 tachments they were Methodists. 
 
 Our subject's boyhood years were usefully em- 
 ployed in helping about the home farm, and in 
 going to the district school, not far distant from 
 his home. When a young man he learned the 
 carpenter's and builder's trade, at which he was 
 employed ten years. He then entered the ser- 
 vice of the Boston, Concord & Montreal R. R., 
 which is now incorporated in the great Boston 
 & Maine R. R. system; he became station agent 
 at Bethlehem Junction and Bethlehem, N. H., 
 and still retains that position. He has been post- 
 master since May 1, 1893. He is a Democrat, 
 and holds the office of town treasurer. 
 
 In 1890 he married Eulie A. Chamberlain, 
 daughter of Jack Chamberlain of Bethlehem, N. 
 H. They are members of the Methodist Church 
 of Bethlehem, N. H. Mr. McGregor, socially, 
 is a Mason, and belongs to Burns Lodge, No. 
 66, of Littleton; Franklin Chapter of Lisbon; 
 Omega Council of Plymouth; St. Gerard Com- 
 mandery, of Littleton; Edward A. Raymond 
 Consistory, of Nashua, N. H. ; and to the Mystic 
 Shrine of Montpelier, \"t. 
 
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 NATHAN H. NUTTER, who is engaged in 
 the successful pursuit of agriculture on Briar 
 Hill, town of Haverhill, was born in the town of 
 Bath, Jan. 18, 1868, of Joshua and Sarah (Heath) 
 Nutter, to whom were born twelve children, as 
 follows: Phoebe, deceased; Joseph; Isaac, de- 
 ceased; Nathan, deceased; Simms; Sarah; 
 Joshua; Charlotte, deceased; Corinne; Nathan 
 H; McClelland, deceased; and James. Our sub- 
 ject's father was a son of Joseph and Phoebe 
 (Hoyt) Nutter, all from Barnstead, N. H. Joshua 
 in his earlier years clerked in a store in Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., and after his marriage farmed in 
 the town of Newington of the same county. In 
 the fiftjes he came to Bath, and passed away at 
 the end of a long and singularly useful career at 
 the age of seventy-six, February, 1896. His wife 
 was a daughter of Isaac and Harriet (Willis) 
 Heath. He was a member of the Ammonoosuc 
 Grange of Swiftwater, N. H.; in politics he was 
 a Democrat, but would never accept an office. 
 
 Nathan H. Nutter lived in Bath, and went to 
 school and worked on his father's farm till he 
 had attained his majority; he then received 
 wages from his father for his services, and in 
 1892 had saved up enough to buy his present 
 farm of 260 acres on Briar Hill, moving into his 
 new home and settling down as a householder 
 April 1, 1893. Before he bought his farm, and 
 while he still remained at home he employed his 
 winters in logging, and a good part of the sum- 
 mers in pressing hay and in other like farm work 
 for his father. 
 
 Mr. Nutter was married Feb. 22, 1890, at Bath, 
 to Althea S. Thayer, daughter of George and 
 Sarah (Cross) Thayer; the former parent a son 
 of Ephraim W. and Zubia (Quimby) Thayer, and 
 the latter a daughter of Richard and Mary A. 
 (Martin) Cross. There were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Thayer the following children: Alice J.; 
 Althea S., the wife of our subject; William, died 
 in infancy; William, the second of that name; 
 and the triplets, Leslie, Lillian, and Lena. The 
 union of our subject and his wife has been pro- 
 ductive of three children: Neal, Kathleen, and 
 Jeanette. They attend both the M. E. and Uni- 
 tarian Churches at Swiftwater. They are both 
 members of Ammonoosuc Grange at Swift- 
 water. Mr. Nutter is a Democrat. Although 
 at an age when most young men are just begin- 
 ning to be independent of their parents, Mr. Nut- 
 
 ter has already made a splendid record as a pro- 
 gressive, up-to-date farmer. He is a.good judge 
 of horseflesh, and deals considerably in that line; 
 he keeps from twenty-five to thirty cows, and 
 sends the milk product to a creamery. In good 
 years he raises from 1,100 to 1,200 bushels of 
 potatoes, besides grain crops of good quality. 
 In smaller live stock he keeps some forty hogs 
 and a yard of poultry. Mr. Nutter is counted as 
 one of the best agriculturists in his vicinity, and 
 is respected for his push and energy, combined 
 with the strictest integrity. 
 
 CPIARLES A. ROBY, a prosperous and suc- 
 cessful farmer of the town of Alexandria, was 
 born in the above town Nov. 22, 1827, and is a 
 son of Lowell and Margaret (Keniston) Roby, 
 both natives of the town of Weare, N. H. 
 
 Lowell Roby was educated in the common 
 schools of Weare, and became a farmer, and fol- 
 lowed that calling nearly all the active period of 
 his life in the town of Alexandria, and was con- 
 sidered a very prominent man. His political 
 views and beliefs were those advocated by the 
 Democratic party. His wife, Margaret, was a 
 daughter of Benjamin Keniston of Weare, N. 
 H., and to them were born the following chil- 
 dren: Sally, born March 10, 1806; Oliver, July 
 
 22, 1807; John, June 20, 1809; Lowell, Sept. 11, 
 1811; Levi, Sept. 28, 1813; Eldrich, March 21, 
 1819; and Charles, Aug. 25, 1821. In their re- 
 ligious belief Mr. and Mrs. Roby favored 
 the Methodist Episcopalian and Universalist 
 churches respectively. 
 
 Charles A. Roby was educated in the schools 
 of Alexandria, and upon the completion of his 
 education engaged in teaming and taking care 
 of horses in Lowell, Mass., where he has lived 
 the most of his life. In 1892 he moved back to 
 Alexandria, N. H., and is now living in retire- 
 ment on his farm, having accumulated a hand- 
 some competence to support him in his declin- 
 ing years. He married Abbie Gale, daughter of 
 Stephen Gale of Hebron, and to them were born 
 two children: George, deceased; and Emma B. 
 Mr. Roby is a member of the M. E. Church. He 
 was bereaved of the presence of his wife May 
 
 23, 1896. 
 
GEORGE C. PATTEN. 
 
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 349 
 
 HENRY P. SMITH, a leading and highly 
 successful druggist of the town of Bethlehem, 
 N. H., was born in Dalton, N. H, Jan. i, i860, 
 and is a son of Howland E. and Susan A. 
 (Brown) Smith, the former of Lunenburg, Vt, 
 and the latter a native of Bradford, Vt. 
 
 Abijah Smith, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was born and educated in the town of Hanover, 
 Grafton Co., N. H. ; at the age of twenty-one he 
 went to ■ Lunenburg, Vt., and there engaged in 
 farming, which continued to be his sole employ- 
 ment through life. He married Catherine 
 Thomas, daughter of Enoch and Mary (How- 
 land) Thomas, and from their union, thus con- 
 summated, six children resulted: Calvin, Sybil, 
 Mary, Fannie, Sylvia, and Howland E. Mr. 
 Smith rounded. out his career at the age of seven- 
 ty-seven years, dying in 1854; his wife passed to 
 the bright world beyond in 1832. They were 
 Baptists in their religious attachments. 
 
 Howland E. Smith was born in Lunenburg, 
 Vt., Feb. 6, 1821, and was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of that place; when still a young 
 man he learned the carpenter's trade, and that 
 in connection with farming was his chief occupa- 
 tion in life. He is now living in retirement at the 
 home of his son in Bethlehem, N. H. He is a 
 loyal Republican, but never accepted any office. 
 In 1842 he married Susan A. Brown, daughter 
 of John and Susan (Brock) Brown, and to them 
 were born two children, namely: Emma J., who 
 married John M. Clark of Lancaster, N. H., and 
 has two children, Walter H. and Millard F. ; and 
 Henry P., the subject of this personal narration. 
 They are devout and consistent members of the 
 M. E. Church of Bethlehem, N. H, and still re- 
 tain a very lively interest in its work. 
 
 After our subject had secured an education in 
 the schools of Lisbon he entered the employ of 
 C. J. Kelsea of Lisbon as his drug clerk; he did 
 not remain there long, but came to Bethlehem, 
 where he took charge of his employer's branch 
 store. Later on, in company with Dr. Hildreth, 
 he bought the Bethlehem .store, and carried on 
 the business for about four years under the style 
 of H. P. Smith & Co.; Mr. Smith then secured 
 his partner's interest, and since 1887 he has car- 
 ried on a very successful and profitable drug bus- 
 . iness. He also purchased the drug business, 
 which was carried on by Robinson & Amsden in 
 Bethlehem, and now conducts both stores at 
 
 Bethlehem Street. Our subject's summer trade 
 is especially extensive, because of the visitors and 
 sight-seers, who come to the White Mountains. 
 He is a Republican, and has served as town 
 treasurer, and as a member of the board of edu- 
 cation, which latter position he now holds. So- 
 cially, he is a Mason, and belongs to Burns 
 Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., of Littleton, N. H; 
 Franklin Chapter of Lisbon, N. H; St. Gerard 
 Commandery of Littleton, N. H; Edward A. 
 Raymond Consistory (thirty-second degree), of 
 Nashua, N. H; and is a member of Mt. Sinai 
 Temple of Montpelier, Vt. 
 
 On Oct. 21, 1884, he was joined in matrimony 
 with Clara L. (Wilder) Bradley of Bethlehem, 
 N. H, who has- made him the proud father of 
 two children: Amy W. and Eugene W. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith are not members of any church 
 organization, but take great pleasure in contrib- 
 uting to any good work furthered by whatever 
 organization. 
 
 GEORGE C. PATTEN, proprietor of the 
 Pattenville Mills of Pattenville, N. H., was born 
 in Boston, Mass., July 10, 1852, and is a son of 
 George C. and Melissa (Whiting) Patten. 
 
 Our subject's father came from New Bruns- 
 wick to Boston, and was engaged in the publish- 
 ing of books ; his life was cut short at the age of 
 twenty-eight by the dread disease, consumption, 
 when our subject was only four years old. His 
 wife, Melissa Whiting, bore him two sons, of 
 whom our subject is the only one surviving; 
 the other, Frank, died at the age of one year. 
 Mrs. Patten was a daughter of Solomon Whiting,- 
 a farmer and millwright of Groton, and as our 
 subject lost his mother by small-pox when a 
 voung lad, he went to live with his grandfather, 
 Solomon Whiting. Mr. Whiting was the owner 
 of the Mullican Mills, early known as the Ran- 
 kin Mills, where he manufactured lumber. His 
 son, Robert C, succeeded him, but upon the lat- 
 ter's death from an accident received in the mill 
 in 1874, George C. Patten became the owner of 
 the property, which he has conducted with a 
 large measure of success since. The mills have 
 been enlarged and remodeled to suit his ad- 
 vanced ideas, and in 1895, a sixty horse-power 
 boiler and engine were introduced for use in an 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 emergency, when the head of water during a 
 drouth should be insufficient to run the machin- 
 ery. In 1893 he put in a large cider press, styled 
 the Mt. Gilead press, which is operated with 
 hydraulic pressure ; this press is one of the finest 
 in the State, and grinds as much as 750 bushels 
 per day, and has a large patronage among the 
 apple producers of the vicinity. In the saw-mills 
 he manufactures all kinds of bill timber, shingles, 
 and butter trunks. He owns a pleasant home, 
 with capacious barns, recently erected. 
 
 Mr. Patten married Miss Jennie E. Sanborn, 
 daughter of Madison Sanborn of Littleton; she 
 died in her eighteenth year, leaving as her 
 legacy one child, Frank T., born June 28, 1880. 
 Mr. Patten is a Republican, and liberal in his re- 
 ligious views. In business affairs, he has ever 
 exhibited a strict integrity, and sound common- 
 sense, combined with the vital elements of push 
 and energy, that have won him the unstinted ad- 
 miration and respect of aD with whom he has 
 been in the least associated. As a worthy gen- 
 tleman, and representative citizen of Grafton 
 County, we insert his portrait in this volume. 
 
 CHARLES W. CUMMINGS, a retired mer- 
 chant of Warren, N. H., is the son of Jotham 
 Cummings, and the grandson of Henry Cum- 
 mings, who it is thought was born in Hollis, N. 
 H., but spent most of his life in Groton, where 
 he departed this life. He was a carpenter by 
 trade, and made it the means of support in early 
 life: in later years he took to farming. His chil- 
 dren were: Henry, Daniel, Jonathan, Anson, 
 Sally, and Hannah. 
 
 Jotham was born in Groton, N. H. He learned 
 the trade of a cooper, and his early days of man- 
 hood were spent in Boston, where he worked at 
 his trade, and being a good workman he com- 
 manded a good salary. He married Mary, 
 daughter of Isaac Cheney of Groton, by whom 
 he had four children: Emily J. (Clark); Sarah 
 J. (Piper); George J.; and Charles W., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. After marriage he returned 
 to his native town of Groton, settled clown on a 
 farm, and for the rest of his life carried on a 
 good farm in connection with his trade of cooper. 
 He died in 1893, aged eighty-nine; his wife fol- 
 
 lowed him in 1895, aged eighty-seven. They 
 were consistent members of the Congregational 
 Church. In politics he was a strong and enthu- 
 siastic Republican, but refused to accept any 
 office at the hands of his fellow-townsmen, ex- 
 cept the position of town clerk. 
 
 Charles W. Cummings, the subject of this 
 notice, was born Aug. 20, 1847, nl Groton, N. H. 
 He received ms primary education in the district 
 school of his native town, and then attended the 
 Newbury Academy at Newbury, Vt., and Meri- 
 den Academy of Meriden, N. H. After leaving 
 school he clerked in a store for three years, and 
 in 1873, began a mercantile life on his own ac- 
 count in Groton. He remained there "three years 
 when he went to Meriden and carried on a suc- 
 cessful business there for six years. He then 
 sold his business and went to Concord and en 1 
 gaged in trade there for one year, finally settling 
 in Warren, where he continued in the mercantile 
 business until 1 891, being compelled at that time 
 to retire by reason of ill health. He sold his busi- 
 ness to the firm of Kittredge & Son, and during 
 the winter seasons since he has been south at 
 work as the soliciting agent of a Florida hotel. 
 
 He was married, in 1873, to Emily E., daugh- 
 ter of Ira and Mary (Whitcher) Merrill of War- 
 ren, N. H. Mr. Cummings is a strong Republi- 
 can. He has served as postmaster of Warren 
 during Harrison's administration. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Moosehillock Lodge, No. 63, F. & A. 
 M., of Wentworth, N. H.; Pemigewasset Chap- 
 ter, No. 13, R. A. M., of Plymouth; St. Gerard 
 Commandery, No. 9, of Littleton; Edward A. 
 Raymond Consistory of Nashua. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Harmony Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F.. 
 of Tilton, N. H. He belongs to Arch Lodge, 
 No. 53, K. of P. He is also a member of Friend- 
 ship Lodge of the Grangers of Tilton. 
 
 Mr. Cummings met with marked success in 
 his business life. His careful, methodical habits 
 and his strict, undoubted integrity gave men a 
 confidence in him, that was not easily destroyed 
 or shaken. He always took a great interest in 
 his business dealings; in fact, he was so much 
 absorbed in mercantile matters that his health 
 failed, and he was forced to leave the active bus- 
 iness world in which he was so familiar a figure. 
 His many virtues have endeared him to his 
 neighbors, and he is consequently a very popular 
 man. 
 
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 WOODBURY F LANGDOX, a prominent 
 citizen of the town of Plymouth, was born in 
 Rumney, Grafton Co., Feb. i, 1830, and is a son 
 of James Fogg and Rhoda (Hill) Langdon, and 
 grandson of Woodbury Langdon, and a descend- 
 ant of the old Langdon family, a record of whose 
 achievements may be found in the Colonial and 
 State annals of Xew Hampshire. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather, whose wife was 
 Mary Woodlock, was a sea captain, and died at 
 City Point, Ya., when his son, James Fogg, was 
 an infant. 
 
 When a mere lad circumstances forced our 
 subject's father to take upon himself the burdens 
 of life, and he rose to the emergency, and ac- 
 quited himself manfully, cheerfully, and success- 
 fully. He was born in Durham, X. H., April 27, 
 1804, and resided in that town until about thir- 
 teen years of age, cultivating the soil and work- 
 ing hard, improving his time and limited school 
 advantages to the best possible advantage. He 
 was then employed as clerk for Ebenezer Coe, 
 a merchant of Northwood, X. H., for two years, 
 and afterwards worked for Judge John Harvey 
 in the same capacity for three years. At the age 
 of nineteen he commenced driving stage from 
 Xorthwood to Meredith Bridge, and continued 
 on this route for several years, when he removed 
 to Rumney, and drove from Rumney to Concord 
 until 1837, when he purchased the stage route 
 between Concord and Haverhill and staged 
 there until the advent of the railroad. He also 
 drove a stage from Plymouth to Stanstead, and 
 in connection with the B. C. & M. R. R. one from 
 Stanstead to Meredith. For upwards of thirty 
 years he was engaged in staging, occupying the 
 "box" himself, even when proprietor during that 
 period, and was very popular with the traveling 
 public because of his honesty, cheerfulness under 
 the most trying circumstances which ever befell 
 a stage-driver, and because of his obliging 
 nature, which many times led him out of his 
 accustomed course to grant a favor. 
 
 Mr. Langdon was the pioneer expressman of 
 his section of the State, commencing when rail- 
 road facilities were meager, and, as they ad- 
 vanced, taking advantage of them, until the busi- 
 ness assumed large proportions, and Langdon's 
 Express reached to all points between Concord 
 and Littleton. His line was then consolidated 
 with Cheney & White's Express, and the result- 
 
 ant company did business as Cheney & Co.'s Ex- 
 press until it was united with Fiske & Co.'s Ex- 
 press, forming the strong corporation of the 
 United States & Canada Express Co., in which 
 Mr. Langdon retained an interest until 1881. in 
 1853 ne was appointed by President Pierce route 
 agent between Concord and Littleton, and con- 
 tinued to fill the duties of that position until his 
 resignation after six years of service. 
 
 With the exception of a short residence in 
 Concord, he lived in Plymouth from 1847 until 
 his death in January, 1887. During this period 
 of his life he was not an idle spectator of the 
 labors of others, but gave his valuable aid and 
 assistance to all matters that had a bearing on 
 the good of the community. He was largely in- 
 terested in real estate, constructed a number of 
 houses, and was one of the originators of the 
 Pemigewasset Fire Co., and in various ways im- 
 pressed his individuality on the town. He was 
 a public-spirited man and a public benefactor. 
 His greatest service to the town of his residence 
 was the Water Works system, introduced by 
 him in 1881, at a time of life when most men 
 prefer to rest from labor; he was assisted in this 
 work by his son, Woodbury F., and carried the 
 important work to a successful completion at an 
 expense of $40,000.00. Politically he always re- 
 mained true > to those old democratic ideas of 
 Jefferson and Jackson, and represented Ply- 
 mouth in the State Legislature. He was a plain, 
 unassuming man, with little taste or desire for 
 ostentation or the manifestation of pride, and 
 was thoroughly democratic in all his walks as in 
 his political affiliations, and probably no one in 
 the locality of his residence and in the scene of 
 his labors enjoyed a higher degree of personal 
 popularity and respect. 
 
 In October, 1827, Mr. Langdon married 
 Rhoda Hill, daughter of Daniel Hill of Xorth- 
 wood, and the record of the children born to 
 them is as follows: Marv E., who died young; 
 Woodbury F. ; Mary E. (Hill); John G., who died 
 in 1869, at the age of thirty-four; and Josephine 
 (Leach), who died in 1884. Our subject's mother 
 pased away in May, 1888, aged eighty-three 
 years. 
 
 Our subject fitted for college at Tilton, and 
 Andover Academy, and graduated from Bow- 
 doin College as a member of the Class of '53. 
 He then studied law in the office of Baker & Pea- 
 
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 body at Concord, after which he went west to 
 Minnesota, where he spent sixteen years, en- 
 gaged in dealing in hides, grain, and farm imple- 
 ments. At the death of his brother, John C, in 
 1869, our subject returned to his native State, 
 took up his residence in Plymouth, and has lived 
 there ever since. The first seven years that suc- 
 ceeded his return he was express agent at Ply- 
 mouth, and since that time he has had charge of 
 the Plymouth Water Works. He is a large real 
 estate owner, and makes a specialty of raising 
 small fruit. He has opened a street through the 
 west side of the village and named it Langdon 
 Street. He is a member of the Washington 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., of Wasioga, Minn., and is 
 also connected with the Plymouth Grange, No. 
 
 239- 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Langdon married as his first wife 
 Annie E. Merrill, daughter of Phineas Merrill of 
 Stratton, N. H. ; she died in 1880 at the age of 
 forty years, and left one child, Frank W., who 
 followed his mother three weeks later at the age 
 of twenty-two. Our subject married as his sec- 
 ond helpmate, in 1895, Donna B. Morrill, nee 
 Gould, daughter of 'Dr. J. B. N. Gould of Mere- 
 dith, N. H. 
 
 EDWIN A. KENYON, dealer in all kinds of 
 agricultural implements, located at Enfield, N. 
 H, was born in Middlebury, Vt., March 24, 1838. 
 He is a son of Alexander and Ann (Curby) Ken- 
 yon, and grandson of James Kenyon, who was a 
 farmer of Plainfield, N. H., but was killed early 
 in life by being thrown from a wagon, leaving 
 four children: Jarvis, Edith, Janette, and Alex- 
 ander. 
 
 All of the children of James Kenyon settled in 
 the State of New York with the sole exception 
 of our subject's father, who, following the pur- 
 suits of agriculture, bought his first farm and 
 home in Middlebury; on this small farm, on 
 which he erected a set of buildings, and made 
 other improvements to enhance its value, he 
 lived for some ten years, and sold to good ad- 
 vantage. With the proceeds from the farm he 
 bought a saw-mill in the same town, and manu- 
 factured lumber of all varieties, including shin- 
 gles, laths, pickets, etc. In the latter part of his 
 life his health failed him, and he lived with his 
 
 son, our subject, until his death, in 1881 ; he was 
 born in 1808. His wife was born in 1800, and 
 fell into the last sleep in 1879. Their children 
 were: Sophronia, David Y., and Edwin A. Our 
 subject's father was a Whig and later a Republi- 
 can in politics, and a Congregationalist in his re- 
 ligious beliefs and attachments. 
 
 Our subject started out in life to support him- 
 self at the calling of a farmer, buying his father's 
 farm, and operating it and dealing in cattle and 
 stock until 1859, when he sold that property and 
 purchased a large farm in Alstead, N. H. In 
 that town the same transactions took place, 
 farming and speculating in cattle, for some four- 
 teen years. He then, in company with George 
 Britton, went into mercantile trade at Surrey, N. 
 H, under the firm name of Britton & Kenyon, 
 but he soon bought his partner out, and ran a 
 general store some three years, serving as post- 
 master in the meantime. At the end of the three 
 years he disposed of his property and went into 
 the same business at Newport, N. H., continuing 
 there until 1878, when he came to Enfield and 
 bought the house now known as the Webster 
 House, it being then a private dwelling-house, 
 the property of the Valentine estate. This build- 
 ing Mr. Kenyon fitted up and ran as a hotel 
 under the title of the Kenyon House, for a few 
 years, when he sold it, and has since done a pros- 
 perous business in agricultural implements and 
 phosphates. He owns a fine farm near the vil- 
 lage of Enfield, which he leases to tenants. His 
 beautiful home is located on Wells Street, over- 
 looking Mascoma Lake. 
 
 Our subject has been a very active citizen, 
 being a promoter and supporter of many im- 
 provements to the village and town. Although 
 he is a stanch Republican, and has been chair- 
 man of the Republican Committee for many 
 years, he has never expressed the least desire to 
 hold any office, and has often refused tempting 
 offers of political advancement. 
 
 Mr. Kenyon married Janette Cooper, daughter 
 of Charles Cooper; she died at the age of forty, 
 leaving two children: Alice and Florence. Alice 
 married Edwin Tenney of Worcester, Mass., 
 and has one child, Bessie. Florence married 
 Edwin Spencer, a resident of Enfield, and an em- 
 ployee of the Baltic Mills; they have one child, 
 Edwin A. Mr. Kenyon married as his second 
 wife Miss Frances Riley, who was for many 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 years the leading milliner of Enfield. She is a 
 daughter of James Riley of Newport, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Kenyon enlisted in 1864 as a private in 
 Co. A, 1 8th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and after serv- 
 ing nine months and a half returned home as a 
 corporal; he was called to City Point first, and 
 was afterwards stationed at Fort Steadman. He 
 has been for several years and is now commander 
 of the G. A. R. Post of Enfield ; he is also a mem- 
 ber of the W. R. C, of which his wife is presi- 
 dent, and has been since its organization. He is 
 a loyal supporter of the Congregational Church, 
 and a member of the Social Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 of Enfield, N. H. 
 
 FIENRY L. MORRILL, a retired boot and 
 shoe dealer of Chicago, 111., and a resident real 
 estate owner of Campton, N. H., was born in 
 Campton Village, N. H, June 22, 1852, and is a 
 son of Henry F. and Clarissa (Morrill) Morrill. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Gilmanton, 
 N. H., and entered upon the pursuit of agricul- 
 ture in his native town, but he soon moved to 
 Campton, where he purchased a farm, and made 
 it his home for the remainder of his life. He was 
 possessed of a strong, robust constitution, and 
 accomplished much work; under his skillful 
 manipulation and judicious management the 
 farm proved very successful, and he was enabled 
 to retire during his last years with the reputation 
 of being one of the leading farmers of Campton. 
 Politically he was a Whig, and after that party's 
 final dissolution he was a Republican; although 
 capable of filling office very acceptably, he has 
 always refused any offer of political elevation. 
 His wife died at the age of seventy-three, leaving 
 three children: John F., Henry L., and 
 Nancy E. 
 
 Henry L. Morrill received a good public 
 school education in the schools of his native 
 town. At the age of twenty he removed to Chi- 
 cago, 111., with his elder brother, John F. Mor- 
 rill, and engaged in the wholesale jobbing of 
 boots and shoes. This partnership continued for 
 one year, when our subject went into business 
 with Mr. Garven, under the firm name of Garven 
 & Morrill, remaining in such partnership for one 
 year, and since that time, and until 1891, he was 
 engaged in business by himself. In that year he 
 
 closed out his business, and practically retired 
 from active work. He came east to settle his 
 father's estate, and while here built an elegant 
 residence at Lower Campton Village, in 1893, 
 where he has spent his summers since; he also 
 owns a large farm here. He built himself a hand- 
 some residence in Chicago, which he occupies 
 while there, but the greater portion of his time 
 is spent here for the health of his family. 
 
 He married Myrta R., daughter of Seth W. 
 and Roxie E. (Warner) Dunklee of Brattleboro, 
 Vt. Seth W. Dunklee was an extensive dealer 
 in wood and lumber; he died at the age of seven- 
 ty-three. His wife is still living at the age of 
 eighty-one, and is blessed with remarkably good 
 health. The children that made up their house- 
 hold were: John O.; Eugene E.; Oscar W.; 
 Lizzie H; Mattie E.; and Myrta R., our subject's 
 wife. 
 
 Mr. Morrill is the proud father of three chil- 
 dren, two girls and one boy : Hazel E. was born 
 Jan. 11, 1887; Pearl E., was born Aug. 15, 1886; 
 Henry F. was born Aug. 31, 1888. Our subject 
 is a Democrat in his political affiliations. The 
 Unitarian Church claims him as one of its liberal 
 and earnest supporters. 
 
 DR. CHANNING BISHOP, a physician of 
 the town of Bristol, was born in the village, July 
 26, 1864. 
 
 His father, Dr. James M. Bishop, was a native 
 of Hanover, this county, where he was born May 
 14, 1821, and where he resided until 1840. He 
 was a son of John and Abigail (Parker) Bishop, 
 who died when he was only seven years of age. 
 He was adopted by his mother's parents, with 
 whom he moved to Canaan, when nineteen years 
 old. He attended the Academy of Lebanon and 
 Canaan a few terms, supporting himself the 
 while by teaching in the winter and working 
 upon farms in the summer. Thus having ob- 
 tained a good academic education, he entered 
 the office of Dr. Jones of Canaan, in the spring of 
 1846, and later studied medicine under the direc- 
 tion of Dr. Wheat of the same town, following 
 out a year of study. ■ The two following years 
 were spent in the study of his profession, in the 
 office of Dr. Mead of East Hanover, teaching 
 
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 each winter. In the spring of 1849, after teach- 
 ing a winter term of school in Maine, he went 
 to Plymouth, and became an assistant to Dr. 
 Goodrich with the intention to succeed to that 
 gentleman's practice, when he moved South, as 
 was his original intention; but Dr. Goodrich de- 
 ciding to remain, Dr. Bishop determined to 
 locate in Bristol, and on Nov. 11, 1849, opened 
 an office there, where he continued ministering 
 to the physical ailments of his large circle of 
 patients until his death. To further perfect him- 
 self for the profession, he took a course in the 
 Eclectic Medical College of Worcester, Mass., in 
 the year 1854-55, where he received the degree 
 of M. D. Although having studied under allo- 
 pathic preceptors, Dr. Bishop had gradually 
 broken away from that school and followed al- 
 most entirely homeopathic methods. He was 
 greatly interested in the prosperity of his town- 
 ship and community, and was honored with the 
 local offices of treasurer and superintendent of 
 schools for a number of years. The village also 
 received the benefit of his services as a member 
 of the board of education, and also of the board 
 of health. Nov. 11, 1852, he married Margaret 
 A. Locke, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Phil- 
 brick) Locke of Concord, N. H. By this union 
 there were four children: Mary Abbie; Daniel 
 Locke, who died in infancy; Lizzie Bell; and 
 Channing, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Dr. Channing Bishop was reared in his native 
 village, attended its graded schools, and supple- 
 mented that education in Tilton Seminary, 
 Brown University, and Boston University School 
 of Medicine, graduating from the latter institu- 
 tion in June, 1889. He immediately obtained an 
 office in Bristol, and succeeded to the large and 
 lucrative practice of his father. May 15, 1893, 
 in Lebanon, Dr. Bishop was married to Lena B. 
 Cragin, daughter of Richard W. and Nancy 
 (Emory) Cragin. Dr. and Mrs. Bishop are at- 
 tendants of the M. E. Church of Bristol. The 
 Doctor is well-read, a deep and profound thinker, 
 with good judgment and calm, logical common 
 sense. These qualities, united to fine social ad- 
 dress, tend to make him popular, and command 
 for him the confidence and esteem of the entire 
 community. Possessing a strong ambition and 
 a high standard of professional excellence, with 
 the aid and sympathy of a noble life companion, 
 he is well fitted to secure in due time the perma- 
 
 nent reward of a successful and honorable career. 
 In politics he is a Republican, and has served his 
 village on the board of health, on the school 
 board, as a trustee of the public library, and as 
 a superintendent of the schools of the town. To 
 fraternal orders the Doctor has been quite partial. 
 He is a member of Cardigan Lodge, No. 38, I. 
 O. O. F., of Bristol; Union Lodge, No. 73, F. & 
 A. M., of Bristol; St. Omar Chapter, of Frank- 
 lin; Mt. Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, 
 of Concord; and Merrill Lodge, No. 23, A. O. 
 U. W., of Bristol; and Bristol Lodge, American 
 Benefit Society. 
 
 JOSEPH B. PAGE, a prominent agricultur- 
 ist, whose farm is situated near Grafton Center, 
 was born in Grafton, Feb. 1, 1839. He was a 
 son of Joseph W. and Dolly (Bullock) Page, and 
 grandson of John Page, a hatter by trade, who 
 moved to Grafton in 1808, bought a small place 
 near the Center, and there plied his trade. 
 
 The family is descended from the parents of 
 three brothers, who came from England in the 
 early Colonial days, settling in Massachusetts. 
 One of them, a doctor and minister by pr6fes- 
 sion, lost his life by a contagious disease con- 
 tracted while attending a sick patient. 
 
 Dolly (Bullock) Page, the mother of our sub- 
 ject, was a daughter of Benjamin and Sybil 
 (Drake) Bullock. Sybil was a daughter of Capt. 
 Daniel Drake, who began his services in the 
 Revolutionary War, at the battle of Bunker Hill, 
 and continued in the army, fighting for freedom 
 and independence until the cessation of hostili- 
 ties. Sybil remembered hearing the guns at that 
 battle, and before her death, at the age of ninety- 
 three, used to relate incidents of the war to our 
 subject when he was a boy. She died April 5, 
 1864, aged ninety-three years, nine months, and 
 twenty-five days. 
 
 Joseph W. Page was born in the town of 
 Hawke (now Danville), N. H, Aug. 20, 1799, 
 and died September, 1879, having passed the 
 eightieth mile-stone in his journey of life. After 
 his marriage he bought the farm on which our 
 subject resides, a fine tract of 300 acres, and con- 
 tinued to make it his home until his death. The 
 final summons came to him unexpectedly, and 
 without warning, at the close of a busy day, just 
 
JASON CLARK. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 355 
 
 after the evening chores had been finished. He 
 was tall, of a commanding figure, and finely pro- 
 portioned, an almost exact prototype of his son, 
 the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Joseph B. Page, our subject, was married Jan. 
 i, 1892, to Emma J. Fowler, now deceased, and 
 daughter of William and Melinda (Morrill) Fow- 
 ler of Grafton. Mr. Page is a firm, unyielding 
 Republican, and although living in a Democratic 
 town, has been kept in office almost ever since 
 he attained his majority; he has been postmaster 
 at Grafton Center thirteen years; has served as 
 selectman eighteen years; and has been justice 
 of the peace since 1870. The duties of these vari- 
 ous offices he has discharged in a faithful and 
 conscientious manner, which has met the appre- 
 ciation and wins him the confidence of all his 
 fellow-townsmen. He is a member of Eureka 
 Grange, No. 69, of Grafton Center. 
 
 JASON CLARK (deceased) was the son of 
 Joshua Clark, grandson of Satchel Clark, Jr., 
 great-grandson of Satchel Clark, great-great- 
 grandson of John Clark, Jr., and great-great- 
 great-grandson of John Clark. 
 
 It is believed that the Clark family first set- 
 tled in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. It is not 
 definitely known where John Clark was born, 
 and where he passed his early manhood years, 
 but we know that he spent his later years and 
 died in Stratham, N. H. 
 
 John Clark, Jr., the son of John, was born in 
 Haverhill, Mass., and died at Stratham, N. H. 
 
 Satchel Clark, the son of John Clark, Jr., was 
 born in Kingston, N. H., in 1736. He resided 
 and died in Sanbornton, N. H. He married 
 Rachel Cate. He moved to Sanbornton in 1756, 
 and was the ninth family to settle in that town. 
 They reared a family of seven children. 
 
 Satchel Clark, Jr., was born in 1774. He mar- 
 ried Betty Fullington in 1794. He changed his 
 residence to Dorchester, N. H, in 1797, but soon 
 returned to Sanbornton and died there in 1854. 
 They reared a family of seven children. 
 
 Joshua Clark, son of the preceding, and the 
 father of our subject, was born in 1810, in San- 
 bornton. He devoted his life to agricultural pur- 
 
 suits. He married Syrena Palmer. They re- 
 mained in their native town until 1844, when 
 they moved to Campton, N. H, where they 
 spent their last days. Mr. Clark died at the age 
 of seventy-one ; his wife was called to her reward 
 at the age of seventy-two. l ( our children were 
 born to them: Jason, Ann E., Emily J. (Coffin), 
 and Henry M. 
 
 Jason Clark, one of the four children of Joshua 
 and Syrena (Palmer) Clark, was born in San- 
 bornton, N. H, Sept. 17, 1832. He was the son 
 of godly parents, and grew up under the influ- 
 ences of a Christian home. As a child and youth 
 he was devout, reverent, and faithful, giving evi- 
 dence that he was a child of God and desirous of 
 pleasing his Father. 
 
 While still a boy his parents removed their 
 home to Campton, N. H., and in 1848, when six- 
 teen years of age, he united with the Congrega- 
 tional Church in the neighboring village of Ply- 
 mouth. 
 
 Ten years of his early manhood were spent in 
 Lowell, Mass. He carried his pure, simple re- 
 ligion with him to the city, and the decade spent 
 in the midst of its turmoil and sin did not dim 
 his faith nor tarnish his life. 
 
 During these years he was a faithful member 
 of the Y. M. C. A., and was constant in his at- 
 tendance upon the means of grace. This was 
 one of the secrets of his beautiful life: the weekly 
 appearing before God in His sanctuary; the reg- 
 ular study of God's word in the Sunday-school; 
 the communion of saints in the mid-week service, 
 were verily to him "means of grace." 
 
 He did not transfer his church membership, 
 and in 1858 returned to his church home in Ply- 
 mouth. For nearly half of a century this church 
 has found in him a faithful member, a wise coun- 
 sellor, and a trusty steward. He served for ten 
 years on the church committee; he also acted 
 at various times as warden, treasurer of the 
 society, and church treasurer, and at the time 
 of his death was deacon, which office he had 
 filled with rare efficiency for seventeen years. 
 
 For two years prior to his death he had been 
 actively engaged in serving on the building com- 
 mittee of the church. A new chapel was erected 
 and extensive repairs made on the church edifice. 
 To this service of God he devoted his best 
 energies; his heart and mind, his hand and purse 
 were all given unsparingly. It was while en- 
 
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 gaged in work in the church audience room that 
 the chill came upon him which passed into pneu- 
 monia, anil three weeks later caused his death. 
 
 But not only in religious circles did Jason 
 Clark adorn his profession. It was given him in 
 great measure to be in the world, but not of it. 
 
 He was a strictly honest man. He was not 
 without ambition; an abundance of this world's 
 goods seemed desirable to him, but his gain 
 never came to him by another's loss. 
 
 His towns-people recognized in him this in- 
 tegrity mingled with sound judgment and execu- 
 tive ability, and at various times elected him to 
 offices of trust. 
 
 The church relied on him, the town respected 
 him, and his friends loved him. His pleasant 
 face, kindly manner, and good heart endeared 
 him to all with whom he came in contact. His 
 maxim was that of the old Earl of Devonshire: 
 "I shall pass this way but once; if, therefore, 
 there be any good thing I can do, or any kind- 
 ness I can show to any fellow-being, let me do 
 it now." And many a neighbor and friend can 
 bear witness to his kindly words and deeds. 
 
 In 1858 he was united in marriage to Calistia 
 P. Johnson of Campton, X. H, and two children, 
 a son and daughter, blessed their union. For a 
 few years these little ones were lent to their 
 parents to sanctify and make glad their home, 
 and then they were called to the heavenly home 
 to await their parents' coming. 
 
 In 1887 a little, motherless girl came under 
 their care, and in a few months they opened to 
 her their hearts and home, and she became their 
 daughter. 
 
 Always a kind and thoughtful husband, he 
 exercised this care to the last. Many and con- 
 siderate were the final arrangements he made 
 for their welfare and happiness of the dear ones 
 he was so soon to leave. 
 
 Although not called upon to pass through days 
 and weeks of protracted suffering, the death 
 angel did not come painlessly to him; but over- 
 coming all and robbing even death of its sting, 
 was that peace which the world cannot give or 
 take away. He passed to the realms above on 
 the 8th day of June, 1895. ^ nne portrait of Mr. 
 Clark, appearing on a preceding page, will serve 
 to call to the minds of his many friends in life 
 his Christian virtues and beautiful traits of char- 
 acter. 
 
 WARREN L. ROBIXSOX, who is engaged 
 in farming near Grafton Center, was born in 
 Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 24, 1859, and is a son of 
 Theodore S. and Jane K. (Kimball) Robinson. 
 Our subject's mother was a daughter of Col. 
 Amherst Kimball, who married Betsey Clark. 
 He was an officer in the old State militia. He 
 was one of those whole-souled, royal, good fel- 
 lows, and in consequence was not so thrifty as 
 his father, a very wealthy man of Sispatchet, R. 
 I., desired, so he was sent to Grafton and given 
 the use of a 1,000-acre tract of land of his father's 
 near where the village of Grafton Center now 
 stands, part of which farm is now owned by the 
 subject of this sketch. He lived to be upwards 
 of sixty years old. He had eight children, all 
 girls. 
 
 Theodore Robinson, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Canton, Mass., about the year 1832, 
 and died at the age of thirty-four. He was the 
 only issue of his father's marriage. The mother 
 married again, her second husband being Charles 
 Henry Lawrence. In early life Theodore Rob- 
 inson was a butcher of Roxbury, Mass., and 
 later was superintendent of the Fire Engine & 
 Hose Co., of the village, and chief of the depart- 
 ment in cases of fire. The engine was one of the 
 old style, rarely seen nowadays, for which the 
 power was furnished by the men of the com- 
 pany; the engine was also pulled to the fire 
 by the members of the company, and 
 many are the amusing anecdotes told 
 of Mr. Robinson in his efforts in urging his men 
 to exert their utmost strength to beat the rival 
 engine to the scene of the fire. His father, 
 Stephen Robinson, was a blacksmith of an ingen- 
 ious turn of mind, and the original inventor of 
 the trip-hammer. 
 
 Warren L. Robinson was reared in East Bos- 
 ton, and attended the ward school and the 
 Rice High School. Having a natural turn 
 for dramatic art he spent three years in 
 the study of elocution, and then for three 
 years filled very creditably a place on the staff of 
 the Boston Museum Co. He is a member of the 
 Actors' Fund, which shows that he stands high 
 in the estimation of the profession. Being of a 
 very social nature, Mr. Robinson's good fellow- 
 ship led him into excesses, to escape which he 
 came to the town of Grafton in 1890, and entered 
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 of the land which formed his great-grandfather's 
 estate. The farm comprises 190 acres, chiefly of 
 interval land, located on the border of the little 
 stream that was known in early days as Smith's 
 River, which flows into the Pemigewasset at 
 Bristol. 
 
 On Dec. 24, 1893, he was married at Grafton 
 Center to Susan Bachelor, daughter of Emerson 
 and Carrie (Munyonl Bachelor, of the town of 
 Grafton. In politics Mr. Robinson had until 
 recent years affiliated with the Democratic party, 
 but not being able in late campaigns to support 
 its platforms, he has thrown his influence with 
 the party of protection and sound money with 
 telling effect. 
 
 JAMES RILEY YOUNG, deceased. It is 
 proper to put on record some of the salient facts 
 in the life of James Riley Young of Lisbon, New 
 Hampshire. A good part of the business devel- 
 opment of the town and much of its educational 
 and moral advance have been closely identified 
 with his life and are directly traceable to his in- 
 fluence. The town well remembers the shock of 
 his death in 1884, when with failing health he had 
 still devoted himself to the interests of his busi- 
 ness, and as long as it was possible continued his 
 other associations. 
 
 He was born on S^gar Hill, Jan. 31, 1828, and 
 was the son of Ithiel and Nancy (Wells) Young, 
 who were both born in Lisbon, the father Sept. 
 10, 1801, and the mother Jan. 2, 1805. Ithiel was 
 a son of Joseph, who was born in Haverhill, 
 Mass., in 1768, and was a son of Maj. John 
 Young. The other children of Ithiel and Nancy 
 Young were: Susan, born Jan. 8, 1826; Martha, 
 born Feb. 18, 1830; Mary, born Feb. 18, 1830; 
 Artemas W., born Dec. 9, 1831; Zemira, born 
 Jan. 30, 1835; Sarah Jane, born Nov. 28. 1837; 
 Charles, born Jan. 3, 1841; Eliza Ann, born Dec. 
 12, 1842; Carlos C, born Feb. 9, .1845; Millard 
 F., born Sept. 9, 1850. 
 
 Rilev Young, as he was familiarly called, lived 
 on Sugar Hill during his earlier days. He was 
 awav at school in Danville and Newbury Acad- 
 emies, Yermont, two of the best known acade- 
 mies of this part of the country at that time, and 
 he taught a number of terms of school, one at the 
 
 age of fourteen. Oct. 24, 1847, he married Emily 
 Harris, a daughter of Houghton Harris of Fran- 
 conia. Shortly afterwards, in 185 1, he formed a 
 partnership with Charles Parker, and the two 
 families removed to Lyman, N. H., where the 
 firm of Parker & Young carried on a general 
 store, and gradually developed other interests. 
 The)- owned several starch mills, which they 
 operated for many years. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Young came to Lisbon and 
 opened a store for general merchandise, which, 
 in a few vears, became a well-established busi- 
 ness and drew for patronage upon a large sur- 
 rounding country. It was located in what is 
 known as the Town Hall Block, and had in con- 
 nection with it a tailor-shop. Here also was the 
 postoffice, and Mr. Young was postmaster from 
 i860 to 1868. 
 
 Mrs. Young, who had been an invalid for sev- 
 eral years, died, October, 1864, of phthisis. She 
 was a verv attractive woman, beloved by her 
 family and friends. 
 
 In 1864 the Lyman business, which had be- 
 come unprofitable in comparison with the flour- 
 ishing Lisbon concern, was disposed of, and Mr. 
 Parker, who had been in charge, came to Lisbon 
 to assist in the store there. 
 
 Mr. Young married, April 25, 1865, Susan 
 Gerrish Avers of Canterbury, N. H., who was 
 for a year a teacher in the public schools of Lis- 
 bon, and had for a pupil Mr. Young's son Lucius. 
 Mrs. Young is a lineal descendant of Revolu- 
 tionary heroes, and of Col. William Pepperell, 
 father of Sir William Pepperell, the captor of 
 Louisburg. 
 
 In 1868 Parker & Young withdrew perma- 
 nently from mercantile business and sold their 
 stock to Woodworth Brothers, renting them the 
 store. Several years were spent in settling a 
 large number of outstanding accounts before 
 they embarked upon other enterprises. In 1872 
 they commenced the manufacture of piano 
 sounding-boards and boxes, in a mill a few hun- 
 dred feet south of the west end of the bridge, 
 using water power entirely for some vears. This 
 mill was for a long- time one of the two manufac- 
 tories of sounding-boards in the United States, 
 the other one being located in Northern New 
 York. The business enlarged rapidly, and in a 
 few years enjoyed a large amount of patronage 
 from makers of pianos, both in this country and 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 abroad. In course of time the making of chair 
 stock and bridges was added to the sounding- 
 board business. 
 
 The firm met many losses by fire and flood, 
 but at each and every occasion, when others 
 were disheartened, Mr. Young's quick courage 
 and indomitable will pushed him ahead. When 
 piano manufacturers failed, losing the firm the 
 fruits of its past toil, Mr. Young only worked 
 the harder for the future, and when the mill was 
 destroyed by fire in 1872 no one was surprised 
 to see it go up again almost before the ashes 
 were cold. When the second time came and Mr. 
 Young stood in the early morning on a small 
 bluff overlooking the smoldering ruins of the 
 mill he had once replaced, he said only, "It's no 
 use crying over spilt milk." He never gave 
 voice to the discouragement he must have felt, 
 but devoted his whole energies to the rebuilding. 
 Land was bought a half-mile south of the bridge, 
 on the east side of the river; a large tract suffi- 
 cient for further extension as the business grew. 
 
 Mr. Young's health had been failing now for 
 several years, the result of a series of slight 
 apoplectic attacks. He could not stop work, he 
 could not prevent the almost ceaseless activity 
 of his body and his brain. As long as it was 
 possible he was on the ground, superintending 
 every detail of the building of the new mill, mak- 
 ing his own plans and embodying in the new 
 structure many new features, the results of his 
 own experience and of his observation in other 
 buildings of the kind. When he became so weak 
 that even his own indomitable will could not sus- 
 tain him, he was obliged to spend much of his 
 time at his home. But even then he was not an 
 idle invalid. The employees came to him; for 
 several months he carried on at home the work 
 of "paying off" the men, and they came for 
 orders — everything and anything — so that he 
 should not lose his intimate connection with 
 these interests. He never did. On Monday 
 evening, Feb. 18, 1884, he was long and earn- 
 estly engaged in dictating the articles of agree- 
 ment for the stock company, the Parker & 
 Young Manufacturing Co.. which was to carry 
 on the old business in its new quarters. Perhaps 
 it was this exertion that occasioned an attack of 
 apoplexy during: the nig"ht. The attack came on, 
 a second one followed, and he died Thursday 
 evening, Feb. 21, 1884. 
 
 Mr. Young was certainly closely identified- 
 with the industrial development of Lisbon. A 
 number of interests have been developed through 
 his influence directly. A good number of men 
 have been furnished with employment, and, so 
 far as the knowledge of the historian goes, there 
 have been no strikes. The men employed were 
 American citizens and substantial men of the 
 town. They were treated honorably.- Mr. 
 Young was a thorough business man with busi- 
 ness instincts that served him well. His good 
 judgment was proverbial, so much so that one 
 often heard after his death, "If Riley Young were 
 only alive!" when a quick, intelligent decision 
 was needed. He was industrious, faithful, and 
 •he was courageous in the face of the largest dis- 
 couragements. His indomitable perseverance in 
 .all catastrophes excites one's enthusiastic admi- 
 ration. 
 
 But it is not alone in this capacity as a busi- 
 ness man that Mr. Young is remembered. He 
 was for five years a member of the board of edu- 
 cation and devoted considerable time to these 
 duties. It is said that he could be depended upon 
 to uphold the authority of the teacher when it 
 was necessary so to do. At all times he was 
 ready to give his services to the schools, whether 
 it was a question of discipline, of new building 
 ' supplies, or of the introduction of improved 
 courses of study. He was serving on the board 
 
 at the time of his death. 
 
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 He had been a member of the choir of the 
 Methodist Church for twenty-eight years, and 
 was always in his seat on Sunday and at the re- 
 hearsal Friday evening, even when to be there 
 meant a great effort and the sacrifice of other 
 important interests. He was never a member of 
 the church organization. He was not a man to 
 make many professions ; he went ahead and lived 
 an honest, diligent, and honorable life, and said 
 very little about it. Many acts of charity have 
 come to knowledge since his death, and many 
 acts of self-denial in money and personal comfort 
 have come to light. No one knew them at the 
 time. 
 
 Mr. Young early identified himself with the 
 Masonic interests of the town, being made a 
 Master Mason in Kane Lodge, No. 64, in 1859; 
 and exalted in Franklin Chapter, Jan. 31, 1861. 
 He took the deepest interest in his Masonic re- 
 lations, filling several important offices. The 
 
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 services after his death were conducted under 
 Masonic orders. 
 
 But it was in his home, with his family, that 
 Mr. Young was seen at his best. He took a 
 great deal of interest in the work and the pleas- 
 ures of his children. They were in his mind and 
 were continually receiving the benefits of some 
 thoughtfulness on his part. He was not too 
 weary with a hard clay's work to sit up a good 
 part of the night to take care of a sick child for 
 weeks at a time. He never came home from a 
 business trip without "bringing them some- 
 thing." 
 
 The children of Mr. Young and Susan G. 
 Young are Emilie A., Ellen L., and Charles A., 
 besides a daughter Susie, who died Nov. 14, 
 1873, a t the age of seven months. Emilie A. 
 Young, who is a physician, married, Feb. 19, 
 1895, Robert Lincoln O'Brien of Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Mr. Young's children by his first marriage 
 were: James Henry, who died in infancy; and 
 Lucius Alfred, born July 10, 1850. In May, 
 1872, Lucius married Louise Woodworth, a 
 clever woman and a devoted wife. They lived in 
 Lisbon a number of years. Lucius had a general 
 store on the Square; he was town clerk for a 
 number of years, an Odd Fellow, postmaster, 
 and founder of the Lisbon Index in September; 
 1882. The last eight years of his life were spent 
 in Southern Pines, where he died of phthisis 
 Aug. 23, 1893, leaving many friends north and 
 south. 
 
 GEN. PAUL LANG, a practicing attorney- 
 at-law of the town of Orford, N. H., was born in 
 the town of Bath, N. H., July 1, i860; his parents 
 moved to Orford when he was an infant. Upon 
 finishing the district school course, he attended 
 Orford Academy, St. Johnsbury Academy, and 
 Dartmouth College, remaining one year at the 
 latter institution. He studied law with George 
 W. Chapman of Woodsville, and was admitted 
 to practice at the March term of court, in 1882, 
 having commenced his studies in 1879. 
 
 He went into partnership with his preceptor, 
 and continued with him until Mr. Chapman's 
 death, Aug. 11, 1896. Mr. Lang is an attorney 
 for the B. & M. R. R., and much of his time is 
 
 taken up in the settlement of railroad business. 
 In the political circles of the State he is widely 
 known. In the campaigns of 1888 and 1890 he 
 was member of the executive committee for Graf- 
 ton Co.; he has also been a member of the Re- 
 publican State Committee. He was a member of 
 the Constitutional Convention of 1889. In 1889 
 he was appointed Judge-Advocate General on 
 the staff of Governor David H. Goodell, with 
 the rank of brigadier-general. In his profession 
 and in other walks of life he has distinguished 
 himself for his energy and cool judgment; his 
 legal cases bear the stamp of a man who is 
 familiar with law and legal procedure, and who 
 gives close attention to the small points that go 
 to make success. 
 
 His grandfather was Sherburne Lang, an early 
 settler of Bath, coming from the city of Boston; 
 the family is of Highland Scottish origin. Sher- 
 burne Lang married Mehitabel Ricker, daughter 
 of Joshua Ricker, who was born April 9, 1737, 
 and lived to be seventy-six years old; his wife, 
 Betsy Drew, was born Oct. 28, 1740, and was 
 married June 28, 1756. 
 
 Hon. David R. Lang, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Bath, May 6, 1830; his general edu- 
 cation was obtained at the old Newbury Semi- 
 nary, and at Dartmouth College. He studied 
 law three years with Hon. Harry Hibbard of 
 Bath, graduated from the Albany, N. Y., Law 
 School, and was admitted to the bar in 1857, at 
 Haverhill. He practiced in Bath until 1864, re- 
 moving at that time to Orford, having previously 
 practiced there to some extent. He was ex- 
 tremely popular among his associates, a man of 
 infinite jest and good humor, making friends by 
 his cheerful and good-natured way of taking life. 
 He was also much esteemed as a man of char- 
 acter and excellent judgment; he represented the 
 town of Bath in the Legislature of 1859 and i860, 
 and the town of Orford in 1867-68-69-71. He 
 was appointed Judge of Probate for Grafton Co. 
 in 1870, and held the office four years. 
 
 His marriage with Josephine R. Smith was 
 solemnized in 1859; she was a daughter of Asa 
 P. and Mehitabel (Ricker") Smith ; Mr. Smith was 
 a merchant of the town of Bath. Mehitabel 
 Ricker (Smith) lives still at the advanced age of 
 eighty-nine, and makes her home with the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. She was a daughter of Eben- 
 ezer Ricker, who was born June 23, 1780, and 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 lived to the age of eighty-six. He married Bet- 
 sey Hurd, a daughter of Jacob Hurd, one of the 
 original settlers of Bath ; his father owned the en- 
 tire town of Bath at one time, and Jacob came to 
 act as his agent, and sell the land for him. 
 Jacob's father was one of four brothers, who 
 came to America in the early days of the eigh- 
 teenth century. There were born to Judge David 
 R. Lang and his wife seven children, as follows: 
 Paul, the subject of this historical sketch; Hittie 
 R., the wife of Clarence H. Carr of Orford; Ed- 
 ward J., a merchant of Wellington, Ivans. ; Mary 
 Augusta, deceased; David R., Jr., deceased; 
 Mary J., who married Charles Southard, a mer- 
 chant of North Haverhill; and David R., Jr., the 
 second of that name, who has been employed in 
 a railroad office in Boston for several years. 
 
 CHARLES H. HEATH, a brick mason, in 
 which trade he is a skilled artisan, lives on a fine 
 fifty-acre farm on the banks of the Pemigewasset 
 River, in the town of Bridgewater, and was born 
 in the town of Ashland, N. H., July 24, 1848. He 
 is a son of Charles B. and Abigail B. (Cross) 
 Heath. The latter is the daughter of Abijah 
 Cross, a soldier in the War of 1812, who married 
 a Miss Sarah Ferrin; Abijah was a son of Simeon 
 Cross of the town of Methuen, Mass., who was 
 one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, and pur- 
 chased a tract of 300 acres in the town; his wife 
 was Abigail Corliss, also of Methuen, Mass. 
 Richard Cross was the father of Simeon Cross, 
 and came from England and settled in Methuen, 
 Mass. 
 
 Charles B. Heath was born in Bridgewater, N. 
 H., and was killed by the cars in 1886, at the age 
 of sixty-two. He was an expert carpenter and 
 machinist, but in his later years devoted his at- 
 tention to agricultural pursuits. He was a son of 
 Joseph and Hannah (Heath) Heath, the former 
 a son of Josiah Heath, who in late life was a far- 
 mer and formerly a shoemaker, having three or 
 four workmen in his employ; his wife was Sarah 
 Bennett. Charles B. Heath served in Co. A., 7th 
 Reg. N. H. A^ol. Inf., and on acount of severe 
 wounds was discharged at the end of fifteen 
 months' service. 
 
 When our subject was six years old his parents 
 moved to the town of Bridgewater, and there he 
 
 attended the district schools until his fourteenth 
 year, when he followed his father's example and 
 enlisted in the Union service. He was one of 
 the youngest volunteers who ever carried a mus- 
 ket and fought in the Federal Army, and had to 
 make several attempts before he succeeded in en- 
 listing; his mother objected every time because 
 of his extreme youth, but finally seeing his fixed 
 determination to go she gave her consent, and 
 he accordingly was enlisted in Co. E., 12th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf. After two years service he was 
 discharged in the spring of 1865,. having served 
 through all the severe engagements in the Wild- 
 erness campaign, receiving at Cold Harbor three 
 severe wounds: in the heel, in the back, and in 
 the knee, from which he is still a sufferer. 
 
 On June 3, 1865, a day after his return from 
 the front, he was married, in Manchester, N. H., 
 to Ella J. Hannaford, a daughter of Russell J. 
 and Sarah L. (Holt) Hannaford. Sarah L. Holt 
 was born in Wilton, N. H., and was a daughter 
 of Nathaniel B. and Sarah W. (Upham) Holt, the 
 latter a daughter of Ezra and Bethia (Burnap) 
 Upham. Russell J. Hannaford was the son of 
 Guy and Elizabeth (Tilton) Hannaford of 
 Peacham, Vt, and Tilton, N. H., respectively. 
 Guy Hannaford was the son of James and Lydia 
 (Russell) Hannaford, both of Peacham, Vt. In 
 the summer of 1866 Mr. Heath learned the brick 
 mason's trade in Manchester, and worked there 
 at that trade six years, then moved to New 
 Hampton, where he made his home for five years 
 on his father's farm, plying his trade in Ashland, 
 then lived in Ashland for six years. 
 
 On July 3, 1883, he took up his residence on 
 his present farm in Bridgewater, which has been 
 his abiding place ever since. All through the 
 summer and fall months he is engaged in laying 
 brick, and his services are in great demand, be- 
 cause of his skill and careful workmanship. On 
 purchasing his present home he tore down the 
 old house and barn standing there, and con- 
 structed a complete set of new and modern build- 
 ings, most of the work being done by his own 
 hands. After laying the foundations he em- 
 ployed a journeyman carpenter for two months 
 to assist in constructing the frames, in erecting 
 the heavy timbers, and inclosing them. After 
 that period of the construction, he did every bit 
 of the work on the building, lathing, plastering, 
 painting, and finishing them in every particular, 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 3(51 
 
 with his own hand, so he is now the owner of a 
 thoroughly finished and beautiful home, situated 
 between a clear running river on one side and a 
 wooded hill on the other. 
 
 To our subject and wife were born three chil- 
 dren: Harry S., a successful and leading pho- 
 tographer of Plymouth, married Eda Mann; 
 Lula Mabel is the wife of Dr. I. H. Small, D. D. 
 S., of Roxbury, Mass.; Inez I. is the wife of 
 Samuel A. Patterson, an attorney-at-law of As- 
 bury Park, N. J.; he is a member of the Presby- 
 terian Church. In politics Mr. Heath is a stanch 
 Republican, and has served the town of Bridge- 
 water two years as supervisor, and three years 
 as constable. He is a member of Passaconway 
 Lodge, No. 49, Knights of Pythias, of Ashland; 
 O. W. Keyes Post, No. 35, G. A. R.; and Camp 
 No. 6, Sons of Veterans, of Ashland ; and is also 
 a member of the A. P. A. Mrs. Heath is a mem- 
 ber of the Pythian Sisters, and of the Women's 
 Relief Corps. They are both regular attendants 
 and valued workers of the Baptist Church of the 
 town of Ashland. 
 
 CHARLES WRIGHT PULSIFER, one of 
 the most prosperous and best-known farmers of 
 Campton, Grafton Co., was born on the home- 
 stead, which is now owned by his brother, 
 Thomas S. Pulsifer, April 9, 1828. He is a son 
 of John and Polly (Palmer) Pulsifer, a grandson 
 of Joseph and Mary (Brown) Pulsifer, and a 
 great-grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Lovell) 
 Pulsifer. 
 
 Joseph Pulsifer, Sr., was born in Ipswich, 
 JYIass., 1705, and entered into the married state 
 in 1744. His children have settled in Connecti- 
 cut, New York, New Hampshire, and in Maine. 
 His son Joseph, who was born on the home- 
 stead in Ipswich, learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade, and practiced it in his native village, until 
 the times became hard and the demand for arti- 
 cles manufactured by his trade exceedingly small. 
 So our subject's grandfather determined to seek 
 a new home where he could find land to work 
 in addition to his work at cabinet-making; so 
 hearing from some of his neighbors who had 
 gone to Grafton Co., N. H., and who gave good 
 reports of the country, he determined to make 
 his home there. In pursuance of this idea he 
 
 started with his wife for Campton, bringing what 
 articles they could on horseback. Upon their 
 arrival they found all the choice river farms had 
 been already settled, so they settled upon a claim 
 in the center of the town. After they lived there 
 a few years and found the land too sandy to cul- 
 tivate heavy crops, and feeling sure that better 
 land might be found, Joseph Pulsifer set out 
 with Chiliub Brainard to locate a new farm. 
 They prospected, as it were, for the location by 
 climbing tall trees, and in that way obtained 
 a fair idea of the lay of the land. They 
 at last decided on the hill, where Thomas 
 S. and David B. Pulsifer now live; they at once 
 set to work to clear the land of the heavy growth 
 of timber that covered it, Joseph clearing where 
 Thomas S. Pulsifer lives now, and Chiliub Brain- 
 ard preparing for cultivation the farm now 
 owned by David B. Pulsifer. Joseph built a 
 small frame house, and fastened all the boards 
 and shingles with wooden pegs, because of the 
 scarcity and expense of nails. He managed to 
 do some work at his old trade of cabinet-maker; 
 the large straight-grain maples, having been 
 felled, he would split them into boards, for saw- 
 mills were not yet introduced into that pioneer 
 country, and then with the aid of adz and plane 
 he would make them into useful articles of fur- 
 niture, such as desks, tables, bureaus, etc. Many 
 of the newly married couples of that day started 
 out in housekeeping with furniture that came 
 from Joseph Pulsifer's workshop; his descend- 
 ants have many of the pieces of furniture to-day, 
 and they show that he was a very skilled work- 
 man. With the help of his sons, who were all 
 strong and well-proportioned, the smallest of 
 them being five feet and eleven inches high, he 
 cleared a large farm, and was acknowledged to 
 be one of the leading farmers of the vicinity. He 
 died in 1832, and his partner in life was taken 
 to her rest in 1830. Their children were, as ap- 
 pears in this record: Mary married Darius 
 Willey; Joseph married Abigail Willey; Sally 
 married Joshua Fletcher; Annie married Samuel 
 Elliott; Hannah married Tristram Bartlett; John 
 married Polly Palmer; Moses married Mary 
 Bartlett; Elizabeth married Joseph Giddings; 
 Charles married Nancy Webster; Ruth married 
 James Burbeck. 
 
 Maj. John Pulsifer, our subject's father, stayed 
 at home and cared for his parents in their de- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 dining years. He carried on general farming 
 operations, and by careful management he was 
 enabled to buy land adjoining his father's prop- 
 erty, until he became the owner of 300 acres. 
 About the year 1812 he built himself a large 
 house, which is still standing, and two barns. 
 In addition he made many other improvements, 
 but to say simply that he made many improve- 
 ments does not describe the scope and magni- 
 tude of his labors, for he was a model farmer and 
 was never satisfied unless everything was done 
 in the best possible way, conducive to the best 
 possible results. He took a very lively interest 
 in town affairs, and was ever ready by word or 
 deed in bettering the condition of the town and 
 keeping it abreast with the best. He served in 
 the State militia as a captain and also as a major. 
 The Congregational Church became his choice 
 in respect to religious worship. He was born 
 Feb. 2, 1781, and died at the age of ninety-three 
 years ; even at the time of his death his constitu- 
 tion seemed unimpaired, his death resulting from 
 a broken hip occasioned by a fall. His wife was 
 born in 1784 and died in 1839. His second wife 
 was Martha L. Foss, and she lived to enjoy her 
 ninetieth year. His children by his first wife 
 were: George, Martha, Sarah, Phebe, Joseph, 
 Walter, John M., Elizabeth, Lydia, Thomas S., 
 and Charles W. 
 
 Charles Wright Pulsifer secured a good edu- 
 cation in the public school, and worked on the 
 homestead with his father until 1856, when he 
 bought the E. B. Morrison farm of 100 acres; 
 he has since added thirty-six acres more. The 
 farm lies in the western part of the town of 
 Campton, in what is known as the Bog Brook 
 Valley; the soil is of the best quality, and the 
 land has a good fall. Our subject has built a 
 new barn, remodeled the house, and enlarged it 
 considerably; he has also cleared some new land 
 and made many general improvements on the 
 farm. His choice dairy includes eighteen head. 
 He is also interested in the raising of sheep. 
 
 He married Melvina Cook, who was born July 
 30, 1830. She is a daughter of Thomas and 
 Martha (Bartlett) Cook. Our subject has two 
 children: Willard C. and Lizzie G. Willard C. 
 was born May 11, 1858, and married Clara J. 
 Worthen, and has two children, Fred E. and 
 Maud L. He is engaged in general farming with 
 his father. Lizzie G., born Sept. 27, 1868, mar- 
 
 ried George E. Pulsifer, who is one of the lead- 
 ing young farmers of the town of Campton. 
 
 Throughout his life Mr. Pulsifer has main- 
 tained unswerving allegiance to the Republican 
 party, and never let an opportunity pass in sup- 
 porting it. He has served in various town 
 offices, and has been selectman for six years. He 
 is a member of the Congregational Church. He 
 is also a member of the local Grange, and takes 
 great interest in its aims and hopes. 
 
 Mr. Pulsifer's portrait, which appears on an- 
 other page, will doubtless be viewed with much 
 interest by all who have learned to know him 
 and to respect him for his many good qualities. 
 
 HON. DAVID A. GRANT, a dairy farmer 
 and sheep raiser, is engaged in his calling on his 
 farm, near the village of Lyme. He was born in 
 his present home, Sept. 24, 1856, and is a son of 
 Sidney S. and Louisa (Turner) Grant, the latter 
 a daughter of David and Lavina (Jenks) Turner. 
 
 The Grant family originated from Matthew 
 Grant, who came over to America, in 1630, on 
 the ship "Mary and John." The one who 
 founded the branch to which our subject belongs 
 was born in 1605. Following is the record of 
 his descendants in a direct line to David A. 
 Grant: Samuel Grant, born in England, Nov. 
 12, 1631, was married Nov. 6, 1659; Nathaniel, 
 born April 14, 1672, was married May 16, 1699; 
 Benjamin, born Feb. 8, 1708, was married Feb. 
 10, 1731; Benjamin, Jr., born in 1745, was mar- 
 ried in 1772; Alanson, born June 24, 1775, was 
 married Nov. 24, 1799; Sidney S., the father of 
 David A., was born March 16, 1816, married 
 June 24, 1837, and died Feb. 28, 1893. 
 
 Benjamin Grant, Jr., the great-grandfather of 
 our subject, was a soldier in Gen. Wolfe's army 
 before Quebec, and died in that war, leaving an 
 only son, Alanson, and his wife to mourn his loss. 
 He was never seen by his son, who was born 
 when his father was in Canada. Benjamin 
 Grant, Jr., owned a mill on his farm at the brook, 
 and there a son, brother of Alanson, was killed. 
 The first church in the town of Lyme was on the 
 farm, not far from the site of the old mill. 
 
 Alanson was born, it is thought, in a house 
 that stood in the south-western part of the farm, 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 but which has been removed long since. He was 
 a carpenter and farmer. His wife was Polly 
 Fairfield. 
 
 Sidney Grant was born in Lyme village, and 
 was occupied in farming all his life. He was a 
 member of the Congregational Church, and a 
 deacon many years. He was a Republican, and 
 represented the town in the Legislature two 
 years, and was selectman for twelve years. Five 
 children were born to him and his wife, as fol- 
 lows: Maria, wife of Dr. Walker of Greenfield, 
 Mass.; Turner, who died in the army in 1863; 
 Caroline M., who married Adna Chase of Lyme ; 
 Mary E., deceased, who married West S. Balch 
 of Lyme; and David A., the subject of this 
 sketch. The mother died Feb. 14, 1895. 
 
 There is quite a sad and affecting little story 
 connected with the death of Turner Grant, our 
 subject's older brother. Turner, a cousin and a 
 friend were inseparable friends. When one 
 joined the army the rest did also, and messed 
 and tented together. They were all taken with 
 the measles, and one of them, the friend, was re- 
 covering, and would have soon been on his feet 
 a well man, when the other two took an unfavor- 
 able turn and died. The shock of their death 
 affected the friend so severely that he began 
 sinking, and died very soon after. Their bodies 
 were sent home, and were laid to rest together, 
 inseparable in death as in life, the funeral taking 
 place from the church in the village of Lyme. 
 
 Mr. Grant was educated in the district schools 
 and in Thetford Academy, living on the farm 
 in the meantime till he was eight years old, when 
 he went to the village and spent twelve years, as 
 his parents had moved there. When they re- 
 turned to farm life Mr. Grant, our subject's 
 father, and his father purchased from time to 
 time pieces of farming property till their posses- 
 sions included 425 acres, Mr. Grant's amounting 
 at the present time to 350 acres. When Mr. 
 Grant was twenty-three he took charge of the 
 farm, and his parents made their home with 
 him. His dairy is kept up by ten cows of stand- 
 ard quality. He owns 150 sheep, and derives no 
 small part of his income from the wool and mut- 
 ton. 
 
 Mr. Grant and his- wife were united in mar- 
 riage, Nov. 11, 1879. She is Phebe Whipple, a 
 daughter of Simeon R. and Lucy (Rugg) Whip- 
 ple, and was born in Lyme. Her father was a 
 
 son of Joel G. and Lois (Goodell) Whipple, and 
 her mother's parents were Nathan and Lavina 
 (Newcomb) Rugg. Our subject's marriage has 
 been blessed with two children : Fred Whipple, 
 born Nov. 2, 1880; and Mildred M., born Jan. 
 15, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Grant are members of 
 the Congregational Church of Lyme, and are 
 well thought of as among its best workers; Mr. 
 Grant is a deacon. He is a member of Morning 
 Star Grange, No. 62. He is a Republican of no 
 uncertain type, and has been a selectman for 
 three years, and a member of the school board. 
 In the election of 1896 he was chosen by the citi- 
 zens of Lyme as their representative in the Leg- 
 islature at Concord.. 
 
 GEORGE S. SMITH, proprietor of Hillside 
 Farm, near East Hebron, N. H., was born in the 
 town of Bridgewater, this county, Oct. 22, 1853. 
 He is a son of Phineas B. and Maria (Gibbs) 
 Smith, the latter is a daughter of George and 
 Dorcas (Durant) Gibbs. George Gibbs was a 
 painter and carpenter in early life, and later fol- 
 lowed farming, living to the age of sixty-five. 
 
 Phineas Smith was born at Fremont, N. H., 
 in 1823. When a young man he taught school in 
 Grafton Co. a number of years, and also in Mas- 
 sachusetts, in the region of Cape Cod. He lives 
 at present on his fine farm in Plymouth. In pol- 
 itics he is a Republican, and accepts the Univer- 
 salist creed as his belief in religion. He is a son 
 of Samuel and Sally (Beede) Smith. Samuel 
 Smith was a member of the State militia, lived to 
 about the age of eighty-one. His wife, a daugh- 
 ter of Phineas Beede, lived to the advanced age 
 of ninety-two years. Phineas Smith was thrice 
 married ; of the first marriage only one child was 
 born, and of the second eight children were the 
 result, and no children by his last marriage. 
 
 Our subject was reared in the town of Bridge- 
 water, and attended the district schools in that 
 and neighboring towns, and also a few terms to 
 good advantage at New Hampton Institute. 
 Until attaining his majority he remained at home 
 working for his father, and after he became of 
 age still remained on the farm most of the time, 
 until his marriage at the age of twenty-three. 
 Shortly after he was married he and his wife en- 
 
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 gaged to work on a farm at the head of New 
 Found Lake, near East Hebron, remaining there 
 five years. In 1882 he bought his present farm 
 of 165 acres, to which he added other tracts, and 
 now lives on a high piece of land, the whole 
 estate amounting to about 265 acres. 
 
 He was married March 15, 1877, to Emma 
 McClure, daughter of George W. and Mary Ann 
 (Merrill) McClure. Mrs. Smith was born April 
 20, 1857, and departed this life June 8, 1886. 
 Their union was blessed with four children: 
 Bertha M., Bernetta M., Roy M., and Jenette. 
 Roy M., the only survivor of the children, was 
 born July 18, 1882. In politics Mr. Smith is a 
 Republican, and has served as selectman some 
 seven years, two years at one time, and is now 
 in his fifth consecutive term. He is a member of 
 Olive Branch Grange, No. 79, of Hebron. 
 Among his towns-people he is regarded as a man 
 of excellent judgment, and of many noble parts, 
 and is much respected as one who has been of 
 great service to the community in which he 
 lives. I i- T . 
 
 HON. JOHN E. MARTIN, an eminent citi- 
 zen of the town of Grafton, where he is engaged 
 in dealing in lumber, grain, phosphates, and 
 farming implements, was born in the above town 
 Aug. 26, 1845. He is a son of Lyman R. and 
 Ruth (Davis) Martin, and grandson of James 
 and Jennie (Ford) - _artin. 
 
 James Martin was born in the State of Rhode 
 Island, and settled in Grafton, N. H., at an early 
 day. To the vocation of farming he added that 
 of pearl-ash and pot-ash burner, a pursuit he fol- 
 lowed during the active period of his life. He 
 was a very prosperous man for his day, and ac- 
 cumulated considerable property, mostly in real 
 estate. He was a Whig in politics, and liberal 
 in his religious views. His wife, a daughter of 
 Robert Ford of Grafton, N. H., bore him the fol- 
 lowing children, twelve in number: James, 
 Lyman R., Sally, John, Robert, Mary A., Lydia, 
 Benjamin, Ira, Janette, Albert, and George. 
 
 Lyman R. Martin, our subject's father, was 
 born Feb. 22, 1817, and attended the district 
 schools until nearly the age of maturity. Farm- 
 ing and lumbering were his chief occupations 
 
 during life: he was also a skilled stone-wall 
 builder, and occasionally took, contracts for that 
 kind of work when his other business would per- 
 mit. He was a stanch Democrat, and was hon- 
 ored by his party with two terms in the State 
 Legislature. Of his marriage with Ruth Davis 
 of the town of Grafton three children were born : 
 John E., the subject of this sketch; and two that 
 died in infancy. 
 
 John E. Martin attended the district schools, 
 and early turned his attention to mercantile pur- 
 suits; he was in business in Grafton Center 
 twelve years, and then removed to Grafton, 
 where he continued in the same line of business 
 for six more years. 
 
 In 1885 he gave up his store and purchased the 
 farm he now owns, and in the following years en- 
 gaged in the lumber business, owning a saw-mill 
 at Grafton Center. He has also developed an ex- 
 tensive trade in grain, phosphates, and farming 
 implements. He is an old line Democrat, one of 
 the "wheel-horses" of the party in the town of 
 Grafton, which he has served in various official 
 capacities, having been selectman three years, 
 town clerk three years, treasurer eleven years, 
 supervisor several terms, and justice of the peace 
 since 1889. He represented the town in the Leg- 
 islature in 1889, and was postmaster for Grafton 
 under Cleveland's first administration, and 
 deputy postmaster for a term extending over 
 twenty years. 
 
 He was married Dec. 15, 1869, to Maria E. 
 Shaw, daughter of Gilman Shaw' of Manchester, 
 this State. ! ] ! ; j 
 
 HON. LORENZO FLANDERS, who is 
 farming in the town of Bridgewater, Grafton Co., 
 was born in Bradford, N. H., Aug. 13, 1823. His 
 grandfather Flanders lived in Hopkinton, N. H., 
 where he followed farming and lived to be seven- 
 ty-five or eighty years old. 
 
 Lorenzo Flanders's father, Moses, was born in 
 North Hampton, N. H., lived in Bradford for a 
 time, and then moved to Bridgewater in the 
 spring of 1838. The house in which he lived, 
 now our subject's residence, was built by a man 
 named Brown, who was afterwards killed by the 
 Indians in Minnesota sometime in the fiftie6. 
 
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 The farm now comprises ioo acres, some fifty 
 acres of the original tract having been sold. 
 Moses died in July, 1859, one month before his 
 seventy-third birthday. He married Nancy 
 Emery, daughter of Moses Emery, and to her 
 were born seven children: Elmira (Austin), de- 
 ceased; Janette (Hunt), deceased; Alonzo, who 
 lives in Henniker, N. H.; Cordelia (Austin), de- 
 ceased; Lorenzo, the subject of this biography; 
 Moses, who lives in the town of Bridgewater; 
 and Diantha, deceased, who was married in the 
 State of Iowa, and died soon after the nuptials 
 were consummated. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Bradford and War- 
 ner before coming to Bridgewater in 1838, and 
 attended the district schools in these different 
 towns until he was nineteen years of age. When 
 he attained his majority he went to Lowell, 
 Mass., and worked for three years in the cotton 
 mills, and one year in the bobbin shop. 
 He returned home for a year or two, 
 and then moved to Holyoke, Mass., where 
 he engaged in carpentry work for one year, and 
 after a short time he went to Minnesota and pur- 
 sued the latter trade. The State was still very 
 much unsettled, and the Indians were very pre- 
 valent at that time. One hundred acres in what 
 is now the city of Minneapolis he could have 
 bought for a few hundred dollars. He then re- 
 turned to his home in Bridgewater, and, his 
 father dying a few years afterward, he has been 
 engaged in farming there ever since. He was 
 married Dec. 12, 1858, to Eliza S. Tilton, daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin and Betsy (Batchelder) Tilton. 
 He was married a second time Nov. 12, 1863, to 
 Mrs. Hannah W. Page, a daughter of Asa and 
 Sarah (Wells) Drew, and granddaughter of Amos 
 Drew. To our subject has been born four chil- 
 dren : Annie E., by his first wife, who died at 
 the age of sixteen years; and by his second wife, 
 Luella S., who died in infancy; Leonard D., who 
 is farming with his parents; and Emery M., a 
 foreman in a shoe factory in Boston. Three 
 brothers of Mrs. Flanders fought on the side of 
 the Union in the late war; one died in the army, 
 one soon after his return, and the third in August, 
 1895. Our subject and wife are numbered among 
 the prominent members of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and 
 represented the town in the State Legislature in 
 1887. 
 
 AMOS M. PIKE, a farmer of the town of 
 Haverhill, was born on the farm, where he now 
 makes his home, Oct. 24, 1839. Daniel Pike, his 
 great-great-grandfather, lived at Dunstable dur- 
 ing the Revolution; he married Miss Kendall, 
 who bore him eleven children, of whom Joseph 
 was the third in seniority. Joseph Pike served 
 in the Revolutionary Army, and married Abigail 
 Sawtelle, who presented him with thirteen chil- 
 dren, of whom Parley was the eldest. Parley 
 Pike, born at Hollis, N. Ii., Sept. 20, 1778, died 
 Oct. 25, 1838, married Mary Cross, who was 
 born July 12, 1778, and became the father of a 
 fine family of fifteen children. The second child, 
 Eli Pike, the father of our subject, was born in 
 Plymouth, N. H., Sept. 8, 1806, and died in Hav- 
 erhill in the house which shelters his son, Amos 
 M. Pike, Feb. 18, 1883. He was reared in Ply- 
 mouth, and attended the district schools till the 
 years of early manhood; he followed farming as 
 a principal means of support. He also worked 
 at the butcher business for a term of years at 
 Brighton, Mass., and at the age of seventeen was 
 a truckman at Charleston, Mass., and drew much 
 of the stone that entered into the construction of 
 Bunker Hill Monument. He lived in Massachu- 
 setts till about 1830, coming to Haverhill at that 
 time. In North Haverhill he and his two brothers, 
 Newhall and Asher, owned a brickyard for a 
 short time, and made the brick with which the 
 court house and county buildings at Haverhill 
 were constructed. About 1835 he sold his inter- 
 est in the brick business, and bought a farm in 
 the northeast corner of Haverhill township, set- 
 tling on it before there was any settlement in 
 that locality, and there engaged in farming and 
 lumbering till his death, in 1883. He was mar- 
 ried in Charleston, Mass., March 18, 1832, to 
 Mary Ann Sinnott, who was born in Saco, Me., 
 Sept. 10, 1809, and died in Haverhill, Oct. 6, 
 1858. She was a daughter of William Sinnott, 
 who married a daughter of Stephen Richards of 
 Saco, Me. William Sinnott was a ship carpenter 
 by trade, as was his father, William Sinnott, Sr., 
 who was born on board ship on the ocean when 
 his parents were making the passage from Eng- 
 land to America. William Sinnott, Jr., was an 
 officer in the militia, and his sword has been 
 handed down to his descendants, and is now in 
 the possession of his grandson, the subject of 
 this sketch. Newhall Pike, the eldest brother of 
 
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 our subject's father, was born in 1805, and 
 worked at hauling stone for the Bunker Hill 
 Monument one year before his brother. When 
 he disposed of the brick business he held an in- 
 terest in, he became the station agent at North 
 Haverhill for the B. & M. R. R., which passed 
 through his farm. He speculated in tanning 
 bark and lumber, and managed to turn many an 
 honest penny by such deals. He was selectman 
 of Haverhill for many years. He married Lavina 
 Penniman of Plymouth, and died at the age of 
 fifty, leaving no issue to inherit his property. 
 
 Amos M. Pike was the fourth of the following 
 family of eight children born to his parents: 
 Charles; and one, who died in infancy; Sarah M. 
 (Collins) lives in Benton; Amos M.; Hannah C, 
 deceased; Clifton P. of Benton; Franklin, de- 
 ceased; Ezra T., deceased. Our subject attended 
 the district schools in Haverhill, near his early 
 home, till he was ten years old, when the family 
 moved to Hopkinton, Mass., and there he at- 
 tended the common and high schools till he was 
 nineteen; at the latter age he moved back to 
 Haverhill, where he finished his schooling. 
 
 In i860 he accepted a position in the big shoe 
 factory of Claflin,, Coburn & Co., and remained 
 with the firm for two years, proving himself a 
 conscientious and trustworthy workman in every 
 respect; he had previously worked at the trade, 
 from the age of twelve till he was twenty-one, at 
 different times. In 1862 he returned to Haver- 
 hill, his father having moved there some years 
 previous, and worked out in the Connecticut 
 Valley on farms for five years. When he was 
 married, March 20, 1867, he came to his present 
 farm, and immediately took charge of it, and has 
 made it his home for the past thirty years. He 
 now owns about 200 acres, which is devoted to 
 dairy farming; ten or twelve choice cows con- 
 vert the fodder products of the farm into the 
 milk which he disposes of at the North Haverhill 
 Creamery. 
 
 He was married to his present life-partner in 
 joy and sorrow in Benton; Lucetta S. Taylor 
 was born in Benton, the eldest of eleven children, 
 born to Charles C. and Diana (Bishop) Tyler. 
 Charles C. Tyler of Benton, was one of sixteen 
 children born to Kimball Tyler, a pioneer settler 
 of Benton, and his wife Sallie Streeter. Diana 
 Bishop, mother of our subject's wife, was a 
 daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Caswell) 
 
 Bishop. Three children, all living and well-to- 
 do, were the result of the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pike; they are: Alvin D.; Wilbur F., a black- 
 smith of North Haverhill, to whom has been 
 born one son, Forest Amos; Susan D. married 
 James H. Nutter of Bath, and has made him the 
 parent of one daughter, Doris Lucetta. Our 
 subject and his highly esteemed wife attend the 
 Benton Union Church. Mr. Pike is a member 
 of Ammonoosuc Grange, No. 55, of Bath; Mrs. 
 Pike is at present the lecturer of the Grange. 
 Mr. Pike is a Democrat, and served as highway 
 surveyor for seven years. His conduct in life has 
 been noble and honorable in every particular, 
 and he well merits the good opinion in which he 
 is held by all with whom he comes in contact. 
 
 ERASTUS B. DEARBORN, a retired glove 
 manufacturer of Plymouth, N. H., is the son of 
 Asaph Dearborn, grandson of Benjamin Dear- 
 born, great-grandson of Edwin Dearborn, and 
 great-great-grandson of Samuel Dearborn, who 
 came from Chester, N. H, being one of the earl- 
 iest settlers of the town of Plymouth. He located 
 on what is known as Ward's Hill, and the Dear- 
 born homestead is on what is now called Dear- 
 born Hill. The family is, in a true sense of the 
 word, a Plymouth family, having been repre- 
 sented in the town for six generations. 
 
 Benjamin Dearborn married Ruth Gill, and 
 they reared a family of three sons and three 
 daughters. Asaph was born on Dearborn Hill. 
 He learned the blacksmith's trade, but owing to 
 failing health, he decided to relinquish the trade 
 and engage in agricultural pursuits. He was a 
 public-spirited man, and very much interested 
 in town politics. He made an excellent chair- 
 man of the board of selectmen, and saw many 
 improvements completed that owed their incep- 
 tion to him. He married Sarah, daughter of 
 Gilman Fletcher of Bridgewater, N. H. He 
 passed away at the early age of thirty-two, leav- 
 ing a wife and three boys: Erastus B.; Gill F. ; 
 Samuel A., who died at the age of twenty-six. 
 
 Erastus B. Dearborn was born in Plymouth, 
 Oct. 24, 1847. His father's death, making him 
 an orphan at an early age, made it a necessity 
 that Eras.tus should fight his own battles in the 
 world. At the age of twelve he began to work 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 in a tannery at Plymouth, remaining there till he 
 had served his apprenticeship. Mr. Dearborn 
 and brother then began the manufacture of glove 
 stock, under the firm name of Dearborn Bros., 
 continuing in the work under that name for 
 twelve years, when their business was enlarged 
 and a partner admitted, changing the firm name 
 to Dearborn Bros. & Farmer. In 1894 Mr. Dear- 
 born retired. 
 
 Mr. Dearborn married Emma, daughter of 
 Daniel Flanders of Plymouth, in December, 
 1872. They have a family of two children: Ar- 
 thur E., who is engaged in Peppard's drug store ; 
 and Blanche S. Mr. Dearborn is a Master 
 Mason; he is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, 
 No. 16, F. & A. M.; Pemigewasset Chapter, 
 No. 13, R. A. M.; Omega Council, No. 9, R. & 
 S. M.; all of Plymouth, and he is a member of 
 Pilgrim Commandery, K. T., at Laconia, N. H. 
 He is also a member of Plymouth Lodge, No. 
 66, I. O. O. F. Mr. Dearborn is a Republican, 
 and is serving the town as road agent at the 
 present time; he represented the town in the 
 State Legislature in 1895. 
 
 HON ERASTUS DOLE, of the well-known 
 firm of E. Dole & Co., extensive manufacturers 
 of woolen fabrics, of Campton Village, N. H., 
 was born in Limerick, Me., May 15, 1822. He 
 is a son of Henry and Sarah (Butler) Dole, and 
 the grandson of Henry and Anna (Poore) Dole. 
 Both of his grandparents were natives of New- 
 bury, Mass., and there reared nine children. Late 
 in life they settled in Limerick, Me., and engaged 
 in farming. Henry Dole, Sr., was a private in 
 the War of 1812. 
 
 Henry Dole, Jr., was born in Newbury, Mass., 
 and moved to Limerick with the family. There 
 he was enabled to buy a large farm ; he was mar- 
 ried and reared a family of eleven children: Al- 
 bert, Luther, Henry A., Almira, John, Ira, Silas, 
 Edmund, Erastus, Phebe, and Moses C. He was 
 one of the leading farmers of his time, and made 
 a successful fight in the struggle for a com- 
 petence and a living. He was a Federal and later 
 a Democrat, and served as selectman, and in 
 other of the minor offices of the town. He 
 moved to Limerick at the age of twenty-eight, 
 
 and died there at the age of seventy-six. His 
 wife departed this life at the age of forty-two. 
 
 At the age of seventeen our subject came to 
 Campton in search of his fortune, and secured 
 work as a journeyman in the cloth-dressing fac- 
 tory of Moses Cook. While in his employ Mr. 
 Dole proved himself to be of such sound judg- 
 ment and of exceptional skill, that his employer 
 offered a partnership to him. So at the age of 
 twenty-one he was received into the firm, and 
 the firm's name changed to Moses Cook & Co. 
 For six years they continued in business to their 
 mutual satisfaction, and the improvement of .their 
 plant; at the end of that period our subject's 
 brothers, John and Moses, bought Mr. Cook's 
 interests, and re-established the business under 
 the name of J. Dole & Bros. In 1855 the firm 
 was changed to E. Dole & Co., Mr. Dole's 
 brother John selling to E. H. Hodgdon, and 
 under this name the firm is doing a prosperous 
 business to-day. The members of the firm are 
 Erastus Dole, Moses C. Dole, E. H. Hodgdon, 
 and Moody C. Dole. They have built up a fine 
 trade, and manufacture cassimeres, flannels, and 
 stocking yarn. They also manufacture pants, 
 and do a large amount of custom carding. The 
 plant occupies a three-story building, fitted with 
 modern, improved machinery of the most ap- 
 proved type. The establishment is known as the 
 Mad River Woolen Mills of Campton Village, 
 N. H. 
 
 Our subject married Samantha, daughter of 
 Moody and Lucy (Eaton) Cook. She died in 
 1878, aged fifty-six. Their children are: Moody 
 C. and Herbert E. Moody C. married Lillian 
 Merrill, and has five children. Herbert E. mar- 
 ried Alice Jackman, and has one child. He is 
 engaged in the jewelry business in Boston. Mr. 
 Dole's second wife was Flora E., daughter of 
 Dr. Peter L. and Elizabeth A. (Davis) Hoyt. 
 
 Mr. Dole has an elegant residence near the 
 factory, and delights to extend his hospitality to 
 all his friends, whose name is legion. He is one 
 of the leading men of the village, and has done 
 much to aid it in its development. Even now, 
 at his advanced age, he manages to take an 
 active interest in town affairs. He is well pre- 
 served, in fact looks the very picture of health, 
 and each day finds him as nimble as a boy in 
 getting about his daily duties. A visitor at the 
 mills will find him either in the office, working 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 at the books, or in charge of the first floor which 
 he has overseen faithfully for so many years. He 
 has always a kind word and smile for all his em- 
 ployees and patrons. His first vote was cast for 
 Henry Clay for President, and since the forma- 
 tion of the Republican party has steadfastly sup- 
 ported it, voting for John C. Fremont and Abra- 
 ham Lincoln, the first two standard-bearers of 
 that party. He has represented the town in the 
 State Legislature of 1869-70, and has also been 
 selectman for four years. Other minor offices, 
 which he has been frequently honored with, he 
 has filled with great credit to himself and good 
 results to the community. In his religious be- 
 liefs he favors the Congregational Church, and 
 may be found a very regular worshipper in the 
 church building of that society. This brief sketch 
 and accompanying portrait will serve to perpet- 
 uate his memory, and remind future generations 
 of his sterling worth. 
 
 JOSEPH PARKER, a farmer of Plymouth, 
 N. H, is the son of Benjamin Parker, who was 
 born in 1801, and lived in Lancastershire, Eng- 
 land. Benjamin was a manufacturer of shoes and 
 a dealer in the same. He married Charlotte Sut- 
 liff of the same town. They had a family of 
 ipTteen children, and reared six of them to ma- 
 turity, all of whom came to America. Mr. 
 Parker made three visits to this country, but died 
 in his native land at the age of sixty-two. After 
 his death his wife came to this country, living at 
 Rutland, Vt, where she fell into" her last long 
 sleep at the age of eighty-one, in 1885. Their 
 children are: Thomas, born in 1822, died in 
 1885; Rev. John, born in 1825, and now lives in 
 New York City; William, born in 1829, and 
 killed in 1879, on the Pennsylvania R. R. ; 
 Martha (Kershaw), born in 1832, living now in 
 Rutland, Vt.; Joseph; Susannah, born in 1842, 
 died in 1874, in Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary A. 
 (Shipman), born in 1847, an d now residing in 
 Alt. Vernon, N. Y. Mr. Parker was a direct de- 
 scendant of Rear-Admiral Parker of the English 
 navy. 
 
 Joseph Parker of Plymouth was born in Lan- 
 castershire, England, Jan. 15, 1838. He came to 
 this country in 1854, landing in New York City. 
 
 His journey across the Atlantic was made in the 
 sailing vessel, John Bright, spending six weeks 
 on the way. Atter a short stay in New York, he 
 went to Fulton Co., N. Y., and worked there 
 about eighteen months; at the end of that time 
 he traveled to Philadelphia, Pa., and worked in 
 its vicinity for three years. He then went west 
 to the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and 
 while there worked two seasons on a steamboat, 
 plying on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. He 
 was a resident of Illinois for one year, going 
 from there to Ellenville, N. Y. He was taken 
 sick, so he went to Rutland, Vt., and remained 
 with his sister there eight months. 
 
 After he had recovered from his illness he 
 made his way to Philadelphia, and on May 7, 
 1861, enlisted for the war. He was assigned to 
 the gunboat Louisiana, and was in the North 
 Atlantic Blockading Squadron for three years. 
 At the expiration of his period of enlistment he 
 was honorably discharged, and, after a two 
 months' rest, he again enlisted, this time in the 
 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. He was in all the 
 battles in front of Petersburg, and was present at 
 the surrender of Lee. He was in the battle of 
 Cedar Creek under Sheridan, and followed him 
 in his campaign along the Shenandoah Valley. 
 
 Immediately after the war he spent a short 
 time in Massachu^tts, and then took a six 
 months' business course at the Commercial Col- 
 lege of Rutland, Vt. His course finished, he 
 went to New York, where he secured a situation 
 in a commission house as clerk; he retained his 
 place eighteen months, when he relinquished it 
 and journeyed to Clyde, Ohio, and began busi- 
 ness for himself as a buyer of produce for the 
 New York markets. He prosecuted this busi- 
 ness successfully for eighteen months, and then 
 returned to New York City and engaged in the 
 butter business for eight months, selling out 
 finally, and then with a partner began again in 
 business, this time as a dealer in painters' sup- 
 plies. He continued in this business for 
 four years. He then sold out his interest and 
 clerked in a wholesale looking-glass establish- 
 ment on the Bowery, being salesman and man- 
 ager. After six years he resigned and went to 
 California, carrying on a furniture business there 
 for four years, when he sold out, and after spend- 
 ing a short time traveling through New Mexico 
 and Arizona, he returned to Lowell, Mass. 
 
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 Shortly after his return he bought a large farm 
 in Thornton, N. H. There he engaged in farm- 
 ing; he also ran a summer boarding house. He 
 became the owner of three more farms, but in 
 1892 he sold all his property to the New Hamp- 
 shire Land Co. and bought a small farm near the 
 town of Plymouth, where he now lives. 
 
 Mr. Parker is a member of the Plymouth 
 Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F. He also belongs to 
 the G. A. R., J. B. Penniman Post, No. 42. He 
 is a Republican, and is very active in politics. 
 He officiated as moderator of the town of Ply- 
 mouth in 1896. 
 
 Mr. Parker married, in 1871, Frances, daugh- 
 ter of Capt. James Lyons of New York City. 
 She died April 5, 1880, in Oakland, CaL, leaving 
 three children : Ada F., wife of Charles Todd of 
 Rindge, N. H.; she has two children, Frank 
 and Bertha; Frederick H.; and Marion M., wife 
 of George A. Brooks of Baldwinsville, Mass. In 
 1880 he again led a bride to the altar, the lady 
 of his choice being Eliza (Haley) Lampson, 
 daughter of John Haley of Hiram, Me. 
 
 HON. JOHN MASON, a leading merchant 
 of Plymouth, is the son of Daniel S. Mason, and 
 grandson of David Mason. David Mason was 
 one of the early settlers of Bristol, N. H. In ad- 
 dition to his work in cultivating a fine farm, he 
 did considerable teaming between Bristol and 
 the city of Boston. His wife's maiden name was 
 Esther Moore; she made him the happy parent 
 of three girls and four boys. 
 
 Daniel S. Mason was born on the old home- 
 stead, where his parents passed their last years. 
 He remained on the farm and devoted himself 
 to agriculture until 1854, when he moved to the 
 village of Bristol and entered upon the manu- 
 facturing of paper. The venture proved success- 
 ful, and he continued in the business until the 
 mill burned down in i860. He did not rebuild 
 nor engage in active business life after this un- 
 fortunate occurrence. He married Angelina, 
 daughter of Walter Webster of Plymouth, by 
 whom he had four children: John; Ann M. ; 
 Elizabeth (Warner) ; Louisa A. (Blake). He was 
 bereaved of his dear wife in 1848, when she was 
 still a young woman; he was again married, to 
 
 Miss Ann M. Taylor, daughter of Nicholas M. 
 Taylor of New Hampton, N. H. He departed 
 this life at the age of seventy-six. He was one 
 of the old line of Whigs; so on the final dissolu- 
 tion of that party he transferred his political 
 allegiance to its offspring, the Republican party, 
 then in its infancy. He has served his town in 
 the capacity of selectman. 
 
 Hon. John Mason, the eldest child and only 
 son, was born in Bristol, N. H., Oct. 21, 1836.. 
 He attended the Bristol district schools, and re- 
 ceived a very good common school education. 
 Finishing the course of study provided in the dis- 
 trict school, he attended New Hampton Institute 
 for a time. 
 
 He came to Plymouth when a lad of seventeen 
 to act as clerk for B. B. Dearborn. This was his 
 start in life, and he made good use of it as a 
 stepping-stone to further success. At the age of 
 twenty-three he became one of the firm of Bond, 
 Moody & Mason, successors to B. B. Dearborn. 
 He remained in the firm two years, when he 
 sold his interest to his partners, and spent one 
 year in Bristol; at the end of that time he re- 
 turned to Plymouth and entered again into busi- 
 ness life, this time associating himself with Plum- 
 mer Fox. This partnership continued unbroken 
 for eleven years, till 1873, when he carried on 
 the business alone for three years. He then 
 formed a partnership, the firm's name being 
 Mason & Weeks; they were doing an extensive 
 business when the store and stock was destroyed 
 by fire in 1877. The new firm, Mason, Weeks 
 & Co., at once set about rebuilding; the block 
 was finished in 1879, an d they at once opened up 
 the store. In 1886 Mr. Mason bought out his 
 partners, and has since conducted the business 
 alone. He has a large store, well stocked with 
 a carefully assorted line of general merchandise. 
 
 He was married, in 1864, to Susie W., daugh- 
 ter of Judge O. W. Fowler of Bristol, N. H. 
 Three children blessed this union: Harry, who 
 is manager of the Town Hall Clothing Store in 
 Plymouth; Walter W., a successful undertaker 
 and embalmer of Plymouth, and present mem- 
 ber of the State Legislature, being chairman of 
 the Committee on Engrossed Bills; and Susie E. 
 (deceased). 
 
 Mr. Mason is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M. ; Pemigewasset Chap- 
 ter, No. 13; Omega Council, No. 9; and a char- 
 
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 ter member of the Pilgrim Commandery of 
 Laconia. He is a member of the Plymouth 
 Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F.; Wambeck Com- 
 mandery, Xo. 8; Knights of Honor, No. 753; and 
 Chapter No. 12, Order of the Eastern Star. He 
 is a trustee of the Plymouth Guaranty Savings 
 Bank. He has been town treasurer, and is now 
 chairman of the board of selectmen. In politics 
 he is a strong Republican, and as such ably rep- 
 resented his district in the Legislature of 1881, 
 and held the office of postmaster under President 
 Harrison from 1891 to 1895. 
 
 RODNEY E. SMYTHE, cashier of the Pem- 
 igewasset National Bank, and treasurer of the 
 Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank, is the son of 
 Alexander G. Smythe, the , grandson of Joshua 
 Smythe, and great-grandson of Andrew Smythe. 
 
 Andrew Smythe was a native of Ireland, and 
 came to this country when a young man, being 
 one of the original settlers of the town of Hold- 
 erness, Grafton Co., N. H. Throughout his life 
 in America he lived and reared his children in 
 the town and land of his adoption, and there 
 finished his career on earth. His son, Joshua, 
 lived and died on the old homestead, meeting 
 the expenses incident to the bringing up of a 
 large family of twelve children by farming. 
 
 Alexander G., the youngest son of Joshua 
 Smythe, passed his early life on the farm, but 
 later he engaged in mercantile business in Hold- 
 erness; the last thirty years of his life, however, 
 being spent in the village of Plymouth. He was 
 a Democrat, and took considerable interest in 
 politics. His admirers honored him with the sev- 
 eral offices of county treasurer, town treasurer, 
 and selectman; and, to his credit be it said, 
 the duties of these offices were conscientiously 
 and efficiently performed by him. He married 
 Caroline, daughter of Peter Flanders of Ply- 
 mouth, N. H. Mr. Smythe and his wife both 
 died at the age of sixty-seven. They left two 
 children: Rodney E., and Cora H. (Perkins). 
 
 Rodney E. Smythe was born in Holderness, 
 X. H., Sept. 19, 1849. His father moved to Ply- 
 mouth when our subject was a boy, and Mr. 
 Smythe has spent most of his subsequent life 
 there. He was educated in the Plymouth schools. 
 
 His first business career was that of a merchant, 
 being for a time associated with his father; later 
 he became a member of the firm of Mason, 
 Weeks & Co. In mercantile life he demonstrated 
 that he possessed the characteristics that go to- 
 wards financial success. 
 
 In 1886 he was elected cashier of the Pemige- 
 wasset National Bank of Plymouth, and has con- 
 tinued in that position. He has also been the 
 efficient treasurer of the Guaranty Savings Bank 
 since the date of its organization. 
 
 He led to the altar, in 1876, Amelia P. Handy 
 of Hinsdale, N. H., and she has proved herself a 
 most helpful companion on life's journey. They 
 have two children: Blanche and Arthur L. 
 
 Mr. Smythe is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Pemigewasset Chap- 
 ter, No. 12; Omega Council, No. 9. He is treas- 
 urer of these three organizations. His name ap- 
 pears on the membership roll of the Pilgrim 
 Commandery of Laconia. He is also a member 
 of Plymouth Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 66. He 
 acts as treasurer of the Cottage Hospital Fund, 
 Grafton Co. Agricultural Association, and the 
 Plymouth Fair Association. 
 
 SAMUEL CUMINGS WEBSTER, deceased, 
 was the son of Samuel C. Webster, and the 
 grandson of Capt. David Webster. Capt. David's 
 father was Col. David Webster, who was the son 
 of Elder Stephen Webster. 
 
 Capt. David Webster was born at Hollis, N. 
 H., in. 1763. Agriculture constituted his means 
 of livelihood. He married Lydia Cumings of his 
 native town. She was born in 1769, and lived to 
 the good old age of ninety-six, departing this life 
 in 1865. Capt. David Webster died in 1844. He 
 was a man of marked ability and fertility of re- 
 source, sound in his judgments, one to whom 
 the whole community looked for the best of ad- 
 vice. The Captain was blessed with a family of 
 thirteen children: David; Samuel C. ; Eliza C. ; 
 Lydia; Harriet; Susan; Ralph; Arthur L. ; Mary; 
 Ann M.; Jane; Elizabeth; and one, who died in 
 infancy. 
 
 Samuel C, the father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in 1788. He was raised on his 
 father's farm, and devoted his life to agricultural 
 
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 pursuits. His partner in life's joys and sorrows 
 was Catharine, daughter of Moor Russell. 
 
 Samuel C. was called to the unseen world July 
 21, 1834. Their family consisted of six boys and 
 two girls: Samuel Cumings, David Henry, Ann 
 Eliza, Jeremiah Mason, Rufus Bolivar, Edward 
 Cushing, Charles Carroll, and Catharine R. 
 
 Samuel Cumings Webster, the eldest of the 
 children and the subject of our sketch, was born 
 in the town of Plymouth, N. H, Feb. 4, 1817, at 
 the old homestead, which his father had chris- 
 tened Scatagee. His education was acquired in 
 the common schools of Plymouth, and in Haver- 
 hill Academy. 
 
 From the academy he struck out in life for 
 himself, becoming a very efficient and capable 
 business man. Beginning at the foundation, by 
 his own exertions he made of himself a finished 
 example of a self-made man, the kind that molds 
 the life of communities and the destiny of 
 nations. He was a man of marked individuality 
 of character, and of most wonderful magnetic 
 power. In business circles this characteristic ex- 
 hibited itself in a peculiar forcefulness that al- 
 ways led to success; in private life it was shown 
 in his scholarly attainments. He was esteemed 
 by all who knew him, especially for his kindness 
 to those oppressed with sorrow and suffering. 
 His noble exemplification of the priceless prin- 
 ciples of honesty will long hold him dear in 
 many hearts. 
 
 His business career beagn as a clerk in his 
 uncle's store in Plymouth, in which capacity he 
 continued until 1842, when he became more 
 closely interested in the store as a partner. This 
 position he held till his death, which occurred 
 Jan. 23, 1883. His death was a sad loss to the 
 social and commercial life of the town. 
 
 His home in Plymouth is known as Sand 
 Knoll. As indicated by the name, it was for- 
 merly a large sand bank, but at present, adorned 
 with a beautiful residence and tastefully arranged 
 grounds, it presents a most pleasing prospect. 
 
 He was married, in 1844, to Angelina P., 
 daughter of Col. Levi Rogers of Newbury, Vt., 
 a captain in the War of 1812. Capt. Rogers' 
 wife, Betsey Stone of Piermont, N. H., daughter 
 of Uriah Stone, was a sister of George 
 Washington Stone, who was the grandfather of 
 Chester A. Arthur. Capt. Rogers was a farmer. 
 He died in his sixty-third year; his wife surviv- 
 
 ing him to the age of seventy-three. They had 
 seven children: Moses; Eliza; Hannah; Levi; 
 Angelina P. (wife of the subject of this sketch); 
 Betsey M.; and Bradley D. 
 
 Angelina P., the widow of Samuel Cumings 
 Webster, still lives at the old home on Sand 
 Knoll in Plymouth. She was not left alone by 
 the death of her husband, for two children re- 
 main to comfort her in her declining years. Win- 
 ifred A. lives at home with her mother. Mar- 
 garet C. married James H. Stone of Detroit, 
 Mich.; they have three children: Webster, 
 Lucile H, and Blinn. 
 
 JAMES K. PIERCE, a leading dry goods 
 merchant of Plymouth, N. FL, is the son of Lem- 
 mon Pierce, and grandson of Rufus Pierce, 
 whose father came from England, and was one 
 of the first settlers of Putney, Vt. Rufus Pierce 
 spent his life on the homestead engaged in farm- 
 ing, dying at the age of sixty-five. Fie reared a 
 family of twelve children. Lemmon, the fourth 
 son, was born on the homestead. He worked at 
 his trade of miller the early part of his life; but 
 he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits 
 in later years. He married Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Daniel Fisher of Hinsdale, N. H. Eight chil- 
 dren were born to them: Franklin; Daniel 
 Rufus; Taylor; Charles; James K; William; 
 Alice, who died at the age of fourteen ; and Mrs. 
 Hattie Tiff. Lemmon Pierce was called above 
 when he was aged sixty-two years; his wife 
 passed away at the age of sixty-four. In politics 
 he was a Whig, until the Republican party was 
 organized, when he joined its ranks. 
 
 James K. Pierce was born in Putney, Vt., Nov. 
 22, 1845. He received his education in his native 
 town. From the time he was fourteen till he was 
 twenty years old he labored alternately on the 
 farm and in the mill — farming in the summer, 
 and working in the mill through the winter 
 months. He then peddled crackers for a Brattle- 
 boro, Vt., firm for one year. At the end of that 
 time he started in business for himself, at first 
 running a grist-mill at Williamsville and later at 
 Brattleboro, where he remained until 1888. 
 
 In that year he came to Plymouth and opened 
 up a dry goods store. There being stores in the 
 
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 village with an established trade, Mr. Pierce was 
 advised by some not to enter in the business, but 
 as he is a man of strong determination and earn- 
 estness of purpose, he started his undertaking, 
 and the result to-day shows the wisdom of his 
 plan, for he has one of the largest and best- 
 equipped stores in the village, with his share of 
 custom. He has also established a grist-mill and 
 does considerable business in that line. Mr. 
 Pierce holds a membership in these orders: 
 Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Ply- 
 mouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F. 
 
 In 1866 he married Cora Carleton of Bernard- 
 ston, Mass. She left him one son, Clarence C. 
 Fie was joined in wedlock again, the second wife 
 being Helen M., daughter of Hiram Eldridge of 
 Brattleboro, Vt., whom he married in 1875. Mr. 
 Pierce is a Republican, and has served two years 
 as a member of the board of selectmen of the 
 town of Plymouth. 
 
 DR. HAVEN PALMER, a leading physician 
 of Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Lewis J. Pal- 
 mer, and grandson of John Palmer ; John Palmer 
 spent most of his years at Fryeburg, Me., en- 
 gaged in farming. The Palmer family is of Eng- 
 lish origin, the first representative in this country 
 being Walter Palmer, who settled in Stonington, 
 Conn., in 1653. Nottinghamshire was the place 
 of his residence in England. 
 
 John Palmer married Annie Estes, and en- 
 joyed a long life of married happiness. He 
 passed away at the age of seventy-one; his wife, 
 who was a few years his junior, survived him 
 long enough to die at exactly the same age as 
 her husband to a day. Their family consisted of 
 two sons and four daughters. 
 
 Lewis J. Palmer was born in Fryeburg, Me., 
 and lived there until he was about thirty years 
 old, when he removed to Jefferson, N. H. At 
 that place he bought a 150-acre farm, and there 
 the rest of his life was spent engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. He was a Democrat, and always 
 took the greatest interest in town affairs. At 
 different times he served as selectman, tax col- 
 lector, town treasurer, and in 1878 and 1880 rep- 
 resented the town in the State Legislature. He 
 married Susan H., daughter of William and Mary 
 (Hall) Summers of Norfolk, Virginia. At the 
 
 age of seventy-five Lewis J. Palmer departed 
 this life; his wife died at the age of seventy-four. 
 Four children were born to them: Flora E., 
 who died at the age of twenty-three; Luella, who 
 passed away aged also twenty-three ; Dr. Haven ; 
 and Lewis H., now in McComb City, Miss. 
 
 Dr. Haven Palmer was born in Jefferson, N. 
 H., Sept. 19, 1843. He received his early edu- 
 cation in the schools of Jefferson, after which he 
 attended Lancaster Academy. He then taught 
 several terms of school, studying medicine at the 
 same time. His instructors in the profession 
 were Drs. J. W. Barney and J. D. Folsom, the 
 latter of Lancaster, N. H. He then attended the 
 Portland Medical Institute, and finished his pro- 
 fessional education at Bowdoin. Medical School, 
 graduating from the latter school in the Class of 
 '71. In 1875 Dr. Palmer located at Meredith, 
 N. H., where he remained for nine years; at the 
 end of that time he moved to Plymouth, N. H., 
 where he built up a flourishing practice, and is 
 now engaged in active work. Besides his prac- 
 tice in the immediate vicinity, he has many calls 
 from the neighboring towns. He is a member 
 of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M. He 
 belongs to the New Hampshire Medical Society. 
 He is also a member of the Winnipiseogee Acad- 
 emy of Medicine at Laconia, N. H. 
 
 In 1875 Dr. Palmer was united in the marriage 
 bond to Lucy J., daughter of Charles Ellis of 
 Lancaster, N. H. His family consists of three 
 children: Bessie, Harold H., and Doris. 
 
 DAVIS BAKER KENISTON, a leading 
 clothier of Plymouth, N. H., is the son of George 
 Washington Keniston, and the grandson of Will- 
 iam and Sally (Morrison) Keniston. William 
 Keniston was a farmer, and resided at Sanborn- 
 ton, N. H., where his son, George Washington 
 Keniston, was born, Dec. 22, 1810. 
 
 When a boy of eleven years George W. Kenis- 
 ton walked to Campton, a distance of thirty 
 miles, to take up his residence with his brother 
 Samuel. He learned the stone-cutter's trade, and 
 for a number of years was the efficient foreman 
 of Cady's Stone Works at Medford, Mass. On 
 Sept. 14, 1837, he married Deborah Davis, the 
 oldest daughter of Col. Davis and Hannah 
 
ENOS HUCKINS, M. D. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 (Church) Baker of Campton, and settled down 
 on a farm m ihornton. i H ive years after he 
 moved to the Baker farm, a large farm in Camp- 
 ton, where he resided till the date of his death, 
 which occurred Sept. 29, 1884. He was select- 
 man of the town while living in Thornton, and 
 deputy sheriff for Grafton Co. in 1849-50. In 
 1859-60 he represented Campton in the State 
 Legislature, in 1865 he was elected treasurer of 
 the committee for funding the town debt of 
 Campton, an office he held till the bonds were 
 paid in 1878. He was also from time to time 
 honored with many other offices of trust and re- 
 sponsibility at the disposal of his fellow-towns- 
 men. He always remained true to the trust re- 
 posed in him. His life was marked for its energy, 
 perseverance, and strict honesty. He had four 
 children : Emma Elizabeth (Mrs. Thornton) ; 
 George Hancock; Ann; and Davis Baker. 
 
 Davis Baker Keniston, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in Campton, July 1, 1850. He 
 received his early education in the Campton dis- 
 trict schools. From the district school he went 
 to New Hampshire Conference and Female Col- 
 lege at Tilton, N. H., and pursued his studies 
 there for a time, after which he attended Kimball 
 Union Academy at Meriden, N. H. 
 
 He remained on the homestead in Campton 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1883. In 
 the fall of that year he came to Plymouth and 
 entered the clothing and furnishing business. 
 He is highly respected in the financial circles of 
 Plymouth, and leads in many public enterprises. 
 He was a charter member of the Campton 
 Grange, and held the office of secretary for that 
 organization until his removal to Plymouth. He 
 is treasurer and one of the directors of the Ply- 
 mouth Veneer Co., of Plymouth. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. 
 M.; Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13; Pilgrim 
 Commandery of Laconia. He held the office of 
 Master of the Lodge for three years, and is at 
 present High Priest of the Chapter. He is also 
 a member of .the Plymouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. 
 O. F. In politics he adheres strongly to the 
 Democratic faith. 
 
 He was married, in 1876, to Ada E., daughter 
 of Lucius M. and Elizabeth (Cutter) Howe of 
 Plymouth, and has a family of three children: 
 Elizabeth H.; Davis Baker, Jr.; and Sarah 
 Thorndike. 
 
 ENOS HUCKINS, M. D., a leading physi- 
 cian of Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Enos 
 Huckins, Sr., grandson of John Huckins, and 
 great-grandson of Robert Huckins. Robert 
 Huckins and his brother were the first representa- 
 tives of the family in this country, emigrating 
 from Scotland. Robert settled in the lower part 
 of this Stale, and his brother went west. 
 
 John Huckins, the son of Robert, was a far- 
 mer and passed most of his life in the town of 
 New Hampton, N. H. He married Judith Per- 
 kins. He was bereaved by her death in compar- 
 ative early life, after giving birth to seven chil- 
 dren: Dorcas (Hanaford), Rachel (Smith), 
 Judith (Plaisted), Thomas, Enos, John B., and 
 Nathaniel. Mr. Huckins married as his second 
 wife Mary Burnham. They reared three chil- 
 dren: Jane, Calvin, and Daniel. Mr. Huckins 
 died in his ninety-third year. He was a deacon 
 of the Free Will Baptist Church for fifty years. 
 
 Enos Huckins, Sr., the father of our subject, 
 was born on the homestead in New Hampton 
 and received his education in the schools of that 
 place. He took up the trade of a shoemaker, 
 and at the age of twenty-five he moved to the 
 town of Warren, where he worked at his trade 
 the remainder of his life. He married Betsy, 
 daughter of Satchel Ingalls of London, N. H., 
 whose wife's name was Hannah Heath. Mr. 
 Huckins died at the age of forty-three; his wife 
 survived him a few years, departing this life at 
 the age of fifty-eight. Three children blessed 
 this union : Charles, residing at present in War- 
 ren; Dr. Enos, the subject of this sketch; and 
 Cora J., deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Huckins were 
 warm supporters of the Free Will Baptist 
 Church. Mr. Huckins's political principles were 
 Republican. 
 
 Dr. Enos Huckins was born in Warren, Aug. 
 10, 1845. He obtained his rudimentary educa- 
 tion in the district schools of his native town. 
 He started out to make his own way in life at an 
 early age, working at various employments, tak- 
 ing up whatever came to hand, gaining consider- 
 able experience the while. He finally took up 
 the study of medicine; he put in two hard years 
 of study in the Eclectic College of Cincinnati, 
 going from there to the University of Philadel- 
 phia, and graduating from the latter institution 
 in the Class of 1876. He at once commenced to 
 practice his profession in the town of Warren, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 remaining there four years. The four years fol- 
 lowing were spent in Ashland, and, in 1884, he 
 came to Plymouth, where he has built up a large 
 practice. Dr. Huckins is a well-read man in the 
 line of his profession, and enjoys the confidence 
 of his patrons, who know that he will do for 
 them all that human skill can accomplish. 
 
 Dr. Huckins was married to Martha G., 
 daughter of True and Sally (Clough) Merrill of 
 Warren, N. H., in 1868. She was removed from 
 his side in 1894, at the age of forty-four. 
 
 Dr. Huckins belongs to the Vermont State, 
 New Hampshire, and New England Medical So- 
 cieties. He is a member of Mt. Prospect Lodge, 
 No. 69, A. F. & A. M.; Pemigewasset Chapter, 
 No. 13; Omega Council, No. 9. He is also a 
 member of Grafton Lodge, No. 62, I. O. O. F.; 
 and Baker River Lodge, No. 47, K. P.; and is 
 now serving as district deputy of the latter organ- 
 ization. He is also a member of the Improved 
 Order of Red Men of Meredith. The publishers 
 of this Book of Biographies take pleasure in pre- 
 senting Dr. Huckins's portrait on another page 
 of this volume. 
 
 WILLIAM M. PEPPARD, manager and 
 proprietor of Tufts & Co.'s drug store of Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., is the son of John W. Peppard, 
 who was born in Nova Scotia in 1827, and came 
 to Cambridge, Mass., in 1843. There he worked 
 for a time for a firm that was engaged in manu- 
 facturing ladders, with whom he remained until 
 he fully learned the business, when he was sent 
 to Rumney, N. H., to select and buy material for 
 the company. After spending a short time under 
 their employ at that place he began business on 
 his own account as a wholesale dealer in ladder 
 material, furnishing goods for his aforetime em- 
 ployers and other houses engaged in similar 
 work, % as far south as Florida and west to the 
 Missouri River. He followed this business until 
 1892, when he retired from active life and moved 
 to Plymouth, N. H., where he now resides. 
 
 He married Mary G. Merrill of Kennebunk- 
 port, Me. She was removed from his side by 
 the relentless hand of Death in the early years of 
 their married life, leaving him two children: 
 John Eugene, who died at the age of twenty- 
 
 four; and William M. John W. Peppard is a 
 stanch Republican, and has on several occasions 
 represented the town oi Rumney in the House 
 of Representatives. He has been a trustee of the 
 State Reform School for the past eighteen years. 
 
 William M. Peppard, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in Rumney, N. H., Dec. 21, 
 1 861. He received his education in the district 
 schools of Rumney, and in New Hampton Insti- 
 tute. 
 
 After leaving school he clerked two years in 
 Plymouth, spent two years traveling, and one 
 year at home. In 1884 he came to Plymouth and 
 commenced clerking in John S. Tufts' drug 
 store. Mr. Tufts died in 1888, and in 1892 Mr. 
 Peppard bought the interest of the daughter, and 
 continued in the same business with no other 
 change. He has a large, finely equipped and 
 well-stocked store, centrally located on Main 
 Street 
 
 Mr. Peppard was joined in the matrimonial 
 bond Dec. 24, 1889, to Alice M., daughter of 
 John S. and Agnes (Wight) Tufts of Plymouth. 
 They have three children : John T., Eugene, and 
 Alice Lydia. 
 
 Mr. Peppard is a member of the following 
 orders: Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. 
 M.; Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13; Omega 
 Council, No. 9; Pilgrim Commandery of La- 
 conia; Plymouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F.; and 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 He is a firm believer in Republican principles. 
 
 WILBUR C. STEARNS, claim agent for the 
 B. & M. R. R., is the son of John Stearns, Jr., 
 and grandson of John Stearns, who came from 
 Massachusetts, and was an early settler of St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt. He married Miss Goss, and they 
 reared a family of six children : John, Jr. ; Clark ; 
 Daniel; Susan (Green); Becky (Brown); and 
 Direxy (Ayer). 
 
 John Stearns, Jr., was born on the homestead 
 in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was brought up to the 
 trade of a harness-maker, and passed the greater 
 part of his life in Danville, Vt., working at his 
 trade. He married Lydia, daughter of Caleb 
 and Patience Wheaton of St. Johnsbury. John 
 Stearns died at the age of sixty-three; his wife 
 
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 survived him many years, passing away at the 
 age of ninety-one. Their children were: Per- 
 melia (Emery), deceased; Rector, deceased; Wil- 
 bur C, the subject of this sketch; Maria, de- 
 ceased; Mason, deceased; Fannie (Pierce), de- 
 ceased; and Mary M. (Raney) (Harden) (Dole). 
 Mr. Stearns was a stanch Democrat. The Con- 
 gregational Church numbered him among its 
 worshippers. 
 
 Wilbur C. Stearns was born in Danville, Vt., 
 Oct. 3, 1821. He was educated in the public 
 schools of his native town. At the age of thir- 
 teen he began to support himself and to assist 
 his mother in maintaining the family. Young 
 as he was then, he commenced to drive a stage 
 between Danville and Barton, Vt., a drive of 
 twenty-five miles; he kept this up during the 
 summer, and attended school the following win- 
 ter. He also learned the trade of a harness- 
 maker, and could make a good harness even at 
 that age. i i 
 
 In the spring, when he was fourteen, he took 
 up staging again, and drove for a number of 
 years between Danville and Craftsbury, Vt., a 
 twenty-five-mile trip; in the summer time he 
 would often make the round trip in one day. At 
 length he sold this route, and took the route be- 
 tween Montpelier and Bakersfield, Vt., a forty- 
 six-mile drive. He had this route six years; he 
 then staged between Montpelier and Barton, Vt., 
 a drive of fifty-five miles. This drive was in op- 
 position to another stage line on the same route, 
 and Mr. Stearns was hired for the sole purpose 
 of forcing the other man out, which he success- 
 fully accomplished in one year's time. He then 
 went to manage the staging between Littleton 
 and the Profile House in the White Mountains; 
 he held this place for sixteen years, at the end of 
 which time a railroad had been completed, ren- 
 dering staging at that point unprofitable and un- 
 necessary. Mr. Sterns, as a stage-driver, has 
 a record to be proud of; for all through his stag- 
 ing career he never killed or spoiled a horse, and 
 never tipped over or injured a passenger. 
 
 For a few years before he had entirely relin- 
 quished the whip and reins, he was employed in 
 the winter months by the B. C. & M. R. R. as 
 tracer of cars and lost freight. When he discon- 
 tinued staging, he still remained with the rail- 
 road in that capacity, even when it underwent a 
 change of management. He is now employed on 
 
 the B. & M. R. R. as claim agent, being a special 
 agent. 
 
 Mr. Stearns has lived in Plymouth the past 
 thirty-two years. He was married in 1845, to 
 Lucy H., daughter of Thomas and Abigail Reed 
 of Worcester, Vt. She died, leaving him one 
 child: Ella E., wife of W. R. Bracket, formerly 
 employed on the B. & M. R. R., now retired in 
 Littleton, N. H. They have one child, Lucy S. 
 Mr. Stearns was again joined in marriage in 
 1881, the bride being Mrs. Lois B. (Elliott) East- 
 man, daughter of James and Susan (Cole) Elliott. 
 The children of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are: A. 
 Edward; Kate G., widow of E. O. Smith, de- 
 ceased, and has one child, Lois O.; Anna, wife 
 of C. Matthewson of Meredith, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Stearns is a Democrat, and cast his first 
 Presidential vote for James K. Polk. He is a 
 member of the Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, 
 F. & A. M.; Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13; St. 
 Gerard Commandery; and Edward A. Raymond 
 Consistory of Nashua. 
 
 WILLIAM D. SARGENT, foreman of the 
 shops and engine house of the B. & M. R. R., at 
 Woodsville, is the son of Gideon L. Sargent, who 
 spent most of his life in Loudon, N. H., where he 
 died in 1853, at the age of fifty-two. He was a 
 cooper by trade, and followed the same through 
 his life. He married Abiah Sargent of Canter- 
 bury, N. H.; she died at the age of forty-nine, 
 after presenting her husband with three children : 
 S. Alonzo (deceased); William D.; and Samuel 
 L., who lives now at Gilford, N. H. Gideon L. 
 Sargent and wife are regular attendants of the 
 Free Will Baptist Church. He was a Democrat 
 politically, and served a number of times as se- 
 lectman of the town. 
 
 William D. Sargent, the subject of this sketch, 
 was born May 18, 1838, in Loudon, N. H. His 
 school years were spent in the public schools of 
 his native town. At the age of seventeen he be- 
 gan to fight life's battle in earnest, accepting a 
 situation on the railroad. He had no false pride, 
 and was not ashamed to begin on the bottom 
 round, knowing well that efficient service meant 
 sure promotion. For thirty years he was con- 
 nected with the road as a trainman, being an en- 
 
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 gineer twenty-four years of the time. In 1885 
 he was appointed foreman of the shops and en- 
 gine house at Woodsville, which position he still 
 retains. He has characterized his connection 
 with the railroad by careful, intelligent, and 
 thorough work in whatever line he was engaged. 
 He married as his first wife Hannah M. San- 
 born of Gilford, N. H. She died at the age of 
 thirty-nine, leaving one son, Fred L., who is in 
 the office of the superintendent of the road. His 
 second wife was Eva A. Pryer of Portsmouth, 
 N. H.; she has borne him one child, Bernice. 
 Mr. Sargent is a Democrat in his political affilia- 
 tions. Socially he is a member of the Mount 
 Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M. 
 
 COL. QUINCY A. SCOTT, the leading 
 clothier of Woodsville, N. H., is the son of Dr. 
 George W. and Sarah A. (Blood) Scott, and 
 grandson of Luther Scott, who was engaged the 
 greater part of his life in the pursuit of agricul- 
 ture in Greensboro, Vt., where he died about the 
 age of eighty. He married Miss Matilda" Hild- 
 rith; she died about the same age. They were 
 blessed with a large family of children, of whom 
 George W., the father of our subject, was the 
 youngest. 
 
 Dr. George W. Scott was born in Greensboro, 
 and received his primary education in his native 
 town. Having prepared for college, he entered 
 Dartmouth, and graduated from the Medical 
 Department in the Class of 1854. He obtained 
 his post-graduate medical training in the hospi- 
 tals of the city of Philadelphia, Pa. After com- 
 pleting his course he began the practice of his 
 profession at Corinth, Vt. He married Sarah A. 
 Blood, a native of Haverhill, N. H. Both were 
 removed from the scenes of their earthly labors 
 at an early age; Dr. Scott died at the age of 
 thirty-five, and his wife at the age of twenty-one. 
 They left but one child as the fruit of their union, 
 our subject, Quincy A. Scott. 
 
 Col. Quincy A. Scott was born in Greensboro, 
 Vt., in 1 85 1. He was educated in the graded 
 schools of St. Johnsbury, and in Corinth Acad- 
 emy. By the early death of his parents he was 
 forced to begin the struggle of life at an early 
 age, being only fourteen when he became news 
 
 agent on the Passumpsic R. R., and in 1871 he 
 entered the passenger train service of that road 
 as brakeman and baggage master, and upon the 
 opening of the new Boston & Montreal Air Line 
 he was made conductor of the day ex- 
 press trains, continuing in that capacity 
 until the fall of 1875. In that year he 
 left the service of the railroad and es- 
 tablished a mercantile business at Woodsville 
 with A. H. Leighton, and carried on the part- 
 nership with him until 1890, when he purchased 
 his partner's interest, which he has carried on 
 with uniform success to the present time. He 
 has also been local agent of the American Ex- 
 press Co. since 1881. He was postmaster in 
 1881-82-83-84-85. He is now one of the com- 
 missioners of the village precinct, and has been 
 clerk for several years past. He has long been 
 prominently identified with and interested in the 
 material and commercial growth and prosperity 
 of the town. 
 
 For more than twenty years the Order of Odd 
 Fellows has known him as a zealous worker for 
 its advancement. He was first made an Odd 
 Fellow in 1875, in Oriental Lodge, No. 36, of 
 Derby Line, Vt., and joined Moose River En- 
 campment of St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1882. He 
 was the most active worker in the movement 
 which led to the resuscitation of Moosehillock 
 Lodge in Woodsville; he was its first Noble 
 Grand, and served for thirty-six consecutive 
 terms as its secretary. He was the prime mover 
 in organizing Grand Canton Albin, of the 
 Patriarchs Militant, which was mustered in by 
 General Underwood in 1887; ne was elected 
 major of the First Separate Battalion, and col- 
 onel of the First Regiment, when the second 
 regiment was formed. He served on the staff of 
 Major-General O. B. Whitten of Portland, Me., 
 commander of the Division of the North, as as- 
 sistant inspector-general. PJe entered the Grand 
 Lodge in 1877, and has held appointive offices, 
 and served on committees almost continually 
 since. 
 
 His influence in the Order has been widely felt 
 in the north country, and its growth in that sec- 
 tion of the State, and extending across the Con- 
 necticut River into Vermont, has been largely 
 due to his personal effort. In fact, in every 
 movement, looking to the advancement of the 
 Order, and also the prosperity and the progress 
 
EDWARD H. SANBORN. 
 
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 of the town of his adoption, he is an acknowl- 
 edged leader, giving freely of his time and 
 strength to the work in hand. In all the walks of 
 civil and fraternal life he is honored and re- 
 spected, and no doubt higher honors than he has 
 already received are in store for him, as a partial 
 reward for his noble services. 
 
 In 1874 he was joined in marriage to Sarah A., 
 daughter of Edward Lother of Haverhill, N. H. 
 She was taken to her home beyond the skies, 
 away from all earthly pain and trouble, where sor- 
 row is not known, July 5, 1896, leaving one child 
 to remember her many virtues and her kindly 
 teachings. Their only child is Irving B. Scott. 
 The Colonel is a strong Republican, and is an 
 earnest advocate of the principles upheld by that 
 party. 
 
 EDWARD H. SANBORN is the genial pro- 
 prietor of the "Stag and Hounds," a summer 
 home among the mountains of New Hampshire, 
 and one of the best and most popular hotels of 
 this section. He was born in Sanbornton, N. 
 H., Aug. 18, 1844, and is a son of Thomas J. and 
 Relief R. (Morrison) Sanborn, and a grandson 
 of Chase T. and Martha (Haines) Sanborn. 
 
 Chase T. Sanborn was one of the leading suc- 
 cessful farmers of Sanbornton, N. H.; his son 
 Thomas J. was born in Sanbornton, May 23, 
 1812, and was educated at Sanbornton Academy. 
 Soon after his graduation from the Academy he 
 took upon himself the duties of a pedagogue and 
 taught school in Sanbornton, Plymouth, and 
 Holderness. In 1848 he bought a farm in West 
 Campton, and followed the pursuit of agricul- 
 ture, and the writing of insurance. To insurance 
 he gave his special attention and was engaged in 
 it for many years, doing a large business. He 
 was often called upon by the traveling public to 
 furnish accommodations, and his generous and 
 unstinted hospitality being soon a matter of com- 
 ment, he was requested to keep a few boarders 
 during the summer from Boston and other cities. 
 He was very soon obliged to enlarge his 
 medium-sized farm, and to change his farm- 
 house into a hotel; the enlargements were grad- 
 ual until he was enabled to keep 125 persons. 
 Probably no man was ever more popular among 
 his patrons than he; his towns-people all re- 
 
 spected and admired his sterling worth. His 
 death, which took place Sept. 8, 1883, was 
 mourned by an extremely large circle of warm 
 friends. He was a stanch Republican since the 
 organization of that party, and was elected to all 
 the important offices of the town, and was post- 
 master twenty-five years; moderator twenty-nine 
 years; representative two years; and county 
 commissioner for two terms; in every office he 
 gave complete and entire satisfaction. He was 
 a member of the Congregational Church, and a 
 life member of the Bible Society. He was a very 
 temperate man. He married Relief R., daughter 
 of Joseph and Olive (Batchelder) Morrison; Mr. 
 Morrison was a native of Sanbornton, and car- 
 ried on farming, and followed his trade of shoe- 
 maker. In middle life he moved to Plymouth, 
 and kept a hotel there; thence he moved to 
 Thornton, where he followed farming and shoe- 
 making, but finally moved to Campton, where 
 he died at the age of eighty-one; his wife left 
 mortal scenes at the age of eighty-two. Our 
 subject's mother was born Oct. 15, 1814, in Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., on the banks of the Pemigewasset 
 River. She attended the Plymouth schools and 
 New Hampton Academy and Concord Literary 
 Institute, and prepared herself for the life of a 
 teacher. Up to the time of her marriage she 
 had taught twenty-three terms of school. She 
 has proved herself a devoted wife and tender, 
 loving mother, and is not without a host of 
 friends. She is at this time enjoying good health 
 at the home of her son, our subject, Edward H. 
 Sanborn. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the Plymouth 
 schools, and received the finishing touches in 
 New Hampton Academy. He then went to clerk 
 for Russell, Webster & Co., at Plymouth, with 
 whom he worked for three years. For the suc- 
 ceeding eight years he represented Chicago and 
 Boston houses on the road as a commercial trav- 
 eler. In 1876 he left the drummer's life and 
 associated himself with his father in the manage- 
 ment of the hotel, and since the death of his 
 father has become the proprietor. 
 
 The location of the hotel commands one's ad- 
 miration ; it is situated near the Meadows of the 
 Pemigewasset, and being only a quarter of a mile 
 from the river, excellent boating is assured. The 
 drives are most pleasant in its locality, for it is 
 near the confluence of the Mad River and West 
 
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 Branch Valleys. One may recline in the ham- 
 mocks and view Mt. Lafayette and the Hay- 
 stacks twenty miles away. In 1886 Mr. Sanborn, 
 realizing the needs of the place, erected a three- 
 storied building, opposite and adjacent the hotel, 
 naming it Maple Villa. It is beautifully finished 
 throughout; it has twenty-five rooms, which are 
 furnished with entirely new furniture, which was 
 made to match the rooms. The rooms are large 
 and light and can be had single or en suite; 
 there are open fires in the public rooms. In 1890 
 he built a large hall, the lower floor of which is 
 used for dancing and evening parties, with sleep- 
 ing rooms on the second and third floors. The 
 grounds are carpeted with a beautiful lawn, well- 
 shaded, with a tennis court and croquet ground 
 marked out. 
 
 In 1895 the old and beloved "Stag and 
 Hounds" burned down; so in 1896 our subject 
 built additions to Maple Villa, with large and 
 spacious kitchen, dining-room, bath, extra sleep- 
 ing-rooms, etc., and can accommodate seventy- 
 five people in this building. The patronage dur- 
 ing 1896 has been large, and most gratifying to 
 our subject, who likes to see his efforts appre- 
 ciated. In the past year of 1896 he has also com- 
 pleted a large and elegantly appointed stable, 
 where he keeps stylish turn-outs for the pleasure 
 and comfort of his guests, and the finest roadster 
 and cart in this part of the State. He owns 225 
 acres of land, comprising meadows, gardens, 
 groves, and beautiful walks. In politics our sub- 
 ject is a Republican, and although his time is 
 very much in demand during the summer, yet he 
 has found time to serve in various offices at the 
 disposal of the. voters of the town. He has 
 served as town clerk, treasurer, chairman of the 
 board of selectmen for five years, and represen- 
 tative from the town during the session of 1895. 
 
 Mr. Sanborn married Julia E., daughter of 
 William P. and Julia W. (Foss) Robinson. Will- 
 iam P. Robinson was born in Pawtucket, R. I., 
 and was engaged early in life in the mercantile 
 business in Plymouth, but moved to Thornton, 
 where he spent several years, thence he moved 
 to Campton Village, where he lived some twenty- 
 two years. He died at the age of sixty-three, of 
 heart trouble; his wife passed away at the age of 
 sixty-two, stricken down by a complication of 
 diseases, principal among them being bronchial 
 trouble. Their children were: George W., 
 
 Charles C, Jennie, Julia E., and Frank S. To 
 our subject as the fruit of his union with Julia 
 E. Robinson, there came but one child, which 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Sanborn is a liberal supporter of the Con- 
 gregational Church. He is a member of the 
 Olive Branch Lodge, F. & A. M., at Plymouth; 
 and of the Pemigewasset Chapter, R. A. M.; and 
 of the Pilgrim Commandery of Laconia. He is 
 also an honored member of the Pemigewasset 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Campton. He has been 
 an honest and upright citizen, and as such enjoys 
 the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and 
 it is with pleasure that we give his portrait a 
 place in connection with this brief sketch of his 
 life. 
 
 GEORGE H. GREELEY, a coal and wood 
 dealer of Plymouth, is the son of Merrill Gpeeley, 
 and grandson of Nathaniel Greeley, who was the 
 first settler in the town of Waterville, N. H., 
 coming from Salisbury of the same State. He 
 moved to Thornton in the latter part of his life, 
 and died there in 1884, at the age of eighty-four. 
 Nathaniel Greeley married Nancy Wyman; she 
 was removed from the family circle at the age of 
 sixty-two. Their children were: Merrill and 
 Henry S. 
 
 Merrill Greeley was born in Waterville, N. H, 
 July 3, 1832. He was educated in the schools of 
 Plymouth. At the age of twenty-one Merrill 
 Greeley and his brother Henry opened up a hotel 
 in Waterville for summer boarders. Their build- 
 ing burning down in their second season gave 
 them a severe blow, but Merrill continued to take 
 boarders at his private home for a few years. 
 He then built a new hotel, and continued in that 
 business until 1882 or 1883, when he sold out 
 and moved to Thornton, and about three years 
 later moved to Plymouth. He was a thorough 
 Democrat and very pronounced in his views, tak- 
 ing an- active interest in the welfare of that party. 
 He served in various town offices of Waterville, 
 and represented the town two terms in the State 
 Legislature. He was a Master Mason, and a 
 member of the I. O. O. F. During his residence 
 in Plymouth Mr. Greeley was engaged in the 
 livery business, and also dealt in coal and wood. 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 an electric light plant in Plymouth, and at his 
 death was president of the Electric Light Co. 
 
 He led to the altar Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Clark Merrill of Hill, N. H. Their children are : 
 Mabel L. and George H. He died Oct. 7, 1894, 
 leaving his wife and two children to survive him; 
 they still make Plymouth their residence. Mr. 
 Greeley contributed largely to the furnishing of 
 the Universalist Church of Plymouth, and was 
 one of its most liberal supporters. 
 
 George H. Greeley was born in Waterville, N. 
 H., Nov. 3, 1872. He received his education in 
 the Waterville and Plymouth schools, finishing 
 with a business course at Boston. He was asso- 
 ciated with his father in the coal and wood busi- 
 ness for a short time before his father's death, 
 and at that occurrence assumed complete control 
 of it, and has carried it on very successfully since. 
 He has shown himself to be a very capable and 
 enterprising young business man. He has an 
 office in the Rollins Block. Mr. Greeley is a 
 Master Mason, a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, No. 16. He is a Republican in politics. 
 
 HENRY F. KING, a prominent farmer of the 
 town of Haverhill, and a leading citizen of the 
 village of Woodsville, is the son of Russell and 
 Ann (Walker) King, and grandson of William 
 King. 
 
 William King spent most of his life in Lang- 
 don, Vt, removing toward the end of it to Hav- 
 erhill, where he closed his years at the age of 
 sixty-nine. He was a man of great ability and 
 sound judgment, and operated one of the largest 
 farms in Langdon; it is still known as the old 
 King farm. He married Miss Darby, a native of 
 Connecticut. She departed this life about the 
 age of ninety. They were faithful and consistent 
 members of the Congregational Church, and 
 might be relied on for assistance in any worthy 
 cause. They reared nine children; the record 
 stands as follows: Oliver; Hezekiah; William; 
 Russell; Hiram; Harvey; George; Betsey 
 (Evans); and Samuel. 
 
 Russell King was born on the old King farm 
 in -Langdon, Vt., and there passed most of the 
 years of his minority, occupied in obtaining an 
 education in the district schools, and in working 
 
 as much as he was able around the farm. At an 
 early age he went to Boston and made it his 
 home for a few years, going from there to 
 Charleston, N. H., where he remained until 1836. 
 In that year he came to the town of Haverhill, 
 purchased a valuable piece of farming property, 
 and lived there until death relieved him from 
 further mortal labor and pain. He was a man 
 that always felt an interest in town affairs, and 
 managed to keep in close touch with all the local 
 political developments. He was for many years 
 a leader, and looked to for the best of advice and 
 counsel. In politics he was a Whig, and as such 
 represented the town two terms in the State Leg- 
 islature; he was also justice of the peace for 
 many years. During the time when the State 
 militia organization flourished Mr. King took 
 an absorbing, whole-souled interest, serving as a 
 captain of an artillery company. He married 
 Ann Walker of Rockingham, Vt.; she continued 
 a most efficient and loving helpmate until her 
 death at the age of sixty-eight. Their family con- 
 sisted of the following children: Samuel, who 
 departed this life in the State of Pennsylvania; 
 Henry F., our subject; Charles R., living in Alle- 
 gany, Pa.; and Elizabeth (Whitcher). 
 
 Henry F. King was born in the town of Hav- 
 erhill, N. H, Feb. 13, 1838, and received his 
 schooling in his native town. When he attained 
 his majority he went to the State of Pennsyl- 
 vania and followed railroading for two years. 
 Upon receiving word of the failing health of his 
 father he returned home and began farming, be- 
 ing associated with his parent in business; later 
 on he bought the homestead, and has remained 
 on the same ever since, always engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits, and most successful in all of 
 his business ventures. His attention is devoted 
 to general farming, and stock raising. At the 
 present time he is the oldest person living in the 
 village precinct in years of residence.' His farm 
 is mostly of good interval quality, bordering on 
 the Connecticut River, on the edge of Woods- 
 ville. 
 
 He was joined in marriage, in 1862, with 
 Luvia, daughter of John Weeks of Bath, N. H. 
 They have one child, Anna, who married L. E. 
 Davison, and has presented him with two chil- 
 dren: Harold and Mildred. Mr. King is a firm 
 Republican in politics; in 1887, when the town 
 was strongly Democratic, he was nominated on 
 
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 the Republican ticket for representative, and 
 came within six votes of being elected. He has 
 served as selectman for three years, and as 
 deputy sheriff of Grafton Co. for three years. 
 In 1880 he took the census of the town. He 
 served one term as justice of the peace, and has 
 been a member of the board of fire commission- 
 ers, serving most of the time as chairman since 
 its organization. 
 
 GEORGE H. CORLISS, a leading hardware 
 dealer of Plymouth, is the son of Cyrus Corliss, 
 grandson of Isaac Corliss, and great-grandson of 
 George Corliss. 
 
 George Corliss's birthplace was Alexandria, 
 N. H. He lived on the homestead all his life en- 
 gaged in farming. He died when about seventy 
 years old. He married Sally Simonds, who sur- 
 vived her husband a number of years, passing 
 away at about the age of ninety. They reared a 
 family of seven children: Isaac, John, Polly, 
 Eben, Daniel, George, and Sally. 
 
 Isaac Corliss, the eldest son of George Corliss, 
 was born in Alexandria, where he lived the most 
 of his life. His latter years were spent in Pier- 
 mont, N. H., where he died, aged seventy-eight.' 
 He married Dolly, daughter of Daniel Heath; 
 she passed away at the age of sixty-two. Their 
 family consisted of: George; Daniel; Stephen; 
 Cyrus; Roxanna (Pillsbury); Kimball; Almira 
 (Bohanan) (Bean); David; Charles; and Isaac. 
 
 General Cyrus Corliss, the fourth son of Isaac 
 Corliss and the father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was born, in 181 1, in Alexandria, N. H. 
 He learned the trade of blacksmith, and followed 
 it during his younger years. He was employed 
 on the railroad for a time. The past twenty years 
 has been passed on the farm. He received his 
 title of General from his connection with the 
 New Hampshire State militia. 
 
 He was married to Almira, daughter of Samuel 
 and Anna (Sayles) Reed, in 1832. Three years 
 later he came to Plymouth, and now resides on 
 Road Seven, about one and one-quarter miles 
 west of the village. His wife was separated from 
 him by the hand of Death when she was aged 
 seventy-nine years. They brought up to ma- 
 turity three sons and three daughters: Cyrus 
 
 served in Co. B., 15th N. H. Vol. Inf., and lost 
 his life on a railroad in Iowa, in 1875; Almira 
 married Charles Q. McQuesten of California; 
 Frank R. served in Co. A., 6th N. H. Vol. Inf., 
 and now resides in Clinton, Iowa; Clara A. mar- 
 ried J. H. Morrison, and died in 1877; George 
 H., the subject of this sketch; Emily married 
 Martin Merrill in 1869. 
 
 George H. Corliss was born in Grafton, N. H., 
 Sept. 15, 1846. He came to Plymouth with his 
 parents when he was a young lad, and received 
 his education here. At the age of nineteen he 
 went to work in a tannery, and labored there two 
 years. He then learned the carpenter's and 
 joiner's trade, which he followed until 1893. In 
 that year Mr. Corliss bought out P. H. Craw- 
 ford's hardware store on Main Street, and has 
 been engaged in that business since. 
 
 Mr. Corliss's political principles are Demo- 
 cratic. He made a very successful and efficient 
 chief of police of the town of Plymouth for sev- 
 eral years. He is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M. 
 
 Mr. Corliss was married, in 1872, to Eva G., 
 daughter of John and Nancy Harvey of Laconia, 
 N. H. Their children are: Fred G, born in 
 1874, now in the store with his father. He was 
 married, June 23, 1896, to Miss Mary B., daugh- 
 ter of Caleb M. Ames of Holderness, N. H. 
 Cyrus L., born in 1876, who is now attending 
 college in Middletown, Conn. 
 
 CHARLES C. WRIGHT, associate editor 
 and half-owner of the Plymouth Record, a paper 
 devoted to the interests of people in and about 
 Grafton Co., N. H., is the son of Charles Wright, 
 and grandson of Dr. Samuel and Mary Ann 
 (Webster) Wright. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in the town of 
 Holderness, now Ashland, Sept. 14, 1829; as a 
 young man he learned the trade of a brick mason, 
 and was thus employed in New Hampshire and 
 upon the public works of Boston for several 
 years, after which he was engaged for a number 
 of years in the manufacture of paper at Ashland, 
 N. H., and St. Johnsbury, Vt In the business 
 world, his name was ever a synonym for prompt- 
 ness, honor, and integrity. He was a strong Re- 
 publican, and in 1871 and 1872 represented Ash- 
 
ANDREW R. SMITH. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 land in the State Legislature. In 1873 he was 
 appointed a railway postal clerk, and performed 
 service constantly on the route between Ply- 
 mouth and Concord for seventeen years. In 
 that service, as in all his other relations in life, he 
 was faithful and made friends of all with whom 
 he was brought in contact. He was a man of 
 very strong characteristics : strong, true, consist- 
 ent, and sincere in his love, affection, and devo- 
 tion to his family and friends; his friendship, 
 once gained, could not, except for the most 
 potent reason, be broken or shaken. In all mat- 
 ters pertaining to the upbuilding and upholding 
 of good morals in society he was always alert 
 and ready to do his full share. Firm as a rock 
 in his beliefs, yet he was as tender as a woman 
 to all in any trouble from whatever cause. 
 
 The last four years of his life were spent in 
 failing health, the result of a severe injury, re- 
 ceived in a railway accident at Ashland, N. H. 
 He died Sept. 21, 1894. He was married March 
 18, 1857, to Mary T. Cheney of Ashland, who 
 was a sister of Col. Thomas P. Cheney. Mrs. 
 Wright and her son, Charles C, live in Ply- 
 mouth, N. H. 
 
 Charles C. Wright was born in Ashland, N. 
 H., June 30, 1872. He was educated at the Nor- 
 mal Training schools of Plymouth, and the New 
 Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton. In 
 January, 1889, Mr. Wright and Mr. Edward A. 
 Chase bought the printing business of W. J. Ran- 
 dolph and were associated as partners for two 
 years, until August, 1891, when our subject 
 acquired the entire interest in the establishment 
 and conducted the business alone for almost 
 three years. In June, 1894, they again became 
 partners, and secured the ownership of the Ply- 
 mouth Record of Plymouth, N. H, and the 
 Northern Herald of Lisbon, N. H. These papers 
 are still owned and edited by Messrs. Chase and 
 Wright, with their office and press and all the 
 requisites for publication at Plymouth. 
 
 On Sept. 13, 1893, Mr. Wright was married to 
 Mira Holden Adams, daughter of Edgar Adams 
 of Plymouth. One child, Edgar Cheney, has 
 been born to them. In 1893 Mr. Wright was ap- 
 pointed a member of the reportorial staff of the 
 Boston Herald, and still continues to represent 
 that paper in his district. He is secretary of the 
 Plymouth Fair Association, and a member of the 
 press organization of New Hampshire. 
 
 ANDREW R. SMITH, a stone contractor 
 of Plymouth, is the son of Benjamin Smith, Jr., 
 and grandson of Benjamin Smith, Sr. 
 
 Benjamin Smith, Sr., was born in New Hamp- 
 ton, N. H. He learned the trade of a carpenter 
 and engaged in that branch throughout his life. 
 He married Samantha Hibbard, who lived to the 
 age of ninety. Mr. Smith died at the age of 
 eighty. They reared a family of three children: 
 Benjamin, Jr., Obediah C, and Betsy (Webber). 
 
 Benjamin Smith, Jr., was born in the same 
 town in which his father had been reared and 
 passed his life. He received his education in the 
 schools of the vicinity. He earned his livelihood 
 in his younger years by his trade of a ship-car- 
 penter. He did not continue to work at this all 
 his life, but engaged in house-carpentry in later 
 years. He married Sarah, daughter of Moses 
 Smith of Bridgewater, N. H. She departed this 
 life in 1893, at the age of eighty-three. Mr. 
 Smith lived in Groton the twenty years previous 
 to his death. He met his death by drowning in 
 Newfound Lake while in bathing. He was fifty- 
 six years old. They were members of the local 
 M. E. Church. He was an old line Whig and in 
 later years a Democrat. He took a keen inter- 
 est in town affairs and served in various offices 
 with great credit to himself. Eight children were 
 born to them: Benjamin H.; Cyrus M.; Obediah 
 G. ; Andrew R. ; John S.; Sarah E., wife of 
 Thomas Wilson of Holderness, N. H.; Marcia 
 A., wife of Sylvester Swett of Plymouth; and 
 Mariam, wife of Louis P. Grant ,also of Ply- 
 mouth. 
 
 Andrew R. Smith was born April 2, 1848, in 
 Groton, N. H. He received his preliminary edu- 
 cation in the Groton district schools, taking ad- 
 vanced work at Meriden Academy. He left the 
 parental roof at the age of fifteen, and by work- 
 ing his way was enabled to spend some part of 
 the year in school. When twenty years old he 
 learned the trade of a stone-cutter, and soon after, 
 having served his apprenticeship, he became en- 
 gaged in contracting. Considerable of this work 
 has been done for the railroad in this vicinity. 
 He is still actively engaged at his business, and 
 has a large and varied trade. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Smith was married to Louisa A., 
 daughter of Job Wilson of Rumney. Their chil- 
 dren are: Rose C, Rosco M., and Thomas C. 
 Mr. Smith has made Plymouth his home for the 
 
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 past thirty years, and has a comfortable residence 
 on Highland Street. He is a member of Baker 
 River Lodge, No. 47, K. of P. 
 
 The portrait of Mr. Smith, appearing on 
 another page of this work in connection with 
 this short sketch of his life, will stand for years 
 to come as portraying and representing a man 
 respected and esteemed by the community in 
 which he lived and labored. 
 
 JOHN C. BERRY, a life insurance agent of 
 Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Otis Berry, and 
 grandson of Robert Berry. 
 
 Robert Berry came from Strafford, N. H, and 
 settled in Campton. He passed his life on the 
 farm, engaged in tilling the soil and raising 
 stock. He married Esther Otis; they enjoyed a 
 calm, peaceful life, and surrounded themselves 
 with a family of five children: Robert, Jr., Ro- 
 silla, Hannah, Otis, and Daniel. 
 
 Otis Berry was born in Strafford, N. H, but 
 moved to Campton with his parents at an early 
 age. The old homestead in Campton continued 
 to be his home throughout the rest of his life. 
 He learned the cooper's trade, and followed that 
 in connection with his farm work. He married 
 Esther, daughter of Simon Lovett of Campton. 
 She died at the age of seventy-nine. Mr. Berry 
 lived to see seventy-seven summers when he 
 joined those gone before. They were the parents 
 of a family of eight children: Benjamin F. ; 
 Hiram O.; William H. ; John C, the subject of 
 this sketch; George W. ; Charles E., who died 
 in the Civil War of 1861-65; Arvilla, deceased; 
 and Mary Esther, also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Berry favored the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 In politics Mr. Berry was a Republican. 
 
 John C. Berry was born in Campton, N. H, 
 May 14, 1845. He was educated in the common 
 branches in the Campton district schools, taking 
 an advanced course of study in the Plymouth 
 High School. He remained on the farm with 
 his father until he became of age; in 1869 he took 
 up the trade of stone-cutter, and followed it for- 
 fifteen years. Since 1884 he has been working 
 at life insurance, except two years, in which he 
 was engaged in selling meat and provisions. 
 
 Tn 1868 Mr. Berry was joined in the holy 
 bonds of matrimony to D. Jennie Garland, 
 
 daughter of William P. Garland. Their family 
 consists of the following children: Albert, who 
 died at the age of sixteen ; Hubert F. ; Arthur G. ; 
 Ethel L.; Leon; and Elsie. They are attendants 
 of the M. E. Church. 
 
 The great-grandfather of Mrs. Berry was 
 Jonathan Garland, who was killed by the falling 
 of a tree, March 30, 1812. His children were as 
 follows: Nathan, who died May 10, 1830; Han- 
 nah died July 10, 1832; Benjamin, born in 1784, 
 died Feb. 9, 1848; Jonathan, Jr., born in 1796, 
 died April 1, 1868; and Marian, who was born 
 in 1794, and died in October, 1880. Jonathan 
 Garland, Jr., was born in Pittsfield, and married 
 Deborah Goss, who was born in 1801, and died 
 in December, 1869, at West Campton. Follow- 
 ing is the record of their children : William, born 
 at Pittsfiel'd, in 1822, died in July, 1826; Mary E., 
 born at Holderness, May 6, 1824, died in May, 
 1876; she was married in 1854 to Mr. Godfrey, 
 and in 1858 to Samuel Roulett, who was bdrn 
 in 1809 or 1810, and died in 1877; Henry R., 
 born in Holderness, May 20, 1826, died in Sep- 
 tember, 1851, and left no children to survive him; 
 Huldah B., born in Holderness, April 11, 1827, 
 is still living, and is the widow of Daniel Chase, 
 to whom she was married in September, 1849; 
 he was born in 1825, and died in 1878; four chil- 
 dren were the issue; William P., the father of 
 Mrs. Berry, was born in Holderness, May 1, 
 1829, died March 1, 1887, was married to Louise 
 Avery in the month of August, 1848; she was 
 born in 1821, bore her husband four children, 
 and is still living; George W., born in Holder- 
 ness, July 19, 1832, is living; he married, April 
 19, 1864, Eliza A. Batchelder, who was born in 
 December, 1839, is living, and has a family of 
 children; Jane N., born in Holderness, March 
 11, 1834, is living with her husband, Henry C. 
 Randlett, who was born in 1832; Climenia F., 
 born in Campton, May, 1836, died March, 1858, 
 ■ was married in 1865 to Samuel Hurd, who was 
 born in 1833, an d is still living with one child, 
 the fruit of their union; Marilla, born in Camp- 
 ton, May, 1838, is still living, the widow of Rus- 
 sell F. Shaw, born in 1836, died in 1882, whom 
 she married in November, 1863; Emily, born in 
 Campton, June 14, 1840, died in 1894, leaving 
 three children, the issue of her marriage, in 1859, 
 to Russell Glover, who was born in 1830, and 
 died December, 1890; Silas, born in Campton, 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 August, 1842, died December, 1842; Elmira, the 
 youngest of the family of twelve, was born in 
 Campton, March, 1844, is living with her hus- 
 band, John Peterson, born in 1840, with whom 
 she was united in marriage December, 1869. 
 
 Mr. Berry is a stanch adherent of the cause of 
 Prohibition. He has labored long and earnestly 
 to bring about the coveted end. It needs no 
 argument to show the evils of intemperance, and 
 the great good that would follow its overthrow. 
 The silver question and the tariff issue could 
 easily solve themselves if the American people 
 did not squander such enormous sums of money 
 on spirituous liquors. Poverty and crime would 
 die out, and all classes, the rich and the poor, 
 the high and the low, would live together in per- 
 fect amity. Mr. Berry is one of the foremost 
 workers in the State in this grand work, and was 
 sent to the national convention, held in Pitts- 
 burg, in 1896. He had the honor of heading the 
 State Prohibition ticket of 1896 as nominee for 
 the office of Governor. 
 
 AUSTIN W. WOODMAN, D. D. S., of Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., is the son of Charles Woodman, 
 and grandson of Isaac Woodman. Isaac Wood- 
 man passed the greater portion of his life on a 
 farm in Woodstock, N. H., dying there at the 
 age of sixty. He married a Miss Locke ; she was 
 taken to the world beyond when in her ninety- 
 ninth year. They raised a family of five boys 
 and one girl. 
 
 Charles, a son of Isaac Woodman, was born 
 in Woodstock, and was educated in its district 
 schools. Arriving at the necessary age, he taught 
 several winter terms of school. He then went 
 to Boston and worked there for a while, finally 
 returning to West Thornton, where he was en- 
 gaged in the grocery business for nineteen years. 
 Owing to the confinement and worry in this 
 business, his health began to fail, and he accord- 
 ingly sold his store and bought a farm in Bridge- 
 water, where he still lives at the age of seventy- 
 four. He was united in marriage to Jemima, 
 daughter of Jacob Avery of Campton, N. H. 
 Mrs. Woodman has passed her sixty-eighth 
 birthday. Their family circle is made up of: 
 Jacob A., Addie C, Charles S., Lyman B., Cory- 
 
 don E., and Austin W. Mr. Woodman is an 
 ardent Republican, and has served in various 
 town offices. 
 
 Austin W. Woodman, D. D. S., the subject of 
 this sketch, was born in West Thornton, N. H, 
 April 5, 1865. He obtained his education in the 
 Bridgewater schools, taking advanced work in 
 New Hampton Academy. His first enterprise 
 was acting as guide for parties about the Rang- 
 ley Lakes, in Maine, during the summer season. 
 In the winters he studied, preparing himself for 
 his profession; three winters were spent in this 
 way with his brother, who was a practicing dent- 
 ist of Ashland, N. H. Dr. Woodman attended 
 the Boston Dental College, and graduated in the 
 Class of '91. After graduation he returned to 
 Ashland, and practiced with his brother for two 
 years. In 1893 he opened up an office in the 
 Fox Block in Plymouth, and, aided by the splen- 
 did location, he has succeeded in building up a 
 large practice. 
 
 Dr. Woodman is a member of the Alumni As- 
 sociation of the Boston Dental College. He be- 
 longs to the following lodges: Grafton Lodge, 
 No. 62, I. O. O. F., of which he is Past Grand; 
 Knights of Pythias, Baker River Lodge, No. 47; 
 and Wambeck Encampment, of which he is dis- 
 trict deputy grand master. 
 
 Mr. Woodman led to the altar in 1894 Martha 
 S., daughter of Lorenzo and Elizabeth French of 
 Rumney, N. H. They have been blessed with 
 one child, Charles Lorenzo. 
 
 MRS. SARAH G. BUCHANAN, widow of 
 the late Collins M. Buchanan, is the daughter of 
 Levi F. and Ann M. (Gotham) Ranlet. 
 
 Levi F. Ranlet was born in Meredith, N. H., 
 where he spent his boyhood days. He learned 
 the trade of a blacksmith, first working at Lan- 
 caster, N. H., and followed the same until his 
 health failed. He died, aged seventy-five years, 
 in Plymouth, N. H. He married Ann M., daugh- 
 ter of Robert and Dollie Gotham. His wife 
 passed away at the age of seventy-one. The 
 family consisted of six children : Noah Webster ; 
 Sarah G. (Willis) (Buchanan); the twins, Edgar 
 G. and Henry C. ; Charles F. ; and George M. 
 
 Sarah G. Ranlet, the second child, married as 
 her first husband Cyrus Willis, son of Samuel 
 
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 Willis. Samuel Willis was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion and passed the most of his life in Canaan, 
 N. H.; the last twelve years, however, were spent 
 in Parisville, N. Y., where he died about the age 
 of eighty. Samuel Willis married Hannah Hoyt 
 of Canaan, N. H. She departed this life about 
 the age of seventy-five. They reared six chil- 
 dren: Samuel, George, Betsy, John, Ottis, and 
 Cyrus. 
 
 Cyrus Willis was born in Hanover, N. H., in 
 1815. He was educated in Canaan. At the age 
 of fifteen he started out in life and assisted in 
 driving cattle to Boston. He then took up stage- 
 driving, his first route being between Plymouth 
 and Bristol, N. H. After a few years staging in 
 New Hampshire, he went south to Virginia, 
 where he engaged in the same occupation. He 
 finally returned to his native State and located 
 in Littleton, driving the stage from there to 
 Wells River, and also to the Profile House. He 
 was a resident of Litteton when he died, Jan. 23, 
 i860. Mr. Willis was a Whig and took a keen 
 interest in politics. He was deputy sheriff of 
 Grafton Co. at one time. He married, in 185 1, 
 Sarah G, daughter of Levi F Ranlet. Mrs. 
 Willis's birthplace was Lancaster, N. H. They 
 had one child: Freeman C. Willis, who was 
 born Sept. 20, 1853. He married Lizzie R., 
 daughter of Frank Chase of Campton. Their 
 children are: Lyman C. ; Frank B.; Harriet E. ; 
 Allen S. ; and Samuel S. (deceased). 
 
 Mrs. Sarah G. Willis remained single a few 
 years until 1862, when she was married to her 
 second husband, Collins M. Buchanan, son of 
 Alexander Buchanan. 
 
 Alexander Buchanan was a native of Scotland, 
 emigrating to Canada when a young man. He 
 settled in Castlebar, and lived there the re- 
 mainder of his life. He reared a fine family of 
 seven boys. 
 
 His son, Collins M., was born in Castlebar, 
 Canada, in 1838. He was educated in his native 
 town. Becoming of age, he came to New Hamp- 
 shire, and settled in Littleton. It was there he 
 met his future wife, and the friendship that soon 
 sprung up between them soon ripened into an 
 intimacy that resulted in marriage. In 1869 Mr. 
 and Mrs. Collins M. Buchanan came to Ply- 
 mouth. Mr. Buchanan had a peculiar fitness for 
 managing hotels. He was well liked by the trav- 
 eling public, and would go to a great deal of 
 
 trouble to accommodate them in any way. His 
 first venture was in Plymouth, and from there he 
 went to Campton and kept a hotel, and at a later 
 period he kept a hotel in Laconia; at the same 
 time he and his step-son, Freeman C. Willis, 
 operated a hotel in North Woodstock, and at 
 the time of his death he was running a hotel in 
 Manchester. Mr. Buchanan was a strong Dem- 
 ocrat, and served as under-sheriff of Grafton Co. 
 for several years. He was a member of the I. O. 
 O. F. 
 
 His widow, Mrs. Sarah G. Buchanan, resides 
 in Plymouth, on Russell Street. 
 
 FRANK C. CALLEY, a glove manufacturer 
 of Plymouth, is the Json of Chase W. Calley and 
 grandson of David Calley, who came from 
 Stratham to New Hampton. He did not make 
 a long stay at that town, but moved on to Hold- 
 erness, and spent the most of his days there, 
 dying at the age of seventy. He was engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits throughout his life. He 
 married Martha Marsten of New Hampton; she 
 finished her earthly pilgrimage at the age of 
 seventy-eight. Their children were: Elmira 
 (Cox); Nathaniel; Marsten; David; John M.; 
 Elizabeth; Chase W.; Joseph; and Martha. 
 
 Chase W. Calley was born in the town of Hold- 
 erness, Aug. 13, 1823. He received his educa- 
 tion in the schools of Holderness and Plymouth. 
 He was engaged in farming with his father, until 
 he was twenty-one, when he went into" the glove 
 business in partnership with J. C. Draper. At 
 the end of two years they dissolved partnership, 
 Mr. Calley assuming control of the entire con- 
 cern. During war time Mr. Calley did as much 
 as $40,000 worth of business in one year. He 
 has continued in the same business from the 
 start with the exception of three years spent in 
 doing contract work for the railroad. He built 
 a tannery on Mill Street, in 1847, and is still 
 using the same building for tanning purposes. 
 He is a strong Republican. He belongs to 
 Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; and 
 Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13. 
 
 He was married, in 1856, to Mary, daughter of 
 Louis Keyes of Rumney. She passed away 
 Sept. 30, 1890, aged fifty-six, leaving three chil- 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 385 
 
 dren, all boys: Frank C, the subject of this 
 sketch; Epes J., special agent of the London As- 
 surance Corporation, with headquarters in Chi- 
 cago, 111.; and Clarence W., now residing in 
 Boston. 
 
 Frank C. Calley was born in Plymouth, Sept. 
 7, 1859. He received his education in his native 
 town. Frank was employed with his father in 
 the glove business until he was twenty-one. He 
 then went to work in the Rollins Factory, and 
 worked there twelve years, and in 1888 he began 
 the manufacturing of gloves himself. His fac- 
 tory is in the Wiggin's Block on Main Street. 
 He has made a reputation for keen business 
 sagacity and fertility of resource. 
 
 In 1889 he was married to Alice M., daughter 
 of Charles Bartlett of Bethlehem. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Plymouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F. 
 He is a strong Republican, and is now filling out 
 his second term as the town treasurer. 
 
 CLINTON B. SIMPSON, proprietor of one 
 of the largest and most extensive general stores 
 between Plymouth and Woodsville, is located in 
 West Rumney. He was born July 10, 1840, and 
 is a son of Hugh B. and Sarah A. (Edmunds) 
 Simpson, and a grandson of Samuel and Sarah 
 (Simpson) Simpson. 
 
 Samuel Simpson was born in Greenland, N. 
 H., July 13, 1779, and married Sarah Simpson, 
 who was born April 25, 1782, and died Feb. 7, 
 1880, in her ninety-ninth year. About the year 
 1812 they came to West Rumney among the very 
 first settlers; our subject's grandfather cleared 
 about 100 acres, where B. H. Merrill now lives, 
 and built a log-cabin, later replacing it with a 
 frame dwelling. He owned a farm in later years 
 in Groton, also. He was the first in this part of 
 the State to raise mules and sell them in Ports- 
 mouth in the winter; it proved a very profitable 
 business for him, and he was soon imitated. His 
 children were: Hugh B., Benjamin, Samuel, 
 David, Albert M., John, Ulysses, and James M. 
 
 Hugh B. Simpson was born in Rumney, July 
 21, 1805, and left the parental roof when a young 
 man, and went to Massachusetts, engaged in 
 clerking in stores. He married there, in 1836, 
 Sarah A., daughter of John and Mary (Murrey) 
 
 Edmunds. She was born Dec. 1, 181 1, and de- 
 parted this life Aug. 3, 1882. Her children were: 
 Clinton B., Charles E., and Mary C. After his 
 marriage Hugh B. Simpson came home and 
 cared for his parents. His father having died, 
 he bought the hotel at West Rumney, and car- 
 ried on hotel business in connection with his 
 farming for the remainder of his life. He put in 
 a small stock of goods, and carried on trade in 
 a small way, until 1861, when he sold out to our 
 subject. He was a Democrat, and served as se- 
 lectman and as representative from the town of 
 Rumney; also served as postmaster under Presi- 
 dent Buchanan. 
 
 Clinton B. Simpson received a public school 
 education in his native town, and assisted his 
 father in the store until 1861, when he bought 
 the stock of goods and conducted the store alone. 
 He was burned out in 1891, on November 22; 
 but in twenty-four hours he had procured an- 
 other stock and reopened his store in a small 
 building situated near by. In the same year he 
 began to build a new store, and it is a fine struc- 
 ture for the purpose; it is 30x40, with an addi- 
 tion 28x18, and two stories high. Our subject 
 keeps the most selected, as well as an extremely 
 large and diversified stock of everything custom- 
 ary to be met in a country store. In connection 
 with this he bought the Robert Morse place, and 
 has been at great pains to beautify and enlarge 
 it; he also owns large wood lots in the town of 
 Dorchester and Groton. He is a Democrat in 
 his political affiliations. He has been selectman 
 in the town for seven years, and filled the posi- 
 tion of postmaster under Cleveland's first ad- 
 ministration and was again appointed by Harri- 
 son December, 1893. He is also notary public 
 and justice of the peace, overseer of the poor, 
 and funeral director. He is a member of the 
 Mooselanck Lodge, F. & A. M., of Wentworth, 
 N. H. 
 
 In 1862 he was joined in the holy bond of mat- 
 rimony with Elvira, daughter of Timothy P. 
 Smith; she died in 1880, at the age of thirty-nine. 
 She bore our subject the following children: 
 Edward H. married Bertha E. Merrill and is a 
 typewriter at Charlestown, Mass.; Charles A. 
 married Flora E. Smith, and is station agent at 
 Scott Junction; there is one child, Paul L. ; Car- 
 rie M. is at home; also Arthur E. is at home. 
 Mr. Simpson married as his second wife Augusta 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 L., daughter of Daniel D. and Mary E. Valentine 
 of Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. Valentine is the presi- 
 dent of the Mrs. G. B. Miller's Tobacco House 
 of New York City. His wife was born in 
 Rumney, and is a daughter of John and Sarah 
 Smart. Mrs. Valentine died at the age of thirty- 
 six, leaving these children: Charles L. ; Augusta 
 L., our subject's wife; Lizzie I.; Daniel L.; and 
 Edwin V. 
 
 Mr. Simpson has had by his second wife the 
 following children: Edith M., Clinton V., and 
 Hattie E. 
 
 As one of the county's representative men, we 
 place the portrait of Mr. Simpson in this volume. 
 
 GEORGE E. CUMMINGS, superintendent 
 of the White Mountain Division of the Boston 
 & Maine R. R., is the son of George S. Cum- 
 mings, who was born in New Hampton, N. H., 
 in 1829, and there reared and given an educa- 
 tion. At the age of twenty-one he began rail- 
 roading, and kept at it for fifteen years. He 
 came to Woodsville on the advent of the railroad 
 to that place and was a resident of that village 
 the rest of his days. He was the founder of the 
 firm of C. B. Drake & Co., the large drug firm of 
 Woodsville, and retained his interest until 1890. 
 He was a successful business man, and most 
 highly honored and respected by those with whom 
 he came in contact. He married Marietta Vin- 
 ton of Greenfield, Vt. She died at the age of 
 thirty-four, leaving three sons: George E., 
 Charles L., and Wesley B. His second wife was 
 Mary Harrington of Littleton, N. H. She lives 
 at present in Woodsville, and has one daugh- 
 ter, Mary (Noble). George S. Cummings de- 
 parted this life in 1894. 
 
 George E. Cummings, the subject of this 
 notice, was born in Rumney, N. H., Oct. 10, 
 1853. His parents moved to Woodsville, while 
 our subject was an infant, and there he received 
 his education. At the age of fourteen he began 
 to face the stern realities of life. He cast in his 
 lot with the railroad interests, commencing as 
 an engine cleaner. He worked about the engine 
 house until 1870, when he was put on a freight 
 train as brakeman. His steady, conscientious 
 work entitled him to the notice of his superiors, 
 
 and his rise to his present position of division 
 superintendent has been gradual but sure. From 
 brakeman he became a baggageman, and then he 
 was transferred to the passenger service. 
 
 In 1884 he was made wood agent of the Bos- 
 ton, Concord & Montreal R. R. He remained 
 in active service with the road when it was leased 
 to the Boston & Lowell Co., being stationed at 
 Concord for four years as transfer agent. He 
 then came back to Woodsville as train master, 
 promoted a little later to assistant superintend- 
 ent, and since 1892 has been superintendent of 
 the Northern Division of the Concord & Mon- 
 treal R. R. Upon the transfer of that road to the 
 Boston & Maine R. R., he still held his position. 
 His division is now called the White Mountain 
 Division of the B. & M. Mr. Cummings has well 
 merited his present post of responsibility and 
 trust, for he has been in all lines of service from 
 the lowest up. His native energy and progres- 
 sive nature are seen to their full advantage in his 
 gradual climb to success. He is pleasant and 
 agreeable in his manners, and considerate of 
 those who are under his orders, and in turn is 
 well liked by them. 
 
 He was joined in wedlock, in 1883, with Liz- 
 zie P., daughter of Edwin P. Fisher of Boston. 
 They have one child, Helen M., as the fruit of 
 this marriage. Politically Mr. Cummings is a 
 firm Democrat, and is fearless in his opinions of 
 the issues of the day. His father was one of the 
 promoters of the Woodsville Electric Light 
 plant, and was a director of the same until his 
 death. Since that time our subject has succeeded 
 to his father's position as director, and is now 
 the efficient superintendent of the same. 
 
 GEORGE A. GOODHUE, the merchant 
 tailor of Plymouth, N. H, is the son of George 
 F. Goodhue, and grandson of Adoniram Good- 
 hue, who was a carpenter at Beverly, Mass., 
 and died there at the age of eighty-two. He 
 reared a family of five children, four boys and 
 one girl. 
 
 George F. Goodhue was a shoemaker by trade, 
 and worked at the same at Beverly until his 
 death at the age of thirty-two. He married 
 Adalina, daughter of Horace P. Brown of Bev- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 387 
 
 erly, Mass. She was taken to her home beyond 
 the skies when thirty-two years old, leaving one 
 child, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 George Albert Goodhue was born June 13, 
 i860, in Beverly, Mass. On the death of his 
 parents, his grandmother Brown gave him a 
 home and a mother's care; he remained with her 
 until her death in 1878. He received his educa- 
 tion in Beverly, Mass., and also in Hanover, N. 
 H. After his grandmother's death he went to 
 Newburyport to learn the tailor's trade, finishing 
 his apprenticeship in Plymouth, where he served 
 his last year. 
 
 In 1890 he launched out in business for him- 
 self, setting up a tailoring establishment at Ash- 
 land, N. H., where he remained eighteen months. 
 From Ashland he returned to Plymouth and lo- 
 cated in the Wiggin's Block, where he still keeps 
 his shop. 
 
 Mr. Goodhue was married in 1890 to Lucy A., 
 daughter of John and Susan Clement of Leb- 
 anon, N. H. Their children are: Claude C. ; 
 and the twins, Hazel Adaline and John Leslie. 
 
 Mr. Goodhue is a firm believer in Republican 
 doctrines. He is a supporter of the Baptist 
 Church. He holds a membership in the Ply- 
 mouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O. F. ; and has been 
 the treasurer for the same during the past two 
 years. 
 
 HON. JAMES ROBIE, agent of the Ameri- 
 can Express Co., at Plymouth, is the son of 
 Samuel Robie, and grandson of James Robie. 
 
 James Robie, the grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch, was born in Durham, N. H., and was 
 an early settler of Meredith, N. H., where he car- 
 ried on farming and reared his family. He was 
 united in marriage to Ann Boynton. Mr. Robie 
 died at the age of forty; his wife survived him 
 many years, and was finally called home to her 
 well-earned rest at the age of eighty-two. They 
 were the parents of seven children: Samuel; 
 Thomas; James, who died in youth; Nancy; 
 Polly; Sally (Boynton); Phoebe (Roberts). 
 
 Samuel Robie was born in Meredith and was 
 educated in the same town. He lived on the 
 farm, engaged in agricultural pursuits until the 
 death of his parents, when he sold the property 
 and bought a farm in New Hampton, making 
 
 that place his home for the remainder of his life. 
 He married Eunice, daughter of Joseph Roberts 
 of Meredith. She died at the age of seventy-six; 
 Mr. Robie passed away at the age of fifty-three. 
 They brought up to maturity a family of six chil- 
 dren: Susan E. (Pike); Mary (Strong); Nancy 
 (Wilkinson); James; Thomas; and William R. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Robie in church matters favored 
 the Free Will Baptist. Samuel Robie was an up- 
 holder of Democratic doctrines. He was a great 
 reader and always well posted, but not an active 
 political worker. 
 
 James Robie, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in New Hampton, Oct. 25, 1828. There he 
 spent his boyhood days and obtained his school- 
 ing. At the age of sixteen he struck out for him- 
 self, working at first in a tool factory of Frank- 
 lin, but he did not like the work, so he secured 
 a job in a cotton factory as second hand in the 
 weavers' room. His wages were forty-one cents 
 per day, and he had to pay $1.25 per week for 
 board. He worked at this trade during 1847 an d 
 1848. 
 
 When the railroad was finished to New Hamp- 
 ton, he was the first agent at that point; and as 
 the road was extended he became the agent at 
 Ashland and then at Plymouth. He remained in 
 the employ of the company twenty years in vari- 
 ous capacities; seven years of this time he was 
 passenger agent at Concord. 
 
 In 1868 he entered the service of the Ameri- 
 can Express Co., and was a messenger for ten 
 years. In 1878 he was appointed express agent 
 at Plymouth, a situation he still retains. 
 
 Mr. Robie was married, March 10, 1850, to 
 Ella A., daughter of James Hines of Laconia. 
 She died at the age of twenty-seven, leaving one 
 daughter: Laura (Fay). Mr. Robie married, in 
 1857, as hi s second wife Caroline, daughter of 
 Asa F. Merrill of Holderness. She departed this 
 life at the age of twenty-three, and left one son: 
 James M. June 10, 1863, Mr. Robie was 
 again joined in the bonds of marriage, the bride 
 being Frances A., daughter of Samuel Jameson 
 of Melbourne, Canada, East. Their children are: 
 Ada F. (Russell); Albert S.; and Howard T. The 
 family are attendants of the Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mr. Robie is a Democrat. In 1889 ne was 
 urged to accept the nomination as representative 
 to the Legislature, and was elected. During his 
 term in the Legislature he succeeded in secur- 
 
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 ing appropriations for the new Court House, and 
 also for the State Normal School buildings, which 
 are located in Plymouth. Mr. Robie worked 
 quietly but effectively, and the result was a great 
 victory for Plymouth. He is now rewarded for 
 his labors by the sight of the new, well-equipped 
 school buildings and the substantial Court 
 House that adorn the beautiful village of Ply- 
 mouth. , He has served as one of the trustees of 
 the Holderness school for several years, and is 
 the present incumbent. 
 
 HON. GILBERT M. SULLOWAY, de- 
 ceased. Among the prominent citizens of the 
 town of Grafton, who have passed away in recent 
 years, and whose memory and works are still 
 very present, there has been no one that has left so 
 great a void in the life of the town than the hon- 
 orable gentleman whose name heads this notice. 
 He died Nov. 28, 1896, just a few short weeks 
 after he had been elected a representative to the 
 State Legislature. His death was much lamented 
 by a very wide circle of friends, for he was very 
 popular and well liked among all his associates, 
 and valued friendship at its true worth as one of 
 the blessings of life. He is a descendant of one 
 of the oldest and foremost families in the town. 
 He was born in the house which remained his 
 home throughout his whole life. The grand- 
 father settled on Razor Hill in 1812. He married 
 Rhoda Hoyt, whose father was a lieutenant in 
 the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Greely Sulloway settled on the farm at Wild 
 Meadows, Oct. 6, 1830, purchasing a tract that 
 included in its extent an open meadow, sup- 
 posed to have been deprived of its timber by the 
 beavers, or perhaps by the hand of the red men ; 
 because of this absence of timber it was esteemed 
 a very choice piece of land in those days. 
 
 Greely Sulloway, Jr., married Betsy L. Smith, 
 a daughter of James T. and Rachel (Hoyt) 
 Smith; the former a son of Peter and Molly 
 (Taylor) Smith. To our subject's parents were 
 born four children: Hon. Cyrus A., the well- 
 known attorney of Manchester, N. H., now rep- 
 resenting his district in the United States Con- 
 gress, having previously served as representative 
 in the State Legislature; Sarah E., who is living 
 
 on the old homestead with our subject's widow; 
 a child, James G., who died in infancy; and Gil- 
 bert M., the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Gilbert M. Sulloway was born Jan. 26, 1853, 
 reared in the town of Grafton, and attended its 
 district schools until the age of twenty. From 
 the days of his youth he made farming his study 
 and vocation, and was counted as one of the 
 most successful and practical farmers in his part 
 of the country. He has always taken a lively in- 
 terest in politics, and was a leader in his town. 
 He served as moderator, supervisor, and select- 
 man, and was also a member of the school board, 
 and was justice of the peace several years. His 
 last elevation to office we have already referred 
 to at the beginning of this sketch, and it was par- 
 ticularly unfortunate for the town of Grafton that 
 he was not spared to advance its interests in the 
 legislative halls of Concord. 
 
 Mr. Sulloway was married April 5, 1876, to 
 Charlotte A. Shaw, daughter of Frederick C. and 
 Sarah (Shaw) Shaw. Sarah Shaw was a daugh- 
 ter of David and Sarah (Mprrell) Shaw, the for- 
 mer a son of John Shaw. Frederick Shaw was 
 the son of Diamond and Rachael (Dresser) 
 Shaw. The former a son of Benjamin Shaw, and 
 the latter a daughter of John Dresser. To our 
 subject and wife eleven children were born, 
 namely: Frederick Greely; Cleora B.; Walter 
 B.; Marion W.: Helen M.; Avery I.; Cyrus A. 
 and Sarah E., twins; Harriett J.; Gilbert W. ; and 
 Winifred L. The family attend the Universalist 
 Church. Mr. Sulloway was a leading member of 
 the Eureka Grange, No. 69, of Grafton Center. 
 
 FRED P. DEARTH, a popular and enterpris- 
 ing insurance agent of Woodsville, N. H., is the 
 son of Enoch C. and Hannah C. (Willey) Dearth, 
 and grandson of Asa and Elizabeth (Carr) 
 Dearth. It is thought by those who have good 
 reason for believing that Asa Dearth was born 
 in Canaan, Vt, and he departed this life 
 at Stoneham, Mass., at the age of seventy-eight. 
 Five children were born to them: Edson, Enoch, 
 Albert, Percis, and Ann. 
 
 Enoch C. Dearth was born in the town of Ca- 
 naan, Vt., and was reared to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and followed that calling until the break- 
 
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 ing out of the Civil War. In 1862 he enlisted in 
 the 15th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf.; he went to the 
 front, but never saw the granite hills of his native 
 State again, dying at the age of thirty-one, in 
 New Orleans. His wife, Hannah C. Willey of 
 Peacham, Vt, died at the age of fifty-three. Only 
 two children were born of this union, and they 
 were named Effa S. and Fred P., our subject. 
 They were members of the M. E. Church. Mr. 
 Dearth was a Democrat in political attachments. 
 
 Fred P. Dearth was born in Bath, Aug. 4, 
 i860; in 1867 he came to Woodsville with his 
 mother and there received his education. At the 
 age of thirteen he started out in life to support 
 himself. He took up railroading, and followed 
 it for seven years. Then for thirteen years he 
 was engaged in the bottling business. In the 
 spring of 1896 he took up insurance, writing 
 policies in the three main branches of that busi- 
 ness — fire, life, and accident. 
 
 In 1886 he was joined in marriage to Maude 
 E., daughter of Charles E. Rumsey of Wells 
 River, Vt. They have one child as the fruit of 
 their union: Dorothy I. Socially Mr. Dearth 
 occupies a prominent place; he is a member of 
 the Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F., and 
 is the secretary of the same. He is also a mem- 
 ber of the Encampment. He is a Republican, 
 and has served as secretary and treasurer of the 
 town committee, and is tax collector at the pres- 
 ent time. 
 
 DANIEL KIDDER, a master mechanic, and 
 a member of the firm of Daniel Kidder & Son, 
 lumber manufacturers of North Groton, N. H., 
 was born in Lowell, Mass., June 15, 1838, and is 
 a son of John and Betsey (Metcalf) Kidder, and 
 a grandson of John and Louise (Peacock) Kid- 
 der. John Kidder, Sr., lived in Amherst, N. H., 
 and was a cooper by trade, also owning and 
 carrying on a farm. Quite early in life he came 
 to Groton among the earliest settlers, and made 
 his home, where E. S. Dimond now lives. As 
 there was a small saw-mill near by, he sawed 
 enough plank and boards to build him a house; 
 later he replaced it with better and more impos- 
 ing structures. He owned 200 acres of land, 100 
 of which he cleared; he was a sturdy, hard 
 worker, and managed to accumulate consider- 
 
 able property. He lived to be nearly eighty 
 years old. His wife was over eighty years at the 
 time of her decease. The following children 
 came to their home: John, Lois, Alice, Lucy, 
 Huldah, Daniel, and Lucetta. 
 
 John Kidder, Jr., our subject's father, was 
 born in Amherst, N. H, and when a young man 
 learned the machinist's trade, and set up the first 
 steam engine that was ever used in the city of 
 Lowell, Mass. He worked there until 1844, 
 when he came to Groton, N. H., and bought the 
 A. Buell saw and grist-mills. He remodeled the 
 mills, put in new machinery, and launched out 
 into the manufacture of furniture, and did a 
 large business until his business retirement, in 
 i860, when he sold the mill and took up the 
 occupation of farming. He purchased the rural 
 property, where his son Mark B. Kilddet now 
 dwells, of 150 acres, and made it his home till 
 death, at the age of seventy-two; his wife was 
 taken to the blissful abodes in the seventy-fifth 
 year of her life. She was a daughter of William 
 Metcalf of the town of Groton. Mr. Kidder's 
 children were named as follows: Daniel, Eliza, 
 Lanson F., David M., Elenora C, and Mark B. 
 Our subject's father was a Democrat, and re- 
 ceived distinction at the hand of his fellow- 
 townsmen by being selected as a representative 
 in the Legislature for one year. He also served 
 as town clerk several years, and superintendent 
 of the school committee, in addition to other 
 minor offices. 
 
 Daniel Kidder attended the public schools of 
 the town of Groton, from the age of six years to 
 the age of fifteen, when he went to Natick, Mass., 
 and learned the machinist trade, and had charge 
 of an engine of a box factory there for three 
 years. He then went to Franklin, N. H., where 
 he secured a situation in the Aiken Machine 
 Shops of that place, and was connected thirteen 
 years with the establishment, serving most of 
 that time as superintendent. In 1868 he became 
 master mechanic on the Mt. Washington Rail- 
 road, which reached its final completion in 1871; 
 Mr. Kidder supervised the construction of the 
 first locomotive ever built for that road, and ran 
 it for the first year without an accident. This 
 was an extraordinary record for a project of so 
 experimental a nature, and assured the future 
 success of the road. As all the readers of this 
 biography know, undoubtedly, the peculiar na- 
 
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 ture and construction of the road and the rolling 
 stock, we will omit all further reference, except 
 to note the chief obstacle that makes the road 
 what it is, that is the heavy grade, which ranges 
 from two and a half inches per .yard to thirteen 
 inches per yard. To the early railroad projector 
 such grades were deemed impracticable, and they 
 were, with ordinary types of engines. Engines 
 of a novel construction were needed, and as we 
 have noted before, Mr. Kidder supervised the 
 entire construction of the first one ever built. 
 He afterwards became master mechanic of the 
 Whitefield & Jefferson Railroad, a position he 
 has held at two different times. He has also been 
 master mechanic for Brown's Lumber Co., at 
 Whitefield, N. H. He set up their engine, which 
 is the largest one in the northern part of the 
 State Of New Hampshire. Our subject has been 
 called upon three different times to give his val- 
 uable assistance at the Manchester Locomotive 
 Works; at each engagement" he spent some time 
 in Manchester. 
 
 In 1888 he purchased the C. F. Wheet Mills, 
 at North Groton, and also a residence in the 
 same town. He introduced steam power into 
 the mills, and has since carried on the manufac- 
 ture of lumber; he has also conducted a small 
 machine shop in the village. Our subject also 
 became connected with and a member of the 
 firm of Wilton & Kidder, manufacturers of 
 trusses and surgical instruments; the firm re- 
 moved their manufacturing interests to Franklin 
 at a later period, our subject having an interest 
 in it there for two years. 
 
 Our subject and his only son, Fred Kidder, 
 are the owners of 600 acres of forest land, which 
 they have mostly cleared, and manufactured the 
 timber into first-class lumber. They also own 
 some mica mines of fine quality, which are as 
 yet undeveloped. Mr. Kidder also owns a farm 
 near the village, where he carries on general 
 farming, stock raising, and dairying. 
 
 In 1861 Mr. Kidder enlisted in Co. C, 1st Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., from Manchester. It is said he 
 was the fifth to enlist from this State. He 
 dropped his tools at almost the sound of the first 
 call and went forth to preserve the integrity of 
 this nation, that this nation might not perish 
 from the earth. During most of his service he 
 served as scout. While engaged in some of the 
 necessary duties incident to camp life, he sus- 
 
 tained a severe injury that incapacitated him 
 from further active service; he was discharged 
 at the end of four months for physical dis- 
 ability. 
 
 Mr. Kidder was joined in the holy bond of 
 matrimony in 1862, to Emeline F., daughter of 
 Luther and Lucy (Tenney) Hardy of the town 
 of Groton; she was born in 1842, and has pre- 
 sented our subject with two children: Fred, 
 born April 16, 1864, married Ida Duncklee, and 
 has one child by the union, Lena Gladys; his 
 residence is in North Groton, and he is associated 
 in business with his father; Ada, born July 22, 
 1 868, is a teacher. Mr. Kidder is a Democrat in 
 politics, and represented the town in the Legis- 
 lature of 1890-91. He has served as selectman 
 for two terms ; has also filled the offices of minor 
 importance, such as overseer of the poor for one 
 term; town treasurer for thirteen years; and 
 assistant town clerk for several years. He is at 
 present justice of the peace, a position he has 
 filled acceptably for a number of years. In his 
 religious views he favors the Universalist Church 
 and may be found as one of its regular wor- 
 shippers. He is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., of Plymouth; Concord, R. 
 A. M. ; and Concord Commandery, K. T. He is 
 also a member of the G. A. R. Post of Rumney. 
 
 The publishers of this volume take great pleas- 
 ure in presenting Mr. Kidder's portrait on a pre- 
 ceding page, in connection with the foregoing 
 brief biographical sketch. 
 
 GEORGE W. GARLAND, a retired citizen 
 of Plymouth, is the son of Jonathan Garland. 
 Jonathan Garland was born in Old Hampton, 
 Mass. Soon after his marriage ne went to Hold- 
 erness, N. H., and farmed there about fourteen 
 years. He then moved to Campton, where he 
 spent the remainder of his days. He married 
 Deborah, daughter of Robert Goss of Hanover, 
 N. H. She was stricken by the cruel hand of 
 Death in her sixty ninth year. Mr. Garland 
 passed away at the age of seventy-two. They 
 had a family of twelve children, ten of whom 
 grew up to maturity: William died at the 
 age of four; Mary (Randlett); Henry R. ; Hulda 
 B. (MoOre); William P.; George W., the subject 
 
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 of this sketch; Hannah J. (Randlett); Climela 
 (Hurd); Morula (Shaw); Silas died in youth; 
 Emily (Glover); Almira (Peterson). Mr. and 
 Mrs. Garland were supporters of the tree Will 
 Baptist Church. Mr. Garland was a loyal parti- 
 san for Democracy. Although he was a very 
 great reader and very well informed, and not- 
 withstanding his interest in public affairs, he 
 never accepted a nomination for office. 
 
 George vV. Garland was born in Holderness, 
 July 19, 1831. He received his education and 
 passed his youthful days in Campton, where his 
 parents moved when he was a young child. He 
 began to assume responsibility tor his own wel- 
 fare at the age of seventeen, when he started 
 out in the lumbering business; for thirty 
 years he identified himself with lumbering in- 
 terests, doing some farming in the summer time. 
 He owned a farm in Thornton, and there his 
 family resided during this time. After leaving 
 the lumbering camps for good he located in Ply- 
 mouth, and did the teaming there until 1893, 
 when he sold out. 
 
 Mr. Garland is a strong Democrat, and has 
 always taken an active interest in town affairs. 
 While he made his home in Thornton he repre- 
 sented that village in the State Legislature for 
 one term. He has also served as surveyor for 
 his district eight years, and has been a member 
 of the board of selectmen for seven years. 
 
 In 1855 Mr. Garland married Sarah Gilman; 
 she died at the age of thirty-five. He married, 
 in i860, his second wife, Lucinda Avery; she 
 passed away when twenty-six years old. In 1864 
 he was joined in marriage to Eliza A., daughter 
 of Increase Batchelder; they have one son: Dr. 
 William R. 
 
 Dr. William R. Garland was born in Thornton, 
 March 22, 1865. His rudimentary education was 
 obtained in the schools of Plymouth, and in the 
 Holderness Episcopal-School, from which school 
 he went to the New Hampton Literary Institute 
 to prepare for college. He entered Dartmouth 
 College, and applid himself to the study of medi- 
 cine. He was graduated from the Medical De- 
 partment in the Class of 1885, an d ' n the same 
 year commenced to practice in Lancaster, where 
 he remained about nine months. From Lancas- 
 ter he transferred his work to Campton Village, 
 and built up a good practice, living there until 
 1895, when he came to Plymouth, where he is 
 
 actively engaged at present. Dr. Garland is a 
 member of the New Iiampshire State Medical 
 Society, and is also connected with the Baker 
 River Medical Society. 
 
 In 1886 he was married to Sadie, daughter of 
 James Clough of Lyman. She was taken from 
 him at the age of twenty-five, leaving one daugh- 
 ter, Mary Blanch, to keep her memory green. 
 He married again, in 1890, the lady of his choice 
 being Mary A., daughter of Jasper Pillsbury of 
 Rumney, N. H, by whom he has one son, 
 George W., Jr. 
 
 DAVID GLYNN, a retired glove manufac- 
 turer of Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Stephen 
 Glynn. Stephen Glynn was born in Galway 
 County, Ireland. At the age of twenty-four he 
 sailed for America, being sixty-five days, out of 
 sight of land. Landing in New York City, he 
 remained there for a short time, and then went 
 to Massachusetts, making Boston his home for 
 several years. Finally he came to Plymouth, N. 
 H, bought a farm and remained on the same, 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, 
 at the age of seventy-five, in 1872. He married 
 Sarah Clifford of Dorchester, N. H. She de- 
 parted this life at the age of fifty-two. They 
 reared two children: Thomas F. and David. 
 Mr. Glynn was a Protestant in religion. He 
 voted the Democratic ticket. 
 
 David Glynn, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Plymouth, Nov. 16, 1842, on what is 
 known as Pike's Hill. He obtained his school- 
 ing in his native town. 
 
 When the war broke out, and there was a call 
 for volunteers, Mr. Glynn enlisted on Oct. 12, 
 1 861, in Co. A., 6th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., for a 
 three years' term of service. The 6th Regiment 
 was taken by steamer to Hatteras Island, thence 
 to Roanoke Island, and from there to New Berne, 
 N. C, where it joined the Army of the Potomac 
 before the Battle of Bull Run. It remained in 
 this organization during the summer and partici- 
 pated in the skirmishes along the Valley of the 
 Potomac. In the winter of 1862-63 they went to 
 Kentucky, and from there were sent to aid the 
 Army of the Mississippi in the capture of Vicks- 
 burg. The 6th N. H. Reg. did valiant service in 
 
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 this campaign, and are entitled to some praise 
 for that victory that came in the darkest period 
 of the war, and meant so much to the Union 
 cause. After this victory, the regiment was 
 taken to Jackson, Miss.; and in the winter of 
 1863-64 it rejoined the Army of the Potomac, 
 and remained with it till the close of the war. Mr. 
 Glynn was favorably known among his fellow- 
 soldiers and officers as a faithful and fearless sol- 
 dier. He was never known to shirk any duty 
 nor flinch in times of personal danger. He may 
 be well proud of this period in his life. Mr. 
 Glynn was honorably discharged, April 10, 1865. 
 
 He returned to his native town and engaged in 
 the manufacture of gloves, being associated with 
 his brother until 1880, when Mr. Glynn retired. 
 He lives on a little farm, nicely located on the 
 west side of the Pemigewasset River, in the town 
 of Plymouth, where he has been occupied in the 
 business of raising garden produce for the 
 mai'ket since his retirement. 
 
 He was joined in marriage, in 1878, to Helen, 
 daughter of Dr. Thomas E. Fisher of Frances- 
 town, N. H. They have one daughter, Ethel J. 
 Mr. Glynn is a supporter of Democratic princi- 
 ples. He is a member of the Orlando Keyes Post, 
 No. 35, G. A. R. 
 
 THOMAS JEFFERSON ADAMS, a retired 
 drover of the town of Plymouth, N. H., is a 
 lineal descendant of Sir John Ap-Adam of Som- 
 ersetshire, England; the line runs back through 
 the generations of John, Joseph, Archelaus, Jr., 
 Archelaus, Robert, Jr., Robert, Richard, John, 
 Jr., John, and eleven more. The first represen- 
 tative of the family in America was Robert 
 Adams, Jr., who was born in Devonshire, Eng- 
 land, in 1601, and with his wife, Elinor, and 
 family settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. In 1638 
 he moved to Salem, but finally settled down on a 
 farm in Newbury, Mass.; this homestead is still 
 in the possession of the Adams family. He mar- 
 ried his first wife in 1628; they had a family of 
 eleven children. She died in the month of June, 
 1677. He married his second wife in 1678, the 
 lady being widow Sara (Glover) Short. She 
 passed away in 1697. 
 
 Archelaus Adams, the son of Robert Adams, 
 Jr., was born about 1658, in Newbury, Mass. He 
 
 was an old time innholder in his native town. 
 He was a soldier at York, Me., in 1695. He 
 married his first wife in 1698, and they reared 
 eight children. Having lost his first wife by 
 death he married as his second wife widow Sarah 
 Green, in 1719. 
 
 Archelaus Adams, Jr., the son of the preced- 
 ing, was born Nov. 21, 17 14, in Newbury, Mass. 
 He was a yeoman. He married as his first wife 
 Mercy Dowe, in 1737; she did not live long. In 
 1741 he married again, the bride being Dorothy 
 Clement. She was called above but a very short 
 time after the marriage. For his third wife he 
 married, in 1742, Mary Pierson. They reared a 
 family of eleven children. He died in 1783. 
 
 Joseph Adams, the fourth child of Archelaus 
 Adams, Jr.^ was born in Salisbury, Mass., April 
 19, 1745. He was a ship-builder by trade. He 
 fought in the War of the Revolution, and held 
 the rank of sergeant. He belonged to Capt. 
 Jonathan Evans' company and Col. James Fry's 
 regiment. He spent his last years in the town 
 of Plymouth, where he died, in 1803, on what is 
 known as Adams's Hill. His body was taken to 
 his native home in Salisbury for interment. In 
 1768 he was joined in marriage to Molly Currier 
 of Amesbury, Mass. She died at the age of 
 ninety-six. Ten children were born to them: 
 Betty, John, Mehitabel, Joseph, James, William, 
 Archelaus, Ezekiel, Moses, and Martha. 
 
 John Adams, the son of Joseph Adams, and 
 the father of the subject of this sketch, was born 
 Oct.. 9, 1771, in Salisbury, Mass. He was reared 
 and educated in his native town. He was a ship- 
 builder by trade, and moved to Plymouth when a 
 young man, where he remained the rest of his 
 days, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died 
 in 1863. 
 
 In 1796 he married Sally Currier of Salisbury, 
 Mass.; she died in 1858 at the age of eighty-one. 
 Their children were: John, born in 1798, and 
 died in 1850; Bartlett, born in 1799, and died in 
 1874; Philena (Cummings), born in 1803, and 
 died in 1879; Mary Currier, born in 1805, and 
 died in 1881 ; Almira, born in 1807, and died in 
 1826; James Madison, born in 1809, and died in 
 1841; Joseph, born in 181 1, and died in 1864; 
 Sarah Jane, born in 1813, and died in 1816; 
 George Washington, born in 181 5, and died in 
 1816; Sarah Jane (Bradford), born in 1817, and 
 died in 1880; Emily Grace (Hill), born in 1819, 
 
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 and died in 1878; Thomas Jefferson, the subject, 
 of this sketch. 
 
 John Adams was a prominent Democrat. He 
 served as deputy sheriff from 1831 to 1836. He 
 was tax collector two years, and was mail carrier 
 from Plymouth to Portsmouth from 1821 until 
 1823. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson Adams was born Nov. 5, 
 1822, in Plymouth on Adams Hill. He received 
 his education in Plymouth. In 1848 he opened a 
 provision store in Boston, Mass.; but in 1849 ne 
 was called back to his native town by the death 
 of his brother to care for his parents. He re- 
 mained with them until they passed away. He 
 became engaged in the drover business, and fol- 
 lowed that for upwards of twenty years. He has 
 also been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He 
 owns several small productive farms that he 
 cares for. 
 
 In 1848 he married Mary J., daughter of James 
 and Sally (Hayes) Remick of Berwick, Me. Mr. 
 Adams is a firm Democrat, and has served as se- 
 lectman. He is a member of the Olive Branch 
 Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M. 
 
 MRS. MILLIE H. MITCHELL, widow of 
 the late Samuel S. Mitchell, assisted by her son, 
 Carl Albert, is engaged in farming on the home- 
 stead of her late husband. Mr. Mitchell was 
 born in Kennebunk, Me., and is a son of Israel 
 and Hepsibah (Blair) Mitchell, and a grandson 
 of Ebenezer and Sarah (Littlefield) Mitchell. 
 Ebenezer was a farmer, and was of Scotch de- 
 scent. 
 
 Israel Mitchell was a brick-maker by trade, 
 and followed that trade, and also engaged in 
 farming. His wife was born in Campton, and 
 was a daughter of Peter Blair. She was on a 
 visit in Charlestown and Somersville when she 
 met Israel Mitchell, and there she was married 
 to him. They then moved to Kennebunk, where 
 they lived some years. As her relatives were 
 residents of Campton, the young couple came 
 to Campton. Israel bought a farm, where our 
 subject now makes her home; it is composed of 
 400 acres. He purchased it in 1849, and at once 
 began to improve it; the improvements are visi- 
 
 ble yet, even after the lapse of almost half a 
 century. He moved three large barns from dif- 
 ferent places, and grouped them on his land in 
 one solid mass of buildings. He then remodeled 
 them and arranged them into convenient apart- 
 ments for the varied needs of a well-conducted 
 farm. The house was also remodeled and made 
 more convenient for its owner's use. Israel was 
 a practical man in every sense of the word, and 
 all the improvements were made with the idea 
 of convenience and greater utility. He was born 
 July 5, 1812, and died March 10, 1883. His wife 
 was born in 1816, and departed this life in 1873. 
 The children that resulted from this happy union 
 were: Walter B., born Nov. 3, 1837; Harris B., 
 born March 31, 1839; Mary A., born June 7, 
 1840; Samuel S., born June 13, 1841 ; Martha E., 
 born July 26, 1849; I ra > born June 11, 1852; and 
 Nettie F., born Sept. 25, 1855. 
 
 Samuel S. Mitchell, the husband of the subject 
 of this sketch, enlisted in 1862, in Co. B., 15th 
 Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., and served one year as a 
 sixth corporal, and received an honorable dis- 
 charge. During the remainder of his life he re- 
 mained on the farm. He carried out his father's 
 idea of practical farming to its fullest extent; 
 after the house burned down in 1876, he built a 
 new and a larger one, and began to take 
 boarders. Since that time he has had all the 
 boarders he could wish; they have been of the 
 most choice class, and have been more than 
 pleased with the accommodations and the sur- 
 roundings. The farni is finely located in the val- 
 ley of Bog Brook, with the house built on a rise 
 of ground, from which one may have a, fine view 
 of mountain scenery; Kearsarge Mountain, 
 although many miles distant, is plainly seen, and 
 affords a pleasant background for scenes that 
 are nearer. There are many other peaks that 
 are near by; among these peaks is Bald Hill, 
 with an elevation of 1,300 feet; it is easy of ac- 
 cess, and its flat rock on the very summit affords 
 the finest place conceivable for enjoying the 
 scenery, with its many peaks and valleys, forest- 
 crested hill and low-lying cultivated fields. 
 Samuel S. Mitchell died Feb. 7, 1893; his death 
 was caused by being struck by a locomotive 
 while attempting to cross the railroad tracks at 
 Plymouth; after the accident he only lived two 
 weeks. He was universally respected by his 
 large circle of acquaintances for his many noble 
 
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 traits of character, and his death was a severe 
 blow both to the family and surrounding friends, 
 and to the community at large. In politics he 
 was an Independent Democrat. He supported 
 the Universalist Church heartily, and that organ- 
 ization lost one of its best members in his death. 
 He was an honored member of the local G. A. 
 R. Post. 
 
 He married Millie H. Homans, daughter of 
 Gilbert W. and Jane (Bryant) Homans. Gilbert 
 W. Homans was born in Campton, and is a son 
 of John and Hannah (Ramsey) Homans. John 
 Homans's birth-place was Campton, N. H. His 
 father, Joseph Homans, was a native of New- 
 buryport, Mass., having moved to Campton at 
 an early period. John Homans cleared several 
 farms, selling them as fast as he could improve 
 them, and in this way helped to settle the town 
 with a desirable class of people. He cleared 
 farms on Beech Hill and Campton Bog; he also 
 built saw and grist-mills, which have since been 
 torn down. He was a very progressive man and 
 aided much in the early development of Camp- 
 ton. He had the quality of push coupled with 
 that of perseverance, and was bound to succeed. 
 He was killed in middle age, by being run down 
 by an ox team. He was married twice, and had 
 nineteen children. Gilbert W., father of our sub- 
 ject, at his father's death, took charge of the 
 farm and oversaw the necessary work of the 
 farm. Later he built a large saw and grist-mill 
 further down the same brook, where his father 
 had operated milk before him; he became the 
 owner of some 300 acres of land by strict econ- 
 omy and judicious farming. He was born in 
 1812, and died in 1886. His wife was born in 
 1814, and died in 1896. Their children were: 
 G. Madison; G. Frank; Elbridge; Anna C. ; 
 David R.; and Millie H., the eldest. Mr. Homans 
 was a stanch Republican in politics. 
 
 Four children were born to our subject and 
 her husband. May Louise was born June 23, 
 1871, and is a school teacher. Annie Frances 
 was born July 26, 1872, and is also a teacher. 
 Carl Albert was born March 18, 1875, and assists 
 his mother in the care and management of the 
 farm. Lester Elbridge was born March 9, 1888. 
 Mrs. Mitchell keeps a choice dairy, and has a 
 very fine grafted orchard. 
 
 The portrait of Samuel S. Mitchell appears on 
 another page of this work. 
 
 REV. JOHN QUINCY BITTINGER, de- 
 ceased, was born in Berwick, Pa., March 20, 
 1831. His father, Joseph Bittinger, was the sec- 
 ond son of Joseph, the son of Nicholas Budinger, 
 who was the second son of Adam Budinger, who 
 came from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania 
 about the year 1737. 
 
 John Quincy Bittinger received his early edu- 
 cation in the common schools of his native 
 town, and as apprentice in a printing office. He 
 began fitting for college at Oxford Institute, Pa., 
 took two years at Phillips Academy, Andover, 
 Mass., graduated from Dartmouth College in 
 1857, and from Andover Theological Seminary 
 in i860. j 
 
 He was ordained and installed at Yarmouth, 
 Me., whence he was called to St. Albans, Vt., and 
 became pastor of the First Congregational 
 Church there in 1864, remaining about three 
 years. During these seven years he took a high 
 position as a preacher, and became known as a 
 writer, publishing articles in the North American 
 Review, American Theological Review, Congre- 
 gational Review, and in the Bibliotheca Sacra. 
 
 While at St. Albans his health failed and he 
 was obliged to resign, removing to Windsor, Vt., 
 where he hoped a period of rest would restore 
 him to vigor. This hope never became realized, 
 and for almost thirty years he was an invalid, 
 suffering much, though bravely keeping up the 
 fight. 
 
 In 1869 he accepted the pastorate of the church 
 at Hartland, Vt., and in 1873 was called to the 
 important church at Haverhill, where he 
 preached twelve years. Being unable to stand, 
 he delivered his sermons seated in a high chair, 
 but at the last he was unable to mount the pul- 
 pit stairs, and was carried to the church in a 
 wheel chair, preaching from the platform in 
 front of the pulpit. 
 
 In 1886, his increasing infirmities compelled 
 him to retire from public duties, and he resigned 
 his pastorate. In 1888 he published the "History 
 of Haverhill," the first and only history the town 
 has ever had. 
 
 For over two years he was editor of the New 
 Hampshire Journal, resigning in 1888. In 1892 
 he published "A Plea for the Sabbath and for 
 Man," a book of 236 pages, the materials for 
 which he had been gathering for ten years. In 
 many respects this is considered the best recent 
 
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 work on the Sabbath, and reveals on almost 
 every page the abundant learning of the author. 
 This work Mr. Bittinger regarded as the crown- 
 ing effort of his life, and it proved his last. His 
 health rapidly failed, and before the book came 
 from the publisher's hands, he had so nearly lost 
 his eye-sight that he was unable to see the 
 finished product of his brain. 
 
 Mr. Bittinger died at his home in Haverhill, 
 April 5, 1895, of heart disease, terminating a 
 very low physical condition of several weeks. 
 
 In i860 he married Sarah Jones Wainwright 
 of Hanover, who survives him with three sons 
 and a daughter. The eldest son, Frederick W., 
 married Aug. 3, 1886, Lillian M. Ayer of Pike 
 Station, N. H, and they have two children: 
 Muriel M. and Fritz J. The second son, Joseph 
 F., married March 6, 1889, Kate A. Teague of 
 Memphis, Tenn. They have two children: Mar- 
 jorie V. and Alene. The two younger children of 
 Rev. Bittinger, Helen C. and Charles E., are. un- 
 married. 
 
 ALFRED COOK, a leading farmer of the 
 town of Plymouth, is the son of John Cook, 
 grandson of Cutting Cook, great-grandson of 
 Samuel Cook, Jr., and great-great-grandson of 
 Samuel Cook. 
 
 Samuel Cook passed his life in Newburyport, 
 Mass. Samuel Cook, Jr., was born in Newbury- 
 port, but early in life traveled to Campton, N. H., 
 where he received a grant of land, and became 
 one of the early settlers of the town. He en- 
 gaged actively in agricultural pursuits on a large 
 scale. He made Campton his home, and died 
 there. He married Judith Bartlett. 
 
 Cutting Cook, the son of Samuel Cook, Jr., 
 was born in Newburyport, where he was reared 
 and educated to agricultural pursuits. He car- 
 ried on his extensive farming operations with 
 considerable profit. He lived to be seventy-five 
 years old. Flis wife was Betsy Merrill. She died 
 April 30, 1845, at the age of seventy-nine. Their 
 children were: Cutting, Jr., Betsey, John, Han- 
 nah, Jemima, Sally, Judith, Mehitabel, Zebedee, 
 Lucinda, and Lydia. 
 
 Capt. John Cook, son of the preceding, and 
 father of the subject of this notice, was born in 
 
 Campton on the old homestead, located on what 
 is now generally called Cook's Hill. Plis trade 
 was that of a bridge-builder and carpenter, and 
 he practiced these trades the most of his life. He 
 lived on the homestead, and, in connection with 
 his trade, carried on farming operations on a 
 small scale. He passed away at the age of sev- 
 enty-eight. He married Hannah, daughter of 
 John Clark of Haverhill, N. H. She died at the 
 age of eighty. Nine children was the result of 
 this union: Emily, died at the age of five years; 
 Martha (Whidden); Mary (Merrill); Rums; 
 Franklin; Alfred, 1st, died when young; John; 
 Alfred; and Moody. They were prominent mem- 
 bers of the Free Will Baptist Church. As a 
 worker in the church and Sunday-school, Mr. 
 Cook was always found at the post of duty and 
 willing to assume his share of the responsibility, 
 and to perform his part of the work. He was 
 superintendent of the Sunday-school for over 
 thirty years. He was a kindly disposed neigh- 
 bor, and ever ready with sympathy and help for 
 those in trouble. 
 
 As a citizen he was loyal to duty, and always 
 exercised his best judgment in the management 
 of public affairs. He was a public-spirited man, 
 and served in the various town offices. His title 
 as captain was derived from his office that he 
 held in the State militia. 
 
 Alfred Cook, the subject of this notice, was 
 born in Campton, March 13, 1835. At first at- 
 tending the district schools of Campton, he built 
 the foundation for a good education. New Hamp- 
 ton Academy furnished him a suitable place for 
 advanced work. Finishing the academy, he 
 taught school for one season; but that work did 
 not appeal to his taste, so he commenced the 
 study of civil engineering under his older 
 brother. After becoming proficient in the pro- 
 fession he went west during the great period of 
 railroad building, and executed considerable 
 work there. Since 1870 Mr. Cook has lived in 
 Plymouth ; he has been a very successful farmer, 
 and has the reputation of being a very practical 
 engineer. He has devoted a great deal of time 
 and study to his profession, and still does work 
 in that line in the vicinity of his home. 
 
 In the year 1861 he married Hannah, daugh- 
 ter of David Boynton of Thornton, N. H. Their 
 family consists of: Charles A.; Herbert M. died 
 at the age of seventeen years and six months; 
 
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 John M. died in infancy; Mary H.; Alice E.; 
 John H.; and Flora A. His sons assist him in 
 the carrying on of the farm work, and make a 
 specialty ot dairying. He has a fine improved 
 farm of 200 acres; it lies in the Baker River Val- 
 ley, about two miles from the village, and is 
 known as the River Side Farm. 
 
 Mr. Cook is a Republican, and, like his father 
 before him, gives much of his attention to public 
 affairs; in those things that directly concern the 
 town is he most deeply interested in. He has 
 filled several of the posts of honor and responsi- 
 bility at the disposal of his fellow-townsmen with 
 great credit. He is well liked by his neighbors, 
 and very highly respected by all good citizens 
 for his many good qualities. 
 
 HERMAN W- CLAY, a leading dairyman of 
 Plymouth, N. H, is the son of Jonathan Laud 
 Clay, and grandson of William Clay. William 
 Clay was born in Salisbury, N. H, and lived 
 there the early portion of his life; he then moved 
 to East Andover, where he lived the most of his 
 life. He died in Plymouth at the allotted age of 
 man — seventy years. He reared three children: 
 Horace, Jonathan L., and Caleb C. Mr. Clay 
 was a shoemaker by trade, and followed it 
 steadily through life. 
 
 Jonathan L. Clay was born in Salisbury, N. H. 
 In early life his father apprenticed him to the 
 stone-cutter's trade, believing that everyone 
 should have one thing he could do and do well. 
 Although very familiar with his trade, Jonathan 
 never attempted to earn his living with it, but 
 turned his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. 
 After his marriage he removed to Plymouth, 
 where he lived to the age of fifty-seven, when 
 death released him from further care and worry. 
 
 He married Mary A. Gillman of Springfield, 
 N. H; she passed away at the age of fifty-one, 
 after giving birth to six children: Herman W., 
 the subject of this notice; Luhana, who married 
 Charles Morrill of Littleton; they have two chil- 
 dren, Willie C. and Scott B.; Ocello B. married 
 Abbie A. Morrill of Bridgewater; they died and 
 left one child, Ethel M.; Sherared married Susan 
 B. Burnes, who died at the age of thirty-three; 
 he married as his second wife Belle B. Putnam 
 of Elnor, Vt; Elmer X. was born in Plymouth, 
 
 and worked seven years at glove-cutting. He 
 then bought a farm adjoining the homestead, 
 where he settled down, and at the present time 
 operates a dairy; he has a milk route in Ply- 
 mouth that he has run for five years. His farm 
 consists of 210 acres, some of which is under cul- 
 tivation, but the greater portion is devoted to 
 pasturage. He married, in 1888, Ella, daughter 
 of Moses Isham of East Concord, Vt. They 
 have one child, Bertha E. Elmer X. Clay is a 
 member of the Lafayette Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. 
 F., and also of the Plymouth Grange, No. 42. 
 Cora M., the youngest child of Jonathan L. Clay, 
 married George Guy. Jonathan L. Clay, the 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was a strong 
 Democrat, as are all his sons. He served as se- 
 lectman of Plymouth for three years. 
 
 Herman W. Clay was born in Plymouth, June 
 4, 1842. Glove-cutting furnished a means of em- 
 ployment for five years, when he returned to the 
 old homestead and made it his dwelling-place; 
 he still resides there. On Sept. 24, 1874, he was 
 joined in matrimonial bonds to Addie M., daugh- 
 ter of Moses A. Choate of Enfield, N. H. They 
 have four children: Stella M., Lucian, Helen Z., 
 and Bernice. Mr. Clay, in addition to his regular 
 farming operations, makes a specialty of dairy- 
 ing, and has conducted a milk route in Plymouth 
 since 1 890. He has a 200- acre farm, located two 
 miles from the village of Plymouth. 
 
 FRANK E. GOODELL, a retired farmer of 
 Wentworth, N. H., is the son of Asa Goodell, 
 grandson of Luther Goodell, great-grandson ot 
 Deacon Jonathan Goodell, great-great-grandson 
 of Jonathan Goodell, great-great-great-grandson 
 of Isaac Goodell, great-great-great-great-grand- 
 son of Zechariah Goodell, and the great-great- 
 great-great-great-grandson of Robert Goodell, 
 who was born in Suffolk Co., England, in 1604, 
 and emigrated to Salem, Mass., in 1634. 
 
 Luther Goodell, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in the town of Lyme, N. H. His 
 whole life was spent in that town. He married 
 Patty Waterman; they reared a family of eight 
 children. 
 
 Asa was the eldest child, and was brought up 
 to the life of a farmer. He married Polly, 
 daughter of Justice Grant of Lyme. Asa re- 
 
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 mained in Lyme about twelve years after his 
 marriage engaged in his chosen pursuit, when 
 he removed to Wentworth, where he spent the 
 remainder of his peaceful life. Asa Goodell and 
 his wife were loyal members of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. In politics he affiliated with the 
 Whigs, until the final dismemberment of that 
 part}-, when he transferred his allegiance and 
 trust to the Republican party. He departed this 
 life in 1885. His wife passed away at the age of 
 forty-five, leaving one child as the result of the 
 union. 
 
 Frank E. Goodell was born in Lyme, March 
 20, 1828. He received his education in the town 
 of his nativity, and came to Wentworth with his 
 parents. He has been engaged in the pursuit of 
 agriculture with generally good results until 
 1888, when he retired from active life, and left 
 the old homestead and moved to the village. In 
 1855 he was joined in the holy bond of matri- 
 mony to Hannah, daughter of Jesse Eaton of 
 Wentworth, N. H. They support the Congrega- 
 tional Church. He is a Republican in politics, 
 and is always interested in town affairs. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM A. BERRY, a prominent 
 manufacturer of picker sticks and all other acces- 
 sories of cotton and woolen mills, who has his 
 residence and factory in Bristol, N. H, was born 
 Oct. 23, 1826, in the above town, and is a son 
 of the "War Governor," Nathaniel S. Berry, and 
 Ruth Smith, the former a native of Bath, Me., 
 and the latter from Bath, N. H. 
 
 Abner Berry, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was born in Bath, Me., and was a ship-builder by 
 trade, which occupation he followed up to the 
 time of his death, which was occasioned by an 
 injury received from falling from a vessel which 
 he was engaged in constructing. He married 
 Betsey Springer, a native of Maine, and their 
 union was blessed with four children: Abner, 
 Teresa, Mary, and Nathaniel S. In their relig- 
 ious belief they were Congregationalists. 
 
 Hon. Nathaniel S. Berry, father of our sub- 
 ject, was born Sept. 1, 1796, in Bath, Me. In 
 June, 1805, at the age of nine years, poverty com- 
 pelled him to face the world and to become de- 
 pendent on his own efforts for a livelihood, and 
 accordingly secured a position as a chore boy at 
 
 a tavern in his native town. A short time after 
 this he was apprenticed to a tanner of Bath, with 
 whom he worked six years, with the exception of 
 from four to six weeks each summer, when he 
 was attending school. In 1807 his widowed 
 mother married Benjamin Morse, a ship-builder 
 of Lebanon, Me. ; two years later the ship-build- 
 ing prospects were ruined by the threatened war 
 with England, and Mr. Morse was compelled to 
 seek other employment, so he moved his family 
 to Lisbon, N. H, where Nathaniel lived a few 
 months. When he finally left home he went to 
 Bath, N. H., where he became apprenticed to 
 William Morrison, a saddler and harness-maker; 
 during the three and a half years that he spent 
 with Mr. Morrison he added to his limited educa- 
 tion by improving every opportunity at the Pub- 
 lic Library, to which he had free access. There 
 at the age of fourteen he first attended Sunday- 
 school. At the age of sixteen he became appren- 
 ticed to Edmond Carlton, receiving for his ser- 
 vices $40.00 and six weeks schooling a year, but 
 clothing himself. In April, 1818, he moved to 
 Bristol, N. H, where he took charge of a tan- 
 nery at a salary of $200.00 a year. In 1820 he 
 was engaged in the manufacture of leather, and 
 six years later erected in Bristol the first tannery 
 in New England for tanning with hot liquors. 
 From 1840 to 1864 he resided in Hebron, con- 
 tinuing in the same line of business ; his tannerv 
 there was twice destroyed by fire. From 1864 
 to 1878 he lived in Andover, Mass., and then 
 went west, and lived with his daughter, Mrs. 
 Emeline Morse, now deceased, in Milwaukee, 
 Wis., until 1883, when he returned to Bristol, 
 N. H., where he spent his days with his son, 
 William A. Berry, the subject of this sketch. He 
 was a splendid type of the self-made man, start- 
 ing out in life without means, but with persever- 
 ance, a desire to do well what was to be done, 
 and an evident intention to win his way in the 
 great battle of life. How well he succeeded in 
 commercial life we have already briefly re- 
 counted; it only remains to tell of his valuable 
 services to town, state, and the nation at large, 
 for his fame was national, and his work in the 
 aid of the Union will ever occupy a prominent 
 place in the history of the great civil struggle 
 of 1861-65. 
 
 In his political belief he was a Democrat until 
 1840, and later, upon the formation of the Re- 
 
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 publican party, joined its ranks. He was a pub- 
 lic-spirited man, and always occupied a promi- 
 nent place in public affairs. He was one of the 
 incorporators of the Bristol Branch Railroad, 
 raising among the capitalists of the city of Bos- 
 ton a part of the money required for its construc- 
 tion. He was justice of the peace and quorum 
 for New Hampshire twenty-three years, and for 
 Massachusetts five years. He was Judge of the 
 Court of Common Pleas from 1841-1850; Judge 
 of Probate five years ; and for several years a se- 
 lectman of Bristol, N. H. He represented Bris- 
 tol in the Legislature in 1828-33-34, and Hebron 
 in 1847 and !8S4. In 1835-36 he was State Sen- 
 ator from the Eleventh Senatorial District. In 
 
 1 861 he was elected Governor of New Hamp- 
 shire, and was re-elected in 1862. As a Governor 
 he greatly aided the Government in suppressing 
 the Rebellion, organizing and equipping the 2nd 
 Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., soon after his inaugura- 
 tion. During his tenure of office in 1861-62 he 
 enlisted, armed, and equipped fourteen regi- 
 ments of infantry, three companies of cavalry, 
 and one company of heavy artillery, in all 15,000 
 men, and has received the honored sobriquet of 
 the "War Governor of New Hampshire." In 
 
 1862 he was one of twenty-two Northern Gover- 
 nors who met at Altoona, Penn., where, after a 
 lengthened conference, he was chosen to address 
 President Lincoln. In all his political life he 
 never paid out a dollar to influence a man's vote, 
 nor did he ever influence a man to support him in 
 any way. 
 
 In 1821 he was united in marriage with Ruth 
 Smith of Bath, N. H„ and was blessed with the 
 birth of two children: Emeline (Morse); Will- 
 iam A., the subject of this sketch. The daughter 
 died in 1888. Mrs. Berry departed this life July 
 26, 1857. I n x 859 he formed a second union 
 with Mrs. Louisa Farley of Andover, Mass., who 
 died April 6, 1878. In the matter of his religious 
 affiliations, he was a faithful worker and mem- 
 ber of the M. E. Church of Bristol, N. H. 
 
 William A. Berry, our subject, was educated 
 in the district schools of Bristol, N. H., and upon 
 the completion of his education moved to 
 Hebron, N. H., where he remained sixteen years 
 in the employ of his father. In i860 he changed 
 his residence to Bristol, N. H., and there en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of gloves and mittens 
 for about ten years, and in 1880 he became a 
 
 wood pulp manufacturer, continuing in that 
 branch of industry until 1892. In that year he 
 was appointed administrator of the William T. 
 Taylor estate, and in 1894, after settling the 
 above-mentioned estate, he purchased the mills 
 formerly owned by Mr. Taylor, and since that 
 time has been engaged in the manufacture of 
 picker sticks, loom swells, crank arms, lap rolls, 
 picker levers, etc., and other like supplies, used 
 in woolen and cotton mills. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Berry is, as we might expect, 
 a stanch Republican like his father, and repre- 
 sented the town of Hebron three years in the 
 State Legislature, in 1855-57-58, and is now 
 holding the office of selectman of the town of 
 Bristol, a position he has held for eight years. 
 Socially, he is a Mason, and belongs to Union 
 Lodge, No. 79, of Bristol, N. H.; and to Mt. 
 Hope Chapter of Concord, N. H. He was one 
 of the charter members of Union Lodge, and its 
 first Master. 
 
 In 1852 he united his fortunes with those oi 
 Laura A. Pratt, daughter of Varnum Pratt of 
 Hebron, N. H., and to them have been given 
 two children: Emma Pratt, who resides at 
 home; and one, who died in infancy. Mr. Berry 
 and family are honored members of the M. E. 
 Church of Bristol, N. H. 
 
 The publishers of this volume take pleasure 
 in adding to our large gallery of portraits of the 
 county's leading men the portrait of Mr. Berry, 
 who has the best of rights to be included among 
 Grafton's prominent and representative citizens, 
 because of his splendid business record. 
 
 FRANK V. EMERSON, superintendent and 
 manager of the Emerson Edge Tool Co., at East 
 Lebanon, N. H., was born in Woodstock, Vt, 
 Sept. 16, 1854, and is a son of Albro V. and 
 Josephine B. (Kempton) Emerson, and grandson 
 of Jonathan and Polly (Collins) Emerson. The 
 parents of our subject's grandfather were James 
 and Lydia (Hoyt) Emerson, and his grandfather 
 was Stephen Emerson. 
 
 Stephen Emerson came from Hampstead to 
 Weare, N. H., in 1762, and was among the early 
 settlers and farmers of that place, owning large 
 tracts of land. His son James also followed the 
 
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 pursuit of agriculture, but consumption claimed 
 him as a victim when forty years old. His chil- 
 dren were as follows: Jonathan, Lydia, Stephen, 
 and James. His widow married as her second 
 husband Aaron Pingley, and bore him one child, 
 Polly. 
 
 When a young man Jonathan Emerson left the 
 homestead at Weare and moved to Grantham, 
 N. H., where he leased a farm and entered upon 
 a successful career as a farmer, being soon able 
 to own a farm of his own and to lay up consider- 
 able wealth. After a number of years in Grant- 
 ham he sold his farm and followed the business 
 of milling for several years at Bradford, N. H., 
 going from there to Newbury and buying a 
 farm. By this time he was in the possession of 
 a comfortable fortune, and thereafter he made 
 the practice of buying farms, occupying them a 
 few years, while making improvements on them, 
 and then selling them at an advanced value, in- 
 variably realizing a good amount of money by 
 these speculations. His field of operations was 
 quite extended, including New London and 
 many other places in that vicinity; he finally 
 came to Lebanon and settled down for good, 
 buying a pleasant home on Mascoma Street ; but 
 very soon receiving a good offer for the prop- 
 erty, he disposed of it and bought land in New- 
 port, where he was bereaved of the cheering 
 presence of his wife, who died at the age of 
 seventy-nine. He then sold his Newport prop- 
 erty and came to Lebanon, dying in that town in 
 his eightieth year. He was a Democrat and very 
 liberal in his religious views. He reared a large 
 family, all of whom grew up to maturity and 
 made happy marriages; they were as follows: 
 Hiram, Susan, Jonathan, Arvilla; James, who 
 was distinguished as an inventor; Moses, Albro 
 V., Cyrus, and Lucinda and Lucina, twins. 
 
 Albro V. Emerson was born in Sutton, N. H., 
 and after finishing an education, which was very 
 limited, he went to Newport, N. H., and served 
 an apprenticeship to the trade and business 
 which he made his life-work, that of making edge 
 tools. In 1856 he came to the town of Lebanon 
 and bought of Leonard Stearns the scythe fac- 
 tory at Scytheville and carried on his chosen 
 business under the firm name of A. V. Emerson 
 & Co., which after two years was changed to 
 Emerson & Cummings, running under that 
 style two years, when Mr. Emerson sold his in- 
 
 terest to his partner and accepted a position as 
 foreman of the J. Cummings & Co., manufac- 
 turers, who sold to Phillips, Messer & Colby, 
 who ran it about one year when Mr. A. V. Emer- 
 son bought back the plant and operated it for a 
 year, when the firm became Emerson & Kendall 
 for two years, Mr. Kendall being succeeded then 
 by M. W. Emerson, the firm being known as 
 Emerson & Co. for three years. The Emersons 
 then sold the plant to Cummings & Purport, 
 who ran it under the style of the Mascoma Edge 
 Tool Co. 
 
 In 1871 A. V. Emerson, our subject's father, 
 went to Littleton and started a similar factory, 
 and then went to Holyoke, Mass., where he was 
 engaged with his brother in testing water wheels. 
 In 1873 ne went to Taftsville, Vt, where the 
 Emerson Edge Tool Co. was organized and run 
 nine years, the members of the company being 
 A. V. Emerson, Enos Dole, and A. G. Dewey. 
 In 1882 Mr. Emerson came to East Lebanon 
 and ran the same business alone under the title 
 of the Emerson Edge Tool Co., using the old 
 slate factory, which he remodeled and adapted 
 to his wants. He made a specialty of the Emerson 
 Standard Scythe, Emerson Corrugated Scythe, 
 and Diamond Axes. He was born in 1827 and 
 died in 1893; his wife was born in the same year, 
 and preceded him to the regions promised to 
 those of blameless life, one year. She was a 
 daughter of Silas Kempton. The following chil- 
 dren were born to our subject's parents: Mary 
 A. ; L. Isabel ; Frank V. ; Helen J. ; and Elmer E. 
 Our subject's father was a Democrat in his politi- 
 cal antecedents, Baptist in regard to his religious 
 preference, and socially a member of Franklin 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., No^ 6. 
 
 Frank V. Emerson graduated from New 
 Hampshire College of Agriculture and Me- 
 chanics' Arts in 1875, and was a clerk for his 
 father until the latter's death; since then he and 
 his sisters have composed the firm, and Mr. 
 Emerson has complete management of the con- 
 cern. He manufactures 4,500 dozen scythes and 
 600 dozen axes per year. The superior quality 
 and finish of their goods has gained for them a 
 wide reputation, extending not only throughout 
 New England, but also through the Central and 
 Western States. Our subject bought the hand- 
 some Cushion homestead at East Lebanon, 
 which he has fitted up in first-class shape, remod- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 eling it where necessary and putting in modern 
 conveniences. The house was built over ioo 
 years ago by Col. Payne, and has grand, wide 
 halls and fire-places, as they used to have in the 
 houses of the better class during Colonial times; 
 it was a castle in its day against the incursions of 
 the Indians. It is situated on a rise of ground 
 which affords a beautiful view of the mountain 
 ranges, Mascoma Lake, and the Shaker Village. 
 Mr. Emerson also owns several tenements and 
 other property of a landed nature. He is a 
 Democrat politically and loyally supports the 
 choice of his party. He is a Baptist in regard 
 to his views on religious subjects. He is a mem- 
 ber of Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 6; and 
 St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. M. 
 
 Mr. Emerson married Mary L. Baker, daugh- 
 ter of Lewis Baker of Fort Ann, Washington 
 Co., N. Y. She was taken from her husband and 
 two little children at the age of forty-one. Stod- 
 dard B. was born March i, 1880; and Isabel K. 
 was born May 10, 1884. 
 
 CHARLES R. GIBSON, M. D., a practicing 
 physician of Woodsville, N. H., and president of 
 the Woodsville Loan and Banking Co., is a son 
 of Reuel Gibson, and grandson of Arrington 
 Gibson, who made his home chiefly in London- 
 derry, Yt. Arrington Gibson and his wife were 
 stanch patriots of the War of 1812; Arrington 
 served in the army, and his wife molded bullets 
 for the use of the soldiers. This loyal woman 
 was named Betsy Cochran. Her death was 
 caused by an injury she received from a fall from 
 a sled while going home from church. She was 
 forty-five years of age at the time of her death. 
 Their son, Reuel Gibson, was born in London- 
 derry, Vt, in 181 1. He was brought up on the 
 farm, and educated to the life of a tiller of the 
 soil. He married Emily, daughter of Benjamin 
 Barnard of Peru, Vt. She died at the age of 
 sixty; Mr. Gibson is now living in Londonderry, 
 Vt. Five children were born to them: Francis 
 M., now in Lincoln, Neb.; Albert, residing in 
 Weeping Water, Neb. ; Cyrus H., died at the age 
 of twenty-two ; Dr. Charles R., the subject of 
 this sketch ; Benjamin A., living in Denver, Col. 
 
 Dr. Charles R. Gibson was born in Allstead, 
 N. H., May 12, 1853. The district schools fur- 
 
 nished him a good knowledge of the common 
 branches as a foundation upon which to build 
 the elaborate superstructure of a professional 
 education. Having taken advanced work in the 
 Academy of New Ipswich, N. H., he began the 
 study of medicine in the office of Dr. S. T. Smith, 
 at Allstead. He then entered Bowdoin College, 
 and prosecuted his studies in the healing art, 
 graduating from the Medical Department with 
 the Class of '75. He had also taken advanced 
 work with the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons in New York, and became a graduate of 
 that institution as a member of the Class of '75. 
 The ensuing eighteen months were spent with 
 much profit and valuable experience in 
 the Maine General Hospital at Portland, 
 finally locating in the fall of 1877 in 
 Woodsville, where he has practiced since. He 
 has been a constant student, and has obtained a 
 deep insight into the intricacies of his chosen 
 profession; and at the same time his excellent 
 principles and obliging and genial disposition, 
 with his care in the treatment of all cases en- 
 trusted to him, have been the means of building 
 up a large and successful practice. 
 
 In 1880 he was married to Jennie, daughter 
 of W. R. Park of Plymouth, N. H. Dr. Gibson 
 is a member of the Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, 
 I. O. O. F. In politics he is a strong Republi- 
 can, and loses no chance to support its principles. 
 He is a director of the Woodsville Savings 
 Bank, and has served as president of the Woods- 
 ville Loan & Banking Co. since 1874. 
 
 JOEL READ, a leading farmer of Plymouth, 
 is the son of Edwin R. Reed, who was born in 
 Nashua, N. H., at what was then known as 
 Readville. He left home at the early age of 
 seven, and began to support himself. He learned 
 the trade of a tanner, and worked at it during 
 his younger years, but the most of his life was 
 spent on the farm engaged in the pursuit of agri- 
 culture. He owned a farm in Dorchester and 
 made it his home for several years; the latter 
 years of his life were passed on his farm in Ply- 
 mouth. He married Lucv S. Tarr of Nashua, N. 
 H. He died at the age of sixty-three, leaving his 
 wife and six children: Henry, Albert, Joel. Mil- 
 ton, Ellen (Weeks) ; Minnie (Brown). Mr. Read 
 
CLARENCE A. SMITH. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 401 
 
 was a Democrat and served as selectman of the 
 town of Dorchester for seven years. The Read 
 family were regular attendants of the Universal- 
 is! Church. 
 
 Joel Read was born June 14, 1851, in Nashua. 
 He remained on the homestead with his parents 
 till he became of age. Mr. Read carried on his 
 farming operations in Dorchester until 1882, 
 when he purchased his present farm of 210 acres 
 in Plymouth, and has since been a resident of 
 Plymouth. He has eighty-five acres of his farm 
 under cultivation. There is also a back lot of 
 about 200 acres which he uses for pasturing pur- 
 poses. His farm is nicely located in the Pemige- 
 wasset River Valley, about two miles from Ply- 
 mouth Village. 
 
 Mr. Read was united in marriage, in Jan. 21, 
 1872, to Martha, daughter of Lucian Follansbee 
 of Dorchester. They have one son, Will W. 
 They favor the Universalist Church. Mr. Read 
 is a member of the flourishing Plymouth Grange, 
 No. 239. 
 
 CLARENCE A. SMITH, deputy sheriff of 
 Bristol, and the leading blacksmith of the town, 
 was born in the town of Orange, this county, 
 Feb. 18, 1 861, and is a son of Richard R. and 
 Sarah E. (Eastman) Smith. 
 
 Asa Smith, the great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was a shoemaker by trade, and was born in 
 Warren, N. H., June 6, 1776; he carried on his 
 trade in connection with farming all his life. He 
 married Susan Webber of Rumney, N. H, and 
 they were blessed with the birth of the following 
 children: Sherburne, Hannah, Susan, Tamah, 
 Rachel, Abigail, Lucy, Richard R., Kimball, and 
 Jonathan. They were Baptists in their religious 
 perferences. 
 
 Richard R. Smith, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born April 14, 1807, in Rumney, N. H., 
 and was a farmer, and followed that occupation 
 in the town of Orange all of his life. He mar- 
 ried Mary Colburn, daughter of Samuel and 
 Sybil Colburn of Dedham, Mass., and from this 
 union there were nine children. The eldest, 
 Susan W., born Sept. 1, 1834, married Edmond 
 W. Locke, now deceased, of Alexandria, whose 
 sketch appears in full elsewhere in this book; 
 Richard R. was born April 3, 1837; Henry P. 
 
 was born Feb. 28, 1839; Mal 7 C -> born March 
 2, 1 841, married Joseph Eastman of Orange, N. 
 H, and has two children, Willie R. and Cora M. ; 
 Daniel J. married Sarah Howard of Erie, Penn., 
 and has two children, Ora and Bertha; Julia A. 
 married Jacob Ferrin of Groton, N. H, and has 
 three children, Nellie A., Walter S., and Lizzie 
 M.; John M. married Ida Hazelton of Hebron, 
 and has one child, Ellen; Samuel C. married 
 Maria Whitford of Waterbury, Penn., and has 
 two children, Richard and Betsey; George M. 
 married Ida Gifford of Waterbury, Penn., and 
 has one child, Eva. Mrs. Smith, the mother of 
 the foregoing children, died Nov. 21, 1863, and 
 Mr. Smith then formed a second matrimonial 
 alliance with Diantha R. Smith, who bore him 
 two children: Willie M. and Harvey. Willie M. 
 married Christina Kenney of Bristol, N. H. 
 Harvey married Clara Hazelton of Groton, N. H. 
 They favored the Congregational Church. Mr. 
 Smith died March 17, 1881, and his second wife 
 May 17, 1891. 
 
 Richard R. Smith was educated in the district 
 schools of Orange, N. H., and upon completing 
 his education and until he was twenty-three years 
 of age drove an ox team, hauling ship spars, 
 which were shipped to Boston, Mass. He then 
 engaged with the Northern Railroad, and later 
 with the Boston & Lowell, and with the Boston 
 & Maine; he commenced as a section hand and 
 gradually worked his way to the position he now 
 holds, that of road master of the B. & M. R. R., 
 which he has held since 1879. Politically he is 
 a Republican, and in 1896 was elected to repre- 
 sent the town of Canaan, N. H, in the legisla- 
 tive halls of Concord. In 1858 he was joined in 
 marriage with Sarah E. Eastman, daughter of 
 Joseph Eastman of Orange, N. H. To our sub- 
 ject's parents have been born two children: Sid- 
 ney R. married Cora B. Smith of Canaan, N. H, 
 and has one child, Herman S.; Clarence A., the 
 eldest child, is the subject of this sketch. They 
 also adopted a daughter, Ola M., who married 
 Albert H. Wilson of Canaan, N. H, and has one 
 son, John R. They are attendants of the Free 
 Will Baptist Church. 
 
 Clarence A. Smith first undertook to cope with 
 the stern realities of life as a member of the iron 
 gang on the Northern Railroad, and worked two 
 years in that heavy work. He then learned the 
 blacksmith's trade of J. D. Webber of Canaan, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 N. H., and in 1880 moved to Bristol, where he 
 engaged with Anson Buckston a short time, and 
 in 1881 purchased a shop, which he now owns 
 and occupies, and has since carried on a thriving 
 business; he also owns and conducts a shop at 
 the lower end of Bristol Village, and employs as 
 many as four men the most of the time. Politi- 
 cally he is a stanch Republican, and has been a 
 member of the board of health seventeen years, 
 has served as selectman one year, as the local 
 police several years, and has been deputy sheriff 
 since 1894. 
 
 In 1884 he was joined in marriage with Linnie 
 iM. Griffith, daughter of Henry Griffith of Bris- 
 tol, N. H. Their union has resulted in the birth 
 of one child, Roy R., born Oct. 24, 1884, who 
 represents the fifth generation of the family on 
 the mother's side, descending from the Locke 
 family, among the first settlers of Bristol. Our 
 subject's portrait appears in connection with this 
 sketch on a preceding page. 
 
 GASPER POLICE, the leading fruit dealer 
 of Plymouth, N. H., was born in the sunny land 
 of Italy, April 20, 1856. In 1882 he left his 
 native land to seek his fortune in the New 
 World, locating at first in Concord, N. H., where 
 he worked nine months with his brother, becom- 
 ing accustomed to American customs of life. He 
 then made a short visit to his old home, and on 
 his return to the United States entered the fruit 
 business in Pittsfield, N. H. His venture prov- 
 ing very profitable, and realizing the advantage 
 of a life-partner in his work, he again made a 
 visit to Italy, and married Moruzzia Guiditta. 
 
 Having returned to this country with his wife, 
 he opened a fruit store in the village of Plymouth 
 in August, 1890; he is now doing a large whole- 
 sale as well as retail business. His trade has 
 been constantly increasing, and he now has a 
 branch store in Berlin, N. H. His stores are 
 well stocked with a full line of the best fruits. 
 Fie occupies a corner store in a brick block cen- 
 trally located on Main Street. Mr. Police's suc- 
 cess has been clue to his careful business habits 
 and to his energetic and untiring efforts to give 
 satisfaction to everybody. Mr. and Mrs. Pqlice 
 have been blessed with one child, Wenuto Police, 
 who was born June 24, 1891. 
 
 AMASA WALKER AVERY, a jeweler of 
 Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Ezra W. Avery, 
 and grandson of David H. Avery. David H. 
 Avery was born in the lower part of the State, 
 but early in life went to Rumney, and there en- 
 gaged in farming. He remained in Rumney until 
 about 1840, when he removed to Campton, in a 
 part of the town that was later set off in the 
 town of Plymouth, where he resided until his 
 death, which occurred in 1852, when he was aged 
 eighty-seven years. He married Susannah Wil- 
 lie; she died at the age of eighty-nine, leaving" 
 the following children: Samuel, Elias, Lois, 
 Susan, and Ezra. 
 
 Ezra Avery was born in Rumney. He learned 
 the trade of tanner and shoemaker, and operated 
 a tannery in Campton Hollow for a time. He 
 then opened up a shoe store in Plymouth, and 
 continued in the business several years. After 
 this he returned to Campton and was employed 
 in a store there for a time. He then went back 
 to the old homestead, and cared for his parents 
 till their death; he was cultivating the farm at 
 this time. In 1861 he moved to Plymouth, where 
 he died at the age of seventy-nine. He married 
 Ruth Bucknam of West Cambridge, Mass., who 
 lived to the age of seventy-two, when she was 
 stricken down. Their children were: Adalina 
 A. (Smith), Arthur A., George A., and Amasa 
 Walker. Arthur and George died in infancy. 
 Ezra Avery was an old line Whig, afterwards be- 
 coming a Democrat. 
 
 Amasa Walker Avery was born in Campton, 
 Sept. 10, 1836. He received his education in the 
 schools of Campton, Rumney, and Plymouth; at 
 the age of twenty-one he began to work at glove 
 cutting. The first year he obtained $18 for a 
 month's work; upon his demand for $26.00 a 
 month for the second year he was refused, and 
 so he returned to the farm, preferring farm labor 
 than glove-cutting at $18.00 a month. After he 
 had been back on the farm a year he was offered 
 a chance to take up his former occupation of 
 sdove-cutting at the salary he had demanded. 
 He worked at this until 1861, when he went to 
 Philadelphia and worked in the Armory there 
 for a year or more. Upon his return to Ply- 
 mouth he started in the glove business for him- 
 self, and followed it until 1885. In that year he 
 bought the late L. C. Hull's jewelry stock, and 
 has since been engaged in the jewelry business; 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 408 
 
 he occupies a store in the Kidder Block on Main 
 Street, and carries a line of books and stationery 
 in addition to his jewelry stock. 
 
 Mr. Avery is an unyielding Democrat. He is 
 a member of the Plymouth Lodge, No. 66, I. O. 
 O. F., and is the permanent secretary of the 
 same. 
 
 He was married, in 1865, to Martha, daughter 
 of James Bump of Campton, N. H. She died 
 at the age of twenty-seven, and left one child: 
 Alberta R. (Drew). Mr. Avery married again in 
 1873, Ida B., daughter of Walter H. Sawyer of 
 Woodstock, being his present wife. They have 
 two children: Lena B., born in 1874; and E. 
 Walter, born in 1883. 
 
 JOHN H. MUDGETT, a retired carpenter of 
 Plymouth, N. H., is the son of Jessie Mudgett, 
 grandson of John Mudgett, and great-grandson 
 of Joseph Mudgett. 
 
 It is thought that Joseph Mudgett lived most 
 of his days in Brentwood, N. H., for there is 
 where he reared his family of three boys and five 
 girls. He passed his years on the farm. His son 
 John was born in Fremont, N. H, where he was 
 engaged in farming all his life. He married 
 Mary Clifford; they had a family of six children: 
 Samuel; Joseph; John, Jr.; Jessie; Abigail; and 
 Hannah (Mrs. Thomas Tukesbury). 
 
 Jesse Mudgett, the youngest son of John 
 Mudgett, was born in 1802, in Fremont. He 
 attended the district schools, and there received 
 his education. At the age of sixteen he began to 
 serve his apprenticeship as a carpenter. After 
 serving his full time he went to Holderness, 
 bought a small farm, and made it his home 
 throughout the remainder of his life, working 
 most of the time at his trade. He was united in 
 marriage to Ruth, daughter of Moody Carr of 
 Fremont. Moody Carr was a direct descendant 
 of George Carr, a shipbuilder, who lived in Ips- 
 wich, Mass., in 1630. Seven children were born 
 into the family: Rhoda C. ; John H, the subject 
 of this sketch;- Mary C. (H ticking) ; Moody C; 
 Elizabeth G. (McDonald); Abbie A.; and James 
 C. Jesse Mudgett passed away Dec. 11, 1879; 
 his wife departed this life July 7, 1877, aged 
 seventy-eight. Mr. Mudgett was a Whig during 
 
 the life of that party, and became, upon its de- 
 cease, a Republican. He represented the town 
 twice in the State Legislature; yet he was not an 
 office-seeker ; he only served at the solicitation of 
 his party, and from a desire to do his duty. 
 
 John H. Mudgett, the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Holderness, Feb. 16, 1829. His 
 education was obtained in the district schools of 
 Holderness, in Holmes Academy, in Plymouth, 
 and in Tilton Academy. He began to teach 
 school at the age of eighteen, teaching five win- 
 ter seasons, and spending the summers assisting 
 his father. He served his apprenticeship as a 
 carpenter with his father, and followed the trade 
 all his life. Until 1869 he lived on a small farm 
 in Holderness; in that year he came to Ply- 
 mouth, where he lives now. 
 
 Mr. Mudgett was married, in i860, to Mary E., 
 daughter of Peter Walker of Campton, N. H. 
 They have two daughters: Caroline W. and 
 Mary L. The family are attendants of the M. E. 
 Church. Mr. Mudgett is a strong Republican, 
 and represented Plymouth in the State Legisla- 
 ture during the years 1885 and 1886. 
 
 FRED G. WEEKS, D. D. S., is a skillful 
 young dentist of Woodsville, and is centrally 
 located in a finely furnished suite of rooms in the 
 Opera House Block, having the corner rooms, 
 Nos. 11 and 12. In his short experience in the 
 profession, he has secured a large practice, and 
 competes successfully with older practitioners. 
 
 Our subject is a son of James H. and Louisa 
 A. (Weeks) Weeks, and a grandson of John and 
 Mehitabel (Holmes) Weeks. John Weeks was 
 born in the vicinity of Portland, Me., and was an 
 early settler of Chatham, N. H., where he lived 
 the calm and undisturbed life of a farmer. His 
 wife died at the age of seventy-two, and he at the 
 age of sixty-nine. They reared seven children: 
 James H. ; Dr. Stephen H. ; Dr. Albian; Joseph; 
 John; Susan (Chase) (Head); Lydia (Weeks). 
 
 James H. Weeks was born in 1831, in Chat- 
 ham, N. H, where he passed a happy youth 
 under the parental roof, obtaining his education 
 in the district school near by. The pursuit of 
 agriculture became his chosen vocation, and he 
 followed it until 1894, when poor health com- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 pelled his retirement from the heavy work and 
 exposure incident to farming; he then moved to 
 the city of Manchester, where he now lives. He 
 married Louisa A., daughter of Eliphalet Weeks 
 of Chatham, N. H. ; she was born in the year 
 1832. They brought up to maturity three chil- 
 dren, who were as follows: Addie (Bovee), who 
 died at the age of thirty-six; Frank H., who is 
 living in Manchester, N. H. ; and Fred G. 
 
 Fred G. Weeks, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Chatham, N. H., April 23, 1869, and re- 
 ceived his preliminary mental training in the 
 schools of Chatham, taking advanced studies in 
 Fryeburg Academy. The thorough knowledge 
 of his profession was acquired at the Boston Den- 
 tal College, from which he graduated with the 
 Class of 1894. He immediately located in 
 Woodsville, N. H., and entered upon a success- 
 ful struggle for a practice. He is a member of 
 Kane Lodge, No. 64, F. & A. M., of Lisbon, N. 
 H.; also of the I. O. O. F., of Woodsville. 
 
 HON. JOHN F. PHILLIPS, a well-to-do 
 farmer and leading citizen of the town of Alex- 
 andria, was born in the above town June 23, 
 1842, and is a son of Alvah and Ruth (Sleeper) 
 Phillips, the former of Groton and the latter of 
 Alexandria. 
 
 John Phillips, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was born March 9, 1760, and it was supposed 
 he was a native of New Hampshire. He was a 
 farmer by occupation, and followed that most 
 independent and healthful of pursuits all his life, 
 the latter part of which was spent in Groton. He 
 served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer 
 boy. In 1783 he married Annie Cummings of 
 Plymouth, N. H. She was born March 11, 1764. 
 Their union was blessed with twelve children, as 
 follows: Annie, born April 28, 1784; Abigail, 
 Dec. 25, 1785; Lewis, Feb. 13, 1788; John S., 
 Dec. 1, 1789; Annie (2nd), Aug. 28, 1791; Polly, 
 Aug. 24, 1792; Polly (2nd), July 1, 1795; Katie, 
 July 17, 1798; Henry C, Aug. 18, 1800; Jesse, 
 Feb. 16, 1802; Alvah, Oct. 30, 1803; and Seth, 
 April 22, 1807. Our subject's grandparents, in 
 their religious belief were Free Will Baptists. 
 
 Alvah Phillips was educated in the schools of 
 Groton, and became a farmer, living most of his 
 
 life in Alexandria, where he lived and died on 
 the first settled farm in that town, departing this t 
 life April 21, 1867. He was a stanch Whig dur- 
 ing the life of that party, and upon its dissolution 
 joined the ranks of the Republican party, but 
 would never accept an office of whatever char- 
 acter. He was a very successful man in life, and 
 considered by his neighbors as a very prosperous 
 farmer. Dec. 30, 1830, he was married to Ruth 
 Sleeper, daughter of Peter and Sally (Atwood) 
 Sleeper, native of Alexandria, N. H., and to 
 them was born one child, John F., the subject of 
 this mention. In religious belief they favored the 
 Free Will Baptist Church. Our subject's mother 
 died July 29, 1885. 
 
 John F. Phillips was educated in the district 
 schools of Alexandria, N. H., and upon complet- 
 ing his education turned his attention to the pur- 
 suit of agriculture. In 1886 he engaged in gen- 
 eral mercantile business in Alexandria, which he 
 carried on until 1895, when he sold the stock and 
 good-will of his large patronage to his son Will 
 A. Phillips. In politics he is a Democrat, and 
 was selectman six years, collector of taxes two 
 years, member of the school board two years, 
 representative in State Legislature two years, 
 and town treasurer three years, which latter posi- 
 tion he still holds. Socially he belongs to Bris- 
 tol Lodge, No. 46, Knights of Pythias, of Bris- 
 tol, N. H. He is also a Mason, and belongs to 
 Union Lodge, No. 79, of Bristol, N. H.; St. 
 Omer Chapter of Franklin, N. H.; Mt. Horeb 
 Commandery of Concord, N. H.; Alpha Lodge, 
 Perfection, of Nashua, N. H.; and thirty-second 
 degree Edward M. Raymond Consistory. 
 
 In 1859 ne was joined in the bonds of matri- 
 mony with Sarah A. Pattee of Alexandria, 
 daughter of William S. and Betsey (McMurphy) 
 Pattee of the same place, and to our subject and 
 wife have been born eleven children: Alvah B., 
 deceased, born April 21, i860; Ruth E., de- 
 ceased, Aug. 10, 1861; Henry C, Jan. 19, 1865; 
 Arthur J., deceased, June 16, 1867; Will A., Jan. 
 3, 1869; Mary F., deceased, Dec. 18, 1870; Levi 
 H., Feb. 4, 1872; James C, deceased, April 20, 
 1875; and Lou B., Dec. 26, 1876. Mrs. Phillips 
 died Aug. 2, 1881. By our subject's second wife, 
 who was Sarah A. Ferrin, daughter of John Fer- 
 rin of Thornton, N. H., was born one child, 
 Jason F., Nov. 30, 1885, died July, 1886. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Phillips are liberal in their views oh 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 405 
 
 religious subjects, and are not connected with 
 any church organization. 
 
 In 1862 Mr. Phillips enlisted in the United 
 States service, Co. C, 12th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., 
 under Col. John A. Potter, and was present at 
 the engagements at Fredericksburg, Chancellors- 
 ville, Gettysburg, and Warping Heights, and was 
 discharged Dec. 23, 1863. He belongs to Nelson 
 Post, No. 40, G. A. R., of Bristol, and holds the 
 office of senior vice-commander. 
 
 HORACE B. STANLEY, a resident of En- 
 field, N. H, and manufacturer of the Eclipse 
 Corn Planter, with factory located in the above 
 town, was born in the same place, July 21, 1836. 
 He is a son of Joseph and Hepzibeth (Burnham) 
 Stanley, grandson of Matthew and Mary (Spen- 
 cer) Stanley, and great-grandson of Joseph and 
 Martha (Rogers) Stanley. 
 
 Joseph Stanley served in the Revolution and 
 settled in the northwest part of the town of En- 
 field, and followed farming, his last farm being 
 located on Moore Mt. He lived to a very ad- 
 vanced age, as did his wife; they led an upright, 
 exemplary life, being of a religious turn of mind 
 and zealous promoters of their belief, in which 
 work they were able to accomplish much, for 
 they were active, never seeming to tire, and ex- 
 ceptionally fluent and forcible speakers. Their 
 children were : Ruth, Mary, Matthew, Jonathan, 
 and Lavina. 
 
 Matthew Stanley settled in Enfield, and after 
 securing a recognition as one of the town's en- 
 terprising citizens, he moved to Strafford, Vt, 
 where he died at the age of thirty-seven; his wife 
 lived to be sixty years old. Their children were : 
 Phineas; Matthias; Abijah; Joseph; John; 
 Daniel; William; and a daughter, who died 
 young. 
 
 Our subject's father was born in Enfield, and 
 after serving an apprenticeship as a cabinet- 
 maker worked at his trade as a journeyman until 
 about thirty years of age, when he bought a lot 
 where N. S. Wheeler now lives, and built a house 
 and shop and carried on the cabinet-making bus- 
 iness on his own account. He became an expert 
 in his trade, and took great pride in the elegant 
 finishing of his work, which was almost exclu- 
 sively of the finest grade of furniture, with most 
 
 beautiful inlaid work and veneering. The crea- 
 tions of his brain and hand were really works of 
 art, and many articles turned out from his work- 
 shop are treasured by the first families of Enfield 
 and the adjoining towns. He died at the age of 
 seventy-nine; his wife was in her ninety-first 
 year when she was called home to join those 
 gathered on the further shore. She was a daugh- 
 ter of David and Rachel (Choate) Burnham, the 
 former of whom was a ship-builder of Ipswich, 
 Mass., in his younger days, finally moving to 
 Enfield in 1807, and becoming the owner of a 
 large farm, which he cultivated the remainder of 
 the years of his very active life, dying there at 
 the age of ninety-three; his wife preceded him at 
 the age of sixty-six. The children born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Burnham were: Polly, Olive, Hepzi- 
 beth, Eleanor, Fidelia, Cynthia, and Thomas. 
 The following children were born to our sub- 
 ject's parents: Thomas J., who died in youth; 
 Joseph B., who passed away at the age of fifty- 
 four; Elbridge G.; Horace B., the subject of this 
 sketch; Marcia A.; Ellen F.; and Imogene A.; 
 all are living and enjoying good health, except 
 the two noted above. 
 
 Horace B. Stanley at about the age of eighteen 
 learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it 
 a short time, and then entered the bedstead fac- 
 tory at Enfield, where he remained two years, 
 going from there to Fitchburg, Mass., where he 
 was employed in the pattern shop about two 
 years. With his brother, Joseph B., he then went 
 to Concord and learned the jewelry business, re- 
 turning to Enfield, Dec. 5, 1861, and opening a 
 jewelry store, soon working up an extensive and 
 paying trade. He was engaged in this business 
 until Dec. 5, 1895, when he disposed of it to give 
 his whole time and attention to manufacturing 
 corn planters and putting them on the market. 
 In 1886 he bought the patent for the Eclipse 
 Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributor com- 
 bined, which has proved a model machine, real- 
 izing all the expectations placed in it. Soon after 
 securing the right to it, he began to manufacture 
 and found, when he placed it on the market, that 
 it met with a hearty reception and a ready sale. 
 He has since had calls for it from all parts of the 
 country, and has agents throughout the New 
 England, Central, and Western States, who look 
 after its advancement and sale. The use of this 
 practical corn planter has extended and the de- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 mand has increased year by year, until now he 
 manufactures enormous quantities per year. A 
 single trial of its merits by the progressive agri- 
 culturist has invariably been sufficient to con- 
 vince him of its accurate work, and to make him 
 desirous of owning one. Mr. Stanley not long 
 since purchased the M. E. George residence at 
 the corner of Pleasant and Schools Streets in 
 the village, where he has built a new barn and 
 reconstructed the dwelling according to plans 
 of the most advanced and modern type. 
 
 Mr. Stanley married Emeline A. Gates, daugh- 
 ter of Americus and Esther (Huse) Gates, who 
 were natives of the town of Canaan and Enfield 
 respectively. Mr. Gates was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and quite early in life settled in Man- 
 chester, N. H. Our subject has had one child, 
 Grace L., who married Fred A. Spencer of Bris- 
 tol, and a stockholder and director of the 
 Dodge, Davis & Co., woolen manufacturers; Mr. 
 and Mrs. Spencer have one child, Stanley A. 
 Our subject is a stanch Republican, and a liberal 
 supporter of the Universalist Church. Among 
 the citizens of Enfield he has a reputation of the 
 best for uprightness of character and pushing 
 business enterprise; and it is with pleasure that 
 the publishers of this volume present his portrait 
 on a preceding page. 
 
 MAJ. FRANK TIFFT MOFFETT, M. D., 
 deceased, and to the time of his death a resident 
 of Littleton, was born in Littleton, Aug. 6, 1841, 
 and was a son of Alden and Almira (Blood) 
 'Moffett, grandson of James Moffett, and great- 
 grandson of William Moffett. 
 
 William Moffett, an emigrant from the town 
 of Moffat, in Scotland, settled in Winchendon, 
 Mass., in 1753, and was esteemed by his asso- 
 ciates as an enterprising and patriotic citizen. 
 He was a soldier of the Revolution in the Mas- 
 sachusetts service, and saw hard fighting in the 
 struggles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Sara- 
 toga, falling in the last-named battle. His son 
 James, after residing for a time in Langdon, N. 
 H., settled at length in Littleton in 181 5. His 
 son Alden married Almira Blood, and became 
 the parent of our subject. Alden Moffett was a 
 
 prominent man in the town, and was colonel of 
 the 32nd Reg. of N. H. militia. His children 
 were: Alice Maria, Charles, Frank Tifft, David 
 Blood, Sewell Tolman, and Fred. David was a 
 soldier of Capt. Farr's Company D., 13th Reg. 
 N. H. Vol. Inf., in the War for the Union, and 
 died in the service. 
 
 Frank Tifft Moffett was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of Littleton, and in the High School 
 at Barnet, Vt. He was an unassuming young 
 man of sturdy physique, and unquestioned char- 
 acter. At the age of twenty-one he entered the 
 Union Army as a private in the 14th Reg. N. H. 
 Vol. Inf., Capt. Hodgdon's Company D. His 
 enlistment was credited to the town of Sea- 
 brook. His tendency toward the medical pro- 
 fession was manifested in the army, as his apti- 
 tude for that work secured him the place of 
 hospital steward. In performing the duties of 
 this position, he laid the foundation for the suc- 
 cess which he afterwards attained as a surgeon. 
 His military service extended from Aug. 15, 
 1862, to July 8, 1865. He was with Banks on 
 the Red River expedition; also participating in 
 the valley campaign with Sheridan, taking part 
 in the famous battles of that period; he accom- 
 panied his regiment to Savannah, passing Sher- 
 man's command as it emerged from its march to 
 the sea; he was a member of the detachment 
 which met the captors of Jefferson Davis and 
 escorted them to Augusta, Ga., where the ex- 
 President of the Confederacy was placed on 
 board the government transport. 
 
 He ever afterwards manifested a lively inter- 
 est in military affairs. He was a charter member 
 of Marshal Sanders Post, G. A. R., organized 
 at Littleton, Oct. 29, 1872, and was its surgeon 
 from that date till the day of his death. He was 
 a delegate to the State Encampment in 1886, 
 and in 1894, though he was probably not in at- 
 tendance on the latter date. He accompanied the 
 department delegation to the general encamp- 
 ment in Boston, in 1890, and to Washington in 
 1892. He was influential in the organization of 
 the Moore Rifles in Littleton, which became a 
 company in the 3rd Reg. of the New Hampshire 
 National Guard. He was assistant' surgeon of 
 this regiment from July 1, 1884, to May 22, 1889, 
 with the rank of captain, and surgeon from the 
 latter date to May 24, 1894, with the rank of 
 major. He was punctual and useful in the per- 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 formance of all the duties, which pertained to 
 these military and semi-military positions. 
 
 He was a companionable man, with strong 
 social characteristics. These naturally brought 
 him into relation with the more important social 
 organizations. 
 
 Or. Moffett's active connection with Free 
 Masonry began in 1873, when he received the 
 degrees in Burns Lodge: entered Apprentice, 
 August 7; Fellowcraft, September 4; and Master 
 Mason, October 25. He received the chapter 
 degrees at Lisbon, April 25, 1878, and those of 
 Omega Council at Littleton, Jan. 10, 1881. He 
 received all the orders of knighthood in St. 
 Gerard Commandery, May 28, 1880. The vari- 
 ous degrees of the Scottish Rite were conferred 
 upon him at Littleton, Aug. 22, 1894. The pres- 
 sure of professional duty prevented his accept- 
 ance of official positions in these organizations, 
 and yet but few men maintained a deeper interest 
 and more punctual attendance than did Dr. Mof- 
 fett. He also became a member of Lafayette 
 Lodge of Odd Fellows in Littleton, June 25, 
 1884. 
 
 The study of medicine was commenced under 
 Dr. C. M. Turtle in Littleton, in 1867; he at- 
 tended three courses of medical lectures, and 
 graduated from the Harvard Medical College in 
 1870. He located for the practice of his profes- 
 sion at Littleton, in 1871, and prosecuted his 
 work with distinguished success in Littleton, and 
 in a large part of the surrounding country. His 
 devotion to his practice was practically uninter- 
 rupted,' with the exception of a trip to Bermuda, 
 taken in 1875, on account of the impairment of 
 his health. While his attention was usually oc- 
 cupied with calls at his office and about his home, 
 he loved the lonely night rides among the moun- 
 tains and valleys over long distances and in all 
 seasons to relieve the sick, and all in the need 
 of medical attendance. He received a large pro- 
 portion of the professional calls from the towns 
 along the line of railway to the White Mountain 
 Notch. He will be long remembered by the 
 Signal Service as the physician, who ascended 
 Mt. Washington in mid-winter, in 1872, and took 
 charge of the remains of the first member of the 
 corps, who died at the Summit Station. 
 
 With his associates of the regular school he 
 was a member of the White Mountain Medical 
 Society. He was also a member of the State 
 
 Society, and one of its delegates to the Ameri- 
 can Medical Society at Baltimore in 1883. He 
 then became a member of that organization. 
 One after another the local contemporaries of 
 his early practice had passed away, until he was 
 the senior of the resident practitioners of the 
 allopathic school in Littleton. 
 
 He has honorably borne his part in public 
 affairs. He was a Republican in politics by con- 
 viction. He never swerved from his political re- 
 lations as regards matters of principle; he never 
 hesitated to exercise his own judgment, and to 
 act with independence in the exercise of the 
 right of the suffrage; he tolerated no censorship 
 over his right to cross party lines in voting for 
 candidates of his choice. 
 
 Fie was a member of the board of health in 
 1874-75-76-77 and in 1887. In 1882, after a long 
 series of fierce political contests in Littleton had 
 been waged, the two political parties were nearly 
 equal in political strength. Dr. Moffett and Mr. 
 Henry Green were presented as the strongest 
 candidates in their party. The Legislature was 
 called upon to decide the contest, and for the 
 first time since 1868 Littleton was represented 
 by Republican members. They took their seats 
 on the 27th of June. The session was memor- 
 able for its great Senatorial contest, which 
 finally, on the 2nd of August, resulted in the 
 election of Hon. Austin F. Pike; Hon. Harry 
 Bingham of Littleton, then State Senator, was 
 the unsuccessful Democratic candidate. 
 
 Dr. Moffett married, May 23, 1871, Alice L. 
 Turtle, daughter of his distinguished medical 
 preceptor, Dr. Charles M. Tuttle; his wife, with 
 two daughters, Bessie T., now a student in 
 Smith College, and Grace Isabelle, survive him. 
 
 Up to a few months before his death it was 
 not apparent to Dr. Moffett's friends that his 
 end was near, and with little warning to them, a 
 rapidly developing complication of complaints 
 brought him suddenly low. He was prostrated 
 on Wednesday, and remained unconscious till he 
 breathed his last on Sunday, July 12, 1896. 
 
 His funeral occurred from the Congregation- 
 alist Church under the direction of St. Gerard 
 Commandery of Knights Templar, and in ac- 
 cordance with the beautiful ritual of that order. 
 Marshal Sanders Post, G. A. R., took part in the 
 services as an organization. The religious ser- 
 vices were conducted by the Rev. Edgar F. 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Davis, minister in charge of All Saints' Church, 
 of which Dr. Moffett's family arc communicants. 
 The sense of sadness and loss which pervaded 
 the entire community was everywhere apparent. 
 All places of business were closed, and a large 
 attendance at the church services made still more 
 evident the respect and sympathy of the people. 
 No man in Littleton or the surrounding coun- 
 try has been nearer the heart of the people than 
 Dr. Moffett in the period of his professional 
 activity. Night and day, in winter's storm and 
 in summer's heat, he has patiently served them 
 as the good physician, knowing no distinctions 
 among men and no guide but duty. His kind- 
 ness of heart, his industry, and his professional 
 skill brought his personality home to thousands, 
 to whom the strong man was a help and inspira- 
 tion. He was modest, unassuming, clear-headed, 
 clean-minded, self-reliant, skillful, and conspicu- 
 ously successful. He was discreet and self-con- 
 tained. A social or professional confidence could 
 never be tossed by him into the thoughtless 
 gossip of the town. If he had disappointments 
 and sorrows, he bore the burden alone, and no 
 one saw the secrets of his heart. Among his pro- 
 fessional brethren he was the soul of honor, and 
 an exemplar of the ethics of his calling. While 
 his professional ability demanded the utmost 
 confidence of the people, their profound respect 
 for his sturdy manhood was the crowning fact. 
 No man remembers of Dr. Moffett the expres- 
 sion of an unworthy purpose, the indorsement of 
 an unseemly thought, or the very semblance of 
 a dishonest act. The memory of his self-sacri- 
 ficing life is now the heritage of his family, his 
 friends, his brethren, and his contemporaries. 
 The stanch physique, the skilled intellect, and the 
 great heart have not been spared in the ccase- 
 les labors of a quarter of a century, in which no 
 call (jf duty has been unheeded and no oppor- 
 tunity to help the poor, the sick, and the afflicted 
 neglected. He had toiled to the high plain of 
 professional accomplishment, and before the 
 slow descent had begun he laid down his burden. 
 He will be remembered as he was, when he 
 stood on the summit of a noble life in the ripc- 
 nes of his wisdom, and the perfection of his 
 1 lowers. 
 
 " His life was gentle; and the elements 
 So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, 
 And say to all the world, ' This was a man ! ' " 
 
 FRANK 1'. l'.OND, a member of the firm of 
 Fnglish & liond, the leading grocers of Little- 
 ton, N. 11., was born in Dalton, N. II., April 18, 
 1855. He is the son of Lucius and Laura (lial- 
 lou) I loud, and grandson of John and Comfort 
 (Fverette) liond. 
 
 Our subject's grandfather came to Dalton 
 from Hanover, N. 11., when he was twenty-live 
 years of age, being one of the first arrivals at that 
 place; his occupation was farming, lie was a 
 leading and influential man in his community, 
 and at all times evinced a great interest in the 
 growth and prosperity of the town in which he 
 had cast his lot. lie served in the various town 
 offices with fidelity and no little distinction. I lis 
 wife was Comfort Fverette of I lanover; she lived 
 to be sixty-eight years of age. Mr. Bond fin- 
 ished his earthly pilgrimage at the age of seven- 
 ty-eight. Two children were the result of this 
 union: Julius and Lucius. 
 
 Lucius Bond was reared to a noble manhood 
 in his native town of Dalton, N. 11. Me suc- 
 ceeded to the ownership of the old homestead, 
 where he lived all his life engaged in farming. 
 In respect of political belief he was a Democrat, 
 like his father, and took a lively interest in pub- 
 lic affairs, lie was an unassuming man and dis- 
 liked to attract especial notice. For this reason 
 he was not an office-seeker, never presenting 
 his claims for any office of honor; however, 
 he was called upon by his neighbors to rep- 
 resent the town in the Legislature; he also 
 served in minor offices of the town. I le departed 
 this life at the age of sixty-nine. Me married 
 Laura, daughter of Aaron P.allou of Dalton. She 
 was called home to a well-earned rest when 
 forty-six years of age. Their children were: 
 Aden, who died at the age of twelve; Frank P., 
 the subject of this brief sketch; and Aaron J., 
 who lives in Adams, Mass. Lucius liond mar- 
 ried as his second wife Addie (laic, and she still 
 survives him. 
 
 . Frank I', liond was reared and received his 
 preliminary education in I hilton ; he was then ad- 
 mitted for a course in Littleton Iligh School. 
 Soon after finishing his education he opened up 
 a large store devoted to general merchandise in 
 Dalton, and successfully carried on the business 
 there for ten years; in iK8d he sold his store and 
 slock and came to Littleton, where, in partner- 
 ship with Mr. English under the firm name of 
 
AARON CLARK. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 409 
 
 English & Bond, he opened up a large grocery 
 store, and is still engaged in the same business. 
 They have a well-stocked store of an extensive 
 variety, which commands a good share of the 
 custom of the town. 
 
 In 1878 Mr. Bond was joined in the bond of 
 Hymen to Emma L., daughter of E. P. Cushman 
 of Dalton, N. H. They have one child, Bernard 
 O. Mr. Bond is a member of the Burns Lodge, 
 No. 64, F. & A. M.; Franklin Chapter, No. 5, 
 R. A. M.; St. Gerard Commandery; and Omega 
 Council, No. 9.; and the Edward A. Raymond 
 Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second degree. He 
 is a firm Democrat, and has served in the town 
 offices of Dalton, and has been one of the select- 
 men of Littleton for three years. 
 
 AARON CLARK, an ex-soldier of the late 
 Civil War, now incapacitated from any manual 
 work, from sickness contracted while in the 
 army, was born in the town of Dorchester, N. 
 H., Oct. 10, 1832, and is a son of Samuel and 
 Betsey (Rollins) Clark, and grandson of Samuel 
 Clark, Sr. 
 
 Samuel Clark, Sr., was a native of the State of 
 Massachusetts, and for the greater part of his 
 life followed the occupation of fishing along the 
 coast. It is thought that he and his wife were 
 Methodists in their religious belief. To them 
 were born six children: John, Samuel, Andrew, 
 Robert, Charles, and Eunice. 
 
 Samuel Clark, Jr., the father of Aaron, was 
 educated in the district schools of his native 
 town, and after completing his education there 
 turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, first 
 in Roxbury, Mass., and spending his latter years 
 in Dorchester, N. H. He died in 1864, and his 
 death was a sad blow for the community in which 
 he had long been an acknowledged leader; his 
 wife was taken home in January, 1848. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Clark were born the following chil- 
 dren: Emeline; John; Jane; Joanna; Cynthia, 
 deceased; Aaron, the subject of this sketch; 
 Henry; Maria; Amy; and George W. Emeline 
 married Gilman Jesseman of Dorchester, N. H., 
 and was blessed with two children, William and 
 Christine. John married as his first wife Irene 
 Dolliff of Wentworth, and as his second wife 
 
 Betsey Gray, by whom he had three children: 
 John, Belle, and Blanche. Jane married Timothy 
 jackman of Stowe, Vt, and has one child, living, 
 Willie. Joanna married Shem G. Ackerman of 
 Alexandria, and has five children: William, 
 John, Abbie, George, and Fred. Henry married 
 Isabelle Collins of Enfield, N. H, and had three 
 children, Lillian, Julia, and Rose, by his first 
 marriage. By his second wife, who was Emma 
 Rowe of Enfield, he had three more children: 
 Frank, Minnie, and George. Maria married 
 Hutchinson Waldren of Dorchester, and has two 
 children : Clarence and Fred. Amy married Cal- 
 vin Powers of Plymouth, N. H, and has four 
 children : Alma, Betsey, Nellie, and Mary. Our 
 subject's parents were Methodists. 
 
 Aaron Clark, after completing his education in 
 the schools of Dorchester, N. H., learned the 
 stone-cutter's trade, and worked at it five years 
 in Quincy, Mass. He then came to Alexandria, 
 N. H., and turned his attention to agricultural 
 pursuits, which he followed about six years, until 
 the call for troops at the outbreak of the late 
 war. He enlisted in the United States service 
 Aug. 12, 1862, being enrolled as a member of 
 Co. C, 1 2th Reg. N. H. Vol. Inf., under Capt. 
 Fowler of Bristol, N. H, Third Division of the 
 Fifth Army Corps, under command of Col. Pot- 
 ter; our subject held the non-commissioned office 
 of corporal. He was discharged for disability 
 Feb. 26, 1863, having contracted malaria poison, 
 from which he was never afterward entirely free. 
 He has tried at times to engage in heavy farm 
 work, but has not been able to stand anything 
 but the lightest labor, and since 1885 ne has been 
 helpless and dependent on his family for neces- 
 sary care; the privation, which would have re- 
 sulted to the family from the head of it being 
 sick is alleviated somewhat by his pension from 
 the Government. 
 
 Sept. 23, 1855, he married Mary E. Marston, 
 daughter of David C. and Mary (Badger) Mars- 
 ton of Epsom, N. H. To our subject and his 
 esteemed wife have been born five children: 
 Emma A., born April 24, 1857, married Law- 
 rence W. Goudy, and has one child, Aaron C. ; 
 Cynthia A., born July 11, 1859, married Jeff 
 Gray of Alexandria, N. H., and has four children : 
 Gertrude, Ralph, Maud, and Mary; Hattie M., 
 born Sept. 14, 1861, married Henry Phillips of 
 Alexandria, N. H; Sam S., born Dec. 26, 1863, 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 married Alma Swain of Meredith, N. H., and has 
 three children: Aaron F., Ruth, and Blanche; 
 Jennie M., born May 3, 1866, married Charles S. 
 Gray of Alexandria, N. H., and has one son, 
 Donald C. The family are attendants of the Free 
 Will Baptist Church. Mr. Clark is a member 
 of Nelson Post, No. 40, G. A. R., of Bristol, 
 N. H. 
 
 The publishers of this volume take pleasure in 
 presenting a portrait of Mr. Clark, as he is a 
 fitting representative of that Grand Army, com- 
 posed of the noblest of Columbia's sons, who 
 fought, bled, and died in her defense. 
 
 AMOS MANSFIELD KIDDER, a retired 
 New York banker, is a descendant from the 
 James Kidder who was born in Greenstead, Sus- 
 sex County, England, in 1626. There is much 
 obscurity enveloping his early life, so it is not 
 definitely known at what time he left the home 
 of his youth and came to America; however, he 
 must have come at quite an early age, for we 
 find him in the records as a resident of Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., in 1650. 
 
 Amos M. Kidder is the son of Oliver Blake 
 Kidder, grandson of James Kidder, Jr., and 
 great-grandson of James Kidder. James Kidder 
 was one of the immortal patriots of '76, who gave 
 to mankind a new meaning of liberty; his wife 
 was Jennie Lind. 
 
 Oliver Blake Kidder, the third son of this 
 union, was born in Bridgewater, Grafton Co., N. 
 H., in 1797. His life-training was received on 
 the farm; and he pursued this avocation with a 
 great measure of success throughout his life on 
 what is known as Kidder's Hill. 
 
 He married Betsey, daughter of John and 
 Mary Dodge of Enosburg, Vt. Mr. Kidder died 
 in 1854; his wife, surviving him many years, at 
 last passed to her well-earned rest at the age of 
 eighty. They brought up to maturity seven chil- 
 dren: Mary A. (Marston), died at the age of 
 thirty-five; James D., died at the age of sixty- 
 three, in 1887; Elizabeth (Partridge), bom in 
 1826; Harriet (Eaton), died in 1891, aged sixty- 
 three; Clarissa (Bradley), born in 1830; Louisa 
 (Smith), born in 1833; and Amos Mansfield. 
 
 Amos Mansfield Kidder, the subject of this 
 sketch, first saw the light of this world March 28, 
 1837, in Hebron, N. H. He attended the Ply- 
 mouth .common schools until he had fitted him- 
 self for high school, when he took for a time ad- 
 vanced studies at the Chelsea High School. 
 
 Thus endowed with a good, practical educa- 
 tion, he left the farm at the age of sixteen, and 
 went to Boston to seek his fortune. He spent 
 two years as a clerk in a commission house, sit- 
 uated on the wharf; two years succeeding saw 
 him a clerk in an oil store. He then entered a 
 bank, and labored there four years, gaining much 
 of the knowledge of banking that assisted him 
 later in life. At length, relinquishing his posi- 
 tion in the bank, he accepted a postion in the 
 Lynn & Boston Railroad, holding the offices of 
 director, treasurer, and manager for three years, 
 and performing the work of these offices with 
 the greatest credit to himself and profit to the 
 road. 
 
 In January, 1865, he located in New York 
 City, and there opened a banking house on Wall 
 Street. He remained in business until failing 
 health compelled him to forego all work and 
 seek a change of scene. He accordingly took a 
 trip to Europe to escape the worries incident to 
 a business life. While beyond the great ocean 
 he was seized with a great longing to be once 
 again among his native hills of New Hampshire, 
 and upon his return to America he visited the 
 scenes of his boyhood years. Later on he de- 
 cided to build a home in Plymouth. In 1888, the 
 same year in which he built his beautiful home 
 on Highland Street, he also .erected a fine brick 
 building on Main Street, which is known as the 
 Kidder Block. 
 
 Mr. Kidder still maintains his interest in the 
 banking firm of A. M. Kidder & Co. of New 
 York. In the great panic of '73, when nothing in 
 the business world, however secure, was safe, the 
 firm failed; in ten days a settlement with his 
 patrons had been effected on the basis of thirty- 
 three cents on the dollar, and inside of one year 
 all his obligations had been paid in full. This is 
 a splendid record, one to which anyone might 
 point with justifiable pride. 
 
 Mr: Kidder sought and won the hand of Lucy 
 E., daughter of Henry Noyes of Chelsea, Mass. 
 It was an excellent choice, for she has proved in- 
 valuable to him. She has borne him two chil- 
 
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 dren. The elder, William M. Kidder, married 
 Emily F. Bliss, and has two children: Amos M., 
 Jr.; and Dalos Bliss. The younger, Lucy W. 
 Kidder, married Edwin M. Bulkley of Engle- 
 wood, N. J. He is a member of the banking firm 
 of Spencer, Trask & Co. of New York City. 
 
 Amos M. Kidder is very much interested in 
 home improvements, and the growth of Ply- 
 mouth. As an illustration of this interest, we 
 may point to his seven years' faithful service as 
 overseer of the highways. He is one of the 
 organizers and directors of the local savings 
 bank. 
 
 He is a Republican to • the backbone, and a 
 strong, unyielding believer in the doctrines of 
 sound money. 
 
 LORENZO W. CURRIER is a direct de- 
 scendant of Samuel Currier, who came to Went- 
 worth from Hampstead, N. H., at an early day. 
 He was the first Baptist minister in the town. 
 Acording to a custom, prevailing at that time, 
 the first minister locating in a settlement was to 
 receive a grant of land; but for some unex- 
 plained reason this courtesy was not extended to 
 him. However, Rev. Currier remained in the 
 town, and after a time, becoming popular 
 through his preaching and good works, was 
 offered the land so long delayed. But he showed 
 them his independent character, that he was not 
 forced to accept odds from any man, by refusing 
 it. His death occurred about 1802. He had four 
 sons: Aaron, David, Samuel, and Daniel. 
 
 Hon. Aaron Currier came to Wentworth with 
 his father, but very soon after his arrival left for 
 Corinth, Vt, where he lived twelve years, re- 
 turning then to Wentworth, which he made his 
 permanent home. He was a very busy man, and 
 his time and attention was largely taken up by 
 numerous business ventures. He was engaged 
 in the tanning business, which was established 
 by his uncle. He also became personally and 
 financially interested in the manufacture of 
 cloth. In addition to these, he owned a 
 grist and saw-mill. He was always among 
 the most active in town affairs, and served 
 as selectman and in other town offices. He 
 represented the town in the State Legislature. 
 
 His wife was Abigail Huse; she gave birth to 
 twelve children. The record of the family is as 
 follows: James; David; Aaron; Ezra; Parney 
 (Haines); Sally (Currier); Abigail (Weeks); 
 Mary (Eaton); Samuel; William; Daniel; and 
 John. 
 
 Hon. Samuel Currier was born in Wentworth, 
 and was engaged throughout his life in the tan- 
 ning business of that town ; he also found time to 
 do a little farming. He married Lois, daughter 
 of Samuel Smart of Wentworth. Her age at the 
 time of her decease was seventy-nine. Samuel 
 Currier lived to be seventy-five years old. Their 
 family was composed of three children: Eunice, 
 Samuel G., and Lorenzo W. Eunice died before 
 reaching maturity. Hon. Samuel G. Currier re- 
 sides in Wentworth; he has served in the various 
 town offices, and has been a member of the Leg- 
 islature, and a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention. 
 
 Hon. Lorenzo W. Currier was born in Ply- 
 mouth, May 23, 1828. His parents came to 
 Wentworth when he was about one year old. He 
 took advantage of the educational facilities of 
 Wentworth, and after completing the course in 
 the common school, he took advanced work at 
 Corinth Academy. He then took up the profes- 
 sion of a surveyor at the age of twenty, and fol- 
 lowed that through life. In 1867 he was joined 
 in marriage to Josephine C, daughter of John 
 Pillsbury of Wentworth. She has borne him two 
 children: Mary M., attended Wellesley College 
 and Smith College, and graduated at St. Johns- 
 bury, Vt. ; and John P., who was educated at St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
 Mr. Currier is a member of Moosehillock 
 Lodge, No. 63, F. & A. M.; Pemigewasset Chap- 
 ter, No. 13, R. A. M. He belongs to St. Gerard 
 Commandery of K. T.; Raymond Consistory at 
 Nashua. Pie is a treasurer of the home lodge at 
 present. In politics Mr. Currier is a very loyal 
 and faithful Democrat, and is a leader in his 
 town. He served as selectman fifteen years, and 
 as moderator twenty-one years. He has also 
 been supervisor, and has represented the town in 
 the State Legislature. Mr. Currier is a man 
 greatly esteemed in his community. He pos- 
 sesses force of character, is decided in his opin- 
 ions, and fearless in the expression of that which 
 he believes to be right. He is one of the solid 
 citizens of Wentworth. 
 
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 HOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTOX COUNTY. 
 
 EDWARD FMERY, a leading and promi- 
 nent farmer of Monroe, N. 1L., is the son of 
 Caleb Emery, and the grandson of Amos Emery, 
 who was born near Concord, N. 11., where he 
 was reared and educated, lie married Anna 
 Eoote, and after rearing a family, came to Mon- 
 roe with his son Caleb in 1804, and lived with 
 him until his death at an advanced age. Two 
 sons and one daughter made up the family. 
 
 Caleb Emery was the eldest in his father's 
 family, and was born in 1776, near Concord, lie 
 married Eleanor, daughter of Laben Heath of 
 Concord; shortly after his marriage he emigrated 
 from Concord to Lyman (now Monroe), in 1804, 
 bought a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits 
 throughout his life. 
 
 Possessing a good common school education, 
 combined with a sound judgment in business 
 affairs, and an earnest desire to aid in the devel- 
 opment of the country, he was a useful and suc- 
 cessful teacher, as well as an ornament in society, 
 and a public-spirited townsman, lie was elected 
 town clerk twenty-eight times, and served as 
 selectman for many years. He represented his 
 town in the Stale Legislature, and was justice of 
 the peace for a period extending over thirty 
 years, lie was the acknowledged leader of the 
 town, universally respected and admired; no 
 public enterprise was complete without his assist- 
 ance and co-operation; he was often consulted in 
 matters of private import. He was a prominent 
 member and a most liberal and open-handed sup- 
 porter of the Congregational Church of Barnet, 
 Vt. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Re- 
 publican. He died in 1842. His wife departed 
 this life at the extraordinary age of ninety-seven, 
 in 1878; she was the mother of nine children, as 
 follows: Solomon 1 1.; Horace; Cynthia (Davis); 
 Ann (Blake); Betsey; Edward, the subject of 
 this sketch; George W. ; Hestina; and Mary 
 (Berry). 
 
 Edward Emery was born in Monroe, Jan. 18, 
 1818, and acquired his schooling in his native 
 town. He bought the old homestead, built a 
 new house, and made it his home for fifteen 
 \ ears succeeding his marriage. He then bought 
 the farm, consisting of 225 acres, which he now 
 owns and ably conducts in the most approved 
 methods known to agriculture. lie has been a 
 successful farmer, and takes a prominent part in 
 town affairs. 
 
 He was married, in 1850, to Julia, daughter 
 of David and Jennie (Koss) Tierce of Thornton, 
 The)' have reared two children. Willie E. mar- 
 ried Maria, daughter of John Lang of Monroe; 
 this union has been blessed by the birth of two 
 Inns, Arthur (i. and Harry. Edwin C, the 
 younger of our subject's children, married Clara, 
 daughter of Austin Carter. They have one 
 child, Nellie. The family favor the Congrega- 
 tional Church. Our subject, in addition to gen- 
 eral farm work, makes a specialty of dairying. 
 He belongs to Grange No. 49, of Monroe. He is 
 a Republican, and has served as town clerk for 
 twelve years; he has also officiated as selectman 
 for many terms, and is now performing the duties 
 of town clerk and treasurer. 
 
 HON. FRANK A. BARNARD, a leading 
 citizen of the town of Thornton, is the son of 
 Hon. Albert Barnard, and grandson of Hon. 
 John Barnard. 
 
 Hon. John Barnard was born in Massachusetts 
 and came to Weare when in the years of his 
 early manhood. He made his home in Weare 
 for a time, when he removed to Thornton, and 
 cleared himself a mountain farm, living on the 
 homestead until his death, which occurred at the 
 advanced age of ninety-four years. I lis wife was 
 Polly Nichols; she finished life's journey at about 
 the same age as her husband. They reared four 
 children: Eliza (Cross); Alvira; Albert; and 
 John L. John Barnard served as a representa- 
 tive of the town in the State Legislature, having 
 been elected on the Democratic ticket. 
 
 Hon. Albert Barnard was born in Weare, and 
 with his parents came to Thornton, where he 
 spent his boyhood days in the manner common 
 to all American boys, and obtained his school- 
 ing. He passed a few years when a young man 
 in Illinois, but most of his life was employed in 
 the pursuit of agriculture on the old homestead. 
 He was a Democrat in his political beliefs, and 
 was frequently honored with important offices. 
 He was twice elected to the Legislature, besides 
 serving as selectman, and in other positions at 
 the disposal of his fellow-townsmen, lie mar- 
 ried Mary A., daughter of Joseph Wilcomb, and 
 she has borne him the following children: Frank 
 
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 413 
 
 A.; Charles A.; and Clara E. (Merrill). Mr. 
 Barnard is now eighty-six years old, and his life- 
 long partner is sixty-five. They favor the Uni- 
 versalist Church. 
 
 Hon. Frank A. Barnard first saw the light of 
 day in Thornton, Nov. 9, 1846. He was edu- 
 cated in his native town, and has spent his life 
 there, engaged in farming. In 1890 he was mar- 
 ried to Amy L., daughter of George W. Hackett 
 of Thornton. Mr. Barnard has always been a 
 firm Democrat. He served as chairman of the 
 board of selectmen for ten successive years. He 
 was a member of the Constitutional Revision 
 Convention. He was elected to the State Legis- 
 lature in 1887, and again in 1895, being in the 
 long session that resulted from the great railroad 
 fight. He is also a justice of the peace. His 
 many years of public service demonstrate the 
 high opinion in which his talents are held. He 
 has well merited the esteem and confidence of 
 his many friends by his meritorious work in vari- 
 ous lines of public service. 
 
 HON. FRANK D. CURRIER, the subject 
 of this biography, whose portrait is shown on 
 the opposite page, is a resident of the town of 
 Canaan, and one of Grafton Co.'s leading attor- 
 neys, with a practice that has extended over 
 twenty years. He is a man of many superior 
 attainments that have secured him a wide repu- 
 tation throughout the State; for many years he 
 has been prominent in politics, and has served 
 in many official positions, rich in honor and 
 emolument. He was born in Canaan, Oct. 30, 
 1853. He is a son of Horace S. and Emma 
 (Plastridge) Currier, grandson of Nathaniel and 
 Rebecca V. (Pratt) Currier, and a great-grand- 
 son of Daniel and Mary (Smith) Currier. 
 
 Daniel Currier, who was a son of William Cur- 
 rier, was descended from the Newburyport fam- 
 ily of Curriers, and was one of the very first set- 
 tlers of the town of Plymouth, N. H., where the 
 family has since been represented among the 
 leading citizens. He reared the following family 
 of children: Abigail, Nathaniel, Moses, Daniel, 
 William, Samuel, and Mary. 
 
 Nathaniel Currier was born in Plymouth Oct. 
 6, 1791, and about the year 1810 came to 
 Canaan and settled on Canaan Street, and suc- 
 
 ceeded Ebenezer Clark in his manufacture of 
 woolen cloth ; he was in this business many years 
 and became the owner of large tracts of land. In 
 1824 he built a store and conducted it with good 
 patronage from his neighbors for a considerable 
 length of time; he also built the house, now occu- 
 pied by Mrs. F. Currier. He was shrewd in busi- 
 ness and far-sighted as to the results the future 
 might bring; he thoroughly believed in the ad- 
 vantages of a good education, and sent all of his 
 children either to the academy or to college. He 
 was a Whig, and later a Republican, and served 
 in the Legislature, and in other offices at the 
 disposal of his fellow-townsmen. He died at the 
 age of seventy-three, and his wife was over 
 seventy at her death. Their children were: 
 William P., Horace S., Nathan S., George C, 
 Franklin, Oliver P., George K., Henry W., Eliza- 
 beth, Elizabeth P., and Henry K. W. 
 
 Horace S. Currier, our subject's father, was 
 born in the town of Canaan; his introduction to 
 business life and methods was as a clerk in his 
 father's store, which was then run under the 
 name of Currier & Wallace. In 1849 ne opened 
 a large general store where the Cardigan House 
 is now located, and did the largest business of 
 any firm in this section of the town. In 1853 he 
 sold and retired from mercantile life, although 
 thereafter he dealt extensively in real estate and 
 loaned money. He was stricken down with lung 
 fever at the age of forty-eight, and died June 17, 
 1866. He was prominent and well thought of 
 in the town, and served as county treasurer, town 
 treasurer, and as representative to the State Leg- 
 islature. His wife, who was a daughter of Dr. 
 Caleb Plastridge, died in 1889, at the age of 
 sixty-three. There were born to our subject's 
 parents the following children: Jennie L., who 
 married M. J. Pratt; Frank D., the subject of this 
 sketch; William D., who has been very success- 
 ful in life, and owns mines in the west, having 
 been formerly a large sheep raiser and ranch 
 owner; he lives in Spokane, Washington; Maud 
 M., who resides in San Francisco, Cal.; and 
 Charles W., who died at the age of twenty-six. 
 
 Hon. Frank D. Currier attended the Concord 
 High School, and Kimball Union Academy at 
 Meriden, N. H, finishing with a special private 
 course given him by Dr. Hickson of Lowell, 
 Mass. He then began the study of law with 
 Messrs. Pike and Blodgett of Franklin, and con- 
 
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 eluded it with G. W. Murray of Canaan; he 
 was admitted to the bar of New Hampshire in 
 1874, at Plymouth, N. H., and after traveling 
 extensively through the west and the Pacific 
 States, especially California, he opened up an 
 office for practice in Canaan, in 1876. Besides 
 building up a lucrative practice, in a short time 
 by his superior work in his profession, and 
 acquiring a well-earned reputation as a learned 
 and able legal adviser, he became interested in 
 politics. Even gifted as he is as an eloquent and 
 convincing speaker, his rapid and continuous 
 advancement in public life has been remarkable 
 and fairly indicates the high esteem in which he 
 is held by the people at large. In 1878-79 he was 
 elected as representative to the Legislature. In 
 1882 he was appointed secretary of the Republi- 
 can State Committee, and retained his place 
 through the campaigns of 1882-84-86-88. He 
 was Clerk of the Senate in 1883 and 1885, and 
 was chosen a delegate to the National Conven- 
 tion of 1884 at Chicago. In the same year he 
 was chosen Senator from his district by a large 
 majority, and when he took his seat in the Sen- 
 ate was elected President of that body. In 1890 
 he was appointed by President Harrison Naval 
 Officer of the Customs for the District of Boston 
 and Charlestown, Mass., and served in that ca- 
 pacity four years. Since 1888 he has devoted at 
 least one month each year to stumping the State 
 in behalf of the Republican party, and has been 
 moderator of Canaan since 1884. Being ad- 
 mitted to the bar shortly after he was twenty- 
 one, his whole subsequent life has been a very 
 busy and useful one, both in his chosen profes- 
 sion of law and also in the service of the people. 
 His personal appearance on the platform when 
 delivering a speech is prepossessing, and is with- 
 out a doubt a valuable adjunct to his able and 
 convincing arguments. In every wav a gentle- 
 man, he never condescends to ribaldry or coarse 
 remarks, but is courteous to both friend and foe. 
 Mr. Currier married on the 31st of May, 1890, 
 Mrs. Adaline (Sargent) Rollins, and in the same 
 year built one of the finest residences in his sec- 
 tion of the county for the reception of his bride. 
 He is a member of the Social Lodge, F & A. M. ; 
 St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. M.; and Sullivan 
 Consistory. Knights Templar. He is also a 
 member of the Mt. Cardigan Lodge, Knights of 
 Pythias. 
 
 ALONZO F. BARTLETT, a retired farmer 
 of Warren, N. H, is the son of Ephraim Bart- 
 lett, and grandson of James Bartlett, who spent 
 most of his life engaged in hunting and trapping. 
 His home was at Unity, N. H., except the last 
 few years that he spent at Whitefield, N. H., 
 where he died about the age of eighty-three. He 
 married and reared a family of eight children: 
 Alphie, Charles, Frederick, Ephraim, Caroline, 
 Sally, Helen, and Eliza. 
 
 Ephraim Bartlett was born in Unity, N. H., 
 where he was educated and grew up to manhood. 
 He served as a soldier in what was called the 
 Indian Stream War; he held the rank of captain. 
 He was commonly known after that as Capt. 
 Bartlett. He was a farmer by occupation. The 
 greater part of his active years were spent in 
 Whitefield, N. H. ; his declining years, however, 
 were spent in Manchester, N. H, dying there at 
 the age of seventy-nine. He married Vienna 
 Martin, who lived to the age of seventy-six, and 
 bore her husband six children: Nancy (Bartlett) 
 of Stoneham, Mass.; Alonzo F., our subject; 
 Oscar F. of Manchester; Maria (Eames) of 
 Woodsville, N. H; Eliza (Adams) of Manches- 
 ter; and Helen (Hart) of North Adams, Mass. 
 They supported the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 Mr. Bartlett was a firm Republican in politics. 
 
 Alonzo F. Bartlett was born in Whitefield, N. 
 H, Aug. 3, 1839. Pie obtained his schooling in 
 the schools of Whitefield, Littleton, and Haver- 
 hill, N. H. Agriculture was his chosen vocation, 
 but before he had done much in the wav of farm- 
 ing, the war broke out. He thereupon enlisted 
 in Co. G., 10th Vt. Vol. Inf., in 1862, and was 
 with the Army of the Potomac until the close of 
 the war, being honorably discharged in May, 
 1865. His brother Oscar served through the 
 war in the same company. 
 
 Upon his return from the war he settled in 
 Bath, N. H, where he remained, engaged in 
 farming for thirteen years, when he sold his 
 property there and came to Warren, where he 
 has made his home ever since. Pie was married 
 in 1873 to Luvia C, daughter of Miranda 
 Whitcher of Boston. Mass. This union has been 
 blessed with the following- children: Alice M. 
 married Charles Head of Warren, and they have 
 one son, George; Charles C. ; Homer E. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett is a member of the George 
 Bowers Post, No. 81, G. A. R., of Warren. He 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 415 
 
 is a member of Kane Lodge, No. 63, F. & A. M., 
 of Lisbon, N. H. He is a Democrat, and is serv- 
 ing as one of the selectmen of the town. He is 
 also town moderator, an office he has held for 
 ten successive years. He was a supervisor for 
 six years; police officer of the village ten years; 
 and deputy county sheriff two years. He has 
 been justice of the peace the past fifteen years, 
 and has received his fourth commission for 
 another term of five years. Mr. Bartlett is very 
 popular, and has won golden opinions of all his 
 townsmen by his conduct and his integrity when 
 in office. 
 
 JEREMIAH S. JEWETT, a retired merchant 
 of Warren, N. H, is the son of Smith Jewett, and 
 the grandson of Samuel Jewett. Samuel Jewett, 
 with his brother, came from Hollis, N. H., to 
 Laconia, N. H., in the summer of 1877, and by 
 felling the native trees began to clear a farm, re- 
 turning to Hollis the following winter. The next 
 season they went back to Laconia, and settled on 
 a farm on the east side of the river, where he 
 reared a family and spent the remainder of his 
 days. Samuel Jewett owned a large farm along 
 the river that was very suitable for milling pur- 
 poses, and for a small sum sold the mill privi- 
 lege, but stipulated in the agreement that a saw 
 and grist-mill must be built on the property. 
 This was done for the benefit of the community, 
 as the milling before that was done at a distance, 
 making it very inconvenient for the residents of 
 that neighborhood. 
 
 Previous to his settling in Laconia Samuel 
 Jewett served four months in the Revolutionary 
 War. He was one of the soldiers that held the 
 British at bay for so long a time at the Battle of 
 Bunker Hill. He married Appahia Smith, a 
 native of Laconia. She passed away in 1835, 
 aged eighty. Mr. Jewett departed this life at the 
 age of eighty-eight, in 1838. They were the 
 parents of ten children: Sarah, Philbrook, 
 Abaphiah, Polly, Ruth, Louis, Smith, Samuel, 
 Jr., John, and Hannah. 
 
 Smith Jewett was born in Laconia, in 1793, 
 and remained under the parental roof until of 
 age, when he worked out for a few years. He 
 finally located, in 1822, on a farm near the Bel- 
 
 knap County Farm, and lived there until after the 
 death of his parents, when the homestead was 
 divided between the three sons. In 1841 he 
 built a group of farm buildings on his portion, 
 and lived there until his death. Fie married 
 Statirah, daughter of Benjamin Glines of North- 
 field, N. H., who was a Revolutionary soldier, 
 and died while engaged in the War of 181 2. 
 Statirah Glines (Jewett) was born in 1799, and 
 died in 1877. She bore Mr. Jewett ten children: 
 Jeremiah S.; Statirah (Cook); Edith (Jewett); 
 Adaline (Hoyt); John G. ; Samuel B.; James W.; 
 Mary (Davis); Ellen; and Flenry. Their prefer- 
 ence religiously was toward the Congregational 
 Church. Mr. Jewett was a Republican; he was 
 a voracious reader, and very well posted in poli- 
 tical affairs. Personally he was modest and un- 
 assuming, preferring to live in -honorable retire- 
 ment. He died in 1868. 
 
 Jeremiah S. Jewett was born in Mededith, N. 
 FL, Nov. 25, 1822. He received his education in 
 the public schools and the academy of his native 
 town. When he came of age he began to sup- 
 port himself. His first employment was as an 
 assistant in the survey of the railroad ; at the age 
 of twenty-two he went west to Illinois and Wis- 
 consin for a few months. Upon his return, in the 
 spring of 1845, ne secured work in the survey 
 of the Montreal R. R., and drove the first stake 
 in the construction of the railroad that started 
 from Concord, N. H. He followed railroad en- 
 gineering for about three years.' In November, 
 1848, he went to Lakeport and helped finish the 
 railroad buildings, and began work in the Lake- 
 port shops, where he worked until the fall of 
 1863. He then came to Warren, purchased an 
 interest in a store, and followed the mercantile 
 business until 1888; since then his farm has 
 claimed his care and attention. 
 
 In 1852 he was joined in marriage to Harriet 
 M., daughter of Joseph B. and Betsey (Merrill) 
 Farnum of Warren, N. H. She was born in 
 Warren, and made that town her home during 
 her early years. They were married in Warren. 
 They had one son, Martin Wilbur, who was born 
 in 1855, at Lakeport, N. H. At the time of his 
 death he was pursuing a classical course in Til- 
 ton Seminary, contemplating entering college 
 when sufficiently prepared. Fie died Dec. 7, 
 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett adopted Nellie V. 
 Campbell at the age of nine, and reared her as 
 
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 their own child. She was married in 1893 to 
 George W. Morse of Cabot, Vt, and is now liv- 
 ing at Warren. They have one child: Ethel L., 
 born in 1894. 
 
 Mr. Jewett is a member of the M. E. Church. 
 He is an ordained local minister, and has done 
 considerable work in the years past in that line 
 of work. He has always taken an intense inter- 
 est in the Sunday-school, and was superintendent 
 for thirteen years. He is a Republican, and has 
 served as postmaster and assistant postmaster 
 for about fifteen years in Warren. He has been 
 a member of the school board for five years. 
 
 JOSHUA E. FOSTER, a prominent farmer 
 of Wentworth, N. H, is the son of Joshua Fos- 
 ter, Jr., grandson of Joshua Foster, great-grand- 
 son of James Foster, and great-great-grandson 
 of John Foster, who came from England, and 
 settled in Reading, Mass., where he lived and 
 died. He married Catharine Oragan; from this 
 marriage resulted two boys: John, Jr., and 
 James. John Foster, Jr., served in the navy dur- 
 ing the Revolutionary War, and met his death 
 there. 
 
 James Foster was born in Reading, Mass. 
 Farming was his occupation. He married Me- 
 hitabel Atwood, and in his later years came to 
 Wentworth and lived there the remainder of his 
 life. Their children were: John, James, Jr., 
 Joshua, Jesse, Rebecca, Hannah, and Mehitabel. 
 He fought three years in the cause of freedom in 
 the War of Independence. He died at the age of 
 sixty-seven. 
 
 Joshua, the third son of James Foster, was 
 born in Pelham, N. H. He supported himself 
 and family by agricultural labors. Soon after 
 his parents came to Wentworth, Joshua followed 
 and made it his home through life. He married 
 Judith, daughter of John Nevens of Pelham, N. 
 H. She was taken to her promised home on 
 high at the age of fifty-seven ; Mr. Foster died at 
 the age of seventy-two. They reared the follow- 
 ing children: Jeremiah; Joshua, Jr.; Abigail, 
 died when young in years; John N.; Judith N.; 
 James N; Catharine R.; Joseph A.; Abigail; 
 Rapha M.; and Moses. 
 
 Joshua Foster, Jr., was born in Wentworth, in 
 1815, and was reared and educated to the honor- 
 
 able occupation of farming, and followed it 
 steadily throughout his career. He married, in 
 1848, Mary A., daughter of Aaron and Mary 
 (Bryant) Ellsworth of Hanover, N. H. Their 
 family consisted of six children: Anna, who 
 married G. H. Brown, and has five children, 
 George E., Ardella F., Charles H, Elma F., and 
 Annia M.; Augusta died in her youth; Armanda 
 died at the age of four; Joshua E.; Elma C; and 
 Emma J., who married J. B. Foster, and has one 
 child, Louis M. 
 
 Joshua E. Foster, the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Wentworth, N. H., March 17, 1858. 
 His life has been spent in the pursuit of agricul- 
 ture. He makes his home on the old homestead; 
 his parents are making the farm their residing 
 place at the present. He married, in 1884, Arline 
 F., daughter of Lyman P. Whitcher of Went- 
 worth. He was bereaved of her comforting pres- 
 ence at the age of twenty-six. Mr. Foster is 
 faithful to the tenets of the Democratic party. 
 He served very acceptably on the board of edu- 
 cation for three years. He is now one of the 
 town's selectmen. He is a member of the Went- 
 worth Grange, No. 199, and is overseer of the 
 same. 1 ' 
 
 HON. JOHN JOHNSON, a prominent far- 
 mer of Thornton, N. H, is the son of John 
 Johnson, Sr., and the grandson of Ichabod John- 
 son, who came from the lower part of New 
 Hampshire to Campton. There he settled on a 
 wooded tract of land and cleared himself a farm. 
 He remained on the farm for the rest of his life, 
 dying at an advanced age. He reared a family 
 of six children: Samuel, Daniel, Elinor, Vashti, 
 Susan, and John. 
 
 John Johnson, the father of our subject, was 
 .born in Campton. He was brought up to ma- 
 turity and educated in his native town. He mar- 
 ried Sarah, daughter of Joseph Moulton of Chi- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 Soon after marriage he removed to Ellsworth, 
 purchased a farm, and made it his home until 
 1861,'when he came to Thornton with his son. 
 His wife died at the age of seventy-nine; and he 
 was called to his reward at the age of eighty-two. 
 Their children were: Eliza (Bowers); Annie 
 
WILLIAM LEVISTON. 
 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
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 (Hill); Sarah (Straw); Caroline (Moulton); 
 Charles; John; Abigail (Cilley); Martha (Avery). 
 
 John Johnson, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Campton, Jan. 9, 1819. He obtained his 
 schooling in the towns of Ellsworth and Rum- 
 ney. From the age of eighteen he supported 
 himself, and cared for his parents in their old age, 
 until their death relieved him. In 1840 he was 
 joined in wedlock to Betsey, daughter of Ed- 
 mund Moulton of Ellsworth. He moved to 
 Thornton in 1861 and has been a resident of that 
 town ever since. He has a good, interval farm 
 of seventy-five acies, and has been continuously 
 engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. His wife 
 died at the age of seventy-seven. They reared 
 three children: Austin, Romanzo, and Annette. 
 Austin died at the age of twenty-two. Romanzo 
 married Laura Sargeant. He died at the age of 
 forty-nine, and left two children: Austin and 
 Abby (Burleigh). Annette married Richard T. 
 Carter of Newburyport, Mass. They live on the 
 Johnson homestead with her father. Their union 
 was blessed with one child, Mary, who married 
 Charles A. Cook, and has one child, Nettie. 
 
 Mr. Johnson is a public-spirited man, and has 
 never allowed his interest in town affairs to 
 waver in the least. He has served as supervisor 
 eight years, and as overseer of the poor ten 
 years. He represented the town in the State 
 Legislature in 1858-59, and also in 1881. He is 
 an uncompromising Democrat. 
 
 LEVISTON 11ROTHERS, William and 
 Robert, retired tanners of Enfield, who gained a 
 wide reputation during the days of their commer- 
 cial activity as tanners of upper leather, are sons 
 of Robert and Sarah (Wilson) Leviston. 
 
 The father was a farmer in Lower Canada, but 
 having been bereaved in 1843 of his wife, at the 
 age of thirty-five, he married again, and moved 
 to Upper Canada, where he died. By his first 
 wife he was made the parent of five children: 
 William, bom March 15, 1830; Robert, born 
 April 11, 1832; and Sarah J., Irwen, and Mary, 
 who were not permitted to reach an age of ma- 
 turity, but were gathered home by their Heav- 
 enly Father. 
 
 William Leviston, the elder of the brothers, 
 when a young man, went to Bradford, N. H., 
 
 and served three years apprenticeship there to 
 the tanner's trade, learning all of its branches, 
 and becoming skilled in all of the manipulations 
 of the trade; he worked in Bradford in the tan- 
 nery of Martin Spaulding, in 1856, and, with his 
 brother Robert, bought of Martin Spaulding the 
 tannery, a saw-mill, and a small farm, and under 
 the style of W. & R. Leviston ran a very success- 
 ful business until 1865. In that year they dis- 
 posed of all their property and went to Colorado 
 to engage in the gold-mining industry ; at Central 
 City, Colorado, William entered the business of 
 dealing in hides, and continued in that branch, 
 of trade two years until 1869, when he came to 
 Enfield, N. FF, and with J. T. Young purchased 
 the old Richardson tannery. In 1872 Mr. Young 
 withdrew, and the firm has since been known as 
 Leviston Bros. Messrs. Leviston later pur- 
 chased the L. R. Stocker premises, adjoining 
 their tanner)', which premises had been formerly 
 used as a woolen mill. All the property was re- 
 modeled, and the buildings enlarged to suit the 
 magnitude of their business, which flourished 
 from the start. They made a specialty of wax, 
 kip, and calf skins, turning out as many as 1,000 
 sides of leather a week, and giving employment 
 to twenty-five men. Leviston Bros, used the 
 noted Union Leather Splitting Machine, now 
 used so extensively throughout the world, which 
 was introduced in the tannery and first em- 
 ployed by Alpbeus Richardson, the former pro- 
 prietor of the tannery and patented by him. Our 
 subjects have also made many improvements on 
 their other property, which consists mainly of 
 valuable farming lands. In 1892 they closed up 
 their business, putting their tannery on the 
 market for sale, and retired from active life. 
 
 William Leviston married Miss Ornia Spauld- 
 ing, daughter of Martin and Oriana R. Spaulding 
 of Bradford, N. H. She was born in 1837, and 
 died in 1871, leaving one child, Irwen, now the 
 principal of the High School at Omaha, Neb. 
 He graduated in 1882 from Dartmouth College, 
 and received the much-coveted Grimes Prize, 
 which so few have ever been so fortunate as to 
 obtain. He married Nellie C. Currier, daughter 
 of L. Wyman and Lydia (Kimball) Currier of 
 Enfield, N. FT., and has two children: Alice M. 
 and Robert. William Leviston married as his 
 second wife Miss Cordelia Center, daughter of 
 Ganaw Center of Hudson, N. H. Mr. Leviston 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is 
 also a Mason, belonging to St. Peter Lodge, F. 
 & A. M., of Bradford, N. H.; and Wood's Chap- 
 ter, R. A. M., of Henniker, N. H. 
 
 Robert Leviston, the younger brother, mar- 
 ried Phebe F. Spaulding, daughter of Willard 
 Spaulding of Hudson, N. H. He is a Republi- 
 can politically, and a member of St. Peter Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., of Bradford, N. H. 
 
 The portraits of William and Robert Leviston 
 are shown on preceding page; these excellent 
 likenesses will be viewed with interest, and will 
 be of great value to this Book of Biographies. 
 
 GEORGE W. BOYD, a successful and well- 
 known farmer of Wentworth, N. H., is the son 
 of Ho) t S. Boyd, who was born in Dorchester, 
 N. H. 
 
 Hoyt S. Boyd was a farmer during his younger 
 clays; later in life he worked as a watch-cleaner 
 in the factories of Lyme, N. H. He married 
 Mary Hurlburt of Lyme, who bore him a family 
 of eleven children. Mary married Charles F. 
 Worthen; they reside in Charleston, Vt., and 
 have a family of twelve children. Charles L. 
 married Ella E. Newcomb of Cherokee, Iowa. 
 She was taken sick shortly after their marriage 
 and died. Mr. Boyd married Maud Cicley of 
 Battle Creek, Mich., as his second wife. They 
 have one child. Julia A. married Daniel Chap- 
 lin. They live in Charleston, Vt., and have a 
 family of three children. George W. is the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. Nettie J. married Edward 
 Caskin, and bore him two children; they make 
 their home at Puyallup, Washington. Lucretia 
 S. married John Buzzard, and has made him the 
 parent of five children. John H. married Carrie 
 Palmer, and they have one child. Their resi- 
 dence is West Charleston, Vt. Annie E. married 
 A. J. Cudney, who was lost at sea. He left his 
 wife and two children; thev live at Springville, 
 Tenn. Carrie R. married B. F. King. He died 
 and left her three children; she lives at Mt. Ver- 
 non, Ohio. Katie E. married John Capps. She 
 died in February, 1896. Emma H. married 
 Charles M. Snow. Their home is in Oakland, 
 California. 
 
 George W. Bovd was born in Lyme, N. H., 
 April 11, 1847. He was educated in his native 
 
 town. He has always been engaged in farming, 
 and is one of the most progressive agriculturists 
 in the town. He came to Wentworth in 1879, 
 and has made that town his residence ever since. 
 He is a Republican in politics, and has the ex- 
 ceptional honor of being the first Republican se- 
 lectman the town has ever had. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Wentworth Grange, No. 199. He 
 makes a specialty of dairying, and has a large 
 herd of choice, blooded cattle. 
 
 On March 8, 1874, he was joined in marriage 
 to Fanny B., daughter of Nahum Youngman of 
 Wentworth. They have taken into their home a 
 child, Katie B. Foster. 
 
 His wife's father was the son of Jabez, Jr., and 
 his ancestry runs back through Jabez, Nicholas, 
 Ebenezer, to Francis, who came from England 
 and settled in Roxbury, Mass. Nahum Young- 
 man was a native of Wilmont, N. H. He was 
 the fourth child of a family of twelve. He mar- 
 ried Elsie Hadley; she is still living, aged seven- 
 ty-five years; and Mr. Youngman died March, 
 1892, at the age of seventy-five years. They 
 reared three children. Wells C. married Mary 
 McMannus of Dorchester, and has three chil- 
 dren. Fanny B. is our subject's wife. Moses A. 
 died at the age of six. 
 
 HENRY C. CURRIER, a farmer and retired 
 glove manufacturer of Plymouth, is the son of 
 Aaron Currier, who was born at Thetford, Vt. 
 Aaron Currier came to Plymouth at about the 
 age of twenty-one. He was a tanner by trade, 
 and he followed that trade for many years; he 
 was also engaged in farming, as he owned a 
 forty-acre interval farm. He married Ann, 
 daughter of Daniel Hoag of Grand Island, Vt. 
 Mrs. Currier died at the age of fifty-one; her 
 husband lived to the age of eighty-six, when he 
 succumbed to the conqueror of all. They reared 
 nine children: Phoebe (Reed); Daniel H. ; Marv 
 (Wells); James; Solon; Henry C. ; Eliza A. 
 (Sanford); Elmira (Fletcher); Emily (Moses). 
 Aaron Currier was an old line Whig, and joined 
 the Republican ranks upon the organization of 
 that party. Although not actively engaged in 
 politics, he was always thoroughly conversant 
 with the issues; he was especially interested in 
 town affairs. 
 
DR. ZENAS F. LAMB. 
 
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 Henry C. Currier was born in Plymouth, Sept. 
 2 3> J 832. He attended the district schools, go- 
 ing from them to take advanced work in New 
 Hampton Institute and Plymouth Academy. He 
 taught school during seven winter seasons. In 
 the summers he would work in the glove busi- 
 ness in the establishment of his brother. He was 
 finally associated with him in business, the firm 
 being D. H. Currier & Co. ; this continued until 
 1880. Since that time Mr. Currier has been en- 
 gaged in farming on a small scale. 
 
 In 1859 M r - Currier was married to Fiorina, 
 daughter of Peltiah C. and Louise (Cook) Blais- 
 dell of Campton, N. H. Mrs. Currier was born 
 March 19, 1836. Their children are: Perly S., 
 Edward G., Amie B., and Fred A. 
 
 Mr. Currier is a Republican. He has served 
 as supervisor for four years ; and during the time 
 that the town always went strongly Democratic 
 he was a candidate on the Republican ticket five 
 times for representative, being elected as repre- 
 sentative in 1896 for the term of two years; he is 
 also a member of the s,chool board. He is a 
 Master Mason, and a member of the Olive 
 Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M; 
 
 HORACE D. ABBOTT, a prominent and 
 well-to-do farmer of Warren, is the son of 
 Charles Abbott, and the grandson of Josiah Ab- 
 bott, who it is thought was born in Andover, 
 Mass., as he moved to Bath, N. H., from that 
 place during his younger years. He remained in 
 Bath about thirty-five years, and then went to 
 Lemington, Yt, where he died at an advanced 
 age. Farming was his occupation. He served 
 through almost all the War of the Revolution 
 with the rank of lieutenant. His first wife left 
 three children: Charles; Ruth (Holmes); and 
 Fannie (Clough). 
 
 Charles Abbott was born in Andover, Mass., 
 and went to Bath with his parents when a small 
 child, and was there reared to manhood and edu- 
 cated. He was a millwright by trade, and fol- 
 lowed the same the m©st of his life. He and Joel 
 Eastman invented a water-wheel of original de- 
 sign, that promised much. They went to Wash- 
 ington in 1831 and secured a patent upon it. Mr. 
 Abbott then went to Virginia, where he placed 
 some of the wheels in operation. His health be- 
 
 ginning to fail, he returned to his native State, 
 and died there in 1833, aged forty-nine. He mar- 
 ried Anna S., daughter of Deacon Samuel Lang 
 of Bath, N. PI. She died in' 1873 at the age of 
 eighty-five. Their children were: Samuel L., 
 born in 1814; Hannah L. (Edwards), born in 
 1816; Nancy F., born in 1818; Martha M., born 
 in 1820, married D. B. Cotton, and reared three 
 children, Wilber F., married Ida Leet and has 
 four children, Edward D. married Flora Pills- 
 bury and has two children, Henry L. married 
 Anna Blood, and has one child; Charles S., born 
 in 1822; Edward D., born in 1823; Luvia C, 
 born in 1825; Horace D., the subject of this 
 notice; Myra H., born in 1831. Charles Abbott 
 was a leading Mason, and traveled considerable 
 in the Masonic interests. He was originally a 
 Republican, but later joined the Jackson party. 
 Horace D. Abbott was born Nov. 24, 1827, in 
 Bath, N. H. He was educated in the common 
 schools and the academy of his native town. He 
 took up school teaching as an occupation for a 
 time, and taught thirty terms in the common 
 schools and academy of Bath and Warren. He 
 is now engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. He 
 came to Warren in i860 and bought a farm on 
 Beech Hill, where he still remains. He is a Re- 
 publican in his politics, and has served as select- 
 man of the town, and is at present filling out his 
 second term as a member of the school board. <. 
 He is a great reader, and is a very well-posted 
 man. He is always interested in discussions on 
 living questions. 
 
 DR. ZENAS F. LAMB of Enfield, N. H., 
 whose portrait appears on the opposite page, was 
 born in Athol, Mass., March 5, 1865, and is a 
 son of Zenas W. and Addie M. (Chase) Lamb. 
 Our subject's father for many years was super- 
 intendent of the shipping department of the 
 world-famed New Home Sewing Machine Man- 
 ufactory of Orange, Mass., where he resided for 
 many years, and won the respect and highest 
 esteem of its citizens by his many noble quali- 
 ties. 
 
 Dr. Lamb attended the High School of 
 Orange, from which he graduated in 1884, and 
 began the study of medicine with Dr. Walter M. 
 Wright; he completed his professional education 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 in the Bellevue Medical College of New York 
 City, where he graduated March 14, 1887. He 
 at once came to Enfield, where he opened up a 
 practice ; as a physician he is well and favorably 
 known throughout a very large circle of patrons, 
 a reputation which he has won by an energy, 
 determination and skill that have secured for 
 him an extensive field for practice and have 
 fairly given him a leading place among the prac- 
 titioners of .his profession. He is gifted with 
 a keen insight into the nature of disease, and 
 with a coolness, decision, and nerve that are in- 
 dispensable to the skillful surgeon. He bought 
 a lot on Stephen Street and built a handsome cot- 
 tage, fitted up in the most pleasing manner, and 
 beautified the grounds to correspond with it; 
 this building he rents to desirable parties. His 
 office is fitted up in his residence on Wells 
 Street, which is considered to be one of the finest, 
 if not the finest, street in Enfield. 
 
 Dr. Lamb married Miss Jennie M. Heath, 
 daughter of Horace D. and Julia (Morgan) 
 Heath. Mr. Heath, now deceased, was a lead- 
 ing business man of Enfield for many years, 
 being a speculator in cattle and produce. His 
 wife survives him, and lives in the handsome 
 Heath home on Wells Street. One child, Ver- 
 nice, who died in infancy, is the only child that 
 has been born to our subject and wife. Dr. 
 Lamb is a Democrat, and a loyal supporter of 
 the party's men and principles. He is a Univer- 
 salist in his religious preferences. Socially he is 
 a member of Social Lodge, No. 50, F. & A. M., 
 of Enfield; St. Andrews Chapter, R. A. M., of 
 Lebanon; and Boston Consistory, No. 5. 
 
 JOHN FRANK SMITH. Of the excellent 
 ami substantial citizens of Grafton Co. and town 
 of Campton, who have known no other occupa- 
 tion than that of farming during their lives, and 
 who have had far more than ordinary success in 
 that line, Mr. John Frank Smith certainly de- 
 serves an honorable mention. He was born in 
 Meredith, N. IL, May 22, 1844, and is a son of 
 John M. and Fanny (Edgerlv) Smith, grandson 
 of Daniel and Molly (Mudget) Smith, and great- 
 grandson of Paine Smith. Paine Smith was one 
 of the early pioneers of Meredith, N. H., coming 
 
 from Gilmanton, of this State. He was a farmer 
 of remarkably strong and rugged constitution, 
 and both he and his wife lived to be over eighty 
 years old at their decease. 
 
 Daniel Smith was born in Gilmanton, N. IL, 
 and remained with his parents through life, re- 
 moving with them to Meredith, where he inher- 
 ited the homestead. General agriculture con- 
 tinued to be his vocation throughout life. In the 
 War of 1812 he served as a private. He was a 
 Whig in politics, and a Baptist in religious be- 
 lief. The years of his life numbered about eighty, 
 and his wife's were about seventy. The family 
 of children, with which they surrounded them- 
 selves to brighten their home and perpetuate 
 their name and virtues, were as follows: Daniel, 
 Hosea, William, David, John M., Mary, and 
 Nancy. 
 
 John M. Smith, father of our subject, was 
 born in Meredith, and educated and early ap- 
 prenticed to the carpenter's trade. Having mas- 
 tered his trade he bought a small farm in New- 
 Hampton, near the village, and after two years 
 he moved to Second Division of Meredith, and 
 four years later to Laconia, and worked in the 
 railroad shops as a carpenter. But he soon tired 
 of the confinement, and being a lover of the out- 
 door life and the pursuit of agriculture, he sold 
 his home in 185.3 and bought in the town of 
 Campton the Daniel Avery farm ,of 160 acres. 
 He later added more, making a splendid farm of 
 220 acres, not only surpassing in all the qualities 
 that go to make up a good farm, but also ex- 
 celling in its location. The farm is on Cook's 
 Hill, and overlooks the Pemigewasset and Mad 
 River A^alleys, and a fine range of mountain 
 scenery, including the defile leading to Mt. 
 Washington, called the Notch. The farm was 
 improved under his careful and judicious farm- 
 ing, the buildings having been enlarged and 
 modernized. Being a member and liberal sup- 
 porter of the Free Will Baptist Church, he gave 
 land and helped to build in the year 1853 lne 
 church which is now standing near by. He was 
 one of its prominent members, and was closely 
 identified with all its work. He died in 1881, 
 aged seventy-six years. His wife, our subject's 
 mother, died at the age of thirty-seven, leaving 
 three children: Clarinda J.; Horace W.. who 
 served in the late war, and is now a substantial 
 farmer of North Dakota; and J. Frank, the sub- 
 
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 ject of this sketch. Our subject's father married 
 the second time Sarah A. Watson, and had one 
 child, Leah F., by this union. John M. Smith's 
 education extended only as far as the common 
 schools were able to teach him; he became a 
 great reader, and was very well posted on all the 
 leading topics of the day. 
 
 The subject of this notice was educated in the 
 district schools of Meredith and Campton, and 
 in New Hampton Academy, coming to Campton 
 with his parents and caring for them in their last 
 days. He inherited the farm, and to-day owns 
 200 acres of good timber, pasture, and arable 
 land. Not the least important industry on his 
 farm is maple-sugar making. He has 1,000 trees, 
 and has all the latest facilities for boiling and 
 evaporating the sweet sap; the sugar-house is 
 new and commodious, and the evaporator is one 
 of the best in the State; he makes a large quan- 
 tity of sugar and syrup each year, getting a good 
 price for all he can make. He takes a great deal 
 of pride, which is very well placed, on his choice 
 dairy of Jersey and Devonshire cows, and his 
 flock of sheep; in many respects he is a model 
 farmer, and his methods worthy of emulation. 
 
 On Nov. 6, 1878, he was united in wedlock 
 with Fanny C. Smith, born in Lynn, Mass., and 
 a daughter of Moody H. and Caroline (Warner) 
 Smith. Moody H. Smith was born in Meredith, 
 N. H, and was a son of Hezekiah and Polly 
 (Sinclair) Smith of Brentwood, N. H. Hezekiah 
 Smith was among the leading farmers of his part 
 of the State; he met his death in 1816, at the age 
 of forty, by being frozen while riding in a sleigh 
 on a very cold winter's day. His wife lived to 
 be eighty-two. The children born to them were : 
 Ebenezer, Thomas, Moses B., Moody H, Sally, 
 Mary, Lavina, Eliza, and Nancy. 
 
 Moody H. Smith went to Lynn, Mass., and 
 carried on a manufacture of shoes until 1851, 
 when he came to Center Harbor, N. H., and 
 bought a farm, still devoting much of his atten- 
 tion to the manufacture of shoes, and especially 
 of Ladies' Congress Boots, which he made a 
 specialty. He moved thence to Laconia, remain- 
 ing about seventeen years, then returned to Cen- 
 ter Harbor. Later on he superintended a farm 
 in Sandwich, where he lived eight years, after 
 which he retired and lived with his daughter, 
 Mrs. Smith, for two years, when he went to live 
 with his sons in Meredith, where he died at the 
 
 age of eighty-one. His wife is still living, hale 
 and hearty, at the advanced age of seventy- six. 
 The children born to this worthy couple were: 
 Augustus M., Charles B., and William E., all 
 soldiers in the late war; Fanny C; Horace W.; 
 Lizzie M.; Frank W.; Fred H.; George S.; and 
 Carrie E. Those deceased are Arthur, Ellen M., 
 Albert E., and Arthur (2nd). 
 
 Our subject's children are: Arthur Linwood, 
 born Oct. 3, 1880; Alice Warner, born March 12, 
 1882; Carrie Louise, born Aug. 30, 1883. In 
 politics he is a Republican. Religiously he is a 
 Free Will Baptist; his wife is a Methodist. 
 
 HON. JAMES JEWELL, the leading lum- 
 berman ot Warren, N. H, is the son of Levi F. 
 Jewell, and the grandson of Samuel Jewell, who 
 was born in Seabrook, N. H, and came to the 
 town of Warren. when a young man. He fol- 
 lowed the pursuit ot agriculture. He married 
 Eliza Foote; they both died at the age of seven- 
 ty-nine. Their children were: Fannie, David, 
 Levi F., Dollie, Jacob, Alonzo, Betsey, Samuel, 
 Jr., and Jonathan. 
 
 Levi F. was born in Warren, in 1816, and was 
 reared and educated in that town. He learned 
 the trade of a millwright and house carpenter. 
 He ran a saw-mill about forty years, and was ex- 
 tensively engaged in lumbering. He now lives 
 on a farm near the village, enjoying a comfort- 
 able old age. His wife was Mariah W, daughter 
 of Elvaro Copp of Warren; she was born in 1834. 
 Their family consisted of: Emma (Vannah); 
 James; Samuel, died at the age of four; Frank; 
 and Mary (Morse). 
 
 Hon. James Jewell was born in Warren, March 
 24, 1855, an d nas spent all his years in the vil- 
 lage. His father being in the milling business, 
 our subject naturally acquired a thorough knowl- 
 edge of that line of work, and has been engaged 
 in that line of work all his life. He married, in 
 1880, Laura A., daughter of Francis and Cath- 
 erine (Cunningham) Vannah of Warren. Mr. 
 Jewell was associated with a partner in the lum- 
 ber business in the few years previous to 1878. 
 That year he built a mill on the bank of Baker's 
 River, at a place known as Gleason's Place, 
 about three miles north of the village. He has 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 continued in the business at that place ever since. 
 A curious fact to be noted in connection with 
 the site of this mill, is that there has been a mill 
 there of some kind or description for the past 
 eighty years. 
 
 Mr. Jewell handles about 1,000,000 feet of 
 lumber annually, realizing very good profits. He 
 is a successful and most thorough business man; 
 all his undertakings are stamped with the mark 
 of his push and business sagacity. He owns two 
 cottages in the village, 400 acres of good farm- 
 ing land, and about 1,000 acres of timber land. 
 He is a member of the Moosehillock Lodge, No. 
 25, I. C). O. F.; and Baker's River Lodge, No. 
 22, of Plymouth. He has a membership in the 
 Order of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Demo- 
 crat, and has served on the board of selectmen 
 four years, and has been chairman of the same 
 for three years. He represented the town in the 
 State Legislature, in 1895 and 1896. He is one 
 of the prominent men of the town, and numbers 
 his friends among all classes by the score. 
 
 WILLIAM HARRIMAN, the subject of this 
 biography, is a leading farmer of the town of 
 Plymouth, and one of the representative men 
 of this section. He has made his special field of 
 industry a success, and is highly esteemed and 
 respected by those who know him best. 
 
 He is a son of John Harriman, Jr., and 
 grandson of John Harriman, who was born in 
 Hampstead, but spent most of his days in Bridge- 
 water, where he located soon after marriage. His 
 wife was a Miss Heath, and they had the follow- 
 ing children: Samuel; John, Jr.; William; Moses; 
 Daniel ; Mary (Mrs. Craig). John Harriman and 
 wife both died about the age of fifty-six. He was 
 a shoemaker by trade, and followed that in con- 
 nection with farming. 
 
 John Harriman, Jr., was born in Bridgewater, 
 where he was reared and educated to agricultural 
 pursuits. After his marriage he cleared a farm in 
 his native town, and remained upon the same 
 until he was about forty years of age. He sold 
 his farm in Bridgewater and purchased a farm in 
 Plymouth, on Baker River, located in the west 
 part of town. Here he remained until his death. 
 In every community in which Mr. Harriman re- 
 
 sided he was always highly respected for his 
 honesty and integrity; he held various offices of 
 trust and honor in his native town. 
 
 He married Betsy, daughter of John Aiken of 
 Bridgewater. They reared a family of thirteen 
 children: Eliza (Prescott); Mary (Doton); 
 Laura (Webster); Sarah A.; Orpha; Harriet 
 (Drake); Emily; Aaron; Moses; Theodore; 
 Hiram; George; and William. John Harriman 
 pased away at the age of eighty-seven, and his 
 wife died seven years later at the same age. 
 
 William Harriman was born in Bridgewater, 
 Dec. 1, 1823. He was two years old when his 
 parents moved to Plymouth, where he was 
 reared and educated. He remained with his 
 parents and cared for them until their death. He 
 succeeded to the ownership of his father's farm, 
 where he has lived all his life. 
 
 Mr. Harriman was married, in 1855, to Caro- 
 line S., daughter of Caleb D. Penniman of Ply- 
 mouth. Five children have been born of their 
 union: Hattie, who is the wife of J. H. Trow; 
 they have one child, Henry; Alma, the wife of 
 H. H. Whittemore, and they have two children, 
 Carl W. and Raymond L. ; Emily, the wife of the 
 late O. B. Davis, they had one child, Carrie E.; 
 George D., who married Rena E. Merrill; Lizzie 
 M. Mr. and Mrs. Harriman favor the M. E. 
 Church, and in politics he votes the Republican 
 ticket. 1 
 
 HON. JOHN A. DAVIS, the leading mer- 
 chant of Wentworth, N. H., is the son of James 
 Davis, and grandson of James Davis who was 
 one of the first settlers of the town of Dorchester, 
 N. H. James Davis was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion. He married a Miss Clifford. She was over 
 eighty years old at the time of her death. Mr. 
 Davis also lived to a good old age, dying when 
 eighty-seven years old. They were blessed with 
 a large family of ten children: James D., Con- 
 nor C, Isaac, Benjamin, Mary, Cynthia, Electa, 
 Dolly, Ann, and Elmira. 
 
 James, the father of our subject, was born in 
 Dorchester, and passed his life busily engaged in 
 the pursuit of agriculture. He married Eliza, 
 daughter of John B. McGrath of Dorchester. 
 She was taken to her heavenly home when she 
 
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 was fifty-eight years old. Mr. Davis lived to be 
 sixty-four years old, when he was summoned to 
 join those gone before. Their children were: 
 Caroline (Foster), living now at Bath, N. H.; 
 Increase b., residing at Haverhill, Mass.; John 
 A., the subject of this sketch; Isaac, whose home 
 is m Haverhill, Mass.; Benjamin C, also living 
 m Haverhill, Mass.; Mary A., at present living in 
 Haverhill, Mass.; Martha J. (.Hall), residing in 
 Exeter, M. H.; Lavina E. (.Reed), also residing 
 m Exeter, i\. H.; Alnnra (Reed), and Sarah 
 (Miller), both residents of Haverhill, Mass. In 
 religious beliefs they favored the Umversalist 
 Church. Mr. Davis was a Democrat. 
 
 John A. Davis was born in Dorchester, Oct. 
 7, 1832. He received his somewhat limited edu- 
 cation 111 his native town. His parents not being 
 in easy circumstances, he turned over the fruits 
 of his labor to them until he became of age. 
 When, at the expiration of his minority, he left 
 home, he had but a few cents over two dollars 
 to his name. He journeyed to Massachusetts, 
 and upon his arrival took the two-dollar bill and 
 sent it home to his parents. 
 
 Soon obtaining a position as a clerk in a store, 
 he followed that line of work for. a time, learn- 
 ing the business, and getting familiar with all 
 branches of it. He then began a business career 
 for himself by opening a small store in Groton, 
 N. H. After a short stay there he went to Dor- 
 chester, and remained in business there for 
 twelve years. 
 
 He then came to Wentworth, and entered in 
 business in the firm of Eaton, Davis & Co. The 
 partnership lasted for twenty years to the satis- 
 faction of all parties concerned. The past six 
 years Mr. Davis has been engaged in business 
 alone. He has the largest store in Wentworth, 
 and carries a well-selected line of general mer- 
 chandise. 
 
 In 1854 he was joined in marriage to Augusta 
 C, daughter of Jonathan Hall of Groton, N. H. 
 She was stricken by the cold hand of Death when 
 thirty-five years old, and left two children: Al- 
 bert L. and James E. In his second marriage, 
 which occurred in 1872, he was joined with 
 Helen A., daughter of John W. Cutting of Hav- 
 erhill, N. H., and they have two children: John 
 C. and Josie M. 
 
 Mr. Davis is a Democrat. He served as a 
 member of the State Legislature for two sessions, 
 
 1865-66 from Dorchester, and 1883-84 from 
 Wentworth. He is the efficient town treasurer, 
 and has been the incumbent for eighteen suc- 
 cessive years. He was postmaster in Groton in 
 1854, during his residence there. He has been 
 postmaster of Wentworth through both of Cleve- 
 land's administrations. He is a careful, saga- 
 cious business man, and is held in high esteem in 
 the community. He is the leading merchant of 
 the village, and all he has accomplished and all 
 he has obtained has been by his own efforts. He 
 is essentially a self-made man. 
 
 ALFRED M. SHACKFORD, a manufac- 
 turer of lumber and probably the most extensive 
 landowner of Canaan, N. H., was born in Pem- 
 brooke, this State, Jan. 23, 1839. He is a son of 
 Edrick and Caroline (Huntoon) Shackford, 
 grandson of J ohn and Susan (Dodge) Shackford, 
 and great-grandson of Theodore Shackford of 
 Allenstown, N. H. 
 
 John Shackford, our subject's grandfather, 
 was born in Pembrooke, Aug. 27, 1793, and 
 died March 18, 1859. He was a paper-maker by 
 trade, and later in life engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. His wife Susan was born June 7, 1790, 
 and died Oct. 28, 1866. They reared the follow- 
 ing children: Edrick, born Jan. 16, 1814; Ann 
 M., Jan. 4, 1817; Adeline, March 26, 1822; 
 Joseph S., March 26, 1824; John W., Feb. 16, 
 1826; and Catharine, March 4, 1828. 
 
 Edrick Shackford settled in Suncook, and in 
 his early years was a boatman, from Boston to 
 Concord before the railroad was built; he after- 
 wards bought a farm in the town of Orange, this 
 county, where he carried on farming some forty 
 years. He was very successful in his work, and 
 laid up a sufficient competence, so that he retired 
 from active work the last years of his life, and 
 bought a home on School Street, in Canaan, 
 where he died Jan. 10, 1885. His wife, Caroline, 
 daughter of James and Susan (Whitcher) Hun- 
 toon, was born April 20, 1814, and at her ad- 
 vanced age is extremely bright and spry, and 
 does not look a day over sixty-five. The follow- 
 ing children were born to our subject's parents: 
 Alfred M., subject of this sketch; Warren O., 
 born Sept. 1, 1842, died Oct. 23, 1865; Byron W., 
 
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 July 15, 1844, died Sept. iy, 1865; Ann A., April 
 10, 1846, died Sept. 12, 1865. The three younger 
 children all died with typhoid fever. 
 
 Our subject, the only surviving child, assisted 
 his father on the farm, and in 1856 entered the 
 employ of the Boston & Maine R. R., known 
 then as the Northern R. R., and for two years 
 was engaged in sawing wood for that company. 
 In March, 1858, his employment was changed 
 to that of laying tracks, continuing for three 
 years. He then took charge of the section 
 through Grafton town as section boss, remaining 
 there three years, and was then station agent at 
 Grafton three more years, and from then until 
 1888 was station agent at Canaan, making 
 twenty-eight years service altogether in the em- 
 ployment of the railroad. During the time he 
 was station agent he was not provided with much 
 assistance, which caused him to put in many 
 extra days and nights, and so he tired of the con- 
 finement and resigned to engage in out-door 
 work. He owned a large interest in the saw- 
 mill run by Stephen Peasely, at Canaan Center, 
 and at his partner's death, in 1892, he assumed 
 full control of the same and has put in modern 
 and improved machinery for sawing boards, also 
 bench saws, planes, leg and round lathes, shingle 
 and lath machines, and a cider press. He owns 
 several farms in Canaan and the adjoining towns; 
 he has done a large amount of business in loaning 
 money, and is one of the leading men of the 
 town, both commercially and socially. 
 
 He married Martha J. Barber, daughter of 
 March and Mehitabel Barber of Canaan, and has 
 two children: Addie M. married A. P. Follans- 
 bee, of the firm of A. P. Follansbee & Co., lead- 
 ing grocers of Canaan; Susie A., the younger 
 child, married W. H. Tucker, station agent of 
 West Lebanon, N. 11., and has four children: 
 Howard M., Erick S., Joseph, and Lawrence. 
 Mr. -Shackford has also extensive property in 
 tenements, and a home in Canaan. He bought 
 out the corner store of O. L. Rand, and has 
 since been a silent partner of the firm of A. P. 
 Follansbee & Co. He is a Republican, and when 
 a resident of Grafton served on the school board, 
 and as a tax collect! >r, and has been- town clerk in 
 Canaan for nine years. He is a member of Social 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., and is a Past Master of the 
 same. Also belongs to St. Andrews Chapter, R. 
 A. M.; and of Sullivan Commandery of Clare- 
 
 mont. He has been secretary of the Indian River 
 Grange of Canaan ever since its organization. 
 
 The portrait of Mr. Shackford, which appears 
 in proximity to this sketch, is a signal addition 
 to our large gallery of portraits, and derives 
 value from his character as a man and citizen, 
 and from his position in the community of which 
 he is a member. 
 
 ARTHUR KNAPP, a large lumber specu- 
 lator and dealer of the town of Warren, N. H., is 
 the son of James Knapp, and grandson of Jacob 
 Knapp, who resided in the lower part of the 
 State. 
 
 James Knapp came to Haverhill, N. H., when 
 a young man, and there learned the trade of a 
 blacksmith, which he followed thereafter all his 
 life. He married Esther Tibbitts of Sandwich, 
 N. H. She rounded her life at the age of eighty- 
 four; her husband was called to his rest at the 
 age of sixty-five. He owned and operated a farm 
 in addition to his work as blacksmith. They 
 reared a family of nine children: Albert, who 
 was lost in the Mexican War; George; Henry; 
 Arthur; Ezra B.; James; Susan A. (Woodbury); 
 Fannie M.; and Martha. James Knapp was an 
 old line Whig and took an active part in the local 
 political affairs. 
 
 Arthur Knapp, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Haverhill, N. PL, March 26, T 824. He 
 was reared and educated in his native town. 
 Until he came to Warren Summit in 1854, he 
 was engaged mainly in the pursuit of agriculture. 
 At Warren Summit he began handling wood for 
 the Concord & Montreal R. R. He was asso- 
 ciated with the railroad in that line of business 
 for thirty-one years. The average estimate of 
 the annual output was $40,000.00. Mr. Knapp 
 has been extensively engaged in lumber specula- 
 tion and the handling of the same. He has been 
 associated in business with such men as the late 
 Joseph A. Dodge of Plymouth, and is now inter- 
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 was put in by Mr. Knapp and J. A. Dodge. Pie 
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BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 425 
 
 about 4,500 acres of timber land. He retained a 
 residence at the Summit five years, and then 
 moved to the village of Warren, where he oper- 
 ated a hotel for eight years, and has since lived 
 in the village. 
 
 He married, in 1847, Mercy J., daughter of 
 Newell Caswell of Haverhill. Mr. Knapp is a 
 Republican, and has served as selectman for two 
 years. He has been remarkably successful in 
 business, and owes this success to his shrewd, 
 cool disposition that never drew him on to false 
 hopes. He is conservative, yet when he is sure 
 that a thing is practical and profitable, he is as 
 enthusiastic as the most sanguine person. His 
 excellencies of character are such as challenge 
 the admiration and respect of all. He is well 
 liked by all his acquaintances. 
 
 MRS. JOSEPH WOOD GERRISH, widow 
 of the late Joseph Wood Gerrish, lives in the 
 house in Lebanon which was built by her late 
 husband; it is one of the largest houses in the 
 village, two stories high, with a French roof. It 
 possesses all the modern improvements, hot and 
 cold water, in all parts of the house, being the 
 first house in the village to be fitted in that man- 
 ner. Its location is on the Truman place, facing 
 the park. The wife and daughter of her de- 
 ceased son, Charles W. Gerrish, live with her. 
 Although left with a beautiful home and a 
 goodly amount of property, and blessed with the 
 highest respect and sympathy of a large circle of 
 friends, they do not console her for the loss of a 
 husband who was all in all to her, who devoted 
 himself to gratifying her every wish. Mr. Ger- 
 rish's domestic virtues were known and appre- 
 ciated by all who had a close acquaintance with 
 him, and they need no elaboration in this work. 
 Suffice it to say that one has gone from the home 
 fireside and from among the best men of his 
 town, who will remain in the minds of those left 
 behind as a faithful and loving husband, and as 
 a loyal and good citizen. 
 
 Joseph Wood Gerrish was born March 5, 
 1825, at Boscawen, N. H.; he was a son of 
 Samuel B. and Sarah (Wood) Gerrish, grandson 
 of Col. Joseph and Mary (Bartlett) Gerrish, 
 
 great-grandson of. Stephen Gerrish, and great- 
 great-grandson of William Gerrish, who was 
 born in Bristol, Somersetshire, England, Aug. 
 20, 1617. In 1639 William Gerrish came to 
 America and settled at Newburyport, Mass. 
 Stephen Gerrish was born in 171 1, and died in 
 1788; he settled in Boscawen, N. H., where his 
 son, Col. Joseph Gerrish, was born in 1753- 
 
 Col. Joseph served as colonel in the War of the 
 Revolution, and died in 1817. He was a much- 
 beloved man, and a most fitting epitaph adorned 
 his headstone, which was: 
 
 " As a citizen he was beloved; 
 As a magistrate revered; 
 A pillar in the church; 
 And an ornament to society." 
 
 He held many of the town offices and was a 
 delegate to the convention which met for the 
 adoption of a Federal Constitution. His chil- 
 dren were: Judith, Samuel I'.., Mary, Sally, and 
 lietsey. 
 
 Samuel B. Gerrish, the only son, was born 
 Dec. 12, 1782, and died Dec. 7, 1866. He was an 
 inn-keeper at Boscawen, N. H., for about sixteen 
 years, and then moved to Hartland, Vt, and in 
 1829 to Lebanon, where he carried on farming 
 the remainder of his natural life. His wife Mary 
 is a daughter of Capt. Joseph Wood, whose 
 biography may be found on another page. The 
 following children composed his family: Sarah 
 W., Joanna H., Susan, Mary P., Joseph W., 
 Samuel B., George L., and Charles. 
 
 Joseph Wood Gerrish was educated in the 
 High School, and assisted his father on the farm 
 until he was twenty-one, when he launched out 
 upon the tide, which bore him to success. He 
 spent a few of his early years as clerk in the City 
 Hotel of Boston, Mass., and then came to New 
 Hampshire and began dealing in land. Many 
 years of hard work were spent in Canada and 
 New York buying hemlock bark, which he was 
 accustomed to ship to the markets of New York 
 City and elsewhere. 
 
 In 1855 Mr. Gerrish located at Lebanon and 
 opened up his business, dealing in farm produce, 
 lumber and land ; he had a large store-house, and 
 made it a business to buy what things the far- 
 mer had to sell and to send them to market. He 
 
126 
 
 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 would also buy land and real estate, and after 
 making valuable improvements sell it at an ad- 
 vance in value. He owned the large brick house 
 on Mascoma Street, where he lived many years. 
 He was always trying to enlarge the village and 
 to advance its interests in every legitimate direc- 
 tion. He bought a tract of land, laid out Me- 
 chanic Street, and sold the desirable building 
 lots, thus set off. In 1868 he purchased the Tru- 
 man place, facing the park, and built the hand- 
 some home noted in the beginning of this sketch, 
 and now the residence of his wife and children. 
 He was one of the largest real estate owners of 
 his day, and a leading business man in every par- 
 ticular; he left at is death several farms to his 
 heirs. 
 
 Mr. Gerrish died in 1880, aged fifty-five, of 
 Bright's disease. In politics he was a stanch 
 Republican, but never aspired to office. He was 
 a liberal supporter of church work, irrespective 
 of denomination. On Feb. 6, 1855, he married 
 the subject of this sketch, Miss Eunice M. 
 Hewes, daughter of Sylvanus and Miriam 
 (Wright) Hewes. There were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Gerrish two children: Charles W., deceased; 
 and Emily J. Charles W., born Nov. 25, 1855, 
 married Ella M. Sweatt, and died at the age of 
 thirty-two, leaving two children: Helen M. and 
 Joseph W., who died at the age of nine. Charles 
 W., when living, had charge and oversight of his 
 father's estate. Emily J., born Sept. 8, 1861, mar- 
 ried Chester J. Pike of Medford, Mass., and has 
 two children: Louise G. and Chester J., Jr. 
 
 Sylvanus Hewes, Mrs. Gerrish's father, was a 
 merchant of Lyme, N. H, in its early days, but 
 was later on a farmer. He owned potash mills 
 and carding mills, and was interested in the busi- 
 ness of cloth dressing. He died at the age of 
 ninety-one; his wife fell into that lasi sleep at 
 the age of sixty-nine. Mr. Hewes was a Demo- 
 crat, and held many of the town offices, such as 
 selectman and overseer of the poor, filling the 
 latter position thirty years. He also served as 
 county treasurer, and State Senator from District 
 No. 11. 
 
 A portrait of Mr. Gerrish is shown on a pre- 
 ceding page in connection with this sketch. It 
 will be appreciated by many of his life-time 
 friends in the county, as they will cherish with 
 pleasant recollections the features of this good 
 man. 
 
 JOHN B. FOSTER, a leading farmer of 
 Wentworth, N. H., is the son of John Foster, 
 Jr., and grandson of John P'oster, whose birth- 
 place was Rumney, but who lived in Wentworth 
 the most of his life. His occupation was that ot 
 a farmer. He married Hannah Piper. John 
 Foster died when eighty-five years ot age. 
 
 John Foster, Jr., was born in Rumney, and 
 came to Wentworth at an early age with his 
 father. He was a mason by trade, and worked 
 at it in connection with his farming duties. He 
 married Louise M., daughter of Joseph Burleigh 
 of Dorchester, N. H. She died at the age of 
 fifty-five; he survived her a few years, reaching 
 the age of seventy-three at his death. They 
 reared three children. Noah B. married Ellen A. 
 Colburn of Wentworth. He died at the age oi 
 thirty-nine, and left two children: Ben and Wal- 
 ter. Anna M. married George E. Patterson of 
 Merrimack, N. H. She left five children to the 
 care of her husband at her death. The third 
 child was John B., the subject of this sketch. 
 John Foster, Jr., was a Democrat, and served as 
 selectman of the town a number of times. They 
 favored the Universalist Church. 
 
 John B. Foster was born July 24, 1859, m 
 Wentworth. He received his rudimentary edu- 
 cation in the district schools of his native town; 
 after completing them he took an advanced 
 course in the New Hampton Academy. He 
 taught school during eleven winter sessions. 
 
 In 1887 he was joined in the holy bond of mat- 
 rimony with Emma J., daughter of Joshua Fos- 
 ter of Wentworth. They have one child, Louis 
 M. Mr. Foster is a Democrat, and is serving as 
 chairman of the board of selectmen. He had 
 served as selectman six terms previous to his last 
 election. He has also held an office on the 
 school board for six terms. He is a member of 
 the Wentworth Grange, No. 199, and also the 
 Grafton County Grange Pomona, Chapter No. 
 13, of which he is now Master. Mr. Foster's 
 farm comprises 100 acres of well-cultivated land, 
 located about one and three-quarters miles from 
 West Rumney Village. He gives especial atten- 
 tion to that profitable branch of agriculture, 
 dairying. He is well spoken of as enterprising 
 in his farming methods, and straightforward in 
 all his dealings. He stands high in the com- 
 munity as a man of more than ordinary intelli- 
 gence and education. 
 
ALBERT J. GILMORE. 
 
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 427 
 
 ALBERT J. GILMORE, bookkeeper for J. 
 K. Atwood, bobbin manufacturer of Lisbon, 
 Grafton Co., N. PL, was born in Calais, Me., 
 Dec. 13, 1858. He is a son of John and Ellen 
 (Robinson^ Gilmore, and grandson of Robert 
 Gilmore, who was a native of the Emerald Isle, 
 coming to America when a young man and set- 
 tling in New Brunswick. He was a farmer by 
 occupation, and never deviated from that voca- 
 tion throughout his entire life. To him were 
 born five children: John, William, Samuel, Mar- 
 garet, and Robert. They were Presbyterians in 
 their religious preferences and attachments. 
 
 John Gilmore, after a youth spent in Calais, 
 Me., learned the trade of rope-making, which he 
 followed several years, finally owning and con- 
 ducting his own establishment in Calais. He at 
 length sold out this enterprise and moved to 
 Nova Scotia, where he purchased large tracts 
 of timbered land, and lands rich in gold; 
 he remained there about three years, and 
 then, selling out, he moved back to 
 Maine, making his home at Castine, where 
 he turned his attention for a while to 
 the industry of rope-making, which he had 
 learned in his youth. He successfully carried this 
 business on for about three years, but at the 
 formation of the great rope trusts of 1867-68, he 
 was compelled to retire, for competition against 
 such an opponent would be ruinous in the ex- 
 treme. He then went to Orono, Me., and there 
 engaged in lumbering until 1873, when he moved 
 to Bath, Me., and built ships the remainder oi 
 his life. He died in 1881; his wife still survives 
 him, and lives in Lewiston, Me. In politics he 
 was a Republican, but would never accept any 
 office, no matter how great the pressure brought 
 to bear against him. He married Ellen Robin- 
 son, daughter of James Robinson of New Bruns- 
 wick, and to them were born six children, as fol- 
 lows: Albert J., the subject of this personal nar- 
 ration; Joseph; Mary; William E., deceased; 
 William K. ; and George, deceased. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Gilmore were devout members and 
 most loyal supporters of the M. E. Church. 
 
 Albert J. Gilmore was educated in the district 
 schools of Calais and Castine, Me., and gradu- 
 ated from the high school of Orono, Me. When 
 out of high school he was employed by Samuel 
 Taylor of Greenbush, Me., as a clerk in a general 
 store, where he remained about four years. He 
 
 then went to Bath, Me., and surveyed lumber 
 for the Treat & Lang Co. for about two years. 
 Prom Bath he moved to Gorham, N. H., where 
 he put in three years keeping books and survey- 
 ing lumber for the J. F. Thompson Co. In 1888 
 he came to Lisbon, N. H, and became book- 
 keeper and surveyor for J. K. Atwood, and has 
 worked for him ever since. Politically he is a 
 Republican. 
 
 In 1889 he was united in matrimony with Vic- 
 toria Hagan, who was born in the Dominion of 
 Canada, but who had made her home with Mr. 
 J. K. Atwood ever since she was ten years old. 
 They are both influential members of the Con- 
 gregational Church. Socially Mr. Gilmore be- 
 longs to Glen Lodge, No. 54, I. O. O. F., of Gor- 
 ham, N. H.; Littleton Encampment of Littleton, 
 N. H; and to the Patriarchs Militant of Woods- 
 ville, N. H. We are pleased to present Mr. Gil- 
 more's portrait on a preceding page. 
 
 FRANCIS F. BLAKE, a leading farmer of 
 the town of Plymouth, is the son of Nathan 
 Blake, grandson of Jedediah Blake, and great- 
 grandson of Nathan Blake. 
 
 Jedediah Blake was born in Epping, N. H., 
 where he passed his early years and obtained his 
 education. After his marriage he moved to Bol- 
 ton, Canada, where he remained a few years en- 
 gaged in farming, finally going from there to the 
 town of Alexandria, N. H, where he spent the 
 remainder of his days. He. lived to the age of 
 eighty-eight. His wife was Sally Hoyet; seventy- 
 four happy years, overflowing with tender mem- 
 ories, were allotted to her. They brought up to 
 maturity five children: Mary (Gale); Nathan; 
 Hannah; Joseph; and Jedediah. 
 
 Nathan Blake, the second child of Jedediah 
 Blake, was born in Bolton, Dominion of Canada. 
 He was about four years old when his parents 
 moved to Alexandria. In that town he received 
 his education, and passed the greater portion of 
 his life. At the age of sixty-one he moved with 
 his family to Epping, and lived there seven years. 
 Pie then took up his residence in Plymouth, and 
 made it his home till he was called to his account 
 at the age of seventy-four. He was a farmer, but 
 found considerable time to devote to the lumber- 
 
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 BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES, GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 ing business. He married Ruth, daughter of 
 Moses and Ruth (Cross) Simonds. His wife 
 passed away at the age of eighty-five. Ten chil- 
 dren were the result of this union: Lucy; Levi 
 S., who died in his youth; and Levi F., 2nd, who 
 died at the age of sixty years; Jennie F. (Board- 
 man); Louisa; Laura, who resides with her 
 brother; Alonzo; George; Amanda, who died at 
 an early age; and Francis F., the subject of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Francis F. Blake was born June 27, 1850. His 
 life has been spent on the farm engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. During his father's life he was 
 
 associated with him in the lumbering business. 
 In 1884 he was joined in wedlock to Cora L., 
 daughter of Charles and Eliza Heath of Bridge- 
 water, N. H. She departed this life Nov. 30, 
 1890, at the age of twenty-seven years, leaving 
 a family of two children : Harry N. and Lulu R. 
 Mr. Blake has lived in Plymouth since 1879. 
 He has made a reputation that is to be envied 
 for his shrewd business tact and for his success 
 as a farmer; lie is most highly thought of by all 
 his acquaintances. He is a Republican, and has 
 performed public service in the capacity of town 
 selectman. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL. 
 
 A 
 
 " Page 
 
 Abbott, George Bert 141 
 
 Abbott, George F., M. D 164 
 
 Abbott, Horace D 4ig 
 
 Abbott, Ira M 171 
 
 Adams, Hon. Geo. H 13 
 
 Adams, Thomas J 392 
 
 Adams, William H 147 
 
 Alden, Ezra B 40 
 
 Aldrich, Arthur H 138 
 
 Aldrich, Hon. Edgar, M. A 7 
 
 Allen, Pardon W 261 
 
 Andrews, Elisha L 251 
 
 Andrews, George F 193 
 
 Andrews, Irving B 325 
 
 Ash, Hon. Lucian F 96 
 
 Atwood, Jonathan K 79 
 
 Avery, Amasa W 402 
 
 Avery, Reuben II 150 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon, Fayette 319 
 
 Bailey, Clarence L 277 
 
 Bailey, Eben T 323 
 
 Bailey, Henry S 255 
 
 Bailey, Langdon 284 
 
 Baker, Alpheus W 280 
 
 Baker, Hon. William D 37 
 
 Ball, Samuel F 46 
 
 Barnard, Hon. Frank A 412 
 
 Barney, Albert E 225 
 
 Barney, Arthur J 225 
 
 Barstow, Michael H 265 
 
 Bartlett, Alonzo F 414 
 
 Batchelder, Nathan H 128 
 
 Bemis, Moses P 307 
 
 Benton, Henry W 98 
 
 Berry, John C 382 
 
 Berry, Hon. William A 397 
 
 Bittinger, Rev. John Q 394 
 
 Billings, Henry G 300 
 
 Page 
 
 Bishop, Dr. Channing 353 
 
 Blake, Francis F 427 
 
 Blandin, Willis B 320 
 
 Bond, Frank P 408 
 
 Bowles, Hiram S 333 
 
 Bowles, Hon. Jonathan 345 
 
 Boyd, George W 418 
 
 Boynton, Dr. Charles H 67 
 
 Boynton, Dr. Harry H 272 
 
 Brown, Asa A 181 
 
 Brown, Lewis R 182 
 
 Brown, Ora A . . . 118 
 
 Browne, Rev. George E 11 
 
 Bryant, Amos M 198 
 
 Buchanan, Mrs. Sarah G 383 
 
 Buckley, John W 44 
 
 Bullock, Gilbert A 323 
 
 Burgin, John 159 
 
 Burkett, Joseph E 268 
 
 Burley, Hon. Joseph W 162 
 
 Burt, George H 339 
 
 Burton, William P 192 
 
 Butman, Hon. John K 208 
 
 c 
 
 Calhoun, Hon. Isaac 158 
 
 Calley, David M 310 
 
 Calley, Frank C 384 
 
 Campbell, Hon. Joseph W 115 
 
 Carbee, Henry C 53 
 
 Carbee, Samuel P., M. D 5 
 
 Carlton, Capt. Thomas J 221 
 
 Carr, Charles F 248 
 
 Carter, Henry W 283 
 
 Chamberlain, Abiel, Jr 112 
 
 Chandler, John W 21 
 
 Chandler, Silas 17 
 
 Chase, Dr. Ezra C 157 
 
 Chase, Willard F 309 
 
 Cheney, Harry A., M. D 135 
 
 Page 
 
 Cheney, Harry M 88 
 
 Cheney, Jonathan M., M. D 132 
 
 Cheney, Hon. Nathaniel W 335 
 
 Cheney, Col. Thomas P 269 
 
 Chesman, Joseph N 250 
 
 Childs, Oliver B 222 
 
 Churchill, Col. F. C 301 
 
 Clark, Aaron 409 
 
 Clark, Hon. Charles E 70 
 
 Clark, Jason 355 
 
 Clay, Herman W 396 
 
 Clough, Edwin A 215 
 
 Cobb, Samuel W 54 
 
 Cogswell, Carlos M 271 
 
 Cogswell, Lewis 207 
 
 Colburn, Capt. Benjamin 180 
 
 Colby, Lewis T ig6 
 
 Cole, Rev. Solomon no 
 
 Collins, Charles T 64 
 
 Cook, Alfred 3 g 5 
 
 Cook, Almond H 123 
 
 Cook, Corydon W 120 
 
 Cooley, Alonzo 343 
 
 Corliss, George H 380 
 
 Craig. George C 172 
 
 Craig, Capt. O. H. P 2S0 
 
 Crossman, Edgar O., M. D 97 
 
 Crown, Wesley M 246 
 
 Cummings, Charles L 256 
 
 Cummings, Charles W 350 
 
 Cummings, George E 386 
 
 Cummings, Ira i6g 
 
 Cummings, Hon. W. H 85 
 
 Currier, Hon. Frank D 413 
 
 Currier, Franklin P 22 
 
 Currier, Frank T 209 
 
 Currier, Henry C 418 
 
 Currier, John 231 
 
 Currier, Lorenzo W ^ H 
 
 Currier, Simeon 236 
 
430 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 D p AGE 
 
 Dartmouth College 38 
 
 Davis, Arthur E 251 
 
 Davis, Darius K 279 
 
 Davis, Hon. John A 422 
 
 Davison, Charles N 239 
 
 Davison, Frank W 59 
 
 Dearborn, Erastus^B 366 
 
 Dearborn, Henry C 114 
 
 Dearth, Enoch C 66 
 
 Dearth, Fred. P 388 
 
 Deming, Horace F 326 
 
 Densmore, Jason 107 
 
 Derby, Hon. John H 80 
 
 Derby, Lewis S 81 
 
 Dimond, George A 243 
 
 Dodge, Hon. J. A 49 
 
 Dodge, Hon. John W 223 
 
 Dole, Hon. Erastus 367 
 
 Dow, Dexter D 285 
 
 Downing, Cyrus 50 
 
 Dowse, Henry 73 
 
 Drury, Hon. Charles E 322 
 
 Dunbar, Lorenzo D 206 
 
 Durkee, Miss Laura 190 
 
 E 
 
 Eastman, Daniel 216 
 
 Eastman, Edmond 203 
 
 Eastman, Isaac N., M. D 238 
 
 Eastman, Oliver D., M. D 41 
 
 Eastman, William W 108 
 
 Eaton, John P 199 
 
 Ela, Hon. William S 124 
 
 Elliott. Edmund H 153 
 
 Elliott, John F 294 
 
 Emerson, Arthur \V . . .-. 177 
 
 Emerson-, Elmer E 202 
 
 Emerson, Frank V 398 
 
 Emerson, Frederick H 100 
 
 Emery, Edward 412 
 
 English, Fred. H . 142 
 
 English, Ned G v. . 106 
 
 F 
 
 Fairbanks, Chester M 14 
 
 Favor, John A 327 
 
 Fields, Frank P 318 
 
 Flanders, Hon. Lorenzo 364 
 
 Fling, Lewis W 312 
 
 Ford, Lawrence K 242 
 
 Foss, David P 149 
 
 Foss, John R 165 
 
 Foster, James W 76 
 
 Foster, John B 426 
 
 Pack 
 
 Foster, Joshua E .■ . . . 416 
 
 Foster, Simeon A 268 
 
 Fowler, George H 304 
 
 Freeman, John S 102 
 
 Fuller, George W 1 149 
 
 Fuller, John A 329 
 
 Fuller, John M 47 
 
 G 
 
 Gale, Fernando C 238 
 
 Gale, Herbert C 274 
 
 Garland, George W 390 
 
 Gerrish, Mrs. Joseph W 425 
 
 Getchell, John M 287 
 
 Gibson, Charles R., M. D 400 
 
 Gilmore, Albert J 427 
 
 Glazier, Janes 288 
 
 Glazier, Van B 57 
 
 Glynn, David 391 
 
 Glynn, James 75 
 
 Goodell, Frank E 396 
 
 Goodell, Willie H 170 
 
 Goodhue, George A 386 
 
 Goodnow, Hon. Elkanah H 333 
 
 Gordon, George H 233 
 
 Gordon, James 325 
 
 Gordon, Savory, Jr 295 
 
 Gordon, Sullivan H 75 
 
 Graham, Andrew J 282 
 
 Grant, Hon. David A 362 
 
 Greeley, George H 378 
 
 Greeley, Guy E '. 167 
 
 H 
 
 Hadley, Albert L 228 
 
 Hall, John E 308- 
 
 Hammond, Hon. Thomas 305 
 
 Hardy, Charles H 303 
 
 Hardy, Willis F I3 7 
 
 Harriman, William 422 
 
 Hatch, Hon. Oscar C 31 
 
 Haynes Free Public Library 341 
 
 Hazeltine, Miron J 298 
 
 Heath, Charles H 360 
 
 Hewitt, Elbert. 331 
 
 Hildrethr Charles M 235 
 
 Hildreth, Henry A., M. D 145 
 
 Hodgdon, Hon. Hiram 109 
 
 Holden, Charles A 166 
 
 Holmes, Charles W.. 311 
 
 Holmes. James B 140 
 
 Hosley, Col. Jewett D 184 
 
 Howe, Benjamin D 42 
 
 Howe, H. T '36 
 
 Hoyt, Hon. Horace F., Jr 28 
 
 Pace 
 
 Huckins, Enos, M. D 373 
 
 Hull, Hon. William G 19 
 
 Hurd, William B 335 
 
 Hurlbutt, Gen. Charles 259 
 
 Hutchins, Z. N 326 
 
 Hutchinson, Frank 31 
 
 I 
 
 Irwin, Wesley II 292 
 
 J 
 
 Jewell, Benjamin F 116 
 
 Jewell. Hon. James 421 
 
 Jewett, Jeremiah S 415 
 
 Jewett, Joseph W 200 
 
 Johnson, Frank W , 18 
 
 Johnson, George W 44 
 
 Johnson, George W 289 
 
 Johnson, Hon. John 416 
 
 Jones, Elmer E 266 
 
 Jones, Fred W 213 
 
 Jones, James F 227 
 
 K 
 
 Kelsea, William M 56 
 
 Kendall, George H 234 
 
 Kendall, William 299 
 
 Keniston, Davis B 372 
 
 Keniston, Hon. William H 161 
 
 Kenney, William 176 
 
 Kenyon, Edwin A 352 
 
 Keyes, Jonathan F 119 
 
 Kidder, Amos M 410 
 
 Kidder, Daniel 389 
 
 Kimball, Cyrus A 226 
 
 Kimball, Maurice E 243 
 
 King, Henry F 379 
 
 King, John , 60 
 
 Kinne, John N 155 
 
 Knapp, Arthur. 424 
 
 Knight, Nathan S 58 
 
 L 
 
 Lamb, Dr. Zenas F 419 
 
 Lang, Gen. Paul 359 
 
 Langdon, Woodbury F 351 
 
 Langway, Hon. Wilmer 345 
 
 Leviston, Robert 417 
 
 Leviston, William 417 
 
 Libbey, Hon. Henry C 151 
 
 Lincoln, Josiah E. ...... . 278 
 
 Little, Herbert W 302 
 
 Locke, Edmund W 321 
 
 Lyman, Abner W ; 217 
 
 Lynch, William H 340 
 
INDEX. 
 
 431 
 
 M p AGE 
 
 Manahan, Dr. Valentine 178 
 
 Mann, Hon. Geo. W 169 
 
 Mann, Melvin J 10 
 
 Marden, Harrison B 205 
 
 Marston, Harold C 74 
 
 Marston, Harry N 105 
 
 Marston, Moody C 65 
 
 Martin, Hon. John E 364 
 
 Mason, Hon. David 318 
 
 Mason, Hon. John 369 
 
 Mason, Jonathan P 152 
 
 McGregor, Warren W 347 
 
 Meader, Daniel W 240 
 
 Meader, Paul N 245 
 
 Merrill, Clarence N 314 
 
 Merrill, James W 146 
 
 Merrill, W. H 277 
 
 Mitchell, Mrs. Mary J 131 
 
 Mitchell, Mrs. Millie H ... 393 
 
 Moffett, Maj. F. T., M. D 406 
 
 Moore, Frank L 306 
 
 Moore, Fred J 72 
 
 Morrill, Henry L 353 
 
 Morris, George F 63 
 
 Morrison, Samuel R 163 
 
 Morse, John F 328 
 
 Morse, Hon. J. N 55 
 
 Moulton, Darius 148 
 
 Moulton, Frank P 317 
 
 Muchmore, Hon. A. D., M. D... 193 
 
 Mudgett, John H 403 
 
 Muzzey, George E 249 
 
 N 
 
 Nelson, Hugh 337 
 
 Nelson, William 5 84 
 
 Newcomb, Charles, M. D 286 
 
 Norway, Edwin J 295 
 
 Noyes, Dr. Edmund H 15 
 
 Noyes, Hon. Hiram 339 
 
 Nutter, Joshua 332 
 
 Nutter, Nathan H 348 
 
 Nutting, George E 306 
 
 o 
 
 Oakes, Eri 69 
 
 Oliver, W. W 103 
 
 Olin, Rev. John F 336 
 
 Olney, Austin G 253 
 
 P 
 
 Page, Joseph B 354 
 
 Palmer, Dr. Haven 372 
 
 Palmer, Hon. Henry H 291 
 
 Parker, Joseph 368 
 
 Page 
 
 Parker, Hon. Lebina H 64 
 
 Pattee, Hon. Wyman 179 
 
 Patten, George C 349 
 
 Peck, Hon. Solon A 247 
 
 Peppard, William M 374 
 
 Perley , Jacob S 33 
 
 Perley Moses S in 
 
 Pettengill, George F 253 
 
 Phillips, Hon. John F 404 
 
 Phillips. Henry C 133 
 
 Pierce. James K 371 
 
 Pike, Amos M 365 
 
 Pike, Andrew J 24 
 
 Pike, William E 71 
 
 Pillsbury, Joseph S 204 
 
 Pinneo, Albert 20 
 
 Police, Gasper , 402 
 
 Priest, David K 342 
 
 Priest, Hamlin R 338 
 
 Pulsifer, Charles W 361 
 
 Pulsifer, David B 175 
 
 Pulsifer, Thomas S 187 
 
 R 
 
 Rand, George W 54 
 
 Randall, Andrew J .' 9 
 
 Ranno, Horace E 68 
 
 Read, Joel 400 
 
 Richardson, James E 97 
 
 Rinehart, Charles C 276 
 
 Roberts, Augustus H 51 
 
 Robie, Hon. James 387 
 
 Robinson, Warren L 356 
 
 Roby, Charles A 348 
 
 Rogers, George S 89 
 
 Rounds, Dr. Charles C 78 
 
 Russell, Dr. Ai S qi 
 
 Russell, George N 34 
 
 s 
 
 Sanborn, Edward H 377 
 
 Sanger, T. E., M. D 25 
 
 Sargent, Hon. Justus 198 
 
 Sargent, William D 375 
 
 Sawyer, Almus B 297 
 
 Sawyer, Eli D 1 73 
 
 Scott, Col. Quincy A 376 
 
 Shackford, Alfred M 423 
 
 Shattuck, Dr. George W 113 
 
 Shaw, Daniel A. , M. D 264 
 
 Shaw, David W 77 
 
 Simmons, T. Dwight 212 
 
 Simpson, Clinton B 385 
 
 Sleeper, Edwin J 136 
 
 Sleeper, Hibbard S 252 
 
 Sloan, David 29 
 
 Page 
 
 Sloane, Scott 51 
 
 Smith, Andrew R 381 
 
 Smith, Carlos D 241 
 
 Smith, Clarence A 401 
 
 Smith, Frank A., M. D 125 
 
 Smith, Franklin W 35 
 
 Smith, George F. . .» 230 
 
 Smith George S 363 
 
 Smith, Henry P 349 
 
 Smith, Irvin W 151 
 
 Smith, Isaac H 134 
 
 Smith, John Frank 420 
 
 Smith. Leonard W 99 
 
 Smith, Hon. Norman G 304 
 
 Smith, Wilbur F 229 
 
 Smith, Hon. Willis S 94 
 
 Smythe, Rodney E 370 
 
 Southard, Lyman M 293 
 
 Southard, Timothy B 316 
 
 Spencer, Frank 1 41 
 
 Spencer, Uel 12 
 
 Spooner, Hon. Joel 337 
 
 Spring, Hon. John L 121 
 
 Stanley. Alfred 174 
 
 Stanley, Horace B 405 
 
 Stearns, Fred 296 
 
 Stearns, Wilbur C 374 
 
 Stevens, John R 144 
 
 Storrs, Hon. Edward P 49 
 
 Sulloway, Hon. Gilbert M 388 
 
 Swett, Maj. Stephen R 214 
 
 T 
 
 Taylor, Thomas E 272 
 
 Thorpe. Fred E 82 
 
 Tilton, Green L 320 
 
 Tilton, Sidney D 219 
 
 Trussell, Hon. Renj. F 45 
 
 Tucker, Benjamin 346 
 
 Tucker, Dr. Edward M 220 
 
 Tucker, Pres. William Jewett 39 
 
 Turner, James N 127 
 
 V 
 
 Von Tobel, Frederick, M. D 122 
 
 w 
 
 Walker, George E 160 
 
 Wallace, Charles L 73 
 
 Ward, Simon. , 83 
 
 Warden, Alexander. . . . , 211 
 
 Waterman, Charles H 290 
 
 Wathen, Rev. John M 95 
 
 Webster, Alfred 130 
 
 Webster, Almon G 279 
 
432 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Webster, Charles G 156 
 
 Webster, Hon. Charles H 237 
 
 Webster, Rev. Lorin 43 
 
 Webster, Samuel C 370 
 
 Weed, Eben C 16 
 
 Weeks, Elbridge 313 
 
 Weeks, Fred G., D. D. S 403 
 
 Weeks, Harry E 48 
 
 Weeks, William B 104 
 
 Wells, Albro 315 
 
 Wells, Hon. Eugene A. 183 
 
 Wells, George 267 
 
 Wentworth, James F 344 
 
 Westgate, Hon. Tyler 61 
 
 Weston, Maj, Henry J 52 
 
 Page 
 
 Weymouth, Daniel B, ... .' 273 
 
 Wheet, Josiah 87 
 
 Whitcher, Daniel J 330 
 
 Whitcher, Moses 94 
 
 White, George E 262 
 
 Wilbur, Moses F 324 
 
 Willoughby, Ezra B 258 
 
 Willis, Joseph 232 
 
 Wilmot, Frank L 257 
 
 Withington, M oses E 23 
 
 Wood, Frank J ... 185 
 
 Wood, Waldo W 195 
 
 Woodman, Austin W., D. D. S. . . 383 
 
 Woodman, Charles S., D. D. S.. . i?9 
 
 Woodman, Frank K 329 
 
 Page 
 
 Woodman, Kimball F 59 
 
 Woodman, Dr. Milton S 188 
 
 Woods, Hon. Edward 52 
 
 Woods, Levi C 201 
 
 Woodward, George. . . , 92 
 
 Woodward, James ■ 254 
 
 Woolson, Hon. A. A 275 
 
 Woolson, Hon. Charles E 139 
 
 Wright, Charles C. 380 
 
 Wright, Newell C 90 
 
 Y 
 
 Young, Charles A 334 
 
 Young, Hon. James K. P 291 
 
 Young, James Riley 357 
 
 PORTRAITS. 
 
 Adams, Hon. Geo. H 13 
 
 Andrews, Irving B 325 
 
 Atwood, Jonathan K 79 
 
 Bacon, Fayette 319 
 
 Baker, Hon. William D 37 
 
 Barstow, Michael H 265 
 
 Bemis, Moses P. . . . 307 
 
 Berry, Hon. William A 397 
 
 Boynton, Dr. Charles H 67 
 
 Brown, Asa A 181 
 
 Campbell, Hon. Joseph W 115 
 
 Campbell, Mrs. Hannah D 115 - 
 
 Carbee. Samuel P., M. D 5 
 
 Carter, Henry W 283 
 
 Chase Dr. Ezra C 157 
 
 Churchill, Col. F. C 301 
 
 Clark, Aaron 409 
 
 Clark, Jason 355 
 
 Cogswell, Carlos M 271 
 
 Cooley, Alonzo 343 
 
 Cooley, Mrs. Emeline 343 
 
 Crossman, Edgar O., M. D 97 
 
 Cummings, Hon. W. H 85 
 
 Currier, Hon. Frank D 413 
 
 Dodge, Hon. J. A , 49 
 
 Dodge, Mrs. J. A 49 
 
 Dodge, Hon. John \Y 223 
 
 Dole, Hon. Erastus 367 
 
 Eaton, John P. . 199 
 
 Gerrish, Joseph Wood 425 
 
 Gilmore. Albert J 427 
 
 Gordon, Savory, Jr 295 
 
 Hatch, Hon. Oscar C 31 
 
 Hewitt, Elbert 331 
 
 Hildreth, Charles M 235 
 
 Hildreth, Henry A., M. D 145 
 
 Hodgdon, Hon. Hiram log 
 
 Huckins, Dr. Enos.. 373 
 
 Hull, Hon. William G 19 
 
 Hurlbutt, Gen. Charles 259 
 
 Johnson, George W 289 
 
 Kidder, Daniel 389 
 
 Lamb, Dr. Zenas F. . . . 419 
 
 Leviston, Robert 417 
 
 Leviston, William 417 
 
 Libbey, Hon. Henry C 151 
 
 Lyman, Abner W 217 
 
 Mann, Hon, George W 169 
 
 Maiden, Harrison B 205 
 
 Merrill, W. H 277 
 
 Mitchell, Samuel S 393 
 
 Morrison, Samuel R 163 
 
 Morse, Hon John N 55 
 
 Muchmore, Hon. A. D., M. D. . . . 193 
 
 Oliver, W. W 103 
 
 Patten, George C 349 
 
 Peck, Hon. Solon A 247 
 
 Pettengill, George F 253 
 
 Phillips, Henry C 133 
 
 Pulsifer, Charles W , 361 
 
 Pulsifer, David B 175 
 
 Pulsifer, Thomas S 187 
 
 Russell, Dr. Ai S ' 91 
 
 Sanborn, Edward PI 377 
 
 Sanger, T. E., M. D 25 
 
 Shackford, Alfred M 423 
 
 Simpson, Clinton B 385 
 
 Smith, Andrew R 381 
 
 Smith, Carlos D 241 
 
 Smith, Clarence A 401 
 
 Smith, Wilbur F 229 
 
 Spooner, Hon. Joel 337 
 
 Spooner, Mrs. Laura 337 
 
 Spring, Hon. John L 121 
 
 Stanley, Horace B 405 
 
 Turner, George H 127 
 
 Wallace, Charles L 73 
 
 Warden, Alexander 211 
 
 Webster, Rev. Lorin 43 
 
 Weeks, Moses M . 313 
 
 Weeks, Mrs. Sallie 313 
 
 Westgate, Hon. Tyler 61 
 
 Woolson, Hon. Charles E 139 
 
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